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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-07

The hall was lighted with a great s lantern, whose yellow food added to the flower white pallor of her counte- nance. The clock was striking 10. The soldiers had sought the fort to gain s early rest, and the townfolk were gone home. The long parlor was still and : dark. Through the open door Anne could see the litter of tankards and pipes and a lean dog, stretched with black muZzle laid to the threshold, asleep.
 She slipped through the door and to the highroad,y and then, with tremu- lous fits of fear at the shadows, ran at her best pace toward the fort. It was a good half mile, and she reached 1t out of breath. A sentry at the gate stepped her, and to him she said she wished to see the governor on impor- tant business.
 ; q know not if lie will see you," he objected doubtfully. Tt is late, and the march is to begin at sunup."
 But he must see me-" she told him. yss'Tell him he mustv'
 He left her for a moment, then, re- turning led her across a court of hard beaten earth into log building con taining a single room. At the far end was table strewn with papers and maps. A sword rack was nailed to the wall
 Tn an armchair before the table, his plumed hat and sword tossed across it, sat the governor, heavy, coarse featur ed, with reddish, muddy skinned com plexion under a black curled wig. He was pig necked and his eyes were bloodshot.
 She came into the center of the room and courtesied slowly, while the earl rose clumsily, his red eyes flaming over her 1.-the young beauty, and sat down again, tilting back his chair. < Your excellency." she began, twill pardon this intrusion and my haste. A duel is to be fought this night on Loudon field, and I--I appeal to you to prevent It."
 e.sA duel?" The earl bent his bulky neck TT faith, this is not the court at Williamsburg. I have weightier red skin matters at present ae sssn nay HaaA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-07
Tnrkssh naIiwhf.

This dainty deserves to be known, for. carefully made. 1t is very delicious. Bring to a boil three cupfuls of granu- lated sugar and one cupfuI of water. Add one and one-third ounces of gsIa- tine which has been softened in three fourths of a cupful of cold water Boil the mixture steadily for 25 minutes. Then add the juice and rind of one or ange and one lemon; boil again for one minute and turn into wet pans to cool. Cut into squares and roll them in corn starch and confectioners' sugar, mixed. Pistachio nut meats or othernuts may bs added in small quantities after the cook ing process is finished.-Washington Star
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-07

5000 yards No 40 All Silk Rib. bon, only best colors. at $ cents the yard. Value 15c. Golf Gloves 15 cents pair, from 25 cents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-07

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-07
CHAPTER VIII.

E|3HE spot selected for the meeting
 was not near by, since Virgin
 ias earl governor had forbid | den encounters within a ten
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-07
TakfnE No Chances.

.sBut why did you not send for the doctor next door when you became sud- denly ill?" asked his friend.
 You forget" said the sufferer, '1that 1 have been learning to play the cornet recently. had my doubts"-St Stray Stories. tt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-07

20 dozen Children's Lawn Dresses
 at 9 cents each. Value 50
 cents. /|
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

up and down he took a chair and re-
marked that it was showing outdoors
l replied that it was possible
He said that we'd had very little
snow thus far this winter.
I replied that 1 hadn't been inter-
ested.
He then took the cat on his lap and
asked if thought her eyesight was
failing.
l didn't think so.
He then skipped from cat to mother
in-law and hoped she was we'll.
She was very we'll, thank you.
Then Mr.. BOwSer began to shuttle and
twiddle again, and in another minute
he rose up and returned to the library.
/ took up my former position just in
time to hear him say:
1.-THE old girls got her back up for
fair this time. She ought to see that
I'm doing my best to make up with her,
but she won't have it. Wonder if she
expects me to get down on my knees to
her? / won't do it if die for it, but
it puts me in hole just the same.
What in the old Harry is going to be-
come Of me If she goes?"
Then he got mad and kicked that
poor dictionary back again and back
and forth the other way, and it was
two minutes before he went on:
"Bowser, you are an old crank. Durn
your cats, but why do you jump on
anybody with both feet the way you
do? You come home and find that the
cook has been called away by sickness
Legitimate sickness-and you imme-
diately begin to blow and buster and
you are an old crank, and you've got
yourself into nice fix at last. What
you want to do is to go right out there
and chuck that woman under the chin
and beg her pardon and No, you
can't do that You want to put on your
hat and overcoat and go out and slam
the door behind you. She'll probably
get scared and come down off her high
horse and call you back, and then you
can make up without loss of dignity"
gu OuI VI IhC WdJ, anu MI. OOW
ser put his little plan in operation. It
didn't work He stood on the steps for
five minutes, waiting for a CALL and
when none came he re-entered the
house with crestfallen demeanor.
Hanging up his hat on the hall tree, he
came back into the sitting room and
stood and looked at me.
/ returned his gaze.
"Well?' he queried.
"Well?" l answered.
"Mrs. Bowser, I'm an old crank"
"While I'm an angel"
eyes, you are that, and I want to
say
$50 do 1. I'm not going home to
mother in che morning"
Then Well, then, Mr.. Bowser and
had a happy evening together, and in
his exuberance Of spirits he lifted the
cat to his shoulder and went dancing
around the room like boy ten years
old. | think he'll be good for at least
week to come. NJ. QUAD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
CALIFORNIA; GREATNESS.

California has the largest seed farms
in the world.
California leads all the states in the
production of barley.
The Golden Gate is the western portal
for Americas great future commerce.
California is the only state in the
Union in which bituminous rock is
found
California has a larger per capita
wealth than any other state in the
Union.
California produces more oranges
and lemons than any other state in the
Union
The United States mint at San Fran
cisco is the largest institution of the
kind in the world.
For many years past San Francisco
has been and still is the leading whal-
ing port of the world.
The glory of CALIFORNIA; flowers is
practical The state produces more
honey than any other.
California produces more English
walnuts than all the other states, and
they are of better quality
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
A Home Thrust.

There is a good story told about the
late Henry Bergh. While walking
about the streets of New York city one
morning he saw a teamster whipping a
balky horse. n
"Stop that, you BRUTE" he exclaimed,
cor I'll have you locked up inside of
five minutes! Why don't you try kind
ness on the animal? Don't you sup
pose horse can be reached by kind
word the same as human being"
II b'lieve ye're right, sor," replied
the teamster, quick witted Irishman,
who, with all his faults of temper, was
not bad man at heart, "an' if a harse
has feelin's, sor, don't We spose his
dhriver has too? Thry koind wor-rd
on the dhriver, if We phase"
The stern face of Mr.. Bergh relaxed
into smile, and in the better under
standing that followed the horse for
got that it was baking and started off
in a trOt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Mrs. Bowser's Story
How She Compelled Her Cranky Spouse to Repent Of His
Actions at Home Planned to Leave Him, but
the Possibility of Such Move Caused
Him to Become Conciliatory

to avoid discovery, and twenty min
utes later he found me there.
Neither of us spoke.
Both sat down and stared into "
cancy.
A woman can beat a man at a wait
ing game and after a quarter of an
hour / tired Mr.. Bowser out. He be-
gan to shuttle his feet and twiddle his
thumbs and at length got up and went
into the library. / listened at the key
hole, and as he walked to and fro
heard him say:
''She sits there like a bump on a log
and says nothing. If she expects me
to speak first she'll get sadly left"
He was silent for minute, during
which he kicked the dictionary across
the floor and banged chair about, and
then he resumed:
Mrs. Bowser has got her trunk pack
ed and will want TO go in the morning,
and l don't know what in thunder I'm
going to do | can't get a housekeeper
in here, and I'll be hanged if so to a
hotel Or boarding house What did she
want to fire up the way she cid for!
She knows my little ways and has al
ways put up with them till this time,
but the minute | began TO talk she said
she'd been packing her trunk to so
home Never was SO astonished in my
life, but, Of course, l had to tell her to
trot along. By gum! By gumw
I heard him approaching the door
and l got back into the sitting room
He came in after a moment, trying
hard to look careless, and after pacing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Tip on Name.

The words ''senior" and Junior" are
rapidly going out of date in fashiona-
BILE society in Gotham. These suffiXes
have never been popular in England,
the country that New York patterns a
good deal after, and for the last couple
of years there has been a perceptible
dropping of the ''Sr." and "Jr." from
cards here. After much discussion it
has been generally conceded that the
senior members of families of thesa
name shall be called Mr.. and Mrs. So
and-So and that the next in line of the
same name shall be called Mr.. and
Mrs. John Smith, or whatever the fam
lily name may be. To speak of Mrs.
Smith" means that that lady is the ac-
knowledged head of the female side
Of the house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
STAGE LIGHTS.
their Various Uses and the Names
by which They Are known.

Lights play an important part on
the stage Of the modern theater, and
they have many uses. The spot light,
for instance, is employed to cast cir
Gle of light upon the stage where sim
gle person is to be brought into espe-
cial prominence 1t consists of an arc
electric light inclosed in cylindrical
hood about the diameter of stove
pipe and provided at the open end
with a condenser lens for the purpose
of concentrating the rays upon small
area.
A flood light is an arc in rectangu-
lar box painted white upon the inside
to serve as a reflector 1t is supposed
to flood the stage with light; hence it's
name
Bunch lights are clusters of gas or
incandescent lights either arranged
within a reflector or exposed naked.
They are used back of a scene behind
doorways, where light is needed off
the stage to represent the illumina-
ton of that part of a dwelling not
shown. For the same purpose strip"
lights are used-rows of incandescent
lights fastened to a strip Of wood pro-
vided with hook, by which it may
be hung to the back of scene when
required
"Side" lights are incandescent lights
arranged on either side of the prosce-
MUM arch. Sometimes they are built
within the arch or they are arranged
to be swung outward when the cur
tain is raised.
The footlights are familiar to all,
and the BORDER" lights are those hung
over the stage directly above the seem
cry. shutting off the top of the stage.
These are arranged in trough like an
inverted "U'' to cast their light down
upon the stage. These are practically
all of the lights used upon the stage of
house, though magic lanterns are
employed at times for the stimulation
of water effects, moonlight ripples and
lightning. The old fashioned calcium,
using the OxyhydrOgen gas, is so sell
dom employed in the modern theater
as to call for no comment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
A Scathing RetOrt.

An English lawyer who had been
cross examining witness for some
time and who had sorely taxed the pa
tience Of the judge, jury and every
one in the court was finally asked by
the court to conclude his cross exam
nation. Before telling the witness to
stand down he accosted him with this
parting sarcasm:
"Ah, you're a clever fellow-a very
clever fellow. We can all see that"
The witness leaned over from the
box and quietly retorted:
II would return the compliment if I
were not on oath. "-"PersOnalia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
copyright, 1904, by c. B. Lewis. !

tCOpyrlSnI, 15Ut, ny y. Is. Lewis
%K\HE other afternoon mes
senger boy brought our cook
E telegram to the effect that
her sister, living ten miles
away, was very i'll and wanted to see
her at once. She was ready to leave
in half an hour, and took hold of the
work and had good dinner awaiting
Mr.. Bowser when he reached home.
He entered the house in a pleasant
mood, but no sooner had broken the
news to him about the cook than he
said:
Il thought it was about time for an
other kickup. By John, but can't you
keep a girl fifteen minutes without a
rOw?"
"We haven't changed girls in five
MONTHS" l replied, 'and there would
have been no change now but for sick
ness. Annie will probably be back in
a day or two. Meanwhile 1 can do the
cooking"
Meanwhile l have got to live on
crusts and bones and feel that things
are upside down. he growled. "If
there's a worse run house in America
I'd like to know where it's located.
The cook has no sick sister. She sim
ply made that an excuse to get away
from here. All your cooks do that.
They can't stand your ways"
"What is wrong with my ways, Mr..
BOwser?"
Everything. You crush a girl to the
earth. You grind her to pulp. You
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

so around with your nose cooked up
and demand that she get down on her
knees to you. l have always pitied
them from the bottom of my heart,
poor things!'
That's probably the reason why two
Of them said you made googoo eyes
and tried to flirt and two others called
you an old hen and wouldn't stay even
when 1 offered to increase their
wages"
woman, do you know what you are
saying?'
81 do"
''Then, by the great horn spoon, but
l feel like boxing your ears! 1 make
googoo eyes at your cook! l try to
flirt with her! II
BE calm Mr.. Bowser. There is no
need of any quarrel over this thing.
I made up my mind that you would
come home to talk just as you have
done, and 1 determined on my course.
have my trunk nearly packed
"And you'll go home to your moth
err"
81 will"
"And there'll be separation and a
divorce?"
Certainly"
"And-and''-
"And that's ALL After two or three
years you can marry some one who'll
run your house to suit your IDEAS"
II was going to propose this very
step, Mrs. Bowser, and it is the most
sensible thing you have said for six
months. Yes, divorce is inevitable,
but, Of course, shall see that you are
we'll provided for as to a]imony."
Neither Of us ate any of the dinner
had been at such pains to cook. 1 left
the table set and went up to my room
and began to bang my trunk around,
but after few minutes slipped soft
ly downstairs to find that Mr.. Bowser
had taken off his coat, rolled up his
sleeves and was clearing off the table
and washing the dishes.
$50 it's separation and divorcev' he
unused as he worked "All right. It
was bound to come sooner or later and
why not now? When a wife will take
a crowbar and pound on the piano to
make her hardworking husband $25
extra expense it's time there was a di-
vorce. I've talked and talked, but it
has done no good. She's got some good
points about her, but it will have to be
have to be-"
He grumbled away below his breath
while he was taking down the roller
towel to use as dish towel, and then
l heard him say:
wonder what the mother-in-law
will say about it. / know, however.
She'll give me an awful roast.
Shouldn't wonder if she'd come right
down here and do her song and dance
act and make it bad for me. She's got
a way about her to make a feller's
hair stand up. Mebbe l was little
hasty-mebbe so. If Mrs. Bowser
hadn't walked off and left me to wash
these dishes
l had to go up to the sitting room
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
A Remedy Suggested.

'This is pretty tough,' said Mr..
Scaddsleigh, reading. Here is an ac-
count of family that sat all day with
out spark of fire in their stove when
the thermometer registered II degrees
below zero"
Dear me, how foolish" replied Mrs.
Scaddsleigh, toying with her 81 900
pearl necklace. "Why didn't they have
steam heat put in"-Chicago Record
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Vulgar Admiration.

Mr.. Muchcash-What are you doing
out there in the night air? Come into
the house. Gladys-I was just admir-
ing the moon, papa. Mr.. Muchcash-
What business have you admiring the
moon when there are so many things
in the house that 1 have bought ex-
pressly for you to admire? Anybody
can admire the moon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
More Thrilling,
Turquoise Merchants.

Among the most picturesque of
tradespeople in the east are the tur-
quois merchants of Egypt. Scores of
these quaint old characters are to be
found at Cairo. The stock of single
merchant is frequently of great value,
yet he is content to display it much
the same as an Italian in an American
city displays his fruit. The stones are
laid oua in little piles and parcels on
a little stand, which may be carried
from place to place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Men and Dogs.

"When 1 hears a man sayin' dat he
likes dogs better dan he does human
folks" said Uncle Eben, 81 can't help
suspectin' dat mebbe he's picked out
de kin O. friends OATS as good as he
deserves. Washington Star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
His Luck.

Lowscads (despondently)-I might
just as well be dead. What good am
1, anyway? Why, 1 believe that I've
been refused by every girl in town!
Henpekke (excitedly) = Touch wood!
Touch wood, quick, or your luck will
change!-Smart Set. !.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Got Back at Him.

Patience-Did he leave early, last
evening?
Patrice-Yes .-
And did he say he was going to kiss
you when he left?"
HE did, and l told him the sooner
he left the better" -Yonkers States
man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Dear Little Innocence.

Society Belle-Mother, Mr.. De Brass
has proposed and have accepted.
Mother-What? Oh, you wicked, un-
grateful girl, after all we've done for
you. Mr. De Brass hasn't cent to bless
himself with, and won't have until his
father and grandfather die.
"The Mr.. De Brass l am referring to
is the grandfather"
ooh, bless you, my child. "-Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
The Power Behind.

IT'S love that makes the old world go,
AS oft hath been repeated;
IT'S love that sets the sun aglow
To keep our planet heated;
IT'S love that makes the man sublime
And makes the lady winning,
And money many many time
Is loves beginning.
Chicago Record Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Switching OFF the Old Man.

Mr.. Elder-There is something want
to say to you, Bessie-er-that is, Miss
Kutely.
Miss Kutely-Call me Bessie if you
wish
Mr.. Elder-Oh, may I?
Miss Kutely-Of course; all old gen.
tlemen call me Bessie.-Philadelp
Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

Oh, dollars are curious things, you'll al
low
You can make them do tricks if you only
know how
If you borrow million you're hailed with
respect;
But ask for five and your credit is
wrecked
washington Star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Leads I'm Barley CrOp.

California leads all the states in the
production of barley, and supplies one
fourth Of all that is grown in the
United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

Through the libera1ity of Mrs. Mar
garet j. Plant a private patients
pavilion will be erected at st. Luke's
hospital, New York.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
A Mean Advantage.

Il cannot cure you," said DR.. Fox,
unless you promise to do exactly what
l tell you. Do you solemnly promise?"
81 do" replied the patient
"All right. Let me have your check
for that old account that has been
standing so long. "-Philadelphia Press.
More Thrilling.
Ruyter-I'm writing a sequel to my
book How to Live on Five Hundred a
Year."
Scribbler-What do you call the Sc
quel?
Ruyter-"How to Get the Five Hun
dred. Indianapolis Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

Little Puffkyns Ito athletic girD-I
hope I'm not walking too fast for you.-
Ally Sloper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

PHYSICIAN-W. HI. VANDUSEN. M. d.
Office over Henkel'S store.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

kTTORNEY-W e. HOWE.
Practices in all courts. Collections a
speciality.
BoScobel, wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19
Professional Cards.

TToRNEYS-1UsHNEL, WATKINS s. MOSES
Farmers Phone So; Union Phone, SO.
Practice in all state and United States
courts. Office over State Bank of Grant
County,
Lancaster. : Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

AITORNEY-W. e. SHIMMIN.
Attorney at law. Can practice in all
courts ONCE in Basford Building, opposite
main entrance to Court House.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

aTTORNEYS-CLEARY & CLEARY.
Practice in all courts. Specialties--Col-
lections, loans and settlement of estates.
PlatteyIlle, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

ATTORNEYS-CLARK& TAYLOR.
Practice in all State and United States
courts Office in Clark building.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-19

TTORNEYS-BRCwN & BRENNAN.
Office in Baxter Block.
Lancaster wisconsin.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-18
JOHN c. WALSH DEAD.

Studied at Travelled for New
q Haven Company.
John Galley Walsh, oldest son Of
Thomas Walsh, of No. 155 Spring street,
Middletown, died suddenly at Walnut.
Lodge Wednesday night. Mr.. Walsh
had been suffering from nervous trou-
BILE for which he was undergoing treat
ment. His death caused much surprise
to his friends in Middletown. Mr..
Walsh was born in Middletown thirty
one years ago. After attending school
there he was graduated from Mt. st.
Joseph's college, Baltimore and after
ward was student at Yale. Lately
he had been employed as a travelling
salesman for the National Casket COM
pany of New Haven. He was a menu
Der of Middletown Lodge of Elks and
of Forest City Council, Knights Of Co
lumbus. The body was taken to Mid
dletown Friday morning and was met
at the depot by a delegation of Elks.
Mr., Walsh leaves besides his father.
three brothers, DR.. Thomas P. Walsh,
Assessor NJ. Harry Walsh, and De Sales
Walsh, all Of Middletown, also seven
sisters, Mrs. 7. ]. speilacy Of this city.
Mrs James r. Galligan Of New York,
Mrs. Waldo Bfubaker Of Atlantic City,
N. j., Sister Ainirabalis Of Bridgeport
and the Misses Agnes, Bessie and Regi-
ma Walsh. living at home.