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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
USEFUL ALLlGAToRs.
They Are Valuable as Destroyers of rroub-
tesome Rodents.

tesotnE houfnkAs
The have Louisiana were form
erly the hoa of alligators without
number They did no particular harm,
except by catching stray pig or dog
now and then; nor were they known
to be OF any particular use. The peo-
pie. for the most part, let them alone
Then there sprang up at the north a
demand for alligator skins for the
making of satchels. pocketbooks and
the like, and the natural result fol-
lowed. The alligators were killed in
great numbers, till presently they were
almost destroyed.
No harm was done, people thought;
but by and by il began to be noticed
that certain mischievous quadrupeds
were multiplying. In the rice fields,
according TO Louisiana exchange. the
muskrats increased in such numbers
that ii became hard work To keep up
the back levees, which had been built 10
keep the water on the rice during the
growing season. What perhaps was
more serious, the same hurrowipr re-
dents infested the front levees. and
nothing bnt constant watchfulness
averted disastrous consequences.
Then market gardeners began to
complain Of an charming increase in
the number 81 rabbits. raccoons and
other animals which proved upon the
caulihower, cabbage, lettuce ard simi.
lar vegetables. Some Of ,he gardeners
were compelled TO inclose their gar
dens with close wire fences, or else
abandon the cultivation Of some 81
their most profitable crops.
The alligators had not been useless
and the people had learned anew that
it is dangerous TO 20 too fast and too
far in disturbing the order of nature
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
AsToNIsHEp INDIANS.

They Thought Red-Haired PaIeface
Something of Freak of Nature
Twenty years ago the Indians in
Colorado knew but little of the white
man, and nothing hardly of his ways
Or habits except from tradition.
among the people who went to settle
in Colorado at that time, says
Golden Days, was man with very red
hair. He and his party were thrown
among the Indians, who thought at
first that his hair was painted. just as
they painted their own bodies and
faces.
An old chief came m ~ him one day
and looked at his hair very carefully.
"Ughl" said he.
And then, turning 30 the interpreter
who had the party In charge, he
wanted him to ask the man where he
got the kind of paint that would color,
and yet not be greasy or look dauby.
He was told that the mans hair was
not painted, but he would not
believe it. He once more walked
up TO the man and scrutinized
his locks, running his hand through
them and looking at his fingers.
The red-haired man became a little
nervous, and half fancied that the chief
was calculating how nice red scalp
would hook hung TO his belt The in
terpreter, however, laughingly told the
man what the chief had said.
Two or three more of the Indians
then gathered around the party, and
they and the interpreter had pow
WOW. Finally the interpreter asked
the man If he would object TO putting
water on his hair
He saw that the Indians would not
believe but that it was painted, until
they saw that the water would not
wash the color out. The man took
some water, rubbed it on his hair and
then showed his hands 70 them. But
it took four or five days of wondering
examination % convince them that he
had not found some peculiar paint, and
got himself up in bright red suit of
hair
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
oIAsoLIcAL INTELLIGENCE.
Instances of the Treachery and Wicked
ness of the Elephant.

ness OF the Elephant.
According to my observation. the
elephant is intelligent in a diabolical
way at times, but rarely ever up TO the
mark when its intelligence would be
useful So with its docility. That
quality is prominent, no doubt, when
the exhibition of il Is convenient to
the elephant, but one often looks for
it in vain when it is needed for the con-
venience of any other living creature.
Then the elephant is a revengeful
beast II is tFeacherous often, and,
with few exceptions, an arrant coward.
How very uncertain the docility of
an elephant may be, and how revenge
may be substituted for that quality,
was illustrated by an event that is
fresh in my mind, says a writer in
Blackwood's Magazine. A mahout
tried to drive his elephant into the cen
ter of a newly-excavated tank. The
elephant found out with its trunk that
hole of me depth was just before it
and would not move. The mahout per-
sisted, and urged the recalcitrant ele-
plant with the iron goad, 1.-THE gujbag,)
and, after short conflict, the elephant
seized the mahout with its trunk,
dragged him off his seat on its neck,
and, placing him below its fo-efeet,
trampled the life out of him.
This animal had some reason for be-
ing annoyed by its driver, but there is
nothing to be said in extenuation of
another elephant that, apropos of moth
ing, tossed me with its tusk. | was
feeding that brute in the eventide,
when the days work was done and
this toiler, with others, had TO be tend
ed and encouraged I was feeding it
with delicaeies dear 10 the elephantine
palate, and, without rhyme or reason,
that docile and intelligent creature
butted me into the air, no doubt with
a benevolent intention of impaling me
that was frustrated by my offering no
resistance to the tusk and by the blunt
ness of that weapon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
mow NavaIo. rroauee prr..

The Navajos produce the brilliant
red of their blankets from bayeta, a
bright scarlet cloth made in eastern
cities and raveled by she Indians for
the yarn. Their gray is the natural
color of some of their sheep; 80 are
their white and black. They produce
a deep yellow from the alder boiled in
water and afterward mixed with inn
pure native alum a dull red is pro
duced from alder bark. Black is also
obtained from the aromatic snmac,
yellow ochre and the gum of q species
Of pine. The last dye is essentially an
ink Most Of these dyes are produced
by elaborate and lahorious processes,
but the Navajos also rs.e dyed woods
aat,c liz Cas tern rs.}3S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
CHINESE PuNlsHMgNTs.
A Horrible Phase Of Justice Among the
MoBgolians.

MoBgolians.
In December. 1891, | was in Canton.
One afternoon visited the principal
law court. Two prisoners III chains
were introduced-one an old man, too
infirm to walk. the other youth, toll
erably vigorous. but abject and forlorn
in demeanor The presiding mandarin
appeared, sat down and slipped his tea
while an official battered out long
grafton, presumably an indictment,
for the prisoners proceeded. as | I'M
derstood, 70 plead mot guilty" What
followed, SAYS writer in the Specta-
tor, was this: The old man was held
up-not held down-while two stolid
Cinnamon logged him with long.
plant canes above the knees. The
youth was Invested of his chains,
which were then piled mp in front of
him, Upon these he was compelled TO
lSneel. while his feet, hands and pig
tail were all attached by n cord to
a post behind him and tightly secured,
The cries OF the victims and the com
plete composure of the spectators were
alike disgusting | said as much to
my guide, whom ] generally regarded
as an amiable being. His reply was:
This very interesting / never seen
this before. though ! have no doubt
he had. The explanation of the dread
full scene--excuse there could be none
was that, by the law Of China, no maR
can be executed until he has confessed
his guilt These two individuals had
been convicted beyond doubt of helm
Gus crimes, but they refused TO confess.
The alternative before them was exc
cution or death by tortare. and appar-
entity they preferred the latter. The
ceremony Witnessed was to be re
peated de die in diem until either life
or resolution gave way. How the end
came, OF course. | never knew.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
MOTTO TO coATs-oF.ARMs.
The Motto Ought Really Not to Contain
More Than Eight syIlabIes.

The Motto Ought Really Not to Contain
More Than Eight syllabIes.
The art Of composing the motto was
subjected to severe rules. The body
and the soul were required to be in
such relation to each other that the
soul should invariably explain the
body The legend must be concise,
neatly turned and ingeniously sug-
gestive-lihe the 'Desdichador of the
disinherited knight in "Ivanhoe, SAYS
the Year Round.
1t had always to be applicable to the
person as well as to the material object
forming the body" and it must not
be drawn from things unknown, nor
must il be too enigmatic or too facile
too humble, or above all, too arrogant
Again. it was essential that the fig
ure should be agreeable TO the eve and
its idea 10 the mind. Finally the de-
vice was perfect only when the body"
was unique aud the soul, or motto.
in a language which was not the
mother tongue Of him who bore it.
The motto ought not to contain
more than eight syllables. That of
our order of the Garter. "Honi soft
qui NAL y pense, contains only seven;
that of our kings, "Dieu ct mon
drolt. only four. The device of Leo
Y was a yoke with "Suavee for the
motto-"1he yoke of the Lord Is
sweet" That of Henry H., king of
France and Poland, two crowns on the
earth and one up above, with the
motto: "Manet ultima coelo;" that
Of Charles ", the pillars of Hercules,
and the legend, NE plus ultra"
Devices went out of vogue in the
seventeenth century, and now survive
only in the coats-of arms of the older
families, where the reader, If he be so
disposed, may study them at leisure
and examine how nearly they APP
proach the ideal embodied in the fore
going rules.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
ifAnt County MethodIsf.

Grant County Methodist.
The Sabbath Is an institution or
dained Of God and recognized BY
human law as of the highest benefit to
man. 1t is not an arbitrary law Of
God. but experience and observation
prove it to be for the good Of man,
physically. mentally, morally and spir-
itually. We should not think Of it as
day stolen from us to make Us miser-
able, but day given to us for our lost
development and our most perfect hap
piness1 1t has its need in the eonsti-
tuition of man. None of God moral
laws can be violated without conse-
gent misery and degradation. The
laws of theft, marriage, profanity and
the law of the Sabbath are equal in
God moral co e, and are equally
binding upon all men. Many who
would scorn TO violate the others.
the unconverted to get a start in the
Christian life, and for the converted to
become grounded in faith. On each
evening there will be revival sermon
T. The pastors in the Platteyille
district are expected 70 he present
from Tuesday 70 Friday inclusive. A
many as can are invited To bring their
wives with them, Entertainment viii
oe provided for tho pastor and his
wife. if notice Of the wife, intention
to attend is sent to Rev. : W Trous-
dale at least one week before the Insti-
tute begins
). We believe Providence sends DR..
Keen among US We hope and he
lieve this will be the most helpful and
blessed series Of meetings Platteville
district and city has known for years.
We ask two things Of the pastors and
people: /. Daily prayer for God ;
blessing upon The meetings ,, plauto
attend ali the meetings possible Pas
tors aud people may receive y life-time
help in their great work, and may do
rood tina. shall last 10 All eternity.
REV JONI TREHpDER.
REV :. W. TRoUspALE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

In an exhibition Of trained wild ami
mails now open in New York a number
of large and very intelligent dogs are
always introduced into the cage with
the other beasts. This is said to be
for the protection of the trainers, the
quick instinct of the dogs enabling
them to discover instantly any indica-
ton Of dangerous temper in the
lions or tigers If there were hkeli-
hood of the men being attacked the
dogs would rush upon tine wild creatures
and thus give sufficient warning to the
trainers to retire. 1t is an exhibition
m which the men In charge run very
serious risk
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Blstder dis.
eases relieved IN SIX hours b me NV
GREAT SoUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE, THIS new remedy is u great
surprise on account ut its eNceecing
yromptne>S IA reviewing pain IN the
bladder. kidneys. 94ck aud every part
OF the urinary passages in male or
female. Il relieves reteI ton OF water
and pain in passing it almost immedi-
s'e'v. n 'ou w. e.see ""'se
.huf.s st.- ~sd IN
>'"u-- \ Il >,vl, .l..s Is IS,
A.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
HIGH HEELS CONE FROM PERSIA

A Climatic Necessity There and Jealous
Device In old Time Venice.
Heels, it is said, owe their origin TO
Persia, where they were introduced
upon sandals in the shape of blocks of
wood fixed underneath, such being the
root idea of those deformities TO which
lovely woman owes so many of her
woes, says the New York Journal. A
high. unsteady heel, it is an open
secret, injuries the leg tendons and af-
fects the spine as well as internal or
gans which are liable to be displaced
by the thrown forw ard position en-
tailed In Persia, the first home of
the heel, however. these blocks of
wood are used simply 10 raise the
feet from the burning sands of that
country, and were two inches high. "
With the Persian women these blocks
were vastly higher than those affected
by men. their height being from eight
cen inches 10 two feet, thus becoming
more Of the nature of stills than any
thing else. Strangely enough, many
years after n similar fashion came into
vogue in Venice; but the motive in this
ease was eomically different, for by
its means Jealous husbands thought
they would be able 10 keep their wives
at home" The supports of such shoes
in Venice were called "chimneys," and
70 appease the vanity OF the ladies.
and doubtless also to sugar the pill,
were made highly ornate. The height
Of these chfmneys determined the rank
OF the wearcr, an extra coating for the
pill the modest DANES being per
mitted 10 wear them one-half yard or
more high. +"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
DIR. SHOCP, w nssaas;
HAS DISCOVERED THE
Cause of Chrome Diseases.


People have taken Blood Purifiers y
and wondered why there was no perma-
nent benefit derived.
DIR. Shoop has taken step in advance
of al others, by giving special study to
the cause of these increasing chronic
diseases.
He has found that certain nerves have
entire control over the stomach, liver,
kidneys and all internal organs. When
these nerves are weak, or exhausted, the
stomach win not digest the food, the liver
will become torpid and the whole ystem
viii sink from this lack Of nerve force.
DIR. Shops Restorative is a
stomach, liver and kidney cure, as it acts
upon the nerves that control these organs.
Not "Nervine," but nerve food. 1t |
aids digestion, cures dyspepsia and bill |
iousness By remoring the cause.
Is it not reasonable ? AZ Druggists.
TnFF by mail, samples and book |
ThfT fully explaining this dig
- oovery for 2 cts. pc stLge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

Enterprislng Young Man: True Co. instructed
aud started worked steadily and made money faster
than expectedto became able TO buy island and buS
small summer hotel II don't succeedat that will go
work again at the business in which made money
True a. Co.: Shall We instruct and start you readert
II do and IL you work ndustTously, yen will in due
time be able buy island and build hotel If you wish
TO- Money can be earned ~ new line Of work, rap
idly and honorably by those Of either young old
and in their localities. wherever they live Any
do the work Easy learn We furnish everything No
risk You devote spare moments or all your time
the work This entirely lead brings wonderful
to every worker Beginners earning from $50 to
$50 per week and upwards and after little expe
renee We furnish you the c1ploymentwe teach you
FREE. Thsis age Of marvellous things, and here is
another great useful wealth giving wonder Great gains
will reward every industrious worker Wherever are
and whatever doing want TO know about this
wonderful work Delay much money lost to
you No space 20 explain here bot will write to u.s.
TRUE az CO.. Box 400. Augusta. Maine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
TElEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Five boys were arrested for playing spook in a haunted house in Rochester.
 Thirty ringleaders of a mutinous Cos sack regiment at Terek were knouted to death.
 President Hippolyte of Haiti, who has been dangerously i'll at Port au Prince, is recovering.
 The United States Hay Fever associa- ton held its twenty first annual meeting at Bethlehem, N. H.
 Many students and anarchist aRitators have been arrested in Rome for oonspiring to start a revolution
 sam Hernbein, secretary of the Sons of Benjamin society, is missing from Denver with debts of SlO,0
 k. c. Bcnedict's yacht Oneida took n party of Connecticut state senators from New Haven for a trip
 Tho Ottawa Tinsmiths' assembly will withdraw fruIn tho Americ Association of the Knights of Labor.
 The tenth annual meeting of the grand lodgo of tho Ladies of St. George of Amer lea is being held in Cleveland
 An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck a passenger train on tho Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis road at Willow SprinGs Mo,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
Peculiarly Placed.

had called for cheese and crackers at the village store, and the grocer was about to weigh them out, when g woman came in and asked for something, and he beg ged me to excuse him and jumped to wait on her. She had scarcely gone when a second woman appeared, and he went through the performance again. He had got the cheese cut of when the third woman entered, and he left me to sell hel a clothesline. Whom he returned, he rub bed his hands and smiled and said:
 ''There! I can now finish with you. was peculiarly placed, you sec"
 How peculiarly?"
 ''The first lady was a Mrs. White. l owe her husband 5000, and for the slight. est inattention to her he'd demand his money and close me up."
 II sce.''
 ''The second lady is Mrs. Parsons, suit coming of before him, and if made her mad she'd tell him to throw mo down, and he'd do it. I'd have got off a sick bed to wait on Mrs. Parsons
 "And the third onef''
 That was Mrs. Rankin. She's got a mortgage on my house and lot, and as long as can keep her good natured she won't foreclose You'll excuse delay, hopet"
 oni CeEIalHIy AHyDouy eIsc you nsiNS to look out for in this town?
 ''Well, yes, but you arc now attended to. Yes, there's old Mrs. Hooper, who: worth $50, 900 in cash. When she comes in, she must be waited on at once or''- ''Or whati'
 Did you see a stream of molasses down hill as you came up''
 Was that stuff molasscsf"
 Ut was. She came in hero yesterday Fs.. l didn't move fast enough she kicked [ barrel of mOlasscs out doors and sent fl rolling down hill. Want anything morc:' No nothing"
 "Because you'd better get it now, as see Mrs. Taylor coming She isn't so very whimsical, but fl she happens to ask for [ crowbar and tell her I'm all out shc1 pound on the counter with an ax handl, and end by falling in n fit
 Or-An
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30

I'll thank yo' all de rest O. my life. White folks knows jest how to talk in a letter. "
 You love her as you have never loved before or can againt"
 II does, sah."
 You would lay down your life for herr"
 1T would, sah. If dat lady wants me to jump of de roof O Gis kotel, I'ze per feckly willin.''
 And I may add that unless she gives you her heart and hand you propose to pine away and die?''
 Oats it, sah-pine away an die Come down mighty hard on de pino away an die part
 You offer her your undivided afrec- tiOns and will put forth every effort tC mako her life one long and blissful drcam!"
 "D.t's it-dat's it. Shoo, but how de white folks kin talk in a letter! Yo' jest write one fur me, sah, an dat cook m me will be ingaiged befo' night
 In half an hour he returned for the let ter, which he said he was going to send into the kitchen by one of the girls Ar hour later he returned with it in his hand and said:
 Boss. did yo' dress dis letter to Mis-: Linda Brown?"
 "Yes. There's the name right there"
 Would it be too much trubble fur yO to scratch dat name out an put in Mis-: Libby Jones!'
 But whats that forf"
 "Kase do cook what I was perishin ful was dun married last night, an has con cluded to transfix my Ondyin affeckshun: to de head chambermaid. Jest change dG name, an duan scratch out dat pinin ava, or de blissful dream. Sorry to trubbl, yo', boss, but if yo'n do dat I'll be ingaig cd in dc bonds O wcdlock bcfo' dcy git. de soup on de dinner table,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30

kcrpin-, that duUrbcIl in repair. We shall hc just much ahead of the game
 NIT. B"w>,r disappeared in tho base mcnt. where he batteries wCre resting on shelf. and 3u minutes later he rcappcarcd with a sIuilc on his face and observed:
 -'Th" r'pairs ar' completed, Mrs. Bow ser, and have saved fr'm Sl0 to $lj."
 What was the mattCr:'
 As you know nothing about volts and ampCrS and alternating currents and oT,n cirCuitS, yUu could not understand If 1 tried tn explain. will now go out and press the button. and electricity will do the rest
 Then. were thrre bells on the circuit. When Mir BoWScr prI'SS,td q he button, they began ringing. and when he let up they still Cuntinu rL T. wasn't soft, mclodi- ou- ring. a> tkc balls gave out when lady caller pressed the button. nor yet quick, decisive ring. .ls when the Turkish rug man mounted the steps To offer his warcs Un the w,r'kly iu>tallIncnt plan IT Was a COntiUItuuS clattc-. with a buzZsaw edge to il, and it hadn't continued over 80 sec Onds when young BOwser awOke with a yell and the cook came flying from the kitchen Mir BOwscr pressed the knob and let ga, and he got out his knife and work ctl the point of the blade behind it, but the chatter even grcw louder.
 What Is it-what have you dOnci" de- mandcd Mrs BOTser as she rushed into the hall.
 Mako that young un stop his internal noise, and you go back and sit dOwn!' he yelled in rrply as he gallOpcd down stairs after hammer, n scrcwdriycr, a pair of pinChcrs nnd a whctstonc.
 Mrs- Bowscr heard him pounding and rushing about for five minutes. Then he came up stairs and pounded and rushed some mOrc. Tho cook flew into the back yard and scrcamed 'Firc!''and ''Police!" and young BOwscr tried so hard to drown ! the nuiSs, Uf the bells that his eyes rolled, and he exhibited every symptom of fits ! Mir BOw-,r finally found the wires as they ! led in from the front door and cut them i of and pulled them out by the roots, and l the ringing ceased Then he sat down on l the front stairs He was there when the | frightened child finally grew quiet, and ! Mrs BOwsCr went out to sec If the hurri- cane had passed
 Well, did the volts, and the ampcres, and the alternating currents get mixed up:" she kindly asked
 Mir BOwser looked up and glared and ] brcathed us if he had been climbing up a ! haystack, but Inc had nothing to say | There was no need of words. She was to 1 blame, of course, and in the morning his lawyer and her lawyer would have an in- tervicw and arrange for the divorce and settle the amount of aliInony.