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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

mondS, of which we imported more
than 81, 900, 900 worth in 1892, $4,000
worth in 1893 and S566,267 worth in
1884, During the last twenty-five
years we have imported S7,OS7,S17
worth Of uncut diamonds. In 1880
we imported only $4,000 worth Of
uncut diamonds and in 1889 only $780,
900 worth. The large increase OF late
has been due 20 the fact that a num-
Der Of American jewelers. have opened
diamond-cutting establishments. There
are now fifteen establishments in the
United States which employ from one
to twenty men.
There are 1000 manufacturers in Eu-
rope and about 200 in the United
States, who employ between 1000 and
5000 persons as cutters and poliSEerS.
Perhaps 2S,000 people are employed in
the diamond mines throughout the
world. We read that in past cen
turtles 10000 people were working in
some single Indian mines at one time,
and perhaps that statement is not eX-
aggerated, since by the aid of modern
Ouc ullutl 'llON dcCGll-
plish as much as twenty who used
the primitive methods. The total
value of all the diamonds in the
world undoubtedly exceeds $1,000
100000.
During the past quarter-century ten
tons Of diamonds, selling for more
than S3OO,0O0,OOO uncut and S6OO,OOO,-
600 after cutting, have been added to
the worlds Wealth-an amount more
than twice as great as the value of
diamonds known to exist before. This
vast value is in the most concentrated,
porta BILE and ornamental form, and
more convertible than anything except
gold and silver. Its accumulation has
built UP cities like Kimberley and
maintained important Industries in
Amsterdam and other centers. The
De Beers company Qimited), a single
corporation, with stock having NOV"
ket value quoted at over $90,0OO,OUU,
controls more than nine-tenthS Of the
entire output and regulates and main
taIns the price.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

young and knew no better. They did
not once dream Of the suffering en-
dured by these insects, and on being
told Of it all assented to their being
at once killed, and cheerfully stopped
further pursuit of them. But it was
your fault, fathers and mothers Of
those children, and one for which God
holds you accountable. If You neg
lect your duties to your children in
that period of life when the moulding
of their characters is in your hands,
aid they grow up more and more
merciless, until in your old age you
reap the harvest you have sown. you
have no one to blame but yourselves.
We have been told of several instances
in which Sunday-school children have
caught butterflies and pinned them
onto their dresses. Bands of mercy in
our Sunday schools would stop this
cruelty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

where the teaching has been hard
and the rebukes severe
AS much as a mother needs relaxa-
ton from the care which the raising
Of Il family entails, it is anything but
just TO the child who is the oldest to
attempt 20 put part of the burden on
the younger shoulders. Children
should be taught to be helDful-that
is creed which needs adoption in
every household, but no parent has a
right TO CONVEX any one of her chill
dren into a nursery maid just be-
cause she herself feels a desire to
take life a little easier.
Youth passes away all too quickly
at the best. 1t is but a fieeting pos
session, and as such should be treated
with consideration. Parents forget
that the oldest daughter may some
day be called upon to look after a
family Of her own, and therefore
should not have that duty thrust
upon her by proxy. The health of
the child as we'll as spirits should be
considered. Look at the little
mothers" of the slums, who, with
their charges, seek the near-by docks
or free bits of green where they can
breathe in 4 little of Gods pure air.
Note the pale faces and the stopping
shoulders. Hunger nor want have not
left this mark on brow and form; It
is the constant carrying of the baby
and the continual watchfulness for it's
welfare that makes them look old
before their time. The ''little
mothers" in homes of comfort may
not show so plainly the signs of their
uncongenial labor, but the stunting of
a youthful nature and the dwarfing
Of childish ambition are the moral
insignia that many a firstborn must
needs bear instead of being the
spoiled and petted darling that it is
popularity supposed to be.-Philadel-
phia Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
TINY FROZEN BICYCLES.
Served to Some Enthusiastic
WheelWOmen.

Bicycle teas have become favOrite
means of entertaining guests at cOun-
try residences. After a good run"
the women and their escorts are
ready to enjoy the spread pre-
pared for them. Sometimes the table
is made to represent a wheel by draw
ing different colored ribbons from the
center to a rim, which leaves just
enough room for the plates at each
place. The name-cards are decorated
with sketches of men and women rid
ing bicycles in all sorts Of costume.
The ice cream is served in the shape
of tiny bicycles ard the cakes in the
form Of wheels.
This style of table decora ton is
worked out in athletic teas" where
tennis rackets and tennis players are
reproduced, as we'll as the implements
and enthusiasts of golf.
Hot suns and general muggines
have had little appreciate effect
upon cyclers this last week, even the
beginners having toiled perspiringly
around the circle. buoyed up by faith
in the Jack Spratt doctrine, which
they are taught, i. E., that those who
are fat will become lean, ard those
who are Scrawny will grow plump.
Perhaps this is why the instructors
say that women learn to ride wheels
quicker than men do.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
THE CARE OF INFANTS.
But a Mother Must Have Her Own
Relaxation.

50 much has been said about d
mothers love for her firstborn that
people have begun to imagine that
the eldest child occupies the one
greatly favored position in the fam.
lily circle. In some Instances this may
be true, but there are thousands Of
men and women who have had much
harder lives to live because they
were the first Of a bevy Of children
to come into the world.
Though the firstborn must ever
claim a very tender place in the al
lection of its parents, yet as the years
go on, and other babies come to claim
the personal attention of father and
mother, number one is forced into the
assumption Of certain duties and re
sponsibilities far beyond its adequate
power in years. and before early man
hood or w0manhood is reached
enough experience has been crowded
into its brief career to make the
world seem naught but a school,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

ever one prefers to call them, are
most brilliantly crowded this season;
and Notwithstanding the eXecrable
| weather that has done its best during
the past three weeks to make things
cheerless, uncomfortable 2nd depreNs-
Ing. every hotel, villa and corner IN
which there is roo n TO place a bed
has been called iuto requisition for
the ten days Of what is rather incon.
sfstently denominated La grande
semaine," or race week"
Last week sleepy Deauville
awakened for its first "Fete des
Fluers.' The first prize was given
to M. Froyer fOl his carriage en-
tirely decora ted with scarlet gladiola
the harness, wheels and whip tied
with scarlet Sa tin ribbons The most
amusing conveyance was a common
country cart, draped with pink cam.
brio aud paper serpentiueS, among
which appeared punches of fruit
flowers and vegetables.
Most Of the tailor-made costumes
now worn ar" trimmed with hand
some braiding ON the skirt, although
some have only narrow lines on the
bodice and sleeves. The texture and
coloring of the Few autu m materials
are very beautiful.
For the next week we shall be
wearing large hats and feathers, but
early in autumn the close shapes will
be the only possible wear for ladies
in Paris
White gloves will still be Worn with
our dark Costumes, and white -eils
with black spots will help to relieve
the sOmber black hats which it is said
we shall doT on all occasions.
Parisians are now extremely partial
to fine cambria or 'japonaise with
printed design in pale colors, for I'M
derlinen, and the models now seen
are lavishly trimmed with lace and
adorned with ribbons which match
the design i'll color.
Black and white are being worn
very much together and separately.
\ black and white silk dress lately
seen displayed a bodice of white chif-
ton with a black lace applique all
over it and large white chiffon
sleeves. With this round the neck
are worn innumerable chains of gold
and pearls, caught here and there on
the bodice with small diamond
brooches. These festoons of chains
have a great vogue just now. and dia-
mond buttons buckles, clasps and
ornaments Of all kinds are among the
idols OF fashion.
The coronation gown of the en-
press of Russia which is being made
III Paris, is to be gorgeous. the cost
being over a million francs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
THE PICTURE WOMEN.
1t Is for Them That the Winters Ca
PRECIOUS Modes Are Planned.

The present fashions seem designed
especially for women who have moth
ing else to do but to make pictures
OF themselves. Wide skirts, wide
sleeves and wide collars are a trial
TO the business and professional won!-
an. The bouffant effect, now so much
the rage, are more artistic than con-
Venlent. There's the stout woman.
too; she has good reason for COM
plalnt, for every extra yard Of cloth
and every additional puff only accen-
tuates her size. Big skirts, big sleeves
and big collars should be left entirely
to the tall, thin woman, who can wear
them with good results. Unfortunate
~ for those who find present styles
lrksome or unbecoming, there is mot
likely to be amy decided reaction this
fall. Sleeves are pushed uvNn from
the shoulders, but they are still puffy,
though not stiffly interlined. Skirts
vary in width, but godet plaits still
abound.
Monotony is not a fault of the fash
ionable bodice. 1t is in nine cases out
of ten a most complicated affair, with
folds and gathers and trimmings of
lace, ribbons and buttons. Trim
mings Of some kind relieve the monot-
ony of gigot and puff sleeve. Elabor-
ate collars are worn to cover a plain
waist. Elaborate lace draperies are
the latest, caught in fanciful arrange
ment by pointed ear bows. One may
study dozen lovely toilets and find
no point of resemblance in the trim
ming of the different bodices.
Neck arrangements alone are varied
Indefinitely, and here Dame Fashion
shows more kindness to different
types of women. There is the high.
severe choker, very becoming to some
with long necks who aim to look
smart. There is the soft crush band
for those with short necks. There
are turnover lace points and cute lit
tie r0SetteS; there are fan-shaped bows
and low fichu bands, according as the
neck is short or long, thin or plump.
beautiful or plain. The fancy for
wearing a wide black ribbon over the
uI6SS rs uOI lIulN tISdllN UGcOll-
ing, as black is trying close against
the throat, unless one is very youthful
looking. Bright-cOlored ribbons are
also trying, unless one takes excellent
care to select the one shade that will
prove becoming. 4 band of white
above the dress is more generally be-
coming than anything, though JUS
now this is by no means the fashion.
Soiled ribbons at the throat signify
as much as soiled gloves and worn
out shoes. To dress the neck is no
small problem in this reign Of fanciful
iXings. In the long lace points under
the ears is found the latest within.
Collars to accompany hats c" hats to
accompany collars is the original idea
Of one Paris designer. Thus, a large
white satin collar, detachable, to be
worn with any dress, is worked in a
well-cOveTed jet pattern and worn with
a hat having a white sa tin crown and
black straw briO1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
DIAMONDS OF THE WORLD.

There are perhaps 5000 dealers in
diamonds in the world, who carry in
their stock stones worth perhaps $780,
100000. The remainder are in the
hands of private individuals.
There is always something fascinat-
ing about the subject of diamonds and
rich and poor like to read about pre-
cious stones. 1t is estimated that dur
ing the last twenty-five years the
American people have paid duty on
at least S1SOOO0,0OO worth of dia-
m0nds and other precious stones. In
1898 alone they imported SO. .5G3
worth, but in 1894 there was a falling
off, owing to hard times, and the total
was only S4,S56. 9S5.
This does not include uncut Cla-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
SHOPPERS WILL REVEL.
| Veritable Palace for Showing
Choice Novelty Dress Goods.

Though the great majority of the
shopping public is Willing away tie
summer hours amid mountain forests
or by the sad sea waves, thought for
their comfort has been dOubly active
in the great emporium which is their
mecca. Hammers and saws have
worked in unison with ideas, and in
the autumn the novelty dress goods
section at Wanamaker's will blossom
forth a veritable dream Of richness.
Knowing that crowding is incom-
patible with comfort, 1915 square feet
have been given up to the display of
all that is choicest and best~in the
dress goods world The floor has been
laid in teSselated pavement, and the
tiny tiles, which are in reality a form
of mosaic work, will be strewn with
soft antique rugs, the richness of
their coloring being thoroughly in
harmony with the beautiful fabrics
displayed.
A new idea, and one which every
woman will appreciate, will be the
Introduction of small individual
tables at which the shopper can sit
and inspect the goods at her leisure.
The woodwork will be entirely of
white maple, and another item of at
moth glass cases used for display pur-
poses. Altogether, this section prom
Uses to be the finest of its kind in this
or any other country. That the goods
to he exhibited will be exclusive in
design. absolutely fawless in the mat
ter of taste. and undoubtedly reliable
as to quality. goes without saying.
The collection is now being made by
Mr.. Peak, the buyer for the depart
meDt, together with the head Of the
Paris Office. When, early in Septem-
Der, the first glimpse OF this section
is shown in its completeness there is
no doubt that the thousands of shop
perS will declare that it more than
tulfills the expectations which its IN
dnlsEed state now promises.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
PARIS SOTES.
What the FaShionables are Wearing
These Glorious Autumn Days.

The city IS full of English and
Americans, and cycling n the Bots
does not seem to be one Of the small
est pleasures that the merry capital
offers them. Not that the roads are
in any way better here than in other
countries, Dor the air purer. but the
fresh mornings and the shady avenues
invite a good spin, especially when
there is the prospect Of a pleasant
breakfast under the trees, to the ac-
compartment of the weird Tzigane
music, at the end of the run.
The twin cities of Deauville-Trou-
vile, or Notwithstanding which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild,
whom the Paris anarchists are max
ing such efforts to destroy, possesses
many Of the simple traits and abstem-
ious ways Of the founders Of the
great banking dynasty. He reaches
his office almost as early as his under
clerks. cares little for dress, and
walks usually in preference to riding.
His chief point Of personal self-in-
diligence is smoking, and he is rarely
seen without a cigar in his mouth.
In his home, however, he is princely
entertainer, and nearly every royal
parsonage in Europe has at some time
accepted his hospitality. There are
at present eleven Barons de ROths-
child. Of whom three live in London,
five in Paris, one in Vienna, and one
in Frankfort. How great their COM
bined capital is, it is impossible to
say; it has been estimated at bill
lion dollars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
WOULD MAKE 4 HORSE LAUGH
Funny Sayings and Incidents That
Have Occurred on Race Tracks.

There is no place on earth where
more good stories and STUART things
are said than on the race course. and
in this country especially, mOre'S the
pity very few of them are "immor-
taltzed" in print. Why this should
be the case is neither here nor there,
but the fact remains. despite the i'm
mense amount of purely personal
matter that finds its way into the
columns Of our newspapers. Semi
occasionally some such rich and juicy
remark as that of the proud owner
of Duke of LeinSter. when he told
Marty Bergen to "Lay up with him
CTenny) TO the stretch and then come
away" is made historic. but very
rarely.
OF course. it takes n racing man to
appreciate many of the remarks that
are made In other words. something
of form. condition. custom, etc. must
be known to enable one to appreciate
the point. Here's a good example of
what bulls a stupid man can make on
a race course. A horse was started in
a hurdle race. there being only two
other runners. The horse in question
never took any part in the contest,
and his rider evidently realized that
nobody who knew "B from a bulls
foot had bet on him. so small was
the chance he had The Jockeys
apathy was 50 apparent that while
there was no suspicion of his honesty
:
stewards to call him up and speak a
few words to him.
Look here. So-and-So," said the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
KILLING BUTTERFLIES

Stopping at the seashore we saw a
number of interesting little children
gathering butterflies, says Geo. T. An.
GEL. grasshOppers and other varieties
OF insects, and fastening them with
pins TO the side Of the hotel, where
the poor creatures We're writhing and
struggling to escape. It was not the
fault Of the children. They were very
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
FOURTEEN IN THE RUINS.

Cologne, Oct. 12.-There are four
teen dead bodies still buried in the
debris and ruins of the spinning fac
tory at Bocholt which collapsed Thurs
day and buried forty workmen in the
ruins.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

VI. Emile Olivier. eX-minister of the
empire, is writing q novel to be called
marie Madeleine" 1t is an old
fashioned love story, founded on fact,
and was begun twenty years ago, but
was thrown aside until recently.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

And now Canada has come into line
and begun to give educational degrees
to women. The first one to be thus
honored is Hiss Regina Lewis of
London, Ont, who has received from
the medical faculty of Bishops col
lege, Montreal, the right to put the
letters NJ. D. and c. VI. after her
name.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

The social triumph of Lady Beres-
ford, bride of Lord William Beresford,
formerly duchess of Marlborough, and
before that Mrs. Hamersley, Of New
York, has reached it's zenith by the
fact that the Prince Of Wales be-
comes a guest of herself and husband
at Deepdene for a week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
PERSONAL ALLUSIONS.

Patrick Grant the father Of Robert
Grant, the novelist, is dead in Boston.
He was a successful merchant of that
city.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-05
= A Slick Faker.

Marrinette merchants invested quite
heavily Saturday III silver-plating con-
coctidn. A smooth gent with q pleas
ant address and sunny manner called on
the trade and showed samples OF Bur-
dick & Dawson' self electro-silver-plating
Eat SO cents per bottle.
THIS plating seemed to give very excel
lent results for when the man, who sold
it, took penny from his pocket and
poured some on and then rubbed it a
moment the copper looked bright as q
new dollar. The stuff sold readily and
several merchants took SIS worth;
others invested $40 and some $5 OF it
But the stuff has since shown itself to
be a fake pure and simple. Numerous
pennies traeted to bath have lost their
glisten and now appear dead and black.
After twelve hours the handsome silver
plating turns black. The faker who
sold it skipped the town with nearly
5000 to his credit. About 20 merchants
in town were swindled and now they are
anxious to expose him. Look out for
the agent selling Burdick & Dawson's
silver-plating He is rogue, q rascal
and snide.-Marrinette North Star.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-05
DRIFTING.

An unaachored ship may be lying on
waters as smooth as glass, midget before
the master is aware his keel is on the
rock. The invisible tide bore him away
SO softly and so silently that he did not
observe the motion. So are thousands
of people-yes, and some professed Chris
tians. too-carried on the rocks every
week, not by gales of adverRity, but by
under-currents of strong temptation.
Here is church member who insensibly
drifts into neglect of his Bible, neglect OF
prayer, and laxity of Sabbath observance.
Another gets in an undercurrent of utter
worldliness; it swings him along slowly
and surely until he has lost sight of his
light house; he is Aroused by no sudden
shock, but when we look for him where
he ought to be, he is not there. The
world got hold of him, and his anchor
had no hold on Christ.-Theodore l..
Cuyler, D. D.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-05

GODS MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE.
Almost every one who looks back upon
long Christian life can remember some
time when God took him by the hand
and led him almost forcibly to an unfore-
seen end. DR.. Guthrie, the great Scotch
Presbyterian, speaking Of such time
says he set off one day to visit all old,
paralized woman whose daughter was
obliged to leave her alone all day, while
she earned their support iii flax mill.
1t was not DR.. Gulthrie's regular time
to visit her; he was following an unusual
impulse, and on the way down to
her lonely dell he met an acquaintance
with whom he had something of interest
to discuss; but in the midst of their talk
ho broke off abruptly under O strange
and unexplicable feeling that he should
go at once and make the visit to the old
woman. He wOnderd at his feeling, but
ceased to wonder when he opened the
door of the cottage and found that the
fire had toppled down in burning mass
and was flaming at the very feet of the
poor, helpless creature. who in another
moment wonld have been ON fire. The
good man never doubted(for how could
he?) that God had led him thither and
had hastened his steps on the way
Young Peoples leader.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-05
SUNNY PEOPLE.

There's certain little old lady who
lives in little old house, with very little
in it to make her comfortable. She is
rather deaf, and she cannot see very well
either Her hands and feet are all out of
shape because of rheumatism. Bat in
spite of all this, you will find her full OF
sunshine, and it would do you good to
SEQ her. I found out one day what
keeps her 80 cheetful.
"When I was g. child" she said, "my
mother taught me every morning before
I got out of bed to thank God for every
good thing that | could think of that He
had given ne-for a comfortable bed; for
each article s...of clothing; for my break
fast; for pleasant home; for my friends;
and for all my blessings, calling each by