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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
Vote Prohlbitionlsts Vote.

Let me appeal to the careless yot-
err. in the party. lest they set brakes
ON CUR progress. again aS they have
in previous elections. OF course thi,
class i made up largely If those who
Take no prohibition papers. therefore
"a peal tn every man reads this arti-
SIZE q see chat ii i read by everx vottr
Mhn ASS pct taking the pepper.
Nag does the prohibition party al-
Y2ace So slowly aud - unstea3iiv Mt
times making good gains. and then
falling back again; gaining III ii
locality and losing u another Large
lv. because ~ tie careless Voter.
What does u vote amount to- Let
Us suppose 4 ease take Ohio n an ex-
ample. suppose one man in each
voting precinct. says, ave can elect
amy Il this time my work il at a
distance from the polling place. and
ii | vote ii will cost me half a half
days work and accomplish nothing
that would cause a loss of 5000 in the.
state; suppose one mar in each ,.re-
cinct Is away from home and makes
no effort to get home in time to vote.
that would bring the loss up to 5000.
suppose a mar in each precinct be-
comes terrified at the howl of the old
parties the country will 90 10 ruin un-
less we are successful once more: and
so deserts his colors and votes with
the enemy that would bring the loss
5000; suppose (Which is more than
probablel that one man in each pre-
cinct who has heen almost convinced
still fails to vote with us because he
i discouraged by the difference of
these other three. who have claimed
to be Prohibitionists that would make
the the total loss $4,000.
Can we expect to see the party 90
on to success when thousands OF those
who acknowledge the righteousness of
Its principles. and the Justice Of its
cause either through Indifference fail
TO vote. or allow themselves To be ca
ioled or b~ull-dozed into voting for a
party they know and admit Is be the
wrong party. Careless voter do you
ever stop 70 consider the tWo-lold in
Jury .vou do to the party whea Won
fali to vote-the loss OF vour own
Note an4 the loss Of others who are
discouraged UT vnur Indifference
suppose one veal the voters rally to
tic polls and cast a good vote and the
neNt eae several thousand. through
eareies or Indifference stay away
apd tile xote shows falling oa. What
p the r~esiilt2 The public think the
party s Iasing ground aud il Is used
~ ths strongest argument against us.
afnf the Prohibition workers who are
faithful every day i'll the year have To
hear The results Of the cSrelessness Of
others again appeal TO those Prohi-
b~jtionist. who have been careless i'm
past @ see that the work is M longer
allowed g suffer through their neglect
oh, that Prohibitionists MAJ realize
the Importance and necessity OF per-
sonal action. and then get to the front
especially on election day.
Gro. Wallace. JR.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS.
LInnaeus FIRST saw the Necessity OF
Bringing All Descriptions Together.

Linnaeus saw the necessity Of bring
inc togethsr all the descriptions OF
plants aIres dy existing. and Of wording
them in such a way that. without los
ing anything essential in the descrip-
ton, they should occupy the smallest
possible space. Such a condensed de-
scription is now known as a diagnosis
When he had accumulated a considera-
Bile number of diagnoses he saw that II
was difficult TO find ones way through
them. and he set about arranging them
after s0me of the most striking charac-
teristies which did not necessarily in
dictate relationship. but were simply as
Il means of classification and reeogni-
ton. He took for this first the number
Of stamens. bringing all plants with
one stamen in the flower together. all
with two, three. four. Eve. ten. etc,
into their several classes. in this way
creating the groups Of the Mcnamara.
Decandra, Polyandra, etc. Having done
this. he recognized that a subdivision
of these groups was desirable, that
many plants with the same number of
stamens yet differed considerably
among one another. an6 these smaller
groups he called genus. plural genera.
Such a genus now. for example. is the
buttercup. which he called R~anunculus.
He saw that further subdivision could
take place. and that there were a great
many plants which, though evidently all
buttereups. yet differed sufficiently to
be distinct. So he resolved to give
every plant two names. the first one be-
ing the genus name. here R%anunculus.
the second one expressing some prop
erty of that particular kind of Ranun-
culus. and thus indicating the species.
Thus ne found. for example. that one
buttercup a an acrid taste. and he
called it the acrid buttercup-in Latin.
Ranunculus acris; that another one al
ways grew on marshy places; he called
it the marsh buttercup-in Latin, RAJ
nunculus palustris. etc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
ruMNgLlNo &c sIMPLoN.
,wiss Alpine Barrier to BE Pierced fo-
the Fourth Time.

Little has been heard lately Of TIE
project for tunneling the Simplon. but
I would appear at last TO have taken
5nal shape. If the Allgemeine Zeitung
s 10 be trusted. says the Manchester
Guardian. The tunnel when completed
will be the fourth 10 pierce the Alpine
barrier. but It differs considerably FIN
,ither tins Mont Cents. the st. Gothard,
or the Arlberg tunnels because it's great
length Of about twelve and One-third
miles. half as much again as the length
of the Mont Cents tunnel and nearly
twice the length Of the Ariberg tunnel.
has made the work Of construction PEE
culiarly difficult. To secure proper
ventilation win be far from easy and
the engineers viii ave further to de-
wise a means for lowering the tom
p%erature, which. ii is estimated. viii
be 104 degrees Fahrenheit. for the .lln-
mel viii = very deep. 2,372 yards IS
superintendent earth rising vertically
from il in one place to the summit -
the mountain. Its course may be roug1-
ly described as the chord Of an are
made by the famous SimpIon road.
which was constructed By French en-
gineers between 1901 and 1906. The
northern opening Is near Brieg. the
southern near Iselie. The distinctive
feature Of the project is that two paral-
lei tunnels are. u be constructed about
go yards apart ana connected at inter-
walls BY galleries running dlagonally
from n 10 the other. Each tunnel is
eighteen and one-third feet high and
fifteen feet broad at the level of the
floor and will contain one line of rails.
Both tunnels will be constructed stimuli
.taneously, but at first only one is used
for traffic. the other being reserved
and utili@ea for purposes of ventila-
ton. Meanwhile the existence OF two
connecting tunnels will greatly facili-
tate the task of e~xcavating either of
them. Rubbish will be more quickly
removed. machinery will be more easily
brought to the rock face, and if any
falls of the root occur ii will be pos
sible to rescue the workmen and repair
the damage. The work is to be pushed
on from both sides at once. The gall
leries nave for the first few yards to
be e~xcavated by hand, and it is estl-
mated that the progress then made VIII
be only at the rate of a meter a day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
Boscobe1.

Three men were arrested il. the
woods near Prairie du Chien on Fri
day last. charged with robbin- the
store OF King. Haggarty 4 Co. al
GAYS Mills. One Of the prisoners
jumped from the moving train with
his hands tied behind him and i still
at large Some $40 in starlps WAS
found in their possession IL a .arge
government nlelope just a. il came
from Washington. They ave their
names as Martin HAYS and William
Wilson. Ii was thought that they
may be the same parties who recently
burglarized fullers store At Loh-
Rock. The prisoner. we're taken to
Madison Tuesday ~ the In,tp5 state.
IA lrshai.
Enterpti
We are sorry ~ announce tAat sliss
Carrie sylvester IL seriously il at the
home K. d. sylvester. Denver. C3l,
and that She has resigned her posi-
ton n assistant pal our
schools. winch position she ms 20
long and ere litably fiIlel
Hood, pills sure sick headache.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
PURSES OF HUMAN SKIN
Grewsonle Souvenirs Made from Cut.ae
of D-esperadoes.

F%AR kGhiAi &Nte4&
of Desperadoes.
The report comes from Tacoma that
the cuticle of Tom Blanck, a desperate
who was killed a few days ago. VIII
be tanned n made into pocketbooEs.
While in jail in Seattle Blanek made i
wooden imitation of a pistol. VITA
which he held up the janft0r and IS
capped. He was followed by the ail6r
and a posse and killed, as he would not
surrender. Exactly how the pocket
books will be disposed of IS not stated,
but Judging from the results of several
enterprises of this kin in the past. the
of BIanck's skin will have
no difficulty in disposing OF their mann
featured stock. One of the inhuman
practices brought to light by the inves-
tigation set on foot by General Benia-
min F. Butler into the affairs of the
Tewkesbury (Mass.) p%oorhouse was the
skinning Of dead patients and the max
ing of souvenirs of various kinds of the
skins, for which the keepers or others in
the scheme found a ready market. The
same state of affairs is said to have
existed at the Ohio State Prison. in Coz
iumbus, fifteen years ago. Prisoners
were Knocked in the head or shot on the
slightest provoeation by the keepers
and guards, who were all banded to-
gether for the traffic in human kfa
souvenirs. These outrages finally be-
came SO fiagrant that an Investigation
was held. which resulted in the turning
out of all the keepers and guards in the
prison. None OF the men were ever
prosecuted. as ii was impossible to get
tangible evidence. There must have
been money in this human kin trafnc or
the men engaged in it would not have
taken such chances. There are many
persons whose morbid tastes make them
delight in the possession Of just such
grews7me souvenirs and It is not infre-
Quent that some man OF a reckless. rov-
ing disposition and "A checkered past IS
seen proudly displaying "a tohaeeo.
pouch. purse or other "paekat novelty
mate from tse skin Df a huaN#n feiRg
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22

Actor Ludwig. of Berlin. played i n a
Cologne theater the part of a prosecut-
ing attorney who, in a state of aberra-
ton Of mind, carries Il a burglary.
This was a play by Lindau, entitled
The Other" The actor. after the cur
tain had fallen. { home. and on the
way broke into a jewelry store and car
ried off a mess of jewelry in exactly the
same in which the burglary il
presented in the play. The courts pro-
nounced the actor not guilty. holding
that he had acted unde an imperative
conception which temporarily had de-
ranged his mine The prosecutor ap-
pealed. but higher courts sustained the
decision Of the lower court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
Around Us.
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Platteville.

DIR. and Mrs. Oettiker received the
Semper Felix and Mysotis clubs at
their beautiful home last Friday we
ming in honor of Miss Emily Hutton.
The evening was delightfully."- spent in
conversation and games, dainty re-
freshments were served and all had a
Jolly time.
The Eastern Star held a special ses-
sion last evening for the purpose Of
presenting to their Masonic brothers
ana other invited guests the l~aughable
farce entitled Female Masonry"
the play was thoroughly enioted By
an. night refreshments was served and
tile rest Of the evening was spent in
s%ociability.
witness
Dg John II. Rindlaub .yho has been
in London. England. the past three
months taking a special curse IN the
eye, sailed for the United states On the
10th instant. lie will spend about
three weeks III New York. Philadel-
phia, and Washington and expects 10
reach Platteville about the middle Of
September.
The passenger going south on the
q. d n. w. X. X. ,on Wednesday even
ing last collided with the work train
lit Ipswich. One Of the gravel cars
was demolished and the head end OF
the engine considerably damaged
The passengers were considerably
shaken up bat no one was injured ex-
cept the engineer who, after reversing
the engine, jumped and sprained his
knee and ankle.
The new block being erected BY N.
Henningis rapidly approaching com
pletiou. 1t Will be one OF the finest
and most imposing on Main Street.
The first floor will be occupied BY Mr..
III. for his bakery and restaurant; the
second floor By Dr. Oettiker ana oth-
ers for offices; and the third floor by
the Modern Woodman. Two are
lamps will BE placed ia the room on
first floor.
Weakness is The symptom. impoy-
crished blood the cause. Hoods Sar-
saparilla the cttre. il makes the weak
strong.
Last Friday evening Mr.. VIII Shro-
der, riding on a bicycle. collided with
Jessie Morris Benson. age about ten
years, knocking him down and break
ing his lee Just above the knee. The
fracture is a bad one. The little fell
low is under the care Of DR.. Thomas
Bishop, and is getting along very well.
In Justice to Mr.. SHREDDER. it IS said by
those who witnessed the accident that
twas caused by no carelessness Of his.
for he was riding along at a moderate
rate, and that the boy who was hurt
was playing tag on the street and eith-
~ ran or was pushed IN front Of the
wheel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22

The Septemhernumhoro the sttu-
iard' Drlineator shows what can be
done nv enterprise aad talent The
number il larger on sixteen pages than
any previous issue. vet the same
fine quality marks the workmanship
throughout One Of the principal fea-
lures, and perhaps the most attractive,
is found in the eolored fashion and
millinery plates. OF the latter there is
but one. while there are three of the
former. all showing the very latest
styles in cut, color and material.
Fifty pages are devoted to new pat
terms. and following these are lively
articles on many interesting subjects.
Among the latter is an interesting chat
about bicycling, supplemented by a
handsome half-tone engraving showing
a charming and novel costume. Hair
dressing. m%anicuring. interior decora-
tion, fancy work. china painting, all
receive due attention, the books Of the
day are ably reviewed, costumes for
school children are discussed and Illus
trated. bahy's health and wardrobe are
sensihly written about. and a timely
article on bulbs and fall lowering
plants Is contributed bv Mr.. Eben
Rexford. the well-known authority on
the subject. The Modern Woman is a
pleasant contrast to the general run Of
articles on the feminine. and in fact
the entire number deserves un,tiuted
praise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22

on account oil the Triennial Con-
clave. Knight, Templar. 1T Boston.
Mass. the North Western Line viii.
from August 19 to u. sell excursion
tickets to Boston and return at half
fair for the round trip;
tickets good for return passage until
October 6. 1895. For tickets and full
Information apply to agents Chicago
K North-Ne stern R'v.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
Killed By Lighting.

Michael Cassidav, the blacksmith Of
Calamine. was instantly killed by a
lightning stroke during the storm
Sunday morning. He had started
from home to go to church in Kendall
and when near Henry Maguire's farm
house. about two miles west OF Gala
mine, the storm had become 80 severe
that he sought shelter; and ii was al
ter stabling his team and while going
from the barn 70 the house that he
was Killed. MIR. Cassiday was a skill
ful mechanic and an excellent citizen.
whose loss viii be keenly felt by a
large circle Of friends Darlington
Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
Montfort.
sentinel

Last SUNDAY a boy named MozofT
stabbed Ora LaFlesh in the abdomen
with a jack knife. Fortunately the
wound was not deep enough to be
fatal Mozotf was bound over to the
Circuit Court. pending result Of the
injury. Both of these boys are young
and rather prone to scrap. A term
IN M industrial school woWld do them
both an immense amount OF good.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
Pearls.

From the most ancient times. pearls
seem to have been most highly valued
for purposes OF adornment. Twenty
two centuries before the Christian era,
the Chinese cultivated the pearl mus
sci, and to this day they are ahead Of
other nations in this respect. Care
fully opening the valves of the fresh
water mussel. the operator inserts
small pieces wood. sometimes carved
into fantastic images. which in the
course OF 4 wear or two are coated with
a deposit Of pearl. The largest known
pearl in the world is one i'm the Ken
sington lEngland) museum. weighing
three ounces, and being four and one
half inches in diameter: the most per-
feet m is in the Moscow (Russial mu-
scum. weighs Is carats. and is a per-
feet globe. The principal fsherie, for
sea pearls are IN lndia, and the Persian
Gull, though the Australian coast, arc
developing strongly. Fresh wafer
pearls are found i'm many rivers e our
own country. the hesi being on the
Little Miami. iu CfIiio. where thtY lre
worked Systematically Pearls la>e
ai,o been found at various points ON
tbe Wisconsin. and II Iytle, ira the
Blaek River, hoth localities being ea-
iiv reached by THE fa- and elegant
traiu~ of the Darlington Rol.e. the
Mississippi River scenic line. Fer
tickets, maps and rates. call on Your
home iieket aren't. IN fur further iN-
formation address III J C hen4o u.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
County FAIR at Dodgevilie.

On account of the Iowa County Fair
the Northwestern Line will. from
August 19 to % inclusive. sell excur-
sion ticket to Dodgeyille and return at
very low rates,
For tickets and full information APP
ply to agents Chicago Il Northwest
ern Railway. % 2t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22

Ex-Superintendent of the New York
Police Force Byrnes has received and
declined an offer to enter the service
of a foreign government. The rumor
has it that his services were to be con-
fdentiaI. he dealing only with the min
lister of foreign affairs of the country.
which, it was whispered, was Spain.
Byrnes. had he accepted. would have
received $500 a year for ten "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
RAILROAD ia

lneS5aN evening 81 NUmber of oJlr
business men assembled Isl Bradv,s
hall 80 talk over tlit nattero ii huildiug
railway into Bloomington. Messrs
Baker and Flynn gave ms lleir ideas
as to The feasibility of the i,lea
They said that the firstthing ID order
is a survey, and in less than halt a jidy
there was $500 subscribed for thatpur-
pose and a committee OF three was
appointed by chairman Brown To solic-
il more subscriptions. The required
amount viii undoubtedly be raised
very easily, rs not a great many of the
business men We're present.
The survey will probably include the
route from Lancaster via Bloomington
TO Bagley, and the most practicable
route can then be easily determined.
1t was a very exciting time and en-
thusiasm reigned in a high degree.
Atthc beginning of the meeting il was
evident that Bloomington people want
ed a railroad and wanted il badlv:and
IS the meeting progressed ii became
evident that SHH Is GoING no HAVE
ONE in the very near futurei
On the whole the prospects are very
bright and the people Of Bloomington
have goodreason to believe that in the
near future they can steam into town
on ..the vanished ears"
Now good people OF Bloomingtou.let
not our hearts grow faint nor .ouI
knees grow weak and We viii have S
railroad in short order. Talk is cheaf
but ii takes money to build railroad.
and We don't wantt to get frightened a
a cali for a little money. rs it will b,
returned to YOU with interest in du,
time. Let every man put his shoulder
70 the wheel and his hand to his poke.
hook and secure for Bloomingtonian.
what we have So long desired.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
: ont Tobacco spit or smoke Your LIE
Away

fhs truthful. staftmng lille II = DOCS aboag No
7 fae- ms 0a9 harmless. gaarantee tobacco
hair cure ifgos ~Aut Y IL aad caa8. use
80 fO-bae. Bfacts az nicot.uized ne yes.
eliminates nlc0iins o., SONS, saaks- LAX men
( Ia -.rvBgia. eesnt aid y-sUr. T sniys cure
ar o e. rufungeu. sold and gAA.anIe-a o.
= ofe K harselI
Boak al drug2-,s. o. maiiest free. Address
The etefiIig tseA ely -. Chiea . Otfite As lat
aosssb -, New loiR, 10 II ruCe 81.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
sfiiFsaY s1Y

Made a .'bad break Saturday. He
told a lady u price for porter
house steak was L ents a pound,
and the lady went somewhere else
and got it for IS. Now a. a matter
OF fact our price is Is cents for
the choicest cuts, and when the
lads found II out she wanted to
know why We didn't advertise
prices.
v e have everything il stock that YOU can
luy al a hlst-class meat market.
FRED. MACKEY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22

If want Sale Bills. Horse
Bills, or any kind of Bill Work
leave your order at the HER.
AID Office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22

Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
NOrid's Fair Highest Medal and Diplom-
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-24
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

PRESIDENT FAuRE's father is IN up
holsterer.
The eleven cables nowin operation
across the Atlantic have cost upward OF
$40, 600, 900.
QUEEN Verona once said Of the
women of Ireland that every third Irish
woman she saw was beautiful.
THE children Of foreigners, ~ u rule,
use English in preference to the Ian
guage of their parents, especially after
they begin to go to school.
An instrument capable Of detecting
one part Of blood in $780, 600 parts has
been invented by NJ. de Thierry, a
French scientist. It will be useful in
murder trials.
A scHooLTEAcHER in Akron, O., Gym.
thia e. Wall, saw two OF her female
pupils struggling In the Cuyahoga river,
and likely to be drowned. She plunged
in, and rescued them.
INDIAN agriculture was confined to a
few plants, all of very easy cultivation
and mostly Indigenous to the soil. In.
dian corn, squashes, beans, plantains
cassava, tobacco and two or three 9th
era exhaust the list.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-24
The Free Silver Question.

Here lately I have heard a whole pas
sic of talk with regards to the great
question of free silver. Now rs for me,
I don't try to make out like l know
anything about it, and from all l can
see and hear I have come to the con.
clusion that the common run of people
know as much about it as lido, and We
all know just as much about 1t as Andy
Lucas and Blew Scroggins know about
the Lords Prayer. Blew and Andy got
into a little private rucus On that pint
one day.
"You don't even know tho Lords
Prayer, Blew" says Andy.
''Who, me?" says Blew. ''Of course I
know it. 1 learnt it at my mothers
knee when I was nothin but q kid"
"Bet you a dollar you can't say it,"
says Andy.
I'll take that bet and win on a Ger.
tainty," says Blew and they put up the
money.
"Now go ahead, Blew, and let mo
hear you say it." says Andy.
Blew he then started off with that
beautiful little trundle bed racket:
"Now 1 lay me down to sleep
IT pray thee Lord my soul to keep
IF I should die before / wake''-
"Hold on right there, Blew" says
Andy, II gife it up. The S-sney is
yours and you win it fair, But by gat-
ins / had no idea you knowed it."
RUFUS SANDERS.