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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
CONN ESTS AMI ILLUSTRATIONS

EImira Advertiser: Another mill has
shut down, ard it is a tin mill. too But
IT e situated in Wales and rot III the
United States This makes it doubly
sad to the free trade democrats.
Minneapolis Journal: Hon. Claude
Matthews said IN his convention speech:
at is divine privilege to be demo
cLat." The existence. of evil by divine
permission has always been theological
stumbling block,
Des Moires Register: The democratic
party. after he election of 1890, In which
it was successful, owed the country
nothing less than q comprehensive tariff
reform bill. one that proposed reform
from top to bottom Instead of that it
has been five months in placing on the
free list four out OF about 400 articles ou
the tariff list
Albany Press: The republican candi-
date, whoever he will be, is certain TO be
elected The democratic party Of the
state of New York is divided, hopelessiy.
In place of the united and aggressive
organization which supported Mr. Hill
81 the polls in 1885, there is now q dis
organized party which has resolved itself
into two savage factions, g ch of which
is intent upoa destroying the other.
L, {. Crawford, the newspaper cores
ponaent, IN an account o. his early
acqn enhance with Mr. Cleveland relates
that he asked that gentleman at one time
shortly before his election to the presi-
dentcy. what he thought of the tariff
quesrion. Between you and me-" said
this prize democrat with twinkle in bis
eye, Il don't know damn thing about
it Notwithstanding the fat mans
position as tbs apostle Of tariff reform,
a good many people, even inside his own
party, strongly suspect that he knows
just as little now as when he was honest
and acknowledged his ignorance.
The utteranees of Mr.. George William
Curtis with respect to the civil service
issue are always interesting, aud his re
marks in Baltimore On Thursday evening
before the annual meeting OF the ma
tional committee OF the association for
the reform of the civil service were no
exception to the rule In the course of
his address Mr. Curtis said:
The present administration has ceie-
brated the success Of its party with a
wild detauch of spoils tn which it's
promises and pledges were the meats
and drinks that were r1otOusly consum-
Led. Nevertheless the reform law has
been as faithfully obeyed as by its prede
,cessor, and the scope OF the reformed
service has been enlarged.
Obviously this statement needs expla-
nation. The last sentence IN it tcontra-
diets the first If the present admins
tration has greatly enlarged the scope of
the reformed service. and has observed
the reform law as faithfully IS Mr.
Cleveland's administration sode9rto the
Mugwump recollection, how are we to
account for Mr.. Curtis picture Of a
wild debauch OF spoils?" The editor Of
Harper's Weekly proves, by his own
admission, that his charges against the
administration are unfounded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
THIS FEATHER DRUMMER,
According TO key He sold His Goods
From tsse Original Package

He was carrying grip ia each hand
and, although tltz5ir weight almost oent
him double, he refused H. 1ih@ cheua 10
the porter, amt when he ttuallv pat
then down in front Of the tiss2k . gave
q putt OF relief tlGat w;,s refreshing even
to an onEooker, says the o. City Big
young fellow blew a cloud of smoke
from somewhere down in his lungs
and said:
'<Il1ey. vot toes his chiblets se3ig"
}key wheezed n breath or tive before
he answered. -"Feathers," lse at length
replied, lookSng straight ahead
"Feathers!" exclaimed the young
man, strengthening up and gazing iva
crednlously at the heavy grips which
a porter was now Juggling so the check
rooma. ~Het kind Of feathers?"
Ikey wheezed1a couple Of times, and
still looking straight ahead replied:
"Osdrish feathers"
The young man drew d few rods OF
smoke into els interior to assist him in
studying the matter out, seemingly
without success, for after a few mta-
utes he leaned over to key and asked:
"Ikey, votmages his CRIBS so heafy?"
key slowly arose, snapped the ash
from his cigar, looked pityingly at the
young man and said: After you hafa
peen on d. roat.a mondth or dwo YOU
will know dot all osdrich-feather men
garry d. life pirds in der CRIBS uad sell
from d. Eorichinal package"
And then he wandered Off to far
corner OF the writing-room, while the
young man riveted his eyes upon the
feather man, and seemed to be tbink-
ing real hard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
ODD TRICKS OF MONKEYS.
They Keep Up the Interest Of Those Who
Care for Them.

ave lose interest in nearly all the
animals" said the keeper to a n. 4
Tribune man, latter we have had them,
awhile, except in the monkeys. The
oldest keeper in the show will stop now
and then to laugh at their antics.
They're always inventing new tricks
to play on one another. Their intelli-
gence is wonderful and they show
traces of conscience now and then.
That big ape by himself over there
came to Mr.. Barnum with story
which | have no doubt is true. He
was trained when we got him to do
certain tricks by a wandering peddler
who owned him in the east. This ape
is an expert thief and one day he was
going through his antics in bazaar
where fruit merchant had a bag of
dates open on the ground. The ape
wanted some of those dates. He was
too sly to look at them, but in his
tum blings he worked over toward
them. Pretty soon he got into posi-
ton where the bag was between him
and the merchant, who was squatting
cross-legged on a mat upon the ground.
With leap the ape cleared the bag
and came down between it and the
merchant, close to the latter's face.
Then he began to NOW and mouth and
scream at the man, showing his formid-
able teeth, staring him out of counter
ance, and making as if to attack him.
The merchant was SO aStOnished that
he did not notice the ape helping him
self to dates with his hind hands; apes
are not four-footed, you know, they
l.,,, Ia
ing taken all he could hold, the ape
quickly turned his back on the mer-
chant, stuffed the dates into his mouth,
and was off in a jiffy.
The crowd saw the theft and enioyed
it, and when they told the merchant.
he was so struck with the brute's
cleVerness that he showed no resent
ment. The ape, however, had got only
yard or so away in the crowd, when
a boy, out of pure mischief, struck him
with whip from behind. The ape
turned about like fash, dashed be-
tween the very legs of the boy who
had struck him, passed two or three
others without looking at them, and
flew at the unoffending merchant, Bit
ing him two or three times before he
could be restrained. The old thief had
conscience enough to know that he
had done wrong, and as soon as he
felt the blow he took it for granted that
the man he had robbed was beginning
to give him the drubbing he knew he
deserved.
Some of our monkeys are very fond
of being petted and admired and others
are not" continued the keeper. "That
little one over there is as vain as any
woman, and curious thing in connec-
ton with her is that her vanity makes
her poor mother. The last litter
she had we took away from her;
former one she killed by neglect, after
she had hurt two or three of them
badly by holding them out to visitors
to be strOked and petted also, and, in
SO doing,pressed them too hard against
the bars of her cage. She thought her
babies more lovely than all the rest.
and she wanted them to yet
some of the admiration and attention
which she enjoyed so much herself"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
A Ruff1ed Sparrow.

An English sparrow that had prob
ably been evicted by some stranger
next-door neighbor went upon search
for a new home.
1t so happened that he alighted, in
the course of his travels, upon the
statue of Benjamin Franklin, which
graces the big triangle at Park rows
junction with Nassau street.
The metal Franklin, as everybody
knows, sports q tie wig, which swelis
out over the ears after the manner of
the truly swagger girls back hair, and
in the consequent crevice the home
less English sparrow fancied that he
had discovered an ideal place for
nest.
He proceeded to experiment.
Darling down to the street he cap
tured tiny bit of rag and showed it
into the opening between Mr.. Frank
Inns wig and left auricular.
The rag failed to catch on the smooth
metal and slipped out.
It was seized by the little home
| builder and showed back again. Sew
eral other English sparrows gathered
around on the statues shoulders and
began to guy the first.
He paid no attention to them, and
by actual count dragged the obstinate
rag back into the crevice fifteen times.
The second that it left its beak it
sl!J out again.
Suddenly the temper of the much
suffering sparrow exploded.
He sailed into his tormentors with
TIE energy of cyclone, and in three
minutes the entire crew was whipped
most beautifully.
Then, smoothing his rutfied feathers,
tI"- visitor seated himself upon Mr..
Franklin's august head and calmly
jsuIyPyed the scene of the battle.-N,
! J. Con977GerciM 4d1crtiser
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
Rough On the Farmer.

I'VE were down in central 1Iiiroia~
said Comedian Lee Harrison. board
ing cheap Ga farm during the OF
season, two ST MS. The old farmer
was just full Of GOOD points, and We
amused aim and he amused Us. The
crows bothered him q good deal. We
could see them flying around the fields
all day. The old man told US, seeing
that we had nothing else TO do, that
we could take bis gun and go out and
kill them He would allow US ten
cents a crow. erediting It up on on,
board. We hustled around two whole
days and never killed crow, though
we worked the gunpowder racket for
all it was worth. The old farmer said
he ought to make charge fer ammu-
milton, but would Offset that against
the crows scared out Of the neighbour
hood. The third day we came acr IS
a sick crow that couldn't fly and killed
him syith a stick, and getting ten
cents credit threw the carcass behind
the barn, Next day we found another
crow with broken wing. and tkat
with the old crow behind the barn run
in again gave US twenty cents more
A couple Of DAYS later ! shut my eyes
when | fired of the gun and got two
crows and raRg in the two Old ones as
before. My partner got an engage
ment about this time, but / went
brarely on with my battle with the
crows, bringing in whole strings oc-
casionally, and when | squared up
with the old man for summer board ne
owed me S1.31." ". 7. Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
WHAT IS BEAUTY
It Seems to Depend on the Country b
Which the Question Is Asked.

1t is remarkable to learn the extraor-
binary ideas of female beauty which
characterize different nations The
ladies of Arabia stain their fingers and
toes red, their eyebrows black, and
their lips blue. In Persia they paint
black streak around their eyes, and
ornament their faces with representa-
tions of various figures.
The japanese women adopt the sin
gular method of gliding their teeth,
and those of the Indians paint them
red. In some parts of India the pearl
of the tooth must must be died black
beforeea woman can be beautiful. The
Hottentot women paint the entire body
in compartments of red and black. In
Greenland the women color their
faces with blue and yellow, and fire.
quently tattoo their bodies by satur-
ating threads in SCOT, inserting them
beneath the skin, and then drawing
them through.
Hindoo families, when they wish to
be particularly lovely, smear them
selves with a mixture of saffron and
grease, and in nearly all the islands Of
the Pacific and Indian oceans the wom-
en-, as we'll as the men, tattoo great
variety of figures on the face, the lips,
and the tongue.
In New Holland the women cut
themselves with shells, and, keeping
the wounds open a long time, form
deep scars in the flesh, which they
deem highly ornamental. Another
singular mutilation is made among
them, for, when in infancy, they take
off the little finger of the left hand at
the second joint. In ancient Persia an
aquiline nose was often thought
worthy of the crown, but the Samaritan
mother carefully flattens the nose of
her daughter. Among some of the
savage tribes of Oregon, and also in
Aracan, continual pressure is applied
to the skull, in order to fatten it and
| thus give it a new beauty.
The modern Persians have a strong
| aversion to red hair; the Turks, on the
contrary, are warm admirers of it. In
China, small, round eyes are liked, and
the girls are continually plucking their
eyebrows that they may be thin and
long. But the great beauty of Chi
: nese lady is in her feet, which, in child
! hood, are so compressed by bandages
as etfectua1y to prevent any further
increase in size. The four smaller
| toes are bent under the foot, to the
sole of which they firmly adhere, and
toe poor girl not only endures much
pain, but becomes cripple for life.
| Another mark of beauty consists in
/ having finger nails so long that castings
of bamboo are necessary to preserve
them from injury. An African beauty
must have small eyes, thick lips, r
large, fiat nose, and a skin beautifully
black. In New Guinea the nose is per-
forated and large piece Of wood or
bone inserted. On the northwest coast
of America an incision more than two
inches long is made III the lower lip
and then filled with a wooden plug.
In Guinea the lips are pierced with
thorns, the head of the thorn being i'll
side the mouth and the point resting
on the CHM Yankee Blade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
THE CHANGES.
Az Illustration OF Democratic Chang, full
ness 10 suit circumstances

tG was not long ago that the Louisville
Courier Journal sent out q daily howl,
from the very shrine of the star-eyed
goddess OF reform, against the Repub
lican party because it restricted the
coinage of silver.
A great change has recently come over
it. How great that change is may be
gathered from the following extracts
taken from it's leading editorial iof last
Saturday:
Silver mining-given the mine-is an
exceedingly profitable industry. The
silver In a silver. dollar costs forty'or fifty
cents to produce, varying, Ofcourse, with
the locality
This amount OF silver sells in the open
market for about sixty-eightcents, which
profit would satisfy any ordinary appe
title, but it does not satisfy the mine
owners.
They insist that they be given the
right to call sixty eight cents in silver 81
and, further, that every person De forced
to give one dollars worth OF corn, cotton,
wheat, groceries or any goods for sixty
eight cents IN silver.
IL there is any interest in the world
that does not need protection 1t is silver
mining 1t draws men like magnet
from all other industries. The value of
silver is so great that three continents
are searched by spectators, and every
month records some new find" The
price goes down, down. down, yet the
product creeps up, up, up. -
Silver must, as far as the silver produ-
GERS are concerned, take it's place with
other products. such as iron, cotton,
wheat and wool.
But 1t is preposterous to assert that it
is ANY more The duty of the government
to put up the price of silver than it is
it's duty to put up the price of iron or
cotton
The mere use of silver will not sustain
it. The government is row purchasing
tbs product of American mines and
nslng 1T as a,basis for currency, yet today
the difference between the currency
value and the market value is greater
than ever.
The only reason We can surmise for
this sudden and surprising change f
opinion on the part OF our contem porary
is that the Courier Journal has discov-
cred that it was mistake when it
thought political success was 10 be won
by stalwart advocacy of n claptrap
financial heresy. 1t is beginning to fad
out, perhaps, that the people of the
United States are not such fools as it
thought them TO be.-Sentinel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
TaDSE .tR0B8ER BARONS. -
Row the U@DsocrasIs In Congress are Bid
dug for their Favor.

Row the U@p.ooTs,Is In Congress are Sid
dug for their Favor.
Congressman Circuit, OF Vermont lie
The Congressional Record: The demo-
cratic party, with unequaled audacity
and strange disregard for the truth, CON
stantly tells the farmer that the protec-
tive tariff as han led by the sepIblican
party is his deadly enemy; that it gives
him no protection, bat eats out his sub
stance with hateful taxes which go. not
into the public treasury, but into the
pockets OF the robber harons, the manu-
facturers of iron and steel and WOODEN
goods, yes wooleu goods; and that these
manu- acturers are rolling in wealth
which has been filched largely from the
farmer classes, and yet this same demo
cratic party which makes this terrible
arraienment Of the manufacturer, find
ing wool one Of the principal products of
the farm, protected by duty Of II cents
q pound, which gives every producer of
a pound of domestic wool IL cents adj
vantage ia our markets over the foreign
product, proposes TO take away entirely
this protection tor the hard working
farmer, FOR whom the democratic party
is overlooking with professions of atfec-
ton, by putting wool on the free list.
And why? For the benefit of the
wooleu manufacturer. What? These
"robber barons?' Yes, these same rob
Der tarons," who the democratic rarity
has suddenly discovered need free wool
to make their business profitable. not
caring for its disastrous effects upon ore
of the farmers principal pursuits They
complacently tell the farmer that this is
done out of pure love for him: that he
will be greatly benefited 10y it; that he
will have cheaper cloth ng
But single glance will show how
much there is to this. a suit of clothes
OF average weight contains just about
4112 pounds of wool.
Free wool would work saving of a
the prlncely sum of 491s cents on his
suit Of clothes This is really too tritiing
to be mentioned, and vet it is all the
comfort that the free trader can offer the
farmer for free wool.
But the most noticeable thing in this
business is the glaring inconsistency be-
tween the farocious assaults heretofore
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
Tit for Tat.

Judge-This is the fifth time this
year SO the policeman tells me. that
l have seen you in this court room.
Female Delinquent-Yes and I've
never come here but what I've seen
you here. too. People who live ia
glass houses should net throw stoneS
It's the pot calling the kettle black.
Do you moind that now?-Texas
Siftings
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
Poison in Flowers.

There is some danger in handling
the delicate flower. Florists ascribe
their most serious hurts to poison alb
sorbed in dollhouse productions which
have undergone strong vermin-kill-
ing process. A number of dealers in
fer that. after many applications. the
juicy parts of the plants become igi-
pregnated with poison; for, although
in the course of arranging flowers for
sale the stems get well washed, the
slightest thorn-punctures or scratches
viii cause tedious, uncomfortab BILE sores.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19

made by the democracy upon the manu- :
facturers and this bill putting wool on
free list for their benefit. And we nat
ally ask, what means this sudden change
in the democratic heart?
I will tell you what it means, and at
the same time what it does not mean. 1t
does not mean any real friendship for
the manufacturer. 1t means that there
is ''method in the madness" of the free
trader. who fancies that by throwing
this SOD to the manufacturers of Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
and Connecticut. these states may pos
slbly declare for democratic president
next fall
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
1t Comes High.

Mrs. Bawnso-I regret to learn that
your daughters cough is no better.
Of course, you have employed the
best medical talent
Mrs. GruDstakes-Oh, yes; no ex-
pense has been spared. We think
now of trying this new gold cure
everybody is talking about Pack
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
A Barring spirit.

Ethel wonder whom Mr.. Dash
ing will marryP
Maya dynamite bomb l guess
Ethel-What do you mean?
Maybe is SO brave he courts moth
ing but danger. Household Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19

The aboriginal population of Japan.
who call themselves Amos, numbered.
in 1898, 1902, INCLUDING 1915 men
and 1857 women.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19

A Philadelphia bun glar left vest
button in the house he had broken in
to and it led to his arrest
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01

AS "bolting" talk is the order of
the day the San Antonio express
gives this unique description of what
boiling really is:
You will please to understand, fell
low citizens, that if you go to your
rightful place of business, and fell
low meets you at the door with gun
and jams the gun into the pit of your
stomach and tells you to 60 elsewhere
to write your letters, and you feel the
omnously circular pressure of the
steel, and you stand not upon the or.
der of your going but go at once, and
you pick up three feet where you put
down two, you have "bolted." And,
having "bolted," expecting every
moment to feel a bullet toying with
your back hair, you have no right to
do business at the old stand any
more.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
Attempted Rape by a Negro.

Special to The Statesman.
KYLE, Tex, Aug. 27.-Yesterday
Miss Lucy Jenkins and sister who
live with their parents four miles
from here, were out hunting some
sheep. While thus engaged a negro
named Jim Newman stepped out OF
the, brush near by and beckoned to
the girls saying come here 1 have
business with you. The negro was
bareheaded, pants rolled up and ex.
posing his person. The girls ran
screaming towards their home. The
negro gave chase and was in the act
of grabbing Miss Lucy Jenkins when
their brother appeared and the negro
fled. He was arrested last night and
brought here. He waived examining
trial and went to jail to await the &C.
tion of the grand jury.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01

WONDER would there have been all
this howl against Judge Mccormick
if he had decided the railroad commits.
sion law was constitutional We
think not. For the people of Texas
are almost unit in wanting good
commission law. The Clark men in
wanting it are just as honest as the
Hogg men. Then why all this shout
ing by the Hogg men because it
turns out George Clark was right
when he said months ago the COM
mission law we now have would be
adjudged unconstitutional when
brought before the courts? Texas
wants sound and good commission
law. If we have not got it the better
for the state it is quickly found out
and the kind of law we want is en-
acted.