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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
CHAPTER II.-(Continued. }

you poor little Kitty" said Meg.
signing; and, coming round to where
sat, she bent over my chair and put
her cheek caressingly against mine.
tlen added In tone more mocking
than compassionate: ITO be turned
quite suddenly into a paragoness! oh,
the shock of 1t! Dora, my dear, let us
make her elegy We may regard her
az having passed away from this life.
You poor little thing Don't cry. Kit
ty; let US look upon the bright side
OF It,"
There Is no bright side | inter-
posed, with little sob.
"Oh. nonsense" said Dora, reassur-
ingly. Hundreds OF things may hap
pen. He may change his mlnd-thats
not at all improbable. He may marry
SOU and die during the honeymoon.
II have always longed to be a wild
ow," reflected Meg, musingly and
cheerlngly.
"A widow" added Dora, still in
tone of reinsurance, lis the happiast,
freest, most enviable being in the
world! Think of the independent, love-
ly times she has! Her relations can't
tyrannize any longer She has to be
treated with respect. gentleness, defer
ence, AMI great courtesy. Oh, to be a
widow! Cheer up Kitty. Give her
little shake and make her stop cryin ?.
Meg"
Il think II is we who should cry"
said Meg, with a comical attempt TO
speak dolorously I'VE have no chance
OF being widows" And Meg laughed
again. her sweet. ripping, light-heart-
ed little laugh; and then she kissed me
to soften the cruelty of the laughter.
Once more there was silence in the
room. Dora sat opposite, regarding me
with an air of grave reflection; Meg
stood beside me. bending down to rest
one elbow on the table, aud looking
closely at me with smiling eyes.
when does he mean to speak to you
] wonder?" said Dora at length. "And
how will he frame his strange pro-
posal? What DAYS and nights OF re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
BY Author Of "Hetty," Etc.

| look or think in John Mortimer's pres
ence except with painful, terrible self
consciousness, with a haunting remem-
brance OF all that Aunt Jane had told
me? Why had she told me? | had
liked him-I had liked him so muchi
! He had been so good TO me, so kind !!
No one else had been so kind! / had
said what liked to him always; had
treated him as dear elder brother.
with whom | need not stop to weigh
my words. If had seen him ahead as
| went to school in the morning, I had
walked fast TO oyertake him; when, In
the evening, he came to see us. | had
always been glad, and had always told
him so with a smile that made the
words emphatic. | had always been
sorry when he went away; and that,
too, had told him, simply, without re-
serve. "Naturalm | had behaved nat
urally with him all my life! l could
never be natural with him any more.
MY dear child" said Aunt Jane,
looking at me with sharp, attentive
49, NNAAAyg gOu WIdI that LidElS Gil '
shall regret that told you anything"
Il wish-oh. | wish you hadn't!
cried, reproachfully, with sudden pas
sion that overcame my fear
AS steps came up the stairs, turned
away toward the window. The window
was shut, as Aunt Jane preferred all
windows to be. Through the hot. dusty
panes | looked out at the tree tops in
the square garden, and never turned
my head.
A minute later John Mortimer
crossed the room to where / stood.
kitty" he said. quietly.
He put out his hand. He was stand
ing beside me. his gray eyes smiling
gravely at me. Ny eyes had no an
swering smile as raised them slowly
to his.
1t was grave, quiet, somewhat rug
ged face at which | looked-a face at
the same time stern and gentle. The
gray eyes were deeply set, beneath
level, thickly penciled brows; they
smiled rarely-and, when they smiled,
the smile was more grave than merry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Antiquity of Many of Their Nursery
Rhymes.

Charles Welsh, in a late magazine
article on 1.-THE Antiquity of Childrens
Literature" says: Many of our simple
nursery rhymes, such as those in the
Mother Goose collections, have Curl
Gus history, and are of great antiquity.
Lady bird lady bird, fly away home,
has been said to be as old as the flood,
and to have had its origin in the story
of the dove which went forth from the
ark. 1t is true that in some form or
another it is found in every part OF the
world. Sing song o. sixpence' is
as old as the sixteenth century. Three
blind mice" is found in a music book
dated 1909. "The frog and the mouse"
was licensed in 1880. Three children
sliding on the ice" dates from 1859.
London bridge is broken down. is OF
unfathomed antiquity. Girls and
boys, come out to play is certainly as
old as the reign of Charles H., as is
also Lucy Locket lost her pocket" to
the tune of which Yankee Doodle"
was written. PUSSY cat, pussy cat,
where have you been?" is of the age
of Queen Elizabeth. THE old woman
tossed in blanket" is of the reign of
James H., to which monarch it is sup
posed to allude. The original of ''The
house that Jack built" is to be found
in the ancient Chaldee language. The
stories of Jack the Giant-Killer" and
tom Thumb" were brought into Eng
land by Hengist and Horsa and Ebba
the Saxon; and Tom Hickathrift" may
be placed in the same category. tom
Thumb" too, is found among the old
est traditions of German and Danish
literature. "Old King Cole" dates back
to the third century after Christ, and
Jack Horner" existed in oral tradi-
ton long before the first printed copy
we can find, which was issued in 1917.
These are but few instances of the
antiquity of some of the Eight litera-
ture of the infant scholar"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
THE ASSASSIN OF THE EMPRESS
Luehens subdued and Pesitent In His
gWkN& PrisoD.

-
Swiss Prison.
The United States consul at Geneva
Mr.. b H. Ridgley, communicates to
the Strand for September the story of
Lucheni, his crime and his subsequent
life In jail. He is, We are told, in
generated In the Eveehe or hishopry,
close by Calyin's great church. OF his
accommodation the writer says: st
Is a neat and clean cell. much larger
and better ventilated than any cell
ever remember to have seen in an
American penitentiary. The convict
has good, clean bed, with straw
mattress: he has a small table and a
chair. He is comfortably clad, not in
convict stripes, but in good wooden
garments, and is. in short, living under
better conditions of cleanliness and
wholesomeness than he ever knew be-
fore in his life." The writer himself
has seen the convict recently. This is
his report: Il found that Lucheni had
changed considerably since the day Of
his condemnation. His mustache was
gone, and his face looked sleek and
white and fat. The 1.-THE figure had
also grown much stouter; he still wore
the gum-elastic smile, but the air of
bravado was missing. His eyes were
downcast his mien humble. 1t was
easy to see that the spirit of the an
archist was broken. He feels the soli-
tary confinement terribly. 1t is par
ticularly hard to the verbose Lucheni.
He sees before him life absolutely
without hope; the ceaseless babbler is
reduced to everlasting silence; the
preacher of the bad cause is without a
public" Within six weeks of entrance
he admitted to the priest that three
hours after committing his awful crime
he repented of It," The authorities
10 sounds somewhat cynical are hop
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

country doctor IN
Missouri was read
ing the reports
of their inyestiga-
tons, as printed in
the medical jour
nails, and trying to
solve the knotty
problems in his
own way. For
twenty-five years
or so DR.. b. r.
Roberts of Greene
City, Mo-, has ex-
perimented with
the lymph treat
ment, and it Is
among his forme
patients in an
about that little
town that the
strongest evidences
of his success may
lie found. DR..
Roberts early be-
C. a m Q co WINGED
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
SEATED MYSELF AND TOOK UP MY SEWING


lie was still comparatively young
man, though Dora and Meg ALWAYS
spoke of him as though he were their
fathers contemporary. He was thir-
ty-ive-no more; but his dark hair.
his short, brown beard were already
touched with gray; and his face. his
voice, his manner were all older than
his years.
What is happening down there?" he
asked, taking up his stand beside me
and following my glance.
My eyes were fixed intently on the
dusty ratings of the square garden
Around the corner of the square came
sad-looking man, with sun
Drowned face, bearing an old organ AID
very wizened, mournful little
monkey.
will he stop7" ! exclaimed with
sudden well-simulated eagerness. mo
yes! Yes. he is going to stop"
Kitty. what a child you are!~ said
John Mortimer, in quiet, wondering
half-tender tone; and the tone or the
words sent the hot blood rushing to
my cheeks and set all my pulses throb-
bling.
II know am child" I said quiet
ly. almost fiereely. Il like being
child. | don't want to grow up. will
be a child as long as ever | can be-"
He was looking down at me with an
observant glance, though | looked so
steadily away from him. There was
suspicion of laughter in his voice
when. after a moment. he spoke again.
I'm spite of yourself, Kitty, age is
creeping upon you. In our mothers
and grandmothers' days seventeen. /
believe. was a very mature age, in
deed"
But not now" said eagerly, with
too much earnestness. Seventeen is
nothing nowadays. You're only old
enough at seventeen to go in for senior
Cambridge examinations. II you want
to so to college. YOU can't-they won't
have you because you're so young. Hol-
loway will take you, but Girton and
Newman won't. Do you know how old
our sixth form girls are? I'm the
youngest some are eighteen. some are
nineteen, and some are over"
Although my face was turned toward
1 the dusty. out-of-ioor world, and my
back toward the 1rawing-room, I was
/ conscious that Uncle Richard had been
sent away by Aunt Jane, and that
Aunt Jane was preparing to follow
him. In another minute we were left
alone. My cheeks were burning, my
heart was beating angrily at the con-
sciousness Of why we were left alone.
Il never realized before the extreme
youthfulness of seventeen" said John
Mortimer gravely. But. looking around
at him. / caught the amused smile
with which he was regarding me. "Why
have made you so indignant, Kitty?'
he continued, in a different tone. "Why
have brought this severe lecture upor
myself? Is 1t all apropos of the organ.
man."
'It's apropos OF nothing"
Il knew an old man of seventy-seveI
once who could never pass Punel
and Judy in the street. II he came ii
only for the end OF the performance
he would trudge along with the urchini
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only ono
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition OF the mucus lining OF the
Eustachian Tube When this tube is inf1amed
YOU have q rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when 1t is entirely closed deafness Is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this. tube restored TO its normal
condition. hearing will be DESTROYED forever;
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but aR intamed condition OF
the mucus surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness caused by catarrhl that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrb Cure Send for
circulars, free. - -
Sold by Druggists. Too.
HALLS Family pills, are the best.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
THE card-rln,inr puehe....

A queer story has reached London
about the "card-playing duchess"
whose fondness for the card table has
earned her that appellation. 1t comes
from a seaside resort, where the duke
and duchess have a family mansion.
Card parties on the lawn on Sunday
afternoons are said to have been made
a feature of the present country sea-
son. and as the lawn is visible from the
high road. shocked churchgoers Wit
Messing the spectacle have been moved
TO protestation.-East Daily Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

"Twenty-eight millions of micro
organisms to one-thousandth part of a
pint" This appalling statement formed
part of certificate put in at South
wark police court recently against an
Italian seller Of ice-cream. Among
the millions of microbes, went ON the
certificate. there were at least 200
specimens of the deadly coli communis.
The skillful author of the staggering
certificate was DR.. Stevenson, the IA
nous public analyst.-London Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
SAID TO Be A GREAT DISCOVERY,

structure of the bone. it having largely
lost the peculiar signs of old age so
readily discernible by anatomists, and
assumed the characteristics of youth.
These experiments were conducted to
point at which DR.. Roberts was salts
fed he had mastered the principles of
cell transplanting, and then he turned
his attention to the discovery of an
agent by which the cell life might be
preserved and kept in its natural con-
dition.
All this time the medical profession
was kept fully informed on the prog
ress of the investigations, but. being a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

BeN% ~ 90, NPAASPoy ohu
tons.
America an medical men are naturally
jubilant over the fact that one of their
number has succeeded in solving a
problem with which some of the most
famous scientists In the world have
struggled in vain for years. Prof. Koch
of Berlin, DR.. Brown-Sequard of Paris,
DR.. w. A. Hammond of Washington
and others of almost equal fame have
given the best parts of their lives to a
study of this subject in various forms
without material satisfactory results.
They have accomplished just enough to
convince themselves and the medical
profession in general that they were
working on the right lines so far as
the idea OF lymph treatment was
concerned, but were never able to
reach the grand finale of being able to
demonstrate its merits in practical
way.
During all the years that these fa
nous men were experimenting, quiet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16


Fiction It will cost him! He will look
down at you benignly; he
He will pat you encouragingly on
the head" added Meg, patting me her
self to give point to the remark.
BE sure you say thank you pref
tily. Kitty. my child" tutored Dora.
Fold your hands meekfy across your
apron and speak prettily."
Her aprons will be no more!' said
Meg in a tragic tone. "Pinafores and
pigtails are henceforth to be dis
carded."
He'll bring you ring" said Dora.
"Say you have a fancy for diamonds.
Kitty. Say you prefer the diamonds to
he big"
Hell bring you tender offerings OF
flowers" added Meg. And shall be
able to wear them"
And l suppose observed Dora,
eravely and very doubtfully, with much
hesitation-'I suppose now he will feel
constrained to say that he loves you.
Kitty"
My cheeks, already crimson, grew
hotter suddenly. put up my hands to
cover them. pushed back my chair
from the table and turned away with
helpless anger. which for a moment
would not let me speak.
"Oh, thought has struck me-" ex-
claimed Dora. in a thrilling tone-"a
truly appalling thought! Kitty, my
dear. you will have to call him John"
Kitty. don't go-don't go; we want to
talk to you!"
| had turned to flee. had my hand
on the open door: but looked around
fercely before | went.
Il hate you!" l cried. 81 detest you!
And shut the door and ran along the
passage to my room.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
Would Apply TO. Either.

"Ah." she would exclaims as she laid
aside the little volume with the crazy.
quilt cover. sit is so fall Of hidden
meaning. 1t is written in such seem
ing mystery and yet is SO clear and
simple once you understand It," Hei
brother looked at her for minute and
then asked: What are you talking
about? A piece Of poetry or a doctors
prescription Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
THUNDERSTORMSs
And the Strain They Give the Nerves of
New Telephone Operators.

New Telephone Operators.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Although
YOU may never have thought of it," re-
marked an old telephone man during
the progress of the thunderstorm, "one
of the most severe tests to which a. girl
aspirant for employment in a telephone
exchange is ever put to Is her ability
to retain her courage aud self-posses-
sion while the lightning is playing just
such pranks as 1t Is playing now. Ever
been in a big telephone Office when
severe electrical disturbance was TAX
ing place in the atmosphere outside?
No? Well, it is Just the sort of place
TO make one lacking in steady nerves
feel kind o. squeamish,' as the fellow
said when he was getting ready to
have the critical interview with his
sweetheart's father, The lightning
seems to prefer telephone wires to any
other kind as a field for its gyrations.
and the way it makes things hum and
crack among the instruments is eau
ton. Some day. if you want to get an
idea of what | mean, just put your ear
10 the receiver while big storm is in
progress. Don't hold it there too long,
though. or you may get shock that
will interfere with your hearing, il it
doesn't do even worse. Having tried
your experiment. just multiply it by a
few hundred or a few thousand to cor
respond with the number of receivers
in a telephone Office, and you will un-
derstand what the green telephone girl
is up against in her first storm. OF
course all sorts of precautions are TAX
en- to prevent accident. and there is
really not the slightest danger. But
| the strain on the nerves is sumner
at that. and the young woman who
weathers it the first time usually turns
out to be all right as an operator"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

The island of Luzon contains one OF
the recognized races of dwarf men, the
Aetas, whose average height is only
four feet, eight or nine inches. They
dwell among the mountains in the In
terror Of the island, and are allied to
the Andamanese, inhabiting islands in
the Bay OF Bengal 1t is remarked
by recent writer that all of the dwarf
races survive only in the most mac
cessible parts OF the continents or is
lands to which they belong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
Lighting the Red Sea.

The lighting Of the Red sea seems at
first to be too practical infringement
upon an ancient fairyland. But Sir
Thomas Sutherland and other members
Of parliament interested in shipping
are naturally anxious about the prog
ress Of the lighthouses with which the
porte promised to bejewel the southern
waters Of the red sea.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
Now Austrian Premier.

1t is seldom the minister of agricul-
ture is premier of cabinet. as is now
the case in Austria. Count Clary AID
ringen, however, is one OF the best
posted men on agriculture in the mon
archy, and agriculture is the most i'm.
portant industry of the nation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

guished physicians are now coming
ing from all parts of the United States
to the laboratories to master the de-
tails OF administering the lymph.
In one particular DR.. Roberts shows
remarkable discernment. 1t is not ey-
cry doctor that he will make acquaint-
ed with the process. There are some
physicians yet in practice who affect to
despite antiseptic precautions and kin
dred '.new-fangled' ideas. To these
men DR.. Roberts says:
1T would be useless for me to waste
my time in making you familiar with
the lymph treatment. A man devoid
OF common sense in this advanced age
is too dangerous person to intrust
with the healing of the SICK
The lymph is administered in its
natural state, just as it is drawn from
the thoracic gland of young goat, the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
Many Drunkards in France.

DR.. Laborde, a French physician. in
a brochure on the subject. declares
that. unless measures are taken at once
to prevent 1t, the French working class
in a few years will become habitual
drunkards.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

West Virginia has become the first
state for oil and lumber, the second
for coke and the third for coal. 1t has
thirty-six railroads projected. eight OF
which are under construction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

Young Authoress (reading aloud)-
But perhaps | weary you?
Enthusiastic Friend-0h, no; long
to hear the end of your story.-Stray
Stories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

maximum dose be-
ing fourteen min
inns, or drops, in
jected hypodermic-
ally in the arms
and hips. At first
one injection a day
is given, and these
are gradually in
creased in number
in severe cases I'M
til the maximum OF
four is reached.
Then, when signs
of Improvement are
manifest, the injec-
tions are gradually
reduced until, to-
ward the close OF
the treatment, only
one a week Is CIV
en-. Physicians have
long known the
value of lymph as a
restorative agent.
DR.. Roberts discov-
cry is mainly in the
manner in which
the life cells of the
lymph are pre-
served. Only one
lot of lymph is TAX
en- from a goat. The
animal RECEIVERS in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

The Mohammedan students at Cam
bridge university have formed an as
ISOLATION, which meets for prayer and
the study Of the Koran.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

Swiss hotels now offer their guests
"alcohol free" wines, under the same
names as the intoxicating brands. The
prices are also, the same.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

time and seeretes more lymph, but the
process is slow and it is cheaper and
safer to get new goats for each opera
tiOn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

killed
ginning experiment
the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

that his fliustrini
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29
DRAWS ON HIS SILENCE AGAIN
M'CARDY REFUSES
TO DISCUSS THE eight
WEIGHTS" CLAIM

County Auditor johnson and Coun-
ty Attorney BigeIOw Hold a Con-
ference-The Subject to Come UP
Before the Council.
Comptroller McCardy would not discuss
Yesterday the statement made by County
Auditor Johnson as to there having peeh
a clerical error in the tax levy resolu-
ton for tAe Eighth assessment district
County Attorney Bigelow and County
Auditor Johnson held conference In the
afternoon, but no definite conclusion was
reached At least so the county attorney
stated last evening.
1t IS claimed by some of the county and
city officials that If the levy is made
on the figures in the Eighth district, as
prepared by the comptroller and passed
by the council, the validity Of the levy
might be questioned in the future. In
connection with the alleged clerical error
in the amount asked for the Eighth dis
trict, the further point is made that the
levy should in each amount correspond
with the tax estimate on which II Is
based. The figures differ materially from
those forwarded to the county audltor
in January last, and according to the
construction of the charter by the county
auditor, the figures in the levy resolu-
ton should be identical with the tax
levy estimate.
1t was stated last evening. although
the county auditor would not confirm the
statement, that the attention of the COM
mon council would be called to the points
mentioned by the county auditor at the
special meeting of the council to be held
tomorrow afternoon.