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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-30

The burial place OF John Brown,
amid the Adirondacks, has become
the care Of Of the Empire state, as
well as the shrine Of patriotism and
devotion where the gifted and great
gather with each returning May. to
deliver eulogies over his dust. So
the prescience Of the Badger bard is
proven. who on that dark December
day well wrote
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-30
Patriotism In The Air.

The spring of the year is the season
that appeals most strongly 10 the pat
riotic sentiments of the American
people. 1t was then that the embat-
tied farme. fought and fell at Concord
and at Lexington; that Richard Henry
Lee offered the resolution declaring
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-30

us to do And our action shall hasten
the coming of that blessed and long
promised day,
When the war-drum throbs no longer
And the battle flags are furled
In the parliament OF Man.
The federation of the World
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-30

Continued on page eight.)'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-30
The Martyred Mad Man.

The man is thought a fool or knave. or
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29
House Ventilation In Bombay.
Il was Chin Lin. the barber.

Most Of the new houses in Bombay
have a fine show of windows on the
outside, but no corresponding opening
to allow a current of air to pass
through The mean annual tempera-
ture is 1913 degrees Fahrenheit, and
the mean relative humidity II per cent.
The mean annual range of temperature
is 46.9 degrees, but there are periods
during the rains when the diurnal
range of temperature does not exceed
2 degrees, and, unless there is wind,
ventilation is practically stopped, be-
cause the outer air and that in the
buildings are reduced to nearly one
temperature. With the thermometer
at 80 to "a degrees, and the air heav-
lily charged with moisture, the surplus
heat Of the human body escapes too
slowly, and much discomfort ensues.
AS it is not possible to dry the air in
an ordinary house, the usual remedy Is
to produce current by means of a
punkah, and although the influence Of
this is very local, it has been found
that in the worst Bombay weather
life is made tolerable in its current.
The chief drawback of the punkah is
the punkahwalla. He is dirty, unre-t
liable, especially at night, and his
work, counting day and night, costs
"a rupees per moEth for single pun
kah.-Collier's Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29
Emerson as . Model.

Mr.. D. c. French, the sculptor, tells
with much relish, the story of his ex-
periences when he was commissioned.
to make the bust of Ralph Waldo EN-
erson, which is now in Memorial hall
Of Harvard university. At one Of the
sittings, says Mr.. French, Mr.. Emerson
rose suddenly and walked over to
where the artist was working. He
looked long and earnestly at the bust,
and then, with an inimitably droll ex-
preston, he said: "The trouble is the
more it resembles me the worse it
looks" After the sculptor had finish
ed the bust he asked Mr.. Emerson to
inspect it. The philosophers opinion
was enthusiastically terse.
"Well,'' he said at last, that is the
face I shave" Mr.. Emerson, Mr..
French relates, made one Of his quaint
observations about another bust, the
work of another artist. It was char
acterless kind of thing, and showed not
the slightest hint of the Emerson char
acter After looking it over, Elmer
son said: -..
1T looks as harmless as a parsnip,
doesn't it," .".
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29
Looting Of China.

BY CLARENCE L. BEALMEAR.
Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Wun Sock leaned over the hearth
nd drew with his bow a melancholy
tune out of an old violin. Again and
again he drew the bow across the in
strument, holding particularly deep
note, bending forward slightly and
looking intently at a spot on the
hearth. The room was dimly lighted
by tallow dip. Weird enough were
the surroundings-the figures of drag
ons on the walls, Joss perched on
shelf, the giant shadows cast by the
pickering light-without the accom-
paniment of unearthly music. Twenty
minutes, half an hour, forty minutes,
and then, with an exclamation Of Chi
nese disgust, he laid the violin down,
took up a large cork from the shelf.
fitted it in a hole in the hearth and
blew out the tallow dip, and. after
few puffs at the resistless pipe. threw
A;zessH &c his cot and slept
A few minutes later Chip In opened
the door of the little joint and tiptoed
!. softly in. Lighting the tallow dip and
seeing the violin lying there. he began
where Wun Sock left of, first taking
the cork out of the hole in the hearth.
Chip In drew forth the same monoto-
nous tune, even more dismally than
his predecessor. Twenty minutes, hall
and hour, forty minutes, and then,
with an execration, he repeated Wun
Socks actions, throwing himself on
the cot next to his worthy contempor-
airy, while that gentleman emitted a
snort which may have signified gross
displeasure at the confusion aroused
by Chip In, or intense confusion at
some hallucination superinduced by
the pipe.
While Wun Sock was muttering in
coherent monosyllables to himself, in
stalkel Sip Gin, and, judging from his
wavering gait and the reverse position
of his hat, he had been partaker OF
the cup that inebriates but does not
inevitably cheer. He made his way
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29

the tenacious bow, playing, however,
with somewhat more feeling than the
others. The light from the street
lamps shone dimly through the little
square panes Of glass to the hole in
the hearth. Sip watched closely with
only the aid of this. The violin con-
tinued to wall and moan. Then from
the hole emerged an object, moving al
most indiscernibly, first its head, then
neck, and finally writhing it's whole
form out upon the hearth, standing
erect and almost touching Sip Gin with
it's nose-a cobra of immense size. Sip
continued to draw the bow as lmper-
ceptibly as possible. Suddenly, with
a movement as quick as the flash of
sabre, he dropped both bow and violin
and grabbed the reptile just behind the
head. With shrek he awoke Wun
Sock and Chip In, while the struggles
of the Infatuated monster, together
with Sips already too unsteady head.
nearly carried that gentleman off his
balance. A light being produced. he
regained his equilibrium. while his
compartiots uttered ordinations of
intense gratihcation at the victorious
although somewhat inebriated Sip.
In his rage the serpent's head was
flattened out. resembling a hood, on
the back Of which were the spectacle
like marks, and the brownish-olive
form wriggled in a desperate effort to
escape. Quickly it was thrust into a
box. and while it was venting its rage
on the interior Sip pulled himself to-
gether and adjusted his disheveled raj
ment. The rest of the night they sat
up to discuss conspiracy.
Wun Sock conducted prosperous
laundry near the barracks, his bust
ness having increased with the influx
of the Americans. Sip Gin was an
all-around sport, who spent most of his
time and money in the gambling joint
which is at present the scene of this
narrative, and of which Chip In was
said to be the sole proprietor. Wun
Sock had by artful competition forced
Hop Hi, rival laundry man, to the
wall, for which piece OF mercantile
courtesy he incurred that Celestial's
unmitigated enmity. Hop having mi
grated to Bombay, returned the COM
pliment in the form of this cobra, neat
Nv ensconced in a box, which Wun
Sock. in delight and ignorance of it's
contents, took around to Chip ms to
omen before that heathen's usually adj
miring eyes Upon forcing the lid the
SERPENT made a pass at him, and but
for the tool with which he opened the
box and which he still held in his
hand. the result would surely have
heen fatal to Wun Sock. In the ex-
citement, during which they all re-
treated. the cobra made good his es-
cane, taking refuge in the hole in the
hearth, which they promptly stopped
DID with cork.
Knowing the power Of music to
charm these reptiles, violin was pro-
cured, and for six nights they met at
the Joint and vainly extended an In
yitation to the cobra to emerge from
the hearth and be again immured
within the walls of his box. It re-
manned, however, for Sip Gin, inspired
tn sentiments of tenderness by the in
fluence of soothing liquid, to draw
the bow with sufficient witchery to
charm the otherwise indomitable crea-
ture and coax him from his lair. Once
ont. it was a one-shot victory, shoot
or-be-shot chance. and Sip had drunk
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Ruined Temple.

When the wind first began to roar
and shrek over the hill on which
Lord Chugmough and William had
l,etched their temporary camp, the first
disastrous result was that their horses,
which, perhaps, knew enough to rec
ognize the warning in the sound, broke
their bounds and galloped away.
AS the patter of their feet on the
hillside died away, Lord Chugmough
shrugged his shoulders. ".
"Our losses ave gone, me lord" said
William.
$50 I have discovered, William" was
the calm reply. "But I was getting
rather weary of the brutes, to tell the
truth. We will walk awhile now.''
"Just so, me lord. Walkin' his
'ealthy herexcise, prowidin' man 'as
a comfortable sidewalk to take is con-
stitutional hon"
Lork Chugmough waved his hand
depreciatingly.
"Habout the deer, me lord, the losses
bein' gone" 49,
Don't alarm yourself needlessly,
William" said Lord Chugmough. II
will carry the deer on my shoulder"
Suiting the action to the word, when
Lord Chugmough had got his pipe
fairly alight, he seized the half
skinned carcass of the deer and slung
it across his shoulder with apparently
no effort.
"Come, William" he said and he led
the way down the eastern slope of the
mountain.
After he had walked some distance
through cedar, caoutchouc and ebony
trees, he paused. ..
William" he said, "1t seems to me
that we have here sort of path
where people have recently walked.
The path did not lead straight up
the mountain, toward the top, but
wound around it. Lord Chugmough
struck into the path, and William fol-
lowed him.
After walking short distance, they
came upon an old stone ruin.
what have we here. William %
asked Lord Chugmough.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29
The FilibuSterS of Venezuela.
Or the Trials of Spanish Girl.
BY SEWARD ". HOPKINS
Copyrighted 1900 by Robert Bonners Sons.

known Lord Chugmough to keep in
one direction very long, and it was
highly probable that if search-party
was sent off to the north Lord Chug-
mough would calmly walk into camp
necessary to send out another party
to recover the first one.r
So they waited, and continued to
wait until it became the unanimous
opinion OF the party that Lord Chug-
mough and William had been killed or
lost their way, and the indecision of
Sir Galloping Grace and George, Wis
count Elsmere, gave way to a firm de-
termination to go in search of their
companion. But this resolve was nulli-
fed by the refusal of the guides to go
a step.
mo, senor," said one of them, cit
would be dangerous. See there!'
Sir Galloping followed the index
finger of the guide with his glance,
and at once began to fear, not only for
Lord Chugmough's safety, but for his
own and everybodys.
For the guide was not without rea-
son in refusing to go farther into
danger
The sky, which had so far been de-
cent enough, clear now and then, with
intermittent rain clouds, was now
frightful to behold.
Great banks of hideous blackness
were rolling and tumbling toward
them, and the wind, which had sud-
denly risen, increased to the force of
tempest.
"To shelter!" cried one of the guides,
"Francisco's house is not far away.
Follow me-" a......
Forgetting Lord Chugmough and ev-
erything else save their own impend-
ing, snorting horses and followed their
fleeing guides over the long grass, now
f1attened to the ground by the wind,
to large two-story structure of wood
and cement, where Pedro Francisco
had his home.
Pedro, as we know, was away from
home, but his house-servants well
coined the Englishmen and gave them
shelter, and it was not a moment too
soon that they reached the friendly
roof.
The wind increased in fury, the
clouds grew blacker and thicker and
overspread the sky, and then there
came downpour of rain such as
Venezuela had never known before
The tiny streams in the mountains
swelled to the dimensions of rivers.
The ripping brooks became roaring,
rushing torrents. The streams that
flowed north into the Orinoco tumbled
and roared and dashed their banks, and
then rushed over them on the fiat
lands. The streams flowing into the
Orinoco from the north copied after
those on the south until the great
river itself was dashed to fury never
seen on it's broad bosom before, and
up, up it's angry waters came until
even the hog-back was covered, the
Turtle was torn from her moorings
and carried out to sea, and the people
of Bolivar were compelled to seek
higher ground to save themselves from
the overwhelming flood.
It was an occasion to wiring the souls
of men, to destroy hope, to plunge hu-
manity into despair.
It even elected from Lord Chug-
mough, as he watched the roaring,
seething torrents about him, the re-
mark to William:
william, this is quite a-quite a
shower, don't you know"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29

just enough to give him reckless
abandon and steady nerve to complete
the feat with glory.
With such potent agency OF death
In their possession and a means where
by to deal an everlasting blow to the
enemy, of which Chinese Is never
entirely without, these Celestials i'm
mediately bethought how to use this
deputy Of the devil to the best advan-
tage. Each recited his list of those
whom he would be pleased to annihi-
late, but it was difficult to select the
most eligible.
Lam Chop, the restaurateur, just
then happened in and was let into the
secret. He smiled to himself. Wun
Sock with five enemies, Chip In with
seven, Sip Gin with three. while he,
Lam Chop, had only one-an enemy
who had spoken evil of him to all his
race-Chin Lip, the barber. "But be
not vindictive," said Lam Chop, as he
rubbed his sleeve across his face to
hide a smile. Let your enemies live
and list to the chance Of lifetime.
The government Of Uncle Sam will
give $1,000 for Aguinaldo, dead or
alive" Lam Chop knew his hiding
place and his disguise. think Of
5000 of Uncle Sans big dollars, that
buy ten times as much as our brass
money! Back to China we can go and
live like Ii Hung Chang"
Great was the idea, but how was 1t
to be executed? Lam Chop would tell
them. On the night of the full moon
Wun Sock was to carry his venomous
burden, boxed neatly, with the lid
merely latched, to a deserted hut on
the outskirts of Manila. There Aguin-
aldo took refuge after nightfall and
slipped out early every morning dis
guised as coolie.r He would see the
box and naturally open it; death
would result and the reward be sure
to follow.
Wun Sock on the day appointed has
tened to do the bidding Of Lam Chop.
At sunset he went to the house, de-
posted the box in a conspicuous place
and decamped. Next morning three
Cinnamon could be seen walking along
the road leading to the outskirts. Lam
Chop did not appear at the hour ap-
pointed to bring the body OF Agu1n-
aldo to the government Of Uncle Sam;
so, after waiting half an hour, the
three decided to go without him. AS
they approached the hut their counte-
nances beamed with anticipation. Wun
Sock pushed open the door slowly and
peeped in. There Aggy lay stretched
out on the floor. The box open and
empty. Sip Gin then took peep, and
lastly Chip In. Making sure the cobra
had escaped, they filed in and turned
the body over, when all fell back
aghast. 1t was Chin Lip, the barber!
After their CONSERVATION subsidized
they rifled his pockets and filed out.
A nice trick Lam Chop had played
on them! He, who had said "Be not
vindictiye and let your enemies ive,'
had used their weapon for his own
ends. It CALLED their Chinese souls.
However, they would make Lam Chop
pay for his little trick. They looked
for him, but he was not to be found.
He had vanished. The accumulated
wealth of Wun Sock, Chip In and Sip
Gin had been detached from its hiding
places and had gone along, too. He
had sold his restaurant the day pre-
vious to mutual friend, who reported
that Lam Chop laughed SO loud and
so long that it was only by chance that
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29

From the hole emerged an object
unsteadily over the hearth by the light
Of the street lamp, and looked about in
Q bleared sort of way, accidentally
touching the violin with his hand. In
tuitively recalling forgotten injunc-
ton, he took up the instrument. Long
he drew the bow across the strings and
dong he held the monotonous tone with
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29
Slatin Pasha.

A most exciting career has been that
of Sir Rudolph Slatin, better known
as Slatin Pasha. He left Vienna, his
birthplace, when lad Of II, to become
clerk in a commercial house in Cal
TO, and six years later came under the
notice of Gordon, who appointed him
governor of Darfur. In this position
he became known as "The Hammer of
the Arabs" owing to his many VIC
tories over the turbulent tribes, but in
1883 he had to surrender to the Mahdi
Then began an imprisonment that
lasted till 1895, when, by secret aid
from the authorities at Cairo, Slatin
managed to escape. The late queen
had Sir Rudolf at Windsor several
times to hear him relate his adven-
lures. ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29

You might as well talk to "a echo
as to person who always agrees with
you.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29

Little minds are tanned and subdued
by misfortune; but great minds rise
above it-Washington Irving
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-12
SMALLER COLLEGES IN WEST.
Must Look More Largely in Future
for support from individuals
in Their own States

Howard Freeman Doane, professor
of Greek language and literature at
Doane college, Crete, Neb., is on
visit to New York city, and gave out
an interview on education in the west.
Prof. Doane said: What am par
ticularly interested in is the denom-
national institution as distinguished
from the state institution in the
west. The state institutions have no
difficulty in holding their own at the
present time, but the smaller insti-
buttons are UNCONVENTIONAL. They
were started by UNCONVENTIONAL infiu-
ences, the same as the great institu-
tions in the east, and they are the
ones who find difficulty in getting
ahead on account of lack of endow-
ment.
AT present, in the middle west, we
have not found enough men who are
interested in education to provide en-
dowments and buildings for the
smaller colleges. A good deal of
money for these institutions still has
to come from the east, and eastern
givers are becoming tired of furnish
ing the necessary amount for the
suitable growth of these colleges.
Started largely by eastern money,
these institutions feel that now the
states in which they are situated
ought to supply funds for the future.
Some way must be found by which
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado
and the states west of them, in gen
eral, shall interest wealthy men with
in their borders to provide funds for
the natural growth of these institu-
tons"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-12
CAN FRANCE STAND TIP
NAVAL Expenditures of That Country
Are Rapidly BuryinG Her Under
Tremendous Debt.

The naval expenditure of Franco
for 1902 is officially proposed to he
62,42o,oO0, which at first sight seems
to be S3,100,00O less than in 1901. bnt
if it is taken into account that the
cost of maintaining the marine in
fantry and artillery, amounting m
about $5,400,000, has been trans.
ferred from the navy to the minis
tries of war and the colonies. If ia
found that the money that France in
tends to spend upon the navy during
1902 is in reality $2,300.OOO in excess
of the naval expenses of the current
year.
1t is matter of serious considera-
ton for the French whether they are
not spending upon their navy more
than their national resources war
rant, says the Paris correspondent of
the New York Tribune. France has
now piled up a debt involving an an
nual charge for interest of nearly
100000, 900, or, in other words. every
man, woman and child in France has
now to pay five dollars per annum for
interest on the national debt. The
army costs the country 1872. 100000 a
year, and the total expenditure for
1902 is officially proposed to be $500
100000. Moreover, reflections upon
the French census cause renewed I'M
easiness. Last March the population
in round numbers was 3S,6OO.0OO be-
ing an increase of only 100000 since
1896, and even this meager result is
mostly accounted for by Paris and
its suburbs, where the increase has
been 292, 1000, due principally to for
eign immigration, so that i'm the rest
of France the population has been
augmented by only $4,000 during the
last five years. That is to say. for
military and naval purposes the
population is almost stationary. and
in this respect France stands alone
among the great nations of Europe.
Under these conditions NJ. Jaures.
the socialist leader and many adj
yanced thinkers among the radicals
and radical socialists, hold that it is
impossible for France to have at the
same time navy and army of the
first rank, simply because she has not
the resources of men and money to
maintain both
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-12

Women are sometimes accused of
lacking a sense of humor, but a casual
slip of the tongue on Thursday while
the duke of Argyle was addressing a
drawing-room meeting at Lowther
lodge was instantly and warmly APP
preciated.
The duke had said that after the
Boer war it would be an excellent
thing if Boer and Briton were to in
termarry.
eve want the Briton to marry a
Boer girl" said the duke, "but we
want him to have an English wife as
we'll"
A peal of laughter which greeted
this ambiguous declaration led the
duke to correct himself, which. blush
ing, he did, enueavoring to explain IN
great haste what he meant. The eX-
PLANTATION intensified the merriment.
1t is the Joke of the season, and won t
De forgotten for a long time.