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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
MEXICAN HANDIcRAFT.
Wonderful skill In Fashioning Gems Into
Curious Shapes.

Curious Shapes.
1t is recorded of the Mexican lapidary
to whom was intrusted the fashioning
of the exquisite wedding-gift of Cortez
to his wife in 1929 that he was a work
man unusually gifted with delicate
sure touch. wonderful skill and unpar-
alleled ingenuity"
The first of the five famous emeralds
forming the ring was in the form of a
rose; the second, that of horn; the
third was like unto fish with eyes of
gold; the fourth was like little bell,
with fine pearl for the tongue. On
the rim of this tiny bell was inscribed,
in Latin: Blessed is he who created
thee" The fifth emerald, the one of
greatest value, was fashioned like lit
tie cup, with foot OF gold. and four
delicate gold chains were attached TO
a large pearl as button. The edge
of this cup was of gold, on which was
engraved, in Latin: "Internatos mu-
lierum non surrexit maior"-Among
those born of woman none greater has
arisen.
1t is recorded that for just one of
these precious gems the almost fabu-
lous sum of forty thousand ducats was
offered, and declined by Cortez.
The sole relic (that can be identifed)
now in existence of the incredible
wealth of ancient Mexico is a gold COB
let with the sides rudely repousse,
with the representation of a human
head, upon one side in full face. on the
other in profile, and on the third the
back. This wonderful piece of ancient
handicra II seelas to be OF pere gold.
1t was brought from Mexico and pur-
chased at Cadiz by Edward Earl, of Ok
ford.
1t is stated that it was once the prop
erty of Montezuma.
This goblet stands four and half
inches in height; its diameter of lip
measures three and a quarter inches.
It's weight is said to be little over five
ounces.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
A New Grocery Store.

George Wiliams has resigned S
position in Walkers h, rdware store
and intends 10 open grocery store on
main street, about the first of the month.
George is well thought of in town end
We prophesy for him a good business,
and we can guarantee that sll the girls
will buy their 'Yucatan" of him, as be
is quite a gallant with the ladies. We
only have one advice TO offer him. and
that is. "buy pure goods, don't keep
any trash on your shelves and be sure
to lay in good supply of Horsford's
Baking Powder"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
THE STING OF THE NgTTLE.
Some OF the Poisonous veget.aIe Nom
sters of other Lands.

Some of the Poisonous veget=5Ie Mon
STEERS of Other Lands.
The leaf and stem of a nettle are
literally clothed with erect hollow
hairs. II one of these hairs is viewed
under microscope it will be seen that
its free end, after tapering to very
fine degree of slimness, finishes as
little knob. while in the other direc-
ton. after gradually becoming more
robust. it suddenly expands into large
bulb corresponding with the poison
gland of the adder
The point of the hair, says Good
Words. is very brittle. and contact
with our skin causes the end to snap
off, leaving a hollow needle point
which readily pierces our cuticle, and,
pressing upon the bulb at the other
end. the poison is forced though the
central channel and infiames our
blood. The tenderhanded who stroke
the nettle are stung for their pains,
because their gentleness has only
served to break the brittle points and
render them fit for piercing, but the
rough-handed break the hairs at their
thickest parts, where they are too
stout to prick
Our common nettles. though they are
capable of inficting considerable an
noyance upon many persons, are too
insignificant, nevertheless, to be in
cluded among vegetable monsters, and
we have only referred to them for the
sake of making clear the enormities of
some big cousins-giants of the net+le
family. These are, first. the Urtica
stimulans and Urtica crenulata of the
East Indies, species whose attack upon
ones hand is sufficient to cause the arm
to swell with a most frightful pain,
which lasts for weeks. But even these
are milk-and-water nettles by compar-
ison with the Urtica urentissima, which
grows in Timor where it bears the sig
nificant title of Daoun setan, or devils
leaf. The effects of its sting last for
year and have often produced death,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
What Will Do TT

MEDICAL writers claim that the sue
cessful remedy for nasal catarrh must
be non irritating, easy of application,
and one that will reach the remote sores
and liberated surfaces The history Of
the efforts TO treat catarrh IS proof pos
tive that only one remedy has com
pleiely met these conditions. and that
is Ely's Cream Balm. This safe and
pleasant remedy has mastered catarrh
as nothing else has ever done. aud both
physicians and patients freely concede
to this fact. Our druggists keep it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

Why should so many young men and
boys congregate around the entrances
to our churches on Sunday evenings,
and stand in groups or long lines on
the side walks, when the services are
dismissed? Ladies. in leaving church,
do not care to run the gauntlet of
twenty-five or thirty men and boys or
be crowded oil the sidewalk Be
sides, what business have they there?
Would it not be geat deal better
manners for the boys to 90 home when
services are over. and it they d. not
90 into the church, would it not be well
for them to stay at home during the
whole evening? Boys, you viii never
get any good from going tc the church
entrances and gazing at ladies and
others as they 90 in and out Of the
churches. Would it not be well also
for parents to know where their chill
dren are on Sunday evenings, as well
as other evenings?-Grant Co. Metho-
dist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
THE INDIAN MONEY LENDER.
He Is as Hard Hearted and Mercenary as
a Shyiock.


Shyiock.
The Indian money lender almost
everywhere is a thorough shylock
Rajah Brooke tells me that in Sara
wax where land may be sold for debt,
unless as a penalty for swindling, and
where limit is put on the interest
that his courts will enforce, the Indian
money lender has been found as hard
and merciless as the Chinaman and
Malay are fair and reasonable. With
men like these, says the National Re-
view, and an ignorant peasantry, one
would have thought that English
judges would have done their best so
70 administer the law between the
two as to give the debtor fair chance,
while allowing the creditor what was
justly due But they are so hide
bound, such slaves to the letter of the
law and to English precedents, that
not helping hand can the debtor get,
ana che courts are mere machines
which the money lender sets in motion
or directs at his pleasure.
remember a case in which Mo-
hammedan lady, one who never APP
peared in public, and the owner of a
valuable village, was sued for some
thing like fifty thousand rupees, the
money advanced being, so far as
could ascertain, not more than two
thousand rupees at the outside. The
court Of first instance, native subor-
dinate judge, appointed committee 70
examine the creditors accounts, which
reported them as very suspicious Still,
a bond for the amount sued for had
been given, and, in face of rulings by
the high court, the sub-judge had no
alternative but TO give decree for the
full sum. And an appeal to the high
court Of Bombay, which was prose-
cuted by the ladys friends, met with
no success. However much the lady
might have been defrauded, they de-
cided the bond was in order and the
village must 90
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

All sizes and qualities of
Envelopes and Paper furn-
ished and printed in neat style
at reasonable prices.
Bill Heads, Statements, or
any style of Notice printed
promptly.
Wedding Invitations, Ball
Programs, Tickets, with or
without coupons.
Sale Bills, Posters, in any
Color, at sizes and prices to
suit.
We can furnish anything
desired in the printing line at
short notice.
Give us a call,
THE HERALD,
Lancaster Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
NEW coUNTERFElTs.
Spurious Issues of Silver Certificate and
case "a Treasury Note.

WASHINGTON, March 20. The secret
service of the treasury department has
discovered that there are.two new coun-
terfeit government bills in circulation.
One is of the two-dollar treasury note
and the other is of the one-dohar silver
certificate. This is the first counterfeit
ever found of the two-dollar treasury
note. Ii is of the series 1891, check
letter &C." w. s. RosecGans, register,
E. II. Nebeker, treasurer. portrait OF
Mcpherson. The one-dollar silver GER
tificate counterfeit is series 1891, check
letter "a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Cake Stirrer.

A Mrs. Bull of Peoria has invtn'ed q
cake stirrer which the best thing of
its kind in the country, and renders the
tiresome task of be 4ting up cake one
OF all absorbing pleasure. 1t will not
do for can-opener nor a shoe buttoner
or tsck-drawer, and ladies will please
remember that when mixip~ a cake
that one Ct the very b. st Ingredients
that can be dsei is a pure b. ing pow
der that will make the cak light and
white, and Horsford's Baki 2 Powder
fills tho bill every time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Insanity WRECKS u Family.

SALEM, Ia. April 2S. -Several days
ago Mrs. Emily Hiatt, an elderly
woman living near here, lost her mind
and was sent to an insane hospital at
Mount Pleasant A day or two later
her son Samuel became insane and
was sent to the insane hospital His
sister Mrs Edward Foreman. living at
the same place brooded over the affair
until she went insane, jumped into a
well and drowned herself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Sunday Evenings.

A crowd of young chaps on the corner,
OF religion, each one was a scorner,
And they talked OF their mashes,
And tried to cut dashes,
These darling young things on the cor
ner.
Tbs fool killer came trudging along,
Humming a sorrowful song.
For he'd forgotten his club.
Ay lhele was the rub,
While here we're victims whole dozen
strong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
.peath Of ) Neted west virgInlan.

WHEELING, w Va. April %. Daniel
Lamb, one of the founders of the state
Of West Virginia. chairman Of the con.
vention which formed the state. and
the original craftsman of the state con-
stitution. was found dead in his bed
Saturday. He was 81 years of age
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

Cough Cream" is a selentifcI COM
pound fol- coughs and colds, prepared
by well-known druggist from the for
mula of celebrated physician, and
must not be classed with the many
quack compounds in market. Your
druggist sells it. so cts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
l sing of spring. thing
That this year seems a hoax;
For the breeze doth freeze the trees,
Aud the crocus croaks.

It's just as easy to try the Minute
Cough Cure as any thing else. It's
easier to cure a severe cold or cough
with it. Let your next purchase for
cough be One Minute Cough Cure.
Better medicine; better results; better
try it. J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Life Lost in an Omaha Fire.

OMAHA, Neb., April 2S.-Lee's hotel
was destroyed By fire Saturday. J. L.
Smith, of Columbus Junction. Ia, was
burned to death and C. L. Moline, of
Ceresco, Neb., jumped from a third
story window and broke his legs All
the other inmates of the hotel escaped.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Two Ral,ies Mnrdereh.

TUscoeEE, Ala, April "a. Two little
girls, aged and G, daughters of Mrs.
George Sinclair, were found murdered
in the woods near here, and in mill
pond near was found the body of Hor-
ace Johnson. an insane negro, who, il is
thought. killed the children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps and
blemishes from horses. Blood SPAWN
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney. Ring Bone,
Stiles, Sprains. Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonder
full Blemish cure ever known. Sold by
Stone & Hassell Druggists, Lancaster,
Wis. vi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Found : nesertnd Cltr.

CITY OF MEXICO. April 81. - Explorers
have verified the discovery of de-
serted city in the mountains near Du-
range. Mexico. Its population must
have been %. 600 people
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Nobody Knows

What | suffered for years with those
terrible, racking, sick, headaches.
Life was only torment to me; if you
are so troubled, | would advise you 10
use Sulphur Bitteis, for they cured me.
CLARA BELLE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
=, srArE- cnArLn. a.. Decea.ed.

ESTATE CHARLES AYERS. Deceased
L.
Connty-In Probate
Notice il hereby gwen. that at the special
term Of The Convey Court to be held IN ana Tor
said County 81 the ourr House IN the City Of
Lancaster. in said Comfy, on the 4th Tuesday OF
Nay. A. d 1894 being the 23nd day u May, 1924
at the hour Of one O'Clock 10 the afternoon. the
following matter will be heard and considered.
The application 81 John Carthew public ad
min -traior for the settlement and allowance OF
his final account Of his administration Of the
estate or Charles Ayers, late of the Town OF
Little Grant IN .aid County. deceased and for
the assignment 81 the residue 10 such other
parties as are entitled thereto.
by order OF the Court,
IOl2 GEO. b. CARTER,
Dated April -. 1894. Comfy judged
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
4 Fatal Duel.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, April % Wal
ter l.. Bragg, a young lawyer. and DIR.
j. H. Mattel fought with revolvers in a
drug store in this city and the former
was killed and the latter fatally
wounded
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Fatal FIre IN RussIa.

LONDON, April ~ The large wooden
mills at Ivanovo, Russia, have been
burned. The damage is estimated at
100000 rubles. Ten persons were
killed or injured during the conAagra-
ton and /, 900 people were thrown out
of work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

SHILOH'S CURE, the great Cough
and Group Cure, is IN great demand.
Pocket size contains twenty-five doses
only 25c. Children love it. Sold by
Druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
AN Mere Present.

NEWMARKET, Tenn, April "a H T.
Dick and wife, of this place, celebrated
their golden wedding yesterday, and
the same minister and attendants were
present who saw them married half
century ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

Not one minute elapses between the
taking of One Minute Cough Cure and
relief. Why shouldn't people take One
Minute Cough Cure? They should.
They do. j. L. Bennett,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

MANDY, did you see that notice on
the counter, your choice for fifteen
cents?' -
Mendy-"Laud sakes! yes but il looks
like an awful price for them clerks
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Was TiIden's Law Partner.

New YORK. April 90 -Ex-Judge Nell
son Jarvis Waterbury, the veteran law
yer and former partner of Samuel j.
Tilden, died al his home in this city
from pneumonia, with which he was
suddenly seized about midnight on
Thursday. He was born in this city
I,Ilv 1910
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

KARL'S BLOWER ROOT, the great
Blood Purifier, gives freshness and
clearness to the complexion and cures
Constipation, 25c., SOC.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
More Royal Lovers.

CoBURs. April 2l.-The betrothal is
announced OF the czarowitz Grand
Duke Nicholas) to Princess Alix Veto
ria, Helena Louise Beatrice of Hesse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

Critical barber Feeling new custo-
mer's bristles) -"Where did you get
shaved last, sir? Customer-"On my
face"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

The wag who spends his days trading
jokes at the expence of other people
may expect some boot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

By and by the Ameican Indians will
have nothing but mental reservations
to stand on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03

We cannot always oblige but we can
always speak obliginglY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
Asls your DruegieI 20 u cuFe.

Prot Pirkholz, The Germsn hair
specialist. who has made a wonderful
success Of curing badness and making
hair grow on the heads Of ladies and
gentlemen. has large business estab-
ished in the Masonic Temple, Chic igo,
and with his assistant will give attention
10 those who are in need Of hair. The
Professor will examine your scalp free
of charge. and should he find that the
follicles are not destroyed or the pores
not closed your case will be pronounced
curahle, bat where the head is slick and
shiny there is no cure. Call and see
him or write him 1011 Masonic Temple,
Chicago, or at Stone and Hassell's Drug
store, Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-03
NO CURE. NO MuSTaCHE.
NO PAY. NO PAY.
DANDEuEE CURED,

will take Contracts to grow hair on the head
or face with those who can call at my ONCE or
not glossy, or the pores OF the scalp net closed.
Where the head is shiny or the pores closed,
there is no cure. Gail and be examined free of
charge. IL you cannot cali. write 20 me. State
tho exact condition OF the scalp and your occu-
patton PROF. @. BTRE6H0IZ,
Room i0i1 Masonic Temple, CHICAGO.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-11-01
ELECTRIC ELEVATORS.

They Are Not Only Signaled. But Started
and Stopped by the Lightning Fluid.
There is a vast difference between
the latest perfected elevator and the
elevator of a few years ago, says the
New York Mail and Express. The
electric elevator is the latest. The
passenger signals it by teleseme, as
the appliance is called by which he
presses button labeled "Take me
up or "take me down. as may be, in
response to which a faint buzzing in
the car of the conductor of each car,
whether there are two or half a dozen,
draws his attention to an indicator
that shows on what floor the passenger
is and which way he wants to 60. The
first car to pass that floor going his
way takes him,
But the most novel point is that
electricity is also used in running the
cars. The conductor does not pull a
steel cable nor grasp a handle as big as
the reverse bar of locomotive. He
presses a button and the elevator
rushes up, another button and it de-
sends, third and it stops. Before
long the elevator men will be called
operators at this rate, and charming
young ladies, with fluffy bangs and
rings on their fingers, will be doing
the work.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-11-01
Notice Of Mortgage Sale.

nEFAULT having been made in the con
OF sale dated the twentieth day of June 1899
and recorded OH the tWenty-fOurth day Of June
1889, in the office of the Register of Deeds o.
Mobiles County, State OF Minnesota, in Book s
of Mortgages, page 1913. whereby Charles j. Fox
and Roselen Fox, husband and wife, mortgage
ors, mOrtgaged to the Lombard Investment
Company, mortgage, the northwest quarter
Except the southeast quarter of the south
east Quarter) of section twenty six in town.
ship one hundred and two in range forty two In
said MOBILES county, Minnesota, by which de-
fault, tile power Of sale has become operative,
and no action or proceeding at law has been in.
stituted to recover the debt remaining secured
thereby, or any part thereof. The amount
claimed to be due on said Mortgage at the date
hereof, is $4,000.
The said Mortgage was duly assigned by the
said Lombard Investment Company to the
Colonial &; United States Mortgage Company
Limited, dated the third day Of July 1889 and
recorded in said Office of the Register Of deeds
on the twenty-fOurth day of May, 1894, in book
H of Mortgages, on page 80.
Now, notice Is hereby given, that by virtue Of
and said premises sold at public auction by the
Seventeenth day Of November, 1891, at2 o'clock
p. IN. at the front door of the Count house at
Worthington. Minnesota, to pay said debt,
interest, attorneys fees and disbursements al
lowed by law.
Dated the first day of October, 1894. s
COLONIAL& UNITED STATES MORTGAGE Con-.
PANY-LIMITED, TsEAL1
A. V. EASTMAN, Attorney. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-11-01
PAPER HORSEShOES.
They Are Helpful to Cavalry Horses OF
Long Marches.

They Are Helpful to Cavalry Horses on
Long Marches.
When paper horseshoes were first in
troduced into the cavalry service of
the German army few years ago they
excited good deal of interest. Sew
eral cavalry horses were first shod
with the paper shoes and the effect OBJ
served. twas found, says the Chicago
Herald, that not only did the lightness
and elasticity of the shoe help the
horse on the march, making it possible
for him to travel faster and farther
without fatigue than horses shod with
iron, but that the paper shoe had the
property of being unaffected by water
and other liquids. These new sheets
OF paper are pressed closely together,
one above another, and rendered i'm
pervious to the moisture by the appli-
cation of oil of turpentine. The sheets
are glued together by sort of paste
composed of turpentine. whiting, gum
and inseed oil, and then submitted to
a powerful hydraulic pressure. Paper
horseshoes are also made by grinding
up the paper into mass. combining it
with turpentine, sand. gum, litharge
and certain other substances. pressing
it and afterward drying it. But these
shoes are less tough and elastic than
those made of thin sheets of paper laid
one upon another. These shoes are
fastened to the horses feet either by
means of nails or with kind of glue
made of coal tar and caoutchouc.