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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-13

AudD0l was just SucQ
yo Qg woman as just such a young
man as Andrew would ardently desire
to present with his throbbing heart
and the contents of the neat package.
The latter contained a ring, set with
a single diamond. The throbbing
heart contained what Andrew was
ready to promise should be lifelong
devotion to Amabel.
Why go into detail regarding the
whole year during which he had laid
siege to the heart of AmabeI?
There had been moments this
Christmas eve when Andrews fingers
nervously sought his breast pocket.
Amabel knew he was on the verge Of
proposing. Gracious mercy! The
woman who cannot diagnose a threat
ened proposal is no woman at all.
The stammering speech, the flushed
brow, the hesitant remarks, the fxity
of stare-all these and many other
symptoms are to the average woman
what temperature and respiration are
to the specialist in fevers.
For some unexplained reason women
AAhO " pO0lpOuS a p1OpOSd1s 1ASJ
prolong the agony. They enjoy the
signs, the awkwardness, the anxiety,
of the swain. They revel in his alb
ject willingness to sacrifice himself,
If need be, to gain their promise.
1t may be that instinct teaches
them this is the only moment when
the man will be a slave.
At last, however, it became time for
Andrew to say goodnight 1t was
Christmas eve, and he knew AmabePs
family would have some little prepare
tons to make for the festivities of
the morrow. He did not think for
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-13

Special attention directed line of Bedroom Suites
and Odd Dresser in quarered oak curly birch blrdsoe
maple severance and mahogany. These styles, assert
ments and prices certainly worthy of careful inspection
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-13

his love in speech. but whose every
action tells what is affecting him.
He told her he had spent a pleas
ant evening; he thanked her for the
little gift; he promised to come again,
and he got out and away-and then
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-13
Downright. 1917

I was Christmas eve.
Andrew Hillington, with
a neat little package III
his breast pocket and a
throbbing heart beneath
the same pocket, had been
trying for a full hour to
muster up enough courage
to take out the package,
and offer it, together with
his throbbing heart, to
Amabel futile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-13

mind getting it ahead of time, will
you? Such good friends as you and
1 needn't wait for Christmas day it.
self, need WEI"
She carefully stood Immediately be-
meath a spray of mistletoe when she
said this. but Andrew did not notice
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-13

ROCKERS
All styles, from the great
big, billowy, leather covered
fellows that almost rest you
to look at them, to wee, in
expensive ones for little Mis-
ses. And every one is the
best of it's kind at the price.
Your choice in oak, birdseye
maple, Circassian walnut,
curly birch, solid mahogany,
also rattan and mission styles
from $1.OO to $4,000
Morris Chairs, like cut-largest variety
we have ever shown.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-07-17
@enn tuIr ALTER iuerben, beai

8enn iuir alter iuerben, begin.
men mir 1nreeeImdBtefeiten in un
fern forperliden Sunftione, 5u be-
merfen, melbe uns friiber nibt ouf.
fielen. Baltor Sol. Mob BON Gid
Greet, ST., ielbit ELI ad)t5igidbri-
ger, iagt: sd fit an ben Nicrcn
unb ollgemeiner Sdipafe. Der al.
p~enfrauter bat meme @eiunobeit
poGitanbis mieoer bergeiteat. SD
banfe Soft fir 6ieie ipunoerbore
Meoi8in. SbsIei9 iiber 81 Sabre
olt, bat mir oieies Seilmittel nun.
oerbar gebolfen." Jorni..s alpen-
fralpter oeriiinet Dos aIte, uno
madt oas Sdipod)e itorf. Speaial-
@genten perfaufeu ibL ODER bic Gi-
gentiimer, Or. Beter 6abrnep &
Cons Go, 1875 9. Sopne ape.,
gbicoso, Sainois.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-07-17
Sttmmplate fir Die Yrobibitioms'
8aIl.

Die Stimmplase fir bie BrobibI-
tions;uabl am %. Suli neroen an
folgenben Stelen iein:
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-07-17

feline ongenebmen. Gs bat gana ben
@nideln, als tpen11 90 1inten in
ben @robeben . Mepublifen binnen
Surgeon mieoer einnol oues in bel
lem @ufrubr fem piro. SoffentIid
9elingt es menieitens in Merifo Die
3ube oagemein pieoer ber5ulteuen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-07-17
Gin Cob in gerien.

Son 8eb. $. 5tubenpon, Iuiiou,
Sa., in anerfennung bon Or. Sings
Neue 2ebenspiuen:
Sic lino 10 notig Der @eiunobeit,
Soltet iie ltets i'm 9auie bereit,
8eriuhtet SIR anoere bergebens,
Nebmt Or. Sings BiIen oes 2e'
bens.
Sur Csc bel alien 9rugsiften.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

thing there but a puddle Of water. The
ice beat him to IT,
Theirs only one man in New York that
ever got. me 70 admit Il gets hotter here
than out in my country. and that was
man met in the hotel and got TO talking
with. He was a pretty smart fellow and
kept arguing that New York was the hot
test place in the world. Finally he bet so
1t was and said We wouldn't leave IL to
anybody else-we'd so right out and test
IL ourselves. So he leads me right out on
the sidewalk and backs me against the
building
This is an average hot day for u.s. he
says. Just feel it.
Jumping Jupiteri but 1t was hot
could feel the heat waves clear up to the
top OF my head, and pretty nearly suffo-
Gated.
Helpr I said. I give in. Here's your
ten. New York wins after that
Next day find he stacked the cards on
me. Spot / stood on was a hot air outlet
from the engine room. When I find him
again I'm going to tie him over it,
Copyright, 1911 by the N. Y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
LOrettas looking class She Holds the stngy Man

man IL your man. He 10 the stingy man.
end here is Whist think OF him. IL 1t
really interests, you to know. i think he
belongs to- the large family OF human
hogs. am assuming, OF course, that you
know he makes enough to be kind" to
hts mother and sister as he says, and still
take you car riding now and then. II he
does and is so swinish' that he utterly
fails TO make a deserved return for your
hospitality, you are making mistake
by letting him stay In your parloF. You
are putting yourself in the same class
with Irishman in the song. The place for
him is the pigstyi
Such creatures have the gobbling habit.
It's their nature. Your right. privilege
and duty TO yourself and other girls is to
show him that one girl refuses to en-
courage his bad manners. Three evenings
a week is overlooking him. No wonder
he gets fat and satisfied. Ioggy and lazy.
Wake him upi Stick him That Is the
right treatment for his kind. And use for
your weapon that instrument which has
been rated by men OF all ages and chimes
the most piercing. your woman's tongue
This is a perfectly Unsuitable occasion
Tel him If he cannot extend some of the
courtesies that gentlemen give to ladies
to you who have done your best TO de-
serve them, he cannot continue to lounge
in your parlor. IL he cannot take you to
a moving picture show. you will no longer
waste your songs upon him. II he will
not lead you TO soda fountain now and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

'sro Loretta Of the Looking Glass: Your
Aielss are very, much enjoyed by the
writer. and ! feel sure they are doubly en-
1aged by, the masculine. population. But.
loretta, please TURN your mirror on the
nan question: for a w4nle Give us pic~
tdfss' OF the selfish man. the seIr-centered.
arrogant, naughty one Who thinks woman
Us a. creature made FOR HIS pleasure and
tfii1ea with her affections Show up the
stfnSy NAH, The. one who spends and
spendG on himself. with never.a thought
FOR the giraCns pretends TO like; who mo-
aspoiizss her time and expects to be en-
ttrtained three evenings q week, but never
Knows that the time comes for some re-
turn OF courtesies. / ESPECIALLY ask for
the glass 70 be turned on the fellow who
wsp not spend cent on the girl he says
he cares for. yet win monopoliEe her time,
Ser Avocal and instrumental entertainment
ana never car fide In returnl Please let
me see him In print. will you not? Hoping
you win give q daily reader the pleasure
OF profstins ny this use of-your glass. j am,
So - - "A DEVOTED READER. 20
h"P. S.-The above man would try 10
S5nvince me that'he is good TO his mother
and sister. liking the sister so well that
ne Win not let her work. and giving her
ten dollars q month TO spend as she
sAo..a 49, - seeF -
sI4sy say that girl always gets the
solnt Of her letter in the postscript You
Certainty have put yours there. This above
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
Fair Women of the White House

Indian Fighter and as president Until her
husbands election she had shared with
him the varying life OF camp or garrison on
the frontier. Her excellent service as a
nurse during the Florida war in the hos
pitfalls at Tampa Bay is one OF the shining
events In her simple, busy life.
Mrs. Taylor lacked social ambition and
had no desire 20 shine In the White House.
Indeed. It is recorded of her that she ac-
cepted the position Of chief lady in the land
very reluctantly, and looked upon her hus-
bands election as "a plot 20 deprive her OF
her husbands society and TO shorten her
life by unnecessary care"
Mrs. Taylor willingly gave the chief posi-
ton In the White House 10 her attractive
daughter. Elizabeth. OF Miss Betty" as
she was usually called. a popular young
lady. who proved 10 be an accomplished
hostess. She was educated IN Philadelphia
and At the age OF - years married Major
William s. Bliss.
Mrs Taylor became the mother-in-iaw OF
Jefferson Davis when that future leader
OF the c0nfedefacy' married Sarah Knox
Taylor. The marriage took place IN Louis.
vile. KY. with the brides uncle. Hancock
Taylor. acting for her father who was then
with his command on the frontier.
Copyright. 1911. by the n. Y. Herald Col
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
women's Love Tribunal

A court composed Of women illustriOus
for their high birth and position existed In
France from the tweIfth to the fourteenth
century. Its Jurisdiction, recognized only
by courtesy and opinion. extended over all
questions Of galiantry. and particularly
over affairs OF love. :. f..-.-.
Here is specimen OF the important
questions sdJudteated: "A lady listened to
one admtrer. pressed the hand of another
and toucheds with her toes the foot Of a
third Which of these three wassthe fa-.
vored .suitor7,' To the annoyance OF mere
man the decision was never promulgated
outside the pale of the fair tribunal. "
Findings were made according 10 a code
OF thirty-one articles made by Andre, royal
chaplain of France. in ITO.
Countess de Die. known as the ssppho OF
the middle ages was one Of the divinities
who presided.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
The Up-to-Date Separate Waists

NEW YORK. July lo.-There is so little
to the up-to-date separate waist With IFS
short proportions low neck. short sleeve
ir-one- with bodice, that: ii seems very
tiny and cunning affair, but 1t is by no
means unimportant, but rather like the
foolish little maiden's foolish little bonnet"
which though no larger than dime, the
getting of IL settled proved 10 be a work
of time!' And so, today, designers run
riot in vieing with each other for unique
ana original touches for this wee over
blouse. until they have actually made two
side fronts Of different materials, closed
it diagonaIly from the waistiine az the
right, to the shoulder at the left, and
draped the opening with a lace jabot! The
separate waist has endeared itself for many
reasons well known to woman. Its prac-
tical development today consists of .
fitted lining and guimpe and overblouse.
The. guimpe or yoke Is conceded 20 be a
net or lace, but there IL no limit to ma
teriais for the blouse or to ideas for its
ornamentation. All the soft silks, satins,
mousseline de sole, messaline, chiffon,
voiles, gauzes, tissues, laces and nets used.
As to color there was a general stampede
for coral pink In the spring, but the tickle
women have gotten sidetracked on all the
colors of the rainbow. Looking upon a
flutter of afternoon tea butterflies OF fash
ion, the kaleidoscope they present CLOVIS as
with oriental gems. The reds resemble
pigeons blood like the Burmahese rubies
yeilows play the gamut Of the topaz. blues
are sapphire-like In tone. or turquoise In
quality. and the amethyst and the emerald
are well represented. Sometimes a sep
arate waist will suggest an opal with It's
CLEAN of chsngeable lights. and its pearl
beading or Jeweled banding. As 8 pointer
on color, perhaps you have observed that
the truly beautiful shades that fairly melt
your heart only come In fine materials: but
a chou or little tie with frtnged ends, OF
piping or cording. bias satin folds or some
such use OF color in great restraint is in
far better taste than wholesale display
The same rule holds good for lace. II
one must economize, do so on the quantity
and not on the quality. Lace is in great
demand and this demand has brought about
a wonderful supply In every shape. pattern
and make in truly wonderful machine-made
limitations.
The illustration shows q charming frock
fashioned for afternoon wear. 1t was do
veloped OF black and white foulaFd
trimmed with Ailover filet lace.
For general utility there are all kinds OF
fancy cotton crepes, chiffon voiies, soft
silks, challies, lightweight wooden fabrics
like voile nuns yelling ana mommie cloth.
But for summer wear do not fail to pro-
vide a comfy outfit In washable white.
Nothing Is more bewitching than dotted
swiss dotted net. dotted crepe. null. lawn
or batiste, with lots OF little lace insertions
end edges and colored ribbons or soft silk
sashes. However they be made, all the
decorative furnishings are open TO you for
their adornment
Bands and borders. fr1lIs. insertions. hand
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
Queer Tale of Two Tailless Cats

Samuel Stout Of Trenton, N. j.. has two
freak cats, which de declares guard his
house better than any human. watch dog or
burglar alarm. The policeman also asserts
that his felines are more valuable than any
half dozen. alarm clocks.
''Tootsie" is the mother and Bob" is
the baby. Both differ in number OF ways
from other cats The mother has a stump
OF tail about half an inch long and her
offspring Ia entirely tailless, having arrived
into the world without an appendage.
Bob" also hops about like a rabbit and in
appearance resembles that animal TO a GER
tain degree
Stouts cats awaken him at any hour he
specifies. He simply has to announce the
time to his pets and they will make enough
noise at that hour the following morning TO
arouse the neighborhood. The feuines do
not desist IN their mewing until they are
certain he Is ups OF course, the cats can
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

not tell time and are unaware of the object
of clock, but In some remarkable manner
they are able to distinguish between nu-
merals and tell the time of day they In
dictate. t...
One night as joke he said to the felines.
Wake me at 8 o'clock in the morning.
Promptly at that hour the cats began to
make the noises peculiar to their kind In
front OF his. bedroom door. He tried the
same method the next night as a test, max
ing the time an hour earlier. To his sur
prise the cats repeated their feat the fol-
lowing morning. The policeman soon found
that his alarm clock was unnecessary and
dispensed with It.
Both Tootsie and Bob NEW viciously
whenever a stranger enters the house with
out being accompanied by member of tins
family. They are ordinarily quiet. except
ing when strangers are about or they arr
endeAvoring to awaken Stout.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

there's oplY,sa sheet Sof brown paper be-
tween here AndAthe other place, or take a
walk 'throughe sta Losis about 4 o'clock Of
SSbright JtAy day. IT gets really hot out
in those parts. 30 hot the milkman leaves
yen san, ice-eold Squart in. the morning and
when you, come out to get II. it's been boil
ing ff6e minutes. So hot in some places
the hens lay hard-bofleds eggs. and yet
you don't hear 'em complain about IT,
@sTcetnen out In that country when they
IsAte a lump OF ice on your back steps
bow whistle IKE a postmans and every
bbdye rushes to get othe ice iinys II YOU'RE
duick enough you are two or three pounds
6E~iesI TO stlbe good: -s- s, 1850 Co. -
.-'Afan who heard : the iceman's whistle
stopped 10 tie his shoe once and when he
cot to- thas back door. there wasn't, any
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
= Told by the Troubled Tourist

They seem to have been having some
heat wave here" remarked the Troubled
Tourist as he paused TO mop his brow.
That Isl you'd think they were, to hear
them tell it. AS a matter Of fact, it's Just
about as hot as IT usually is the first Of
July. and yet New York lets out roar
that she's smcthering to death.
sshe wants to run away somewhere to
the beaches and sit on a wave.
aPeopie on the street yell that they're
knee deep in the asphalt and sinking fast,
and the preachers begin to announce that
you can take off your coat IN church II
you want to. They make more fuss about
little heat here than any place ever
sa%.
Ought to come out Arizona way, where
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
TUESDAY,
July II, 1911.

Name and ddress. School Year.
Anderson Pacific Pacific 1909
Wallace Anderson,
Mohe Abraham, sb7 North Twenyhfth Kelom 1885
ngebOrs Ashland 1s2O Burt ieoa
Jennie Bait 1910 Cass Cass 1905
Chsman,
Mary Dsep 171e South Eighth 1905
Eta Fa b14 South Tenth ST. Pacific 1898
Ora Mary Goodse S1SS Meredith isse
Golden
Jane Horton SOY Pacific St.
Charles HsnOnsk 17s2 South Thirteenth Lincoln
2o2s
Lothrop
w Knudsen.
Thomas Lunch, 1851 South Seventeenth 1885
Daniel Longwe Bachelors Hotel Central 1880
M
Moore sS1 North Twentyhfth Kelom 1897
Nellie Mckinney 2s52
L. Lothrop
Fsyte Merritt 1894 Erskne St. Long 1888
Ralph Moutz. 1899
1855 1901
Ralph 45s Thtyeventh St 1899
Mure Stewart 1922 South Twnyninth St.. Dupont 1905
.TgD4
sss
Twentieth Kelom
Henderson Lothrop
Helen wastrom
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

During Zachary Taylor's brief administra-
ton, the nominal mistress Of the White
House was HIS wife. Margaret smith Tay-
Tor. she was the daughter or Walter
smith. q Maryland planter. and was born
on her fathers plantation IN Calvert county
Her education had been acquired at home,
ana she was a mere girl when she married
the man who was to become famous as an
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

scalloping. feather stitching, enlbrosderfng
crt-work. lace and fringe. which latter. by
the way. is fast. coming into favor again,
and Will be worn extensively when We re-
turn to fall and winter clothing. 1t is pre-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
Speaking of Libraries

Congressional Library at wsshinstOz,
d. c.. was opened In 1851
81. Petersburg Oaussia) Academy Is
brary was founded in ira
King osymandyas. OF the twelfth dy-
nasty in Egypt. founded the first library.
which was AZ Memphis. Inscribed At It's
in'ranoe re the w0rcs-'The Healing
O. N. -01l,"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

Al Trinity College. Dublin, is preserved
the skeleton OF a youth named MAgrath.
He was seven feet high at his sixteenth
year. but soon after became tmbecile. ana
died as n OF old age IN his twentieth year.
then meaSUring seven feet eight inches.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

John Adams lived the longest. having
died in his ninety-first year. while the
shortest lived was Garfield, whose demise
occurred when his age was forty-nine
years and ten months
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

then. no more Of your mothers cookies
for him My dear devoted reader, he is
not worth keeping-even II any kind OF
a fence had ever beer =evised that could
keep his kind. There may be a nice man
waiting to come to you when you shoe
this creature away.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

Ellen wrenshall Grant arfectionately re-
membered by most American people as
Nellie" Grant. was the first child OF a
president to- be married at the White
House
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11
POlyglOt Proverbs

Push on-ksep moving.
Advisers are not sivers.
Rare are solitary woes.
Only the wise are wretehsd.
Aching teeth are III tenants.
Learn the luxury o. doins so0d.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

ferably silk. in all shades and widths. but
novelty fringes appear In chenille. beads.
bugles, etc Even Tor summer wear one
sees It extensively used on sash ends. de
ends. hat searfs parasOls and some classic
ball GOwns
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

The Key to the sItuAtlon-Bes Want AS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-11

Lean the Injury o. d0ins s00d.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-25
'RA|D|NGSTAMP
COMPANY
APPEALS

Being refused permission by
Fudge yesterday to file a super
)edeas bond until an appeal to
the supreme court could be per-
fected, Attorney P. P. Carroll for
he Sperry Hutchinson company.
lealers in trading stamps, is
burrying the appeal in at once.
Carroll is confident of favor
kble verdict in the higher court.
4 The courts action yesterday
! eft the merchants who use the
stamps open to the license col
lection at once without waiting
Tor the action of the upper court.
Today's alton insures that no
collection can be made until after
the supreme court has passed on
the trading stamp matter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-25
FIN I'D UNDER
8-HOUR LAW

Manager L. II. Bean of the
street railway company was fined
$40 and costs in Justice Evans
court yesterday on the first con-
viction here for violating the s.
hour law for women.
His stenographer, Miss Schwlen-
Ter, had worked Ave minutes over
time on the day complained of.
Her hours are generally admitted
to make a day of eight and half
hours.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-25

City company.
The stock of the National City
company and of the National City
bank will be interlocked under
the plan, it is said. The owner Of
the National City company stock
cannot sell without also selling
his stock in the bank. AS the bank
stock is considered a virtual gold
mine, there is little likelihood
that any of it will be sold.
Inasmuch as persons actually
outside the oil and tobacco trusts
as now constituted, would rule
them under the reorganization
there will be no trust as now des-
ignated. 1t is said that existing
laws cannot block the scheme.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-25
TWO
HOURS; DIES

STOCKTON Cal, July 25.-
After spending two hours SWIM
ming at the Stockton hot mineral
baths, George r. McGaldo. San
Francisco fight promoter, who re-
Gently came to Stockton 20 accept
a position as matchmaker with
the the local athletic club, Is dead
here. A post norton examina-
ton today showed death was due
to dilation of the heart. His
wife was walking with him on the
street when he wa sstricken last
might.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-25
COMETS
COMING

CHICAGO. July 25.-Four
comets, all invisible to the naked
eve. are playing hide and seek be-
tween the sun and the earth. and
as two OF them are brand new
visitors, they are being eagerly
studied by astronomers. One of
the two new discoveries, the Kiess
comet. which was first sighted
from the Lick observatory. is a
disappointment, as II is steadily
moving from the earth.
Portland Sees Meteor.
PORTLAND. July ga large
number of persons today reported
the appearance of a brilliant me-
teor at 9:3O last night. The sky
wanderer resembled huge sky
rocket and was followed by
shower of sparks.