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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01

There is a lusty young city grow
ing up down in Texas which is attract
ing widespread attention. 1t is La
Porte, located at the head of Calves
ton Bay. 1t is being made the great
seaport OF the Gulf of Mexico, the
meeting place Of rail and water ways
for the vase commerce of the west.
The saving to western shippers via
this export outlet will run into mil
lions annually. The city has the most
magnificent natural port on the south
ern coast OF the United States and one
Of the best in the world. The
g. Q. government Is completing
q deep water channel through the bay
20 the gulf, which will soon bring the
largest ocean liners to La Porte docks
9pd yharfs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
WARRIOR WOMEN.
Some Females Who Have Dressed and
Fought Like Men.

The position of women in the last
century, writes Sir Walter Besant in
the London Queen, lead to many
classes of subdivisions. l have as
certained, without much trouble, that
woman drank like a man, fought like
man, and was as strong as man.
One of these men-like women led
mob in the Gordon riots of 1880, and,
to escape the consequences, assumed
mans dress, became a peddler, and
kept up the disguise for the rest of her
life. There is the case of Samuel Bun
dy, the girl who served on board
man-of-war first and a merchantmen
next. There was negress on board
the Queen Charlotte for eleven years
she became captain of the foretop.
There were many others, but | will
only relate the case of Christian Cav
enagh. Her father lost his fortune,
and she was taken up by an aunt who
kept tavern She married the wait
er and had three children. This hus-
band was then kidnapped after the
INGENIOUS VI lilt LlliiCs ethu NtS
carried off to Holland where he had
to enlist as private soldier When
Christian heard of this she dressed
as man and enlisted as a private sol
der in order to get near her husband.
She was wounded at the battle of Lam
den. She was made prisoner by the
French, and was carried to st. Ger
main-en-L Lave where she stayed I'M
til she was exchanged. She quarreled
with her sergeant. fought duel with
him. wounded him, and got transferred
to another regiment. Again she was
wounded. AT Families she was wound
ed in the head, and while in hospital
her secret was discovered. She was
permitted to stay with the regiment as
cook. She married again, lost her
second husband. returned to England.
and presented a petition to the queen,
setting forth her case and her services.
The queen gave her a bounty of $50
and pension of a shilling a day. She
married a third time set up a pie
shop, came over to Chelsea Hospital
with her third husband. died in 1879,
and was buried with military honors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
Patents Granted.

Hero of Alexandria, in his "Pneu-
MATES, describes in the third century
before Christ, several applications OF
steam as motive power, some of
which have formed the subject of pat
ents within the last 100 years. In par
ticular his "Aeolopie" is on very
much the same principle as the steam
turbine, which is the most recent de-
velopment of the marine engine for
in both the steam acts directly upon
fans, instead of through piston. In
glass ornamentation several processes
known in Roman times, and subse
quently lost, have been revived under
patents within this century, particular
ly the art of incrustation, rediscOyered
in France by manufacturer, who used
it in executing medalions of the first
Napoleon. The method of fixing paint
ings by an application of glass was
also known to the Romans, and has
been repatented since 1880. In exca-
waiting the Roman town Calleoa. in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
The Narrow Escape Of a Lightship.

Inc Narrow Escape of Lightship.
Particularly thrilling was the eXpe-
rlence of No. AZ, on the Pollock Rip
station at the easterly entrance Of
Nantucket Sound on the verge of the
open Atlantic. 1t is the practice to
build the new lightships as steamers,
so that in time of storm the power of
their screws can, in measure. coun-
teract the strain at their cables. No.
IL, however, was not of this type. and
had she been it might have served lit
tie i'll her peculiar situation. At Pol
lock Rip there is a strong ebb-current
from the westward out of the sound.
The lightship held to her moorings all
right until after the turn of the tide on
Sunday, when the current, running
against the sea Slated her around most
frlghtfully. A gigantic sea struck her
Just as she had begun to fall back from
the impulse of the current that had
thrown her toward it. The great
mooring chain was of two-inch steel,
the links weighing 25 pounds each.
But the force of the shock snapped the
chain at the MINDLESS. The lightship
was hurled into the breakers of Stone
Horse Shoal, where she struck bottom
three times, but only lightly, as it hap
PLY CHANGED. Then for five days she
drifted before the wind kept afioat by
good seamanship. Two hundred miles
away. off the Delaware, she was picked
up by the Belgian steamer Switzer-
land. She was back upon her station
sixteen days after she had gone adrift,
unframed by her adventure. Serb
ner's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
Half and Half.

A Detroit man, whose wife was go
ing to San Francisco, accompanied her
to Chicago. When he put her on the
train in the latter city he called the
porter to him, tore S. bill in two ana
gave the negro half. There" he sald'
"if you look after my wife well, she
will give you the other half when she
finishes her journey" The man then
said good-by to his wife, and in the
excitement of parting forgot to give
her the half of the bill. After his wife
arrived at San Francisco, the Detroit
man got letter from her saying that
the porter asked her for half bill. She
didn't understand, but she tore dollar
bill in two and gave him half, keeping
the other half herself.-Rock Island
Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
THE GRIP CURE THAT DoEs CURE


large cities.
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1t is estimated that the population
of Italy includes about $4,000 Jews.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures. George W. Lott,
Fabucher, La, August 26, 1895.
Think wei! Of no young man whom
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When All Else Fails. Try Yi-Ki.
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A woman never knows what it is to
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The Largest in the World
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Suspense is the most trying of all
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
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The present population of Hamburg
is 100000
Goes Cough 3aIsam
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When we love it is the heart that
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If you had rather be sick than well don t use
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01

made no secret of their belief that his
feat was the most daring and success
full of any connected with the memoir
able naval battle.
The board of naval rewards recon-
mehded that for his eminent and con-
spicuous conduct in battle Comman
der Wood should be advanced ten
numbers in his grade, and although
this was a higher measure of reward
than was bestowed upon any other
captain, Congress did not withhold
it. Commander Wood was detached
from the Asiatic station Dec. 81, 1898.
and coming home, was, after a short
leave Of absence, placed in charge OF
the Baltimore lighthouse district.
Though his official headquarters were
in Baltimore Commander Wood resided
in Washington, d. c., whittier he came
every afternoon on completing his
days work. Profound sorrow is felt
not only in naval circles but in every
part of the United States on account
of the untimely taking off of this brave
officer, whose herosm is associated
with one of the brightest achievements
in American annals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01

Several hundred thousands of Amer
leans find the American Monthly Re
view of Reviews very useful and help
full reading. In the political year 1T
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to right understanding of ones own
times, and ones own public duties.
Each number is illustrated with nearly
a hundred timely pictures.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
AN APPEAL TO HUMANITY
GENERALLY.

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
An Artomcbte Congressman.

Representative Sibley OF Pennsyl-
yania viii be responsible for starting
The automobile habit among the states
men at Washington. Among those
who can afford the expense the auto
mobile is apt TO take the place of both
bicycle and carriage, since some one
las set the example Sibley has rep
utation as a lover of horses. On Sib-
ley's arrival at Washington this winter
he appeared, not behind pair of fast
trotters. but in low-built vehicle.
and not the sign Of horse to give
it character. They have become rec
ouciled to him now, and he will prob
ably soon have many imitators among
congressman. who are already begin
ming to envy the ease with which he
shoots about from one department to
another, TO and from the capitol and
all about town.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
WAS A NAVAL HERO.
THE LATE COMMANDER WOOD
A HARD FIGHTER.
Commanded the Petrol at Manila Bay
and rhundered Shot and Shell Into
the Spanish .FIeet-Bore the Honors
of the Great Battle.

In the death of Commander e. p.
Wood at his home in Washington, ID.
C., after an illness of only six days,
the American navy has sustained the
loss of one of it's bravest officers. Of
the gallant men who illustrated the
traditions of the navy in the far east
during the recent war with Spain not
one of them, save Admiral Dewey
himself. achieved greater distinction
on the score of individual proWess
than Commander Wood. who com
manded the Petrol in the celebrated
engagement at Manila. Commander
Wood was ordered to command the
Petrol December 16, 1896, and it was
while in that command that he earned
the highest praise of Admiral Dewey
and his brother officers. The Petrol
is the tiniest of gunboats, and is al
most wholly without protection. The
Spanish ships that remained afloat had
sought shelter under the guns of the
forts at Cavite. and Dewey's ships could
not get at them The little Petrol,
however. steamed boldly into the har-
Dor entrance sunk the remaining Span
ish ships, and then paid her respects
TO the Spanish forts in such fashion
as to silence them. The exploit was
remarkable exhibition of cool daring
and skill, and Woods brother officers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
Che Black S'at Pad

Y2a latest idea in the way OF porte
D~nheur is to carry a tiny puss Of
Nondrous goldsmith's work swinging
9s n pendant from the end of your
gorgnette chain. The cat is made of
black enamel upon metal. It's eyes
Aaye a metallic green CLEAN. Are they
A0e tiny catseyes? The sapient puss
wears a collar of brilliants set close
about her furry neck. This, it seems,
IS tho very latest"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
S,oro Rubbev.

Il aov substitute for indiarubber Is
made from corn oil, a product of the
slucost factories In color it is red
dish brown, resembling ordinary india
9lsJber. 1t does not resist heat as we'll
IS genuine rubber does, but its advo-
oates Ayer that it always remains PHI
able and will not crack, and they hope
20 put it on the market as a substitute
FOR india-rubber in most of the uses
Dor which The latter IS employed i'm
oludiso 2ho msnufacause az bicycle
8hv9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
Costly Pines OF Oriental Rulers.

The Shah in Shah, or Padishah (king
of Kings), the present ruler of Persia,
owns the worlds costliest pipe. 1t IS
the kallan. or state, pipe, and is used
on special occasions. 1t is valued at
$500, 900 and is ornamented with dla-
monds, rubies and smaragditeS. The
long, snake-like stem and the bowl are
of pure gold The sultan of Turkey
also possesses pipes of great value. In
1862, when the prince Of Wales was on
a visit to Turkey, he was invited by
the sultan to smoke narghila, an
oriental pipe in which the smoke
passes through water This pipe was
studded with diamonds, and was worth
$4,000. 1t was given to the prince as
memento OF his visit to CONSTANT
nople. Another pipe, made entirely OF
meerschaum and amber, and belonging
to Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, is re-
ported as costing $4,000
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
An Historic Flag Pol.

On the highest ground of a lon.
low hill distant about a mile - ~
westward of the little town of Bodoaa
in western Sonoma county Cal tbero
stands tall, somewhat decrepit red
wood fiagstaff. This ancient looking
pole is about 50 feet in hight. is bent
with age and exposure. and IS slouIy
decaying. That plain, warped old rcd
wood flag pole is the patriarch Of ali
flag poles, not only in California but
on the entire Pacific slope. For # was
the first erected to fly the banner ~
the Union when California and ali
other territory in the same latitude
from the Pacific to the Rockies wero
taken possession of by the United
States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
'Imuble Use of Long Distance Wires.

'Imuble Use of Long Distance Wires.
1t is fact little known even by
those who use the long-distance tele-
phone that the same wires which carry
telephone messages are usually used
at the same time for telegraphy. Thus,
a man may talk by'telephone from Chi
cago to New York over a wire which
at the same SECOND is carrying a tele-
graph message to an entirely distinct
person. The wires are used in this
double way without the slightest in
lerruption or trouble 10 either system.
1t is calculated that a wire circuit be-
tween Chicago and New York, if
leased to newspaper or broker for
telegraphing purposes, will bring in
an income of between $4,000 to $4,000
year, while at the same time its use
foY long-distance telephoning may net
as bRch more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01

sMr. graacis Wilson has met every
Shero be has presented "Cyrdno,' his
aew comic opera by. Victor Herbert
and Harry b Smith, with his custom
airy success. Since it was produced
at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New
York, it has been entirely rewritten
and now it is classed with Mr.. Wilson's
greatest successes Reports come from
Philadelphia Boston and Washington
that Mr. Wilson has been greeted by
the largest audiences that he has ever
played to. The advent of the opera
and Mr.. Wilson S forthcoming engage
ment in the Columbia Theatre, Janu
airy 2S, his first engagement in this
house, IS one of the features of the sea-
CONS attractions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
There Is n Class of pa

Who are injured by the use Of coffee
Recently there has been placed in an
the grocery stores new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of nure grains
that takes the place Of coffee The mos,
delicate stomach receives il without
distress, and but few can tell il from
coffee. 1t does not cost over one-fourth
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cents AMI 25 cents
per package. Try it. ASK for GRAIN-O
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
TWENTIETH CENTURY'S DAWN
The Friendly Islanders Will BE First
People to Hail Its Advent.


The first people to live in the TWEEN
tieth century will be the Friendly is
landerS, for the date line, as it NAV be
called, lies in the Pacific ocean lust
to the east of that group, writes John
Richie, Jr. At that time, although it
Will be already Tuesday to them. all
the rest of the world will be ENJOYING
some phase of Monday the last day of
the nineteenth century dec 81, 1901.
Al Melbourne the people will be going
to bed, for it will be nearly 10 o'clock;
at Manila it will be two hours earlier
in the evening; at Calcutta the Eng
llsh residents will be sitting at their
Monday afternoon dinner, for it will
be about 6 O'Clock; and in London.
Big Ben in the tower of the house
OF commons, will be striking the hour
OF noon. In Boston, New York and
Washington half the people will be
eating breakfast on Monday morning.
while Chicago will be barely conscious
OF the dawn. AT the same moment
San Francisco will be in the deepest
sleep OF what is popularity called Sun
day night, though really the early dark
hours of Monday morning, and half
the Pacific will be wrapped in the
darkness of the same morning hours.
which become earlier to the west until
at Midway or Brooks island it will be
but few minutes past midnight Of
Sunday night Ladies' Home Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01

Der OF the big lyddite thunderers
of the Powerful to be rushed up from
Durham to the relief of Ladysmith
This adoption of naval guns for field
service has been most important
TEN in the South African campaign,
AID Capt Scott. who already has a
splendid reputation as a fighter, finds
himself now spoken Of as the most
efficient inventive engineer in the
service
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01

The new theatre which Messrs Hay
man and Davis are now erecting IN
Jackson boulevard will be called The
Illinois. After many names had been
proposed and their suitability thor
oughly considered, The Illinois was de-
cided on by a majority of those inter
ested in this new theatre for Chicago.
From every point in the state, as well
as from prominent people in the city
of Chicago, Manager Will J. Davis has
received congratulations upon the hap
ply selection of the name. Those who
at first objected to the name have,
after consideration, come to view 1t
with favor, and it is now almost be-
yond the question of doubt that the
beautiful structure will be known
throughout its existence as the Illinois
Theatre
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
GETTING LOTS OF DOLLARS.

Sir Henry Irving, who is now tour
ing the principal cities of the north
and east, is said to be achieving to
greatest success of his life in the pres
entation of Victorien Sardous Robes
pierre" Wherever the actor-knight
has appeared in this new role he has
been greeted with wild enthusiasm.
In view of the dramatic interest which
attaches to the character and person
ality of Robespierre twho as the ceL-
trail figure of the French revolution Of
1trs peculiar attractions to the stage),
Il is not surprising that Sir Henry lrv-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01

after encircllng the loins twice, is
passed between the legs. The abor-
igines along the coast have to a GER
tain extent adopted more civilized
garb, and have even foresworn, under
the influence of the white missionary,
the consumption Of human flesh. But
the tribes farther inland still keep up
their barbarous practices, and, being
of a hospitable turn of mind, always
welcome visitors, providing they are
white, with a meal of cooked Kanac
flesh.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01

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Han is Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
A R;shOn's Joke.

This is the latest anecdote about DR..
Randall Davidson, bishop of Winches-
ter: After a recent ecclesiastical func-
ton. as the clergy were trooping in
to luncheon. one of the most unctu-
Gus observed: Now to put a bride
on our appetites," Now to put bit
between my teeth" retorted the bish-
cp.-London Outlook.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
THE DELIVERER OF LADYSMITH
One of the real heroes of the Anglo
Boer war now going on is Capt. Percy

scott OF the
British battle
ship Powerful,
for it was the
clever brain of
Capt. S c 0 tt
that invented
the land car
riages for the
conveyance of
heavy naval
guns, and by
SO doing en-
abled a mum
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
Latest In SteWS

A cadaverous looking man went into
a restaurant and took a seat at a table
He coughed feebly out of a hollow
chest and beckoned TO the waiter
Bring me little milk toast" he said
in a husky voice. Graveyard stew, >
yelled the waiter back to the kitchen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
Appetite.

Office boy-If you please, it's past me
dinner hour, an I'm orful hungry
Head clerk Wh-a-a-t, haven't Won
been licking postage stamps and wrap.
pers all the morning? And now-wby
declare, | never saw such an appe-
tite in my life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
HORSES WANT HAY AND MOLASSES.


mons Thirty-fourth infantry, and
asked the war department to send him
horses for this purpose
Secretary Root asked Gen Otis then
how he intended feeding the horses,
and received reply in which the gen
eral said that cavalrymen had found
that when molasses was sprinkled over
the native hay the horses were fond
of it and ate it as readily as hay grown
in the United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-01
Martyr to Her Relief.

She-les, she is a woman who has
suffered a great deal because of her be-
lief. He-Indeed' And what is her
belief? She-That she can wear a No.
3 shoe on No. foot.-Chicago News.