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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
THE SIRDAR.
Acts OF Barbarlty Due to Defects in
Lord Kitcheners Character.


From The River War" by Winston
Churchill: Kitchener's wonderful in
dustry, his undisturbed patience, his
noble perseverance, are qualities too
valuable for man to enjoy in this i'm
perfect world without complimentary
defects. The general, who never
spared himself, cared little for others.
He treated all men like machines
from the private soldiers, whose sa-
lutes he disdained, to the superior Off
GERS he rigidly controlled. The COM
rade who had served with him and
under him for many years in peace
and peril was flung aside incontinently
as soon as he ceased to be of use. The
sirdar looked only to the soldiers who
could march and fight. The wounded
Egyptian and latterly the wounded
British soldier, did not excite his in
terest and of all the departments of his
army the only one neglected was that
concerned with the care of the sick
and injured The stern and Implying
spirit of the commander was COM
municated to his troops and the vic
tories which marked the progress of
the river war were accomplished by
acts of barbarity not always justified
by the harsh customs of savage con-
fiicts or the fierce and treacherous ma
ture of the deryish.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
The Curfew Bell.

The ringing of the curfew bell is
commonly believed to have been in
troduced in England by William the
Conqueror, who ordained, under Sc
we're penalties, that when the bell rang
all lights and fires should be extin-
guished. In those days it was the
custom to place the fire in a hole in
the middle of the floor, and when the
family retired for the night the fire
was extinguished by covering it up;
hence the term couvrefew, or curfew.
At first the common hour was seven
O'Clock; then it was advanced to eight
O'Clock, and in some places to nine
O'Clock; while in Scotland ten o'clock
was not an unusual hour. This law
was abolished by Henry |. in 100;
but the practice of tolling bell at a
certain hour in the evening was con-
tinued, and in fact is still extant in
some places.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
TRUE AND FALSE PROPHETS.
An Extraordinary Scene Which Took
Place in Paris.


Place in Paris.
An extraordinary scene was enacted
aby real and a mock Mussulman out
side a boulevard cafe in Paris, says
the Birmingham Post correspondent.
A law student, having had himself
photographed in the costume of Mo-
hammedan mosque dignitary walked
about the streets in the strange garb,
and then sat outside the refreshment
establishment with glass of absinthe
before him. Soon there passed that
way genuine follower of the prophet,
who could scarcely believe his eyes
when he saw person dressed as an
imaum imbibing strong drink. Rush
ing at the student the Mussulman
knocked the glass out of his hand and
smashed a bottle also on the table at
which the apparent imaum sat. The
student was not backward in defend
ing himself, and as the two men were
graphing with one another the police
interviewed and took them both to the
station. There Ali Ben Mahommed,
the real Islamite, finding that he had
only an imitation imaum to deal with,
excused his fury. The pair were then
sent away, the law student having been
severely reprimanded by the police Of
fetal for his disrespect toward the re-
ligion of the prophet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08


The law deals very severely with the
natives in the Transvaal. One night
poor Ben forgot his passport, and
was promptly thrown into jail We
did not discover him for three days.
In the mean time we had to hire
another Katfir who proved as worth
less as the blacks usually are. My
husband invited a friend to dine, and
when we looked for quart bottle OF
champagne which he had provided ii
was nowhere to be seen. Neither was
our servant. We found him in a
drunken stupor propped against a
table. So we dined without our wine.
Before he left he stole Ben's clothes
and number of other articles.
Ugly as the blacks look, though, they
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
THE BOER WOMAN A FIGHTER

land. The Lord Chancellor is very
anxious lest women should gain H.,
parliamentary franchise. because !,
his experience "she will accent noth
ing but what she believes to be right !"
quality which renders her a danger.
Gus guide in political questions Meth.
er man has, apparently, Crashed tnc
thought that there is something wrong
about the institution itself that needs
mending. The one pool will have its
waters stirred to advantage nv aduca..
ton, and the other will gain by having
in it more people who will accent
only what they think is right"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

Housekeeping in the Transvaal hes
its servant problem, for the blacks are
very inefficient, lazy, untidy and I'M
trustworthy. There are no other do
mestics to be had Once in awhile one
finds Zulu or Kaffir who is faithful
and honest. We had one with us that
we named Ben. He was very proud of
the suit of clothes my husband gave
him, and became quite attached to us.
He obeyed our commands implicitly. A
Zulu servant brings his blanket with
him, and at night rolls himself up in
it, sleeping like housedog outside the
door, in hall, or anywhere else on
the floor. If he is on the street after
at night he must be provided with
written excuse from his employer,
otherwise the police will arrest him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

that their manners are devoid of pol
ish, and they frequently have a surly
air, which does not by any means Gre
ate a favorable impression upon
strangers. But of their fighting quail
ties there can be no question, and Eng
land need not expect to Subdue them
until their last shot has been fired,
and their last ounce of strength Is ex-
hausted. There is no more determined
and stubborn race of people on earth
than the Beers. The children, both
boys and girls are taught the use of
firearms as soon as they are old enough
to hold gun. They practice constant
ly. From one generation to another
the Beers have been preparing for war,
until to fight is now their natural in
stinct. The women are as courageous
and combative as the men. A Boer
woman is never too old to shoot
straight. You should see them as
have seen them coming to the station
to say good-by to husbands, fathers,
brothers and sweethearts on their way
to the front. Such stoieism is aston
ishing. Not a tear does a Boer
woman shed when she sends a son
away from her to fight for his country.
Not tear does she shed when he falls
In battle. Fighting to them is a bust
ness. duty-anything but a matter
for sentiment.
My oninion is that when there are
no more Boer men left in the field, the
Boer women will take their places and
give desperate battle to the English
foe, whom they hate with all their
heart. These Afrikander women are
better soldiers than most men.
One peculiar thing about the Beers
in their method of fighting is their
custom of standing one behind the
other, and when the front man falls
the next in turn faces the enemy. then
the one behind him, and so on until
the last is downed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
Nature as an Embalmer.

A curious circumstance concerning
the body of Admiral SPOTS has been
reported from the Falkland islands,
where he died II years ago. The Falk-
land physician who attended him dur
ing his fatal illness was present at the
exhumation of the body when the
cruiser Badger was sent for it last
year. The coffin had disappeared, but
the corpse was absolutely unchanged,
even the features having retained the
exact appearance that they presented
on the day of death. This wonderful
preservation was due to the action of
the peat water which saturates the
islands. 1t had embalmed the body
n0rnn1ptp1v
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
King of Siam and His vivss

The king of Siam has forty wives,
and in the harem are 5000 women who
never go out. When Miss Jessie Ack-
erman, in a missionary spirit, urged
upon him the benefit of education for
them, he replied: ''You know with edu-
cation there always comes culture and
refinement. If educate my women
should educate them into a state OF
discomfort, for they would want many
things which it is impossible for them
to have" Now that is perfectly logi-
cal statement, and the kings mind, to
all appearance, has Travelled as far as
that of the Lord Chancellor of Eng
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

water, beating the garments on stones
in order to cleanse them.
Whatever happens in the Transvaai'
hope that no harm will come to I'm
Gle" Paul. would like to visit South
Africa again, PASS by the marble lions,
and hear the president laugh at my
husbands sleight-of- tricks in the
home of the "god of the Beers"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS

Before the invention of printing lit
erature existed only in the form of
manuscripts, which were exceedingly
rare and costly. There have been
times when for the possession of a
manuscript some would transfer an es-
tate, or leave in pawn for its loan hun
dreds of golden crowns, and when
even the sale or loan of a manuscript
was considered of such Importance as
to have been solemnly registered by
public acts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
Baileys Laxative Tablets Cures Constipa-
finn

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 tho
habit of doing their own work, and
after they have been reused into a
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. L. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

had fretted over the fact that every
day she was growing more and more
unlike the exquisite creature portrayed
on the canvas, which, in a final fit of
anger and vexation, she had cut up
into strips with pair of scissors. For
many years she had lived as an abso-
Lutte rec1dse, without a servant of any
kind, in an apartment only furnished
with carpets and cushions, the shut
ters of which were always closed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

Absolute as was Louis XII. he could
not borrow the INNS Of Rasis, an Ara
bian writer, from the library of the
faculty of Paris for copying, without
pledging 10 golden crowns, and the
president of the treasury charged with
this commission, sold part of his plate
to make the deposit. For the loan of
a volume of Aveena baron offered a
pledge of ten marks of silver, which
was refused, because it was not con-
sidered equal to the risk incurred of
losing the volume These events oc-
Cured in 1471.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

A student of Payla, who was reduced
by his extravagances, raised new for
tune by leaving in pawn a manuscript
of body of law, and a grammarian,
who was ruined by a fire, rebuilt his
house with two small volumes of Gil
cero. What contrast do such facts
as these present to the general diffu-
sion of the most precious treasurers of
learning by the art of printing, as
developed in recent es-Philadel-
phia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
They Earn Living Picking Worm

They Earn Living Picking Worms
Some Japanese women earn theil
livings by picking worms from the
leaves of growing tobacco. The worm:
secured are put into bottle, and thi:
bottle serves as evidence that the
woman has earned her wage. Without
it she would not be paid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

One cannot but smile at an anterior
period when a countess of Aajou
bought a favorite book of homilies for
200 sheep, some skins of martens and
bushels of wheat and rye. In those
times manuscripts were important ar
ticles of commerce. They were ex-
cessively scarce and preserved with the
utmost care. Usurers themselves con-
sidered them as precious objects for
pawn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
Those Loving Girls.

Helen-See my new engagement
ring. Don't you think George has
good taste? Mattie-He certainly has
in the selection of a ring.-Chicago
Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
World L. Busy Writing.

Pens to the number of 100000 at
used throughout the world every day
in the week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
Official G9ireetorv.
LAWYERS.

ATTORNEYS-LowRY & CLEMEHTsoN.
Practice in all courts. Probating Of estates
and real estate collections sTecialty. once
over Basfords store, in front Of court house.
Branch Office at Fennimore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

ATTORNEYS-B BUSHNELL, WATKINS & MOSES
Practice in all State and United States
courts. Offices over State Bank OF G rant Coun-
", Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08

A TTORNEYS-C & BRENNAN.
Practice in all courts. ONCE in the Wrighs
House Block, Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-08
PUBLISHED ON
THURSDAY.

For over lifty-eight
years a National Fam
lily paper for farmers
and villagers, whose
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
DOCTOR TEmpLETON's FUNERAL
viii Take Place at GAINESVILLE Friday at
Two O'Clock.

The funeral of DR.. B. F. Templeton,
the announcement of whose death was
published in yesterdays Leader, will
take place Friday afternoon at two
o'clock, at GAINESVILLE, under the aus
pices of the Grand Commandery of
Ohio knights Templar, of which the
deceased was a member and officer, be-
ing Grand Sword Bearer.
Marietta Commandery, No. 80, at a
meeting Wednesday evening, appoint
ed a committee consisting of Knights
William Harrington, J. L. Jordan and
]. S. H. Torner, to attend the funeral
services, and it is probable that a
number of others will go.
DR.. Templeton was made a Knight
Templar by Marietta Commandery
but later transferred his membership
to GAINESVILLE. The announcement of
his death was severe shock to his
many friends.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Factory Of the Marietta Torpedo Co. is
Rebuilt.

The Marietta Torpedo Company,
whose factory, situated about quar-
ter of mile from the second Duck
Creek bridge, was blown up by the ac
cidental discharge of large amount
of nitro-glycerine over month ago,
has rebuilt the factory on the site of
the old plant and will again begin the
manufacture of its dangerous product.
The next day after the explosion the
company had a number of men at
work clearing away the debris of the
wreck and ruin wrought by the terri
BILE destroying force of the nitro gly-
cerine and since that time the work
of rebuilding the mandatory has
been continually going on. Wednes-
day the work was finished and the
plant will soon be in operation. A
dam 60 feet long, feet wide and u
feet high has been constructed at the
mouth of the small ravne, near
whose mouth the factory is situated to
collect and hold the water for the
factory's consumption.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
ON THE BRIDGE
Railing Being Put Up and Painting Being
Done.

For the past two days a force of
men has been engaged in putting up a
railing along the southern side of the
new Putnam street bridge. The ties
for the street car track are being
spiked down and everything is being
put in shape for that part of the tlaf-
fic which the Electric Company ex-
poets to have over Marietta's new
bridge An the iron work of the new
structure is receiving coat of black
paint in order to protect the metal
from the raages of the elements.
Another force of men is employed in
removing the piling and other obstruc-
tions Of the channel of which the piers
supporting the old bridge were COM
posed Blasts of dynamite were put
in at the bottom of the pilng in Or
der to remove their tenacious hold of
the river bed. The explosive did not
seem to have much effect and better
results We're obtained by the use of
block and tackle. One pier consisting
of SO piling, was removed yesterday
and q piling of the second pier were
taken out. This work will be finished
in few days and the channel will be
relieved of obstruction and will be
navigable up to the dam.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
NO STRIKES THERE.
Compulsory Arbitration Of Labor
Disputes in New Zealand.
system Has Had II six Years Trial
ana IL Found to " ori. Suusfac-
torIIy-Law Governing wom-
an and Child Labor.

II. II. Lusk. formerly a member of
fore the industrial commission at
Washington the other day. He ex-
planned the system of arbitration in
New Zealand. which, he said. had been
extremely satisfactory. This system
was in the form of compulsory arbitra-
ton, and it had six years trial. The
fact thatthere is compulsory arbitra-
tion there made both employees and
employers very careful as TO the JUS
tice of their cases before they act.
In these courts of arbitration in New
Zealand no lawyers are allowed to
appear; only the interested parties are
heard.
Labor organizations in New Zea-
land are generally incorporated and
they found no disadvantage in such in
corporations.
The arbitration law had been favored
by the employees and fought by employ
ers before it was enacted. Up to last
year three-fifthS of all labor in New
Zealand was organized Practically
the scales of wages in New Zealand are
made by the labor organizations for
the men outside the unions as well as
those within them. The arbitration
court of New Zealand never fixes the
maximum rate of wages; il simply
fixes the minimum rate of wages that
can be paid. The operation of this
system. he said, does not hamper in
dustries, for the reason that in he six
years il has been in operation the in
dustries of New Zealand have increased
one-third: this was by an increase in
old industries and the springing up oi
new ones.
The eight-hour law prevails in New
Zealand. No woman can be employed
in factory there until she is at least
1s years Of age and then she can be EN-
ployed not more than A hours week
which allows an eight-hour day and {
half holiday for her.
No child can be employed in fac
tory under 16 years of age. Parents
are subject to fine and Imprisonment
if they do not send their children t.
school a certain number of hours daily
Children must attend school three
days out of four, and. he said stats
tics show that 20 per cent. more chill
dren are in school in New Zealand thar
in any other country in the world.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
DECISIONS
And Rulings Of Judge COultrap in Common
Pleas Court.

The case against John Ben Wilson
indicted on four counts, was passed to
October II, owing to the illness of wit
ness.
Alexander and Joseph Schuman
pleaded guilty to the charge of
threatening to strike and wound, and
each was fined S. and one half the
costs, and sentenced TO the GAINESVILLE
workhouse until fines and costs are
paid. They made arrangements to
settle.
Sarah NJ. Cote against Thomas H.
Davis ct al. Demurrer to petition ov-
erruled and leave granted to plaintiffs
10 answer within ten days.
A ferry license was granted to S. S.
Stone of Newport.
Julia L. Knox against John Knox
and B. B. Putnam. c.. H. Danford was
appointed guardian ad litem for de-
fendant John Knox, an insane person,
with leave to answer forthwith.
Isaac + Adkins against Edward
Smith ct al. Dismissed at cost of
plaintiff without prejudice to a new
action.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
TURIS S. MIDDLESWART
Prominent Farmer Of Warren Township Died
at His Home Near Gravel Bank.

Mr. Tunis F. Middleswart died at his
residence near Gravel Bank yesterday
at p. m. of catarrh of the stomach,
and a complication of other diseases.
Mr.. Middleswart was taken serious
ly i'll Saturday last, and from the first
very little hope was entertained for his
recovery, though he had been alling
for some time and had but recently re-
turned from Mountain Lake Park, Md,
where he had been for his health, yet
the serious nature of his sickness was
not fully realized until Sunday.
He was born at Lower Newport, this
county, July 5. 1888, and has been a
resident of this county nearly all his
life. He was the son of Clark and
Cynthia Middleswart, and was one of
family of seven, four boys and three
girls, of whom but one survives him, a
sister, who lives near Des Moines,
Iowa. Mr.. Middleswart leaes a wild
ow, Mrs. Neytle Middleswart, nee Miss
Nettle Hopkins, and one son Clark.
He was member of the Warren Pres
byterian church and was a man uni
versally respected by all who knew
| him.
The funeral services VIII lie conduct
ed by Rev. McClurkin at the residence
at 1890 Friday forenoon.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
THE SENIOR CLUB.
Bengls Its Thlrty-Seyenth Year Under Aus
piCiOuS Circumstances,

The first meeting of the Senior Club
for the year 190O-'O1 was held Tues
day night at the home of Mr.. r. d.
Cooke, on Wooster street. The issue
which occupied the attention of the
members was the Chinese-R Russian
question. After devoting some time to
the discussion of the article and enjoy
ing the opportunities for pleasant So
affords and which the members in
variably enjoy, a business meeting was
held and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Prof. NJ r. Andrews; Vice Pres
ident, w. W. Mills; Secretary, C. r.
Turner The personnel of the Execu-
tive Committee is given below: w.
G. Way, Prof. j. H. Chamberlain,
Prof. E. E. Phillips.
After spending a most enjoyable
evening the Club adjourned to meet on
the evening of Tuesday, October 18th,
at the residence of Prof. and Mrs. j.
H. Chamberlin. The subject for dis
cussion will be, "The Old Method of
Education versus the New" Messrs.
c. R. Turner and w. G. Way will open
the discussion of the question, after
which it will be thrown open for gen.
eral remarks by the members.
The meeting Monday night marked
the beginning of the thirty-seventh
anniversary of the Senior Club. Since
its founding in 1868, the Club has
steadily grown, not only in the mem
bership, but it has also grown more
cosmopolitan in its views, until at the
present time the desire of each and
every member is to discover the truth,
as far as it may be discovered, under
lying all the important questions
The Senior Club today comprises
in its membership men and women
prominent in the business and educa-
tional interests of the city and repre-
sents the most liberal culture attained
by scholastic or observational training
It's thirty-seventh birthday is full of
promise and augers well for its contin-
ued success and prosperity.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
CONGRESSMAN VAN VO0RHiS
Visits Marietta Will Speakin Washington
County This Month.

Congressman VanVoorhis was Wis
itor to Marietta on Wednesday. and
stated to the Leader that the outlook
for Republican success in November
is good.
Mr.. VanVoorhis is making a cam
paign of this district, and is meeting
with good favor wherever he appears.
He is a logical forceful speaker, and
is strong advocate of Republican
principles and policies.
He will be in Washington county
on the 22d, 23d and oath days of Oc-
tober, but the places at which he will
speak have not as yet been definitely
decided upon.