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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23

beamed on her, and said, "And, now,
my dear, are you hungry"
Hungry" said Victorine. "I could
eat housel"
Miss Aspasia dropped her hand.
We've saved a little supper" she
said. perhaps we should get you
something more"
trouble in the old faces, and she re-
membered what her mother had told
her Of the careful management that
had kept the two little ladies from ex-
treme poverty.
"No, indeed!" she said, quickly. eff
you'll just make a cup Of tea while l
get into something comfortable" Then
her arms went round Miss Aspasia
again. 1--WE been just pining to see
you," she said. Mother has told me
of the time when you were girls to-
gether, and how Miss Emmeline liked
tarts and you liked to write poetry.
And now that she isn't-here-I felt
that l just had to come to you and
Miss Emmeline@"
Precious child ~ murmured Miss
Aspasia, and wished that the pink cush-
lon was in place on the mahogany
dresser.
please don't plan anything but the
tea" Victorine directed, as she went
upstairs. st have some things In the
little trunk my other trunks will come
up in the morning"
Miss Aspasia followed, taking in,
with fashion-starved eyes. the cut of
the tailored gray suit, the bunch of
violets and lilies-of-the-valley that
frightened the front of it, the trim hat
with the gray veil.
Victorine, on her knees, lifted out
the tray OF the fiat trunk. " bought
such things in New York-the shops
were perfectly irresistible. l found
this kimono for myself" and she dis
played one of faint mauve Grape, with
wistaria trailing over it, land these l
brought for you and Miss Emmeline. .
"Ohp' Miss Aspasia quavered, as she
gathered up the exquisite pale blue gar
ment, all sprinkled with cherry bios
SONS.
Miss Emmeline's was a cheerful af-
fair Of gray, with a flight of swallows
across it, and a cherry-colored border
OF satin.
"Put 1t on" victorine urged, "and be
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23

ton. He cannot play it. but his young
daughter, Daisy, has more than ordi
nary ability, and through her perform
ance her father has derived an interest
in violin music and violins.
Among his acquaintance is a maker
and member, who in some way had
come into possession of the old instru
ment, but it was broken and could moi
be mended, he thought, so that its tone
would be pure. So he sold it to Mr.
Brown for $780,
Mr.. Brown had 1t repaired in accord
ance with his own ideas and when the
work was completed carried it to a
well-known musician, who owns a
splendid Stradivarius. The sOloist
tucked the Duiffoprugear under his
chin, drew one rich, pulsating chord
from it and stopped in amazement
Other local musicians say that the SUI
perb tone of the old instrument is the
most remarkable violin voice to which
they have ever listened.
The body of the violin is perfect in
condition, and the peculiar figurehead
above the tuning pins is entirely IN
marred. Its back, which is now dark
with age, is an exquisite piece Of Span
ish inlay, representing a walled city of
the middle ages. Around the edge
runs quaint inscription in what is de
clared by a learned priest to be a mix
ture of old Spanish and Latin. 1t is
verse, and, as translated by the priest,
runs thus quantity:
Speeches., alive,
l heard the feathered throng;
Since they are dead,
l emulate their song.
Mrs Brown also possesses another
violin, which has no artistic worth, but
is of interest to the antiquarian. 1t
is of wood, practically unvarnished,
and was taken from an Aztec tomb in
Mexico. 1t is modelled, somewhat
crudely, after the European violin pat
tern, showing that it was made, in all
probability, by natives after the Span
ish invasion. 1t is an oddly In that
it has a double set Of strings, one lying
just below each string played by the
bow.
Mr.. Brown has presented the Duiffo-
prugear to his daughter. 1t is not for
sale, but its value is far up in the
thousands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
Some Definitions.

The late Frederick r. Coudert, the
noted lawyer and wit, had a great
fondness for children. He collected in
defatigably the quaint sayings of chill
dren, and one of the treasures of his
library was a small manuscript vol
ulne called "a Child's Dictionary" and
these are some Of the definitions that
Mr.. Coudert would read from it:
"Dust-Mud with the juice squeezed
cut of it."
"Snoring.-Letting off sleep"
"Apples.-The bubbles that apple
trees blow"
"Backbiter-A mosquito"
"Fan.-A thing to brush the warm
of with"
"Ice-Water that went to sleep in
the cold"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
TAXES PAID BY MILLIoNAIREs.
How Macays, Whitneys and Others
Help Rural Communities.

How Macays, Whitneys and Others
Help Rural Communities.
With the Clarence H. Mackays, the
William H. Vanderbilt, Jrs., the Gug-
genheims, Howard Gould, several
Whitneys and other wealthy residents
the town Of North Hampstead, L. l.,
is most fortunately situated, the resi-
dents think The bulk of the taxes is
paid by these millionaires and few
others, according to the New York
World.
At the top of the list are Mackays,
Mrs. Mackay having an assessment OF
$171,OO0 at Harbor Hill, Roslyn. Mr..
Mackay has $4,000 real and $15O,OO0
personal property. The Vanderbilts at
Lakeville total $2SO,OOO, of which Mrs.
Vanderbilt has 100000 real and w.
K, Jr., has $4,000 real and 100000
personal. Howard Gould Of Castle
Gould has $4,000 assessed to him.
Out toward Westbury John S.
Phipps has the lead with $4,000 real
and $4,000 personal. The A. Cass
Garfield estate is assessed at $4,000
real and $4,000 personal.
There are many wealthy residents of
Great Neck, prominent among them be-
ing w. Gould Brokaw, with an assess
ment of $4,000 real and $4,000 per-
sonal. and Florence e. Martin has
$4,000 real and $4,000 personal. Mar
garet Hoyt, near by, has $4,000.
Payne Whitney, Manhasset's greatest
taxpayer, is assessed for 100000 real
and $25,0OO personal. A. H. Paget has
but $17,4O0 real. Rudolph Oelsner, the
Manhattan brewer, has an assessment
Of 100000 and Benjamin Stern has
$4,000. The Lloyd Bryce property is
assessed at $4,000 real and $4,000
personal. a total Of 100000. Mrs.
Walter G.. Oakman has $4,000 real
and $4,000 personal, and Mr. Oakman
has $4,000 personal.
The William G. Whitney estate at
Wheatley Hills is assessed at $63,OOO
and Harry Payne Whitney, whe re-
sides there, has $4,000 personal. W..
G. Park has $4,000 and the estate of
the late Charles T. Barney is listed at
$4,000. Mrs. f. G. Havemeyer has
$4,000 real and $4,000 personal. Mrs.
n. 3. Duryea has $4,000 and Assist
ant Secretary Bacon and his new man
sion at Westbury are down for $4,000.
At Port Washington w. Bourke Cock
ran has his home and pays taxes on
$4,000. Isaac Guggenheim at Sands
Point has $4,000 real and William
Guggenheim has $4,000 personal. The
famous Stowe property at Wheatley is
assessed to George Croker at $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
True Love.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments; love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove;
Oh, no it is an ever fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never
shaken;
It Is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his
heights be taken.
Loves not Times fool, though rosy lips
and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass
come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and
weeks,
But bears it out even to the end Of
doom.
If this be error, and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man ever loV'd.
William Shakespeare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
RARE OLD INSTRUMENTS FOUND
Violin with Me11owness of 400 Years
Discovered in Los Angeles.

Violin with Me11owness of 400 Years
Discovered in Los Angeles.
There was unearthed in Los Angeles
a little while ago a wonderful violin,
which is pronounced just in its prime
by experts, although it is almost 400
years old, says the Los Angeles Times.
This rare instrument, which was
made In 1915, is an absolutely perfect
specimen Of the work Of Gaspar Duff
foprugear, who is said to have come
from Spain, and who, according to an
tiquarians, was the first man to give
the violin its present shape and pro-
ductive qualities. He belongs to an
age 50 long past that most musicians
have never even heard his name. Strad-
ivarius and other master makers of his
period are generally considered the piO-
neers in fine violin manufacture, but
their grandfathers had not been born
when Duiffoprugear lay peacefully in
his grave.
This violin is the property Of W. H.
Brown, who lives near SlausOn juno
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
Partisan Time for Vessels ON the
High Sea.


In a memoir recently submitted to
the French Academy of Sciences, Pro
lessor Bouque de la Grye offered a
very valuable suggestion that met with
a rather favorable consideration.
According to this suggestion there
would have to be created universal
signaling posts for transmitting by the
aid of wireless telegraphy, the time cor
responding to the meridians of the
earth, to vessels sailing on the high sea.
A daily signal given out at midnight
from the Eiffel Tower would thus
transmit the time corresponding to the
first meridian to vessels located on the
Atlantic and Mediterranean. Captains
would thus be kept posted exactly AS to
the point on which their vessel hap.
pens to be. This, however, would mean
a material advance eliminating any
danger, while dispensing with any
lah~rious time alculation.-Technica
World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
The Girl Who Came

And in the face of her whitening
sarcasm the sisters were silent.
But they did not go to bed. They
nodded in their chairs, and at mid
night Miss Emmeline said, wistfully,
as she looked at Victorine's supper,
still set forth on the silver tray, I'm
hungry
Miss Aspasia shook her head. ST
wouldn't eat any of it, she said.
'Victorine may want it when she
comes"
1t was two o'clock when they heard
the rattle of the cab on the empty
street
"She's here!" they said, breathlessly,
and ran to let her in
She was paying the man, and her
low laugh came to them.
"OhI OH" she said. did you sit
up. you bad little ladies? / told you
to go to bed"
Something in her voice made the sis
tiers laugh in response. They had never
been called bad little ladies" in that
affectionate way, and they liked it.
Tell him where to put It," said the
voice again, and then they saw that
the cabman was staggering under a
fat trunk, and they made way for him.
And after the cabman came Victor
ine radiant, glowing, exquisite She
kissed them, and Rugged Josephus, and
cried, 'Oh, it's lovely to be here 1t
was perfectly ducky of you to let me
GOMEZ"
Miss Aspasia held the girls hand
in a loving clasp, while Miss Emmeline
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
Trade with Our Neighbors.

The total trade of the United States,
with it's American neighbors, including
Canada, in 1907 amounted to nearly a
billion dollars, as compared with lit
tie more than one-third of that amount
ten years ago. To be more accurate,
our exports in 1907 to our American
neighbors amounted, in round numbers,
to S49O,OO0,O00, and our imports from
them to $44S,00O,O0O, making total Of
100000. Ten years ago our ex-
ports to the rest of America were $685.
100000, ard our imports therefrom
were $205,O0OO0O, making total trade
OF $36S, 100000. This shows an increase
In total trade of $570OOOO0, or nearly
200 per cent in our exports and 120 per
cent in our imports.
This is largely due to the efforts Of
the Bureau Of American Republics and
to the various other agencies that have
been exercised to bring the American
republics into closer relations. It's Sig
nificance will be appreciated when 1t Is
known that our exports to Europe In
creased less than 30 per cent during the
same period and our imports therefrom
so per cent; our exports to Asia IN
creased 40 per cent, and our imports
therefrom 40 per cent; our exports TO
Oceanica increased 100 per cent, and
our imports therefrOm % per cent.
while our exports to Africa Increased
Is per cent, and our imports therefrom
138 per cent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
Tar and Feathers.

So far as is known, the first record
of punishment by tar and feathers is
in the year 1889, the first OF Richard |,
At that time a law was passed thai
"any robber voyaging with the crusad-
ers shall be first shaved, then hot pitch
shall be poured upon him and a cush-
!on of feathers shook over it." After
this the criminal was to be put ashore
at the first place the ship came to-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
Old Favorites
SS$$S$F So $$%8$$3
The Sons OF Martha.

The Sons of Martha.
The Sons of Mary seldom bother, for they
have inherited that good part,
But the Sons of Martha favor their
mother of the careful soul and the
troubled heart
And because she lost her temper once, and
because she was rude to the Lord,
her guest,
Her sons must wait upon Mary's Sons
world without end, reprieve or rest.
It is their care in all the ages to take the
buffet and cushion the shocks;
1t Is their care that the. gear engages; il
is their care that the switches lock
1t Is their care that wheels run truly; 1t
is their care to embark and en-
train,
Tally, transport and deliver duly the
Sons of Mary by land and main.
They say to the mountains. "Be We re-
moved! !" They say to the lesser
floods, Run dry :"
Under their rods are the rocks reproved
they are not afraid of that which
is high. ott~ gta.r
Then do the hilltops shake to the sum-
init; then is the bed of the deep
laid bare,
That the Sons of Mary may overcome it,
pleasantly sleeping and unaware.
They finger Death at their gloves end
when they piece and repiece the
living wires.
He rears against the gates they tend;
they feed him hungry behind their
fires,
Early at dawn ere men see clear they
stumble into his terrible stall,
And hale him forth like a battered steer
and goad and turn him till even
fall.
To these from birth is belief forbidden;
from these till death is relief
They are concerned with matters hidden
under the earth line their affairs
are.
The secret fountains to follow up waters
Withdrawn to restore to the mouth,
Yea, and gather the floods as in a cup,
and pour them again at a city's
drouth.
They do not preach that their God will
rouse them a little before the nuts
work loose;
They do not teach that His pity allows
them to leave their work whenever
they choose.
AS in the thronged and the lightened
ways, so in the dark and the desert
they stand,
Weary and watchful all their days, that
their brethren's days may be long
in the land.
Lift ye the stone, or cleave the wood, to
make a path more fair or fiat,
Lo, it is black already with blood some
Son of Martha spilled for that.
Not as a ladder from earth to heaven,
not as an altar to any creed,
But simple service, simply given to His
own kind, in their common need.
And the Sons of Mary smile and are
blessed-they know the angels are
on their SIDE
They know in them is the grace confessed,
and for them are the mercies null
tiplied.
They sit at the feet, and they hear the
word-they know how truly the
promise runs.
They have cast their burden upon the
Lord, and-the Lord He lays it on
Martha's Sons.
-Rudyard Kipling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
IRVING II c1 the Friend.

Mrs. Parker Ito husbands friend)-
You can come right in to see Mr..
Parker. He's i'll in bed.
Friends it anything catching?
'That's just what we're trying to
find out."-Smart Set.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23

The girl who comes out plain every
once in awhile with the words: Il
cannot afford it; we are too poor" is
not a general favorite in society, but
when she marries. she is a great ia.
vorite with her husband
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
OUT OF THE STORM.

Sometimes when meath the cares Of life
My shoulders seem to bend, and strife
Like some mad tempest RACES round,
And nowhere is a haven found,
1 think upon the great broad sea,
Plagued by the storm relentlessly,
Tossed by the winds, yet soon is seen
Peaceful, untroubled and serene.
Where yesterday the tempest ragged,
To-day its grief is all assuaged,
And from the midst Of stress and pain
Emerge surcease and peace again.
lick Bangs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23

PHYSICAL EXERCISES
inevitable
The three
on-L Illustrated
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23

There never was a man SO patient
that it didn't make him mad to get
a line under his horses tail when out
driving
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23

People are always complaining OF
annoyances they get pay for standing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23

John Kendrick Bangs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-30
soured on the Auto.

The Hon. Jim Reynolds has taken
inc pledge. TINS does not mean that
he has Joined the prohibition move
mcnt III washington lie has simply
ISSUED u FORMAL statement declining
ever again 10 'ake ride IN The an
lonop'ie OF MS private secretary, Ia NJ.
Spier ot New York. who has "bnb-
NC OF wohurous mechanism.
When the machine was first purchas-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-30
ROBERT L. OWEN.

ington and Lee university. Soou after
graduation he went to tn" Cherokee
Nation and began the practice of law
mt Muskogcc For Il time hc was in
structor in the Cherokee national
schools. Later he was editor OF tile
Indian Chicftam and during Clcvc-
lnnl's administration was Indian
agent for the Five Civilized Tribes. In
1900 he organized and was president
of the first national bank In the terri
tory
senator Owen Is Democrat in poll
tics has always been an active party
man. and from .lSaG to 1000 he was Il
member of rhc national Democratic
compitioc. He is no stranger In Wash
lpg,on. having spent the last sixteen
winters mt the national capital. He is
about nifty years old AMI IL wealthy
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-30

have emitted and the extravaganza
into which many Congressman would
doubtless plunge II they were subject
to no restraint Where there Ii a
chance TO save money without serl-
ously inspairing the efficiency OF the
government 1t should be utilized But
there should be nothing In the ma
turc OF II sudden halt 10 great and
necessary national improvements .
Neither should thee be any aban-
donment of the cnminenily wise pol
icy of providing for the national de-
Tense. If part OF the surplus which
has accumulated in the treasury shpll
he used for these purposes PUBLIC APP
prevail of such action is not likely TO
be withheld
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-30
..lTiIuRsDAY. JANUARY 40. laos.
BHoWNsoN DID NOT EXHAUST
eUPPLY OF COMPARISONS.

l'eleErsph operators or cable en-
sineers.' argues Admiral Drownson.
In his long suppressed protcs, against
making surgeons command OF n ship
absolute. arc not put In commend
OF cable ships; nor are postmas! ers
!. put in command OF mall ships. A
eattleship can with propriety be call
cd a floating fort, but artillery ON
GERS aro not 1T 60 command them.
~ must not bio forgotten that n ship
Is an inanimatc object ana requires
at all times competent officer in
command 10 insure the safety OF the
vessel at ea.''
,7'sifgiwi T,Brownsoh could have COMO
very much farther In making his
comparisons. To contend that COM
petent navigating sUfncer or sailing
niaaeer..te subordinate to d surgeon
in absolute oemmnnd" of warsil,p
( ~ oil sum Client to insure tho safety
OF such vessel at sea-ln The rough
l. hhO VI 6hliShe VI VIC iN'OS'N'lt'hlNtN
contingencies Just ms msound as 1t
Tfouid be to hold that tho chairman Of
y staSe political committee would BIO
all right, In command OF an army go
ms Into battle. IL only lie had some
good trained, experienced ana brave
soldier rndev him TO direct the fight,
sWerc tho Presidents notion to be
y carried out to It's legitimate conclu-
esion, we should soon see mine SUI
perlntendents in command OF naval
icollisrs. packing horsc inspectors at
the helms of the supply craft. the
medical college granting the degree
of IS. NJ tsailng maacr) and the
United States Naval Academy ut An
napolis closed for good and all. OF
Shat use to build $4,000 ton battle
ships if We are to constantly cheaper
the calling of nuval officers?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-30
CONGRESSMAN TAWNEY's SEC.
OND WARNING

n Chairman Tawncy has issued an
other warning relative TO the need
OF prudence in governmental expcn-
diiutes. That due economy is always
in order is beyond dispute. That
particular care should he taken To
avoid unnecessary disbursements when
the public revcmre show a decide I'd
failing OF Is likewise unbeatable
But willie the pnrport Of Mr.. Taw-
ney's utterancc should be needed, ii
iss not necessary to give full faith and
cTedence 10 his prediction tina. thu
de9ioit FOR tho next year will reach
q hundred million dollars In the
FIRST place, it is TO be noted tina, nc
includes IN this some 56 millions for
9ulnking fund appropriations out
30 which is not imperative and has
very little 10 do with the actual run
ming expenses OF the government
This consideration reduces the de-
d<;it which he forcs,Nes 10 about 90
mgGons In The second place neither
tbs abie and energetic chairman OF
the appropriations committee, nor any
one elss, can know with even approx
inats certainty, what the income. OF
Z tte treasuFy will be FOR The year that
begins tho first day of July, which is
tia beginning OF tho fiscal year OF
Tie nation
rho solndcst view Of TIE question
IA midway between ihfN Fomewha,
gIoosG Is statements whichkhc seems Ia
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-30
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
Owen of oklahom n.

When The two senators from the new
state of Oklahoma drew lots to deter
mine which Should serve the long
term, Robert l.. Owen was the lucky
ono. Thus i. happens that for six
years at least the commonwealth will
lie represented by II man of Indian
blood, for Senator owen is part Chero-
Ecc. onc-clglith; the rest Scotch-Irish.
oklahoma's senior senator is n native
Of Virginia and was educated at Wash.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-30
NORFOLK and ATLANTIC TERRflNAI4Ct
|MeWpoYf NeWs---N0Yfoik Ferry
EFFECTIVE DEC. l. o. SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

Leave Norfolk---6:2o a. M. $50 IA.
m. 300 4. m. 1890 a. IN. 1900 m.
1880 p. m. 800 p. NJ. 430 p. M. GOO
p. NJ. 1870 p. III.
Leave Pine Beach Plcr-G:O0 n. M,
200 Il. M. 500 Il. m. $3.50 n. m. 1870
Il. M. 1880 p. m. 200 p. m. $3.50
y. M. 400 p. ~. G.30 y. H., 500 u. m.
Leave Shipyard, Newport News
G:lo a. M. 7:l5 n. m. S:i5 n. m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-30
That Test AGAIN.

Young Lochinyar had just snatch
ed the fair Ellen en- his stced.
This Will probably be the hcx;
army test he explained.
Herewith lie waited for the bcauii-
full combination OF Workmanship and
marriage TO commami Itself to great
ness.-Now York Sun.