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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
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whose galloway device for coalinx
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
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Wants a Three-Foot High Doll

Dear Santa Claus:
Greenville, Miss, Dec. 10, o7.
thought | would write and tell you
what | want Christmas Please
bring me big bisque doll, about
three feet high. And | am going to
have a Christmas tree for her ant.
please bring me little doll, SONS
candies, and please put two or three
pieces OF candy in her stocking ant
Gon't forget to fill her stocking full.
bf nice things
! our little friend,
HERMINE ROCKWELL
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22

triches and weird objects, all piled in
confusion. with artificial plants and
floral devices, glitterfng armor and all
being prepared for the most dazzling
comic opera of the year, 1.-THE Minstrel
of the Sahara"
The scenic artists had been working
day and night for weeks, and, with the
opening now only few days off, the
managers were nervously dreading
that the beautiful effects would not be
finished in time. To add to this fear,
Henry Granger. the artist on whom
the projectors of the great spectacle
had mainly depended, had succumbed
to the strain Of working for days and
nights without sleep and scarcely stop
ping for anything to eat He lay at
his little east side home, tossing and
raving in the delirium Of typhoid fe-
yer. He had been absent from the
painters bridge for nearly fort
night. and, although his loss was con-
sidered serious at first, some one else
| had filed his place, and now he was
| forgotten Scenic artists, like actors,
are improvident creatures, and if any
had time to think of aught except the
duties that weighed SO heavily on each
and every one they might have
| thought that the sick man, out Of work
and helplessly Ill, might be suffering
| for want Of money. Granger was q
favorite generally, and many time
had he gone down into his scant saw
ings to help swell a contribution to
some needy professional In distress. II
| anything ever reminded the company
/ of Changers absence 1t might have
been that his little girl, an only one of
seven, came no more with the artists
! meals. as she used to when he painted
away up there on. the bridge" She
| was sweetiy coy little thing, her
great blue eyes set in a thoughtful
aud pale face, surrounded by golden
curls.
And now it was Christmas eve, at 4
/ O'Clock In the afternoon. Old Pete,
| the stEge door tender, was startled
| from his reverfes back in the shadow
| OF his cage by the sweet voice of =
j child. She had "a note from mamma
tc Mr. Har1craft. the manager" No.
| the manager WAS not around just then,
but she could wait. He might be back
/ any moment Tender1y the rough old
| feIlow led the bonny one 70 prosee-
ninm box and, lifting her into 4 big up
holstered cliair. which she Tar frors
-hliede bade her wit. 4 busy rehearsal
was q prog which the ehIlc
wxtrhed sFith ~ sf,ecial curiosity ~
i - si8lat skAs = fan1i liax enc - bar,
nntil aftss y ion Is netis she 2
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Only Charging the Tune.

Only Changing the Tune.
ssThe man escaped u.s." said the de-
fectiye. He had invented new dodge.
That, you see, is the trouble about the
science of detection. The minute we
detectives master all the old tricks
something new springs up.
1T is rather like the story Of the
thirsty butler. When you keep = cask
Of beer under lock and key in the cell
lar, only giving the butler the KEY
when yoH want him to draw you q
pitcher, then. If you make him whistle
all the time he is out Of sight on this
errand. you are bound not to be de-
frauded, Ell? Or so at least It was
in the past
well, there was q man who engaged
new butler. and as Of yore, the hrst
dat he wanted beer he said:
/. James. here are the keys to the
beer. closet Take this pitcher down
and fil it And mind you whistle all
the while you do It
7 Yes sir. safd James, and he de-
parted whistling.
.Thes clear, sweet notes Of Home,
svee Home Heated upstairs for a
minnte o. -. them they ceased The
Sna111 rushed 10 the ceIInr dpQy.
i s54mea Be shouted ansrily, what
| - Jea doing
q lipfklas. -: esliy nssas fbe
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Won't Ever Forget Him

Greenville, Miss, Dec 10, 'o7.
Dear Santa Claus:
We are inf school now. Are you
coming to see our little children? ]
hope you will come to see me,
want story book, a game, sack
OF candy, nuts, apples and fire crack
ers and wagon If you will bring
tfSem to me | will remember you.
Your little friend,
NOBLE BLANFORD
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa Claus:
Greenville. Miss, Dec. 10, 'o7.
How are you feeling this bad YEA
thera Dear Santa Claus is it cold
where you are? What are you going
to bring me Christmas? 1 want :
doll, buggy, a-table and some chair.
and a dresser: a wash stand, PLAY
house with seven rooms and sone
furniture for every room. =
Well / guess I will close,
Your little friend.
BEATRICE RYAN
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Loves Santa Very Much

Dear Santa Claus:
Greenville, Miss, Dec 10, 'o7.
! How are you? 1 love you very
much. You are a good man You
bring us toys and I want you to
bring me a wagon ard f want you
to bring me some nuts and some ap-
piles.
I want you TO bring my little sis
ter doll baby.
Your little friend.
JOHN c. HEAD. III.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Paper Dolls for Her
Greeaville, Miss, Dec. 10. %

Gr~eaville, Miss. Dec. 70, 'o7.
Dear Santa Claus:
want you to bring me a doll and
some dresses for her. A paper doll
too with dresses. | saw paper doll
up town with dresses in box and
one of the dresses on her. Last
night when it rained it knocked off
. lot of pecans.
Your little friend.
ELIZABETH NELLY.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22

hat truth IL stranger than het-.
iian, has ence MAore been deunonstra-
ted = the Isle town of Fedora.
T<nuL, the residence Of c. v. Pep
Per. H writes r was II bed en-
|tirsly disabled With hen,orrhaee 81
the Inr1s and threat Doctors fail
~ - hslp 40 and III hops hAd He'd,
beE,1 l6IEino Nm !
N< Disco hs ms 80,
<se2s d1ilPini1z<d 70
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Don't Forget the Address

Dear Santa Claus:
How do you like this cold wealth
er?
Are You coming to see me.
want pair of skates and bag
of candy, some firscrackers, little
tin doll house painted
Are you colda
Did you see me when vs. bad?
hope was moi. | hope il SHOWS.
/ like the north. | will remain
Your little friend.
NATHAN COIN.
p. S.-My address is.
Ias North Walnut ST.
Write soon. Greenville. Miss
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Doesn't Want All: just Some

Dear Santa Claus:
Greenviiie, Miss, Dec. 10. 'o7.
Are you making things for chill
drens am not the only one that
waists things. don't want ali; just
a drum. 4 gun, some candy, some
fireworks and top.
Your little friend,
WILLIE ABRAHAM.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22

: sat tbr reel will automatically care
for 800 feet 81 line running y either
direetio. should the ships suddenly
move to or from bach other. The
tests of the apparstus arc soon to take
pisce At the LsdeerwSod resting work
In Newark.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Takes Extra Time for This Girl

Dear Santa Claus:
Greenville, Miss, Dec Io. 'o7.
l know that you are very busy and
I want you TO put in a little extra
work for Hle.
Now | will tell you what / want:
I want doll,a doll-cart,a little bed.
stove and table, chairs, and the rest
OF the kitchen things and don't for
get the doll lfoase-
/ will BIZ Your good little girl
IRENE BASS
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Wants to Play Indian.

Dear Santa Claus: 4e
Greenviile, Miss, Dec. 10, 'e7.
How are you? Please bring me
an Indian suit, story book, and a
never stop cumming Top, and a bicy
Gle and some oranges
Your little friend,
JACK HOLCOMBE
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
Only Waaaas Four Ihines

Dear Santa Claus:
Greenviia-, Miss, Dec. Io. 'oz. :
I do not want but four things. /
know it is many children in this
world. [ want horn, drum, a
wagon, . Sled and some fire crack
ers
Your little friend,
EDWIN HAMBLEN
800 Hunt Ave.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22
CHRISTMAS CAKES

of We olden time have al
ways been celebrated in
song and story. We furnish
the Xmas cakes and pies for
your Christmas cheer, and
you can eat and mako merry
10 your hearts content on
orr delicious ornamental
cakes as well as rich and
toothsome anince' and pump
kin pies. Special cakes or
namented for the occasion
can be ordered at any time.
THE DELTA BA kerry
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22

Wants a Watch

Greenvilie. Miss, Dec. II, 1907.
Dear Santa Claus
want watch and some books.
j anr a little boy sight years old.
j like Xmas. Last Xmas heard
thar your rcindeers were k1Iled
Cosir friend,
BEN MASON
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22

JACK HOLCOMBE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13

come time to go west at midnight"
How about a side trip you took
west that afternoon"
Cheney was cropping in the dark.
He knew he had the thief right there;
the mans whole manner showed it.
He was watching him narrowly and
sooner or later Simpson would break.
"Gawd, boss, / didn't go west that
aftahnoon." But his manner betrayed
him; the trail was getting warm.
Cheney determined upon grandstand
play. Jeff had spoken of soda
water bottle" joke between Simpson
and Ferguson Cheney found out
Belfast ginger ale was sold on Pull
man Bullets and he had an empty bot
tie of that kind in his drawer.
Watching Simpson like hawk he
pulled it out and suddenly showed it
in front of the negro.
Ever see that?" he said sharply.
Simpson turned lighter than ever;
his knees almost shook from under
him; his eyes started from his head
and he constantly moistened his
cornered, trapped; white mans intu-
ition and ingenuity had overawed
negro criminal instinct and cunning.
"Wh-wha-whar yo'- git = dat -
bottle, boss?" he asked.
Where you left it"
"Whah l left it? Why, dun give
dat bottle to Lige Ferguson"
Yes, Ferguson is under arrest in
the next room. Now come tell me all
about it,
And he did, 1t appeared when
Count Rossi and his party went in the
observation car Simpson put the
money and jewels in an empty soda
water bottle; he packed them tight
and sealed the bottle securely, About
thirty miles west of Ogden he dropped
the bottle in the sandy beach of Salt
Lake. He marked the spot well. After
the search he began to plan TO get
back there. Getting left at Ogden was
all a ruse, done Intentionally.
Simpson did go west on a freight
and returned in time to catch 1O1
west. At Omaha on his return east
Lige Ferguson met him, having come
west on the Burlington. Simpson
gave him the bottle and later they
would divide the spoils. That was all,
"S'help him, Gawd!" That was
enough. Ferguson confessed his part,
and the Jewels and money were recov-
cred. Both men got 10 years in Salt
Lake penitentiary.
The Jewels and money were sent to
Count Rossi, and true to his word he
sent the money back to Col. Cheney
Jeff's reward was commensurate
with the service he had rendered.
Copyright by W. G. Chapman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
The SuItan's FIaQ,

The commercial houses of Hamburg
are to guard themselves against defal-
cations by causing their cashierseto af-
fix their thumb-prints to all checks
and receipts. Finger-prints are obvi-
ously to take a more general place in
our daily affairs. The mark of Bill
Stumps will in future be an impress
sion of a thumb dipped in ink, instead
of the cross made while he lays fin
ger upon the pen which another man
guides. But the Turks had thought
all this out centuries ago. On the
personal flag of the sultan to-day you
may trace the finger-prints of the sui
tan. Murad l., imprinted on it five-and-
a-half-hundred years ago. He could
not write, but needing a device for his
standard, he dipped his open hand in
ink, and dabbed that upon the paper
from which the design was to be
wrought They wrote in between the
finger-marks his name and titles, and
that device has lasted to this day. The
names are altered for each reign, but
the sign-manual of the illiterate sui
tan remains.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
THE ACT OF A DIPLOMAT.
Wise Ranchman AVerted a War IN
the "HoIe in the Wall"

Near the Hole-in-the-Wal country
In Wyoming there is a peppery old
cattleman whose range is as dear
to him as his life and from whose
point of view sheepman is pariah.
His nearest neighbor is a strenu-
Gus and belIigerent widow who keeps
sheep. In consequence the line be-
tween their two ranches is as clearly
defined as was the dead line at Libby
prison.
Upon one occasion, however, the
widows sheep strayed upon the cat
tleman's range, and the old ranch
er's rage was great He denounced
her as a "trollop."
This epithet as applied to herself
came to the ears of the widow, and,
vowing vengeance, she hurried home
to search for the word in her die
tionary. But her dictionary knew
naught of 'trollops," so she sent
away for a larger edition and had
it freighted in.
The new dictionary when it came
was as silent upon the subject Of
TIC Olu ~ bhC WIZ
ow saddled her horse and rode some
20 miles to consult ranchman whose
educational advantages had been
somewhat superior to those of her
neighbors.
He listened attentively while she
explained the circumstances.
And now" she demanded, what
did he mean? What is trollop?"
"Trollop, madam replied he grave
ly, lis very difficult word to define.
Its meaning is subtle and elusive. It's
hard to put into words, but it's rare
compliment Old Man b has paid
you. In olden days 'trollop' was a
synonymous term for Queen of
Sheba,' but as near as we can come
at its meaning nowadays the defini-
ton would be The Sheep Queen of
Poison Creek"
rs that SOL" exclaimed the molli-
fed widow. 1--we wronged that man.
I'll stop and ask him over for supper
on my way back. "-Lippincott's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
BROUGHT THE CROWD BACK.
Orators Apt Story Won the Ears
of His Listeners.

The ready wit and fund of good
stories always at the command Of Mr..
Samuel ]. Elder, Boston's well-known
lawyer, was illustrated at large pub
lie dinner in Pennington few years
ago. There had been many speakers,
the hour waXed late, people were
tired, and the diners were one by
one quietly pushing back their chairs
and leaving the hall, when Mr.. Elder
was called upon, to respond to a
toast
He rose, and looking around the
large hall, remarked that the present
circumstances reminded him of the
story told of a Methodist minister.
The reverend gentleman was officiat
ing in a strange parish, and when he
rose to deliver his sermon the con-
gregation began stealing out one by
one Stopping in his delivery of his
text, he remarked, quietly:
well, I have all my life been a
travelling clergyman. but never be
fore have l preached to a travelling
congregation"
Mr. Elders palpable "hit" brought
down the house, and the migration
ceased until the close of his brilliant
remarks. f
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Knew Who Used 1t.

Charles H. Hoyt, New EnglanGs
great playwright, once visited a small
town in Pennsylvania, where there is
a hotel they say George Washington,
the father of his country, used to stop
at when he passed through.
In it they have a room he is said
to have occupied at times.
Hoyt came through there once with
one of his attractions. He arrived at
the hotel after all the members of the
company had been assigned rooms.
One of the company was given the
Washington room, and Hoyt received
a very poor room on the top floor, the
proprietor not knowing who he was.
When he came down stairs later,
the gentleman who had got the good
room said: "Mr. Hoyt, they have
given me the room that they used
to give George Washington when he
came here"
WELL" said Hoyt, "the one they
have given me must be the one they
gave Benedict Arnold when he came. "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
BIunders in Memorials.

Some remarkable mistakes in me-
MORALS have totally escaped notice
until it was too late to rectify them.
The spurs on the boots of Cromwell's
statue at Westminster abbey, London,
are the most interesting feature of
the monument, although they general
ly get no attention at all from sight
seers. They are worn upside down.
In a painted window on the staircase
which leads from the floor of West
minister palace to the committee
rooms an inscription on sword
welded by the 'Black Prince" has
the words prince of Whales" Again,
in the fresco depicting the embarka.
ton of the pilgrim fathers in the cor.
ridor leading from the outer lobby at
st. Stephens to the house of lords
the Mayf1ower is shown to be hosting
the Union jack-a flag which did not
come into existence until over $50
years after the days of the historic
Mayfiower.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
oriqin of Word "Daeo."

"To Don Diego was at one time a
way of saying to cheat. Steele speaks
of a man as looking as if he had been
Don Diego'd to the tune of a thou
sand pounds" and III 1907 Webster
wrote that "a Dondego is a kind of
Spanish stockfish, or poor John" It
was really a general term for a Span
lard, Diego being st. James. the ma
tional saint of Spain. But exactly
how the expression got its peculiar
uncomplimentary sense does not ap-
pear. In modern times, of course, a
"Dago," in the mouths of sailors and
others, means anybody from a Medi-
terranean country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
MANAGES COLOR OF EYES.
Remarkable Popularity Discovered in
JaVanese Spider.

M. w. Strickland of Singapore re-
Gently had strange experience while
sitting in garden at BuitenzOrg,
Java. Watching captive spider re-
maEkable for the possession of pair
of eyes which glow like gig lamps
amid cluster of smaller eyes, he was
amazed to note that the gig lamps"
slowly changed in color from brown
to grass green and back again TO
brown!
Further, as if to increase his aston
ishment, the creature proceeded to
change the color of it's eyes alternate
ly, thereby exercising a most uncanny
fascination over the mere man. There
was something so diabolically delib-
crate in these changes as to make
it seem that the rector took genuine
pride in the performance.
The offer of substantial reward
for other specimens of the same spe-
cies proved unavailing, but it was
instrumental in bringing to light a
second species, of a grass green color
slashed with yellow, which proved in
every way as great an expert in the
gentle art of ogling as it's somberly
colored relative
So far as is known, this change in
the color of the eyes occurs only in
certain species Of ducks, and then
only under the influence of fear,
while in the spider world it would
appear to be almost voluntary
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
VENICE HAS NO CEMETERY.
City Ruries Its Dead on the Little
Island of San Michele.

The Queen of the Adriatic, as We
netians love to term the famous old
city, is privileged in many respects
and in one particular at least she is
unique among the cities of the world.
She has no cemetery. The only bury
ing ground is the little island of
San Michele, lying solitary among the
lagoons at some distance from the
city.
This is one of the boons which
Venice owes to Bonaparte, who recog
nized the danger to a population from
burial grounds in such a situation
and had all intramural graveyards
closed and ordered the dead to be
taken for burial to this island resting
place. The place is deserted all the
year except on All Souls day, and
then there is a tremendous outflow
of about 100000 persons.
AS such multitudes could never be
landed from boats a boat bridge has
to be built specially for the occasion,
with strict regulations as to control
of the living stream in its outward
and backward flow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
PATENT OFFICE is FLOODED.
Press of Inventions Leads to Demand
for Larger Quarters.

The inventive breed is not dying out
in America The commissioner OF pat
ents at Washington calls loudly for
larger quarters, more clerks and big
ger pay for overworked examiners.
There is such a flood of new devices
pouring into the patent Office as was
never seen before. The examiners are
fairly swamped and are full year
behind in their work.
Naturally enough, motors and sub
marine and aerial navigating devices
lead the list Modern man insists
upon flying, and the inventor who
adds speed to his passing to and fro
upon the earth, in the air, or in or
under the water is certain of his re-
ward.
The inventors are no believers in
the early coming of peace among the
nations, for improvements upon weap-
ons and new explosives are well nigh
as numerous as new motors. Yet
with all this cunning for gain and
racing for fame on the part of the in
ventors the chances are that some I'M
considered trifie like the wooden ball
with a rubber string, or the globe
catch for women's purses will win the
largest rewards in the future as in the
past.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
He Needed a Tongue.

The hero of the transforming ag-
gregation was strong in physique, but
weak of voice. The appeals of fran
tic audience for a louder interpreta-
tion of the part had no effect, accord
ing to the Buffalo Times.
It had come to that part in the pro-
ceedings where the heroine, at mid
night, family rings cowbell, to
awaken her imprisoned lover. The
hero regains his freedom, and quickly
plans to escape with his sweetheart
But what shall ] do with this bell?''
she asks, appealingly.
Pull the tongue out" screeches a
voice in the last row, and give it to
your Godfrey Vandelveigh."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Strunq.

"Do you see that man walking
slowly, his eyes scanning the ground,
or glancing at every woman as she
steps out or into her carriage?"
queried a Fifth avenue habitue of the
transient Bostonian. Sure" was the
Bostonese reply. What about him?"
Nothing" only he's hunting for van
fishing jewels careless people drop in
the gutter, or on the sidewalk. Plenty
of business for him. Half New York
loses its valuables that way every
day. That chap knows it, too. No
doubt he'll light on find before the
nights over" "A sort of diamond
scavenger," said the Bostonian, that
is, if you aren't stringing e.'-Bos-
ton Herald.