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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05

Markham, of Avon, northwestern New
York. The cardinal principle the con-
vention will fight for is that the high
tariff is a necessity to the woolgrow-
ers; that under a low tariff or free
wool outside competition diminishes
the production of sheep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05
A JEALOUS WOMAN.
She Gives the Officers a Tip and a
Suicide Results.

Cincinnati, Dec. 3.-Charles Willier,
bockkeeper of the Cincinnati Abattoir
company, suicided Monday night to
prevent arrest for embezzling several
thousand dollars from his employers.
When he left town lie took a woman
with him to Chicago, leaving his wife
and five children. Becoming reconciled
with his family he quietly came
home to take them with him to Chi
cago. The woman with whom he
eloped, in a fit of jealousy, gave a tip
to the officers. When the officers sur
rounded the house he shot himself
through the heart as they pursued
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05
NO TRACE OF HIS SON.
Fort Atkinson Man Looking for His
Boy in GAINESVILLE.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Dec 3.-John Hum
mel, of FIT. Atkinson, was in James
vile Saturday night looking for his
son Charles, aged Is years, who dis
appeared from his home in that town
last Friday The police searched the
city high and low, but did not find the
lad, although he had been seen here.
Hummel returned home without him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05
CONGRESSCONVENES
FIRST SESSION BEGINS AMID THE
USUAL CONFUSION.
REED is ELECTED SPEAKER

He Takes the Chair and Makes
Speech Senate Organizes Without
Undue Jar-Senator Villas One of a
Committee to Wait on the Presi-
dent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05

Kid" LaVigne, the Saginaw lad,
was awarded a fifteen-round fight with
Joe. Walcott, the Boston colored boy.
Monday night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05

Telegraph wires were Frustrated and
railroad traffic was paralyzed by a
snow storm in eastern, southern and
central western states
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05
HIS ANNUAL REPORT
COL. LAMONT REVIEWS HIS DE-
PAYMENTS WORK.
EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY

The Secretary Notes Improvements in
the Military Service and Makes Re
Communications Calculated to IN
sure Greater NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
Coast Defenses Discussed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05

Tt is believed that Harry Hayward
will be hanged Dec. 6.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-16
Dorothy and Dolly.

"Dogs is dogs an cats is Kittens" but
dollies is just only ole pretend, an I
don't love you one single bit more. Your
hair amt really hair, an your feets amt
really feet; your head is sticked on with
glue, an your ole arms are sewed onto
you. You can't do nothin' but sit ND an
behave like lady, an any ole stick can do
that if it's just only got some big sleeves
onto it an a hat with feathers stuck on top.
Course if you could jump around an hol-
Ter an turn summersaults like me and
job my can, folks would say you was aw-
full naughty, an maybe you'd get spanked
most all the time and putted in bed. But
anyway you wouldn't get ashes into
your head, an your sides, an your back
an you could eat whole piles of things an
have fun.
The best thing for to be dolly is bow.
an pretty soon I'm going to do it. Then
some times you can take off your shoes an
wade, an you get your ole curls all cutted
off, SO they don't get pulled an combed no
more; an nobody don't a. tell you to sit
still an be a little lady an play with ole
pertend dolly, an "to talk pretty" Then
if you runs away an goes in swimming, or
else goes in a boat an most gets drownded,
they just only says "dear, dear, dear, boys
most always is boys"
My mamma says girls ought to behave
like ladies for to teach boys how, but when
l begin to do it Johnny says that amt no
fun, an he won't play, an he goes way off
with the very baddest boys he knows, an
won't hardly come back no more never. I
don't want to kill little birds with stones.
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WANTED FOR FORGERY.
Henry Wischmeier, After He Receivers
From Asphyxiation, Will Be Taken
to Prison.

Henry Westminster of Redwood City,
who was taken to the Receiving Hospital
from the lodging.house, IL Ellis street, in
a state of asphyxiation on Friday after
noon, will have to answer to two charges
of forgery when he RECEIVERS.
Yesterday afternoon A. D. Spearman,
Pacific Coast agent of the Provo Wooden
Mills Company, liz Bush street, reported
at police headquarters that he had boon
trying to find Wischmeier for the past two
weeks. He saw in the papers an account
of the asphyxiation, and on going to the
hospital identified Westminster. Two weeks
ago Westminster, who is a tailor in Red
wood City, called at his office and got him
to indorse draft for SIS on the Bank of
San Mateo County, Redwood City. The
draft was returned mo funds" and Spear
man had to honor it,
On June 8 Westminster got ii. ID. Free,
saloon-keeper. Seventh avenue and ID street,
to cash a check for him for SIS on the Bank
of California. The check was dishonored
as Westminster, as in the former case, had
no account in the bank and never had.
Constable J. w. Hall of Redwood City
also reported at police headquarters that
Westminster was wanted there. He got a
gold watch valued at $S5 from Frank Bern
zotr, father of Gus Bernzott, his partner in
the tailoring business, to take with him to
the City to be repaired. That was nearly
three weeks ago, and nothing had been
heard of him or the watch since. What he
has done with the watch is not yet known,
as Westminster is still unconscious at the
hospital.
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jealous, but it seems to me that my
grimaces do more good than your pre-
scriptionsp'
The father and the mother wept, but this
time it was for Joy.
How are we going to pay you for this?"
said Jacques to the clown when that gen.
tleman brought Francois in from his first
drive in the carriage.
The clown held out to the parents his
two enormous hands.
"By a shake of the hands!" he said
"and by great big kiss on each of that
boys two rosy cheeks, and by permission
to put on my visiting cards:
BoUM-BoUM,
Acrobat doctor and physician in ordinary to
little Francois.
Translated from the French by JULES CLARETIE
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CHARGES DISMISSED.

Meyer, the Obstinate Juror, Will Not
Be Punished for Contempt.
Julius Meyer, who stood for acauittal in
the Paulsell robbery case against the pro-
tests of his co-jurors, will not have pun
ishment for contempt added to his other
troubles at present.
Relative to this case Judge Belcher yes
terday made the following order:
The respondent has been ordered into GUS
tody upon a charge growing out of the same
matter as the contempt proceeding, and the
Judge of this court is about to sit as commit
ting magistrate to examine into that charge
The charge to be inquired into is grave. 1t
would seem fair and right, therefore, that the
court should not go into the merits OF the con-
tempt proceeding lest it might in some way
work prejudice in the mind of the court as to
the other matter. In this view and with the
desire to be perfectly fair, the order citing the
respondent to show cause in contempt is dis
charged without reasons.
This opinion exempts Meyer from pun
ishment on a charge of contempt On the
other charge perjury his preliminary
hearing has been set for Wednesday at 10
A. NJ. Meanwhile the obstinate juror is en-
ioying his liberty on $1,000 bail.
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STRUCK THE WRONG MAN,
George w. Elder Lays Open
the Scalp of Contractor
Donnelly.
The Street Inspector Was Assaulted
for Lowering a CesSpool
Assessment.

T.. L. Donnelly, street contractor,
undertook to horsewhip Special Street In
spector George w. Elder yesterday at
noon, and as result few moments later
Mr.. Donnelly was on the operating table
in the Receiving Hospital with his feelings
badly lacerated and his scalp in similar
condition. The row started in the Office
saloon. on the corner of Park and City
Hall avenues, where Elder went to get his
overcoat preparatory to going for drive.
Donnelly, who was in the saloon, had
been drinking and he started to abuse the
inspector, calling vile names. Elder
walked out, telling the other to keep away
from him. As he stepped into his buggy
Donnelly ierked the whip out of the socket
and quickly struck the inspector in the
face with the lash. Elder jumped to the
sidewalk and grasped Donnelly by the
throat.
The latter either fell or was pushed, and
in failing struck his head against brick
wall, sustaining an ugly wound on his
scalp. Friends conveyed him to the Re
ceiving Hospital, while policeman in
civilian clothes placed Elder under arrest.
The latter was released Immediately on
his own recognizance by Judge Campbell.
81 have been warned that was going to
be assaulted" said Mr.. Elder later in the
day. "Donnelly, understand, is a part
ner of Garrett Burke, who put in the cess
pools on Army and Guerrero streets. We re-
refused to allow the assessment, which was
made out by brother-in-law of Burke in the
Superintendent of Streets Office. The
assessment was withdrawn from the
Mayors Office, and Donnelly and his
friends have promised to get even with me.
VI L L. hF i
strike Donnelly, but 1 would have done so
had he not fallen, for when l caught him
by the throat he was trying to strike me
with the butt end of the whip"
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Ethics and Finance.

Mamma, don't punish me before you
hear what have to say" Thus spoke my
little fellow of eight on my return from
visit the other day.
"What did you do?'' inquired, "why
should punish your"
II brought my express-wagon full of
earth from the woods for Mrs. Thomas,
and she gave me cents for doing the
work.
'tYou know I never allow you to take
money for doing favors," | replied. You
must take the money back to Mrs. Thomas
and tell her that you were glad to do the
work, but that mamma does not allow you
to take money for 1t"
"Au right. mamma" he answered
promptly, and away he marched like a
little man. But when he came back, oh,
what a change! His eyes were filed with
tears, his lips were quivering and he was
unable to control himself sufficiently to
eat his supper.
;, Edward, now try to be-a good boy"
finally said. ''or you will have to eat in the
kitchen.
81 can't be good" he answered, "and it
is all your fault. / worked so hard, l
think 1 deserved that money"
But you know l have often told you
that you must be willing to do things
without being paid"
Mamma, did not ask for the money,
and only wanted to buy little books with
it, and you never give me penny, and''
here he burst into tears.
kfMy heart ached for the poor little fellow,
but felt that was right, and l had to
appear firm. Later on, when the child had
Gained down sufficiently to eat his supper.
and when l reflected on the evil effects of
the deprivation on his temper doubts be-
gan to arise as to the wisdom of my
course.
Had I looked at the matter from the
right point of view2 Ought / not to have
made allowance for the little fellows hon.
est pride in his labor and sits Just reward?
Should not have shown some apprecia-
ton of his desire to spend his money IN a
sensible way ?-Exchange.
Perhaps, unconsciously, this mother
strikes the keynote of most serious
problem in the training of children.
Is it safe to encourage child's noble
and unselfsh impulses in this sordid and
commercial world?
A thoughtful man, who was for many
years in charge of children's home, said
that his system of training proved failure,
because it united the pupils for "getting
on in the world" Taught mutual helpful
ness and expecting no other reward for
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evening lectures. He proposes to make
pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Akiba, one
conduct series of investigations, the re-
suits of which will be made known on his
return.
The reverend gentleman desires to ex-
press his regrets that owing to the
limited time at his disposal he is unable
to visit the members of the community
personally in return for the many kind
nesses he has received at their hands,
more particularly on the recent occasion
of his silver wedding. He desires them to
take this expression as an adieu, and
hopes to find all the members of his flock
fiourishing on his return, which will be in
time for the Jewish high festivals in
September next.
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other in alright. What did the child
mean? Was he raving again2
Boum-Boum
what does he mean, Jacques2 What
does it mean?'
Yes; Boum-Bou want Boum- Boum!
want Boum- Bouml"
And all at once the father knew. He
remembered well the day when he took
his little Francois to a matinee at the
grand circus, when the child had ewes
only for the clown, the beautiful clown.
covered with spangles, with a great CAV
butterfly on the back of his black costume,
frisking about the ring, standing on his
head with feet in air, throwing up his cap
and catching it on his head, and at each
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tnrn, at each change repeating, accom-
panied by the orchestra, his cry of boum-
boumI
jacques went out and soon brought back
clever toy clown. 1t could be made to do
very funny things, and it had cost the
poor workman more than he could earn in
many days. But he would have given a
year of labor to bring one faint smile to the
lips of the little invalid, who only looked
at the toy sadly and said, 'That is not
Boum- Boum! want Boum-Boum!'
Oh, if he could only wrap the child in
his blankets and carry him in his arms to
the circus.
If but Boum -Boum would come and say
good-day to little Francois.
Jacques must try.
He found man-no longer Boum-
Boum, but Mons. Moreno, an elegant man,
who received him in library full of books
and pictures.
Poor Jacques was sadly embarrassed and
could only stammer, pardon, excuse, "
and twist his old cap between his fingers.
But after while the great artist OF the
! circus understood, and he said briskly !:
We'll, well, your boy shall see Boum-
Boum! Let US go quickly"
III.
| Coming in at the door Jacques cried joy
| fully to his son, Francois, be happy
| Here is Boum-Boump The child bright
ened up, and leaning upon his mother
arm he looked hopefully at the kind face
that was smiling at him. Then his face
fell and he lay back disappointed, and say
ing more sadly than before, mo, that is
not Boum- Boum.''
The clown looked gravely at the little
pinched face on the pillow, looked in
finitely kind, infinitely pitiful. "The child
is right" he said; ''this is not Boum-
Boum," and he went away.
In half an hour he was back again, this
time the real Boum- Boum-the Boum-
butterfly, the wide smile from ear to ear,
the yellow tuft on the head-everything
was complete.
And upon his little white bed, the Joy OF
life in his eyes, laughing, weeping, happy,
saved, the child clapped his thin little
hands, cried bravo, and said with, the
gayety of a seven-year-old child, who flares
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effort than the natural results, they were
peculiarly happy at the school and full of
a beautiful unselfshness.
Out in the world these same traits fore
stalled failure, and were so ''impracticar'
as to be fairly comical. How could a
young man succeed who felt it wrong to
unwilling to take from others ali that he
could possibly get, regardless of their
1t is beautiful to see children generous.
to see them fly to serve you for the mere
Joy OF pleasing as is the inconsiderate
childish fashion. But is it prudent to en-
courage all thisp Is it not rather prudent
to teach the child to be greedy and calcu-
latlng, which is worldly wisdom2 | fear
the question is too big for the mothers,
and that society must solve it.
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ing her fingers to keep from crying, and
watching, in an agony of grief, the progress
of disease upon the poor pinched Yisage of
her little one; and the father, brave
workingman, forced back into his red eyes
the tears which burned them.
So the day broke, clear, soft, beautiful
morning in June, and entered into the
little chamber in the Rue des Abasses,
where lay dying little Francois, the child
of Jacques Legrand and Madeline, his wife.
He was years old. Fair, rosy and full
of life; gay as bird had the little one
been but three weaks ago! But a fever
had seized him and he had come from
school one day with dropping head and
hot hands. Soon he had lain there in his
little bed, and sometimes he had cried in
his delirium, looking at the little shoes his
mother had put in a corner, sit is all right
to throw little Francois shoes there, he
will not need them again. Little Francois
will not 60 to school again-never, never"
This night the child had not been deli
rious-he only lay there quiet, sad, already
weary of life.
When they would have him take pow
der, syrup, little beef tea, he refused.
He refused everything.
What is it that you want, Francois?"
81 want nothing"
at is necessary to rouse him." the good
doctor said. ''This torpor frightens me-
Find something to Ecall back to earth the
spirit that is trying to fly away" And he
took his leave. Jacques brought toys, tin
soldiers, pretty books. The child would
have none of them.
Tell me" the father begged, twill you
have little pistol, drum? 2"
'No," the poor little voice answered,
YEARLY and almost angrily, "no, no, no. :"
But you will have something, my dar-
ling" implored the mother. ''Tell me,
tell me-" and she put her lips close to the
little ear and whispered softly, as if it were
| a secret.
| want Boum-Boum
II.
Boum-BoumI
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through the fence. 'I'm going home" she

through the fence. 'I'm going home" she
announced.
"Oh, no." urged the boy ''come on
down to the creek awhile, and you can tell
mamma when we do go home"
Edna was thorough-going young per-
son. and knew what she wanted
You go on" she decided, land I'll go
and get my spanking first and then come
down and play"
whats gram'ma doing2" asked lit
tie tot the other day.
"Playln' on the organ"
But gramm doesn't know how to
play on the organ" objected.
oh, yes, she does. Our organs awful
easy to play"
Bobbie (who has been taking forbidden
bath along with Johnnie)-What are you
going to say to your mother when you get
homer
Johnnie-Oh, I'll say it's a warm day,
and guess she'll say the rest.
Little girl-Sister is awful sorry, but she
has got to be excused.
Lady (compassionately)-I do hope she
is not i'll?
Little girl-oh, no. She's getting en-
gaged.-Harper' Young People.
"Jennie, your mother has so many chill
dren, don't you think she would give me
oneP'
Little Jennie-No ma'am. There are
just five of US, and they wouldn't like to
break the set.
Flossie was watching the masons lay
bricks, and the process interested her
greatly. ooh, mamma" she exclaimed
as she saw the men putting on mortar
they're buttering bricks, amt they ?''-
Babyhood.
Miriam asked her mother the meaning
of ''deducted'' and received for reply
''taken away" The next morning She
came in with rueful face and said,
Mamma, the cat has deducted one of our
Kittens"
Freddie-Look at my top, Jennie; just
see her spin.
Jennie-Why do you call it herr
Freddie-I guess you couldn't buy boy
for cents.-Bazar.
Caller-I wonder you are not afraid to
let the baby play with that carving-knife
Fond Mamma-Oh, she can't hurt it;
it an old one.
frankie Wilson-We've got new baby.
Johnny Chicago-That's nothin'. We've
got new papa.-Life.
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NOVEL WALL DECORATION,
White Dresden Designs Are
Popular for Mural Orna-
mentatiOn.
FURNITURE TO CORRESPOND.
AlIegorical Panels, Copied From
French Paintings, Are Ex-
tensiVely Used.

At last genuine novelty has been found.
Something entirely fresh, at once decora-
tive surprise and relief from the monot-
ony of walls treated after conventional
methods.
The idea originated in the mania for
Dresden china that has taken so deep a
hold on popular favor
The scheme as portrayed shows a bou-
do1r. There is dado of the usual height
of soft, creamy paper, and above it are
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WINTHROP IN JAIL.
He Tries to Get Free on a Writ of Habeas
Corpus.

o. W. Winthrop, held to answer before
the Superior Court on a charge of murder
ing Jennie Mathews, appeared before
Judge Murphy's court yesterday on a writ
of habeas corpus issued by Judge Hebbard.
Attorney w. W. Allen appeared for the
defendant and argued for dismissal on
the ground that the police court evidence
had not been sufficient for a holding and
that Judge Joachimsen himself had prac-
tically admitted this when he said that the
evidence was insufficient to secure a con-
viction, but that he preferred a jury should
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RABBI LEWIS TRIP.
The Pastor of Beth Israel Will Start
Tomorrow for Tour Through
EurOne.

Rabbi Mayer S. Levy of the Congreg ga
ton Beth Israel will leave tomorrow even
ing on the overland train for New York on
his way to Europe. He will MAKE a short
stay at Chicago, where he will be joined by
his brother, who accompanies him to
London.
DIR. Levy leaves on visit to his mother
IN London, whom he has not seen for
twenty years. He will make trips to Paris,
Berlin, Vienna and several other large
cities, taking copious notes on the way,
which will furnish him with the material
for the next winters course of Friday
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The School.

Little girl, where do you go to school,
And when do you go, little girl?
Over the grass from dawn till dark
Your feet are in a whirl;
You and the cat Jump here and there,
You and the robins sing,
But what do you know in the spelling book?
Have you ever learned anything?
Ny school-roof is the dappled sky,
And the bells that ring for me there
Are all the voices of morning
Afoat in the dewy air.
Kind nature is the madame,
And the book whereout spell
Is dog scared by the brooks and glens
Where know the lessons well.
FITZ-HUGH LUDLOW.
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an tie tin cans onto cats, but I awfully bad
want to have my hair cutted off, an go
barefoot, an scoot all over the hills, an
never be a little lady no more That's
what for I'm going to run away an be a
boy, dolly, an I'm goin' to dress you all
up an tie you onto the tail of my kite,
cause boys has kites. You can sail way,
way up into the sky, an never come down
no more till you is made over into meat
baby what don't know how to pertend
nuthin'.
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Johnny and the Toad.

JOHNNY.
want to go to school,
And he won't let me pass;
] think that toad
Ought to keep on the grass.
don't want to cry:
But I'm afraid I'm going to-;
oh, dear me
What am to do?
TOAD.
Here's dreadful thing!
A boy in the way.
don't know what to do;
don't know what to say.
can't see the reason
Such monsters should be loose:
I'm trembling all over,
But that is no use.
JOHNNY.
/ must go to school,
The bell is going to stop;
That terrible old toad
If he would only hop!
TOAD.
must cross the path,
i can hear my children croak;
hope that dreadful boy
Will not give me poke.
hop and a start, fiutter ana rush.
Johnny is at school and the toad is in his bush
-NurSery