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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-11-03
lIVsrpa0I.

PROVISIONS Pork - Demand Efair: prime
mess western, firm; fine 76s Sd prime mess
western medium us 80 Lard-Demand poor
Wheat-Demand improving. No. ; red winter
steady, IS 9I3d. No. = red spring STEADY, IS
lad. Flour-Demand poor. unchanged
Corn-Demand poor steady: spot, As 6ad:
November. As SID; December, As SD Janu.
airy, As 6l4d.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-11-03
MARKETS ARE FIRM!
Wheat, Corn md Oats Pick Up
a Little At
Chicago.
Strong Tone to Shares i'll Wall
Street DealS-General
RerOrt.
January Pork Off twenty-five
Cents Lard and Ribs
Lower.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-On the resumption of
business this morning on the New York Stock
Exchange there was a strong tone to the share
list and prices advanced u to z. The overshad-
owing feature of the industrials was Disabling
and Cattle Feeding. and the price on spirited
dealings, jumped / q 10 65ia. The other issues
In this class were quiet and firm. Chicago Gas
rose 4 to 931s. National Lead q to 48 and
American Sugar Refining common Is to llO5s.
National COrdage common brought 1914.
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Naw York.

FLoUR-Quiet, weak. WHEAr-December,
1850. May, $3.50. RYE-Western. 65G75c
BARLEY-Western, Is a75c. CoRN-Decem-
Der, SIC; May, 5l5ac; OATs--Decemb Der,
s6%c; May. 40c; western, 32H@45c. PRO
VISION Beef Extra mess, sc. 25 q 6. rs.
PoRK-NeW mess, Sl3,2501350; old
mess, S12.250l2 30 LARD-$9.00. BUTTER
Dairy l5023c western creamery
s0029t5c. EGGs-Western, 22Ia023c.
CoFFEE-Rio quiet and easy; No on spot,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-11-03
Toledo.

TOLEDO Oct. 81.-WHEAT-No. . cash
and October, 71c; Nov mrer 7l4c' Decem-
Der, 725sc; May 7SAC. CoRN-No ; cash, 4lc.
OATs-Cash Bic bid. RYE-Neglectei. CLIO
vERSEED-Prime cash, and October, $40; No.
vember, 50 to asked; Deem Der, 1910; March.
S6.SJ
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Live stock.

CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-CATTLE-Receipts 5000.
Good to choice grade OF cattle sold to as good
advantage as at the close of last week, Poor
and common stuff was in large supply and was
slow and weak at former quotations. Natives
were quoted all the way from SI0l.50 for in
ferior cows and bulls to s.. 6o0t5.80 for extra
steers, though the prices at which most of the
trading was done were 81 esq. p for COWS and
bulls and S. 50Qt485 for steers The run of
Texas cattle was estimated at 5000 and there
were about 1900 Westerns The former were
salable at S1.25G3, and the latter at
$1.50G4.50. Therewas not much inquiry
for stocksrs and feeders, but the few
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st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. Sl-CATTLE-R Receipts. 1000
head; mostly Indians; market easy. HOGS
Receipts, 400 head market lOc lower: heavy
s.. 40G15 70:mixed, IS. 1905 90; Workers, s.. $40
s. S SHEEP-Receipts LOO head; market
steady
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Tennessee Lumber Company Assign

Tennessee Lumber Company Assigns.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct. 29.-The
Morrison Lumber company assigned
to-day. Liabilities s35, 1000. 1t is feared
that other lumber disasters in this Sec
ton will follow.
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Northwestern Losses GIBO 600

New YORK, Oct. 31.-Vice- President
Sykes of the Chicago e Northwestern
road says the direct loss to his company
by the Milwaukee fire is $4,000.
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Peoria.

CoRN.-No ?, 4Ol!c; No. 3, 1850. OArs-No
2 white, 80 SIC; No 8 white, 3Ol908'Re
RYE-New No ,, 49c. WRIsKY.-Market
steady on the basis OF 81 Is for high wines
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over THE WIRE.
Interesting Replies RECEIVED by Users of
the Telephone.

Interesting Replies RECEIVED by Users of
the Telephone.
Some of the replies which come over
telephone wire at times make one feel
cheerful, despite the natural melan-
choly which is associated with familiar
ity with the instrument. A quick office
boy, whose zeal sometimes leads him
into amazing paths answered call the
other day. After exchanging few
questions and answers he turned with a
perfectly serious face, and said:
''She wants to know, is that you,
dear? Is he here?"
A newspaper man, who sometimes
talks like a streak OF lightning, after
getting his connection, volleyed off in
one long sentence string of words as
long as, the Brooklyn bridge, ending
with: Scan you?"
"Wait minute" came back the an
swer, in a long drawl, until we get an
other instrument put in. That light
ming burned this one out"
Here is one which may or may not
have pleased one of the speakers:
us Mr.. x in?' asked a man after
he had got" the other man-only ii
was an office-boy
mo, he isn't in, Mr.. W." was the
answer in thin but clear voice.
NHow do you know it is Mr.. w.?
asked the other, who may have been
pleased to think that he had such good
'Etelephone voice" that even an Off &c
boy cold recognize it.
,Y,,,,s,s, @l.a ,,,a ..,ho&
can ever understand" came back the
prompt reply.
| Another Office boy after ''tackling''
the telephone, turned and said: Now,
he wants you, Mr.. X"
'sTell him that I'm busy as the devil, =
said w., not knowing just what he
said, but knowing that he was very
busy.
He says" now called back the boy
in the telephone, that he's busy-busy
as the--now, you know"
Now, one more:
Have you any X, T. & OPP shouted
broker through the telephone to a
friend, another broker.
"What?a was the answer,
"K., 7. 4 o."
Whats that3"
stock, man." naming it In full.
''What do you think it isp''
Say, but this is grocery here" was
the answer.
'Oh, sugar." cried the broker, dis
gnsted at getting the wrong connection.
"Why, yes yelled the other man.
Lots it. What kind do you waptg
III. Y. Tribune
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tl.....eAY pIEFEReMf.
Characteristic Qualities OF the Two Lead
ing Parties.

Characteristic Qualities OF the Two Lead
ing Parties.
It is often said that .'the tariff is the
only point OF difference between the
two great parties, but it shows great
ignorance of human nature to say SO.
Parties in this country and every other
represent tendencies CT human nature.
The democratic party in America is an
expression of the tendency To seek
progress through the greatest possible
liberty of individual action. Its inn
pulses are all in the direction of the
fullest possible expression for the good
in human nature. Its fundamental be-
lief Is that as men are made freer they
will make themselves better. 1t takes
full cognizance of the evil in human
nature and holds that the sole justifi-
able purpose of government is to check
it. But it relies on the good, and be-
lieves that the evil can only get and
keep the upper hand in any man or in
any number of them when they are
made irrespeHsibl =hE.some- process Of
repression; ofoppression, under which,
being held as irresponsible, they have
been made so.
The intelligent democrat sees that
human nature is capable of any base
ness, but he sees, too, that it fulfills its
greatest capacity for baseness only
where it is degraded into irresponsi-
bility by external circumstances, chief
among which has always been oppres-
sion by government.
All that intelligent democrats ask
from government is the maintenance of
liberty through justice if they do
not expect justice, through the mini
MIXING of injustice. They believe that
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A BACK-BREAKING BURDEN.

all government help to individuals de-
grades the individual and destroys
liberty by producing dependence and
the responsibility that always charac-
terizes dependents To be free, men
must be responsible, and responsibility
decreases as dependence increases. To
democrats it is an axiom that those who
depend on government must be OPP
pressed by it and must Cypress others.
1t is believed that men, when enforced
by government, have good enough in
them to help each other, and that the
result of government help to individuals
is to prevent them from helping them
selves, to prevent others from helping
them willingly and to prevent them
from helping others. The best pos
sible government at any given time is
the least government at that time pos
sible." That is American democracy.
The parties which have opposed de-
mocracy all had the same governing
impulse-that of distrust of the capac-
ity of the individual to become respons-
IDLE; to govern himself; to help himself
This impulse can and does exert itself
benevolently, but always Progressively
or oppressively When it tries to help
one forward it sets another back. To
put one at the head of the class it must
send the rest towards the foot. If you
believe that unless men have some sort
OF a government ball and chain on their
legs they will go to the devil at once; il
you think that to enlarge freedom is to
increase crime; if you believe that men
will not help themselves or each other
without being forced to do SO by law;
il you think that the only use they will
make of greater liberty will be to i'm
fict greater wrongs on each other, then
you are surely republican, no matter
what ticket you vote. For q republic.
an. is one who believes that men will
never grow better; will never help
themselves or each other, unless they
can be forced to do so by law, byypolice
clubs, and by bayonets.
There are thousands of democrats in
tho republican party, thousands of re-
publicans in the democratic party, but
in the long run the impulse OF each
party can be relied on to take each and
all OF us where we belong. Every now
and then there comes some issue which
drives out of each party those who be-
long in the other, who have been demo-
Gratis or republicans without knowing
it or reasoning it out Such period of
party realignment is coming in this
country and coming soon. st. Louis
Republic.
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uAlNols' GOOD SHOWING.
The Splendid Record Made by the Demo-
cratic PARTY,

The Splendid Record Made by the Demo-
cratic Party.
The democratic party in Illinois is
left in a commanding position by the
action of its state convention. Its state
ticket has all he,elements which com
mand success before. the people. Its
platform makes clear and bold state
ment of the state and national issues
on which the campaign will be de-
cided. The following resolutions show
how courageously the party enters the
state campaigns
We are proud OF our common school system
and pledge ourselves to uphold and improve II.
for free institutions cannot exist without uni
versal education. We denounce the republican
party for enacting o law which tends TO bring
the cause OF popular education into disrepute; a
law which takes'from the parent the right TO
educate his child according to the dictates OF
his conscience; law which creates a state In.
QUESTION over schools toward which the state
contributes nothing; law which gives the abb
solute power to every local school board, no
matter how ignorant and spiteful, to harass snd
prosecute u large class OF people who are
among our best citizens and VI no do their full
duty both toward the state All l. their children,
and Who by their labor, the patriotism and
intelligence have contribut, very much 70
ssr prosperity and greatness. such law y
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further to he condemned as az isvaavi Of hat
religious liberty guaranteed by the coDstitu-
ton, and which in effect amounts TO an inter-
ference with the Christian church This law il
antagonists 70 democratic institutions, and we
demand It's urfconditional repeal: and we pledge
our cETtti7ats for the legislature 70 vote md
work 70 thar end
We favor tho election Of United States sen
ators by direct vote OF The people
The demand herein made for the nm
conditional repeal of the republican
compulsory education law with its pro-
visions for political control of private
schools leaves the republican party no
room for evasion. 1t must either
repudiate its record and consent to-
absolute freedom of education In
Illinois or lose the state. Hav-
ing made pledges heretofore only
to violate them it must now indorse the
democratic demand for educational
freedom, and after having done so must
stand it's trial before the people for its
acts of oppression.
With the ticket nominated, and on .
platform thus strong in its presentation
of state as well as of national issues,
the democrats ought to carry Illinois
by plurality of over ten thousand
This allows for loss Of fifteen thou
sand from their plurality of 1890, and
they now present ticket certainly not
less strong than the ticket of 1890,
while the platform is much stronger.
The possibility of dissensions over
the choice of presidential can
didates is happily avoided by in
structions which indorse Senator
Palmer and call on the Illinois
delegation to Chicago to use all honora-
BILE means to secure his nomination in
the event the convention find it advise
bic to come west for candidate. This
is definite enough to express the
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DO ANIMALS suFFeRq


Their Duller Sensibilities Are incapable of
Acute Pain.
We cannot explain the grim fact of
all animal suffering as we can great
proportion OF that endured by human
kind, by showing that it is the just re-
tribution for personal or ancestral
wrong-doing, In the world of animals
the sins of the fathers are not visited
upon the children, even to the first and
second generation; not because the gem
eral laws which rule the bodily nature
of animals are different from those
which govern the physical constitution
of man, but because -uureasoning
being cannot do wrong, and in this re-
spect is4ittle more than thinking and
living machine, actuated and impelled
by blind instincts. And the instincts
of an animal all tend in the direction of
self-preservation. They teach it to
satisfy its needs, but without giving
over-indulgence in the bodily passions;
they lead it, in word, to observe all
the laws of health. So that as a pen
altyexacted by nature for the infrac-
ton or neglect of her rules, this suffer-
ing (which animals seem almost uni.
veSsally to endure, cannot possibly be
explained, And indeed, / do not think
that we can satisfactorily explain it in
any way at all, unless we approach the
matter from a totally different stand
point Instead of trying to account for
the existence of this seemingly wide
spread and terrible suffering, let us
boldly ask ourselves whether, under
purelynatural conditions, it is reality
after all. At first sight, this may seem
a preposterous position to adopt For
when we consider how indissoubly, in
our own case, bodily injury is linked
with acute suffering, it appears almost
ridiculous to question the probability
that animals, whi,h are 50 peculiarly
liable to the former can be in any de-
gree exempt from the latter. -
Yet. when we come to think the mat
ter carefully over, laying aside precon-
ceived ideas, and endeavoring only to
ascertain the true facts of the case, we
find that several most important argu-
ments, bearing strongly upon the point
under consideration, are nearly always
overlooked or ignored In the first
place, we are very apt to fall into the
habit Of estimating the pain inflicted
upon an animal BY a given injury by
that which corresponding injury would
occasion in ourselves. But are we justi-
fled in 50 doing? For pain" even in
the human subject, is purely a relative
term 1t expresses a very real sensa-
ition; but itsdoes not express its degree.
And, as far as. mankind is concerned,
the ssnse Of pain, in the intensity in
which It can be felt, depends very large
ly indeed upon two great factors The
drst OF these il civilization. 1t is al
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A LEGAL BEAT.
Good Opinions Couldn't Be Expected For
Nothing.

Good Opinions Couldn't Be Expected For
Nothing.
A well-known lawyer seated in his
Office talked entertainingly the other
day of bright young man who had
once been his partner years ago. II
have been in the habit" said the law
yer, ''of giving legal advice to lots of
my country acquaintances for nothing.
This grew to be such bore that de-
termined to get out of the habit. lap
pealed to my young partner, who up to
that time could have been properly
designated as a 'briefess barrister, and
promised to help me. The next day we.
were notified that a certain rich old
farmer was waiting outside to see me.
NoW, this old farmer had obtained hun
dreds of legal opinions from me and had
never given me cent l went into
another room and left my partner to
deal with him The following CONVEX
sation occurred:
"'Howdy! Is Mr.. Blank in?
"sNo, sir; he. out of town
"'Waal, that's bad; he allus ust TO
give me legal advice fer nuthin.'
Perhaps can give it to You. What
do you want to know"
"Its jest like this A TELLER had .
mortgage on my old mare and she died
the other day. Now the Teller claims
the mortgage holds good on the colt
Naow, how's that2D
"sWell, sir, the mortgage does hold
good on the colt.
We'll, by hockey, thai don't seem "a
me TO be very good law.
well, by hockey, it isn't good law.
but what do you expect for, nothingY
1sThc next time the old man came in
to SEE me he handed me a ten dollar bill
before he aalxed q question. -Philadel
phia Pres
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-Bond-"Is your tenement one of
these new, common-sense buildings?"
Terwilliger-"Well, it isn't so very new,
but it has all the common scents, and
some that are really unique
Paying in Installments.- Brink
what was the most expensive piece
of jewelry you ever bought?' Mr.. De
vorce-"My wedding ring. I'm paying
$40 week, alimony. Jewellers Week.
ly.
81 have met this man. said law
yer, with extreme severity, 'in a great
many places where would be ashamed
to be seen myself and then he paused
and looked with astonishment at the
smiling court and jury. -Tid-B Bits.
-Ringway are you walking
over that rug 50 much for? Aren't you
afraid you'll wear it out?' Feather
stone-"You don't understand, old man.
My trousers are under that rug, being
creased. "-Clothier and Furnisher.
-Hicks-''I think shall bring up my
boy to follow the sea for livelihood"
Dix-'Why have you settled on that?.
Hicks-"It seems to be the only indus
Try IN wnich one rs not expected 10 pc
gan at AZ .ne oottom- ~ brooklyn Li1e. .
-She-"lf you don't let go my hands,
sir, III ring for the servants" He
But II l don't let go how can you
ringy Sne ltnoughtfuiiyl-Ihat's so
-and-and poor mammals got a head
ache, so ! dare not scream ~. <.
Herald.
Her Sex Prevented. -Reader-"So
the author OF this book has refused to
father it?' Publisher-"fes Reader
THAT is strange. 1t is q work TO be
proud Of" Publisher-"l see nothing
strange about It, The author Is
woman. Town Topics.
III suppose you two young people
would as lief I'd retire" said Scadds,
facetiously, after Mr.. Nissan came into
the parlor. well, papa, replied Sue,
'.you know when you were talking poll
tics awhile ago, you said you were OPP
posed to third party yourself. r-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Fair visitor-''so you have really
decided not to sell your house? Fair
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PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

With Quay reelecting himself in
Pennsylvania, and Harrison renominat-
ing himself at Minneapolis the repub-
lican party is preparing to claim that II
is holding its own.-St. Louis Republic.
There is no abatement of the re-
volt against Harrison, the administra.
ton organs to the contrary notwith.
standing. 1t is likely to take whirl-
winds course at Minneapolis. Who
will ride and direct it? = Albany Press.
Now ex-Spealxer Reed is out for
the presidency. In some directions the
car is a strong man, but his forte is in
the manipulation of minorities and he
will have another chance of showing
the world how it is done.-Detroit Free
Press.
The republicans ia several quar-
tiers are making wry faces over another
dose of Harrison. But what is the use
in for it and may as well close their
eyes and take him down. He isn't very
big.-N. Y. World.
Harrison must make terms with
Plat and Quay. The former controls
the delegates from many of the con-
gressional districts in New York, and
Quay has chosen delegation from
Pennsylvania which squints toward
Blaine. The price which Platt and Quay
will ask will be high. New Haven
News.
-Ex-Spealxer Reed has a vaulting
ambition to preside over the Minneap-
oils convention. This is not good news
for Mr.. Harrison. Reed Is understood
to be opposed to the presidents renom-
ination, and as presiding officer Gar
Reed generally has things to go the
way he wishes them to go.-N. Y. Ad-
vertiser
commissioner Raum understands
the policy of silence. He knows bet
ter than to attempt an explanation of
his financial dealings with the chief OF
pension sharks. The law does not
oblige an accused to give evidence
against himself, and Mr.. Lemon Is out
of the county for his health pending
the investigations Chicago Times.
1T is noticeable that good many
conventions on both sides of late arc
doing more indorsing than instructing.
The republicans commend Harrison
and Blaine, but feave ans opening for
the delegates to select their man The
democrats in Indiana, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Nebraska and other
states drop proviso about expedisney.
st. Paul Globe.
- Plenty of whitewash will be used
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JIM AND JOE.
xas IN my early teens.


sv{5n lysas In my early teens,
suf&weui 20 district school,
I'm IfFavS WAS thought the brightest boy,
1oa smith the biggest fool;
mat Jam would, some day be judge
Tltc falha IN town agreed,
While lhGy were quite unanimous
MA Joe would run to seed.
= WY. jim would unconccrnedly
Jlt ghnce into the book,
hndltnew his lesson adj by heart
In one brief moments look;
lie Fncw arithmetic all through,
GFammar and history;
Geography he bossed around
Il over land and sea.
POOR Joe weud groan and scratchhls had,
AID Study by the hour; 4
To warn bis lessons In a trice,
was luilc beyond his power.
He drddgod nj noon and recess,
Add made each moment tell;
But though he learned them very slow,
He learned his lessons we'll
Ihey SAG when money easy comes,
-. Il easy likes 10 fight,
Butwith Grm grasp we hold the prize
For WHICH we had to fight.
The weed grows rank and rapidly,
The oak crows slow but strong;
The weed lives scarce the summer through,
The oak a century long
Aud So, while Jim got learning fast,
1t flow away as quick;
But Joe he got 1t slow and sure,
And give it time TO stick
And tho the boys thought Jim was smart,
And Joe foolish drudge
James grew up and run 70 seed,
And Joseph Is the Judge.
p. G. Fossct in Golden Days.
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wishes of Illinois democrats, and at the
same time.it shows them unwilling to
put their delegation in straight jack
ct. Expressing a preference of its own
Illinois will be able to consult with the
other states in convention and join
them in whatever action Is shown by
mature deliberation to be best for the
party and the country.-St. Louis Re-