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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28

some day, Carroll. If so, you must
come and find me-"
But she said nothing to Hon. Tho
mas Mason.
Traiuor felt grieved at the tone of
the letter. He wrote back reproach-
fully. She had made a promise. Per-
haps she sought TO be released from
it. If so, he would release her. In her
place he would hardly have so written.
But then he was only a man.
The girls soul sickened within her.
A brief note from Trainor told her
that he was just leaving for the Gulf
coast, where he would find a steam
ship for Vera Cruz. He thought he
would never return to the United
States.
A great despair came over her. In
her sensitive state she felt that he no
longer cared for her.
She capitulated and consented to re-
ceive Judge Mason's addresses.
Three months dad passed. The
wedding was to take place the last
week in June. Miss Ravens was to be-
come Mrs. Thomas Mason.
The wedding invitations were about
to be sent out-the wedding day was
liked a fortnight hence. Miss Ravens
out on a shopping errand. turned a
street corner sharply, and ran against
some one. She looked up and grew
pale. 1t was Carroll Trainor.
"YOu" she said family.
you didn't expect to see me. Lila
for heavens sake, is that true? You
are going to marry Judge Mason?'
She nodded with an effort. The idea
of the marriage to which she had be-
come reconciled, but never enthusiast
tically disposed, suddenly seemed sick
ening. Her whole soul revolted.
CARROLL" she gasped. ooh, Carroll.
If there were any escaped"
Escape? What do you mean? Isn't
it your W choosing? Are you being
forced into marrying the old wild
ower?"
IL oh, you seemed not to want
me. And uncle and aunt seemed not
to want me. Nobody seemed to want
me-except Judge Mason. He was
very knd-but 1 never have loved him.
Carroll, if you had not deserted mei'
"I-deserted you? I've just returned
from Mexico" said Trainor, land I'm
going back there at once. I've got a
splendid chance. It's lonesome for a
man to be by himself. The climate is
like paradise.
The admiral and his good lady were
at the breakfast table,
His morning mail lay before him. He
took up the top letter of all and gazed
severely at it. The handwriting was
Lila's. The letter had been posted the
night before. He opened It, read it in
silence and passed it to his wife.
Dc not send the invitations,'' ut
said. "fOr 1 shall not marry Judge
Mason. He is a good man and will
understand it was a mistake. l love
some One else and have gone away to
MARRY him. We shall spend our honey
moon in a palm thatched hut i'm Mex
ico."
Mrs. Blair could not speak. After
a moments silence, the admiral OBJ
served: "On the whole, I'm glad the
marriage is off. The judges daughter
was greatly opposed. She might have
made Things unpleasant after a bit"
And still again: "She's a plucky
little creature. Lila is-God bl, IS
her."-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
LIFE'S T SWEET

Eel me yolr joy, that l may tune my
life
To echo the glad music of your own
The changing melody, the sunny strife
OF harmonies blent in one full sweet
tone.
So shall the faithful shadow of nv
night,
Heighten your happy radiance of de-
light.
Tell me your sorrow, that 1 may dis
dain
Mirth and rejoicing, Danish all re-
lief,
Save the sad ecstacy, the cruel gain
OF being n with you, dear heart.
in grief,
You did deny me bye-nave you no
woe,
No pain, to share with one who loves
You SO?
London World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
MRS. TO POE.
The English Poetess had a Great
Admiration for 'The Raven"

The following letter from Mrs.
BroU ming, them Miss Barrett, to 3D.
gar Allan Poe, lis printed in the third
installment of the Poe letters in the
Century for October.
mo. 5 WimpOle street, April, 1886
Dear Sir: Receiving a book from you
seems to authorize or at least en-
courage me to try to express what I
have felt long before-my sense Of
the high honor you have done me in
Guegible) your country and of mine,
of the dedication of your poems. 1t
is too great a distinction, conferred by
a hand of too liberal a generosity. L
wish for my W sake l were worthy
Of it. But l may endeavor, by future
not deserve anywise now. For it,
meanwhile, l may be grateful-be-
cause gratitude is the virtue of the
humbleSt.
"After which imperfect acknowledge
ment of my personal obligation may
l Ghank you as another reader woula
thank you for this vivid writing, this
power which DIS felt! Your Raven"
has produced a sensation, a '.fit hor-
rOr," here in England. Some of my
friends are taken by the fear of it
and some by the music. l hear, Of
persons haunted by the '~Nevermore,'
and one acquaintance of mine who
has the misfortune of possessing a
bust of Pallis' never can bear TO
look at it in twilight. l think you
will like to be told that our great
poet, Mr.. Browning, the author Of
'ParacelsuS' and the Bells of Pome-
granates,' was struck much by the
rhythm of that poem.
"Then there is a tale of yours ("Tne
Case of NJ. Valdemar) which l do
not find in this volume, but which Is
going the round of the newspapers,
about mesmer;sm, throwing us all
into most admired disorder and
dreadful doubts as to whether lit IAN
be true as the children say Of ghost
stories. The certain thing in the tale
in question is the power of the writer
and the faculty he has of making
horrible improbabilities seem near
and familiar.
"And now will you permit me, dear
Mr.. Poe, as one who, though a strang-
er, is grateful to you, and has the
right of esteeming you though un-
seen by your eyes-will you permit
me to remain very truly yours always,
Elizabeth Barrett"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28

Milwaukee Feb. 23.-The Chicago.
Milwaukee & Lake Superior Telegraph
company has been absorbed by the
Postal Telegraph company, which is
the MacRay-Bennett system, and after
the annual meeting of the former com
pany it is probable that it will pass
out OF existence. The Postal company
mas lorg sought to obtain control of
the Milwaukee company, and it was
only accomplished by the quiet pur-
chase of the stock. 1t wa not until
the Postal company assumed control
or the Chicago, Milwaukee & Lake
Superior Lines that the Milwaukee
Identity of the purchasers of the ma
jority of the stock. The discovery, it
is stated, is anything but pleasing to
them.
1T is the intention of the Postal COM
pany to greatly extend it's service in
Wisconsin. The Chicago, Milwaukee
d Lake Superior line consists of a sin
gle wire running from Milwaukee
north through Plymouth, Sheboygan,
Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Appleton,
Green Bay, Oconto, Marinette and Me-
nominee through to Marquette with a
connection with West Superior. From
Milwaukee to Chicago the company
leased a single wire. Plans have al
ready been perfected for the opening
up of several lines running to nearly
every town of Importance in the state.
A line to Madison will be extended
cities
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
II.

When they parted that afternoon he
had her promise, and he decided to re-
Scrn to Baltimore at once and make
arrangements to go to Mexico.
Lila Ravens went on alone to the
friends she was to visit at Sharpsburg.
"We expected you this morning"
said her hostess.
eyes, dear. But you see, l was IN
avOidably delayed. What a lovely day
it has been.'
"And there is a telegram for you,
Lila"
"Really? Something aunt forgot to
mention, I dare say. Excuse me-" She
broke it open ~carelessly. "Dear mel"
She puckered her brow. "Only fancy!
The admiral is coming down here to-
morrow"
The admiral appeared On the scene
at noon the day following.
"My dear Lila" he said, II must
have a little talk with you"
eyes, uncle"
LILA, my dear,"-they We're quite
alone-"1 have had a proposal for your
hand in marriage. If l had chosen the
man / could not be better pleased to
see you the wife of Judge Mason"
"Uncle! He is more than twice my
age. [ never dreamed of it,"
"He is a young man, my dear, a
vigorous young mar He will idolize
you; you knew he admired you.'
"He is a widower.'
"B'lt his only daughter is married."
80, uncle, tit is out of the ques-
ton"
"My dear, you give me great cause
for apprehension. 1t will disappoint
me terribly if you do not accept him."
"But, uncle, 1 am but eighteen. Why
should [ marry for five or six years
yet? I'll be young but once
never" she said, pathetica1ly. "And 1
am not a penniless creature that re-
quires a home. I might be allowed to
Dick and choose"
My dear" The old man looked sud-
denly grave and pale. "There is bad
news; you must make up your mind
to meet it bravery"
Lla's face reflected some of the pale
ness of his own.
"Uncle-my-my money? Have 1
lost it,"
"There has been a terrible financial
failure. 1 hardly know how to tell
you. We only heard yesterday and
we don't know for sure as yet. I am
afraid-Lila-you must bear up I am
afraid you have lost nearly all you
had"
The girl leaned back in the chair.
There was a stunned look in her face.
She did not speak. The admiral went
on, speaking more rapidly.
II can hardly blame myself. 1t was
an ~undreamed of thing. Of course,
there is a little real estate left you.
Heaven knows, I wish it had been all
IL houses. Judge Mason"
"Oh," the girl broke in suddenly, she
won't want me now-when he knows
l am penniless!''
"My child, he came as soon as he
knew it."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
mot GUILTY.
Koetting Finally Concludes to Plead
That Way.

Milwaukee, Feb. 22.-John B. Koet-
ting, when arraigned in the criminal
court, changed the determination that
he expressed to plead guilty to the
charge of receiving moneys, as cashier
he was aware of the insolvency of the
institution, and pleaded not guilty.
W. G.. Williams will continue to act in
his defense, an arrangement having
been effected with Koetting's friends
to pay him for his work. But a con-
%tinuance was granted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
BOY SHOT.
Sad Accident After a School Enter
tainment.

Kenosha, Wis, Feb. 22.-An enter
tainment was given at the High School
auditorium by the lower grade. One
of the properties used was a shotgun,
which happened to be loaded with a
heavy charge of shot. After the
party, Mark Bauer and Willie Burg
the shot took effect in the head of
young Burg, inficting dangerous
though not fatal scalp wounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
SOM 81 MAN.
WILL BE UNITED STATES MIN
lister TO MEXICO.
To Succeed Isaac P. Gray-WisconsiI
Wanted General Bragg for the
Place.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Ran
som, of North Carolina, will be the
next minister to Mexico. President
Cleveland so informed western sena-
tors. The Indiana delegation wanted
Shanklin and Wisconsin wanted
Bragg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28

at really doesn't pay to invite zen
gagged people to receptions or Dances"
said q young society woman recently,
''for, as a rule they furnish very little
amusement on entertainment to the
guests in general, unless it be uncon-
~sciously."
"W1hen he dances he wants to dance
with her, and when she dances she
rushes to dance with him If they
break this rule they do it under pro-
test. and her eyes are seeking his elo-
quent with love and this sort of
apology:
"'Dearie, l don't want to waltz with
this man; 1 almost hate him; but l
suppose I must. Don't be heart
broken, my darling, I'll be by your
side in five minutes!
Etc, etc. etc.
80 much nicer when they get
married and become sensible!!" re-
marked the giver of entertainments
New York Recorder.
With the feeling that most efforts
I1IdS loL oSSA VI liz D1iluIS vi
Mrs. Partingon's broom against en-
craoching seas, there is solid satisfac-
ton and reinsurance in an article in
the Popular Science Monthly for No
vember, in which Professor Vivian
Lewes sums up some of the scientific
possibilities OF cleanliness. 'The
Chemitry of Cleaning" have for its
prelude a picture of the forms of &C
tual organic matter which human
lungs must take in at all points where
vigorous methods of cleansing and dis.
Infection are unknown. AS each hui
man being is really a germ factory
producing and diffusing impurities Of
every order, it becomes essential thai
from earliest childhood teaching be
given which will insure victory in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
AFTER MILLIONS.
The Hyde Family Getting Together
for English Litigation

Moweaqua, Ill, Feb. 26.-An organi-
zation has been perfected here by
about fifty representatives of the Hyde
family who met for the purpose of
taking steps toward securing am inter-
est in the great Hyde estate now in
litigation in England and valued
at several million pounds sterling.
Ira B. Hyde, a g~enealogist of consid-
cradle note and a wealthy farmer,
was chosen president.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
III.
knew it,

She went to her room and locked
herself in. Then she wrote to Carroll
TIainor:
81 am no longer rich. There Is no
use Of an engagement. I have lost
everything. Perhaps Won will be rich
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
CONFIDENCE REVIVED.
Bradstreets Report Attributes 1t to
the Bond Issue.

New York, Feb. 22.-Bradstreet's
weekly report will say the general
trade during this short week has been
irregular. The success of the latest
emergency bond issue has revived con-
fidence somewhat in the general fnan-
cial situation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
FRED DOUGLASS DEAD
THE GREAT COLORED ORATOR
IS NO MORE.
DROPS SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME
IN ANACOSTIA.

The Most Prominent of All Negroes in
America-SOn of a White Man and
a Slave-Has been an Editor, Poll
tician and Worker for the Good of
His People.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28

Washington, Feb. 2~1.-Frederick
Douglas, the noted freedman and a
tor, dropped dead at his home in An
acostia late in the evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
MRS. DEAD.

New York, Feb. 21.-The wife of
Congressman w. Bourke Cochran,
died from hemOrrhages with which
she was attacked on Tuesday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
Ii WILL GO.
To Act as Peace Envoy for China in
Japan.

Tien Tsin, Feb. 22.-It is now GER
tain that Ii Hung Chang will go to
Japan as envoy to negotiate peace
with that country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28

A veil roll is newer than a veil case
and much more Serviceable. IT is
made of ribbon or silk and may be
simply stuffed tightly with cotton wool,
scented with sachet powder, the ends
fringed and tied with cord or narrow
ribbon; but the best is a round, hollow
stick. an inch or two in diameter, or
a tubular roll of pasteboard for a
foundation. Over this wrap several
layers if the wadding and cover with
the silk or ribbon. 1t is then ready
for use, and filmy laceS, ribbons and
delicate face wells, when wrapped
carefully around such a roll after
wearing will not only be smooth, fresh
looking and fragrant when next
wanted but will also last much longer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
THE POSTAL COMING
MAOKEY-BENNETT SYSTEM TO
GRIDIRON WISCONSIN.
LINE TO MADISON FROM
NORTHERN ILLINOIS CITY.

Control of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
Lake Superior Company Secretly
Obtained by Quiet Purchase of
Stock-Nearly Every Town Of I'm
portance to be Reached.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28

lifelong battle with dirt. The latest
means to this end are given by Prof.
Lewes, and every woman interested
in the formation if sanitary leagues,
will find here invaluable hints as to
practical methods. Nothing will SO
clinch a fact as an attempt to carry
u its teaching, and the time has
come when there is direst need of
realizing that broom and dust-pan, and
scrQbbing brush, aided by every chem
1cal cleanser under heaven, are power
less and useless unless the same agents
are at work without the house. The
village, no less than the city, needs
a sanitary league, and there is work
IN these lines for a generation to come,
II even the simplest principles of sani-
tation are to be made second nature to
the masses.
In direct line with VIVA has already
been written, and as result of recent
experiment, comes a new method in
bathing. Mysterious outbreaks of skin
diseases, Of Opthalmia, ETC., in asy-
lums, homes, and all points where
numbers Of children or adults use the
same tubs, have taught physicians the
advantage of the shower as a meal
OF general cleansing. The rinsing pro-
cess is an essential part of genuine
c%ieasning never accomplished by i'm
mersion in a tub half full of soap
water, since much of this sticks to the
skin. The most perfect form of show
or has lately been placed in some of
the superb houses going up in
New York. The tub is merely a shall
low marble basin in which the bather
stands and is pelted from sticks of
perforated pipes arranged above and
at once. In one of the best asylums
at either side the water draining off
for children, a shower bath, capable of
bathing one hundred at once has been
introduced, tiled floors preventing any
chance of it's getting foul. The warm
shower on a we'll soaped skin is far
more effectual than immersion, and a
one gives the necessary reaction.
such a bath on a small scale is pos
sIble ven in the simplest farmhouse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28

Transparent fire screens are used
more than ever, with the advent of
cold weather. They are square, OBJ
long, or with arched or rounded tops.
They are often framed i'll unpublished
carved woods, OF in bamboo. Such
screens allow the passage of the cheer
full light from CRATE fires while protect
ing from excessive heat.
Three large clam shells, polished to
smoothness with emery paper, can be
utilized for a simple Christmas gift.
In the hinge sides drill holes, If you
can without breaking the shells, and
wire the three together in the form of
n clover leaf. Cover the joining with
standing loops of ribbon. In n shell
fit u cushion for pins of soft plush, in
another glue a silk top to draw up like
Il bag and let the third serve as a tray
for trifies. If you fear to drill holes,
the shells may be glued together, and
smaller shells affixed with glue on the
angles where the shells are joined.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-28
FOR WOMEN.

The best use to which spears and
pikeheads have ever been put is in a
reproduction for a hat and coat stand,
in which these objects peacefully up
bear the outer garb of the modern man
of fashion. They are self-supporting,
like stacked muskets, and bristle with
projections for coats and hats.
The Japanese KimOna are used for
draperieS. These are gown more or
less covered with embroidery and all
equisitely done. The seams are ripped
Open, the lining removed, and the
pieces again joined to make a square
drapery. The colors are always in
perfect harmony or contrast, and the
designs are original and quaint.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-02

the annual value or annual use OF real
estate appears to us the same In sub
stance as an annual tax on real estate.
which would be paid out of rent or in
come. This law taxes the income re-
ceived from land and the growth or
product of land. Mr.. Justice Patter-
son observed in the Hilton case: Land,
independently Of its products. is of no
value and certainly had no thought
that direct taxes were confined to I'M
productive land.
IF 1t be true that by varying the
form the substance may be changed,
1t is not easy to see that anything
would remain of the limitations of the
constitution, or of the rule of taxation
and representation so carefully recog-
nized and guarded in favor of the cit
liens of each state. But constitutional
provisions can not be thus evaded
1t is the substance and not the form
which controls, as has indeed been es-
tablished by repeated decisions of this
court. We are of the opinion that the
law in question, so far as it levies tax
on rents or incomes CT real estate, is
In violation of the constitution and is
invalid.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-02
PISTOLS IN PALOUSE
Gun Fight Growing Out OF
Divorce Case.
HUGHES THE ONLY ONE HIT
HIS Stepson Commenced the opera
tons With His Weapon in
Hughes lace.
HUGHES THE ONLY ONE HI

Palouse, April 25.-While Palouse peo-
pie were perusing the dispatch in to-
days Spokesman-Review in reference
to the divorce case between l. d.
Hughes and wife, formerly Mrs. Pref
fer, they were startled by four pistol
shots and saw lively duel in progress
between Hughes and his stepson, Ray
mond Prefer.
Trouble has existed for a long time
between the parties, AND more was ex-
pected. The shooting occurred in front
of c. H. Farnsworth's livery barn, on
Main street, in view of scores of citi-
zens. Three shots were fired by Pref
fer and one by Hughes. AS near as
can be ascertained from eye-witnesses
the circumstances are as follows:
Hughes was sitting in chair on the
sidewalk reading a newspaper. Pref
fer came up and kicked him. "Have
you seen that letter, you - -"
he said, at the same time thrusting a
revolver in Hughes face.
Hughes struck down the gun just as
the hammer fell, the bullet passing
through the left side of the neck be-
tween the carotid artery and the sterno
cindo mastvid muscle.
Hughes jumped to his feet and tried
to seize the gun, but Prefer backed
again struck the pistol and lodged, but
the bullet entered the right side and
passed out under the shoulder blade.
He then ran out in the middle of the
street and fired one shot. hitting a box
of hay scales behind which Prefer had
jumped.
By this time Marshal Davis arrived
on the scene and caught hold of Hughes,
commanding Prefer to cease firing.
Hughes was taken to the hotel and
his wounds dressed, neither of which is
thought to be serious. But little blood
was lost. The right side of his face
was powder-burnt, showing that the
first shot was fired with the pistol with
In few inches of his head. The news
paper which he was reading was also
burnt and torn by the bullet.
Complaints of assault with intent to
kill were sworn out against both par
ties, with bail until the preliminary ex-
animation tomorrow of $500. Prefer
gave bail. Hughes is in charge of a
constable confined to his bed on ac-
count of his injuries.
Hughes account of the transaction
is the same as the above. Prefer, act
Ing on his attorneys advice, declines to
make statement until the preliminary
examination. 1t is said by several par
ties that he received a warning letter
from Hughes accusing him of incest
with his mother and threatening to
kill him on sight. The truth of this re-
port can not be verified. There is in
tense feeling over the affair. Senti-
ment is divided.