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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
THE MAN AT THR DESK.

The Man at the Desk has patient
lcok
AS he writes nd writes in his open
book,
And he bends his back to the task
before
LikN a galley-slave to his hand-rubbed
oar.
Columns of figures he marshals by,
Piled Up decimals mountains high
Which seem to sing to his well-ruled
brain
His long monotonous life-refrain:-
Debit, credit, voucher, pay
Discount, balance, day by day;
Carried forward, interest, duns,-
So the monotonous river runs"
The Man at the Desk with the patient
look
Has followed the rule Of the copy
book
Early to bed and early to rise"
Yet he's neither healthy, wealthy, nor
wise.
Honest, Industrious, sober, chained
To his Office cell, he has long re-
NAMED
Dead Of ambition, busy Of pen,
Adding up figures for other men.
Debit, credit, remit, amount,
Carried forward, close account;
0aybooks, draftbooks, interest, duns,-
So the monotonous river runs"
The Man at the Desk with the patient
look
Has written his life in the open book,
Has charged up Youth with a small
amount,
And crossed off Love as a closed &C
count.
Yet bright are the tears in his faded
eye
AS the column of figures marches by,
Black Of ink and with mourning brave,
Like a last parade to a yawning grave.
"Debit, credit, the bug1es play,
discounts, balance, voucher, pay,
Carried forward, interest, duns,-
So the morotonous river runs"
Wallace Irwin in Success Maya
zine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
DAUGHTER OF A PRESIDENT.
At One Time She Was Mistress Of
the White House.

A happy Virginia bride at 10, mis-
tress of the White House at 81, and
totally blind and an inmate Of the
Louise Home in Washington at Sc
such is the life story in keleton Of
Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter Of
former President Tyler.
Mrs. Semple was a beautiful girl and
a belle in Virginia in her youth. At
her great age she still bears the traces
of this early beauty very distinctly.
She is tall and erect, and carries her
head with the unmistakable poise Of
aristOcratic birth and antecedents. Her
hair is snowy, soft, and silky, and worn
with loose curls over her ears. Her
manner is that of the cultured gentle
woman, and there is an atmosphere Of
great dignity always ABOUT her. She
has many friends from the years Of her
past social triumphs, and they are all
attentive to her. Her room in the
Louise Home is usually fragrant with
fresh flowers. But with all these at
tentions it is lonely life.
The Louise Home is a large roomy
Institution, filed with Southern women
Of gentle birth and culture. There are
beautiful grounds we'll cared for, and
it is situated in the heart of the fash
lonable part of the city It is not a
charitable Institution, for each woman
must pay for her board and room. The
charge is modest, as the institution was
handsomely endowed by the founder,
the late W. W. COrcoran, who gave 1t
In memory Of his daughter, Louise,
who died in her youth. The grounds
and house are we'll cared for, and it is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
REMEMBERED HIS BUCKET.
Observation-Disclosures


In the winter Of 1855 and the spring
Of 1856 Seattle and other new settle
ments near Puget Sound were engaged
in war with the Indians Of that vicinity
under Leschi, a Nesqually chief, says
the author Of pioneer "reminiscences
Of Puget Sound" Leschi's fight was
against the authorities, who were try
ing to deprive his people Of their val
ley farms and force them to live on
cramped and sterile reservation in the
mountains. They had many friends
among the whites, whom, however bit
ter the war grew, they were careful not
to injure.
One day in February A. J. Baldwin,
of Olympia, was passing along trail
near Yelm Prairie, when he was con-
fronted by four armed Indians on
horseback. They at once covered him
with their rifles, but one of them spoke
sharply to the others, and the rifles
were lowered.
"Jack Baldwin," the Indian de-
manded.
Eyes, that's my name," said Mr..
Baldwin.
'You out to fight indiana"
mo. l am carrying an express to
Yelm for pay"
''You remember bucket of water at
Olympia?"
It suddenly flashed upon Mr.. Bald
wins mind that he knew this Indian.
During the year before the fellow had
been filling a bucket from a flowing
spring in Olympia when a brute of a
white man came along, fnsolently re-
moved the Indians bucket, threw it
into a mud-hole near by, and put his
own under the spout.
Mr.. Baldwin, who had witnessed the
affair, at once interfered, and pitched
the ruffian into the mud-hole after the
Indians bucket. The incident had put
him into the good books of that Indian,
and so had saved his life.
go on" the red man said to him.
"We don't kill you" And go ne did, I'M
harmed, without more ado.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
SAILORS BRAIN IN BOTTLE.
Seaman's Skull Is Trepanned Six
Times and He Lives.

Times and He Lives.
John Rogers, a seaman now at the ma
line hospital at Ashland, in the last six
years has had his skull trepanned six
times, and specimens of his brain are
displayed in bottles at as many places.
Rogers was a saltwater sailor. Six years
ago his ship touched at Brunswick, Ga,
and Rogers and his shipmates attended a
dance. A row occurred, in which a
Georgia cracker shot at a rival, the bull
let striking Rogers in the forehead and
lodging in his brain. An unsuccessful
search was made for the bullet. He again
went before the mast. While at sea Rog-
ers was sent aloft to reef a sail. He
tainted and fell to the deck, fracturing his
skull. He was taken to New York, where
his skull was trepanned. Reshipping, he
sailed down the Atlantic coast, but was
frequently seized with epilepsy. By a
curious coincidence, his vessel touched at
Brunswick. The surgeons, knowing of
his former trouble, decided to try again
to remove splinters which apparently
caused the epilepsy. An operation was
performed and in due time he arrived at
where a fourth operation was performed
At this time Rogers brother, who lives
at Syracuse, took his brother to Johns
Hopkins university. Here the bul&et was
removed. From New York he drifted to
the great lakes. Two years ago he was
put off a vessel at Ashland suffering from
brain trouble. He then entered the ma
rine hospital and was removed to the hos
pital at Chicago last fall, where he re-
manned unconscious for some time, and
when he recovered his senses he found
that his skull had been trepanned for the
sixth and, Mr.. Rogers hopes, last time.
a week ago he began to suffer from head
aches, and fearing a recurrence of his
former troubles, lie left his boat at Du-
luth for Ashland.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

a most attractive place. All the per-
sons in this big house are between the
ages of 60 and 80.
Mrs. Semple in her youth was her
fathers constant companion. She was
a good musician and was the life and
spirit Of his household. She was gay
and loving and beautiful. She played
for him in his leisure moments, and
sang him to sleep when he was tired.
His favorite song was an old-fashioned
one called Rome, the words of which
she now repeats to herself every day,
in fancy recalling the many times her
father listened to them with delight.
At the age of 10 she became the wife
Of Mr.. Semple. When the death Of
William Henry Harrison made Tyler
President he brought a large and in
teresting family to the White House.
Mrs. Tyler was all Invalid and could
never discharge the duties Of mistress
of the White House. During the first
few months Of Tyler's administration
Mrs. Robert Tyler, wife of a son Of the
President, acted as hostess, while the
Presidents daughter, Letitia, remained
at their Virginia home with her
mother. Some months later Mrs. Tyler
made the trip to Washington, accom-
panied by her daughter, but succumbed
to her malady very shortly afterward
and was buried from the White House.
After the death Of her mother Mrs.
Semple assumed the duties Of mistress
of the White House, which she dis
charged with grace and tact until her
fathers second marriage, only a few
months before his term of office ex-
pired. His second bride was Miss
Julia Gardner, of New York.
Mr.. Semple was q wealthy man when
he married Letitia Tyler. He had a
beautiful estate in Virginia and suf-
ticient means to conduct it properly.
When the Civil War broke out he was
in the navy. He at once resigned and
went into the Confederate navy. At
the close Of the war he found himself
with land, money and health all gone.
Mrs. Semple, having no children, went
to Baltimore, where she opened a
young ladies' school, leaving Mr.. Sem
pie at the Virginia home, which was
all that was left them.
Mrs. Semple was successful in her
school venture, and conducted it for
many years. Mr.. Semple died in his
SEVENTEEN year. Some years afterward
Mrs. Semple realized she was too feeble
to prperly conduct her large institution.
She disposed CT it and went to Wash
ington, according 10 a promise made to
her old friend, Mr.. Corcoran, long
since dead and gone, that, should she
ever be further reduced IN clrcum-
stances, she would become a resident
Of the beautiful home in Washington
dedicated to the memory of his daugh-
ter.
Her last visit to the White House
was during the administration Of
President Pierce, whose family were
intimate friends. Since that time, al
though Invitations have come to her
for every function given there, and
still are coming, she paid no attention
to them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
News OF Wisconsin
COMPLETE HEYL SETTLEMENT.
Pabst Brewing Company to Give
Trust Mortgage on Plant.

Pabst Brewing Company to Give
Trust Mortgage on Plant.
The settlement of the sensational
Schandein will contest has been complet-
ed in Milwaukee. Mrs. Clara HeyI, wife
of Jacob Heyl and daughter of Mrs.
Schandein, has sold all her stock in the
Pabst Brewing Company. She elected to
take 100000 worth of real estate in part
settlement, including valuable downtown
property. At the time of the announce
ment that an agreement had been reached
IL was Learned that Mrs. Clara Heyl held
over $500 shares of the stock of the Pabst
Brewing Company, which the company
agreed to take off her hands at a pre-
MUM. To do this it would be necessary
for the company to issue S3500,000 in
bonds. Approximately this amount will
be issued. When that is done it will be
necessary to give a trust mortgage cover.
ing the brewing plant, and this mortgages
will have to be filed wherever in this coun-
try that the company may have property.
The stock which the Pabst Brewing Com
pany buys from Mrs. Heyl will be held
by the company for the present and may
later be sold.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
DIVIDE Up WISCONSIN OFFICES.


Senator's SpOOner and La Toilette
Reach Agreement On Patronage.
The announcement comes from Wash
ington that Senators Spooner and La
Toilette have come to an understanding
regarding the official patronage in the
State, whereby Senator Spooner takes the
western district and Senator La Toilette
takes the eastern. Under this division il
is admitted that Marshal Z. B. Reid and
Pension Agent Ed. D. Coe, and probably
Collector of Internal Revenue Henry
Fink viii have to walk the plank. Mr.
Goes term expired some months ago and
he has been waiting for his successor to
be appointed. Marshal Reid's term ex-
pired last month, and it was thought he
would be appointed for a third term. This
is impossible now, for Mr.. Reid has been
with the stalwart wing of the party in the
recent struggle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
All Over the State,

a severe storm swept over Racine and
Walworth counties, doing considerable
damage. Many wires are down.
The State encampment of the United
Spanish War Veterans was held at Ra-
cine.
In ShebOygan Vernon Green, Ii years
old, shot off a toy cannon with the re-
suit that he will lose one eye.
The Pondlily roller mills, owned by
DahIke Brothers, burned in Neshkoro.
The loss is about $4,000, partly covered
by insurance.
Rerzo Lama, an S-year-old boy. died
at Kenosha, as a result of lockjaw re-
sulting from being shot in the hand with
a blank cartridge while celebrating the
Fourth Of July.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
HOUsER HELD NOT GUILTY.
Secretary of State Is Acquitted of
Bribery Charge.

Walter Il. Houser, Secretary of State,
was acquitted Of the charge of having at
tempted to bride Zeno NJ. Host, State COM
missioner of insurance, three years ago.
According to the complaint, Houser told
Host that if he would render certain
decision favoring the Equitable Life As
surance Society, a copy of which Houser
gave the insurance commissioner, the
Equitable Society would contribute 3d.
600 toward the State campaign fund. In
surance Commissioner Host, who signed
the bribery complaint against Secretary
of State Houser, issued a signed state
ment denying that there was a political
conspiracy in bringing the charge against
Mr.. Houser. Mr.. Host says he expected
the verdict of acquittal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
Perfumes.

Perfumes have been used from the
earliest times. The burning Of per-
fIlmed incense was one Of the rites Of
the Hebrew and pagan religions, and
perfumes Of various sorts were used by
nearly all the nations OF antiquity.
Both the Romans and the Greeks were
skilled in making perfumery.
1t was from the Arabs, who possessed
the art of preparing perfumed waters,
that the use of perfumes was intro
duced into medieval Europe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
The Worm Turned.

some patient was an elderly woman
practically on the free list, received a
sound rating from her one day for
not coming when summoned the night
before.
"You can go to see your other pa
tients at night" said she. why can't
you come when 1 send for you? Ain't
my money as good as other peoples"
Il do not know, madam" was the
reply, Il never saw any Of it."-Lip'
pincott's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
TRAGEDY DRIVES TO DEATH.
Engineer Responsible for Fatal Rail-
road Accident Kills Himself.

E A. Peck, an engineer on the Chi
cago and Northwestern railroad, commit
ted suicide at his home in Baraboo by
jumping in front of a passenger train,
which severed his head. Engineer Peck
was declared directly responsible for a
terrible wreck on the Northwestern in
GAINESVILLE last January, when three men
we're killed and several injured. Peck
himself was injured and for weeks was
in the hospital. The terrible calamity has
ever since preyed upon his mind and final
ly drove him to suicide. He leaves a
widow and two children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
GIRL OF FIVE REscUEs SISTER.

Little Heroine Puts Out Fire, Saw
ing ChiId's Life and Her Home.
Violet Peterson, ) years of age, proved
herself heroine by saving the life of her
sister and extinguishing a fire that would
have destroyed her home in Carney. The
sister is years old. The two were alone
in the house. The older girl tried to
freshen the fire with kerosene and started
the blaze. Her dress afire, she attempted
vainly to smother the flames in blan-
ket. Then she told Violet to throw water
over her. The child kept her head and
Obeyed her sisters commands and then
drawing water from the well extinguished
the fire in the kitchen, which was burning
briskly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
BEGIN WORK AT KILBOURN.
Bids to Be Received for Power Plant
and Dam.

Bids to Be Received for Power Plant
and Dam.
Plans for the erection of the dam at
Kilbourn have been practically completed.
1t is expected that the dam will be COM
pleted by March, 1907. The dam is to
be 500 feet in length and of crib and
concrete construction. Four sets of
wheels of 2,200 horse power each, a total
of $500 horse power, will be installed
and so arranged that the capacity will be
doubled. A steam auxiliary plant is also
to be built The power house is to be
situated on the east side of the river at
Kilbourn, and the promoters will set
aside 1000 horsepower for Kilbourn, and
the company expects to operate no plants,
but to sell power only.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

Jack PappatheOdOrsIxOum
geOtOpOuIOS.

Milwaukee has come to the front with
one Of the longest names in the country.
Seldom has such a combination of vowels
and consonants been seen within the Dor
ders of the United States as the follow
ing, which is given in the city directory
for this year: Jack Pappatheodorokoum-
mountourgeotopoulos. Jack etc. lives at
425 Sycamore street. The holder of the
record in Milwaukee before this was Pau
line uchodonozorowiczowna 1902 Mid
land avenue, widow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

Cingalese medical books of the
sixth century are stated by Sir Henry
A. Blake, Governor of Ceylon, to
have described 81 varieties of mos
uuitos and 424 kinds of malaria fever
caused by mosquitoes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
HIS FAMILY is GONE.

ReinhoId weidner Says Wife and
Two Children Have Disappeared.
Reinhold Weidner, a trunkmaker, re-
ported to the Racine police that his wife
and two children had disappeared from
their home, and also that 5000 IS miss
ing. There has been no trouble in the
family and her sudden leaving is mys-
terry. Later it was discovered that Mrs
Weidner's mother had also disappeared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
Foreseeing "a Predicament.

"Now, Jack, if let you go out to
dinner, remember not to ask for a sec
ond help"
But, ma, suppose nobody remembers
to ask me to have it?'-Baltimore
American
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
BIG ROCK ON TRACK.
Attempt Made at Racine to Wreck
ST. Paul Train.

st. Paul Train.
Detectives on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railway Company, with the
aid Of the Racine police, are making eff
forts to find persons who made an at
tempt to wreck trains and partly sue
ceeded, early Sunday morning. A freight
train was considerably damaged. A 300
pOunS rock was rolled on the main track
directly under the viaduct of the State
street bridge. The freight struck the OBJ
struction and part of the engine was
wrecked.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
Rider Went Through Net

Herr Fuss, the bicycle rider who was
injured at La Crosse during the perform
ance of Ringlins's circus, is able to rejoin
the show. Man and wheel were hurled
into the net with force which sent them
through it, both falling heavily to the
ground, the man underneath
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
browns at stevens Point.

Miss Anna Combs, aged 20 years,
daughter Of Thomas Combs, local road
master for the Wisconsin Central road.
drowned in the Wisconsin rtrer at Stev-
ems Point.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
Most Important.

what is the most important thing
about handling a sailboat?"
The old salt looked the novice over
thoughtfully and then replied know
ing how to swim. ''-WashingtOn Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
The Difference.

He-Which do you like better-a
horse show or an automobile show?
She-The horse show, of course; the
dressing is ever so much handsomer-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
OLD THEFT is ANNOUNCED.
After Two Years school, Treasurer
Reports Loss of $4,000,

ReDOrts LOSS OF $4,000.
At Brillion Treasurer NJ. Y. NIcAIul-
len announced at meeting of the school
board that two years ago, while absent
from his home for few moments,
thief had stolen $4,000 of the district
school funds He said he had failed to
find the thief despite his best efforts in
that direction. He declared that he had
the money in his home because it was
brought to him at night.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
NEAR DEATH ON LoOP-THE-LooP.
Performer Dashed to the Ground
Before 5000 Persons.

Before 5000 Persons.
Arthur Holden, loop-the-loop perform
er connected with carnival company at
KenOsha, had .. narrow escape from death
in the presence of 5000 persons. Holden
started to loop the loop on a bicycle when
the mechanism failed to work properly
and he was dashed against the lower part
of the loop with such force that he re-
manned unconscious for fifteen minutes.
No bones were broken, but he was badly
bruised and suffered from internal hem
Orrhages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
MUSICIANS IN ROMANCE.

4 IOA' AduAStH HEIU MISS ArnIAen OF
KenOsha Wed.
A romance that had it's inception in
Kenosha three years ago when Prof. P
Marinus Paulsen, one of the best known
violinists Of the West, called upon Miss
Inger Arntzen of that city to accompany
him in an emergency at concert, reach
ed a climax when the couple were married
in Plainfeld, Mich, without the knowl-
edge of their friends or relatives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18
Woman Ends Life.

Because her husband went into the sa-
loon business, Mrs. Christiania Braut.
wife of Nicholas Braut of Milwaukee.
killed herself by shooting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

The pay of the Russian private
soldier has been increased more than
100 per cent, that is to say. from
S1.35 to So a year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-18

After man has passed fifty he has
set his heart on so many who have
failed him, that he becomes terribly
attached to his work
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-05-31
Para los que quIeran COIOcar
bien su dinsrO

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-05-31
Il "ATENAS" A CARlClS

En- Ell ConSt,tuci0ro importsnte
diario de Caracas, leemos un extsnso
suslto retersnts al pr J cto que pa
irooinan importantes elsmentos de
squella entusiasta lccledad, de cosd
yuvAr 4 10 vista del cub de base ball
AtendS. de Por cs. psra medir sus ar
mas con sl club San Bernaldino, far
msdo por dissinguldos vents de 10
sociedsd de Caracas.
De realizarse el Tr J seto, tera ps
ra primeyos del mes de Julio pr6xlmo
90 CT y fechs celebrsr& 10 vecipa re
p6blica 10 fiesta de gu Indspen aspc' q
| no seris difcil que el club San Ber
ndrdino psgara IL vtsita al club Ate
mas, para CT ya idea Sc hacen tambien
| gestiones EN- esta ciudsd
Dsaesmos YER real z sdos amboi
pr sctCs.