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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-12-24

plain, since have taken up this matter
for the company, I have satisfied my
self from personal observation that the
negro-even more than his master-can-
not handle his new condition. He is
accustomed to his old traditional task
master, and doubt if he will work fairly
for any other-particularly for those
who don't understand him. Don't mis-
take me: Idon't propose to go back to the
whip, to that brutal institution, the IT.
responsible overseer, to the buying and
selling, the separation Of the family,
nor any of the old wrongs, but / pro-
pose TO make the old master our over
seer and responsible to us. He is not a
fool and has already learned that it is
more profitable to pay wages to his old
slaves and have the power of dismissal,
like any other employer, than be obliged,
under the old system of enforced labor
and life servitude, to undergo the cost
of maintaining Incompetence and idle
ness The old sentiment of slave own
ing has disappeared before natural COM
mon sense and selfshness. am salts
fed that by some such process as this
utilizing of the old master and the new
freedom we will be better able to Guilt
vate our lands than by buying up their
estates, and setting them adrift with q
lit tie money in their pockets as an idle,
disconnected class to revive old political
dogmas, and foment new issues, or per-
haps set up dangerous position to us .
s'You don't mean to say that those
internal niggers would give the pref
erence to their old oppressors?
DOLLAR for dollar in wages-yes!
And why shouldn't they? Their old
masters understand them better and
treat them generally better. They
know our interest in them is only an
abstract sentiment, not real liking.
We show it at every turn. But we are
nearing Redlands, and Maj. Reed will,
/ have no doubt, corroborate my inn
pressions. He insists upon our staying
at his house, although the poor old fell
low, imagine, can i'll afford to enter
tain company. But he will be offended
If we refuse
.tHe is . friend Of yours, Them asked
Drummond s..s
81 fought against his division at
Stony creek . said CORTLAND, grimly.
.sHe never tires Of talking Of il to me,
80 suppose am. Z
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-12-24

business With him Il MAI Reed n
q tim gent lenan, Is going to lke4p''
shop lie hain't such Q fool IS to 3 elievesS
nippers viii work when they ain u
obliged to. That's been tried over 3 -
Mirandy Dows, not 1--WE miles from here.
and the niggers are half the time runntn'
.sround here takin' holiday. She put up
new quarters for 'em and tried to make.
,em eat together at 9 long table like.
those low-down folks up north, and did
away with their cabins and their M. melon
patches, and allowed it would get EN-
out Of lying round too much and want
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CHAPTER /
A 81 E. two o'c

& E two o'clock
express from
Redlands to For
estville, Ga, had
been proceeding
with the languid
placidity of the
river W b os e
banks it skirted
for more than
two hours. But
unlike the river
it had stopped
quite frequently;
sometimes atre
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-12-24

the cool gray OF
that summer morn
ing a dewy country
lane, marked only
by a few wagon
tracks that never
encroached upon it's
grassy border, and
indented only by
the faint footprints
of a crossing fox or
coon, was now, be-
fore high noon, al
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-12-24
PROLOGUE

III q nHAT had been in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
FOUND AT LAST
The American Citizen Might Be Scare,
but Was True to His Country.

The American Citizen Might Be Scared.
but Was True to His Country.
Some years ago when Sir Charles
Smith was travelling by special train
in Dakota, he told his private secre-
tary to instruct the conductor that he
should not say Mr.. Smith, but Sir
Charles in speaking to so great O
man. Next time the conductor came
round he said: Well sir-Charles
the next station is Glyndon." And
always thereafter he continued to use
the same form, well, sir-Charles.
Last year. when Sir James HON.
lake and a number of other prominent
Englishmen were travelling in this
country as guests of the American
Iron and Steel institute. the company
had special train. The porter of the
car in which Sir James Travelled for
two days was singularly polite, but
slightly deaf negro He always ad-
dressed Sir James as ''Misser One
lette, After this had occurred Sow
eral times Sir James who sense OF
personal Importance is well deve1-
oped, said, in an appalling loud tone:
My good fellow, You must not speak
to me in that manner When you ad-
dress me you are to say Sir James
Homlake-Sir James Homlake-ro-
member that" Porter have you
remembered to say Sir James HON.
lake, asked one of the Americans
the next day, when he happened to
meet the darby where the knight was
not. oh, no. sab! | don say 10
such thing. Dis yer's free country"
What do you call him, then?' Jus
Misser Omelette. yessah. Jus Misser
Omelette, sah.' ':Arnt you afraid?"
'Y essah-scared mos to def, but ESQ
'Merican citizen, sab. The Ar
pOnaut
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
SUNKEN CITY OF CISSA,
Large Town Discovered Beneath the
Adriatic Sea.

Large Town Discovered Beneath the
Adriatic Sea.
Both Pliny and Decimus Secundinus
incidentally mention the Istrian Is
land and the city of Cissa. and the
ecclesiastical records of the Province
OF Aquilcia for the years 597 to 626
A ID. mention two Bishops of Cissa"
Since that time we have no record OF
the place or what became of it. Fish
ermen have long contended that they
know OF a place on the Istrian coast Of
the Adriatic sea, south of the Rovig-
no light house. where their nets get
tangled on the spires of sunken
churches and other public buildings
long since submerged. In January.
1890. the Austrian Imperial Academy
Of Sciences sent convoy OF boats and
ships under Rear Admiral Hinke,
with instructions to make thorough
examination Of the spot designated
by the fishermen. The diver who
made the descent says: ''On reach
ing the bottom l was astonished to
find myself upon the walls of an over
turned building. Proceeding further
l observed continuous rows of build
tngs and streets the doors and win
dows being blocked with masses of
seaweeds and gravel. From
my observations l should say that I
had had the unique experience of ex-
aiming what had once been large
and fourishing city. When
/ left the place / brought with me to
o+o t4Ix
mortar on one side the mortar being
still perfectly firm"
DIR. Hilber wants the Austrian gov
eminent to make appropriations for
exploring the site which he firmly
believes to be that of the lost Roman
city of Cissa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
AbseHIHTsislded.

Professor Kunstler was an old Ger
man pedagogue. noted for his absent
mindedness. He and friend, another
old professor. used to take a daily
walk together. One day. when walk
ing was very bad, Professor Kunstler
was on his way to the corner at which
he and his friend always met when
he encountered young student whose
face he recognized dimly, having seen
it every day for some weeks in his
morning class. The professor hailed
the boy, who was wading through the
mud to get across the street. Have
you seen Professor Muller?" he asked.
Yes Herr Professor" replied the
student, pausing in the midst of q
mud puddle to remove his cap respect
fully; the Herr Professor Muller is
at the corner. waiting for you"
Good " replied Professor Kunstler
looking amiably at the lad over mis-
spectacles; Il thank you; you may be
seated. -Argonaut
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19

1t Is q Mistake to Wed simply Because
You Are in Love.

1t Is Mistake to Wed Simply Because
You Are in Love.
Said middle-aged lady to young
friend: DO not make the mistake
of marrying q man simply because
you are in love with him.
'1f he does not care quite as much
for you you had better break your
heart grieving over what you have
not got than wear your heart out in
sorrow because you are bound to q
man whose Indifference is perpetually
before your eyes. The idea of teach
ing a man to love you is most mis-.
taken one.
There arc instances where it has
been done. but it is the most unsatis-
factory thing in the world to wait for
A woman is much more likely to learn
to love her husband after marriage
than the man to learn to love the wife,
and the reason for this is evident
The woman in the quiet Of her
home has her thoughts constantly
directed toward the husband. The
man in the whirl of business has q
thousand things to distract his atten-
ton. and she must be woman Of
more than ordinary grace and attrac-
tiveness who can win tired. often.
times harassed and distracted man
from his business thought to deep
and lasting affection.
You say that marriage is a lottery.
So it is but there are lotteries and
lotteries and of all chance games the
chance OF winning a hayward heart is
about the most hopeless
ESPECIALLY is this true If the wo-
man herself is deeply in love. She
gauges the mans feelings by her own
and bases her demands on what she
would herself do as she faucies. under
like circumstances.
But she reasons from wrong prem
Uses, and like all calculations based on
error. comes far short of her expecta-
lions Marry only the man who de-
sireS your love above all things else
otherwise it is better to remain
single Oakland Echoes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
The Year 1881.

The year 1881 was chronological
oddly OF the oldest kind besides be-
ing a mathematical curiosity seldom
equalled. From right to left and left
to right 1t reads the same Eighteen
divided by 2 gives 9 as quotient; 81
divided by 9 gives 9; if divided by 9
the quotient contains 8; if multiplied
by 8 the product contains two g. II
the Is be placed under the 81 and
added the sum is 80; if the figures DO
added thus l, 8. 5. it will give Is as
the result. Reading to the middle
from right TO left Or from left to right
it is Is, and Is is Jwo-ninths of 81.
BY adding dividing and multiplying
10 9s are produced. being one 9 for
each year to the beginning of the last
decade of the nineteenth century. No
wonder the fortune tellers the astrol-
ogers and the mathematicians weave
90 many strange fancies around that
curious combination OF figures Ii
may have been what induced Mother
Shipton to end her prophetic jingle
with "And at last the world to an
end shall come in eighteen hundred
and eighty one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
PROMOTED ON THE FIELD.
His Transformation From a Union Colonel
to a Confederate Prisoner.

his CHARACTERIZATION from a Union Colonel
to Confederate Prisoner.
Il ain man, remarked the vst-
eran as the crowd settled down to list
en-. that ususally gets any special
pleasure out of the bad luck of other
people but once | did. and it
was unpatriotic too but | enjoyed it
just the same. There was a colonel
in our brigade who was about as
pompous and overbearing cuss as
any man ever served under. and there
wasn't boy in his regiment that liked
him One day down on the Potomac
he thought ne would do little scout
Ing on his own hook. for he had a
US went along with him The result
OF 1t was that we were surprised by
about 200 Johnnies who scattered the
squad and captured the colonel and a
dozen or more OF his men. | was in
the lot and after the scrap was over
the Johnnie officer ranged US up in
! front OF him to examine his find. He
was hard looking citizen soldier.
and his men were no better Old
clothes. SLOUGH hats boots out at the
toes and a general air of tramp per-
vaded the entire organization. The
colonel was thoroughly disgusted and
made no effort to conceal it.
Who are you?' asked the Johnnie
picking him out first
" am a colonel in the Union army,
sir. replied the colonel in his most
pOmpous manner.
q" oh. are you smiled the captoE
thought you might be the president
OF the United States or Napoleon Bo-
napart.e'
This is no time for levity sir re-
torted the colonel
:" That depends on which side you
air, colonel again smiled the captor,
and to show you tibet l heve no per-
sonal feelings in the matter he con-
tinued. I'm going to promote you
Sir exclaimed the colonel Taught.
lily.
- L m going to promote you l said;
right here on the field of battle. too;
I'm going to promote YOU he said
proudly. from a colonel in the Union
army to a prisoner in the Confederate
army, and give you a uniform suit
able to your new Office. and then he
snapped his rags for the colonel's nice
new uniform the other chaps traded
with US on the same terms and when
we marched into the Johnnies' camp
we were about the worst looking lot
of Union soldiers you ever saw. But
the joke was on the colonel, and I
think we rather enjoyed it particular
ly as we were recaptured next day,
and the colonel had to buy new uni.
form"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
ChIcsEo Produce Market.

CHICAGO. May 10 The following quota tons
are for large lots only Smaller quantities are
usually sold at advanced rates:
VEGETABLES New Orleans ca0bags,
st 50Gl2 % per crate. Ftenicr, s. 5Oll3 per
crate, Mobile, S. 90. celery, fancy, 2Ul135c:
garlic. Gll7c per 10; ouiOus, yellow. choice.
per bu, $4,000; reds, S5ltgOc per hu:
Spanish VI per box. rutahaga urnps, $4,000
per bu; whites, 75c3sl per bu; parsnips 81 so;
csulfiOwer southern stock, 81 50lE2 per doz:
sweet potatoes, Illinois, 81. 50Gl2 Is; beans
new hand picked navics. 81 6S11,70, mediums,
81 ioQi So, Lima, il4C per III and 25GI35c per ct;
asparagus. ST .0G1L25 per 3 bu box bects, ?50Sf
per brl; New Orleans. i0Q50c per doH; carrots
new, 81 80 pei box old 81 55Q2 per brl, cucum-
hers 7HGS5c per box, green onions 10000 per
doH lettuce. 81 S5Gl 40 per case; head lettuce,
sI.7SQt2, per brl; oyster plant 4005oc per doz
punches; paisley. iSI20c per doz, pie plant. 50
890c per box; radisheS, 3AQl50c per dox punches:
spinach, Il 50Q1 IS per brl, Tomatoes. 81 50G3
per bu box: green peas, 81. H0Q2 per box
FRUlTs-Apples, choice So T5Ga5 per brl, or.
binary S2Gl2 80; oranges. Florida, soG3 - per
box: California, Si.5olG4. lemons, s. 75Q1S.5o:
bananas iL50Ql.75 per bunch. pneappes. 81 so
p2.50 per doZ. cranberrieS bell and bgle
standards, s6G7; Cape Gods, S7gs so bu boscs,
FL 30
LUTrFR- Fancy EIgtn stock zoe pcr lb
Gan ycrcamcres, 1890, fancy limitations, Isc:
Western goods, i60lSc: fancy dairies, Isc;
No. :. l6Ql7c: selects, T9i9c, tue ladies.
&c. fresh packing stock I3Gl7o. grease.
orc
STRAWBERRIES TeuuesSees, 81. 25dr2 - per %
OF case I.ouisiauas. 81 per Apt case. 2A-qt
cases. sl.2SG2 according TO quality: Mis-
sissiPpi, xI.H0al - per - pit case, Illinois
si7oGc2 so per 24-qt cases.
ForAToEs Bur banks. i2Q 46c. Hehrous, rs
Gtoc; rose Sol1S2c: bell tS'4I21t.. peerless, $50
25c, mixed 251t30a; potatoes, California
s.. 50l2 80 per sack.
PoUIJRY-Hens, 1IH8i2o, roosteIs, Dc. hen
turkeys, l&614o; mixed, lIGl2c; old sobbers
aD10c. ducks, 1IG12c; geese s315 per doz.
CHEESE--Ful cream Young Americas SO
l0c; do twins, S14G9c; cheddars. SGsHc;
brick. tl1u:c; limburger loH3li1sc: Swiss
l1m6l2c.
HIDEs-No. light and heavy. 4Ac; No. do
S1SHc; No calf. 40. No , SIC; tallow. No
sc; Mo-, 3D.
vEAT-Fancy calves, care per 10; grassers,
Sc: small and thin, @GI4
EGGs-StrictlY fresh stock. 1910
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
Sew Wonders I'm Electric Lighting.

By means OF currents alternating
with very high frequency Prof. Nikola
Tesla has succeeded in passing by in
ductiou through the glass of lamp
energy sufficient to keep the flament
in state OF incandescence without
the use of wires. He has even lighted
6 room by producing it in such con-
ditlou that an Illuminating appliance
may be placed anywhere and lighted
without being electrically connected
with anything. He has produced the
required condition by creating in the
room a powerful electrostatic field al
ternating very rapidly. He suspends
two sheets of metal each connected
with one of the terminals of the coil
II an exhausted tube is carried any
where between these sheets, or placed
anywhere it remains always luminous.
The extent to which this method
of illumination may be practically
available experiments alone can de-
eide In any case, our insight into
the possibilities of static electricity
has been extended. and the ordinary
electric machine will cease to be ro-
garded as mere toy. Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
Mr. RIo.~ Excu.e,

Mrs Blossom is very proud of her
baby. Mr.. Blossom. says the Satur-
day Evening Post however, does not
show so much interest in his offspring;
and when the little fellow became ill
the other night he got up and attended
to him while his mother slept peace
fully in ignorance OF the awful crisia
In the morning Mrs. Blossom no.
ticed that the infants face had
changed from its usual color.
Il don't think that baby looks worry
we'll she said. anxiously.
mo, he had hard night of it!' re-
piled her husband
''Oh dear! He wasn't Ill. was hs
Charlie?"
Il should say he was! Why, al
one time didn't think the little beg
ear would be able to pull through"
''Oh. Charlie how could you let
me sleepP Why didn't you wake me
upP" she exclaimed in tones tremu-
lous with motherly anguish.
Well replied Mir. Blossom, who
never loses chance for a joke. ri
tell you; | was afraid you'd want mo
TO dress and go for the DOCTOR"
Since then Mrs Blossom may be
heard assuring her treasure at half.
minute intervals that his papa was
bad. wicked man. so he was"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
A FATAL SUCCESS,
And This Made the Little woman Fed
Tired and Blue.


The little woman was blue and
looked tired and OF course the neigh.
bors who had dropped in tried to SYM
pathize with her.
The little woman said that she was
all worn cut with sewing ana asked
do any sewing on her husbands
clothes says the Chicago Tribune.
Why yes poor dear replied the
nelghoor It is hard work. and
then no one but a tailor can ever sat
, isIy man. | worked two days once
trying to fix over a coat for my hus.
band and then he only growled and
grumbled and took it TO a tailor to
have 1t done all over again"
My experience was worse than
that said the little woman sadly.
MY husband was always grumbIins
because he had to go to a tailor for
every thing and finally in pure des.
peration undertook to put new lin
ings in the sleeves Vi his overcoat."
Il know. | know" broke in the
neigh Dor. 'Awfully hard 10 make
kuSm III JUST FISut anu 10 get Color
that will suit man"
Yes but l consulted him about tho
, color and then took the old Innings
out and studied them to see how they
were cut | couldn't have them too
loose Or TOO tight you know.
OF course not. And when it was all
done and you felt that you had earned
his thanks you waited for him to say
something that would please you and
he didn' t. ="
mo. he didn't"
He just growled out that 5-year-
old girl could do as we'll as that and
that it would all have to De torn out
AGAIN."
NO / wish he had. He tried 1t on
and said that it was fairly we'll done
and he guessed he'd never have to 90
to tailor again for repairs and he
hasn't That's what makes me so tired
to-day. Oh. if l only had it to do over
again I'd fix it SO he couldn't get the
coat on"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
Advancing RaCkKYard.

During the civil war the colored
body-servant of a confederate officer
returned home, and in conversation
with the officers wife was ardent In
his praise of General Lee
Il tell yer what it is, mis-" said
Joe. "Ginal Lee is de greatest man |
cher seed. He's allus 'vancin'.
The lady remarked that this did not
agree with the newspaper reports for
the last few days, which represented
him as retreating out of Maryland as
fast as possible.
But. mis-, you amt bin dar" pro-
tested Joe; you don't know how dat
Is | kin splain dat to yer; he's jest
'vancin' back ard outer Maryland!"-
Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
Had Faith in Esls Interpreters.

It CHANGED that one of those iniudi-
cious persons. whose name is legion.
on one occasion pressed through the
circle gathered around Mr.. Browning
and incontinently asked him to ex-
plain there and then difficult passage
in one of his own poems-a passage
where probably the masterful thoughts
elbowed each other for precedence.
Upon my word | don't know what
1t means said the poet laughing. as
he closed the volume thrust into his
hand. Il advise you to ask the
Browning society; they'll tell you all
about it Temple Bar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
is AND ISN'T.
a Language That Must Prove Confusing
to the Foreigners.

to the Foreigners.
To any one who does his thinking.
talking and writing in foreign Ian.
guage the English must be a queer
one. A foreigner down on the Cunard
dock, says the New York Mercury
looking at the steam vessels coming
and going hither and yon said: See
what flock of boats" Some one said
that flock was wrong, that fleet
of boats is the proper expression.
Well, lot OF boats together would be
u feet q feet of sheep would be
flock, a flock of girls would be bevy.
and bevy OF wolves is called a drove
and g. drove OF thieves is called a gang,
and gang of warriors is called O
host and host of porpoises is called
a shoal. and shoal of cattle is called
a herd, and herd of children is called
q troop and troop of cartridges is
called a pack, and pack of swans is
called whiteness and a whiteness of
geese is called a gaggle and gaggle
Of brant is called a gang, and a gang
Of ducks is called a team, and team
Of widgeOns is called a company. and
g company of teal Is called a
trip, and trip OF snipe is
called whisp and whisp OF
herons is called a sedge. and a sedge
of quail is called flock, and a flock
of larks is called an exaltation, and
an eXaltat.on OF peacocks is called q
strut, and strut Of beauties called a
galaxy, and galaxy OF ruffians is
called horde and horde of rubbish
Il called a heap and heap of oxen
il called a drove, and a drove OF
blackguards is called a mob and a
mob of whales is called school, and
u school of worshiper5 is called a con.
gregation, and congregation of SOL
dlers is called corps and corps Of
sailors is called crew. and a crew OF
pirates is called band, and a band
of bees is called swarm. and Il swarm
Of people is called crowd and a
crowd of-but this is enough to show
that the English language has good
Cany words that while not exactly
synonyms can be applied to mean an
aggregation of units.