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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

tract greedy uitlanders, and they lost
no time in publishing a decree forbid
ding prospecting and declaring that
heavy punishment would be inflicted
upon any one, be he Boer or stranger,
who violated the ordinance.
"The decree was revoked later, how
ever, and great excitement was caused
by the finding Of a number of large
nuggets, some weighing as much as
fourteen pounds, in the bed of a river.
A good deal of gold was obtained in
odd spots, but it was not until 1890
that the reef of the Witwatersrand was
discovered. Since that date about
$500 100000 has been taken out of this
wonderful ore body, and it Is said that
$4,000, 100000 more is in sight. 1t is
expected that the production for 1899
will not fall short of 4,2S0,00O ounces,
worth 100000, ,00O-almost equaling
the entire worlds yield Of the precious
metal ($11S,S50,000) for 1890. 1t is OBJ
vious that. in case of war between
England and the Transvaal, the most
important source of the worlds sup
ply of gold will be cut off for time,
and, if the Beers destroy the mines,
for an indefinite period.
Another project which the Beers are
said to have in mind is the blowing
up of the principal buildings in Pre-
toria and johannesburg in case the
British troops enter those prosperous
towns. 1t is hard to see what mill
tary purpose could be served by such
a measure, but, of course, there would
be no difficulty in carrying it out. The
buildings could be mined in advance,
and destroyed, all of them in the same
second of time, by touching button
connected with a system of wires
I'VE are discussing wholly novel
uses of explosives for war purposes,
and in this connection it is appropri-
ate to speak of the fact that one of the
items of information said to have been
communicated in the famous 'bor-
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because of its resemblance to that IA
vorite product of the Boer housewives
kitchen. Biologists call it 'conglom-
crate which signifies that it is hard
ened mixture of sand and pebbles.
They say that the reef was once a sea
beach, millions of years ago, and the
sand of the beach contained minute
specks of gold, brought down from the
land by streams. Today, solidified into
rock, it still holds the precious metal,
though the ore is of such low grade
that all the deposits Of the Rand would
not be worth a cent if it were not for
the cyanide process, which makes it
possible to extract the yellow stuff at
a cost Of only Sc per ton Of 'conglom-
crate handled. But the available sup
ply OF banket is unlimited; it is of an
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By Blowing Up the PumpingWorks
Krueer Gould Cut Off the Supply

even richness throughout, no matter
from what part of the reef it is taken,
and every ton may be counted on to
give up $14 worth of gold. About 10,-
100000 tons were crushed in 1885,
There is much gold in various parts
of the Transvaal, but it has never pos
sessed any interest for the Beers. On
the contrary, they were inclined to re-
gard the finding of it as a misfortune,
and not without reason, as subsequent
events have demonstrated. Inclined to
a peaceful agricultural existence, they
established their little republic in the
Transvaal because they thought that
nobody else wanted the country, and so
they would be let alone. When, in 1864
the first discovery of the yellow metal
was made, they viewed the matter
with alarm, expecting that it would at
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TIE BOERS AND TIE GOLD MINES

Bridges, necessarily. are the most vul.
nerable points in line of railway coIa.
munication, and it is a simple matte,
to render them impossible by the use
of few pounds of a high explosive. II
Is something of an art to know jus'
where to put the dynamite, and army
engineers are especially instructed ir
it.
'The question of destroying bridge
is often delicate one in military oper.
erations. You remember, perhaps, tht
story told about the famous Gen. Blu.
cher. when he had it in mind to blow
up the magnificent structure spanning
the river at Jena. A dinner organized
by the duke of Wellington dissuaded
him from this project. L must and
will blow it up growled old Vorwarts
over his bisque soup. I shall have to
blow it up he said as he finished his
ragcdt But when he got to his cof-
fee and his third glass of champagne,
he convulsively seized the dukes hand
and cried, 'Mein Gott! Never was such
a dinner before. | will not blow up
the bridge of jena '"- .-i,ene Bache.
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IS A MUsTACHE PROPERTY
A Man Sues for Damages for the Loss
of One.

"A man sues Tor Damages for the Loss
of One.
"Is a mustache property" said
guest in the st. Charles lobby the other
evening. "If so, what is it's value?
Those points will be raised in a very
peculiar suit which is coming up at
the next term Of court in a town over
In Georgia. I'd rather not mention any
names, but l happen to be familiar
with the facts, and they are briefly
these: Almost a month ago a we'll
known travelling man was staying at
the leading hotel of the place and went
to the cigar stand one day to get
light. They had a new-fangled con-
Germ that spouted out jet of flame
when the lighter was lifted, but on this
particular occasion it hung fire. The
drummer was trying to make it work
when all of sudden it blazed out like
a volcano and licked off his Long, beau
tiful blonde mustache. He was furi-
GUS, of course, because the mustache
had been his chief ornament and pride,
but the affair might still have passed
off without trouble if he hadn't been
so numerically guyed. The upshot of
this was that he demanded damages,
the landlord laughed at him, and he
instructed lawyer to bring suit for
s2500 The papers will be filed in the
next term of court. I am told they
make some interesting allegations.
1t will be claimed, for instance, that
the mustache was of direct assistance
to its owner in earning livelihood,
insomuch as it gave him distin-
guished appearance, and thus facili-
tated his interviews with the trade. Its
loss, he holds, was a disagreement
which has occasioned ridicule, falling
off in prestige, and consequent shrink
age in business. He will also allege
that his altered appearance caused
great mental anguish to himself and
wife, and that that species of suffer-
ing may be reduced, under the law, to
dollars and cents. Incidentally he will
try to prove that the absence of mus
tache affected his eyesight. So, as you
may observe. good many interesting
and delicate questions will be raised.
and / dare say the case will attract
wide attention. l have the particulars
I mention from the victim himself.
What sort of defense will be set up re-
mains to be seen. New Orleans
Times Democrat
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THE EARL CENTRAL GOLD NINE HOUSE. JOHANNESBURG.

dereau had reference to the points at
which preparations had been made by
the French authorities for blowing up
French railways in case of an invasion
by the Germans, in order that the lat
ter might not be able to make use of
those lines of travel. Systematic pre-
cautions of this kind are rather new in
military engineering, but they may be
desirable where countries preserving
an armed peace are such close neigh
bors. Railroads, however, may be
ruined at a fairly rapid rate without
establishing 'emplacements' for mines
in advance. To destroy a rail requires
from ten to twelve ounces of dynamite
or guncotton, and two or three miles
of track per hour may be effectually
wiped out by detail of eight men.
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MUST MARRY
Before They Can Attend the Universities
with the Men in Russia.

with the Men in Russia.
If a girl in Russia wishes to study
at any Of the universities in that
country etiquette does not allow her
to do so until she is married, so she
goes through the civil ceremony Of
marriage with man student, whom
very probably she has never seen he
fore, and this marriage is quite legal,
though perhaps they may never speak
to each other again. On the other
hand, if they like each other and wish
it, they are married for life; if they
don't the marriage is dissolved when
their university course is finished, and
they are free to marry some one else.
The celebrated mathematician, SOnya
Kovalevski. whose autobiography at
tracted considerable notice a few years
ago, went through the marriage Cere-
mony with student whom she then
saw for the first tilne, and who after
ward became her husband. The cdu-
cation of women III Russia lands be;-
ter than in most European &'2untriGH,
owing to the persistent cffr-tS OF tho
Russian women tfems2jtN,, BY 1885
they had managed to g+t our uniVera-
ity colleges for WOmeA, with 1,4l2 stu
dents; one medical 9tademy, with 800
students, and nUELrous intermediate
schools. There a.e 100 women doctors
in Russia, of vf.om nearly one-half are
employed in .he civil service chiefly
by the Gems vos.
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upon she devoted herself entirely 10
the prime minister. She created 80
many difficulties that the Mikado fin.
ally commanded that she should be be-
headed. Her execution was followed
by many international complications,
but they never amounted to anything
and the wages OF sin were paid with
out any cost except to herself.
What has become OF Evelyn Gran
vile? She is not dead, but she has
earned and has been paid the wages Of
sin. Living, yet she is dead, at least
to all those who knew her when she
was young, beautiful and successful.
Burton C. Webster, the bookmaker,
who did murder for her or in her name,
has just emerged from state prison at
Sing Sing, and is now trying to earn
a living in New York. Even he will
have nothing more to do with her, for
she has run the full gamut of Tender
loin" existence, and all efforts to re-
form her have been in vain, although
brought to bear upon her. Evelyn
Granville wa1 an actress of mediocre
ability when Webster met her in New
York. But she was beautiful and vi
vacous and Webster, who was theh
quite wealthy, took her to be his wife,
| without the formality of a ceremony
which is unnecessary under the New
York laws. In the apartment house
| in which they lived handsomely there
| also lived d. G. Goodwin, who paid
some attentions to Evelyn. Webster
shot and killed him, and when he was
put on trial the jury was made to be.
lieve that he had done the shooting in
defense of the honor Of his "wife." In
this way he escaped the electric chair:
the conviction being for manslaughtel
and not for murder in the first degree.
The greatest impression upon the jury
was produced by the bringing into
court of an infant, which Evelyn Gran,
vile swore was her own, Webster be-.
ing the father. 1t figured extensively
in the trial and helped materially tc
save Webster from electrocution. Long
| dIloT Iuo Illdu udu UcCA Ill OAu6 Olus
Evelyn Granville made public confes.
sion of the imposition upon the court
According to her it was purchased for
the occasion and instead Of being the
child Of Webster and herself was the
offspring of poor woman, whose very
name she had forgotten. There is nc
telling how much Evelyn Granville
may have loved Webster. When she
made the confession she declared she
had never had any affection for him
At all events when he went to prison
her mode of life showed that he was as
deaC to her as If he had really gone tc
the electric chair, from which she hat
done so much to save him.
Now there is nothing left to her bu
her name, and the sensation in whicl
she was such a prominent figure. She
has gone the way of all the others
the way that leads to the wages OF sin
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Honolulu Belle Is without Guile.


People rave for hours over the Ian.
gushing Spanish girls, but like the
native song l sing, Give me the Hone.
lulu BELLE" whose graceful form,
though nearly concealed meath the
lowing gowns, can be family discerned
through the clinging folds, and whose
thoughts and passions can be read in
The shy glances from their telltale eyes.
They are rather dark, we'll developed.
even at an early age, with even fea.
lures and large. expressive eyes, coal
black hair, intensely white teet;. and
walk leisurely, for this is a tropical
climate. One can not help admiring
these pleasant, speaking women.
The beautiful flower wreaths worn aa
hat decorations also tend, apart from
their natural attractiveness, to set off
the languishing beauty of these ma
tives. A language that contains but
twelve letters in it's alphabet, one word
meaning several things, tends to innO-
cence of mind and habits. The scan
dals and intrigues, without which the
Spanish would perish, are unknown to
the Honolulu belle, and in her straight
forward and candid glance you can
note the elevation of her mind and the
purity of her thoughts. They love
madly, too as many tales bear out.
"But that l know not of!'-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

she had fascinated and become the wife
of the wealthy John Beecher. She
lived in magnificent style. IIcr toilets
in driving and at the Je1ome Park club
house excited the envy Of all her rivals
She soon, however, began filtration
with member Of the younger set in
New York, Lloyd Phoenix, but, in fit
of jealousy, shot at him as he passed
up the steps of his sisters house on
Fifth avenue. Her husband thought
best to separate from her and she fed
to Europe in pursuit of Mr.. Phoenix.
In Paris Mrs. Beecher lived handsome
ly on the money which was generous
ly supplied to her by her divorced
husband and her life was one Of lIx-
urious pleasure. She had the hand
soonest turnout on the Bois and gave
most sumptuous dinners. 1t was in
Paris that she met Count Pourtales. He
fell in love with her and married her,
and though Paris went mad over her
beauty-perhaps for that very reason
he sailed with her for Japan as an
attache Of the French legation. In
Japan she carried on 80 lively flirta-
tion with a French officer that Count
Pourtales went to the length Of claim
ing that their marriage was illegal,
and, leaving her, returned to Paris,
whittier she followed him. After an
other round of the widest extrava-
gance, she fascinated another French
diplomat, who married her and took
her back to Japan. 1t was not long
after their arrival that this husband,
too, abandoned her on account of the
attentions which she received from
the prime minister of Japan. There
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
WALES ODD TASTE IN HATS.
He Likes Them of Green Felt with
Feathers or VOLTS Teeth.

FfathefS or WOif'S feeJD.
Those who are knowing in such
things have been heard tn say of late
that the prince of Wales is not the
absolute arbiter that once he was in
matters pertaining to mems fashions,
but that he is still recognized as mas
ter where hats are concerned. If this
be so, Englshmen are in for change
Of headgear, for the prince of Wales
has been buying hats, the color, shape
and decorations of which are all new.
According to the Daily News the prince
has a kind of passion for buying hats
and giving them to his friends. He
bought nine in Germany, and they are
Of new pattern, and some Of them of
new color. The color is green and the
material soft felt, and stuck il the
back-as if the wearer, in his hurry,
had put his hat on wrong-is a little
tuft of capercalzie feathers. Most of
them are capercailzie, but there is lati-
tude for choice. The head Of a wood
cock as a sort of center for it's own fine
feathers, two teeth of wolf with a
tuft of VOLTS bristle-teeth and bris-
ties of a dog will do if the rarer arti-
cles are not obtainable-the curled tail
feathers of black cock; these are the
chief varieties of ornament up to this.
The Daily News indeed, accuses the
prince Of being mere plagiarist of the
composer Offenbach, -7ho 35 years ago,
after a tour in the Tyrol, returned to
Paris with the full equipment OF
Tyrolese sportsman, and appeared on
the boulevards wearing the green hat
with its curl of feathers. The fashion
caught on. 1t spread from Paris ia
London.
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Her Mistake.

She-Aud to think you have forgot
ten that this is our anniversary day.
He-Why, you must be mistaken. We
were married on the goth. She--Oh,
beg pardon! l was thinking Of my
first marriage.-Detroit Free Press.
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An ExpeGsive Dress.

The mosi expensive dress in the
world is said to be the property OF Mrs.
Celia Wallis, OF Chicago, who, hearing
that the wife of London banker pos
sessed a garment costing $4,000,
eclipsed this by an expenditure of $685.
600. 1t was trimmed with Brussels
point lace, yard wide and three yards
in length, costing s25,O0O, and diamond
ornaments held it in place.
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The Boot of Deuteronomy.

A nervous curate the other day an
nounced from the reading desk: Here
beginneth the second chapter of the
duke of Deuteronomy. His vicar
looked severely at him, and the young
man blushed, coughed and repeated,
''The boot of Deuteronomy" There
must have been germs of mispronun-
citation lurking in the air, for at a
later period in the service the vicar
read out, Il publish the manns Of bar
riage," etc. The curate beamed with
satisfaction, in spite Of the solemnity
of the ccasion.-Household Words.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
l,riainateN with Indians.

It has been asserted that our brown
bread was invented at Boston about
$50 years ago, but the writer conjec
lures that it originated at Plymouth
soon after the Pilgrims landed, and
that baked beans were early adopted
by them from the Indians.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
Queer fSrittSh War Vessels.

The most singular vessel in the
world is the Polyphemus of the Brit
ish navy. 1t is simply long steel
tube, deeply buried in the water, the
deck rising only four feet above the
sea. 1t carries no masts or sails and
is used as a ram and torpedo-boat.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
When He Talks.

"She says her husband talks when
he's asleep"
IL think that must be mistake. He
talks when she's asleep"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

a beautiful VIC Gn who earned the
wages of sin in many Y IS. some peo-
pie will say she was unfortunate. Her
first husband married her on h's death
bed. The second husband in
most mysterious manner in Columbia,
The husband Of her third venture com
mitted suicide at NeWberry, S. c. The
fourth was abandoned by the much
married but beautiful woman, whose
body now rests in a pauper's grave in
New York. Such were the antecedents
Of Mrs. Beecher, or the Countess Pour
tales. When she left home to go to
New York she was described as "ac-
complished, graceful, vivacious, and
with color more transcendently beau
Aiful than the loveliest rose" Before
she had been In New York very long
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

That the wages of sin is death was
never better shown than in the case
OF the woman who was first best
known as Mrs. Beecher, and after
wards as the Countess POurtales, un-
der which name she was beheaded by
order Of the Mikado of Japan. She
was the reputed daughter of her moth
er's second husband, and was born
near Columbia, S. C. Her mother was
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Serious lines.

While Tom Collins was threshing
on Mr.. Dick Cocking's place in the
town of Mineral Point on Monday, fire
was discovered in one of the stacks
near the engine.
Mr.. Collins attempted to remove
the burning bundles but in moment
the fire was beyond control. 1t spread
with great rapidity as there was a
strong wind blowing. The entire
stack yard was soon enveloped in
flames, making it impossible to save
anything, the men even leaving their
pitch-forks in the stacks where they
were working, burning up a new
threshing machine, also a large barn
containing over 100 tons of hay, all
the farm machinery and between 900
and 1000 bu. Of threshed oats and
about $50 bu. unthrcshed.
The house which was located at no
great distance was saved through
great diligence. There was only a
small insurance of about $1,000 on the
property, the entire loss amounting
to about $4,000.
" hen the fire was first noticed, a
bucket of water would have put it out
therefore we have been thinking how
much better it would be if farmers
and threshing men would have water
on hand in case of emergency and al
SO cease using old rails and posts for
fuel which are so liable to create
sparks, when small amount invest
ed in coal would reduce the danger
to a minimum. Highland Weekly
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
fin Opportunity to Visit the College Of
Agricultural of the State Uni
VerSitu.

The President and Board OF Regents
of the University cordially invite all
interested in progressive agriculture
to visit the capital city the last week
in September and learn by personal
inspection the importance of the work
of the College Of Agriculture and
other departments of the University.
A one-fare rate will be granted on
the Chicago e. Northwestern and Chi
cago, Milwaukee e. ST. Paul lines for
this occasion, and it is anticipated
that large numbers will take advant-
age of this opportunity to visit the
State University.
Tickets can be purchased from all
points in Wisconsin east, west and
south of Madison, Tuesday, Septem-
Der Doth, with return limit of 27th,
from all points north and northeast
of Madison as far as La Crosse, Osh-
kosh and Ripon on Thursday, Sep
TENDER 2Sth, with return limit Of
10Th.
The one-fare rate for round trip will
be given on all regular trains and will
admit of a one-day lay over if desired
Where a sufficient number apply in
advance at the station from which
they start, a special excursion train
will also be run.
Ii further information is desired,
ask your station agent, or write X.
A. Moore. Madison, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Patch Grove.

w. 0. Goodman and wife returned
from their visit with friends at Wall
Lake, Iowa, last week. They report a
very enjoyable trip.
The Misses Clara and Ruby Wagner
left last Saturday for Lancaster, where
they intend to enter School for the
coming year, their brother Bert pro-
ceeded them the week before.
Charles Gee had one of his thumbs
badly injured by the explosion Of a
cartridge he was handling.
Miss Mira Gee has a position as
teacher in Darlington. Mira has spar
ed neither time nor means to prepare
herself for her work and after years
of experience cannot fail to give salts
faction.
After a short illness of cholera in
fantum the youngest child OF Moses
and Mabel Hicklin died. The remains
were placed in the Nagle cemetery.
Walter Armsburger and wife are
guests of the Andersons. They are
intending to locate in some part OF
Idaho in the near future Mr.. Arms
burger has been in the creamery bust.
ness in Bear river valley for the last
three years. He intends to pursue
the same business in Idaho.
Frank Booth after a week of sight.
seeing in Minneapolis, has returned
and may be found near his old stand
by inquiring friends. B.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
GassyiIle.
GEO. r. BUDD,
Clerk Circuit Court.

We hope Jack Frost will stay away
for few weeks. Every day it holds
off, means that much more work done
in our canning factory. When as
high as 20 cans can be canned in one
minute, is it not worth a great deal to
all concerned?
The boys who are claiming" are
very successful. Some are making
5000 day and number of valuable
pearls have been found.
Mr.. Jas. Sherman engineer on the
U. 5. Bernard is in town.
G. j. Scharfenstein has been in Chi
cage few days past selecting a stock
of fall and winter goods.
Miss McIver has been in town few
days. We understand she will organ
ize music class here.
A load of young people from town
attended chicken pie and ice cream
supper at Barns Wednesday evening.
They report a large crowd, pleasant
evening and plenty of good things to
eat