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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

BERLIN's 1,8l5,6OO people nave only
26, 900 dwellings.
ToADs are regularly sold in Paris and
conveyed to gardens as insect de-
stroyers.
IT is estimated that nearly twenty
thousand horses are imported into Eng
land yearly.
THE prefix 80" befo-t somany names
of Irishmen is an abbreviation of the
word Ogha, meaning grandchild.
ABOVE the length of nineteen or
twenty feet snakes in the PHILIPPINE
islands increase greatly in bulk for
every foot in length, so that snake
nineteen feet long looks small beside
one twenty-five feet long
THE Czech students who made them
selves popular at the gymnastic festival
at Nancy promenaded the streets Of
Paris in a costume consisting of a yellow
jacket over red shirt, with baggy
trousers stuffed in their boots.
BELGIUM now has $4,000 voters; a
household suffrage would raise the
number to 100000, giving the suffrage
to all who can read and write would
raise it to 100000 and universal suf-
frage would mean 800, 900 voters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
WORTH YOUR WHILE TO READ.

BIRDS will not eat firehies.
THE gulf of Mexico has risen over one
foot since 1851.
THE most expensive American cur
tain sells for $3.50 at wholesale.
THE Chinese, japanese, Malays, Siam
csc, New Zealanders and the North
American Indians are all beardless.
POPLAR trees are being cut down in
Fresno county, Cal, because they draw
too much on the fertility of the soil.
THE first oil well was discovered in
Wayne county, Ky, in 1929, thirty years
before the discovery of oil in Pennsyl-
vania.
THERE are in America 10000, 900 of
the big old copper pennies lying unused
somewhere. Few pennies get back to
the mint.
THE gavel used at the convention Of
the peoples party was made of timber
from the first homestead entry in the
United States.
SOME New York hotels have now a
regular woman-guide and chaperon con-
nected with the establishment for the
convenience of ladies visiting the city
alone
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
POPULAR SCIENCE.

IT has been discovered that colors
when passing through a prism can be
made to produce sound.
Az alloy of rs per cent gold and %
per cent. aluminium is the most brilliant
known. scientific American.
a BLOCK Of carbon fourteen inches
square represents the amount Of that
material that goes to make up the con
stitution Of man Of average weight
A SPIDERS web is 50 light that a
pound Of it viii reach around the world
and then leave enough to reach from
New York to San rancisco
SCIENTISTS estimate that every year a
layer equal to fourteen feet deep of the
surface of all oceans and other bodies
Of water is taken up nto the atmos-
phere in vapor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
NOTES FOR WOMEN.

THE gifted daughter of Judge Sey-
mour D. Thompson, of st. Louis, has
been his secretary for two years, and
fills in her leisure time studying law.
WOMEN physicians will be placed on
the staff of the exposition hospital at
Chicago. and will rank equally with
their neutrality-suspicious. in all re-
spects.
Miss NJ. T. HERDERs, for the past six
months assistant in the drug store at
Darby, Pa, has been appointed chief
apothecary at the Howard hospital,
Philadelphia.
Mrs. SUSAN BROWN FILLMORE, lately
celebrated her ninety-seventh birthday
in Providence, r. L She has some repu-
tation as maker of verse, and wrote a
poem on her ninety fifth anniversary.
Miss IDA BURNETT, strikingly hand
some Minnesota girl and a graduate of
the University of Minnesota. was the
first to take possession of a site on the
new sIaseton reservation. She staked
out her claim at once, and, with the as
sistance OF her driver. went to work to
build a cabin. Miss Burnett has a sus-
picion Of Indian blood in her veins, be-
ing descendent Of the Sioux race.
TIE author Of Philosophy Of the
Unconscious. Edward Won Hurtmon,
saws: The woman who desires to be
equal to man has gained a foothold in
all countries and nations during this
generation. In the last 800 years moth
ing has undergone more intrinsic
changes than the position which wom-
en- take in social life. The woman of
1870 can hardly be recognized in the
nan of 1890"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
WOMEN IN BOHEMIA.
What Is Being Done for Their Advance
ment in That Little Country.

What Is Being Done for Their Advance
ment in That Little Country.
The affairs of the little country of
Bohemia Ia part of the Austro- Hungar-
ian empirel are we'll worth serious at
tention A writer in Polish paper
published at Warsaw recently gave
history of the advance of women in that
country. The pioneer woman in the
general advancement of her country
women, closely connected with the gem
eral awakening of a national life in the
first half Of the present century, was
Joanna Rottona. or as she is known in
literature. Caroline Swietla, who is still
living. As a young girl She showed
decided taste for literature. and despite
conventional opinion that it was I'M
seemly. devoted herself to study and
writing. Also she thought the native
Czech language should be spoken in
stead Of the German, and she with her
husband, who shared her idea, always
used il. Madame Bottona's efforts were
largely in the line of industrial ad-
vance to enable women to become self
supporting. The outcome of her labors
was an extensive and influential Czech
society of woman's industries.
Another pioneer laborer was Bozena
Niembowa, born in 1920 She devoted
special attention to the instruction and
enlightenment of the common people
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

Can chronic diarrhoea be cured?
Those who think not. should read the
following from Mr.. Joseph McGnffin of
SpauldiDg, Union County, Iowa. He
says: Il was troubled for years with
chronic diarrboea and used many
kinds of medicine; but nothing with
permanent effect for good, until tried
Chamberlain Colo, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy. l would say to ev-
cry one in need of medicine for the
ailment mentioned and kindred diseas-
es try the Remedy, and like myself, you
will never be without it in your home
% and 80 cent bottles for sale by j. L.
Bennett, Druggist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
What Your Great Grandmoth.
er Did

She hetcheled the flax aud carded the
wool, and wove the linen. and spun the
tow, ard made the clothes for her hus-
band and ten children. She made but
ter and cheese. she dipped tallow can
dies. TO light the house at night, and she
cooked all the food for her household by
an open fire place and a b.ick oven.
Yes; and when she was forty years of
age, she was already an old lady whose
hest DAYS were over. Her shouldt rs
were bent and her joints enlarged by
hard work, and she wore spee'acleS and
a cap. Her great granddaughter. with
ali the modern conveniences for com
fort. refinement and luxury. may be as
charming and attractive at forty five as
at twenty. Especially Is this true if she
preserves her health and beauty by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
ton. which wards off all female all
ments and irregularities, cures them if
they already exist, keeps The life current
healthful and vigorous, and enables the
woman of middle age TO retain the
freshness of girlhoOd upon brow and
cheek, the light of youth in her eyes.
and its elasticity in her step. Sold by
all druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
sucKLIN's ARNIcA sALvE.

The best salve in tue world for Cuts.
Beuises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chlblains, Corhs, sand all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or moneyrel lnded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by
JOSEPH T. BENNETT. 4Sly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
Please Your Husband.

If you are going to make biscuits for
supper tonight, send Minnie down to
the store for bottle of Horsford 5
Baking Powder, end you can rely upon
1t you will have the best biscuits you
ever ate, and your husband or the boys
will make some remark about their ex-
cellence, without your telling them you
have changed to Horsford's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in l to 3 days.
Its action upon the system is remark
able and mysterious. 1t removes at
once the cause, and the disease i'm
mediately disappears. The first dose
greatly benefits, rs cents. Sold by,
Stone & Hassell, Druggists, Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
Making Gloves.

Thousands of American women sup
port themselves by making gloves, and
a great center of this business is in
New York, near the Adirondacks. As
so often happens, this business sprang
from very small beginning The deer
skins which the early settlers took in
exchange for their goods were difficult
to dispose of, until one of the women of
the settlement made them into gloves
and mittens which sold with unex-
pected readiness. Now number of
small shops give employment to girls
and women who are noted for their
lady-like manners. The ordinary ma
chine workers make $3.50 day. Those
who put the silk stitching on the wrists
and backs make $500 day, while those
who sew the parts together with the
overstitch seam make So, 90 in the same
time. The workers must, however,
furnish their own machines, keep them
in repair and pay their own needle
bills. A few women are kept busy sort
ing into pairs and mending. The work
connected with glove-making is easy
and light, remunerative, and done under
OleaSant circumstances
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re
newer is unquestionably the best preser-
vative of the hair. 1t is also curative
of dandruff, letter, and all scalp
affections.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

Scribners' Magazine: Mrs. Tophat-
Bridget, where did you get the dreadful
black eye? Bridget-Me brother gave
it to me, mum. and whatIl the neigh
bors say, mum? Me with an eye loike
that and no husband!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

Washington Star: "What is the
name of that lady who sneezes somuch ?"
he asked. Il don't know replied MS
sister; '.she seems very intense" Il
should say she was intense; she's a
grass widow with the hay fever
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

Somerville journal: If the telephone
girl has soft voice it is next to impos-
sibse for the man az the other end of the
wire to believe that she isn't pretty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

The reports of the San Francisco
Board of Health, and of the Tacoma,
Seattle and Spokane Boards of Health,
are unusual tributes to be paid even to
an article of SO high character as the
Royal Baking Powder. These Boards
say, in their judgement 1T is impossi-
bic to make purer or stronger baking
powder than the Royal"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

indianapolis Journal they were
just engaged. I'VE had better be
married to morrow" said he. $50
soon?" "M'hm, Your father and
differ in politics, and there is no telling
how soon we may be deadly enemies. ;"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

n. Y. Sun: CobwiggeH-"I notice
he hasn't gone ilshing since his MARI.
age" Brown-"That is because bis
wife is member of the W. C. T. U.
and made him sign the pledge"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

Brooklyn Life: This is the first poem
| ever wrote, sir" said the caller, hand
ing manuscript to the editor. Then
| could not for a moment think of TAX
Jog it from you" replied the generous
editor, handing it back.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-18

Many ladies' have used our machines
twenty to thirty years in their family work,
and are still using the original machines
we furnished them a generation ago.
Many of our machines have run more
than twenty years without repairs, other
than needles. With proper care they
never wear out, and seldom need repair.
Ne have built sewing machines for
more than forty years and have constantly
improved them. We build our machines
on honor, and they are recognized every
where as the most accurately fitted and
finely finished sewing machines in the
world. Our latest the No. 9, is the
result Of our long experience. In COM
petition with the leading machines Of the
world, it received the Grand Prize at the
Paris Exposition Of 1850, as the best,
Jther machines receiving only compli,
mentay medals ofgold, silver and bronze.
The Grand Prize was what all sought for.
and our machine was awarded IT.
Send for our illustrated catalogue. We
want dealers in all unoccupied territory,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
LATE NEWS EMS.

TIE senate was ne in session on the
7th......ln the house considera ton of
the river and harbor biz was com
pleted. but IL vote was not arrived at.
The only amendments of importanc nee
were an increase from so. 900 to $780,
0G0 for improving the Missouri river at
Great Fail. in Montana. and Sioux
CITY. Ia: SO 600 for damminc the ella
river near Yuma. Ariz-. and providing
that in cases where the secretary OF
war was not satisfied with the bids, or
where contractors failed to finish their
work in the specified time, he could
complete it otherwise than by con-
tract
CALABoso. Venezuela. the point where
Casanas the commandcr-in-chief of the
government troops was intrenched. has
fallen into the hands of the insurgents.
and there Is no doubt that the com
mander himself is prisoner.
Miss FAULKNER. who was found be-
side the railway track near Leeds. En-
gland. AMI told story of having been
assaulted and thrown from a train by
male passenger. has confessed that theI e
is no truth in he story.
CONSIDERABLE uneasines>s Is appar-
ent IL Austrian military circles owing
to the renewed reports of apparent pre-
paratioH> for war on the part OF Russia
and the movement of troops toward the
western frontier
The net profits of the Actors Fund
fair in Gilmore's garden. New York
citv. during the week ended on the It'll
are placed at SO ,. 90. and these figures
NAV Il, conSidera bly, exceeded when all
accounts are in.
Epw.N O'BHIES. the invincible. died
in Dublin on the eth. lie was released
not long ago from Mount .Iov prison.
his snare in the physical-force move
ment
DANI..G. T. CUMMINGS. president OF the
Girari national bank. and director Of
the Pennsylvania railroad. died sud-
denly al his residence in Philadelphia,
on the eth.
1T is announced that the holy rose.
which the pope bestows every year upon
some Roman Catholic princess for vir-
tue" fell this year to the queen of Por-
tugaL
AMONG the passengers on the steamer
We're. which sailed from New York for
Genoa on the eth. were ex-senator and
Mrs George F. Edmunds
LAMPERTI, the famous singing master
died in Milan on the eth Among his
pupils We're Mime. Albini. Miss Van
Zandt and Campanini-
THE prohibition of the export of corn
from Black sea ports has been raised
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
FIFTY-SECONO CONGRESS.

IL She senate. on the I'd. Mr. Vest handed up
for appropriate reference to petition protesting
against the opening Of thu Worlds fair on Sun
day. After business of routine nature several
public building bills were passed. and shortly
before . o clock the senate went into secret ses-
sion on the Russian and French extradition
treaties 1900 In the house among the measures
passed We're: A bill TO encourage American
ship building: granting a pension Of s. a month
to the survivors Of the Black Hawk. Greek.
Cherokee and Seminole wars: to ratify and con-
firm an agreement with the Indians residing on
the Coiville reservation in the state of Wash
ington; propriating $4,000 to carry out the
stIpuiations regarding the Behring sea treaty.
The house then continued the discussion of the
diplomatic and consular bill
In the senate. on the Sd. Mr.. Kyle. of South
Dakota, made free coinage silver speech.
The amended Chinese exclusion bill was passed.
by 4 vote of 20 10 Is. notwithstanding the new
section involving Il violation of treaty obIiga-
tons with China -. In the house the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bin was passed. af
ter debate occupying almost the entire day.
The appropriation of ST.. 600 for the intercont1-
mental railway survey was omitted from the
bill as passed.
IN the senate, on the 18th. the entire day was
occupied in passing routine bills from the cal
endar. most Of them of a local character
In the house the conference report on
the Chinese exclusion bill was agreed to-1S5 to
-. After discussion as to the precedence Of
the appropriation bills. the house took up the
river and harbor bill. and Nr. Blanchard. chair
man of thu committee occupied over one hour
in explaining its provisions, and pending its
discussion the house adjourned.
IL the senate. on the 5th. Mr.. Plat spoke for
three hours IN opposition 10 the pending Choc-
taw and Chickasaw Ss}.0I0.ODD resolution. but
frankly expressed his opinion that he was ad-
dressing an inattentIve senate 70 liutl. purpose
No other public business of interest was done.
800 In the house the river and harbor appropri-
alton bill was further discussed. the debate be-
ing entirely without incident The only points
where appropriations were increased We're at
NanitowOc. Wis tS2s.tssl, and for Haversach-
EFT river. Ne. which was increased from $1,000
TO Sl6.G1p.
II the senate. on the 18th. the removal of the
powder storage boats from New York harbOr
and the Choctaw Indian appropriation were the
only subjects discussed. the balance of the Ses-
sion being devoted To memorial eulogies over
the late Senator Wilson. OF Maryland 1900. In
the house the usual order for considering pri-
waite bills on Friday was set aside. and the dis
cuSsiOn OF the river and EarbDT bill was CON
tinued. Pending action the bill tn. house
took recess until o'clock p m. the night SEES
sion to De devoted t. private pension bills.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
WENT GOWN FORTY FEET.

Fearful Plunge of "a santa re Express Train
Through a Bridge Weakened by Recent
Rafns-seven Persons Killed and Many
Injured-The Cars Piled Into a Narrow
Ravine-List of the Victims.
MEDILL, Mo-. May 6.-The Chicago
limited express direct from the coast
and San Francisc was thrown through
q bridge here at 5 o'clock this morning.
All the cars of the magnificent train,
lOaded with transcontinental passen-
gers, bound east. We're buried in the
waters of d flooded ravine. 1t is al
ready known that many were crushed
and drowned and more injured. 1t is
thought that seven persons were killed
outright and thirteen injured. The
names Of the killed or injured have not
yet been obtained.
Medill is small town about twenty
five NILE, beyond the Mississippi.
Within Il few miles of the pace. is q
deep rivin". usually dr.. 1t is span
ned br Il tiftv-foJt arch. which. il is
supposed. tie hea ~ ram OF the past
few GaVS weakened and :inallv dis
placed. The wrecked trim is due in
Chicago this evening. Being an over
land and limited train it is usu-
ally well-flled with the best class of
passengers. many of whom. ii is believed
are drowned beneath the waters OF the
flooded run. All the Santa Fe wires
are down and the railway officials are
anx5Ously endeavoring to discover the
full extent of the accident.
The accident was caused by water
spout filling the ravine and carrying
away the bridge. The train plunged
directly into the water from the broken
rails and the cars must have piled
themselves one on the other as there
are usually seven coaches in the train.
The following is & list of the unfortu-
nate victims whose names are known
KILLED.
Lon Market. Kansas City. Mo.
Luther Cornelius. kirksville. Mo.
:. f. Berkley. Westport. Mo
John {. Grones. Macon. Mo.
One lady and two children. names
Tot known.
INJURED.
=. c. CowIing. Chicago. Ill.
J. c. Winslow. Chicago. III.
y. Lancaster. Chicago. III.
Mrs. Jane HOSE. Riverside. II.
w. \. Isham. Riverside. III.
Martin Regal. brakeman.
j. f. Hartgen. Reading. Pa.
w. Allen. Athens. Pa.
Mrs. I. Allen. Athens. Pa.
VIII adams. Dewsberry. Yorkshire,
England.
II. VI. Cutler Chicago. Ill
\. Ruban. express messenger.
Robert Shultz, Lexington Junction.
No.
One Italian woman and child. names
not known.
The fated train was the through Cali
fornia express which left Topeka a $40
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Near
Revere the train struck pile trestle
bridge which had been washed out of
line. Just as the locomotive reached
the opposite bank and the rear Pullman
stood over the other end of the bridge.
the rest of the train went through to
the river. thirty-six feet below. The
wrecked ears We're the engine. tender.
baggage car. coach. chair car. tourist
sleeper and one Pullman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
MINISTER SMITH

Talks About the Russian Famine and the
Gratitude Felt Toward Americans for
Their Generous and Practical sympathy
Every Pound Properly Distributed
where it Would DO the Most Good.
PHILADELPHIA. May 7.-Charles Emo
ry smith has gone to Washington to
present to President Harrison his resig-
nation as minister of the United states
to Russia.
When asked n bout the famine and the
provisions sent from America he said:
Every grain of corn and cent OF money
landed at Libau or Riga was made to
90 as far as it could. and absolutely
nothing has been wasted. | did not go
up into the famine districts. but know
the cargoes were evenly. quickly and
generously distributed where the food
was needed the most. The reports of
the famine which reached this country
were not exaggerated: in fact. il vDuld
take a mind of unusual iIuagina-
tive powers to exaggerate the bare
truth. People were dying by the scores
in every village when the niiana ar
rived. and while her cargo did not
appease the starving peasants Of the
whole district. it saved many lives and
spared the sufferers much of the awful
discomfort they had to endure. For
this manifestation Of good feeling the
Russian people are very grateful.
They did all they could for their own
starving subjects. and spent altogether
s15.00o,G00 in an attempt - stop
the famine. 1t vas because our
charity came in the right way with the
right spirit, that it impressed the Rus
slams SO strongly. No one in America
who contributed towards either q: the
Zig ship-loads need fear that = was
money wasted. Every cent told.
Minister Smith s.'vs that the famine
will end in June. ard that the outlook
for crops this wear IS excellent.