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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11

pendous enterprise was in full swing.
The scene al the moment when the
nstion's president reached forth MS
hand 10 awake the great forces from
their sleep was of historic interest and
one which thrilled the vast assembly
within sight Of that motion. At that
instant the men at the halIiards at the
foot of each great fsg staff laid hold
with vim. The monstrous American
flag uufOlded at the top OF the center
pole broke forth, and broadened out in
the air. At each corner of the admin
istration building great banners. blaz-
oned with the arms of Castle and
Aragon III folded. simultaneously from
every flagstaff upon all the buildings of
the white city bannerettes representing
tie various nationalities were given to
the breeze. The great fountains gushed
upward. Out upon lake Michigan the
revenue cutter Andrew johnson fired
salute and every craft in the neighbor-
Rood set Der whistles to screechiDg.
The great mass of people on the plaza
swayed Ike wave and ro4red forth
their appreciation of the event
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11
The Worlds Congresses.

The management es the Worlds Fair
and leading men End women Of Amer
lea and foreign nations have made ar
rangements for Il series of congresses
during the summer The most impor-
tant interests Of all nations VIII DE con-
sidered and discussed by tboee persons
most interested and able to present the
most advanced views Time and place
are now announced Those who wish
to attend che on any Of these congresses
max note the time and secure pro-
grams or atterward secure printed
reports Of all addresses and proceeding
Among tie congresses, Worl. ) Com
ggeSs d representative women IS part
81 womans progress in the nineteenth
century
Fifty National organi1atiors Of
women in America have elected repre-
sentatiyes on tile Home Advisory Coun-
Gil v lille the Foreign Advisory Council
comprises 327 distinguished women.
The Womau's Congress will begin May
/ Is and close Ma u The object oil
this Congress is 10 discuss not the sub
ject, pcr a, but the relation Of the
Women Of the world to the subject The
general themes are Education, Industry.
Art and Literature, Philanthropy and
Charity, Moral and Social Reform
Religion. Civil Law and Government
Woman's influence, PARTICIPATION
ami progress through her relation
these subjects viii be tho line Of though
Another leading topic Is the ECONOMY
ii Woman Forces through Orgsnaa
ton
The Worido Congresses VIII bo heh
/ il the Permanent Memorial Ars raiae
which ha. .no sast audience rooms
Eaea eoaggess holds one week
Woman Congress beglas Mas i5 rh
Futile Pres, i. a, Ma Nediein
an surge eins Mss s Temper
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11

snce begins June 5; Moral and Social
Reform begins June y; Commerce and
Finance begins June 10; Music begins
July g. There are nineteen Congresses
in all-with dates reaching to the close
of the season. The sessions will doubt
less be inspiring and those who have
money and time 20 spend forenoon and
evening at the meetings and afternoons
among the her attractions will have
OF growing wise very fast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11
Ripans Tabules cure collie.
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

by loca' applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness,
and that IS BY constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an intlamed con-
dition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eastachian Tube When this tube gets
intiamed you haYe a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing. and when ii is en-
tirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
condition, heaiing viii be destroyed
forever; nine eases out Of ten are caused
by catanh, which is nothing bat an
inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., To
ledo, O. 11-14
ae1s@ Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11
is PEARL A MINERAL.

CHICAGO. ILL., April ~ "A little
matter of opinion rs 70 what constitutes
ma.eril for al exhibit q mineral IN
dustry il Just now the esusa 81 q clash
between The Wisconsin Worlds Fair
Commission and the director Of tie
mines building which may however, be
settled without much Of . fight. The
Wisconsin Board has prepared col
lection Ut Pecatonica and Sugar river
pearls. valued III about @125. 600. and
to-day Supt Savage proceeded to in
stall the stones in the space allotted to
Wisconsin Il was only a short time
later when Commissioner Kirkland
received note from the director gen
eral office stating that he would have
to take out the pearl exhibit from the
mining building because the pearl be-
ing the product Of the clam, properly
pretains to fisheries, and should 20 in
that department. The Wisconsin com
missioners. Notwithstanding the notice
from the management. are determined
that no such technicality shall mar
their plans to make an attractive show
ing in mineral. and the pearls viii stay
INIT! ii becomes absolutely necessary TO
Weld.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11
Manufacturers and Wages

Here are some instructive aud inter
esting figures taken from a table in the
New York Tribune Of 100 cities in the
United States. showing the increase in
the number of persons employed in
manufacturing daring the last ten
years and the amount OF wages paid.
The cities are selected from all parts Of
the country and are new as we'll as old
ones. Chicago makes rather better
showing than any other Of the great
cities in increase of business, having in
1880, 79.414 and in 1890, 203, l08 per
sons employed in different factories.
There were s34, 653, 462 paid to employ
es in 1880 and S119, JAG, 557 in 1890. The
average increase in wages in Chicago
during these ten years was $50. p pes
capita This is an excellent showing
in every way.
The showing for the entire hundred
cities is, hands employed in 1880,
l, 448,274. and in 1890, 1888, 8l2 while
the wages paid are 1852, 246. 222 in 1880
and in 1890, S1,27S, Gal ,O28. One fact
which becomes apparent in a campaign
between 1880 and 1890 is that the num-
Der OF persons employed in work in
machine shops and factories has in
creased much more rapidly than the
population of the country for while the
increase in manufacturing is 81 per
cent the increase of the whole country
is less than 25 per cent Whatever
may be said of other occupations it
seems to be quite plain that manufact-
uring has some special attractions for
working men and women Some other
prominent fact brought out by these
figures and one that may explain the
pref renee that is shown for work in
factories, is that the average pay per
year for each person employed in 1880
was 1881 81 and In 1890 500 TO- Not
only were about two thirds as many
more hands employed in 1890 than ten
years before, but the average wages Of
two and one third million employees in
1890 were IS Der cent higher than those
paid for similar work in 1880. If this
is not prosperity, and prosperity for the
working millions, then the world does
not know what prosperity is Did you
ever stop to think that the policy of the
Republican party has had large share
in building up this wonderfully graft
flying condition of things2 Prosperity
i good for the individual and the
country. The Repubi lean policy has
been productive Of great prosperity,
therefore the Republican policy is good
for The individual and the country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11
Beloit Students Celebrate.

Beloit, Wis, May The iowa has
been all excitement for the last hour.
j. II. Kimball, the winner OF the second
prize in the inter state OTatorical con-
test, returned from Colum bus this even
ing and was given q reception which for
enthusiasm exceeded anything OF the
kind that has been known here IN years.
A. II. Carpenter, who accompanied
him TO the contest, also returned this
evening. They were met at the depot
BY Il large crowd of students supplied
with tin horns. band instruments and
powerful lungs kimoail was hoisted
upon the shoulders of several Of the
students and carried at the head 81 the
procession to his room at the home Of
his aunt. Mrs. c. @. Keller Here he
recei we'd round after round of cheers
Kimball was then taken To the home Of
President Eaton. A speech was called
for and Kimbali responded briefly.
thanking the students for the reception.
President Eaton then spoke briefly con-
graduating the orator on bis success.
Aside from honor, Mr. kimball won
$50, the entire prize being 500. The
next interstate contest will be held at
indianapolis the first thursday IN May
next year. Walker Of Missouri was
elected president of the association for
the ensuing year The majority OF the
audience at the contest considered the
Ohio and Wisconsin representatives the
best in thought. but the markings of
the judges place them rather low. The
two winners were ranked by the differ
ent judges as follows: On thought and
composition Thwing gave Hopkins third
place and Kimbsll fifth; Belser gave
Hopkins third place and Kimball
seventh; Chamberlain gave Hopkins
fourth place and Kimball seventh. On
delivery Nuff gave Hopkins first and
KlmbaIl second; Routhaller gave Hop
kins third and kimball second; Pugh
gave Hopkins fourth and Kimbsll tirst.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11
CURED OF HIS LAZINESS.
A Grant County Man Whose
Neighbors' Wives Taught
Him a Lesson.

Two Madison ladies who have just
returned from = visit to friend, ii Liy-
ncston. Grant county, tell how the
champion lazy man there was cured
This man was too lazy t. cut his wood
and naturally too poor to hire il done,
aud the consequence was that his wife
was compelled to saw and split all the
wood used. This aroused the indgna-
lion Of the other ladies' Of the village,
and they resolved to see il he was sens.
ible to shame So they organized .
wood-cutting bee and on the appointed
day . large party, including bankers
and lawyers wives appeared At his
home armed with all the necessary
tools. ana for IA hour worked hrayelN
1t the wood-pite cutting suihcion
wood 70 give the wife rest for severa
days Tie ladies were weary when
they got through lat tte lesson has
tie desired ileeu ana .ho husband
now euss lis own wool
The above ron tae Asa.seH journal
seems to Il. to ha ahou somebody som,
where else Tran Living aa Il mus
ae i mistake Certainly Livingston
man 50 un1alaut og iHaaeo' iha
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11

confer With the aforesaid Wall street
bankers, bur also TO pay them for the
use Of any gold be may find it neees-
sary to borrow from them. Verify,
this administration is queer com
pound; but 50 is the party that put it in
office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11

THE independent and outspoken
Milwaukee News breaches a very in
tercsting and very just sermon on
high priced churches. taking for its
text the debt of $40. 600 on the Tai
maze Tabernacle, in Brooklyn, and
then goes on to speak Of the great,
costly churches that are located IN To-
calities where the steeples look down
upon poorly clad, poorly fed, unedn-
Gated people The Sl0,oo0.000 Epis-
eopal church 10 be built in New York,
was also dwelt upon. The text IS a
good one and the sermon a timely one.
There is too much money put into fine
churches and elegant church turni-
lure. Make the churches larger and
palmer and put more seats in them
and more brain and more heart
and lots ofeommon sense IN the pull
pit. even ii much larger amount q
money Il needed t. secure them.
such a program may MOI be g, TASTE
tul 10 The rich Christian, who have
been enjoying The 1reah wealthy
churches. hut what s the odds 20
long a. soul. are what thc churches
ana Christian people ARE after Mis-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11

that order there. That was real live
goat that they took with them. They
report an excellent time.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm Brown have Just
returned from Monona. Ia. where thew
have been visiting their son Mr.. II. D.
Brown and his wife.
MARY ANN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11
CHAs. J.. HARPER, EDITOR AND PROP R.

IL report made by the Navy De-
partment. it is stated that single
discharge from some Of our heaviest
cannon costs 800 This being the
case the great naval display in New
YORK harbor was an expensive as
well as an attractive show 1t will at
least equal the one adjourned couple
If weeks ago at Madison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11

he will allow his wife or any other lady
to cut wood for him. However some
other men might take warning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11

THE prohi- Of Paderewski $ American
engagement are estimated at sl3O'VVV.
Here is an example Of the grim irony Of
fate. Ten wears ago, it Is said the we
Of tho greaI pianist starved to death ~
Poland while he was taking The pre-
carious chances of unrecognlzed genus
against fortune in Paris. His late sue
cess with its golden rewards seems 70
him not without the bitterness 81 mock-
erv and the WEAKNESS Of hope deferred
There is that i'm the manner Of The man
which shows that be appreciates inc
hollowness Of all bis triumphs. 1here
is in his face a fixed and stolld resis-
tepce to emotion and an impenetrable
gravity which is clearly suggestive OF
the bitterness aud resentment which ne
cherishes in his Utmost heart against
the world. New York san.
The morning call., 1893-03-05

his last fight. But his calculations were
wasted, Tor the whole pack seemed to spring
on him at once, and he was borne to the
earth with dozen wolves on top-of him.
he was nearly senSeless, but managed to
strike couple of times before his knife was
knocked from his hand.
Page then commenced to punch with his
lists, but wondered why he was not deYorred
by the ravenOus- king beasts.
They were on all sides of him, swapping
and growing, but none of them had bitten
him. he dealt several of them many hard
blows and few rolled over as if their days
were ended.
Suddenly he was seized again and this
time dragged several feet over the snow.
When the desired spot was reached he was
left few moments and several others came
up to tear his clothes from him. In a short
time he was nearly as nature made him and
the snow that was rubbed on him during
the operation began to run from his body in
cold streams that kept him shivering.
AT this part of the performance the pack
stood still and uttered a most unearthly
howl. Then all made a sudden turn aud
became silent and began to revolve around
the man who was kneeling in the snow and
yelling at the top of his voice. There were
hundreds of them, and they moved without
sound. Thev passed over the snow like
ghosts, and in the pale moonlight their
swapping jaws and glittering eyes looked
ike some tint Of the inferno.
Round and round they went several times
at an ordinary pace; then they went faster
ana faster, until they could scarcely be
seen. For several minutes this was kept
up, and The victim in the center was nearly
dizzy as well as almost frozen. Then COM
menced a series of jumps and walking on
hind legs. still keeping the rotary motion.
Then came a combination of figures, when
one crowd walked around in circle inside
the pack and the others commenced to
jump over one another, until they looked
like choppy sea on a dark night. How
long the march was kept up Page does not
know, but 1t was broken by another howl
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Terican Horned Toad.

person who could see beauty in a horned
tlle witches in "Mscbeth" 10 be equally en-
titled to enter the beauty contest with Juno,
Venus and Minerva. The majority would
prefer to agree with the Irish laborer who,
on seeing a specimen of the toad with
horns" Indignantly exclaimed that he had
sworn off whisky for six months after sac
ing something far better looking on the wall
of his bedroom one night.
Aud, by the way, this poor maligned
horned tOad' is not only harmless and
n0n-yen0mou5 creature, but is net toad at
all. he is called by the Mexicans "tapaya," !"
aud is lizard. The common horned toad
TaDayR eOronata) is found in nearly every
county in California south of the Oregon
line, but is especially abundant in the heated
belt, and becomes much more plentiful to-
ward the Arizona and Mexican frontiers.
1t Is larger variety than the horned toad II
the northeast States. which has been found
as lar east as Nebraska, the difference in
length being nearly in the proportion of six
inches to four.
There are three other varieties of horned
loads found In the State, one of which Is
distinguished by having no ear openings.
and was first collected by General Mccall.
who called IL "Anota," or earless.
A local dealer in animals assures me that
TO persons living all over the State. The
price is from so cents to 81, according to the
size of the specimen. The correct estab-
lishment for these strange pets is a fish
bowl half filed with dry sand. placed in q
The morning call., 1893-03-05

in dispOsing of all ne could procure OF the
large vampire bats at prices up TO $40 apiece.
Even in these days of free schools there
are numbers of people who have very
mixed ideas about bats. The German term.
"hedermaus," whence the old English "flit-
termUuse," emphasizes the primitive idea
still prevalent, that a bat is a mouse with
wings. The bat is not mouse, and it has
no wings. The webfoot of a wading bird or
duck is much more akin to the bats wing
than any wing properly so called; and for
the rest the bat is an insectvorous animal
while the mouse is a rodent
There are one or two things about the
bat that are specially funny and instruc-
tive from Dsrwinian standpoint. When
a bat is weary 1t sticks hooked extremity
OF each wing against wall and rests
obliQuely on the other extremity, exactly
as monkey does when he mopes. or like
schUolbOy when he has a itOf the sulks and
turns his face toward the wall. We are
only children of a long DarwiniaD growth.
are we not?
A bats favorite posture In sleep is hang
ing head downward by the two claws; the
wings" so called, folded around the body.
In this state it looks very like miniature
turkey dressed for sale in the market.
Those who have bought a vampire bat
will soon find out that it is an exceedingly
delicate, shy and cautious feeder 4 bat
Will never eat when any one is looking on.
and mostly snatches its food (iny bits of
meat or small insectsl, hides the mOTse IN
der Its membranOus wings and eats it by
snaps or jerks as terrier does, leaving
digestion plenty Of work to do.
In store window Oh Montgomery street
an enterprising clothier has exposed to
view two pet baby ailgatoTs from Florida.
They are an irresistible attraction. and as
Shakespeare wrote, do give US bold adver-
tiSement" 7. c. d.
The morning call., 1893-03-05

sunny spot. They can stand blistering
heat, but cold or wet is injurious TO them
Insects are the only food, and they will eat
flies and fleas till further orders.
The same dealer assures me that he once
had live Gila monster, for which there was
quite brisk competition before the speci-
men was Fl ally sold. OF course everybody
has read Of the fabulous records Of this
"accursed thing. of Its venom; of the de-
struction 1t has wrought and of its being
the modern Ideal of the dragon in the Book
of Revelation.
As a matter of fact, the Gila monster
lHeloderma horrida) is q blackish lizard,
foot or more long, with strong, heavy limbs
and large, blunt head, its skin knoDby in
stead OF scaiy, and it is found all along the
Mexican boundary. 1t has no poisonous
tangs as alleged and is q native of the
desert region OF Mexico, Arizona
and Lower California. Like other
lizards it is an insect feeder and
burrows In the sand during the rainy sea-
son. The stories of the monster" reaching
three or four feet in length are made out
of whole cloth, and for the rest 1t is no
more to be regarded with fear than the lit
tie newt or eft OF the brooks. creature
which In the beginning of the century was
spoken of as splitting fire" into the wounds
1t Inflicted with its deadly jaws.
found live vampire bat among the OBJ
Jects exposed for sale in local natural his
tory store the other day. OF course, the
traditional vampire and blood-sncking
stories will 60 nicely in harness with the
Gia monster and the venom0us eft. a bat
is quite an attraction in store-window.
and the dealer assured me he had no trouble
The morning call., 1893-03-05
A WOLF DANCE.

How many hunters have seen a wolf
dance, and how many who have had that
experience ever want to witness the per-
formance again? Strange as it may seem,
most hunters who have seen one seldom
speak Of it, and do not include it in their
campfire yarns. At times they may tell it
TO a select few, but then they speak in a
sort of whisper that has a sound of horror
about it.
In fact there is only one sure way of
seeing the performance, and that is to be
tie victim. and the memory of this clings
70 man as long as he lives, and makes him
shiyer every time he thinks about it.
A wolf dance is dance in every sense
of the word. and seems to be done by the
animals for some purpose similar to that
viii h impels the unciviliZed races of human
beings 10 indulge in complicated gyrations
fcr religious ceremonies.
Some hunters say wolves go through the
performance AT times without victim as
part OF II, but these men can never prove
what they say. nor do they acka owlpdge
having seen tie dance. Those who have
been through ii are confident that il is very
rarely done and that the victim is necessary.
Many times II results fatally to the man,
although it does not seem as if the wolves
intended that 1t should. The dance is one
OF the mysteries of animal life and Is the
cause of much superstition among the In
dians who inhabit the country near to
where the wolves are in the habit of doing
the dancing.
All men who have escaped alive say that
1t happened in some high altitude. The
wolves in Middle Park, Colorado. are in the
habit of dancing and also those on the high
plateaus OF California, There are only a
Few cases known, but all are much the
same and there is no doubt about the Yerac-
Ity of the men and in the case to be men,
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Heavy Cars the Most Safe.


Every commercial tIavel has an opinion
of his own as to that position which makes
car the safest one in train. Some OF
them hold that it is the one next the bag
gage-car; the majority maintain that the
center of the train is the least dangerous,
while there are still individuals, in the
minority, to be sure, who favor the rear car.
These opinions have been gained in many
instances from practical experience in rail-
road wrecks, which are, of course. by no
means infrequent in certain sections of the
country. As such, they are entitled to con-
sideratOn, but the dissimilar views really
60 to show that the position of a car in a
train as regard its greater or less safety is a
matter of speculation alone.
Upon one matter, however, all the travel
ing men agree, and that is that no matter
what the position of the ear is, the safest
ones of all are the heavy sleeping, parlor,
buffet cars and the like. They are COM
monty referred to by the drummers "as bet
ter than an accident policy" There is
every reason for the holding OF this favors
able opinion of these cars. Their heavier
frames and trucks Sender their telescopipg
a difficult mattey, and they are less likely to
leave the rails in time of collision that
other cars in consequence of their greater
weight.