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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
ANOTHER OF THE TWELVE
HEARD FROM.

Senator Morgan, of Alabama, one Of
the twelve United States democratic
senators branded as traitors by the
Minnesota democracy, lost no time in
protesting against the charge, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean. He did not say
explicitly that he should not be
guilty of the treason" of voting
against the Wilson bill, but he plainly
implied that he was not in favor of
that measure as it stands. Tuesday
another of the twelve was heard from,
Mr.. Smith, of New Jersey. That
gentleman is not much given to speech
making. He is a business man, with
no pretensions to oratory. But he
made speech Tuesday on the floor of
the senate which the reports character
ize AS earnest. 1t was wholly devoted
to the income-taX feature Of the pend
ing Wilson bill. He opposes it as en-
phatically, if not as deliberately, as
Mr.. Hill did in the speech which called
out the charge of treason against the
senator and eleven of his associates.
Referring to the Minnesota accusation,
Mr.. Smith said:
party ties grow weak when they
make disregard of ones own convic-
tons and dislOyalty to ones own peo-
pie the test of fealty. And I do not
hesitate to add that even the misrule
of the republican party is to be pre-
ferred to the communism Of the pOpu-
lists and socialists. If that be treason
then self-appOinted cenSOrS of Min
nesota do right to lay the charge at
my door"
There is not a member, probably, Of
either the house committee on ways
and means or of the state committee
on finance who really believes in i'm
posing an income tax, but it was put
in as a sop to the popuGsts. If Mr.
Smith really means what his words
fairly imply he has made UP his mind
not to vote for the pending bill with
the income-tax feature attached to it.
It would be more exact, perhaps, to
say that he has decided not to vote
for the bill and to give the income tax
feature as his reason. He can, with
unquestionable ruthfulneSs, say that
the democratic party is not pledged to
any such tax. Not a word can be
found in the platform of 1892 so much
as squirting that way. and frequently
in the past did the party denounce
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
POKING FUN AT FINCK AND
KREHBEEI!

A satirical New York writer has
been indulging in a delicious bit of
sarcasm at the expense of the two
chief Wagner maniacs of the metropo-
lis. Henry t. Finck of the Evening
Post, and Fl. E. Krehbiel of the Trib-
ure. When it looked as though New
York was to be converted to Wagner
these distinguished critics were gay
and hghtsOme of heart, and their
green's over the success of this win
tnr'S brilliant season of Italian opera
have been dismal to hear. The satir-
ist lectures their woe in the following
an using bit of imaginative writing:
SceLe: A beer cellar on the west
side Mr.. Krehbiel is discovered at
a table at left eating picked behring's.
Enter Mr.. Finck wearing a fatigued
expression, as though he had walked
down from Troy
Mr.. Finck-'Ach! We gehts?''
Mr.. Krehbiel- "Gutr' Swallows a
picked herring with much grace and
sighs).
Mr.. Finck-''Iss doze herring nize?"
MI Krehbiel-"Ya." Swallows an
other with glee)
Mr. Finck-'I will cad me some
mine selluf''
Mr. Finck orders a dish of picked
herring and a stein Of Muenchner
Mr.. Krehbiel (sighing again after the
disappearance of another herring)
HAT you been by der obbera, Helm
rich?' -..-
Mr. Finck-"Ya."
Mr.. Krehbiel-"I LIKEWISE
Mr.. Finck-'Rrotten?
Mr.. Krehbiel-"Rrotten'
Mr.. Finck-"Ach, VOgner"
Mr.. Krehbiel-"Ach, Lii Lehmannr'
Mr.. Finck-''Vell, dey hef stolen our
Cherman obbera vut We sdill hat
piggled herring"
Mr.. Krehbiel-"Ya, Heinrich. Unit
ain'd dey nize?" Swallows another
and closes his eyes in sheer ecstasy.
Mr.. Finck-"Mein Colt, dey was
grand. Eats eight without speaking.
Then Mr.. Finck and Mr.. Krehbiel take
out their pads and write their attacks
on Italian opera.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
A CREMATION ROCK.

In the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, there is a large bowlder
Of almost solid copper which, if it
could talk, would tell many dark tale
of superstitous rites and sacrifices.
This bowlder came from the upper
peninsula of Michigan, about twenty
miles from Lake Superior. The In
dams in that locality held it in great
veneratiOn and We're accustomed to
offer up human sacrifices on it. Ac-
cording to their tradition it had been
sent to their forefathers by the Great
Spirit as a token Of his favor. They
asserted that it sometimes spoke to
them with a voice of thunder demand
ing sacrifices. A victim, usually a
prisoner of war from some other
tribe, was then bound fast to the rock
and speared or shot to death with ar
rows, after which a fire was built upon
the hewlder and the body burned
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
ESTIMATING THE REVENUES.

New York Tribune: On Mr.. Voor-
stands would yield $3.50, 1888, 76G. But
it is nonsense to suppose that the in
come tax would bring in 100000
the first year, if ever. 1t is also non
sense to suppose that the whole of
$20,OO0,0O0 additional tax on whisky
would 60 into the treasury and not to
the trust 1t is nonsense to suppose
that consumption of sugar and whisky
will remain as large as it was in 1893
if prices of those articles advance and
industries continue Frustrated. 1t is
urged by Mr. Hill that lower duties
would invite larger imports of manu-
featured goods, so that the tariff would
return more than the estimated
revenue. This would be natural if
prosperity could be expected, and the
revival of consumption on the scale
of 1892. But reduction of wages to
the European standard and the degre-
datiOn of labor, which Mr.. Hill de
clares necessary consequences of the
pending bill, will not permit consump-
ton as large as that of 1892 Take
off a quarter from the wages dis
burSed and there must also be a de-
crease of about a quarter in purchases
by the people. This would be a
shrinkage of $4,000 100000 or more
yearly in consumption, and no increase
in the SS66,OOO,OOO of imports could
then be expected. .----, -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
should come another republican whirl-

should come another republican whirl-
wind
Albany Journal: Even the home of
Senator German of Maryland swung
into the republican column Monday.
This is one of the most significant
victories of the year.
Hartford Post: Another republican
era with protection to American in
dustries, with intelligent management
of the currency and with national pros
perity incoming.
Philadelphia Press: A continuous
series of democratic defeats shows how
bitterly the country has learned it's
lesson and how emphatically it re-
pudlateS the charlatan mugwump who
misled it for brief time
Philadelphia Bulletin: The extraor-
binary results of the municipal cleo
tons this week in the west, and par
ticularly in Ohio and Michigan, repeat
once more the tale of popular diSSa It's
faction with the party in power.
Baltimore American: Next Novem-
Der the congressional elections will be
held. There is no doubt about the re-
suit. The republicans will go to the
house of representatives with the
largest majority they have ever had
since the war.
Chicago Record Und.): The trend Of
public sentiment in political matters,
as shown by Tuesdays elections, is
far from favorable to the democratic
party. In almost every field, from the
Atlantic to the Mississippi river, the
republicans have been successful
Rochester Democrat: ChicagO'S DEM
ocratic plurality for mayor, in April
1898, was 21,0S9. Chicago'S democratic
plurality for mayor in December, 1893,
was 1920. Chicago's aggregate repub-
lican plurality in the ward elections
of last Tuesday was 1889. This is
the kind of a change that public senti-
ment is undergoing in every part Of
the free-voting United States
st. Louis Giobe-Democrat: Probably
the republicans will not capture the
lions. The senate is not so quickly or
so completely responsive to public
sentiment as the house is, therefore
the democrats may hold on to It by q
diminished majority for two years
more, but it is sure to go rep 1blican
then, keeping company with the house
and the president.
Chicago Tribune (Rep.): These n.u-
nicipal elections show that protection,
which the democrats fancied vas laid
in it's. grave in 1892, is the liveliest
kind of a corpse, and that it has gained
strength and determination from it's
seeming defeat The workingmen are
more intelligent than they We're in the
fall of 1892. They have been attend
ing the hard school of experience since
then and have learned many useful
lessons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26

was formed by a wreath of daffodils
embroidered with yellow floss. In the
center OF this, resting upon a mirror
plaque, was an old blue Delft bowl
filled with the joyous blossoms; at the
corners of the table-center were tall.
slender crystal vases holding clusters
Of daffOdils, and narrow yellow satin
ribbon was tied carelessly around the
tops as if holding the flowers in place.
and then was twisted around the base
and fastened in a loose knot. At every
cover stood a small Baccarat vase
with a cluster Of daffodilS, and the
guest carGs were tiny banners of vel
low satin ribbon with a poetica1 QUO
tation and the name in silver, SuS-
pended from silver arrows which could
be withdrawn and used as hairpins.
The bride eNpectant wore a gown of
daffOdil-colOred crepOn, but her mother
carried out the harmony of the blue
Delft bowl in a quaint gown OF oddly
figured blue and white China crepe.
looking as if she had stepped down
from the curio shelf Of some old
Dutch collector.
1t was easy in arranging the menu
to run through the gamut of yellows
without doing violence to ones pre-
conceived conception of the colors of
things. Half a shaddock-grape-fr fruit
picked apart, sugared, etc, and then
put back on its skin was the appetizer
served before the amber-colored bouil-
lon. Broiled salmon with sauce tar
tare followed this; then came Dreaded
lamb-chops with yellow tomato sauce.
and asparagus on toast with yellow
cream sause. The entree was chicken
croquettes with Bachamel yellow
sauce, preceded by orange sherbet.
The salad was lobster and celery on
a bed of chicory: and the ices for
dessert were in the form of various
yellow fruits, bananas, nectarines,
lines and lemons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
LOVERS REUNITED.
Wedding of a Michigan Couple After
Each Had Welded Another.

A wedding ceremony that united two
hearts after a separation of a. years
was performed at Pontiac. Micn. a
few evenings ago. The groom was
Pickering Nicholson, 60 years of age,
who lives in Detroit. and the bride was
Sarah ]. Murray, a widow, OF Pontiac.
63 years of age. Forty-five years ago.
says the Detroit Tribune. Mr.. NichoI-
son was boy learning his trade of
building. He went with his employer
to Oakland county TO build a house
While there he fell in love with a
pretty country girl. She returned his
affection and the two became enga ged
But both We're young and had no seri-
Gus thoughts of getting married. so
after two years or so they drifted
apart. Mr.. Nicholson married an es-
Unable lady in Detroit some years
later and became the father of eight
children. The country lassie married
and had become Mrs. Murray and re-
moved to Pontiac with her husband
who was a blacksmith. The two met
occasionally and in the heart of each
was laid away the remembrance of
the love making during the springtime
of their lives down on the farm. About
seven years since Mr.. Murray died.
His wife was childleSS and lived by
herself in Pontiac. About two years
since Mrs. Nicholson died
The remembrance of the love of his
youth was never entirely banished
from Mr.. Nicholsons mind and about
eight months ago he made a trip to
Pontiac and met Mrs. Murray. They
lived over again the old time and
and dreamed again the dreams of their
youth. Mr.. Nicholson, with all the
ardor Of his youthful wooing, sug-
gested that they we're both of an age
that would preclude all unfavorable
comment in case they should be
married and suggested that the cere-
mony that was not performed 45 years
ago might take place now. Mrs. Muir
ray agreed with him as she had done
before, so the wedding took place.
Mr.. Nicholson's daughters are all
grown UP and so are the sons. Mr..
Nicholson is small man who does
not look to be over 45 years of age.
His bride is as equally we'll preserved.
The groom is a prosperous Detroit
builder and has pleasant home at 1O6
Spruct street He came to Detroit
with his parents from England in
1885, the year before Michigan became
a state. Since that time he has lived
here continuously, and, with the excep.
ton of talking a few trips to Pontiac
and the farm Of the father of his long
ago sweetheart he has never been 10
miles away from Detroit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
A MODERN EDITOR.

The mossback and halcyOn days Of
editing a newspaper are dead and in
tered in the same moss-covered grave
with the pig-headed old fogy of an
cient times. To serve the alert and
wideawake public a man has to be
constructed on a high plane and a
catchy basis. 1t takes a sort of lumin-
Gus and electrical journalist to write
in this advanced age of civilization.
He has to be able to write bright
things and keep it UP or he is soon
relegated to the rear as a typical has
been. The people of the world are en-
veloped in an intellectual storm and
their brain throbs and throbs inces-
stantly for brainy flash shots, and the
newspaper man who is not erected
upon this hypothetical hypothesis is
an oblivious nobody. Lubricity of
thought and the ambidextrous hand
ling Of the pencil is what counts in
running a newspaper.-RedL Lodge New
Idea.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
PERIQUE TOBACCO.

It Is an Able-bodied Smoke Which
Must Not Be Fooled with.
! Lewistown journal: The tobacco
merchant was showing US a yard of
perique tobacco grown in that famous
county in the south, and the CONVERSE
ton had drifted in that direction.
mo man can smoke perique straight"
said he, "and those who know it best
use about one-eighth perique and the
rest other tobacco. / well remember
the first that l ever smoked. My
friends put up the trick on me and
when I came to myself I had the pipe
with me, but [ didn't know where I
had been. Later l had four pounds
of it sent to me from New Orleans
as heavy as rOped molasses. [ filled
a pipe with it and covered it with
dry ashes and laid it away for a
friend of mine who never bought
a pipeful Of tobacco in his life and
who always was smoking in my store
He came in, and how his eyes glis-
tened at sight of the full pipe! He lit
it and sat down. In five minutes it
fell from his hands, his head went
back and he had passed away. He
slept over two hours, and [ got afraid
We couldn't wake him. and it was
fully four hours before he came to
himself. He never smoked my pipe
again"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
THE UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE.

A lady down the river, whose hus-
band was critically i'll, purchased a lot
in the cemetery, that place might
be provided for the reception of his
body. Not that she was anxious that
he should depart, but it was one of her
characteristics of forethought and good
Judgment and as an opportunity was
presented to make a purchase of a lot
at a liberal discount she thought it
sound financial policy to do so. The
suangest part of the incident is that
from the day of the purchase her hus-
band continued to improve and finally
recovered his health and lived to bury
his wife in the cemetery lot purchased
for him. He is now living with his
second wife not far from Middletown.
Midtown Conn Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
TRADE TALK.
DUN & CO.'S AND BRADSTREET'S
WEEKLY REVIEWS. 81
Uncertainty of Legislation and Labor
Difficulties Serious Retarding
Influences.

New York, April 2O.-Dun & Co. say
in their review Of the weeks trade
that new orders are still materially
restricted by uncertainty about the ac-
| ton at Washington and by labor diff
culties. If workers insist on a resto-
ration of wages before consumption
has restored prices, many works must
stop.
The exports of gold have had some
influence, and a continuing loss in
earnings some.
Failures of the past week number
219 in the United States against 1856
last year.
New York, April 2O-Bradsreet's
weekly trade report claims that with
the exception Of a prospect for a still
further extension of strikes and other
labor disturbances, no plainly retard-
ing influence is manifesting itself.
The week furnishes eleven shut
downs of important industrial eStab-
lishments, which are more than Off
set by the resumption at thirty-twO
others.
The announcement that 100000 coal
miners will strike this week has occa-
stoned uneasiness among manufactr-
ers at many central and western cities.
At Chicago labor troubles are seriously
affecting building trades.
Exports of wheat flour included)
from both coasts this week amount to
100000 bushels, against 100000
bushels last year.
Duluth, Minneapolis and St Paul
report hardly as favorable trade con-
ditions as the preceding week. Mil
waukee and Kansas City announce
considerable improvement in jCbbing
demand and in several instances
among manufacturing industries. At
Omaha trade is checked, due to re-
vival Of farm work. No material
change is reported from Chicago or
from st. Louis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
BAILADE OF WORLDLY WEALTH.

Money taketh town and wall
Fort and ramp without a blow;
Money moves the merchants all,
While the tides shall ebb and flow;
Money maketh Evil show
Like the Good, the Truth like lies:
These alone can meier bestOw
Youth and health and paradise.
Money maketh festival,
Wine she buys and beds can stroW;
Rounds the necks of captains tall,
Money wins them chains to throw.
Marches soldiers to and fro,
Gaineth ladies with sweet eyes:
These alone can ne'er bestOw
Youth and health and paradise
Money wins the priest his stall;
Money miters buy, | roW;
Red hats for the cardinal,
Abbeys for the novice low;
Money maketh sin as snow.
Place of penitence supplies.
These alone can ne'er bestOW
Youth and health and paradise.
Andrew Lang in Lyrics of the Old
World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
SHOOTINGIRONS IN COURT.

Pittsburg Dispatch: Apropos Of the
recent scene in a Washington court
room on the trial of the Breckenridge
Pollard suit, when the presiding JUS
tice delivered some remarks on the
matter of carrying ans in court, am
reminded of a curious incident that
happened at the old college town of
Bloomington, Ind, some 80 years ago.
A local case was being tried before the
late Judge Buskirk. Two college men
were involved in some slight infraction
of the town laws. The lawyer for the
defense got into a personal alteration
with the prosecuting attorney, and the
lie was passed The defendants cOun-
sci drew a revolver and banged away,
quickly followed by the prosecuting
officer. The grave old judge drew his
weapon and took an active part in
the discussion. One of the jurors be-
came involved, though most Of them
had run at the first fire. When the
smoke had cleared away considerable
plaster had been knocked off the walls,
buC nobody was hurt. The lawyers
apologized, and the court was resumed,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
REPUBLICAN VICTORIES.

Buffalo Express: From Connecticut
to Iowa the only report is of republi-
can victory at the spring elections.
New York Tribune: 1t is too much
to expect that southern brigadiers will
learn anything from the votes Of
northern 'mud-sills"
Brooklyn Times: What shall it
profit a douglface congressman if he
gain the approval of the south and
lose his own district?
Indianapolis News (mug): Some
Rhode Island democrats ought in all
decency to arise and propose to make
the election unanimous.
Boston Journal: 1t is profoundly sig
nifcant that cOincidently with the re
opening Of the tariff debate in congress
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
THIS SEASONS GLOVES.

The Reynier is the glove Of the
season. Its popularity is due to the
slender appearance which it gives the
hand, owing to the arrangement OF
gussets between the fingers, but not
between the thumb and finger These
gloves come in all the dainty shades
which combine so well with the color.
ing Of the new dress materials. There
are any variety Of tans, pearl grays
and the new green.
Perhaps the most chic glove is OF
pearl kid, stitched with spring tan and
fastened with smoked pearl buttons
Pearl gloves stitched in violet or green
are also novelties. For everyday wear
nothing is more genteel than a tan
Reynier glove stitched in black and
fastened with large black buttons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26

such a tax as unjust, inquisitorial and
odiouS.
The first sentence of the passage
quoted suggests what is probably the
real strength of the senator's opposi-
ton, ones own people" New Jersey
was heard from last fall. and again
this spring, both times declaring in
tones as clear as a clarion that the
democratic party was marching along
a road which, if followed 10 the actual
legislative end, would lead to defeat.
That state is a beehive. A great
variety of industries are carried on
within its borders Mr.. Smiths own
city, Newark, and that of his col
league, Jersey City, have always been
strongly democratic. but both are
now republican, as is the state as a
whole. The disasters which have over
taken the Jersey democracy We're not
due to the fear of an income tax That
really cut no figure in the case. The
people are in revolt against the policy
of overthrowing protection. The par
alysiS of labor followed the adoption
of that policy, and it is only natural
that Mr.. Smith should seek some ex-
cuse for obstructing and defeating that
policy 1t has undoubtedly cost him
a great deal of money in his own bust
ness, and he knows very we'll that his
political future is still more vitality at
stake than his personal fortune He
cannot directly antagonize free trade
without being tainted with backing
down and party infidelity, but he can
use the income tax as a shield against
that sort of attack, an excuse for re-
fusing to support the bill as whole.
Therein lies the significance of his
position and the speech made in it's
defense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The municipal elections in Illinois
last Tuesday were as discoura ging to
the democrats as We're the township
elections held two weeks ago. Only
one city, Galena, so far as heard from,
reports a democratic victory, while
many towns all over the state have
turned down the democrats to elect
republican aldermen and mayors.
Such democratic cities as Streator, Eff
fingham, Marshall, Shawneetown,
Hillsboro, Murphysboro, Charleston,
Joliet and Peoria gave republican ma
jorities last Tuesday. Peoria and
Joliet were won by the republicans a
year ago, but both We're regarded as
only temporary disturbances of the
democratic control. The elections of
Tuesday made both cities more reliably
republican than a year ago The
cities of Illinois have had wonderful
prosperity under a protective tariff
policy, and all Of them have been more
or less hurt by the presence of the
Wilson bill in congress, and it's pros
pect for displacing the Mckinley law.
The people are this year voting to de-
fend their own interests and they now
know that their greatest interest is in
driving the democratic party from
power.