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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

who is building fine bank account
by idealizing portraits Of the rich men
and women Of the city and their chill
dren. This artist said:
"All summer long my studio has
been besieged by an army of girls
who were evidently infatuated by the
life supposed to exist in studios and
so pleasantly described in Trilby.
They all want to be Tribes anu said
they sought work as models. But
what under heaven do i want with a
lot of giggling girls, languishing
women who were old enough to know
better, and most Of them with faces
which it would be agony to paint.
Sometimes as many as a dozen would
call in a single day and always when
the light was just right for my work.
1t took a little time to dispose of each
one and many valuable moments were
wasted. | marveled at first at the
great number of models out of work
and for a time attributed it to the
hard times. Then / remembered thai
all of the boys were busy, so hard
times had nothing to do with it. Fin
ally, / spoke to several fellows about
the plague and l found that they were
all suffering from it. The next time
1 had one of the pests call on me l de-
cided to find out all about it.
Il asked-'Did you ever pose before?
"'No, but / think / could. / wouldn't
like to pose very much-that is, with
out most of my clothes on she SAID
rather diffidently.
"She was a girl of not more than IS
apparently just through school and
with a figure all ends and corners, Nc
curves Or soft lines anywhere. She
evidently did not have to support her
self, as she was nicely dressed and had
the lock of a hOme-bred girl, so
asked:
"'Why do you want to do mode
work.
''Here she became confidential anG
with little giggle answered: you
know I've read Trilby and so have
lots of the other girls and it must be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
THE POSTAL OFFICIAL

A curiously complicated murder trial
has just ended in southern France.
A box of candy was put into the post
Office at Tarbes and opened by a dis
honest official, who ate some of it
and gave some to two other clerks.
They were all stricken down with
atrociouS pains, and the clerk who
opened the box died, undoubtedly Of
poisoning. The box was directed to a
local politician and was traced finally
to a schoolmaster in a neighboring
town, a man of unblemished character
and gentle manners, who had been
prosecuted by the politician. He was
identified by the girl who sold the
candy and the druggist who sold him
the poison, and sent to hard labor
for seven years. He asserted that he
never intended to poison his enemy,
but merely to administer d strong
purge as joke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
OVER THE OCEAN.

Queen Victoria, accompanied by
Princess Bea trice, has left Osborne for
Balm0ral.
The Paris Figaro says it is author
lied to declare that there is no ques-
ton of recalling the United States ~
baSsador, James B. Eustis.
The London Post announces that the
marquis of Worcester, eldest son and
heir of the duke of Beaufort, is be
trothed to Baroness Carlo de Tuyl.
The yield of the general taxation for
July in Spain shows a decrease OF
3 .259, 1O5 pesetaS as compared with the
taxation for the month of July, 1894.
| A dispatch from Berlin says that
alarming news has been received at
the chancellery in that capital respect
| ing the disturbed condition Of Spain.
Emperor William on being shown
General MINERS letter in the Paris
Figaro, charging a German official
with theft during the Franco-Prussia;l
war, Indignantly called Munier a COW
ardly liar.
The Paris police have definitely as
Gel tdlhCu JuSiL Ilit lCItcI VI 1lllCl
machine which exploded in the office
of Baron Alphonse de RothSchild Sc
verely injuring his confidential clerk
NJ. JodkOwitZ, was posted in the city
Paul Reclus, the anarchist agitator
who, though absent from France, was
recently sentenced to a term of i'm
prisonment, has informed the publ,
prosecutor iD Paris of his intention
to return and surrender himself to TIT
authorities.
Information has been received a
Rome that Signor Achille Faginolle
under secretary to the Italian ministr.
of commerce, and member of tn,
chamber of deputies, suddenly becam
insane in the baths at Levico, in thu
: Tyrol.
The Paris Soleil publishes a dispatcl
from Avesnes, in the department o
, the Nord, which says that the nlilitar.
: authorities at Fort BOusSois have III
rested a London commercial travele
: named De Gonds and confined him il
jail on charge of espionage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

WoInan VINO cannot maintain her dig
NIFTY and teach her insuIter a yaf1,-
able lesson at the same time. During
the years in which l was earning nv
living by newspaper writing l have
Deen IN tenementS, cellars, through
the SlumS, among chained and Guarded
convicts-and in drawing rooms. the
worst place OF all sometimes. nv ladv
and almost Invariably have found
men in rags, stripes or broadcloths
kind, courteous and helpful In
threading my way through narrow by
ways in search of some item of news
L have stopped TO ask questions of
the denizens thereof, and never vet
nave l found a man so drunk that he
Old not manage to claw his hat off his
mead While he answered me in re-
spectrum though somewhat tangled up
language. am not declaring that all
/ men are saints; in business they will
crowd and supplant women, which
they nave perfect right to do if they
use honest methods. Twice while
earning my living l have been thrown
out OF good positions by men; not be-
cause they wanted or could I'LL the
place l had, but through business
jealousy and by undetermined meth
DDS that would make a horse thief
blush; so l am prepared to admit that
there are mean men, but they are in
the minority. Men are just as good,
just as honorable, as generous and Us
worthy of TRUST and confidence as the
women. 1t is time that this cry OF
working women against men be
stopped. If a woman respects herself
she will be respected; and this is the
testimony of those gifted with beauty
as well as ordinary plain people like
yours truly. We lind what we lool
for in this world; if We hook fer evil
we find it; if for good, our search is
doubly .-Womankind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
AMERICAS ODORLESS REGION

In that country once known as the
Great American Desert embracing a
portion of Texas and Arizona, there
are no odorS,' said a citizen of Dallas
to reporter. 'sThere luscious grapes
and many other fruits grow, especially
near the cross timber country, but
there is no perfume: wild flowers have
no smell, and carcass of dead ami
mails, which in dry seasons are very
plentiful emit no odOr. 1t was always
supposed to be a treeless plain, upon
which no plant could grow or brea tn
ing thing could live. but a large part
Of it is now successfully cultivated,
and but for the rarity of the atmos-
phere, causing the popularity | have
named, and the mirageS. which are
even more perfect than in the Desert
of Sahara, no one would look upon it
as a barren country now. Another
singular feature common to the desert
land is that objects at a great distance
appear greatly magnified. A few
Scra ggy mesquite bushes will look like
a noble forest: stakes driven into the
ground will seem like telegraph poles"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
ASCENDING MOUNT BLANC.

1t is an expensive as well as a very
tireSOme undertaking to ascend Mount
Blanc. 1t costs at least $50 per per-
son, for by the law of the commune Of
Chamouni each stranger is obliged to
have two guides and a porter. SO far
as the danger is concerned it is now
reduced to minimum, but almost
every year the mountain claims vic
tim. Bad weather is the chief thing
feared by the guides, and so swiftly
does it come that cloudless sky may
in fifteen minutes turn to a binding
snowstorm which beats you to the
ground. Thus it was that some years
ago a party Of eleven persons per-
ished. Five were found frozen stiff in
the snow; the other six lie buried in
the Glacier des BLOSSOMS. Forty years
is the time allowed for the glacier to
yield them up in the valley below.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

Another artist who has also been a
victim Of the plague said that he had
suffered in silence for a long time.
when a visitor appears now who is
not pleased by the order to take off
her Clothes" he said, Il always put
her in the most Wea riSome pose
could manufacture. You know that
the slightest weight in the hands of
a model becomes as heavy as ton
of lead after she has stood in a fixed
position for any length of time.
About the most difficult pose any
model ever attempted and carried
through successfully was that of the
girl who posed for the Diana on the
top of Madison square garden. To
stand on one foot and hold the hands
in the position of an archer is some
thing awful. Of course the Diana
model was aided by many little de-
vices like strings suspended from the
ceiling for holding the hands and
arms in position. Neither did she have
to hold the bow and arrow in her
hands. But the novice l put through
the PAGES didn't know anything about
this. | allowed her to wear some
drapery although Diana herself would
have cast it away. put a heavy bow
and arrow in her hand, told her TO
stand on a chair and explained how
che must poise herself OH one foot. l
left ler and pretended to tumble
about getting ready to paint. At the
end Of twenty seconds l could see that
the new model was growing tired.
She stood it bravely until a minute
had passed and then said:
"'How much do l get for this?
Forty cents an hour / replied.
"'Heavens,' was all she said, but
courageously kept on posing for an
other minute. Then she gave it up.
Her face looked as if she had passed
through the fortunes Of the inquisi-
ton.
81 have had enough was all she
could gasp and then dashed into the
dressing room. Later when she again
appeared gowned and ready to leave
she said: Was l up there half an
hour?'
"'You posed for two minutes 1
said.
"'Heavens,' she said and left
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
AFTERMATH.
Explorer Stanley spoke on the Egyp-
tian question in the commons.

Explorer Stanley spoke on the Egyp-
tian question in the commons.
The Defender beat the Viglant
again in a trial heat yesterday.
Judge Coke, secretary of state of
North Carolina, died, aged "a years.
The American Bar association elect
ed MOorfield Story, of Massa chusetts,
president.
The salvation army at Denver has
organized a cavalry corps of young
women for tour in the mountain
towns. They are the only mounted
salvation soldiers in the world.
James Beckmeister fell from the top
of the New York World building and
was INSTANTLY killed. In the fall he
struck John Nickson breaking his
back and both legs. The latter will
die.
EX-Minister RanSOm's troubles are
not ended by the reappointment by
the president. The deputy auditor of
the treasury has decided he cannot
draw his salary until confirmed by
the senate.
Mrs. Jenkins three little children
were hunting for eggs and put their
hands into a hidden nest and were
bitten by a rattlesnake. Their cries
caused Mrs. Jenkins to leave baby
near a we'll to go to their assistance
The baby fell into the we'll and was
drowned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
MRS. THEODORE THOMAS.
4 Potent Factor in the Success of Her
Husband.

One of the most potent factors in the
success Of Mr.. Theodore Thomas in
Chicago was, doubtless, the fact of his
having married a Chicago woman,
writes Mrs. Hamilton Mott in the
August Ladies' Home Journal. Mrs.
Thomas, although not a Chicagoan by
birth, had resided in that city for so
long a time before her marriage that
the people there had come to feel a
sense of proprietorship in her.
Mrs Thomas, whose maiden name
was Rose Fay, was born in 1852, in
the parish of st. Adams, Vermont,
where her father, the Rev. Charles
Fay, of Bosto a clergyman Of the
Episcopal church, was at that time
acting as rector. His wife, Miss Emily
Hopkins, was the daughter of the pre-
siding bishop in the house Of bishops,
and it may be readily imagined, there
fore. that Mrs. Thomas is, by choice as
by inheritance, an Episcopalian.
In appearance Mrs. Thomas is tail
and slight, of fair complexion. with
gray eyes and brown hair. Her face
betokeus much Of the intellectually of
the cultivated BostOnian She dresses
in quiet and excellent taste, preferring
the darker shades of brown for street
wear, and reds or heliotropes fer
evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
YACHTING GROWING POPULAR.
Sailing Boats Dot the Waters All
Along the Massachusetts Coast.

1t was not until after the close of
the war in 1865 that yachting became
popular pastime in America. Great
prosperity prevailed at the north and
the spirit of adventure engendered
among the young men by the excite
ment of the war row sought its outlet
in sports as in business enterprises.
Yachting felt the influence Of the new
state of things, and the lakes ana
rivers and harbors began to show u
great increase in the number of pleas
ure boats. New clubs were organized
and races arranged in all localities
where boats abounded. Yachting soon
became a popular pastime in all the
seapOrts, large and small. CLUB after
club was organized and private yes
sells increased enormously outside of
the clubs. Indeed, it is these outside
boats that constitute the great body
Of the yachting world. The large,
famous vessels represent the eX-
IRENE development Of the maritime
world, as the mounted field officers Of
a regiment itself. The great body of
the pleasure fleet of America is COM
posed Of a multitude Of small sail
ing boats, which swarm in and navi-
gate the bays, lakes, rivers and sounds
of the CONFERENCE.-The in size, safe
in rig, low in cost and giving health
full recreation to hundred times as
many people as do the big representa-
tives of the fleet. Nearly 1000 small
yachts are owned along the coast Of
I Massachusetts alone, while there are
seldom more than twenty or thirty
vessels engaged in any of her regattas.
And while the great racers in all
America do not probably exceed 200,
there are more than 1870 in the official
yachting list and several times that
number Of pleasure sailing boats in
tie whole country. The great body Of
practical yachtsmen own the small
boatS.-DonahOe's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

tons of the New York excise laws last
Sunday were reported to police head
quarters. Acting Chief of Police Con-
lin made a tour of his old district and
expressed himself as much gratified
by the observance of the law. In the
Bowery there was much drinking dur
ing the early hours.
Word has been received by cable At
Omaha of the death of the wealthy
merchant, Henry Pundt, at Hamburg,
Germany, where he was temporarily
sojourning on his way to Carlsbad in
search of health. Mr.. Pundt was a
pioneer of Omaha, having established
the first exclusive grocery business IN
Nebraska in 1856.
Harrison ?. Bridge, Il young million
aire of Boston. died at San Francisco.
He had been enjoying good health for
several months past, but the lmmedl-
ate cause of his death was Il cold
which he contracted at San Rafael re-
Gently. The deceased was 30 years ole
and was a son of the late Hudson f.
Bridge, of st. Louis, who died mum
Der of years ago after accommodating
a fortune Of several millions in the
manufacture of stoves.
A wreck occurred at Pulaski, n. Y.
on the Rome, Watertown and OgdenS
burg railroad, resulting in the dealt
Of Walter Sisson, Of Yonkers, and the
serious injury of two unknown trampS
A freight train of forty-one cars brok'
in two pieces while going at a higl
rate of speed. The sections came to
gether while going down a steer
grade, telescoping two cars am
throwing thirteen others down an EN-
| bankment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
LITIGATION is DECLINING.

The English courts are making CON-
plant of the decline Of litigation.
Cases are quickly disposed Of and the
number Of new cases arising is not
sufficient to keep some branches of
the court occupied. Lord Justice A.
L. Smith, an eminent member of the
Judiciary, in addressing a body Of
solicitors recently said that the judges
were not to blame for the fact that
few litigants sought the courts. One
difficulty, he thought, was that a per-
son having g case might go to law
and be successful throughout and yet
his costs would be heavy. Justice
Smith believed that the losing litigant
should pay all the costs, as is done in
this country
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
Ambitious Tribes
Not Wanted.
Models Not Employed Here.

THE sign cu1ed me of the plague"
An artist who has won some fame
as a painter of oriental scenes in
which the nude figures prominently,
when asked if he had contracted the
plague began to swear most inartisti-
cally before replying.
Have II" he sneered. ''Oh, no: it
hasn't done anything at all to me ex-
cept drive me crazy and almost ruin
my business. If Du Maurier knew
what he was going to infiict upon the
craft he would have strang1ed Trilby
in her infancy. But 1 know how to
stop it. Just you sit here awhile and
the first one comes in will be made d
horrible example Of"
In less than half an hour two girls
were ushered into the studio by a lit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

tie black boy wearing a red fez. This
youngster did everything from dust
ing the studio to posing. He wore a
massive grin, as if he knew what was
about to happen. One Of the girls was
about 20 and the other a year or SO
older. They looked like shop girls and
were logged out in mass of gaudy
fnery. The elder of the two did the
talking. The artist put on horrible
frown and snarled out:
''Well:'
I'VE would like to pose, sir" said
the elder.
You would-welI. take off your
clothes and stand on that pedestal
and"
''Sir-take off my clothes. Here.
Jennie, let us get out of here. He is
not a gentleman"
And out they went
That's the way to stop them. Ii
doesn't take much time and its gen
orally effectual. The only time ii
woman, l think she was widow
| called. She was not more imam QVe
feet two in height and weighed 16(
pounds, if she weighed an ounce. The
| first thing she said was: L want tt
learn to be a model. | have had no eX
perience, but I've a good figure as YOU
can see.'
YES, there is plenty Of it, too
observed and was on the point Il
growl out, We'll, take off your clothes
and stand ON the PEDESTAL when sh
blurted out like a blast from cannon
"Ill pose for the altogether, yo'
know
mot on your life 1 shouted gu
and then we had hot and heavy con
yersatiOn for two minutes. Llttl
Caesar there, came to the rescue D.
telling her that an artist upstairs mad
a speciality Of the altogether. She lel
saying she would call on him. If
had painted her it would have locke
like this:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
OF MODELS
ARTISTS BEGINNING TO SUFFER
FROM TRILBYISM.
FEMALES ANXIOUS TO POSE
Many Tricks Invented to Brighten
Them Off-The Order to Take On
Your Clothes" Usually Drives the
Novice Out-Torture Pose also Eff
fectuat

The artists of the metropolis are
suffering from a strange plague. It's
all on account of poor, Wornout be-
draggled Trilby, too. By this time
nearly all the rest of humanity has re-
covered from the storm OF Trilbyism,
and having passed through the fire
can laugh with glee at the writings
of the knights of the brush who are
mainly responsible for the crea ton OF
the little girl Briefly the plague is
described in the words of an artist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

so delightful to work in a studio, like
she did, and / wouldn't charge any
thing for posing either
Il explained to her gently that did
not need any Tribes except those who
could pay $40O for a portrait, and
when she had passed away 1 went into
sign painting, mailing the result Of my
labors in a conspicuous spot on my
door. This is the tale the sign told:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
WOMEN IN BUSINESS.

The woman who meets men in bust
ness in d sensible way, thinking no
evil and expecting none, in ninety
cases out of hundred will be treated
respectfully and kindly: indeed, she
will find men much kinder and more
conSiderate than women in business
dealings. In the possible hundredth
beast or a puppy (by the way. 1 be-
lieve a puppy is beast also, but we
will let it go at that, it is very weak
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

cations best adapted to the culture Of
this fruit.
This bulletin which gives much in
formation not here noted, will be sent
free by application to Prof. w. A.
Henry, experiment station. Madison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
A SUGGESTION.

Why doesn't Hosiery Ballow,
Of the poetic hair,
Train all his guns on Wall street
And the bulls that battle there?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

Turkish troops attack Armenian VII
lagos.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

who is building a fine bank account
by idealizing portraits Of the rich men
and women Of the city and their chill
dren. This artist said:
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-06-22
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.


To JOHN W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred (500) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim.
situated on the Smoky divide, about TWEEN
ty-two miles from ketchum, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county: Idaho, as required by section 23A.
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
for the years ending December 81, 1851, to
December 81, 1891; that your proportion Of
the same is $50, being one-half: and If
within ninety (9) days from the service Of
this notice, or within ninety (9) days after
this notice BY publication you fail or re-
fuse to contribute your proportion Of such
expenditure as cO-Owner, your interest IN
said claim will become the property Of the
undersigned under the provisions of said
section 1871, FRANK J. LEMON.
Ketchum.. Idaho. July q, 1892.
First publication July 80, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-06-22
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