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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
MRS. WITHERBY'S ACCOUNTS.
She Keeps an Expense Book With
Varying Success for q Month.

Il am sure said young Mrs. With
erby, who had been reading The
Young HOusekeeper's Guide to Happi-
ness, that the real secret of house
hold economy is in keeping an account
book"
Young Mr.. Witherby did not agree
very cordially. He implied that little
common sense in buying articles would
be equally valuable as a means OF
saving, but his wife decided to open
an expense account notwithstanding.
The book was a beauty. 1t cost 81.
1t had a flexible red-leather cover and
gilt edges. Expenses was stamped
in old English letters on the cover.
Mrs. Witherby surveyed it with pride
as it lay on her desk. Then it occurred
to her that the red leather of the
cover did not harmonic with the an
tiuue oak of the desk or with the
other furnishings.
How lovely it would be-" said
young Mrs. Witherby, ito have a ma
hogany desk with red leather fittings!
Or even a white desk. 1 think-I think
I'll enamel an old one. 1t would look
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
SHE PLEADED FOR THEIR LIVES
Now Miss Wright Wishes General
Ezeta Had not Spared His Enemies.

Gen. Antonio Ezeta. the fugitive eX
vice president of Salvador, who re
| Gently arrived in San Francisco OF
board the United States warship Ben
nington, is in his present predicament
| it is said, because Miss Ida Dem
| Wright. an American girl to whom he
! is engaged, prevailed upon him tt
spare the lives of men who are now
thirsting for his blood. Until very re
Gently General Ezeta and his brother
Carlos were in complete control of Sal
vador. Carlos was president and An
tonic vice president.
About a year ago, While Miss Wright
was living in Salvador, General Rafael
GuiteraZ and others started a revolu
ton to overthrow the Ezeta govern
ment. GuiteraZ and nearly Il score OF
other cOnSpira tors were captured anC
sentenced to death. The day they were
sentenced Miss Wright became the be-
trothed of General Antonio EZeta and
pleaded so hard for the lives of the
conspirators that they were set free
Now Ezeta is very sorry he listened
to the fair ones pleadings, for Gutter
az is president of Salvador, is in COM
plete control of the country and is en-
deavOring to have the United States
surrender the fugitive vice president.
who is charged with murder, arson,
robbery, embeZzlement and malfea-
sance in office. If he goes back to Sal
vador, he will be executed in short
order by the men who owe their lives
to his sweetheart's pleadings.
Miss Wright is about 20 years of
age and tall, handsome girl of the
blonde type. She belongs to an old
Georgia family and is very accomp-
lished and intelligent young woman.
She was educated in France, speaks
French, Spanish, German and italian
fluently, and her soft southern accent
is very fascinating. After leaving
school about two years ago Miss
Wright and her mother, Mrs. Marie
Robinson Wright, of Atlanta, made q
tour of Europe and then visited La
Libertad, Salvador, where she met
Gen. Ezeta. Both could talk Spanish
when they met, and it was not long
before the conversation turned to love
Their betrothal followed, and the mar
riage was to take place in October.
When it was announced that Gen.
Ezeta had escaped to the Bennington,
Miss Wright pleaded with the state
department at Washington not to land
her lover in Salvador, where he would
be put to death. Her plea was sue
cessful and Ezeta was brought to the
United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
A CHANCE LEFT.

Washington, Oct. 12-Secretary
Carlisle has given notice that S1.176,-
600 in Columbia exposition silver
half-dollars may be had in any guam
titles in exchange for gold coin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

Tammany Times: An Indian prince
has had a throne made of solid glass
1t will now be possible to see the
power behind the throne without any
trouble at ALL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

also.
Englishmen used to laugh at Amer
leans, even cultured Americans like
Emerson and Lowell, for saying II
guess not instead of NO" A recent
English phrase for mo" very current
among the chappies and extraordin-
arily appropriate is Il don't think"
An odd phrase that has a good deal
of philosophy wrapped up in it's four
syllables is the expression "There are
Others"
This is to be used when anybody has
poured out a TRADE of abuse or de-
nunciation of some person for COM
hitting any particular sin that is
tolerably common-and what is not?
The listener with an air of double-dis-
titled boredom looks the denouncer
square in the eye and then sweetly
murmurs There are others A very
delectable kind of summer girl used to
be denounced "a daisy" She is now
"a peach" which indeed may be
called the very acme of lusciousness
in slanguage.
The list of these picturesque meta
phors and eff1oIescences might be in
definitely extended. Many men are
fond of inventing new phrases to ex-
press old and common conditions. such
as the "Keeleyite,'' another recent
word. who describes his process of
SOLDERING up as sliding down the tail
end of an effervescence" OF the
NV O
seem TO be very necessary, such as
"caressive,'' ''embracive" and few
others that have appeared in the latest
dictionaries, but some of these addi-
tons are as wildly fantastical as the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
CHAPTER VIII.

L
The ms and outs and general details
of Ovens plan of campaign would in
no wise interest much less edify the
moral reader. It is enough that the
plan was a brilliant success, and dts
organization and execution would have
done credit to the Prince of Darkness
himself Her tactics were by no
means volcanic. they were resolute.
gradual. and in a way scriptural, line
upon line, except upon precept, first
the seed then the blade, then the full
corn in the ear. When the initial steps
were passed. just leaving the air we'll
charged with vague apprehension. and
the minds of men ripe for some new
development, active meaures set in, In
a careless unconscious sort Of way. as
if the divine order of things had just
received a passing jar, no more, but
then this jar continued and Increased
and grew in dimensions till the very
bones of the Jared shook in their
skins, and it was as much as their
souls could do to hold themselves in
their bodies.
Three months after the plans incep-
ton, the amazing goings-on of Dacre.
the wild originality of his pranks. the
consistent sustained diablerie OF his
outbursts, the terrible all-pervading-
ness of his personality, had succeeded
in completely upheaving the souls Of
his parents and filling the entire house
hold with a fearful sense of insecure
ty. as of community conscious of
the presence amongst them of an in
visible internal machine, that moves
by some hidden power, all over, every
where, and can neither be caught nor
compassed
Mr.. and Mrs. Fellowes, who kept
close eye on the affairs of the Hall
children, had felt now for some time
that here was too much subtlety in
this departure of Dacres to be all his
own.
THE days of devil-possession are
gone: I could swear it's Gwen" said
Mrs. Fellowes one day, shifting her
small hands together and dropping a
child's petticoat on which she was sew
ing button.
I've been thinking so for some
time" said her husband, ''all the same,
I hardly see where the swear mendS
Matters
"Oh, never mind, When a woman's
perturbed. she often relapses into origi-
nal sin, it's a full year since 1 'reck-
oned-'swear' at least is cosmopolitan.
I'll go up this minute and get to the
truth of this, Gwen hasn't been near
me for a fortnight. and I've been so
busy, you see, I couldn't go near
them
Il shall go too, I must get sub
scription for those miserable Cows
from Waring, but, little woman. hadn't
Evening journal., 1894-11-14
Brave and Ready.

Some years ago company of biologists
were examining some rocks between Abe
rystwith and Llanrhystyd in Wales and
were making their way along a narrow
ledge Of projecting rock on the face Of a
cliff about 100 feet above the level of the sea.
As they rounded a projecting angle the
rock on which the last man stood gave way.
He was whirled round, with his face to the
sea, but with instant presence Of mind
grasped the ledge at his side with one hand
and extended the other TO the man In adj
vance, who happened to be his uncle
The latter grasped it, and thus held him
suspended for fully five minutes, having
only six inches Of standing ground. This
was a breathless pause, during which the
uncle gazed upon q rock, some 30 feet be-
low, on which the young man was doomed
to be dashed
"Tom, he said at length with perfect
calmness, there is bus one way for it. III
save you, or we will die together. Loose
your hold Of the rock"
"Yes, uncle, y said the young man family
as he obeyed.
Then the uncle sprang into the air, and
with such force that the two turned several
somersaults, still linked together. They
struck the water at some distance from the
rock and slowly and painfully regained
the shore. Youths Companion.
Evening journal., 1894-11-14
She spole lYllhont . ronrne.

One Of the most remarkable cases on rec
ord was that of a woman, well authenti-
Gated at the beginning Of the last century,
who had no tongue, and yet spoke with
perfect olearness. She was brought TO Lis
bon by Count d'Ericeya, from Monsary, in
the territory OF Elyag, Portugal. and the
following account is given Of her by an
eminent divine:
''She is II years old, but does not look
more than 2. She can pronounce distinctly
every letter in the alphabet She has not
the least bit Of a tongue, but the teeth in
both sides Of her under jaw turn very much
inward and almost meet Her chief diff
Guilty is in eating, for while others move
their food with their tongue she is forced to
use her finger. She says that She tastes
well. Her voice, though very distinct, is q
little hollow and like that Of old people who
have lost their teeth. "-Detroit Free Press
Evening journal., 1894-11-14

There is now "a great railway system in
the course Of construction, which win gir-
die the Holy Land from one end to the
other A French company has secured a
concession for "a line from Beyroot TO
Damascus and has already commenced
work on a narrow gauge road. An Eng
lish syndicate is new building a railway
from Halfa 60 Damascus which will be
about 100 miles long, starting from Halia,
finding IFS way along the northern base of
the range Of Carmel 70 the plain of Esha-
rion through the valley east of Nazareth.
Leaving Mount Tabor it win cross the Riv-
en- Jordan on a trestle, and then to the point
known as Maiemeh, where the Little Jor-
dan joins the greater river At this point
the road viii border on the southern shore
Of Galilee and almost without curve along
the famous wheat region. Biblcally known
as the plains Of Bashan, thence to thesouth-
ern gate az Damascus--St. Louis Republic.
Evening journal., 1894-11-14
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The new Gar is already between the
Nihllists, who want him to be constiiu.
tlonai. aud the Kaiser, who desires him
TO b. autocratio. New York Journal.
zslla Nic1laus threatens to tell the
Ls0ow COMMITTEE all she knows An
thony Comstoclg should be notified at
once Albany Argus
Crime Is not business Vice Is mob
business Politics is not business Here
are three lessons that al good people
should learn without delay --Dailns News
The estimates Of the late Cars char
acter by the newspapers OF 81 Petersburg
would be more interesting II they were
no SO closely edited by The government
Boston Globe
Senator l'soverwhelming defeat ia
New York forever sets at rest any claim
ne may have had TO the nomination. -
-Cbicsgo Herald
From the way japan objects to foreign
interference With her process Of whipping
Chins 10 looks as If the little nation was
ready to lick all Europe In the bargain -
Daa Moiues Register
Evening journal., 1894-11-14


the state and to recognize leaders who
have some claims to intellectual emf
nen3e.
Senator Attorney Higgins has served
the etate with no little credit during bis
frs5 term ia the Senate He has been con
spicnous as a Republican debacer, and be
has been particularly Jealous in bis
services In behalf Of the protection cause
both IN and out of the Senate. That
Delaware has bsen swung into the Re
publican column Is largely due to bis
own record and the respect which it has
gained from the people Of tho state. as
well as to his skill as party leader.
The Delaware Republicans will put
their victory to good use and serve both
the state and the party by returning Mr..
Higgins to his seat in the Senate This
Is the proper and logical outcome OF
their campaign Any result by which
their little Legislature might be DC
posted in the pocket OF Mr. Addickh
would put an end to the hope Of per-
manent redemption Of Delaware from
Democratic rule.
Evening journal., 1894-11-14

1t appears to me a great misfortune that
the community are not OF do not seem
to be appraised of the good that would re-
suit by the application Of earth of any de-
scription in case Of fire at disasters similar
TO that which occurred at Battle Creek. /
have found the application of earth to a
fire an immediate cause Of quenching it.
As an instance; A son Of mine and his man
were clearing off some land, portion be-
ing cleared, on which was placed a pile Of
rails. The rails accidentally caught fire
and were soon in blaze. On seeing il. the
men ran and separated the rails to some ex-
tent, but they still continued to burn. Be
ing present, / followed, and the first thing
1 did was to pick up earth with my hands
and scatter it upon the fire, which had the
immediate effect Of quenching it. / have
observed that railway cars are provided
with two or three implements for use in
case of accident. / do not remember hav-
ing ever seen a shovel, which, in my opin-
ion, would be a most important and valu-
able assistant in case of fire. = Toronto
Globe
Evening journal., 1894-11-14
ONLY \ elcruag eooIe.


But It Proved o Volume Ct History to It's
roTtuaate liaca@
Miss Cora Brown, n writer Of this city.
takes considerable eniosmc.u il powline
about secondhand book stores, and She sell
dom leaves one without bearing awaysome
quaint prize
She and sister were pulling over pile
Of books ia a Cornhili store the other dav.
when Miss Cora picked up enc OF Tie Old
time publications Of the American Tract
society. 1t was called "Aly Picture Dook. 2
This was the fayorite book OF my child
hood she said. "Papa gave me copy CT
my birthday in 1863 and after time /
knew every story in it by heart Open the
book Al random, dear, tell me what the pic
ture is and see how much / can remembcr
Of the story"
The sister did as requested, cad for sew
eral minutes they amused themselves with
recalling from Miss Cora's memory marvel
Gus tales and verses about lambs and bird
les and posies and the like, for the memory
proved to be unusually retcntiye.
They decided to buy the book which the
clerk rather contemptuously said would be
3 cents. AS they were walking toward Che
door Miss Drown opened the volume again
ard CHANGED to look at the rs leaf Then
she screened q mild httle scream, turned
pale, sank into the nearest chair. and sew
eral clerks ran forward, thinking that she
had tainted. But she hadn't
And right here it is necessary to 20 back
several years, although it does smack OF
novel writing ia 1868 the Browns were
living in Mobile, and in 1874 they came
north, leaving their household belongings,
including books, in a "hreproof'' storage
house. On the evening of their departure
the Ahreproof structure burned down.
Everything In 1t was q total wreck, and the
Browns were unable to find q recognizable
scrap of their property.
mir. Brown became New York manager
for pianoforte company and remained
with it in TINT capaci sy until bis death.
Now TO return TO Miss Cora Brown in
the secondhand book store ON the Fly
leaf, in Che good familiar hand, she read
this inscription, Cora, From Papa, Jan.
II, 1902
1t was the only article. so farasis known,
that escaped destruction in the fire at Mo-
bio SO many years ago-Boston Globe.
Evening journal., 1894-11-14
WY lie eLAss IS pAuagp.
Methods Taken BY Builders to Preserve
windows In New Buildings,

Methods Taken BY Builders to Preserve
Windows In New Buildings.
One Of the sources OF wonderment to
persons passing newly-erected building
where the windows are OF plate glass IS
that the panes are invariably daubtd
with soap or paint That it isn't done to
prevent people from looking Ia is ap.
parent, for the stuff is generally put on
only part Of the pane and In
careless manner and very frequently
consists merely Of a rough circle or cross
in the centre Of the pane An EVENING
JOURNAL. reporter asked a we'll known
local builder to explain the mystery
Said he:
IL Is done simply TO save the windows,
and not to make private the interior.
You see during the construction
OF the building, the men ut
work grow careless and get
into the habit of throwing dust and
refuse out OF the windows, or poking
boards through the spertures After the
glass Is put in they may forget or srs
not aware OF IT, and are very liable to
smash the glass So We daub soap or
paint on the windows, which is equiya-
lent to posting a notice. Look out or
you'll break the glass, and ls much more
effective
Evening journal., 1894-11-14

The present age Is variously denomi-
mated according to the views OF the in,
terests Of different people. One calls it
the age Of invention" one the age Of
electricity ard quite number agree
that 1t is the age Of progress con
temporary who is doubtless interested
ia the iron industry concludes Il to be
"the age Of steel. We do not object to
this denomination but our editorial
friend has evidently made a mistake in
the spelling. He must have intended to
say the age Of steal and in this we
certainly agree with him, for from the
highest to the lowest, the effort TO get
an undue advantage Of others is seen
everywhere
There Is scarce an article Of food that
can be adulterRted that is not put Oh the
market in that state. Some bakers puff
up the very bread that we eat to such an
extent with ammonia that the nourish-
ment is about out Of It. The individual
who undertakes to live on this kind Of
bread is sure to fall sick after awhile,
and the doctor has to Be called IN. Armed
with prescription we send to the drug
glst for the medicine which we expect u
cure US, but by the Ubiquitous system
kn own to pharmaceutists as ''substitut
ing" our very medicines are adulterated.
50 that they do not have the desired
effect
Now, as to our dry goods-there Is
scarcely textile fabric on the Market.
m matter at what price that Is pure
silk. pure linen, wool or ans thing that
it pretenda to be. The merchants At,
not to blame for this. for they are de-
ceived just as much and slmost as often
as their customers When we come tC
real estate. one would think We could Sc,
for ourselves, but when e real estate
agent sells town lots he will denberatel,
conceal every disadvantage connecte,
with the property, and make ont a sani
desert OF mosquito swamp TO Be al
earthly paradise
The reason Of all these ecceltrlclties o
life lies ia the fact that we live in tn
age Of steal which rules 50 man
transactions from the greatest to tn
smallest. Everywhere we 60 we find til
same tbing-among the officers of tn
law down to the street urchln who sell
you yesterdays daily and tells you it
to-day's extra II we lived at any otbe
time or in any other age peoples con
sciences would trouble them more, bu
this cannot be expected at q time liz
his Most people have thorough
learned that the first duty of man is /
look out for himself, women ditto an
Evening journal., 1894-11-14
Should nThhs No nrlstaha.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The election Of o nited States Senator
by the new Legislature IA Delaware will
be determined by the Republican. caucus
Of that body. The Legislature at Dover
10 the smallest in the United States, con
tanning but thirty members IN both
branches. SO that the candidate who
secures sixteen votes for the senatorship
is secure Of election.
The small. number Of votes which are
required In the csucus has raised some
apprehension whether 10 may not bssasilv
captured Ia the interest OF candidate
who would not be thought Of for the
senatorship II the choics we're to be made
by the people II has been given ont
that Edward Addioks. who has
accumulated a fortune largely through
tue manufacture OF gas making proper
ties as a capitalist and Spectator, ia
ambitious OF this distinction. This III
the s. me enterprising millionaire who
not long ago conceived thA notion of raid
iug the Philadelphia Gas Works
The Rspu 9lieans in Delaware have
achieved a great victory; but they would
soon reduce its fruits TO ashes II Mr..
Addicks or any other candidate who has
no particular claim on the party out
side Of the liberal use OF his check book
We're 70 be seriously consider at Dover
this Winter as an aspirsnt for tha
otiee The first duty Of che Republicans
ls to break up the rotten borough system
OF politics which has 50 long cursed
Evening journal., 1894-11-14
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