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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Someryille On. j. special N. Y.
Tribune: AS the result of a slight
wreck at the Bridge street crossing OF
the New Jersey Central railroad here.
Walter Shea of Asbury Park, brake
man of coal train, had his leg broken
and was otherwise severely injured.
This Is the third time within year
that Shea has been badly hurt in the
performance Of his duties on the Cen
trial road. Shea's father. who was an
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
How SARAH CUhNIndFiA1 GOES Il
! THROUGH TIE WORLD WITHOUT SEEING IT. n

Whatever the matter with the ladys
eyes. They are clear and rather pref
ty hazel in color, and lashed with
curling black winkers. Before the
wickedness of the world drove them
into eclipse, they helped to give her a
rather prepossessing face, as the pho
tograph reproduced on this page Sub
mitted by the lady HERSELF will attest
To voluntarily relinquish the sight OF
two unlovely and unsound eyes would
seem a willful enough waste OF the
blessings of God; but to go blind OF
ones own accord, when ones eyes are
not only lovely but sound, amounts to
somewhat more than enough. Yet Miss
Cunningham makes the sacrifice. and
this very enormity of self-denial rather
lends a color of sincerity to the weari-
ness of the worlds visible depravity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

couver correspondent of the Exam
iner), that you will never look upon
the ground because wickedness stalks
upon it throughout the world. Is there
any truth in this?"
You have been correctly informed, ;"
answered Miss Cunningham, after con-
Quoting her caller into the cheerful
room above described as her parlor.
This world is so wicked that few
years ago. while / was thinking it all
over, l resolved l would never look at
it again. My conscience seemed tC
hurt me when l used to walk around
and see all the sin going on, and
could not bear to contemplate it any
longer. Since have not seen the earth
for some time my nina is at ease again
and | am perfectly contented with the
life | am now leading.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

There were a few lofts used as store
rooms, and top-foor apartments with
slant roofs, rented at enormous prices
to photographers and fashionable
painters. but. the legendary garnet was
entirely unknown. / was finally
obliged to compromise on a hall bed
room with livery stable exposure. 1t
was a cruel shock to my imagination.
When l run across the old garnet gag
in a story nowadays it makes me mad"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

The man who heard it started; his
eyes met those of Marguerite, and for
some moments they remained so-each
staring at the other with the terror
of the first surprise written on their
haggard faces. Through the girls
mind was stealing the awful coHvic-
ton that this was no delusion, but a
horrible reality-a thing that could not
be rejected. Twice it seemed as if he
would speak-twice he made an una
vailing movement towards her; then.
with despairing gesture he turned
away, and covered his face with his
hands.
Slowly, with compressed lips. Mar
guerite approached him. She went
nearer and nearer: and at last. with
strong effort Of will, laid hand upon
his arm.
He stared again, and raised his face.
gazing at her with a look CT dumb.
despairing appeal.
Il wanted to see," she said, huskily.
"if you were real. or whether you were
nightmare. You are real-you are
a man-oh. most unmanly! Oh, cow
ard What am to do? Oh, what am
/ to do?"
You urged me to confess" said a
hollow voice. but had not sufficient
courage. l dared not tell you what
wretch l was; ! could not bear to
think of your eyes turned upon me
with contempt for a deed so vile. Con-
fession would have been terrible, but
not so terrible as this. Marguerite
"Holdw she said, shrinking from him
with an air of disgust which made
him vince rs this true? Is it real
ly so, or are you and l both mad? Tell
me-tell mech. don't say it! have
liked you so-trusted you so-don't
say you are the wretch for whom /
have been searching all this time!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
little BABY. Big Name.

New York Sun: A priest from st.
Stephens parish christened an eight
pound boy baby in the Bellevue emer-
gency hospital with the longest name
on record in that institution. Mrs. An
ME Pleisker, the childs mother, is an
Austrian and speaks little English.
When asked what she wished her child
named she called for paper and pen
Gil and wrote on it the name "Ephiari-
busumum." She was unable to say
what the name meant or why she
wished it used. She insisted, however,
that the child should receive it, and he
cid
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
A Dangerous Plant.

In the dense jungles of Langsuam,
Siam, grows plant described by H.
Warrington Smyth, in an address to the
Royal Geographical Society, as having
the property of setting UP great irri-
tation in the skin of any person COM
ing in contact with it. The leaf is
broad and large, and the stings pro-
duced by it can only be cured by heat,
the Siamese declare. To indulge the
natural impulse and battle in water
would be absolutely fatal. they say.
The native name for the plant is Ka-
lang-ton chang.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Oklahoma.

It's wonderful resources and superior
advantages to homeseekers are set
forth in handsome illustrated PAM
phlet just issued by the Frisco Line
Passenger Department. Copy will be
mailed free on application to Bryan
Snyder, General Passenger Agent, st.
Louis, No.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Faculty" as New Englanders call
it, is a quality that generally exacts
admiration. The Washington Post tells
of an old colored man who recognized
it even in the beauty of window gar
den. The window was mass of sweet
peas. "My Lawd." he said, as he turn
ed away. "ef some pussons was to plant
jewshap it'd come up pianneri"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Found out. but Not out.

From Pick-Me-Up: Tell Mr.. Cuth-
bert I'm out"
81 hat already told him madame
Is in"
Then say when you came upstairs
you found me OUT
'But, madame, he alreaty says he
has found you out, and Eat is Wy he
must see madame"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Young Lady Chickens.

New York Evening Sun: That food
question reminds me of the little girl
who was in the country for the sum-
mer. The other day she was talking
over the delights of country life. "We
had spring bullets for dinner three or
four times week." she said. Spring
what?" asked her nearer. "Why,
spring bullets. They with great dig
nity) are lady chickens
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

An English woman has patented a
separable muff lining, which can be
fitted to a muff of any size, being
formed OF soft fabric shaped into a
tube, with fianges at either end, the
central portion being provided with
longitudinal tension cords to take up
the lining until it is the right length.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

In casting about for a suitable gift
by which to acknowledge Miss Helen
Gould's kindnesses to the soldiers dur
ing the late war, Gen. Joseph Wheeler
hit upon a novel plan. He had pre-
pared for her a scrap-book containing
clippings from ali the newspapers and
other publications which mentioned
her work. These clippings were taste
fully arranged and handsomely bound.
The volume, now in Miss Gould's
hands, shows what the American peo-
pie think of her praiseworthy work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
A Family Failing.

A Whangarei New zealand) youth
who advertised for wife was amazed
to find among the replies letters from
two of his sisters, with photoes in.
closed. In this case the mania for mat
rimonial alliances seems to have been
quite a family disorder Sydney Bulle.
tin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

For persons in public life. few things
are more interesting, md perhaps gen.
timely instructive, than such set of
clippings. 1t is true that, coming as
they sometimes do from biased news
papers and from publications repre-
senting the most irreconcilable opin-
ions, they frequently present the same
act in very different lights, but taken
altogether, they give a person a
chance to see himself as others see
him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
with ADVANCE of Science.

"Pickersniff's doctor has ordered him
to cease riding in his horseless carriage
for awhile"
whats the trouble?"
"Hes used it SO constantly that he
has become auto-mobilious." -Phila-
delphia North America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Philadelphia North American: He
You seem surprised that l have
asked YOU to marry me-" Shelves;
I've been proceeding all along on the
theory that you hadn't the courage ts
do such a thing"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Are You Using Alen,s Foot-Ea.oY

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. \.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
she HAD Promised to Be one.

From the Chicago Post: My long
lost sister," he exclaimed. Naturally
she looked surprised, but she soon re-
called that two seasons before she had
promised to be one to him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

When the Prince of Wales was a boy
the book that most took his fancy was
Robinson Crusoe," and even now it
amuses him greatly to read chap
ter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Handout Harry-"If yer RELY he'd
ter work, Teddy, wot would yer RAIDER
do?" Tiepass Teddy-"Aw. wot's de
use o. bodderin' yer head about fool
questions like dat?"-New York Jour-
nal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Speaker Reeds little Office at the
hotel in Washington, where he used
to live, was decorated with newspaper
cartoons in which the speaker him
self was caricatured. One of President
McKinley's clerks keeps a scrap-book
Of newspaper references to the adj
ministgation and its policies, and this
the president frequently peruses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Both are equally absurd, he that will
burn his taper while the sun shines,
and he that will go to bed in the dark
to save the expense OF light.-Felt-
ham.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Twenty-Five years ago France was
able to put as many soldiers in the
field as Germany. Today 1t falls shor'
by about 100000 men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

old railroad man, was killed on the
Central railroad at Hampton about a
year ago, and his brother was killed on
the same railroad at Elizabeth three
months ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
wouId Re Worse.

Philadelphia Record: First Depos-
itor-I don't like that new bank CASH
Ter. His appearance is against him.
Second Depositor-Not so much as
his disappearance would be.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

So desirable is this that it has be-
come quite business to clip from the
newspapers every reference to certain
men, books, ventures and so forth,
and to sell these clippings to regular
subscribers. Many senators and other
public men in Washington and else
where are subscribers to one of these
clippings bureaus, and so keep them
selves informed of everything that is
said of them in printers ink.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
A Mean Insfnuation.

From the Chicago News: Tom-Miss
Middleton has very pretty teeth, hasn't
she? Maud-Yes; it is really surpris-
ing how skillful some dentists are.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Will SOHstNL 10 UNI
veil her eyes and
take a dim look at
such visitors as
may be deemed fit
to enter into that
favored relation Of
intimacy with her;
but even then she
will not turn the
light CT a mirror on
her face as a need
less counting of op
teal dissatisfac-
ton.
She talks with
but few people, pre-
ferring to hear al
most as little of the
world as she sees;
but if a child of
sincerity applies at
her shrine with a
r e a IL y genuine
thirst to know
what she thinks of
the things she re-
fuses to see, she
will admit him
courteously enough
and ease his curl
osity with a whole
some hospitality of
explanation.
1T is reported,
Miss Cunningham,
said one of these
visitors recently
Che was the Van
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
CLIPPED FROM NEWSPAPERS.

(To be continued.)
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15
SOLDIERS Of THE SOUDAN |
Black Warriors Who Are Fight
ing the Battles of England.
THEY ARE BELLIGERENT
Marriage Is Encouraged by Increased
Allowances-The Woman Question
Serious One for British
Commanders.

We were curious polyglot commun-
1ty; the superior officers British, the
inferior of many races. Tall, soldier
like Kurds, their wild natures tenn
pered by the habits of discipline and
subordination; fair-haired Albanians,
proud Of the land Of their birth and
processing certain skill in arms; de-
scendants Of the Mamelukes; burly
Turks, subtle. town bred Egyptians, as
well as their heavier Fellaheen breth-
ren; black Soudanese. who had risen
from the ranks; Circassians and ad-
mixtures of most of these races. The
men were either Fellaheen or black
Soudanese, who many of them had been
formerly dervish rifemen and hal
fought against us time and again, had
seen the fall Of KhartOum, the destruc-
ton of Hicks ill-fated army, the de-
bacle at Bakers Teb and many other
stricken fields.
The Fellaheen, patient, enduring, OK
like men, do not call for much COM
ment; though capable of being worked
up to high state of efficiency and
discipline and though second to none
as workers, they are not by nature sol
dierS. Their hearts are in their native
villages on the banks of the Nile; they
their release from military service,
when they may return to their tillage,
tend their cattle and their date trees
look to their water wheels and slumber
through the heat of the day in some
shady corner.
With the black it is far different.
He is by nature fighting man and a
soldier and loves fighting for fightings 5
sake. We had representatives of many
tribes in our ranks all with their tribal
characteristics. Trusty Shillooks, long
1.-the Dinkas, rugged Nubas, Furs, of
whom it is said that every man Is a
thief (no pun is intended on the Latin
equiValenD and every woman no bet
ter than she need be. Then there were
members of the cannibal tribes. Nyum-
nyum and Fertile, and men from far
Bagirma and from the headWaters Of
the Congo. Some of these men had
been in the old khedivial army, and
had fought against us in the ranks of
Arabi's army at Tel-el-kebir and had
helped to work the guns at Alexandria,
and they had almost to a man led lives
teeming with adventure and of the
deepest interest. There was one old
black officer in a regiment with which
I served, by name Ali Gifoon of the
Shilook tribe. He had been captured
by the Callaba slave traders as boy.
had been enlisted III the khedivial
army, had gone with the contingent
sent to help the French arms in MeXi-
co. and now wears on his breast, in
addition to his numerous other decora-
tionS, the Mexican medal and a gold
medal given by the emperor of the
French for valor" Another officer in
the same battalion, named Omar, had
accompanied Stanley through darkest
Africa, and for his services he was pro-
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15
REGIMENT RANKS FILLED
Eniistments Will Now Be for the
33rd and 35th.
NOW IN THE PHILIPPINES
Four Regiments Yet to Be Filled Up.
The Recruits Are Magnificent Speci-
mems Of Sturdy Physical
Manhood

The recruiting officers who have been
enlisting men for the 34th regiment,
United States volunteers, have been no.
tilted by telegraphic communication
from the adjutant generals office,
Washington, D. c., that the requisite
number of men have been enlisted for
that regiment and directed to enlist
men for the 33d regiment, stationed at
Fort Sam Housotn, Texas, 35th regl-
ment, stationed at Vancouver barracks,
and the two regiments now being or
ganized in the Philippines, which are
composed Of soldiers who have seen
actual service in the Philippine islands
Men wishing to serve in the two foreign
regiments will be sent to the Preside
at San Francisco, otherwise to the two
forts above named
While the number of recruits enlisted
in Montana has not been large, the
men accepted have been perfect speci-
mems of physical development and 1t
has been the object of the recruiting
officers to accept only those men offer
ing themselves who We're able to stand
the hardship of a severe campaign
The 34th can congratulate itself on the
character of the men secured in Mon
tana. 1t is expected that the four re-
naming regiments will be recruited to
their limit this week. Captain Detch-
cruiting stations at Helena and Great
Falls. Lieutenant Green will be in
charge Of the station here during his
absence
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

meant that the judges considered Oak
land too good horse to be left to the
care of so incompetent boy.
But Smith never lost faith in the
ability of Martin, and clung to him.
He got mounts for him on long shots
where the judges would permit the boy
to ride. "Skeets" occasionally landed a
winner but the very nature of his
mounts kept him in the ruck for long
time.
Finally came his run of luck, a bet
ter class of horses were given to him,
the judges began to notice that he had
a head, and finally "Skeets" had the
satisfaction of heading the list of WIN
ming jockeys on the Pacific coast. Then
came his engagements with 'Pittsburg
Phil" and Dave Gideon and now his tri-
umph abroad.
But had it not been for the untiring
persistence and faith of "Daggie"
Smith. "Skeets'' would now be rub
Der at SIS a month and poor finding.
Wonder if he remembers Smith?
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

serious one. The Mohammedan law al
lows man a plurality of wives: our
men had not seen their families for
months and were anxious to form new
ties; many women had died at As
souan and Halfa in the cholera epi-
demic and there were corresponding
widowers in our ranks ripe for conso-
lation. So, wisely enough, men under
certain conditions, were allowed to
marry, and soon little villages sprang
up round all the cantonments. The
men who had permission took unto
many cases adopted the small dervish
children and all went merry as mar
riage bell.
The little villages, built of dried
grass or mud, were kept scrupulously
clean; military police were made re-
sponsible for order, and the most prom
inent lady was elected sheikha, and
with the assistance of the oldest nom
commissioned officer and some black
commissioned officer, settled all dis
puteS, and never We're more orderly,
law-abiding communities. When the
troops left the pongola for further OPP
era tions south. the grass widows were
sent down to Wadi Halfa to join the
other families, and it is to be hoped that
by now all have been happily reunited
at Fashoda, Khartoum, or wherever
the bread-w winner may happen to be
stationed l mention all this because
ones thoughts cannot help turning to
Uganda and to poor Thurston, whom
we all knew and liked so much: and
with the opening of a vast black en-
pire and the employment of numbers
of black troops. think that a word in
season is not amiss and that a useful
moral may be deduced as to the great
secret of dealing with black troops
Respect his one great weakness-gtve
him a wife and family and home life
and he is the most genial, contented,
easily managed being in the world: de-
ny him this and he rapidly becomes
restless and discontented, spends his
leisure in wandering about in search
of adventures. brawls and loots in the
villages and gives endless trouble.
At the battle of Firket a company of
camel corps were lining a ridge of
rocks, with a corresponding ridge held
by the dervishes some 300 or 400 yards
to their front; black sergeant named
Capsoon had found a sort of natural
embrasure in these rocks, and, calling
an English officers attention TO his
prowess, he shot down dervish after
dervish as he showed himself. The
company then charged the dervish po-
sition and cleared them out and the
fruit of Capsoons skill at arms stood
revealed his bag was nearly a dozen
killed dead. This almost equals what
one has heard of boer craftsmanship
COrnhill MAGAZINE
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15
BUTTE NEWS.
IS ATTRIBUTED TO LUCK
"Skeets" Martins Skill as
Jockey.
NOT ALWAYS FORTUNATE
Was Half Scared to Death When He
Had His First Mount-Rode Like
a Sack of Meal-Owes His
Start to Dageie Smith.
NOT ALWAYS FORTUNATE

The phenomenal success which is at
tending Jockey "Skeets" Martin is in a
large measure due to the persistent and
untiring efforts of "Daggie'' Smith, the
owner of Torsida and other good racers
that ran here last fall and previous
seasons. Mr.. Smith had confidence in
Martin at a time when other turfmen
would not have given the jockey any
kind of encouragement, much less a
mount. 1t happens that the wise Dag
gle expended his energies and calcu-
lations on good material after all.
Charles E. Trevathan. writing in the
New York Telegraph, delves into re-
cent turf history to show wherein
Smith pushed a good thing along. He
says that from the way ''Skeets" Mar
tin is putting winners over the plate on
the other side. it looks as if he might
be rival of the only Tod Sloan as an
English idol ''SkeetS" has not had the
years in the saddle which have been
Tod's, but he certainly rides with judg-
ment.
That boy as an example of the sud-
den prosperities which come to the peo-
pie of the turf is handsome illustra-
ton. The Westerners who knew him
out on the Pacific coast but a few sea-
sons ago as a youngster cannot yet be
brought to believe that "Skeets' is
i, jocket, and they call him lucky where
he is probably capable.
But "Skeets' has not always been
fortunate as a rider of horses. When
he began the business he was probably
the worst that ever put on boots and
hreeches. If / mistake not, Billy APP
pleby California trainer. gave him
his first chance to ride. "Skeets" re-
sembled a bag of meal more nearly
than any other created thing when he
took his first mount.
He was absolutely without what turf
men call hands, and worse than that
was scared half to death at the pros
pect of going fast on a horse in field.
Very naturally he was nowhere near
the winner at the finish of his first race,
and 1t was many days thereafter before
he was first home. Way off there in
England where lords and ladies are
making much of him. 'Skeets" should
keep in the mind of him one "Daggie"
Smith. For to the persistence of Dag
gle" "Skeets' owes his real start.
Smith was a bad California trainer
in whom the Western jockey clubs had
no great amount of confidence He
used to get hold of as many as two
horses at time and labor with them in
an endeavor to win race. Whatever
ANYBODY else might think of the
chances of his candidate, Smith always
had an idea that he would win. He
was as industrious as tout as ne was