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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Handing Down the Heirloom.

Among the wedding presents received
by the Princess Sophia of Prussia ON her
marriage with the crown prince of Greece,
those from her brother, the emperor of
Germany, likely possess most interest for
English people. The presents, or at least
the most of them, are a diadem and neck
lace. The former is composed of magnii-
cent turquoise and diamonds, each stone
being a perfect specimen of its kind. In
the center is a pear-shaped turquoise of
large size, considered to be the finest
known. The diamonds are In three rows
between the t~urquoises. The necklace is
also of %turquoises of large size and the
purest shape. 1t is an heirloom, having
originally belonged to Queen Anne of Eng
land. From Queen Anneit passed finally
to the Princess Charlotte, and was given
to Queen Victoria on her marriage with
Prince Albert. The queen in turn passed
it on to the Empress Frederick Of Ger
many when she married, and now it has
been placed in the keeping of the Empress
Frederick's eldest daughter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19

tire population. of the country at that time.
In this war over 2.20O. 900 men were en-
gagged on the side Of the Union. and about
half that number constituted the rebel
armies who fought almost entirely on the
defensive, on inner lines and behind en-
trenchmentS. The deaths in the Union
army numbered about $40, 900, those in the
rebel army about 800, 600. The cost of the
war to the nation was Sc, 200, 000, GOO. The
Confederate campaign cost $4,000, 900, 900
In their currency: their losses in slave
property were 800, 0O0, 900. and their
other property losses were simply inestim-
able. Thir territory and cities were made
homeless and pennileSs.
Jefferson Davis was president of the
rebel government. which he administered
as long as the confederacy existed. He
was the official representative and leader
of the greatest rebellion in history. In
his defeat a penicious principle In poll
tics. which mad been a menacing element
in the nation from the beginning. was
destroyed. Slavery was abolished. The
cause of disloyalty and treason was hope
lessly lost. The right and the duty of the
government to enforce obedience on re-
calcltrant states were established. The
sublime principle of an i~ndestructible
union was placed OF an i~mpregnable
foundation. The rebel president was made
a prisoner while attempting an ignoble
flight and escape; he was ironed and
placed In confinement. and was two years
afterwards liberated on bail. wearing
these bonds of the law to the close of his
life.
A man who reached such an elevation
who guided, or misguided. the destinies of
so many men and of so great though so
wicked a eause-who experienced a disas-
ter and a downfall so complete, so utterly
beyond repair and so inglorious, can have
none other but a conspicuous place in his
tory. His deluded followers-''his people,"
as they were called by him, and as they
called themselves, after his overthrow to
the last-will cherish his memory with
tenderness and reverence. But it is a
weakness and a madness. By the patriots
who love the Union, the flag and the laws,
by their posterity to the remotest time. by
impartial history when its Judgment shall
be made up, he will be execrated as the
cause and author of a greater evil, of great
er distress. of greater losses In life and
property than ever afflicted any other peo-
pie. He fell from a bad eminence, and In
his fall eternal justice and the ways ofGod
to man were vindicated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Advance Man and the Editor.

The stairway was long and crooked aud
the little man was short winded. He
arrived at the top without more than
just about enough breath. Then he
swooped.
"H1oi Hlo, old cha = Avn Beg
pa'd'n. Mr.. Turtle isn't in. Avn Dooced
bahd, y'know. Want to see Mr.. Tur1e.
Jolly cove. Not in, eh?"
The man at the desk wrote a head to a
political article and put it In the box.
"Awl You c'nected with papah?"
The man at the desk was. He edited
four sheets of South Omaha market re-
ports as he said so.
Names johnson. See it on back OF
this little sheet. Ahead of Miss Planta-
genet Veins. Thought I'd drop in-0h.
by the way. was in Omaha ten years ago.
The man at the desk said yes. He then
changed the wording of the pious editors
copy to make it read ''reprehensible neg
ligence" instead of ''Roumanian intelli-
gence.'
"How time does fy?"
1t did. said the man at the desk. as he
cut down a police court story from half a
column to four lines, and marked it add
town talk"
Miss Veins s great actress. Played
403 nights before the crowned heads.
Crowned heads delighted. Crowned hesd Is
always delighted. I'm in vance of her.
Names Johnson. Twelve years makes
big change in town like Omaha"
1T did," the man at the desk said,
while the scissors went in for another ses-
sion on the loathsome contemporary.
Miss VEINS S been Australia. 'Stral-
ians crazed. Diamond necklace farewell
night Bouquets. Affecting, very. Nice
town, this. Haven't been here for seven
years. People here always favorites Miss
VEINS. 'Preciates 'em highly. 'Spose
glad know she's coming. Leave you little
advance notice."
And then the little man dumped upon
the desk of the man:
Fourteen pages of manuscript, three
fourths of which were adiectives of the su-
p~erlative breed.
Three engravings representing Miss
Veins in three positions.
Twelve slips, cut from other newspapers,
relative to Miss VEINS excellently divine
work.
Twenty-three ditto, ditto, ditto, Miss
VEINS dresses.
A card containing the name of Mr.. l.
S. Johnson, with the added information
that he is in advance of Miss VEINS.
Omaha has grown in the last 'leven
years, hasn't she?' he chirped, as he de
parted.
''She has" said the man at the desk,
as he shot the blue pencil coursing through
the clamor of ''Vox Populi, about yiaduct
bonds.
Names johnson. Other side leaf.
G'night."
Good night" said the man at the
desk.-Omaha Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
The Sparrow Knew His Whistle.

A young sparrow was picked up from a
sidewalk on Bagley avenue last summer
and presented to a lady, who at onee be-
gan domesticating it.
/ The birding would hop around the
rooms, showing no desire to fly out the
open windows. 1t fed from the hand,
alighted on the heads of the family, and
was a pet with all.
A short time ago, however, the sparrow
spread its wing and flew away, and was
given up as lost. A few days later a son
of the owner of this bird, while walking
along Madison avenue several blocks from
his home, espied a flock of sparrows near
by.
It occurred to him that the lost bird
might be among these twitters.
He whistled, and instantly the sparrow
recognized the sound, flying directly into
his hand.
Needless to say the pet is more han ever
at home in its old quarters in Ballen-
tine block, Bagley avenue.-Detroit Free
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Facts to be Remembered.

There are 2,750 languages.
Watches were first made in 1476.
A barrel of rice weighs 900 pounds.
The average human life is 81 years.
A barrel of -four weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
A hurricane moves so miles per hour.
The value of d ton of silver is $37, 704.
"a.
The first lucifer match was made III
1928.
The first iron steamship was built In
1880.
Modern needles first came into use IL
1915.
Coaches were fist built in England ii
1869.
The first horse railroad was built in
1826-'27.
Telegraph wires have to be renewed
every five or seven years.
One million dollars of gold coin weighs
1856 pounds avoirdupois.
One million dollars of silver coin weigh:
So, 1903 pounds avoirdupois.
Until 1776 cotton spinning was per.
formed by the hand spinning wheel.
Albert Durer gave the world a prophecy
Of future wood engraving in 1927.
Glass windows were first introduced In.
to England in the eighth century.
The first complete sewing machine wa
patented by Elias Howe In 1916.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
MORMONs DENY THE CHARGES.
Accept the Constitution as a Heaven-Ins
spired Instrument.

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 13-William
Woodruff, George @. Cannon and Joseph
F. Smith, apostles of the Mormon church.
have issued another manifesto, unquali-
fedly denying all the charges made
against the church in the recent hearing
before Judge Anderson. So far from any
doctrine or teaching of the church being
hostile to the United States government,
the members of the church are under d.
vine command to revere the constitu-
ton as a heaven inspired instrument and
obey as supreme all laws made in pursu-
ance to its provisions. The signers of the
manifesto regard the attempt to exclude
aliens from naturalization and citizens
from elective franchise on account of mem
bership In the Mormon churCh as impolitiC
and a dangerous encroachment upon civil
and religious liberty. They earnestly ap-
peal to the American press, and hope not
to condemn the latter day saints unheard.
DIR. Juliet II. Severance, of Milwaukee,
who has made herself quite conspicuous in
recent years as a politician of Bob
S~chilling's school, fell on the sidewalk and
broke her wrist the other day,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
MY GIFT.
ADELAIDE DAVIS REYNOLDS.

1t was a Christmas morning,
And we, three maidens gay,
Had each q lovers token
To mark the holiday;
Maud's was a stately mansion
With towers and spires above;
Nay's was a diamond necklace,
And mine was-Roland's love.
Naud's sutton was q banker,
White-haired and stout and old;
And Mays a proud partician
With wealth and lands and gold.
But mine was Just a toiler
Content with humble part;
He had but this to offer
A true and loving heart.
Maud leads, within her mansion,
An empty life of show,
And Mays rich Jewels cover
A heart that throbs with woe;
But in my heart forever
Love sings her joyous lays;
She lightens all my burdens
And brightens all my ways.
Rare gems and stately mansions
Are but the price of gold;
But love is aye God-giyen
And never bought or sold.
1t is the souls glad sunshine;
1t is the hearts sweet rest;
And, rich or poor, in loving
We are forever blest.
Then oh, be glad this morning
If such a gift is yours,
For gold-boUght joys are changeful,
But honest love endures,
Though lowly may your lot be,
In royal state apart
God crowns you when he gives you
The love of one true heart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Warren Leland Assigns,

Lone BRANCH, n. j., Dec. 13.-War
rem Leland, Jr., the well known hotel pro-
prietor today made an assignment of all
his property including the Ocean hotel.
Ocean theatre, Ocean club house, and his
private residence for the benefit of credi-
tors. His liabilities including mortgages
are 1852, 900. Mr.. Leland says the assign
ment was forced by the Freehold Banking
company. which demanded payment for a
note of 81, 700, and that he will pay the
Indebtedness in full.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Cremated in a DistilIery.

PEORIA. Dec. 13.--The Star distillery
ownedb by J. and G.. Herget, at Pekin was
burned this morning. Loss $4,000, in
surance $4,000. Joseph Scheidel. the
night Waterman, was burned to death, and
others narrowly escaped. The warehouse
containing 140 barrels of whisky was also
consumed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Another

DENVER, Dec. 13.-A Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming special says: Thomas r. Adams,
manager of the cattle ranch of the Mil
waukee and Wyoming Investment com
pany has absconded. The defalcation is
estimated at SIS, 900. He has been married
but six weeks. Drink and gambling are
the CAUSE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Bonds Surrendered.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-Since the in
auguration of Secretary WINDOWS policy
reducing the amount of government de-
posts in national banks on the I'd inst,
81. 182, 900 bonds have been surrendered
Inv +bo baokc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
1T Was Raining.

Yesterday afternoon while the rain was
pouring down, says the Detroit Free Press,
a citizen left the p~ostoffice to encounter an
acquaintance who was sheltered by an UNI
brella.
Raining, isn't it?" queried the first.
'Hey?"
Raining, isn't it?"
I'D like to see you a moment, was the
reply. Come upstairs"
The two passed up, traversed the dark
hall to the darkest corner, and then No. 2
turned on No. l with:
do you take me for an Internal idiot?"
"Why no, of course not"
"Do you suppose I'm carrying an UNI
brelia around to keep the sun off at this
time of the year?"
No
I'm carrying it to keep the rain off, am
| not?"
''Of course"
"Well, then, it rains. You know it
rains. Everybody in town knows that it
rains. Now you go on and let the people
alone"
E'That's all. You let it rain. She knows
her business. You just attend to your own
affairs and let the weather alone. Good
day, sir
And he went dumping down stairs and
left the other fellow at his leisure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Killed in a Mine.

MADRID, Dec. 10 There has an explo-
sion In the Belmez mines, and fifteen per-
o have been brought out. The num-
Der of dead is as yet unknown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Wanted the Cars Life.

BERLIN, Dec. 13.-Information has been
received that an artillery officer and a
sailor have been arrested at st. Petersburg
for completely in an attempt on the life of
the car.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
SOME HOMELY PROVERBS.
Advice to People Wishing to Be Healthy
Wealthy and Wise.


Get down to business if you intend to
accomplish anything. This flirting with
work doesn't count worth a cent.
Confound a man who puts on style and
spends his money away from home and
makes his family eat sorghum on their
bread to make up for it.
Some men never have any time to G
their unfortunate fellow beings a good
turn, but they always have plenty of time
to lay around and enjoy themselves.
The sweetest song the heart can sing is the
song of gratitude. The heart that can take
and take and never give would disgrace
the bosom of a hog.
When a man is always laying off to do
something great he never gets anything
done. The only way to accomplish any
thing is to begin on small things and do
whatever comes along.
Gray hair isn't any more a sign of wis
dom than rosy cheeks are a sign of health.
Some people get gray hair from fright,
some from dissipation and some from using
bad hair oil.
A man who says he doesn't want any
friends isn't liable to have any. Such a
man is a good one to steer clear of, for If
he gets stuck on n one it is for some sell
fish purpose, and his friendship isn'tworth
having anyway.-Frank B. WEIGH in Ar
kansaw Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Matters i'm a Bad WAY.

KEY WEST, Dec. 1.-THE cigar strike
is further away from settlement than ever,
only fifty cases of cigars have been shipped
asst month. The out put is generally 100
cases monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
The Youths VIII Miss Him

MAIDEN, Mass, Dec. 13.-Frank H.
Converse, a well known story writer for
youths publications, is dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Found His Wife Dead

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Dec. 13.-This
morning James Mcdonald, a farmeri in the
township of Tyrone, upon returning from
a hunting expedition, was Mortified to find
the dead body of his wife. she having been
strangled to death. Further investigation
resulted in finding the dead body of his
farm hand, a man named Gilmore near by
with a frightful wound in the chest in
ficted by an old musket. 1t is believed
that Gilmore in the absence of Macdonald
tried to induce Mrs. Macdonald to elope
with him, and angered by her refusal, first
stranglnd her and then shot himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
The Easiest Way.

Jones, having sent a stupid servant to
do an errand, was greatly annoyed on
finding that he had done exactly the OPP
posite of what he had been ordered.
why, you haven't common sense" he
demonstrated.
But, sir"
'Shut up | should have remembered
that you were an idiot. When I'm tempt
ed to send a fool on an errand again I'll
not ask you'll go myself"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
IreIand,s New Viceroy.

DUBLIN, Dec. 13.-The new viceroy of
Ireland, Earl of Zeetland, arrived today.
His arrival did not occasion much interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19

C. w. Holman, ex-president of the FL
myra Farmers Club, says In the Husband
man, that he has been slow In adopting
the use of ensilage. But others are out
stripping him, and he believes that every
farmer who carries Oh successfully the
milk and dairy business will eventually
adopt the use Of ensilage as the leading
food for his cattle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
Career and Death of jefferson Dayi
Chicago Evening journal.

Jefferson Davis will occupy a conspicu-
Gus place in American history and In the
history of the world. By his ability, his
energy and ambition he rose, forty years
ago, to the front rank of American states
men. He was a leading advocate of the
I principal which had existed in many minds
since the foundation of the Government,
that the Union was a mere loose compact
between independent States, which any Of
them. so far as its own part was concerned,
could cancel at its will, and that there
existed no power In the General Govern
ment to enforce the terms of the contract
on a State SO repudlating its conditions.
The opposite principle-that the Union
was an indestructible constitutional for
nation, incapable of dissolution or de-
struction in any of It's powers, and that
the Government had innately the power
to use any agencies of peace or warto pre-
serve its own existence-was that which
the secession leaders rejected and denied.
As the Union grew in territory. as the
people grew In intelligence, and as the
public conscience became enlightened, the
conviction that human slavery vas a
great moral wrong came into possession
of the minds of the non-slaveholding peo-
pie of the country. But the system ex-
listed under State laws, and the pernicious
principle of State rights became its most
powerful bulwark. This fact. in return,
strengthened the political leaders of the
~slaveholding States In their adherence to
State-rights principles, which they finally
ATTEMPTED to enforce In action when Abra-
ham Lincoln was elected as an antl-slavery
President. They waged war against the
Union through four long and bloody years,
and they were conquered; their cause was
DESTROYED and their slaves were liberated as
| the result. The rebel States contained 12,-
600, 900 inhabitants, or one-third of the en-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19

I stayed at Magruder's until January
3, and enjoyed myself hugely, but didn't
catch the slightest glimpse of the ghost,
and | can not say that | really expected
to
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-22

Give any ~urh interpretation No.
Where. illrn. ~ our new ~paprrs obtain
their information l,ogc,aus make use
|n' pAss.e which rnnnefh thus
."pnnd gratis a>,rriinr rfsii~ nsgA'ur
The psoois ~ ne assertion thu Catholic
lssmcn hal isSrn upon themselves .
right. which belonged NOT 20 them. arc
wanting. hence ,hr nro"i> Tor the denial
III any such assertion cannot reasonably
he demanded Still. In addition 10 the
arguments already brought 10 bear on
the msiter In Tho writer's present paper,
the ait ntion ri vour readers Is calIci TO
the TACT. hat both the orator. who dis
susssd the theme ''Sociciics." A. well Is
the platform adopted BY the dclcg ates.
NOT "ni, did not approve Of any secret
societies. but en- emphatically de-
nonncei Them = dangerous to society At
large ~ well a. VI The Individual. The
reproduction ofthc words ~ Mr.. Spaun-
horst and If the platform on this point
wcu'l require tor snnch space the latter
can be found IN almost any Of our daiIies.
The writer desires Il 10 be distincily
understood. that no docs not write this
paper with . view 70 discuss the moral
and social consequences Of secret socie-
ties. Ills object has becn and still ID, 10
lay bare . fAIsehood, that may mislcad
some Of yonr readers. faischo0d, that
must claim ~ its parent either dire NAL
ice or Imaginable ignorance. IL il be ig-
norancc, then let Il be remembered. that
IN Church matters especially. - little
learning is dangerous thing and that
shallow dranghts intoxicatc tho brain :"
Il malice BE- the parent Of the falschood
IN question, then IL is like the kings Of
|ence in Hamlet, 90 frank, that il smells
% heaven u.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-22
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.


Tho 18th inst. after long paticn
suffering. Miss Ida Byers died Of con
sumption. She was buried ~ the Mt
Lebanon cemetery on the 1sth. Rev
James Cox ofIiciatcd.
Mrs Nancy Cox. vito OF Noah. died
last Saturday morning Of kidney. liver
and lung disease MIRA Cox has been in
feeble health long time. hut Las borne
her suffering rs only devoted Christians
can She Was buried ~ the Harris grave.
yard SUNDAY. Elder .1amcs W. Evan-
The Q afflicted families have
our heart-felt sympathy.
Jackson Bridges will move to Bedford
this week
Court Notice :-B. A. Simmons. admr {,
". Jas. w. Evans: before + bridges !;
judgment for plaintiff for S74 IA.
BIO. BOWS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-22
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria..


-~S - 49, - - AC43mO8e
Too much rain. The river bottom
farmers are scared up little.
IIucbncr. Hoffman & Co. are shipping
their produce this week.
IIurrah for Democracy Cleveland
and Gray 10 -. and there will be no Re-
pnblicans, high protection, and high
wages left to deceive the people with
their false promises and pledges.
A big shooting snatch. for about thirtv
turkey Z, It John b. Krodel's, the brewery
man, next Saturday. Everybody come.
Willie Frcybcrgcr has bought John
Seisz's property " Haysvillc, and will
take possession next Spring. In supply
ing the rooms with furniture. he win
not forget the sofa (Sophia.).
Dr.. Cole saws, Il want Moxic 20 I'M
derstand, have rode goats before
Alex. Abel he's q telegraph instru-
mcnt, and Il learning the profession, and
says he's going away next Spring Ia
complete the business and follow Il for 4
livelihood.
Well, Mozie has gone joy 60 with
ler. DrDr
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-22
NEW BRICK YAp
BRICK FOR SALE

John Gcicr, jr., has taken charge }
brick-yard at the North sido OF Jssl
and now has for sale, IN any qnantiW,
sired, brick Of all qaa.i.ies. lie
people Of Dubois coLa.y sor their "a
and will make favorable terms on ,
patterns. JOHN GElEl', II
Aug 81, 'ss-iy.