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Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-18

traveller, is in receipt Of an interesting letter
from J. w. Love from Cologne, Germany.
Mr. Love is wealthy citizen of Fremont,
Neb.. who has been doing tie continent
He says: "There are great many Amer
leans in Paris this year. Buffalo Bill Is doing
very WELL and has better snow than ever.
"The national show is a good one, but the
United States exhibit is very poor for such a
nation. Many a smaller country makes a bet.
ter showing and some of the so-called heath
ems beat us all hollow in every department
We can learn many lessons from some of the
countries we consider the most benighted.
1.-THE Eiffel tower is magnificent struc-
ture, and is marvellous monument TO skill,
money and labor.
"The Rhine Deutchland is something like
France, but hardly as good. This people will
possess the earth if they keep on being 80
prolific. About all you see are babies and
soldiers. / found many deformed people
there, especially women.
'The soldiers are everywhere, and they are
good ones, too. Germany will be ready for
war, without doubt, if called upon 10 protect
her claims.
''The cities of Germany are very fine and
improving wonderfully"
Mr. Love wishes to be remembered TO his
Omaha friends.
-.
81 was interested in the methods of run
ming saloons in New Orleans" said saloon
bartender. who mas travelled.
Down there they DO not keep their goods
on ice, but keep the bottles ranged behind the
bar before the mirror"
p "rhey have no work bench under the bar,
the space being filled by an immense box
filled with shaved ice. An ice box Is always
handy in which TO keep bottled beer and
goods Of that description"
"a bartender has pretty soft thing there,
as he is not supposed to wash glass, having
colored porters 10 do that for him."
"Mint 1uleps, and all the fancy mixed
DRINKS are IN great demand by the southern
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
Thoughts of Jefferson,

Taste cannot be controlled BY law.
The only security for all is free
A respectable minority is useful a.
censorS.
never suffered political to become
personal difference.
Where the press is free and every
man able to read all is safe.
The execution of the laws is more
important than the making of them.
Is uniformity of opinion desirablee
No more than of face and stature.
An honest heart being the first bless
ing, knowing head is the second.
Science is more important in re-
publican than in any other govern
ment-
We often repent of what we have
said, but never of that which we have
not said.
must ever believe that religion SUBJ
stantially good which produces an
honest life.
Stable ownership is the gift of social
law, and is given late in the progress
of society.
No man will ever bring out of the
presidency the reputation which car
ries him into it.
We owe debt OF gratitude to France,
justice to England, and good will to
all, subservience to none.
Laws and institutions must 60 hand
in hand with the progress of the human
mind.
1t is error alone which needs the
support of government. Truth can
stand by itself
Bigotry is the disease of ignorance,
of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the
free and buoyant.
An equilibrium ofagriculture, manu-
facture. and commerce is essential to
our independence.
Were we directed from Washington
when to sow and when to reap, we
should soon want bread.
A naval force can never endanger
our liberties nor occasion bloodshed,
a land force would do both.
The whole body of the nation is the
sovereign legislative, executive, and
judicial power for itself.
The state and federal governments
are coordinate departments of one
simple and integral whole.
1t is better to keep the wolf out of
the fold than to trust to drawing his
teeth and claws after he has entered.
have sworn upon the altar of God
eternal hostility against every form of
tyranny over the mind of man.
| wish that at the end of four years
congress had made the president for
ever ineligible second time
Education is the only sure fourda-
ton that can be devised for the preser-
walton of freedom and happiness.
Opinions which are equally honest
on both sides should not affect per-
sonal esteem or social intercourse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
Magnificent Mayonnaise.

The resources of military cookery
in the late war were sometimes sur
prising, as the following instance, told
by an officer of the army, shows:
"A few of our visitors were glad to
take the chances of a dinner. with US,
allured by the reputation of French
cookery, which, in fact, increased our
culinary resources, and provided for
our guests some surprises entirely I'M
looked for. do not speak now of the
immense bullfro~s, whose legs were
as large as and more delicate than the
leg of a chicken. We had something
better, or at least more rare than that,
as doubtless Count de va French
officer attached at the time to the
staff of General Keyes, will remember.
One day he was served at our open
air table with an exquisite mayonnaise
so he called it after tasting it. He
partook a second time with pleasure.
But what is that mayonnaise made
of? What is the secretPn He could
not guess and was very much perplexed
about it.
"Eat what you want first, and after
ward we will give you the receipt"
Add Twill take it to France" added
the captain. ''that it may take its place
above the Parmentier potato, and by
the side of the wild turkey of Brillat-
Savarin."
The meal finished the secret was
revealed. The mayonnaise was of the
black snake, whose nutritious qualities
my zouaves had discovered. We had
eaten of it without troubling ourselves,
knowing what it was made of. But
see the power of imagination. The
word ''black-snake was a shot in the
stomach of our guest. He had found
the dish excellent; the name struck
him with horror. White as his plate
he rose, his smile had disappeared-I
regret to add, in conclusion, that he
never appeared again at our table, and
] have every reason to think that he
did not make known in France the
savory qualities of the black snake
in a mayonnaise.- NeW York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
in view of its novelty.

advertisement in view of its novelty.
Miss Mamie Davis, a telegr aph op-
orator, remained at her post during
the entire season of the yellow-fever
epidemic at Jacksonville, Fla, and
thus afforded communication from that
city with the outside world. During
this time several other operators at
that point died. While many of her
sisters have been holding woman suf-
frage conventions Miss Davis has by
her fidelity to duty awakened the adj
miration of the entire country. All
honor to Miss Mamie!
Mrs. G. c. Converse, of Waterbury,
Conn, is an old lady of IS who had a
hand in the education of two Presi-
dents of the United States. While
teaching school in South Bend, Ind, ,
Benjamin Harrison, President-elect,
was one of her pupils, and she taught
him his alphabet. When teaching in
Ohio, James A. Garfield, then II years
of age, was one of her scholars. He
had been driving a horse on the tow
path, and, his boat being frozen in, he
devoted few weeks to her instruc-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
The Story of Mark Twain's Court.
shin.

Mark Twain. if he is in the mood,
, says the New York Mail and ETpreSS.
will tell a story of his own cOurtship
in manner worthy of the greatest
living humorists. When he first met
the lady who afterward became his
wife he was not so distinguished as
now, his origin was humble, and for
some years of his life he had been
pilot on the Mississippi river. The
future Mrs. Clemens, was woman of
position and fortune; her father was q
! Judge, and doubtless expected family"
| and social importance in his son-in-
law. Clemens, however, became in
terested in his daughter and after
awhile proposed, but was rejected.
"Well," he said to the lady, II didn't
much believe you'd have me, but l
thought I'd try"
After awhile he ''tried" again with
the same result, and then remarked.
with his celebrated drawl, 81 think
great deal more of you than if you'd
said 'yes;' but it's hard to bear" A
third time he met with better fortune
| and then came to the most difficult
part of his task, to address the old
gentleman.
I Judge" he said to the dignifed
millionaire, shave you seen anything
going on between Miss Lizzie and
me?"
"WhatP Whatp" exclaimed the
Judge, rather sharply, apparently not
understanding the situation, yet doubt
less getting glimpse of it from the
inquiry.
''Have you seen anything going on
between Miss Lizzie and mGP"
No, no, indeedI replied the mag
nate, sternly. "No sir; | have not"
'Welli Look sharp and you will,"
said the author of Innocence Abroad"
and that's the way he asked the Judi
cial luminary for his daughters hand.
Mark has a child who Inherits some
of her fathers brightness. She kept
diary at one time in which she noted
the occurrences in the family, and
among other things the sayings of her
parents. On one page she wrote that
father sometimes used stronger words
when mother wasn't by and he thought
eve" didn't hear. Mrs. Clemens
found the diary and showed it to her
husband, probably thinking the partic-
ular page worth his notice. After
this Clemens did and said several
things to attract the child's attention,
and found them duly noted afterward.
But one day the following entry Oc-
Cured:
81 don't think Til put down anything
more about father, for think he does
things to have me notice him, and /
believe he reads this diary" She was
Marks own child.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
interviewing Under Difficulties.

Julia Ward Howe. the venerable au-
thoress. has hOme-like way of rcceiv-
ing professional call from news
paper reporter. She lectured here
three or four years ago and reporter
was sent to see her at the house of a
friend with whom she was stopping,
out on Mount Curve avenue. He was
a stranger 10 Minneapolis and lost his
way, so that it was midnight when he
found the house. Naturally she had
retired, and her host said no interview
could be had that night.
go and tell Mrs. Howe" said the
belated man, .'that a repo ter has
walked three miles through the rain
and mud to see her. and it is owing to
an accident that he did not arrive
sooner. Ask her if she won't see me. 3"
The appeal was not made In vain.
The good old lady sent back word that
she wouldn't get up, but the reporter
might come in and ask her any ques-
tons he pleased. He went in and sat
on the stairs where he could make
Mrs. Howe hear him, and they
had friendly talk. She explained
how she came to write the Battle
Hymn of the Republic" and recited to
him some of the verses, which he wrote
down by the dim light of hall lamp.
Four battle hymns wouldn't have
given him snch an impression OF the
genuine goodness of the woman as
that courtesy.-Minneapolis 1ribai'as.
Attendance in the English churches
is said to be excellent. The dissent
ing churches make rather poor show.
ing in comparison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
The Festive Flea.

An afflicted correspondent gingerly
handles the insect as follows in the
Texas Siftings:
The particular insect in my minds
eve is the one indigenous to California,
and to San Francisco especially.
Whether he has ten or a dozen legs |
can not say, but think he has twenty
by the way he gets around. He is one
of the liveliest animals [ know of. Talk
about the cricket, why, he isn't a cir
cumstance to the flea. The latter is in
half dozen places at once; in fact he
| is everywhere and all the time.
Still, it is very difficult to locate the
flea. When you try to do so you will
find that he isn't where he was, and
you can't tell when he'll be there
again.
When you do find him it is almost
invariably after he has found you, and
the meeting is unpleasant for many
reasons.
/ have often wished the flea were of
larger stature, OF elphantine proper
tions, that | might hear his gentle
footsteps as he approaches, SO that |
might HE me away to some secluded
spot till he would pass. But, alas!
| listen in vain for his coming; | can
not catch even the sound of his Iabored
breathing as he steals upon me under
the cover of the midnight darkness;
only when he buries his incisors deep
into my long-suffering flesh am l
aware of his presence.
Although armed to the teeth he is
no soldier.
You can not insult him. Oaths,
and threats, are lost on him.
He is deaf to every entreaty; he is
never satisfied; and he rarely if ever
dies natural death.
He is carnivorous also. have never
heard of one feeding on grass, or veg
etables, or paving stones. | have read
of seducated feas. | wish schools
could be established in which the flea
might be taught to become self-sup-
porting, and to labor at regular stated
hours. / am not rich, but / would
give two nickels to aid in the estab-
lishment and maintenance of such in
situations, and furthermore, | would
petition Congress to make grants of
land for the purpose in-Alaska.
| have done with the fea-I mean
for short time. No, fear me here
will be no ultimate separation even on
the ground of incompatibility.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
Turkish Press Censorship.

A real humorist has been found in
Turkey. He is the new press censor
of Constantinople, and these are some
of the orders which he has sent out.
They will make the average American
local editor feel the value of liberty.
"Article 3. Do not publish scientific
or literary articles too long for COM
pletion in a single issue. Avoid notice
to be continued, which causes uncom-
Portable tension of mind.
Art. 4. Avoid blank spaces and sug-
gestive dots in the body of an article.
They tend to raise suggestions and
disturb the tranquility of the readers
mind, as was lately seen in the case of
the LeUa1at Herald
Art. 3. Avoid personalities. If any
body comes and tells you that a gov
ernOr or deputy governor has been
guilty of embezzlement, maladminis-
tration, or any other bIameworthy
conduct, treat the charge as not proved
and say nothing about it.
Art. 6. You are forbidden to publish
petitions in which individuals or as
sociations complain of acts of mis-
government, and call the sultans at
tention to them.
Art. z. You are absolutely forbidden
to publish a word about attempts on
the lives of foreign sovereigns or acts Of
sedition in foreign countries, for it is
not good that such things should DO
made known to our loyal and peace
able population.
Art. 8. You must not mention these
regulations in the columns of your
journal, because they might provoke
criticisms or draw unpleasant observa-
tions from Unconditional minds.-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
The Sweet Word "HoIne."

Home! 1t is a charmed word.
Through that one syllable thrill untold
melodies, the laughter of children, the
sound of well-known footsteps, and
the voices of undying affection. HomeI
] hear in that word the ripple of
meadow brooks in which knee deep we
waded, the lowing of cattle coming up
from the pasture, the sharp hiss of the
scythe amid thick grass, the creaking
of the hay rack when we tramped
down the load. Home! Upon that
word there drop the sunshine of boy
hood and the shadow of tender sor-
rows and the reflection of 10000 fond
memories. Home!
When | see it in book or newspaper
that word seems to rise and sparkle
and leap and thrill and whisper and
chant and pray and weep. 1t glitters
like shield. 1t springs up like a
fountain. 1t thrills like a song. 1t
wrinkles like star. 1t leaps like a
flame. 1t CLOVIS like a sunset. 1t sings
like an angel. And if some lexico-
grapher, urged on by spirit from be-
meath should seek to cast forth that
word from the language the children
would come forth and hide it under
garlands of wild flowers and the
wealthy would come forth and cover it
up with their diamonds and pearls;
and the kings would hide it under
their crowns, and after Herod had
hunted its life from Bethlehem to
Egypt, and utterly given up the
search, some bright, warm day it
would flash from among the gems, and
breath from among the flowers, and
toss from among the coronets, and the
world would read it bright and fair
and beautiful and resonant as before:
Home! Home! Homei-Dr. TaEn1age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
Halford's Scientific Investigation.

Mr.. HalfOrd was a reporter for years
before he was an editor, and not a few
funny stories are told about him. He
was what is known as a hustler, and
the journalist who beat him in gather
ing news had to step around lively.
One time Halford was assigned to re-
port hanging, and on this occasion
he did bit of original work that at
tracted some attention. Two or three
hours before the fatal moment he was
permitted TO have a talk with the con-
demned man. Here are some of the
things he said to him.
My friend, have you any objection
to help settle a scientific question:
81 Dunno"
.'Well, let me tell you. There has
been good deal of talk in the news
papers lately as to whether a man who
is hanged has any consciousness of
feeling after the drop falls. Many peo-
pie think his struggles are purely in
voluntary; that he wholly loses con-
seriousness, and doesn't suffer at all.
Now YOU, if you choose, can settle this
question"
How can / settle it?"
"Well, now look here" continued
Halford. "S'pose after the drop falls
you still have consciousness. If you
will just keep wiggling the little finger
of the right hand that will be signal
to me. l viii know that you are con-
scious, and as long as the finger keeps
weighing I'll be sure you know what is
going on. win you do it?"
After little persuasion the man
consented to try it. During the scene
that followed Halford had no eyes for
anything but that little finger. And
it never wiggled. Indianapolis Cor.
Neao York San.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
AN ICELAND FARMHOUSE.
Some Disadvantages, Much Comfort and
Snugness.

The buildings of farm usually are
under one roof and stand in a row,
with their gable ends facing the court.
They are peculiarly constructed; econ
omy of timber and the exigencies of
the climate furnish, however, key to
their architecture. Ordinarily they
are but one story in height. They are
framed of wood, and their gables also
which usually slope to the ground, are
commonly of lava and turf; the roof
always is matched with turf, which
quickly grows together and forms a
continuous covering, through which
wet and cold scarcely can penetrate.
Seen from distance group of farm
buildings bear the appearance of an
Irregular, grass grown hillock, upon
which, to highten the illusion, sheep
are calmly grazing.
The farmhouse proper consists of two
or three gables; next is the bvre
for winter shelter of the cows, if the
farmer is sufficiently well to do to
possess any, and next the smithy with
its forge and anvil; the Icelander in
his isolation is thrown upon his own
resources. and is obliged still to exer-
else, upon occasion, calling that has
descended to him from the immemOr-
ial past. Entering the house through
the lower doorwayin one of the gables,
you find yourself in long, straight
passage, through which, even in broad
daylight, you must commonly grope
your way. The floor is sometimes of
boards, sometimes of earth; on each
side doors open into the adjoining
buildings, separated from each other
only by wooden partitions. Usually
the door on the other side leads into
the common living room of the house,
which occupies the whole of the build
ing in which it is situated.
A quaint and picturesque interior
meets your eye. 1t is a long, low
room, lighted at either end by square
window. Above, the beams are visi-
BILE, and have been made the place of
deposit for an indescribable variety of
household articles. Along one side
stands the low stationary bed, which
serves also as lounging place by
day; some square wooden chests are
ranged along the opposite side; at the
end. particularly in winter, several
women are carding and spinning wool.
This common room always indicates
the thrift or poverty of the farmer.
Sometimes it is scrupulously neat and
orderly, and its furniture is good and
substantial. if not costly. Frequently,
however, everything about the place is
of the primitive kind, and comfort,
convenience and cleanliness are I'M
known. The bed looks as if it were
never made up; and dirt, feas, child
rem, and dogs are distributed in equal,
though inordinate, proportion.
fyou enter the door on the opposite
side of the hallway, you find smaller
room, usually furnished with chairs
and table, and sometimes.with a bed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07

This, in the larger houses, is the spare
room of the house, and, after the var
ious saddles and Sunday garments
placed here for safe-keeping have been
removed, it is assigned to the chance
guests. If, instead of turning to the
right or to the left, you continue your
way along the passage to the end, you
arrive at the kitchen, which usually is
in separate building. Its floor is of
earth. In a fireplace fickers an I'M
certain fire of peat, and over it hangs
an iron pot from a crane. EVERYTHING
is dark and smoke begrimed. for much
of the smoke does not escape through
the open chimney, and the only light
is from the fire. Perhaps an old
woman with her black garments and
her tasseIGd hufa bends over the kettle
and stirs its contents. The unsteady
light gives it all weird appearance,
and YOU wonder if the crone is not
muttering an incarnation.
1t is such an interior as Gerard
Douw would have loved to paint.
Small as is the kitchen fire, it Is often
the only one in the house, for fuel in
some parts of the island is exceedingly
scarce, and must be used with the
strictest economy for cooking pur-
poses alone. It is customary to close
the house when the cold winter weather
comes on, for the atmosphere becomes
at least warmer than the outside air. if
not quite so well adapted for breathing
purposes. The houses of the clergy
often are better than those described,
in that they have more rooms or bet
ter accommodations; sometimes, how
ever, they are worse, or the guest
chamber already has been allotted,
and in that case you retire to the
neiphborinp church.-AHG11ticM OnthE7J.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07

A new English game called "naval
blockade" has recently been invented.
which is said to be as intricate and
fascinating as chess.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07

A straight fush"-The maiden's
cheek that is not painted.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-17
THE NEW DISCOVERY.

You have heard your friends aut
neighbols talking about it. YOU
may yourself be one of the many
who know from personal experienc,
Just how good a thing ii is. If you
have ever tried ii, you are one of it,
staunch friends, because the won-
dertul thing about it is, that when
once given a trial, DIR. Kings New
Discovery ever after holds a place in
the house. Ii you have never used
1t and should be afflicted with a
cough, cold or any Throat, Lung or
Chest trouble, secure n bottle at
once and give 1t n trial. 1t is guaran-
iced every time, or money refunded.
Trial Bottles Free at Daniel J. Fry's
Drugstore.