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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
He was Absent-MInded.

A young lady entered a car on the New
York & New England road at One Hun
dredth and Twenty-ffth street recently
and walked up to the only vacant seat be-
side gentleman, who was intently read
ing letter.
Engaged. STRIP she asked.
Just missed it. She writes that she is
sister Of mine now" answered the gen
tleman absent mindedly without locking
up.
Ill beg your pardon, stammered the
confused young lady, ''but may l.
Never again for me-" interrupted the
excited gentleman.
The young lady, fearing that she might
have a lunatic for a neighbor if she took
the seat. turned her back, intending to GO
into another car at the next stop.
Meanwhile the gentleman had finished
his letter and taken his bearings Motto
ing thu young lady standing while there
was vacant seat next to his, he politely
notified her of the fact.
After some hesitation she blushingIy &C.
cepted.
Then, he having fully recovered his com.
posture, what had just occurred, gradually
dawned upon him and he felt it incumbent
! upon himself to offer the young lady and
apology, which she received so gracefully
| that explanations of more confidential
nature soon followed, and when | left the
train at Brewster they were On a fair way
to become brother and sister, Il nothing
better, he having apparently forgotten his
previous expressed resolution-"Never
again for me.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19

from 1919 to II inches. arms "a inches
neck l21a inches, hips AZ inches. and 131i
inches across the shoulders. is a narfact
Inquire, and can find steady employment
In any cloak house at any time # She
chooses
oannsry, February, July aud August
are 'he busiest months In the cl,ak bust
hess' Duflng the 6r>t two months ont
oI-'oWn ouyerS flock here In great num-
oers 10 purchase goods for the spring and
summer trade. The last two months are
useo Tor laying IN a supply of fall and
winter wraps and suits.
he showroom figures generally have
contract Tor all the year round. and are
paid IN full for the same, but they seldom
have to do much outside those four morfbs.
The workroom figures are always Kept
busy. They are the hardest worked of
any, ID the establishment. The sample
model must be the most perfect.
ohe, TOO, is compelled to toll the year
around. Manufacturers would not have
to pay for other than actual WORKING time
# there were nota dearth IN models. The
biggest cloak house IN this city EMPLOYS Is
figures. The trying on to show
customers Is done by either an examiner
or the lady assistants.
"A model must not be too attractive. I"
| SAID manufacturer. "A beautiful face
draws too much attention when a person is
buying and results in neglect of nroner
inspection of the article displayed. What
is required is to show the stock to its
best advantage without drawing unneces-
sary attention to the modeI.-New York
| World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
A SEN sTBLE PRESIDENT.

Admiral Montt seems to have an entire
ly level head on his shoulders, and in these
troublesome times Chill needs level heads
more than gunboats or troops. Admiral
Montt will accept the presidency of the
republic, he says, but refuses to make any
earty pledges whatever. The people
need not expect him to follow 'any
particular plan of political action" but
must leave him entirely free to formulate
his policy according to the different
sets of circumstances which may
arise. He will not be partisan on
either the conservative or the liberal side,
but will accept the acts and votes of con-
gress as indicating what the majority OF
the people want In other words, if the
Chilians don't like the men whom they
have elected to congress they must recall
some other way to make their wishes
known. If Admiral Monti can persuade
himself to rigidIy adhere to that course it
is very likely that the fires kindled by
revolution will subside and the Chilians
drop back into their old ways and their
old prosperity at very early date.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
Care of Cows in Winter

Where farmers have not already comfort
able quarters provided for the winter &C
commodation of their animals, it is not
too early to begin preparing for them.
The horses are almost certain to have the
best, and as far as the sheep are concerned
if they have dry shelter the fleece affords
a good protection against cold. Cattle are
the animals that are usually most expos
ed and In the case of cows giving milk,
it is not enough that they are within
doors during storms, but they require a
comparatively warm temperature IN win
ter If they are to be profitable for their
milk. Nothing will sooner cause shrink
age III the flow of milk than to leave a
cow shivering in cold storm without pro-
lection, and the effect Of stabling her in
a building SO open that she is constantly
exposed to draughts of cold air is almost
as bad. The whit, r COW stable should be
tight enough to prevent the entrance
of cold air through cracks, doors and win
dows, on level with the animals, so freely
as to chill them or make them uncomfort-
able, and at the same time it should be
so constructed that there will be good ven
tilatlon. This can be provided for by
small cupola at the top and a few long,
shallow openings under the projecting
caves. Through these the vitiated warm
air breathed by the animals can escape,
and at the same time sufficient cold air
will enter from le outside and slowly de
scend without producing draught through
the lower part Of the stable.
Attached to the cow stable there ought
to be covered shed facing south, with at
least one side and one end open, where
the dairy cows may stand for short time
during the winter sunshine of mild days.
At all other times in cold weather they
will be better off when confined in clean,
closed quarters. Too much attention
cannot be given to cleanliness in the cow
stable. for TIE newly drawn milk will
quickly absorb odors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
ODDITIES.

A two-foot rule don't wear tight
shoes.
Sea Captain is no hope! The
ship is doomed. In an hour We will all he
daad' Seasiok Passenger = Thank
heaven! N. I. Weekly.
Mrs. Gadd-'Does your boy take after
You or his father?' Mrs Gabb-"He
takes after his father. You can't believe
a word he says, Good News.
Census taker How old are you, mad
DAMP
Il count twenty five springs"
Census taker-"And how many do you
not count?"
Young lady raid you high price
tor those kid gloves. and friend of mine,
who Is an expert, says they are not kid at
all: He says they are made of cat skin. "
Dealer. 'Shust vet | said, my tear
young lady. tole you zey Yas kit
gloves.
Dd>haway.-''I think have an old Goa
you might wear, Uncle Jasper"
Uncle Jasper.-''Ise obliged sab. Is
DAT coat sack? amt got much use for
a tail coat. sab"
Dashaway Why, what's the matter
with tail coat, uncie?"
Uncle Jasper.-''Um! mighty unhan ly,
san, getting ober fences
Hired boy ion farm)-"Kin go 6shin
this afternoon?"
Farmer-''No, but be good boy and
work hard an mebba next week you kin
go to funeral.
Hired boy Kin | go to your p
Epoch.
You say the chicken soup isn't good?
Way, | told the cook how to make it. Per-
haps she didn t catch the idea. "
Boa. der-"No, think 1t was the chick
On she didn't CATCH
Look here" said an excited man to
druggist, You gave me morphine for
quinine tEis morning!" ''Is that sop
| replied the druggist. Then you owe me
Is cents. That's the difference in the
price. brooklyn Life.
''Of coarse it hurts, Josiah, :" said Mrs
Chugwater, as she applied the liniment
and rubbed it in vigorously. "Rheuma.
tism always hurts. You must grin and
| bear it."
I'm willing to bear it, Samanthy, but
I'm not going to grin
Friend-'I saw some of your jokes in a
book"
Humorist (aattered) -"Ah, what book
| was that?"
Friend-'I forgot the name. 1t was a
book published a hundred years ago.
saw it In a secondhand book store -
Yankee Blade
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
CLOAK HOUSE MODELS.
They are Very Scarce and Control Fail
Saleries

Cloak manufacturers are complaining
of the great scarcity of desirable models.
There was time they say when an adj
vertisement for a mode or figure as they
are called in the business would bring
forth food of replies. This is the bust
est season of the year and many new mod
els are required to ''try on in the work
and salesroom.
There are thousands Of young women IN
this city who imagine themselves physl-
cally cut to be cloak model, but they are
far from it. The public knows very little
concerning the requirements for figure.
The fact that they are paid from $40 to SIS
per week for comparatively easy work is a
sure indication that they are not to be had
in great numbers.
1t doesn' t require any experience to be a
model. One must be graceful and have
fine physical proportions. Good looks
don't count either, though showroom
figure must have some attractions and
dress much better than an unknown
model.
Manufacturers as rule require wom-
an of about feet 81 inches in height.
She seldom goes under that, but sometimes
half an inch more is desirable. Misses
figures go according to age and in very
few cases become good models. The pro-
fessional figure has a natural grace about
hel that cannot be acquired by artificial
means.
Any young woman who has the beight
mentioned above, bus measurement OF
SO inches, waist "a inches, length of back
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
FOREIGN.

The crew of the Bienvenue. ashore
off SYNDICATE, England, was rescued We'd
nesday night.
BERLIN is greatly demoralized over the
Hirscbfeld & Wolf failure, it affecting the
nobility most.
MORE Brazilian provinces declare them
selves independent, and some fighting is
rumored.
ELEVEN miners were killed and two in
jured by an explosion of hre-damp IN a
coal mine In Essen, Germany.
1t was announced in Berlin Friday that
the protocol of treaty of commerce be-
tween Germany and 1tal y had been
signed.
The Britisq bark Sara is total wreck
below Cavmanagh point. All but two of
the crew reached the shore In safety
The Chinese province of Human is re-
ported to be IN open revolt, and a great
civil war seems inevitable In that coun-
try.
MARQUIS Dr. RUDINI, in a recent speech,
stated that it was not the intention of the
Italian government to interfere with the
pope.
Rio GRADE DE Sui, one of the largest
provinces of Brazil, refuses to accept the
dictatorship of Fonseca and declares its
independence.
GREAT BRITAIN's new postmaster gen.
eral announces that there is no hope for
the success of the movement for pen
ny postage between English speaking
peoples.
THE British convict transport steamer
| Enterprise has been wrecked by a cyclone
near the ALBANIAN Islands convict settle
ment, and seventy-seven out of crew of
eighty-three drowned.
In hurricane "Wednesday a steam
launch belonging to a warship, at anchor
off the town of Villa SarCia, capsized and
| FIVE of her crew were drowned.
AT soiree given in st. Petersburg by
the rector of the British-American church
considerable sum was raised for the fam
inc fund. Minister Smith and Baron
Hirsch were present.
THERE are more political troubles in
| Central America. plot has been dis
| covered to assasinate General Ezeta, and
San Salvadorian, minister of war, and a
brother of the president of the republic,
| and revolutionary movement has been
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
FIR rs AND CASUALTIES.

a COLLISION on the Illinois Central
railroad uear Jackson, Tenn, Wednesday
afternoon, killed three trainmen and one
passenger
CAARELs BETHEARD, his wife and three
children, were burned to death in a
frame building at Columbus, OHIO. Fri
day.
FIRE started Friday at the ST. Louis,
Mo- Children S hospital A little girl was
made bind by smoke, and boy Is likely
to die from the same .ause
AN irceudiary fire at o'clock Saturday
morning destroyed a large part of the
business section Of Lexington. Neb.
Eight buildings were consumed, causing
loss o. 100000, nearly covered by insur-
ance.
WHILE crossing the Illinois Central
tracks at Eighteenth street, Chicago, on
Thursday morning, c. E. Leary was run
down and instantly killed by freight en-
CINE.
Miss NELLIE MANDsLEY. aged Is years,
was found dead at Anamosa, Iowa, Wed
nesday. She had been missing some time
ana is supposed to have died from fit.
JOHN DowEN, a resident of Nora, Ill.
and a pioneer of 10 Davies county, was
found dead in his barn this morning. He
was 50 years old.
FIRE started in the Fashion Varieties at
San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday night, de-
stroying that building and contents. the
Sleeves building, A. Bruins grocery, Louis
Burgstonl's and A. Thesis & Co. Total
loss, SAT 900; insurance, S24 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
CRIME.

A GIGANTIC opium smuggling scheme
has been unearthed in New York.
The body of murdered man was found
hanging to tree In Silver Bow canyon,
near Butte, Mont
DR.. CRAGIN, county physician at Cum
berland Nd, is charged with tearing
open patients wound because he got no
fee.
MRS. GEORGE SPENCER, of Columbus,
Ind, has gone crazy over the desertion
of her husband, who took $500 of her
money.
A THIEVES den in Chicago was raided
by police, who captured nineteen robbers
and recovered a large quantity of stolen
goods.
JUSTICE WooDMAN fined several of the
anarchists arrested Thursday night in
Chicago, for carrying concealed weapons. y
W. f. BAIRD, the MADEIRA banker, was
arrested Friday evening in SanFrancisco,
Cal, on a charge of forgery.
THERE is deficiency of 1866, 900 in the
assets of the Ulster County IN. " Savings
| institution. The amount taken by Ostran-
der and Trumphor was 1851 1871.
AT Jacksonville, Fla, early Monday
morning, burglars killed Charles MorAnz,
a clerk, and seriously injured Martin
Itjen, proprietor of store. Three negroes
arrested for the crime have been identified
by Itjen.
JOSEPH MAYER, the proprietor of the
Arsenal Pottery at Trenton, N. j., has
been robed of SIS, 900 by conspiracy Of
his employees
Walter Locke, halfwitted young man
killed his father, an idiot, with an axe,
about three miles northwest of Ozark Mo,
Monday morning,
GEORGE r. LAWRENCE, an attorney of
Pittsburg, committed suicide at the Ever
EFT hotel in New York Tuesday night by
shooting himself. He is said to have lost
heavily in oil and stocks.
GEORGE LAWRENCE, PIttsburg mer-
chant, was found dead in his bed in the
Everett house at New York Wednesday
morning. He left note stating his in
tention to kill himself.
YOUNG man entered the office of J.
c. Davis, Boston money lender, grabbed
a roll of bills amounting to about 81 1000,
dashed into the street and escaped cap
ture.
INTELLIGENCE has been received at
Martin, Tenn. of the hanging at Neon
nell, Obion county, of negro who assault
ed a l0-year old white girl. The negro
confessed the crime.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
At the Harvest of Death

Much grain is prematurely reaped by the scythe
Of disease that might have been ripened to gold
maturity If minor bodily troubles had been
attended to in time. Nothing is truer than this
bodily ailments not only grow apace, but beget
one another. Thus blliousness, constipation
dyspepsia follow close on the heels of one another,
flourish together, the one perpetuating the other,
and begetting q numerous progeny OF later all
ments more or less severe their cause II more
or less disregarded and neglected Incipient
rheumatism, malaria and "slight' inactivity of
the kidneys, of what dire disaster they are the
cause when no or but slight attention is paid to
heir early warnings. Check these "minor'' all
ments with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and fore
etali the memorable reaper, who exacts the for
fixture Of life ~ the penalty for disTsgardng the
means OF preserving It
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
THE AGE OF QUARTERS.
System of Guessing the Dates on Invent
Five Cent Pieces

Sy stem of Guessing the Dates on Twenty
Five Cent Pieces.
"Have you any quarter?" said one who
was sitting near.
Yes, four. Do you want to borrow
them?"
mo. But what will you bet that car
not guess the dates on them?'
Il do not know what your trick is, bu
for flyer I will bet the coin them
selves"
Done. | will name these dates
1852, 1854, and two of 1876. Am
right?'
LET me see. One is 1852; this is 1877.
this is 1875 and this is 1854 You guess
ed three correctly and missed one
so you owe me a quarter and | owe
you seventy-ive cents. Now explain your
trick"
Its no trick. The fancy took me a few
weeks ago to examine the dates on coins.
and | found that almost every Quarter
bears one of these dates, with an occasional
1856, 1857, 1858 and 1878. | suppose
more of them were coined in those years
During the weeks | have been interested
In this subject | have seen one 1861, but
not a single other quarter bearing dates
in the SOS or the '7Os, except as | have
mentioned. If one wanted to bet as we
have done, he could be sure winner in
the long run"
| witnessed this transaction and it in
tereSted me so that looked the matter up,
says a writer In the Albany Argus. In the
report of the directors of the mint found
full explanation. In that is a table Civ
ing the coinage in different denomina-
tions for each year during the organization
of the minis. The coinage of quarters
had huctuated in a most remarkable way
Beginning with 1859, for three years the
coinage averaged about $4,000 a Year
Then In 1853 it jumped up to So, 1913, 555.
In 1854 it was almost a. much S. ,095,
900. Then it dropped to STA, 260 in 1855.
In 1856 it was 81 $4,000; in 1857, sail,
900, and in 1858, S1,842,000. Then it
dropped again, never raising to $500, 600,
and In war tines averaging only S., 900 or
Sc 900, except in 1861, when it was 81,
213, $50. In 1875 it was 81 O73, 375; in
1876, "a, Asa 287 so; in 1877, S2,727, 927. 50.
Then began the coinage OF silver dollars
by the millions, and the production of
subsidiary coins dropped way off. For
he past ten or fifteen years the coinage
Of quarters has averaged only $4,000 or
81, 900.
Just examine the dates on the quarters
that come into your possession and see
how they bear out these statistics. For
instance, In 1886 there was only
81 All so In quarters coined, and there
are a thousand chances to one against
a coin of this date coming into your
hands
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19

CHILL, though containing a hot-headed
population, is by no means retrogressive
nation it is, for example, a great coun-
try for newspapers; there are more than
forty of them in Valparaiso and Santiago,
and there are others in all the head towns
of departments. Chill has many literary
men, including regiment Of poets, and
also many scientific men and multitude
of statesmen and generals. The schools
are free and the educational system pro-
vides for agricultural lyceums, normal
schools, an agricultural school, schools for
the arts and trades, military and naval
academies, and a national university, all
supported by the government, In some
years there have been 600 students at the
Santiago university alone. These facts will
no doubt convey to the popular mind a
somewhat different impression OF our
irascibIe southern neighbor than already
prevails there
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
BE a good fellow" said a third.

d q,
Now that-''be a good fellow we'll,
Every man has done something that be
did not want to DO and ought not to have
done for fear some one might think he
was not good fellow.
The young man hesitated
No; guess had better 60" ne SAID
at last.
Nonsense! It's early yeti protested
one.
sit down! Sit down! Well all be
home before r. added another
The young man sat down, rested his
arm on the table and said:
well, I'll submit the case to you. You
are talking of going TO the theater, or hav
ing a game of cards at the club. and YOU
want me TO be one of the party. Now, in
a coy little fat on the north side there S
little woman
Children sick?" put in one of the
party.
No; there's only one, and he's in good
health.
Wife sick?"
No"
"Oh. we'll
"Wait minute" interrupted the
young man. ON leave 1t 20 you. but you
must hear the case. This Little woman is
alone in the fat The baby Is in bed, and
she is sitting there reading or sewing and
listening to the steps of those passing the
house. left home at 8 O'Clock in the
morning, and since then she has been
alone with the baby. Now she hasn't
even the baby to occupy her time -
He paused a moment to give them an
opportunity to speak, but no one said a
word. Then he said:
Boys, if you think you want my com
pany tonight more than she does II
stay"
There was another pause, then one OF
the party took a sip of champagne anG
said:
~ rather you d go home"
The others nodded their assent, and the
young man said:
I'D rather go"
1t was some time later in the evening
when one of the members of the party
said:
There's man
And every one knew whom he referrei
to.-Chlcago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
A LOYAL BIG SISTER.
How She Played the Role of Mother and
Cared for the Baby

Cared for the Baby.
She was tiny little girl. says the St.
Louis Republic, with dirty, sun-tanned
hair, blue calico dress and bare feet. She
carried in her arms a baby half as large
as herself, and the baby was so heavy that
it sagged down in the middle, giving the
appearance of being held by the feet and
the nape of the neck
There was some excitement around { e
corner of the next block on Wash street,
and the children were hurryiny forward
like mad from all directions. The little
girl tried TO run, but the baby was to
heavy, and her breath gave out Said
in spirit of badinage:
drop the baby, sis, and go and see
what the trouble is.
She stopped and stared at me.
Il say, pu5 the baby down on the side
w,lk and run"
Yer must take me for a fool, mister -
"Why?"
Cos, this is our baby"
well, suppose it is2 I'll stay here and
watch it for you
:, Noyou won't, mister. Yer might carry
it off. "
what if | did? Amt you tired
carrying it around aud making your back
ache?"
NAV, l amt Say, mister, this is the
only baby we've got, and if yer only
knowed how she can crow and laugh, yer
wouldn't want me to do no such thing.
Tins baby amt got no ma 'cept me, and
pa and me couldn't do thout her.
''She sits up in high chair at the table
ard crows and kicks while me and pa eats,
and at night rock her to sleep like ma
used to do. When ma died the baby didn t
know no better, but just laughed and
hollered, and cried so | couldn't keep her
still Put her down on the sidewalk
Fool-kiIler Il git you, mister, eff yer stay
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
NOTJN STOCK.
She Wanted Watch Dog But the Deale
Couldn't Fill the Order


Fair customer-l live in the suburbs,
and want Watchdog.
Dealer-Yes, mum.
But of course don't wait one that will
keep us awake all night barking at moth.
ing.
Yes, mum.
He must be big and strong and fierce,
you know.
Yes, mum.
Yet as gentle as lamb with US, you
know.
Yes, mum.
And he must jump on every brutal
tramp that comes along aud drive him off
Yes, mum.
But he must not interfere with any poor
but honest man looking for work.
No mum.
If burglar comes prowling around at
night the dog should make mlncemeal of
him in an instant.
Yes, mum.
But he mustn't attack a neighbor who
drops in for an evening call.
No mum.
And of course he mustn't mole;t people
who come hurrying In at all hours of the
night to call my husband He's doctor,
you know.
No, mum. | see what you want You
want mind reader dog.
Yes. suppose so. Can you send me
| one?
Very sorry, mum, but I'm just out OF
that kind.-New York Weekly.