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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-22

Edward Everett Hale will contribute TO
HARPER's MAGAZINE for Feb. story
of true love, entitled Both their Houses
in which two sensible young people OPP
pose the wishes of two foolish parents.
with the usual and inevitable result.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-22

The February Number of HARPER's
MAGAZINE will contain poems by Will
lam Dean Howells, Thomas Bailey Aid
rich, Christopher Pearse Cranch, and
Louis Imogen Gruiney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-22


MANY heard with regret Of Judge
Clementson's withdrawal as candidate
for the Supreme bench. He is man
of clear decision. of eminent legal at
tainments and would be an honor to the
state Although the Judge allowed his
name to be used in the 9th, judicial dis
trict, he withdrew as soon as he heard
of MIR. Pinney' slcandidacy, and say it
was because it was of his friendship for
MIR. Pinncy. and also because Mr..
Pinney's party has only one represen-
tatiye out of the five judges. OF course
due Difference must he shown Judge
Clementson's wishes, but we feel the
state will be the loser until move pro-
ptious moment arrives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-22

News Of the death of George Ban
croft, which occurred at Washington d.
c. Saturday last, will be received by
the American people with general sor-
row. He was eminent as a statesman,
scholar and historian, his history of the
United States being the most thorough
one ever published. In respect to his
memory the President ordered flags at
half mast on all the executive depart
ments at Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-22

Entered At che Post Ogoe IN Lancaster, Wis,
as second class matter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-22

lishol with at forms very handsome
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
Historical Iconoclasts.

The most unpopular branch of histori-
cal research, according to Doctor Felix
L. Oswald, is undoubtedly the depart
ment of myth explosion, as applied to
the biography of national heroes The
Tell controversy has been gradually re-
duced to the question if the slayer of
Gessler can have lived three ives-one
in the Alps, another in Denmark and
another in the land of the Sanscrit race.
The champions Of Troy have become as
misty as the heroes of the Nibelungen
host, and Professor Bergman, of Halle,
now makes it very probable that the Bar
barossas entombed in the Kyphauser
and in the Austrian Untersberg are both
aliases of the old hunter god Wodan,
and that the original Emperor Frederic,
with his ,Junker tendencies and auto
cratic tantrums, was about the most UNI
popular man of his age. Outside of
FARMLAND the chief hero of the Arabian
Nights seems to have an equally doubt
full title to popularity. Haroun Alrashid
gave undoubted proof of military
genius equalled only by his skill in the
selection of able commanders, but his
home policy was that of Ivan the Terri
BILE, aggravated by the impulsive reckless
ness Of his Arabian temper. II New York
Voice.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
They Put 1t to a Vote.

Down at one of the big st. Au.
gustine hotels there has been a contro.
versy about the dinner hour-whether
It should be at 6 or at l o'clock. A
ballot was finally taken and the matter
decided in true American style. A ma
jority of thirty-five favored late din
ner, and accordingly late dinner it is.
The young women guests of the place
took spirited part in the contest, vot-
ing in solid phalanx for the o'clock
service, and it is needless to say they
electioneered among the sterner sex to
good purpose. Dinner gowns are much
more effective by gaslight, are, in fact,
not admissible in their full elegance at
the noon meal, and everybody knows to
what length woman will go when sho
is fighting for the effect of pretty
frock. If the midday dinner can be
abolished at winter resort hotels it is
possible that it will be done away with
at summer watering places, notably at
Saratoga, where its existence is a seri-
GUS blot upon the happiness of mid
summer life at that charming resort
Ne,p York Times.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
Rich Mans Earnings.

AS an Offset to the assertion that III
dulged and pampered boys generally
cut sorry figure in the world of finance,
the fact may be cited that some of our
greatest money kings began life without
penny. AT q dinner attended by q
number of prominent men some years
ago this question was suggested: How
did you earn your first dollar? Each "A
the diners responded. and considerable
amusement was derived from the reve.
lations that followed One man frankly
owned to having polished shoes at five
cents shine; another had pe2dled
newspapers; a third had sold fruit and
peanuts at a country fair. Many who
were prominent and prosperous ac-
knowledged that they bad once felt the
rangs Of hunger because they had not
motley enough to buy square meal.
Pathos and humor blended in the reci-
tais, for many Of the speakers related
these "reminiscences in tones which in
dlcated that they were deeply stirred
by them. In city club room, not long
ago, the same subject was under dis
cussion, and score or more of the
wealthiest men narrated their expert
ences. They all spoke with the utmost
frankness. One had earned his first
dollar by saving wood, another by
stringing tobacco. and others by raising
potatoes, acting as treasurer of fund,
by working in a button factory. by
building fires in school, by picking win
tergreens, by service aboard ship, as a
messenger boy, by cruising in the China
seas, by piling up cordwood, and 80 on.
i shall never forget" said man now
worth his millions, and who began life
ns composition, "the Saturday night
my salary was raised from three to i've
dollars. My sister and myself walked
down the principal street with this
great sum, looking in at the millinery
windows, intent upon buying a bonnet
for our widowed mother with what we
could spare from the absolute supply OF
food. 1t was Disappointing journey for
everything seemed beyond our means;
but bonnet shape was secured. and,
with few black ribbons and a purple
Tower, my dear sister worked miracle
of beauty out of trife of expenditure.
Dear me. those were happy days, with
their humble joys, hopes and fears /
have handled great deal of money
since then, but the satisfaction OF the
hrst dollar ever earned has never yet
| been equalled, and never will be, for in
that early experience was laid the foun-
dation and beginning of love for work
that is at once the delight and reward
of life"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
EAST VS.. WEST.
Character OF the Work OF Literary People
in the Two Sections.

Aff INV u W. 5ccdOhbs
1t seems to be the fashion with Ger,
tain class of writers to carry Vague
favor. of which they really know nothl
ing, by affecting surprise when they
have learned of the success of man or
woman from the West. This is the
particular burden of their astonishment.
Now and thor they temper the amaze
ment by coupling with it the surprise
that certain locality of the East should
have been 80 honored, but Il is plain to
be seen that nothing would have been
noted at all in variance with accepted
dogmas if only the bright mind had
never been in the West So long as he
was from the East, from any part of the
East, SO long he was never in any way
compromised by residence in tho
East, he is great, and no wonder.
As matter of fact, great minds, like
pearls, may DO found in any sort of set
ting. Deep sea divers have found for
tunes on bed of sand, hiding their
edges in the equally sparkling particles
about them. Pearls have been picked
up from the ledge Of rock sunk under a
score of fathoms of water. Others have
been found in ooze and mire, held from
sinking only by the fragment of soma
ship that once sailed proudly over the
main. Flowers grow wherever they
will. and the surroundings are matter
of the supremest indifference Hillside
and vale, rocky gorge and open plain
are all the same to the violet. And so
it is of men who have given the world
its entertainment. They have come
from the ends of the earth, and have
been citizens in the republic of mind
not because they saw the same land
scape aud ate the same dishes as their
judges, but because there was in them
that which bid defiance to geography
aud convention aud brought from
obscurity the credentials to fame.
Not long go it was thought an i'm,
possible thing that Western man
could write or Western woman could
turn her hand to sculpture OF painting.
Why did not Mrs. Grundy live in tho
East? Had not all of the great writer's
been known there from the beginning :?
With pomposity equaled only by the
countess in the play, they said "There
is no West. There is no Eccles."
Ai'hio AeCdLds WtloSO pOCtlS
marble have delighted the world, was
born in the West, that she lived for
years in country town, and that for
other years she followed the fortunes oil
her father in the army, and that she at
last went to Rome with her lesson hall
learned-all these were of no avail. OF
course she was genius; but then, no
genius need be looked for in the West.
That cline is uncongenial
If ever there were pure English prose
written, and if ever there were sweet
poetry, that prose and that poetry We're
produced by George ID. Prentice. YET
he was born and bred in the hotbed o.
provincialism, was a Westerner two neal
the line to be classed with the South
and was from first TO last STEPPED to the
lips in politics. Certainly he had
nyrid of admirers; yet the West ant
an active life were unpromising for tn,
development OF art.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
Where woman-s VANITY IA sesn--

l went through the agony of having A
photograph taken the other day, saws a
New York letter, and was very much
amused at some women who were there
TOR the same purpose. II is at the
photographers that woman's vanity
may be seen in all its strength and
glory, for there is where she goes to
have Made counterfit presentment of
herself, and il the counterfit is unlike
sNr by reason Of being far handsomer,
Just 80 much more is she pleased.
A Young woman, with blond hair.
prettily dressed, came to me and asked
me if | had any powder. / answered
40, mentally rejoicing that it was the
truth, for with powder she would want
. powder puff. She travelled about the
room, and pretty soon saw her powder.
ing her face most elaboratelv before
the glass. She had never been there
before, she said, and she did not think
much of their toilet articles. And she
picked up comb and combed her hair
vigorously. She found hand mirror.
which ] had not been able to do. and
some hairpins, and used them gener-
ously. l told her her hair looked
lovely, and she was delighted. It
really did look pretty. wanted to tell
her that nothing would induce me to
use combs, brushes, powder, puffs or
dairpins that other persons had used,
out refrained. The ultra fastidious
are not the happiest in the world. She
wanted good likeness; another woman
there wanted an artistic pose, regardless
OF the likeness. j hope they may get
what they want.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
The Agile Kangaroo.

In some parts of Victoria they for
merly outnumbered the sheep as two to
one, and old shepherds have told me
that it was not an uncommon ing to see
the sheep and the kangaroos feeding
together upon the plains as many as
2, 900 or 5000 kangaroos frequently ac-
companying flock Of 1000 sheep. Thus
it will be seen that station" which,
in 1850 could barely Craze 1000 sheep,
can now be made to carry 40, 900 with
out any danger Of overstocking. Serb
ner's Magazine.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
Eashio1a,s fduorite
F'o'VDe'0o y -
fad, centers in that famous, fascina-

HuSftgO7tS JUUOytt0
fad, centers in that famous, fascina-
ting game lawn tennis.
But there are women who cannot
engage in any pastime. They are
delicate, feeble and easily exhausted.
They are sufferers from weaknesses
and disorders peculiar to females,
which are accompanied by sallow
compilations, expressionless eyes and
haggard looks.
For overworked, "worn Out"
" run down." debilitated teachers,
milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
"shop-girls,' housekeepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women gem
orally, DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly
boon, being 'unequaled as an appe-
thing cordial and restorative tonic.
It's the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, soader a positics
guarantee from the makers, of sat-
isfaction in every case, or money re-
funded. This guarantee has been
faithfully carried out for years.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
Tricks in All Trades but Ours.

"Yes, know the taste of the stuff,
but have not touched glass of liquor
for five years"
L looked in establishment at the
speaker, who was proprietor of two
large saloons in the city and making
money hand over fist, as the saying is.
L could lave sworn that ( have seen
him drink many times with customers
more than once, | am ashamed to
say, with myself. Ii you asked him to
drink-for he was one of those men
who are not above standing behind his
own bar -he would smile and reach for
bottle and pour himself out o gener-
GUS portion. l could not understand
what he meant, but it was late at night,
he was in a genial mood. and l felt
sure that he would elucidate the mys-
terry.
when was in Ireland-God bless
her," said Mr.. Finch, II used to drink
my drop along with the rest of the
boys. But when l came to this coun-
thy and went to keepin' bar / looked
about me bit. And says L to myself,
says l. Pat, if you're going to succeed
at this business, aud indade at any
other, you must let your own poison
alone. And l made pledge which l
have steadily kept to, and / think you
will say that | have not altogether
failed"
"But l have seen you drink lots Of
times" said
"Oh, yon have, havo your" said Mr..
Finch, laughing softly. well, have
drop with me"
He pulled out bottle which looked
as if it contained any ordinary liquor.
1t was the one he always drank from.
| poured out finger or so and drank
is down. Whew! Molasses and water!
Nothing else Regular stage liquor.
As harmless as milk
/ thought MIR. Finch would die of
laughter, and laughed with him.
Don't give me away" he said.
NO. said ]. But after / left his
place that night it occurred to me that
this liquor dealer had been preaching
pretty powerful tenn perance sermon.
And yet there are hundreds of men in
the same business who never drink
their own poison" as ne pleasantly
out it.--Nea0 York Herald.
The dummy line between Sheffield and
TuScumbia has resumed =, ,-atis,ns
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
. August.
Flower

l have been aff1ict-
B!liousness, "ed with biliousness
land constipation
COnstipation'" for fifteen years;
cto.oh First one and then
another prepare
Pains. ton was suggested
tome and tried but
to no purpose. At last friend
recommended August Flower. I
"took it according to directions and
"its effects were wonderful, reliev-
"ing me of those disagreeablc
stomach pains which had been
troubled with so long. Words
"cannot describe the admiration
ain which / hold your August
Flower-it has given me new
"lease of life, which before was a
burden. Such medicine IS ben
"efaction to humanity, and its good
"qu alities and
wonderful mer- Jesse Barker,
"its should be
"made known to Nee'
everyone suffer Humboldt,
"ing with dyspep-
"sia or biliousness Kansas. .
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury., j.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

went through the agony Of having q
photograph taken the other day, says a
New York letter, and was very much
amused at some women who we're there
for the same purpose. It is at the
may be seen in all its strength and
glory, for there is wlere she goes to
have made a counterfit presentment Of
herself, and if the counterfit is unlike
her by reason of being far handsomer,
just so much more is she pleased.
A young woman, with blond hair,
prettily dressed, came - me and asked
me if had any powder. j answered
no, mentally rejoicing that II was the
truth, for with powder she would want
a powder puff. She Travelled about the
room, and pretty soon saw her powder
ing her face most elaborately before
the glass. She had never been there
before, she said, and she did not think
much of their toilet articles. And she
picked up comb and combed her hair
vigorously. She found a hand mirror,
which ] had not been able to do, and
some hairpins, and used them gener-
ously. L told her her hair looked
lovely, and she was delighted. 1t
really did look pretty. ! wanted to tell
her that nothing would induce me to
Use combs, brushes, powder, puffs or
bairpins that other persons had used,
but RETAINED. The ultra fastidious
are not the hsppiest in the world. She
wanted a good likeness; another woman
there wanted an artistic pose, regardless
of the likeness. hope they may get
what they want.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

The ship of matrimony has a com.
panionway, but there be many hus
bands and wives who never find it.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

SELE-DENIAL consists in being able to
say no to ones self-a lesson which So.
crates meant to inculcate when he said
to the Athenians. "No thyself."
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma
laria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aides Digestion, tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

ADAM and Eve hat. the earth at one
time. Their experience should be q
warning to those people who want it
to-day.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

FITS stopped free by DR.. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bottle
free. DIR. Kline, 93l Arch St. Phila.. Pa.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

or course there is proper regard for our
own happiness, but if we only knew it, duty
and delight are inseparably welded,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

Castles in the air are walled in by fancy
remarked the poet. Faith I'd prefer raj,
fence, said Pat
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

MALARIA cured and eradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters which en-
riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids diges-
tion. Acts like charm on persons in general
Ill health, giving new energy and strength.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

This earthly body is slow and heavy in all
its motions, listless and tired with action.
But our heavenly bodies shall be as fire; as
active and as nimble as ouI thoughts are.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
srArn or OHIO, CIrY on ToLEpo, ..

STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
LUCAS COUNTY, 90
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of f. j. CHENEY
d Co, doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of CATARRH that cannot
be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D., 1886.
.-- a. w. GLEASON,
t>--' Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for testimonials,
free.
+. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo o.
fB Sold by Druggists 75c.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

Canadian women have petitioned the Dom
mon Parliament for the privilege of voting
Won't this hasten am exation2
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

Our grand business is, not to see what lies
dimly at a distance, but to do what lies
clearly at hand.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

Beecham's PMS cure Bilious and Nervous ms
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

The dummy line between Sheffield and
Tusnumbia has resumed pirations.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
fYN Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30

Too much can't be said In praise OF
7" Mother Friend. My wife used only
two bot lies before confinement, and was
III labor only twenty minutes. She is doing
.plendidly. Thanks to- Mothers Friend. "
JNo. s. MORTON
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Henry b. Winshlp, head of the J. r.
BarnHbN Company. SAID at Providence
on Monday l.3at lie intended to sift the
poisoning of Mrs Barnlby at Denver TO
the bottom; that but few people are
involved in the crime, and that all the
detective skill of the country will be
employed i'll hunting down the murder
ers, who We're, he says, inspired bv
motives of gain.
Another murder OF the Jack the
Ripper orde' is reported from Ben
then, on the Polish frontier. The vic
tim was the wife Of - tailor. A sur
geon in the military hospital. with
whom the woman was known to have
haen intimate i.nS been arrested
Capt. II. W. Covington, cashier of
the Farmers and Traders bank at
MOntg gOmery, Mo-, has disappeared at
st. Louis, whittier he went to secure
police aid touching the mvsl egious
robbery of -, 300 of the banks funds.
The bank was closed. owing to uncer-
taInty as to its condition.
The steamship Cephalonia lnudsd ut
Boston Sunday 2,259 passe gers, of
whom ,G53 came in the sleerlge, and
all but two We're English and Irish.
HarrisvilIe. n. Y, a village in the
Adirondack region, was DESTROYED by
fire. The loss is estimated at S1n0. 900.
At Knoxville, ia n, Owen Meredith,
a Young business niau, committed sui
eide with a revolver. He was 10 have
been married to the daughter OF The
postmaster Four wears ago a man
who was engaged to the same young
woman also killed himself.
Major John b. Hinman, Il well known
western newspaper man, Is dead.
The visible supply of wheat and corn
is. respectively. PA ;. .5G2 and 2.464,-
482 bushels, being an increase of wheat
since last report of l5i ass bushels. and
an increase of corn Of 22j.5S5 bushels.
The annual Washington meeting of
the American Tract socet} was held
Sunday nigh. The report Of Che sec
retary showed receipts Tor the year of
$3O5, 600. During the siNty-six years
of its existence the society has issued
1859 different publications.
1t is stated tdat small greenish in
sect is doing great damage TO wheat in
Rich and Russell counties in Kansas.
Elias S. Terry died at Wash ngton
aged 81 wears. He was a noted lawyer
in Illinois and Indiana. and was asso-
ciated with Abraham Lincoln, Judge
David Davis, Senator Voorhees, and
others.
An attempt is o he made to purchase
the house in which Nathaniel Haw-
thorne was born, and re-erect it ut the
Worlds Fair.
A mortgage for $1,000, 900 was re-
corded at Salem, Mass, by the New
Yorl, Biscuit company, in favor Of the
Central Trust company Of New York,
to ecure an issue Of bonds.
Stocks Of whe in the Northwest are
figured at IS.405.-gS bushels, aga nst
1+,1S4.4i4 a week ago, shrinkage Of
OF IA, 43O bushels.
A sociaIistic uprising is expected in
most Of the cities Of Italy on May /.
Samuel L. Gerry, the well-known
artist ard anti-slavery azita'or, died at
BoSto -