Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-03

lsaid. steru.g "NFho wants 20 talk 70
Ime? just maze it short The reply
came back: Did you not recognize my
voice ny dear Mr. Msston? 1t is l,
Mrs. Scorbitt' Mrs. Scorbits She
will never give mo moments rest
uttered Mr. Maston toshimself in a low
voice that She could not hear. Then
he though. he should at least answer
her in polite manner, and said; "Oh,
is that you Mrs. Scorbitt?'
Yes, dear Mr.. Maston.'
And what can DO for Mrs. Scorbitt?''
asked Maston.
Il want 20 tell you that a terrible
storm and lightning is destroying a
large part Of our city" "Well' he re-
piled, Il can not helpit." "ButI want 70
ask whether you have thought to close
your windows2n Mrs. Scorbitt had
hardly finished her sentence when a
terrible thunderbolt struck the town.
1t struck in the neighborhood of the
Ballistic Cottage, and the electricity,
passing along the wire with which the
Telephone was provided, threw the cal
culator TO the floor with a terrible force.
ID. T. Maston made the best summer
lbault he ever did in his life His metal
hook had touched the live wire and he
| Vas thrown down like a shuttleeock.
/ The blackboard, which lie had struck in
his fall, was sent flying 70 another part
III the room Then the electricity
,assed into other objects and disap-
Ieared through the floor The stupefied
lIr. Maston got up and touched the diff
brent parts oil his body to assure him
| alf that be was not hurt internally
/ This done, he resumed his cold, calculat-
| ing way He picked every thing up
/ h his room, put il in the same place
ghere IL had been before, and put his
/ blackboard on the easel, picked UP
/ Ae small pieces OF chalk, and began
again his work which had been SO sud
/ denly Interrupted lie noticed that on
| account 81 the fall The number which
le had made on the right side Of the
blackboard was partly erased and he
| vas Just about to replace it when his
/ telephone again rang with loud noise.
sAgain," said J. T. Maston, and going
b the telephone he exclaimed: Who
. ID LUEECt lAAStAN2o AHA0i "a We -Ai&NA
THAT does Mrs Scorbitt want2" Did
lot this terrible thunderholt strike
tallistic Cottage? l have good reasons
b think 50. All, great God, the thun-
!erboltr'
! ..Don' be alarmed. Mrs. Scorbitt
! "You have not been injured, Mr.. Mas
| tn?a
Not at all, he replied.
sYca are sure you have nc injuries
whatever said the lady.
II am only touched by your kindness
toward me, replied Mr. Maston think
ing it the best way 70 answer,
Good evening, dear Mr.. Maston
Good evening, dear Mrs. Scorbitt'
Returning to his work Mr. Maston
said. sotto voce: To the devil with her,
If she had not handled the telephone at
such time / would not have run the
risk Of being mart by electricity
Mr.. Maston did not wish to be inter
rupted in his work again, and SO took
down MS telephone and cut The wire
Then. taking again as basis the figure
which he had written, he added different
formulas Of it, and finally certain
formula which he had written on his
left side. and then he began to figure in
all the language Of algebra. A week
later, on October II, this magnificent
calculation was finished, and the sec
rotary Of the gun club brought his solu
ton of the problem with great pride
and satisfaction to the members of the
gun club, who were awaiting il Will
very natural Impotence This, then
was the practical way to get 70 The
North Pole fundamentally discovered
Here was also a society, under the name
of the n. p. +. A., to which the Govern
ment at Washington had accorded .
clear title to the Are ic region in case
they should buy it on auction, and VIC
have told OF the purchase made in fayoi
of American buyers and Of the appea
for subscription Of s15, 900, 600