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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

airing his p1umage. The mantelpiece
and cabinet are of oak, beautifully
carved. A beveled plate-mirror sur
mounts the mantel-shelf and serves as
a background for a square, French
clock with fine cathedral chimes. The
cabinet holds fine bronze and some
rare bits of Sevres and Dresden China.
At the end of the room, between the
doors, stands buffet of solid oak, fur
nished with handsome mirrors and Ia
den with the rich appointments of the
table in silver, glass, and china. A
small oaken cabinet for holding wine
glasses stands on the left side of the
room. 1t is covered by slab of Ten
nessee marble, and used to support a
tray with pitchers, ETC., of hammered
silver. The door on the left leads to
the wine. closet, and is thanked by a
serving table which has a fringe cover
of richly embroidered olive plush The
square Oaken dining table has a cover
of copper-red plush, bordered with
gold and silver tinsel work in high re-
lief. The chairs are of oak, covered
with stamped leather of dark red
and finished with brass nails. The
walls of the room are ornamented by
fine paintings and engravings, repre-
senting sporting scenes and subjects of
the chase. The room is lighted by an
elegant brass and porcelain chandelier,
The drop light is screened by a hand
somely painted shade, and the globes
are of amber and white cut glass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19
THE ART OF CARVING.

Gone Of the minor accomplishments
to be acquired by every girl is the sci
ence or art of carving, says the Boston
Beacon. ''Let her learn how to cook
by all means, if she has any Gift for
that divine art, but to understand the
graceful dissection of a Joint or fowl
is still more important if she intends
being at the head of an establishment.
Generally this duty falls to the man Of
the house, who, though he may not be
skillful, is yet strong of wrist, and
whose right it is to hack and slash
without reproof from the other end of
the board But when lady can easily
and deXterously perform this share of
mans prerogatiVe, it has a very pretty
appearance. There must be many per-
sons in Boston who can recall the dig
nifty and the elegance with which Mrs.
Harrison Gray Otis always presided at
her little dinner in Mount Vernon
times would not be likely to forget the
hostess OF the quaint charm of the sur
roundings of that hospitable and now
memorable abode. Mrs. Otis was the
only woman in Boston who had suffi-
cient tact and intellectual power to
hold salon where all cliques and
classes of society were welcome, and
she was also one of the few, if not the
only woman who understood the art of
giving a comfortable, choice dinner,
with any of the display that detracts SO
much nowadays from true hospitality.
She would sit at her table and carve
the roast, cooked in her kitchen be-
fore an open wood fire, with as much
ease as though she sat on a throne,
waving a sceptre that acted like the
magician's wand. The guests, who
never numbered more than three or
five, watched the proceeding with de-
light, or they were unconscious of any
effort being made to supply their wants,
for Mrs. Otis was a most brilliant con-
VerSatiOnalist, and this matter in hand
OF cutting up the piece de resistance of
a dinner never for one instant disturb
ed the mental flow or reduced the table
to silence. 1t was an education to see
Mrs. Otis at these moments, and not
all the ponderous buffers that have come
since those days into fashion can serve
q dinner half so well or so noiselessly
as the EMary" who stood beside her
chair. Had Mrs. Otis been richer, per-
haps this charming phase of her IA
NOUS hospitality would not have had
reason for being, and she would only
be remembered as 4 public-spirlted
woman who did more to enlarge Boston
thought and improve its social culture
than has been done before or since her
day."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

ing your letters sent to the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel, and stopping at some cheap
uptown hostelry. This, however, is
something that the more respectable
members of the profession rather look
down upon. It's rather low, you
know. But now, here's another ques-
ton. Suppose have friend, as very
often happens, in some of the towns
where | have to stop two or three days,
and they invite me to stay with them.
Must | charge the firm the regular bill
for expenses? Rather a delicate ques-
ton, amt it? We generally do,
though, all the same, and, as | think,
properly.
There are lots of other little tricks
OF the trade similar to those have
spoken OF that | could relate if / had
time. As have an appointment, how
ever, with country customer at 8
O'Clock to show him a little of this
wicked city, 1 must leave YOU. Good
day. Boston Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

haberdasher in that thoroughfare ex-
hibits in his window the riding habit
worn by the wife of Colonel Thornton
when she rode the great race against
Mr.. Flint at York, in August, 1904. A
tobacconist shows Sir Isaac Newton 5
tobacco pipe and stopper, and the stump
of the cigar Marshal Moreau smoked
when they sawed off his limb at Leip-
sic. A shoemaker exhibits the riding
boots of Claude Duyai, the gentleman
highwayman, and, by way of contrast,
the pumps worn by Beau Nash during
his reign as master of the ceremonies
at Bath. And so on.
The Californian, when he first en-
counters the Honolulu climate, is said
to scott at the white garments of the
colonists. You call this heat he
says, why we can discount this in Sac
ramento on any August day" There
fore, he clings stoutly to his San Fran
cisco clothes, walks at his usual gait.
scorns the expresses, as the little rock
awavs, with which the streets are
iammed are called, and, though he may
sacrifice two or three collars a day,
still insists that the weather is bracing.
A month goes by, and he has compro-
missed by shedding his coat for a linen
blouse. He is not so brisk on his feet,
nor does he talk about five-mile stroll
with the same amount of self-confdence
which marked the early days of his So
journ. Two months go by, and we find
him all in white, calling an express to
ride two blocks in, and quite as limp,
moist and indolent as the others. The
staying powers of the climate have
conquered. 1t sticks to between 81
and so in the shade, and never lets 90
of it, This is what saps the foundation
of the visitors nerve, and casts him in
to line with the rest of the baked-out
Formulation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19
AN ELEGANT DINING-RooM.

In Godey's Lady's Book for Novem-
Der there is the following description of
a dining-roOm:
The ceiling, which by the laws of
decorative art, should always be lighter
in shade and more delicate in tone
shan the walls themselves, is of that
pale, uncertain blue sometimes called
robin s-egg, lightly fecked with gold.
The frieze is cOnyentiOnalized design
worked out in olive and gold, with
touches of the red and blue which re-
peat themselves in the border. At the
base of the latter is Il narrow mOlding
of oiled oak in harmony with the wood
work and furniture.
The shape of the room is rectangu-
lar, proportions favorable to the most
effective furnishing. At the ends are
two doors opening out into a spacious
hallway. To the right are two other
doorways. The lower one leads into
the parlor, the upper one into the Ii
brary. The entrance to the butler S
pantry is on the opposite side. The
doors at the end of the room are SIM
pie in design, but very ornate, and be-
ing of solid oak, they have a rich and
massive effect. The decorative panels
are of stained glass in delicate colors,
having base of rich rubble-work set
with bulls eyes. The knobs, hinges,
etc., are of wrought brass: the case
ments of the door a plain oil molding
of oak. The doorway to the right has
sliding doors of paneled oak, but they
are seldom brought into requisition,
the easement being draped with por-
there curtains of heavy Ottoman, deep
ly bOrdered and hung on brass rod.
Facing the other way in the dining
room is a large, sunny bay-Window,
curtained with plush, and boasting
several window seats alongside of
blooming jardenieres. The drapery
repeats all the leading tones of the
room, deepening them with rich effect.
The floor has a covering of thick
Moquette carpet of small pattern and
dark colors, with wide border in Per
sian design. The hearth is of glazed
tile in bright colors, and the open
chimney has a lining OF stamped terra
Gotta with a facing of peacock-blue
tiles, decorated with bas-reliefs. All
the appointments of the fireplace, fen
der, andirons, shovel, tongs, etc., are
of wrought brass, and, with q bright
fire of maple or oak wood blazing in
the chimney, the effect is very pleasing.
A screen may be placed before the fiEe
during the meals, and a very elegant
one is contrived of peacock feathers set
at full spread in the tail of a bronze
bird which stands before the hearth,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

The fortune of the Orleans family is
estimated at 6OO,O0O,0O francs, which
at three per cent. would yield an in
come of 100000 francs. Some re-
actionist journals, which have made
much of the recent gift of $4,000
francs by the Comte de Paris and his
family to the cholera sufferers at Tou-
lon aud Marseilles, have also lost no
opportunity to belittle the generosity Of
President Grevy, who devoted $4,000
francs to the same worthy object. NJ.
Crews fortune and his salary are esti-
mated to yield him only about 1,5Q0,-
900 francs annually.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

A Partisan experimental has discoV-
cred that man is more sensitive to the
effect of morphine than is any other
animal. A dog can take five times as
much of the drug and monkey fifty
times as much in proportion to their
respective weights as a human being
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

In the matter of carrying bundles: A
gentleman of three score years-a
millionaire-was once clerk in book
store, and tells this story of the late
Jonathan Phillips, who came into the
store one morning and purchased a
book. After doing it up the clerk said:
''Mr. Phillips, will send this to your
house" NO." said he; young man,
[ viii tell you a secret. When you get
to be as old as [ am you Will learn that
the most Independent man is he who is
his own servant" 1t is related of DIR.
Parkman-the same who was murder
ed-that whenever he bought leg of
mutton he carried it home himself. On
being asked why he did this he said
''he wanted to be sure of the one he had
picked out. ''-Ecery Other Saturday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

The land of Holland is cultivated by
145, 694 persons, of whom go per cent.
are owners of their own holdings.
There are over 275, 900 school teach
ers in this country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

Colonel Ingersoll says that when
man loves woman she never grows
old to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

At Glasgow 175-ton anvil is being
made on which six steam hammers will
strike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19

In Godey's Lady's Book for Novem-
Der there is the following description of
a dining-room:
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20
Hotel Clerks Diamonds.
From the Philadelphia Press.

from the fnuaueipula fross.
"There are a great many stale Jokes
made about the big diamonds worn by
hotel clerks" said q jeweler yesterday
in the reading-room of the Girard
House, as he pulled his cigar and made
himself comfortable on his holiday,
"bus that just shows that few people
know asood diamond when they see it,
DO you mean to say that the stones
worn by hotel clerks are all genuine"
Most of them are. I saw q hote
clerk at Cape May, two years ago
wearing one of the largest and purest
diamonds I have seen in many years.
But, Of course. he did not buy it, and,
in fact, it did not belong to him.
Where did he get it?'
why my dear young fellow, he was
wearing it as an advertisement. Dony
you know hat a great many jewelrJ
firms advertise their goods in that way?
Well. if you don't, just you keep your
eyes open during Christmas week and
you will see some.o of the hotel clerks
blazing with precious stones Of great
value. It's an advertising dodge Of the
dealers, and it suits the clerks because
they are thus able to make a better dis
play Of jewelry than most of the guests.
It's a cold day when a clerk can't para
lie a country visitor by flashing a big
diamond on him."
"How are the dealers benefited"
"Why in this way: A rich man, fond
of jewelry, comes up to the hotel coun-
ter and sees a fine diamond on the clerks
shirt bosom. He makes some remark
about the stone. The clerk talks about
its features. and value in an off-hand
sort of way. The visitor asks where il
was purchased. Clerk tells him, and
recommends him to go there; in fact.
often gives him a card of introduction
to the proprietor. Don't you see how
the scheme works?n
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20

BIZ FRED WOODROW.

" 90 GRA0 H0OOA0Ue
Dedicated to q dear. old mothar.l
NV mothers old face, it is wrinkied and wan.
And the bloom Of its beauty has fed,
AS left but tine leaf that clings 10 tho tree.
When it's blossoms are withered and dead:
But the love that illumes the scars Of the years,
Undimmed in it's beauty and light,
Is true as the star that follows the sun,
To brighten the dusk Of the night
The love of the world, may shine as the wing,
OF the butterfly slipping the flower,
To vanish away when the honey is dry,
And the wine of its nectar is sour;
But the love that is shrined in motherhood's
heart,
Knows nothing of death or decay,
As the gold that endures when the clods of the
mine,
Are trampled in ashes and clay.
NV mothers old face, it is wrinkled ana wan,
But what with its worth can compare?
Or rival the love unfailing and true,
In its setting of wrinkle and care;
So fade as it may in the Winter of years,
And droop ii the drifts Of the snow;
In the gardens of Goo viii blossom again,
The rose that was gathered below.
DIES MONIES, December, 1884
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20

There is a tribe Of about 5000 He
brews between Damascus and Jerusa-
lem, where they have probably lived
since thu Christian era. They have
neither city nor town, but live in camps.
No person Of q different race or tribe
has ever been admitted among them.
Like the primitive races, they
have remained tillsrs Of the soil.
They cultivate the ground armed
from head to foot, always ready to de-
ford their portion Of the earth, from
which, with great difficulty, they draw
a meagre sustenance. Their ordinary
language is Hebrew, but in their inter-
course with others they speak Arabic,
but they rather avoid than seek strang-
ers, living on little, and content to thus
live in this sort Of native country which
they have occupied Tor many centuries.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20

SAID.
sBut here, in the presence of the
whole court, at the public table, You
put such q question to mel"
"Ohl" replied the prince, "you need
not make any verbal reply. 1t will be
sufficient for You to give me some
pledge of your affection. | see there
on your hand q small ring, whose pos
session would make me very happy.
Give it to me?"
aWhat do o think of? Here, In
the presence Of a hundred spectators ?"
"Ah, it can easily be done without
being seen by anybody. Now we are
chatting so quietly with each other
there is not one among the guests who
suspects in the least what we are speak
ing about; press the ring into a morsel
Of bread and leave it on the table. /
will take the talisman and nobody will
notice it."
aThe ring is really q talisman."
ri expected SO. May / hope to hear
its history?"
why net? My first governess was
q swiss lady by the name of Wilder
matt. Once she went to Switzerland to
enter upon an inheritance which had
been bequeathed to her by a distant rel
alive. When she came back to Berlin
a few weeks afterward, she showed me
quite q collection of pretty and costly
iewelry, which formed a part OF the in
heritance. This is q curious ring,
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-09-01
Pretty Dresses for Pretty Misses.

Pretty dresses are made entirely of the
piece wool laces, and are lined with bright
surahs the color of the lace.
Decorated fans of gauze, mounted on
ebony or pearl sticks, are more fashion
able than the finest lace and feather fans
Childrcns dresses of solid cOlored ging>
hams and chambreys are trimmed with
many bows of narrow linen braid.
Yak laces of gray and tanned shades
have gilded or silver threads woven in
them. These stylish laces are used for
trimming hats. and are seen on the waists
of handsome dresses.
Old fashioned surplice waists, which
were popular quarter of century ago,
have been revived this season for summer
dresses of all materials. This pretty
waist is becoming to all figures.
Panama hats of sailor shape are pretty
with yachting costumes. They may be
trimmed with ribbons of the same color
of the suit, or scarf of the dress mates
rial may be used rs the trimming.
Square parasols, which have never
found favor here, are quite popular in
England, and receive the commendatiOn
of many of the fashion writers. Some OF
these parasols are trimmed with Turkish
embroidery of Algerian stripes.
A very charming dress, intended for &
fair haired bridesmaid, is cream colored
satin mervethe lace, which is draped di'
agonally on one side, falling in folds on
the other. 1t is fastened with shumI
pink velvet ribbon, and the bodice il
crossed diagunally with the bows of The
ribbon.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-09-01
Police Polnts.

This evening John and james Garren
will be tried by Magistrate Bennett for
assaulting Frank Buncher.
Magistrate Bennett fined Fred Koasnor
and John Smith $50 and costs each for
vagrancy this morning. They went to
jail in default.
Thomas Hayes and II. G. Wartenstaber
were assessed fine of $25 and costs for
carrying concealed weapons this morn>
ing. They both went to Jail.
For carrying a revolver, j. W. Maddox
was fined $25 and costs this morning, and
S27 went into the city's Golfers.
Mayor Murdock has reinstated Officer
Butler on the police force.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-09-01
THE RIVER DELEGATION.
The Representatives From the Four
Cities to the st. Paul Convention
-.Time of Departure.

The delegations from Davenport, Mo
line, Milan and Rock Island leave for st.
Paul this afternoon to attend the great
river convention called by Governor Hubs
bard of Minnesota to be held Thursday.
The train-which is the Cannon ball, y to
which additional sleepers will be attached
leaves Rock Island at $50 p. m. The
Moline delegation will board the train at
that city, the Milan and Rock ISL
and at the upper depot here and
the Davenport across the river
The joint delegations will reach st. Paul
tomorrow morning and the convention
meets Thursday. On Friday evening the
committee will start for home, arriving
here Saturday morning. Following are
the representatives from the four cities,
and all have promised to go;
Davenport-Appointed by the mayor,
Aid c. d. Martin, Aid. Runge, Maj. G.
p. Mcclellan, Christian Moeller, s. p.
Bryant. BY the Board of Trade, l.. F.
Parker, w. c. Wadsworth, Charles Bel
derbeck, F. ii. Gnggs, George Gable.
BY the Produce Exchange, 5. f. Gilman,
John Ruch, Lon Bryson, Louis Frielie.
BY the governor of Iowa, Edward Russ
sell. Congressman Murphy, of Daven-
port, will also go.
Moline-Appointed by the mayor, NJ.
II. White, ]. W Atkinson, E. S. Ellis,
DR.. S. ID. Dunn, Aid. J. W. War;; from
the Board of Trade, c. H. Deere. g. r.
Ainsworth. Ii. A. Barnard, F. w. Whee-
lock, James Shaw.
Milan Representing the city, Howard
McCulloch, president of the town coun-
Gil, Thomas Kerr, Thomas Johnston,
Philip Zahn, r. B. Olmstead.
Rock Island-Appointed by the mayor
as representatives of the city: Morris
Rosentield. Aid. F. NJ. Snnet, Maj J.
NJ. Beardsley, W. II. Marshall, Fred
lIass. From the Business Mems associac
ton: w. II. Gest, DR.. j. w Stewart. Hon,
II. G. Cleaveland, ex-Mayor Henry Carse,
Oliver Olsen, ESQ, j. B. Ferguson, pres
ident of the association; appointed by the
governor, w. S. Knowlton, Capt. G. w.
Durham; appointed by Congressman
Neece, August Huesing. W. H. Lundy.
Mr.. Fred Hass telephoned this office to-
day that he would be unable to go as &
delegate to st. Paul on account of sick
ness.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-09-01
Wholesale Dealer in
RASMUSSEN'S CARD.

In calling attention to the fact that have reted
Studio making only the complete but decidedly an
this vicinity. We also wish call DISPLAY W
Photographic work all recently produced and containing novel @
pleasing positions and effects of light and shadow varying %
16x20 inches We have been
tent critics that by far the finest display made this CITY H.
artistic largely due to the fact that make greater e
excel than undese and bring aid experience as can
gathered from II of continuous service ang p
graphic boy in 1867 since which time
months either by sickness vacaon long experience enables ne
of scenic effects in Photo
with of consisting wall b
uaes and rustic bridges and fences boat rocks pond
cs sarways, and variety of back
chairs table what the Chicago Photo
equaled gallery this vicinity bu-We plainly (and
easily demonraed) that gallery this contains
of don't boast that FEM
sale used by predecessors for 25 CONTRARY m
of the latest improved makes, containing
VOgaender Enycope and Dameyer instantaneous Lenses THESE m
CELEBRATED LENSES GALLERY
pleased patron the best advertisement TO %
the advertisement by the excellence of work In order
satisfactory results given show
different positions and all of these proofs shown should
improvements suggest themselves resng will gladly be tree
charge. Gallery 18th and 2nd Rock Island
qdW1y
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-09-01
The Summer Resort.

There was an error in the ARGUS state
ment of Add Weavers plans for the pur-
chase of rural summer abode for the
Mortimer & Weaver dramatic company
on Rock river. The Sears estate on the
bluffs just west and adjoining the watch
tower is the property over which nego-
tiations are now pending. As anyone
who has visited the watch tower knows,
the property in question commands as fine
view Of Rock river and the grand scenery
thereabout as the tower itself. There il
rest and recreation in the very air about
the spot and if Mr.. Weaver succeeds in
his intention, as lie probably will, the
move will never be rued.
The Rock Island Argus., 1885-09-01
Slightly Off.

The Union was off, as usual, this
morning, in saying that Mr.. W. II. Lun>
dy had received a telegram yesterday,
stating that Mr.. Henry had been appoint
ed deputy internal revenue collector. Mr..
Lundy received no such telegram. 1t
is also untrue that Mr. Henry will have
his Office over Mr.. Lundy's store. Where
the Union received its store of informa>
ton is a mystery, 1t was generally
known among Mr.. Henrys friends on
Sunday that his commission would arrive
on Tuesday morning but they wisely
concluded to let the appointment come
through official channels.