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IT MS YHE LoOK on A MAN sure on LIS vENGEANCE.


DUTY? To whom? Your first most
sacred duty is to protect me. l shall
stay ! have not the heart to leave my
father. You will go. when you see that
cling to you in mortal anguish? Viii.
liam, our love is at stalker
And so is my honor! Florence,
Merciful heaven Hear me! Do not
torture me longer by your entreaties,
Do you not understand that | must go
even though the whole happiness of
She really did not understand The
spoiled, idolized daughter of the rich
planter could not believe that anything
could be more valued than herself
She had had before her eyes the dan
gerous example of passion which set
aside duty and honor to gain her hand.
| Only an hour before she had heard the
confession from Edwards lips From
| William she always heard Of honor and
duty; and the old suspicion that there
was lack Of love stirred in her heart
And yet. her whole soul drew her to
the man who seemed SO hard and I'M
yielding she would not lose him.
"William!" There was no reproach
in her voice now. The tones were
sweet and persuasive. William. do
not leave me: you do not know what
| must encounter during the next few
hours. My father will demand the full
fllment of my promise. If l refuse, the
excitement will perhaps cause his
death. Then | shall be wholly in Ed
wards power, and you do not know
him as | do. He has fiendish Will.
which can overcome all resistance.
During his suit I have often felt like
the bird spellbound by the gaze OF the
serpent. 1t knows that it is going TO
destruction, yet hutters into its jaws.
Have YOU courage to leave me to this
power? fear it,"
With feminine instinct. she had
touched the right chord Williams
jealousy blazed up at the thought of
the possibility suggested. He, too,
] knew Edward. and was aware that Ed
ward would make every effort to wrest
from him the prize which he had just
regained. Florence was not created for
a heroine. To leave her now was in
deed to loose her. Torn from the shell
tering trunk, she would futter help
lessly, like a vine in the storm, and
become prey to the tempest.
Roland made no reply. but a ter
rible conflict was raging in his soul.
Now. for the first time. he understood
the warning Of Colonel Burney, who
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Tunnel Under Gibraltar and Railroad
to the Orient.

Paris Letter.-Those who believe
that the beginning of the twentieth
century is 1901 is to be marked by a
long line of gigantic works, for which
the discoveries of the nineteenth are
the preparation, see in "The Canal of
the Two Seas" and the Mediterranean
tunnel the first examples of the COMING
wonders. France heads the project
France, that has shown the way so
often, only to be outstripped by other
peoples; France of the Suez canal and
Panama This time, however, the
work is for herself, and not for others
The tunnel that, by the courtesy of
Spain and Morocco, is to unite her
to her African possessions, may have
a military and industrial outcome I'M
dreamed of now, while the canal that
is to open up the Mediterranean to her
as to no other Power may make
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Convict Hero.

Governor Sayres recently presented
Nose Blackwell, a convict serving q
five years sentence in the Texas state
penitentiary, with a Christmas pres.
ent in the shape of a pardon. Black.
well was in a convict camp in the Bra.
EOS River Valley last summer when
the great overflow in that stream oc.
Cured. The camp was surrounded
with water and nearly all the convicts
escaped. The river continued to rise
so rapidly that Sergeant f. w viii.
liams and family, who were at the
camp, were in danger of being drown.
ed. Blackwell placed Williams and
his wife and child in a wagon and, ty.
ing a rope to it, placed the rope in
his mouth, and swan the river, which
was two miles wide, landing the
human cargo safely on high land. Will.
liams was sick with fever and unable
to render any assistance. Blackwell
sank twice while swimming the river
and narrowly escaped drowning TIL.
heroic deed was witnessed by number
of reputable people, and it brought the
convict his pardon. He was convicted
in Van Zandt county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Old Roman Gold.

From the London Daily News: The
excavations on the site of the ancient
Forum at Rome still continue to be
successfully prosecuted. For instance,
two of the worllmen engaged in the
search for antiquities laid open a sewer
dating from the time of Nero, and sud-
denly became aware of the presence Of
a gittering substance. They proceeded
to the discovery Of quantity of gold
coins embedded in the sediment of the
sewer. They filled a hat with these
coins, which, when washed, enumer-
ated and classified, proved to be gold
pieces of the fourth and fifth centuries
that had evidently been thrown where
they were found for concealment at
the time of an incursion of the barbar-
ians, their owners having had no OPP
portunity of recovering them. They
are all beautifully preserved and many
of them were evidently fresh from the
mint. They are 379 in number and be-
long to seven different reigns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Berlin's Police and House Painting.

Beriin's fOiice and House raining.
In Berlin the police authorities con-
troll many little things about which the
New York police would not concern
themselves once in a thousand years.
Among other weighty matters that oc-
cupy the official minds of the guard
ians of the peace in the German city
is that of painting houses. Three
courts decided recently that if the
Berlin police judged any particular col
or scheme to be improper or too gaudy
or in bad taste otherwise, they could
order the painter to change it. The
case which led to this decision was
that of a builder who painted two
houses with very light tint. 1t was
a pretty color, but some officials who
had offices nearby objected that the
brightness Of the paint annoyed them
and 'interfered with the proper prose-
cution of official duties.' The police
authorities ordered the builder to put
darker colors on the houses at once.
The builder went to court and asked
for an order enioining the police from
interfering with his particular taste
in paints. The court refused, and in
formed him that he must paint his
houses as the police might direct. He
appealed to a higher court and again
the authorities were sustained. Then
he went home and changed his color
scheme to suit the officials.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

ceived by the intl;gno ~.
bod s powerful influence but
Ia n@u expected my aiianced wife IN
SNOW more resolution. more orsdonoo
:, w. remained for months win M
inessdse from you; |. too haard that
YOU assehted to the senaration ,orr
!ather decreed: but d;d 49, 49, ~ ;.
lor an instant. What urged mo h,tbcr
- iueieiy 'he torturing uncertainty
Easue presentiment of risfo.tuno
leu itau ! arrived few hours later I
snoulu nave found yoa anotbcr,s v,;fe !"
Florence bowed her head II ron-
scious guilt. She had 50 drooIo this
. raee' yet mad not had courage to boldly
ie'is' IT, But for this Intervention eba
"ould indeed have fallen WIN, - 4
l am brave only when Won arc at
my SIDE she confessed "Do NOT re-
pioacn me, William | was so utterly
ueserted; but now you are here again
and all will be we'll"
lie gazed silently 1T the pale sweet
race raised SO imploringly TO bis and
me reproof died on his lips. He loved
inns tender, yielding creature with
her gentle unselfishness. and knew that
she was capable of any sacrifice nc soon
as strong hand guided ana directed
her.
lheh Snow me that you can be
u ave anu steadfast when only my love
not my presence, protects Won" no re-
Piled. Il cannot stay with Won a. Won
expect; my leave OF absence gives me
only few hours more. I must reioin
my regiment today, and God alone
knows when | shall be permitted to
see you again"
AT his first words Florences fea-
lures expressed vasue anxiety: now she
started in sudden terror.
You are going? You will leave
me?"
must. gave my colonel my VOID
OF honor to return at sunset. This was
the sole condition on which he would
permit me to ride here. | must keep
this promise"
And leave me alone, exposed to the
full fury of the storm which Edward
will raise. You MORALLY insulted him.
flung the word fraud into his face.
He will ayenge himself for It. and OF.
me, If you are out of reach"
Then come with me-" said William.
with desperate resolution. Cast every
thing behind You and follow me at
once. Our marriage has long been
agreed upon. We shall find within our
lines justice of the peace and a priest.
viii perform the ceremony Day after
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES even--you can be
my Wife Then come what may, at
least nothing can separate us"
and my father?' replied the young
girl, with a trembling voice. Must
he, in his last hour, call in vain for his
child? Must a strangers hand close
his eyes? So long as he breathes, my
place is at his side"
"You are right! | forgot. You are
bound; but. so, too, am /. You hear.
gave my word of honor, and where
duty calls"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
WHY WOMEN WORRY.
This Feminine Failing Contrasted with
Mans indifference.

Mans indifference.
Despite that women have been
warned that worry digs untold wrin-
kles in their faces and sprinkles gray
among their tresses, they will go on
worrying through all time or until
time has solved some mooted ques-
tons. Women worry in spite of them
selves; 1t is feminine failing, we are
told, and what is it? And why is it?
The question of worry with women
seems to be simply this Women are
so hedged about by the littlenesses of
their protected lives-for it is the pro-
tected woman who does the most wor-
rying-that it is hard to see beyond
and above sometimes, and matters in
this way get wholly out of focus. Ii
women had the capacity with men of
getting up and doing battle with
things. worry would slip off their
shoulders as easily as from off those
of the average masculine Man doesn't
worry about debt, because he feels that
he has it within him, since money
making is his business to make suffi-
cient money to pay his debts some
time Women look at it more practic-
ally and consider the now Man
doesn't usually worry about his health
because he really has not the time.
Let him become i'll, though, and have
to stop his work, and how is it with
him? Man doesn't worry about the
future-he is so madly interested in
the present; nor about his clothes, for
the tailor stands between him and
that; nor about home matters-they,
from his point of view are too trivial
until he comes home to a badly
cooked dinner, and then in his broad
outlook there is no excuse for this
state of things; for in business circles
If an employee does not do his work
properly his employer gets some one
who can; a method that will yet come
to be a powerful lever in the leveling
Of woman's worries.-Detroit Free
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

Contrary to what would seem the
natural Atlantic terminus it is pro-
posed to neglect Bordeaux in favor or
what will be practically a new port.
Arcachon, with it's great natural basin,
lends itself ideally to the kind of for
tifcation that would be demanded by
canal that would. by the fact of its
existence, come to be the central
strategic feature of the country Area
chon, when the canal is finished, will
be the Brest of today a hundred times
nagnifed. Bordeaux, that could never
be made to give the necessary ease and
security to a war fleet, will remain the
great commercial port it is. A branch
canal is to connect it with the
great canal; and, without any
Of the inconvenience Of a ma
val center, it will thus find its
commercial advantages immensely in
creased Today, at the end of the nine
teenth century, France sees eighty per
cent of her products carried under
foreign flags. Where French boa Is
carry 2,500,0 tons more than 100 ,000,-
600 tons are logged around the world
in English bottoms.
Another advantage of the canal as
planned by the effervescent Gaul will
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

dervishes lay dead around sand their
wounded must have numbered over
500. Meanwhile, the remainder, having
heard of the khalifa's death, gave up
the fight and retired to their women
In the camp. Seeing that no further
resistance was being offered, but not
yet aware of the fall of the khalifa,
we advanced with every precaution.
We were met by deputation of the
enemy, who, throwing down their
rifles, asked for quarter for the whole
force, and this was, of course, readily
granted. From them we heard of the
khalifa's death, and his body was soon
identified and placed under guard.
One Of the wounded emirs lying by his
side told me that early in the engage
ment the khalifa was grazed by bull
let in the hand but so determined was
he to carry out the attack that he con-
cealed his wound by drawing his sleeve
over it to prevent his followers from
being discouraged. He went forward
into the thick Of the fight, where he
fell, struck by q splinter of a shrapnel
In the mouth and by rifle bullet in
the head.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

Russian Minister OF Foreign At
fairs, when he passed through Paris.
was to make plans for the time
when France should make her
claims in this direction. AS for
Spain, 1t is said that she sees in
dustrial salvation in this scheme that
would place her on the direct line of
the immense development of Africa,
and the persistent rumor that she has
given to France and Russia permission
to fortify Cetua is looked on as especi-
ally significant.
NJ. Berlier, engineer of the Gibraltar
tunnel declares that the work will
not cost more than 1913 600 900 ancs.
When the Channel Tunnel was propos-
ed-and they actually bored a mile and
more of it before an invasion scare in
England put stop to everything-the
engineering difficulties were the easiest
disposed Of NJ. Berlier's experience
with the Seine Tunnel and the Metro
politan Underground has put in his
hands new methods and a corps of ex-
perienced lieutenants, and the fact
that the work is so near home will
give the French investor confidence
that he might lack since Panama.
1t is proposed, by taking advantage
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

locks. To lift 1t up 20O feet, In
one stretch there are seventeen
of them. The descent Of the
Aude-300 feet-requires more than fif-
ty. 1t is in its cuttings and locks
that the projected canal is to be most
extraordinary. Sixteen locks are plan
ned to do the whole job of the water
shed that has its apex in the dreaded
Col de Naurouze, and they are to be
the answer of French engineering sci
ence to the lamentable failure of Pana-
ma.
At the beginning 1t was seen that or
binary locks would not serve: with
them the passage would require at
least six days. One way of diminish
ing their number-it is estimated that
200 would be necessary be the
old-fashioned plan of keeping the ca
nal to the low attitudes of the plains
and then, arriving at the Col de Maui
rouze to pass through 1t in a
giant cut. 1t would be cut 500
feet deep. To avoid the necessity Of
this almost impossible engineering feat
they have imagined a prodigious nov
city, the ship elevator, and the NOV
ing lock.
The ship elevator is a great metallic
reservoir that moves up and down hill
on great number of railway tracks,
operated much after the manner of a
funicular. There will be one at the
top of the slope, another at the bot
tom. Each will receive ship. The
weight of the lightest will be balanc-
ed by the addition of more water.
Then, the equilibrium being attained
comparatively moderate force will be
sufficient to disturb it. Up will go one
reservoir, and down the other! Moth
ing could be simpler!
Where ordinary locks are to be used,
the same principle of metallic ba-
sins balancing each other, side by side,
is to be exploited, for the sake of ex-
petition. They are to be such locks
as the world has never seen. Once
through them and into the Aude river,
it will be plain towing straight to Mar
bonnc. which is almost on the Medit-
erranean. Here is another naturally
protected port, like Arcachon, a great
basin, impenetrable by a hostile fleet.
STERLING HELLO.
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of the present waterways of the interi-
or of France, to make ship canal
from well-guarded port on the Allan
tic coast to as well-guarded port on
the Mediterranean. From Bordeaux,
up the Garonne river, the canal boats
that carry freight so economically
throughout all France plod their way
to Agen, to Toulouse, and then
through the Canal du Midi, by a great
lock system, they climb and descend
the watershed of the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean by way of the formid-
able Neck of Naurouze. Below Carcass
onne the Canal du Midi strikes the
River Aude, and then starts off north
east along winding route to Beziers,
completing great complicated sys-
TEN. BY way of the Aude the canal
boats descend to the Mediterranean
below Narbonne.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Dangerous Friction.

An insurance adjuster was sent to
a Massachusetts town to adjust a loss
on a building that had been burned.
How did the fire start?" asked an
acquaintance who met him on his
homeward trip.
Il couldn't say certainly, and no
body seemed able to tell" said the adj
juster, but it struck me that it
might have been the result Of fric-
ton"
What do you mean by that?" ask
ed his friend.
Well" said the insurance man,
gravely, friction sometimes comes
from rubbing a en-thousand-dollar
policy on a ve-thousand-dollar build
ing"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
SOME UNEXPECTED PRESENTS.
Peculiar T.ansposltion OF Words Free
quently Found in Modern Writings.

SOME UNEXPECTED PRESENTS.
Peculiar Transposition OF Words Free
Gnently Found in Modern Writings.
If it happens that some public char
acter becomes the object of set of
resolutions, the cane or other testi-
monial, the printed account OF the func-
tiol presents some singular features.
Owing to a certain carelessness in the
handling OF the English language
elastic as that medium of speech is
the writer makes himself say exactly
the opposite that he intends to say. A
Well-educated man and a regular
writer for publication will make this
glazing error in the majority Of his
productions. For instance, the nation
that is, small portion-made up
pocketbook to buy Admiral Dewey
home. In every published account of
that function, headlines and all-none
is barred that has come under the eyes
of the writer-the text ran after this
manner: Admiral Dewey Given a
House" The elision of the preposi-
ton to- in the eyes of the writer of
that line, seems 20 have atoned for the
blunder The effect is that Admiral
Dewey was presented to house, in
stead of the house having been pre-
scented to the admiral. Instances with
cut number are printed wherein promi-
nent educators. lawmakers and Others
are formally picked up-in language, il
not in physique-and presented to
walking sticks under the designation OF
canes. In ninety out of hundred
cases Of this kind the recipient is made
the subject instead of the object of the
sentence. This is inconvenient for the
men who are bestowing attentions on
a corpulent person.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
A FORMER AMERICAN SAWS.
Doubled Their Cultivated Lands AKA
More Than Doubled Their Stock.


More Than Doubled Their STOCK
The following letter, written by Mr..
john Cummings of Wetaskiwin. AL
berta. Canada, formerly OF Washing
ton, to friend in the United States.
is only one of hundred similar cases.
and what was done by Mr.. Cummings
can more easily be done today by any
good, sober and industrious farmer
who chooses to make his home in the
dominion.
Dear Sir: You want to know how I
got along since | came into Northern
Alberta. ! am happy to inform you
that | am not ashamed TO tell.
We located five miles northeast of
Wetaskiwin; left Pennington, Wash,
on the 10Th day of May, driving all the
way. We had time to build our
log house the first fall. and to make
us comfortable for the family and
stock. We then built four stables, 1Sx
20 inside, so that we could put every-
thing inside them when the cold got
down to the tifties, and worked hard
getting UP the stables, and got through
clubbing on the LIST of December. but
to our surprise. we had no use for tha
stables only for the milk COW and t1yo
spans of horses. The balance oe tho
horses lived on the prairie all winter
and took care Of themselves. The doors
OF two stables were left open for them
to go into in a cold time. but they
would not do it, but stayed out on the
prairie the coolest night we had and
looked as spry as crickets.
| can go ten rods back of my house
and count ten residents. | know all
of their circumstances. Every one Of
them have doubled their cultivated
land, and doubled their animals, and
a great deal more. All of us are COM
paratively out of debt and an unusual
ly big crop to thresh and prospects OF
a fair price, and | expect We are as
well contented lot of people as there
is TO be found from Florida to the
KlOndike.
My son bought two pounds OF Irvine
to the acre, and when we started to
bind some barley we found that in
stead of taking two pounds to the acre.
it was taking nearly five pounds. Then
you ought to have seen him hitch up
team and make for town for 100 pounds
more. | cannot say how ii will thresh.
Al! can say is that ii is well-headed
and takes an enormous amount OF
tWine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
CHAprI,R "

As the door closed behind her
cousin, Florence uttered a siSh OF re-
lief She had feared All instant out
break Of The quarrel, which seemed at
an end at least for TIE moment. but
the last threatening words 81 The two
men had not escaped Ter notice.
What are you to do" she asked
snNiouSly. what is the Meaning of
the concealed threats YOU exchanged
with Edward? William, beseech
you"
% Say no more" he interrupted grave
iy. almost sternly. This is a matter
which concerns us inen alone. You
hear that no explanation will take
place at present Let tina. suffice"
Florence looked timidly at him. The
dark cloud on his brow was not caused
by the dispute with Edward; she knew
only too we'll what had occasioned 1t.
you are angry with me-still.' she
said, softly.
mo. understand that you were de-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
A SlnrY of RismnrcI,.

Bismarck was for some time an Off
cial reporter for one of the courts of
justice. Upon one occasion, when.
questioning witness, the latter made
an impudent retort, whereupon the
embryo chancellor exclaimed angrily.
II you are not more respectful | shall
kick you out Of the room" Young
man." said the judge, interrupting the
proceedings, Il would have you under
stand that this is a dignified court of
justice, and that if there is any kick
ing to be done, the court will do it,"
"Ah, you see," said Bismarck to the
witness, if you are not more respect
full to me, the court will kick you out
of the room. SO be careful, very care
FIJI, sir"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
AinSlee's Magazine.

Ainsiee's Magazine for February is
notable for an extraordinarily varied
table of contents Perhaps the most
valuable contribution is the character
sketch of Cecil Rhodes, by Allen SAM
gree Harry Thurston Peck, in an ar
ticle on This Decades Immortal
Books" contends that this is the most
sterile decade of the century, holding
that only two writer's Of the period will
live THE United States of the
World" by George Leland Hunter, is a
paper Of great significance at this staga
OF the worlds politics The cruise Of
the Wilmington up the Amazon is viz
idly described by +. II. Coleman, while.
G. H. Payne tells of Howard Goud's
transatlantic cruise in the Niagara.