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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
THE LATE NJ. ROCH DONZELLA

Few Frenchmen distinguished them
selves more in the Franco G. rman war
than NJ. Roch DOnzella, who has lust
died as the keeper of the lighthouse
OF Bonifacio. On the Corsican coast.
NJ. Donzella who was a Corsican by
blrth-whence his Italian-so1ndsng
name-enjoyed the confidence of Gam
BETA, who employed him on some
dangerous and delicate missions in the
days of the government of national
defense. Gambetta was DESTROYS of
conveying instructions to Marshal Ba-
Zalne during the investment of Metz.
and it was to DOnzella that he intrust
ed the task. The coura geous emissary
started out for the scene of war. and
one dark night he swan across the
Moselle under a heavy fire from the
Prussian outpOSts. 1t is said that it
was only by swimming the greater
part of the way under water and reap
pearing above the water now and
then just long enough to take 'brea til
that he escaped the hail of bullets.
Having delivered his dispa tcEes, Don
celia returned by the same way as he
went, and with the same success. 1t
was in recognition of his services that
Gamhetra after the war got him the
post Of lighthouse-keepery which he
retained until his death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25

comfortable villa at Mustapha. she
sprang into another beside it and drove
off like mad. He took breath and
continued: Il am Il lost man; it is
more than ten days now and | have
discovered nothing. nor have the police
that | set on her track | feel | shall
die, monsieur. before they find her"
Marcel began to put two and two
together: the dear little figure gone:
Comte CASTOR Leopold gone, too: both
Of them gone ut one and the same
time. The head that had smiled at one.
that had gazed wild-eyed at another:
the soft, dreamy, Madonna-faced ideal
human-like coiffeurs model of wax.
Monsieur said Marcel at last, slow
~ and impressively, which of us has
lost his senses? What have you been
talking about? Who the devil was
the figure in the Window The Golf
feur threw UP his hands with a ees-
ture Of resigned despair.
What, you don't comprehend vet.
monsieur! said he, though I've told
You clearly. The figure which YOU de-
sired to purchase-the beautiful figure
in my window, l repeat-was-was nv
own wife. my darling, my adored.
adorable Myronel. Now do you under
stand:" Tableau.
At he club that night nothing was
1icussed but the exciting incident, and
all agreed that no human being ever
posed so gracefully, so immovably and
with such singular fascination as the
wonderful model supposed to be made
OF wax. How Leopold had so adroitly
arranged for their flight was his own
well-kept secret. The shop is still in
the tue Bad-Azoun, and the window
does not attract the crowds it did when
1t contained the attractive life-like fig
ure OF the beautiful MyroneI.-Pitts
burg leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25

appeare at the wing to bow her
thanks. The face flashed for second
upon LeSlie's startled gaze; the next.
his eyes were blinded by scarlet
mist-he saw nothing, heard nothing.
knew nothing. He CROPPED his way QUE
to the lobby; some one spoke to him;
he gave no answer; he had not heard.
He reached his own rooms-going on
through the streets in the same dazed
way-and there he flung himself down,
with great and exceeding bitter cry.
Margaret! Margaret
"A gentleman, ma'am, asks to see
you"
What name, JanetT said Alix,
Clave1ng, putting aside a pile OF
morning papers, all of which. more or
less, praised the new play, though
some said that Margaret's love was
too nearly divine to be possible in real
l.fe
HE said you would not know It.
ma'am. He would not detain you
long"
Still, l suppose he has name.
Well, show him up
The servant retired and in a minute
| opened the door again. A tall man
came in, just a step beyond the TIRES
hold. and paused there, the door clos
| ing behind him.
Mrs. Clavering rose TO her feet
trembling, paling. and they stood face
to face-nfter seven years husband
and wife; seventy times seven years
of wrong between them. +.
The man spoke first, his head bent.
his voice hoarse and broken, the sen
fences falling from his lips in dis
jointed fragments.
Il have been in England for a month
past. I did not know that you called
yourself Clavering. No matter-L
should not have troubled you, only
-" He paused. 1t might have helped
him if he had seen her face; but he
did not see it; he dared not lift his
eyes to hers. He went on with IN
effort: II saw your play yesterday.
and l saw-yOu-The woman-Mar-
garet-that was nOt-you? Only-a
beautiful play-sn't that it?'
"Ne'' she said slowly. She did not
move, but clasped her hands tightly
over her labOring heart. 1.-The woman
Margaret is my heart. She loved him
all through-though his sins were
scarlet, he was her husband! And he
had loved her once! Sos when he
came back to her, casting all the evil
years behind him, she fOrgave"'
NO nor' the man cried, trembling
in every limb! She could not forgive
such wrong! The message was for me,
Margaret; it was only play"
1T was deep calling unto Deep she
said; st was my heart calling 10
yours
She stretched out her hand toward
him, and he looked up and saw the
light in her eyes. He staggered for
ward, with Il broken cry, and fell down
at her feet, and she laid her arms about
his neck and drew his head against
her. my husband! she said.-1na
Leon Cassilis in London Sketch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
SIXTEEN.
A sweet ignorer of the laws

A sweet ignorer of the laws
OF etiquette and rules of dress,
And ten times prettier because
She knows not of her prettiress,
With childish ardor unrepressed
She chatters in her girlish way.
And never doubts our interest
In everything she has to say.
She tells us just how much she
spends;
She talks about her dos and horse
About her best and next best
friends
AS il we knew them al Of course
1t seems as if all things combined
To make her radiantly glad:
Every good time is to her mind
The best good time she ever had.
What though the future beckon her:
What though her youth must pass
away?
Are not the flowers the loveher
Because they only last a day?
And yet, when perfect buds unfold,
We softly grieve for what has been;
Dear Alice, must you 100 grow old?
Can you not always be sweet six
teen?
Youths Companion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
ARBITRARY SWISS LAW.
It FOrbids the Mailing Of Foreign
Papers to News Dealers.

Henceforth every foreign newspaper
sent into Switzerland will have to be
addressed and stamped separately,
says the New York Tribune, and al
though this will not interfere with the
postal delivery of papers to individual
subscribers. yet it will prevent dealers
from handling them, as it will be i'm
possible for them to get the papers in
quantities. Strict orders have been is
sued to the postal and customs authori-
ties to prevent the entry into the coun-
try of any kind Of newspaper litera-
ture in bundles, the ayoWed object of
the government being to diminish Is
far as possible the dissemination of
italian papers in the Italian-speaking
cantons, Of French papers in the
French-speaking cantons, and of Ger
man papers in the German-speaking
cantons. Nor is Switzerland the only
foreign power which is thus manifest
ing a lack of Iiberality in dealing
with foreign newspapers; for, accord
ing to a recent decision of the Paris
courts, each foreign paper sold in
France has to be stamped with the
name of the French newsletter by
whom it is sold, and who is thereupon
held responsible for every statement
Of a libelous character therein contain
ed. Inasmuch as it is impossible TO ex-
pect French newsdealers to act as the
responsible editors of the English. Ger
man, Italian, Spanish and Russian
papers that they handle, it practically
puts a stop to the sale in France of
foreign newspapers through dealers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
THE CHECK REIN.
a Cruel Device that Should Be EHut
Aside

From an interesting article under the
above heading. in which HalIarston
te1hs in the Winsted Comm Herald
how he relieved Il stray horse from
the great suffering of Il cruel check
REIN, we take the following:
/ patted his sides. He said thank
you" and God bless your and we
fell into the following conversation.
but what is the matter with your
eyes? how they weep! they iook as
if cataraots were growing over them
now red they are! and your nose! what
is that sore?'
My eyes? the check-rein draws
them right up into the staring sun.
They are almost burned out of my
head. My nose? that, too, points
straight upward and catches every
scorching ray"
And your neck. the beautiful curve
that nature has given to horse is
Strengthened out int a long, stiff, bony
muscle! Do you really mean to say
that this is the work Of the check
rein?'
Yes, it is. | can remember when
I used to look into the brook, and my
eyes we're dark and lustrous; my
neck was an arch. [ was a handsome
colt, and not the object [ am now"
But what are you doing nere?'
II am running away. / am going
to Boston. I hear that horses don't
nave to wear check-reins in Boston,
50 I broke out two nights ago and
have been waiting around fer some
body to snow me the way. Could you
show me the way?"
I tore leaf from my memorandum
book and wrote to the president Of the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals, in Boston, and tucked it
into his thick name. I then told him
where to present the note, and as we
came to the highway I pointed out his
course, and he galleped off at full
speed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
NOT IN 1T.
!, n house is all afire,

When house is all afire,
And there's trouble in the air,
soks will watch the blaze go higher,
Put they don't seem much to care,
Just so long as they're not in II.
See a railroad train disaster,
With the splinters stnewn around,
So an engine can't get past hef;
Folks will find it pleasure ground
just SO long as they're not IN II.
There's a man who hangs tomorrow,
For the trouble he has beer.
But not many folks will borrow
Any trouble for his sin,
Just SO long az they're not IN IL.
Down the alley in howell,
Is a family in distress,
But MOI many folks would shovel,
Gould they make their misery less,
Inst SO long as they're not in 1t.
Thousands now are out Of labor,
And the mills all cease to GRIND
But we think not Of our neighbor
II he's left IN want behind,
Just SO long as we're not in it.
Thus il IS 'mong selfish mortals,
Thus it will be evermore,
Men will look through guarded portals,
Mock the troubles of the poor,
Just so long rs they're not in it.
But the distant years are bringing
Happy thoughts and better days,
And progression's bell is ringing
Blessed loves eternal rays,
SO the world can all be in it,
C. NJ. Richie
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
TT OUGHT TO SATISFY HER.

Mr.. Wickwire-I don't know whether
I ought to tell you, but I won $500
from Briggs last night playing poker.
Mrs Wickwire-Oh, how nice. Now
you can afford to get me that new
dress.
Mr. Wickwire-What an unreason-
able woman you are. shall do Meth
ing of the kind. 1t ought to be salts
faction enough to you to know that
Mrs. Briggs won't be able to have a
new dress.-Indianapo Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
PROVING HER FALSE.

Spoiled Boy-Nirs. Nexblock says I'm
the most spoiled boy in town.
Mother-She does, does she I'd just
have her know you are trained as
much as her brats, any day. Let me
know next time she passes the house
Spoiled Boy (delighted)-Yes'm.
Mother-Now don't forget. / want
her to hear me spanking you.-Good
News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
DESPERATE REMEDIES.

Texas Siftings: Mrs. Newlywed-
I have read every book in my hus-
bands library. I really don't know
what to do for something new to read.
Mrs. WorldIy-Why don't you get
another husband?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
RELIEVED IN REVERS1ON.

PHILADELPHIA Record: "And why do
you want me to give you a dime"
asked the benevolent old gentleman.
Well" replied the bright beggar, ito
tell the truth, I'm in the soup, and
| want to reverse the situation
INTERPRETING A DREAM BOOK.
A Young married woman living in
the east end had peculiar dream
the other evening. She dreamed that
she was downtown on Euclid avenue
with her baby and was preparing to
board Il car to go home. The step OF
the new Euclid avenue motor was
ralner high and she requested Il gen
tIeman to hold her baby while she
boarded the car. He consented, but
before he could return the infant to
the arms of it's mother the car started
and left without the child. The grief
Of the young woman was intense ana
so troubled was her mind that she
awoke. Her relief at finding it all
dream was so great that she decided 10
buy Il book on dreams and learn what
it all signifed.
Yesterday she called at a downtown
book store and related her dream to
the clerk, who CHANGED to be an ac-
quaintance. She purchased the book
and turned to the index, where she
found that such a dream as she eX-
perienced foretold that the dreamer
! would receive twice as much as she
had lost.
"What would l get" she said TO
the clerk innocently that would be
twice as much to me as my baby"
Twins" said the clerk laconically,
and she has not spoken to him since,
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25

Judge Sawyer, Of Milwaukee, has
dismissed the petition of Mrs. Marion
v. Dudley, the authoress, to be re-
leased from guardianship.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25

understand. discovered ueF, 50 W
speak, not so very far from Paris.
She was then only is years Old. She
had resided at the beautiful suburb
of Fontenoy aux Roses, where she
was adored by all the young men and
even admired by the wemen, who,
strange to relate, were not jealous OF
her beauty of face and form. l paid
her the NEST devoted attentlon-hom-
age would be the more correct word,
perha ps-and at last she protested
that she returned my affection. In
shore. we loved each other. and /
seemed to live in an ideal paradise.
She assisted IN making my fortune,
too. I was jealous, and she-she de-
lighted in being well cOiffed, We'll
dressed and to show herself. Mon
dieu. what else could one expect2 She
saw that she rayiShed all eyes, ana
/ permitted her to show herself IN all
the new fashions. 1t pleased her so
| much to be admired that she would
have passed most of her life without
moving had I allowed her, but at the
end of an hour I made her retire.
The little man brushed away a tear
and then continued:
Moreover. I watched always near
her How she did it is incomprehensi-
BILE; there. without speaking, without
stirring, through a great thick glass,
how was it possible TO arrange an
| elopement? Well, monsieur, that IS
what has happened. One night, in
stead Of entering the carriage that
came every evening to take US to our
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25

from him and went out. 1t was the
close of the act, and the people in front
applauded, all except Wilmot Leslie.
He did not stir.
In the second act the interest deep
ened; the man in the stalls with the
handsome, reckless face was enthra1-
led. The fellow in the play was
haunted-so was he, Wilmot Leslie.
He scarcely heard the applause; he
never lifted a hand-hOw could he?
For this was not n play-it was real
ity,i Margaret loves her husband
through all-through unfaith and de-
sertion, and all his piled up sins
against her. Bah, it is a playa wO-
mans sentimental notions. Let the
author be tried. She would not keep
the opal bright. The man wasn't
worth one tear Of hers. Let him be
cast out and forgotten, as he deserv-
ed
And now came the third and last act
where the husband if prevented from
committing the crime he meditateS:
and in the end, in a beautifully writ
ten scene-which alone, said the critics
afterwaard, ought to make the fortune
of the play-Margaret forgives the
man who has so bitterly wronged her
Wilmot Leslie, white as .death-yet
otherwise masking, for pride's sake,
the agony in his heart-listened to the
words, every one Of which stabbed him
with mortal blows. A play-yes, only
a playi-but, oh! that there could be
for his wasted, sinful life such a last
act as this
The curtain was down, and the
house applauding and calling for the
author Wilmot Leslie, eager to see
the woman who could write like this,
Romance of q Play. 3
fingered, and presently Mrs. Clavering
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-26

Because the United States Intends
to Establish Naval station.
By Associated Press.
London, Marsh 25.-Cnrrienf!ng lhia
morning upon the approaching depart
uTe for Honolulu Of Adm al Walker
Of tile American navy, to establish a
naval statior The Times says: This
seems to marx ! reclp.tHta descent
ttom the pinnacle Of virtue on which
President Gle yellul took his stand a
short time ago Il Is easy TO under.
stand the uAVantA us that would au-
erue to the Units1 States from the pos
session of 40 odTmtUYcnusly placed
naval station us Pearl IIarhor.
Inc civilized world has also every
reason 70 be contented that the United
States should protect the island, even
though such protection seems to have
no other meaning than confirmation
OF the provisional government, What
seems perpleNing is the contrast be.
tween the concession to sordid expe-
dlency, ana the lofty resolution ex-
pressed by President Cleveland hardly
three months ago II ~ 50 impossible
TO question the correctness OF canon
Of national morality when laid down by
him that orc cannot help inquirlng
what has since occurred to invalidate
them Neither the house of reprssen-
tatives nor the senate repudlated his
high moral principles.
Possibly the recent electoral success
OF the Republicans has Influenced Pres
ident Clevelaud's mind in apprehen-
sion. a reverse to his party often has
facilitating effect upon a presidents
nerves Moreover President Cleveland
had no idea that President Dole and
his friends We're such obstinate peo-
pie.
We can Wen understand how thor
oughly unpleasant and unpopular it
would he to land American marines in
order to put down the provisional gov
eminent and restore the queen, but
when all Is urged that can be urged in
behalf OF frail craftsmanship, It must
be confessed that the surrender OF the
president OF the United States to the
other nresldent Is not too dlgnlned.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-26

had been terribly in earnest and had
faced every kind of hardship. No day
had been too long, no sun too hot for
him, IN his endeavors 10 solve the ques-
ton, do monkeys tAlkY'
II was his unconditional opinion that
monkeys talked. These animals had a
limited power of thought. Many mems
power OF thought was limited, but
thought was thought, however great
the difference in the extent OF the
faculty between man and man. Every
anatomical condition present in man
was present In the monkey. For
months he had lived alone with a
chimpanzee, with which he got to be
on the most friendly terms. He doubted
sometimes how far he was champanzee
or the ape was human. He could not
say much for the morals of the cham
panzee; but he could say the same
Of many human beings. He had n
native boy with him when he lived
with the champanzee. He was igno-
rant both of the boys speech and that
OF the ape. The boy. however, mastered
the champanzee language sooner than
he did. To his chimpanzee. as to the
boy, he conveyed by speech the COM
mon requirements OF lfe-bread, water.
freely learning the tongue of the
animal as he had learned that Of the
boy. God could never have given these
intelligence without giving them q
corresponding power of speech.
He generally spoke. especially to the
smaller monkeys, by the photograph,
in which their speech had been pre-
viously registered. Unquestionably
these animals addressed certain sounds
to the individual and waited for n re-
sponse Intonation infection. para.
digms. were no doubt absent. but these
We're the products of centuries OF evo-
luton. There was, however, undoubted
variety In the tones of the ape. TIC
his mind the evidence was clear that
monkeys could count. and his friend
Moses, the chimpanzee, would. In
obedlance to the word of command, do
his appointed task of laying GER
tain number of blocks in a certain
number of holes and after doing SO
would run up In eager expectation OF
his reward, The first night he spent
in the cage with which he was equipped
was one Of the proudest of his life
Sometimes, indeed, he was lonly, The
gorilla was an animal of shy habits
but his own monkey travelling com.
panions attracted them, and q gorilla
now and then would pay him a visit
He believed he had seen more gorillas
than any other white man. The ma.
tiVes told him he would have seer
more II he had BACKED his face, but
| the scarcity Of water deferred hin
from doing so. During the min,
| months he was on the coast he had
| fever twelve times His friend Moses
was also III. and his other champanzee
Aaron, treated Moses with the greatest
care and tenderness. The natives re
| Rarded the cage as a sort OF fetish
| ON one occasion he was favored with q
| prolonged visit from lady gorilla
who was chasing dog to which ht
| was in the habit of giving an coca.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-26
THE WOMEN ARE AFTER HIM
SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF
SOCIAL PURITY
win nndenvor 90 Have COL hreek-
inrIdEe Impcached and to Induce
his wife to Leave iiH-other
Societies WIN DO Likewise


BY Associated Press.
New York, March 25,-Tns action Of
the Natlorui Christian Leagle 'or the
Promotion Of Social Purity. in reference
to the Brsuginrldss-Pslla case Is
likely to call forth similar expressions
from various parts of the county.
Mrs. Elizabeth Il GramHlss, president
Of tie league, explains the matter mus
No formal resolutions were adopted
We simply voted unanimously that ms
man ought to be depose'1 from he hish
position he has attained on agc1Nnt az
ne wrong H. has done to the marriage
relation, to society and in ne stpte'
There are too many CM Brecblnrids"s
ana Miss PulIards In Washington
I'VE did noe do anyth,Ig - express
CIR sympathy with Miss Pollard, put
when the trial ID OYER we sinai 40
whatever Is the proper thins. We don't
knox that there Is ans Jaw by "n'ch
Col Brecldnrldge can be i'npeached,
but we are going to ask congress- to 10
it anyhow. We are going In see Ell
bi, dge r. Gerry, Judge A.nuux ana
have everything done a5 = hluld De
We are also going to ask Mrs 3reckin
ridge to renounce her hJsl'al!d, and II
she has a spark OF woman hood in her
she viii do it,"
The annual meeetinr If the league
Wall be held in tn Broadway raberna-
Gle tomorrow night. and Nllyt Mary a.
/ her;nCre, Anthony Cons.uck. Mrs.
Virginia T. Smith and others Will
Sit ak.