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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25

repuOlhsaDs VINO were committed IN faY-
or of the bill should vote for it. The
republican leaders are far too smart to
tell the democrats in advance what they
will do when the silver bill comes up,
but the chances are that they viii allow
the democrats to fight it out among
themselves.
Many Senators believe that the in
Yestigation of the introduction of typhus
fever into New York and Brooklyn by
Russian-Hebrew Immigrats, authorized
by joint resolution of the Senate and
House, will result in a report showing
the necessity of making a radical change
in our immigration laws.
Behring's Sea matters and Canadian
reciprocity were discussed at a Cabinet
meeting this week in a general way.
The hardness of the Behring's Sea
commission, now in session here. in
reaching decision as to what questions
are to be submitted to arbitration is far
from satisfactory, and the situation is
not improved by reports that the delay
is Intentional on The part of the British
Commissioners, in order to prevent a
renewal OF the mOduS UiCendi before the
opening of the coming seal season. On
Canadian reciprocity there is but one
opinion. When Canada wishes to enter
into an agreement that will be just and
equitable to both countries, the United
States is ready to meet her half way,
but 1t is useless for her to waste time in
making such onesided proposition as
that submitted by her representatives
here, the other day.
Even democrats are becoming dis
gusted with the big democratic majority
in the House that does not dare to do
what it really wants to do. Represent
alive DUNCAN, a democrat from Ohio
says of his party Colleagues. Il am
becoming convinced that this is cow
ardly Congress. 1t is becoming very
tiresome to me. 1t ought to get up and
do what the people expect it to do, and
not be afraid of its shadow. The
only difference between Mr.. DUNCAN
and the unprecedented observer of the
present House is that while he is Just
''becoming convinced and tired,
the observer has been both for some
time.
The democrats of the House this week
for the second time defeated the Senate
resolution authorizing the Secretary of
the Navy to charter vessel to carry
the food to the starving Russians which
has been contributed by big hearted
Americans, which has been lying on
the Speakers table, under motion to
reconsider. since it was first defeated.
1t matters little, so far as the Russians
are concerned, as private generosity has
supplied vessel, which is now almost
ready to sail on its mission of mercy.
Said veteran observer: mo wond-
or the democrats of the House are so
anxious to start Investigations of any
and everything; they hope to stir up
something to distract the attention of
the public from their do-nothlng policy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25

A NEATLY dressed young man wear
ing gold Eyeglasses and a travelling bag
slung over his shoulder climbs on top
of an express car and while the train is
running forty miles an hour lets himself
down with rope to the side door,
breaks the glass. shoots the revolver
out Of the messengers hand, opens the
door aud tries TO rob the safes but is
scared away by the trainmen at whom
he shoots, and then manages to climb
back on top of the car unseen, and at
the second stop mingles with the ex-
cited crowd there as Indifferent, fault
lessly attired and gold glassed as ever.
All might have gone well but his dis
tinguished appearance had been noticed
by the men before the trip began and
his presence there needed explanation.
as that train did not carry passengers,
but he flashed two reviewers in the face
of the crowd, captured waiting engine
and dashed down the road, was inn
mediately followed by another engine,
aud race with shooting accompani-
ment began. He kept on until his
steam gave out when run over the
country was made which was finally
brought 20 halt BY Sheriif's posse.
All this happened Saturday night to a
limited express train in New York The
widest flights of q novelist's fancy
would not picture scene like this.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25

THE HERALD is indebted to Secretary
of State. Cunningham. for pamphlet
containing the laws OF 1891 relating to
elections for city, village, town and
judicial officers. A new compilation of
the entire registry and election laws of
the state applicable to all elections. to-
gether with the rulings of the courts on
the various sections thereof, is now in
power anil will be ready for distribution
soon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25
A RELIABLE CURE

Texas Siftings: The papers ere full
of prescriptions tor the cure of hydro
phobia. What we consider tho best
prescription of all has not vet been
published. 1t is this:
Cold lead. one and one-third ounce.
Directions. Apply internally to the
dogs head.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25
AT rs
SCROFULA

1t is that impurity in the blood, which, ac-
cumulating in the glands of the neck, pro-
duces unsightly Jumps or swellings; which
causes painful running sores on the arms,
legs, or feet; which developes ulcers in the
eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or
deafness; which is the origin of pimples, can
cerous growths, or the many other manifesto
tons usually ascribed to "humors;" which,
fastening upon the lungs, causes consumption
and death. Being the most ancient, it is the
most general of all diseases or affections, for
very few persons are entirely free from it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25

A NEGRO was burned at the stake in
Txarkana, Ark, by yigilentes for as
saulting a white woman, his victim
applying the match. The william was
as cool as you please. and while wrap
ped in flames called to the men to stand
back so the women could see.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25

Judge: De Smythe Cat the boarding.
house tablel II ordered diner an hour
ago and no sign Of it vet. wonder
what time it will be when l have swal-
lowed it?
Bones told border) -Notsovery late.
You see. you make up for the length OF
the wait by the shortneSs of the eat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25

THE HERALD passes one more mile
stone and enters on its fiftieth year with
this issue. 1t greets its patrons as
bright as ever and wishes them contin-
ued prosperity the coming year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-25
How :. &C. Ga" CURED

By taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, which, by
the remarkable cures it has accomplished,
often when other medicines have failed, has
proven itself to be potent and peculiar
medicine for this disease. Some of these
cures are really wonderful. If you suffer from
scrofula, be sure to try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
"My daughter Mary was afflicted with scrof-
ulous sore neck from the time she was 22months
I'D till she became six years of age. Lump.
formed in her neck, and one of them after
growing to the size of a pigeons egg, became
a running sore for over three years. We gave
her Hoods Sarsaparilla, when the lump and
all indications of scrofula entirely dis
appeared, and now she seems to be healthy
child J. S. CARLILE, Nauright Nj.
N. B. Be sure to get only
Hoods Sarsaparilla
soldb all druggists. 81; six rs5 Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD & CO AUothecsries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-24

greatly benefited by a boarding school. There are more good schools than mothers in the land, fear.
 had but three months personal ex- perience with boarding school. The only knowledge which gained during those three months was the conscious ness of the inadequateness of my math- ematical ability and my wardrobe to cope with my associates. The mathe- nautical deficiency could have been rem edied, perhaps, by a return to the school. The matter of wardrobe seemed without solution.
 do not think a more unwise action can be made by parents than sending a young girl from the country1to city school. Yet it is done every year by
 thousands of devoted parents, who
 make painful sacrifices to enable them to carry out this cherished desire.
 The young girl who goes through
 the first year of such school and is not
 rendered restless, uneasy and unfitted for the practical duties of life which
 usually lie before country bred girls, is a model of good sense or born philos- opher.
 The very sights and sounds of city life are distracting and exciting to the girl who is not accustomed to them; the
 crunching of carriage wheels on a gravel driveway, the fashionably at- tired women, the gossip in the air about balls and theaters, which the day.schol- ars bring, is not at all conducive to good scholarship. If boarding school is to be selected,
 as necessity frequently demands that it I must be, let it be as remote as possible from fashionable life. wish we might have Protestant schools conducted in the manner of convent schools. Some
 of the most charming girls I have known, and some of the best educated,
 have been taught in convents. There is greater surveillance over the pupils, I and greater system and more thorough 4 uess than is to be found in most board
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-24
PRESENTATIONS BIG CROWD.
Figures Regarding the Number Who At
 tended the Encampment.

Figures Regarding the Number Who At,
 tended the Encampment.
 WASHINGTON, Sep. 24.-The Grand Ar, my Encampment brought to this city more people than have ever before been assembled here. The crowds at Cleve- lands or Harrison's inauguration were not nearly so large, nor did the throng at the tfiennial conclave of Knights Templar compare with it.
 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad alone brought 150, 900 people to the city, and there were brought to the Pennsylvania Railroad station 155, 900, of whom 25, ,0OO to 30, 900 came by the way of the Chesa- peake & Ohio and Richmond & Danville railroads. A few thousand others came by boats and wagons. The number of accidents reported has been surprisingly small.
 The city cared for this immense crowd easily and well. Fifty thousand veter. ans were furnished free quarters by the citizens, and all other persons who came were able to find comfortable lodging and abundant food at low rates. A temporary hospital was provided for visitors, and each day many emergency cases were at tended to. Serious cases, however were very few
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-24
TOO HUNGRY TO EAT.

The SensataOns of Starvation Described by
 . California Girls
 That anyone should starve in the midst of plenty is sad enough, but when the sufferer is a strong and willing girls in a city where domestic help is hard to get, the pity of 1t is lost in the wonder. Yet such was the experience of a young woman the other day in San Francisco. She actually tainted on the street, and was well-nigh unto death before reviv- ing at the hospital, and one physician says there is nothing whatever the matter with her but starvation. She is but twenty-two years old and Vallejo was her home. Her father is poor and she felt herself burden at home, so she went to San Francisco, took little room temporarily and tried to find work. Day after day she hunted, re- ducing her rations as her money grew less, living for several days on tea and an occasional scrap of bread, till at last strength gave out and those who picked her up on the street thought she was a woman of forty, so rapidly had she aged. She thus describes her experi- ence:
 "Well, the day saw my last five-cent piece stayed in all day. I tried to go out and hunt for work, but just could not do 1t. My feet felt so heavy and l was so dizzy I was afraid to walk for fear I'd fall down. hadn't eaten any thing since the night before, not even my bread and tea. I had cried good deal before that, but that day felt too sick to cry. Toward night grew sick at the stomach-oh, awfully sick-and my hands and feet were like ice. was afraid would be very sick if I didn't get something to eat, so went out to a little restaurant near by. was going to get B cup of tea there with my five cents. sat down at the table and was just going to order the tea when all at once couldn't sit up any longer"
 She revived, got on to the street again and tainted. Two women came up and said: "Oh, that's too bad," and were very kind.
 "Did they get you something to eat2" 'sNo."
 "Did they offer you any money?"
 ''No; the policemen brought me to this place then"
 DO you begin to feel better since you came here?"
 "Oh, yes, feel better, but I'm very weak. I can't eat anything. I don't seem to want to eat. People have been so good. A young man used to know at home read about me in the papers, and he came to see me this morning. He said he thought there must be some mistake when he read about it, but told him the only mistake was that ] thought could earn my living all alone in this big city. He's going to let some of my Vallejo friends know where am, and guess I'll be all right now"
 Her girlish pride and spirit are broken. She did not even know enough of city ways to examine the "want col. umns." It is such as she who suffer in big cities.-N. Y. Advertiser
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-24
 MIGHT HAVE BEEN AvERTED.
Conscientious Scrnples and the Panic
 the New York Synagogue.

Conscientious sernples and the Panic in
 the New York Synagogue.
 NEW YORK, Sep. 24.-I5 is said that the panic at Ludlow street yesterday, which resulted in the death of four per sons, and the injuring of many others, several of whom will die, might have been averted by little effort. Some of the less orthodox worshippers say that the fire could have been extinguished in 8 moment if the older members of the congregation had not had conscientious scruples about putting out fire on a holiday. To do so they considered a dissertation of the day.
 The complete list of the injured is as follows:
 Isaac WaloZius, superintendent of the synagogue; internally injured.
 Albert Wolf, aged 24. suffering from nervous shock and slight injuries.
 Rachael Backowitz, widow, aged 60, fractured skull; fatally hurt.
 Tillie Stilliker, aged IF, badly bruised.
 Herman Cohen, 15 years of age, ribs crushed, internally hurt.
 Mrs. Rebecca Friedland, aged 49, frac- tured skull; fatal.
 Miss Ida Cohen, aged 21, skull fractured Julius Alman, aged 9, badly bruised, leg broken; will die.
 Rachael. Borusk, aged 27, fractured skull; injury fatal.
 Mrs. Annie Cohen, widow, aged 5S fractured skull; fatally hurt.
 Simon Greenberg, aged %, fractured skull; fatally hurt.
 Mrs. Louise Cohen, mother of Ida Co hen; internally injured.
 The dead are Mrs. Joseph Beck, A Naomi Rosenthal, 30; Jacob Boyum. 50 and an unknown woman, aged about 30.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-24
A DUEL FOR BLOOD.
A Young French Omcer Who, Once 1T , for It, Carried It to the End.

A Young French Officer Who, Once In for It, Carried It to the End.
 In 8 regiment stationed at Marseilles the captain of one of the troops, accoBd- ing to the New York Recorder, was a notorious bully. He took special de- light in torturing the youngest of his lieutenants, a bright, laughter-loving lad, who was the delight of the regi- ment-ofacers and men. One day after mess he grossly insulted the boy and followed it up by calling him a liar and slapping his face. The lieutenant flushed and left the room. He had pre- viously shown his courage at Algiers, and his comrades could not understand why he should tolerate such continued insults They followed him to his quarters and told him that If he did not call out his enemy he would have to go to Coventry. The young officer ex- plained that he had strong religious scruples about dueling and could not conscientiously go out.
 Finally the colonel of the regiment sent him the alternative-either fight or leave the service. The boy then agreed, on condition that the fight should take place with pistols and over a handkerchief. One of the weapons | was to be loaded and the other unload ed. They we're to be chosen by lot. The men stood up, each holding the edge of handkerchief. At the signal the captain pulled the trigger, when it was found that he held the unloaded pistol.
 All eyes were now fixed upon the calm, resolute, fair-headed boy. The spectators were confident that, as he held his adversary in his power, he would either discharge his pistol in the air or not shoot at all. But not so. He took deliberate aim and, placing the mul- gle of his pistol as near the other mans face as he could reach, blew his brains out. Then, leaning over the prostrate form of his enemy, he dipped hand lzerchief in the blood and smeared the face with 1t. Then with exultation he turned to those in the field and said: ''There! do you consider that have wiped out the blow received?'' He then strode from the ground and that evening sent in his resignation. Since that incident there has not been SC much bullying or dueling in any reg tment of the French army.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-24

nau been sIhfn. CoI. Marks dared not make known to Mrs. Allaire the dread full news. True, there was a possibility that this white prisoner might not be Capt. John, but the name of the tribe and the additional fact that 1t was ac- customed to pay yearly visits to the northwestern coast gave the awful tid- ings the stamp of likelihood. It was nearly two months before the camel train reached Remnants Creek station. Several of the wells along the route had been found dry and the animals suf- fered greatly, being barely able to drag themselves along at the last.
 Scarcely had the tents been pitched and the exhausted men thrown them selves upon the ground for long needed sleep when one of the youngest of the native scouts crept stealthily past the guard and reused Godfrey.
 'Quiclx, little master" he whispered, 'quick, bring gun, follow me, no talkl''
 It seems that in making choice of Godfrey the native had done so solely on account of the youths extraordinary courage, agility and quickness of move ment, just as one might choose a certain dog or horse to attain a certain end. The child of the desert knew exactly what was needed. He had no faith in the grown members of the band. They might, in their supposed superior knowledge, stop to reason, rouse the band, raise 0 voice above a whisper or be too slow in advancing on their hands and knees.
 Godfrey had not removed his pistol from his belt. Reaching for his rife, he joined the scout and stole silently out of the camp. Once out of sight and hearing, the scout made known to God frey that a white captive had not been already put to death as at first reported, but that he had been delivered into the hands of the chiefs brother, who, with several of the tribe, were to put him to death that morning before the rescue party should become aware of his pres ence so near at hand.
 It called for the greatest precaution on the part of Godfrey and the native scout in approaching the Indian camp. A single startled outcry of bird or beast would be sure to warn the savages o1 the approach of an enemy. The last quarter of mile 1t became necessary to advance by crawling through the tall grass. Although hampered by the weight of his rife, Godfrey, by great exertion, succeeded in keeping up with | the scout.
 The execution was to take place al sunrise. Already, as Godfrey and his companion threw themselves on thei, knees in order to reach the spot unseen by the savages, the first rays of the sur shot faintly upward like spectral spears
 Godfrey caught his breath as his eyes fell upon the white prisoner seated or the ground and encircled by half z dozen of the savages each of whom grasped two spears in his hand. The
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-24

were preparing to send Q beautiful young girl of fifteen away to school.s !, The girl was prematurely developed in heart and body, and of the voluptu- ous type so attractive to men. asked her mother if she felt perfectly secure regarding the associates of her daugh- ter at school.
 "Oh, Mary is such an innocent-minded creature can trust her anywhere" the mother replied. proudly. ''She is really the most innocent child ever saw for a girl of her age. I think she will de. velop very late. want to keep her a little girl as long as possible, so have not disturbed her mind with any prema- ture condolences"
 Now, to my absolute knowledge, gained by accident, knew this young girl to be a woman in her emotions; and already had she passed through embryo adventures with the opposite sex which
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-24

ing schools. And yet a convent educated lady to whom I once made this remark assured me that she learned more mis- chief in the convent than she had ever in the world. "The girls were either very stupid or very bad," she said, land the bad girls delighted in bringing per nicious books into theeonvent secretly and distributing them about. These books were hidden under mattresses and rugs, and the good, watchful-eyed sisters never discovered them. The very piety of these sisters was Q dare to the vicious-minded girls to do shocking things"
 One young girl entered the convent when a mere child. She graduated at eighteen, and was married three months afterward, but eloped with stranger whom she met upon her bridal tour during the honeymoon. The pernicious books which had been smuggled into the convent were the cause of her dis ordered mind and final disastrous con- duct.
 We are all familiar with the sad case of the boarding school bride who died of morphine poisoning last year. It strikes me that too many of our boarding-school mattresses take it for granted that their pupils must be ''per- feet ladies' because they belong to families of wealth and standing. The trouble with our boarding schools is frequently in the extreme unworld' ! Illness of the instructors. Had I a l daughter I would rather place her un- der the care of veteran coquette, who knew human nature and the world thoroughly, than to trust her to some woman whose brain had been educated to the exclusion of eyes, heart and un l derstanding of her kind.
 ! FOOLISH PARENTS. s-
 Many of the excellent women who preside over our boarding schools are as ignorant of human nature as babes They never cared for anything in life so much as books, and they do not re alize the dangers which menace the leverage normal natured girl. Teachers are the next most stupid beings to par ents in this respect.
 As for these parents, I grow every year and day more amazed and indig nant with their stupidity and blind ig norance regarding their daughters. sometimes think the parents of young girls of this generation must have beer
 either idiots or angels in their ow1 youth. They could have had no emo
 tions and no temptations themselves, ol
 they would never allow their daughter,
 to walk such perilous paths, as scores
 of them do walk, unwarned and unin
 structed.
 A few years ago knew narants vsa>