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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-06
THE WAR IN EGYPT.
AnnihIIatIon 100000 Egyptians by
the Troops of Eel Mahdt the False
Prophet.

AnnihIIation of 10000 Egyptians by
the Troops of HEl NEahdI the False
Prophet.
A Khartoum dispatch, dated Nov.
20, says: ''The most trustworthy
sheiks in the service of the Govern
ment who arrived at Doven yester-
day, reported that HOO men, including
Hicks Pasha, the Governor-G General
and the entire staff, were annihilated
Ia defile at Rashgate, whittier they
were led by treacherous guide. On
the m morning of Nov. 1 Hicks Pasha
and his entire army marched from
Milbas. The guide led them to a
rocky and wooded defiIe which was
without water, and where an ambus-
cade had been prepared by the rebel
who were armed with rifles and artil-
lery. Hicks Pasha was unble to use
his guns. For three days the army
worn out by thirst, defended itself, but
on the fourth day it was annihilated
to a man. Nizetelly, Artere, and
fifty soldiers, who were outside, came
IN, and were taken prisoners. They
were carried to El-Obeid. The rebels
captured 36 Krupp, Nordentel and
Mountain guns, all the flags, muni-
tlons of war and camels with Hicks
Pasha. Besides those before mention
ed, there were Surgeon Gen. Georges
Bey, Capt. Anatyaga, Morris Brady,
late surgeon major of the Royal Horse
Artillery, and certain pashas and
beys, in all about 10000 officers and
men. Kordesfau is virtually lost,
Col. Coettogan was at Doven when
the Sheikhs arrived there. He at
once proceeded to Khartoum, which
he IS arranging to defend. He is also
arranging to suppress the expected
revolt by calling in all the outlying
garrlsons. Col. Coettogan and The
London Times correspondent are the
sole surviving Englishmen at Soudan.
The entire Soudan is in a blaze. The
army will retreat to Berga If possible.
1t can't muster 1000 regulars all told.
1t will try to reach Seakim. The
population of Khartoum is disaHected,
and crisis is there expected"
lsmail Pasha, ExKhedive of Egypt,
said the disturbance in Soudan was
due to the weakness of the Central
Government at Cairo. Throughout
Soudan, he said, much power has been
exercised by the religious chiefs and
dervlshes who could be ereadilycontroll
ed by conciliatory measures and the
allowance of small stipend, a prac-
tice which had been unwisely discon-
tinued. The sufferers by the discon-
tlnuation threw in their lot with the
slave dealers; hence the present mis-
fortune, which might have been
avoided if the railroad from Suakin to
Berber on the Nile had been complet-
ed to Soudan. The abandonment of that
scheme he thought false economy.
He attributed the defeat OF Hicks
Pasha to the constitution of his force.
Egyptian soldiers needed, more than
other soldiers, flag, military music
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-06
Too Much.

W all street News.
On Southern railroad the other
day a passenger complained to the
conductor about the dusty state of the
seats and windows, and directly fol
lowed it by finding fault with the
roughness of the track and the appar-
emily unsafe condition of the car.
The conductor was very courteous,
but entirely non-committal This
provoked the traveller to continue
his complaints and he presently
said;
II fail to see any water-cooler in
this car"
''No;we have none."
"And the front door won't shut"
''No."
"And the wheels rattle as if worn
out"
That's So"
"And, STRIP exclaimed the pro-
voked passenger, II wouldn't give
you 25 cents on the dollar for the
stock of your miserable liner
'It'sq uoted at Is, )" said the condue-
tor as he rose up to go forward.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-06
THEY ALL SAT DOWN ON HIM.
The Unpleasant Experience of a Very
Nice Young FHan.

The Unpleasant Experience of a Very
Nice Young Man.
Il don't altogether like this young
man Millikin, who comes to see you so
often. hear he is nothing but poor
dry-goods clerk" is what the head of
the family said to his daughter one day
at the dinner table.
He is very nice young gentle
man" +" replied the daughter: besides,
he is something more than poor dry
goods clerk He gets a large salary
and is manager of one of the depart
ments, and expects some day to have
an interest in the business. !"
Il hope he may" responded the old
man, 'but he strikes me as very flip
pant, impertinent young person, and
In my opinion he should be sat down
upon. y.
We'll, [ have invited him to take
tea with us this evening"" said the
daughter, ''and I hope you will treat
him politely at least. You will find
him very different person from what
you suppose him to be"
"Oh, I'll treat him politely enough, ,
he said
That evening Mr.. Millikin appeared
at supper, and made most favorable
impression upon the old gentleman.
HE is a clever young fellow, after
all, " he thought. II have done him an
injustice. !"
It was just here that Bobby spoke
out. Bobby was well-meaning little
boy, but too talkative.
Papa" he ventured, ''you know
what you said to-day at dinner about
Mr.. Millikin; that he was an impertin.
ent young man and ought to be sat
down upon. .
silence STRIP shouted the father,
swallowing a mouthful of hot po-
tatO.
But the little boy wouldn't silence.
''It's all right" he continued conf
dentially, but ia whisper loud enough
to be heard out of doors, ''he has been
sat down upon. Sister sat down on
him last night for two hours"
After this the dinner went on more
quietly, owing to Bobbys sudden and
very jerky departure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-06
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PARD0NED.
Sergeant Mason The WouId-be Slayer
of Gniteau Pardoned by President
Arrhur

ArIhuFs
Word from Washington says; The
President today pardoned Sergeant
John A. Mason, of Battery FL. Second
Artillery, U. s. A, sentenced to i'm
prisonment for eight years in the
Albany penitentiary for attempting
to murder the assassin Guiteau. The
pardon was forwarded tonight and
will reach Albany Monday. An order
will be issued at the war department
defining Mason's status in the army.
Mason was tried before a general court
martial at the Arsenal in this city, in
November, 1881, the president of the
court being Lieutenant Colonel Miz-
ner, of the Tenth Infantry, and was
sentenced to be dlshonorably discharg-
ed the service, with forfeiture of all
pay and allowance due or to become
due, and Imprisonment as above stat
ed. With large subscriptions for the
benefit of his family were united
numerous petitions to the president
for the complete pardon of Mason and
his restoration to the army These
petitions were brought in large num-
bers from every section of the country
by committees of the Grand Army of
the Republic and other organizations.
One committee, representing the
Soldiers and Sailors League of New
York, came here with monster peti-
ton, comprising ], 1,1O4, 900 names, rep
resenting every State and Territory
and county in the United States. The
whole number of signatures to the
petitions was more than 100000.
His family, comprising Betty and
the baby" are now living in Glendale.
Orange County, Va, in comparative
independence from the amounts that
were subscribed throughout the coun-
try for their maintenance after Mason
was sent to prison. While Mason's
offiense is looked upon as one of the
highest of military crimes, that of
sworn guard attacking defenseless
prisoner, most military men sympa-
thize with him, and feel that he has
had sufficient punishment for his
crime.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-06
The Gentleman.


| 70 find satisfactory definition of
gentleman is as difficult as to discover
| the philosophers stone, and vet if we
may not say just what gentleman
is, we can certainly say what he is
not. We may affirm indisputably that
man, however rich, and of however
| fire title in countries where rank is
acknowledged, if he behave selfishly,
coarsely and indecently, is not gen
tleman. 'F'rom which, young gentle
man, it follows" as the good professor
used to say at college, as he emerged
from hopeless labyrinth of postulates
and preliminaries an hour long, that
the guests who abused the courtesy of
their hosts upon the late transconti-
mental trip to drive the golden spike
may have been persons of social emi-
nence, but were not IN honorable sense
gentlemen.
It is undoubtedly difficult word to
manage. But gentlemanly conduct
and ungentlemanly conduct are ex-
pressions which are perfectly intelli-
gible, and that fact shows that there
is distinct standard in every intelli-
gent mind by which behavior is
measured. To say that man was born
a gentleman means not at all that he
is courteous, refined and intelligent,
bat only that he was born of family
whose circumstances at some time had
been easy and agreeable, and which
belonged to a traditional ''good socie-
ty." But such a man may be false and
mean, and ignorant and coarse. Is he
gentleman because he was born
such? On the other hand, the child of
long generations of ignorance and
laborous Doors may be humane, honor
able and modest, but with total ignor-
ance of the usages of good society.
He may be as upright as Washington,
as unselfsh as Sidney, as brave as
Bayard, as modest as Falkland. But
he may also outrage all the little social
proprieties. Is ne a gentleman because
he is honest and modest and humane2
In describing Lovelace, should we not
say that he was a gentleman? Should
we naturally say SO of Burns? But,
again, is it not joke to describe
George the Fourth as gentleman,
while it would be impossible to deny
the name to Maj. Dobbin?
A novel wager was decided at the
fair grounds in Sherman, Texas
The bet was that a mule could not
move sack of salt ten feet. the mule
being at one end of 200-foot rope,
two inches in diameter, and the salt
tied to the other end, the mule not to
waver more than two and one-half
feet either way from a straight line in
pulling, and if the sack was not NOV
ed in the first pull, three trials were
to be had. The stakes were $125 against
a pair of mules On the first pull the
sack of salt was moved four feet. Con-
siderable money changed hands on
the result The loser turned over the
lost mules with grace and dignity
beftting the occasion.
''Say, captain, said fresh young
man on a Sound steamer, whats that
thing over there?n "a hawser," was
the brief reply. "a horse? Dear met
What do you usesit for, eaptainl's
'Well, when fools like you get tired
of sailing we just put saddle on it
and let them ride ashore" growled the
gruf old mariner,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-06

and all the eclat of war. Without
those they would not and could not
fight. The army included Arab
Pasha's disbanded soldiers, who had
been sent up like malefactors. How
could Hicks Pasha," he asked. eight
with such MATERIAL" The ex-Khedive
is not surprised at the calamity. He
would not advise sending English
troops to Soudan, as such a course
might involve greater evils.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-06

vances of a more scientific treatment,
and it is necessary that it should be
generally understood how powerfully
the various processes of the economy
may be effected by the manipulation
of the condition of common life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-29
HUMOROUS.

"A man recently knocked down an
elephant, a lion and a rhinoceros. He
was an auctioneer. he''' = If "
"A man whose best works are al
ways trampled under foot-A carpet
manufacturer. Baltimore EUery Satur.
day.
TO be tried for his life-1he hen.
pecked husband. Two cats on the back
fence meet purr-chance the usual way.
Brought up by hand-The coal-hod.-
N. Z. Ne2OS.
A barber-shop bit: els that about
the right length, sir?' asked the skill
ful barber, as he finished cutting his
customers hair. Il like the SIDES and
back" was the responses" but [ wish
you would make it little longer on
top. ''-Louisvitle 0oarier-JoWmGl.
A package containing two drafts,
one for 81 900, another for $4,000, and
S. gold piece, belonging to lady in
Beauregard, Miss, was found 10 miles
from that place, having been blown
there by the cyclone. 1t takes a cyclone
to ''raise the wind,'' and you will al
ways find more or less breeze where
there is draft. Norrtstoa0,a Herald.
At fashionable wedding in New
York the ceremony was performed I'M
der floral umbrella. This was proba-
bly, a little suggestion of the brides
mother, who wanted the groom to I'M
derstand by the emblem that he ought
to put up something for rainy day.
Hartford Times. Oh, no! 1t was a
suggestion for a parasol-taire diamond
earrings. Chicago Herald a et
"Mehitable Jane, can not give you
another new dress this summer, eiacu-
lated Mrs. Purse proud to her darling,
your fathers pocket-book has been
drained by you now; in fact, it is dry
''But, mamma, / must" "You must
not,'' interrupted Mrs. P. "You are
IA "a regular clothes wringer,"
rejoined the young lady Boston Con-:
ier. g
"A Boston man chung to a friendly
lamp-post in the vicinity of the Uniyer-
sity Club, and, as he made several inef-
feetual attempts to stop the drugstore
on the corner, under the impression that
it was a horse-car, exclaimed: eff (hic)
there sh anything (hic) that l (hic)
despise, it'sh one thing (hic) more
mother" The drug store continued to
whirl around until a policeman came
along. Boston Post.
-Ayouth who had for two or three
years been paying his addresses to a
$4,000 Brooklyn girl discovered the
other day that there was rival in the
field. He thereupon sat down and
wrote: Darling, l have advanced ove1
$500 margins and can do no more. How
does the deal standP'' The next day
brought him an answer which read:
margins exhausted and deal closed.
Better invest in a $4,000 girl.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-29
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

john Russell Young, United States
Minister to China, is collecting material
for work on that country. .lfig
Charles Dudley Warner states that
IN literature there is hardly any money
Tor the author. The publisher gets the
profit 39a asg'o
n-Aty $4,000 night it is calculated
that Patti in g Lucia will be paid
over $50 dollars a minute, 81. 16 a word,
and S1.75 note.
Z Sir Julius Benedict. though very
old, is preparing to come to this coun-
try, where he has not been since he
came with Jenny Lind.
Philip Phillips, '.the sweet SINGER
has started for Amsterdam, intending
to give there a hundredl song services
during the Worlds Fairol 3ssxa
mir. Langtry is living inca little
Welsh village, and receives, an English
journal announces, a weekly remittance
from his wife of f3 IS.
d Captain John Ericsson, the inventor
of the monitor, still hale and hearty, is
now eighty, looks about seventy, and
works like sixty. Chicago Inter Ocean.
IT is said that son Of Prof. Donald
son, the lost aeronaut, has been COM
PEELED to ask Rochester On. Y y JUS
tice to send him to the House of Refuge
that he may obtain an education.
MIR and Mrs, George A. Perkins, of
Athens, Bradford County, Pa, recently
celebrated their diamond wedding.
During their married life of seventy
five years they have resided in one
house.
Rev. DR.. r. A. Holland, Of Chi
cago, who has been called to the rector
ship of Trinity Episcopal Church, New
Orleans, was known at the early age OF
sixteen as the "Boy Methodist
Preacher" si ~
= -sEx-G Governor A. HI. Rice, of Massa-
chusetts, has been unfortunate in his
love. His first wife died early. His
wedding day was appointed with a
second lady, but she died shortly before.
He became engaged to third lady,
whom he married, but she became in
sane shortly afterward. boston Herald.
james Freeman Clark's g Compar-
ison OF All Religion, Just issued IN BoS-
ton, is probably the last important lit
erary work he will undertake. He is
seventy-three years old, and not of
strong physique, and, Notwithstanding
he has written SO much and preachedso
steadily, he is careful in his habits Of
labor, and never consciously overtaxes
his powers. Boston Post. u
General George Crook, of the army,
the Indian fighter, is about fifty-three
years of age, but he looks but little
more than forty. He is about five feet
ten inches high, wiry as greyhound,
and can outride and outmarch any man
in the American army. 1t is histor-
zeal fact that he lived for three days on
no other nourishment than tree bark.
during one of his campaigns against the
Indians. - Chicago Journal,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-29
NEWS OF TIE WEEK..
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
From Washington.


THE Secretary Of the Interior is urged
by General Miles to make permanent set
Element with the Spokane chiefs, EN- route
to Washington on the Goth, by purchasing
the remainder Of Moses reservation, which
he pronounces a second Black Hills.
TEN THOUSAND blank-forms are being
sent out by the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union from Washington for petit
tons to Congress asking that the, sale of
liquor be prohibited in the District Of
Columbia.
On the 22d Chief Moses and two other
chiefs of his tribe of Indians arrived in
Washington from Washington Territory,
to obtain money in payment OF lands de-
clared open to.settlement. ASIA
THE business failures during the seven
days ended on the 22d numbered 1S1,
against 1856 the previous seven days, divid-
ed as follows: New England and Middle
States, %; Western, 4s; Southern, 43; Pa
cific States and Territories, 81; Canada, %;
New York;.
IT has been decided by Secretary Teller
that General Crooks captive bucks could
not be placed on the San Carlos reserva-
ton, but he would consent to receive the
children and unmarried squaws.
THE President has appointed Captain s..
j. Phelps, of Washington, Minister to
Peru, and Richard Gibbs, of New York,
Minister to Bolivia.
1t is announced that the actual cost of
the recent Star-route trials at Washington
was 1921, 1913.
CANADIANS to the number Of 52,S10 have
emigrated into the United States during the
past ten months.
THE President has appointed Colonel D.
B. Parker, prominent official in the post
office department., as postmaster at Wash
ington.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR was visited on the
23d by Alexander Sullivan and other rep
resentative Irishmen, who submitted facts
showing that the British Government was
assisting inmates of poor-houses to emil
CRATE to the United States. The delegation
alleged that for this purpose 100000 was
voted by Parliament, and that helpless
poor people were arriving steadily on our
shores. The President replied that the
subject was under consideration, and a
thorough investigation would be made.
INFORMATION has been received at the
Treasury Department that large numbers
of Chinese laborers. are being imported into
California through British Columbia in
violation of the Anti-C Chinese law.
AT twenty-six leading clearinghouse in
the United States the exchanges for the
week ended on the 23d were 81, 009, 00S,613
against 1902, AIT the week previous,
indicating a marked Improvement in bust
ness.
GENERAL CROOK was on the 25th ordered
to Washington by Secretary Lincoln, to
consult as to the best plan of dealing with
the Chiricahua captives.
For the week ended on the 23d the issue
of standard silver dollars from the minis
amounted to 211 800; for the corresponding
period last year, 2O5, 400.
THE President issued an executive order
ON the 25th promulgating the changes
made in the Internal Revenue Collection
Districts, the order to take effect July 4,
or as soon thereafter as practicable. The
number of the districts is reduced from
one hundred and twenty-six to eighty-two,
a reduction of forty-four.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-29
Al Pathetic Scene.


That was a pathetic scene witnessed
by loiterers near Plymouth Church, the
other day, on the occasion of a ''swell''
wedding. The bride entertained sin
gular and questionable prejudice
against dogs, and consented to become
bride onlf on condition that her fut-
ure husband, who was addicted dogs,
should abandon them, kick them out or
otherwise dispose of them. Mr.. Bangs,
her intended, loved skye terrier above
all the other pets. The skye accompa-
MED him to the church. and there, at
the door of the sanctuary, Bangs was
compelled to take last and fond fare
well of the little beast. Tears came tc
the eyes of the most callous and strong
hearted spectators as they noted the
fond embraces OF master and dog. The
bride waited in the vestibule, but Bangs
could not tear himself from the skye
until a soulless sexton snatched the pet
and bore him out of his masters sight
forever. Only the fact that the bride,
Miss Singer, of aewing machine ante
cedents. has an annual income Of Sel,'
600 could reconcile Bangs to this sacri'
Zee Of his tenderest feelings N I
Sun
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-29
Small Feet, or Big Shoes.

There was another poor fellow,
very small man, who had received a
very large pair of shoes and had not
yet been able to effect any exchange.
One day the sergeant was drilling tho
company on the facings -Right face,
Left face, Right-about face-and, of
course, watched his mems feet closely
to see that they went through the move
ments promptly. Noticing one pair of
feet down the line that never budged at
the command, the sergeant rushed up
to the possessor of them, with drawn
sword, and in menacing tones de-
manded:
"What do you mean by not facing
about when I tell you? I'll have you
put in the guard-house.
"Why, / did, sergeant" said the
trembling recruit.
"You did not, sir! Didn't 1 watch
your feet? They never moved an inch"
"Why, you see," said the poor fell
low, ''my shoes are so big that they
Cont turn when | do. [ go through
the motions on the inside of them. -
Harry W. Kiefer, IN 81. Nicholas.