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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
THE KAFFIR CRAZE.
Wall Street Watching Barney Bar
nato'S DOingS.

Gold. Sounds nice. doesn't it?
Well, just at present gold in its rough
STATEN the chimneys, lOdes, pockets,
sands, pebbles and streams of the
gold-bearing spots the world Over-is
more talked about in Wall street at
present than those speculative little
jOkers called ''industrials." And it's
all on account of Barney BarnatO, eX-
juggler, now the richest man in the
world, and his overlooked Katfirs.
The men in the street now fully re-
alize why the British have not been
biting at the bats held out over here
within the past few days. A week
ago the selling of stocks here for for
eign account threatened to assume
gold exporting proportions. Now
London is virtually ignoring our Sc
curities and getting ready for the KAT
frs to 60 up or doWn-presumabl
: down. The money bags Of the Brit
iSh metropolis are merely preparing
for the worst or the best. If BarnatO
I manages to hold up the Katfirs the
Britishers will plunge some more. If
D UuGA Euduy - " SSilclcI CIltS VIII
pocket their losses with proverbial
British pluck and wait for another
bubble to tempt the guineas out Of
their strong boxes. Returning pro-
motors, especially the gentlemen who
took gold mining propositions abroad,
say there's no earthly use trying TO
interest John Bull in either dividend
paying mines and placers or prOmis-
! ing prospects at present. If Colorado
was located somewhere in South
Africa, a Cripple Greek outcrOpping
could be unlOaded for a million or so
without the least trouble. SO blind
! ing is the Kaffir craze that English
men, who have drawn dividends from
paying Colorado gold and silver mines,
don't know, or at least profess not to
know, where that state is located.
/ Before long however, they'll probably
realize their mistake.
, Wall street has and still is watching
this Kaffir craze. SO are the other
! streets wherein men Of money who
don't mind making a play or two have
/ their offices. The sudden publica ton
Of a mass of matter, containing the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
LOCATING PARADISE.

Many Biologists Contend That 1t
Was in the Arctic Region.
In an interesting article Edward S.
Martin, in Ladies' Home Journal, re-
views the numerous theories ad-
vanced by scientists in the endoavor
to solve the perpleXing problem as to
exact location of the site Of the Car
den of Eden. After sitting the
theories the writer concludes that the
question is no nearer answered than
it was two thousand years ago, and
that there are no present indications
that the matter will ever be definitely
settled by any man.
To one of the latest and most inge-
NOUS theories Mr. Martin refers: The
north pole will seem at first thought
to the average investigator the most
unlikely site On earth for paradise 10
have occupied. Nevertheless several
sober and thoughtful books have been
written in support of the north poles
professions. The north pole nova
days is bitter cold, but it has not al
ways been so. Biologists tell US that
the earth was excessively hot when
it first began it's cOurSe-much too hot
to admit of the presence of any liy
ing creatures, except, perhaps, sala-
mander. AS it grew cooler vegetation
began on it, and then with birds and
beasts; finally with man.
The first spot on earth to get cool
enough to use was the north pole.
In the process of time it got too cold,
but there must have been a long pc
l.iod when the polar region was the
most comfortable part Of the world
During this period, many eminent ge-
OlOgiStS believe, there existed around
the north pole a continent now sub
merged, and that on that continent
our prOgenitOrs were comfortable in
their first home. 1t is known with
entire certainty that the polar region
was once warm enough for tropical
vegetation to grow there. There was
light enough also for vegetation
abundant light, indeed, for all uses,
and plenty for primev2l man. Ge-
ology tells us that man might have
lived at the north pole.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31

usual portions of truth and falsehood,
concerning the wonderful low grade
ledge which has been SO successfully
worked by a shrewd speculator in
stead of the men doing the drilling
and the milling, has caused revival
of that fever which existed in this
country between 1879 and 1882. and
| which ended in the creation of a
prejudice against such investments,
due directly to the reckless stocking
Of mere: prospect holes" and the
! floating of worthless properties no
mining expert ever sampled and
| about which the men who invested in
! the shares know nothing at all. Mil
| liOnaireS We're made then just as they
| have been made by KaffirS. but thou
| sands upon thousands were badly
! squeezed and ever since large gobS of
! disgust have fingered at all specuIa-
tive spots in this country. But the
fever is here, and a good many have
| got 1t bad" but it is of 4 milder
type and will prove harmless: in fact.
may prove of lasting benefit The
the other streets now approach in
vestorS with bona fide properties.
Some come as agents for poor pros
pectorS who have found good lead
and staked off a claim. They come to
Il Use funds for "eXperting" the prop
erty. Others come with VIII devel-
0ped mines equipped with mills or
~.
knowledge that they can't make a
bargain until the offer is fully and
satisfactorily Investigated by capable
engineers and experts chosen by the
purchaser or the syndicate. That's
how they're coming. and that's the
way they should have come before.
instead of bringing along Il bundle
of worthless stocks and giving the
industry a blow from which it is only
just recovering. Since the jobbery
days mining has also undergone a
revolution. The chemist, the diamond
drill, the electric light and motor. as
well as entirely new processes of
handling ores have had a wonderful
effect upon the cost or output Of
properties IIijJ nave Deeu ueSIeCINu
or abandoned. The mirers can 20
deeper now, and where the granite
hills have been merely scratched they
are finding rich pay Streaks and pay
ing bodies of low grade ores that
would make the eyes Of the Forty
miner gliSten. The wildcat has taken
to the woods and the solid. careful,
conscientious men who are charmed
by the magic word gold are beginning
to extend a helping hand to the pros
pectors and the miners now hard at
work in Colorado, Montana, Idaho,
Utah and California, pretty well con-
WINGED that we have several leads in
our own land just as good, if not very
much better, than those watered and
manipulated by Barney BarnatO, Esq,
king of the Kaffirs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
or, 0lnnafuraR BonoaSe*


1t WrIngs my poor old heartstrings
my child, to see this awful changer
And Mrs. Ounce slowly lifted Z
/ corner Of her spotless apron, brushed
away the faithful tears that were
dimming her old eyes so fast
Yes" said Alicia, thoughtfulIy. al
must, indeed, have been very differ
ent once" adding. as if speaking 10
herself: 'fAnd yet how familiar il
seems to me, how familiar, not
withstanding the silence and desola-
ton! My dear father was very truth
full in his sketches and word-paintings
Of his forsaken home
And here" breathed the aged
hoEsekeeper, by and by. beginning 10
pale and tremble, as she cautiously
unlocked and pushed open the mar
row door Of a little three-cornered
chamber at the extremity Of the chilly
east corridor, ''is-is the bedroom Of
Alicia Leigh. Don't go in, Miss Pen
rith-don't go in, for PHYS sake.'
gasped Mrs. Ounce. "Look at that
nasty beady-eyed moth on the
bolster! It's a sign of death-theres
murder in the ajr-cOme away, child
come away
But Alicia, mutely turning on ithe
frightened old creature the passion
ate sorrow of her tragic eyes, reYer-
emily bowed Ler head and entered
that little room alone. A pane in the
lattice was broken; a branch of ivy
had era We'd in. The plaster was
dropping from the damp walls and
ceiling; the tuckle-bed and rush-bOt-
toned chair stood just where Alicia
Leigh herself had left them on that
night Of her vanishing from Oldfri-
arS. Alicia Penrith. with a long.
quivering sigh, bent down and
pressed her lips to the widowed COW
erlet.
Miss Penrith!" calculated the
housekeeEer, aghast, as she stood
in the doorway ready for flight if
need were.
Sir Rugs daughter came out then.
softly locking the chamber door with
her own little hands.
My father loved Alicia Leigh, re,
member" she said, dreamily and both
of them are dead now"
Mrs. Ounce shook her head sol
emily. She was feeling uncomfort-
ably beWildereG again
Il wonder" Illuminated the old ser
want, with a sidelong glance at the
pensive profile of Alicia Penrith, 81
wonder if she knows who it was as
killed Alicia Leigh?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
ADVICE TO CHAPPIE.

She has given her word at last
That she'll make you happy;
And the time can't fly too fast
Can it, foolish Chappie?
She is fam to name the day
OFF in March, Or-better.
Cruelty she says-in May
Let her, garcon, let her,
Loves dear charms we won't dispute
But, you moons1uck fellow.
Don't You know that hearts like
fruit,
Should nave time to mellow?
View your married friends, my boy;
Do you see them prancing
With the wild hilarious joy
That has set you dancing?
No, fond youth, their place is meek
Pegasus grown tame, sir;
When you've reached the goal YOU
seek,
You win be the same, sir.
You won't change? Well, if you won't I,
Why this fuss and furry?
Marry? Yes-but don't, don't. don't.
Do it in a hurry.
Madeline Bridges. in Puck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
SOMEWHAT CURIOS.

The public employment bureaus in
the leading Ohio cities are pronounced
by those acquainted with their work
ings a growing success. How gener-
ally they are being patronizad is
shown by the fact that in all the
cities except Cleveland and Cincin-
natl the private agencies have been
entirely driven out
There was a cricket match played
in England recently between eleven
ladies and eleven gentlemen mot an
uncommon incident), and the latter
had to bat with broom handles. The
men We're badly beaten, and after
ward it turned out that the ladies
had ''rlng in" a clever boy bowler by
dressing him up in one Of his sisters
frOcks.
A statue in bronze Of a catamOunt
is to be erected on a granite pedestal
to mark the site of the old tavern at
Pennington, VT. in which were held
the councils of military and state Of
ficers in revolutionary days. The
tavern had a swinging signbOard, ON
which was painted a catam0unt, as
an emblem Of defiance to the British
lion Hence it was called the Gaia
mount tavern.
According to railway statistics
which have recently been published,
a capital of a thousand million ster-
ling, or a sixth of the total railway
capital Of the world. is invested in
British railways. The number of rail-
way employees is 100000, and Great
Britain has ~, 900 miles Of railway,
against 10000 in other parts of her
majesty's domains, and $1,000 miles
in the world at large.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
CHAPTER ".
"The Longer She Lives. the Greater
Becomes My Sim

The long, monotonouS days went
quietly by until Alicia Penrith re-
membered, one April morning. that
she had been living just a month at
Oldfriars. A month only, and the
time seemed like six! Rough March
winds had been blowing when she an
rived; capricious April showers were
falling now. How slow, how tedi-
Ously slow in coming, thought Alicia,
restlessly, We're the golden summer
weather and the sweet summer
flowers!
Looking back, there We're but two
events worthy Of rememblan in that
long, quiet month which was gone
two bright, rose-colored days out of
upward Extraordinarily gray ones.
First there was that memorable
morning on which Herman Merry
weather had come to Oldfriars with
his books, papers, leases, and goodness
knows what beside in order to assist
Miss Penrith in compromising the
full extent of her rich inheritance
when he had been so patient with her.
so wOndrous kind and gentle for a
man like him. so willing TO explain
away things hard to understand. so
: clever in making her poor little
muddled head seem as clear and
buSineSS-like as his own quick brains
and when, too, the bewildering work
! Of the morning was at an end. he had
| stayed to lunch with her grandmother
and herself, among the dust and
shadows of the dim-Eghted library.
Secondly, there was that day.
equally memorable in Alicia's caien-
dar. when she had walked into Cath
| with worthy Mrs. Ounce to cal on
Herman at his own house. Her
grandmother herself could not be per-
suadeG to accompany Alicia, but gave
the girl a message to convey to Mr..
| Merry as an excuse for the
walk into the village.
Had he not repeatedly begged her
to come and see him in his own home
and might he not without impro-
priety, without breach Of etiquette. do
so we'll enough. remembering his
years and Alicia's youth? So that
Miss Penrith, ruled unconsciously by
inclination. argued within herself
!! that it would be rude not to 60.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
HE STOOD HIGHER.

Mrs. Bellefield Ito her daughter)-
Mr.. Dukane is over head and heels
in love with you, dear
Miss Bellefield-''So is Mr. GasweIl,
mamma"
Mrs. Bellefeld-''But you must re
member that Mr.. Dukane is six feet
tail. while Mr. Gaswel is only about
five feet seven in height. "-Pittsburg
Chronicle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
AN AUTHORITY.

Truth: HuDgerford-"Do you be-
lieve. doctor. that the use Of tobacco
tends to shorten a mans days." DR..
PUwell-'I know that it does. l tried
to stop once. and the days were
about ninety hours long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
HUGGING A DELUSION.

Yonkers Statesman: Yeast-''Did
you ever hug a deluSion?'
Crimsonbeak-'Yes before | married
I thought the woman l loved was
worth a fortune"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31

New York Advertiser:-Sa Fran
cisco and her neighbors get all the
irrigation conventions. Let them be
satisfied with these
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
SELLING YOUNG PIGS.

To Be Continued.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1895-03-27

Yankton-reservationen S. d.
kommer enligt president Clevelands
nyligen utfardade proclamation att
0ppnas for settling den nastkomman-
de april. Landet fraga omfattar 1885,
600 acres land lampligt for odling och
begransas ena sidan af Missouri foden
SAINT omgifves az odladt land pa de an
dra sidorna. Landet ar dessutom af
god beskaffenhet och har ej langt till
marknadsplatsern f6r afsattning af
produkterna. Reservationen Ar bella
gen inom majs-baltet az S. Dakota, och
kommer "homes tead"- "-sDkarne derf0re
att erhalla ett af de basta landomraden,
som guvernementet bortskankt
Minskade anslag. GUY. Allin |
N. ID. har med icke mindre an $l13, $50
nedsatt de af statens sista legislator be.
viljade anslagen. Legislaturen bevil.
jade nemligen 1898, 2l0 anslag for
olika andamal, men har guvern4ren
nedsatt denna summa till 1924, $40. Det
anses, att universitetet Grand Forks
och normalskolorna Mayville och
Valley City med anledning af de min
skade anslagen maste hallas stangda
under de narmaste tva aren. Fastan
sarskildt denna omstandighet beklagas
al manga, synes dock statens befolk-
ming allmanhet gilla guvern6rens
of0rskrackta handlingssatt.
Grandjurysystemet forkastadt.
Eft af de vigtigaste lagforslag. som
antogs af 8. Dakotas legislator, var
det ON upphafvandet af grandjurysy.
stemet. Enligt den nya lagen aligger
det countyadvokaten att via uppkom-
mande NAL h6ra bida parterna och az
g0ra, huruvida skal f0refnnas TIL ma
lets upptagande till behandling. Sar-
skildt bestammande blir harvid, ON
advokaten anser bevisen mot den an
klagade vara tillrackligt bindande for
dennes fallande Upptagas malen,
handlaggas de infor petit juryn.
Huruyida legislaturen tog EFT steg
rata rigtningen vid upphatvandet al
grandjurysystemet ar svart att afg5ra.
Nog egde detsamma sina brister, men
att lagga ALA kriminella NAL handler
ma pa countyadyokaten, som harvidlag
skett, torde mahanda ej alltid vara det
klokaste. Denna personlighet erh&ller
derigenom en- makt som lila anvand
visst icke vore egnad att bidraga till
rattsskipningens befordrande.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1895-03-27
w Is CO N SIN.

Pension beviljades fOrra veckan
Peter Stark Hortonville.
NY fabrik. 1 Grantsburg uppt0res
for narvarande en- storre fabrik for pre-
servering af majs (sweet CORN. Bakom
foretaget sta atskilliga Iowa-kapitali.
s ter.
Afiden &ldring. E. L. Holman
Bsloit afed f0rliden torsdag / slit hem
81 ar gammal. Han anlande till trak-
ten af Beloit pa 184O- talet och har ALT
sen dess varit bosatt derstades.
NY jernvag. Merrill, Amigo &
Eastern Railway Company, som for en-
It'd sen organiserades, amnar inom kort
pab0rja anlaggandet af en- jernvag
mellan Amigo och Prentice via Mer-
rill.
Garfverier for Wisconsin. De
station New York belagna, stora Har-
pergarfyerierna ha / dagarne forsalts
till Jesse Spalding fran Chicago. Den
nye egaren kommer att f0rHytta fabri-
kerna till en- plats utmed Cedar River
strax ofvan ON Menominee.
Dodsfall. Don politiska kretsar
framstaende III. G. Thorn afled i Madi-
son harf6rliden till f0lje af ett slagan-
fall, hvaraf han for en- It'd tillbaka triif-
fades. Under de senare aren har Thorn
varit ordf0rande republikanska parti-
cts inom staten centralkomite
Storartad sagverksamhet. Dst
no I'd lx n ae NIT fnLa m I N no n l00 000 000
fot lumber kommer att sagas vid de
utmed Menomineeaoden och dess biHo-
der belagna sagverken under inneva-
rande sommar. Delta ofverstiger med
so, 600, 900 sagverksamhete under den
sista sasongen.
Eldsv&dor. Robbins & Baltzels
Madison mjolqvarn 0delades genom
cldsvada i fora veckan. Forlusten
uppgar till $25, 900, men ar delvis be-
tackt genom Misunderstanding. Ka-
tolikkyrkan den omkring mil fran
Rice Lake belagpa platsen 'Stanfold
har nyligen nedbrunnit. Namda kyrka
var en- bland de aldsta staten.
Frikanda. Statens 'game warden
Horace M. Martin och hans assistent
Joseph G. Hicks, hvilka sistlidne de-
cember manad omnamdes ha d0dat I'M
dianhofdingen Joe White under f0rs0k
att arrestera honom for brott mot iagt-
lagarne, befyo torsdags mot f6rmo-
dan frikanda, Juryn falde slit utslag
efter mindre I'm en- timmes ofverlagg-
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1895-03-27

Fran Pipestone formales att Her.
man Johanson skjutit sig, ON af vada
eller med sjelfmordstankar, ar ovisst.
Skottet medforde inom kort doden.
Saltwater nyheter: Timmeraf-
verkningen utmed st. Croixioden och
dess biaoder anslas till narmare 40O.-
600, 900 kubikfot Var landsman A. r.
Lindholm lar hafva utsigt att blifva ut
namd till vice postm astare.
okad majsodling. Enligt hvad
som f0ljudes fran Wadena komma Or
tens landtbrukare att ar egua mer
uppmarksamhet at majsodling. Pa
grund af de laga hvetepriserna tvingas
folket att egna sig at annat an hvete-
odling.
Redwing-nyheter: MINI. Scandi-
navian Relief Association har till en-
kan efter framlidne John o. Solder
strom l Lund, Wis, utbetalat 50, 900
SAINT en- lika stor summa till arfvingar-
ne efter afiidna mrs N. w. Falk Can
non Falls, Minn.-Harvarande svenska
luth. forsamling Or betankt pa att en-
snar framtid bygga ny kyrka.
Danforth, som ar bosatt | stadens mar
het, har latit bora en- artesisk brunn
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Fran Rainy Lake City formales,
att ]. B, Weimer af Little American
Mining Company derstades sokt kom-
ma undan siua f0rbindelser gent emot
arbetarne genom att bstala dem so cts
for hvarje dollar de hade att fordra
Arbetarne togo emellertid lagen egen
hand: de anskaffade ett rep och gjorde
min af att hanga Woimer narmaste
trad ON han icke utbetalade fulla bs-
loppet till sina underlydande. Data
hade asyftad verkan och arbetarne fin
go sin betalning.
Varvalen. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. seq
rade vid valet Worthington. Bland
medlemmarne byradet markas H. NJ.
Palm och David Anderson. "A larson
ar valid till recorder Mora och H. A.
Peterson till skattmAstare.- Warren
segrade fo!janie kandidater: L. Lam
berson, borgmastare; j. K. Ostrom, w.
N. Powell och j. p, Mattson, stads-
fullmaktige; A. B. Nelson, recorder;
G. F. Barnes, skattmastare; g. S. Hull,
fredsdomare; E. Dady, konstapel. Krog-
r6relse ar f0rbjuden. - Vid det f0rsta
byvalet / Roseau invaldes L p Dahl
quist till fredsdomare och o. A. Holm
till konstapel.-Vid townvalet Leon,
Goodhue CO., invaldes Aug. Haggstrom
till chairman, j, A. Young och L. N.
Larson till supervisors; ]. a. Edstrom
Till clerk; L. j. johnson till skattma-
stare.-I Greanleaf Meeker CO., aro
bland andra foljAnde tiensteman inval-
da: N. II. Nelson ooh J. w. Johnson,
supervisors; G. A. Anderson, clerk; j.
A. Sampson, skattmastare; j. II. Law
rens, fredsdomare: A. r. Anderson och
Il. r. Olson, konstaplar. = Swan w.
Olson ar valid till chairman Swede
Grove, och till 0frige supervisors A. G.
Parson och N, Cronstrom; Nels Ander-
son, clerk; A. L. Nelson, skattmastare;
O. N. Johnson, assessor; G. w. Lied
man och o. N. Lindell, fredsdomare;
N. Erickson och z. ID. Ringstr0m, kon-
staplar.-Gustaf Larson DIR valid till su-
pervisor Featherstone town, Goodhue
CO., och @. A. Frenn till fredsdomare.