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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
Far and Garden Produce.

CHICAGO. Dec. 19.--The following quotations
are for large lots only. Smaller quantities are
usually sold at advanced rates:
BUTTER - Fancy creamery, 28029c per
ID; tine, 2eG27c; good creamery, i8@23c;
medium creamery, 1o0l7c; poor cream
cry 140ioc; dairy select 2a026c: No !, 191
&c; No. ?, l6G7c; packing stock, 15116c;
ladies, No l, 16G16hc: No. l4Ql5c; grease,
298c
MISUNDERSTANDING, ordinary variety, SO
as per 100; carrots, home grown 81. 256Dl so per
brl; tomatoes S1.75 per crate: onions yellow,
So beets, 81 2502 80 per brl: celery,
15025c per doz sweet potatoes Jerseys. choice,
S404.50 Illinois, 1893. % per brI. sage. i5c
per bunch.
FRUITs-Apples, choice to fine Easterns, $3.50
G2'5 per brl: Mchigans, choice, s. 40g2 30 per
brl; No. 2, all kinds, SiQJ1.75 per bril- lemons,
S3. 50D45) per box: bananas, sl0Il p per bunch;
oranges, Floridas, 2.I5G2 80 per box; russets,
& O0G2 p per box: New York Concord grapes,
27d31c per basket.
PoULTRY-Hens, &c; per :lb springs. nc;
ROSTERS, sc: ducks, fancy white, 9@Oc; ducks,
dark, 814G9c; ducks. mixed, 909llc: turkey
lOc;dressed turkeys. fancy I2Ac; geese. 1925
0695 per doz.
PoTAToEs-Burbanls on track 6707Oc per
bu: Hebron rs, 60G63c; rose, $1,000; mixed,
b8G6Jc.
CHEsE-Fullc Young American 10H0
10tGc; do twins, l0z010Ac. cheddars 91.094c;
brick. 1034 y 7sc; Limburger. 909lsc Swiss,
iS0l2b.
EGGs-Demand God. Strictly fresh stock,
2ic per doz; ice-house stock, l70Issc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
GIRLS FOUGHT WITH RAPIERS
A Novel Morning Scene In the suburbs OF
OF MarseiiIes.

A Novel Morning Scene In the suburbs Of
OF MarseiiIes.
Globe-Democrat:-' Speaking of prize
fights reminds me Of one l once witness
ed in MarseileS, France, between two
us handsome young women Us ever
looked out upon the blue Mediterran-
can" said Otto Gottsinger.
This prize was nothing more nor
less than the heart and hand Of q gay
young sea captain who might have
posed for the statue Of Apollo, and who,
rumor said had praciced piracy on the
Barbary coast. It was no soft glove
affair, let me tell you In fact. 1t was
duel to the death, and the weapons
used were rapiers with points like cam-
brio needles. 1t appears that the row
ing swain was another Don Juan, and
made mad love to every pretty woman
he met. Two pretty Marseilles lace
makers were the recipients of marked
attentions from him and grew insane
" jealous Of each other. They met one
day in his presence and engaged III j
very undignified scratching match, and
a Ia mode, promising to marry the sur
YiYor They agreed and the next morn
ings sunrise saw them in a wooded
suburb of the city with their attend
ants, ready for the fray. Through a
friend of the michiefloving captain,
[ learned of the affair, and in company
with n Partisan journalist was pre-,
sent
Your French maid is nothing if not
dramatic, and both stripped to tho
waist wearing only spiked shoes,
stockings, and short skirts At least,
that was the only clothing visible The
captain acted as master of ceremonies
and privately encouraged each other
to 60 in and win | thought Of the con
test on Mount Ida as | looked on the
scene. Here was Paris, Venus, and
Juno, but Minerva, dear Goddess Of
Wisdom, was conspicuous by her alb
sence. The cOmbatants faced each
other on a grassy plat, surrounded by
live trees, just as the sun showed MS
rim above the wave; and they went at
their work with q will. Neither knew
anything about fencing, but each was
hungry for the others gore, and reck-
less in consequence. Their temper soon
got the better of their Judgment, how
ever, and they began to belabor each
other with their weapons as though
they We're broomsticks. This proving
unsatisfactory, they dropped their rap
iers and began to pull hair, while the
barbarous captain rolled on the grass
and shrieked with laughter. The jour
nalists soon got enough, and, despite
the captains protestations, separated
| them.
He then picked up the rapiers and
/ handed one to the author of the eXhi-
bition, saying: Monsieur, you have,
/ by melting these foolish girls to fight
about your worthless self. sullied the
honor of the women of France. In their
name, / challenge you to mortal COM
bat But the rover, while willing that
others should spill their blood,had none
! to lose. declined the combat, and sneak
ed out of the port"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
CLIMB TREES BY STEPS.
The Australian Ascends a Tree by Means of
Notches in the Bark.

The Australian Ascends Tree by Means of
Notches in the Bark.
A black never uses his knees when
climbing, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle in speaking Of the Australian ma
tives. If the tree Is small In girth they
sometimes use a vine, passing it around
the tree and holding on to it as they
ascend. The most common way, how
ever, is to ascend by means OF nOtches
cut into the bark about one and half
inches deep and about three feet apart.
Having fixed upon the side he intends
ascending, the climber cuts a notch
with his stone tomahawk about the
height of his waist and another on a
level with his head. but q little to the
right or left of the lower notch, as the
case NAV be. These notches are made
by a few taps of the Ratchet, first hori-
zontally and then down at an angle of
45 degrees: having made the two lower
ones, the ascent is made by standing
on the ball of the foot with the great
toe in the notch, while the climber
cuts a fresh notch level with his head.
and so on until the lower branches are
gained.
Often the gum trees run eighty feet
from the ground up to the lowest limb,
the trunk Of the tree being perfectly
smooth. These notches are cut with
great regularity. for. measured on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
Official Canvass In Michigan.

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 19.-The
official canvass of Michigan's vote for
President gives Harrison 222, 7Os, Cleve-
land 202, 296, Bidwen 2O,25O and
Weaver 10, 1872. The Republican plu-
rality in the western district was 2l,-
$50 and the Democratic plurality in
the eastern district 1888. The First,
Second, Seventh and Tenth Districts
were carried by the Democrats, and
the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and Twelfth
by the Republicans, Harrison's plu-
rality in the State is 20,412.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
HOW DEATH FEEL
Some Observations Made st Death Beds
by doctor.

Some Observations Made st Death Beds
by doctor,
St Louis Globe-Democrat: II was
reading an article this morning on how
1t feels to die" said DR.. w. II. Epworth
No living man can tell how death
feels, or whether the actual act Of dis
solution is accompanied by sensation or
not A man who, through disease or
casualty, has lost consciOusness-ha
become to all appearances dead-and Is
then resuscitated, can really tell US moth
ing about it, for he did not die. The
machinery did not come to a complete
standstill-the life force did not leave
the body. 1t may be that the poet has
dipped deeper than the physician into
the awful mystery Of death. 1t ma,
be that he has described terrors not
visible to the eyes Of the medical man.
who interests himself only in the con
dition of the animal mechanism.
Il have stood by the deathbed of men
who told me they were going to he'll,
and saw them pass peacefully to their
long sleep. l have looked at their dead
faces few minutes later and saw there
on a look Of fear, of horror. that was
not visible when the heart gave its last
throb and then stood still. l have had
others tell me almost with their last
breath that they were going to heaven.
They passed away with wan, weary
faces that were pitiful to contemplate.
but before thew became rigid a smile
as sweet as an angels dream Overspread
the pallid features. The deep lines Of
suffering faded out and the aged looked
almost youthful, the weary and worn
became radiant. What causes this
change, which every physician has
noticed? When does death occur? We
say when the animal machinery stops,
when the breath and pulse cease.
That is what the doctor calls death,
but it may not really death after all.
The spirit may not leave the body, may
not take its departure from earth with
its breath, the last faint heart beat Tt
may cling for some moments to its shat
tered tenement before it takes it's flight,
before it faces those terrOrS or enters
into those transcendent glOries which the
poet has painted. The death of the
body, with which doctors only deal, may
be but the prelude to a more important
act, the departure of the spirit. Science
has gone far, but it has not yet lifted
the veil Of mystery which the Almighty
has hung over the couch Of death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
OPERATIONS STRIKE ENDED.
Partial Victory for Each Side-waga
tn R.

Partial Victory for Each Side-wagss
to BE Advanced.
OMAHA, Neb., Dee. 19.-W. j. Aller.
assistant manager of the Chicago, Rock
Island e Pacific, was in the city to-
day. In talking of the strike of the
operators on the line he said
the company was now able to
transact all business. About sew
entyfve of the strikers had
been given their old positions, but
whether any of the rest would be re-
reinstated was a matter not yet deter
mined. At any rate the company has
prepared a schedule of wages, in which
the minimum pay is fixed at $45 per
month, and overtime to be
paid pro rata. No discrimina
ton will be made in favor Of union or
non-uniOn operators, except IN the
case of diSpatchers, who will have to
be non-union. A conference between
the company and it's employees in the
telegraph department will be held
soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22

half a dozen Of the thin ones OF their
feed. 1t was not practicable for me TO
divide the bunch, which would Of course
have been the better way. My lambs
were very icky. l dipped them, using
chlornaptholium, which, for some reason,
was not successful. In the middle of
winter l treated again, using a tobacco
dip. This was entirely successful in
killing ticks, but undoubtedly lost me
weeks gain in the lambs, as the
weather was bed and they were a long
time getting dry. This year I shall see
the last tick dead before I begin to feed
at all. For the IT'S head l used a she'd
2Ox52, and did not think they had too
much room before they were shorn-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
CHILD LITERATURE.
1t il Crowded out by the Enlinenuly frope
Children OF Inc " iseacreo.

1t il Crowded Out by the Eminenuly Proper
Children oil Inc " iseacreo.
The wise mentors in conventional
literature virtually tell you that child
literature wants no real children in it,
that the real childS example of defect
i've grammar and lack Of elegant de-
pertinent would furnish to it's little pa
trician patrons suggestions very hurt
full indeed TO their higher morals, ten
denotes, and ambitions, writes James
Whitcomb Riley in the Forum. Then,
although the general public couldn't for
the life of it see why or how, and
might even be reminded that 1t was
just such a roWdying child itself, and
that it's father-the father of his coun-
try-was just such a child, that Abr:a-
ham Lincoln was just such u lOVaDle
lawless child, all-all this argument
would not avail in the least. Since
the elegantly minded purveyors Of
child literature cannot possibly tolerate
the presence of any but the refined
children-the very proper children-the
studiously thoughtful, poetic children
and these must be kept safe from the
communicating touch of our rough-and-
tumble little fellows in ''hodden gray"
with frowZly heads, begrimed but
laughing faces, aud such awful, awful
Vulgarities of naturalness, and crimes
of simplicity, and brazen faith and
trust, and love Of life and everybody
in it. All other real people are getting
into literature: and without some real
children along will they not soon be
getting lonesome too?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
YANKEES OF SOUTH AMERICA.
The Chilians are Wide-Awake, Progressive
and Ingenious.


and Ingenious.
The ChilianS are the Yankees If
South America" said Victor 2. Hart
to u St. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat reporter,
after several years spent south of the
line. They are alert, progressive, in
geniOus, and give the almighty dollar
us hot u chase as any people on earth.
The women are remarkably beautiful,
and the men as tine a lot Of fellows
as can be found on the earth. They
are, for the most part, tall. broad
ShOuldered, supple as HindOOS aud brave
lis lions. 1t is peculiarly fortunate that
the United States did not become EN-
broiled in Il war with Chill. OF course,
such i contest could have but one result,
but it would not have been the walk
over the people Of this country sup
posed. The ChilianS are not only Il
Draye and Warlike people, but their
mountainous country affords every adj
vantage for defense. 1t is full Of Their
mopylaean passes where Il handful of
men could hold Il mighty army at bay.
1t offers abundant sites for fortiticatiOnS
as impregnable as Gibraltar or Quebec.
All this talk about the ChilianS diSlik-
ing the American people is the veriest
nonsense. They regard the United
States us the grandest country and the
Americans as the greatest people on
earth. We could captivate the Chilians.
They are deserving people, and the
glory OF South America depends chiefly
upon them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
Terrible Epidemic of Tynhus

EAGLE Pass, Texas, Dec. IA re-
sponsibe gentleman who arrived yes
terday from the interior of Mexico re-
ports an epidemic of typhus prevailing
in several Mexican cities, including
Callenties, Zacatecas and the City of
Mexico. At Zacat ecas the ravagcs Of
Ike disease have been terrib bile, and
while he could not learn the mum Der
of deaths which had occurred, it was
ascertained that seven physicians had
succumbed to the epidemic, which is
attributed to the poverty and destitu-
ton caused by the drought and the
ignorance and disregard by the inha bic
tants of all sanitary laws,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
GOLD in THE TREASURY,
Secretary Foster Says He Can Maintain

the Necessary Reserve.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 19.-Seretary of
the Treasury Charles Foster expressed
himself freely to a reporter respecting
the alarm felt IN financial circles over
anticipated large gold exports. He
said he looked upon the situation not
simply as a spectator awaiting his re-
tlrement from office. II am Secretary
of the Treasury" he said, land will be-
until relieved on the 4th of March
next. My duty viii be performed in the
interest of the public welfare as vigor-
ously as if my time were not soon to
end. Every resource at my command
will be availed of to preserve the gold
and silver as l am commanded by
law
How about the reserve in the Treas
ury?"
mo one can obtain gold from the
treasury without paying money for it,
and with the money thus received can
rccoup the gold. There is also the right
vested in the Secretary of the Treas
urv to sell bonds if necessary to retain
the gold reserve. The treasury situa-
ton as to the cash balanc re is such as
to permit the free use of cash received
for gold to again obtain the gold"
'Will We gold reserve be main
tained?'
ut will be. This was stated with
the utmost emphasis l firmly be-
ieve that with the resources at the
command of the department shall not
be seriously embarrassed in more than
maintaining it. | Recommend to Con-
gress in my annual report that the re-
serve be increased from 500, 900, 900 to
$125, 900, OOO.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
OVERCAME His CRUPLES.

The Captain Lectured His Soldiers for
stealing Chickens. but Ate One Himself
The San Jose Mercury prints a story
OF certain Captain j, who was .
brave officer and a good disciplinarian.
but nervous and eccentric. He had q
mania for rollcalls One day he saw
pieces of soft bread Uttered about the
company streets, and shouted, with his
customary impulsiveness. Fall in,
Company b. The men fell in and tho
roll was called. Then the captain re-
feIred to the fragments of bread.
Don't let me see any more Of this
waste-maka Il mighty good pudding.
Right face. break ranks, march,
The story was current, but probably
not true, that Company B was once
called into line that the captain might
ask which man it was that owed him
ten cents.
. On another occasion the same captain
had command of the guard line, with
headquarters in the village of Falls
Church. At the post were i sergeant
and Il half dozen men. Strict orders
were issued against interfering with
private property. Soldiers are human,
however, plump chickens were near,
and the result may be imagined
Early the next morning one of the
i loyal inhabitants presented himself
1T headquarters with grievance. His
latest chickens had disappeared during
the night, and feathers had been found
jusG outside the picLet post. Captain
j was indignant, and of course the
roll was called. The men were lectur.
ed on the sin of chicken stealing. md
n search of haversacks was ordered.
The search was made, but not a feath-
er was discovered.
Captain j gave Il sigh of relief,
end the complainant had nothing to
do but withdraw
At dinner that day the captain found
a plump, juicy chicken, finely roasted,
awaiting his attention. He looked at
it. shifted its aroma, and was about to
fall to, but the instinct of The officer
stayed his hand. He called his black
servant
Horace, where did this chicken come
from?"
''Got him out Of yer haverSack, cap
tain
"Out Of my haversack?"
The captain looked at the chicken,
then at the heavens Then he laid
down his knife and fork. sprang to the
door and called out, Fall inr' Again
, the inevitable roll-call.
/ .'Who put that chicken into my haver-
sack?" he demanded
! A smile passed down the line, but
there was no response. The demand
/ was repeated In somewhat milder ac-
cents, for the fragrance of roast chick
en- was In the air. Finally the servant
! spoke.
! Captain" he said 1--WE all had
! hand in it. We thought bit Of poultry
might be good for you for a change,
and your haversack was handy"
| Captain + called up a serious
face. but the chicken had a tempting
! smell The lines of his countenance re-
! Taxed.
'Tt was a wrong thing to do" he
said "a very wrong thing; but now
that the bird is cooked-and 1t smells
Ike Il good one-it would be wicked
not 70 eat IT."
{ And eat it he did. At the next roll
call he animadverted again upon the
Offense of plundering non-combatants
ST shall hang my haversack In the
same place tonight. Right face! break
ranks, m1rch!'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
Feeding Lambs.
A writer from Champaign Co.,

A writer from Champaign Co., o,
in Country Gentleman. gives his expert
ence which viii doubtless be of value 10
others: l bought 200 Illinois lambs.
mostly grade shropshires; % of them l
put with my sheep stock as they We're
nicely marked ewes. The average
weight was a trife under 60 pounds.
Ny first mistake was in taking too many
bad thin lambs with poor stamina. /
thought feed would bring them right
along, but in fact they held the whole
bunch back, as 1 fed them together and
could not give the hearty ones as much
as they could use, for it would throw
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
Cash sales.


CHICAGO, Dec. 19-CORN-Sales by sample
were; No 3, 384@4lc, No , yellow $3.50
39ll; No T. 37137%c
WINTER WHEAT-Sales by sample we're: No.
hard, 66c: No. hard, Ole; No red, 650o6c;
No. red, 54@I57c.
OATS Sales by sameple were: No 2 3ll&6
32Hc; No > white, 81 8Qt37; No. 3, 30lt32Lc:
No. white. 3243ic.
SPRING WHEAT-Sales by sample wtrs
No. ,, 644c: No g. 53055cc No !, 66c.
BARLEY-Sales by sample were. No3 $50
Csc: No. 4. 344i5c.
RYr-Sales by sample were No. 2 SOC; No.
,, 4ic.
BRAN-Sales were at sI1G1ll50
MIDDLINGs--Sales were at Si1506i2.
SEFDs-Sales by samples were. Flax No. 1,
cash al 0S ;.
HAY-Sales were: No. l timothy. sll0
IL: No. 2. timothy, SI00i0 So mixed $50
.. so; uplan nd prairie, S999. 50.
WHIsKY-Steady at 81 30
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
Colored Catholic Church at st. Paul

Colored Catholic Church at ST. Paul
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 1D.-Arch-
bishop Ireland dedicated with great
pomp and ceremony the new Church
OF St. Peter Claver for the special use
of colored Catholics. The church is
very pretty edifice, quite large in pro-
portions and costing $4,000. The con-
gregation of colored Catholics was or
gained five years ago with member
ship of seven. 1t now counts several
hundred. The Archbishop in his dis
course denounced in strong words the
social ostracism from which the colored
people suffer, declaring it contrary to
humanity, the Christian religion and
to the spirit of the American republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
Live stock.

CHICAGO, Dec. observation-disclosures, 19, 900.
The average quality Of the offerings was rather
poor for the time Of year and sales at over 5
were scattering, though a few OF extra quality
sold as high as 1896. From those figures
sales were noted all the way down to Sl9125,
at which range few vagabond cows and bulls
were closed out. Although the trade was gen.
orally reported as slow, a large volume of bust
ness was done and the late feeling was frmer
than that prevalent in the morning.
Hoes Receipts 10000. There was Jan active
demand, but buyers were in position to get
the hogs cheaper and they made the most OF
their opportunity. They forced prices down to
the extent Of 10c per 100 lbs, to s. 701640 for
poor to prime light and to SO. 1896 IS for me-
dunn TO heavy. Exceedingly few of the offer.
ings sold above &c 60: indeed; the bulk went
over the scales at So 4006.55. The market
closed firm at the decline.
SHERS.-Receipts $500 There was good
demaaf for shA<0 and lauabs >~d liza raArA>s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
ODDos to M'ComaS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The Senate
Judiciary Committee is considering the
nomination of Louis McComas Of
Maryland, to be Associate Justice
of the District Supreme Court, and it is
probable that the nomination will
be disposed of this afternoon. It is
understood that some of the Democratic
members are opposing confirmation,
but they are doubtful of their ability
to prevent it on a direct vote in the
Senate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
81 Kiss RYDER RECEIVES.
Entertains Patty of Friends With a Sleigh
Ride and Other Joliities

Entertains a Patty Of Friends With Sleigh
Ride and other JoIiities.
Miss Lydia A. Rider entertained a
party of friends last evening at her
home, 211 Few street. The young
people enjoyed a sleigh ride early in
the evening after which they returned
TO Miss Ryders residence and proceed
ed with a meTymaking which lased
until a late hour.
A scientist says that, of all fruits,
the apple is the most nutritious, being
the richest in sugar and albumen. The
juciest apples are more digesible, but
the mealy sorts are usually prefera BILE
since they are more nutritious.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22
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New York.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10. - FLOUR - Weak.
WHEAT-No. ? red. very dull, shade tirmer:
May, 1910 RYE Western, 54Q5sc. BARLEY
State, 65@sOc; No. Toronto, si@S5c. CORN
January, 509sc; May, sac: No 3, 5O1s@1l2sc,
OATs-No. ?, duh and steady; May 39l4c:
western, 36147.c. PROV sIoNs-Beef, extra
mess, Sc .25GD6.75. Pork, new mess, Sl64l6 80;
Did mess. s50l5.2 p. LARD-sIo IS bid. BUT
EER-Western dairy, l7@24c; western cream
cry, 20ll30c. ECGs-Choce steady; western
best, 271!02Sc COFFEE--Rio. quiet, steady;
No on spot l6IaMl6a<c