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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-13
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

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GRIMBALL.-The relatives and friends
Of Francis Grimball and family are invited
TO attend the funeral OF the former from
First Baptist Church this afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
About Radiographs

Heretofore it has not been possible
to make a Photograph as quickly as
a photograph. Ordinarily from one to
three minutes are required to make a
satisfactory photograph of the hand.
E. w. Caldwell, however, has brought
the achievements of the X ray pretty
close to white light. In the New York
Electrical Review he publishes two re-
productions of photographs; one made
in one fiye-thousandth of a second the
other in sixteen thirty-fourths of a
second; the latter is strong and bril-
liant These pictures were made with
out any new or unusual method, but
it was. of course, necessary to use
very efficient tubes and exciting APP
paratus, and to develop the negative
with care. The exciting apparatus
consisted of a good. oil insulated in
duction coil, giving fourteen-inch
spark, and liquid interrupter making
thirty-fouT breaks per second. Current
from the Edison mains at III volts
was used. The negatives were made
on celluloid films laid face down upon
a calcium tungstate screen. As cellu-
loid offers much less resistance to x
rays than glass, the film so arranged
utilized the fiuorescent screen to the
greatest advantage. Cincinnati En-
uuirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07

ty. Georgia. IF you were snake-bi
ten," said prominent citizen to me
the other day at the county-seat, II
believe you could not get drop Of
liquor in the town to save your life"
In this county rs per cent Of the people
own their homes. In the county-seat,
only one family does not own its
home. There is not a dollar OF bonds
on the county, and with the tax rate
three times larger this year than usual
the state and country tax amounts
to only one dollar and fifteen cents on
one hundred dollars. Union county
lies among the mountains of the Blue
Ridge. The courthouse is forty miles
north of Gainesville, about one hum
bred miles on an AIRLINE north of At
lanta, and about ten miles south OF
the Tennessee line. The quickest way
to reach Blairsville, the county-seat of
Union, from Atlanta is to go to Blue
ridge on the Atlanta, Knoxville &
Northern railway, and drive across the
country twenty-six miles along the
beautiful valleys and over The noun
tains. ! was told by a number of rep
utable citizens that there are many
people in the county who have never
seen railroad. The eastern part OF
the county is probably forty miles
from the nearest station in one direc-
ton, and fifty miles in the other.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07

came gloomy morass, and the sur
rounding country was deserted, save
for few negroes.
In 1867 the first effort looking to its
rehabilitation was made and the legis-
lature of Virginia authorized the issue
OF 100000 in per cent bonds. These
were issued, and, in 1871, a petition
was sent TO congress requesting aid to
enlarge, rebuild and improve the canal
Dut NO response was received In 1874
interest on the bonds was defaulted
and the construction of the Albemarle
& Chesapeake canal proved the death
blow to the old company which had
controlled the destinies of the canal
for over 100 years.
Three years ago the Lake Drum
mond Canal and Water company
bought the rights and thoroughly re-
stored the canal, after an expenditure
of 100000.
The basis of reconstruction was a
minimum depth of ten feet and a width
of forty feet at the bottom and sixty
feet at the surface. The average width.
however, will be not far from eighty
feet. The old locks have been done
away with and the canal is entered at
either end by large modern lock, $50
feet long and forty feet wide. with ten
feet of water over the inter sill.
The canal is perfectly straight for
nearly half its length. A little to the
south of the feeder from Lake Drum
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
TAKEN AT HIS WORD.
Bright Young Man Hoist on His own
EDiCram,


The faculty of terse and forceful
speech is ordinarily an advantage, but
occasionally man gets hoisted by his
own epigram, says the Washington
Star. A hustling young New Yorker,
who was recently established in a
branch of the old business, had set
out to get the patronage of a certain
firm. The head of the concern was
reluctant to make change. The oil
we have been getting has not been I'M
satisfactory" said he, and / fail to
see why we should make a change
Are there any extra inducements you
can offer? How do you propose to
improve the old quality?" I'm this
way" was the prompt answer Il pro-
pose to give the business my personal
attention. / intend to put some of my
brains into every barrel of oil we send
out" The rejoinder pleased the old
gentleman and he became a customer.
A few months later the hustling young
man was obliged to make a journey,
and in his absence. through some over
sight, the quality of oil was allowed TO
deteriorate. 1t was quickly noted, and
a letter now on file in This office re-
cords one of the protests 1t reads:
.Gentlemen-When we were induced
to use your product we we're assured
Mr.. Blank put sore Of his brains into
every barrel of OIL We deeply regret
10 observe that Mr.. Blank is threatened
with paresis''
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
1t Will Form Part Of a Great system
of Inland Waterways.

After being abandoned for thirty-fve
years. the Dismal Swamp canal has
been reopened. 1t connects the Chesa-
peake bay with Albemarle sound, and
had its real beginning in 1887. when
Virginia chartered company with a
capital of $4,000 to construct it. Ten
years was allowed for the work, and
the canal was to be thirty-two feet
wide. with sufficient water to float yes
sells drawing three feet of water. The
original plans and specifications were
drawn by George Washington, then a
Virginia surveyor, more than a quarter
Of century before the chartering of
the company. says the New York Press.
Lack of funds. the inferiority of en-
cheering devices and later the war of
1912 all worked against its compile
tion. When the funds were exhausted
the company was authorized by Vir-
ginia to raise $4,000 by lottery. When
finished in 1921, the canal had cost
$1,000, 900, and extended from the viii
lage of Deep Creek, Va, to South Mills,
N c., twenty-five miles. Deep creek is
an arm of Elizabeth river. and the viii
lage is about 800 miles from that river,
making the northern terminus of the
canal practically at Norfolk South
Mills is at the headwaters of the Pas
quotank river, a tributary of Abe
marie sound.
Now came an era of prosperity, and
until 1860 the canal was one of the
most prosperous business properties in
the south 1t provided an inland wa
terway that permitted the sending of
cargoes by barges through to New
England without breaking bulk. Lum-
Der averaging 200,000,00O feet a year,
peanuts, tobacco and early vegetables
made up the outbound cargoes. while
manufactured goods, coal and general
store goods formed the inbound car
goes. Transportation was cheap. Lake
Drummond furnished an unfailing wa
ter supply, and smaller vessels, by
taking this route, were able to avoid
the dangers of Cape Hatteras, the
graveyard of American shipping"
So rich and powerful did the CON-
pany become that before long it was a
great factor in southern politics, and
each time November rolled around the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
THE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE.
Sir Henry IRVING Earnestly Commends
the Practice of Reading Aloud.

the Practice of Reading Aloud.
"The practice of reading aloud in
small or moderate-sized gatherings is
in every way to be commended"
writes Sir Henry Irving, of "The Study
of Shakespeare in Small Communi-
ties" in the November Ladies' Home
Journal. 1T is good for the individ-
ual, good for the members Of the
group, good for the locality, good for
the nation. No community can be too
small for the practice Of reading in
public. If there be only two persons,
each may, in turn, learn something
from the successes or failures Of the
other No one need be diffident at the
beginning; there is nothing really diff
fcult. There is no arduous labor;
there is no possibility of absolute fail
ure where there is honest, careful eff
fort. Any form or subject of reading,
worthy in itself, can be of use for the
study of elocution. 1t is, however, pos
sible to get together groups of persons
interested in some common theme,
when the mere getting them together
without such an agglomerative cause Is
lacking; and Shakespeare has been, is,
and ever will be, name to conjure
with. A play read weekly or monthly,
with the various characters allotted
beforehand, has been source of much
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
Meteor Fails.

Philadelphia Inquirer: The narrow
escape of the Norwegian steamship
George Dumois from being sunk at sea
by meteor which exploded in her
course while she was bound from Phil
adelphia for Jamaica was related by
members of the crew when the steamer
tied up at the West India Fruit COM
pany's wharves. Capt. Jentoft states
that on the night of Oct. 10, the yes
sells position being about latitude 20
north and longitude 7422 west, the
meteor, which was only seen few
seconds before it came near, exploded
within few yards of the vessel, scat
tering its fragments in all directions.
The explosion was due, he believes,
to the hot substance suddenly coming
in contact with the water. During the
entire night the luminous trails OF
other meteors could be seen in their
downward descent. The crew Of the
vessel were blinded by the trail Of
intense light which followed the me-
teor even after it had disappeared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
How tho Doctor Got HI. Clock

From the Philadelphia Record: In
the hallway of Philadelphia Doctors
house stands fine example of
grandfather's clock, the possession of
which the medical man owes entirely
to a pinch of snuff Some years ago
the doctor in question set his heart
upon such a timepiece, and devoted
two of his vacations to clock hunting.
He visited many New England farm
houses without success, as old furni-
ture has been pretty well gathered up
by the dealers down East" and then
carried his quest into Delaware and
Maryland where he found many old
clocks, but none of them for sale. He
was about to return home disconsolate,
when he was called into consultation
over patient dying of quinsy. The
resources of medicine had been ex
hausted, when the Quaker City doctor
he had picked up during his wander
ings, in which still fingered modicum
of snuff, pungent as of yore. With
this powdered tobacco the doctor as
sailed the nostrils of the sick man,
who, sneezing violently, broke the abb
scess in his throat that was choking
him to death. Stimulants were admin
istered and the sick man recovered.
The Philadelphia doctor left the place
the morning after this remarkable OPP
Grafton, but he had not been home a
week before the grateful Marylander
sent him a grandfather's clock, accom-
panied by card upon which was writ
ten: This clock, which struck the
marked the hour of my death if your
skill and knowledge had not stayed the
hand of the destroyer"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
When the World poes as He Would 1t
Will Enjoy Its Millennium.

VIII Enjoy Its Millennium.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, writing in
the November Ladies' Home Journal
in further emphasis of the teachings of
has famous book, In His Steps" re-
iterates that the teachings of Jesus
will work in the market, the home,
the school, the shop, the street, the
life of man everywhere, but they can
not work in a selfish heart, and they
are not capable of expression in a soul
that has put anyone on the ,nrone ex-
cept Him who is Lord OF all. Why
are men afraid to try Love in bust
ness? Why are they cowardly in the
face of giving the greatest thing in the
world its most supreme test? Come,
let us take Jesus at His word. If we
seek the kingdom of God first we shall
have all the physical things we need.
What would Jesus do? There is no
question as to His conduct in our
places. There is no casuistry in the
question when asked honestly every
day. When the world is willing to
ask it, and live according to the daily
answers. it will begin to enjoy its
millennium Perhaps that Golden
Age will be this coming century. Why
not? 1t rests with the human race to
prove that Of all the mighty forces
that rule the real life Of men on the
earth, none is 50 mighty. so practical,
SO permanent, so productive of happi-
ness and power as the life of Jesus
lived over again in the lives of those
who believe in Him as the life album
dant for weary world"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
AN ODD CoURT-MARTIAL.
Tried to obey Love and DUTY at Ono.

Tried to Obey Love and Duty at Once.
A naval court martial, the record of
which has just been received at the
Navy Department in Washington, has
decided the question whether an en-
listed man on guard is neglecting his
duty in making love to a girl, says the
Boston Globe. Corporal Thomas Scan
Ion of the marine corps was the ac-
cused. Corporal Scanlon was march
ing his beat outside of an officers resi-
dence at the League Island Navy Yard,
near Philadelphia, when a servant
maid in the officers household Joined
him. The officer came upon the cou-
pie suddenly, much TO the confusion
of both, as Corporal Scanlon had his
arm around the maids waist. Charges
of unsoldierly conduct and neglect OF
duty were preferred by the officer
against Corporal Scanlon. A court
martial was ordered, much to the as
constituent of Corporal Scanlon, who,
being a soldier, could not understand
why he was not privileged to make
love to a pretty girl at any and all
times. Several interesting questions
were involved in the case. Was it
unsoldierly to make love to girl while
on guard? Was Corporal Scanlon pro-
tecting public or private property in
standing guard before an officers resi-
dence? Can a soldier keep his arm
around a girl and his eye on property
which he is guarding at the same
time? The court did not undertake to
answer these questions except by in
ference. 1t returned a verdict of mot
guilty" on all charges and specifica-
tons, which the Navy Department has
interpreted to mean that lovemaking
and guard duty spontaneously are not
inconsistent with military law. The
department evidently lndorses this
view, as Secretary Long has approved
the verdict OF the court-mar tial and
ordered that Corporal Scanlon be re-
stored to duty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07

company was accused of bribery and
corruption in influencing favoring leg
islation.
A reference to one of its old ledgers
shows that from 1921 to 1855 the oper-
ating expenses Of the company were
$1,152, S91.71 and the receipts over S.
100000, yearly average of nearly
$4,000 clear profits.
With the coming of the civil war the
glory of the canal departed, as the
termination of trade relations between
the north and the south took from the
canal it's most fruitful source of reye-
nue., the New England traffic.
In January, 1862, the confederate
forces cut the bank and let the water
out to prevent the union troops from
following them. The great expense of
repairing this damage thoroughly
drained the company's treasury, and
when the United States commissioner
came to collect the taxes he was in
formed that the company had no as
sets, being barely able to pay the lock-
keepers, etc.
The crisis came in 1863. Congress
had enacted that all public works in
the south must be Differed and man
aged by loyal citizens. After a stormy
discussion the officers OF the Dismal
Swamp Canal company absolutely re-
fused to take the oath Of allegiance,
renewed their expressions of fealty to
the southern cause and resigned. This
resulted in the dissolution of the con-
Germ, and two months later the United
States government confiscated the
property.
From this time until the close of the
war the canal remained in the possess
sion of the government, and was the
scene of many important military OPP
erations. In 1866, being of no further
use and in a state of dilapidation, it
was returned to such members of the
company as still survived.
During the reconstruction period the
canal fell into gradual decay and be-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
THE DISMAL SWAMP CANAL

banks is thick and of much CONNER
cial value. Until the first tug passed
through month ago, many of the in
habitants of this region had never seen
such craft.
The neighborhood is rich in historic
dwellings. On the right bank of the
river, in Pasquotank county, is a re-
markable old brick house, which at
tracts much attention. 1t was built
early in the last century by some man
whose name has passed from the men,
DRY of the Oldest inhabitant. A secret
passage was constructed from the roof
down to the cellar, and from there
tunnel led down to the river. Tradi-
tons connected with the old house
deal with smugglers and plots, captures
and escapes in the revolution and the
rebellion.
With an inland route from New Eng
land to the Florida coast the terrors of
a blockade in case of war would DE
diminished greatly. Such waterway
would give backdoor entrance by wa
ter for torpedo boats. 1t would offer
means of transporting munitions of
war and troops, as well as general sup
plies, which might be endangered
should the outside route be taken.
Recognizing this, the government is
cooperating in the work and S237,000
has been appropriated for widening
and improving the northern and south
ern entrances.
There now is an open passage by an
inland water route from Jacksonville
north to Charleston. S. C. Some easily
constructed links would carry the
route to the Dismal Swamp canal.
Through this canal to the Chesapeake
bay, Baltimore is reached; Philadelphia
by way of the Delaware & Chesapeake
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07

edge, and through the trees can be
seen giimpses of wide, still pools. The
pool water as well as that in the canal
is deep brown, from the cypress and
juniper timber through which it flows.
It is said to be extremely healthful.
and in former years vessels putting
into Norfolk used to send their boats
up the Deep creek for a store Of the
water, to be used on the voyage. Tur--
ner's cut opens into the Pasuuotank
river, a picturesque stream, with
many windings. The timber along its
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
ROPE MAKING IN MANILA.
Good Product Turned Out with tho
Most Primitive Machinery.

Most Primitive Machinery.
From the Chicago Record: Rope
making is an industry at which many
work. The machinery used is primi-
tive, but the finished article the work
ers turn out is smooth and strong.
There is no way OF cheating in this
work. The hemp cor les in bales, as
it leaves the plantations. 1t is taken
out to the street, where the work is
done and where the spools are, fer the
first process. Time and practice are
needed to learn the knack of keeping
the reel going around by simple twist
of the wrist. The operator backs slow
ly away as the strands grow in length,
and when he has gone as far as he
deems necessary he begins to wind up
all the cord that he has spun. For
the next operation twelve spools OF
this cord and another machine are
used. The machine has twelve cranks
at one end and two at the other. When
the strands are laid if the rope be a
long one, supports are erected about
fifty feet apart. These are to keep the
strands from twisting and tangling as
they are spun about Two men stand
at the upper end of the walk and face
the man who is turning the twelve
strands. Each has two cone-shaped
pieces of wood in his hands, and in
these cones are six grooves, through
which the strands run. The operator
at the strand end turns his wheel to
the right and the men at the other
end reverse the operation. The strands
begin to twist and grow smaller and
harder, and at last the two men with
the cones start slowly toward the
strand man. If there are tangles in
front of them, they separate the snarl
with their toes. In front are twelve
strands. Behind the advancing oper-
ators are two. 1t is slow walk from
one end to the other, and it is hard
work to keep the strands whirling and
the machinery going until the two
ropes are complete. When all is done
the finished object is a rope the size OF
clothesline. If larger rope is to
be made, the operation is repeated with
as many strands as desired, according
to the thickness of the rope wanted.
The process is the same, but cones
with larger grooves are used The
rope may be made of any length. In
fact, as long as the hemp holds out the
operators can splice and splice indeh-
nitely. The rope is rolled up in great
coils when it is finished for shipment,
and is then wrapped in coarse cloth
manufactured from the same fiber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07

In London is an individual who can
scarcely be described otherwise than
as a smile doctor" For a small fee
he will transfer the mon uncomely
laugh or smile into dainty and ele-
giant playfulness of the lips-only he
must have his fee first. The smile"
doctor puts his subject through lip
and mouth exercises which are of his
own invention. The eyes are the or
gans which are most concerned in the
act Of smiling or laughing, and the
subject is taught how to use them most
effectively. BY constant practice the
desired pretty smile is obtained at the
end Of few weeks. actresses and
music-hall artists patronize this smil-
ing Pittsburg Dispateh
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07

mond it makes a
sharp turn and
then pursues an
undertaking path
to its end. 1t is
confined between
high clay banks
From South Mills,
the southern ter
minus, the route
goes through Turn
er's cut, and here
the swampy nature
of the section is
m o re apparent.
The forest grows
to the waters
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07

suaded to join the president on an ex.
petition. While on the lake one day
Diaz saw number of ducks rise on
the opposite side and began flying to-
ward him. He took position in the
bow of the boat and the boatman pad
died slowly toward the bank. Just as
Diaz raised his gun to fire the boat
struck bottom and the president sat
down in the mud. Without noticing
the interruption he let go both barrels
and brought down two ducks. Then
he quietly turned to Rubio and said:
Il wonder if the president of the
United States could beat that?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
Baiieys Laxative Tablets Cures Constipa-
ton.

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
state Of healthy activity, and the liver
and other organs also, they will con-
tinue 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. I. Bennett
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07
Temperate BY Common Consent

Who can name a county which,
without making prohibition" an issue
or legally forbidding liquor-selling
has not for thirty years contained a
saloon? A correspondent Of the At
lanta Constitution on the track of a
gold-mining "bc M" processes to
have found such an one-Union coun-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-07

IS Comparatively easy. Tanks hIIeu
with sea water are arranged on the
vessels, and the turtles are thus car
ried to the northern ports. AS they
are not subject to duty they constr
tute a considerable source of revenue
as side issue.-Philadelphia Record.