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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Dangerous Freaks Of Nature.

Curious but dangerous freaks of ma
ture frequently found in the deserts of
Arizona are called Sumideros by the
MeXicans and Indians. They are
masked pitfalls Of quicksand that oc
cur in the dry plains and are covered
with a treacherous crust of clay that
has been spread over them in fine par
ticles by the wind and baked dry by
the sun. The peculiar properties of the
soil retain all the moisture drained into
them after the infreQuent rains, and
allow it to be filtered to unknown
depths, so that man or a horse or a
COW or a sheep that once steps upon
that deceptive crust instantly sinks out
of sight beyond hope of rescue The
Sumideros are on a level with the sur
face of the desert. There is no danger
signal to mark them and their surface
can not be distinguished by the or
binary eye from the hard clay that
surrounds them. They occur most fire.
quently in the alkali-covered flats, and
are often fifteen or twenty feet in
diameter. Sometimes they are only
little pockets or wells that man can
leap across, but the longest pole has
never found their bottom A stone
thrown through the crust sinks to I'M
known depths and no man who ever
fell into one of them was rescued.
They account for the mysterious dis
appearance of many men and cattle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
NJ. Guillaume.s Dilemma.

From the London Chronicle: An
amusing story is told of M. Guillaume,
the retiring president of the French
academy in Rome. NJ Guillaume, who
is well knewn and greatly esteemed in
the Italian capital, is in his 10Th year.
He is still hale and hearty, however,
and very handsome old gentleman to
boot. A young Roman woman of no
bic family and artistic tastes has now
fallen in love with him and has actu
ally proposed" The venerable sculp-
tor appears to have asked for a
months delay to give his answer. At
the end of that time he told the young
woman that May and December would
not make the best alliance, and mod
estly declined the offer. The fair
signorina has taken the refusal so
much to heart that she now appears
in widows weeds, and swears she will
not change them until her Romeo al
ters his mind-or die.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Uses of Electricity.

In all sorts of portable tools, such
as drilling, riveting, power chipping,
power caulking, countersinking and
tapping, the motor is far away ahead
of compressed air, steam, rotating
spirals or any other systems, and there
is no reason why portable riveters and
punches should not be driven electric
ally, too, says James Swinburne in the
Engineering Magazine for August. On
board ship there is a large opportunity
for the introduction of electric con-
troll Of steering gear, capstans. winches,
pumps and all sorts of discharging
gear In men-ofwar electricity is also
applicable for working the guns, tur-
rets, loading gear and similar mechan-
isms. One obvious disadvantage is
that the transmission system-namely,
the mains, can be very easily arranged
in duplicate, so that shot is not so
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
RINGS ARE ALWAYS THE SAME.
Women Wear the Same Ornaments
They Did In Biblical Days.

They Did In Biblical Days.
Although many jewelers. advertise
something new in rings" the fact re-
mains that they are but slight varia-
tions of the styles in vogue at the time
Moses piloted the children of Israel out
of the bondage of Egypt Rings are
alluded to in the Bible, in the books of
Genesis and Exodus. They have been
found among the relics of prehistoric
races, the stone age, the bronze age and
the age Of the mound builders. Hero
dotus mentions that the Babylonians
wore them, and from Asia they prob
ably were introduced into Greece. The
purely ornamental, but had their sig
nificance as signet rings. A kings
messenger delivering a message and
exhibiting the kings signet as author
ity was obeyed implicitly. The Ro-
mans had marriage ring of iron with
jewel of adamant, signifying eternity
and constancy. History mentions a
magic ring possessed by King Solomon
of which the Jews and Mohammedars
have abundant traditions. 1t was by
means of this ring as talisman Of
wisdom and power that Solomon was
enabled to perform those wonderful
acts and accomplish those vast enter
prises that have made his name so cele-
brated as the wisest monarch of the
earth. The later Romans wore pro-
fusion Of RINGS and tho mara pffp,ni-
nate had rings for summer and winter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
SE STOPPED TIL FAST MAIL THAT SHE MIGHT SEE HER DYING Child

Paralleling tie love of father who
lost his life in st. Louis last week while
saving his infant son from death by
burning, is the devotion of a mother
in Chicago, who, in order to be at the
bedside of her dying child, defied the
regulations of powerful railroad cor
poration. and risked her own existence
to achieve her tender mission. 1t was
no little thing accomplished by Mrs
Nathan Allen. She did what the rail-
road officials, in cold blood, had re-
fused to have done for her, and she did
that which her grief-crazed husband
had given up as an impossibility. She
tagged and stopped the Green Bay ex-
press, which runs out Of Chicago on
the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road.
So long as the Green Bay express has
been in service it had never been
tagged before. Nor had there ever been
as fragrant and as successful a viola
ton of the rigid rules Of the railroad
as that forced upon the engineer by
this agonized and desperate woman.
Her act was heroic
Station Agent LANG of the North
western road at Evanston, suburb of
Chicago, had been appealed to by
gentleman and lady to flag the express
which passes Evanston about o'clock
in the afternoon. He had noticed them
previously walking anxiously up and
down the asphalt paved platform of the
little stone depot. They were in great
distress evidently, for the lady's eyes
were swollen and red, and the tears
were being kept back only by great eff
fort. The mans face was firmly set
with an expression of hopeless sor-
row. AS the moment for the arrival
OF the train approached they became
more and more impatient and finally
asked the stationmaster if the train
were on time.
That train is always on time" re-
piled the oficiaJ. 1T never loses a
minute, and makes only few stops.
1t does not slack up, even going
through Evanston"
All the known instruments and
methods Of torture could not have
brought to the faces of the suffering
man and woman expression of more
unutterable despair The woman
moaned in subdued tones of heart
breaking grief The man stood as
though one stunned. Recovering him
self, he managed to say, hoarsely:
We are Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Allen
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Times Finger Prints.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Crows feet are supposed to mark the
passing of the 40th year, and diverge
in burrows from the external angles of
the eyes in all directions, like the claw
of bird, from which they are named
The wrinkles of the nose, which de-
scend down each side of the mouth,
are generally the first to appear; they
are created in laughing and mastica-
ton; simple smile is sufficient to
produce them, SO it is not surprising
that repetition of these commonest of
acts should soon be craven on the face
The wrinkles of the cheeks and chin
follow the oval of the face, and are
caused by the diminution of the fatty
substances under the chin, which then
falls into folds. Those found in the
eyelids and underneath the eyes are
the results of hard living, grief and
worry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
COUGH CURED
BY Dose OF Poison, but the ChiId's
Life Was Saved.

BY Dose OF Poison. but the ChiId's
Life Was Saved.
New York Journal: Mrs. Margaret
Lawrence made the time honored mis-
take of mixing up the medicine bot
ties, and nearly killed her 5-year-old
girl May. The family lives at No. 34S
West Eighteenth street The father,
Edward Lawrence, has appendicitis,
and takes doses of a powerful mixture
containing a large percentage of laud-
anum. May has a cough, and takes
teaspoonful of cough syrup at inter-
walls. This time it was that amount
of her fathers medicine which her
mother gave her. Soon afterward lit
tie Mays skin turned blue and she be-
came drowsy Realizing her mistake,
the mother took heroic measures. She
held the girl by the legs. face down
ward, and managed to relieve her of
some of the desc Then she rushed
with her to Brands drug store, half
block away, where antidotes were Civ
en-. "She musnt sleep!" cried the
mother frantically. She walked the
child rapidly up and down in front of
the store. The street was blocked with
people. who gave each other strange
accounts of what the proceedings
meant. But they saved the child, and
when she was taken home her cough
was cured
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
ORIGIN OF THE TERM cADDIE.
Ingenious Explanation of Common Golf
Term by Frank Boyd.

Term by Frank Boyd.
To some, at least, of the unnumbered
and innumerable host of golfers the
question may have occurred at one
time or another-W Whence came the
word "caddie7? Frank Boyd, in his
Omitted Chapters in he History OF
Monifieth," which he contributes to
"The Book of Monifieth Golf Links Ba-
Ear" offers an ingenious as well as
highly amusing explanation of the
term. There was, he says, a Culdee,
or "Keledei," establishment at Mont
fieth at one time, till the monks of Ar
breath dispossessed the Culdees OF
their lands and made them their serv-
ants. One day il occurred to monk,
while having game of golf, to make
the Keledei carry his clubs. He found
this contributed greatly to his comfort.
THE plan was adopted by the rest OF
the monks, and henceforth they never
went out without being accompanied
by their Keledei Now you know"
continues Mr.. Boyd, that in these
parts the practice is to cut short words
in which the letter Il is used. A ma
tive, for instance, never says 'Balgray,'
it is always 'Baigrie. Thus it was
natural that in the course of time the
II should drop out of the 'Keledei,' and
it should come to sound like 'caydee,
and to this day this is how the word is
pronounced by superfine Scotch youths.
In the strCng Forfarshire vernacular
it was. however, broadened out to cad
die" AS matter of fact, the origin
of the term "caddie" does not appear to
have ever been satisfactorily explained
Jameson, who defines caddie as one
who earns livelihood by running err
rands, delivering messages, and SO on,
expresses the opinion that the term
was originally the same with the
French cadet, which, as he remarks, is
sometimes used to denote young per-
son in general. Dr. Murray, in his
colossal work, holds the same view,
but how the word came to be employed
to denote the lad who carries play
er's golf clubs has still to be elucidated.
Literature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

OF Kenosha, Wis. We have just re-
ceived telegram that our child is
dying at home. We must get there be-
fore the little one passes away. Will
you not flag this train?"
The station agent answered that flag
ging the train was out of the question.
To do SO would not only endanger his
position, but it would be of no avail.
He said that other attempts had been
made to flag the train, but no atten-
ton was paid to them. The approach
10 Evanston was on steep up grade,
and the stoppage of the train would
entail delay of several minutes,
which, to a carrier of the United States
mails, would mean the loss Of thou
sands of dollars on account of connec-
lions missed in the northwest. When
Mrs. Allen heard these words she wept
and wrung her hands and Mr.. Allen i'm
plored that an attempt be made. AT
length he prevailed upon Laing to wire
Division Superintendent Lawson in
Chicago for permission to order the
heavy mail train stopped. 1t was fast
nearing the time for the train to come
in sight of the station Laing touched
the wire leading directly into the SUI
perintendent's private office, twenty
miles away, and as rapidly as he ever
sent message before he explained the
situation. AS the key clicked back an
answer without seconds DELAY.
LANG called out the words to the pitt
able man and woman The message
was
Much as We would like to accom-
modate, it viii cause too heavy a loss
to the road. 1t is absolutely impossi-
BILE to consider tagging the o'clock
fast mail at Evanston"
Mr. and Mrs Allen walked silently
out of the telegraph office to the plat
form. The next train to pass Evanston
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Goslington,s Change of Mind.

From the New York Sun: Il used
to think" said Mr.. Goslington, what
an enthusiastically small thing I was,
just a transient nothing upon a globe
that is itself hut microscopic grain
of sand in the vastness of the universe.
But l think differently now. haven't
a big head, nor even the slightest ap-
proach to it, hut | think what a great
thing 1t is, even for the brief rIoment
of our passing lives, to be any part
whatever of the greatest of Al things,
that passes human understanding the
illimitable."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

brought into the street to be killed by
a dog. Just at that time trolley car
passed the door and one of the rats
jumped upon the motor Of the car and
rode to Seventh and Market streets,
where it jumped off and ran into cell
lar. Scores of persons watched the
rodent taking his trolley ride 10 avoid
the dog and enjoyed a hearty laugh
when the crafty animal made good his
escape.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Soda Water Girls.

Somebody has figured out that there
are types of soda water girls. The bru-
nette, so says this knowing person, al
ways takes chocolate, or ginger or cof-
fee. The out-and-out blonde calls for
pineapple, lemon or vanilla. The brown
blondes indulge in mixed favors. The
red-haired girl-the girl with the
Titan locks, excuse interpreters rasp-
berry, apricots, cherry or orange phos-
phate,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

The active principle is cascara sa-
grada, plant found in California.
1t does not do the work for the bowels
but makes the bowels do their own
work. 1t gets the bowels back in the
habit of doing their own work, and
after they have been reused into a
state Of healthy activity, and the liver
and other organs also, they will con-
time on without medicine. They
will cure sick headache, billiousness
and liver troubles and constipation
and remove poisonous matter from
the system. Put up in 10 and % cent
packages. For sale j. L. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
likely to cause disablement.-Ja James
Swinburne in the Engineering Maya
zine for August.
Rats Life Saved.

Wilmington (Del) Special to Phila-
delphia Inquirer: Market street pedes-
TRANS saw novel sight recently and
had cause to marvel at wise old rat,
whose sagacity saved his life. Two
rats which were caught in a restaurant
near Eighth and Market streets were
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Fell Into His Arms.

Carmen sylvia queen Of Rcumania
first met her future husband, Prince
Charles of Hohenzollern, in a perhaps
rather unceremonious manner. One
day, when in her teens, running quick
~ down stairs. her majesty Stumbled,
and was caught by a gentleman pass
ing. The stranger was no other than
Prince Charles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

You are convicted of bigamy," re-
marked the judge, impressiyely, while
the prisoner glanced over his shoulder
at three stern-visaged women Now, =
continued the court. Il intend to give
you the severest penalty the law al
lows" Here the prisoner covered his
face with his hands and wept. 81
shall sentence you to prison for two
years. What are you grinnirg att" 81
thought" smiled the prisoner. through
his tears. you were a-going 10 turn
me loose. - Exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Chicago News-Mrs. Dix-When my
husband and | quarrel we never allow
the children to witness it. Mrs. Hix-
Why, how in the world do you manage
it? Mrs. Dix-We always send them
out of doors so they can hear nothing
Mrs. Hix-Oh, now | understand. I've
often wondered why your children
were on the street all the time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

A vase cut from a single emerald
has been preserved in a cathedral in
Genoa. Italy. 600 years Its dimensions
are: Diameter. 1914 inches: height, so
inches. Every precaution is used to
insure safe keeping. Several locks
must be opened to reach it. and the key
OF each lock is in the possession OF a
different man. 1t is publicly exhibited
very rarely. and than only by order of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

coach and saw that she was COM
fcrtably settled. Then the big engineer
took peek under the body of his en-
CINE, and, calling to his fireman to pile
on coal, jumped into his cab and pulled
the lever. The Green Bay express
leaped out of Evanston faster than it
ever went before.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

for Kenosha was not due for four
hours later Ere that time their child
would probably have passed away with
out the gentle kiss and solacing caress
Of either parent. Too deep in his sor-
row even to speak words of comfort to
his wife or to notice her actions, Mr..
Allen stood against the wall of the
depot with his head sunk upon his
breast. Presently he was aroused by
the raucous scream of a locomotive
and the jangling of the warning bell
on the platform. He turned to speak
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

at each passing second, was Mrs. Allen.
She stood erect and motionless. The
train was bounding over the rails, its
increasing size dwarfing the figure be-
fore 1t, and the pounding of its cylin-
ders becoming more and more deafen-
ing. 1t seemed as if the woman must
be struck and thrown to her death.
Not one move did she make to step
out OF the way. Suddenly she lifted
into the air the wrap which she had
carried on her arm. 1t was a thick
cape, such as are always in demand in
the lake regions during the summer.
1t was lined with red. She turned its
bright side outward deity and swung
i around her head again and again.
Allen turned his face in horror.
There came crunching and rasping of
the wheels, the kissing of the air brake
and the creaking of heavy timbers sud
denly strained to their limit. He
dared to look again. He saw the train
at standstill and his wife swoon into
the arms of man in a blue jacket.
hC poCoCnSplS. anu 6AclJPu
at the shock of the unexpected halt.
alighted from the coaches and FASTENED
ahead to the engine. Allen dragged
himself to the crowd and tried to ex-
plain, but no attention was paid to
him. Sympathetic women from among
the passengers who had alighted with
the others soon revived Mrs. Allen.
Her first words were addressed to the
big engineer My child is dying in
Kenosha. l must get aboard this
train" she said.
The big engineer answered: well,
get aboard. You've stopped us now,
all right; but | guess | can crowd on
enough steam to make up for lost
time"
The passengers aided Mrs. Allen to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

to his wife, but she was
not at his side. He
looked to the north end
of the long platform. In
the great fear which ov-
ercame him at what he
beheld he forgot for the
moment the frail little
sufferer at home. Stand
ing in the path of the
laundering e n gi n e.
which grew larger and
blacker and more cruel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

the senate. A precautionary decree was
passed in 1476 forbidding all persons to
approach the priceless treasure too
closely, An antiquarian advances the
theory that it was one of the gifts made
Solomon by the Queen of Sheba, and
has written a book to prove his as
sumption. 1t is difficult in these mat
ter-of-fact days to believe so large an
emerald had ever been found, and it
would be interesting to hear the YER
dict of gem expert after he had care
fully examined the vase.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Sure Hit.

THE best way to tickle mans van
ity," says the Manayunk Philosopher,
lis to tell him he hasn't any ."-Phila-
delphia Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Hint to Taxpayers.

Mark Twains when in doubt
tell the truth would be good motto
for assessors to print at the head OF
schedules Chicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

In Chicago SO. 600 dog licenses have
been issued for this year and 1000 or
5000 more are expected to be taken
out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

The Rev. Anna Shaw. our first wom-
an minister, said recently to an Eng
lish interviewer: Il was much inter-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

The sweetest thing in life is the un-
clouded welco-- of wife, Willis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE-.w. f. McGoN1-
GAL. Also agent for six of the best Fire
Insurance Companies In the United States.
Conveyal,ciDg and Record Searches of Title
OF Real Estate in Grant County, a speciality.
once in Mcdonald Block. Lancaster. wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

ATToRNEY-D w CLARK.
VIII practice in all courts. Specialties:
collections and SETTLE ment of estates once
at CaSsville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

A TToRNEyS- BUSHNELL, WATKINS & NIosEs
Practice in all State and United States
courts. Offices over State Bank OF G rant Coun-
ty, Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

PHYSICIAN-F. NJ. CRoNTN, M. d.
once over Ziegler's hardware store, east
of court house, Lancaster Calls in city and
country promptly attended.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

ATTORNEY-W. E. HOWE
District Attorney of Grant County Prac-
tees in all courts. Collections a speciality.
BoScobel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

IN OTARY PUBLIC. MARTIN BURGESS.
Insurance and collections. Acknowledge
ments. Cassville
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

ATToRNEYS-CL EARy & CLEARY
Practice in all courts. Speoialties:-Col-
!ections loans, and settlement of estates.
Platteville
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

ATTORNEYS NEEDHAM & WALKER.
Daniel Needham-Ray d. Walker) VIII
practice in all State and United States courts
Settlement of estates a speciality. Once in
Ziegler block, Lancaster
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Official DIRECTORY.

LAWYERS.
A TTORNEYS-LowRY s. CLEMENTsoN.
Practice in all courts. Probating OF estates
and real estate collections a speciality. ONCE
over basfordS store. in front Of court house.
Branch office at Fennimore.