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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
Two Views of Marriage.

1.-THE best thing for you to have is a
wife. She will care for you when you
are sick, cheer you when you are well,
see that you don't have to do any of the
work you don't like to do" etc. So in
substance said DIR. Abbott to the Con-
gregational ministers the other day. No
doubt he was right, but it is question
whether some of the advanced women
who are asking for representation will
consent to be put off with taffy. If they
are to do work for the cause they do not
want to do it vicariously
Even one who is not at all advanced
might well prefer that the man, whether
clergyman or a car driver, who mar
ries her shall marry her for her own
sake, and not because he expects to get
good serviceable assistance from her
bringing his dinner pail to him if he is
on railroad, or doing disagreeable
work for him which he does not fancy if
he is in the pulpit. A marriage of con-
venience is not of the best sort, even if a
condescending minister is party to it,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
Coming a Lot of Dimes.

Director of the Mint Leech said in re-
spouse to a question: eyes, there is ap-
parently great scarcity of dimes, judy
ing from the requests for them now
coming to the treasury. do not know
what the cause of the scarcity is; but the
fact that the requests for them are from
large cities, and especially from New
York, would tend to confirm the sug-
gestion that the scarcity is largely due
to the new dime pocket savings bank
which has recently been introduced.
Apparently large quantities of dimes are
being taken out of circulation and locked
up in those boxes. | have ordered large
quantities to be coined to meet the de-
mand
"Lastmonth 1856, 900 worth was coined
at the Philadelphia mint, and $4,000
worth more is being coined there now,
while $4,000 worth is being coined in
the San Francisco mint. There was an
unusual demand for dimes last October,
the cause of which l do not know. In
all we coined last year 81, 133, COO worth"
Washington Cor. Boston Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11

Icany, oraered a costume, left off my
stays and prepared to reform" The
first time | wore the aforesaid costume
it was with some vague misgivings My
husband had promised to take me to the
theater, but was detained down town
until nearly s o'clock. He came home
in tearing hurry, and catching sight
Of me, said impatiently:
"Why didn't you get ready! Here it
is five minutes to o'clock and you in a
Mother Hubbardr
"This is not a Mother Hubbard"
said, Indignantly Its my new cos
tune, and am going to wear it to the
theater"
''He didn't say anything, just looked at
me from head to foot for a moment, and
then said HUH in such a Disguised
tone that | vowed I'd never put on the
thing again. He told me afterward that
looked like feather bed with a string
tied round the middle or else like a rag
bag. Men, especially men that are re-
lated to you, are so complimentary, my
dear" she finished off, with gentle sar-
casm.-New York Letter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
The Golden Age Is Here.

AS far as fashion is concerned the
present may, without any exaggeration,
be described as the Golden Age" Not
only does gold appear in some shape or
form in bonnets, hats, mantels and
gowns, but it is now considered in the
best taste for table decorations. At one
of the most perfectly appointed dinner
tables seen last week all the glasses were
edged with gold, and had the hosts crest
engraved ia gold.
The finger glasses were especially beau
tiful, being of Venetian design, and the
gliding looking like fine inlaying of
the metal. The flower troughs, lamp,
candlesticks and large centerpiece for
fern were all of hand cut crystal, mount
ed in silver gilt. The flowers used were
yellow and white. No green appeared
except in the fern.
In charming harmony with all the
other appointments were the new 'tas-
sci" shades, used for candles and lamps.
These were composed ofivory silk gauze,
futed on the usual shaped foundation,
with drapery of the material falling in
graceful festoons at the sides and caught
up at the corners by gold cord and tas-
sci. The small upper part of the shades
was also encircled by the gold cord
London Letter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
The Boston Tea TarGy.

Andrew Walker, of Kennebunk, Me-,
now eighty-two years old, thinks he
may be the last person living who has
talked with man who took an active
part in the famous ''Boston Tea Party of
1773." This mans name was Jonathan
Mitchell, and at the time Of the revolu-
ton he was employed ON coasting YES
sci between Kennebunk and Boston, and
happened to be in Boston on the evening
of Dec. 16, 1878. The old man evidently
was not an American patriot, for he
said: 'It was too bad to see so much
good tea thrown overheard, so l thought
would save little. Taking a boat, I
went to the side of one of the ships
where men were throwing the tea into
the water and endeavored to put some in
the boat, but the scoundrel saw me and
tried to drown me, and l was glad to
get back to the coaster again alive"
Mitchell died in 1910, aged ninety five
years.-Exchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
A Woman on a Horse.

The rider must go the same way as the
horse, with the regularity of clockwork
and the movement of a rocking chair.
Should the horse strike a faster gait, the
rider must go with him. 1t is a sign of
bad craftsmanship when the rider is
jerked backward too suddenly 1t is i'm
portant to know how to control the ami
mails mouth. A skilled equestrienne
will know, after she has been in the sad
die two minutes. whether to ride her
horse with tight or light grip, and with
what style Of reins. The hand should be
firm and the wrist supple. This is diff
cult to acquire but it is indispensable in
good riding
The wrist must give and take the reins
with the motion of the horse, keeping
only an even pressure. Sit with a light
hand Supple wrist), so that you may just
feel the horses mouth without pulling at
it. 1t is important, of course, to sit erect,
and, if one be not straight of form, it
would be wise to acquire erectness by
exercise. A line from the riders shout
der should fall right down to her hips
and meet at the jointure of spur and heel
of the left leg.-Carl A. Nyegaard in La
dies Home Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
The Painting Fad,

"The painting fad, says lady artist,
'shas been on for about a year. How
long it will last, and what will take its
place when it has joined all the other
fads now forgotten, it would be difficult
to tell. Just at present the thing may
be said to be raging. l can make more
money just now as a teacher than at
legitimate work. have private class
consisting wholly of married women.
Some are young and some are old-all
are well to do. They learn painting be-
cause it is fashionable.
''Some of them develop considerable tai
ent, and if the fashion lives long enough,
or their ambition outlasts the fashion,
they may yet achieve something artistic.
But some of these women have grown
children, and others coming up, and no
more artistic perception than fly track
ing molasses. They work awfully hard,
too, and deserve success. They come
three mornings out of the week, and pay
one dollar per lesson. Such classes are
all over town."-New York Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
Frustrated Three Hundred Times

While working in trench in front Of
Franklin institute R. G. Hume, an en-
ploye of the Gas bureau, was overcome
by gas. He was resuscitated and con-
tinued his work, although he plainly
showed the effects of the shock for an
hour or more. Mr.. Hume has been en-
ployed by the city in the Gas bureau for
twenty-six years, and he has been pros
trated by escaping gas not less than 300
times. He has often been taken in an
unconscious condition to hospitals and
dispensa1ies, but he sticks to his task. It
is his business to find and stop leaks
Philadelphia News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
The Farm Tools.

1t would seem as if, after years of good
counsel on the subject, some farmers
would at least take the hint and look af-
ter the farm particularly after the
seasons work is done; but it will require
a good deal of preaching from the text
before conversion" is accomplished. So
one would think who rides far in almost
any direction this time of the year.
Mowers and horse rakes still out in the
fields, plows astride rail fence, barrows
leaning up against trees-these are some
of the not uncommon objects which one
may see on some farms. Get them in,
give a coat of paint where needed, and
save dollars.-Independ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
THE LOVERS lITANY.

Eyes Of gray-a sodden quay,
Driving rain and falling tears,
As the steamer wears to sea
In 4 parting storm of cheers
Sing, for faith and hope are high;
None so true as you and I.
Sing the Lovers Litany:
Love like ours can never der
Eyes of black-a throbbing keel,
Milky Hssm TO left and right:
Whispered converse near the wbeS..
In the brilliant tropic night.
Cross that rules the southern sky,
Stars that sweep and wheel and fly,
Hear the Lovers Litany:
Love like ours can never die.''
Eyes of brown-a dusty plain
Split and parched with heat of June;
Flying hoof and frightened rein;
Hearts that beat the old, old tune
Side by side the horses fly;
Frame we now the old reply
OF the Lovers Litany:
Love like ours can never die!"
Eyes of blue-the Simla hills
Silvered with the moonlight boar;
Pleading of the waltz that thrills,
Dies and echoes round Kenmore.
''Mabel, Officers, s'Good-by,"
Glamour, wine and witchery-
On my souls sincerity
Love like ours can never der
Maidens, of your charity
Pity my most luCkleSs state.
Four times Cupid's debtor l.
Bankrupt in quadruplicate.
Yet despite this evil case,
An maiden showed me grace
-Four and forty times wouldI
Sing the Lovers Litany:
Love like ours can never die!"
New York Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11

seem 10 get on wen JogeGner. 1ney
have, as far as | could discover, no re-
igion whatever. They seemed to wor-
ship nothing. saw horrible and cruel
sights in those FIVE years.
lido not believe, though, with Stanley,
that experiences Of that sort make wom-
an one whit less womanly. l think they
make her see there is something in the
world to consider besides her comfort
and convenience. live in Guayaquil
now. We have a great forest of these
splendid trees, and my husband is send
ing a few samples to this country. l
shall send 26-inch board of this splen-
did hued wood to the Worlds fair
San Francisco Cor. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11

OF genuine coin In making bangles or
jewelry, or with the sale of such ar
ticles after they are manufactured. He
says that the act of congress of Feb. 10,
1891, which has so frightened the young
ladies who have special leaning toward
bangles and trinkets formed from United
States coin, is directed against counter
feiting generally, and against the max
ing or possession with intent to use of
any article in likeness or ,similitude of
any coin issued as money. So there is
no need to bid the bangle goodby yet
Chicago News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
A Hint Ahnnf Eruifs

Housekeepers should be reminded that
the sweet cherry is one of the best fruits
we have for canning. Its flavor is in
sipid when preserved in sugar in the
old fashioned way. The sour Morella
cherry, however, makes a delicious pre-
serve. The distinction between a canned
and preserved fruit should always be OBJ
served. A canned fruit is cooked in the
jar it is put up in, in a light strip, and
sealed up boiling hot. A preserved fruit
is cooked in a preserving kettle in a
heavy sirup, and it is then put up in
jars, and is often cooled before it is
sealed up.-New York Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
FER LIFE ON THE Amazon.
The Remarkable Experiences of Mrs
Piper in South American Vilds.

The Remarkable Experiences of Mrs.
Piper in South American Wilds.
Mrs. a Dane Piper, a little woman
with bronxed skin, is experimenting the
unloading of cargo of South American
woods. She is past middle life, but very
active, and she stays all day on the
wharf and sees that logs Of rare wood
are properly arranged for hauling away.
There are twenty-six kinds Of wood
represented, some with tawny spots and
black marks exactly like the skin of a
leopard, and others with vivid green
markings. She knows every log.
'How do l know my logs?" she cried
in amazement. "Why, how do you tell
your gloves from your boots? l have
seen every one of those splendid trees
alive, and couldn't forget one leaf of
them"
She has indeed seen them alive, for
she is the first white woman that ever
went through South America. She went
through it from ocean to ocean, and has
explored the Amazon and its tributaries.
MY husband explored the Amazon
for the government" she says, 'and ]
went with him. Our Indians deserted
us after we had gone a few hundred
miles, and we went on alone down the
river in canoes. never was so happy in
my life. loved the excitement and the
wonderful scenery. Sometimes we were
glad to get alligator meat for food The
Indians were nearly all friendly, and
they came miles to see US. They used
| to bring great leaves full of water and
try and wash off my white skin.
"They treated me like queen. They
would never suffer me to walk step OF
to do the least service. We lived year
in an Indian village, deep in the great
forests. The people are gentle and mild,
though staid with one tribe for a while
that were cannibals. There is another
tribe that is leprous, every one covered
with snow white spots and scales.
81 was out of sight of white face, ex-
cept that of my husband, for five years.
/ was interested in the savage women,
and it is wonderful to see how quickly
they learned new ideas. The men nearly
all marry two wives. The first is al
ways the ruler of the second, but they
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
Schiller's Grandniece.

Miss Mary Schiller, grandniece Of
the poet, has been chosen a commits
sioner to South America by the Worlds
fair committee. Beginning her career
as a school teacher in Pittsburg, she
earned the money herself for a three
years sojourn abroad, where she fitted
herself TO teach languages. On her re-
turn to this country she obtained an OPP
portunity to teach in Washington, and
by her intercourse with the South Amer
lean legations there acquired the knowl-
edge of their language and literature
that fits her for her present position
Washington Letter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
A Mothers Love.

The loving devotion of a mother to her
child is almost as enduring as the heav-
ems above, and is not to be compared
times been eSemplifed, and the extreme
hardships undergone by Mrs. Nancy Six
killer, mother of the two Dunnawas
boys who were hanged at this place Fri
day, was only another substantial in
stance of this assertion.
After learning that the principal chief
had refused TO pardon her boys or COM
mute the death sentence the old lady
was wild with grief, and determined to
go to the chief in person and make last
appeal to him for their lives. The dis
lance from Mrs. Sixkiller's home in Go
ing Snake district to Chief Mayes' resi-
dence on Grand river is not less than
ninety miles Although an aged and
feeble woman of seventy years she made
this journey afoot and alone.
And all in vain!
Her pleadings with the stern old chief
came to naught, and the heartbroken
mother was back at this place the day
before the hanging so that she might be
with her doomed boys during their last
hours on earth.
When she left her home Mrs. Sixkillel
nat en- an old pair of shoes, but when she
arrived in Tahlequah her feet were bare,
torn and bleeding, and she was in an
utterly exhausted condition, caused by
her grief, hunger and fatigue. She had
waded creeks and climbed mountains
until her shoes were worn completely
from her feet.-Fort Worth Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
The Girl on a Wheel.

Tive conditions are needed for a girls
perfect bicycle costume, looseness Ito
permit free action to the muscles) and a
dark color. A plain skirt is matter of
course-no reeds or tournure being used.
The under or foundation skirt should
never be less than two and half wards
wide. An excellent plan is to face this
skirt with velveteen Also to cut from
four to six Sits an eighth of a yard up
making what dressmakers term give"
these preventing the dress from drawing
around the feet. The front of the drop
skirt may be plated, but do not use &C
Gordon plaits The back should be
shirred across the top very full. A
blouse waist is not absolutely necessary;
unless it is especially becoming, it looks
mannish or else slovenly Oh a rider when
at full speed
Of course you ride in very loose cor
sets or a corset waist, which is better
Then make the body Of your bicycle suit
to conform to your figure, but just as
easy fitting as you can have it and yet
fit we'll. Have very, very loose sleeves
Buy enough material for a second pair,
for they will go soon enough. A high
collar is an abomination. So are linen
cuffs. Have a rolling collar, use a natty
silk tie under it, fasten the ends securely
with ''stick pin" and leave all other
jewelry at home.
SAKE Bialritz gloves are best, and rus
set shoes are in place on bicycle. The
ventilated shoe with rubber soles in use
in the ladies' gymnasiums has every
thing to recommend it to a girl rider.
Many riders like as an undergarment
the divided skirt. Still others veto it.
1t is a matter of personal comfort or dis
comfort. Dress warmly, and yet be-
ware of getting overheated.
Home Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
Prehistoric Masonry.

While some workmen in Huntington,
Ind, were cutting down a lot to proper
level the other day, and when they were
about six feet below the surface of the
earth, some rude masonry was discover
ed. The structure formed vault about
six feet in diameter and three feet high.
The stone composing the structure were
of the limestone variety, and were of a
kind that is never found in that city I'M
less it is brought there What the vault
had been intended for is not known, as
there was nothing found in it. 1t is
thought to have been built by The mound
builders Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
Even Handed Justice.

Justice-You are charged with COM
hitting an assault on this man and
backing his eye. What have you to say,
sir?
Gentleman-Your honor, my wife lost
pet dog, and I caught this fellow
bringing it back.
Justice-You are discharged; but as
for you, you miserable scalawag with a
black eye, the next time you steal a
lady's dog and don't keep it I'll send you
up for six months.-New York Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
New York,s New Smart Cana

Sometimes you get tired of playing
hearts, sometimes you get tired of play
ing whist, you don't often get tired of
playing poker, but once in while it is
just as well to stop. and it has gotten to
be the fad, since the smart women have
taken to literature, to get up an intel
lectual game. The men don't like it
very much, because it causes them to
think, and man always resents this
when a woman is about. The most
amusing one is a game called Queries"
Questions are written on slips of paper,
sufficient room being left for the answers.
They are all folded, dropped into p
basket, and thoroughly mixed. Each
person draws one, opens and reads it,
writes the answer, folds it again, and
drops it into the basket. Then whoever
is good at deciphering strange hand
writings is appointed to read out loud
the result of the intellectual efforts of
the assembly.
There have been some good answers
usually they have been stolen, but if
people can steal good things it's much
wiser than giving original ones that are
stupid. "What is love?" is funnily
enough oftenest written by man and
answered by woman.
laughed over one answer given to
this the other night. A bold, masculine
hand had made clear that never ending
question, "What is lover and in a wom-
ans handwriting was the answer, ''The
selfish desire on the part of a man to
make one woman unhappy" Another
that was written by a woman was,
"When is woman at her best?" and the
answer, from man, was, when she is
like salad-tender, young and well
dressed. "-Bab's New York Letter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
Wonders of the Deem.

Carl Boentjen, of Astoria, has on exhi-
bition marine curiosity. It consists of
an ordinary seaweed some 20 feet in
length, and at the lower end the cluster
of roots has q firm hold of an aggrega-
ton of marine shells several pounds in
weight. These shells are occupied by a
curious inhabitant that has beak that
resembles a chickens, only it is divided
perpendicularly instead of horizontally.
San Francisco Call.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
Better Than They Expected.

Some men who had lost an anchor
near Linekin, in the town of Boothbay,
Me-, grappled for it the other day and
thought they had it. Twenty men drag
ged it ashore and upon the beach, when
their prize proved to be, not the anchor,
but the upper jaw of whale. It was
Is feet long from the bow in front to
either end joint, and u feet across from
end to end.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11
What a Mohsnmedan Bride SAYS.

There was a Mohammedan wedding
in London the other day, and the bride
repeated after the crimson clad Moulive:
81 stand here in the presence of God and
all who are assembled to unite my heart
to your heart and my destiny to your
destiny and to be called by your name.
Your sorrow shall be my sorrow and
your happiness my happiness.