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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
My Ships.
(By Request.)

All, wears ago-no matter Where'
Beneath what roof or SKY,
dreamed of days. perhaps remote.
Where ships of mine that We're aloat
Should In the harbor lie,
And all the costly freishts tney pofe
Enrich me both in mind and store.
What dreams they were of argosies,
Laden in many a climc;,
SO stoutly built, so braYely manned,
No fear but they would come 10 ihhd
At their Soointed time;
And should se< them, one by one,
close furl their sails in summers sun.
And then while men In wonder Stood
NV ships would unlade;
NV treasures vast they should behold
And to my learning or my gold !.
What honors would be paid -,
And though the years might come and go.
could but wiser. richer grow.
In later years-no matter where.
Beneath what roof or sky,
I saw the dreams OF days rem remote otia,t
AS drifting wrecks go by;
And all the many freights they bore
Lay fathoms deep. or strewed the shore!
While ships OF which I never thought
Were sailing DER the sea,
And one by one, with costier lade,
In safety all the voyage made
And brought their freight to me;
What had lost but triile seemEo'
And I was richer than dreamed!
No wondering crowd. with envious eye
Looked on my treasure rare;
Yet they were weightler tar than soidi
They still increase, though / grow old
And are beyond compare;
Would all the restless hearts ! see
Had ships like these that came to me!
Union. w. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Poem Wanted.

Several correspondents have kindly fur
nished poems requested In last issue. we
are now requested to ask for, the little
poem entitled "Tlred but What OF That
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
.saA1lomooo1 1adedu

To settle wager which I have made. I
beg Of you to answer through your most
valuable column the following: says
that locomotive is made from pressed
paper tthat Is. the wheels; says 1t Is
impossible II. 5.
No locomotive wheels are made of
paper. but some common car wheels are
made OF compressed paper. with steel
axle and steel tire.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
ROCK REVIEW AND
MAGAZINE NOTES

o. everts. in distinction from mere
philosophy; Gods revelation OF hiinsei.
In Christ tho eternal test and oppor-
tunity Of the human race, are treated
with breadth and strength, and the au-
thor's conclusions are placed before the
reader with an case and simplicity end
directness, which never lose the point OF
personal application and practical help
fulress.
The contents are so arranged that ar
ter the book has been read as whoie,
its lessons and suggestions form Whht
may we'll be considered Book OF Days
for the year.
WHEN LOVE SPEAKS BY VIII Payne.
From the Macmillan Company, OF Ne"
York, through the Bell Book ana Sta
tionery Company, Richmond.
A story with the scene laid chleiiy on
the shores OF Lake Michigan, not far
from, Chicago, though there Is some
times shifting to the hotels and streets
OF New York.
A story with much human interest In
It, One In which an honest common
| wealth's attorney undertakes single.
handed. honest-rlInded contest against a
| combination that, of course, proves toe
strong for him.
The commemorative attorney has sis
| ter who is honest like himself, and thor
oughly In sympathy with him. She mar
! ries a man who Is somewhat entanglet
in the tolls Of the web woven by the
| ring. and the struggle on her part t.
| persuade him to do what she consider.
right. and on his part to preserve his
freedom and independence, renders the
last part of the book very dramatic.
Capital aud monopoly, wrongly used
are strongly attacked by the author, and
IN the end, the hero and heroine star
afresh, poor and with clear consciences
| In Western lumber camp.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
The Governors Secretary.

To settle dispute, will you kindly
state In your Query Column OF next
Sunday the name of Governor swanson's
private secretary. Also. the name OF
the Governors stenographer.
SUBSCRIBER.
Ben P. Owen, secretary; George p.
Mundy, assistant.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Cousin Sally billiard.

Won't some one Of your readers re,sur..
rect the story of Cousin Sally billiard
for the delectation OF the present gene
ratlono ".
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
The Big Snow.

Some one asked when the big snow fell
It fell on December 16. 1890; it was from
thirty to thirty-six inches on the level
around Clifton Forge. A SUBSCRIBER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
QUERIES AND
...ANS WERS.
The Curfew Law.

In reply to All inquiry made some
weeks ago by Mayor" we are able to
reply that Danvlle has a curfcw ordi-
nance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
The Death of the Old Year.

Full knee-deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winds are YEARLY sigh
Toll We the church-bel sad and slow,
And tread softly and speak low,
For tho old year lies a-dying.
Old year, you must not die,
You came to us so readily,
You lived with us so steadily.
Old year, you shall not die.
He lieth still, he doth not move;
He will not see the dawn Of day;
He hath no other life above;
He gave me a friend, and a true love.
And the new year will take EN- away.
Old year, you must not go;
So long you have been with US,
Such joy as you have seen with us,
Old year, you shall not go.
He frothed his bumpers to the brim;
:. Jollier year We shall not see; ~
But, though his eyes are waxing dim,
And though his foes speak i'll OF him,
lie was friend to me.
Old year, you shall not die:
We did SO laugh and cry With You.
I've half a mind to die With you,
Old year, II you must die.
He was full Of joke and Jest.
But all his merry quips are DER.
To see him die across the waste
His son and heir doth ride post-haste.
But he'll be dead before.
Every one for his own;
The night is starry and cold. my
friend
And the New Year blithe and bold,
my friend.
Comes up to take his own.
How hard he breathes DER the snow
heard Just now the growing cock.
The shadows flicker to and fro;
The cricket chrps; the light burns low;
Ills nearly twelve o'clock.
Shake hands before you die,
Old year. we'lledearly rue for you;
What Is 1t we can do for you?
Speak out before you die.
His face is growing sharp and thin.
Alack! our friend Is gone
Close up his eyes; tie up his chin,
Step from the corpse and let him In
That standeth there alone,
And waiteth at the door.
There's a new foot on the floor, my
friend,
A new face at, the door.
Alfred Tennyson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
FIRST BOTTLE FREE!

Don't look worn out and nervous like
this picture when Tyner's Dyspepsia
Remedy will quickly relieve and cure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
The Pure DRUG.
COMMITS SIONERS

insist that all medicines be compounded
strictly in accordance with their pure
food and drug act OF June goth, 1906, ana
we guarantee the Bitters to be such. This
nroYes It's merit II YOU have never tried
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Panama Canal.

Please publish In your Sundays paper
to whom to apply for a position on the
Panama Canal. and oblige
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

Write to the Isthmlan Canal Commits.
sion, Washington. d. c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Making 1t POPULAR.

"Rev, DIR, skcem's church seems to be gst.
ting very fashionable1.'
Eyes, he charges IS a seat All the would-bs
fashionable rush there every Sunday Just to
show they have the price THE Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

do so to-day. 1t always cures indigestion,
Poor Appetite. Dyspepsia, Colds or Fe.
male his. Get q free copy of our, 1907
Almanac from any Druggist or dealer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Without Cost to Him.

TIN Introducing an automatic machine" said
the caller. that will pay for itself in year.
''rll tnke one II 1t Will do that" promptly
said the manufacturer
"If it will pay Tor Itself In a year?'
'No; automatically pay for itself in year"
Tho Catholic Standard and Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

three nights in succession. thus furnish
ing each daughter with dowry. On
the third night ne was discovered. but
st. Nicholas cxacted q promise that his
munifcence would not be revealed. From
this incident it is said. arose tho Gus
tom OF hanging stockings on the eve OF
ST. Ncholass Day, and attributing the
gift to Santa Claus. The custom was at
forwards transferred 20 Christmas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

be held at Big stone Gap, and at Emory
and Henry College, in Southwestern VIZ
ginia. OF course. there will be Others in
other parts of the state.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

The January issue of what to Eat
has a number Of suggestive articles on
January entertainments. menus and
Margaret Rayburn, II, IL I.nrrdon
Katherine Pope, Mary Foster snider n
S. Corbett, Elizabeth W, Morrison, Han.
~ Valley, ST. Virginia Lewis, Professor
Pierre Jonet and ], Pease Norton, Phi
p. -
Marian Bosall writes interestingly in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12
Youthful Criminals.

Two-thirds Of the convicts in Ameri.
cas- greatest prison (the Missouri
penitentiary at Jefferson City, are
men without trade or profession. Look
into any state penitentiary, and you
will ordinarily find that at least one
third of the convicts there confined
are young men, ranging in age from 18
to % years, and that nearly all Of
these came into prison absolutely
without the knowledge of any useful
and ga1nful occupation. Comparative
ly few OF the younger class of felons
are illiterate. In my own experience,
writes Thomas Speed Mosby, Missou-
ri state pardon attorney, in Success
Magazine, I have never met one who
could not read and write, and very
many (by far the greater number, l
should say are possessed of no small
degree of intelligence. But, however
stupid Or however precocious, they
are found to be, scarcely without ex-
ception, young men who have not APP
piled themselves to useful, honest
work. This is true of both the poor
and the well-to-do. Why are they
there? The answer is given by Gus
tave Marx, one of the Chicago Gear
barn. bandits, who recently died upon
the gallows: 1t wasn't drink that
caused my DOWNFALL" he said; mot
cigarettes, nor bad companions, either.
1t was just idleness. Idleness led me
first to cigarettes, then to drink, then
to bad comprehension to the gal
lows. And blame my folks. If they
had made me remain at work, work
would have kept me too busy to have
planned robbery and murder" This
is the story that fits them ALL First,
idleness; then cigarettes and drink, to
blunt the moral sense and destroy the
will; then living beyond ones means;
then indulging the riotous excuses
that spell debauchery and make for
ruin. And may they not rightly blame
their folks as did Gustave Marx?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

| Of mind when, at the next moment
she raised the tips of her rosy fingers
to her lips and actually waited me 9
kiss.
For the next "a hours 1 walked on
air; at the end OF that time l came
down to earth with such a shock that
l have never ventured to try aerial
pedestrianism since.
Toward the middle of the following
afteTnoonS-it was then raining hard
as it had been doing all day-a broth.
or lawyer, named Grimwood, with
whom / had some acquaintance, en-.
tered my room and laid before me q
card on which was written, in large
script, the words: Inquire at Room
90"
What Is the meaning Of thaAae' !
asked
Post it on the outside of your door
and come down to Waynewright's inn
msdiateiy," was the reply. mo fur
Their questions answered, / am in a
hurry. So pat up, shut I'D. and come
along"
WhsreupoR, exit Grimwcod, hastily,
leaving me somewhat puzzled. Ao-
cordngly, made haste to obey Grim
woods injunetions, and, having locked
up, l descended to room 30, noticing,
on the way, that nearly every door l
passed bore an inscription similar to
that left with me. When l reached
WaynewFight's Office, / found myself
adding one to an assemblage OF some
dozen or more lawyers, real estate
and insurance agents, architects, sur
veyors, etc., who, in various attitudes
Of greater or less pjcturesqueness
were sitting and standing about, wait
ing until the number OF arrivals should
be complete.
AS soon az I recovered sufficient
equanimity to look about me a little.
/ remarked something that seemed 10
explain why the meeting had been
convoked. At one end of the room.
on a sideboard improYised from
secretary with the lid turned down.
was set forth on a newspaper table
cloth. a large dish of the finest or
anges and bananas l had ever seen.
A box of cigars and is or 90 odd
glasses were also visible, while on the
floor beneath was a foreign-looking
basket of decidedly interesting as
Dect
After a few minutes, all the invited
guests having made their appearance,
Waynewright cleared his throat, by
way of calling us to order, and then
delivered an informal speech, some.
what as follows;
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

His Only
Love Affair
By FRANK Nj. BICKNELL
Ev'HEIyy IN VI % RVVSv EES'yyaIVS
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

1t happened years ago, shortly after
1 set up on my own account practis-
ing law. In those days l had little
fOurth-hoor-back office where used to
waste a good deal of time in waiting for
clients who never came. Being almost
"sky-parIor," my room was well light
ed by its single window, window,
by the way, that scarcely afforded TO
the chance observer an interesting
prospect narrow alley, or passage
way, and a one-stCry structure, roof
ed with heavy, green glass, filled the
hollow square between our own bulla-
ing and another, of about the same
height, standing some 10 yards dis
tant. The latter-the back windows
of which faced ours-had been fin
ished off in apartments of two and
three rooms.
1t was in one O. these apartments
that my divinity came to take up her
abode. and it was from a window
nearly opposite, though on the next
lower story, that She first dawned
on me.
very soon was forced TO acknoWl-
edge that l was hard hit" Morning.
noon, and evening, l haunted the
street on which fronted the building
that sheltered her, but never once
did 1 catch a glimpse of her either
coming out or going in at it's doors.
But finally something wholly unex-
pected and quite remarkable happen.
ed. One day l was feeling rather
disconsolate over the non-success OF
my plots and plans-I had not seen
her at all that morning, by-the-by-
when just about noon she suddenly
appeared at the window. After stand
ing there a few seconds, she began
to nod and smile in my direction in
the most gracious manner possible.
Imagine, IL you can, my surprise and
delight at this distinguishing and un
precedented mark of her favor, bat
do not hope to appreciate the state
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

Henry e. Jones Of Tampa, Fla.
writes: 81 can thank God for my
present health, due to Foley's Kidney
Cure. tried doctors and all kinds of
kidney cures, but nothing done me
much good till I took Foley's Kidney
Cure. Four bottles cured me, and 1
have no more pain in my back and
shoulders. [ am 81 years old, end suf-
fered long, but thanks to Foley's Kid
ney Cure am we'll and can walk and
enjoy myself. 1t is a pleasure to re-
commend it to those needing kidney
medicine" j. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

After climbing the highest spires
and the tallest fiagstaffs in New York,
a well-known steeplejack was fatally
injured the other day by fall of four
feet. He was preparing to put gilt
ball on top of a f1agpole on a tall no.
tel, To show some spectators how
skilful he was, he attempted to go up
a perpendicular ladder about ten feet
long without holding on with his
hands. He had not assembled more
than three or four rounds before he
lost his balance and fell on his head.
The comments on vainglory by this
incident are so obvious that they need
not be made.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12
Possibly the whale industry NAV 9

Possibly the whale industry may ex-
perience revival which will bring it
to something like its former dimen-
sions. A vessel has arrived at New
Bedford, Mass, once. a great center of
whaling. with $500 barrels of sperm
oil, secured in cruise of 81 months
The captain reports seeing more
sperm whales than he ever observed
before, in one locality the sea being
almost covered with them, some being
of so barrels capacity. The old salt
af1rms that he must have seen at least
100000 whales in one collection AL
lowing for exaggeration by the voluble
mariner, it is pretty evident that the
cetaceans are multiplying at a rapid
rate and that the whale hunters have
most enticing prospects.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

ESTATE of Joab K. Graves. deceased.
- State of Wisconsin, County Court OF
Grant CountY-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given. that at the special
term of the County Court. to be held in and
for said county. at the court house in the
city of Lancaster. in said county. on the 4th
Tuesday of Oct. A. D.. 1907. being the
22d day of Oct. 1907. at the hour OF
ten O'Clock in the forenoon. the following
matter will be heard and considered:
The application of Mary G. Graves, exc
cutrix of the last will CT Joab K. Graves,
deceased. for the adjustment and allow
ance of her final account, and for the dis
tributlOn of the residue of said estate
pursuant to the provisions of the last will
of said deceased.
BY the Court. E. B. GOODSELL
County Judge
0st ms. Sept. 18th: last ms. Oct I'D
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12
Notice to Settle.

Having sold the Philips house
and will not be in Lancaster longer
then May 1st, earnestly call your
attention to the fact that all ac-
counts due me must be settled on or
before May 1st, for after that time
all accounts will go into the hands
of an attorney with fee attached
for collection.
1tf Yours, JOHN DECHow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

The man who took the moth balls
back to the store in disgust because
he had broken the glass in all the pic
ture frames in his house without being
able to hit a single moth ought to take
lessons in craftsmanship from Lord
Walsingham. This British nobleman
has a specially constructed miniature
rife with which he is able to shoot
wasps on the wing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12
FOR SALE CHEAP: Two second
hand horse powers.
26tf.
Hawthorne,s Mental sioht.

HaWthorne's mental sight in dis
corning souls is marvelously penetrat'
ing and accurate, but he finds it so
difficult to give them an adequate
physical embodiment that their very
flesh is spiritualized, and appears to
be brought into the representation
only to give a kind of phantasmal
form to purely mental conceptions
E. P. Whipple.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12
Notice to Our Customers

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for co ughs,
colds and lungs troubles is not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug law as it contains no opiates or
other harmful drugs, and we recon-
mend it as safe remedys-for children
ana adults. J. r. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

ESTATE of Frank Cover. deceased.
- State of Wisconsin, County Court OF
Grant COunty-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given. that at the regular
term of the County Court. to be held in and
for said county at the court house III the city
of Lancaster. in said county. on the LIST
Tuesday of Nov. A. ID. 1907. being the 5th
day of Nov. 1907 at the hour of ten O'clock in
the forenoon. the following matter will be
heard and considered:
The application of A. G.. Knapp, admins
traitor EOfsthe estate of Frank Cover: late
of the city of Lancaster, Grant County,
Wisconsin. deceased. for the allowance of
his final account as such administrator and
for the assignment of the residue of such
estate to such other persons as are by law
entitled thereto
Byorder of the Court.
JAMES MCBRIEN,
Register in Probate,
Grant Co., Wis.
Dated. Oct. 3rd. EI9O7.
Brown & Brennan Attys'. for Estate
Isl ms. Oct. S: last ms Oct 49,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

1t would be interesting to lift the
lid seven years later and peep into the
home of the man who shooed away his
wife because he had discovered his af-
finity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

Picture postal cards to the number
of 10000 were sent to the dead letter
Office in one week recently. It's more
than likely those girls won't have time
to read them ALL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12
TO CREDITORS.


IN State of Wisconsin. Grant County
Court SS-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Stephen
Johnson. deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate OF
Stephen Johnson. late of Lancaster, Wis
consin. deceased. having been issued to
Fannie Johnson.
Notice is hereby given. that the creditors
of Gsaid Stephen Johnson, deceased, are
allowed and limited by order of this court
until and including the lrd Tuesday of Mar
1908. being the 18th day of said month to
present their claims and demands against
said Stephen Johnson. deceased, to the
county court for examination and allow
ance.
Notice is also hereby given. that the
claims and demands SO presented will be
examined and adjusted by this court. al
the office of the County Judge. at the court
house. in The city of Lancaster. in said
County. on the fourth Tuesday of March
1903.
Dated this 10th day of Sept. 1907.
By order of the Court.
E. B. GOODSELL, County Judge
lSt ms. Sept. II: last ms Oct. SD
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12
Awe Of Greatness

Literature grows feeble and conceit-
ed unless it ever recognizes the priori-
t. and superiority Of life, and stands
in genuine awe before the greatness
Of the men and of the ages which have
simply lived.-Phillips Brooks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

If some enemy of the Japanese
would introduce the toy pistol into
their country it might not be neces-
sary to build many more warships for
the purpose of protecting ourselves
against the Yankees of the east.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

Great Writers Must Have Wonder,
No man becomes a great writer
unless no possesses highly developed
sense of mystery, of wonder. A great
writer is never blase; everything to
him happened not longer ago than
this forenoon.-David Grayson in
American Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

Joe Akkiojoglau, Turk living in
New York, has had his name changed
to Joe White on the ground that White
is the English Of Akkiojoglau While
it is none of our business, we approve
Of the change simply because it saves
wear and tear on the alphabet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12
This Mosnnltn Family.

The mosquito family is a large one
as might be suspected. The depart
ment experts have captured, identified
and classified no less than 125 differ
ent species. In addition to the simon
pure mosquito there are any number
of counterfeits. Scores of them are
SO closely allied to the real thing in
looks, buzz and other characteristics
as to be mistaken by the amateur as
a member of the original family.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

Central American states are about
to receive a few personally conducted
lessons in brotherly love. with Uncle
Sam and Mexico applying the CAD.