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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
YOUNG AMERICA.
PrecOciousneSs That Strikes the Wis
itor With AStonshment.

Washington POSt:-It was on the lit
tie lawn of a handsome house on New
Hampshire avenue the other day-oue
of those Theoretically sealed, deserted
looking mansions the fashionable
quarter is crowded with. Right in the
midst Of velvety bit of turf there
were four sticks stuck, and on their
tops, couple of feet from the ground.
newspaper was spread. And under
the shade thus formed district mess
enger boy in uniform was lying fast
asleep. 1t wasn't his yard, it wasn't
his turf, it wasn't even his time, but
he was an American, and he knew
good thing when he saw it. 1t made
me remember another bit of American
small-bOyishness i saw one day last
week. 1t was in a side street on Cap
itOl HILL and there was a fresh breeze
blowing. A boy on a tricycle. came
sailing along the street. | say sailing
literally, for fastened to the handle
bar of his machine was a real sail,
and by a series Of lacks that would
have done credit to any skipper afoat,
he managed to skim about wherever
he pleased. He had brains that boy,
and he wasn't going to let his legs do
anything that his head could possibly
attend to.
Everybody smiled at that bit of cley-
erness, but one other day further over
on Capitol hill(in a little street you
have most likely never set foot in, |
came upon another ingenious device
which was too pathetic for smiling
1t was in a tiny little house-the sort
Of house western people call shack"
There were no screens at the win
dows, and from within came the
steady hum Of a sewing machine-the
hottest, dreariest of sounds on a hot
day. A worn-looking woman was
bending over the machine sewing. To
the big drive wheel four sticks We're
fastened in some way and at right
angles to these four big palm leaf fans
were securely fed When the wheel
whirled round and round the fans
made breeze as cool and strong as
any expensive electric apparatus, and
on q quilt within reach of that breeze
was baby. He lay there c0ntentedly,
cool as could be, and not tOrmented by
a single fly. The mother smiled down
at him from time to time, and I knew
that she did not mind the heat. nor
the flies, nor the back-breaking work.
for the baby was cool
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
AN URGENT LAH.DLADY-

An aged lady complained to a Lon
don ma gistrate that because she was
a little behind with her rent her land
lady followed her to church and asked
for it there. The landlady came into
the pew alongside Of her, and when
she was joining in the responses
was constantly whispering to her
about the rent. When it came to the
response, incline our hearts, the
landlady would add ''to pay our rent. -
The magistrate said it was very an
noying, but there was nothing illegal
in it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
FOREIGN MATTERS.

The sultan of Morocco is seriously
i'll.
President Pierola. of Peru, was IN
augurated with great enthusiasm in
Lima.
Lady Cunning has been convicted of
forgery and sentenced to one years
Imprisonment.
Kaiser Wilhelm was outgeneralIed
by Count Won Waldersee in the Ger
man manoeuvreS.
The pope has approved the nomina-
ton Of Rev. DR.. Kennedy to be rector
of the American college at Rome.
The Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes, the
premier of Cape Colony, although sui
fering with influenza, is able to at
tend to his official duties.
The sultan of Turkey has issued a
note acquainting the powers with the
concessions he is willing to make in
regard to Armenian affairs.
Jose Maria Aguirre has been re-
leased from confinement as a political
offender in Havana, Cuba. Julio San
gully will be tried as accused of crime
and not political misdemeanor.
An agent of the Standard Oil com
pany has arrived at Baku, Russia
where he has purchased a large guam
tlty Of petroleum. He has also pur-
chased there S,5O0,0OO pounds of crude
naphtha
An agreement has been entered into
between German and British steam
ship companies. under which there
will be a considerable advance in
freight and passenger rates to Ameri-
ca. The agreement will go into effect
October /.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
CLOUD PICTURES.
Pointers Of Value to Amateur Pho
tographers.

Pictures taken simply of clouds,
without special attention to the land
scape, should be developed very slow
ly in order to bring out all the soft
shadows, which are lost if the devel-
opment is hurried. Where clouds and
landscape have been taken in one
picture, the printing quality Of the
negative may be made uniform by
careful development of the plate
Place the plate in a rather weak de-
velOper, and as soon as the outlines
Of the landscape begin to appear take
it out and place in dish CT clean
water SO as to arrest the development
Pour off the developer, put the plate
back in the tray, and finish the plate
with brush development. To do this
take soft camels-hair brush or a
small wad Of surgeons cotton. dip
into the developer, and brush over the
part of the plate which develops more
slCwly,t which will be the landscape.
AS soon as this part is nearly devel-
Oped flood the plate with a weak solu-
ton of developer, Incl easing it in
strength till the sky is fully devel-
Oped. Brush development requires a
careful hand, but, like any other part
f photography, becomes easy by re-
peated trials. Another way Of devel-
Pig one part of the plate al time
is to take the plate from the tray as
soon as the outlines appear; turn off
the developer, and wash the plate.
Put it back in the tray, and tip The
tlay so that the sky will be out of the
developer, turn in the developer, and
rock the tray gently to and fro. but
o not allow any of the developer to
touch the sky until the shadows in
the landscape are we'll out.
When the shadows are nearly Or
quite developed flood the whole plate
with the developer. The sky will de-
velop very quickly, and if the process
is carefully watched a fine evea
printing negative will be the result
This plan Of development is most sue
cessful where the horiZon-line is not
too much broken. Having once ST c.
ceeded in catching the clouds, one
will never be quite satisfied with a
landscape picture which has per-
fectly clear sky.-Harper's Round Ia
bic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

lowed women a voice in legiSla ton
DR.. Emily Blackwell, the founder of
woman's college, and the fighter in
years gone by for women's right to
study medicine, is, by virtue of her
trained mind and cosmopolitan views,
the result Of years of travel, we'll cal
culated to impress people with her
opinions. The paper which she will
read at the congress, Sugges tons Gu
Purity Work Derived from English
Experience will embrace a wide range
of valuable and helpful information.
She said: The reason we dwell
upon municipal regulation so persist
emily is that it means retrogression.
The introduction of the system into
England in 1864 first aroused public
opposition and discussion. Statistics,
proving benefits to be derived, We're
one by one disproved. The mistake
has been rectified, the system has been
abolished over there-it is condemned
in English colonies and steps towards
its abolition have been taken in every
country in Europe
The corresponding secretary of the
alliance, Mrs. Anna Rice Powell, is a
charming lady, whose kind heart has
brought her into close contact with
fran and erring women. She is deeply
imbued with the belief that if judi.
cious advice of a certain kind, worded
delicately, but explicit enough to warn
them and make them underSts ID the
temptations which life has inevitably
in store for them, that the painful
topics on which the congress has tC
dwell would be reduced to a minimum
Children gain their ideas very
early" she said. Il have come tt
have an especial pity for neglected
boys. How blessed are those whose
parents wisely teach both son anG
daughter that they have equal respon
sibilities to God and society for g
pure life. Some people, who have lee
very sheltered lives and have beer
spared all knowledge of the sadden
ing peversion of the most sacred re
atoms of life, may not see the nee
esSity Of the convention, nor feel the
force of our views on this matter.
have been shocked to hear good PEG
pie speak in hopeless way abou
the attempt to gain an equal standard
of morality for both sexes. This lacl
Of faith is a concession to evil an(
an influence that weakens the efforts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
TO GUARD OUR GIRLS
A PURITY CONGRESS SOON To
ASSEMBLE
GOOD PEOPLE AT THE HEAD
Famous Men and Women in All Parts
Observation-Disclosures Gibbons, Fran
ces E. Willard and EIhridge T.
Gerry 10 speak.

Baltimore will shortly be the scene
of d most unique congress. 1t will
deal with a delicate question, and
from the energy Of its managers prom
ises to delve into certain problems
with a thoroughneSS which will cause
endless discussion in all quarters of
The land. The congress Will be that
of the American Purity alliance. 1t
will continue three days, beginning on
Monday, October II, and ending
Wednesday, October IL.
The president of the society is Aaron
NJ. Powell, a New York business man,
who has given much study to all
phases Of social problems. Many
years ago he was the editor Of the
Anti-Slavery Standard, a most ener-
getic organ of the abolitionists Speak
ing Of the purpose. of the Baltimore
gathering he said: THE congress is
invited because the time seems fully
to have arrived to give more thought
full, intelligent and general considera-
ton to the profoundly important social
problems involved.
MY first interest in this subject was
aroused ins 1876" he said, when a
few of us formed a committee upon
receiving a warning communication
from the international federation of
England for the abolition of state
regulation Of vice, Of which Mrs. Jose
phine e. Butler is the heroic leader
She was the pioneer in that revolt
against infamous legislation which
shamed our statute books, but is now,
happily, only dismal memory. We
were all shocked by the revelations
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
WHY SHE LEFT THE STAGE.
Love Of Her Husband Prompted the
Act

When Mary Anderson left the stage,
Henry Abbey told her that if she sue
ceeded in giving it up she would 10
something greater than she had yet
achieved. Yet, though her career on
the boards WAS a brilliant one. though
she retired from them when her fame
was at its highest. the possibility that
she may return to the scene of her tri-
umph is very slight.
Mary Anderson was educated in an
Ursuine convent in Louisville She
is GevoEt Catholic and all through
her stage experience she practiced
the duties of her religion very faith
fully. st seventeen she made her
debut as Juliet in a local theatar.
Her fame speedily grew. Her extra
ordinary beauty has always had much
to do with her success, but she had
talent, ambition, and versatility. In
the beginning she used to play in one
week such widely different rolls as
Lady Macbeth. Juliet Meg Merilles,
Pauline, Ingomar and Galatea. In
1888 she went to England and cap
tured the British public, winning Il
far greater success than in America.
Then came the failure of her health.
her farewell to the stage, and her mar
rage to Antonio de Navarro, a mem
Der Of the New York family of that
name. Nothing could have been more
quiet and Off-hand than the simple
wedding in a small Catholic church in
England.
Mr. de Navarro took a place in
Tunbridge Wells, for the sake of his
wife's health. From there they go
up to London frequently Git is only
al hours railroad Journey" and they
lead at home the most quiet, con-
tented existence imaginable. Nothing
is needed to make life at their charm
ing villa on Ferndale Road an ideal
of domestic bliss except the presence
of children. There were rumOrs, after
their marriage, of their diSa greement
and separations: but such reports were
as baseless as they were unkind. Mrs
de Navarro has said: II don't think
anything could have taken me from
my stage life except being so much N
love with my husband. We had been
, in love for ten years and I simply had
| to let the other thing go and marry
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
NO CHOLERA IN HONLULU.
Deaths Attributed to 1t are Traced to
Poisonous Food.

Auckland, Sept. 12.-The steamer
Marihosa, which left San Francisco
August % for Honolulu, Auckland
and Sydney, arrived here yesterday.
The captain reports that at Honolulu
he learned that the cholera scare
which Prevailed there and which was
tie subject of a dispatch from United
States Consul Mills at Honolulu to the
state department at Washington, had
passed over. The deaths which were
attributed to cholera were traced to
poisonous food eaten at a native feast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
THE LATEST NAME.

You must not say teas or 'trecep-
tons any more. The Lew world for
all the smart brushes is ''raOut," which
in former times was called trout in
the best English society. 1t has some
what of a Yankee twang, but large
and fashionable gatherings must not
mind that since Paris insists ON the
new old term.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
Mary n. Healy.
A BEVERAGE IN KENTUCKY

The weary teetotaler, riding along a
dusty white-hot turnpike in Kentucky,
came to a farmhouse with a well
sweep in the front yard and a man
sitting in the shade by the gate.
Good day." saluted the traveller.
Can [ be accommodated with a drink
here? I am very thirsty" Certainly"
would you like to have"' Natures
was the hospitable response. "What
beverage. Of course" replied the
teetotaler. some What shocked. "A1l
right" said the native. taking a bottle
Of corn juice from his pocket and
handling it over. There's about a
pint in there and plenty more in the
house, Help Yourself"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
THEY HAVE OPINIONS.
1t Is Difficult to Secure a Jury in
Kenosha.

Kenosha, Wis, Sept. 17.-It is not
known just when the trial Of the al
legged conspirators in the Chicago Bed
ding company case will begin. All ef-
fort so far to secure a jury has
failed. The jury list has been repeat
edly exhausted and the sheriff has is
sued several special venires. Each
juryman summoned has already
formed an opinion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

dicate will continue to do all it can to
serve at the S1OO,OOO,O00 mark. The
obligations Of the syndicate expired,
however. sometime ago.
The gold situat ton caused a furry
in stocks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
AN IDLE FELLOW.

Love makes the path of duty sweet
With roses Of the May;
But Love wants roses meath his feet,
And viii not stack the hay
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
KEEP HER MOVING.

The brapd-new mother-in-law is here
But nOt-thank heaven!-to stay;
For on her bicycle so dear
She rides away. away!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
A SLIGHT SETBACK
1t NAY BE LOOKED FOR, SAYS
DUN'S REPORT.
SHARP DECLINE IN WHEAT

And Little Indications of Recovery
Corn Crop Big but Prices so Low
as To Be Well-Nigh Proftless to
Farmes-Business Seems to I'M
prove.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
NOVELTIES FOR THE BoUDOIR.

A dainty little chest of quartered
oak or satin wood is a novelty and if
one is collector, a necessity as well.
Fitted with lock and key, it proves
Il safe receptacle for the costly treas
ures which the Industrious person is
getting together-perhaps of stamps,
perhaps of book plates.
The chest is about twelve inches
high, a foot wide and two feet long;
if made to order the dimensions must
be regulated by the size of the collec-
ton.
The prettieSt ones are made OF quar-
tered oak, with panels of satin wood
upon which a design has been etched
usually in various coI0rs, possibly a
gay cavalier and his lady love, or
cupids and a bower of rOses-any de-
sign that is effective will answer the
purpose. A mottO-yOur own and your
cOat-of-arms must form the decoration
on the top of the chest. Put in one
corner of your morning room OIL
bOudOir, the chest will certainly adorn
the spot and elicit many an eXclama-
ton: "Oh, how pretty, and what is
it for?' 1t is always so nice to have a
novelty to introduce to a friend.
Still another new thing-a charming
little frame made of oak for holding
photographs, that is, just four pic
lures. 1t is one frame with four divi-
sions. The pictures are slipped in at
the back, and each one has a glass
| over its face. The affair is really
four frames in one; it is hung upon the
wall, and the little shelf which forms
the upper part of tn; frame. serves
nicely to hold some trifiing ornament,
perhaps little ase With a few
flowers. Our English friends ere quite
devoted to this style of framing pic
lures of intimate friends and lately
they have been introduced here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
GENERAL LABOR NOTES

The boilermakers organized three
unions last month.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

Work will be rushed on the vessels
now being built for the navy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

South Dakota reformerS are organic
ing cooperative colony.
Thomas l. Kidd is about to make
an organizing tour among Michigan
woodworkers.
The fight between the old and new
x. of L., will be carried into the forth
coming glassWorkers' convention.
Two unions of women workers were
recently formed at Neponset, Mass,
and chartered by the A. F. Of L.
The Polish alliance has decided to
build a headquarters building in Chi
cago at cost of $4,000.
Governor Altgeld insists that the
building of the southern Illinois in
sane asylum at Anna must be done
by union labor.
Factory Inspector John Franey es-
Inmates the number of sWeatshOps III
New York city at about 5000. and the
number Of employees in them at about
10000
An Australian report says printers
in that country are Waking their es-
cape to darkest Africa to get away
from the Calling gun typesetting ma
chimes.
The Union steel mills at Archer and
Ashland avenues, which have been
shut down since January i, 1893, have
been started up again with a force
of 1,400 men.
The two national brass workers
unions have consolidated and will fly
the \. T. of L. banner. Metal pol
ishe1s did not GO in, as they desire
perfect autonomy.
After a siX-year siege the German
printers union of New York has cap
tured the composing room Of the New
York StaatsZeitung and hoisted the
! union flag.
The city council Of Manchester, Eng.
land, has decided to introduce the
eight-hour Workday for all municipal
employees. Heretofore the Workday
was nine hours.
The Order of Railway Conductors
has appropriated $4,000 for the ben
eft Of the Lehigh Valley striking con
ductors Of two years ago who are
still out of situations.
The Knights of Labor have solo
their Philadelphia headquarters fol
100000 paid a mortgage of $4,000
and will use the balance to build {
| location in Washington.
Chicago contractors have decided t.
hereafter employ only union carpen
! ters at 30 cents per hour. This is done
! to protect themselves from men Wh(
profess to be, but are not, mechanics
! The mineral water makers and bot
| tiers of New York city are ON strike
their complaint being that their EN-
| plOyer5 refuse to lOp off two hour!
from the working day heretofore il
vogue.
An important debate will take plac'
at an early date in the French senate
1t will be the discussion of d bill t.
prohibit workingmen and all employee
of the state and of the railway com
panies to strike.
Evening star., 1895-07-09
TAYLOR SENTENCED.
Gets Five Years for the Anncostia
Robbery.

Gets Five Years for the Anncostia
Robbery.
Robert Taylor, who was convicted last
month of robbing the store of Druggist
Wm H. Truslow, in Anacostia, last May,
was today sentenced by Judge Cole to five
years in the Albany penitentiary.
An unsuccessful effort was made by Tay-
lors counsel, Mr. Window 8. Woodwork,
for a new trial, and an appeal to the Court
of Appeals IS noted. The prisoner denied
that Taylor was his true name, but failed
to state what his name is. He claimed that
he was innocent, and his counsel read two
OF three letters certifying to the defend
ants previous ;,ood character. Taylor was
jointly indicted with his brother-in-law,
Lawrence M. Boyer, for the same ovense
but the latter was acquitted. The former
is now serving a sentence In jail for petty
larceny.
The two men were also jointly indicted
for the larceny of $I5 bicycle from Ed
ward s. Keys last May. The indictment
was returned on the 4th of last month
Both defendants pleaded not guilty to it,
and subsequently nolle pros. was en-
tered as to Boyer. Yet not until few
days ago was it discovered that the indict-
ment was invalid, because of the failure
of the foreman of the grand jury to sign it
1t was, therefore, nolle pressed as to both
men.
Evening star., 1895-07-09
THE LAST CHAPTER.
VIII of Mrs. Spranger Leaves Estate
to Her Children.

VIII of Mrs. Spranger Leaves Estate
to Her Children.
The will Of the late Gay Beatrice Spran-
ger, who was so we'll known here as Miss
Gay Klingle, was filed here yesterday after
nocn. The INSTRUMENT is dated March 5,
1895, and District Attorney Birney and the
late Osceola c. Green are named as ex-
ecutors By her first husband, Edward Irv-
ing Darling, the deceased had two children,
and they are made practically the sole
beneficiaries under the will, although the
deceaseds 8 second husband, Dr. Francis T.
Spranger, is given an allowance of so a
month. The executors are requested to
keep the personal effects of the deceased
for the children until they arrive at the
age of discretion, and the Washington Loan
and Trust Company is named trustee for
the residue of the estate which is to be
invested by the company for the benefit Of
the children. Until the children reach the
age of thirteen they are to be paid $50
a month each, and after that sum not
exceeding 500 each. Upon reaching the
age OF twenty-five the estate is to be equal
ly divided between them or their issue. II
neither of the children reach that age or
if they die without issue, the estate is to
be shared between Gay Bernard Tfnntck
and Anna D. TAFT of Baltimore, aunts of
the deceased and Helen l.. Rott of Port
Royal Va, a great aunt In a codicH attached
to the will Mrs. Spranger refers to the fact
that her first husband made no provision
for the guardianship of the children, and
Flora Adams Darling. who is said to have
accused her daughter-in-law of poisoning
her son, shall never have the custody Of
the children