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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30

every one present, save Tucker and him
self, had forgotten; it was the details of an
egregious blunder committed by Tucker
while attorney general of Virginia, and
Blaine concluded by saying that if the
commission of such a mistake was the re-
suit of being a lawyer, he, for one, con
graduated himself on not being a member
of the legal fraternity. Tucker thereupon
said his honorable friend from Maine re
minded him of the Pharisee in the parable,
apparently thanking Deity for having him
created unlike-"Youw broke in Mr.
Blaine, who had seated himself in the semi
circle Immediately in front of Mr.. Tucker's
desk This happy interruption was greeted
with roars of laughter, which complete J
drowned further remarks from Tucker,
who was famous both as lawyer and wit.
A high tribute to Mr.. Blaine's ability
and popularity was paid in his election as
speaker of three successive congresses.
When it became necessary for him to re-
tire, the Democrats having taken posses
sion of the house in the elections, Mr.
Blaine made a neat valedictory in adjourn
ing the session and dropped the gavel A
scene of tumultuous enthusiasm followed.
The immense assemblage, floor and gal
leries rose and greeted him with repeated
salvos of applause, running in waves from
side to side, with almost delirious cheer
ing, clapping of hands and waving OF
handkerchiefs and newspapers. For many
minutes he was detained, bowling and ac-
knowledging with emotion this tribute to
his popularity, and for half an hour after
ward there poured toward him stream OF
members and citizens anxious to press his
hand and express in words the admiration
already shown in signs. Mr.. Blaine has in
later years, after many greater triumphs,
often spoken of this incident as the one OF
his whole career which he remembered
most fondly.
1t was, in fact, the beginning of that re
markable personal popularity for which be
has since been noted-a popularity which
has caused his name to ring and echo in
every dell and valley, on every prairie and
In every city, town and village in the coun-
try; popularity which attracted to him a
host of loyal admirers, who refused to be
driven away by evil report or to be discour
aged by disappointment. Blaine's career
has been full of the drama of achievement
and of failure, of quarrel and humiliation,
of the triumphs of leadership, the victories
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30

MR. BLAINE'S REPLY TO CONKLING.
bitterness and personal detraction when a
leader approaches or enters the dark valley.
Perhaps the same thought that comes TO
me in this connection is also in the minds
of many of my readers-the variety of pub
lie service, the conspicuous position long
held, the vast influence upon parties, pol
icies and men of this foremost American,
still, so far as years go, scarcely beyond
the prime of life Mr.. Blaine is only sixty
one, yet for a quarter of century he has
been one of the leaders of his party, one of
the greatest of American publicists. For
twenty or twenty-five years his name has
been as much in the public prints, as often
upon the tongues of the people, as any
other
Mr. Blaine has for the most part made
Washington the scene of his public activi-
ties Here has been the stage on which he
has PLAYED many parts, always as star.
From the moment of his first appearance
in congress, twenty eight years ago next
December, he assumed a prominent plac'.
He had been but short time in the house
'-',''n II .,st.ltne apparent to every enc that
he was thu most popular man In that BODY,
and, despite his youth and inexperience,
one of the most influential. His then
graceful as we'll as powerful figure, his
strong features, glowing with health, and
his hearty, frank manner made him an at
tractive public speaker and man whose
acquaintance and friendship every one was
eager to possess.
Mr. Blaine's first hit in the house was at
the expense of Tucker, of Virginia. While
Tucker was addressing the house Blaine
had the temerity to rise and question him
concerning the accuracy of his statements
Tucker in reply intimated his lack of conf
dence in Blaine's ability to pass correcl
Judgment on legal subjects. as he was not
q lawyer. Blaine's memory, always re
markable, stood him well on this occasion
for it enabled him to cite something which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
A BURNING QUESTION.
RURAL AND CITY READERS WILL BE
INTERESTED IN THIS.
(which Is the More at Sea, a City Man
In the Country a Countryman in the
CityP''-what Mr.. Munkittrick Thinks
About 1t.
LSpeciaI Correspondence. !

MoRRIsTowN, n. j., July 20.-It appears
to be the general belief of all people who
are capable of thinking that no other liv
ing being is so much at sea as a country
man in the city Neither a cat in a strange
garnet nor needle in haystack can be
successfully used as a figure of speech to
give an idea of how utterly and irretriev-
ably lost countryman is in the city. This
argument has been SO long successfully
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
Seats q Hundred Francs.

Three hundred seats at hundred
francs per seat, and all of them flledl
This, briefly, was the result of the re-
cent ultra fashionable charity perform
ances given by the Duchesse 'Uza. The
great feature of the entertainment was a
magic lantern display by noble anna
teur, whose highly original slides are
still the talk of aristocratic Paris.--Lon--
don Figaro.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
Especial Correspondence.l

WASHINGTON, July 20-For several weeks
che name of Blaine has been on every ones
tongue in the national capital, as it has
been throughout the country. The air has
been filled with rumors of his DEATH of his
fatal illness, of his mental decay and phys
fcal demoralization-as often denied and as
often reiterated. By this time the country
has settled down to the conclusion that
Mr.. Blaine's trouble was accurately dag
aosed in a letter | wrote seven or eight
weeks ago-indigestion, govt. loss of nerv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
Free Right of Suicide,

LONDON, July l0.-Tradition has pre-
served the fame of that resolute Irishman
who vowed to chang himself or perish in
the attempt" and of that earnest but un-
grammatical swimmer who, when strug-
CLING in vain against the rush of furious
river, cried out despairingIy, 81 will be
drowned, and nobody shall save me!' IN
English magazine of the last century re-
cords the exploits of an even more deter
mined suicide who, when dragged from a
stream into which he had thrown himself
instantly hanged himself with the rope
wherewith he had been hauled out ard
then, when some passing philanthropist
cut him down, promptly cut his throat
with the knife which had severed the cord.
1t is somewhat novel idea, however,
that in any country of Europe the proven
ton of an attempted suicide should be re-
garded as an absolute offense against the
law of the land; but such a case actually
occurred in Russia while was there, some
years ago, at a small town not very far
from St. Petersburg
One of my English neighbors there had
RUSSIAN groom, queer, erratic, Eighty
kind of fellow, of whom a caustic British
visitor had justly remarked that che
might well have been supposed to be out
be out Of" One day the groom was miss
ing, and his master going to look for him,
found him hanging by the neck behind the
stable door,
To whip out his knife and cut down the
body was ''the work of moment" (as
penny novelists are so fond of saying) for
the energetic Englishman; and by good
fortune this clumsy fellow-who could not
even hang himself properly-had adjusted
the rope so awkwardly that life was not
yet extinct. Restorative measures were
promptly taken, and the life for which
honest Ivan seemed to care so little was at
length given back to him.
The news of this affair soon got abroad
and on the following morning in came the
local inspector of police with a look of
lofty official indignation. He sternly in
formed the amazed Englishman that he
had transgressed the law by interfering
with this man-that his duty in such case
was to notify the police of the event before
taking any other steps whatever, which
would of course give the suspended man
abundant time to die outright in the mean
while-and that, in a word he had done
very wrong, and had better not do it again
Almost any other man would have been
struck dumb by such a charge; but our
hero was fully equal to the occasion.
"Well Mr.. Inspector" said he, with the
most innocent face imaginable, Pm ex-
tremely sorry to find that | have broken
the law unintentionalIy; but ! will gladly
make all the amends in my power. If |
ever find you hanging anywhere | give you
my honor that won't cut you down"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
OF MR.. BLAlNES HEALTH
WHAT HIS FRIENDS IN WASHING
TON SAY OF 1T.

He Has No Organic Disease, but Needs a
! Rest in the Woods-Robert Graves
Sketches the Career of the Magnetic
Man from Maine.
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
HE slept Sixteen Years.

Herman Harms, the Minnesota
sleeper, is propably awake. says St.
Paul SPECIAL His case was probably
the most peculiar known to the ply
sicians, whose skill it has baffled for
the last dozen years. A few days ago
he awoke, and has taken only an ordi-
nary amount Of sleep since. His
recovery, however, is doubtful. Mr.
Harms is now living on farm about
midway between st. Charles and
Quincy, MINI. Some sixteen years
ago he was attacked by severe fever
and had intense pains shooting
through his head. He was then 10
Illinois. His physician advised him
to move to a colder climate. He &C.
cordipgiy came to this state. During
his stay in Illinois he did not sleep all
of the time, but since he came to this
state he has never been awake, except
for anjnlerval Of q year and "a half.
beginning with 1881. and two months
of 1889 and 1890. When he is sleep.
ing he can only be awakened by his
wife touching him on the head. Call
ing has no effect on him. He takes
no nourishment at all to speak Of, and
Ehen only when he is aroused from his
rpnatose condition. Harms was born
IN Germany in 1888. He was married
to Miss sBuzman in 1873. His faith
fnl wife has zealously guarded him
through all these years of torpidity.
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
Precent and Practice.

It happened at Athens, during a
public presentation of play in honor
of the Commonwealth, that an old man
came too late fora place suitable to
his age and quality. Some of the
young men, who observed the diff
Guilty and confusion he was in, made
signs to him that they would accom-
modate him fhe came where they sat.
The old man hustled through the crowd
accordingly for the seat proffered him.
But when he came to the seats to
which he was invited the jest was to
close and expose him as he stood out
of countenance before the audience:
The frolic went round all the Athenian
benches.
But on these occasions there were
also particular places assigned to for
eigners. So, when the old man skulk-
ed towards the boxes appointed for the
Lacedemonians, that honest people,
more virtueus than polite, rose all to
man and, with the greatest respect.
received him amongst them. The
Athenians, being suddenly touched
with a sense of Spartan virtue and
their own degeneracy. gave loud ap-
plause of admiration.
Then the old man, as soon as the
noise subsided, cried out : "The
Athenians understand what is good,
but the Lacedemonians practice it."
-LutherGn.
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1t.s Her WAY. Bless Her,


1t was 10 an uptown surface car, and
three women carrying small parcels
boarded it.
After disposing Of their bundles
and themselves on the seats, two OF
them started desperately at work to
open the pocketbooks that they
carried in their hands. Neither sue
ceeded to any extent, and the red
haired waited and winked at a cross
eyed passenger in order to note tor
future reference how a crossed eyed
man winks.
Meanwhile each ef the women had
grasped the others arm and exclaim-
ed;
Don't dear, / have change" The
third woman said nothing, and the
conductor paused in front of the trio
for his fare.
Don't you dare to pay the fare =
said one Of the women.
And don't you !" was the reply.
Then while this friendly argument
was going on, the small woman who
had said nothing quietly handed the
right change to the conductor and the
agony was over.
Faith. thin wimin do be always
the same" said the conductor as he
returned to his post. And who shall
say he was wrong New York Re
corder.
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
stops to leave passengers from Wilmin,
ton aud uOfnts north

stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north.
NEWCASTLE AocoMnoDxTIoa TRAIns-Le,tve
Wilmington ct laOs night and $50 pm.
week days. Leave New Castle at G.su Il. M.
and 1914 p. m. daily and i.2o. 4.s7 and 1A p
EXPRESS trains leaving Harrington 10 !.
M. ana arriving at 5.43 p. nj, run through
SOLD 20 ana from Baltimore, via Porters and
Additional express leaves PhiladelphIs ID
S.0l Z. NJ, Baltimore 2.3O p. NJ. Wilmington
3.50P. NJ weekdays ;arrives at Harrington
S:as +. A.. stopping at principal intermedi-
New York PhiIadeIphia q Nereolk R.R
Leave PhiladelphiaNew York ana Norfolk
Express y. .l6 p. N; daily, Baltimore 8 Is p. N
Dover and Delmar regularly and al
Middietown, Clayton, Wyoming, FELTON,.
Harrington. Bridgeviile, aeaiord and
Mnngto1 and s1xs points sss from On
passengers tor points south of Delnlar.
North-bound trains leave Deinlar LOS o. N
daily, Dover 49, a. m. regularly; arriving
and Philadeiphia $40 a. M, ana leaves bel
mar 2.25 p. M, weekdays; arriving aI
Wilmington 5.07 p. M, Philadeiphia 5.b3 p.
m, % Baillmoree,o 20 p. m. stopping at principal
For Rehoboth, leave Harrington 10. 10 Q. m
and 5.4S p. m. Returning. leave Rehoboth
Q. 10 q. m. and ?. 30 p. m. week days.
Tho Los u. m. tram also stops Nc. Seaf0rd,
Bridgeyilie. Harrington, FELTON,, w yoining.
Clayton. and MiddietOwn to leave passen-
gers from points south of Deinar. or take
on passengers for Wilmington and points
North. Also stops on signal at Laurel.
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND q VIRGINIA
R., - Leave Harrington for. Franklin
and way stations in.3S a. m. ana "A d
m. week days. Returning trains leave
Leave Harrington tor Georgetown, Lewes
and Rehoboth at 1913 a. m. 5.&4 d. m Re.
turning leave Rehoboth 10 o. m. $40 n IA.
For Berlin. leaves Harrington 10 IS IL M
Returning, leaves Berlin z02 q. m. 2.57 p. m.
weekdays. eel+ ss
QUEEN ANNE s. KENT r. R.-Leave Town.
send for Centreville ana way stations rs a.
DELAWARE q CHEsAPEAKR r. R.-LeaVe
Clayton tor Oxford and way stations 9.Az u
m, 5.l3 p. m, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE &SEAroRD h. R.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations
Ii. 20 q. M, weekdays, and Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays at 7.s5 y. m.
CoNNECTIoN.-At Porter with Newark q Della.
ware City railroad. At Townsend, with Queen
Anne's and Kent Rail Road. AtClayton, with
Delaware and Chesapeake Rail Road and Bal.
timore and Delaware Bay. Railroad. At Har.
Railroad. AT Seaford, with Cambridge and
Seaford Rail Road At Dclmar, with New
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wicomico q
Poconoke. and Peninsular Railroads.
sDaily except Sunday.
CHAS. e. PUGH, General Manager.
J. R. WOOD Gen. Pass. Aren't.
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
"a salior in ch,.reshb.s
One Of the old sailors on the rec

One Of the old sailors on the receiv-
ing ship Wabash tells the following
storWabout a chum Of his "Jim,
here WAS drifting alo.g byya church
one quiet Sunday, and desiring to keep
up an acquaintance with his early boy,
hood friend, he dropped in to hear the
sky pilot spout. He hadn't doue a
great deal of snoozin for twenty four
hours before that, and it was not long
before he was asleep and dreaming.
He was at sea, in his dreams aloft.
Presently the preacher talked louder
and louder1 He was describing the
end Of the world "The end has comep
he cried, striking the pulpit with his
fist. The words aroused Jim, who
started up and shouted "Then make a
knot, you lubber; make a knotp The
parson afterwards accepted Jim's apol-
ogy for the interruption. .'-Oceap.
% III ~ "a i-S .7
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
consumption nure,I.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in bis hands by
an East India missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of Con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asth-
ma and all throat and Lung affections,
also a positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and all Nervous
Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thous-
ands of cases, has felt it his duty to
make it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and desire
to relieve human suffering, l will send
free Of charge, to all who desire H.,
this recipe, in German, French or
English, with full directions for pre-
pairing and using. Sent by mail by
ADDRESSING with stamp, naming this
paper. w. A. MOVES, $40 Powers
Block, Rochester, N. Y. molly
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
6 Don { Demand the Earth.

/ IF yongo to the country, says the
Ladies Home Journal, don't look for
all the city conyeniences. There is a
vague idea that country people pay
little pr nothing fas many things ;
therefore the stranger expects a great
deal for small expenditure While it
is quite true that the actual cost Of
living is much less on a farm than
town, still there are items of expen-
sive luxuries, just as irreproachable
cream, butter and eggs are the most
costly items Of city housekeeping. We
would feel justly hurt if some farmer
folk boarding in our New York home,
should expect large tennis court,
quantities of flowers, fruits and rich
milk, without seeing that these made
a drain upon the househod finances.
So exercise little common sense
yourself.
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16

Col. Ingersoll delivered his lecture,
on Shakespeare, with its Introductory
gratuitous thrust at Christianity. ia
the Peoples Church, st. Paul, MINI.
His agent had given q guarantee that
nothing should be said against re-
ligion, but the agent did not know the
man whom he pledged. DR.. Smith,
the pastor Of the Peoples Church, is
justly indignant, and puts his con-.
viction in these words :" II has taken
Mr.. Ingersoll nearly generation to.
show how little he knows about the
Bible, but in the space Of Eve minutes
he was able to demonstrate that he
knew nothing about the obligations Of
q gentleman" Central Christian Ad-
yocate.
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
For over FIFTY years

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has
been used by millions of mothers Tor
their. children while teething. II dis
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by sick child suffering and crying with
pain of Cutting Teeth send at once and
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Syrupp for Children Teething. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediate
ly. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no
mistake about it. 1t cures Difarhae, reg
ulates the stomach and Bowels, cures
Wind Collie, sottens the Gums, reduces
Inflammation, and gives tone aud energy
to the whole system ssNrs. WinslQw's
Sooth ing syrup for children teethi6g is
pleasant to the taste and is the prescrip-
tion of one of the oldest and best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States. Price twenty-five cents a bottle.
Sold by all druggists throughout the
the world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Windows Soothing Syrup" ns-5-1y.
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Had it been in the power Of John B.
Cough, the prince of temperance ora
tors, to choose his parting message to
the world, nothing more beautiful or
fitting could have been selected than
the thrilling sentence he uttered a. ne
sank UNCONSCIOUS on the platform,
"Young men, keep clean record.
The importance of living up to this
advice was strikingly illustrated by
an incident that recently occurred in
one Of our great cities. Robert Fulton,
q student in the Theological Seminary,
was arrested on the grave charge of
bank robbery. Though no one had
seen him commit the deed many had
noticed him enter the bank, and as it
was the noon hour, no other visitors
had been observed in the. vicinity.
When the bank officials returned they
found the cashier lying on his face in
an unconscious condition, the safe door
open and large amount Of money
gone. Young Fulton admitted that
be had gone in the bank on an errand,
but declared that he had remained only
long enouSh to transact his business,
and that the cashier had walked to the
door with him when he left. On the
other hand, the cashier insisted that
after having waited on the young man
some one from behind dealt him blow
which felled him to the floor and for
a time rendered him unconscious.
There were but three persons in the
city who had been acquainted with
young Fulton previous to the time be
entered the Seminary, and without
knowing how they could serve him he
asked to have them summoned as wit.
nesses on the day Of Che trial. ~
The first one, o respectable shoe
maker, testified that he had known the
prisoner when a boy, and that he had
then been regarded as an houest, up
right boy. Said he, "No one in the
little town Of camden would ever have
thought Of doubling Robbie Fulton's
wero, for he was always regarded as a
lad who told tie truth" es
The next witness was a minister who
had taught the academy where the
young man had received part Of his
early education. He had kuown him
as a youth Of anblemished character.
During his academical course be had
kept clean record, and among old and
young had been considered perfectly
3
The last of three old ACC uaintances
was d college friend-one who had
known him Intimately In his strong
young manhood, and his testimony was
that in all his college career he had
kept himself unspotted from the world.
{ The, faculty of the SEMINARY and the
students with whom he mingled daily,
as with one voice. bore witness Of
iaithfulness to duty and singularly
pureness Of life,
After reviewing the evidence briefly |
the.Judge pronounced "Not guilty"
In concluding bis remarks the man of
the law paid this delicate compliment
10 young Fulton: 43 ~
"My young friend, you may thank
your clean record for this decision.
The circumstaptial evidence is all
against you, but no one who has borne
such spotless reputation throughout
bis hoyhood, youth and manhood could
transformed in few minutes Of
lime as to commit such grave crime.
Would that all young men could boast
of such an irreproachable character.
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
She Knew Her Rights.

A little. tot Of four stood close
against the car window watching the
sights that flashed into view. At one
street lady came in, and seeing an
apparently empty seat, took possession
Of it. The child turned about and
with troubled look studied the in
truder's bonnet and hair, and then, in
the politest manner touched her npon
the shoulder and said: "Some ones
sitting in this seat p The lady apollo
gized and arose, and the spectators
smiled. z = esAsess4s.12 ~
Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16
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