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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
one Too Many for the Dean.

From Answers: A well-known dean
of Norwich tells the following good
story against himself. Some few weeks
he came to a stile in field which was
occupied by farm lad, who was eat
ing his breadand-bacon lunch. The
boy made no attempt to allow his rev.
erence to pass, so was duly lectured for
his lack of manners. You seem, my
lad, to be better fed than taught =
Very like" answered the lad. slicing
off a piece of bacon, for ye teaches
OF, but OF feeds meself.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
CURIOUS PETS FOR WOMEN.

Some minds are strikingly original,
even in the choice of pets. Certainly
this was the case with the wife of
gentleman farmer who made pet of
pig. The animal lost its mother early,
and the lady. taking pity on the little
orphan. bore it off to the kitchen,
where she succeeded by the aid of
feeding bottle. in rearing 1t.
The pig became a great pet, and
used to follow its owner like dog. 1t
could hardly have been its outward at
traction that won her heart: it must
have been its qualities which endeared
it to her
Another very singular pet was that
of frog. which was tanned by a young
girl in the country and would come out
from under the leaves at her approach
to be fed with a strawberry
A lady who was confined to her room
had a fowl which, before her illness,
was constant companion. 1t used to
be regularly brought to her room every
morning to see her and be fed by her
own hands. and allowed to take a
short walk about her room.
Another member of the feminine
gender actually made q pet of a tur-
key, and declared it should never be
eaten, but die in its own good time. =
which it did Of old age.
A much more extraordinary instance
of strange pet, for woman, at any
rate, was where an old lady so far
overeame the natural repugnanee OF
her sex as to tame mouse which had
been caught in her store cupboard Sc
successful was her treatment that al
last the tiny animal would take crumbs
from its mistress fingers. Woman's
Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

Ferdinand |. is there as the first of the
Hapsburgers. and finally we have
Maria Theresa, Leopold l. and Franz
Joseph |. to symbolic the Hapsburg-
Lorraine family. Surmounting the
hemicycles are allegorical groups rep
resenting Art and Science. the char
lots Of War and Peace and Intellectual
Progress; below are figures symbol
cal CT Life and Death for the Father
land. and a frieze tells the story in
plastic relief of Hungary's eventful his
tory"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

Till recently the employment OF cleo
tricity in any shape or form in Con-
stantinople was strictly forbidden. IN
credible as il may appear, the sultan
naively imagined that dynamo must
have something to do with the manu-
facture Of dynamite.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

Grandma-What time did Mr.. Lip
pincott leave last night, Oracle?
Gracie-Why, grandma, he started
home at
Grandma (mildly)-Never mind when
he started. I asked when he left
Brooklyn Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

country is so proud. Then / pointed
my finger at the judge and asked him
how those naval heroes could have
done these glorious deels if there
hadn't been plenty of water for them
to sail their ships on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

In the northwest province the glass
bangles worn by the Hindoo and Nus
sulman women are regarded as sacred
objects. If glass bangle be acct
dentally broken the pieces are gath
cred together and kissed three times
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
Unanswerable,

good story, which has the merit
of being true, is told of the late Lady
Howard de Walden. On one occasion
she had little wager with her neigh
Dor, Lady Emily Foley, based on her
firm belief that the rustics of Worces-
tershire were more polished in their
manners than those of Herefordshire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
Modern Rafions.

Il want to ask one question, uncle"
said Sammy Snaggs to his uncle. a
hero of the Spanish war.
go on, Sammy"
(Which would you rather eat, hard
tack or a muster roll?"-Pittsburg
Chronicle telegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
The ones He Doesn't Please.

"Percy Proudfoot seems to think he
can marry any girl he pleases."
well, know for fact that he has
the refusal OF several. "-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
THE OLD ouAKEREss' DOLLAR.

Tho Two Sailors Bowed and scraped
and Then
Two of the most surprised men in
the city the other day were a couple
of sailors from one of the warships in
the harbor, who were enjoying snore
leave, says the Philadelphia Record.
They had been spending their holiday
in way peculiar to happy sailors, and
at Walnut and Seventh streets CON-
pletely lost their bearings. Just at this
time a quaint old quakeress, with the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
Richest Land.

The richest acre of land in the world
is that near Lionsar, in Thibet, or
which grows the sacred tree of Thibai
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
c WITH A TAIL!
Every One Has Noticed the New
&c" i'm Town.
1t Has Come to Stay With Us Forever
Health Follows In Its Trail-A Well
come Awaits 1t Everywhere.

Not so long ago everybody curiosity was
aroused by the appearance in town of
new &C"
1t looks like this:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

Live as though lie were earnest, and
life will be 20.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

An industrious man with good sens
doesn't have to depend upon luck
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

~ This is the CASCARET tablet.
D m ! Every tablet of the only genuine
!. IL. Cascarets bears the ma tic letters
I"CCC.n Look ct the tablet before
y you buy, and beware of frauds,
limitations and substitutes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04
TIE CABLES STILL SILENT
As to the Actual Condition in South
Africa.

! FEW SCATTERED TELEGRAMS
FROM PRETORIA AND BRITISH
SOURCES, BUT NOTHING CAL
CULATED TO THROW LIGHT ON
THE SITUATION, EXCEPT THAT
THE DUTCH ARE RISING IN
NORTHERN CAPE COLONY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04
FROM DUTCH SOURCES.

PRETORIA Monday, November q.
Via Lourenzo Marques. December a.
Commandant Delarey has reported to
President kruger that the burghers,
in spite Of their determined defense ct
Cras Pan, November 18th, were COM
pletely surrounded by the British and
we're compelled 70 retire.
PRETORIA, Monday. November 81
The Boar commander on the western
border reports that twelve burghers
we're killed and forty wounded in the
fighting at Belmont.
PRETORIA, Sunday, November %
Commandant Dutmot probably Du-
toit) sends the following report to the
Council Of War from Kimberley:
Early yesterday the British made q
sortie, supported by cannon and max
inns. Under cover Of darkness they
advanced in the direction Of Bloemhof
Two hundred burghers encountered
them and / brought up an additional
one hundred. Nine burghers were kill
ed and seventeen wounded The Brit
ism left two On the ground, but an am
bulance removed these"
PRETORIA, Tuesday, November 2s
The Boer lager a. DeTderpoort was
attacked last Saturday by strong
force Of the Natal mounted police. Mr.
Barnard, a member Of tle Nolksraad,
was killed.
CAPE TOWN. Tuesday, November
2S--Ihe troopship BaTsrian- from
Queenstown. November 10Th, with Col
Iver herbert, assistant adiutant gen
eral for the home district. and the for
eign military attaches. together with
the Conzaught Rangers. the First bat
talon Of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
and . contingent OF miscellaneous
Confinaea On sixth Page.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04

the early days of the session, much at
tention will be paid to getting ready
for the important matters to receive at
tention later. These include the fnan-
cial bill, the policy to be pursued in the
Philippines and Cuba, the form of gov
eminent to be provided for Hawaii and
the ratification of the various reciproc-
ity treaties negotiated during the re-
cess; Porto Rico and the seating OF
Senators appointed by Governors. Up
to date only one senatorial appoint
ment has been made. This is in the
case Of Senator Quay, but If he is seat
ed there will be an effort 10 fill the
vacant seats from Utah. California and
Delaware by the same msthod There
is unusual interest in Mr.. Quay's case,
and both his friends and opposing Sem
ators are already working zealously.
Mr.. Quay will make no effort TO be
seated Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04
CONGRESS MEETS TODAY.
The Roberts Case Will Occupy the
Attention Of the House,

AND THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
WILL PROBABLY NOT BE READ
UNTIL TUESDAY, AS THERE
WILL BE AN EARLY ADJOURN
MENT UPON THE OFFICIAL AN
NOUNCEMENT OF THE DEATH
OF VICE PRESIDENT HOBART
REPUBLICANS TO CAUCUS
TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE FINAN-
CIAL BILL-IN THE SENATE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04
RENAMED FOR 4 HEARING.

NEW YORK. December 3.-Max
Landecker. Of Chicago, arrested here at
the request of the Chicago police.
charged with larceny in Chicago. was
remaRded to-day in Centre street court
until Tuesday. for further examination.
and the arrival OF papers from Chicago.
Bail was fixed az 5000 He is charged
with being a defaulter. the name Of his
employer not being given.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04
STILL DISCUSSING CHAMBERLAIN.

BERLIN. December 3.-The German
press continues 10 discuss the recent
speech az Leicester. England, OF the
British Secretary OF State for the Col
onies. The comments. on the whole,
are nOf unfayoTable. The semi-offieial
Hamburg scher Correspondent says:
Mr.. Chamberlain used the word
alliance as the most APT word to por-
tray the general good relationship be-
tween Germany and England, but no
secret compact exists"
The Berliner Post says:
England and Germany should act
frankly like business men. in seeking
10 come 20 an understanding with the
United States, and, if possible, into
o-partnership.'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04

WASHINGTON December 7-Fow west
vt-gsEzz- Western penx syIvsnss and Ohio
-Exgnz STOW 1r1 co5a<r MonSzzy. -s1es-
r0<1nweSfeTSy winds
pr G Senrepfs TIE 0p@ra Hoase drEzy-
gzssv naSce ne sossowinsr 0kss<rvzrsnxss rsf
Tie 1enzperasure yesterday a. M %
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WEz-her chzzx1zb1e
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04
LEFT FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

WASHINGTON. December 3.-Nr.
Webster Davis, Assistant Secretary OF
the Interior. left here tonight for a
trip to South Africa He will sail from
New York Wednesday morning and be
away three months He will spend a
portion OF the time In the Transvaal-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04
THE KENTUCKY SITUATION
The Board Of Election Commissioners
Meet at Noon To-Day

TO DECIDE WHETHER GoEBEL OR
TAYLOR IS ENTITLED TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AS
GOVERNOR = NO DECISION IS
EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
THE RESULT HINGES UPON
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
STATUTE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-04
EIGHTEEN NEW SHIPS
Recommended as an Addition to the
NAVY

BY THE SECRETARY, IN HIS AN
NUAL REPORT THREE OF
THESE TO BE ARMORED CRUIS-
ERS OF LARGE SIZE, AND
THREE PROTECTED CRUISERS.
A TIMELY RECOMMENDATION
AS TO ARMOR - THANKS OF
CONGRESS RECOMMENDED.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26
The March Jury List.

One hundred and four persons were sum
moned yesterday by the United States
Marshal for the District to serve as Jurors
during the March term of the Supreme
Court Of the District. Those who have
been summoned are:
Circuit Court No. Nv. A. Joiner A. r.
Talks Louis Knight, Fred Stearns. Charles How
ard, James II. Coleman, Garrett b. Lewis, J.
II. Small, ir.; ". Frank Walker James +. Han
nahan, Thomas Noonan, James q. Marceron,
e. A. Wilson, C. Maurice Sioussa. j. H. Har-
bin, Morgan Steele. James IL. Dabncy, George II.
Cooper, jr.; Lawrence Cavanaugh, Henry Ruper-
tus, John Hicks, Calvin Zcll, II. /. Biscoc,
Schlcgcl
Circuit Court No TT D. Crow, Jacob Birch,
Charles Chick, Charles a. Hammer, William g.
Cas-, John +. Davis, Edwin II. SNYDER, John
vcy 4. Jones, l.. J.. Wilson, Iaco Kohncr, Henry
sampson, iIcrndon Morscll. Samuel J.. Nichols
ii. g. fogrsburg, Ed J. Chapman, W. y. Hutch
inson. $, NJ. Bryan, Henry A. Kecfcr. Algcnon
u. Mcthcsnev, g. A. Thomas, Christian j. Ulr
hoff. August Dcttcrer, and Harry Bowling.
Criminal Court, No. l-Charlcs II. Darcy,
Thornton X. Richardson William g. Whcatlcy,
John Chopper, d. McAulifc, H. H. Groves
James W. Gibson Philip A. otterback, Martin
". webb, Christian Heinrich, b. G. Ferguson
Joseph Herzog, Samuel Robey. Charles Hagen
maker. d. u. McCarry, Walter $. Plat, George
IL. Lee, II. C. CObuD, George f. Smith, Benja
MN Bietlyn, \. NJ. george liciry france u
william II. Stone Benjamin Judson, Samuel d.
Webb and IIOllie L. IIerrell.
Criminal Court, No. Hugo Zicman, W. L.
Fowler James F. Pierce. W. T. Fowler. Thoma,
J.. Frazzare. Prater II. Green Henry p. Clark
son, jesse Barnes, Napoleon Bonnet, Henry E.
Thomas, Robert q. callum, James A, Clarke
William Gaskins, August Rupert, Harry While
den, John A. Schneider. J. NJ. Washington
George F. Zeh, William Z. Cobb, Clarence II
Reizenstcin, George Schwab, George IL. Gessiord
T. J.. Holbrook, John ofenstein, William J. Zeh
and u. J. Randolph.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26

Since then he has resided mostly in New
York. His book. lei Libro de Sangre"
f''The Bloody Book'), attracted much at
tention last year, and he is now publish
ing a monumental work. the Technical
English-Spanish Dictionary.
Another beloved exile from the land OF
his birth is Senior Jose White, the Cuban
Paganini. His mother was q colorad
woman. OF MatanZas. AT the age of six
teen Jose wrote mass for the MatanZas
orchestra and gave his first concert. With
the proceeds he entered the Conservatory
OF Paris, and in the following yeas was
awarded the first prize as violin'st among
thirty-nine contestants. He soon gained
an enviable reputation among the most
celebrated European violinists. and, COW
cred with honors, returned 10 Havana in
January OF 1875. But his songs We're some
times of liberty, and in June of the same
year the Spanish government drove him
out of the country. Then be went TO Bra
zil. and is now President of the Conserve
tory OF Music in Rio de JaneiTo.
One might go on multiplying similar in
cidents, did space permit. Some of the
most eminent doctors, lawyers, and col
lege professors in Cuba are more or less
darkly "colored." In the humber wa ks of
life one finds them everywhere. as earpen-
tiers, masons, shoemakers, plumbers. In
the few manufactures of Cuba large
proportion of the artisans are negroes,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26
Dangers of Cattle Fairs.

The State Department has been informed
that the Belgian Senate has recently re-
sumed discussion of the suppression of cat
tie marts and fairs. During the debate a
senator stated that official enquiries had
failed to establish the presence of a dis
eased animal on the market, but that dis
ease existed and had even increased since
the Introduction. This statement was con-
tested, and it was shown that aphthous
stomatitis inflammation OF the mouth had
been carried into commune by six pigs
which had been exhibited at a mart and
that the commune at the present moment
was infected throughout. The Minister of
Agriculture expressed regret that he had
not closed the market at Coutrai, which
would have prevented the invasion OF the
disease in the stables of the distilleries OF
that reimbursement
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26

erential rates are granted on the state
railroads TO certain goods, with the OBJ
1ect OF aiding agriculture and industry,
The actual capital expended on the broad
gauge system up TO 1S96'g7 was s., S2S. :
4ls,SSs, or about sos, 100 per mile. In 1897,
the gross receipts were 1916, s99. 370. the
working expenses s2l5, Jas, 532, and the ex-
cess of the receipts over the total expendi-
ture yielded a return of 800 per cent Oh
the invested capital.
Mr. Gastrell speaks of the interest taken
in Germany in the Paris exhibition of
1900, and urges British traders TO avail
themselves of the opportunity afforded for
showing their productions TO the world II
British goods at the forthcoming exhibit
ton are allowed to be inferior to those of
Germany, he says. the result will be a
serious injury TO British trade. AT this
exhibition, for the first time the anne
kinds of products from different countries
will be shown alongside one another, so
that deficiencies in any exhibits viii be
marked in the eyes of foreign customers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26

especially in the cigar factories In the
tanneries of Pinar del Rio most of the
Workmen are colored; also in the saddle
factories of Havana, Guanabacoa, Carde-
mas. and other places Facts do not bsar
out the oft-repeated statement that the
Cuban negro is lazy and will not work
Two hundred of them, from the insurgent
army, are now employed by the American
authorities at Marianoa Beach and QUEEN
ade camp. and Captain Hunt, the army
paymaster. says they do their work better
and with deal less grumbling than did
the Yankee boys at Santiago, who used to
say: We came here as soldiers, not as
workingmen." Although the insurgents
army is not yet disbanded, the sugar plant
ers get plenty OF help from their ranks by
Offering fair wages
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26
a diamond rheft on the sen.

New York. Feb. 25.-Upon the arrival of
the American liner St. Louis today it was
learned that one of the passengers had
been robbed of a jewel-case containing
several diamond pins, which had been
taken from his state room. while the
steamer was on the high seas. No clew
could be obtained by the detectives as to
the thief Everybody's baggage was sub
jected to rigid examination but search
for the gems was unavailing.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26

In his review OF the traffic interests OF
Germany, Mr.. Gastrell says that the coun-
try possesses 2S.56G miles of broad gauge
railways and S,647 miles OF navigable wa
terways. Immense sums had been spent
on canals, and there are many new pro-
jects of which the Dortmund- Rhine Canal
and the Great Midland Canal tjoining from
the east TO the west the rivers Eibe. Weser,
and Rhine) are the most important. A
scheme of international Importance is ad
vocated by an "Austro-G German society OF
inland waterways consisting in the con-
struction OF a mid European canal which
is intended to connect the Rhine, Elbe, and
Oder with the Danube with perhaps
branch to join the Russian canal system.
The extension of the radius of cheaper
water communication in Germany will fur
Their facilitate the expectation of industrial
and mining products. and the vista opened
up Of future possibilities to the advantage
OF central Europe, the writer says, is i'm
Inense.
The broad gauge railways of Germany
row belong almost entirely 10 the state;
Of narrow gauge roads, there are tac-
cording 10 statistics OF 1SSG-97) some SIS
miles owned by private enterprise. Pref
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26
| he Misses Bell
Complexion and Hair Specialists.

The brilliant exclusive circles of New
York society explained the theory that beauty and e
they good old How do
themselves
They prepared
general preparations for improving the complexion and the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26
AN ENGLISH view
OF GERMAN TRADE
The Strife for Supremacy in
the Worlds Commerce.
Interesting Figures Presented to
the British Foreign Office.
The Influence of Industrial Cooper
ation-The Success of Great
Britnin's Closest Rival.

The State Department has been furnished
with summary of an elaborate report on
the development OF commercial, indus
trial, maritime, and traffic interests OF
Germany recently presented to the British
Foreign Office by MIR. Gastrell, commercia!
attache to the British Embassy in Berlin.
He attributes the success of Germany COM
mercially TO the mercantile enterprise Of
the people and to their thoroughness.
This valuable Characteristic he says,
has perIneated all classes Of the people,
and its effects can be seen In the manner
of carrying out every private or national
enterprise. No details are too insignificant
to be considered in attaining a given end;
no trouble is TOO great to take in master
ing minutiae. There is no doubt whatever
that in competing with Other nations, II
has been rather in consequence of a mass
of small innovations than by great
changes, that they have succeeded in their
national aspirations of becoming the most
important commercial power on the Cont
nent and inferior in the whole world only
TO Great Britain and the United Sta.es."
The writer compares the exports OF Ger
man produce IN 1897 tss56,65O,9osl with
those of Great Britain tsl, lac, $50 209j, or
about a third more; the proportion OF
German trade per head OF the popu a.l2n
was about $1,000 and tends to rise, while
that OF Great Britain was $2S.i57, and tends
TO decline, the population Of Germany be-
ing SO. ce0, coo and Of Great Britain 10000
coo.
Industrial Cooperation.
The tendency toward industrial coop
Grafton in Germany has had great inilu-
enee on the development of the country.
The Industrial expansion has necessi-
tated a gradual change in the German
commercial policy. Since 1891 the general
aim has been TO secure by tariff treaties
wider foreign markets, and to admit most
raw materials free and foodstuffs at re-
duced rates. The future position OF Ger
many as a trading commercial nation VIII
depend much on her attitude on January
j. 1904, when the tariff conventions with
Austria Hungary, Belgium. Italy, Rouma-
mia, Russia, Servia, and Switzerland VIII
have expired, and when she can also be
free OF almost all other existing CONNER
cial treaties, by giving the stipulated no.
tice. The government began last year TO
collect material so to be able TO nego-
tiate new treaties. new autonomous
tariff is now considered desirable both
on commercial grounds and because OF
technical deficiencies as regards the pres
ent classification Of goods, which, II Is
said, places the empire at a disadvantage