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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06

Die Sanna=Y reie fam ii@ inner
nod ni9t baraber berubtsen, baB
Bryan fur bic &atifsiruns bes. Ya=
riier Sertrases einsetreten lit unb
i9impft i'm einen Oemasosen unb
Eridlter. Werfwarbisermeiie be-
9rhBten lte Srpan's San6lunssmeiie
letner 3eit nit srobert@ enustbuuns.
Samals itanb aber audi feline Yrdiie
bentenpabl Dor Der SbIre.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06

Gr5biidof &eane, l.. p. t., lit gum
grSbiidof BON Dubuque ernannt mors
ben. Cardinal Gibbons lit bena9=
ri9tist worben, baB gr5bii6of &eane
in Ser lesten Sdlfte bes September
IN Dubuque eintreHen mirb, unb mirb
Johann feline giniesuns erfolsen.
Cardinal ibbons bat bic locale eiit=
li9feit bierpon in &enntniB QeIebt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06
.emoiratii9e Legislative Gonoentiom.

Die bemotrat;i6e Convention bes l. le9iSs
latipen SiitrittS beS "a. ienatorieuen SiltrittS
ppn Minnelota wirb in Der Serlammlun9ss
bale in Sauf Centre, Minn., am %. Sep'
iember 1900, ua6mittass | ubr, sum 3mete
sebalten, einen Ganbioaten fir has Hepra7
Ientantenamt nes senannten 0iltrlftS 81 ere
nennem. Die SaiiS Der Sertretung, gu Der
bic perl6iebenem Erecinfte berebti9t ltno, ut
hermit aui einen Selesaten at large tlr le.
ben Grecintt unb einen weiteren fur leoe 90
Stimmem ODER bereu sroBeren Srubtbell,
mie 1898 iiir Sobn eino ais gonpernor abb
aeaebsu, feitsslest, bemna6 Die Sertretun9
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06


basu an. grmabnet iie, ibre pfi9t an
ibren 6inbern gu erfiuen.@ Su9et
aud fur bic Der Pfarri9ule bereits
entrpadienen 3inber quite tatbolii9e
S9ulem, l9idt bielelben ni6t In bic
rbiutsern" Staatsidulen, bic relis
sionslos, alio folseridtis aud iitten=
log er3ieben, mas ielbit BON Nnberss
sldubisen bic %iberbaupt nod etmas
auf Neltsion balten, suseitanben pirb.
Seiet fetne Seelenuertdufer unb Sec
lenmoroer II. uerseHet nt9t, baB nur
Zines notbwenbiS lit unb baB bieles
@ine ienem ueriproden lit, Der suerit
eas iu4t, mas @ottes tit, mas alio Der
Seele frommt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06
3wei SunnesgenoHen in Der gbina=

QUIT OuHoesgcn0nen IN Der 9bt111=
Srass iinb Uncle Sam unb Der rui=
fiide 8dr, menn bic betreffenSen
Welounsen aus 2onbon auf @abr=
belt beruben. Seibe moDen ansebli6
bic Sntesritdt gbina's bemabren.
Das cine lit serabe 10 unrpabri6ein=
lid, als bas anbere. gu aqererit
itammt bic Seniations, Na6ridt aus
lebr triber Nueae, unb bann wdre
Sdter9en Der Iuerlebte, Ser fur ben
jesisen 8etano bes Monsolrei9es
etntreten marbe. NuBerbem lit bieie
Bunbessenoieni6aft gum auerminz
be1ten cine 1ebr ieltiame au rennen.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06
WcGinlea 1T einidmanfenbes Moh

Mt&inles lit Elm i6wanfenbes &obr
I'm Winbe. @r lit beute bies, morsen
ienes. Gtnit faste er, es iet criminal
aSsrefiton" ODER Elm uerbre6erildes
Uorgeben, mo0te man einem 0olf
feline l1nabbdnsisteit p~orentbalten.
SEPT Taft er bic Silipinos tobti9ieBen,
neil fie unabbdnsis iein modem.
Ginft iaste McRinlep, es lei ,our
plain 6utp1, uniere einfade Yfi@t,
ben Bepobnern BON Yorto Mico aQe
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06
Aus Dem Nprbtpeffen.
MtnnefDta.

minnefpta.
Dulutb. = Srau gliiabetb g
8anaba pom Perrp Sounb, Ontario
bat i'm btefisen 8unbesseri6te elm
Bel9lasnabme auf Ben Der uNortberr
Nauisation Co." pon Ontario seb0.
risen Oampfer vBrittanic" ermirft
Sic beaniprudt eine gntl6dsisunl
pon 10000 fur ben Sob hires Sat.
ten, zines metbebiitil@en @eiitli9en,
Der paiiase unb S@lafiteuen fir 1id
un6 feline Samtlie ensasirt bate, abe
ais er an 8oarb fam, feline pacant'
S6lafitele mebr fur itd uorfanb, au'
Dem bloBen 8oben i6lafen muBte, 1id
babel cine Snnsenentsinbuns suseso:
gen baben lou unb baran itarb.
ct. gaul. = Serr slus. &itt:
mann, elm bieiiser girser, lit an
Oienitas, semdB drstlider 8eslaubi:
suns unb ausiase Ser Samilie On:
menouns Ser XzStrablen seltorben
&ittmann trus i'm lesten @inter Be
einem StraBencar 'l1nfaae 8erlebun.
gen bapon nnb befano it9 ieit6em In
'8ebanbluns peri@iebener Merste /; e,
mani6te, mie seiast uirb, X Strab
len : photographer BON ieinen ger=
lebunsen, um bielelben ais 8emeiS=
itade in elmer gnti6dbisunsstlase
perpenben gu f0nnen. Ser Nrst,
wel9er bic photographer abnabm,
uerneint, baB &ittmann fdlimm per,
brannt rpurbe,
Mantorptlte.-Mm Mittuo9
Na6mtttas mur6e neben Ser Sabrs
itraBe in Der Ndbe BON 8erne bic 2ei=
DE BON Saceb Oeibler aufsefunSen.
Oerlelbe bate i6on Dor Ginger 3eit
sebrobt, ieinem 9eben semaltlam Elm
Cube gu MAIDEN, unb ba cine leere
Strp@ntn= Slaide porsefunSen purbe.
unterlie9t es feinem 3meifel, bab
Deisler Selb tmoro besansen bat.
Nba. = Dem County, Ratb BON
Norman County lit eine BON 1913
8arsern unterset9nete Betition unter=
breitet morben, tn mel6er UNI Gerle=
suns bes gountpltses uon aba mad
Smin gallep eriu6t mir6, unb bdlt
ber Gountp : &atb nun am IA. Sep
TENDER eine Spe5ialitsuns bier ab,
I'm bic Inselesenbeit gu beratben unb
bic Ne@tbeit Ser S%tsnaturen uim. gu
unteriuden,
9tt9ftelb. = Ser aqsemeine
6anbelslaben BON Dart unb Obers in
@oruulo in bteiem (Meeter) gountp,
in wel6em iib aud bic Poftoffice be-
fanb, brannte am Otenitas bis auf Ben
@runb nie6er. SdmmtIide Marten,
Bidder unb Poitofftce : geri4te ulm.
uurbeu politanbie serit0rt. Mu9 bas
@ebdube Der ATLAS Creamery" unb
6as WObnbaus bes gisentbamers ber=
ielben, 9errn 2ouin, fielen ben SLANT
men gum Opfer. 11ria6e bes Seuers
unbetannt.
Tersn.s Sails. -@dbrenb Ser
Mbwelenbeit Der Samilie am Montas
brannte bas @obnbaus bes 6errn
6arrp Barron tbeilmeiie nieber. gtne
unteriu6uns ersab, baB bas Saus an
Stelen anseitedt porben NOR.
mar fur $500 perii6ert,
Summe ben 8erlait iebo9 nt9t
bedt. - Cine Nnsabl Obltbdume i'm
ilblt9en She'll Ser Stabt fteben in
smeiter 8tltbe. SIS 1T elm leltlamer
Mnblid, an Elm unb bemIelben Baum
susleid Sri6te unb 8litben gu leben.
CLOTH. - Ser iibli9 BON bier
Sarmer Sobn q. Milquiit,
rpurbe am Mittmo@ pom einem auss
l9lasenben Yfer6e auf Der Stelle se=
Eracp.-Oer giienwaarensS Store
bts @errn .. $. Grams murbe BON
Oieben beimseiu@t, wel6e smOlf @es
pebre i'm @ertbe uon etwa 5000 itab.
len.
6siiber. Die 13 Sabre alte
Eo9ter bes Sarmers q. ". MerriQ
am Mittpo1 In ben Neb 2ates
5lub iinb ertrdnt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06

fol- on ben seipobuli6eu ElGsen in ben per-
l6iebenen lsrecinften Samitag, ben %. Sep
TENDER 1900, Don abenbs Z bis s ubr 9ebal9
ten weroen.
u. Is. Snsram, Srt. MODS,
SetretGr. Soriiser.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06

nniere Pfarri@ulen Offnen nit 8e>
sinn hes Monats September rpieber
'ibre gbore. @insebenf Der Ebatiade,
5baB 1ur auf Der 6riitli9en Helision
.eine adte Moral baliren fam, Ioqten
tatb.f Gltern bic ernlten Yftidten,
rpel@e ite in ibren ainbern seseniber
trasen, bod nidt auf bic leidte Sdulter
nebmen uno slauben, senus gu tbun,
1penn fte bielelben In bic rSonntasS=
l9ule" i6iden.e Dte cine Stuube arl
Sonntas fam nie bas gut MAIDEN,
mas Der 8elu9 Der Subtle S1ools"
rudbrenb Der sanSen Wo9e in 8esus
auf unieren 81. @lauben perbirbt.
uGltern, ienbet Cure idulpflidtisen
&iuber in bic Pfarri9ule", laet iebr
Der rSt. 8oniiatius 8ote1.
rSbr feb unter idmerer Sinbe ba3u
perpfi9tet. 9altet aud Cure 0er=
Sveunbe unb Betannten,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06

Sa Nanftg, Wtt9., bat Brpan IN
Der Perion bes 9errn 6. 6. &omlep,
&ebatteurs bes n9aniins Sailp Sours
nal", einen ltarfen 6elfer betommen.
@omlep permarf uer 4Sabren 8rpan's
domination unb~ betdmpfte i'm in ieber
Nussabe ieines 8lattes auf's 9ef=
tisite. Na9bem &omlep mebrere
@o9en i'm @eiten susebra6t, i9rieb
er etnen 8 ipaltisen 9eitartifel, norm
ct 8rpan obne 1mi@meife snboiiirte.
&omlep iast: sd bin iebt fur 8rp=
an, ni6t neil i'd meme politii6en
Nnlidten sednoert, ionbern neil i'd
cine anbere Mnit9t BON Benz mann,
ieiner Miiion unb Nibli@teit semon=
men babe" 8rpan's &ebe in Sn=
bianapolis bd(t &omlep fur bic QeuBz
eruns eines septesten unb patriotic
i9en Staatsmannes, wel9e 8rpan,
mas bte &enntniB Ser &onititution
unb Representations z@emalt anbe=
trift, als einen sereiften uno pbiloz
iopbiiden Publicilten er,ten STANCES
itempett. r8rpan's 8erurtheilung
Der elsnben Pbilippinen= Politit Der
&esieruns", 70 iast &Owlep, uruar
meiiterbaft unb fonnte ni@t wi6erlest
merben. gs mar ni9t aQein cine
perni6tenbe&ritit erbdrmli6er5 taats=
fnnit, ionoern aa@ Elm sreBartiser
an bas @ewilien Der Station.
Sn alien 9auptfrasen lit Bryan EDIT
bemofratil6 unb au@ INNER I'M &e9t.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06
11eber aQett erfreuli%en unb ernlu

1teber aaen erfreuli&&en unb ermu=
tbtsenSen Nn3eivett far einet Siea
Ser Partet bes 0olfes ioute bic Saupt=
fade ni6t auber Mdt selaiien merben.
Oie 9auptia@e aber lit bie 9armonie
in Ben &eiben Der bemofratil6en Yars
tel, 9le In 1895 in ber bemotrati=
i6en Partei eutitanhene &luft mub
iberbridt merben. Oas Nusenmert
auer suten Oemotraten lo1ts rpdbrenb
Ser menisen bis CUR @abl nod isrt=
gen @o@en auf bic 9eriteQuns u0ai.
ger 9armonte tnnerbalb Der bemofra=
tii6en &eiben seri@tet iein. Sn Ser
Tbat lit bic brennenbe T~aseSfrase
feineswess eine &eform unleres gou.
rant=S pitems, ionbern bte: Oh bas
amertfanil@e golt Ben uerberbliden
0orsans bes alten beibntl6=r0miiden
na@abmen unb bic Babn Der Inter
meriuns frember 80lteri@aften betres
ten lou. Ser erite S9ritt gu bteler
bo95t 9efdhrli9en Nenberlns u~nlerer
BON ben @dtern iberfabrten friebli6en
Politit 1T lei6er bereits 9el9eben.
Sci Ser beurisen Nouemberwabl aber
bat bic itimmbere6tiste 8eu0lferuns
unierer Union Sic @eleaenbeit, ibr
wobl ermssenes nrtbetl barber absu=
seben. gine Stimme fir Mcainlep
unb &ooleuelt be6eutet sic 8iuisuns
Der iinsit BON u~nierer Administration
besonnenen l1nterio@unss= Politit unb
cine grmutbisuns in berielben ~fortsu=
fabren. gine Gimme fur 8rpat, unb
Steuenion be6eutet ba9esen wQblaber
leste Mibbiuisuns iener politit, sic
ni6t u~npaiienb als imperaliitii@ be-
5etdnet mirb. Muf bieler @runblase
loqte cine MISUNDERSTANDING Ser GAR
monte unter alien sruabiabtreuen Oe=
motraten bod m0sli@ ietn!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
A MINNESOTA FARMER
WRITES OF WESTERN CANADA
WHERE HEISNOW LOCATED.
The Farms In His Neighborhood Are
Being Rapidly Taken Up by for"ei
Residents OF the United states.

The following extracts from letter
written to Mr. BENZ. Davies, Canadian
government agent at st. Paul, MINI,
give an excellent idea of what IS salu
OF Western Canada by those VINO nave
gone there during the past two or three
years.
when we first arrived here and tooh
up our homes on the prairie near
Dalesboro, ASA for a short time we
had fit of the blues but now an
hands are settled to business hale'
hearty and contented, enjoying the
finest winter we have ever seen. we
have got very comfortably situateu'
with considerable preparations for
crop. and all hopeful. l think this IS
a very fine country, and If the past sea
sons crop is not an exception, winch
they claim not, | believe this is going
to be the wheat field of the west. ~
is filling up fast. In this township last
spring there were % quarter-sectlons
of land vacant and today there IS not
one. l can stand at my house ana
count ten houses where there was not
one last spring, with six more to go up
this spring. This is only sample OF
what is going on all round. We intend
to build a church next summer, right
close to my place, so we will be strlctly
in line. 1t would have amused you 10
have been here last spring. There
were crowds of landseekers, and some
times in the spring the prairie IS not
very inviting, and of course lots were
disconnected. There was one in the
crowd who jumped on me for putting
a letter in the paper, only for which
he never would have come here, and
he was very hostile, but eventually ne
got a place and today claims he would
not take thousand dollars and move
out, so am glad he Is satisfied.
We'll, my dear sir, as Arthur Fin
ney is about to move out in March,
with his family, and also one OF my
sons, anything you can do for them to
assist them along and to make things
smooth as possible, will be greatly
appreciated by me. / will close for
this time, and will write from time to.
time to let you know we are living.
Drop us a few lines to let us know
how things are moving in st. Paul.
yours Respectfully,
ALEX. CAMERON"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
TO MEET STEAMSHIPS.
New Service by the New York Cen
trail Railroad.

trail Railroad.
George II. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad, has added a
steamship bureau to the equipment of
the passenger service of the road He
has engaged Captain Louis Ingwersen
and f. A. G. Schultze to superintend
the bureau, and one of their duties will
be to meet all incoming transatlantic
and the principal coastwise steamships
to assist passengers who wish to leave
the city via the Vanderbilt system.
Capt. Ingwersen will have charge of
the American. Cunard, White Star, At
lantic Transport, Wilson, Anchor and
Allan-State lines, and Capt Schultze
has been ass gned to the North-G German
Lloyd, neutrality-suspicious., French,
Rotterdam, Red Star and Thingvalla
lines.
They will meet all incoming steam
ships, and will be prepared to furnish
railway tickets, parlor and sleeping car
accommodations and to assist passen-
gers with their baggage and check it
to points on the line of the railroad,
after it has been passed by the customs
iHopeSIOlS. 1uey Will dlSO lurulSH pas
sengers with cabs operated by the rail-
road company, and furnish time tables
and general information to passengers.
The two men have also been directed
to assist passengers who come to this
city with a view of going abroad, and
such passengers will be met at tbs
Grand Central Station on incoming
trains and conducted to the steamship.
Their baggage will be attended to, and
steamship tickets can be procured in
advance by communicating with Mr..
Daniels. From the New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Mile a Minute.

The spot in the Swiss Alps that at
tracts the winter Sportsmen of Europe
is the Cresta run, at st. Moritz, which
is just one mile in length. The to-
bogganing season here begins about
the middle of November, when the first
snow falls. The condition of the run
is not left to chance, but the slide is
prepared under the direction of a COM
mittee. Swiss toboggans, in contrast
to the Canadian ones, made entirely
OF wood, are raised on runners shod
with iron or steel. The expert rider
lies prone upon the toboggan, head
foremost, both hands grasping the
framework at the sides, and both feet
employed in steering. Iron spikes are
securing to the toes of the boots, and
by trailing one or the other foot along
the ground the big sled may be guided
But as this fashion Of steering tends
to diminish the speed, the most skill
ful riders use the feet as little as pos
sible and depend upon shifting the 20
sition. Though the Cresta run is a
mile in length, the whole distance NAV
be made in seventy seconds. At the
steepest point mile minute is made
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
TOOTHACHE
Suggested as the Cause of tho Sudden
Frenzy OF Elephants.

81 told you the other day abou. the
Sultan of Zanzibar's clock" said Rob-
ert Crawford. "but there was another
thing l heard of while in that country
which is not without interest. The
Sultan used to take me round to show
me the place and of what its trade con-
sisted 1t is the greatest Glove raising
country in the world and as such con-
veys comfort and courage to out be-
tween the acts theater goers the world
over. Other spices and cocoanut rope
are also important features of their ex-
port trade. But in addition to the
sale of that which they raise within
their own borders their revenues are
largely increased by the trade in ivory.
Zanzibar is the greatest market for
South African ivory, which is brought
there in large quantities from the in
terror This ivory is placed in large
warehouses, from which it is either
sold at once or else held therein for
better market. The man in charge
OF these warehouses was very in
teresting character-an expert in
ivory. He told me many curious things
about 1t, and among others prOpounded
the following theory as an explanation
Of why elephants go mad and occa-
sionally run amuck: In the warehouse
were pair of magnificent tusks. meas
uring IA feet from tip to tip, which in
life must have been carried by YER
liable Goliath among elephants. The
expert in showing me these tusks
pointed out the fact that while one OF
the tusks was complete and flawless,
the other was broken off at the point
and showed deep scratches and abra-
sions throughout its length. Now
said he, If you will look near the base
you will find hole made by decay
that had struck into the nerves and
given that elephant toothache, and
think what toothache of toothaches
a fourteenfoo tooth must have held.
In his efforts to relieve this pain the
elephant rubbed his tusk against rocks
and trees and drove it into the earth,
which mutilated ii in the manner you
see here. have frequently come across
places where an elephant has ripped
up great spaces in forest and torn
down trees, and | am positive that
toothache was the cause of this frenzy.
An elephant in circus going suddenly
mad and killing his keeper is not an
uncommon thing, but I'll wager that
in nine cases out of ten if they would
properly investigate the matter they
would find that the brute's sudden
frenzy sprung from so ordinary
cause as common. everyday tooth
ache. New York Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
A TALE OF AMBITION.
COUNT DE WITTE, THE GREAT
EST MAN IN RUSSIA.
He Began Life Poor, But Dared he
Honest and Has Triumphed Over
Dukes-His Reforms-Chances to Rise
to Honor la hat Empire.
Especial letter.

The greatest man in Russian today.
excepting the car himself, began life
an obscure railway employee. He is
Count de Witte, minister of finance.
Time and time again have combina-
tons of mobiles and capitalists been
formed to crush his power-even to
exile him to Siberia-and as often
have the attempts failed. The latest
effort, the greatest of them all. has
Just resulted in failure. and Count de
Witte enjoys to even greater extent
than ever his sovereign's confidence.
BY birth Witte belongs to the lower
middle classes. His father was of Ger
man origin. He gave the boy a uniyer-
slty education. and, through influential
friends, secured for him minor posi-
ton in the railway department. After
a while he was installed as assistant
statlonmaster in an unimportant town.
The Turkish war came on and gave
him the chance of his life His chiefs
in the railway department .lost their
heads completely under the strain OF
transporting troops to the front, and
the result would have been disaster
had he not come to their help. Whites
opportunity pointed the way to insub-
ordination. He made his fortune by
being magnificently disobedient. His
chief was absent. White was station
master pro TEN. Imperial troops were
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
THE MILITARY SPY.
A Courageous Soldier who Is Indispens-
able In War.

In time of warfare spies are, OF
course. plentiful. The main part OF
his business is, under a personal dis
guise, which DISCUSSES could often put
those of tho smartest detectives quite
In the shade, to extract information
from unsuspecting scouts and outposts.
Some outposts have been known to ac-
cept brides. money or presents, from
military spies without knowing who
the latter really were, in which case
they were not greatly to blame, al
though their doing so, whether inno-
Gently CT otherwise, put them on the
footing of traitors, and consequently
merited traitors death.
The old Prussian monarchy once ran
the risk of being crushed like an egg
shell but for the spy Mentzel, whose
daring deed not only saved Prussia
but also the life of the king. Austria
and Saxony, with three other countries,
planned to overthrow Prussia. Their
combined forces could easily have
numbered 100000, to about 10000 OF
the Prussian kings. But a friendly
spy warned the king, who Immediately
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

set about preparing for the advance OF
the powerful foe. He sent emissaries
into every large city in Europe, partic-
ularly the capitals of France, Austria
and Russia. Mentzel. than whom no
greater spy lived, went to the foreign
office Of the latter powers, and actu-
ally succeeded in bribing the respective
official at each who had charge of the
papers in connection with the proposed
project to raid Prussia, and copied the
whole plan of campaign. Mentzefs
mission being discovered, the officials
fed for their lives; one was caught
and shot. Mentzel escaped death, but
being caught red-handed by one of the
powers, he was thrown into a dun
geon, where he fingered for twenty
five years. During all that time the
Prussian monarch took no steps to try
to liberate the man, although Mentzel
undoubtedly saved his majesty and his
country from total humiliation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
TattOoing Craze.

yes" said London tattooist ia
nous in the West End, "the war has
given an extraordinary impetus to our
art. All the leading artists in our line
are engaged night and day tattooing
notices. arms, love tokens, and still
stranger devices on the arms, chests
and legs Of departing officers and pri-
Yates. A girls portrait in the middle
of a spider's web is favorite decora-
ton. One titled guardsman had two
different portraits done. one on each
arm; another a shrapnel shell; an
other a complete representation Of the
guards colors and motto. Several OIL
GERS get their fiancees to write their
names. or some little motto, and the
tattooists reproduce the writing in fac
smile. Nor can one smile at the tat
tooist as sentimental. Several officers
and men who met death at Elandslaag-
te were recognized by notices and de-
vices tattooed on their chests and arms
when their faces were SO shattered
that Identification would otherwise
have been impossible"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
FAMILY NEGROES.
Al Old Matters Care of Iii. Former
Slaves.

Al Old Matters Care of His Former
slaves.
The strong friendship between the
old master and the old slave was
shown by the late Col. William Martin
Holding of Huntsville, Ala, says the
Louisville Courier-Journal. Col. Hold
ing's father was a millionaire in
slaves and land, and the management
of the estate at the death Of the father
devolved upon the son. So uniform
and marked was young Holdings kind
treatment Of his slaves that they were
often called Holdings free niggers"
by some people who did not like the
black man much in those ante-bellum
days.
When war came on his slaves re-
NAMED at the old farm" or farms, as
he had more than one. When free
dom came they still remained with
him, and have ever since had his
friendly and intelligent guidance. He
loved them and they loved him. He
often told me that he loved them as
friends, and that they were trusty and
loyal. He always carried" them
through the crop season. He paid cash
for their supplies and never charged
them one cent of interest. He stood
between them and the sharpers who
crowded around on all sides to defraud
them OF their hard earned dollars.
1t was Holdings rule never to sell
out a tenant, and at the end of a year,
if they had worked hard. but failed in
the crop, he would cancel their ojliga-
tons to him. Sickness overlook him
this year before the final settlement OF
these eX-slaves Of over half a century
and faithful tenants of a third of a
century. The day before his death he
called his nephew, the Hon Shelby
Fletcher, to his bedside and directed
him to go to the plantations and re-
lease all old family negroes from all
their obligations to him.