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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

Once second lieutenant of Ameri-
can regulars was up for examination
for promotion. One of the questions
asked of him by a grizzled member of
the board was this:
If you were out scouting and a hill
should suddenly rise up before You
what would you do?"
I'D run like HI" said the leuten-
ant, promptly, who added. Il wouldn't
want to stay in country where hills
are liable to rise up like that"
These are the kind of hills or kops
that confront the Tommies in South
Africa. And the Tommies run like
HI" too, only being brave men in
actual warfare. they run mostly to-
ward the top of the hills. These hills.
many of them, are about as nearly per-
pendicular on all sides as they can be
without topping over. The particular
hill in this picture is ColeSkop, in the
Colesberg district, and the scene was
sketched by G. ID. Giles, war artist of
the London Graphic. Coleskop Jumps
straight out of the plain a thousand
feet and more into the air. and COM
mands the entire surrounding country.
1t was seized by the British. who i'm
mediately made plans to fortify it.
BY Infinite hard labor and persever-
rance two fifteen pound field guns
We're dragged TO the summit But the
guns are useless without a continuous
and unfailing supply of ammunition
To save the labor Of carrying shot and
shell up by hand. the engineers con
structed an endless belt of bridging
wire. This wire can stand a strain
of 1000 pounds, and each load of am
munitiOn and water which was sent up
there weighed forty pounds The
length OF one span from top TO bot
tom, was ] 400 feet, and so it may be
guessed what the perpendicular height
Of the hill is
After holding the hill for some time
with small detachment the British
found themselves greatly outnumbered
by the Beers. and were obliged to
abandon the position.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
NATURAL GAS
Has Passed out OF General Use In Pitts
burg Homes.

Has Passed out OF Gener,i Use In Pitts
burg Homes.
A. V. Sterling Of Pittsburg said at
the Hotel Manhatten: The day OF
natural gas with us is practically over.
and our city is dirtier than ever. /
went to Pittsburg to live in 1886, and
stayed at first with a friend OF mine a.
Roup, one of the suburbs. At that
time natural gas was everywhere in
use, and there were open fires in every
room. Ny friend warned me to be
careful in using it. and always to lay
a lighted match on the bricks before
turning on the natural gas. was used
to ordinary gas fires, and SO when
had reason to use my fire, and the gas
blew the first match out without ignit-
ing. | leisurely scratched another and
touched her off The next instant
found me stretched ont on the other
side OF the room in a stunned condi-
ton amid the wreck of the washstand.
against which had been hurled,
Luckily ! escaped with a few bruises,
but | ever afterward treated natural
gas with profound respect There are
a lot of people in my town who would
like to know what takes the place OF
the gas in the bowels of the earth
when we extract il. The way il rush IS
out when once tapped shows that 1t Is
pent up in some place at enormous
pressure. which grows gradually less
and finally ends altogether Now,
what takes its place is what | want 10
know, and why there isn't danger
that, this support having been with
drawn, cave-ins may occur? Billions
and trillions OF cubic feet of natural
gas have been taken from the earth
since it's first discovery. and, for one,
would like to know what Mother Ma
ture has put in its place. New York
Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

had no idea into whose hands and to
you wrote your name would go. 1t
came with a large shipment from the
United States, and was purchased by
Cuban merchant here, who, being I'M
able to read English, brought it to me
for translation. | would be glad to
have you answer this letter, as | am
curious to know the one who adopted
so novel a method of correspondence. |
have camera, and have had a snap
shot taken of myself with the egg in
my hand If you care for one of the pic
lures let me hear from you This let
ter was promptly answered, with a
request for the picture. which arrived
in due time with another letter. in
which Mr.. Smith gave more detailed
account of himself In this letter Mr..
Smith says: Il am in the employ of
the United States signal service, and
have charge of the Office at this place.
| like it here; indeed it is a nice,
healthy place. and the people treat you
well. Iuty lItuh an alCl ltdn 10 a.
small god. Now, please answer this
letter soon and after we become a lit
tie better acquainted | will write you a
more interesting letter than | can
now" Needless to say this letter was
answered as promptly as the first.
Letters followed fast, if not furious,
but the communications were of such
nature that the public is not entitled
to their contents Suffice TO relate, the
results have been so satisfactory that
Mr. Smith will soon secure leave OF
absence, and his vacation will be spent
in Iowa When he returns it is not
unlikely that an American goddess will
share the hOnors which admiring
Cubans bestOw upon one Of Uncle
Sans officials
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
IOWA M AID
And Cuban signal Service Empioye


And Cuban signal Service Empioye
United Ivy Egg.
TT. Dodge (Iowa) Correspondence In
ter Ocean: In the summer months
large forces of girls are employed here
handling eggs taken from picking watts
TO be prepared for shipment. One OF
the girls last summer selected a large,
smooth egg and in a moment of day
dreaming wrote her name and address
upon T. with an indelible pencil. 1t
was placed in a case with 277 others
and found its way to Cuba Months
passed and the young woman forgot
the incident until she received a let
ter from Charles Percy n. Smith, dated
at Guines. Cuba, Jan. 10, reading:
Miss Lizzie Gilday: am sure you
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Dragging Guns Up 0Rlkol, 1000 Feet High

picked 1t up by self-application and by
observation in American society" 1t
is not only In this respect that the min
lister is American in his customs and
manners, but he has likewise absorbed
all Oh the notable habits and idioms of
american society. His entertainments
given TO Washington society at his
handsome residence at Eighteenth and
Y streets are enthusiastically Amer
lcah.s lhere is nothing oriental about
his receptions and dances. and. unlike
the social functions given at the other
Tar eastern embassies, everything is
thoroughly0American. MY experience
in American society has been very
pleasant said Mr.. WI today. 81 like
the American people, not only for their
sentleness Of nature and breeding.
but because they are open hearted,
thoroughly frank and sensible. | con-
slider the American women equal in
every respect to those of China. 1
think they are all very beautiful. Some
OF them may not be beautiful physical
ly, but in character they stand pre-
eminent among the women of the
world. Washington special New York
World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
What Nav Re IusIde 81 Dead Whale.

The ambergris found in one dead
whale has sometimes fetched thou
sands of dollars in the markets of the
world for this same chemical sub
stance has an amazing virtue TO per-
tuners and to certain of the wine i'm
porters. Points so widely apart as the
coasts OF Australia and Ireland have
both been favored by the presence OF
dead whales cast ashore and contain
ing ambergris, but in the case of the
Irish finds they have not mounted into
thousaHds II value as have the anti
podean ones. In one case the find was
worth 100000 and the owners were
clever enough to deposit the whole
housekeeping the matter a strict Sc
cret-with a banker, who caused only
small quantities at time to be sold,
lest the markets Of the world should
be affected 1t may be mentioned that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

man. Burke at this time was man
of rigid department and of great aus
terity of manner. One night the
Prince gave a dinner at which Burke
sat on his right, Sheridan on his left,
with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the portrait
painter, sitting next to Sheridan. The
dinner once in full swing, Sheridan,
as was his wont, launched into a story,
which might be politely described as
extremely risque, being, in fact, as
broad as it could possibly be made
and still retain any other dimension.
Burke's face expressed strong disap-
proval, and to counteract his friends
faux pas and to ingratiate himself with
Burke, the Prince. with the words,
Sherry, what BLACKBOARD you are!"
threw glass of wine in Sheridan's
face. To resent the action, custom,
etiquette and the other laws of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Kept Busy Making romahawk..

4 man who lives in a thriving town
not far from Kansas City, black
smith by trade, makes quantities of
tomahawks and sells them to Indians
at western agencies, and they in turn
sell them TO eastern tourists as Gu
riosities. He makes them by hand
from old gun barrels. The man was
formerly government blacksmith at
one of the big agencies and learned the
secret of his profitable trade there.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
UNIQUE FIGURE
In washington's Official and Social Life
Is Mr.. Ting Fang

Is Mr. Ting Fang.
Probably the most unique figure in
Washington official and social life is
Mr.. WI Ting Fang. the Chinese min
lister to the United States. The pecu-
liarity of Mr. Wu's nature does not lie
in the fact that he is characteristically
Chinese, but. on the contrary, that he
is almost a thorOughgoing American ia
his manners and customs. Mr.. WI
speaks the English language as fluent
ly, volubly and correctly as any Amer
lean college graduate. The most re-
markable feature of his wonderful
knowledge of the intricate tongue is
the fact that he learned to speak it
without any tuition. Before coming
to America" said Mr.. WI, 81 deter
mined to learn the American language.
| have made 1t a point in life that
whenever | attempt to do anything |
shall persist and persevere until have
mastered the situation. 1t has been
said that no other Chinaman on the
globe speaks the English language as
well as | do. But what | know of it
has been learned by me without any
school instruction. have simply
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
SHERIDAN'S WIT.
As Illustrated by an Incident During
Princes BANQUET.

Every one has read innumerable
anecdotes of the wit and presence of
mind of Richard Brinsley Sheridan"
said w. w. Clarke of Buffalo at the
Waldorf Astoria, but tumbled
across one the other day that / had
never before seen in print. When the
question arose as to making George
w., while still Prince of Wales, re-
gent, on account Of the madness that
had oyertaken George H.. there was
violent and yirulent opposition to the
plan, not only on account of the loose
ness Of the Princes mode of living and
the general laxity of his morals, but
also because OF his stand on what was
then known as the wheat laws. Ed
mund Burke who was in the fullness
of his power. was supposedly opposed
TO the Princes ambition. and the flu
ture king in consequence was paying
assiduous court to the great states
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

land alike forbade, but as soon as lie
had dried his dripping face Sheridan
at once took up his own glass of wine,
and dashing it into Sir Joshua Rey-
nold's face, accompanied it with the
explanation, THE Princes toast, Sir
Joshua: pass it along. New York
Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

While the Beers and the British are
carrying on their tragic drama of war,
the different foreign attaches in South
Africa are playing the part of most
interested spectators, receiving free
and most instructive object lessons In
the art of modern campaigning. The
accompanying illustration is from a
recent photograph of Lhe different for
eign attaches at Cape Town, who have
now taken up positions at the front to
observe and report on the progress Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

affairs for their different governments
Beginning on the left, the first of the
standing figures is Col. Stakhowitch.
Russian attache; the second is Capt.
Trimmed, Of Austria, and the third is
Col Slocum of the United States. The
sitting figure on the extreme left is
Capt. Gentilini, the Italian represent
tative; the central figure is that OF
Capt. Baron Won Luttwitz, who repre-
sents the kaiser, and the man on the
right again is Capt. d'Armande, the
French attache
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Parhaps No Other Chance.

Her father-You, are too young to
marry. Wait and you will get over
this love. Herself-That is what am
afraid OF.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Uniune Recansa Rare.

Tommy-Pop. why do people say
that truth is stranger than fiction?
Tommy's pop-Because it's SO much
more scarce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

ambergris goes up and up in price to
this day and the whaler who can find
big lump Of it estimates that his for
tune is made.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

ATTORNEY w. CLARK.
WIN practice in all courts SpecialtiesI
Collections and Settle ment of estates. once
at CaSSvile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE w. f. MCGoNr.
GAL Also agent tor SIX of the best Fire
Insurance Companies in the United States.
Conveyancing 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, 1900-04-19

a TTORNEY-W. G. PALMER.
Practices in all courts. Probate bust-
ness promptly attended to BoScolel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

PHYSICIAN-F. NJ. CRoNIN NJ. d.
once over Zieglers hardware store east
of court house, Lancaster. Calls in City and
country promptly attended.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

in the neighborhood. Anything more
beautiful than the lake at st. Moritz
after the first frost and heavy snow
fal! is impossible to imagine. Hitherto
Switzerland has been known to Ameri-
can tourists only as a summer resort,
but the different winter resorts to be
found in that little land of great
mountains are beginning to attract the
the winter as well as the summer
months.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

ATTORNEY-W. f. HOWE
District Attorney of Grant County 6Prac-
tees In all courts. Collections a speciality.
Boscobel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

Among the novel delights of win
ter in Switzerland is the sport of to-
bogganing. The Swiss toboggan slide
is usually down a mountain side, so il
is no gentle little pastime to go career
ing down such slide as that partially
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton, which represents the Crest run at
st. Moritz. This run is reputed to be
the fastest one i'll the world, though
not so dangerous as some of It's rivals
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

NOTARY PUBLIC. MAkTIN BURGESS.
Insurance and collections. Acknowledge
ments. CaSSville
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

A TTORNEYS- BUSHNELL, WATKINS & Mosss
Practice in all State and United States
courts. Ofices over State Bank OF G rant Coun-
ty, Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
PUBLISHED ON
THURSDAY.

For over fifty-eighi
years a National Fam
lily paper for farmers
and villagers, whose
readers have represent
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-09
CITY rnIrpr srs.

Judge Bishop fined Richard Greenwood.
the alleged Union street policy seller S10C
and costs in the city court yesterday morn
ing;
the coal box Jennie Simmons, for pounding
one Of his longshoremen with coal was con
tinued to May 10 to give him an opportun
ity to pay his fine.
William Mason, the Norfolk negro, who
stole a lot of clothing from Edward Epson
of 226 Townsend avenue. wns fined 81 and
given $500 costs. He went to Jail.
Thomas Cleary, Il Boston tramp, was
sent to Jail for thirty days for begging.
He had hand tied up as though 1t was
crippled Monday and was begging money
at the corner Of George and Temple streets.
Alice Brunell, nineteen year-old French
girl from Brooklyn, arrested for dlsorderly
conduct on Meadow street Monday night,
had her case continued upon Superintend-
ent Preston's promise to see her out OF
town ycsternoon noon on the New York
boat. She had nlnety-nlne cents. Her fare
of 81 was made up to her and she left tho
city.
The case of Ella kelleher. the sixteen
year-old tough girl arrested for vagrnn-
ey at the request Of her friends, on Broad
continued, rs Mr.. Preston is arranging TO
send her to New York institution
In the case Of the breach of the peace of
George A. Norris. coored, against his wife,
Anna s. Norris, judgment was suspended.
John Hcsson, an nlmshousc unfortunate
who Is partially crippled aud who was dis
charged from there recently, was charged
with idlencss. He was arrested In Fair
Haven. Hossion appears to be somewhat
dementcd. He was sent back to the aims
house.
The liquor law violation cases OF John J..
Goggins from the Grand avenue precinct,
and Thomas Fitzgerald of 81 Greene street,
were continued to May Is.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-09
IN WEST HAVEN.
Yale Glee Club Concert.

Yale Glee Club Concert.
If you want to enjoy yourself for an
evening without breaking your pocket
book go to the Yale Freshman Glee club
concert to be given in the West Haven
Congregational church this evening at
o'clock. This club has given concerts
in several Of the out-of-town churches
and entertained the people so well that
they are always ready to have them
come again. Let West Haveners turn
out well and show their appreciation
by giving the Yale boys a good recep-
ton. You will notice on the programme
recitations by Miss Taft. These alone
are worth the price Of admission. Miss
Taft is a New Haven young lady we'll
known in society circles. Wherever she
rccites once they always welcome her a
second time. Tickets are ten cents The
young ladies of the church will serve ice
cream after the concert. The programme
is as follows:
Brave Mother Yale-Glee club.
Selection-Piano aud Banjo.
Recitation Sklmpsey Taft.
Bright College Years-Glee club.
Selection-Rag Piano Solo.
Down in the South--Quartettc.
The Pope-Glee club.
notwithstanding Rose-Piano and Banjo
Medley-Glee club.
Recitation-The Inventors Wife--Niiss
Taft.
Gaudeamus--Glee club.
Chinese Plcnic-Piano and Banjo.
Nellie Was a Lady-Glee club.
My Comrades-Glee club.
Selection-Banio.
Wake! Freshman Wake!-Glee club.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-09
PERSONAL JO11INGS.

|
A reception will be given to Rev
Harvey e. Burnes at the M. E. church
Howard avenue and Fourth street, to-
morrow evening at 5 o'clock. Mr.
Burnes is well known in this city, which
was the home of his youth. AT the last
conference he was assigned to this
| church.
| Professor e. Hershey Sheath of the
| department Of philosophy at Yale has
been invited by the American Social
! Science association to make use of the
entire evening tonight at its conven-
| ton in Washington, d. c., speaking on
| the subject THE Aesthetic Factor In
| Education"
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer l.. Bradley are
spending a week or two with Mrs. Brad
ley's parents, DR.. and Mrs. Cummings
of West Haven.
Mason Trowbridge 1902, Frank A
Lord, Law school, and c. w Merriam,
Divinity school, the trio of debaters
who represented Yale university last
night at Princeton in the annual debate
with the Princeton debating team, left
on the 2.10 train for New York yester-
day afternoon,
News has been received from Profess
sor Benjamin Baker Of the Theological
seminary, who has been spending the
winter at Lookout Mountain on ac-
count of lll-health, that he is slowly re-
covering.
Professor Frederick w. Williams and
family of Whitney avenue are expected
to spend the summer in England with
Mr.. Williams sister, sailing for there on
June 0.
Rev. Stewart Means and wife will
spend the summer in Woodbridge.
The class Of 1901 Of the Hillhouse high
school has appointed committee Of the
following members to select a design for
the class pin: Classical department,
Miss Winifred Saunders and Stanley
MacLanc; scientific department, Judson
Minor and Clarence Blair; commercial
department, Miss l.. E. Fox and Miss
Ida o. Johnson; academic department,
Miss Amy G. Donnely, Miss Pauline
Merchant, Miss s. V. Wolfe and Miss
Sadie Kane
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-09
ORANGE CELEBRATES
A One Hundredth Anniversary.

A One Hundredth Anniversary.
Many hearts were made happy on the
afternoon of May when friends from
far and near met at the house on the
bluff just above the watering trough
on old Derby turnpike, to see dear
old lady, Familiarity known to all as
Aunt Icy" II was a pleasant surprise
to celebrate her one hundredth ami
versary. Aunt ley sat calmly In her
low, straight back chair greeting each
one with smile and pleasant word;
also calling most by name. She Is a
plump, spry little body, with face so
round and free. from wrinkles as to
make many young person envious.
Only to-day she was seen planting
peas in her garden. Her eyeslght and
hearing both are excellent. She Is able
to do sewing for the neighbors, and can
boast Of what few are able to do: Never
had doctor through all the century.
She was born near High Rock Grove,
and is Of Indian descent After all had
arrived Aunt Icy" was presented with
a substantial purse, also a birthday
cake with date. 1900 and 1900 A light
lunch was served. then all gathered on
the lawn where several photographs
were taken, Aunt Icy seated in the cen
ter Four generations of her family
We're represented. A photo Of them was
separately taken. Among the oldest
present were Elias Clark, r. J. Redfield
and G. D. Wade.