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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-25
The Burden of Big Houses.

An ideal of earthly comfort, so COM
mon that every reader must have seen
it, is to get a house so big that it is
burdensome to maintain. and fill it up
so full Of jimcracks that it is a con-
slant occupation to keep it in order.
Then, when the expense of living in it
is so great that you can't afford to 90
away and rest from the burden of it
the situation is complete and boarding
houses and cemeteries begin to yawn
for you. How many Americans do
YOU suppose out of the droves that
flock annually to Europe. are running
away from oppressive houses? When
nature undertakes to provide house,
it fits the occupant. Animals who
build by instinct build only what they
need, but mans building instinct, if it
gets chance to spread itself at all, is
boundless, just as all his instincts are.
For it is mans popularity that nature
has filled him with impulses to do
things and left it to his discretion when
to stop. She never tells him when he
has finished. And perhaps we ought
not to be surprised that in so many
cases it happens that he doesn't know,
out just goes aheau as long as the ma
terials last.
If another man tries to Cypress him
he understands that and is ready to
fight to the death and sacrifice all he
has rather than submit; but the tyranny
Of things is so subtle, so gradual in its
approach. and comes so masked with
seeming benefits that it has him hope
le>sly bound before he suspects his
letters. Scribner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-25

Owner Cooking disconsolately down
the row of vacant houses)-"No one
gone yet, Marks?n Marks (the agent,
briskly)-''No. Something must be
done. I'll put sold in the windows of
two more of them tomorrow morn
inc. n-Harper's Bazar.
The minister was calling for recruits
for temperance work. I'm one little
town, cried he, there's seventeen
gin-mills; that's where we want to go
90. brethren" Yes, yes" shouted
red-nosed, sleepy individual in the rear
of the church, lets 60 now."-N. j.
Herald.
First Mosquito-Ah, my dear Long
bill. l am tired of this life of ours.
Would | were an elephant. Second
MosQuito-And |, well | must confess
| prefer tG be mosquito, a mos
quito, my dear Nignt-Singer. is so very
small that he is really of too little con-
sequence to be notices. but he has a
heap OF fun biting the pachyderms.
even if the results are SMALL Chicago
Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-25
He Knew All About 1t.

The other day in one of the public
schools it happened that Atlas became
incidentally a subject of reference, and
the teacher asked the children if any
of them could tell her something Of
this tabled parsonage. One of the little
girls remembered having heard that
Atlas used to hold up the earth and
said so. Used to hold it up?" said
the teacher; land can any one tell me
why he stopped holding up the earth?'
There was silence for few seconds,
when lad in the middle of the room
said he guessed it was COZ the earth
got old enough to hold itself up
BinGi,aratOn Leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-25

and kissed her scarlet lips; land you.
Gloria?''
For loves sweet sake as WELL" she
answered.
Then, with his arms around her, she
told him what she had heard about
Ethel Vernon.
He laughed lightly.
so | am engaged to be best man to
my bosom friend, who will soon claim
her as his bride; but tell me. my dar-
ling, that the same day l may claim
the heiress of Emerson Hall''-with
happy laugh-''as my payment for the
first case | undertook-a case without
my clients knowedg e. "-Fan2i1gP Paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-25
A Comparison.

I'd ruther lay out here among the trees
With the singing birds and the buml bees.
A-knowing that can do as ] please,
Than to live what folks call a life of ease
Up thar in the city.
Tor / really don't exactly understan
Where the comfort is fer any man
in walkin' hot bricks an usin' Il fan,
An enjOyin' himself as he.says he can
Up thar in the city.
It's kinder lonesome, mebbe you'll say,
Alvin out here day after day
In this kinder easy. careless way;
But hour out here is better day
Up thar il the city.
As fer that, jus look at the flowers aroun',
A-peepin their heads up all over the groun,
An the fruit a-bendin the tr e way down.
You don't find such things as these in town.
Or, ruther, in the city.
AS ] said afOre. such things as these,
The flowers, the birds, and the buml bees,
An alvin out here among the trees,
Where you can take your ease, an do as you
please,
Makes it better'n the city.
Now, all the talk don't mount to snuff
Bout this kinder life a-bein rough
An I'm sure it's plenty good enough,
An, tween you an me, t ant half as tough
AS Twin in the city.
james WhitcOmb Riley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-25
Always Business.

A good-natured coachman once saw
tired looking Jew peddler going
along a country road and generously
offered him ID lift. The peddler was
not SLOW to take it up and rode with
great pleasure to the market town.
There he alighted. and in return for
his courtesy offered the coachman the
pick of his wares as gift. He. how
ever, declined the offer.
We'll, then" insisted the enterpris-
ing son of Israel, If you won't take
present don't you want to buy some
thing?"-Fliegeisde Blatter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-25

The only Jewish daily paper in the
world is said to be the st. Petersburg
Hametitz. of which Mr. Zederbaum is
the editor. Difficult as is his task he
carries it on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-25


chans'e. or Providence? but one thing
certain. that Alvin Emerson was in
the room. and holding the parchment
that left him penniless in his hand,
slightly scorched, but intact.
Gloria, why did you try to burn
these?' Then more gravely: Il
think | understand. for | know what
these are. Mana has confessed to the
hiding of them; her motive, lest the
change in your position should estrange
you from her. Gloria, promised to
tell you something. Sweet, it is this:
| suspected almost from the first who
YOU were, for | found a miniature |
almost deemed was you among Charles
Emerson's papers. and written below
it the words, my darling. in his hand
writing. Gloria, | have sought proofs
of your birth, and l could prove your
rights even if you had destroyed the
papers. After to-day Emerson Hall
has no master"
mo. no. Oh, Alvin, you must be
madr'
Not half as mad as the little girl
who would have destroyed her birth
right" he said. with a smile. Then,
after moments silence: Gloria,
did you dream that | would be willing
to rob you? Oh, love, tell me, did you
burn the proofs from the same cause
sought to find them?n
A soft. red flush stained her cheeks.
Surely-ah-surely-there must have
been some mistake about him and the
Spanish-eyed beauty, for surely this
was a lovers voice sounding in her
ears, a lovers tender eyes that were
looking into hers, making them droop
with the passion of his glances.
Il can not tell till I know your
reason" she answered. shvly.
1T was for loves sweet sake he
said, as he folded her close in his arms
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08
The Modern Tenement.

It looks very fine until you go behind
the front door and walk through the
narrow halls, which have never seen
light since the roof shut out the day for
ever. Foul smelling sinks occupy inches
in every hall, and the close, sickening
smell which pours out seems to thicken
the atmosphere so that breathing be-
comes difficult. The only thing which
ever disturbs the strata of heavy air is
the passage of human beings to their
several rooms.
In the morning men and women grope
their way down the stairs to go to work;
at night they find their way by instinct
there is nothing else to guide them
to their sleeping places.
Children go to work at any age as
soon as they can get places, and the
jewellers in the modern tenements are
proud of the tiled floors, the electric
bells and all that sort of thing. They
are step up the human ladder, but they
live exactly the same as thousands of
others do; they are literally stuffed into
two small rooms, but the owner draws a
few dollars more every month because
it is modern tenement. 1t is all a spe-
cies of vanity, pardonable perhaps, but
productive of not much good.
The mortality in a modern tenement
is just as great as it is in rookery, and
the accommodations inside are equally
as bad.-New York Evening Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08
The Voice on Finance.

The New York Voice, the national
prohibition organ, has been recently
trying its hand at the money discus
sion, and in view of the fumax it
makes of the question we extend a
little friendly advice to 1t to stop.
The editors attempt to answer a
correspondent who understood what
he was writing about. places himself
In a fog more dense than a New
foundland mist, If the Voice has
any regard for its influence and cir
culationin the West it will give up
the gold ring argument, which has
been refuted and so thoroughly ex
posed that it is matter of surprise to
find paper so conspicuous for good
sense and information on other sub
jects, so wofuliy misinformed on the
financial question. If the Voice
wishes to keep up its reputation in
the West it will cease presenting the
patitudes of the money monopolists
of Wall street and London on finance
and tarry at Jericho till its financial
beard be grown. Its readers West
and South are too we'll informed to
bolt such crude stuff as it has been
dealing out on the question.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08
In the Swallows.

The carping and fault finding ofthe dem
ocratic press with Secretary Blaine's des-
patches to Salisbury on the Behering Sea
question, while it manifests lack OF
patriotism, marks the party more strongly
as mere opposition party than any act in
its previous history. And also in the mat
ter ofMr. Blaine's reciprocity position, they
cannot refrain FROM growing over while
claiming it to be in line with The democratic
position on tariff measures. The party
papers claim that the Secretary's utterances
are free trade doctrine and while giving
them mild approval are particular to pro.
claim the democrat party opposed to free
trade. While making an outcry against
the indefensible position taken by part of
the republican party who happen 10 hold
the reins of power at present, the democrat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08
Another Constitutional Amend
ment,

Australian Ballot reform IS bear
ing down all opposition. In Penn
syl\ ania the BOSSES have it fenced
out BY an article in the constitution
requiring the voter to place his name
on tue ballot before he deposits it in
the box. This completely prohibits
the Australian ballot law. A strong
movement is on foot to carry this
provision at the next election, and
as all the elements except the bare
machine of the republican party are
in favor of the change 1T is likely to
be secured and another constitutional
election be ordered by the next leg
islature. This will doubtless bring
to the front another trial for liquor
prohibltory article in the constitu-
ton, and if the vote in Nebraska
next fall carries the prohibition
amendment it will give the cause
such an impulse forward that the re-
suit would be almost certain to carry
prohibition in Pennsylvania. The
only hope of the liquor monopoly is
in the continued success of either of
the old parties. With their fall goes
down the liquor power, but never
while they stand will liquor be de-
throned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08
Against the Sweating System.

There is to be new crusade against
sweating. The social reform wing of
the Salvation army has declared war ON
the system and enters at once on the
campaign. In particular the army is
going to fight for "boardmen, messen-
gers, bill distributors, circular address
ers, window cleaners, whitewashers,
carpet beaters" and other unskilled
workers whose labor often pays heavy
tax to the middleman. Often the board
man, it is stated, is SO sweated out of
his miserable earnings that he receives
as little as one shilling for days toll.
The "army" commissioners think they
can get him at least two shillings day,
and an improvement of 100 per cent.
would certainly be acceptable.-London
Telegraph.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

The Alta-which upholds honest poll
tics sometimes, and Is sometimes cour-
ageous when crime is committed-has
the least circulation and patronage of
the seven prominent daily journals pub
lished in San Francisco. The Alta rents
two story edifce, The Chronicle owns
one eight stories in height, The Exam
liner will build one of twelve stories, and
yet we affect to wonder that our politics
are corrupt, that our bosses do not lead
immaculate lives, that riots occasionally
and strikes frequently occur, that our
merchants sometimes make fraudulent
and criminal failures in business.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

the emergency of thetimes is creating a
great union movement as the republican
party was created, which swept everything
down before it.
This movement is popular cyclone with
its storm centre at present in the Northwest,
West and Southwest. 1t is moving East.
and will be felt in its full force before 1872.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

1t was claimed in the meetings attend
ing the celebration of the forty-second
anniversary of modern Spiritualism re-
Gently that there are $4,000 Spiritualists
in Boston alone, mai-y of whom are scat
tered among the various churches.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

1t is said the law regulating child labor
in the factories of New York is generally
observed. The law prohibits the en-
ployment of children under IL years of
age, and limits the labor of all minors to
sixty hours each week. The measure
was not intended as hardship upon
employers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

Now is the time to get your
Spectacles and Eye Glasses
all first class goods-at re-
duced prices. Very cheap to
reduce my stock.
Elk. BROWN, Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08
L K. TAYLOR,
Justice of the Peace,

Justice of the Peace,
Rising Sun. Mo.
Deeds, Mortgages, Bills of Sale,
Wills, and other legal instruments OF
writing, carefully and correctly drawn
up and executed, at a reasonable cost.
S@All business transacted before
me confidential without request. oc3o
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

ladies" who manage the St. Louis
Training school are very short
sighted, to say nothing Of their lack
of appreciation. The opposition in the
unions to the recognition of women has
always claimed that they had not the
proper instincts and courage to make
soldiers in any cause, and the st. Louis
bunglers have put club in the hands of
these DIRECTORS. The girls of the train
ing schools are the daughters, sisters and
sweethearts of workingmen, and as the
interests of all workers are identical
they strike at the foundations of their
own homes when they go in on strike.
The position of the scab is not desir-
able one, and the "ladies" of the st.
Louis Training school will discover that,
like the mistaken tinker" they have
seriously injured those for whom they
professed great love.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

SHORTHAND and TYPE-WRITINC
Instruction in above branches. Lessons
by mail IA specially and proficiency guaran-
teed. First class references. Terms mod
crate. Send for particulars.
w. J. PEOPLES,
P. o. Box Sc. Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08
CAPITAL $500, 900.
The bleGuarantee& Trust Go
DEE.

wIEMINGTQN, DEL.
The services of a well organized Trust Company
in the capacity of Administrator, Executor Guar
dian Trustee, Receiver. Surety, any Office of
trust is generally acknowledged to be much more
satisfactory and efficient than that OF an individual.
The officers of och concern may die. but the
Company goes on as usual with the business
trusted to it and complete all its undertakings
without any interruption. This Company is a1.
thorized by its charter to settle Estates and act in
all such capacities named above. Its charges
are moderate and reasonable. The officers are
always pleased to give information in regard to
any matters pertaining to its business not gener-
ally understood. and they invite correspondence
INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS.
Deposits of money received and interest paid
thereon as follows:
2 per cent deposits payable on demand.
2l-2 per cent on deposits, payable after 10 days
notice.
8 per cent deposits payable after 80 days notice.
Foreign Exchange bought and sold. Letters OF
Credit issued and investment securities OF the
highest character tor sale.
OHIO NOWLAND Sec. and Urea.
WILLIAM BUSH, President,
PRESTON LEA, Vice President
WILLARD SALISBURY. JR., Solicitor.
DIRECTORS:
Wilmington: VIM. Bush. Preston Lea. willard
Saulsbury Jr, VIM. II. Swift. Samuel Bancroft. Jr.
H II Carter DR.. james A. Draper. Edward Bring
hurst Jr Geo, W. Bush, Christian Fe iger. II. M.
Barksdale VIM. DUPONT, Thomas JacIs son, VIM. T.
Porter Joseph Swift. VIM. G. Pennypacker, Smith
Brennan W. W. Pussy. Georgetown: A. p Rob-
inson. Dover Geo. v. Massey, II. A. Richardson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

pTOlGSSSu SIStG lONSs
1t has been the legalized custom in
New Jersey for long time to publish
in 100 different newspapers the laws
passed by the state legislature. In select
ing the papers some effort has generally
been made to recognize the different in
terests in the state as represented by
their publications. The Paterson Labor
Standard has always, until this year,
been placed upon the list as the organ of
organized labor, but Notwithstanding
the fact that the state comptroller in
Guided The Standard in his selections
for 1890 it is not among the designated
papers because the governor and secre-
tary Of state scratched it from the
list. 1t is charged by The Standard
and the labor unions that this boycott
of labor's recognized mouthpiece is in
spired by spirit of revenge for the
course taken by the paper in the ballot
reform law agitation. The amount paid
by the state to each paper printing the
laws this year is over $500, and the Pas
sale County Trades assembly has pledged
to raise more than that sum for The
Labor Standard, so that the working
people may read the enactments of the
last state assembly, and The Standard is
printing the laws. 1t will cheer the
many labor editors who live in con-
tinual struggle to keep their heads above
water to know that the veteran Joe
Mcdonnell is surrounded by men who
are ever ready to hold up his hands,
which have so long borne the standard
of labor's struggling hosts.
There is dissatisfaction in some quar-
tiers with recent utterances of Mr.. Pow
derby. In a speech on Pennsylvania
politics he, very properly, felt called
upon to refer in unfavorable terms to
Matthew Quay. In doing so he made a
comparison of Mr.. Quay with the Chi
cago anarchists, particularly Albert
Parsons, so wording his remarks as to
leave them open to the construction that
he (Mr. Powderly) thought Parsons a
much better man than Quay and less dan
gerous in the community. This may be
anything but compliment to the dead
anarchist, but Mr.. Powderly's critics
say he displays considerable cheek in re-
ferring favorably to Parsons in any sort
of comparison after his course at the
Minneapolis session of the Knights of
Labor in 1887. The DIRECTORS may have
grounds and they may not have. Wise
men sometimes change their minds, and
the general master workman is credited
with wisdom. Then again it is well
known that he has that happy faculty
of forgetting unpleasant things.
Jos. r. BUCHANAN.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-08

If ever an international labor alliance
is consummated it's first business should
be the adoption of an iron bound pledge
that under no circumstances will the
worldngmen of one country take up arms
against their brothers of another coun-
try. If the money grubbers and shylocks
are taught that they will have to spill
their own precious blood to settle their
future squabbles there will soon be an
end to wars.
All advanced thinkers and workers in
the field Of labor reform learn with re-
greet of the action of the st. Louis Wo-
mems Training school. That institution
has been furnishing girls to take the
places of the striking hotel and restau-
rant walters. For the past few years
many noble women have been laboring
to secure recognition of women by Ia
Dor unions, and to bring about co-opera-
ton in efforts for the uplifting of the
sewing and factory girls. In these efforts
they have had the hearty assistance of
most OF the labor leaders. The result is
that in nearly every branch of industry
where women are employed the same as
men they are now admitted to the unions
and councils of the trade or calling ON
an equal footing. The ''philanthropic
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-28
REAL ESTATE.

APPERsON & CO., No. north Eleventh
street.
BOW MAN, BOSWELL & SHUMAN, No, 9
north Eleventh street.
BOWE, y. ", No. 1 north Eleventh street
BROWN. J. THOMPSON K CO., lIi3 east
Man,
CHEWAfNG < ROSE. 30. 5 north Tenth
street
cHAFFlN. II. b. K co. No. l north reuth
street,
CRAWFORD. GEORGE r.. No. zoos Bank
street.
pENOON, UPPER & CO.. s2i f. Main.
ELAN JAMES b. lib +. Main.
G0DDiN JOHN T.. Eleventh cor t>snk,
NIL. FRANK D-& co. No. 6nosla Eleventh
street.
ROSE, CHARLES A., No. north Ninih
street
RuIHEkFootD. THOMAS, No. I. north
Tenth street.
suTIoS 4 co, No. i0it east Main street.
TAYLOR. II SELDOM, 4 son, Eleventh cor.
neg Bank,