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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-03-06
MRS. HARRIET BRAKEMAN VISIT
ING FRIENDS.

Mrs. Harriet Rakeman, of King
fisher, Okla. is in the city visiting
relatives AMI friendl Mrs. Rakeman
f0rnerly lived in Trousdale County,
near Templow, Tenn She moved
with her husband to Kansas abou.
thirty years ago, and located near
Topeka. In few years after they
settled in their new home a new gov
eminent was made in Oklahoma and
Mr. end Mrs. Rakeman settled near
Kngfisher. They secured a a. fertile
blot of leo acre1 and got down to hard
work. Success attended their efforts
aud for about twenty-eight years Mrs
Rokeman he's enjoyed a happy life.
er husband died several years ago,
VT she has kept the farm going
right along Size is a very interesting
'haraO er and conversation with
her convince you without shadow
# doubt that Mrs. Harriet Rakeman
inows thing or two In talking to
4 Globe representative she said that
thousands of acres of land that be-
longed o colored people at one time
is now the property of others. Said
she: "They sold their property for a
mere tri e, sometimes ao low as fifty
dollars for a 160-acre plot; but" said
size. 81 have held on to mine, and will
deed it to the fourth generation
and then / will know they have some
land if nothing else"
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-03-06
PEARL HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

This school was favored with a Wis
it and an addreSll Wednesday last by
Few. G. Lake lines, pastor of Howard
congregational Church. Rev. Mr.
ines made a splendid impromptu
7ncech, which was cordially received
by the pupils. He impressed the pu-
N'ls with thought which is not alto
geter current or popular in some To-
calites His notion is that all knowl-
ad@e is practical and plays a useful
md practical part in the equipment
Of one for life, His study of Hebrew,
the evt~actio'n Of cube or square root,
should not be classed as impracti-
cal studies, becauEe rtudents may not
be called upon to use them in after
life, The speaker said that if les
sons in those studies were assigned
pupils, as duties to be performed,
that when the lessons were learned
md the duty therefore performed,
those studies becane practical. At
he conclusion of the address the
school voted DR. Ines a vote of
thanks coupled with an invitation to
return.
The Domestic Science Department
for the past week has been n charge
Of Miss Ghretta Scott of the Junior
College Glars of Fisk University.
Miss E. B. Moore, the teacher in
CHARGE, has been absent for the past
five weeks, suffering from an acute
attack of rheumatism Miss Scott
hrs shown her elf very proficient in
the art Of cookery if one is to
Judge by the delicious biscuits the
classes have turned out under her in
struction. The principal and teach
ers informed your correspondent that
they had been rerved with a plate of
hot biscuits prepared by Misses
Beulah Perkins, Brucie Mai Ewing,
Mona Dixon and Robbie Mays. They
say that the biscuits were fit to
GRACE the t9ble of the governor of
the state.
The Senior Class held it's regular
monthly business meeting on Monday,
March 2. At this meeting a discus
sion aro Ie as to whether Senior
social should be given during the
Commencement season. For several
wears the faculty of the school
ave the graduating class a Senior
Party but the custom was aban-
1oCel because of the extra expense
incurred by parent1 in preparing a
Jew dress for the Senior Party" in
addit'oin to the regular commence
vent dress.
The mathematical department I'M
or Prof, G. E. Washington, is pro
crossing finely. 1t is not generally
known that Prof Washington took a
eneG9l rour~H in HIGHER mathematics
70 fit hirFelf for thi1 work. He has
worked all the original exercises and
nrobems in Wentworth's. Whites,
o"wser's and Wells Geometry and is
fully equipped to do this work. The
children feel safe in asking him about
the solution of any problem they can
not work
The teacher of the city schools
held their Normal meeting in this
Nuiliing lost Tuesday. At the sug-
gestion of one of the principals they
we've divided into five classes for the
7tu'v of arithmetic. The following
'eo"hers were gwen charge of the
~l'TeA McgsIs. RandQls. Dawson
ana Anderson, Misses Pinkard and
DiCkersOn.
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BANK DIRECTORY.

There are thirty-seVen Negro banks
and institutions doing banking bus
mess in the United States. They are
owned and operated exclusively by Ne
grOes and are scattered throughout the
several states, principally in the south.
The names, locations, and other infOr-
nation concerning some Of them are
given below.
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HADLEY SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

The honor roll of Hadley School is
composed of those pupils who, for a
specified period of time. have been
perfect in attendance, perfect in
punctuality, and excellent in deport-
ment. The honor roll for the last
two weeks is az follows:
6-A-Jennie L. Anderson, Hattie
Furgerson, Susie Nolen, Gladys
Young.
5-A-Willie Mai Hodge, r. ]. Sher-
rill, Viola Overton, Georgia McRob-
erts, Sadie L. Rucller, Florence Burns.
Hattie Duke, Susie Halfacre, Viola w.
Nolen.
BINARY Hurt, Mollie Cloyd, SUI
sic jennings.
4-A-Rachel Rodgers, Arthur Ack-
lin, William Merely, Lillian Lawrence,
Maggie Bell
4-B-Bird Ella Cary Mile Reid.
Mary Anna Thurman, Susie Davis,
Mamie Mai Brooks, Lula Malone. Lu-
ella Saunders, Ernestine Cross, So
phia Anderson, Mollie Vaughn.
3, W. BENTON, Principal.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-03-06

Bessie Townsend, Ada and verna
Dunlap, Allie Robin-on, Alice Mccall,
Katie jennings and Lucille Noel. of
indianapolis Ind, Mr.. James Washing
ton, Mansfield Anderson, Lacy Brown,
Hugh L. York. Joseph Mathews, Joe
Edward Mathews, Augustus Hall. -
DooIey, Bonnie Marshall, Arthur Tay-
Ior, William Hunt, Samuel Turner.
Walter Ezell, Henry Mccall, Stephen
Mccall and John Mulberry.
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II FEC WINTER WOODS RE
ClTAL.

o. Nond1v night, March 2, Mr..
-N--'r Winter Wood, the noted elo-
cutionist, who is instructor at the
Tr~'rogee Normal and Industrial Insti-
tute at Tuskegeo, Ala, appeared at the
First Baptist Church, ably assisted by
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The Pan.AnaIican Congress.

In this era of big conventions it is
easy to lose sight of the importance
of such a gathering as the Pan-Angli-
can Conference in London. For the
first time in the history of the world,
representatives of the widely scatter
ed Anglican Church are assembled to
discuss ways and means of further ex-
tending the work of the church. There
are 5000 delegates from all parts OF
the world, representing scores OF mil
lions of communicates. There is a
program extending over ten days, COW
ering 12O meetings, with $50 speakers
The discussions are certain to have a
worldwide effect, for though the con-
gress. of course, has no civil authority
anywhere, its members and their con-
stituents exert powerful influence
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Half nHydraphoby."

'T was down in little southern
kown the other day" said a CONNER
cial traveller, where a new system OF
waterworks had just been installed.
All the drinking water for the town
was pumped in from an artesian well
on the outskirts of the town. The in
habitants were immensely proud OF
their new water, and at every place
I stopped was urged to take drink
of it, being assured at the same time
with great impressiveness that it had
been fanalyzed and found to be half
hydrogen This mystic expression
seemed to have a strange fascination
for most of the citizens.
Finally, stopped at the town
pump in the middle of the square IN
front of the county courthouse. and
as l worked the pump handle
thought / would find out what an old
negro leaning against tree nearby
would say.
Uncle I said, is this good wat
er?
"'Sho'!' he replied, with enthusi-
asm. WY, sab, dat water is done
been scanlyzed an foun' ter be hat
hydraphoby, sab! '"-Philadelphla
Public Ledger
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GETTING Round 1t.

A Chicago physician said the other
day of the late DR.. Nicholas Sem, the
the celebrated surgeon.
81 studied under DR.. Sem when he
was professor of surgery at Rush
Medical College. remember how
one day, he asked me question that
i did not know, and in order to hide
my ignorance gave an ambiguous
answer
'.Dr. Sem smiled"
-'He said l reminded him of a
schoolboy, who, taking a written ex-
animation in history, came to the
question:
(which was the greater general,
Caesar or Hannibal?
'sThe boy answered this question
rs follows:
~Tf we consider who Caesar and
Hannibal were, and ask ourselves
which of them was the greater, we
must unhesitatingly answer in the
aHirmative.-st Louis Republic.
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A NEeRos BANDIT LEADER.
His Trick to Secure the Allegiance OF
the superstitIous Islanders.

His Trick to Secure the Allegiance OF
the suPerstitlous Islanders.
A war of determination against the
bandits in the Island of Negros, in
the Philippines, with the killing of
several hundred natives, is the pre-
diction of Rev. Harry Maxfeld, mis-
sionary of the Tabernacle Baptist
church to this land. who is now at
home on a furlough.
The bandits of the island gave the
Spaniards trouble for eight years, and
1t was only year ago that our troops
wiped out the leader and broke up the
band" said Rev. Mr.. Maxield. THE
leader Of the band was an OK driver
named Dionici. who was oppressed by
the Spaniards in 1890 and fed to the
hills, where he quickly gathered a
band around him. The band he later
increased to several hundred men. In
1900 he could muster 1000 men.
HE found that it was difficult to
govern such a large band of wild and
unruly spirits and so manufactured
scheme of worship. He dressed one
OF his lieutenants in a black suit, put
a mosquito net over him. and be-
tween the mosquito net and the suit
placed thousands of huge firefiies.
''Then he manufactured a mechani-
cal device to slide up and down, by
which this man slid down during the
night, making it appear as though he
came from the heavens and as
though he were clothed in fire. The
bandits thought he was the Lord, and
when he spoke every one grovelled
On the ground. The manufactured
lord then appointed Daniel his noun
tain pope and called him Papa Ysio.
''After that the bandits. who were
very superstitious, obeyed every COM
mand. Every time they began to for
get their obedience Yncenlos, the
manufactured god, would appear and
frighten them again. Finally they
were stirred up to such a fanatical
frenzy that they would do anything
for the pope. In a battle with the
Spanish troops in 1896 200 soldiers
were killed. When the Americans
took the islands Papa Ysio was at his
height, but the troops drove him
into the mountains. Later the troops
were recalled from the islands and
the native scouts left in charge
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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NIoht and Day Banks.

Each of the big hotels in New
york will soon have its own night
and day bank. This is the latest fea-
ture which has been devised for the
convenience of patrons and is one
more step toward state of affairs
which will make it unnecessary for a
visitor to this city to ever leave his
inn for any of the accommodations of
life. The Plaza Trust Company; now
in process of formation, will have its
headquarters in the Hotel Plaza,
which is the first of big hotels to put
the idea into practice. Men of
wealth and prominence are the stock
holders. The company, which is cap
italized at s1.OOO,OOO, was granted a
charter at Harrisburg, Pa--New
YORK Correspondent in the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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N.u lIss for 9cat.TaIts." /"

ssCat-tails," which are scarcely util-
lied at all in this country, are used
in England as filling for the uphol-
STEERING of furniture; but hitherto the
supply has been very small on ac-
count of the poor results which have
been obtained by the use of this ma
aeriaI The closest competitor Of
sscat-taiIs" is the Indian fibre kopok,
which have thus far been sent to
xengsand from the United States have
varied in price from 2 to cents per
mound. A London importer has In
Vfted through the Bureau Of Manu-,
factures of washington the sending
of samples with lowest quotations, +.
o. b. seaboard, preferably New York,
and his address viii be furnished up
on application to the bureau-Bos.
aon Herald
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GRTTING EVEN.

Il guess I'll get you, Mrs. Bird"
Said wandering Thomas Cat.
You'd make a splendid dinnax,
You are so nice and fat" -
But Birdie saw old Tommy
And quickly few away;
And as she went she sang to him:
'fWait-till--anoth-er-day!"
"Ah-ha! you juicy creature;
You're worm just the right siZal'
Cried Birdie 10 a little worm
"You exactly suit my eyes"
'Tll just dip down and get you."
But Wormie gently stole
Beneath sheltering tuft of grass
And dropped into his hole.
And as he went he murmured;
Mrs. Birdie, go away
love to live too we'll to be
Eaten by you today"
Washington Star.
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You take good deal of risk If you
buy white lead without having abso-
lutte assurance as to its purity and
quality. You know white lead is Of
ten adulterated, oftenmisrepresented.
But there's no need at all to take
any chances. The Dutch Boy Paint
eff trade mark of the National Lead
Company, the largest makers of gem
uine white lead, on a package Of
White Lead, Is positive guarantee
of purity and quality. It's as depend
able as the Dollar Sign. II you'll
write the National Lead Company,
Woodbridge Bldg, New York City,
they will send you a simple and GER
tain outfit for testing white lead. and
q valuable book on paint. free
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one viii reveal his. Identity, but. al
taken together, will make It easy "
guess the name. Write thesAi six
facts on. six separate slips of paper
lone on each slip-and nhmber each
one with the same number as that on
your list opposite the name of the
actetedescribed. Do this for all
the names on the list Then mix all
the slips thoroughly together and give
six to each guest, taking them up at
random Give him also a httle card
of directions reading like this: mo,
Is. Exchange your slips with other
people with the object of getting those
numbered Is, until you have six bear
ing this number"
Then form the facts on the slips,
try to guess the name of the char
acter described. If successful report
to the distributor and receive an
other card. There will, of course,
be different numbers on the instruc-
ton cards. The slips belonging to
the above card might read as follows:
Is. Born in log cabin.
Is. Studied at night by freight.
Is. Became a lawyer and orator
Is. Held the highest Office in our
land.
Is. Died by the hand of an assas,
sin.
10. Made men free.
The answer is Abraham Lincoln. A
person might have to go to every one
in the room before finding all of his
six slips, but this is what is desired
in order to induce sociability and the
breaking up of cliques.- Philadelphia
Record.
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A BUNDLE PARTY.

A well-known writer for children
believes in Bundle Parties" OF the
best way to do she says:
"A Bundle Party if rightly car
ried out will create no end of amuse-
ment Specify in your invitation that
each guest must bring with him a
parcel containing anything he chooses
and especially if it is a good joke,
the better. A line is stretched across
the room, on which all the parcels,
neatly tied up, are hung. Each one
who contributed is blindfolded, turned
around three times and then allowed
to have the parcel he first touches" I"
Bee Hive.
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TWO RULES.

"Here are two rules, Fred" which
will do US both a lot of good" said
Giles to his younger brother one day.
"And they are?" asked Fred.
1.-THE first is, Never get vexed with
anything you can help, and the Sec
ond is, Never get vexed with any
thing you can't help"
eff you take them to heart, / will
too" said the younger brother.
"It's as good as done. When shall
we begin to put them into practiee?"
asked Giles.
"Now or never" answered Fred.
"I think those two rules take wide
and clean sweep. They don't leave
a fellow chance to get yexed at all.
Do they?"
That's too bad!" exclaimed Fre3
the next morning, while preparing for
school
What is the matterr inquired
Giles.
81 have broken my shoestring and
I'm mad because Pm in such hurry
'It is yexatious, no doubt" replied
Giles. "but you must not get Vexed,
for this is one Of the things that car
be helped. You will find a string
in the left corner of the top draw.
er."
but we shall be late for school"
mo, we shall not, said Giles. ave
shall only have to walk little faster
Besides, If you keep cool you will
get the string in much quicker"
THAT is true,' said Fred, as h,
started to restore the string, himself
quite restored to good humor.
Several opportunities occurred dur
ing the day for putting into practice
the new rule. The last was this:
In the, evening Giles broke the blade
Of his knife, while whiting a hare
piece of wood.
'It can't be helped" cried Fred
You must not get vexed about it,
.It might have been helped" sais
GILES, "but / can do better than tC
fret about it. l can learn a lessor
of care for the future which may som'
day save more valuable knife TIL
rules work well Let's keep them VI
forever.
And they did.--New Haven Regis
4 fer.
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A CLEVER BIRD.

Once upon a time there was jack
daw who lived in captivity-that as,
in a cage. He was clever bird, at
least so the farmers friends said,
and the jackdaw thought so himself.
The old farmer grew quite fond of
him and allowed him to come out of
the cage. He liked to have him stand
near, with his head cooked knowing
ly on one side, watching him at work.
cay, he's clever, he is. He knows
a deal about gardenin'," the old
farmer would say, and the bird never
contradicted him.
One day the old man was very
busy wedding the garden and the bird
helped him pull out the weeds.
"See, wife," he shouted. Been
teachin' the bird to do a bit O. weed
in"
But, can he do it?" anxiously ask
ed the wife.
"Oh, he's a clever bird, he is"
The bird croaked joyously.
Early next morning the clever jack
daw was UP and doing. He wished
to give the good old farmer a sur
prise, so he started a bit 90 weedin' 3"
ON his own account before breakfast.
When the farmer and his wife came
the clever bird had already worked
for hours and had succeeded in publ
ing up whole row of young lettuces,
the farmers choicest vegetable, None
had escaped him, Ruin stared the
farmer in the face.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! I'm sure n he's
too clever by far" cried the farmer,
and the jackdaw was put back in his
prison to live his life in solitary con-
finement.-New Haven Register.
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An acquainance called on some la
a;es in an Alabama town who had at
the time been much weaFied by an ap-
narently endless succession of callers.
The The door was opened by Augustus
R,tts. the faithful old butler Are
the ladies in?" asked the caller. mo,
ma'am. they'se all out. Il am SO
SORRY that | missed them" continued
the visitor, handing him her cards.
81 particularly wished to see Mrs.
Tones." Eyes, ma'am, thank yo', ma
am" replied Augustus. 'tThey'se all
ont ma,am. and Mrs. Jones is partic-
uIarly out, ma am. .'-Argonaut
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BRITISH WORKING TOWARDS
PERSIA.
Closure of Afghanistan Forces Her to
Push Railroad.

Closure of Afehanistan Forces Her to
Push Railroad.
From the side of India British plans
for reaching Persia and the Russian
advance have been blocked largely by
the ameer of Afghanistan, who, with
the task of uniting and developing his
country heavy on his hands, has per-
sceiVed very clearly that for him to al
low foreign railroads to penetrate his
country would be to invite difficulties
OF diplomatic nature as well as to
cripple the industrial advance Of bis
ssanntA Ess-~ -~-14zs<f -l--@~asnazz-a ~&G H.
80. me DI4S4su laIIIVe,u ~ 4 y
shawur, therefore, has not been ex-
tended beyond the Northwest Province
frontier. To the south, however, there
has been some advance through Balp-
rhistan, where the railroad has been
within the past year extended to Nush-
Xxi. This is near toe southern border
of AfghanistRn, and is one of the sta
tions on the caravan route through
the Seistan district in eastern, Persia
TO Meshed, which is near the Russian
advance. This route, apparently, will
be taken some time in the future by a
British railroad. Two things may de-
feat it-possibly; one may be Russia,
and the other Afghanistan. If the
ameer, however, should consent to a
line from Peshawur to Kabul, and
thence on to Meshed, British interests
would gain a large advantage.-Bostou
Transcript.
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AFRAID TO EAT
Girl Starving on Unsolicited Food.


~Seyeral years ago ! was actually
starving" writes q Me. girl, yet
dared not eat for fear OF the conse--
quences.
Il had suffered from indigestion
from overwork. irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my
stomach became so weak / could eat
scarcely any food without great dis
tress.
MANY kinds Of food were tried,
all with the same discouraging ef-
fects. | steadily lost health and
strength until was but wreck OF
my former self
-Having heard Of Grape-Nuts and
It's great merits. purchased a pack
age, but with little hope that 1t would
help mel was so discouraged.
Il found Il not only appetizing bat
that could eat It as liked and that
it satisfied the craving for food with
out causing distress. and IL may use
the expression, 1T filled the BILL
FOR months GFape-Nuts was my
principal article of diet I felt from,
the very first that | had found the
right way to health and happiness.
and my antieipatiOns were fully
realized.
with It's continued use regained
my usual health and strength. To-
day am well and can eat anything
I like, yet Grape-Nuts food forms a
part of my bin OF fare. There's q
Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to
Wellville,r in pkgs.
Ever read the. above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true aud fun OF human
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CHARACTER STUDY.

This is an interesting game, requir-
ing some thought in its preparation,
and serving in its performance to STIR
up the company and bring the differ
ent persons together.
Make a list of famous people, few
more than the number Of guests ex
pected. Give each character anum-
her. Then select six weIl-known facts
abor each person. OF which 40 single
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| read of Doan's Kidney Pills and
began using them. One box made me
stronger and freer from pain. kept
on using them and in three months
was able to get out on crutehes, and
the kidneys were acting better. l i'm
proved rapidly, discarded the crutches
and to. the wonder of my friends was
soon completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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INFORMED.

"Can l sell you a set of books on
the Requirements of Modern Life? 2 "
'Nix. / know what the require
ments of modern life are: advertising
and push."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
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NIGHT BE ADVISABLE.

'T am a poor man.
when we are married, | can learn
to cook"
Hadn't you-er-better begin prac--
Aice." suggested the thrifty su1tor,-
while your father is yet supplying
the raw material. so to speak?
Houston Chronicle.
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Moro lmnortant.

Mrs. Savemm-T see that soap was
discovered over three thousand years
ago.
Mr. Savemm--And how long after
that did woman discover the wrappers
we're valuable?-Puck
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Because of the lichens which grow
abundantIy on the stone-paved streets
in Madeira, making them slippery, d
is possible to use sleighs the year
around.
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paralyzed me and
affected my kid
neys. My back
hurt me terribly,
and the urine was
badly disordered.
Doctors said my
right kidney was
practically dead.
They said l could
never walk again.
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What has become of the young
man who used to soak his hair in
bears grease and then plaster it
against his brow in a semi-circle that
reached his eyebrows?