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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
An Awful Scrape.
Boston Transcript.

''I say, old chappie," remarked the ex-
quisite creature In a burst of confidence
Il want to tell you an awful scrape 1 got
into today. Tom was in it too. We
were going out to lunch, you know, and
we couldn't find our gloves. fellah
couldn't think of going out TO lunch,
you know, without his gloves to cawry in
his hands, and by gwacious, we were
half afwaid we'd starve to death. It was
awful, don't you know; but just as we'd
about resigned ourselves to our terrible
fate FWank came along. Fwank is fell
lab of illimitable wesource, don't you
know, and he loaned US his gloves. We
each took one and cawried them in our
hands, for all the world as if we'd had a
pair apiece. 1t was an awful narrow es-
cape from starvation. It makes me
twemble to think of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
Buffalo Bills Father.
Denver News.

An old-time resident of Denver day
Or two since related an incident of the
original Buffalo Bill" Cody, father of
the present famous Snowman, which has
never been in print. Old man Cody WIS
g prominent figure CT the plains in an
early day, being the owner of an extensive
trading post on the Arkansas, in the
vicinity of old Ft. Larned. Late in the sos
he received information that the Indians
proposed to clean out mis- ranch, which
was an extensive adobe building surround
ed by a blockade. He did not pay much
attention to it, but the same news con-
tinued to reach him, and was at last con-
irmed by the arrival of large band of
Cheyenne and Arapahoes and Kiowas,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
A Lesson of Gratitude.

gentle man making inquiries in Ru
STA about the method of catching bears
in that country, was told that to entrap
them pit was dug several feet deep, and
after covering it over with turf, leaves,
ETC., soma food was placed on the top.
The bear tempted by the bait, easily fell
into the snare.
"But," he added if four or five happen
to get in together, they will all get out
again"
"How is that?" asked the gentleman.
"They form sort of ladder by step
ping OH each others shoulders and thus
make their escape
'But how does the bottom one get
out?"
cab! these bears, though not possess
ing mind aud soul such as God has Civ
en- US, yet feel gratitude; and they won't
forget the enc who has been the chief
means of procuring their liberty. Scam.
pering off they fetch the branch of a tree,
which they let down to their brother, en-
abling him TO join them in the freedom
in which they rejoice"
Sensible bears, We would say are
better than some people we hear
about, who never help anybody but them
selves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
N0NEO from the diary Of tourista&
WEN commercial travellers, bust
ness men and others hsa

N0NEO from the diary Of tourists&
WEN commercial travellers, bust
ness men and others haa
revealed:
That the Wisconsin Centryi has the
unqualified endorsement Of all;
That the Wisconsin Central has to-day
the most popular line between Chicago
and Milwaukee, and St Paul, Minnie
apolis and the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding to its admirers as the recog-
nized Pullman line between Chicago
and Milwaukee and Ashland, Duluth
and Lake Superior;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points in Wiscon-
sin, and that it his more important
business centers on its through line
than any other railway to and from
the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
ali envlable reputation with its peer
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin Central runs fast
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout the
country, who will cheerfully give any
information that may be desired aud
that its terminal agents are specially
instructed to look after the comfort Of
passengers who may be routed via its
line.
For detailed information apply to your
nearest Ticket Agent; or to represents
tives of the Wisconsin Central.
VIM. s. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER,
General Manager Genn PasSr. & Tiki. Ags
LOUIS ECKSTEIN,
Asst. Gen' PasSr. & Tiki. Agt-
MILWAUKEE, WIS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27

who camped on the opposite side of a
deep arroyo from the trading post, across
which the military authorities had erected
bridge for the passage of supply trains.
The ssvages pretended to be very
friendly and wanted to trade, swapping
furs and skins for ammunition, but their
real object VS. to burn the post and carry
away Cody's scalp as trophy-a fact of
which the old frontiersman was well in
formed through the spies whom he had
among them. The place was well armed,
but not sufficiently manned TO resist the
attack of so formidable a band of red
skins, and old Bill cast about to see what
he could do TO protect himself. In the
stock-yard of the post was an old howitzer
which had been abandoned by some OF
the plains military expeditions, and this
he carried up to the top of the post and
placed it so that it would sweep the
bridge. He had plenty of powder, but
no other ammunition fl to load it with,
and so he chargnd the gun with old mule
shoes, nails, bits of iron and similar
truck.
The cannon loaded. he awaited devel-
opments. Early one morning he observ-
ed an unusual movement in the camp of
his pretended friends, and soon, fully
armed, with war-paint on, the savages
made dash toward the fort. Cody was
at his howitzer, match in han1. The
painted devils crowded the long but mar
row bridge, and just as the foremost
reached the nearest bank he discharged
his gun at clear range of the bridge.
There was a wild howl of disappointed
rage, a vision of dead Indians tumbling
In the arroyo, of legs and arms and heads
lying around loose without claimants, and
fleeing and frightened savages escaping
from the fatal bridge. Cody's single
shot had saved his post, and he was al
ways thereafter left in peaceful posses
sion of his ranch. just what struck them
on the bridge the Indians never knew,
and the survivors of that fatal charge
always entertained the firm belief that
Buffalo Bill" was in league with the evil
spirit, and, as such, person to whom it
was safe to give a wide berth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
FOREBODINGS.

The flowers of summer bloom. and fade, and
die
The golden hours all fit too slowly by,
The autumn winds and winter SHOWS are
nigh
Is this the end?
We drink the wine OF iifa-a little while
We drain the cup-the fates no longer
smile,
They point to chasms meath steep defle-
Is this the end?
We work and wait through weary m onths and
years,
Through hours of JOY and centuries of fears,
Until the hopes of youth dissolve in tears
Is this the end?
You would essay the heights that lead to fame
We dream of glory and immortal name.
But, ahl earths chilling blasts soon quench the
flame
Is this the end?
We live and love, perhaps for one brief day,
Our star sends forth a beauteous, dazzling ray
But soon the splendor melts in mist away
Is this the end?
When ia the vineyard there's no grain to reap.
And when, at last, we signing fall asleep,
When silence closes round us, vast and deep
| this the end?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
Treatment of Sprains.
DA-- I-,,,aI - H2ol-1,

Sprains demand careful treatment.
When large joint is affected there is of
ten considerable constitutional disturb
ance, fever, pid pulse, etc. 1t has often
been said that bad sprain is worse than
fracture. 1t is certainly a very ser
ious trouble, especially if the l;ga-
ments which bind the bone together are
lacerated.
Perfect rest to the affected limb is the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
4 Law Abider.
Detroit Free Press

II don't want to break the law" he
said, as he stood in the presence Of Capt.
Starkweather at police headquarters the
other day.
you are very kin6," replied the cap
tain. What is your case?"
"My wife has skipped"
"Indetd!"
Yes, skipped out two days ago. AS 1
said, l don't want 80 break the Law.
What is the customary rule in such
cases?"
Let her skip"
81 am not expected to pursue her and
shoot nybodys"
NO"
Thanks. She has skipped. Let her
skip. If she returns, overlook and for.
give. If she does not l marry the hired
girl. Perfectly satisfactory, sir, all
around, and 1 thank you for your kind
ness"
The residence of Richard Wilson caught
fire at Manatee, Ont, and Mrs. Wilson
and two young children were burned to
death.
The striking miners at Coal City, Ill.
are asking financial help in their fight
against q reduction of ten cents pei
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
SMALL POINTS.

Four bodies were blown up in the
debris at Johnstown yesterday, and were
past all recognition.
The polls were open yesterday in three
wards in YOUNGSTOWN for the constitution
al emepd nent election.
1t has come to light that Ben Miller,
the forger and Jail breaker, committed
suicide, and did not die from exposure.
Cardinal Manning entered the 25th
year of his episcopacy on Saturday. He
is now 81 years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27
A Sure Sign.

"William," said Mrs. Trembly, "hear
that horrid dog. Isn't it awful"
SIS that the same dog that kept us
awake last nightf"
81 think so. 1t sounds unlucky, doesn't
jt?"
"Didn't you ever hear that the bowling
of dog was sure sign of death in the
family9"
"No. Whose famiIy?"
"The dog said Tremoly in firm
voice, as he stepped out of bed and
reached for his revolver.-Merchant
Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27

The mayor of Seattle asks for help
from Americans for those who suffered
by the severe confagration in that city
a short time ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27

Fast Mail Line with Vestfbuled Trains b.
tween Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul ana
Minneapolis.
Trans-Continenta1 Route between Chicago.
Council Bluffs, Omaha and the Pacific Coast
Great National Route between Chicago. Kan
sas City and st. Joseph, Mo.
800 Miles of Road reaching ali principal
points in II inois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lows,
Missouri and Dakota
For maps, time tables, rates OF passage and
freight. etc. apply t. the Arrest station agent OF
the CRICAGo, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL RAILWAY,
or to any Railroad Agent anywhere in the Wcf~
BOSWELL MILLER, A.Y. II. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Genl Pass. and Tkt Ags.
F-For information in reference TO Lands ana
Towns owned by the CHICAGO, MMwAUKEE ST.
PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY, write to n. g. HAUaAH,
Land Commissioner. Milwaukee WiscokCin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-27

The state assembly at Concord, New
Hampshire, elected VIM. E. Chandler
United States senator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
Teaching n DOG to Steal.

Dogs have been trained to do many
useful and many amusing things, but
the most degrading instruction ever
civen to a noble animal of its species has
come to light in Paris. A great New
foundland dog entered noted store near
the Bastile. wandered about for some
time among the customers, and finally
seized bundle containing some shooting
Jackets with which he made off as fast
as he could. Some of the clerks saw
him, and about q hundred of them ran
after him. The cry was taken up in the
street, and the ''dog thief was soon
being pursued by hall dozen police and
hundreds of boys, beside the clerks. The
animal was finally run down and
marched off to the police station, and
eventually to the pound, where he has
probably been smothered before this.
Several shopmen complained that they
had been visited by the dog and had
suffered from his depredations. so that
there is no doubt that he had been
taught to steal by some Fagin of the
neighborhood, which is not particular.
ly respectable one.-Ptcayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
The Vanderbilt Tomb.

I saw Mr.. Pinkerton, who tells me
that every fifteen minutes each clock
placed in the Vanderbilt tomb IS visited
by Pinkerton detective, two of whom
are constantly on guard. One OF these
detectives patrols outside the tomb,
while the other is locked iu and sits
behind the bars with loaded re-
peating rife across his knee ready for
constant use. 1t would be next to i'm
possible for any robber to get away with
the rsmains of William H. Vanderbilt
so long as the tomb is protected as it is
now. The Pinkerton men are hired by
the year, and there is quite little colony
of them established on Staten Island,
very near the mausoleum. They keep
eight or ten there all the time. SO that
those on duty at the grave are retired at
frequent intervals, and are, therefore,
not liable to fall asleep at their posts
:New Yort Letter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
Damage Wrought by Smoke.

The question of damage done by smoke
in great cities where bituminous coal is
burned has received new light by recent
paper contributed by Hon. +. A. Eus-
sell, published under the auspices Of
the London Smoke Abatement Institu-
tlon. He shows that during the great
fogs of London in 1880, fogs which
were doubtless due in the main to
smoke in the atmosphere, the death
rate in London rose in January from the
normal winter figure of 81 Ito TO 48 LILO
for the. week ending February Z, which
was the period of densest fog. At the
same time the death for nineteen pro-,
vincial towns was only 81 $40; in other
words, the cases of death over the aver.
age of an ordinary winter period was
1894. He estimated that at least ten
times as many persons were i'll from the
same cause. 1t thus appears that the
dead and wounded in this contest with
a preventable nuisance was equal to-
that of many famous battles. MIR. Rus,
sell computes that the annual loss to
the population of London in the way Of
damage to buildings, furniture, extra,
washing, waste of coal, extra lighting,
ETC., not taking into account the en-;
hanced death.rate, amounts to about
$25, 900, 900 year. On this basis he
makes a new appeal for an effective, re-
sistance to this great evil. Many OF our
American cities, particularly those OF
the Mississippi Valley. are interested In
this problem. -New Ya.t Graphic. i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
Oieer Rules on Danish Railways.

Every one who has travelled in Dem.
mark has noticed the enormous number
of guard houses along the railroads, and
the fact that women usually signal the
trains. As measure of economy man
and wife are employed by the State, the
former as track walker and the latter as
guard. The rules specify the relation.
ship to exist between these two classes
of employees, and rules are made to be
obeyed. When it happens that either
dies the survivor has Just six weeks In
which to find another partner. Neglect
to do 80 is disobedience, punished with
dismissal. The employment of brother,
sister, or servant to ill the vacancy IS not
allowed. The guard or track-walker
must marry in six weeks or leave. A
case of this kind occurred recently near
the old town of Ribe. on the German
frontier. The stricken widower pc
titioned the Government to allow him
an extra week or two. alleging that his
work of walking all day along the rail-
road track did not give him chapce to
look for a wife. but his request was re-
fused as in itself an infraction OF disci-
pline. The hapless widower had only
six days of grace left, but he did not
want to lose his Job and went skirmlsh-
ing with such energy that before the end
of the fifth he had new wife tagging
the trains. Sunday HsraM.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
Ice Fishing Sport.

Fishing through the ice is sport much
loved in all the Northern States. Our
New England grandfathers tell stories
of how the schoolmaster used to dismiss
school once or twice during the winter
term and go-.down with all his pupils
to the mill pond. and sit there on the ice
during the short winter days, log ire
roaring behind them and a good big holo
chopped in the thick ice in front oi
them, eating New England .doughnuts,
cracking New England okes, and last OF
all, catching-psrhaps-a New England
fish or two.
Fine sport is often found on the Hud-
son River during the winter months. II
is not at all an unusual sight to see a
crowd of skaters, boys and girls, men
and women, skating around on the
f. .ozen surface of Old Father Hudson.
each intently watching for the ''tip-ups"
to bob up, and indicate that some un-
lucky fish has been captured. 1t i on
the Hudson, in fact, that the sport
is paid most attention to. The tip ups
alone show that There the plain, uu-
assuming crossed sticks of the lake fish
erman are relegatcd to a back seat. The
tip-upmu be brightly painted aud must
bear at the top of the long stick little
flag. This last, however, Is not entirely
for ornament, for The color of the tlsg
indicates the "owner" OF the hole.
The fancy fisherman has his own idea
about how a tie-up, ought to be made.
The old stager pins his Iailh to sim plicity
and makes tie-up in the form of q
cross, the aims and front OF which rest
on the ice, while to the short end is tied
the line. When the fish pulls, down
goes the short end of the cross or tie-up,
and up goes the long end, the fisherman
lays down his pipe and captures his fish.
Blue pike are the fish chiefly caught,
and each one of them vi i'll weigh very
nearly a pound. There is law against
taking the yellow pike, but that fish
brings more and weighs more than his
blue relative, an who could expect o
fisherman to tAow back a five. pound
beauty who had caught himself on the
hookl It would be rlying fin the face of
Providence. No; he finds his way into
a box with the other fish, and the buyer
on shore kindly fails toy notice him.
Once in a while the lucky man pulls up
a big sturgeon.
The fisherman counts fifty pounds a
good days work, and sometimes brings
home 200 pounds. Prices for fish vary,
but a good man can usually make from
81 tv $40 day.-Mw Tort Grapti:.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
Distinoujshed Old Maids.

Look at the list of old maids. Eliza
beth of England, one of the most Illus
trious of modern sovereigns. Her rule over
Great Britain comprised the most bril-
liant literary age of the English speaking
people. Her political acumen was put
to US severe tests as that Of any other
ruler the world ever saw. Maria Edge
worth was an old maid. 1t was this
woman's writings that first suggested
the thought Of writing similarly to Sir
Walter Scott. Her brain might we'll be
called the mother of the Waverly nov
els. Jane Porter lived and died an old
maid. The children of her busy BRAIN
were "Thaddeus of Warsaw and "The
Scottish Chiefs" which have moved the
hearts of millions with excitement and
tears. Joanna Bailie, poet and play
writer, was Zone of 'em." Florence
Nightingale, most gracious lady, hero.
inc of Inkermann and Balaklava hos
pitals, has, to the present, written
miss" before her name. The man who
should marry her might we'll crave to take
the name of Nightingale. Sister Dora,
the brave spirit OF English pest houses,
whose story is as helpful evangel, was
the bride of the worlds sorrow only.
And then, what names could the writer
and the reader add of those whom the
great world may not know, but we know,
and the little world of the village, the
church, the family know and prize be-
yond all worlds - Chicago HeratI.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

of a wagon and pulled a native to the
ground. saw him seize the native by
the right shoulder and fling him about as
if he had been stick. He got another
bullet here, and with a roar of pain and
rage he reared up beside another horse,
fastened teeth and claws in the animals
neck, and pulled him down by main
strength. He then fastened mis- teeth in
the horses throat and dragged him
thirty or forty feet. Nearly all the
camp had taken to flight or sought safety
ia the trees by this time, but just as the
lion was approaching another horse q
bullet broke his spine and ended his
career. We found that he had q very
sore hind foot, probably flom thorn or
silver, and this perhaps accounted for
his ill-temper and wonderful audacity,
though there are numerous instances that
a wounded lion fears nothing on earth
except wild elephant.-Me~ York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
Marriage in China.

After the usual preparations for her
wedding garments, Chinese girl is
closeted for the period of thirty days
with the immediate female members
of her own family. The mother, or
the next eldest of kin, begins a
4 series of instructions rs to the duties
of u bride, and how she must from now
on transfer affections and care to the
members OF her husbands family in the
same manner that they showed in the
family of her birth. That is the love
and obedience of the parents and elders
of the husband. And that after her
marriage, for the per cd of thirty days.
she must be careful to know how to hold
her tongue, especially before strangers
and neighbors. And she is especially
warned to be neat and cleanly, as this
would prevent the husband from getting
divorce from her.
These long and tedious instructions
are usually accompanied with much
weeping on the part of the women, as
they are the final parting instructions of
the mother to her daughter.
When girl is once married she has
forever renounced her allegiance to the
relatives of her infancy. Legally, she is
no more to her family than an utter
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
Men Secretly Fond OF Jewels.

"Because man displays no jewelry
upon his person it does not signify that
he doesn't care for such things" said
Editor Rothschild, of the New York
Jewe1er's Weekly, the other day.
"There are plenty of men who are as
passionately fond of jewels as any woman
who ever lived, but they seem to regard
the feeling as a weakness which they are
half ashamed of. Some men will own
right up, but they don't like to display
their treasures. because it IS not
considered good taste to wear much
jewelry.
I know of half dozen business men
and professional men who do not wear so
much as a watch chain; yet they carry
about in their trousers pockets thou
sands of dollars worth of unset jewels.
This is little out of the ordinary, but
it is a fact nevertheless.
"The late Henry Ward Beecher used
to carry in his pockets a number OF
beautiful diamonds, pearls and other
precious stones, which he would some
times take out iu his hand and gaze at in
admiration for several minutes at time.
He explained this habit by saying that
there was something so pure and beauti-
full about the gems that they delighted
and fascinated him. He used to say that
il was one of the traces of our fsr.back
barbarian origin-thc innate fondness
for bright gems.
II know of physician up town who,
while riding about in his carriage on
sick calls. entertains himself by llngllng
q lot of unset diamonds, rubies and
emcralds in his hands. He sometimes
groups them on the seat opposite and
looks at them, while his face is lit up
with admiration and pleasure.
"Do ladies have this hahit2 Well, I
think not. 1 never met woman who
cared to hide her jewels in her pockets.
On the contrary, they always ike TO
have them set and displayed as con-
spicuously as possible. They don't be-
lleve in hiding the light of their gems
under bushel."