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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-03-27

The Busy Bee Club will meet the
first Mordav in Anril at $50 o'clock
at The residence of Mrs. Bandy, 1O1
Lafavett, street. They arc still ask
ing for new members,
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-03-27
The Aftermath Of the confagratIOr

Tuesday, January II, 1905, is a
light never to be forgotten by those
Of us who, after the pitiful little that
we could do had been done, stood help
'ess1y by and with the horror of 1t
linking deeper and deeper into the
hearts Of us, watched the northwest
wind carry away in ashes all but the
skeleton Of Centennial Hall--to see
tho James sweep from one window to
auo'her, 70 know that the dormitocy
waa going. The chanel, theG the dining
hall; to he9y the crash of falling
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

between laughs and roars. Look at
the toys the kids got on y
"Kid!" 1 yelled. rs this my reward
for the terrible ordeal 1 have just gone
through"
T ran from the cabin in a towering
rage to the rest Of the party outside,
and saw O man bound on a horse and
guarded by Dick and Mr.. Rogers.
Get on to de kid In war-clothes :"
cried Dick.
"Dick!" gasped, pointing to the
man on the horse. us that Don Pedro
Gomalez?"
"Thats what he calls himself" said
Dick, although his real name is plain
Jim Haddon, horse-thief and general
robber. We canght him half way across
the mountain on Mr.. Rogers horse. We
found Jacks gold dust on him, and he
confessed both crimes.
"Dick,." l cried, if that is Don Pedro,
who is the man I've been holding up
at the end of my rife all EVENING""
"First / heard of it," said Dick, and
I dragged him into the cabin.
BY this time my Don Pedro had ex
planned that his name was Donald
Smith, and that he was sent to the
Gulch by large San Francisco mining
company to inspect and, perhaps, to
buy some claims. He had arrived that
evening, and finding the place deserted
had ventured into the first cabin he
found open, to be pounced upon by me
You may imagine my feelings! Sup
pose Mr.. Smith should repeat some OF
my big Western talk-the boys would
never quit guying me.
But he did not give me away, for
which 1 thank him with all my heart.
He only gave me a wink and asked me
If, being a backwOOdsman, l had ever
heard of Davy Crockett's advice? He
said it was "Be sure you're right
then go ahead!" and I think it's good
advice; don't you?
Several miners sold out their claims
to the company that Mr.. Smith repre-
sented, and father finally did the same,
for which 1 was glad, for have never
felt comfortable after the night cap
tured Don Pedro.-Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
The Test.

"Mr. Edison" said one Of the great
inventors assistants, sis going to aban-
don commercial work and go in for
pure science. He will drop electricity
for a time in favor Of chemistry. He
hopes that in these new fields he will
not become a crank. Mr.. Edison be-
lieves, you know, that Overmuch re-
search, research that has no practical
or commercial end In view, tends to
make a man eccentric. For example he
points TO a friend in Flushing, a life
long student of chemistry. This old
man, a retired musician, whenever there
comes a ring at his doorbell, goes To
the door himself, bottle of ink in his
hand. Without a word of warning he
throws the ink over his visitors coat.
Then, in answer to the visitors pro-
tests, he laughs and says:
Nonsense! It's all right Come
this way. l have something to show
you
''He leads his guest to the kitchen,
dips a rag into bottle of cleansing
fluid of his own invention, and, rubbing
briskly the inlz-stained garment, he rat
ties away, as volubly as a street vendor /:
"'This liquid is not corrosive. 1t re-
moves cleans and dissipates, with one
application, all stains, smears, grease,
paint'-and so on for ten minutes or
more.
''This old man rarely, if ever, restores
these inky coats to their original con-
dition. At every failure he says re-
proachfully to his guest:
"'Well, well, well. 1t isn't all
WOOL"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

Gonzalez The miners looked with sus-
picion on this man from the first, and
when, two nights later, Jack Allen was
robbed OF a bag of dust" they were
quick to denounce him as the thief.
Allen and Williams at once organized
a posse of men to search the mountain
for the Mexican Father was one of
the party. In vain 1 asked him to let
me 60. No, it was out of the question
I was too young, and as they might be
gone all day l must stay at home and
watch the claim. Mother had gone to
Westend, the nearest town, with a
neighbours wife, the day before, so |
would be alone in the cabin.
Jack Allen found what he said was
& trail up the mountain, so the process
sion started after the thief. l was In
4 bad humOr when 1 thought what a
bore 1t would be to stay on the claim
all alone all day. l lOnged to have a
chance to carry the new rifle that father
had given me, with all boys eagerness
to shoot something"
The day passed slowly and I was
glad when darkness came and the moon
rose from behind a distant clump of
powders. 1 went to the window and
looked out. How still everything was
How bright the moonlight cleaned on
the rocks! l began to wonder whether
the men had captured Don Pedro, and
how long they would be gone.
Suddenly a happy thought struck me
-"I'l play cowboy all TO myself"
muttered, and running up the ladder
to the loft opened my trunk and took
from it the buckskin suit that 1 wore
TO the masquerade last winter, and put
It on. IN my belt l stuck two rusty re-
volvers that l found on the floor, and
then descended to the room below. l
put ON my fathers big felt hat, stuck
the biggest carving-knlfe could find
In my belt with the pistols, grabbed my
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

and 1 admire you for it, We West
ern men like true grit!''
am almost sure my captive chuckled
at this
''But waitr' / went on, delighted at
the sensation l would make when the
men returned; ''wait till the others get
here! Don Pedro do you see that tree
out there? Watch it, for there you'll
swingl''
My prisoner paled.
''LOOk here, young fellowI' he said,
still keeping his arms elevated, "you
present a decidedly warlike appearance
in that rig, and your actions are de-
cidedly unpleasant. Don't you think
you had better let the joke drop?",
1 was almost letting the rifle drop,
lvr IL was heavy, but 1 answered that
Golden Gulch miners did not consider
horse-stealing a joke, and geptly re-
minded him that the rife was loaded.
Ny arms were beginning to ache.
Suppose the boys should not come back
that night, what should 1 do? Just
then l heard the clatter Of horses hoofs
on the hard, rocky road. Nearer and
nearer came the sounds, and then the
whole party swept down the mountain
and drew rein in front of the cabin.
Father Jack Dick !" 1 shouted,
'I've caught him. He's in here at the
mercy Of my rifle!"
"Who?" came the answer from with
out.
''Why. Don Pedro Gonzalez, the horse
thiefi" 1 said, as my father and Jack
Allen entered the cabin; "and there he
isw
1 lowered my rifle and looked at my
audience with a beaming face. Father
and Jack looked at each other, then at
me in my warlike costume, then at the
prisoner, and then-they burst out
laughing
"Well, I'll be pinched!' cried Jack,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
CANES IN SPAIN.
some of the Natives Have a Small
Arsenal of Them.

some of the Natives Have a Small
Arsenal of Them.
Every Spaniard has a stick, the well
to do own several, and the "gilded
YOUTH often has small arsenal OF
them. The term arsenal in this case
is used positively and not f1guratively,
as the Porto Ricans, like the Spaniards,
have quite a craze for sword canes and
dagger canes, and they make these with
remarkable skill.
The blades of the finer specimens
come from famous smiths in Toledo
and other Spanish cities and are forged
from the finest steel. Some are dam
ascened and others are inlaid with
silver and gold, some have worked upon
them the name of the owner and others
the name Of a patron saint. The as
sortment of walking sticks in the shops
in the larger towns is very varied
They have fashions in sticks and
canes suited to different ages and pro-
LESSONS. There are Sedate mahogany,
ebony and rosewood sticks for clergy
men and physicians and fanciful bam-
boos with cleaning steel inside for
men about town. There are rough
oaken sticks for the Spanish Anglo
maniacs and saucy little slaves for
those who ape the styles Of the boule-
ward. For travellers there are coffee
sticks, thorns, tea sticks, leopard wood
canes and orange sticks.-London
Chronicle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
The Capture of Don Pedro

When we went west I'm search of gold
we stopped at Golden Gulch and staked
out our claim. In a months time we
got things to running all right, and
were congratulating ourselves that the
west was not so wild and woolly" as
Il Is represented, when something hap
pened that threw the camp into great
excitement.
One night Mr.. Rogers, whose claim
was next to ours, had a fine horse
stolen from him. Confusion reigned I
A thief In campI Who could it be?
Everybody was above suspicion, Of
course. DEMONSTRATING in that part of
the west was punished by death, but
no trace Of the thief could be found
And so a week passed. Then, one
morning, there arrived in camp a man
dressed in a rich Mexican suit, with
bis sombrero pulled over his eyes and
q gaudy silk handkerchief tied around
his neck almost concealing his face.
We could only see that he had small
black eyes and black mustache. He was
Of slight build and net iaii
He put up" at Jerry Griffin's hotel
which was also postofice, rumshop and
general housefurnishing store at the
Gulch. and gave his name as Don Pedro
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

house in which 1t lives will be the more
flourishing for woman in it who has
rather prominent chin to make up
for her husbands defects. A chin that
projects in front is a signal of a mas
terful disposition.
The best ear is the one that is rather
large and prominent It is the ear of
an hOnest-hearted, generous-natured
man with fair modicum of common
sense and no violent display of obstin-
acy.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

When Queen Victoria assembled the
throne it was considered no reproach
for men to drink themselves senseless
after dinner. Noblemen of the highest
rank joining the ladies after dinner
in state of semi-intoxication appar-
emily created no disgust, and the habit
Of heavy drinking continued. Frank
Hird in Victoria, the Woman" says
that the queen herself ended it, at least
as far as the court was concerned.
Girl though she was, Victoria set her
face against the practice the moment
she became her own mistress, and ex-
pressed her disapprobation with great
tact and skill.
When she went to the drawing room
with the ladies after dinner, she re-
NAMED standing until the gentlemen
came into the room. The knowledge
that her majesty was standing until
the gentlemen left the table made it
impossible for them to stay behind
longer than the few minutes necessary
for the drinking Of coffee.
This quiet but significant action Of
the girl queen had a most beneficial re-
suit, and by the time she married So
ciety was already beginning to look
askance at 'one-bottle" and two
bottle men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
N S4185M

That a man should have his head
screwed on the right way" is generally
admitted to be a desirable feature as
far as concerns happiness in the mar
ried life. An eminent phrenolOgiSt has
lamented that, while most girls are
awake to that fact, they were not more
careful as to the, characteristics of the
head itself. There are, to the phrenol-
ogist, heads that promise matrimonial
happiness, and heads that threaten just
the reverse.
What kind of head has your young
man? If the phrenologist is right the
young lady may learn much from a
study Of it.
The long head is a treasure. But do
not make a mistake as to what the
long head" means. The long head that
is such a matrimonial jewel is not the
head that is long measured from top to
bottom, but lengthways-from the front
to the back. Taking it sideways, what
does the head look like? Is it elon-
gated from the tip of the ear to the
back? Let us hope it is, for phrenOlo-
gistS declare that is the head of the
man who will come home early in the
evening to sit beside his hearth, and
enjoy his wife's cooking and company
after having done justice to her clever
ness in the shape of the best dinner she
can give him. He will be a home lover.
The noise of the children will not jar
on his ears and send him forth to find
peace elsewhere. He will find 1T rather
musical. The long head is the head
of "the home bird"
The Good Head.
The young lady may wisely exercise a
little cautiousness with respect to the
head that is peculiarly long the other
way-from crown to chin. There may
be immense cleverness In that head.
But cleverness is not everything in
married life, as many women have
found out to their cost. The man with
a very high forehead is likely to be a
very intellectual person-more welded
to intellectual pursuits and studies
than may be quite consistent with the
highest wifely happiness. With such
a husband she may have to find happi-
ness in admiration Of and pride at her
husbands mental gifts, rather than in
those little attentions that go far to
make the home so much to the woman
who shares 1t.
A very high forehead may demand
sacrifice on the part of the wife. But
the very low forehead is one that will
make such demands, and will not be
worth the sacrifice when made. Safety
is to be found in the medium. If the
forehead is high, however, and the
head long from front to back, then the
cleverness of the owner may be miti-
gated by such a measure of domestic
ity that all will be well.
A head that is broad, as you look at
1t i'll front, means that it's possessOr is
person of strong will power. Two
heads like that in a house will not find
it any too big for them. One will be
apt to get in the road Of the other. A
head like that will want it's own way;
and if it be allied with forehead Of
ordinary height it will generally be
able to find its way, too. They are
heads that make career in life. The
wife of the broad-minded man, in the
worldly success Of her husband, may
find many compensations for a little
Eelf-effacement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

rife and began to parade up and down
the ROOM
When l had kept this up for little
while 1 happened to look at the door
and there l beheld man who was
watching me with smile on his face.
l gave start, in which Joy and terror
We're equally combined, for the man
was of slight build and had black eyes
and black mustache! was sure that
it was Don Pedro, although he wore the
ordinary citizens Dress 1 determined
then and there to capture him.
Leveling my rife at the mans head,
cried:
Throw up your hands, stranger
Don't move, on your life! !"
"Eh?" said my Don Pedro. "Why,
L"
Hold 'em up!" 1 repeated savagely,
and my visitor obeyed me.
''Now, walk i'm" said, still keep
ing him covered. "And sit down on that
stool ~
with pleasure" said my captive
''but, my dear young man, are you not
making 9 mistake? My name Is
Don"
"Ah!" 1 cried. triumphantly "You
admit it. although you are cool about it
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
Good English.

A French lady living in America en-
gagged a carpenter to do some work for
her at a stipulated price. She was sur
prised later to find that he charged
more than the price agreed upon. When
she attempted to demonstrate with him,
however, her English failed her and
she said:
"You are dearer to me now than
when we were first engaged. success
Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
INDIAN SUMMER DAYS.

There Is a tender sadness in these days.
Far deeper than the spell that autumn traces
Upon the hills and through the woodland waysI
Ny eyes grow dim through the mystic haze
OF memory dawns the vision of lost faces
And the drowsy mellow, sun-kssed air
The rustling sound Of dead leaves lightly falling
Recalls past autumn days as bright and fair,
When touch Of hands and subtle tones there
Whose haunting echoes faint voices calling.
And now, perchance, within this autumn's hush
Nature herself grows pensive and remembers
Those bygone days, when tender memories rush
Into the heart, like gentle winds that brush
The whitened ashes from the glowing embers.
And tread alone the fallow fields
1 that silent footsteps fall beside me;
feel 1t is the unseen presence yields
The subtle sadness that the autumn yields
Unto my heart for happiness denied
And nature, too may have a weary heart
Despite the glory of her woodland passes,
It may be that a little way apart
She mourns uncontrolled the winsome art
OF summer dead amid the tangled grasses
And this the reason that her Sun-flled skies
Are tinged with mystic grief my heart doth borrow
Her broodng face shows underneath dyes
That wOmanlike, she for the eyes
OF those who would possess sorrow.
ans Home Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
SOME POINTS on
THE GENTLE ART
OF PICKING A
HUSBAND BY
pHREN Oh GTCAL
Signs

The eyes are most important features
In estimating character. Don't have
anything to do, says phrenolOgy, with
little narrow slit eyes. Steel blue eyes
that are hard and glittering have often
peculiar fascination for women, but
they are distinctly dangerous. There is
no color, so physiognomists assert, that
is so surely allied to hard and cruel
natures. They are the eyes most COM
Among more reputable personages,
great military commandments whose
duties call them to be imperviOus to
the voice of human suffering-have had
such eyes.
But there are a good many eyes that
are all that can be desired in husbands.
Take the large brown, hazel, soft blue,
or grey eyes. These are all eyes that
promise we'll. The owners of them are
by nature honest, tender, and true.
Such eyes are common to noble, gen
erous spirits. The round, brown eye
is declared to bespeak specially low
ing and constant soul. The sparkling
black has good qualities, but it is often
the eye of one inclined to be quick-tem-
pered, and of a rather jealous dlsposi-
ton.
Big and Little Mouths.
Do not be offended by the young gen.
tleman's mouth being a little big. If
it be decidedly small, do not hastily
congratulate yourself upon it. He will
eat just as much as the big-mouthed
man, and while there will be no saving
in that respect, the small mouth is apt
to be found in men who lack some most
with a generous, frank soul. 1t is not
secretive or frivolous. The little
mouthed man is often both. A large
mouth, with good lips, and the lines Of
the mouth almost horizontal between
the corners, is the mouth par excel
lence. The man with mouth like that
will not tell fibs to his wife.
Is his nose Grecian, a Roman, a
snub or q nondescript-a mixture Of
all the styles? Few people have noses
bhdI C1AO 0CSAOCOAy VI OA1O 4AO
Grecian nose is straight, and, save for
perhaps slight depression at it's root,
continues the line Of the forehead, and
betokens a fine, artistic nature, quick
to respond to the beauty and nobility of
life. The Roman nose, arched, and in
clined to depression at the top, is the
nose of the man who sees his way, and
who is quick to see road to fortune
He has more OF the earth in him than
the Grecian-nosed man. He knows the
'world-has judgment and decision. The
Roman-nosed man will keep the roof
above his head, and that of the woman
he loves. He is apt to be masterful,
but he is good-hearted fellow to
whom a woman may confide her for
tunes with confidence.
There are "snubs'' and "snubs." Some
OF them belong to the peculiarly viva
ciOus folk. Their vivacity is not al
ways of the most agreeable kind, as
they are frequently inclined to sacri-
flee other persons feelings to saying ga
good thing" ''Turn ups" are generally
indicative of merry disposition.
The receding chin bespeaks the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
Under a Strain.

But" asked Miss Matte Nay, did
you never have stage fright?"
"Only once" replied the actor, ''and
that was before an audience of only
five or six people,
'NIy! Where was that?'
"Out west. You see, the audience
informed ms that if our show didn't
suit them they'd fill us full of holes" -
The Catholic Standard and Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

The average young man worries ton
much about getting his salary, and not
enough about earning it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

Books They Should Have Read.
Adam-''The Garden, You and l."
Eve-"A Woman's Hardy Garden"
The Serpent-"The Sorrows of Sa-
tam"
Noah-"Self- Raised, or From the
Depths"
Jacob-'The Social Ladder"
Joseph-'"The Pit"
Pharaoh Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea-"
Moses -"The Crossing"
Esau-"Red Pottage."
Lots Hooking Backward"
Jonah-"Denizens Of the Deeps."-
Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

No doubt the first thing a girl an
gel does when she gets to heaven is to
use her crown for a hair roll and comb
her pompadOur over it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

Did you ever know a butcher who
didn't have a pretty complexion? It
is a pity, but all the trades that tend
to improve the complexion belong to
the men.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-16
Democratic Wisdom.

George D. Cline in the Hudson True
Republican,: When our democratic
friends frame their national platform
they should be mindful of the tactics
which Napoleon employed with such
brilliant success: That was to concen-
trate the strength of his main army ,
drive it through the enemy's center,
split his army into halves and thrash
each half separately before they had
time to racover. The democrats have
the tariff issue; it is strong enough
issue on which to center their forces,
and besides splitting the enemy into
halves it would relieve them from es-
pouSing all the political whims which
men better fitted to expose than to de-
fend have launched in the last three
years. The views of Governor John
son of MINES ota, endorsed in all Sec
tions of the country by democrats
will make the nucleus of platform on
which the democrats will stand the
best chance Of winning regardless OF
whom the candidate may be.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-16
New AGRICULTURAL Course.

Important steps have just been tax
en- by the authorities of the University
of Wisconsin to increase the pratical
value of the instructions in agricul-
ture by establishing full two year
course to include the maximum
amount of scientific and practical
work. The present four year course
in agriculture has been revised with a
view to Introducing into the first two
years a number of subjects bearing
directly upon farming, instead of con-
fning the first two years of the course
as heretofore to purely scientific work.
Graduation from high school or
equivalent preparation will be requir-
ed for entrance to the new two year
middle course, as we'll as to the pres
ent four year course. At least six
months of practical farm experience
will be required for the completion of
either of these courses. 1t is antici-
pated that large number of young
men who are unable to spend four
years IN preparation for farming but
who desire more training than is given
in the present. short course will pursue
the new middle course for two years.
Includes Practical Subjects.
The first year of the new middle
course includes courses. in agronomy,