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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
Fond of Bathing.
New Orleans Picayune.

Where are your six charming kit
tens, Mrs. Tab?" asked Major Tom,
saunterlrg with careless grace over
the dizzy roof Of the wood-shed.
They are not in town this sum-
mer," replied Mrs Tab, lc 1king up
from the kitchen door; " they went
away with the coachInan yesterday,
to pass IA indefinite period at one OF
our fashionable watering places. T"
"Ah2' said Major Tom, with heavy
accent on the ali.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
Too Long an Absence.
Norristown Herald.

A writer in the Century says it
would take limited express train
several hundred years 10 reach the
sun, and the fare, at the customary
rates, would be over 50, 500, 900. That
settles it. We shall never make a
railroad journey to the sun. The fare
is reasonable enough, but we couldn' t
neglect our business so long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
Looking at The Elephant.
Philadelphia Call.

Princess of Wales-Dear, dear
w here have you been now?
The Prince = Nowhere, m dear
only Inspecting M royal mothers pres
ent. What present, pray? Has
some one sent her case of wine?'
'Oh, no, M dear. You know King
joins sent her ali elephant"
Eyes"
''Wel 7 (hic) ave been to see it."
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WELCOME TO LOGAN.
Great Republican Demonstra-
ton at Madison.
The State Convention Renom1nate
all the Present State Officers.
Speeches of Gen. Logan and
Others.
Grand Torcll-Light Procession.

September End and Sd were gala
days for Wisconsin Republicans at
the capital of the state. The meeting
of the state convention on the Sd was
made the occasion OF grand demons
tratlon. Gen. Logan was invited to
be present and address the multitude.
THE ARRIVAL.
On the evening of the I'd Gen. Lo-
gan arrived in a special palace car at
waukee. He was met at Milton by
Gen. Lacius Fairchild, Gen. David
Atwood and Major Z. w. Oakley,
members of the local reception com
mittee, who accompanied him to the
city. The members of
HIS PRIVATE FAMILY
were Mrs. Logan, General and Mrs. j.
T. Terrence, Postmaster and Mrs. Z.
w. Palmer, of Chicago, and the SEN
ator's private secretary, Mr. Hall. Ac
companying them on the train were
Secretary Payne, of the state central
committee, eX-chair man Edward San
derson, Hon. @. L. Colby and Gen.
J. A Watrous, of Milwaukee. Upon
arriving at West Madison depot,
where thousands Of people had as
sembled, Gen. Logan descended to
the ground from the rear plat
form, preceded by Mrs. Logan and
took his seat IN a carriage IN waiting.
The other occupants were Mrs. Logan,
Governor Rusk, and Mr.. Hall, the
private secretary of General Logan.
The other members of the party took
carriages also, and while the univer-
sity artillery men were firing
A MAJOR GENERALS SALUTE
of seventeen guns upon the marsh on
West Washington avenue, and
Lueders' band was playing an appro-
pirate air, the line of march was form
ed
The procession proceeding up the
avenue, both sides of which were solid
masses Of humanity, the procession
reached Carroll and proceeded along
this to the Park hotel, when
DEAFENING CHEERS
were set up at this point from a null
titude Of threats. All along the line,
hats and handkerchiefS were waved
from tie walks and responded by the
occupants of the carriages, Mrs.
Logan, especially appearing enthusi-
astic and delighted.
Ali along the line the most
INTENSE ENTHUSIASM
prevailed. The streets everywhere,
from the depot to Gov Rusk's resi-
dence, were thronged by thousands of
people, making it almost impossible
for any one to work his way along
them The turnout was unexpectedly
large and the informal welcome thus
rendered most gratifying.
Gen. and Mrs. Logan, Gen. Tor
renee and Private Secretary Hall took
supper at the governors, and reached
the capitol, where
THE RECEPTION.
was to take place at 6:45. The local
reception committee, consisting of
General Lucius Faircnild, Gen David
Atwood, Mai 2r T. w. Oakley, Hon.
George B. Burrows and Mr.. S. l..
Sheldon, was in waiting in the execu-
tive office and took charge of the par
ty upon it's arrival.
A stream of people poured into the
capitol until II o'clock to pay their
respects to the distinguished soldier
and candidate. After the reception
Gen Logan and party returned to
Gov Rusk's for the sight.
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REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

HI Al
The Wisconsin Republicans met IN
State Convention IN the Assembly
Chamber at the capitol at noon, and
was called to order by Hon. IL. A.
Taylor, of Hudson, chairman of the
state central committee. Mr.. Taylor
said that owing to the mass meetings
this afternoon and evening, it was de-
sirable to get through with the bust
ness of the convention in as short a
time as possible. Owing to the popu
larty of the present state officers and
the unanimous desire for their re-
nomination, the business would soon
be concluded. He called attention to
the torch light procession to-nig hit
and asked that those delegates and
visitors who could possibly do so, re-
main over and carry torches; vote
being taken on the question, it was
agreed to- Mr.. Taylor said it was in
tended by this parade to light up the
dark places of democracy in Madison
liz a way that they had never been
lighted before, Laughter and ap-
plauSe.
DELEGATES.
Secretary Payne of the state central
committee read the following list of
delegates entitled TO seats IN the con-
vention, and the same was endorsed :
Ashand-S. S. Vaughn.
AdamS-Wm Ketcham, L. G. Morse.
Barron-Robert Stewart, l.. L. Gunderson.
Bayfield-Wiliem Knight.
Brown-A. Z. Elmore, Joseph Kolb, W. ID.
Fiske, P. R. Proctor. E. R. Smith.
Buffalo,. W. De Croft, D. j. Mckenzie, E. P.
Sweet.
Burnett-Canute Anderson
Calumet-P. @. Enders, HI. D. Wing.
Chippewa-Edw. Poyxanski, T. J. Corners, r.
d. Marshall.
Clark-P ?. Kennedy, NJ. c. Ring A H Gates
Columbia-W. NJ Griswold John Binnie Grit
feth Richards, NJ. [. Alverson, Addison Eaton, c.
L. Brown, G. j. Linqust
Crawford-T. l.. Brewer, c. Lytle, J. A. Hag-
gerty.
Dane-David Atwood. Robert Weotton, Henry
Harnden, Dayton Locke, George Weeks F L.,
Warner, William SeamonSon, c. R. Head NJ w
Terwillger, G. E. Nicholson, Charles Hudson
James F. Taylor.
Dodge-W H Lewis, E NJ Beach. Jacob Ker-
BILE, Mark Lowell Jacob Jess, George Bennett, N
II. Nash.
Douglas-Hiram Hayes.
Dunn-R J. Flint Timothy Murphy, George
H. Chamberlain, S. W. Hurt, NJ. Brook
Eau Claire-H. NJ. Stocking. j. N. Bracket, L.
b. Bradford, n. G. Foster, S. E. Brinn.
Florence-W. E. Dickinson.
Fond du Lac-F. M. Wheeler G. D. Smith w.
Hltt, j. L. Gudox, J. F. Aldrich, 5. g. Leland.
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Died.

AUGUSTA, Ca, Sept. Bishop
Pierce, senior bishop of the British
M. T. church, of the south, died this
morning.
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AFTERNOON MEETING.

After the state convention adjourn
ed, monster open air meeting was or
ganized at the east front of the capitol
and was addressed by Gen. Logan,
ana Col. John @. Spooner. The
speech OF Gen. Logan was mainly de-
voted to finance and the tariff, and ia
substance the same AS delivered week
ago in Chicago and published IN these
columns. Both speeches were receiv-
ed with great enthusiasm by an ina
mense audience.
THE TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION.
Early in the evening the Beloit
band, the Stoughton band, the Madi-
son baud and two or three other bands
from other cities enlivened the city
with such musical treat asst had not
had before in its history The COM
panies of torch light bearers began to
form, and the night was ablaze with
rockets, Roman candles and torches.
The parade was a grand affair and
continued until half past nine in the
evening. The Cities of Beloit, James
vile, Stoughton. Richland, Baraboo,
Reedsburg, La Crosse, Jefferson and
Milwaukee were all largely represent
| ed in the parade besides numerous
villages throughout the state.
EVENING MEETINGS.
| After the parade, Hon. @. L. Colby
addressed meeting in the assembly
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DIAII4 Vt i INJLINFo INIJ4NOIII4NLaITLJ.
Judge Humphrey moved that the
present state officers, headed by
Governor Rusk be renominated by
acclamation This motion was carried
amid deafening applause.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
WOmen'S Wages i'm New York.

The holidays have given great &C
tivity to the retail trade. and there has
been an increase in the demand fol
clerks. Many young women from the
cOui try have come hither, seeking thi:
kim of employment. This is t. be re
GREETED, as there are always more OF
this class here than the demand re.
quires. To be more explicit, l would
say that young women are generally
paid one-third less than men for the
same service. a good saleswoman car
earn Sc q week. and in some instan c.
$40. There are a few who, being very
expert, receive S12, hut such instances
are rare. "A first-class cashier in u large
establishment is sometimes paid SD.
but this requires great ability and eX-
perience. and perhaps security. There
are many women book-keepers, who.
after long practice, earn from IS tC SIC
q week, but such situations are moi
easily obtained. A few of this class
earn so, and there is one ease men.
toned where a woman of extraordinary
ability has $50 a week, hut if 3 mar
performed those very duties, he wOul6
have One-third more. An inquiry made
at the Christian Association brought
the reply that S1j per week is the high.
est pay any woman can hope for, either
as teacher or b~OOk-keeper. The best
pay is earned by a few experienced
hOusekeepers. who are in the service OF
rich families, and receive $1,000 a year.
with board. Some artificial flower
makers earn SIS per week 1t this sea.
son of the year. but this is rare. and
there are hundreds of well-trainec
who would be glad to earn from
So to so a week, while there are thou.
sands whose earnings are from SO to So.
The holiday activity, of course, help;
class, but there are so many ready
for any opening that there is no encour.
agement for country fOlks.-M. Y. Cor:
Jtic0 Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
Tennyson's appointment as Laureate.

Baron TennysOn has now been poet
laureate for twenty-three years. He
succeeded Wordsworth. who died in
1850. The circumstances of his ap-
pOintment were really droll. as showing
how much statesmen know of poetry.
When Wordsworth died the appoint
ment was offered, in a most courteous
autograph letter by Prince Albert, tc
the venerable Samuel Rogers, Their
nearly ninety years oil. Rogers wa
told that the Queen held him in high
regard, and that the acceptance of the
honor implied no necessity of any
formal duty. He was. of course. high.
" gratified. but he declined. He was
then consulted by the Government OF
the day as to the proper person to be
named laureate, and he at once sug-
gested Tennyson's name. 1t is q curl
Gus and even amusing fact that a letter
was sent him in reply from the Minis
try, to ask what Mr.. Tennyson had
written, and if it would be perfectly
safe, on moral grounds, to name him.
The phrase in the letter is, 1--WE do not
know this gentleman" or words to this
import. So deeply concerned were
Lord John Russell and his friends in
the politics of the day that they had no
chance to read .'Locksley Hall" The
letters which passed between the ven-
cradle poet and the Government have
never been printed. But they exist in
one of the most choice autograph col.
lectiOns in England.-Bost0n AdUer-
kiSeP.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11

Then 1 thought that if we were to
build a little fire the draught might
draw Harry out Tom thought it was
an excellent plan. So l started a fire.
but it didn't loosen Harry a bit, and
when We went ON the roof to meet him
we heard him crying louder thar ever
and saying that something was on fire
in the chimney, and was. choking him.
l knew what to do. though Tom didn't.
and, to tell the truth, he was terribly
frightened.
We ran down and got two pals Of
water and poured taem down the chin
ney. That put the fire out, but would
you hardly believe it that Harry wa;
more unreasonable than ever, and said
we were trying to drown him. There
is no comfort in wearing yourself out in
trying to please little boys. You can't
satisfy them. NO matter how much
trouble you take. and for my part l am
tired of trying to please Harry, anC
shall let him amuse himself the rest Of
the time he is at our house.
We tried every plan we could think
of to get Harry out of the chimney,
but one of them succeeded. Tom sale
that if we were to pour a whole lot o:
oil down the chimney it would make il
so slippery that Harry would slide right
down into the back parlor, but ]
wouldn't do it, because l knew the oil
would spoil Harry's clothes, and tina,
would make Aunt Eliza angry. All OF
a sudden l heard a carriage stop at u
gate, and there We're the grown folks,
who had come earlier than / had sup
posed they would. Tom said that he
would go home before his own folks be.
gan to get uneasy about him, so he
went out of the back gate, and left mt
to explain things. They had to senc
for some men to come and cut a hole
through the wall. But they got Harry
out all safe; and after they found thai
be wasn't n bit hurt, instead of thank
ing me for all Tom and l had done fol-
him. they seemed TO think that L de.
served the worst punishment l ever had
and / got it.
And [ shall never make another at.
tempt to amuse children on Christmas
eve.-'Jimmy Brown," tn Harper:
Young PeOple.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
London Gin Palaces.

More than one-fourth of the earnings
OF the deniZens of the slums goes over
the bars of the public houses and gin
palaces. To study the dark phase of
this burning question let US take the
districts from which / have drawn the
facts and figures I have submitted TO
your readers in previous articles.
On a SATURDAY night in the great
thOroughfare adjacent there are three
corner public houses which take as
much money as the whole of the other
shops on both sides of the way put to-
gether. Butchers. bakers, green-gro-
GERS, clothiers, furniture dealers. all the
caterers for the wants of the populace,
are open till a late hour; there are hum
1reds of them trading round and about,
but the whole lot do not take as much
money as three publicans-that is a fact
CHASTITY enough in all conscience. Enter
the public houses and you will see them
crammed. Here are artisans and Ia
borers drinking away the wages that
ought to cl0the their little ones.
Here are the women squandering
the money that would purchase
food for the lack Of which their
children are dying. One group rivets
the eve of an observer at once. 1t con-
sists of an old gray-haired dame. a
woman of forty, and a girl Of about
nineteen with a baby in her arms. All
these are in a state which is best de-
as '.maudlin"-they have fin
ished one lot of gin, and the youngest
is ordering another round. 1t
is a great-grandmother, grandmother.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
Temperance Items.

SOME English insurance companie.
charge twenty per cent. less premium
to total a5stainerS than to- moderate
drinkers. This is the result Of an expe
Renee with high death rates among tn,
latter class.
The Wisconsin Central Railroad
Company have sent letters to each n
every agent and employe on the line
strictly fOrbidding the use OF any alcO-
hO!ic beverages, wine and beer. Al
honor to General Manager Filney. who
has promulgated this total abstinenc,
doctrine so practically Union sigma.
GERMANS appetite for spirits grows
apace. In 1872, 3.442. go h~ectolitcrs o
spirituous liquors were consumed anC
only two years later 4, los. 69S h~ectoliters
The S,SS6 whisky distilleries of Prussi:
used up a whole potato crop in foul
years and a whole re crop in twelve
years. Among tine lunatics twenty-five
per cent are drinkers, and inone Rus
sian institution eighty-six per cen wer,
such.
DOES everybody known that The Can
adian Pacific Railway has a section
lVatAliuS OsCI INC CEllIt DIOdu uOI1ldlI
of the Northwest Territory without ;
single dram shop "On the line?" De
people generally know that prohibition
prohibits on that railway to the extern
that a relocated officer in Her Majesty
service enters every train that crosse.
the border and examines the passengers
baggage and remOrselessly seizes every
drop of liquor that he finds, even to thu
half-emptied flask of the traveller? Viii
anybody say this is tyrannical interfer.
ence? Then SO is the Customs service
of every land. Does anybody declare
it un~warrantable? Let the peaceful
condition of society rebut the charge.
and the fact that in this region of saw.
ages and savage depredations not {
white man has been killed by Indians
since the policy was adopted. TIE rail
way officials also testify to its benefi.
cence in the construction and maintain
ance of the road.-Jnion Signal.
A WRITER in the Union Signal SAYS
81 don't like to give rumors from tn.
wires, but here are WI so good that
they ought to be true. One saws that
Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky.
when he was installed in his Office, de
he would not touch alcohol ir
any form while in Office, and when he
had retired said he had kept his deter
mination. The other is that Governor
Robinson, of Massachusetts. when >
member of the Special Committee or
the Improvement of the Mississippi
River, secured a ote at the first meet
ing by which the Sergeant-at-Arms was
ordered not to furnish any liquors. For
once such a trip was made in which
there was n intoxication and no scan
dial. The cities of Memphis. Helerc.
Natchez and New Orleans rendered
great dinners. At his suggestion they
declined. and the time given &c
the Improvements which tn
was making. If true, anG
| am inclined to think they are, these
speak a brave word for the effect
Of Temperance effort"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11

1t appeared to be a private confab, a.
the two men sat with their backs to the
iron fence of the Trinity Church.
IF you was Jay Could" said one,
Z" and 1 was a Judge on the bench, how
much would You give to OWL mee"
well, l dunno, "How much would
you take?"
MAKE me an offer" r.
"Well, I'd chip in with Jim keene
and Russell Sage and Uncle Rufus, and
l reckon we'd offer you 500
"Hoot! foot! man. but you'd get left!
While you were getting up the pool
President Willard would step in with an
offer OF S25, 0O0."
Verdict for plaintiff. Wall Stree,
NeUs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
Our Young Readers.
THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS.

There is such a crowd Of you. boys and gIrls,
You are ~thrOnginR in every plsce;.
4 we did not conquer you now and then
You would I'LL up all the space.
you take the world as il it were your owl,
You merrily laugh and sing,
ASH there We not q fading time.
And life cOuiL be always spring.
Ne send you out of the way sometimes,
In the midst of your irth and noise,
FOR old heads ache, and old hearts fail,
And can not share your joys.
But the world belongs to you after all.
And others aside must stand,
That you may be able to do ana Dare
And be masters in the land.
Tou are so busy at school and play
That you nave no thought to spare
For the problems that puzzle the grown-up
And make them gray with care.
But you are the people. my happy ones;
And all that we do to-day
Viii be more to you than it is to us.
For you will the longest stay.
Ne are quick to give to you praise and blame;
What will you give US. when
Gou weigh, as judges. our words and deeds
In the time when you are the men!
What will you think of the laws We make
When you read the records through?
And the manners and customs of church and
home,
And the cities we build for you?
Bows. be generous: girls. he fair!
We are trying to do our best.
Ne arr beginning some good brave work
IT'S for you to do the rest.
Through misty mOorland and fog-flled street,
We are seeking for greater light:
But for you there is breaking above the world
A day that is passing bright.
coilers are we, who are well content
To work for the Nations need.
We have been delving the gold to find,
We have been sowing seed.
food times to live in we leave to you,
And rights that were hard TO wins;
Be worthy of the better times,
And gather our harveStS i'm.
-Muridnnc Fd5ninJhdm. in London Christian
Vorii.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
Temperance Reading.
THE DRINKING HOUSE OYER
THE WAY.
AN INCIDENT OF THE CRUSADE.

LII wi NAS So YUM o s"a 49,
With its rickety table, and one broken chair.
And its curtainless window with hardly q
pane
A cradle stood empty, pushed up to the wall
And somehow that seemed the saddest OF all
In the old rusty stove the fire was dead;
There was snow on the floor at the foot OF the
bed.
And there all alone a pale woman was lying;
You need not look twice. to see she wal
dying;
Dying of want-of hunger and cold.
Shall l tell you her storv-the story she told:
No ma'am, I'm no better. my cough is SO
bad:
it's wearing me out. though, and that makes
Inc glad,
For it's wear:some living when ones all
alone,
And Heaven they tell me is just ike a home
ayes, ma'am I've a husband, he's some
{ hoped he'd come in fore the fire went out:
But l guess he has gone where he's likely to
I mean to the clearinghouse over the way.
1t was not SO always; I hope you Won't
think
Too hard of him lady. it's only the drink.
I know he's kind-hearted. for oh, how he
cred
For our poor little baby the morning it died.
You see he took sudden, and grew very
bad.
And we had no doctor-my poor little lad.
For his father had gone-never meaning to
stay.
I am sure-to the clearinghouse over the
WAY
4" And when he came back twas far in the
night,
And | WAS so tired, and sick with the fright
Of staying so long with my baoy alone.
And If cutting my a.r ri with IFS Dlfifnl npp
i" He was cross with the drink, poor fellow, /
1t was that, not his baby. that bothered him
so:
But he swore at the child. rs painting it lay.
And went back to the drinkiny-house over
the way.
Il heard the gate Slam and my heart seemed
Like ice in m, bosom, and there on my knees
stayed;
l wanted my mother, I cried and / prayed.
q The clock it struck two fore my baby was
still,
on the Hill.
Where my happy girlhOOd had spent its short
day
Far, far from that d~rinkins-house over the
Gould / be that girl? l., the heart-broken
There watching alone, while that dear little
life
Was going so fast. that ! had to bend low
To hear if he breathed. twas so faint and
so slow.
more white.
A"' light Il Eyes o'eneo "'oer 10 io'A 'or the
As his fatber came i'm 'twaS inst brc,k of
day.
Came in from the drinking-house over the
way.
=. Yes. ma'am. he WAS sober. at least mostly 7
think,
He often STAYED tina, way tn we,r off tho
drink. "'
~ Done SriS III WHIT nc nad
For he set a great store bx our first little son
Z. And str,ipb, did no come tn tho c-,d,o-hos
where
Our baby lay dead. 80 prettv and fair.
/ wondor,sj tbat I co.,Id haya m;Shaj hin,
stay Il"
Whom fhere was O drinLino.bo,so Tho
He stood o,,;e, awn;lo did mot ,r5orra !
. uaaa,u' a an ho u,a n9t unGeIs'ana;
hand: o"
the, came tho ,.ors ord ho S,oo, ,roo
And saij. ..rwas tho e,;nti,o had mado oil
Tho na;,bhors wora lind ,r Tho rx
Ii nu,ohoors were kind' anu the minister
And he ,alie1 of my see;,o INV h.bv oco;,.
And of the hr;gbt .ng.,sII vnndara1 ,ha,
'u'u x q ih'o 'na' ur'hk'ns-house over the
And = tbo,,yht Urban
Al" rround. "neh my DaoS was put In the
Ana tn nom man with the spade was shaping the
re -
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11

1t is a very rare occurrence that the
number of years of a persons life will
exceed the number of pounds he weighs.
but such a case is in existence
in Lawrence County, South Caro-
lima. Mrs. Sallie Culbertson, who lives
in the northern part of that county, is
eighty-ive years old. and weighs only
seventy pounds Chicago Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11

Moths can be kept out of garments
by wrapping them in solid colored cal
icO.-Uctroit Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11

"A now religious sect, recently
formed in England, worships Mother
Eve Is q goddss1
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11

Cows are still used to drag the pillow
in Central Germany.