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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27
The Newer Woman.

i For some time past we hay ebeen hear
Ing 80 much Of tho Coming woman
and seeing so comparatively little Of her
that the latest news Of the lady's move
ments will be a surprise. as we'll as re-
lief to many% It sesms that not only has
she actually come, but she is already
going.
Tho new woman" Is no longer in tho
foremost files OF time. AS the latest pro-
duct OF the century the heIress Of all the
ages she has been superseded.
The newer woman has arrived. and
she is forming nerself into newer woman
Cuba" We hear OF three such oragniza.
lions In New York, and several in other
cities. To the uninitiated. the name may
perhaps, suggest dread visions o.
btfurcated garmeta. cigarettes and po'
litical discussions. AS matter Of fact
tho newer woman cares for none OF these
thlngs She represents fortunat1 xe.
action from an ephemeral craze. which
after all existed more In print and IN
talk than In actually,
She Is neither advanced, nor emanci-
pateo, dnC sue 10 stdu VI - ''u ~ - wv
rest OF the world Her club room Is cherry
with the soothing clatter of tea cups, and
the una frected laughter of sensible wo-
manhood She discusses subjects that arc
wholly familiar and entirely abundance.
and leaves political and economic
problenA 10 teh students Of those doleful
sciences. She has no bills before the Iang s.
latures. and no plans for tho suejucatlon
~ man beyond those that have always
made him wonan's willing slave.
All hail to the newer woman!
LEILA BATE EPES.
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Sunset.

a radiant mass of red and golden.
A pupils mist piled rough and nigh.
Etreaked across with heads OF silver,
Hound By banks OF azure sky.
The river ever soft reflected
All this beauty on It's breast;
The cleaning iinls cen danced and
sparkled,
Ger the mountains purple crest.
But soon tho sun with dazzling splendor,
Plunged behind the radiant Wet,
Where all the birds sand farewell Inatns
TO tho ono they loved the best
i,Ms the glorious sunset dlethi
Softly fade tbs colors bright,
And the earth once more Is sleeping
In the thraldom OF twilight.
EDITH BAYLISS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27

1t was Christmas Eve when the children
gathering around tho fire were singing
and Laughing mTriy about old Santa
Claus, who would soon be there with his
pack filled with everything good for boys
and girls.
1t was showing out OF doors and had
been for a day. In few minutes grandma
entered with her head full Of stories, and
1ull the children cried, Tell US a story,
grandma; Tells us a story"
g''All right" said grandma, What shall
I It bc?'' 5a4
Santa Claus." all cried.
4 We'll, as Christmas Is nearly here,
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Dorothy and Fido.
'FIetlrico county,IV Va

December Is, 1903.
Fido was the name of a dog thnt lived
on. tn farm where Baby Dorothy was
spending the summer with Aunt 8Gort1e.
jTdo and Dorothy were great playmates:
because Fido was so gentle and seemed
10 know that Dorothy was only little
( bit Of a girl and could not run Ike the
older girls and boys; so she and Edo
would roll over and over on the grass
and play together in the woods.
q ono morning when Baby went out TO
have her usual romp with Edo she
found three little puppies running around
and having glorious time chasing one
another across the grass She hurried
back to the house and told Aunt aertie
what she had discovered, and asked lot
q biscuit for q breakfast FOR the puppies;
But one little fellow only smclled Of
the biscuit and would not eat T. i, Aunt y, I
tooSyoung to eat biscuits, so Dorothy
gave theb iscult to Fldo. who finished It
In short order. -,
Mn EDITH NJ. TYREE.
vrhio tc conled and the hest could do. NJ
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Editor y. .: g. 81 ..,,, Az, IA.
tu psat wieh L i hope You viii put III your
purer. ~ n, a. ! n Il. /, &, II ,r,,, ,ri,o i.
for inany yGqbr e ni sa psro
every Sunday with interest.
u nm eleven years Old, and attend
w ilHnf rs You t,1i merry Christmas md
happy NHw Year. ar, ! l$rsRH'Il Mn Art1ss
pesr r p &, isd 81 , wis1 yo
who draw 50 well ara write s Ven, r1ev
ssS'ss' iii '9 an3 rs way through vs.
ssireat. Richmond. yas where ny dsar
od lyss m1 p as pf as
i,evcrE been il yeti viii try to- write y
n q 7sa' r,B I]it1s ft & brown.
Alltof, Head. S. c.
& Dear Mr.. Editor.-1 think you very
for my phrlze sday
We nave tussle to get the children,'s
10 join the r. D.. e. q; and as nc cannot no,
Mr sens m a snqs he sends ENDS You
drawing dr. wing Of Mother Hubbard. 4 He did II
ali BY himself. and, ns no Is only fiyee.
right goe1 for Innn Ills name bndp 70
to No. 4B 1-2 North Eighth Street
u. q EoRGE a. BRUCE.
Editor Of the Times Dispatch Y
which 1hope viii not DO cast In the waste
oasket.1 This is my first attempt for the
prize would Ike to becons g IN me m sd
10 receive a badge whenever you cum
conveniently send me one. We are nll
cooking forward to Christmas and hoping
q hpye good snnfa s t VIII Sfa or
little sister Nellie. She is the only sister
i nave. She IS eighteen nIonahg 3D.
would bring her lots OF things. She Is
SO sweet and cute ;ts.e Is the pet OF our
house. Wishing Tho Times Dispatch n
merry Christmas ansa happy. prosperous
New Y ear. 70 / remain j $t@f
Most sincerely, Z, ~, -, :, !,
No. 72o Brook Avenue. 3sS
Dear sEdltor.-1 received the book which
you sent me for prize today ea and was ''n
IL send it a picture, which hope you Will
publish. FL E5 a. AT " lafS
' Yours trHHl Xnolp cowLEs.
3 p0' s.my little III sister sends picture
also. 81
Dear Edltor,-I would like to become q
member OF the t. d. C. G., and here Is
n story, which have written. ] hope
this Is good enough to publish.
Please send me badge 1. \
5G nBL1 I'VE Bate Epus.
Blackstone, Va
Dear Editor-I want to become a mcm-
her of tho r.. d. C. c., and there Is a
puzzle | hope 1t will be good enough to
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EMILY s1s Eleventh Street Lynchburg Va
THOMAS WOODY eo4 North TWentysevenh Street city.
JAMIE WALKER, No. lila Street, Manchester Va
WINNERS IN DRAWING CONTEST
MAMIE r. COOKE suekner's, Va.
HAROLD DRAPER, No. 412 East Leigh Street city
WlNNER IN PUZZLE CONTEST,
CONSTANCE FENToN, LIghttoot, Va.
THE t. b. C. C. MEMBERS TO MEET
AT THE BIJ0U ON WEDNESDAY

with all tho
time to write as pretty
and stories at any other
time And ) Clubs
reunion
T. D
q few delightful
theatrical
di.inrl lshed mon
cemb { II I
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The Lost Bird.

One day last GUNNER mother and my
two little brothers were sitting on tho
front porch. A little young sparrow fell
from tree to tho ground. The boys
wanted to catch It. hut mother told them
no, they could only catch 1t and put It
on something high-a fence or railing
where the mother bird could find II and
tsks ~ 70 !u Sat In trying 70 catca "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27
PUZZLES AND ANSWERS.

l. Acrostic signed Pearl Johnson. Ans,
Turkey. * b
SON. Ans Thomas Jefferson 81, Hid
den cities. signed John w, Watson. Ans,
Rio Jnneiro, San Francisco Denver, Seat
tic Charleston, Atlanta, Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, washington RICH
mond, Quito. Caracas Montreal, Monte
rey, 5g5l.
c,hrysanthemum. Acrostlc Mo- 2, by
same, Ans. Bureau. Acrostic No. 8,
b.. same, Ans. Tiger.
a. Drop-Letter Puzzles. signed Marion
Stuart Dimmock Ans. Brazil, Pacific,
Mediterranean. Amazon. Thames, Sa
va,nnah, Halifax, Niagara, Tennessee
Madrid.
6. Puzzle No /, signed James Satter-
white. Ans. Chicken Puzzle No 2. by
sumo. Ans. Letter NJ
6. Acrostic. signed Cave Maddox, Ans
Constantnople. Conundruns oy same
Ans. No relation at all. Because 1T cam
not 70 any other way. One corrects and
the other directs. Because It Is In the
swim.q * lid sGl AZ; 4, ~ Ed
Ans. Bed
Hrbnnd. Ans. Partridge. Charade No
9, by same. Ans. Fatry-land. Charade
No. 8, BY same. Ans. Night-in- gale. Dia-
mond, by same. Ans. Grid Raves civil
.Iv-Dclay- sly-y. An acrostic-Words of 8
letters. Across-hy same. Ans. Bedlm. u
trn, Cares, Knout es
~ . PUZZLES.
My first Is In cane.
But not in rain,
MY second Is III head.
But not In bed.
My third is In train.
Also in reign 9
My fourth is In ice.
Also In mice,
My fifth is in snow.
But not in row,
My sixth is in late.
Also In fate,
My seventh Is In NOW
But not In slow,
My eighth Is In farm, tp
Also In alarm, ~ NJ
My ninth Is in sand.
My whole Is the name OF well known
celebration.
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sign of WEAKNESS and the following trans
formations will appear:
n Lrnu ty NJ q (
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: coNIJNDRUN,

I. What age do we all dread7
2, What was the age Of Esau?
8. What age Is common to all
z 4. What age do kings most enjoy
s, What Is the best ago for hnrse9 +
q. What is tho best age for soldlerf
7. What Is tho most deceptive agei
S. Why was the government q long
time in getting news from Santlago2
0. What was the difference between
our navy and'its Secretary N me WIZ
10. Name an English author who was
.,1rncd out the first time he ever went to
school?
NOUS featurcs2
IL, Why is a mans nose never longer
than eleven inches?
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be published. Please send me badge.
Yours truly.
.a PAIvrtI H.. EP 1SS, Z
Blackstone. Va, December II, 1908.
be published

Spring Garden, Va,
her of the I'D G. Gil am a little girl.
twelyoS years old go to school, nnd T
study grammar, arithmetic, history, goog-
raphy and dictionary ! like 70 80 TO
dolls, play with them sometimes, and
dog. The cats name Is Tom, and tho
dogs name Is Lep. When 90 TO eat.
eat.
LILLE ABBOTT,
Spring Garden, Va,
Dear Editor Times-Dlspatch,--1 re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27
Nv Cat.

MY cats name Is Dumps. She Is gray. !
feed her the scraps from the table She
catches mice. When she catches them she
slips upon them as slowly as she can.
Before she kills It she plays with It, 6he
likes to lie on the sofa pillow best Of
all, When she Is happy she purs, Mamma
made her little cloak, but she would
not have It,
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BY MARIE ANDERSON.
III YOU about Santa Claus.

will tell you about Santa Claus"
She told the mabout Santa. his pack,
and what It held. They all had Jolly
tlmo, and as Santa Claus came carly.
they then went to bed.
PEARL JOHNSON.
Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27
The Christmas Rose.

a pretty legend about the e, q, ,Hnsn
rose is this Joseph Of ArmaIn sWm WIZ
Ing glastonbury and being wearled !; str rye
his staff in tho ground. 1t was CHRISTMAS 11'
Eve. -, So ,ha
f,rst Christmas roses burst into bloom.
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DOUBLE AcRosT1c NO, I.
words of five letters.

1. The name of q magazine.
2, Is Scripture, proper name.
3. Is found In an artists studio.
4. Fright.
s. An Irish patriot
c. A females nnmo.
T. Is to travel over.
S. Is land
Tho primals spell what We want ana the
final spells when we want them. ~,
PAYSON BRUCE.
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Bessie SCOTT.


SACROsTIC.
My first is In can, but not In ran.
My second Is IN once, but not In Ounce.
My third is. inYnpil, but not In, mail. 81
My fourth is In sell. but not In Nell.
My fifth is in stall. but not In hall.
Ny sixth Is In marks but not In box.
Ny seventh Is IN Nell, but not In well.
My eighth Is initial, but not In hall.
My ninth Is In inch. but not In lynch.
My tenth Is In night but not In sight.
Ny eleventh is In people. but not In
steepc
My twelfth is in pear, but not In air.
Ny thirteenth Is In lay. but not IN say.
Ny fourteenth Is In earl, but not IN
curl.
NV whole is In tho capital OF OF an
Eastern country. EM1IlY &F1AllA
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Ny 8. is. 8, %, 10, 10, 10. 2si Is, %; !;
II is one Of the United States
My 20, 49, II, g. 1, %. 81 Z is a way
Ct reckoning distance.
My 20, q, 20, II, 10 is an involuntary
suffusion. +,
MY IL, 10, "a. II, 10 is to press tight.
My 2s, 2, IS. %. II, IS is a place Of
worship. ,s.
MY whole Is a 1arge body. with fine
head, many memh ers, q big heart and q
- - = n Bessie SCOTT.
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Richmond. Va
;, !, :, asD,anatch,

Dear sirs.-I want to become a member
or the Il. C. C. l send you a picture
Of sailing vessel, and wish you would
send mo q badge.
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,honi, YOU for accepting my story. 7
nm am glad ! You thought It was nice enough
to piiDisti. i composed It myself. send
You another, 5o 18th the =. week GATED
like TO compose stolies for the T. D.
c. G. i would like to know II you R1vs
'.zes for stories.
Hoping to See my story IN print am
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27

Dear Edltor,-I received my prize and
think 1t is beautiful. Every ono things
that it was well worth tly!Gag liz for .,o, 90 .
nice prize. Anyhow,.#I thank you very
mich FOR it. contribute some moro thas
week, which hope v %,, p 9rln.eo'
~"a#,TL LOUISE *. KENNEDY. Z
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Graham. Alamance county. N. c.
.Jetersyille. Va

Editor CIR drens Page:
4 Dear Slr,-I have not contributed any.
thing to your. paper for long time, bus
ha We mot failed to read our page with
growing Interest each week. Enclosed
ind a Christmas drawing, which hope
Will reach you In time to be published III
next Sundays paper.
Yours truly. ,,,>,,,
-. AfvnduH. w. ~. j IlLlEl,IV LOV4N0. N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27
Christmas Eve.

This is copied and the best. could do.
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"A Dear Editor.--I have heard Of the T. D.
u e.. and would like very much to DO
a member. I am twelve years old. Please
nave to write d story or puzzle every
week. ~ will inclose you q story and
puzzle. Hope you will Ike them. Pub
llsh them IL they are fit. am going to
look Tor them. My address,
LILLIAN MURRAY.
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sign Of WEAKNESS and the following trans
formations will appear:
q, The break OF day.
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4; Dear Edtor,-I am very much Obliged
TO you for tho pretty badge you sent me-
4 am proud OF being nmember Of the
cannot wrlts long letter. Good. bye.
3 EDWIN WAKEFIELD.
VI Laurel, Del, December 14th. g, AZ
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Dear Editor.-1 like tho T. D. C. g. so
well that have wanted TO Join for, 4
long time. II read the stories and like
them very well. We have taken Tho
11lmes-D Dispatch for q long time. / write
ana ask You TO please send me q badge.
/ am thirteen years old.
III Your lItlc friend,
S'tsSa ss}t33s BESSIE WILLIAMS.
Arvonin, Buckingham County, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27

Dear Edtor-I am little girl. twelve
years old. and wis to Join the r. D. c. 9.
i enjoy reading, the children's page very
much, and wish you would send mo q
.bnogc. and i also enclose picture. OF q
girl posing: and hoping to see my draw
Ing in tho Sunday Times.Dlspntch, !,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27

Dear Edtor,-I received the book which
you sent me Tor a prize to-day and was
very much pleased. n II j,
i send a picture, which hope you VIII
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27

Dear Edltor,-This Is the first time I
have painted for The Times, Dispatch, but
a mistake In the picture, for certainly
nush-a-bye baby does not go with t.
t1oplng TO got my badge soon, remain
IA ;-s> 3 ORC TiiFIA z TATUAf. l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
Delhi. the Gem Market.

Delhi remains the center of all In
dian art industries. The most skillful
jewelers. and gem cutters, painters,
caryers, embroiderers and craftsmen
whose creations could tempt the purse
or minister to the luxury Of the great
er and lesser MOguls have gathered
there for centuries, and trade habits
are but slowly broken. Along Chandni
Chauk plump merchants in snow white
clothes and tiny jewelers. turbans in
vite one to their whitewashed, felt
foored inner rooms, and there, tread
ing catlike in stockinged feet, they un-
roll gold and silver embroideries, Kash-
mir shawls and "camel's hair stuffs
and cover the last inches Of floor space
with jewels.
Necklaces, girdles and a queens or
naments are drawn from battered box
es, scraps of paper, cotton cloth or old
flannel. Nothing seems quite as incon-
gruous in this land of the misfit and
the homogeneous as the way in which
the Jewels of a rajah are produced
from old biscuit tins, pickle bottles and
marmalade Jars. One buys the gems of
a temple goddess, and they are laid in
grimy cotton wool and packed in rusty
little tin boxes Of crudity inconceiva-
ble.-From Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore's
winter India"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
Smoke in His Eyea

1t isn't so bad-this bachelor life
With a pipe and a book and a fire
You don't feel the need Of a doll OF
wife
To talk to, caress and admire
My friends of the novel don't mind if
you yaWn
And turn me to memory's throng
While the pipe purrs lovingly down in
the bowl
And the backlog is singing a song.
Here are photos and trinkets and trifles
galore
Each priced for day or an hour,
Like seaweed and shells from the ebb
of the tide
Or the scent of a tropical flower.
There's Mary who's married, there's
Bess, the old maid,
There's Laura who's gone on the stage;
There s--Ah, how the past we imagined
was sealed
Is agape at the tearfullest page!
There's a song that the lips will not
forms into sound,
Though the heart be atune with the
air,
The quick will not look in the face of
the dead,
Though it ing to the corpse in de-
.. spair
There's presence that deepens the lone
Illness here
Like the hush of the uttermost skies
The blacklog is ashes. the fire has gone
And the smoke of the pipes in my
eyes.
Clarence. Ousley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
Immune to Mosquitoes.

While occupants of palace and cot
tage in New Jersey, Staten Island and
parts of Long Island cage themselves
within wire screening to escape the
song and bite of the malarious, MAS
matte mosquito, thereby shutting off
half of their supply of air, the cook
ladies and maids sit on the lawn, on
the back stoop, on the fence, or on
the curbstone, in company of their
"steadies,' apparently oblivious of the
clouds of the pests that swarm about.
have just been put wise" as they
say in toughdom. They are immune.
No mosquito would dream of inject
ing his proboscis into their cuticle
They rub their skin with an oil made
from grass that grows in Ceylon and
Singapore, and the skeeters, Directing
to it's fragrance, keep off. This is a
common oil used in many soaps and
perfumes. Our society friends may
have to come to it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
nv going ont on the lake and remain.

my going out on the lake and remain
ing until she was gone"
Bob's eyes sought the pennant
again.
But why don't you write to her?
She'll listen to reason" Ned was be-
ginning to show signs of sympathy.
Il did, and I'm waiting yet for the
answer"
"And the pennant-how about that?'
ooh, she gave that to me-before
It's all l have of hers
"Do you realize that you haven't
enlightened me as to who her is?"
she's Lourene Richmond. Lives
in Corning"
1t was Bobs own fault that he did
not detect the shaft of surprise that
shot across his friends face.
well, it's pretty tough, old man
but this won't win our game for u.s.
Come, we must practice. A bump or
two on the gridiron will shake all sen
timent out of you. We must do those
fellows Saturday.
A few minutes later, when they
stepped into the street, together, Ned
ran on ahead and disappeared around
the corner, ostensibly to telephone to
friend.
But the telephone message was writ
ten on a telegraph blank and read:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
Superstition of the UnIucky Thirteen

Superstition of the UnIucky Thirteen
When King Arthur founded the ia
nous round table he requested Merlin,
the enchanter, to arrange the seats.
Merlin arranged one set Of seats to rep
resent the apostles. Twelve were for
the faithful adherents of Jesus Christ
and the thirteenth for the traitor Judas.
The first were never occupied save by
knights distinguished for their achieve
ments, and when death occurred
among them the seat remained vacant
until knight surprising him in heroic
and warlike attachments should be con-
sidered worthy to fill the place. If an
unworthy knight sought the chair he
was repealed by some magic power.
The thirteenth seat was never occu-
pied but once. The story goes that a
naughty and insolent Saracen knight
sat down upon it and was Immediately
swallowed up by the earth. Ever after
it was known as the ''perilous seat"
and, brave as the celebrated knights Of
the round table are said to have been,
not one ever had the courage to sit on
the thirteenth chair, and the superst1-
ton against it still survives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
Serious Mistake,

A sorter employed at the postoffice
was discovered by friend the other
evening in his "diggings" looking very
rueful indeed.
I'm in a frightful hole" he said.
st went to see two doctors yesterday
and got a medical certificate from
each. One was certificate of health
for a life insurance company, and the
other was a certificate of illness to
send to the chief with my petition
for weeks leave of absence"
1--WE done that myself" said his
friend; what's the matter?"
Matter! Why, l mixed the certii-
Gates in posting them. The insurance
company has my certificate of i'll
health and the chief has my certii-
cate of good health. London Tit
Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
Gypsies and Death.

The custom of placing the property
of the dead in their graves has always
been followed by the true Romany
gypsies. It is due to some old tradition
of ill luck attending the possession OF
an article whose former owner is gone
and much valuable property is buried
in this belief. There is also a senti-
ment among gypsies against the pos
session of anything that has belonged
to a dead person., because it serves to
remind the living of the departed and
inspire in them dread Of death. The
custom Of burying their property with
gypsy dead dates from the earliest his.
tory of the Romany tribes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
A jolly Siqht Worse.

A bachelor, old and cranky, was sit
ting alone in his room; his toes with
the govt were aching, and his face
was o'erspread with gloom. No lit
tie ones shouts to disturb him-from
noises the house was free; in fact
from cellar to attic twas still as still
could be. No medical aid was lack.
irg; his servants answered his ring
respectfully heard his orders, and sup
piled him with everything. But still
there was something wanting which
he could not command-the kindly
words of compassion, the touch of a
gentle hand. And he said, as his brow
grew darker, and he rang for the hire
ling nurse, well, marriage may be a
failure, but this is a jolly sight worse