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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09

DO you mean to say that this would
do away with patronage?" was asked.
LET up suppose" Mr.. Bellamy replied,
'"that the Mayor of New York would APP
point the head of the Gas Department.
He would have no patronage whatever.
and no power Of appointment or removal.
He would merely have power of suspension
from duty during the offenders trial by
the courts. There would be a provision for
the Impeachment of any officer who used
his Office for political purposes"
"What about u present educational
system?" asked the reporter.
THE PRESENT EVILS.
'The present system of education is fail
ing to reach the children of the poor, was
the response. "Why is this SOP" Simply
because it is necessary to put them to work
at a very early age. The big Massachu-
sets mills are full of children II or II years
of age. The age of compulsory education
should be raised to IL years, and the state
should supply such aid from the treasury,
whether In form of food, clothing or other
n-ecessaries as may be needful to enable the
children of parents who are dependent up
on them to attend school. With this pro-
vision school attendance should be made
absolutely compulsory.
THE plutocratic tendency dates back
thirty years" continued Mr.. Bellamy.
st has increased so rapidly that it is
enough to scare any thinking man. If it
continues to increase as it has IL the past.
the wealth of the country will be wholly
In the hands of a small fraction of the PEG.
pie. and the rest of US will have to live on
wages. If nothing is done within ten or
fifteen years to check this tendency, we
are lost. We are upon the very hinge Of
distiny. II we swing any further on the
edge nothing but a social cataclysm can
save US. There is no chance but for a
strong public movement, and if the coun.
try does not want to go any further with
US, the whole matter may as well be
a great thing for the laborers of the coun.
try In going as far as we have gone. Lei
it be understood that we are In no way In
sympathy with any anarchical movement
The American flag is good enough for
u.s."
Do you believe that this ideal state Of
alike?" was asked.
1T will be not only beneficial to TIE
whites of the south as well as the north, >
replied Mr.. Bellamy, ''but it will afford
an ideal method for the discipline, culture
and elevation of the recently enfranchised
colored man"
In conclusion, Mr.. Bellamy said that he
was deiuged with invitations to speak, but
has invariably declined, as he did not
care to be looked upon as a hippodromer.
Il feel that | can do better work for the
cause by simple conversation with my fell
low-men, he said.
Is he a dreamer or a prophet?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
Depew's Story of Horace Greeley.

From his speech before the Buffalo Press Club.
To interrupt Horace Greeley when he
was in the throes of bringing forth an ed
itoriaI-an editorial which has never been
equaled in the journalism of America-an
editorial which was a slogan for his party,
a thunderbolt for his foes-was a danger
which no friend, no enemy, none but a fool,
dared to encounter. | was once inhis ed
itorial sanctum when the fool was there.
To relieve your apprehensions, | was not
the fool. But he was one of those timer
ant and persistent gentlemen with a sub
scription book. He kept presenting it while
old Horace was ~writing-as most of you
remember, with his pen away up to his
chin, like this (illustrating). and Horace
had a habit, when anyone would interfere,
of kicking, and so he kicked at the sub
scription fend. Finally when he saw he
could not get rid of the intruder by this
means, he stopped in the middle of q
sentence, turned around, and said, rasping.
ly, in that shrill voice of his:
"What do you want? State it quick
and state 1t in the fewest possible words
well, said the subscription fend, q
want a subscription, Mr.. Greeley, to pre-.
vent thousands of my fellow human beings
from going to hell"
Said Mr.. Greeley: 81 won't give you q
ID cent. There don't half enough &C
there now"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
Kite Flying i'm LapIand.

In making meteorological observations
In Lapland, Mr.. Tromholt, author of
under the Rays of the Aurora" had oc-
casion to send up balloons and to fly kites
of which he had a number. These were
object of interest and wonder to the ma
tives, and the scientist was led to fly them
for amusement, as he relates.
When | discovered that even the most
primitive of fying-machines, the kite,
was unknown to them, | decided to make
one larger than myself, on which |
painted two enormous staring eyes terri
BILE to behold. it was a delight to these
children, great and small, to see it soar
high among the clouds, and to be allowed
to hold the string and feel how it tugged!
But | did not rest content with this. !
determined to construct the greatest kite
which the world had ever seen. | had to
discard the orthodox shape, with the
s~emi-curved head, as an iron buckle large
enough was not to be obtained. | made,
therefore, two slender poles twelve feet
long, which | laid crosswise, and tied the
four rne together by means of rope a
quarter of an inch thick.
Next | bought at the merchants eight
yards of linen for clothing this monster.
The result of my labor was the production
of a wall of canvas, nearly eighty square
feet, which, when it was up, | was hardly
able to move, on account of its great
weight and the force of the wind upon
it.
Four lines, meeting at a point below it,
were arranged so that the kite, in spite
of its weight, would rise with fairly
strong wind. It came, and, of course the
kite was at once to be tried. The end of
the thick rope which held it was securely
fastened to a pole in the ground.
But now arose the question: How was
| to get a tail for such a giant? An ordi-
nary paper tail would have had as much
effect as a match would in steering a man
of-war. After some deliberation | made
up my mind. | constructed a tail of fire.
wood ends strung on a rope.
At last the solemn moment arrived
when the machine was to ascend and what
nobody expected occurred-the monster
kite shot up like rocket.
But it was also the signal for a general
stampede of the crowd as well as its con-
structor, as the colossus with its terrible
tail. on account of a certain want OF
equilibrium, described the widest and
most alarming antics IN the air with d
rapidity of motion quite startling and
threatened every moment of coming down
headlong. to the woe of him whom il
struck He would admire no more kites in
this world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY.
New York Weekly.

New YORK Weekly.
[ dom kno az it IL a very difficult thing
tew be a good Injuu up in heaven; but tew
cum down here and be a good Injun, IL
just where the hard work Gums in.
Don't mistake p~lezzure for happiness; it
IL entirely a different breed of dogs. Thare
IL a CRATE zeal ov exquisite p~lezzure in
happiness, but there IL a CRATE deal ov
plezzure that haz no happiness in it.
Experience haz the same effekt on most
folks that age haz ON a goose-it makes
them tuffer.
Sewing Sosietys" are generally WHARF
the wimmin meet to rip and soup the
naberhood.
A lazy man alwus works harder than a
bizzy one. The hardest work | kno ov IL
tew grunt. 1t is harder tew set still, and
fife flies, then it IL tew get up and escape
from them.
Young man, when yu hav tew sarch
Webster's Dickshionary tew find words
big enuff tew convey yure meaning, yu kan
make up yure mind that yu don't know
mulch.
Laffing devils are the most dangerous.
If | had a mule that wouldn't neither xix
nor bite, | should watch him dredful .
till [ found out WHARF hiz malice lay.
When beset with misfortune, we should
do az the sailors do in a calcium before
the wind.
Adversely IL the fire that tempers the
iron ov man into steel.
never had a man cum tew me for advise
yet but what | soon discovered that he
thought more ov hiz own opinyun than he
did ov mine.
Edukashun that don't teach a man how
tew think IL like knowing the m~ultiplika-
shun table forward but not backwards.
Some time ago a gentleman visited a
pen of tame ostriches in Africa. At his
call two beautiful birds came up to him.
Being DESTROYS of testing their speed he
arranged with their keeper that they
should run a race. So he caressed the
the birds and showed them a handful Of
figs Of which they are very fond. The
ostriches were held while the visitor walk
ed to a certain distance. At a signal they
were set free and began to run for the figs.
They came bounding along at a terrific
rate. taking twelve or fourteen feet at a
stride. They ran neck and neck for more
than half the distance, their wings working
like arms and making a great sound.
Presently one drew ahead, and looking be-
hind, as you may have noticed a boy In a
foot race do to see where his rival was,
and finding him beaten, the winner slack
ened his pace and gently trotted upfor the
prize of figs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
M0mHQ from the diary Of touristA
MI FiN commercial travellers, bual-
ness men and others he

N0TEO from the diary Of tourissA
MI EN commercial travellers, buE-
ness men and others kaD
revealed:
That the Wisconsin Centr, has tAa
unqualified endorsement OF all;
That the Wisconsin Central has to-day
the most popular line between Chicago
and Milwaukee. and st. Paul, MIME
apolis and the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding to its admirers as the reco9-
nized Pullman line between Chicago
and Milwaukee and Ashland, Duluth
and Lake Superior;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points in Wiscon-
sin, and that it his more important
business centers on its through line
than any other railway to and from
the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviable. reputation with its peer
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin Central runs faa
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout thu
country, who will cheerfully give any
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are specially
instructed TO look after the comfort OF
passengers who may be routed via It's
line.
For detailed information apply to yous
nearest Ticket Agent; or to represents
tives Of the Wisconsin Central.
WIN. s. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER
Geueral Manager. Gen1 PasSr. & Tkt Az
LOUIS ECKSTEIN,
Asst Genf Passr. & Tkt. Agx
MIIWAuKE K WIS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
HANGING Is HORRIBLE.
a H~alf-Lynched Sheriff Tells His Expert
ence and Declares That 1t is a Cruel
Death.

ence and Declares That 1t is a Cruel
Death.
James E. Morgan, Sheriff of Sherman
county. S. Oak, has been In the West
over thirty years. He is here on a visit to
his relatives, on Staten Island, and he
finds New York has undergone q mighty
change since he left it in 1861 to 90 to the
front.
Il fnd," said the Sheriff to me the
other day, "that the question whether a
man should be hanged or executed cleo
trically has been settled. | am glad to
find that electricity has carried the day,
for l assure you that death by hanging
is intensely painful"
why, Sheriff" I said, sis it possible
that you were hanged?"
.'Quite so, and it was no joke. When
the war closed | went West to seek my
fortune, and had a pretty hard time be-
fore | found any thing resembling it.
One hard Winter two others and myself
went into Wyoming on a prospecting ex-
petition, and had to maintain ourselves
chiefly by hunting. Antelope were very
scarce just then, and we suffered consid-
erably from hunger. One morning we
separated, the better to scour the country,
agreeing to meet on a distant hill at noon.
My companions were hardly out of sight
when | shot a steer, and was in the act of
cutting it up when three f~erce-looking
cowboys swooped down upon me. | am
as you see swarthy, and they took me for
a Mexican. AS they also were dirty
looking, | made the same mistake, and
saluted them In the little Spanish | had
picked up. It happened that a tall cotton
tree was conveniently close, and, without
saying a word, one of the men threw his
lariat around my neck and tossed the
other end of the rope over a stout limb;
his two companions pulled upon it, and
| was in the twinkling of an eye going
through all the agonies of hanging. The
pain was frightful. There was a tremen-
dous rushing through my ears, the sky and
everything else turned red, pins and
needles seemed to be sticking into every
part of my body, and at the same time
the back of my head felt as if it were being
sandbagged at the rate of forty strokes a
second. How long it lasted | couldn't tell.
To me it seemed hours. When | regained
consciousness one of my friends was pour
ing whisky down my throat and the other
was rubbing my chest with the same
liquid. 1t appears that my comrades had
returned in time to cut me down before
life had fed, but just then | wished they
had let me be. The process of r%esusci-
tation was, ifpossible, still more agonizing
than the hanging; but. as the man con-
demned by Law does not suffer in hat re-
gard, there is no use in dwelling upon it.
But why did they hang you?"
'"They were driving a herd of cattle to
Idaho, and it was one of their steers that
| had shot. When my friends arrived
and explained, the cowboys cut me down.
and when | was ready to receive them
they were profuse in their apologies.
"Ihat is how | know that hanging is
one of the most cruel deaths to which you
can put d man."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
VENTILATION.


A most Important Matter During he Win
ter Season.
We have now come to the time of the
year when we shall sit with our windows
closed and our doors also, says the Ladies
World, and shall consequently feel the loss
of that pure air which we have hitherto
admitted through p doors and win
dows. Not only hal we suffer the loss,
but we shall have to endure the untold
evils that accompany the warmth of stoves
and furnaces.
We can do much, however, to mitigate
these evils by judicious ventilation to our
houses, but. it will require SONS manage
ment and a little study to accomplish this.
The simplest way of ventilating a room Is
by opening the windows from the top and
putting it up from the bottom allowing
the foul warm air to escape, and pure air
to enter. An open fireplace helps greatly
to keep the air pure. If the bedroom
windows are guarded by shades and blinds
one at least may remain open all night,
provided it does not subject the sleeper to
a draught, and the effect will be highly
beneficial. This should most certainly be
done in any apartment heated by a stove
or furnace, as carbonic-oxides escape
from either as ordinarily manufactured.
Air is sure to become unwholsome when
ever it stagnates long, so that the best
thing one can do is to make it circulate,
or at least to set it in motion out ward from
the room, and this can be done. as we have
said, by opening the windows at the top
and bottom. If windows or doors are OPP
posite each other. open both, if it is only for
sixty seconds. and let a strong rush of cold
air come in; and this will drive the heated
foul air out.
On coming into the room after this ven
t~ilation, NO one with any sensibilty can
fail to discover the healtlful difference
between f~oulness and purity. This sim
! pie act of ventilation should be performed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
Educational Matters in Iowa.

DEs MONIES, Dec. 31.-The annual
meetings of the State Teachers and State
Music Teachers association began today.
A call has been issued for a reunion of old
law makers of the territory and state of
Iowa at Des Moines February 9th. All
members and officers of the house and SEN
ate up to and including 1868, are invited.
Geo. P. Smith. aged 81, a Waterman at
the Massachusetts, states prison suicided
with a revolver while temporarily insane
from an attack of La Grippe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09

in every sleeping chamber where lamps
have been lighted and people sitting be
fore retiring. This thorough air cleansing
will be needed in addition to opening the
sashes and leaving them thus with blinds
closed and shades drawn down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09

An Irish woman went into jeremiah
Kelly's emigrant office in Fall River,
Mass, two or three weeks ago and asked
for a draft of 60, directing that it be sent to
an address which she left with Mr.. Kelly.
The woman said that she had been a
servant in a well-to-do family in Ireland
forty years ago, at the time of a famine.
She gave food to the suffering poor from a
larder of the household without the knowl-
edge of her mistress. The fact that she
had given away what did not belong to
her preyed upon the servant mind, and
she resolved to pay back the value of the
goods whenever she became able. Later
she removed to this country and began to
save what little money she could spare I'M
til she had so. This she took to Mr..
Kelly with the request that he should for
ward it Ito her old mistress, and tell
her whence it came. In the forty years
conditions have greatly changed, and the
mistress was no longer rich. She wrote
that the money was indeed a treasure to
her in her present circumstances, and she
was deeply touched at her old servants
honesty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
Daniel Boone Good Enough.

A farmer who was seated with his wife
in a WACO ON the market yesterday, says
the Detroit Free Press, beckoned to a news
boy who was shouting:
"Al about etc; and asked:
whats up now?"
"All about the message"
What message?"
The presidents"
"Oh, that's it. The president sent a
message to some one, did hep"
Its the message to congress-" said the
boy.
''Must be mighty Important"
"Yes, sir"
"Guess I'll take one. then"
Il guess you won't" exclaimed the wife,
as he felt for his change. What ON
earth do you want of a ~message?"
want to see what it is, don't II"
But it is nothin' but reading"
mo, | s'pose not, but the president must
a had sunthin on his mind when he made
it up"
''S'posen he had. We've got huff On
our minds, haven we? You haven't fin
ished that Life of Dan1 Boone yit."
"That's so. Say, bub, sorry to have
troubled ye, but | guess | don't keer for
any message, and the old is rayther
agin it, too. It's probably all right, but
don't keer for it. I've got a book to home
that makes my hair stand right up on
every page, and | guess the president can't
beat that Life O. Danl Boone'-and the
way he did knock Injuns and bars about
would make your feet cold to read. No, ]
guess | won't buy. I'll continue on with
Dan'I Boonet!'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09

Sast Mail Limo with Vestibuled Trains -
wreu Chicrgo. Milwaukee, St Paul and
Min"eaInl 9
Route BET ween Chicago,
Council Bluff. Omaha and the Pacific Coast
Treat National Route between Chicago. Kan
ST. CITY All - Joseph. No.
300 Miles of Road reaching ali principal
f-,m : "a II in',is. Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iovs
VI souri, a . Dakota
For maps. tine tables, rates # passage and
r gu APP ~ n arest station agent o.
% IcAeO ~ wArKEg & ST. PAUL RAILwAf
% >" IA 'ro,f ,get any " here 10 The W0N
o~"EL MILLER. A.V H. CARPENTER,
-s-ral Manager Gen1 Pass and Tkt Ar
.p nroru non n referepc- ~ Lands and
=. ~ n FrTCA6o. MILWAUKEE, & :
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09

LEGAL BLAN"
WOOD CO, REPORTER OFFICE
FOR IUsrIcR OF THE PEACE.
AppeaI-Notiee. Af6davit and Undsrt>kisa-
Northumberland and Afhdavit
Bill of costs.
Garinshee Afiaavits.
Summons.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and Affidavit.
Subpenas.
Summons-with fling and Return.
Venire.
And : full line of blanks used by any Jussiss
Of the Peace.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Land Contracts. (Bond for deedJ
Lease-No. 2 for Farm land.
/" q term of yeats for city
property.
Mechanics L~ein-Petition for material and
labor.
Mortgages-For real estate-Prepared speci-
ally for Wood County Records.
Warranty Deeds-Prepared for Wood County
Records.
Chattel Morris age-No1 1.
8. Several Notes.
Satisfaction of Mortgage.
Assignment
Notice to Tenant to grit Premises.
GeneraItiadave for Pnsion,
Physicians afldavits for Pension
Saloon License bonds.
General Power of Attorney.
Quit-CIaim Deed-No. l. form 1886.
Search Warrant, and Affidavit.
STATIONERY
Mol Legal Cap-Linen.
Abstract or Department Legal-Numbered
lines.
Letter Heads printed to order.
Note {"
Envelopes
Business Cards Il"
Tags-all sizes
Circulars
Show Bills, all kinds"
Tablets of white paper for pencils.
=" Z" Z" pen, all sizes kept
in stock.
We propose to keep all blanks used in Circuit
Court, Justices Court and those of miscella-
peous character as noted above.
JOB DEPARTMENT.
We have in this department a complete line
of job Material and Type for doing frst-class
Job work on short notice and at the lowest
living prices. We do all kinds of Pamphlet
and Law Brief work known to the trade.
Call in and get Drices-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09

pose the ground below their beds or disused
wells and other out-of-the-way places.
Jewelry stands high commercially India,
for it always commands a ready sale. \
jewel there Is a veritable .job-giver, as
the origin of the word implies. 1t is
reckoned the most solid kind of wealth;
and the fortunes are never counted with
out estimating the value of the stock OF
jewels. They perform a great matrimoni-
al function. the poorest bride having he1
dowry, often equal in value to several
years of the b~ridegroom's income. One
of the greatest boasts of the jewelry owner
Is that his boards are not taxed. for he may
be possessed of jewelry worth loo, 900
rupees and yet pay no income tax, for the
simple reason that the boards yield him nc
income.
But boards take also the form of coined
money and bullion or bars of gold as well
as jewery. At the present time it is be-
lieved that 10 million British sovereigns
are boards in India. chiefly In the Bombay
presidency, where the impression on them
of St. George and the dragon appears to
be valued on religious grounds. There are
also vast quantities of the native coinage
stored. the mohur being the principal coin
in boards. 1t is of gold and of the weight
and fneness of a silver rupee, its value be-
ing about Cos. This boarding absorbs all
the gold that pours into India, and
very much of the silver, although the lat
ter Is the circulating medium. As the ma
tives get wealthy they prefer gold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09

As for the burglar, he was sentenced to
a fine long term in jail, and Miss Madge
Palliser might have realized a handsome
fortune had she accepted the offers of the
various dime museums that longed to
exhibit her as the heroine of a daring ex-
DiOit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
PROPHET OR DREAMER.

BeIlamy Believes That the Social Mil
lennium is Close at hand-An In
teresting Talk With the
Author of Looking
Backward"
The Question Whether a System Such
as Now Works to the Success Of a
Few, and the Failure of so
Many, Is the Best the
World Can Adopt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09
JOB DEPARTMENT.

We have in this department a complete line
of job Material and Type for doing frst-class
Job work on short notice and at the lowest
living prices. We do all kinds of Pamphlet
and Law Brief work known to the trade.
Call in and get prices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-09

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