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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
BLIND TIGER
OF a Moonshiner Visited After Admission
Fee Was Paid

OF a Moonshiner Visited After Admission
Fee Was Paid.
New York Tribune.
heard OF these blind tigers" and one
day, in company with a gentleman and
two ladies. l drove to Linvile Falls, AS
we were going we passed a fertilization on
one side of the road; the driver an
nounced that it was a tiger, We re-
GREETED as we drove on that we had not
stopped to examine it, resolving to give
1t trial on our return. Coming back
we found that it was square, log hewn
building, AUDITING on the road, with no
front door at all, the logs fitting SO close
ly there were no means of seeing any
thing whatever inside.
The rear of the structure was enveloped
in large brush arbor reaching on both
sides to the mountain ravine. Tackled on
the front Of the tiger" was the following
sign: Watts Saloon, July ]. Brandy,
$275 gallon; whisky, Is cents a pint,
$3.50 q. gallon. Anything else in that
line. Drop your money in the drawer
There was hole in the logs In which
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
'The captain is not up yet" quiet

"The captain is not up yet" quiet
ly answered the mate, who was
grave man of 40 or whereabouts.
Don't disturb him on our account.
them said Hutchinson, with mock
humility But after he has break
fasted-and smoked should like the
favor Of a short interview That re-
minds me that our cook on the yawl
got up rather late this morning, too,
and he was just SHINING our quail
when we received your invitation to
come aboard
You will be fed shortly" said the
mate. obstinately refusing to smile,
tho everybody else was in a broad
grin.
At breakfast the handouts were re-
moved from the prisoners, and their
office was taken up by five natty sail
ors, armed with carbines. After the
! meal which was ridiculously sumptu-
Gus for prisoners and to which every
! body did ample justice, especially
Daggetts men, they returned to the
saloon, where they resumed their
| irons and were left alone.
In about an hour the mate appeared
| again and announced that the captain
would see the leader, whoever he was.
That's either you or I, Daggett,"
said Hutchinson. drolly.
you co. said Daggett q little un-
easily; you got the gift O. CAB in a
higher degree than me-
| Hutchinson arose and followed
| the mate out.
| At the captains room the mate
| threw open the polished walnut door,
j stood aside while Hutchinson entered.
and then shut himself outside. At a
little roller top desk sat well-built,
fresh faced, independent looking
/ young woman of probably %, with d
! most glorious head Of dark auburn
hair. Over her shirt waist she wore
| a tight-fitting Jacket of navy blue, of
which material her skirt was also
made. A cap denoting her rank in
J gold letters lay on the top OF the
desk.
| II beg your pardon he began, "but
/ am looking for the captain. Or,
| rather, he is looking
II am the captain" interrupted the
young woman faughtily, as II rebuk-
! ing his easy manner.
! What have you to say - she asked,
/ forced at last to speak first. Her
/ voice was considerably gentler.
Nothing answered he, with dig
/ nifty ~ am not in the habit Of re-
spending to such a, contemptuous tone
as you have Just sect fit to use. If
! your excuse for it was these, holding
| aloft his irons, II would call your at
! tention to the fact that they were put
/ there unlawfully and by force, pre-
sumably at your order
Her soft, beautiful eyes filled with
surprise and an added color that
might have been the blood of shame,
crept into her cheeks. 'I cannot
j discuss that point Of etiquette with
you." she said politely, but with
! proper reserve.
1 II don't ask that" he returned, ST
merely insist on the courtesy due me
from a woman of YOUR evident breed
1 ing
! Again she looked at him with curl
/ Gus, puzzled eyes. Her humiliation
/ was SO evident that he pressed the
| question no further.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

But the answer was commonplace
enough.
Il took it to the bank said the
plaintiff.
Tor what purpose was the button
used?"
my wife fastened her night robe
with it,
I'm what part of the bank did you
keep it,
"In small drawer Of the safe
us 1t there now"
Il don't know I had forgotten the
matter entirely till now"
Ito be continued Monday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
SUFFICIENT CAUSE.

Smart Set.
= Mary--Bnt why do you think they are GER
tain to fall in love?
AMIN the first piece their parents hate each
other; and, In the second place, neither Of them
has penny in the world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

8 {! s s.
the harbor of Brunswick,
Gaa
The boat crept along under the light
night breeze, taking what is known as
the INLAND" course, which lies be-
tween the low. narshy mainland on
the left and the long, narrow 'ssea
islands" on the right, beyond which
lies the broad Atlantic. After about
an hour it grew darker, the wind
freshened and a misty rain began to
powder the boat and its occupants.
The skipper, who seemed still In a
savage mood, uttered low, vehement
curse at this turn of the weather, and
then returned to his logged silence.
"A bottle of ink would be lucidity
itself compared with this, Markley, ;"
said the young fellow to the heavy
man next to him.
Il don't see how he steers" re-
turned Markley, who had not chuckled
for some time.
IT don't do 1t with my eyes" said
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
A WOODEN WARSHIP.
The Hartford, Sole Survivor of Her
Glass, to be Kept Afloat.

The Hartford, Sole Survivor of Her
Glass, to be Kept Afloat.
Those who delight in war and blood
shed, with their accompaniment Of
thrilling stories of heroic deeds, or
those, even, who would have all inter
national and domestic controversies
settled by arbitration, have reason to
rejoice that when Congress, a few
years ago, had inserted a provision in
the Naval Appropriation bill that re-
pairs to all wooden vessels should be
discontinued, it exec - the famous
old ships Hartford and Kearsarge
Since then the Kearsarge has met
the fate of so many other
ships, having been wrecked on
a reef in the Caribbean Sea.
But the old Hartford, in com
mission, with her officers and crew
on board and in their distinctive and
fascinating uniforms, and the ship
with her lofty and symmetrical masts
and spars and her sails furled, and
every rope in place, has been meat
interesting to visitors during her -
cent visit to the navy yard. She is
now on the records as doing duty in
the Coast Squadron and has left the
navy yard and gone to Annapolis.
The old ship is different looking
vessel, so far as the interior is con-
cerned, from the one which Farragut
commanded at the battles on the
Mississippi River in 1862, and at Mo-
bile Bay in 1854. And yet, although
there is little left of the old ship be-
yond her keel and frame and name,
she has not lost her outward identity,
and any of those who were familiar
with her in the days of the Civil War
would recognize her now. She was
originally steam vessel, or sloop-of-
war, of 1900 tons displacement, and
was built at Boston in 1858. She has
the same graceful and symmetrical
lines that she presented on th.t hot
summer day when she led the wooden
fleet past the guns of Fort Morgan,
in 1864, at the battle of Mobile Bay,
when Farragut won another of his
great victories and coined the phrase
that has gone down into history, when
he called out to the commander of
the Brooklyn (who had hauled his ship
out of the line when he saw one of
the monitors go down by an explosion
of torpedo, Damn the torpedoes;
go ahead" The famous old ships
have all gone except the Hartford, and
she is destined to remain af1oat SO
long as she can be kept in a seaworthy
condition, so as to remind the present
and future generations of the kind of
ships and the manner of men their
ancestors were in the days when men
and ships were needed to preserve the
nation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
DOG Ia Killed: Girl Dies.

The death of Miss Nellie Youngs of
heart disease when she saw her favorite
poodle ground under the wheels of a fast
Northwestern passenger train at Oshkosh
may be followed by formal funeral for
the dog as we'll as the girl The animal
was a pet of the Youngs family. Miss
Youngs was on Prospect boulevard as a
train passed. The gates across the street
were lowered, but the poodle, which was
her companion in the stroll, rushed past
the gates, anu under the train. Five
passenger cars tore his body to an un-
recognizable mass, and as the train pas 8
ed and Miss Youngs saw the body of her
pet on the track, she tainted, dying be-
fore a doctor could reach her side.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Aliphred Too Soon.

It had taken considerable persuasion
to induce the old lady to trust herself
in an automobile; but finally she con-
sented because, says the Automobile
Magazine, she was anxious to reach
the bedside Of her sick grandehild in
a village some twenty miles away.
The owner of the big automobile,
who was touring through Long Island,
had been very kind about it. He
CHANGED to be near the station when
the old lady found she had missed her
train, and when he overheard her
lamentations he insisted that she
should accompany him. His route lay
through that particular one of the half
dozen Long Island villages named
Hampton where the sick grandchild
lay.
They started at last, and everything
went we'll until, in attempting to pass
a wagon which occupied most OF the
road, the flying automobile went unex-
pectedly into the ditch. and rather vio-
lently deposited it's occupants in an
adjoining field.
Recovering from the shock, although
somewhat confused from the rather
unusual method Of alighting, the old
lady asked Of the chagrined chauffeur:
sis this a-a-a Hampton?"
"No, ma'am," he managed to gasp;
"this is an accident"
20 dear!' said the ola lady. "Then
hadn't oughter have got out here,
had IY
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Old Tower of Punishment

Henry Norman, the traveller, says:
High above everything else in Box
hara towers the Miner Kalan, the
great tower of punishment. 1t is
built of fiat red bricks and it's grace
full proportions have not suffered at
all from the effects of time. At the
top it widens into a kind of campan-
lie, set with oblong windows, and at
it's foot there is a depression which
looks as if it had been scraped out
of the ground From one Of these
windows condemned criminals,
trussed like fowls were pushed out,
and this depression is where genera
tons of them fell" This practice
has now been prohibited by the Rus
SLAMS who rule the country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Bic Fire at Case Works.

For hours the other afternoon the plant
of the mammoth J. l. Case Machine
Company i'll Racine, valued at $3,O00,-
900, was in danger Of total destruction
by fire. Shortly after noon an explosion
was heard and the paint shop, which oc-
cupied part of building covering nearly
a block in the interior of the manufacture
ing district, burst into flames. The com
pany's fire department and the city fire
department. were ON the scene in few
minutes. There was some talk Of asking
for assistance from Milwaukee, but the
fire chief did not consider it necessary
At p. m. the fire was under control,
with the loss estimated at between $780,
600 and $685. 900, fully insured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Empress of Korea Born in Appleton
Oshkosh Girl Dies as Dog Is Killed
Appropriations for HarDor Improve.
ments in Milwaukee District.

Born in the backwoods as the daughter
of an itinerant missionary and at 40 the
empress of an oriental kingdom and
mother of 1he heir apparent to the Co
rean throne is the story of Emily Brown,
born in Appleton, and now the Empress
ON of Corea. Last January vi Hongs,
Emperor of Corea, celebrated the forti-
eth anniversary of his coming to the
throne, and ON the same day Miss Brown,
who had long been the light Of the en-
perors harem, was crowned Empress of
Corea and her son declared heir apparent
to the throne. Up to the time Of her
coronation Miss Brown was known as
Lady Emily. Now she is the Empress
ON, which in English means dawn Of
the morning." Emily Brown was born in
Appleton about 1860, her father, Rev.
Herbert Brown, being Presbyterian
missionary, who lived here only a few
months, and her mother a remarkably
beautiful woman. When Emily was
about Is years old her father went as
missionary to COrea, and is said to have
been the first Protestant missionary to
settle in the capital city of Seoul. His
wife and child went with him. Emily
sang in the mission church. and learning
the language rapidly came to be used as
an interpreter in church dealings with
the government. Her beauty was report
ed to the emperor and he commanded
her to enter his harem, which she indig-
naDtly refused to do. About two years
later she concluded to accept the emper-
or's protection and went to live in the
palace after securing from the emperor a
solemn promise of marriage when affairs
Of state would permit. This promise
was kept soon after she bore the en-
peror a son. These facts were learned
by recent private correspondence from
Toxic, Japan, from American missionary
sources
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
100000 for HarbOrs,

Harbor improvements in the Milwau-
kee district, recommended in the yearly
report prepared by Major j. G. Warren,
corps of engineer, are estimated to cost
nearly 100000, and nearly half the
amount applies to Miwaukee's water
ways. The report, which has recently
been finished, will be submitted by Major
Warren to Brig. Gen. G. L. Gillespie,
chief of engineers, at Washington d. G..
The amount recommended for Milwaukee
is $4,000, to be used to complete 2,450
feet of breakwater superstructure and
build concrete superstructure over it and
1900 lineal feet adjacent thereto. Other
appropriations recommended include
$133O00 for South Milwaukee, $4,000
FOR Racine, $4,000 for Menominee, Sill
ITO for Grassy island, $3.50 for Mani
towoc, $4,000 for Sheboygan and $780,
900 for Fox river.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
her eyes.


She received a telegram one even.
ing; it said, "Your mother is dying;
come to her." She started for the old
home-the home she had not seen for
years. When she had changed cars
for the last time, and was on the little
train that ran into the old country
town; her attention was attracted
toward a we'll dressed lady and hand
some youth, who sat just in front of
her in the car. There was something
about the boy that was familiar to
her; something that brought again
vision of apple blossoms. She watched
him intently, and noted his fondness
for and devotion to the lady whom he
called mother, and as she watched
a feeling Of loneliness came over her
and desire to have him come to her
and smile into her e-'es.
A passenger came through the
coach and stopped to speak to the
two.
"Mrs. Carridine," he exclaimed, 81
am glad to see you and Master Henry
coming home again.
Thank you; Henry, my husband,
always wants us to spend part of
every summer with his aunt. She is
very feeble now and can't be induced
Ruth Rartmore looked out of the
window. She arrived in time to see
her mother buried, and beside the
grave she awoke and found that she
was alone in the world.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Hospitality Paws.

Cities and communities frequently
expend large sums of money in enter
tanning conventions, conferences and
other public gatherings, both because
of spirit of hospitality prevailing or
through a sinister desire to "adver-
tise the city" After the affair is over
and the visitors have gone their sew
eral ways the people ask one of tre
other, Does it pay to spend money
thus?" There never was a case of
public hospitality that didn't pay, if
not in dollars and cents, in the extern
sion and broadening of that finest of
all sentiments, the brotherhood of man.
Dayton (Ohio) Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
All Over the State.

Ludwig Larson, president Of the de-
funct Farmers and Merchants Bank Of
Bangor, made an assignment of all his
personal property, amounting to over
$4,000, in order to protect creditors of
the bank. The liabilities of the bank
exceed assets about $4,000. Mr.. Lar
son was not heavy. stakeholder in the
concern.
Simeon Hesse was arrested, charged
with abducting Edna Bateman, a feeble
minded woman, from the Crawford Coun-
ty poor farm at Seneca. He was placed
III the jill at Lynxville and, after being
confined a short time, escaped. Officers
Immediately gave chase and surrounded
the couple on a small island, where Hesse
is we'll fortified, and defes arrest. Hesse
is said to be a desperate criminal, hav-
ing served two years in the penitentiary.
Vicar General A. F. Schinner was
named by Archbishop Katzer in papers
which he left as administrator Of the
Milwaukee diocese until a new arch
bishop is chosen.
A bad freight wreck occurred on the
North western road near Twin Lakes sta
ton. A freight train ran into a herd
of cattle and eight cars We're telescOped.
Half a dozen cattle were killed.
]. A. Vermily, 20 years of age, drown
ed in Rock river at Janesville. He was
in the company of H. Bennett. Neither of
the young men could swim. Vermilya
waded beyond his depth and went under.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
WHAT'S THE USE? .

What's the use of grooming
Because the clouds are black?
All your silly moaning
Never pushed them back.
Troubles may be coming,
Coming in a heap;
Just you keep humming,
Hum yourself to sleep.
What's the use of grumbling
When the ground is wet?
Thunder may be rumbling,
Don't you ever fret.
Storms will soon be over,
Flowers blooming fine;
Crops will be in clover
When the sun does shine.
What's the use of shouting,
Getting sort O. mad?
Things that set you pouting
May make others glad.
Wouldn't it be lonely,
Tell me square and true,
If the world was only
Made for me and you?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
LOST IN THE GRASS.

There Is surely no country half
world away in which the Occidental
traveller expects so much delight and
SO little adventure as in Japan.
Yet Ernest Foxwell has recently
related tale of terrible adven.
ture experienced In Japan y an
EnglishWoman brI few days after
her arrival. She was staying at a
little country village among the hills,
and had gone out in the morning to
gather flowers. The path ran across
the uplands, where there Is a wild
and lonely stretch Of country extend
ing for several miles; and the beauty
Of some wild flowers growing in the
tall grass led her to leave the trail
unthinkingly, and press farther and
farther into the waving tangle. She
was short woman, and it reached
above her head.
IF l had been a foot taller" she
said, In telling her story. Il should
have laughed and been out in min
ute or two: but those few inches bur-
led me alive.
almost instantly I felt sick, as you
DO at the beginning Of an earthquake;
for although l must have been quite
near the path, yet with the grass all
round above my head there was no
knowing what would happen. might
be going right away at that very
moment, and the possibilities came like
a shock. I believe lost my head at
once. l could not think, so l kept
moving one way, then another. But
merely pushing through this tall, tough
grass is very firing work, even If you
are on sloping ground and can judge
where you will come out; and when
out of you from the feeling that every
step is probably burying you deeper.
1t was like being drowned"
1t was not until sunset, after a
whole day in the blazing sun, without
food or water, consta ntly wandering,
constantly pushing and tearing at
stems so stiff and serrated that they
quickly make the hands bleed. that she
walked suddenly out on to open ground
and fell fainting in a heap. When
she recovered, stars were shining, and
she was alone on an unknown noun
tainside. She slept from exhaustion,
and the next day followed winding
mountain torrent over rocky land, her
shoes and then her stockings worn
from her feet only to find, at sum
down, that it had led her to narrow
gorge, without one inch Of foothold or
shore. The stream dashed through in
a torrent that hopelessly barred the
way.
Light-headed with terror, hunger and
WEAKNESS, she croucned for time in
despair. Then she suddenly waded in
TO the stream and stood until after
dawn waist-deep in water, while
rain storm pelted upon her from above.
Whim or instinct, she believed that by
the cool rush and sting Of the water
her reason and strength were pre-
served.
The next day she retraced her weary
way along the watercourse back to
the heights; thence, fixing anew the
point to which she must direct her
steps, she successfully made her way
back to civilization. When at length
she reeled into the hut Of kindly
Japanese woman, she had been four
days lost without food, and had walk
ed until her feet were so torn and
infamed it was thought she must have
them amputated; but she fortunately
regained her health uncrippled.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
BARRIERS Board Is Opposed.

The BARRIERS of Milwaukee are con-
cerned in a movement to make a con-
certSl fight ON the law requiring BARRIERS
to take out license and creating a
BARRIERS board. William Schailler, who
has shop on Wisconsin street, says the
law is a farce and that the BARRIERS Be
nevolent Association would take action
looking toward making a legal contest.
cit is not at all the law we sent to the
Legislature" he said, "and the only peo-
pie who can possibly benefit by it are
few politicians who have places on the
BARRIERS board. We propose to raise a
fund and test it's constitutionality."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
A Hanging Railroad.

A hanging overhead electric rail-
road for London, similar to that in
use in Elberfeld, Germany, Is pro-
iected by a group Of German, Ameri-
can and English financiers. parlia-
mentary concession will be asked to
swing the single track required over
the Thames from its south end for
eight miles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Love and LGcre.

Nell-Yes, it was love match.
Belle-It must be a pleasant thing
to be rich enough to marry for love-.
Philadelphia Record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

After all angel reaches thirty-five
and wears an old wrapper across the
alley to borrow butter from a neigh
Dor, she looks pretty tough.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

Consumption of Iron ia Germany.
In Germany the annual consumptiA
of iron per capita is 1873 pounds and
the production just double that
amount.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

After all, the greatest aid to health
is regulating the diet.