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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-12
WHEN SHAKESPEARE SL:NGe HIN.
SELF

tfte.! 70 read wat Shak speare writ
And n%ecr thought no great Of it
j knew Il man in our town
Saurce ekilled Shakespeare in renOwn
But, still. J reckonei all the time
Hc wnrnt eZ smart 81 oil Squire Prime.
InOugh others stuck him on pole.
l allus laid HIM on the shelf.
because lie hnd no spnrt an soul
An mover slunY himself.
An ev'ry time tried 10 fail
To make out out TIER head or tail,
Or any heart. or sense or soul,
To all his wObbIin ,igInnrole
No msster how he'd s4uirIn an try
HocOuldn't come uptO Of rill Nye,
And 40 shet the book again.
An stick il up there on the shelf
An say. Its plain to me- it Z. plain
Tho. he couldn't sling himself
An elOcutiOner came down
One nigh: las fall TO our town,
An Used for seyrnl days
Tibet he would read from shnkspeare's
plays.
.Tbe: follsr,' snys l. is chunp
To Try to read from SIGH II gump;
II cOnIdh't write AS we'll rs him
I'd lay my self upon tho shelf;
Fer Shakespeare haint no swing an! vim
An he cau't sling himself
! heerd the elocutiOner spout
An he Jest turned me wrong side out.
Them wOr is--like cannon b. lis they hit
Thorn words tibet William Shuk spesre
writ.
An each word struck II tcnier part
An la q ded red hot in my heirt,
Wy clum up life > highest stair
An Ct from nntnrs tip top shelf
An heerd thet reader r M and tear
An Shakespeare sling himself!
wy shak speare took the heart or man
a ii -it.I N n N
An evry word he coined IL still
Worth twenty dollar bill.
An some words gaInbol, like yong steers,
An some are drippn' wet l II tears.
sEOr SHnksreHres 1t tho sweetest meat
On Mother Nat highest shelf.
An evry day he went to ca
An then he slunr him elf.
WV here n man who waded through
The drip in dai- les aL the dew,
An who in IA CHEST Heaven did dwell,
An wandered through the lowest hell.
An he communion usett r hOl
With God an devil in the soul.
Who searched his soul i'll ev nv part.
An rnn.ncked ey'ry nook ni sholf,
Who looAed ri hit in his open heart
An went un Slung himself
w on Shakespeare sliugs himself | sec
How il human soul eau be.
/ feel ike clninIn my own
The hig est tent ErOun the I hrone.
W On Shakespeare sings himself say
Wat angel could do bette hey?
An We KIN We hey he best,
The sweetest from the highest SHELF
The brithtest. n Andcst, puftIrst.
When Snak sI,enre slinss himself!
Yankee Blade.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-12

$50. coo IN ahosi. twenty-five companies.
The Waits os New York" company
was pla ,iag in she thcater and had just
u reh sarsal. Tn. entire loss
on stock and building will eNceed SEQ.
iuU0. of which perhaps Sia5,tOO Is Sc
cared by INSURANCE.. The origin of the
lire is Il mastery. It is rlm"red that
il came from :. cigarette left burning in
the SaNtiuhs
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-12

building. And when think over
things like that. say the Centennial
was the hest. She says just got the
Centennial 50 fixed II my mind | can t
seem to consider this"
How about the buildings here"
Well. As for buildings ard right down
IN and down beauty to look at them.
Why. Of course. these buildings 60
right OF and leave Philadelphia stick
Ing there.
The gratuitous information people
give each other in the White City l.
axhau-tle>s For instance: Who Is
this picture by" asked ore woman Ct
anothe. in the Art Gallery. aid the az
swer came promptly. BY Geronle. He
i an author. too. He wrote thai book
called Three Men in Boat. &c say
nothing Of the dog"
Two Great Men.
Two men stood the other morning
before TIE Barth oldi figures nea: sls7
lagoon entrance OF the Art Gallery.
Their eyes were gli>ten!ng with adm
ration. and ere 81 them spoke t. the
other thus: Il should know II for Wash
ingtcn. though the comeback OF his
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-12
BAD BLAZE At OMAHA.

Destruction Of the Farnham Street Thea
ter Building.
The Farnham Street Theater Build
Ing. the second-best epera-house in
Omaha, was totally destroyed the other
evening by fire, which hroke out in the
rear of the fifth floor u few minutes az
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-12

THE Standard Oil Comrany's refinery
q. Louisville, Ky, burned, With loss
OF $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
TACKLED THE WRONG MAN.
Marshall Field Kicks an Imposter
Out of a Hotel

New York, Dee. 222.-rhere was a lit
tie excitement in the Hotel Waldorf
last night, in which wealthy man and
Il beggar were the active participants.
Two months ago Marshall Field OF Cnl-
caso, came TO this city and went To the
Waldorf. Immediately after he arrived
he began TO receive letters signed
Henry l.. Spring. The writer stated
in one letter that he was an old friend
of the Field family and that he was
stranded III New York, and would Mr.
Field loan him $500?
Mr.. Field received Il call from Spring,
and was convinced that Spring was an
imposter. Spring did not get any
money, but he continued to dun Mr..
Field, and the hotel detective was
posted 10 keep Il lookout for the in
ruder
Moses Z. Handy, who has returned
from Chicago, received Il letter from
Spring and also visit. Spring wanted
Il loan, and received small amount OF
money from MIR. Handy. On his way
out he met Mr.. Field. who supposed
Spring had been there to see him.
L told you to keep away from here
said Mr. Field.
L have as much right here as you,
replied Spring.
Mr.. Field did not like the insolence
of the man, so he cuffed him and then
kicked him out of the place. Spring
was locked up on a charge of disorderly
conduct. The police say that Spring is
a smooth Swindler, who has been living
by these methods for several years,
He is about Twenty-Five years old and
dresses in fashionable clothing. Ii
transpired later that Mr. Spring is the
identical genius arrested recently In
Boston as a crank and upon whose per-
son was found love-letter addressed
to Miss Helen Gould.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28

at last. he is on the steps,
at the door, in the hall: somehow
he or the man disposes properly
of outer belongings and he finds him
self in the drawing room where last he
saw her: his pulses stand still and then
the blood surges like lava through his
veins, for she is there. coming lightly,
eagerly into his fond arms, laying her
sweet head upon his breast, with but
a word. almost Sob
"Harold"'
My Jessica: my own!''
And then, in one long kiss the
reconciliation is accomplished; the
past forgotten. Jessica is his and he
is hers, and they twain shall be one
flesh.
Harold" says she, lat what time
did you write?"
LAS near as I can recall at about one
minute after the clock had struck
twelve last night"
Why. | was writing to you just
that very moment she tells him with
happy little laugh. And do you
know. you haven't asked noe single
question about that evening: you re-
call?-when you were $685.
''Never mind that evening"" says he,
"when | was $3.50; but, Jessica,
darling Jessica, don't you think you
We're just d trifie-well-j a little
bit
''Of course I was,'' she answers
promptly. Il was perfectly horrid,
and so We're you. Harold, you know it
was not Iyou saw Waiting with Jack. -
Not you?" he says. Not you?
Why, l would have staked my life it
was you"
''Well. you would have lost she re-
plies. 1T was Cousin Jessica, who
looks so like me and whom you have
never met. How could you think I
would waltz with anyone else, after
promising you not to? I've great
mind
mo, sweetheart, you haven't a
great mind, he says, caressingly. Let
us forget that time, that terrible time,
and only remember that we are to-
gether, that our love is everlasting, that
we are to be married just as soon as I
can manage it, and that to-day is the
happiest day the world ever saw-it is
New Years day"
EMMA /. MCLAGAN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
A Christmas Thought.

Christmas has so far degenerated
INTO an affair Of t-giving as q matt, r
OF custom and expectancy that we are
IN danger of forgetting all that it
stands for in the commemoration of
love to heaven and earth 1t is not
singular that one of the first thoughts
In regard to an expression of love
should take the shape OF gift-cf
something that shall increase the es-
tate. the wen-being. the good fortune.
or the happiness of the receiver. But
certainly the first thought even in this
should be concerning the extent to
which the gift to our friend expresses
also our love to heaven What love to
heaven, then. do we evince when we
give to our friend some costly present
which, If not beyond our right to give,
may be beyond right to receive? The
custom of bestowing gifts is surely q
lovely one and we would not for a mo
ment look asl1ance on it, but the Gus
tom OF making costly gifts is not a
lovely one. The recipients do not need
them: often the giver can not afford
them. But some small thing-a bit of
ones own handiwork with needle,
pencil or chisel, curiosity, novelty,
book of the day, fower-some-
thing of this sort is always suita bic,
and in giving them one makes no in
vidious distinction between those thu /
have money and those that have
not. and no accidental compari-
son of receipts can create any after-gust
of bitterness. And with this done for
the love of friends, in the doing of it
the love of heaven finds place. For
the simple gift made or purchased leaves
free all the surplus between it's price
and that of the costly one to be ex-
pended in bringing comfort, relief, free
dom from debt, some greatly desired
but unloolIed-for benefit. for some per-
son or family of restricted means,
whose hearts will be warmed and
whose burdens made lighter, and whose
lives are far easier and happier for the
act. Before we buy this year the SUI
perb lamp for people who have numer-
Gus lamps. the silver things for the
dressing-ta bic of people whose silver is
burden to them already, the enamel,
the jewel the curio of price, let us
pause and take into consideration the
question whether or not little more
time and thought will not find suita-
BILE gift but an expression of remem-
brance and affection, and if we do not
know already or by searching cannot
lind out people to whom the money
thus not expended would bring un-
bounded blessing, always remember
ing that those who sometimes most
need this blessing are not necessarily
those whom the world calls poorest
Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28

Within the next while Impotence
perches upon his shoulder and pecks at
his heart. He forces himself to go out
and walk, walk. until he finds himself
close to the street where Jessica lives
Then he turns, goes back whence his
came, and in haste calls cab, fearing
he may be late and she expecting him.
Shall he be laggard in love? Oh. it is
too early; what shall he do? Buy
some flowers, of course; why had he
not thought of that. The florists
treasures are ransacked to select
sweets enough for his sweetheart. But
Jessica must have grand flowers: or
ehids and rich crimson-hued roses,
camelias and blossoms of gold. He
consumes the time and at last,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28

before her. "Good-morrow, good souE
Founds't thou not beautiful cones
yester-eve?" And a laugh rang through
the forest. The mother struggled to
speak. Keep thy thanks, wish them
not" continued the Gubich. BE thou
only faithful TO thy husbands words.
ar. Zach cold December give to me
and my dear frs a loving thought to
keep our hearts warm. Now HE thee
home"
Not more quickly speeds the wind
than the mother home again: not more
happy are the birds than were the
hearts in the miners home that day.
BY night. nowhere a hungry soul on
the beautiful Hirchbichenstein'
Dear Santa Claus-ever since thy
boards been white as snow,
Dear Christmas joy-ever since, madly
the Harz maitlens dance round the
graceful fi,"-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
Hymn OF the New Year.

Hymn OF the New Year.
Eew life and light. new rapture and new
joys
New hopes, though all these fail. to light
my days.
On, tax, my hearts delight in these thy
gifts;
Ny thanks and praise. o Lord, my
thanks and prs;zS.
Dusty the way has been. and long and
dark:
Even now | scarce con hope, for hope be
trays.
0 faithless heart, to him who cares for
thee.
Give now thy thanks and praise! thy
thanks and praise!
Surely the sun will shine throughout the
land:
Surely her miracles will work the spring :;
Life stands revealed where ali seemed
drear and dead.
0 heart. my heart. thou mayst give
thanks and sing.
Sing and rejoice. Ever give thanks and
sing.
Life rules Death is not. though it
seem to be,
Love sleeps not. God is an eternal king :.
His thought shall reach even to my
heart and NE,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
BOILER EXPLOSION
Az KNOXVILLE, TENN.

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. pa most
SMOKING accident occurred at noon to-
day The boiler in the lumber mill
OF the Alexander Lumber company
exploded, killing four persons out
right and seriously wounding three
Others The killed are:
j. Nj. WHITTLE.
LOUIS PALMER.
SHEKkOD DUBOIS.
HARRISON CALDWELL.
injured:
Tom Balri.
Solomon Henry.
Joshua Massey.
Henry will die. The explosion came
with terrific force, blowing the build
ing to atoms. The remains of the
killed are terribly mangled and were
found Il long distance away. Cald-
wells body has not been found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
An Old-Time New Year.

The method in vogue in New York
city half q century ago was for
the ladies of the family to remain at
home, much as they do now, while the
gentlemen went broad visiting friends.
The visitor entered. shook hands, took
a seat. conversed for few moments,
and after partaking of refreshments
of which boned turkey and picked
oysters were the staple dishes and
sherry and whisky the most popular
drinks-had another handshaking and
terminated the visit. The custom is of
Dutch origin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
pEINOTO A PRISONER.
Sensational Rumor Regarding the Bra
lillian Revolution.

Pernambuco, Dee. 22-Startling
rumors have reached here from vari-
Gus sources, which lend an air of
credulity to them, to the effect that
the insurgent feet at Rio Janeiro, at
ter two days desUItory fighting, made
d determined attack in force and cap
tured the city.
1t is added that President reixoto
has resigned in favor Of Admiral Mello
and that Peixoto is 4 prisoner. Though
this is a general rumor, it is right TO
add the people of Pernambuco do
not credit it.
New York. Dee 23.-Ministef Men
donica, who is in the city, said today:
Il received cablegrams from Rio this
morning but have no advices to con
firm the report of Mellos triumph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
WOULD kIDNAP RUTHY..
Queer Scheme Worked by b Kansas
Crank

AbeIiene, Kas., Dec. 22.-Letters -
ten by one K. f. Rocl1land, dated x.
Topeka, have been found here, and they
outline Il scheme to kidnapping Ruth
Cleveland next month. Five people
were named as implicated in the deal
1t was at first thought to be fake,
5ut developments show it is probably
the scheme of crank who has been
hanging around the city recently, but
has gone east.
The police are reticent about the
matter, but it is known that two
women are involved in the plot. The
date for the abduction was set for
some time I'M January. Steps have
been taken for the arrest Of the par
ties to the conspiracy, who are now un-
der surveillance, as soon as it IS
thought that all involved are known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
TRAINED NURSES GRADUATED.

Ann Arbor, Min, Dec. 22.-The first
class, consisting of seventy young
women, has been graduated from the
training school for nurses of the Uni
7ersity of Michigan. Their names are:
Josephine M. Allen, Detroit;
Emma BotsfOrd, Anna Cor
rick and Ida Sauermann, On
tarO; Anna Harrison, Richmond,
and Lena Tucker, Lafayette, Ind. Adj
dresses were given by President An
CELL, Regent Barbour, and DR.. V. c.
Vaughan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
THE WALLS BULGED.
Court Hastily Dismissed i'll II Con.
demned New York Building.

New DIRK, Dec 22.-WhiIe Civil JUS
large five story structure on the cor
tee Seeker was holding court i'll the
her of Second avenue and First street,
which was recently condemned by tie
building department, today one Of the
court officials noticed that the build
ing was trembling and warned the
judge.
A; lie did so an OminCus crack was
heard and the judge adjourned court
at once, ordering the officers to clear
the room as quickly as possible. This
was done amid considerable excitement
and upon investigation it was found.
that the walls Of the building haG
bulged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
HE PRAYED IN SCHOOL.
For Which Col. Hogeland Is Denied
Readmittance.

st. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 22.-Col. AL
exandcr Hogeland, who is known
throughout the United States as the
poor boys friend" has been denied
admission to the public. schools of this
city because yesterday while address
ing the pupils of the high school he
closed his remarks with a short pray
er.
This action is due to Prof. Neely,
superintendent Of public schools. III
tense Indignation has been aroused
all over the city and he will be called
on by the school board for an ex-
PLANTATION.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
HIS ARREST ORDERED.
Vice-President Stevenson Tires Of Il
Polish Anarchists Threats.

Washington, Dec. pa crank sign
ing himself Don Jam, writing from
passaic, \. J.. during the long silver
fight, wrote numerous threatening let
tiers to President Stevenson, Sec
rotary Carlisle, Senator Sherman and
others. t1nally the matter WIS in
yestigated and it was found he was Il
Polish anarchist, but the police failed
to find him.
Thursday the vice-rresident received
another letter from him from Balti-
more. The chief-of-police of that city
has been called on to arrest him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
Tha Nav Near Book


Now is the time to be glad and bright,
And kind as we can from morn till night;
Be quick 10 smile and to frown be slow,
And try to learn what Is good to know;
For, OH let us think how the days will
look
While we write them down in our New
Year book
If all would be good and kind and true,
And do the work that Is theirs to do;
If from hate and pride our hearts were
Tree,
What glad New Ne the world would
see.
And then I know V e should love to look
On each bright page of the New Year
book
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
GLADSTONIAN ELECTED.
A Contest Which Shows the State OF
Local English Politics.

London, Dec. 22.-At the bye-elecuon
in the Accrington division of Lanca.
shire Joseph Francis LeeSe, Glad
stonian, was elected over Herman
Hodge, conservative, by IL vote OF
1922 to 1864. At the last general
election Nh. Lecse received 6O19 votes,
and Mr.. Hodge 5,472 MI. Leese sue
ceeds himself i'll tie house of COM
mons. lie was obliged to contest the
scat again because he ecently accepted,
the recorderShip of Manchester.
The conservatives expected to de-
feat Mr.. Leese. They prophesied that
the men who voted for home rule last
year had become Disguised with the.
cause since the discussion OF the bin
and would bring back the constituency
to the conservatives who held it be-
fore the last general election.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
Who Know )?

He had Christmas frolic
And New Years jamboree,
And when he came unto himself
A sadder man was he.
And if then he made good resolves,
And swore them all by thunder,
You good men who have all been therA
Just say If it's wonder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
A Memorable New Year.

New Years day, 1859, is of historic
Importance. At the reception held at
the Louvre on that day the few words
addressed by Napoleon III to the Aus
trian EN- bassador resulted in the famous
war of the summer of that year which
changed the map of Europe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
New Years Eve in Paris,

The Paris boulevards present the
liveliest time of selling and buying.
Here is the vender in his wooden stall
crying out his cheap wares, SO many
for a cent or franc. You can have
your fortune told for two cents, or your
pocket picked for nothing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28

have no purse of gold, my dear,
With which to buy you dainty things;
The purse is empty, and the gold
Has foWh away as if on wings;
So, sweetest wife in all the world.
Tho you possess the greater part,
III give to you on Christmas day
Another fraction of my heart
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
Resolutions.

Oh those New Year resolutions that we
made with holy awe,
How they melted like the snowbanks in
January thaw
How the man who broke his meerschaum
and vowed to smoke no more,
Now smokes an old 2-cent pipe behind the
cellar door.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
FIRE IN DULUTH.
Loss of $4,000 Caused Dy the Burn
ing of the Mason Block.

Duluth, Dec. 22.-The Mason block
on West First street was Quilted by
fire early this morning. The building
was filled with tenants but burned
very slowly and all got out easily. The
fire originated in the basement; cause
unknown. FOran Bros. & Co., grocers,
lost $4,000; insurance $1,000. Other
losses aggregate about $4,000. Loss
on building, $4,000; insurance, 49,
UUO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28

ing peaks when rock, which had long
been loose, started by the sudden
shock, fell from the roof, bringing
tons of earth With it, and Pete and his
third victim were crushed into a shape
less mass
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
Ring In the N eM.

FIF1S III L1EE NEW.
The New Year rises from the nights silent
tide.
AS Venus rose from out the foaming
spray,
And with his dimpIed arms extended wide
Smiles on the glories Of Times newborn
day,
While brushing pride upon his tinted
cheek,
And love light flashing from his spark
ling eve,
He feels rapture which he dare not speak,
Lest his bright vision fade from earth
and sky.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28

New York, Dec. 22.-Col VIM. Clark
Young, the oldest graduate of West
Point, died in this city today, of pneu-
mOnia. He was born at Evanston,
ILL.,, in 1899. He graduated in 1922.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28
Jumping a claim.

7 I W A S \ E "
! Y e ar S eve in
the camp, and the
Gold Nugget saloon
4 was doing a heavy
! business all along
J the line. Drinks
we're being rapidly
ispensed over the
ounter. and IN the
ear faro, roulette and
raw poker w e r e
-,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-28

New York Journal: When a man is
generous to a fault" it is generally q
fault Of his own.