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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
HOSPITALITY IN AMERICA
A Foreigner Speaks Flatteringly of

A Foreigner Speaks Flatteringly of 1t.
Gilbert Parker in The ST James Ga
Zette: For private hospitality ii is the
same north, south, east and weSt-geni-
al. free, eager, ample, modified as to
form and manner by class and place,
for there are classes in America as
defined, if not broadly defined, as in
England I have lived for days and
weeks in all kinds of American homes,
and I say unhesita tingly that family
affection is the deepest, best and most
noticeable thing in all that big
land. Nine-tenths of the pro-
fessional men of the country
have come from simple homes,
where interests are equal and common
equal and common, because, no mat
ter how rich the father and mother,
the children have, as a rule, no fortune
till the death of the parents, and
nothing then by right, but only by the
good will of the giver. How the Ameri-
can mother hates sending her boy away
to school! | remember talking to one
of the most fashionable and beautiful
women in New York about her son,
and with tears in her eyes she feared
for his morals and his habits, for
the loss of his deep affection for her
and for his sister. She vas probably
wrong; would probably, if left alone
permit the boy to become effeminate;
but it was an instance of the sweet
friendliness and love to be found in
American home life. The dinner table
of an American family is, as a rule
very informal; it has seldom more than
two courses; wine is seldom SEEM
save in the larger cities, and then only
among the weather. classes. The most
delightful hospitality in the United
States is to be found at the military
posts. Here you have the sublimat1on
Of simple manners. cordially and dig
nified enjoyment. In 1885 and 1886 /
stayed for Some time at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kas., and at the Preside at
hearty invitation from Old Point Com
fort and Fort Sully, S. D.; and twice
I have been to West Point. No mat
ter what an officer of the American
army may be worth privately, at the
military post he lives without ostenta-
tion-indeed. as simply as all his
brother officerS-aS even a sub-lieuten-
ant might. They have their little tea
parties, their germans and phantom
dances in the post ballroom; and they
grow to be as like each other as the
officers and their families Of French
garrison. where each mans income
is known and the cost of hospitality is
borne by the mess, for which the gov
eminent provides. Here, I repeat, at
these military posts is all that is finest,
prettiest, most commendable in social
life in America. And my cynical
brother Britisher, who joys in put
ting spokes in the American wheel,
as it were, would do we'll not to mis-
take what he sees in big hotels as he
travels. for American life and people
not any more than he would mistake
Harpenden races for Sandown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
ETHICS OF COOKING EGGS.
How They May Please Alike Eye, Pal
ate and Digestion.

During the warm weather eggs are
a most wholesome substitute for the
hearty product of the meat stalls.
Good authori ties claim that all seasons
eggs are cheaper than meat. They are
at once the easiest to prepare OF all
cooked foods and the oftenest poorly
prepared, yet perfection is the only eX-
cuse for their being encountered.
English chatelaines, with their capa-
city for taking pains to do a small
thing we'll, provide themselves with
all sorts of attractive egg services for
use on the table, and thus are enabled
to prepare the eggs in an appeuzing
and wholesome way.
1t is said that it takes a woman of
intelligence to trim a kerosene lamp;
it certainly takes such a woman to
cook an egg properly. Yet almost any
cook, the most inexperienced, will IN
hesitaingly say she can cook eggs-it
is the comparatively few who bear out
the statement with facts. Tough fried
ana poached eggs. leathery omelets,
dry curds for scrambled eggs-Who has
not been offered any and all of these?
The chatting dish is affording relief
from such ills, fortunately, but to
those who have not yet adopted this
emancipation. it is worth while to study
the ethics of egg cookery. A French.
man has been able to include in a cook
book of his preparation over 100 ways
to serve this nourishing article of diet.
Poached is one of the most delicate
and digestible ways to cook an egg.
The shghtly-salted water should be at
the boiling point, but not bubbllng.
That tears the white to pieces and
makes rags Of It. The egg. broken
first in saucer or cup. should be slid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
NEW TARIFF BILL DESTROYS
RECIPROCITY.
lie IS CLAIMED THAT THE
TREATY Is IGNORED.
Three Months Notice Should Have
Been Given BY Previous Agree
ment-A Test Case to Be Made
Claimants Object to Paying Duties
Until January l.

Washington, Oct. 13.-The abroga-
ton of the reciprocity existing be-
tween the United States and Brazil
is to have sequel i'll the filing Of
claims and the beginning Of suits
against this government for the totai
amount OF duties collected Oh Brazil
ian goods covered by the reciprocity
treaty from August - last, the date
the new tariff law went into effect, up
to January l next. In the aggregate
these duties will reach several hun
dred thousand dollars and may reach
into the millions. Claims will not be
made by Brazil as government but
individual importers Of Brazilian
goods. The claims will involve a test
of the right of congress to pass law
which violates what it will be asserted
is a contract provision Of a treaty.
Notwithstanding this provision. the
new tariff law abrogateS all reciproci-
ty treaties, except that with Hawaii,
without notice. Efforts were made to
have a provision inserted in the tariff
bill which would allow three months
notice to Brazil in accordance with
the treaty, but the tariff bill became
SO involved in conference that no
changes could be made. AS the three
months notice provided by the orig
inal arrangement was ignored, it is
contended that Brazilian importers
have right to enjoy the rates given
by the old treaty up to January 1, and
the duties collected in the meantime
are illegal. For that reason protests
will be made on the payment of duties
and the claims will subsequently be
presented to the courts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

down. He was, of course willing to
accept any compromise, bat he did no;
forget the rustler who saved his life.
After rustling had died out he found
the man and made him foreman Of his
outfit IN Yellowstone county. Montana.
Last year he went down 60 the Rose
bud river, cut off the limb of the cot
tonwOod which he cime so near decor
ating and brought the wood to New
York for the butt of the revolver
The revolver was marvel of fine
workmanship. The mountings were of
solid gold. 1t was chased with pict
ures showing scenes of the capture and
rescue from the rustlerS, and was set
with the sapphires and rubieS of Mon
tana, which are found in the beds of
the Missouri river near Helena. The
holster-for the revolver was much too
large for the hip pocket-was of leath-
| er and was mounted with gold and
silver decorations. 1t was arranged,
after a pattern made by the cattle
owner, so that the touch of a spring
would throw open the top and sides
and leave the revolver ready for in
slant use. When closed it lay over
on the side of the saddle as tight "a
4 drum. Last Christmas this outfit
was given by the owner to the fore
man who had saved his life.
Gamblers in western mining camps
are great fellows for high-ptced re-
! v0lvers for presents and every year
| the Christmas orders are large
Between the brides and the bad
men from the west We manage to dis
r2"9"n C 4 c001 many r,-,cc..- priced re-
y0lyers," said the clerk, and now l
guess VIC are going to catch the dudes.
In any event, the revolver trade is
good, because every man or woman at
some stage OF lie mas desire to pos
a"SS a Gun and is never satisfied until
the desire is gra tilted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
FOR BRIDES AND BAD MEN.
Fancy Priced Revolvers Bought for
Business and as Wedding Presents.

RevoNers of all sizes and prices may
! be had in any firSt-claSS gun store
| nowadays. There are steel-barreled
guns that looked big enough to arm.
a cruiser Of a South American republic
and there are tiny single+shOt, gold
mounted pistols that seemed small
enough for watch charms. The prices
run from 50 to $50.
WHO buy revolvers z" asked a New
York Sun reported of salesman, "and
what are the highest priced firearms
of that clalss?"
People of all degrees and kinds buy
revOlverS, but the largest sales of the
high-priced arms are made to people
who want them for presents. 1t is a
curious feet that more igh-priced, re-
yolvers are sold for wedding presents.
though the cOstliest have been sold
to cowboys and gun fighters in the far
western states
Fashion in revolvers seems absurd.
but as revOlvers of the class described
are intended for ladies there is really
of revolvers as that of bon-bon boxes
and table jewelry. A fad that has
been started lately is the wearing of
small pistols attached to chains along
with punches of keys and such trifie5
as the swell young man of the day
thinks that he must carry in his capa-
cious trousers pockets. The pistol car
ri i'm is foe TO n
chain by a spring catch, so that it can
be easily detached. 1t may interest
young men who follow this fashion
to know that they are liable to be ar
rested and fined for carrying deadly
weapons without a permit
Last year a leading manufacturer
made a revolver To order for cattle
owner in Billings, Mont, that cost
$40. 1t was the lOng-barreled, cow
boy design, but was much larger and
heavier than the average gun of that
class. 1t carried six shots, and, of
course, was as perfect in action as
could be made by modern mechanical
skill. The handle was made from
piece Of cotton wood which possessed
an interesting history to the purchaser
He brought the wood to New York
when he gave the order for the revolver.
He said that six years ago he was out
after cattle rJlstlers in southern Mon
tana. Three of them We're hanged
by his party, but the others got away
and could not be caught after a long
chase into Wyoming. The owner final
ly agreed to give up the hunt, and
after reaching the Rosebud river, in
Montana, they separated for their
ranches, which lay within forty miles
Of one another They had not been
separated an hour before this owner
was caught in one Of the couleS by
half a dozen rllstlers who had been
looking for a chance to attack the
PARTY. The rustlerS decided to make
short work of their captive. They
bound him to a cayuSe, drove him to
the Rosebud river, and, in less time
than it takes to tell, had rope around
his neck and over the limb of cot |
onwoOd They We're about TO punch |
the cayuse ahead and leave the cattle
owner swing under the shade of the |
tree, when the biggest rustler Of them |
all swung his gun in the air and called |
a halt to the show. The show stopped |
and the cattle owner was released on !
his promise never 10 give away the |
names of his captors or to hunt them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
IMPROVING IN NOAH WEBSTER

Teacher-What is the meaning Of the
word eXcavate?
Scholar-To hollow out
Teacher-Give me sentence in
which the word is properly used.
SchOlar-The small boy eXcavates
when his papa ticks him.-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

Ferdinand Ward has been declared
by the Connecticut superior court as
unfit to care for his son, whon le re-
Gently abducted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

Julius Lichtenberg, one of the De
troit school inspectors under indict-
ment for receiving bride, has
probably fatally shot himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

A requisition has been made upon
Governor Flower for Hubert Allen, a
young Englishman charged with OBJ
tanning $1,000 in Des Moines, Ia, un-
der false pretenses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

The action brought by Della Keegan
to recover 100000 from Russell Sage
for alleged breach of promise has
been dismissed. Action was barred by
the statute of limitations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

Marie wainwright, the actress, has
been refused a divorce from Louis
James, the tragedian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

General I. J. Morgan recently made
a bitter attack upon the Catholic
church at Minneapolis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

w G.. Whitney has written a letter
to Chairman j. w. Hinkley saying
that all democrats ought to support
Senator HILL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

union by the Contractors association.
Davis II. Hubbard, the middle-aged
merchant from Grafton, who created
sensation on the night of September
q, by shooting his young wife and
ing on Evanston avenue in Chicago,
is defendant in a divorce suit brought
in the circuit court in that city by
Louise Hubbard. She makes the
shooting the basis of her petition.
The Union foundry and Pullman
car wheel company of Pullman, ILL.,.
by Vice-President Wyckes, filed ar
ticles of surrender of charter with the
secretary of state. The capital stock
is 100000, divided into 5000 shares,
of which George NJ. Pullman owned
1898. The assets of the company
were sold and the proceeds divided
among the stockholders.
Reports of the ravages of great
packs of gray wolves come from east
ern Montana. Stockmen report wolves
more numerous and bold than any
time in the history of Montana stock
raising Hundreds of head Of grown
stock have been killed. and the num-
Der of calves slaughtered is very large.
In bands the gray wolves have been
known to attack almost anything.
A sad scandal in the management
of the schools has come to light in
Howard county, Nd, which is Senator
Germans home. John Emory Hill,
treasurer of the school broad, Robert
A. Dobbin, president of the board.
and DR.. John w. Hebber, school COM
missioner, have been indicted for in
competency and neglect, and it is
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-22
RANSOM, OR w HO :

We have seen it stated that no
member of the legislature can be
elected this year until he has made
known his intention of voting against
Senator Ransom for ELECTION, par
tiCularly in the East. We don't know
how this is, but we do know that Gen.
Ransom is not a popular candidate
before the people now.
But we also wish to emphasize an
other fact, and that is, that Senator
Ransom is not the only Objectionable
candidate that there will be. There
are others that desire the place that
are equally Objectionable, and we
don't see the wisdom of opening fire
upon one man when others as bad are
ready to reap the advantages of his
defeat.
From present appearances it does
seem that Gen. Ransom has not a
ghost Of a chance for reelection.
Then Who? We think it too soon for
candidates to be suggested. But it
does seem that from appearances
candidates for the Senate will have to
announce themselves, this year, before
the legislature is elected.
We have no candidate ourselves.
We know whom we prefer but we
don't even know whether he wants it.
We are not disposed to present the
claims of any man. We await with
confidence the choice Of the people.
and have every reason TO believe that
the choice will be good one.
Many available Democrats are about
who would represent US with dignity
and honor, even if it should be shown
that Ransom, the man who has had il
for twenty four years, has proven
reCreant to the trust, and should have
it no Wilson AAuanfe.
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CLEVELAND.

We once heard father say to his
son, " never talk about a thing you
know nothing about That old man
had head on his shoulders. If we
were advising a young man just COM
mencing journalism, we would proba-
bly, say to him never write upon a
subject Of which you know compare
lively nothing. 1t is easier to give
advice than it is to follow it.
Senator Pugh once said in a cam
paign speech, that he had been
q" studying the tariff fifty years and
knew nothing about it )" and now we
have to confess that having written
much and often about Mr. Cleveland,
we are constantly being surprised at
what he does, and what he does
moi do.
We do not believe the half that
is said to his detriment. We do not
believe that he is the embodiment OF
selhshness; that his appointments in
the State of New York are made fol
the sole purpose of destroying Senator
Hill, nor, as asserted by the Chicago
Tribune, that offices are auctioned of
like cattle in the market and knocked
off to the highest bidder. On the
contrary, we have unbounded conf
dence in the patriotism, honor and
honesty of Mr.. Cleveland, and believe
that all his appointments are made
with due regard to the demands Of
the public service. He is governed
by his own Judgment, and his opinions
are no doubt very much influenced by
past associations and present compli-
cations, but that they are honestly enter
tanned is not to be questioned.
We differ very widely with the
President upon some matters of public
policy, but most cordially approve O
his position on the tariff and the
Federal Election Law. Indeed or
great questions, affecting the public
excepting the currency, Mr.. Cleveland
is soundly Democratic.
In politics, as in religion, it is wise
to be tolerant in non -essententials, bu
absolutely uncompromising wher
fundamental principles are involved
New Berne Journal
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DEATH OF MRS. w. JONES.
A Lady Known in Henderson
Dies at Her Home in Distant
Idaho.

Many of our citizens will recall the
visit of Mrs j. w. Jones and daughter,
of Blackfoot. Idaho, to our town in
October last. Mrs. Jones was the
sister of Mr.. J. w. Gregory, of Hen
derson, and spent a month here with
him and his family. She was not well
at the time but those who met her
then had little thought that she would
return TO her distant home so soon to
die. Mrs. Jones reached Blackfoot
Dec. 2lst, and died on the 18th OF
January. The following mention of
her death is taken from the Weiser,
Idaho, Signal. Under the heading of
- Touching Words of Sympathy-the
entire press Of Idaho 9rieves with our
friend }. W. Jones in his hour of
bereavement, it says:
The newspapers of Idaho, which are
visited each week by Blackfoot's bright
Nems, will feel deep and unanimous
sympathy for it's editor, Col. J. W.
Jones, in the loss Of the beloved wife
who had iourneyed hand in hand with
him from the spring time ofyouth until
time had frosted the hair of both. We
remember an incident of the Demo
cratic State Convention held at Boise
a year ago last August. At the dinner
table in the Overland, following the
morning on which the white-haired
Colonel had declined the nomination
for lieutenant governor, he was con.
versing on political topics and turning
to the wife now dead, he remarked
And Mrs. Jones, here, is far, fal
better politician than / am Not
much in the bare words themselves
but we shall never forget the endear
ing look Of pride that accompanied
them. II told the unutterable depth
and power of the love he bore her who
had been his dear companion through
long years of sunshine and shadow
God rest her peaceful soul and temper
the sorrow Of him she leaves behind
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WHY Is MIR. HENRY LEFT OUT

w III Is Mh. HEN II LfIT w :
1t is we'll known to the people OF
North Carolina that the Hon. W. X.
Henry made most aggressive hight
for Democracy in the last campaign.
1t was thought and SO expressed in
many parts of the State, that his tariff
speeches were most masterful. They
were indeed powerful. As to whether
his fight against the tariff was a wise
and we'll directed one, the action OF
the lower house Of Congress in passing
the new tariff bill, speaks IN no
uncertain tones.
1t was thought all over the State
that Mr.. Henry would receive one OF
the first appointments given to North
Carolina. But time has dragged
heavily along and there has been no
appointment for him yet. He has
expected an appointment and his
friends have expected him to receive
it, but it seems that all are doomed to
disappointment. The Democrat, with
many others of Mr.. Henrys friends,
asks, Why has he not received his
appointment? Why have his claims
been ignored SO long? Is he to
receive no appointment? Then why
does not Mr. Cleveland or Senator
Ransom, or some one so inform him
and let him know the fact, if fact il
must he?
But let it not be fact. The ad
ministration can not afford to ignore
such work as Mr.. Henry did in the
campaign of 1892 and hope to receive
the endorsement of fair minded men
be they Democrats, Republicans OF
what not.
We grant it may not have been easy
or expedient to give Mr.. Henry The
appointment tor which he asked anC
his friends as we'll but there were
numerous appointments that it SEEM
our Senators might have some influence
over, some of which could have beer
given to Mr.. Henry long ago. 1t /
high time some one should let Mr.
Henry know what he is to expect
and if he is to receive an appointment
let him have it, and if not let hin
know it.-Scotland Neck Democrat
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-22

A MAN who would strike his wife
is a meaner man than horse thief
EXCHANGE.
How about the man who allows his
wife to support him? Such a creature
is not to be mentioned with the horse
thief, because he has not the energy
and stamina of character possessed by
that individual. And yet there are
such men, strong and healthy, who
are recognized by their fellows, stand
we'll in the church and looked upon as
respectable. They are worse than
tramps because in many instances they
impose upon a weak woman for
support whereas the tramp looks to
the public at large It is a pity there
is not some law to compel these lazy
loafers to earn what they get or go
without. At any rate these hypocrites
ought to be ostracised by the church
and society. The Divine command is
" In the sweat Of thy face shalt thou
eat thy bread"
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1t Should be in Every House

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sumption, coughs and colds has done him
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Free trial bottles at Melville Dorsey's
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