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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
THE UNTRUTE -UL MUMMY.
story illustrating the Strength of Rul-
ing Passion.

ing IdssiOns
We saw only the outer gardens and
the museum, the chief attraction of
which is a magnificent marble sarcoph-
agus decorated with bas-reliefs of AL
exander the Great, says an Egyptian
correspondent of the Chicago Record.
On one side the conqueror is repre-
scented as routing the Persians and on
the other side there is a lively strug-
gle with wild boar. The guide book
does not certify that Alexander ever
occupied the sarcophagus, but the guide
assured me that he had. The collection
of statues, bronzes and sarcophagi is
interesting and immensely valuable,
and | would like to copy some of the
descriptions from the guide book, but
space forbids. One Egyptian mummy
case had Stranger, forbear" kind of
an inscription on it. The guide fur
nished me with a literal translation
The king on the inside of the case,
"swathed in spicery and fine linen"
had caused this injunction to be placed
on the lid of his sarcophagus: do not
disturb these mortal remains, for there
is naught within this easement except
my poor body. There is neither gold
nor precious jewelry to reward the COW
etous." The antiquarians who I'M
earthed the sarcophagus did not respect
this appeal. When they examined the
mummy wrapped inside of the box
they found several pieces of gold
clasped in the right hand, which proves
that an Oriental will lie even after
death
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
(To be continued.)
WHAT VISITORS SEE.
Remarkable Experiences OF RustIcs wher
They visit the Metropolis.

Remarkable Experiences of RustIcs When
They Visit the Metropolis.
1t is sometimes entertaining to learn
from outside sources facts about New
York life of which persons who have
lived here all their lives are in igno-
rance, says the New York Sun. Much
OF this information could never be ac-
quired even by those who are most
closely acquainted with the facts of ex-
istence in New York in all it's phases.
The wonder is how even the most OBJ
servant strangers with the freshness
or perception that comes from unfa-
miliarity are able to discover so much
that does not exist. One recent in
stance of this faculty exhibited its eff
fects as applied to a study of New
fork's greatest hotel. II was shown
suites of rooms" writes this observer,
in the Waldorf-Astoria that cost 5000
a day. Cigars are so cents each,
whisky is the same price, wine is $40
bottle, and to tip waiter with less
than a one-spot brands you as jay"
Guests who live up to that standard of
magnificence at the hotel must be few
indeed and the cautious heroine of the
following paragraph must be equally
exceptional "The safe in tie Waldorf
Astoria constantly holds valuables be-
longing to the guests to the value of
from two to ten million dollars, and l
was told Of lady guest who sends
down to the Office at 2 o'clock each
morning a garter studded with pearls
that are insured for $4,000. The gar
ter is put in the safe and reposes there
until the next morning at 10, when
detective restores it to its place of
utility" One can learn some surpris-
ing things about New York life, pro-
vided that it is studied from long
range. The longer the range the more
interesting the results are likely to be.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24

one else. Il think you've made a mis-
take" he said. You don't owe me
any money to my knowledge. | need
the ten dollars and could just use them
nicely, but I am certain you are talk
ing to the wrong man. Still, if you
insist that I'm the right party, I'll take
your word for it, and accept the
money
l apologized for my blunder and
walked away. The man could easily
have accepted the money, thanked me
for returning it and have walked away.
and it would not have been necessary
for him to say a word. The next man
met | tried the same trick on. but he
also assured me that l must be max
ing mistake. Standing at the door of
a wagonsmith's place was a middle
sized man, dark complexioned, and
wearing a suit OF loose workingman's
clothes. The man had sandy mus
tache and a face of more than average
intelligence.
I've been requested by a friend OF
mine to pay back ten dollars he bor-
rowed from some one at this place.
The man he borrowed from was named
Burns. and the description he gave me
of him TALES exactly with you,"
said.
I'm not the man." he answered.
Ny name is Chadwick. and this is
112 Cherry street. This is my place of
business. and don't remember lending
ten dollars to any one that could have
sent YOU to pay it back"
| tried several other men after this
without any of them in the least maxi
ing any attempt to claim the money.
One man I tried said to me.
so you're looking fer somebody to
pay money back to? Well, you are
curiosity, and want you to come and
have a drink with me-
l found that most of the other men I
met felt the same way toward me. 1t
was a curious state of affairs. and cal
culated to make one think for a while.
Eere were lot OF men, each one Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
LITTLE MISTAKE.
That Caused an Uproar in Nine Rooms
in "A Hotel.

That Caused an Uproar in Nine Rooms
in Hotel.
New Orleans Times-Democrat "The
other evening, just before we changed
watch" said the clerk at one of the
hotels, "a fat drummer came up and
began figuring out his expense account
for the day. He took the first piece of
paper he could lay his hands on and
didn't notice that it was the blank we
use for keeping a memoranda of morn
ing calls. The blank is arranged in
columns headed by figures represent
ing hours and half hours, and he be-
gan his penciling in the $3.50 row. First
he jotted down $3.50 for buggy hire.
then Is cents for stamps, 35 cents for
car fare. SLIGO for express package,
s1.10 for kilograms, so cents for a
trunk strap, cents for a paper, and
a quarter for messenger service. Down
at the bottom, as an after thought, he
put 40, and wrote beer after it, think
ink to work it in somehow, | suppose.
Well, at $3.50 o'clock next morning
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24

friends increased. l told him that I
had been married some days ago, and
that when we returned from church
my uncle had said to me that he was
suddenly called away and would leave
me in the care Of my husband, who
was out for walk. He had departed.
and ! had been alone ever since. |
had come to London to find them all.
had written to Cathie, but could not
remember where she lived, so had been
unable to post the letter.
80 much he had CLEANED from me in
the waiting-room, where he had taken
me when | lapsed into utter uncon-
seriousness. He made his resolution
quickly, put me into a cab, and drove
me to his own house / had brain
fever, and, as he fully expected. when
| recovered l had entirely forgotten
my meeting with him, and, indeed. ey-
erything that had taken place. In nv
pocket, besides the letter to Catbie
they found couple Of biscuits.
wrapped in this"
She held out another fragment of
paper for Mr.. Martineaus inspection.
1t was apparently a blank half sheet
torn off letter, and at the TOP was
written, in an ugly sprawling hand
"P. S.-Leroy, of Lance Lane, E. C..
has a copy of the fathers will Yon
can convince yourself if you like that
the offer is genuine"
You see,' said Marguerite. CHAT
was evidently a bit of paper which 7
just picked up from somewhere to wran
my biscuits in. 1t may not refer to
my father at all, but DR.. Stellino
thought it worth while to try II
would be interesting to find my faith
er's will"
ut certainly would" said Mr.. Mar
tineau absently.
The Stellings advertised" she con-
tinued, saying that certain Marguer-
tie Lilbourne was to be found at their
house. but no one appeared to claim
her. The doctor next put in an adyer-
tisement To Parish Clerks and 9th
ers, offering a small reward for the
certificate of Marguerite Lilbourne's
marriage, on or about a given date. to
a person unknown at place unknown
Still there was no result. One dav.
when was able to walk about. cling
ing tightly to Mary Stelling's arm.
we took walk. intending to go to the
new public gardens just opened near
where we lived. AS We passed a row
OF squalid looking houses a nun came
out and passed US swiftly The sight
touched a chord in my memory. Past
events came back; was able to tell
them all have told you to-day, but
from the time of my falling out of the
window TO the time l awoke in the
Stellings house all was a blank. !
could tell them nothing; indeed, SO
vague and indistinct was this idea OF
my marriage that l should have been
satisfied that it was delusion had 1t
not been for one thing"
Eyes. What was the one thing?'-
This"
She laid a wedding ring on the table
before her.
Mr.. Martineau drew long breath.
THAT seems tangible" he said.
"Dreadfully tangible," she ex-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
cIIAFtErt ~.

Mr.. Martineau pushed his chair more
closely to hers asking with great in
tentness-
mo more?"
mo more, till the strangest part Of
all"
A sudden movement of the junior
partners hand sent a bundle of papers
to the ground He stopped after them,
and slowly replaced them.
The strangest part Of all?' he said.
Eyes. One morning | went for a
drive I cannot tell why l should re-
member this. but | do There were
three other people with me, think
or two-I was not alone, but cannot
tell you now in the least who they
were. We went TO church / stood
by the altar and, as far as | can re-
call. was married l don't think l OBJ
jected. l don't think l understood.
was like a person in a dream. l was
told afterwards TO write my name, and
| did. | knew my name then. l don't
remember anything more about it. /
can't recall who was with me, or any
thing. remember at last waking up
in a strange room. beautifully clean.
but very small, and seeing some one
bending over me"
WHO are your l said.
"All right, my dear she responded;
you're with friends
1T was very strange, gradual com"
ing back to life. / was kindly-oh. so
kindly-waited upon by Mrs. Stelling
and her daughter, but I was complete
~ bewildered. ! could not remember
a word OF what / am telling you now.
l was constantly asking who | was,
and why | could not remember the
time before was i'll. DR.. SIZZLING told
me not to trouble, and that everything
would come in time. Meanwhile my
name was the difficulty. l had M; I.
marked on my clothes, which were
all new. and, when DR.. SIZZLING FOUND
me. | had a piece Of paper in my pocket
on which l had written these words.
I have the paper here"
u should like to see it." said MT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
CHAPIER III.-fContinnad ,

Mr.. Martineau had moved his chair a
little, so that his face was entirely in
the shade. The daylight in the room
was not very strong, so that his ex-
preston was difficult to fathom. At
this point he broke in with
What kind Of man was this who
spoke to you?"
She smiled a little, then dolefully
shook her head.
can tell you only two things about
him. He was young. and he was not
dark-that Is, his hair was not black.
! should think he was several years
older tnan l."
You would not know him again if
you saw him."
i am afraid not. You see saw him
only just then"
"Oh-that was the only time you saw
him?"
Il think so, but he may have seen me
afterward without my knowing it,"
Please explain"
We'll, that evening as l was in my
room, crying my eyes out, my uncle
sent message to say was to come
down into the drawing-room. He had
never said such thing before. | sent
back word that ! would not come. He
came up to my room in a towering
passion. | was terribly frightened of
him, but | was now thoroughly reused.
and still said | would not come. He
beat me then-struck me several cruel
blows, shook me and flung me to the
ground. After that he went out. lock-
Ing the door behind him.
Il had quite made up my mind by
that time. | meant to run away. NY
beating had frightened me and shaken
me-there was a sharp pain in my
head. Terror and pride alike urged
me to flee. If stayed he would strike
me again. ! tied up as many things as
thought | could carry in a towel
opened my window, and dropped them
down on the turf below. My room was
on the most secluded side of the house
shaded by big trees. None OF the
kitchen windows looked out upon II
] fastened my sheets together. and
knotted the top one securely to the
iron ring OF my window shutter. |
was a very good hand at climbing-I
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24

claimed, with a shudder- Can you
wonder that | feel | must know ALL?
Heaven knows that / would sooner die
than return to my uncle-but / must
and will hear the rights OF this dis
graceful fraud! Il is mystery, is it
not?"
1T is the strangest thing ever
heard. and the most pitifuli"
The Stellings are very badly off,
went on Marguerite. When they found
me / had only few coppers in my
pocket had evidently spent what
ever / possessed on my railway ticket.
could not bear to live on their kind
ness. did fancy needlework for
time, managing to contribute my mite
toward the housekeeping till | was
quite strong. One day, in an inspired
moment | painted some little cards
for ball programmes, and sent them
to large West End shop. They caught
the public taste. Soon had as many
orders as l could execute, and l began
to work hard. l not only kept my
self-I put by little; and in our hap
py, busy life we almost forgot that
wa married"
Ito he continued
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
N. stretching out his

Martineau eagerly. stretching out his
hand.
She handed to him sheet OF note
paper, which had been crumpled and
then smoothed out again. On it was
written
"Oh, Cathie, they have left me all
alone! Do tell me what | must do.
can write no more You know how
my head goes round. He said he would
come for me. You must answer this
directly, or l shall not know where to
go. The wo.nan frightens me; she says
they will not come back.
MARGUERITE LILBOURNE."
The young man read it through and
shook his head. There was no date on
the letter-no address 1t had evident
ly been written in hurry, and by
person in a state OF nervous excite
ment.
so much" said Marguerite, "for
what / can tell you of myself. Now
for what DR.. SIZZLING tells me. He had
been to the Great Western Railway
station to see his son off on long
Journey, and. the train having gone,
he was strolling up the platform when
he noticed several people stop and
stare in one direction, and presently
he saw me walking up and down. with
the air of a person who had not the
least idea where she was.
WHO is that?' asked DR.. Sizzling
of a porter.
Lady just come in, sir. Seems out
Of her mind We don't know what to
do with her. Better send for the po-
lice, d'you think. sir?"
IN speak to her; I'm a doctor.
said Dr. Sizzling.
1T was just like him-he is always
noble and humane! He came up to me
and spoke to me very gently, asking
me If | had lost my friends. | said
Yes, and at first he thought that /
was sane, only lonely and frightened.
He asked me where l came from, but |
could not remember in the least. He
says that ! cried in my eagerness to
tell him; Of course, nobody could help
him, as the tickets had all been col
lected at Westbourne Park. He saw
then that l was really very i'll, and his
anxiety to ascertain the names of my
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
STOLE PURSE BUT LETT RING
Exchanged an $500 Diamond for a
Shoppers Change.

From the Boston Herald: A droll
story of a mishap to a pickpocket is
going about town that l hope is true
but, like all too good stories, one is
inclined to doubt its veraciousness. 1t
seems, however, that a suburbanite
who had been in town doing her spring
shopping on very limited means final
ly took the electric for home with pre-
cisely $2.63 in her possession. After
paying her fare she tucked the purse
in her wonderful woman, she
had a pocket!-and thought no more
about it. The car started crowded but
after a while the passengers thinned
out, and when the lady reached her
destination she was nearly alone. On
arriving at her home she made the dis
covery that her purse was gone. The
pocket had been picked, and she re-
membered that, in one of the various
jolts and shakings up, man leaned
heavily on her side, had apologized,
and shortly after pushed out of the
car Well, there was less than SO gone.
if the pocketbook was new and pretty.
The next day the lady had occasion to
feel in that pocket of hers, when, 10
and behold! she picked out diamond
ring of great brilliancy! There was
but one conclusion regarding its pres
ence there. The ring had slipped from
the finger of the thief who had picked
her purse. To be brief, this unexpect-
ed booty has been carried to a we'll
known jeweler, who appraised it's
worth at $500. Now the question is,
where did the pickpocket get it, and
what lurid expression did justice to the
occasion when he discovered the loss
of such a gem to gain paltry $2.5S?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24

had been up nearly every tree in the
grounds got on to the sill, laid hold
firmly, and let myself go. AT the same
instant something in my head seemed
to snap; everything swayod before my
eyes; there was an awful sensation
OF numbness and sickness; my fingers
relaxed their hold, and fell heavily.
Il cannot tell you what happened aft
erwards." Marguerite went on after a
short pause, because | don't know.
The last thing which | distinctly re-
member doing was getting out Of that
window. After that comes blank
which lasted, so they tell me, year
and more DR.. SIZZLING says it was the
result Of being struck on the head"
who is DR.. Stelling?" asked Mr..
Martineau.
My old friend. I should have died
but for him.
"Well-what more? What is the
next thing you remember"
The next thing that | remember is
walking up and down by the sea-up
aud down-with a woman. was rot
strong l leaned on her arm. can
not recollect more than that"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
where Our Immigrants Come From.

From the London Times: The Mil
ftar Zeitung publishes an interesting
article on the escape over the frontier
of men liable to military service in
Austria-Hungary. 1t states that
large business is carried on by the
agents, chiefly foreigners, who assist
these men. The first essential is a
passport, and this is generally forg-
ed. 1t is known that 1000 men week.
ly, on their way to the frontier, pass
through Vienna alone, and as most of
these are young men, it is calculated
that during the year at least 10000
men of those who so pass are escap-
Ing from military duty. Most of these
go to America, where it is believed
there are at present over 100000 men
who should be in the Austro-H unga-
rian army or reserves. On one occa-
sion at the mobilization of a body of
reserves, out of 5000 men only 1900
appeared; the greater part of the
$500 had succeeded in escaping to
America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24

of those men I'm not particular
whether the money is returned or not"
When told that the sum amounted to
several dollars he said he could not
possibly be the man. He also said he
would speak to the officer who relieves
him at his post, and if ne is the man he
would let me know | next went into
a bakery
Il would like to pay bill Of nine
dollars and something that we owe
here, l said. told the woman behind
the counter that my name was Heath.
After looking it up in her account book
she said that no party by that name
had any account there. 1t was a sing
ular fact that in all this time | had not
met anyone who would take a chance
on receiving the money and never see
ing me again. This record was re-
markable. Over in London in some
sections of the city | found one man
out of every four that | approached
was willing to take the money. l next
tried to make a dealer in fruits and ci-
gars at the corner of Broad and Race
streets believe he was the man | owed
SO to, but he refused to be convinced.
Several other men l approached after
this denied being the party took them
to be. but were willing to take the
money if | did not believe them. A
cab driver standing with his vehicle at
the corner of Sixteenth and Walnut
streets was the first man to make an
attempt at getting the money. | stepp-
ed up to him and asked him whether
he was the man who drove me from
that corner to Strawberry Mansion re-
Gently. He Immediately replied in the
affirmative. I then told him that l still
owed him something from the last
drive. He Immediately answered that
/ still owed him dollar. When told
that this amount could not be correct
he at once remembered that l was
right, and it was only sixty cents that
I owed him. When asked why he did
not come around to the house to collect
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a eonstitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous SUR
faces of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
prietors have so much faith in it's curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars fot
any case that it fails to cure. Send for list Of
Testimonials.
Address i, j. CHENEY g. CO, Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24

Railroads generally East and West
are rapidly fitting their freight cars
with air brakes and automatic coup
lers. An officer of the Burlington
road said in Chicago recently that on
his line there are $4,000 freight cars,
60 per cent of which are equipped
with Westinghouse Air Brakes, and 80
per cent with Master Car Builder Au-
tomato Couplers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24

''Yis, sor, tn byes are stroilin' for
shorter hours. but it sames foolish to
me-" How long are their hours now,
Larry?" Sixty minnits, sor, an be
dad, Oh cant sac how they kin make
i'm my different widout changin' tb'
calinder. Chicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
The Sisfine Madonna

Raphaels Sistine Madonna has been
attacked by skeptical young German
critic named Jelinck. who tries to
prove that Raphael never painted the
picture, and that besides the picture
has been touched up and restored" UNI
scrupulously over and over again in the
last $50 wears.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24

Here is a beautiful sunrise by a
famous Partisan"
1T must be a fraud. No Partisan
ever rises early enough to paint sun
rise
"Oh, but this painter hadn't gone to
bed yet"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
Irish Coal SuppIy.

An Irish paper says that export au-
thorities have estimated that there are
1O0,000,000 tons of coal in the Kilkenny
and Queens county coal fields, and adds
that it is good coal with many advan-
tages that Welsh and English coal does
not possess. 1t is twice as lasting, it
has no smoke, and for certain indus
tries it cannot be surpassed. Yet for
lack of enterprise and capital the
meager output is only about so, 900 tons
a year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
Natures influence on Man.

From the Chicago News: Nature
exercises a wonderful and mysterious
influence over men. Certain plants are
poisonous to some folks and medicine
to others" Yes. and my husband is
always troubled with rheumatism when
the grass begins to get tall upon our
lawn"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
Simple Life Preserver.

1t is not generally known that when
a person falls in calm water a common
felt hat may be made use of as a life
preserver, and by placing the hat upon
the water, rim down, with the arm
round it, pressing it slightly to the
breast, it will bear man up for hours.