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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
AT THE FAIR CORNER

You will find staple line of
cast upon All Clean bright desirable goods way
down prices for the best of goods WE KEEP NO OTHERS
1t will pay you to look
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
STATE BANK NOTES.
The Farmers Alliance Opposing a Re
turn to Their Use.

The Farmers Alliance Opposing a Re-
turn to Their Use.
The New York State Farmers ALI
ance is much exercised over the Demo-
cratic proposition to repeal the prohibit
DRY 10 per cent tax on state bank issues.
John Chamberlain, president of the ALI
ance, as representative of that organiza-
ton, has issued a circular to the farmers
and laborers under the caption, "The
Peril of the Nation"
The section of the Democratic national
platform recommending that the pro-
hlbltory 10 per cent. tax on state bank
issues be repealed stands, the circular
says, as a danger signal for the sons of
toll to warn them that such repeal COM
prlseS a scheme to re-establiSh the wild
cat huctuating currency of generation
ago, when the state bank notes were Of
varying and uncertain value, and to the
loss Of the farmer, the planter and the
laborer. The notes then were subject to
discount of 10 per cent. The circular
continues: colder men must look with
dread upon this midnight madness move
ment to repeal the state bank tax if they
will recall the condition of the currency
prior to the war, when the losses by
counterfeits, broken banks and discounts
were appalling, and when many of the
state banks were started with the pre-
conceived purpose of swindling the COM
munlty by irresponsible and unscrupu-
lous Wall street adventures from whose
offices the bills were issued, the nominal
location of the banks being fixed at re-
mote and obscure points difficult of &C.
cess to prevent the presentation of such
issues for redemption"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
AT THE FAIR CORNER

You will find the cheapest and largest
brought to the twin cities Wood County, notwithstanding
Growing, by others, to the contrary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
e~s --
Hardwood Deal.

We understand that Mr.. F.
Mackinnon closed deal with the
John Edwards Mfg. Co. the past week
whereby he comes into the possession
of all the red and white oak owned by
the above finn along the Port Edwards
railroad. The consideration is said to
amount to S2S, ZOO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
AT THE FAIR CORNER

You will always find the latest Trimmings
Caps and also Trunks and Satche sold that
petition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Local and Otherwise.

For a frst-class concert 90 to the
opera house tonight.
WANTED.-Girl for general housework
enquire at Doud & Muir's Shoe Store.
Mr.. John Schnable is out on the
road this week selling goods for F.
MacKinnon Mfg. Co.
The people cannot forget the
Rourke failure whenever his name
comes up for county clerk.
NEVER in the history of the country
has a remedy given such excellent re-
suits as Downing's Cough lixir.
Ba Geo. n. Wood,
Real Estate,
Insurance.
"A new hardwood floor is being
added in Johnson, Hill & Co.'S grocery
store. Messrs. Sprowl and Griffith are
doing the work.
Beneath Projections flag we fight,
Because we know the cause is right;
To Free-Trade clamOr we'll not yield,
The tin plate badge shall be our shield.
Frank Garrison returned Tuesday
morning from trip to Chicago where
he was called on business connected
with their new mill machinery.
-Messrs. Corriveau & Garrison have a
fine line Of merchandise this fall. The
clerks have them nicely displayed too
Their show windows are ALWAYS
attractive.
b@O. 7. Hougen NJ. D., Office over
Woods Drug store. Telephone at office
"a, at residence f.
Mrs. Geo. E. Hoskinson and
daughter Mrs. F. MacKinnon returned
home the past week. We are pleased
to note Mrs. MacKinnon somewhat
improved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
WOODS PHOsPHODINE
English Remedy.

Promptly and permant-
ly cures all forms of
Nervous Weakness, Ennis
sions, Spermatorrhea, I'M
potency and all effects of
Abuse OF EXcesses. Been
prescribed over 80 years
in thousands of cases; is
the only Reliable and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20

SILVER MAY WIN but Dowing's
Calisaya Compound is guaranteed to
cure all Kidney and Liver disorders.
1t never fails. Try it. For sale by
H. H. VOss & Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
AT THE FAIR CORNER

You will find the styles best fitting stylish cheapest
ALWAYS of any other place in Ladies Refers Winter
Wraps
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
AT THE FAIR CORNER

We sell wholesome Groceries, genuine pure Cider Vinegar
straight unadutated Spices and line of health giving good
sustaining food at prices that others ask for inferior goods
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20

B70fe ana @978e7. HOHesV NeuICIre kHOWH
Ask druggists for WOODS PHosHoLINE: if he
offers you some worthless medicine in place of
this, leave his dishonest store, incloSe price in
letter and we will send by return mail. Price,
one package, 81; six, s.. One will please, Six
will cure, Phamphlet in plain Sealed envelope,
2 stamps. Address
THE WOOD CHEMICAL CO.,
I31 Woodward avenue, Detroit, Mich.
re Sold in Grand Rapids by H. H, NOss & Co.,
J. E. Daily and druggists everywhere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20

Eag@ Hot and Cold water baths at
L. Fournier's barber shop. First-class
service IT,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04

the two hundred neatly picked fowls
which we had made ready for market,
not one remained. The kitchen door,
left accidentally unfastened the night,
before, now swung wide, opening
through the woodshed to the garden,
and showed how the robbers had en-
tered
''Just as was on the point of giving
the alarm L heard a familiar cock
a-doodle-door and most remarkable
looking creature, which L hesitsted mo-
mentarily to identify as bird, hoped
upon the threshold and crowed thrice
/ ran to the door of the wood-shed and
there. in the garden, were all Of our
chickens-two hundred of them,
plucked, but none the less alive-busily
scratching up the vegetables A family
council, quickly summoned, found no
difficulty in analyzing the situation
Evidently the fowls had fed upon the
fermented cherries, which had thrown
where they could get them, and when
we supposed them dead. they were in
reality dead drunk. While we were
asleep, they had recovered their senses
and walked out of doors Happily, none
of them seemed to be injured at all by
the process of plucking they had I'M
dergone. The hens kept on laying just
as well and the BOOSTERS were as proud
as ever. In fact, my mother afterwards
said that the feathers brought her CON
siderable profit, and she seeaned to think
that perhaps chickens would yield bet
ter returns as matter of ordinary bust
ness if they were deprived OF their
plumes, like sheep of their wool, at
iudicious intervals "-Washington Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
LIFE IN THE HEN YARD.

1t is just as Full of Fun as Life Anywhere
Else
1.-THE incident of my life which i'm
pressed my mind most deeply was a
calamity that befe1 my immediate
family during my early boyhood," said
government official recently. MY
father was a farmer. We kept chick
ems, about two hundred in number, the
eggs and tender progeny of which were
sent to market and furnished not in
considerable fraction of the family in
come.
''One summer, at the season when
the fruit was ripe, my mother made
great quantity of cherry bounce for
the brewing of which she was famous
After completing the process. she di-
rected me to throw the refuse of fer
mented cherries away and did so I
threw the stuff near the chicken-houses,
thinking that the fowls might relish it.
Later on we heard a great deal of ex-
cited squawking from that direction.
but paid no particular attention to it.
After supper / went out, as was my
usual duty, TO see that the poultry had
gone to roost all right for the night
You can imagine my establishment and
dismay when found all of the chick
ens-hens, rooster, pullets and cocl1rels
scattered in and around the chicken
houses, every one of them dead
ST need not dwell upon the conster-
nation occasioned in the family by this
appalling misfortune Two hundred
fowls, which a short time before had
been apparently as healthy as any
poultry that ever scratched for WORMS
in barn-yard, were stiffening in
death It was no time to indulge in
improbable grief. however. As my
mother suggested, while drying her
eyes with her apron, the only thing to
do was to pluck them and send them TO
market in the morning.
with all hands busily engaged. we
finished the job by one a m, stacking
up the plucked chickens on tables and
in corners 1t was a melancholy task.
but we tried 20 console ourselves with
the reflection that the money
they brought for flesh and feathers
would purchase fair nucleus for a
new flock So tired were we that none
Of us woke up until after six, which is
pretty late for farmers was the first
20 GO down stairs 70 my amazement
and horror the results of our labors of
he previous evening had vanished Ok
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
CANDIDATE CLEVELAND.
The Good Impression he Has Made Upo
the People.

The Good Impression he Has Made Upon
the People.
It is universally agreed that the de-
feat of Quay. Platt s. Co. at Minnea-
polls, and of the Hill-Tammany con-
spiracy at Chicago, was great gain for
decent politics. 1t resulted in present
ing two candidates personally ire
proachable. The difference in the nom
nations was this, that Mr.. Harrison
was put forward by a convention in
which large humber of his own Office
holders took part, and it was not
nomination of enthusiasm. Its signifi-
canoe was the maintenance of respec-
table status quo. Mr.. Cleveland's was
a nomination of preference and en-
thusiasm. It is alleged, however, that
he is not so strong candidate as be-
fore But this seems to US mistake.
He is stronger candidate than ever
before Certainly none of those who
were mentioned as possible candidates
could have impressed the country so
favorably. The republicans would
have much preferred to see Hill. or
German, or Boies, or Gray, or Palmer
selected, because they would have been
sure that none of them commanded
the same respect and confidence that
attend Mr.. Cleveland. No man after
his retirement from the presidency
ever rose more steadily in public es-
TEEN and popularity. His course has
been simple and dignified. Without
presumption, as a private citizen neces-
sarily conspicuous, his conduct has
been modest and quiet, and as a speaker
upon public occasions, even when of a
party character, his tone has been that
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04

with more than usual alacrity, aud
brought in the packages, saying:
Mercy Lawrence has taken the
school in this deestric' ag'in, but the
committee says she's goin' to hev
trouble gittin' boarded. He says Mis-
Brewster's been around an told 'em all
how abe feels, an they don't none Of 'em
want no trouble with her. Committee
says Mis- Brewster's bound nobody shall
take her but Gallup, an you know Gal
lup's amt no kind of place for
woman to board! They's goin' to be
meetin' tonight at the schoolhouse, an
she's goin' to be boarded out to the
lowest bidder, an folks say t Mis-
Brewsters' hired Gallup to bid way
down"
Miss Becky deliberately put away
the package while Eli talked, then, with
a red spot deepening on either check,
she said:
eli Burge, you know how to keep
your own counsel I want you to go
to that meeting tonight and underbid
Gallup, and take Miss Lawrence for
me; and Eli, be sure and let them all
know it's for mel Underbid Gallup if
you have to take her for nothing! This
| district is not going to disgrace itself
by Offering insult to a respectable
girl to satisfy the spite of-any body!''
Good for you, Miss Becky! 1 allus
said you was chip of the old block!
guess they'll find they's little O. the
| spirit O. Seth Warner left in these ERE
Green Mountings yit, an n1ebby some
O Ethan Allen, tew! 1 swan! but
| find them ere orders mighty pleasant,
| Miss Becky Sartin dOi''
The school meeting held that night
| was a memorable one. The district
fathers felt the gravity Of the situation.
| There must be school, and the teach
| er must have boarding place. and il
had been previously voted that she
should go to the family which should
| charge the least for her board.
| Gallup, mean, drunken man, anc
the head of a vile household, had never
been thought of, but when it wa:
whispered that he would try and un
der bid for the teacher, it was felt tina
! it must be at some ones instigation
aud when it was known that he was the
paid agent of Mrs. Brewster, the situa
ton became still more complicated.
There was large attendance on the
meeting. Miss Lawrence was liked anG
respected, and pity for her, desire to SEE
her treated fairly and curiosity as tt
how the affair would be settled brough
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04

: in heifer, but I'm main glad to git
- John anyhow" and Eli went forth,
sgayly whistling: Hail Columbia
Miss BeclSy's fingers flow faster
than ever to keep time with her
thoughts, and these were all of John
Brewster and his affairs" She
thought of his mother. who had been
her dear friend from childhood, and of
his father, always her good neigh Dor
until his unfortunate second marriage,
of John himself, her favorite among all
the young folks of the vicinity.
He had been in her class in Sunday
school, and she had given him such be-
friending as she could when he had felt
more than ever motherlesS and I'M
friended under the rule of the ignorant
and arrogant woman his father had
married
She had the New Englander's rigid
sense of duty. She would not say q
word to encourage John to leave home
even AFTER he had attained his majority,
but she FEAT an increased respect for
MN on learning the cause of his revolt
Here her thoughts became outspoken;
there was only Malta, the gray cat, to
hear:
Marry Aiminy Briggs! I'm glad the
boys got sense enough TO choose for
himself. His father chose for hsnse,r,
and a pretty choice he made the second
time, seIst say-and Alminy Briggs
could be daughter after her own
hearth
Miss Becky finished peeling and
Eslicing the rhubarb and set it on to
stew. laid the table for eight instead of
seven. mashed the potatoes (adding an
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04

Lady (engaging servantl-"Have
you any references? Raw Country
Girl-''What be them. Usarm? Lady
''Why. can you tell me any people who
know your character? Raw Country
Girl (grinning1-"YeS. surely; but I
bean't 80 silly as to tell re!--Puneh
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04

have heard nothing Of it for some time.
So1icitous only to secure immunity
from competition and Indifferent as to
pretenses, the plea of later years has
shifted ground and has asked continu-
ance of the system in order that the
manufacturers thus shielded might be
able to pay to their employees the SUI
perior wages which the worlmen of
this country have enjoyed under all fs-
cal policies. They ask for such a duty
upon the foreign competing articles as
viii compensate for the difference IN
the labor cost of the article made in
this country. Naturally. then. the peo-
pie of this country, who are thus asked
to contribute by indirection of their
earnings to make up this difference,
have right to ask of these manufac-
labor in the articles made by them.
pensatory duty be calculated? If it is
known, then the duty can be laid with
approximate accuracy.
On the steel rails and plates menu
featured in Mr.. Carnegie's works che
Mckinley bill lays tariff to compen-
safe for the difference in labor merely,
of course. of from S13.44 to SIS a ton.
The congressional committee investi-
eating the labor troubles, having their
source in the proposed reduction OF
wages, were naturally anxious to deter
mine the justice of both reduction
and resistance, and ascertain the labor
cost per ton OF the production Of the
mill, that it might be made clear
whether Mr.. Carnegie was paying his
workmen wages commensurate with the
duty laid on imports of steel plates. Mr..
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
IOrfginaL-1

: days, had an unusually hospitable and
kindly look, for the double doors Of the
hall We're set wide open to admit the
fresh morning air, and in the graveled
path, which led through the deep flower
garden to the gate, was q huge house
+, dog, jumping about, wagging his tail,
and occasionally giving playful bark
in his excitement over gray squirrel
which had but now scampered up the
trunk of an elm tree.
Miss Becky. the spinster mistress
and owner of the place, had been early
sastir. The milk was SKINNED, the pans
were washed and scalded apd were now
reposing slantwise on a bench outside,
ready to catch the morning sun. The
beds had been thrown open and the
doors set ajar for the tonic influence
of morning air. and Miss Becky herself,
arrayed in fresh calico with generous
gingham apron, the embodiment of
neatness, was seated at the kitchen
table, preparing rhubarb for pies. She
was a woman past middle age. as the
silver-streaked hair and furrowed brow
attested, but the eyes had lost none of
their sparkle, and the form retained its
elasticity.
Her 1.-THE fingers peeled the pink
SIdihS AC HltIh hOuI4 SOO11
be in, and breakfast must be ready, and
this is baking day, and there are six
hungry haymalkers to cook for. No
time to lose.
While she was squirting her haste
with these thoughts, Eli Burge, the
hired man, came in. He was a huge,
loose-jointed fellow, clad in blue jeans,
~overalls and frock, and placed on the
back of his head was coarse straw
hat with enormously wide brinl
''Well, Eli?" Intercepted Miss
Becky.
Il come to say Abuer's gone. The
men hectored him so bout not keepin
up he got mad and cleared OUT
I'm sorry, for he could rake after,
and you need more help instead OF
less
Yes NON, the grass in the long
medder, ev'ry spear ont, is jest suf-
friu' to be cut, but I've got a man
vu'th two of Abner-John Brewster
We know he's a master hand with the
c,the.''
John Brewster" exclaimed the
spinster. ''Now, Eli, I'm not going tc
be so unneighborly as to hire Johr
away from his father in haying time
His place is at homer
wall, it's us or farther on. Johns
started out for himself, for sure! He's
twenty-five years old, an ought to be
his own man by now, and l guess it,:
all right. They told him he must dc
as they said bout Mercy Lawrence OF
leave, an so he's left
Mercy Lawrence, she that taught
school here last summer? What about
her?" sharply demanded Miss Becky.
"Wall, John an hers made up to git
nlerried, n his stepmothers bound t.
hev it t they amt nobody for John but
Alminy Briggs"
''Almiuy Briggs! Humph!'' shifted
the spinster. We'll, if they've turned
him off, and he wants work, there i
certainly enough of it here. But mind
Eli, we neither NEEDLE nor make in thu
neighbors' affairs. Ny duty's plain
to mind my own business"
wall, guess mine is, tew, jist now
I've got to milk that ere blamed kick
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
NoBoDY'S BUSINESS.

Gross Greed OF the Benefcfarfes OF Pro-
lection.
The old plea of the protectionists that
the people of the country should be
taxed in order that certain lines of in
dustry might be established in this
country, and its independence OF for
eign makers thereby assured, long since
became 50 palpably absurd that, with
thu exception Of the tin-plate infant. we
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
A PARTY OF PETTIFOGGERS.
Unconstitutional Demands Of Republican
Platform Makers.

Unconstitutional Demands Of Republican
Platform Makers.
Even the constitution Of the United
States was held N contempt by the
republican platform-makers, who
wrought with no better or higher pur-
pose than to get all the votes possible.
In the plank, dealing with the elective
franchise, Is this: I'VE demand that
such laws shall be enacted and enforced
as will secure to every citizen, be he
rich or poor, native or foreign born.
white or black, this sovereign right
guaranteed by the constitution This
is willful and contemplate piece of
pettifogging, because no such guaran-
tee is given by the constitution. ALI
that the federal constitution does de-
clare as bearing upon this point is thaa
no discrimination shall be made be-
cause Of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitude. The respective
states are the sole judges of the con-
ditions upon which the privileges of the
elective franchise may be exercised.
and they alone determine the qualifica-
tions Of voters within the above restric-
ton as embodied in the constitution.
Michigan, if so minded, can impose q
property qualification, an educational
qualification, or both, that w ould debar
many citizen from voting, 'sbe he rich
or poor, native or foreign born, white
or black" and yet the constitution Of
the United States would not be vio-
lated, because no discrimination would
be made on account OF trace, color OF
previous condition of servitude." Were
congress to pass law aiming to meet
the demands set forth in the republican
10 II -
United States would pronounce it null
and void, for congress has no right or
power to usurp the rights Of the states
as secured TO them in the fundamental
law Of the land.
Because of its long lease of supremacy.
its power Of wealth and it's management
of perpetuating its domination, the re-
publican party has iInbibed the idea
that it Is the final authority in this
there is no appeal. Under that convic-
ton II ignores the constitution and ap.
peaIs to the people in the name of an
authority that is without existence
| This nation is union of states, pledged
70 its maintenance and defense, but not
in the sense that the federal govern
meut can wipe out state lines and estab-
lish consolidated power with Wash
ington as a controlling center. It was
against Just such a possibility that the
founders of the republic took every care
to provide
1t is high time that those who con-
troll the course of the republican party
be convinced that they are not the peo-
pie There are certain constitutional
rights so sacred that they are bound to
yield them respect and obediencs.-De-
troit Free Press
If the Mckinley tariff had done
for the Homestead men what it pro-
fesses to do, or il it had even prevented
wage reduction which meant to them
something like starvation, the lockout
and the battle would not hare occurred
Is there any sane man left who really
believes that the Mckinley kind of
tariff does what its promoters prete ID
that il Will DON. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
MISS BECKY'S "HELP."
John Brewsters Revolt, and What
Came CT It.

JNR1SE in that
loveliest part Of
Vermont the
valley of the
Lamoille.
The old War
ner farm, all
overshot W it h
lances Of light
and hecks of
shadow, W a s
picturesque be-
yond its won't
on this J une
morning. The
brick mansion,
built in colonial