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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
A GREEK CHARIoTEER.

can be no doubt that it is a work of
foremost beauty end significance, and
few amateurs of the unique will fail to
enter into the feelings with which NJ
Homolle tells us he and his excavating
party dug it from its hiding place in
the Delphian soil. A legend says that
on the very day of the Greek victory
over the Persians at Salamis, the Car
thaginians were no less crushingly de-
feated by the Greeks of Sicily. The
spoils there taken were enormous, and
full share of offerings was naturally
sent to the national god at Delphi.
Gelon,. the founder Of the Syracusan
dynasty, and his brothers, Hero, Poly
zelos and Thrasybulus, were conspicu-
GUS by the magnificence of their trib-
ute, part OF which, we may imagine
Tin memory Of some previous Syracu-
san success in the Pythian hippo
drome), was formed by tie chariot
group to which this figure belonged.
The group itself was destroyed. at the
beginning of the fourth century before
o"A 0io, W eh0 Sc OoA thd u"hO With
overthrow the temple of the Aicmeon-
ides. Struck by the stones which roll
ed down from the top of the cliffs, the
figure was broken. the chariot shat
tered, the horses reduced to fragments
and the base itself dislocated. Such
Of the remains as were left at the sur
face of the soil, damaged past hope
OF repair, were thrown into the melt
ing pot or rejected as rubbish. The
rest reposed TRANQUILITY under the earth
and the rocks which had buried them,
and even the memory of them persisted.
No ancient author has ascribed or
spoken of the chariot group in ques-
ton. This double covering of soil
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

The Swedish pavilion at the Paris
exposition of 1900. from its unique
style, will be likely to attract much
attention. The building is to be con-
structed from plans by Ferdinand Bo-
berg, one of the most prominent archl-
tects of the kingdom, who won this
new distinction in comptition with all
the other prominent architects OF
Sweden The pavilion will be built in
the Streets of the Nation on the
left-hand side of the Seine. but it viii
be like nothing around it. Only nat
ural woods will enter into its con-
struction, and its only decoration will
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
WHITE HOUSES FIRST BRIDE.
Mrs. Nellie Grant sartoris Is Visiting
Boston.

boston.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris. who is
honoring Boston by a visit, is even
more attractive than when she left
Washington, bride, in 1874, since
she has returned with her children to
make her home with her mother. Mrs
Sartoris welcome was as sincere as
we're the regrets which followed her to
England, where she remained, save for
short visits to her parents, until about
two years ago. Nellie Grant was the
first girl ever married in the white
house, She was the pet of the Ameri-
can people, because of her simple,
charming manners and her amiable
character. Mrs. Sartoris is year, or
perhaps two years, past 40, but does
not look as old. She is slightly under
medium height, with the figure of
girl The color comes and goes in her
rounded cheeks, and a sweet smile
lights up her dark eyes. Her voice is
low and gentle. and her manner quiet
and refined. She has always been
American, despite her residence abroad.
and has instilled an intense American
ism into her English-born children. as
an accommodating officer found out at
Saratoga some years ago Mrs Sar-
toris was there with her children and
Mrs. Grant, her mother. Algernon, her
small son. was asked if he didn't want
to hear the band play God Save the
Queen" He stoutly asserted Star
Spangled Banner" or Hail Columbia"
would be his preference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
IN BRITISH MUSEUM
A CHARIoTEER FROM ANCIENT
GREEK SCULPTOR.
Work of Foremost Beauty-The Original
Was Discovered in May, 1896 In the
Course Excavations at Delphi by the
French.
(London letter.


The latest important addition to our
matchless galleries of ancient Greek
sculpture at the British museum is, to
quote the inscription on the pedestal
Cast OF Bronze Charioteer at Del
phi (482-472 B. Co., Presented by the
French Minister of Public Instruction,
1898" This cast. it is at the particu-
lar moment pleasant to record, is, by
the special courtesy OF our neighbors
across the channel, the first reproduce
ton of the statue which has been
granted to any foreign museum. The
original was discovered in May. 1896,
in the course of excavations at Delphi
undertaken by the French authorities
and prosecuted under the able super
intendence of M. Theophile Homolle,
principal of the Ecole d'Athenes. In
virtue of this discovery the Delphians
assert that they are now on par with
the Olympians and possess, as the lat
ter do in their Praxitelean Hermes, a
priceless and unique masterpiece which
the whole civilized world is bound to
go and see. Be this as it may, there
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

to devastate 1t. But its plight was due
solely to the owners having dug up his
seeds from day to day to see how they
got on. Il couldn't find their wings"
he lamented.
When the gardens have been at
tended to their owners circle about
singing THE Flowers of May" and 9TH
er songs telling how the flowers grow
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

be fresh boughs, with their green
leaves and berries. In one of the great
halls natives OF the various provinces
of Sweden, dressed in their national
costumes. will work at their charac-
teristic trades. lie kings ROOM"
furnished in ancient Northland style
will contain objects of modern Swedish
art and industry.
Altogether the Swedish pavilion will
be in the nature of national museum.
as the Swedish exhibitors will be pro-
vided for in the various halls of tha
exposition proper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

and compositions, on such topics as
The Duties of Cash Boy" are mod
els of neatness and plain, legible hand
writing. While many of the formali-
ties of ordinary school life are dis
pensed with, very careful records are
kept of the work of each boy. and
these have much weight in the matter
of promotion in the store. Many let
tiers have been received from parents,
expressing gratitude that their boys,
while obliged to earn a living, are at
the same time able to acquire the fun
damentals of an education. -Leslie's
Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
A SCHOOL FOR CASHBoYS.
Boys In Wanamaker's Must study Two
Hours Daily.

boys IN hanamaker's Must Study Two
Hours Daily.
A unique duty of the cash boys in
Wanamakers New York establishment
is to go to school every morning from
8 to 10 o'clock. A portion of them.
numbering about thirty, assemble in
cheerful and commodious room in the
basement and devote themselves to
arithmetic, spelling. grammar. writing.
composition and other rudments OF an
education. The school, the idea of
which originated with Mr.. Wanamaker
was started experimentally early last
fall, and has proved so successful that
it has now become a permanent fea-
ture of the store. The school work
has been found to increase the eff
cheney and usefulness of the boys in
their store work, and is therefore val
liable to their employers as to them
selves. The $50 boys are divided into
classes, and each class has two ses-
sions week. Regular attendance and
strict attention to duty are as much
insisted upon as care in any work
about the establishment. The major
ity of the boys, however, need no urg-
ing to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity Of an education. The business
experience they have already had has
given them an appreciation of its
value. Arithmetic, handwriting and
the correct use of the English lam
guage are the branches most dwelt
upon in the cash boys school. and
under the direction of Miss Alice Bou-
telle, who learned to teach school in
her native state of Vermont, a large
number of the boys have made prog
ress which is very marked. The books
in which they write their exercises
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
NEW YORKS CflILDRENS ROOF GARDEN.

Roof gardening for little children has
been developed from an egg at St.
Bartholomew parish house, in East
Forty-second street, New York city, the
egg appearing appropriately at Easter
time. The meat had been removed
from the shell, but this was no loss, for
1t had been replaced by soft, warm
dark earth. Each child in the kinder
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

manage his plot in his own way, gen.
eral fundamental instructions having
been given. Some chose to plant the
vegetable of which they were most
fond. Others preferred something
pretty, and planted some vine or flower
of which they had heard in their kin
dergarten stories.
The gardens have prospered finely in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

respected strictly. There is much COM
parison of crops" and many excIama-
tons OF delight or disappointment.
"Oh, just look at my lettuce, Miss
-; don't you think it'll most be big
enough to eat tomorrow"
1T isn't as big as my peas. Oh, how
| love peas!" exclaimed her neighbor,
regarding with ecstadc admiration
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
A Long Walt.

Maid-You got home early, Mr..
Binks. Shall call Mrs. Binks? Mr..
Binks (who loves a joke Don't tell
her l am here. Just say a gentleman
wishes to see her in the parlor I'm
afraid you'd get tired" 'Tired?"
Yes. sir. She'd spend bout two hours
herself look pretty. New
York Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

This picture shows one Of the pc
culiar features OF Chinese official exam
inations. At stated periods would be
candidates for government employment
assemble at the chief towns Of each
district to undergo examination. These
frequently number several thousands.
During the examination each candi-
date is locked up in a separate cell,
measuring about three by four feet, for
periods of three days and upward. He
has to eat. sleep ard write in this con-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
SINGING FLOWER SONGS ON THE ROOF.

their strange location, and now make
brave showing of green, with a promise
of buds and blossoms before long. The
children go up every morning in two
separate sections to tend their gardens.
The elevator takes them to the top of
the building, ten stories above the
street, where they find their tools and
proceed to their work at once, each one
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
STRAITS OF A PAINTER.

Mr. Charles Henry Hart apropos of
VOLTS engraving in the June Century
from Gilbert Stuarts portrait of Mrs.
Greenleaf, records some of the finan-
cial shifts the great painter resorted
to. While Stuart escaped the old Fleet
by removing from London to Dublin.
he escaped the Irish bailiffs for only
a short time and soon found himself
once more in confinement So hard
ened. however, had he become to this
condition of affairs that one of his
jokes was to tell how he had painted
himself out of Jail by painting the por-
trait of the jailer, who was so "pene-
trated at the honor" the artist had
done him that he was only too glad OF
IAN opening" that offered for Stuart's
escape.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

three or four pea vines about an inch
high.
I'm going to have beautiful flowers
in mine, red ones,' proclaimed a boy,
proudly.
Il think my flowers II be white"
chimed in little girl, but they'll
smell so sweet, and the beesIl come to
get the honey from EN-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Not Susceptible.

That man who called here yesterday
says that you are the most formidable
specimen of political boss he ever
saw"
The one who was talking about leg
islation?" asked Senator Sorghum, as
a smile gently illumined his face.
Eyes"
well, was the rejoinder, and hard,
cold look supplanted the smile, you
don't want to pay too much attention
to him. These lobbyists are all such
flatterers. Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

fined space, with one board to use as
seat and one as table, and is not
allowed out on any pretext whatever.
Food Is passed in to him through a
hole in the wall. Frequent cases have
occurred in which candidates have
died in their cells. owing to excitement
and discomfort. The examination
consists mostly Of essays on the works
and sayings of Confucius. which, If
well done, are supposed to qualify a
man for any possible oceupation-sol
der. sailor, Judge. anything, The sue
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

cessful students at local examinations
then go for their final trial to Picking,
where the same thing is gone through
again. The competition is very Sc
we're, and candidates frequently go up
year after year till they Iscome quite
old men. The cells number several
thousand. and are arranged in long
rows. Soldiers are placed about the
court to see that the rules are COM
piled with. The characters on the
cells indicate the places OF individual
candidates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
A Tobacco Rope.

II all the tobacco smoked in the Brit
ish empire last year were rolled into
rope an inch in diameter, it would
form snake-like roll, which, following
the line of the equator, would go thirty
times around the earth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

to his own little plot. They never made
mistakes, even before the seeds had
sprouted; each one knew his own. and
there was no confusion or encroach-
ment, all the rights OF ownership being
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

For the first time in fifteen years
steamers manned by Europeans have
penetrated the interior of the Soudan,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Royal doctors.

Queen Victoria's physicians are four
in number, and the royal doctors bill is
said to amount to about $4,000 yearly,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

the sewer will live to see the garment
worn out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Home Maid.

Wilkins-Deuced pretty girl I saw
at your window. Is she foreign? Bill
kins-No. a domestic Brooklyn Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

After residing in Dublin for nearly
four years, Stuart determined to re-
turn to his native land, but not having
the means to pay for his passage, he
engaged, as its equivalent, to paint the
portrait of the owner of the snip, John
Shaw, a wine merchant of New York,
and he landed toward the end of 1892
The commonly received tradition that
it was his great admiration for the
character of Washington, and his de-
sire to paint his portrait, that brought
Stuart back to America, is one of those
half-truths that are equivalent TO false
hoods Sir Thomas Lawrence, upon
hearing this reason assigned, said: 81
knew Stuart well, and believe the real
cause of his leaving England was his
having become tired of the inside OF
some of our prisons" And this was
indeed the fact.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

Stuart began a large number Of por-
traits in Ireland, for which he was paid
half the price at the first sitting The
majority of these he left unfinished
when he returned to America, and he
eonfided to Herbert, the author OF
Irish Varieties" the true inwardness
of his great desire to paint Washing
ton: I'll get some OF my first sittings
finished, and when can net sum suf-
ficient to take me to America | shall
be off to my native soil There | ex-
pect to make fortune by Washington
alone. l calculate upon making plu-
rakty of his portraits, whole lengths,
that will enable me to realize; and if
/ should be fortunate, / will repay my
English and Irish creditors. To Ire
land and England | shall bid adieu."
And when Herbert prodded him with,
And what will you do with your I'M
finished works?" Stuart impudently an
swered: "The artists of Dublin Will get
employment in finishing them"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

Trust not him that hath once broken
Shakespeare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

And butterfiies?" suggested another.
Both clapped their hands at the
thought
One little garden looked as if mea-
dow moles and chickens had combined
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-14
THE COCAINE HABIT.
Its Victims Suffer Torture That Is
Beyond Description.
experience of an Australian Physi-
clan, as Told by HimseIf-SaIe
of the Drug Should Be
Regulated by Law.
[special Washington Letter.l

Truth is stranger than fiction, in
many instances. The fiction that man
was possessed of a dual nature, that on
occasion he was a DIR. Jekyn, and on
another occasion a Mr.. Hyde, is sus-
tanned by facts in real life.
Some one of these days you will read
of the death of an eminent man in the
national capital, either by his own
hand, or as the result of an encounter
with another. Or else you may read
thathe has committed murder, or done
something heinous. And yet he has al
ways been known as one of the most
gentle and honorable of men. He moves
about in high official and social circles.
and is known to be as suave and gentle
as ever. But an eminent man of sci
ence tells me that fully one-third of
every day he is closely watched to pre-
vent him from injuring himself or 9th
rers. He is victim of the cocaine habit.
For a score of years he was known to
be one of the most business-lille of cor
respondents, and every days mail was
answered every day. During the past
year it has been noted that he was be-
coming careless, and that the mail was
permitted to accumulate for days at
time. Then, with two or three stenOg-
raphers, he would answer all the let
tors with business-lille tact as former
ly. But during the past two months he
has not written a letter, although his
correspondents continue to send their
inquiries to him. He hates the sight of
letter carrier. He knows that his
business is being neglected, but he does
not strive to attend to it. Moreover, he
is beginning to look pale, and to be las
situdinous in his movements; but these
symptoms are only noted by his rela-
tives, and some men of science who
have been requested to lock after him.
In recent article on the subject of
cocaine some of the evils CT the drug
were pointed out. The scientist who
gave that information has given more
to-day which will be of general in
ferest. He says that the eminent gen
tleman alluded to is but a type of a
kind of patients rapidly multiplying of
recent years. 1t is his opinion that
public attention should be called to the
evil habit, and repeated warnings be
given the people.
These evils cannot be more strongly
revealed than in the experience of an
Australian physician. He has given
the world of medicine the benefit of a
narration of what he underwent after
he had become addicted to the almost
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-14

constant use of the drug. In the course
of that confession, which he did not
hesitate to make public, he said, in de-
scribing his sensations: The first feel
ing a cocainist has is indiscribable eX-
citement to do something great; to
leave a mark. But, alas! this disap-
pears as rapidly as it came, and soon
every part of the body seems to cry out
for a new syringe. The second sensa-
tiOn-at first, at least, no hallucina-
TOMS that his hearing is enormously
increased, so that he hears the flies
walking over the paper. Very soon
every sound begins to be a remark
about himself, mostly of nasty kind,
and he begins to carry on a solitary life
his only companion being his beloved
syringe. Every passerby seems to talk
about him. Often and often have
stopped persons, or ordered the police
to arrest them, thinking they were
talking about me. After a relatively
short time begins the hunting of the
cocaine bug You imagine that in
your skin worms or similar things are
moving along. If you touch them with
wool Especially absorbent wooD they
run away and Disappear, only to peep
cautiously out of some corner to see if
there is any danger. These worms are
projected only to the cocainist's own
person or clothing. He sees them on his
washing, in his skin, along his pen
holder, but not on other people or
things, and not on clothes brought clean
from the laundry. How is this to be ex-
planned? About the same time appear
many other Authorizations of the opti-
Gus, and, strange to say, self-suggest-
ed Authorizations also. Night turns to
day. You sit up in your room syring-
ing until the morning. and fall asleep in
"A como. In my case this occurred to
such an extent that had to engage a
hospital warder, who came in the morn
ing to revive me with about ten syringes
of five per cent. solution, so that I was
able to drive, not walk, fearing some
one might garrote me. Other dreadful
Authorizations had in thousands, all of
IA prosecuting character, and frighten-
ing the life out of me so long as the eff
fects of the drug lasted.
@-You see small animals running
about your body and feel their bites.
Every object seems to become alive to
stare at you from all corners-look re-
-VoIvers, knives, ETC., and threaten you.
Yet. so soon as the effect of the injection
as over. you laugh at it, and produce
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-14
Rotted soda forMonure

There are many places in low lands
by the roadside where the wash of the
road has made the soil very rich. Sods
cut from such land and piled in heaps
rot down readily, especially if some
wood ashes are thrown on them to
hasten decomposition. This makes the
best possible top dressing for grass
lands, and will largely increase the
growth where the soil is thin. If phos-
phate is added this compost becomes a
complete manure for any kind of crop
The practice of rotting sod is very com
mon in Lincolnshire, England, where
in olden times the sod was cut very thin,
and after being piled and dried out
the heap was burned. There was waste
of nitrogen in burning the sod, and
allowing it to rod down is much the
better way to make use of it.-Amer-
lean CuItivator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-14

months, and the battle of Chatta-
nooga was fought. This was followed
by a period of rest from fighting for
most Of the army until the opening
of the Atlanta campaign in May.
after the battle of Resaca the
march on Atlanta was almost a, con-
tinuous sIirnish. After the capture
of Atlanta there was lull for the army
Of the Cumberland until the battles of
Franklin and Nashville. Our regiment,
which had expected to fight half a
dozen battles in as many months, real
~ participated in only eight BATTLES in
four years. At the utmost limit we
were in service 1,46O days. We spent Il
of these in actual battle, but this was
more than enough.
''When two armies came together in
battle it was like two strong, wrathful,
well-c1ad men, loaded with bundles,
meeting on Madison street bridge, and
springing at each others throats. Bun
dies would be thrown this way and
that, hats and coats would go off. If
evenly matched, the victor at the end
of the fight would be almost as exhaust
ed as the defeated, and as unfortunate
in the matter of clothes and bundles.
IF the man who had been whipped had
strength enough to walk away, his an
tagonist might not have strength
enough to follow him. Chicago Inter
Ocean.