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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

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her one desire was to punish Valdane
so she only smiled her slow. sweet
smile and asked:
is he coming here?"
This evening, my darling"
4 remember" said Mildred. that
he was very handsome"
He was-and most DISTINGUISHED.
looking. What will you wear tonight
Miller" asked Lord Umfraville casual.
ly, inwardly rejoicing at his success.
Leave that to me-" Mildred an
swered calmly. 81 will wear-you will
see what" and her father left her
with a blissful feeling that all was 90
ing just as he wished.
When Bernard arrived that evening
Lady Mildred received him alone II
was chilly and she had a fire kindled
in the drawing-room She sat on a
very low chair, red glow over her
crimson draperies and golden hair
She greeted the young man with a
pretty mixture of cordiality and shv.
ness. She made him sit oppos'ta n
her in chair which was the ideal OF
comfort, and apologized prettiIy for the
fact that none of the men were in vet
and all the girls were dressing She
gave him a cup of tea from tiny table
near, and insisted that he was hungry
after his long journey, and must eat
some tea-cake. which she lifted from
the marble fender with a dainty pink
handkerchief between her delicate
hands and the hot porcelain. There
was no light save from a branded c.u,-
ter Of wax candles on the tea table
and the warn glow of the fire. The
corners of the tastefully furnished
room were in darkness.
Bernard began to realize what life
might be, now that whatever he longed
for was within his reach. In his
house-the great house he meant to
buy-he thought his drawing-room
should be just like this. The man
looked at Lady Mildred-at her per-
feet toilette. her delicate skin, the turn
of her head. and thought how excel
lently she fitted in her surroundings.
She was beginning her work well.
Only her motive was not to win Ber-
nard, but to infict pain on the rec
usant Valdane. when he should ar
rive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
CHAPTER x

On this warm afternoon, as she lay
In the hammock, she was thinking it
all over and wondering where Valdane
was, and what or who was keeping
him from her. She was thinking, too.
OF the o2en admiration in Demands
fine eyes the night before as he leaned
over her piano.
No doubt he was handsome. She
thought she could win Kim; would it
not be madness-utter madness-to let
him 60 for the sake Of a man who bad
never in so many words told her that
he loved her and whom, IL she married
at all. she would have to marry with
out her fathers consent?
A footstep brushed on the grass.
LADY Mildred half rose. Bernard was
there. looking admiringly down at her.
"Mr. Stelling! l thought you were
shooting"
~ was. but when l found the picnic
Marty had arrived without you. gave
,hsm the slip. and meanly sneaked
home through the woods, hoping to
nave the luck to discover your retreat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
SAILED A WRECKED SHIP.
Heroism of the Captain, His Wife and
Crew of the Hesper.

Crew of the Hespsr.
The story of the narrow escape of the
bark Hesper, of San Francisco, in a
hurricane, and the pluck and skill Of
the captain and crew in sailing her to
Kiao Chau, China, is now one of the
great sea stories of the decade. says
the New York World. During the
storm the Hesper became waterlogged.
All the provisions were spoiled, and
the deckload shifting gave the vessel
a list to port that took her main sail
under water The cabins were flooded,
and Capt. Sodergren and his wife had
to live in tent made out of spare sail
and rugged up on the deckload of lum-
Der. When the opportunity came the
captain and his wife would not leave
the ship, and the crew manfully stayed
by them, SO for a whole month they
lived as best they could and sailed the
waterlogged hulk 1,450 miles into safe
ty. Nineteen days after the disaster,
when the transport Pennsylvania
showed up, the sailors would have de-
serted the Hesper in a body had Mrs.
Sodergren accepted proffered pas
sage to Nagasaki, but she positively re-
fused to leave her husband and he
would not leave his vessel, so all
hands stayed by the bark. The officers
of the Pennsylvania say it was one OF
the bravest and pluckiest acts they ever
saw performed on the ocean. This
must have been very gratifying ex-
perience for Capt and Mrs. Sodergren.
Il is not so many years ago that two of
the crew of the Hesper were hanged
for killing Second Mate Fitzgerald.
They also attempted to murder Capt.
Sodergren and the first mate, after
which it was their intention to make
for the coast of South America with
the vessel, taking Mrs. Sodergren with
them. Their plans miscarried and
the Hesper reached Tahiti, from which
island the mutineers were sent to San
Francisco in irons, where the ring
leaders were executed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
DYING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Giant Poplar In Maryland Has Lived
Two Centuries or More.

Giant Poplar In Maryland Has Lived
Two Centuries or More.
From the Baltimore Sun: The old
est and largest tree in Talbot county is
dead. 1t has been dying for twenty-five
years or more. The tree is a man.
moth tulip poplar in field of Poplar
Hill farm, near the public road leading
from Easton to Trappe, about mile
and half from Easton. The farm has
been named for the tree for at least
200 years and is the property of Mrs.
Edmund Law Rogers, born Platter, of
Baltimore, and was part Of the orig
inal Platter grant made in early
colonial times. Scientific men who
have from time to time visited this
tree have said that it would take at
least 1000 years for this species of
poplar to grow to such size in this To-
cality 1t stands alone, picturesque
feature of the landscape, in an open
field, and can be seen for miles from all
roads and from the water courses.
The wonderful size of the tree is in
the magnitude and height of its trunk.
Approximately it is $50 feet high and
twenty feet in diameter. The head is
comparatively small and the first limb
is 200 feet from the ground, and it car
ries its diameter symmetrically all the
way up. From its top at night, for
many venturesome and agile climbers
have assembled it, the light in Sharps
island lighthouse can be plainly seen.
A horse and carriage behind it cannot
be seen from the nearby public road.
The lightning has not spared it. 1t is
scanned and gashed and split by the
many bolts which have also knocked
huge limbs from its top. Tradition
says that 200 years ago, which is as
far back as tradition claims to have
known the tree-it is named in land
deeds $50 years ago-it had lightning
marks on it, and even then showed
signs of failure. Three years ago 1t
was struck four times in one summer.
This fierce attack undoubtedly has
tened its end. Well, the giant tree is
dead. The old poplar of Poplar Hill
probably saw the beginning of the
twentieth century and died just before
the beginning of the twentieth. 1t was
the Mount Shasta of the Talbot land
scaDe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
,..A9
How She Secured once.

Mrs. Mary East is said to have been
the pioneer woman in England to hold
some Of the offices as to which wom-
ems eligibility is now in dispute, but
She was elected because she disguised
this remarkable woman, while mas
querading as man and acting as land
lord of the White House Inn, at Pop
lar, served assiduously on juries and in
parish Offices. In 1744 she was head
borough" in 1852 overseer of the poor.
When her sex was finally discovered
she retired to private life with the
competence she had acquired as an inn
keeper.-Rochester Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
DISOWNS OUR FLAG.
AND SWEARS BY THE ENSIGN
OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Why William Waldorf Aston Had a
Bogus Pedigree Manufactured for
Himself and Became an English
man.

William Waldorf Aston claims to
trace his lineage back 900 years or
more. This wonderful pedigree, which
Is given herewith, is pronounced fraud
ulent by no less person than Mr.. La
throp Wilmington, who Is an eminent
English heraldic authority. Mr.. Whit
tington has gone through the French
archives and other original sources of
information and found the pedigree to
be collection of nonsense, containing
several falsified dates in order to make
1t seem probable.
The alleged Astor ancestors are as
follows:
Pedro d'Astorg (of Castile)-Fol
lowed Raymond, Count Of Toulouse, to
France after the war in Spain, 1885,
against the Moors, who were command
ed by Yusuf Tashafin, Moslem king OF
the Almoravids Of Morocco. Received
grant of land from Count Ray
mond, whom he followed as a crusader
to the Holy Land, where he was killed
at the taking of Jerusalem, HOO. A
Spanish queen granted to one of his
ancestors the arms of a falcon argent
on gloved hand in acknowledgment
OF the capture of her favorite falcon.
The recipient adopted as his name the
Spanish word Azor (the goshawk).
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Seizure of N. Zola,s Works.

The seizure of Emile Zola's works in
Berlin, which has recently been re-
ported, was not instituted by the Ger
man government authorities, or be-
cause the books themselves were OBJ
jectionable. The government censor
had nothing to do with the matter. 1t
was simply the result Of quarrel be-
tween publishers, emphasized by the
judgment of Stuttgart court. 1t
seems that the German library at
Stuttgart and the Grimm library or
Budapest had both secured from M.
lola the right of translating his novels
into the German language, the one for
Germany and the other for Austro-
Hungary. 1t now appears that the
Grimm library, getting out it's edition
first, Immediately placed the books on
sale in the Berlin bookshops. The
publishers at Stuttgart, on being in
formed of the matter, at once insti-
tuted proceedings, and, according to
the judgment above noted, an order
was given to seize all of Emile Zola's
works in Germany that had come from
the Budapest publishers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

of an aristocrat, the bearing of per-
feet gentleman, the experience OF a
man OF the world and the reputation of
being irresistible. To Lady Mildred.
alas, he was irresistible! She had
succumbed to his influence before she
knew it. Now it seemed as If she
could not break Free
Accustomed as she was to admira-
ton, she never doubted that he more
than reciprocated this partiality. 1t
had, therefore. been a decided surprise
when her father received letter from
Valdane, saying that he could not get
away for the first, and begging to be
allowed to leave the date of his ar
rival at Clarisdale uncertain for few
days. The letter was cordiality itself,
but 1t left Mildred sore and wounded.
She was astonished to find how keen
was her disappointment, and how fiat
and dull the first had seemed without
his accustomed presence. That even
ing her father took her aside.
Mildred" he said, do you remem-'
Der that young SIZZLING who was at
Oriel with Laurie-that very handsome
young fellow who was so attentive to
us when we went up to Commemora-
ton? Would you believe Through
the death OF an old woman-his god
mother-no relation at all, they say
he has just come into fortune Of
what do you think? Twenty thousand
year! All the papers are full of 1t.
Now Mildred, my darling, every girl
Of your acquaintance will be after that
young man. But if you gave your
mind to it l am sure you could-eh?
Tank, my pet. what it would be for
US all! Twenty thousand year! And
what's your beauty for. Mile. if MOTTO
draw you a prize-eh?"
Had such a course of action been
proposed two days earlier it would
have met with his daughters unquali-
fed disapproval, but at that moment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
CHAPTER TX

II was a warm September day. Lady
Mildred Ames lay out in the hammock
under the shade OF the spreading
beech trees. and idly moved her large
fan to and fro Her brows were puck
cred into frown. her large eyes we're
absently feed upon the wide-spreading
lawn which lay between her and the
house The white lines which marked
the tennis-court seemed to culver in
the heat: the men were shooting. the
chaperons lying down. the girls had
driven 10 the home covers to take the
sportsmen their lunch. Lady Mildred
would not go; she said she had a
headache but the truth was she was
suffering from fit of ill-temper
She was Lord Umfraville's only I'M
married daughter and being the
youngest. had been spoilt and petted
during infancy, neglected whilst her
sisters went to their balls and recep-
tions. and then suddenly found herself,
on her mothers death, mistress Of the
house. 1t was bad training. but the
result was on the whole better than
might have been expected. Lady Mil
dred was very charming and not at
all arrogant. though she was rather
sslfish
The Umfraville family was in a bad
way. having the misfortune to possess
property in Ireland. For the last few
years the tendency OF affairs had been
down. down-hopelessly down. Lady
Mildred knew that it was she who was
expected to retrieve the family for
tunes. and it was this fact which just
now weighed upon her mind. for she
had been so foolish as to fall in love
with her mothers cousin, Valdane
Martineau.
Valdane was what Lord Umfraville
would have superciliously called an
impossible" person. So secure lad he
been of the "impossibility" OF this
Young man that he invited him each
wear to Clarindale. feeling confident
that no daughter of his would think OF
a young man who was a solicitor, and
only moderately well off. He ignored
the fact that the man had the manners
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
CHAPTER vIII.-(continued.

CHAPTER vIII.-CContinued.)
How odd!" she said absently. 81
nearly remembered that name again.
My memory must be coming back,
think"
Let me trust it is" said valdane
rather nervously.
She leaned her chin upon her hand
and looked thoughtful for few mo-
ments then. raising her eyes
Mr.. Martineau," she said, with a
little sigh. Il should like all this busi-
ness set on one side for few weeks,
please. Mr.. Sizzling is gone for his
holiday-to Lord Umfraville's for the
shooting"
ITO Clarisdale?"
Yes" She paused, and asked in
some establishment, do you know
Lord Umfraville?"
Well-a-yes; his wife was nv
cousin. l generally stay there every
autumn"
Indeed: viscount Thornheath is a
great friend Of Mr.. Stelling's."
All, perhaps we shall meet, You
wish then for me not to institute in
Quiries just yet?"
Not just yet, please. | don't feel
strong enough-not In quite good
spirits enough to-" She checked her
self bravely Not for worlds would
she have limited. even to herself that
she thought Bernard might before all
things have taken steps to ascertain
whether or no she were free. Bur he
had chosen instead to go to Clarisdale
and she was too loyal to murmur even
to her own heart
To Valdane it seemed like a resnite
viii you let me have a line when
you wish me to pursue this matter
then?" he asked. rising to take his
leave.
yes; or Mr.. Stelling will come TO
see you. May keep this copy of the
will?"
Certainly. but please don't lose It,"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

wish to buy certain volumes. He has
received hundreds Of letters from
clergymen from all parts Of the coun-
try, congratulating him on the stand
he has taken in the matter. One pro-
fessor of an Ohio college wrote him to
postpone the burning of his books for
just one month and reflect on the mat
ter Mr.. Waggoner has been busily
engaged recently in answering these
letters. The men who have writ
ten him kind words he thanks. and
those who have essayed to criticise he
endeavors to show the error of their
harsh words. Several agnostics have
visited the city and called upon him.
Long interviews have been the result,
and the men who came to denounce
him have gone away in thoughtful
mood
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

Lawyer M. o. Waggoner of Toledo.
agnostic and infidei converted to Chris
tianity by sacred music issuing from
talking machine, and who is going to
burn his library in that city, is the re-
cipient Of many letters. They come
from men in every walk of life. The
majority of them are from curious in
diyiduals. inquiring if it is true tiat he
has been converted from a scoffer to a
believer. Many of them are from inf
dels, who call him fool, and one man
says he must have been under hypnotic
influence. One enterprising book hunt
er in Cincinnati has written him Of
fering to purchase his library at good
figure. AS it has become known that
he is to burn his books he has received
numerous letters from persons who
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
CHINESE WANTED THE BIBLES.
But the Missionaries Found They Were
Used in Making Firecraokers.


Used in Making Firecrackers.
From Frank Leslie's Monthly: en-
dependence day reminds me- said the
missionary from China, 'sof the most
encouraging and the most disillusion-
izing experience in my life. | had la
bored hard in the work of converting
the Chinese to Christianity and there
was unfeigned rejoicing among all the
missions in China and the churches in
America when the demand for bibles
on the part of our converts eliminated
in orders for $4,000 bibles in one ship
ment. The remarkable number of new
Christians thus indicated. while it oc-
casioned much thankfulness in Amer
lea, caused the heads OF the missionary
associations to set ON foot an inquiry
as to the methods employed in saving
the souls of such an unusual number
of Celestials, and the uses to which
they put the bibles sent them. You
may know that in China the majority
OF the firecrackers with which we cele-
brate our day of national independence
are made by the Chinese in their
homes. Contractors for fireworks give
each man a certain amount of powder,
and that must be made into a given
number of crackers The paper used
in the manufacture he buys himself
and paper is not cheap commodity in
China. The powder furnished seldom
fits the required number of crackers,
but that does not disturb the Celestial
in the least; he turns in his quota all
the same and the American boy in
consequence invariably finds in each
package OF firecrackers a few that
won't go off. discovered that Yam
kee thrift had been absorbed by the
heather Chinee with much more read
mess than Yankee morals. In contrib
uting his labor toward our festival oc-
sasions he hit upon an expedient
whereby considerable profit accrued
to himself. In ether words, our great
shipment of $4,000 Bibles had literally
gone up in smoke They were to be
had for the asking, and the Celestial
conscience seems never to have suf-
fered pang as to their disposal for
firecracker wrappers. .
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
A London Personal.

This curious advertisement appeared
the other day in a Iondnn 1N@ner:
"Wanted-A resp - an,
widower preferred, to marry the mousse
keeper Of an aged gentleman, who has
been an invalid for years, and who
respects her as good and true SER
want, whom he would like to see in the
happy state Of matrimony before he
dies. She has had three husbands, but
is willing for a fourth"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

London probably suffers less fron.
the plague Of beggars than any other
of the great capitals of the world. 1t
is certainly less troubled with them
than it was few generations ago. Ac-
cording to the report of the Mendicity
society, which held its annual meet
ing recently. professional mendicants
number about 10000. a large multitude
in itself. but not so very formidable
considering that they are distributed
among a population of six million.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Not His.

There are disrespectfEl questions as
well as disrespectful answers. Now,
Morton" said one of party who had
gone deep into the Maine woods in
search of adventure, I'VE know you've
been famous hunter, and we want
to hear about some of the narrow es-
capes you've had from bears and so
on"
Young man." said the old guide,
with dignity, IF there's been any mar
rer escapes, the bears and other fierce
critters had 'em, not me!'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
wild Excitement on a Carefte.

People who imagine that the caretts
is a sedate and quiet vehicle, fit only
for old women and elderly men who
wish to avoid excitement, are cherish
ing a delusion. AS a typical carette
experience trip from the river to
Madison street, recently, may be
cited. Directly in front of Cen
trail Music hall the carette, which
was on the wrong side of the street.
collided with heavy truck loaded with
coops containing live chickens. The
truck driver expostulated with the car
cite driver, and ordered him to take the
other side of the street at once. The
latter declined. Hot words followed,
and moment later challenge to a
duel was given and accepted. Both
men drew their whips and stood up on
their seats. The lashes flew, and the
horses, thinking the blows intended
for them, started up and pulled the We
hicles apart. The carette turned out
so quickly that a beer wagon almost
took its wheel off, A moment later,
while the passengers were recovering
from the excitement, cable train
swept round the corner of Madison
street and was stopped within three
inches Of the venerable equines at
tached to the carette, while the passen-
gers scrambled out in confusion and
alarm. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Just Found 1t Ont.

simpson, where have you been tin
this unearthly hour?' IS all ri. my
dear. | been celebratin' queens birth
day" THE queens birthday! What
an ideal" Yes. m dear. An funniest
thing bout it is that I-ha, ha, ha-
didn't know she had a birsday until
pleeceman just told me so at d-door.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
How to Ride Medically.

A London physician has been ingen
ious enough to announce himself as
consulting cyclist," and he will tel
(for comfortable fee), whether to ride
or not; and how fast, how slow, how
far, how late, how early and how
every-thing-else to ride. He will r.sC
dictate the kind of gears, handle bars
etc., etc. He will be a boon to physi
cian-consulting people of bicyclist ten
denotes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

Stubb-"I caught my boy reading a
book entitled All About the Ring"
Penn-"Then rest assured he'll be
one of the four"
Stubb-"One of what four?"
Penn-"Why,je weer, politician, pugi-
list or circus performer"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
POWER AND TOOLS.

To most minds portability in the
case of a machine tool carries with 1t
the suggestion of relatively small size,
and a forty-eight-inch slotting ma
chine. for example, would not ordina-
rily be thought of as a tool of the
portable type. The advent of electric
ity as a motive power, however, has
brought some of its striking results
into this field as we'll as into others of
perhaps better known character, and
and has given to some of the heavier
machine shop equipments flexibility
of application which has widely ex-
tended their sphere of usefulness and
has CORRESPONDENCE simplified opera
tions Of hitherto awkward nature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
To Her Advantage.

Ruby-"So there's been a reconcilia-
ton? Did he say he'd take his words
back?'
Pearl-"No; but he said he'd take
his presents back. Then had to give
in"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

Waldorf, April 10. 1916. John Jacob
Astor-Born at waldorf, July II, 1863.
Removed to America in 1884. Married
Sarah Todd, Sept. 10, 1885. Died in
New York, March 20, 1S4S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
small Rnt Strnnr

Mr.. North-lou say you like spir-
tied horses; what is Your fayorlte
breed?
Mr.. South-Toe tell 20 the truth.
sub. pony Of brandy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Teaching Humane Treatment.

An enactment of the Texas legisla-
ture provides for the teaching in the
public schools of course of humane
treatment TO animals.