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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-21
OF POrtiereS.

Of POrtiereS.
Chenille and shcia-our stocks complete with all the
noystics-plain all figured or dodoed-hgh art.
shaded MORE Renaissance. Pompadour. and other
designs and effects
Two .ixt,.minc Twenty dollars.
New Chenille Porticrcs-shcll or floral dado. soos
Two.toncd-bcautlful color combinations. 7.oS
S0.9S. ...lO.0S.....l3
Stu hand.oner Portieres OF finest Chenille
Empire Rens.-ancc Louis XIV, and other fashionable
dc gns In color, from delicate to darkest
al with extra heavy frnces top and bottoma m1tchlcss
variety
scrims and Fancy Draperies.
Fancy Open.worX Stripes, ~ cts
Figured silkolines-lltest designs, 1c'a cts.
Em5d Sash Musns-fn.shed edges. Is cts.
Woven Spo, Muslins-whlte and cold. 1872 cts.
sateen Furniture Coverings.
Yirh, ard dark large aud small designs,
81. cer,.. value 10 cts
Furniture Tapestries.
joinch Satin Russo. 20 co'ornes, 80 cts.
3.shu,rle Pen, Points. extra heavy. SO cts.
SIX warp EFe-,s. new combinations. 50 cts
Heavy SIX WaiIs. Empire ELECTS 4l.oS
Crushed Pu.hcs-2i.nch-a colors IS cts.
Rich sntim BrocatcIs.
New coor.ne, and ehccts--all so inches wide.
:. 70. vane 800 1898. value 5000
shade. md Poles.
Holland shados-hank.knot linen fringe. - cts.
Bes, scotch IIo!lsnd-odd sizes
7oc. to $50, IS cts.
Polished Ebony Polcs-wood trimmings, 10 cts.
Heavy ,wo.inch-bras, trimming worth 81. +9cts.
lrass stair Buttons-worth 3jc. dozen, 10 cts.
wor.tcd Porticre Loops-worth 81, 40 cts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-21
Al sEyENTY.sEvEN CENTS,

Atwood Bengalines-Mulbery, Dahla, Reseda, Emil
nence Hclotrope Electric Gobelln, Apple Green, Rasp.
berry and all fancy shades much in favor-As,
comrlete assormcnts Of staple colors-,alue. sl.25
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-21

Fine Scotch Mixtures and Cheeks. and other handsome
fancies with and without silk figures.
OF still finer novelties those who have our stock
give favorable Endorsement Of value and variety
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
THE PITT DIAMOND.
That is Now Among the National Trea-
SlreS in Paris.

Thomas Pitt was born il 1868. but
in this correspondence we meet him as
governor of Madras for the East India
company Ito which post he was appoint
ed in 1898, an imperious and able
man, hot tempered but kindly, bent on
amassing riches which he neither could
nor cared to enjoy, but which he OBJ
vioUsly regarded as a fortune to be
left his children, though he was thor
oughly determined that they should
not squander it in his lifetime, says the
Edinburgh Review. He is interesting,
not only for his own marked individu-
atty, and for being in some senses a
typical Angio-Indian ruler of the period,
but as the grandfather Of Lord Cha
than and the great-grandfathe Of VIII
liam Pitt. The only hiatus in this sue
cessiOn of able men was in the case
Of Robert Pitt, Gov. Pitts son, who
appears to have wanted the noticeable
qualities of his father and the great
gifts of his son. In a large measure
the present correspondence is. concerned
with details in regard to the custody
and sale of a diamond of extraordinary
size and beauty which was purchased
by Gov. Pitt in the east and sent home
in charge of his son.
1t has been sometimes said that Gov
Pitt obtained his fortune by means Of
this stone, but it is clear from many Of
his letters not only that he had ample
private means long before he sold this
Jewel. but also that he had numerous
other business transactions the results
of which We're highly profitable. This
remarkable jewel was sold in 1717 to
the Regent Orleans for G125,OOO. THE
stone,' writes the governor on June
% of this year, was sold for 100000
hyres, 16 to FL. [ received the third of
the money, and the remainder is in
four payments every six months with
3 per cent interest, for security of
which | have crown jewels, four par
GELS, one to be delivered with each pay
ment." This statement shows that the
price, which is usually stated to have
been f135,0OO, has not been hitherto
correctly given.
The brilliant has been known in later
times as the Regent, sometimes as the !
Pitt, diamond; it is now among the |
national treasures in Paris, and has |
been valued, it is said, at f4SO,0OO. It |
is clear, from the account which Gov. |
Pitt gives of the purchase, that the |
stone was fairly obtained, being bought |
in 1902, after good hard bargaining, |
from one Ramchund, a diamond mer-
chant. The gossip if the day on this |
subject, like most gossip, was not good |
natured. 1t was summed up in Pope's |
couplet:
Asleep and naked as an Indian lay, |
An honest factor stole a gem away |
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
SHORT STORIES.
College Students Given a Chance to
Earn $50.

The new prizes offered to competitors
in the April Short Stories by the Cur
rent Literature Publishing Co. 52-54
Lafayette Place, New York, are for
a ghost story, also for the best short
love story. Undergraduates of colleges
have a special chance to themselves
in a prize Of $50 for a short tale Of
college life.
The April number of Short Stories
has the usual assortment of good tales
that we have learned to look for in
this entertaining periodical. Departing
from the original idea with which the
magazine was started, the present man.
agement is using largely original mater
lal; and in the number under notice
two-third of the tales are either writ
ten or translated especially for short
Stories. Those most likely to please the
general taste The Wild Story Of the
Manor a queer story from the Russian;
The Case of Lady Lukestan the story
of a strange lawsuit; The Umbrella
Fiend a new and surprising conception
of universal bugbear; My Relations
With Major Hoffman clever little
detective story; and 4 Summer Days
Adventure translated from the French
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

use them. These beds We're construct
ed of upright pieces nailed to the floor.
with a piece of scantling extending
from one to the other, and small poles
Laid from the scantling to the chinlin.
Of the cabin, upon which a straw tick
was Laid. These beds We're very narrow
SO that it was difficult for two to sleep
comfortably. The beds We're filed and
the residue were scattered promiScu-
ously over the floor. The family went
out while the strangers prepared to re-
tire. The old man slept next TO our
bed, with a revolver under his pillow
and a Winchester by his side. Som
nambulism was not INDUCED in that
night by the visitors. The room. by
actual measurement. was II by IA
Imagine sixteen people sleeping in a
room that size. The owls outside and
the snoring inside We're enough to drive
a nervous man crazy. But soon we
We're all asleep and the troubles of the
day forgotten. l never enjoyed a
nights rest better. No one of that
family could read or write, yet it was
the happiest family / ever saw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
HOSPITALITY IN ARKANSAS.
How a Mountaineer Entertained Two
Guests Under Trying Circumstances.

Travelling in the mountains of south
east Arkansas a few years ago my
guide got lost, says q writer in the
Globe-Democrat. Night overlook US,
and we stopped at the house Of q typi-
cal ArkanSan to remain al night. The
man made every excuse in the world.
but it being 4 sparsely settled neighbor-
hood he consented to keep US. The
family consisted of 4 father and mo-
Their and twelve children. There Were
six grown daughters. ali fine. buXoIn,
gOOd-lOoiling girls, averaging about 100
pounds each. There were two rooms
to the house. which was built of round
logs. In fact. there We're TWO separate
houses with about six feet space be
tween them, so that we had to so ont
doors from one to get into the other.
One room was used as a sleeping apart
ment. the other as a kitchen. Our fore
consisted of corn bread. sorghum mo-
lasses, and coffee. with no sugar or
cream. My knife was broken in two
and the fork had but one prong. |
drank my coffee from a teaclIp. my
guide from an oyster can. and the land
lord from the lid of a little tin bucket.
In the sleeping apartment there were
but three beds, and sixteen of us to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
QUEER THEFTS.
Detectives Are at Work With Small
Hope of Success

Detectives Are at Work With Small
Hope of Success
New York Tribune 1t is very hard
to be obliged to feel suspicious of our
immediate attendants, but instances
are continually occurring that warn
us to be more cautious about what we
say. A young lady who attended a
large reception at a friends house
changed her drees before going to take
a train for the country, saying to one of
the maids that was helping her. 'Just
hang it up in a closet somewhere,
please, and I will send someone tomor-
row to pack it UP and take it home"
1t was most natural the next morning,
when a neat looking person called,
saying that she had come for Miss As
gown, that it should be given to her
without a question. A few hours later
Miss As own maid called for the
dress, and it was then discovered that
a pretty French toilet had ben deliber-
ately stolen by some one who must
have overheard Miss As remark and
knew that it was to be sent for.
Another still more serious loss was
incurred by another incautious young
woman who, On comparing necklaces in
a dressings room, said that she had sent
her string to have the clasp arranged to
RS mentioning the name of the jew
eler), and adding Il shall have it to
wear tomorrow night, however, to
the B-s.' On calling at the shop her
self rather late in the Afternoon of the
next day it was found, to the constern-
alton of all parties, that a most res
pectable English woman, whom the
clerk supposed to be the lady's maid,
had asked if the of Miss Rs string of
had been arranged, she wished part
iculariy to wear it that evening, and
the attendant, doubling nothing had
given it to her. Detective are at work
on the case, but there seems but little
hope of discovering the theft.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

and for many months was unable to
work. My father writes: THE cob
bier has been i'll these many months.
The little dog sits at the door so I'M
happy and anxious to help that I every
day expect to see him beginning a pair
of top boots" Another time father
writes IN telling the history of this
little animal: a cobbler at Boulogne,
who had the incest Of little dogs that
always sat in his sunny window watch
ing him at his work, asked me if l
would bring the dog home as he could
Mt afford to pay the tax for him. The
cobbler and the dog being both my
particular friends | complied. The cob
bier parted with the dog heart-broken.
When the dog got home here. my man,
like an IDIOT as he is, tied him up and
then united him. The moment the
gate was open, the dog ION the very
day after his ARRIVAL ran out Next
day Georgy and / saw him lying all
covered with mud, dead, outside the
neighboring church. How am l ever
to tell the cobbler? He is too poor to
come to England, so / feel that l must
lie to him for life, and say that the dog
is fat and happy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
HOW SERVANTS SHOULD BE
PAID.
Interesting Points by a Housekeeper
Having Sixty in Her Employ.

1 always pay servants their wages
promtly, never making it necessary
for them to ask me for money, and I
pay them cheerfully, making them feel
that I do not grudge them their earn
ings, says Ellen Howe in Ladies' Home
Journal. When employing a new SER
want, | fix her wages at a certain price
per week, because that establishes the
necessary length of time of notice of
change that each Of us shall require
Should a servant choose to leave sud
denly without notice, she would forfeit
her pay for the unserved time, and
should | discharge her without notice /
should pay her unserved week to her,
I then inquire how frequently she
would like her wages, and have found
that usually they prefer monthly pay
ments. but I pay as they desire. Then
[ keep each ones account in little
book which | show at each payment
so that there is never any confusion as
to the amount due or the time of the
last payment
When away from home, if | leave my
house in their care, [ pay full wages,
because responsible care deserves pay.
ment as well as manual labor. If 7
close my house but wish to retain their
services for future reopening, | make
definate bargain with them to that eff
feet 1t seems very easy to make a
promise to do what is right by another,
but the idea what is right often varies
widely between thestandpoint of mis-
tress and maid, and a clear understand
ing on both sides is the only correct
way to plan. The business of pay
ments between housekeeper and ser
wants should be well understood. !
am convinced that irregular and long
delayed payments of wages are among
the most frequent of the causes of dis
satisfaction and can be fmost easily
prevented by the housekeeper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
town. Now, there's my land on the

town. Now, there's my land on the
hill
That's good for $500"
And my half of the wooden mill :"
THAT ought to bring up the balance"
80 it will, and my watch will make
another ESQ. The hands are all paid
up, and l owe nothing for either pew
rent or my board. Here is your salary
for next week, Andrew"
'.But-but what are going to do, sir"
stammered.
Going away, my lad
But there is no need of that You
can pay dollar of dollar, even if the
news gets out that We are shaky and
brings a run. And why should the
news get out? It is known only to you
and me- You have the confidence of
hundreds of good men and can raise all
the money you want to go ahead on"
That woman he whispered as he
dropped his chill into his hands and sat
think,n" fer Il long time.
Give me authority to go TO the po-
lice, and I'll almost guarantee her cap
ture and the return Of the money
He shook his head in a sad way and
did not speak for five minutes. Then
he said:
''You can 90 now I'll think il over.
Come at the usual hour Monday morn
ing"
| left him sitting in his chair, but as
paused for a moment outside | heard
him lock the door behind me. / was
about a good deal Sunday, but there
was no gossip. No one knew what had
happened. ] did not see the banker
nor hear of his being seen, though he
was man who never missed his
church. At o'clock Monday morning
we had to summon the police to break
open the door of the bank. Donald
Cameron lay dead on the floor. having
own hand. There We're some written
instructions to me by following which
every depositor would be paid in full,
and besides them a notice to be pasted
on the front door that Monday morn
ing. 1t read: This bank closed for
two days, after which all depositors
will be paid in full"
About the woman? She simply walk
ed off with the man I had seen at
Aberdeen and the bankers money, and
neither the police nor the public We're
ever told of the cause of failure, though
many shrewdly suspected what had
brought it about.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
WHY HE IS GREAT.

President Cleveland is a puzzle to the
organ of the late grand old party Elk
Senator ingalls, has concluded that
Cleveland is not ''an accident" Ingalls,
used to reyile Cleveland in all sots of
ways. Now, ingalls, fits about in a
hapless effort to avoid being forgotten.
The New York Tribune calls Cleveland's
election "a popular freak" The ST.
Louis Globe Democrat, after trying to
belittle him, gives it up, and comes
to the conclusion that he is a remark
able man. The plain truth and the sim
pie fact is, that Mr.. Cleveland is Il
great man. His greatness consists not
in great intellectual power, not in bril-
iancy, not in personal magnetism, nor
picturesque attractiveneSs. 1t lies in
his being unlike the ordinary, time
serving, Weakened politician He is
the farthest remove from the dema-
gOgue. If he does not believe in pension
extravaganza to unworthy soldiers h&
says so. The ordinary cowardly polit1.
clan says So but he votes for the pen
SiOns. If Mr.. Cleveland believes that
high protection is robbery, he says so.
Thousands of the spineless variety be-
ieve as he does, but dare not say So
If he sees mischief in the free-silver
craze he says so, although about half
or more of the two great parties are
through sheer cowardice afraid to speak
out bravely on that subject. Cleveland
is the great man, the all-poWe1ful Amer
lean, because he is a simple, straight
forward, self-reliant man with convic-
tons Of which he is not afraid His ca
reer is the great object lesson to teach
the trimmer, the time-server, the mob
fearer, the swivel-back, and the dough-
face, that the American people adj
mire a manly man, who is not afraid
to act out his convictions and do what
he thinks is right
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
HE DIES ONCE A WEEK.
An italian Impostor Who Is Known
All Over Russia.

An Italian, who cannot be other than
playing wonderful tricks upon the good
people of Tiflis, in the Causasus, Russia.
His name is Tagarelli, and, while he
cannot be termed an Italian in the
strict sense of the word, having been
born in Russia Of parents born in the
same country, it is known that he is
of that extraction. He is known all
over the land Of the Gar as The Dy
ing Prophet" his ability to delude the
public depending on a queer faculty
he has for dying and returning to life
once every week. A person who has
viewed the situation on the ground
told a st. Louis Republic man: THE
audacity of his pretensions, the skill
with which they are maintained and,
above all, the profound effect produced
upon all who come in contact with him,
have no parallel in history He is q
most extraordinary being, and if he be
an impostOr then he is the most marvel
GUS impostor of the age" He dies, to
all appearances, and the ordinary death
tests declare that life is extinct While
in this condition he declares that his
spirit visits the other world" but
which of the two he will not tell. All
that he will divulge in regard to his
doings while on these trips" is that he
examines the book Of life, and that he
can tel the spiritual standing of every
person who cares enough about it 20
make inquiries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
BO1HOOD OF LOUIS NV.
His First Public Document Signed
While His Mother Guided His Hand

st. Nicholas. Little Louis was lust
four years and eight months old when,
by the death OF his father, he became
hlng OF France. He received his cour
tiers gracefully on the first occasion
When they presented themselves before
him: and when he and his mother STEP
ped out on the balcony to show them
selves to the people who swa1med be
low, he was greeted with shouts Of
Nlve lie Roir' from the populace.
Thus began his long reign over France.
Immediately after assuming his royal
duties. he presided at a council Lifted
into the chair of state, he sat there
deinurely while the council deliberated,
and then signed his first public docu-
ment,-hiS mother, Anne of Austria.
holding his little hand, and guiding the
pen.
The next morning he was taken to
Paris. His whole journey was til
umphal progress. The people never
tired OF looking at and praising the love
~ child, who sat on his mothers knee
and gaZed at them with earnest baby
eyes. 1t was on the occasion of meet
ing his parliament next day that, for
at least once in his stately life. Louis
XIV. acted as a child He was sitting
upon his throne in the Hall of Saint
hand, the court all around, while in
front sat the parliament, composed of
grave, dgnitied men, awaiting his or
ders. The queen stood him upon his
feet, and whispered in his ear The
king laughed, blushed, and turned
around, and hid his little face in the
cushions of his seat. Never had par
lament been more quantity received!
But Anne of Austria was strict in ETH
Quette. Again she took his hand, again
spoke softly in his ear. Gracefully he
stepped forward and said, Gentlemen.
l am come to assure you of my affec-
ton; my chancellor will inform you OF
my will"
The little king was too young, OF
course, to understand much that went
on around him. He spent the greater
part of every day in the company of
his mother. A small band of children
formed into a military company and
Sti1ACu ICS SIlduCtS u uOlluCuI
of honor, helped to amuse his Majesty
He drilled them severely, marching
them UP and down the long gallery of
the Louvre to the sound of a big
drum, which had been given him, and
which he delighted to beat. Whenever
the queen appeared, these youngsters
presented arms with much dignity
When Louis was seven years old
that is to say, in the year 1645-he dane
ed at the wedding of his cousin, Marie
de Nevers, who married the King of
Poland. Dancing was a fine art at
Louis, the queen regent on his right
this time, and one in which persons
Of high rank were expected to excel
Anne Of Austria was an exquisite dan
Ger, and had caused her son to be care
fully trained in this graceful accom-
plishment. Young as he was, he could
bow with surprising distinction, and
WELD his hat skillfully in the mazes Of
the minuet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
AN ELEPHANTS SUN SHADE.
The Heat of Our Climate Demands an
Artificial Protection

st. Nicholas: On hot summer days in
New York, when the mercury is well
in the nineties, it becomes almost Il
necessity to carry an umbrella, or shade
of some kind, to protect ourselves from
the burning rays of the sun. We
should hardly expect, however, a native
OF Misunderstanding in this city-to have
the same need for a sunshade, particu-
larly when the native is huge Indian
elephant. That an elephant should
feel the heat in our climate seems IA
Their absurd, but as he does, it is quite
in keeping with the general intelligence
of this animal that he should invent
some means of protecting himself from
it.
The elephant Enclosure in Central
Park contains no trees nor shade of
any kind, and on those hot days when
the heat is almost unbearable, it seems
hotter there than any place in New
York. Grouped around the inclos,1re
are usually scores Of persons, many
with sunshades and umbrellas, intently
watching the elephants. Some of the
huge animals are carefully tossing
hay upon their own backs, whilst
Others, whose backs are almost covered.
may be seen peacefully resting. Newly
nlown grass is what the elephant pre-
fels for this purpose, perhaps because
it feels cooler than hay,-but hay an
swers the purpose very well. How
many visitors to the park on these
warm days have realized that they
were not the only ones carrying sun
shades, and that the elephants We're
protecting themselves in like fashion,
The fact that elephants never attempt
to thatch their backs with hay during
the winter, although the same opportl-
mites for doing so exist, seems to prove
that they use the hay as 8 protection
from heat. They may sportively throw
Il little hay about, but nothing more
However, in f1y-time, there are good
and sufficient reasons for the animals
adopting the same means of defense
again; therefore, when the flies are
fierce, the elephants cover their huge
backs as on hot summer days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

said TO be worth not far from $500. 900.
Down to 1915 he was compelled by
circumstances to live in modest style.
He himself has admitted that. in the
hope OF adding TO his income. he could
not resist the temptation to gamble.
trusting that luck would favor him.
Notwithstanding his wealth Bismarck
has been invariably deaf to appeals for
charity. He created a sensation some
years ago by publishing notice in the
Berlin newspapers that it was useless
to apply to him for help.