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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
Kean and Stage Fright.

During on engagement at Liverpool,
Charles Kean acted in the Lady OF
Lyons" three or four times. For the first
three representations the prompter was at
his post regularly, and all went smoothly;
on the last night, however, he was unfor-
tunately called away. Claude commenced
his description as usual, with the words
'Nay, dearest, nay,
If thou wouldst have me paint thee
At this moment he fixed his eyes on the
spot where the prompter should have been,
but found him not.
The Prince of Como paused, and tried
again, saying:
eff thou wouldst have me paint
L say-if thou wouldst have me paint thee
Then he collapsed utterly, excIaiming
audibly to Mrs. Kean, who had in vain
attempted to prompt him:
st S no use, Ellen; I'm fummuxedr'
His most ludicrous mishap, however,
occurred in Belfast, when he was acting
Othello. He had just heard bogus re-
port Of the alleged death of his Intimate
friend Murray, the Edinburgh manager,
which somewhat unhinged him. He got
through his first scene without difficulty,
but when he came to the Apology. he had
barely uttered the first line, Most
potent, grave and reverend signors, :"
when his memory left him altogether.
He inquired anxiousl y of me Il was the
Cassio):
what is it?''
In the innocence of my heart | respond
ed, "What is what?'
The world" The word!'' he replied.
(Which word?' | ingenuously asked.
"Why, the word | want!'
But" said I, 81 don't know which
word you do WANT Mrs. Kean and the
prompter both saw something was wrong,
and they each tried to prompt him from
the wings, but in vain. At last a lumin-
GUS idea occurred to me. | whispered him
the last line of the Apology; he accepted
the suggestion, and boldly cutting out a
hundred lines or more sin one fell swoop''
he exclaimed:
"Here comes the lady-let her witness itl''
Whereupon the entrance of the gentle
Desdemona got us out of our difficulty.
Years afterward, when he played VOL
sey in his magnificent revival of Henry
VIII at the Princess, he suffered more
from nervousness than he had ever done,
and it was alleged Though | can not
vouch for it from my own personal
knowledge that two young girls, who fol-
lowed as pages in his train, were carefully
taught the words of Wolsey, so that in
the event of his breaking down they mig ht
prompt him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
The Italian Chamber of Deputies.

A visit to the Italian Chamber is well
worth the making. Rome has thousand
attractions for the sojourner within its
limits, so absorbing that it probably oc-
ours to few American tourists to wend
their way, when Parliament is sitting, to
the numbering old edifce which serves
temporarily, it is to be supposed-as the
Italian Capitol Yet it would be interest
ing to any one who took the trouble to
take place in the gallery of the chamber
to observe the many picturesque and the
few historic figures there, and to hear de-
bates in the sweetly flowing ''lingua Tos-
cana The palace of Monte Citorio was
used, in the old Papal days, as the Per-
lecture of the Papal Police. It was select
ed, when the King came and took up his
abode in Rome, as the Parliament house.
But, huge as it is, it contained no apart
ment adequate to the accommodation of
the lower house; SO its big courtyard was
rooted in, fitted up, provided with semi
circular benches. adorned with hangings,
and here the deputies met, for the first
time representing every old kingdom,
duchy and state of Italy in one assembly.
Opposite the semicircular seats, on which
the deputies sit, divided according to their
party affiliations into right, center and
left, is the presidents fauteuil, on the
same dais with the throne. In front of the
president is the table at which the minis
tiers for the time being sit. Above and be-
hind the deputies are the coy galleries,
admission to which it is never difficult to
obtain
The deputies are about five hundred in
number, serve without pay, are chosen for
a term of five years though a chamber
seldom survives through it's full term
and must be at least thirty years of age.
They must also pay taxes, equal to about
four dollars year-not very narrow
limit. Another curious feature of the
Italian electoral law is, that officers in the
army andnavy, ministers. under secre-
taries, and certain other high officials,
may be elected deputies; but the number
of these must never exceed forty, not in
Guiding the ministers and Secretaries
general. The principal ''perquisite' of
the deputies is the right to travel free
on all railway and steamboat lines
About one-fourth of the railways, it may
be said, are owned by the government.
In one political respect the Italians
show wisdom which might well be emu
lated in countries more boastful of their
greatness and excellence of their institu-
tions. When district finds out that it
has elected good deputy, it keeps on re-
turning him to Parliament. Party lines
in Italy are not very distinctly defined;
and the fact that a 1uan has done good
and honest Legislative service is stronger
argument with Italian electors than the
fact that he belongs to Right or Left
that he is follower of Carroll or Crispi.
There are probably few changes in the
personnel of the Italian Chamber, at each
recurring election, than in any other
Parliament in Europe. George Make
peace Towle, in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly for May.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
The Fate of a Countess.

From time to time within the past year
the newspapers of the East have contained
more or less extend accounts of the dOinge
of certain Count Montercole. Count
Montercole is an Italian, and, though his
stature IS diminutive and his features
about as unprepossessing as any ever worn
by d human being, his title of Count is
said to be genuine. Several years ago he
married Miss Virginia Knox, beautiful
girl belonging to one of the most wealthy
and cultured families in Pittsburg The
couple went to the bridegroom home in
Italy and soon afterwards cabiegralns Civ
ing more or less fragmentary accounts of
the unhappiness existing between the pair
began coming to this country. Not very
long ago the young woman was brought
back to her former home by relatives
Shortly after her arrival there the Count
put in an appearance in Pittsburg but was
induced to leave after being fercelv and
conscientiously thrashed by one of his
wife S male relatives. This precious speci-
men of nobility has been twice arrested in
Philadelphia within the last two weeks for
distributing atrocious circulars rejecting
upon the good name of his wife.
The unhappy girl, who left luxurious
home to follow the fortunes of this wretch
ed adventurer, has until the present time
preserved silence on the subject of her mis-
cry. At last, however, she concluded to
speak, in the hope" rs she expressed it,
''that it might be a warning to other
American girls" She told her story to a
New York reporter. Her husband beat
her for her money, imprisoned her in his
Italian castle because she could give him
no more, and in general she says: "a
man never treated dog as that beast
treated me-
No American girl DESTROYS of marrying
into the aristocracy of Europe should fail
to read the story told by the Countess Of
Montercole and to profit by it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
Two Scenes in Court.

Oliver Smith, a Congressman from In,
diana in the early part of this century
comments upon the pompous ceremonial
which was dear to the hearts ofjudges and
lawyers in the backwoods in his day. In
court held in log cabin he asserts he
has seen an assumption of authority worthy
of Mars Hill.
For example: One man while blowing
pulled the nose of another. The case came
to trial. The Judge and two associates
took their places with great dignity and
ceremony. The crowd filled the cabin and
the fields outside. The counsel for the
state began:
MAY it please the Court
The Judge rose.
Eyes, young man. he exclaimed, grand.
iloquently, lit does please the Court! Go
to the bottom of this cause The people
have come from far and near to hear the
lawyers plead
The counsel made labored speech OF
two hours, which was received with ire
mendous applause. When he had finished,
his friends, the jury and other member of
the bar pressed round him with congratu-
lations. The Judge declared that he
"didn t think he had it in him, and that
the grafton was an honor to the state of In
diana"
In contrast to this, the Congressman re-
lates a little incident which occurred to
him in 1923. He was in Baltimore, and
had missed the Chesapeake boat on which
he intended to go to Philadelphia. As he
strolled along he came to the building
where the United States Court for the Dis
triet of Maryland was in session and
entered.
A venerable Judge was on the bench. a
lawyer was speaking in low, earnest
voice. and another lawyer was taking
notes. There was no one else in the court
room except the stranger and the mar
shall.
THE cause being argued was one in
volving wash interests; the Judge was
Chief Justice John Marshall; one of the
lawyers was William Writ; the other was
Roger B. fancy"
In or out of a courtroom we shall
usually find that the greater the man the
less are the bruit and pretension which
surround him. 1t is the Jack-ir- the-box
only that needs the waving Of flags and
blowing of trumpets to herald his coming
Youth Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

piece of ,statuary, are unanimous in pro-
nouncing its merits, and the merits of the
ingenious artist who has produced ii.
AMERICAN HEMP.
The interchangeable exertion of John Reed.
Esq. and others in promoting the growth
of this valuable article of commerce, hemp,
merit much from their country, and from
the spirit of cultivating this commodity
which now relgns there is no boubt but in
a few years a saving will be made of f70,-
600 year to the common wealth in this
single article. Tuesday sen night load
raised by Mr.. Reed was brought to town,
from Roxbury, and pronounced by judges
to be far superior to the best Russian
hemp. And on Saturday last. Of equal
quality, raised by Maj Ruggles, of Rox-
bury, was brought to town; and it is with
pleasure we can inform the public from
the best authority, that hemp raised in
this state is continually bringing to
market. A bounty of Us per cwt is given
by the commonwealth for all merchantabe
hemp raised within the same. as also a
bounty on duck, sail cloth and Irvine,
which is extended to January, 1892.
AMERICAN GLASS.
III Is Will plcdSuIt tudt We IedIu budb
the glass mandatory in Maryland is
thriving fast. The glass lately manufact-
ured there is equal in quality to that i'm
ported from Europe When we consider
the great expense and labor attending an
undertaking of this kind, the advantage
and benefits resulting from the establish
ment of manufactures in America, we can
but hope that the encouragement of both
public and individuals will be equally
great. We learn that looking glasses will
be manufactured in these works in the
spring.
No wonder the visiting Englishman
fears that he will be scalped, when he
reads such par graphs as this in the
Lodge Room Echoes columns of the
American papers: 1.-The squaws and
braves of Pockanocket Council, No. 4l9.
Daughters of Pocahontas, will celebrate
their first great sun ON next Wednesday
sleep. Molunkus Council, No. 612,
of Methuen, will be present: also
Great Prophet Robinson, Great Chief
of Record Shocks and squaw. After long
talks by Chiefs and squaws, a
feast of corn and venison will be served by
the suuaWs of the cOuncil''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
The Great Napoleon as Seen by an Ameri
can Traveller.

On the 18th there was grand review
of the imperial guard and several regi-
ments of the line in the courtyard of the
Tuileries, amounting to eight or ten thou
sand men, composed, of infantry, cavalry
and artillery; and here we had the salts
faction of seeing for the first time the cele-
brated conqueror of Italy. His appearance
was far from dignifed or inspiring behold
ers with that awe which one would expect
in such character. However he might
be in action, he makes but poor figure on
parade. From our situation we had an
excellent opportunity of observing him.
We were within eight or ten yards Of the
spot on which he took his station while re-
viewing the troops. His stature is some
thing below the middle size, his complex
ion of a yellow, sickly hue, a prominent
chin. and his eyes little sunk. His coun-
tenance has a melancholy, serious cast.
Yet, notwithstanding these disadvanta ges,
his face is by no means homely. He was
surrounded by group of generals whose
brilliant uniforms rendered his plain dress
the more conspicuous. Except his epauets,
his whole dress was perfectly plain, with
out either lace or embroidery. He wore
his hair cut short without powder, and a
pIdlu COCheu UdU Will d udttplldl COChduc
As soon as he descended into the court
yard he mounted handsome white steed,
and Immediately set off full gallop inspect
ing every corps, passing through the lines,
and receiving petitions, number Of
which were presented by the soldiers. HI
is very bold rider, but not very good
and certainly an ungraceful one. From
his bad Workmanship (by improperly
checking) he brought himself and horse to
the ground. He then dismounted while
the mud was washed off the poor animal
but he disdained changing his own dress
and appeared at the levee after the parade
in his muddy uniform. where the diplo
matte corps and number of sprusely at
tired strangers had the honor of being
thus received by him-From .'Glimpses O.
Napoleon in 1904" by Clarence Deming
in May Scribner.
Edward Smith, aged 6S years and tn,
first mayor of Neenah, died in that cit.
yesterday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
Domestic Education.

What number of idle, useless young
women-they call themselves young ladies
parade our streets! They toll not,
neither do they spin. yet Solomon, In all
his glory, was not arrayed like one of
them
Have they made, or are they making
any preparation for their duties to So
ciety, the world, and God? They lounge
or sleep away their time in the morning
They never take hold of the drudgery,
the repulsive toll which each son of
Adam should perform in this world They
know nothing of domestic duties: they
have no habit of industry, no taste for
the useful, no skill in any really useful
art. They are In the streets not In the
performance of their duty or for the
acquisition of health, but to see and to be
seen.
They expect to pick up husband who
will promise to be as indulgent as their
parents has been, and support them in Idle
ness. They who SOW the wind in this way
are sure to reap the whirlwind No life
can be exempt from care. How mistaken
an education do these girls receive who
are allowed to imagine that life is to be
always garden of roses! Labor is great
law of our being. How worthless will
she prove who is unable to perform it!
1t has been observed that ''by far the
greatest amount of happiness III civilized
life is found in the domestic relations. and
most of these depend ON the home habits
of the wife and mother What mis-
take is then made by our young girls and
their parents when domestic education is
unattended to. Our daughters should be
taught practically to cook, to arrange the
table, to wash and iron, to sweep. and to
do everything that pertains to the order
and comfort of the household. Domestics
may be necessary, but they are necessary
evil; and the best ''help" woman car
have is herself.
1t her husband is ever so rich, the time
may come when skill in domestic arrange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Nothing gives more satisfaction than 10
note the happy advancement of the arts
and sciences in our country. At present
we have the peculiar pleasure of announc-
ing to the citizens of America the compile
ton, by Mr.. Gullager, of an elegant burt
of the President of the United States, in
plaster of paris, as large as the life-in
which the beholder at first view recognizes
the Great Deliverer of Our Country. The
connoisseurs who have visited Mr. Gulla-
gers rooms to examine this beautiful
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

An origina entertainm ent, which bids
fair to become very popular, is occasionally
given in New York society nowadays. In
vitations are issued for play to be given
by amateurs at 10 o'clock in the evening,
thus leaving the time devoted to dinner
comparatively undisturbed. London in
order to get rid of hurried dinners in the
theatrical season, is to have three or
four afternoon theatres, so arranged that
all the best plays and actors in turn can be
seen at them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
A MARVELLOUS FASTER.
A French Widow Who Says She Has Been
Without Food for Nine Years.

Without Food for Nine ears.
The little town of Bourdeilles, in Peri
cord, France, is becoming famous through
a woman named Zelie Bourivu, who pre-
tends to have tasted for nine years and
who is now actually undergoing a sixty
day fast, under scientific precautions
against fraud. The woman is the widow
of farmer of Paussac-Saint-V ivien named
children, all now dead The death of her
husband was the beginning of her fast
She is brunette with brilliant eyes and
excessive nervousness. She has lived since
her alleged fasting began under the care
of DR.. Lafon, who says that he has visited
her frequently, and, while unable to say
that her story was untrue, doubted it very
much, and endeavored frequently to induce
her to submit to a systematic course of
observations that would scientifically test
six years from 1888 to 1888 inclusive the
number of suicides in the month of July
ranged from 500 to 800, while the number
during the remainder of the year averaged
from 300 to 300 only. A characteristic
Japanese suicide occurred last year at the
famous shrines of Nikko. An old lady of
60 went thither in August. Her circum-
stances were good: she lad two sons in
official positson, and her home in Toxic
was comfortable and happy. She spent
two days at Nikko visiting the various
temples and places of note and seemed
bright and contented. But at daylight
on the third morning she was found with
her throat cut before a little shrine at the
back of the temple of Iyemitsu. From her
sachel the police took paper, wherein
was set forth, briefly but plainly. the mo-
tive of her suicide. 1t was very simple.
She had loved Nikko, and wished to- die
among its sacred groves. At her age the
probability of being able to return there
appeared remote Therefore she availed
herself os the present opportunity and with
kind farewelIs to those left behind she
made her exit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

The Milwaukee police are looking for
typewriter named Bertha Lyons, who
obtained money under false pretense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

ments will secure to her a comfort which
no domestic can secure. Even if she is
never called to labor for herself, she should
at least know how things ought to be
done so that she cannot be cheated by her
servants
Domestic education cannot be acquired
in the streets. 1t cannot be learned
amidst the frivolities of modern So
ciety. A good, worthy and comfort-loving
husband can rarely be picked up On the
pavement.
"a nymph who walks the public streets
And sets her cap for all she meets,
May catch the fool who turns to stare
But men of sense avoid the SNARE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

The highest and best interests of So
ciety in the future demand better, more
useful, more domestic training of our
young ladies'.
The cooking school is doing good work.
but how few attend. If the daughters of
fashionable homes could be weakened from
their luxurious habits of idleness and
shown the sweet feeling of usefulness, the
feeling that some one is better for their
having lived, if some one of our Fashion
Queens" one of the -Four Hundred ;
would only take up this work, set the ex-
ample, found a school where every pupil
could learn to keep house. in every de-
tail, we should soon see brighter eyes,
roster cheeks less complaints of ennui, and
better than all less firtations ON the
street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

piece of Statuary, are unanimous in pro-
nouncing its merits, and the merits of the
ingenious artist who has produced il.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

Edward Smith, aged 6S years and the
first mayor of Neenah, died in that city
yesterday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
NOMINATIONS.
A Long List Sent to the Senate By tn
President.


President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE Presl-
dent Yesterday sent to the Senate the
following nominations:
Interior observation-disclosures j.
Walton, to be pension agent at Louis
vile, KY; j. Lee knight to be receiver
of public moneys at Topeka, Kan;
George F. Blanchard to be land office
registerat Sidney, Neb.; w. II. Sea-
mans to be land-office register at Los
Angeles, Cal; James c. NOEL, to be
land office register at IrOnton, Mo.
Department of Justice Hiram
Knowles to be United States Judge for
the district of Montana; Robert ID.
Paul to be United States marshal
for the Territory of Arizona; to
be United States attorneys, Isaac
N. Alexander for the Northern dis
trict of Ohio, Theodore F. Shepherd
for the Eastern district of Michigan.
Maurice D. O'Connell for the Northern
district of Iowa, Franklin z. Mays fol
the department Of Oregon and Albert
D. Weed for Montana.
ostmasters-George w. Durham,
Manchester, Iowa; John f. Duncan,
Ames, Iowa; Edward A. Wood, Avoca,
Iowa; Richard A Smith, Lake City,
Iowa; John L. Grub, Columbus juno
ton, Iowa; Mnrshall w. Herrick,
Monticello, Iowa; Robert Hen
derson. Junction City, Kan
sas; Joseph Lucas. Chero-
kee. Kan; William G. Osgood, Meade,
Kan; William Lansdowne, Louisiana,
Mo-; II. S. Glase. Macon City, Mo-;
Frank Knickerbocker, Savannah, Mo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
TWO CHILDREN BURNED.

George Martins Baby Burned to Death
Also q Contractors Child.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. AT $50
O'Clock last night the house of George
Martin, laborer residing at the corner
of Myrtle and Central streets in West
port, was destroyed by fire, Mr.. Mar
tins youngest child, a boy of four
months, perishing in the flames.
Mrs. Martin left her three
children in the house while she went
across the street, and while the
little ones were playing the stovepipe
set fire to the oiled paper on the walls.
The two elder children escaped, while
it was impossible to rescue the babe,
it's body being frightfully burned. A
purse of 500 was made up for the I'M
fortunate family.
Katie Burns, the five-year-old daugh-
ter of w. J. Burns, contractor living
at 1901 Main street, was burned to
death at her fathers home Tuesday
night. Mrs. Burns had left the house
for the purpose of milking the cow,
first cautioning the child to keep away
from the fire. A few moments later
she was Mortified to see the little one
rush screaming from the house, her
clothes all ablaze. The mother extin-
guished the flames as quickly as posi-
BILE, but the child had been SO badly
burned about the back and neck that
it's death occurred a few hours later,
about eleven O'Clock.