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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-02-14

We acknowledge > pleasant call
from IL. Mildmsn of North Andoyer
this week.
Miss julia Ryan Of North Andover
accompanied BY her cousin Miss Moi.
lie Blake wers Lancaster visitors We'd.
nesday
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-02-14
card Of rl,snks.

We desire 20 return cur sincere and
heartfelt thanks to the manv friends
Who helped 70 care for our dear wife
and mother during her last sickness.
isaac GARruwAITE AND FAMILY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-02-14

OF ST. THOMAS HOSPITAL. ENGLAND
Tue DOCTOR CURES among the long list of
other chronic ailments, Paraly sis, Spinal Curva-
lures. Contracted rendons, Deafness and Blind
ness following and dependent upon the eruptive
and other fevers, by new and only correct
principles,
HE CURES PARESIS OR BRAIN FAY. which
IL marked by dun, heavy pain on top aud back
of the head, pains radiating from the spinal
cord, hot and cold flashes. irregular action Of the
heart, indigestion. torpid liver. constipation.
chest and kidney pains. frequent urinstion dark
spots and glimmers before the eyes, su indie.
serioaole misery across the center of the body,
etc.
DIR. CUNNINGHAM STAKES HIS HONOR
and professional reputation upon the statement
that he hAe discovered speedy and positive
cure for organic weakness. involuntary vital
losses. with long list OF terrible penalties paid by
nstRve for crimes against her most sacred and
idiocy, insanity, falling dts, or total impoteney
results.
EPILEPSY AND CATALEPsY cured by new
and never failing method.
PILES cured under WRITTEN GUARAN~
TEE.s without the use OF knife or cAutery
positively detention from business. Dr..
CnnninghSm's original operations performed BY
himself only. 10 not fsll TO consult the Doctor
II you are troubled with piles Istul2F or hssure.
Cases and correspondence -ctly confidential
and medicine sent 10 any parg Of the United
states. list % questions free When writlns.
enclose stamp with SdgFess.
Western address.
DR., CUNNINGHAM, Madison Wis,
Also at Bosco0el. Monday Feb.
the 18th.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-13
PLUG HORSES CANNED.
Gamers Not Particular About the
Health Of the Animals.

Gamers Not Particular About the
Health OF the Animals.
CHICAGO, Aug. ga packing and
slaughterIng house where horse meat
is prepared for the European market
is one OF the thriving industries here,
being located on West Fifty-second
street, on the north line of the Archer
road. There 100 ring-boned and spav-
iDed horses, bought at auction for
prices ranging from 81 to s. head,
are slaughtered and packed in barrels
every week. A new addition 10 the
slaughter house indicates that the
business is growing.
AS the Dispatch correspondent ap-
preached the building today the
stencil overpowered him. Every
thing he had experienced or dreamed
of in vile smells dwindled into insig-
nificance In comparison with this.
"a little worse than usual" apollo
getically remarked James Hayes, who
presided over the cauldrons. "Tou
see our furnaces got out of order two
or three days ago, and the cauldrons
only got going today. In the mean
time, the meat We cooked in them
uau OSCag Gu. IL Is AOt III" ~ . % oShu
as this
Richard Martin is proprietor of this
place. In answer to questions he
said:
az buy the horses all round at auc-
ton, aud generally give 50 head for
them. They are of all ages, some
years and some so. They are all in
poor condition, but they are healthy
and sound. Yes, that one has an ulcer
as big as silver dollar on his shoul-
der, out that is nothing. 1t came
from pulling. 1 sell my horse meat
IN Europe. Have been getting three
cents pound for it, but now l con-
sign il to Antwerp, and expect to get
four cents a pound or more for it.
MY family eat some of the meat,
but we do not live on it. would not
know what sort of goods was selling
if didn't eat some OF it. All of it is
alike, and you cook it just like beef
you cook it any way. An extract
similar to that out Of which beef tea
is made is produced from the necks E"
This Industry has been in operation
about two years, and, when it is IN
derstood that horses slaughtered there
are emaciated and broken down
animals, necessarily infected with dis
ease, it will be seen at once that the
matter is one Of considerable import
aDce to humanity in general and the
people of Chicago in particular.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-13

has for cargo only rice, -four, hay, grain
and coal, and we will give her per
NIT TO go to Kau and anchor at Puma
luu, there to wait until instructions
have been received from the commit
tee at Hilo. II the committee deem it
best she may be allowed to land her
cargo at the ports in kau. the freight
being placed on the wharf and taken
away by the people on the shore, a
strict guard being kept so that the
people on shore and the crew shall not
miDgle together.
II the com nittee should decide that
il is not advisable for her to land
freight at Eau they may perhaps in
struct her to come to Hilo and dis
charge her freight there in quarantine,
TO be afterwards distributed from that
point; or they may in their discretion
refuse to allow her 10 land the freight
at all.
The James Makee, which has been
in like quarantine for six days will be
allowed to sail for Kauai tomorrow
evening to take. these advices to the
committee on Kauai, as also the mails.
We desire TO receive full advices
from the several committees, and to-
gether with them TO fix upon the best
plans to be pursued.
A copy OF the official cholera bulletin
will be mailed with this, and the
newspapers will give information as
to what has been occurring in Homo
lulu. Respectfully yours,
WILLIAM o. SMITH,
President Board of Health.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-13
ANCIENT BABYLON.
Manners and Customs OF the City BE
yealed by Tablets

NSaled by iablets-
Glimpses of family life in ancient
Babylenia are given by the Scriptures
from SeDnacherib's palace, now in the
British Museum. From the tablets it
appears that the family aud the laws
concerning it were the foundation of
the social system of Babylonia. Take,
as al example, the relation of father
to SOL. 4 son could repudiate his
father by the payment OF a certain
sum of money, but not his mother. In
the tablets of family law it is written
that 8 son who wishes to deny his
mother should have his hair cut off
and be banisbed from the community.
The Law relating TO husband and wife
was curious. II wife should say to
her husband, Thou art not my hus-
band" which was the Babylonian
way OF saying that she did not want
to live with him any more, then the
offending woman was TO be thrown
into the river. But If the husband
wanted q divorce, it was compare
lively easy matter for him to obtain
il. All he had to do was to return to
his wife her dowry, if any, and pay
her certain sum OF money; he was
lueH u lItc G4dlif duI COuil LldIIS
again If he felt disposed to do so.
The position occupied by women in
Babyl0nia was very different from
their position in the East at the pres
ent day. The harem did not existat
all, and the wife was looked upon as
the head of the household. A woman
could buy or sell property independ-
ent of her husband, could enter into
agreements or contracts and could
possess slaves. In Assyris, which
was a colony from Babylonia, the
modern harem system was in use, and
women, on the whole, occupied very
inferior position.
That slavery existed in Babylonia
from the earliest times there is ample
proof, but the power and authority of
the owner or master were limited. A
slave had a definite position, and
could not only enter into contracts
and agreements to his own advantage,
but could even buy and sell as well as
possess properly, and after a certain
time could tuy his freedom The
saves, from some cause or other,
seem to have come upon evil days
during the reign of NebuchadneZZar,
for about this time many Of their
privileges were with 1rawn, and the
custom Of braniing eacn slave with
the name Of his master came into use.
This custom led TO all sorts OF disputes
which had To b. settled at law, and a
large number of tablets relating to
such suits have been found. Educa-
ton was common throughout Babylo-
MIA, aud schools OF theology and
astronomy were founded and attached
tn every temple Of importance.-Nev
York Sun.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-13
Bicycle

The Bicycle has established
itself. 1t is an institution.
Though it has become a neces-
sity of modern life, it has not
ceased to be a source of pleas
ure and those who ride it for
business purposes still find
their greatest enjoyment in
the saddle.
Taking it for granted that
You have decided to ride, and
naturally want the best wheel
for your money, we wish to
point out to you some of the
superior features of the
BARNES SPECIAL.
One taking and distinctive
feature of the Barnes wheel,
is the method of brazing the
frame joint. When a Bicycle
is reinforced from the outside
it resembles a sore thumb
with a rag around tan apt
but homely simile. Our Joint is
not a sore thumb. The con-
nections are punched from
steel formed into pieces of
such shape that they encircle
one tube, rendering it doubly
strong and project therefrom
to form a stud at the desired
angle over which the adjoining
tube can be fitted and 5razed
firmly. The steel connections
are secured on each side by
secondary pieces, and all of
them brazed as one piece serve
as a pointed reinforcement to
the second tube.
Bearings First quality tool
steel hardened and ground to
such a degree that there is no
possibility of their becoming
worn. On such grounds as
these fair, frank and honora-
BILE, we solicit the patronage
of the bicycle riding public.
An examination will prove
that they are all we calm for
them.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-13
JAPANS NEW WARSHIPS.
Americans Almost Certain to Secure
Some Contract-Riyals Britain.

LoSDoS, August 24.-The approach
ing visit of the son OF the Japanese
Premier has caused stir in ship
ping circles. 1t is reported that the
object OF his visit, via Canada and
the United States, is to place con-
tracts for the construction of several
japanese ironclads and cruisers, as
well as for considerable supply of
arms and ammunition. 1t is believed
there may be some truth in the first
portion OF the report, but there are
people who claim there can be no
truth in the second part of it, as
Japan is understood to have supplied
her army with one OF the best rifles
in the world, the invention OF a jap
snese, and her ammunition factories
are believed to be of the best.
Ii the Premier's son passes through
the United States on his way here, it
is reasonably certain he will drop
some OF his proposed contracts in the
hands OF American firms. The per-
Torrance of the United States cruiser
Colombia in her run from Southsmp.
ton to New York, the magnificent
speed trial of the st. Louis and the
praise bestowed upon the United
States cruiser New York by naval ex-
perts who inspected her during the
Kiel celebration, have taken consid-
cradle wind out of the sails of British
shipbuilders and have clearly de-
monstrated the fact that Great Brit
ain now has a dangerous rival for the
honor OF being the great shipbuild-
ing country of the world.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-13

The following is copy Of a
letter that will De sent to the
health committees on the different
islands:
OFFICE OF THE BOARD or HEALTH, !
HONOLULU, Sept. 10, 1895. J
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-13
INSTRUCTIONS TOC0MNITTEES.
Text Of Important Document Relat,
ing to the Other Islands.

EVEEYrBISG EE>Ts WITH AGENTS.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-13

They WIN Decide Whether or Not Pas
sengers and Freight VIII be Landed.
sheriffs Must Obey Their Orders
system OF Island Communication.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
A BLIND YACHT DESIGNER.
Although siGhtless, John b. Herreshof
Works Upon the Models of Vessels.

Although Sightless, John b. Herreshon
Works Upon the Models of Vessels.
Mr.. Jshn B. Herreschoff, senior member
Of the firm Of Herreschoff Brothers, OF Bris-
tol, R. L, designers of the Defender, was
born with the full use of both eyes. From
of a jackknife he began whiting out boats.
In his fifteenth year he built a good-sized
craft for sailing on the bay. Then he lost
his sight. A film gradually came over his
eyes. and finally shut off forever the last dim
glimpse OF Bristol and her boats. But he
went on building just the same-not, OF
course, as II nothing had happened. for his
methods OF perception had to be radically
changed. Instead of studying the grace and
strength of lines by the eye, the matter be-
came to Herreshoff at once more abstract
study-s mental calculation. He had the
task before him Of carrying in his mind the
models he worked upon. The obiectsIhe had
seen in the first fifteen years Of his life he
could summon up into his mind again. His
sense Of touch also developed to wonder
full sensitiveness. All the models Of vessels
to be built In the mandatory are submitted
to him. His brother Nat invariably has
tiny model made on the lines to be pursued
In the construction Of new craft, and this
model is given to the elder brother. If the
work is ofgreat importance--like the build
ing Of a cup defender-the elder Herreshoff
sometimes sits for days rubbing his hands
lightly over the model, thus getting per-
feet picture OF the lines of the boat In his
mind. Many changes suggest themselves to
him, and he works them out with mathe-
matical precision. In short, he seems to
have converted his misfortune into a posi-
tive advantage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
Prominent People.

William K. Vanderbilt spends $4,000 n
year on yachting.
Collectors pay s1.5O for President CIeve-
lands autograph.
Car Nicholas, of Russia, is a confirmed
victim OF the cigarette habit.
The Sultan's mother, who rules the haren,
Is alone allowed to 80 about unveiled
Russell Sage, the New York capitalist, is
very fond Of apples and eats five or six each
day OF his life.
Governor Morrill,, OF Kansas says that he
will never sign death warrant 80 long rs the
law leaves the matter optional with him.
Speaker Gully, Of the British House OF
Commons, whose grandfather was prize
fighter, Is himself great dog lancier.
King Humbert, of Italy, has one of the
finest stables in Europe. The King believes
in the English thoroughbred and most OF his
horses are Of that strain.
The Duke Of Fife, it may interest Ans To-
maniacs to know, keeps twelve suits gong
at the same time and never wears tho same
clothes twice in the same week.
Prince Eitci Fritz, Kaiser Wiihe!m's
second son. Is twelve years old and weiGhs
lOl pounds, twenty-five pounds more than
his eldest brother. the Crown Prince.
Sir Henry Oakley, manager OF the great
Northern Railway, one OF the most successful
railroad men iu Europe. entered the Service
OF the company rs subordinate clerk.
General Nelson A. Miles. the possible snc
cessor Of General Schoaeld as Commander.
in-Chief Of the Army, was once clerk In a
crockery store 10 Boston. He had his first
military instruction from Frenchman.
Amelia Sterrecker has invented a fender
for trolley cars which will be given trial
by the San Francisco electric railways She
Is bat seventeen years OF age, but has had a
passion for machinery since her early child.
hood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25

the Vigilant in that she has no centreboard,
but Is an out and out keel boat. Her stabil-
ity Is due to her lightness above water, and
her thirty-lve-foot lead bulb, weighing sixty
TONS The total saving made by the use OF
aluminium is estimated a. seven tons.
If the Americas Cup were melted down
and sold for o:1 silver it would not bring
more than S35. It cost, nearly half cen
fury ago. S525. 1t was not, as is generally
thought, cup offered by the Queen. but was
offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron, and
given by the Americas owner to the New
York Yacht Club, yet this little cup has cost
the TWO Nations quite S2,0OO,006. America
has expended 100000 OF this to hold the
trophy.
The Defender Is handled by genuine
Yankee crew from "Down East" under Cap
tain Hank Haff. and, not as the Vigilant
was, by crew OF all Nations.
The Valkyrie's captains are Crandeld
and Sycamore. Lord Dunraven went on his
boat In each race, and Mr.. Iselin was aboard
the Defender. The Herreshoffs. Of Bristol.
R T., are the most famous small
boat builders In America, and into the De-
fender put the experience Of years with the
building OF other cup defenders.
The history of the cup racing dates back to
1850, when Commodore Stevens, OF the New
York Yacht Club, ordered the America from
George Steers, of New York, the first and one
of the most famous Of Americas designers.
The America was schooner, two-master,
while the defenders Of to-day are only
sloops, with single mast. Stevens took her
abroad and beat everything In English
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
Tho National Game.

Harry Wright has high opinion OF Orh,
the Phillies new twirler.
Tiernan, the New York's right-flelder, did
not make Tn error in seventeen successive
games.
No shortstop in the League is putting up
q better game or hitting harder than Fuller
of the New Yorks.
Cunningham. Of Louisville, and Hawlev,
of Pittsburg, are rated the two most egotist-
ical pitchers in the League.
Manager Garrity considers Williams, of
Lewiston, tho best pitcher developed this
season in the New England League.
Midget Murphy has been given his ten
days notice OF release by the New York
Club. Murphy Is popular, hard working
and we'll behaved little fellow.
There Is no such thing rs a champion pit
cher, as you will find some great pitchers
with weak teams. and weak pitchers doing
well as the result of being in strong teams.
The New York-Cleveland series stands to
s in favor of the Spiders. The Clevelands
have also won the series from Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, Washington, St. Louis and Louis
Vile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
FASTEST IN THE WORLD.
Remarkable Time Made on the New York
Central Railroad.

Remarkable Time Made on the New York
Central Railroad.
a special train. running from New York
City to Buffalo to break all previous records
by rail. was observed by thousands Of per-
sons along the line of the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad. At nearly
every station OF the railroad there was o
crowd OF people waiting to see the flyer go
past. The best locomotives Of the railroad
were being used in the race against time,
and it attracted unusual interest.
The train beat previous records for sus-
talnad speed on railways, both in this coun-
try and In Europe, making the run OF 1858
miles between New York and East Buffalo in
less than seven hours. This achievement
puts into the shade the recent performances
on the English and Scotch railways, and
keeps the championship for speed on land
in the United States. The train on the
New York Central and Hudson River Rail.
road made an average speed OF sixty-four
and one-third miles an hour, after deducting
the time in stops at stations, while the Eng
lish record is sixty-three and one-fourth
miles an hour.
The train was composed OF four heavy
cars, a combination smoking and baggage
car weighing S3,470 pounds, two coaches,
which weighed respectively s2,14> pounds
and s3,7OJ pounds, aud Il private car, the
Maraquita, weighing 109,G 900 pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
THE YACHTS COMPARED.
Differences in Their Construction-Story
of the Americas Cup, Won In 1851.

A comparison of the boats Is interesting.
yalkyrie III is 129 feet over all, with 26 feet
Of beam, 1S feet draught and n tons Of lead
in the keel. Her water line measurement Is
80 feet. She is built from lines laid down by
G, l.. Watson, England's foremost naval
architect and designer of the Thistle, VAL
kyrie II, Queen Nab, and host Of equally
well-known yachts. Valkyrie, like the De-
fender, is syndicate built, despite the fact
that she Is always referred TO as Lord
Dunraven's boat. Her syndicate is COM
posed OF Dunraven. the Earl OF Ions
dale, Emperor Williams chum;, Harry Nc
moner Of England" and C. B. Robin
son. Roughly speaking. she is a fiat,
shallow boat, with deep fin keel or fixed
centerboard, instead of movable one, US
on the Vigilant, and relies, Like the De-
fender, on the enormous amount OF lead,
placed very low down, for power. She has
a tremendous overhang and great sheer.
Viewed as whole, she might be called
modified composite fin keel cutter OF great
beam and enormous sail power. She is the
ninth vessel built expressly to capture the
Americas Cup. Her sail spread Is the
largest ever carried on single sticker. and
contains about 12,500 square feet OF duck.
There are many new wrinkles in her con-
struction, in riveting and bracing, OF In
terest only to boat-making experts. Her
mast from deck to head measures Sc feet.
The staff Is SO feet long, and her main boom
Is 105 feet. She has steel mast ready to be
put up If necessary. 1t is decided novelty
on racing yachts. 1t is los feet long and %
inches in diameter. The Yalkyrie III, was
built especially for the light winds which
prevail off here during the fall. In light
winds she is decidedly superior boat to
the Britannia, which so signally defeated
the vigilant, bGt in heavy weather she
showed such instability that there was q
hasty addition OF from twelve to fifteen
tons Of outside lead on her keel.
The Defender is a disappointment at first
glance compared with the Valkyrie. She
appears much smaller, and really ts. For
the first time the Yankee boat is the under.
sized craft. Americans had hoped Herreshof
would build mountain of sails and spars,
but the shrewd old designer believed he had
reached the limit Of practicable sail ares, and
has sought speed in an easier driven body
and finer lines without material decrease OF
sail. Her dimensions are: Length over
all, 1875 feet inches; beam, % feet; draught,
10 feet; load water line, 80 feet. Her gaff IS
IS feet, her boom 105. and mast, from deck
hounds, 72 feet. She Is without doubt