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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19
CHAPTER XII.
THE CLANDRsTINE MARRIAGE


Walter Clifford and Mary sat at late
breakfast in little inn that looked up
ON a lake, which appeared to them more
lovely than the lake of Thun or of Lu-
cerne. He beamed steadily at her with
triumphant rapture; she stole looks at
him of wonder, admiration, and the
deepest love.
AS they had nothing now to argue
about, they only spoke a few words at
time, but these were all musical with
love.
To them, as we dramatists say, enter
ed Mrs. Easton, with signs of hurry.
Miss Mary" said she.
Mrs. Mary" suggested Walter,
meekly.
Mrs. Mary blew him kiss.
"Ay, ay," said Mrs. Easton, smiling.
@Of course you will both hate me, but I
have come to take you home, Mistress
Mary"
"Homel" said Mary; "why, this feels
like home"
NO doubt" said Mrs. Easton, abut,
for all that, in half an hour we must
start"
The married couple demonstrated
with one accord, but Mrs. Easton was
firm. Il dreamed" says she. 'that we
were all found out-and that's warm
ing. Mr.. Walter. you know that you'll
be missed at Clifford Hall, and didn't
ought to leave your father another day.
And you. Miss Mary. do but think what
q weight / have taken upon my Shout
ders, and don't put off coming home,
for [ am almost shaking with anxiety,
and for sure and certain my dream it
was warning, and there's something
In the wind"
They were both so indebted to this
good woman that they looked at each
other piteously, but agreed. Walter
rang the bell, and ordered the four
wheeler and his own nag.
MARY. one little walk in the sweet
garden"
Eyes, dear" said Mary, and in anoth-
er moment they were walking in the
garden, intertwined like the ivy and the
oak, and purring over their present de-
lights and glowing prospects.
In the mean time Mrs. EastOn packed
up their things: Walters were enroll
ed in light rug with straps, which
went upon his saddle. They left the lit
tie inn, Mary driving. When they had
gone about two miles they came to
crossroads.
please pull up" said Mrs. Easton;
then turning to Walter, who was riding
ridiculously close to Mary's whip hand,
isn't that the way to Clifford Hall?"
Its one way" said he; "but / don't
mean to go that way. How can l? It's
| only three miles more round by your
! house"
Nurse" said Mary, appealingly.
| "Ay. ay. poor things" said Mrs. Eas-
| ton. well, well, don't loiter, anyway.
1 shall not be my own woman again till
we're safe at the farm"
So they drove briskly on, and in about
an hour more they got to long hill,
whence they could see the Gilberts'
| farm.
There. nurse" said Mary, pouting a
little, NOW hope you're content, for
we have got safe home, and he and 1
shall not have happy day together
| again"
"Oh yes, you will, and many happy
| years" said Mrs. Easton. "Well, yes, !
don't feel So fdgety now"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19
ITO be continued.l
STRANGE EXPERIENCES.
Swift Riding on Locomotive---The Sense
of Danger.
Scribner's.


We can not tell from the time tables how
fast we travel The schedule times do not
indicate the delays that must be made up
by spurts between stations. The traveller
who is curious to know just how fast he is
going, and likes the stimulus of thinking
that he is in a little danger, may find
amusement In taking the time between
mile posts; and when these are not to be
seen, he can often get the speed very accu-
rately by counting the rails passed In a
given time. This may be done by listening
attentlvely at an open window or door
The regular click of the wheels over the
rail joints can usually be singled out from
the other noises and counted. The num-
Der of the rail-lengths passed in 20 seconds
is almost exactly the number of miles run
in an hour.
But if one wants to get lively sense of
what it means to rush through space at so
or so miles an hour, he must get on loco
motive. Then only does he begin to realize
what trihes stand between him and de-
struction. A few weeks ago a lady sat an
hour In the cab of locomotive hauling a
fast express train over a mountain roads
She saw the narrow bright line of the rail
and the slender points of the switches.
She heard the thunder Of the bridges and
saw the track shutin by rocky bluffs and new
perils suddenly revealed as the engine
swept around sharp curves. The exper-
fence was to her magnificent, but the sense
of danger was almost appalling To have
made her experience complete, she should
have taken one engine ride in dark and
rainy night
I In a daylight ride on locomotive we
come to realize how slender is the rail and
how fragile its fastenings, compared with
the ponderous machines which they carry.
We see what a trifing movement of a
switch makes the difference between life
and death. We learn how short the look
ahead must often be and how close danger
sits on either hand But it is only on a
night ride that we learn how dependent the
engineer must be, after all, upon the faith
full vigilance of others. The headlight re-
veals few yards of glistening rail, and
the ghostly telegraph poles and switch
targets. Were a switch open, a rail taken
up, or pile of ties on the track, we could
not possibly see the danger to stop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

snceS, With the mealy potatoes, uauc a
delightful combination. The glasses
were filed with home-brewed ale spark
ling and clear and golden as the finest
Madeira. They all ate manfully. stimu-
lated by the genial hostess. Even Mary
outShOne all her former efforts. and al
though she couldn't satisfy Mrs. Gil
bert, she declared she had never eaten
so much in all her life. This set good
Mrs. GiIbert's cheeks all agloW with
simple, honest satisfaction.
Hope drove Mary home in the dog
cart. He was a happy man, but she
could hardly be called a happy woman.
She was warm and cold by turns. She
had got her friend back and that was a
comfort, but she was not treating him
with confidence; indeed she was passive
ly deceiving him, and that chilled her.
but then it would not be for long. and
that c0mfOrted her; and vet even when
the day should come for the reatdOors
of Clifford Hall to fly open to her. would
not sad, reproachful look from dear
Mr.. Hope somewhat embitter her cup
Of happiness? Deceit, and even re-
ticence, did not come so natural to her
as they do to many women; she was not
weak, and she was frank, though very
modest.
Mr.. BARLEY met them at the door.
and owing to Hopes presence, was
more demOnStrative than usual. He
seemed much pleased at Mary's return.
and delighted at her appearance.
well" said he, Il am glad [ sent YOU
away for a week. We have all missed
you, my dear, but the change has set
you up again. l never saw you look
better. Now you are well, we must try
and keep you WELL"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19
PuIlman's Latest Triumph.

The Monon Route has now placed in serv-
ice on its Cincinnati line the most elegant
and luxurious sleeping palaces running oui
of Chicago. They were expressly built for
the Monon Route by the Pullman Company,
and are equipped with the perfected safety
vestibule, magnifcently upholstered and
lighted with electricity. They are models
of elegance, convenience and comfort, and
their use by the Monon Route attests to the
degree of popular favor in which that line
is held by the travelling public in recent
years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19
Her Face was Her Fortune.

She was as pretty as picture and so animated
and lively that it did one good to look at her. She
aCGS all this but she is not now Poor soul, the
roses linger more in her cheeks the former
luster of her eyes is gone. She is woe-begone
looking piece of humanity now. She has one of
those troubles so common to women and needs DR..
Pierces Favorite Prescription. 1t recuperates the
wasted strength, puts the whole system right.
restores the roses and the luster and makes the
woman what she once was, bright, well and happy.
women, sold by druggists, U1der a pOsiti0e guar
Gntee, from the manufacturers, that it will give
satisfaction in every case or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed on the
bottle-wrapper and faithfully carried outfor many
years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

"a bankruptcy act we must have, says
the St. Paul Pioneer Press But we want
bankruptcy act, if we are to have one,
that will not give all the estate to the courts
and lawyers, leaving nothing either for the
creditors or the bankrupt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

The Springfield Journal thinks that if
John L. Sullivan should go to congress he
would insist on adopting the Marquis of
Queensbury rules for the government of the
house. Quite likely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

Do your clothes last as they used to? If
not, you must be using soap or Vashing
poacder that r0ts them. Try the good old
fashioned Dobbins Electric Soap, perfectly
pure to-day as in 1865.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

Edward Tilliston, killed few days ago
on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Kennett
Square, had presentiment of his death
When he kissed his wife his last good-by
he said: . GU may never see me again. >
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

He knew what he was about: "Spieglehousen, :"
said the leader of the little German band to the
Trombone, ''vat for you play so loud? You drown
der rest of that music" "Meigensteiner,' return
drown the rest of dat music, We lose money; so
don ID YOU forgot it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

An Oregon hunter reports that while camping
out in the mountains he attacked in the night
by OWLS and that in the fracas he killed seven of
them with a club.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

The most fashionable suit for man in Paris
now is bright red clawhammer coat with gold
buttons, white satin vest and black trousers with
a white stripe down them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

DR.. Brown-Sequard thought his elixir
would be like the leader of orchestra be-
cause it would beat time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

One by one the roses fall, but 'Tansill's Punch
&C. Cigar outliyes them all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

Passion is a terrible enemy to mere
affection. Walter Clifford loved his
father dearly, yet for twenty-four hours
he had almost forgotten him. But the
moment he turned his horses head to-
ward Clifford Hall, uneaSiness and some
thing very like remOrse began to seize
him. Suppose his father had asked for
him, and wondered where he was. and
felt himself deserted and abandoned in
bis dying moments. He spurred his
horse to gallop, and soon reached Cliff
ford Hall. AS he was afraid to go
straight to his fathers room, he went
at once to old Baker, and said, in an
agitated voice;
Zone word, Johns he alive?"
eyes, sir, he is" said John, gravely,
and rather sternly.
"Has he asked for me?"
"MOre than once or twice, sir"
Walter sank into a chair, and covered
his face with his hands. This softened
the old servant, whose manner till then
had been sullen and grim.
you need not fret, Mr.. Walter" said
he; its all right. In course l know
where you have been"
Walter looked up alarmed.
81 mean in general way" said the
Olu lHdu. gu have U66n acquiring
of an angel. know her, sir, and hope
to be her servant some day; and if you
was to marry any but her, I'd leave SER
vice altogether, and so would Rhoda
Million; but, Mr.. Walter, sir, there's a
time for everything: hope you'll for
give me for saying so. However, you
are here now, and 1 was wide-aWake,
and have made it all right, sir"
THAT'S impossible" said Walter.
"How could you make it right with my
poor dear father, in his last moments
he felt himself neglected"
But he didn't feelhimself
81 don't understand you," said Wal
ter.
well, sir" said old Baker, "I'm an
old servant, and I've done my duty to
father and son according to my lights;
fold him lie."
TFTN no oo,o4I,,11o1 I
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

We must leave the reader to imagine
the mixed feelings with which Mrs.
Walter Clifford laid her head upon the
pillow that night, and we undertake to
say that the female readers, at all events,
will supply this blank in our narrative
were to fill chapter with that subject
alone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19

For all arrangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels, take DR.. Pierces Pellets One DOSE
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
FIRST VISIT TO KANSAS.

The Presbyterian church has the
pleasure to announce the engagement,
under its auspices, of the world-fam ed
Jubilee Singers, from Fisk University,
Nashville, Tennessee, for one of their
inimitable concerts. This is the orig.
inal company that devoted over $3.50, ).
900 of it's earnings to the building OF
Fisk University, that made two won d.
erfully successful tours abroad, the
guests of Kings and Qeens and Prime
Ministers, and that sung by special in
vitation for Presidents Grant, Hayes,
Garfield and Arthur.
'Tnever so enjoyed music
Rev. CuAs. II. STURGEON.
''That music tOuches-it takes hold p
CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY.
"Their songs open the fountain Of tea rs. -
Rev. THEO. L. CuYLER, d. ID.
Opera House, April 9th.
Tickets at Anderson & DeClute's
and the young ladies of the church.
Admission so cents.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
Notice.

Having opened a retail grocery I
wish to say to the people o.. lola and
vicinity that I am prepared to offer
them better goods for less money than
any other firm in the county. The fol.
lowing are
A FEW OF THE MANY BARGAINS:
Fresh corn, per cen 10c.
Fresh blackberries, per can 10c.
Baltimore peaches, per can zoe.
Prize baking powder per can 15cents
Rice, per pound Sc.
Soda, four pounds for Csc.
Soap, six bars for 25c.
All other goods in proportion.
Give me trial and be convinced.
K. HURD.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
Rock Creek Rakin1 "a.

John Mcdonald shipped car load of fat
cattle Monday night.
Miss Ollie Hall commenced her school al
Rock Greek Monday, with seventeen scholars.
Those who have examined old rail fences
stone piles and old grass and rubbish of all
kinds, find that they are full of chinch bugs.
all suchshould be burned before the bugs be-
gin to move, for if they once get in the oats
and wheat they cannot be killed,
Charley Null has traded for team of little
mules; more little than mule.
Mr.. Harden will plant one acre OF sugar
beets. Mr.. Z. Z. Lawyer will plant some also
but we cannot say how much. This crob seems
to be growing In favor more each year.
There has been Sunday school organized at
the Silver Leaf school house. The officers
names We are not able to state. hut as all good
people do, go to Sunday school aud you will
learn them.
Ed. Fisher rides TO town in a so road cart
his father goes on horse back. How fast the
world Is progressing.
Mr.. Christian, Of Carlyle, has rented the
pasture in front of c. Kinnear's.
Mrs. G. III. Moore. of Deer Creek has bought
two fine thoroughbred H0lstein hei fers Of l..
L. Northrup, paying SIS each for them.
BEssY Bos.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
Bayard Items.

Rain! RAIN! You betI Good time for loaf
Ing and drinking cider at the hub.
g. W. TrOute has been very sick for two OF
three days with bilious cholic, but Is up and
around again.
The Baptist people of Usage have hired Elder
Williams, Of Bronson, to preach for them.
The Baptist ladies had another mite mis-
sionary meeting at the residence of j. j. Wolf
last Saturday.
Uncle George Mlres was riding around In
these parts the other day.
J.J. Close shipped two loads of cattle to
Kansas City Wednesday, the Goth inst. and
came back looking very blue.
L. b. C.. Still rides out west on Sabbath
evenings. and sometimes don't ride back east
till Monday evening.
Gilpin foots it down east every Sabbath reg
ularly, rain or shine, hot or cold.
j. NJ. Davis will bale and ship one to two
hundred tons of timothy hay. 1t goes from
Bayard to Kansas City.
The Joe Stanley wedding didn't come OF al
we heard it was to. Joe looks bad from come
unknown cause.
j. c. Beatty was over to Kincaid the otIle,
day on legal business.
Deacon swisher was visiting with his par.
ents at kincaid Saturday and Sunday last.
Rose Davis, doughter OF 7. NJ. Davis. and
George Russell, were ma rried last week Miss
Davis. one of our best "school marms" has
changed from public to private teacher.
UNCLE JACK.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have, in
fact you must have it, to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for it
daily, and mourning because they
find it not. Thousands upon thous-
ands of dollars are spent annually by
our people in the hope that they may
attain this boon. And yet it may be
had by all. We guarantee that Elec-
trio Bitters, if used according to direc-
tions and the use persisted In, will
bring you good digestion and GUST the
demon dyspepsia and install instead
eupepsy. We recommend Electric Bit
tiers for dyspepsia and all diseases of
liver, stomach, and kidneys. Sold at
SOC and ST 90 per bottle by Goodhue &
Evans druggists.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
MARCH WEATHER REPORT
Prepared by Prof. F. H. Snow, of the
University of Kansas, from OBJ.
servations taken at Law
renee,

Only five Marches on our twenty
two years. record have been warmer
than the month just closed. The rain
fall, the winds were of low velocity
and the sky vas slightly cloudier than
the average. White naples were in
blossom on the 18th, dog-tooth violets
on the Goth, and elms on the 22nd.
The weather has been highly favorable
for the wheat crop. Peach buds are
in fine condition.
Mean Temperature: 44.73 degrees,
which is 1928 degrees above the March
average. The highest temperature
was Il degrees, on the 14th; the low.
est was % degrees on the 9th; giving a
range Of 40 degrees. Mean tempera-
ture at a. M, SO. IL degrees; at 2 p.
M. So. go degrees; at 8 p. M, 1906 de-
grees.
Rainfall: $50 inches, which is OO1
inch above the March average. Rain
in measurable quantities fell on q
days. Snow whitened the ground on
the 37th. There were two thunder
showers. The entire rainfall for the
three months of 1889 now completed
has been 500 inches, which is DAG
above the average for the same months
in the preceding 81 years.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
SOME QUOTATIONS OF A FARMER.

Don't do it. Don't allow your plows
to lie out in the field the year round
and be eaten up by the rust. Don't
allow your wagon and other machin-
cry to 60 screaking and squalling for
the want of lite grease. Don't buy
so many new things just because the
implement man will credit you for
them, for pay day will surely come
and then, o, Lord! Red paint has
ruined this whole western country.
Fix up the old things already on hand
and get along with them another year
and do the work yourself. co." but
says one, II am no part of a mechan-
ic." Yes you are. Any farmer can
use hand saw, and can bore a hole,
and drive pin. Do your own work if
the job does not look so nice when
finished. 1t will answer all purposes,
and at the end of the year when you
gather your crop and settle your few
unavoidable bills, you will be surprised
to see how much you are ahead. Don't
put your boys to chopping wood every
Saturday, and then go off to town, tel
ling them that you have business to
attend to, when you have no business
but to loaf on the corners and block
the sidewalks, and cause even ladies
to take to the mud to get around you.
1t is not gentlemanly, it is not BUSH
ness, and your boys will find you out
and will lose confidence in you. Don't
do it.
Don't run in debt for anything when
it can possibly be avoided. Remember
that the ready cash always pays for
more of anything than a ready credit.
,'Out of debt, out of danger" a writer
says. IT'S true. A man that is in
debt always has cow or calf to sell,
If he possesses one at all, while the
man that owes no one is generally
around purchasing them. Be careful.
Be dilligent. Be saving. There are
more of the necessities of life wasted
in this country than there was made
all told in the country that the writer
came from. Shame on our exrava-
gance. Don't do it! Don't plant and
SOW your crops and make big calcula.
tons on the amount you are going to
make, then go off and 60 in debt ac-
cordingly. We may have a dry year,
or it may be too wet; or something else
may turn up and you be disappoint-
ed. Then mortgage on probably
your only team; then foreclosure !;
then sale; then a-nothing. And
then what will the poor wife and chill
dren do? Be careful!
DITIMUS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
COUNTY NOTES.
FROM REGISTER REPORTERS
What is Being Done Throughout the
County-Events and Gossip
of the Week.
Geneva GATHERINGS.

Geneva Gatherings.
j. S. Kings sister, OF Baldwin. spent severa
days with him last week.
Miss Carrie Leavltt commenced q three
months term of school at Pumpkin College,
last Monday.
A Mr.. Burns, from Eureka, has rented the
farm west of Mrs. Lobaugh's.
Z. X. Mabie's brother has been visiting him
for several days.
L. w. Mosher was down from Burlington last
Thursday.
The spring term of the Geneva schools con.
menced March %. The enrolment is ffty-six
Lou and Emma Hyde returned from Leaven.
worth county since our last report.
X. M. Inge shipped a car load of stock last
Monday.
The logs that have been at the depot sinct
last summer were shipped away this week.
Baker, the Savonburg insurance agent, wa
In town Friday.
The entertainment given at the close of The
winter term of school netted the library fund
nineteen dollars, Chambers Encyclopedia
''Longfellow's Pocnns'' and "Paws and
Claws" have been purchased
The examination for common school diplo.
mas in Geneva township will be held in tn q
Geneva school building Tuesday, April Q, COM
mencing at O'Clock. The people Of the town
ship should encourage this worthy enterprise
and present as many candidates for graduation
as possible.
Farmers are making rapid progress with
their spring work.
z. Z. Bennett, township trustee, has about
completed the work Of assessing in this town.
ship. C.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
WE WANT THE REST OF IT.

lola, Kansas, March 81, 1SS9.-Ed
Register: That newsy. chatty story
in last weeks REGISTER, "The Other
Side" by L. F. Kelly strikes some OF
US older boys as being very interest
ing "reminiscences and now the author
threatens to 60 back in his shell and
stop our pleasure at bis expense. Don't
do it Tom, but remember that old
goose quill, pull the lanyard and let
her fiz, until your caission is empty,
J. L. ARNOLD,
T. s. SLOWER,
WIN. DAVIS,
AND OTHERS.