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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21

Although the income of the duchess
was sadly reduced. she still had at
the time of her husbands death. at
least S150,000 a year. By the sale Of
a large block of property in this city
her income was increased. The OUCH
ess owns the London house of the
MarlboroughS, but she lost the Blen-
helm castle.
The duchess is the fourth widow in
the house of Marlborough, the others
being the dowager duchess, third
widow of George, the sixth duke, ana
formerly Jane Frances Clinton, daugh-
ter of the Hon. Edward Richard Stew
art: the dowager duchess, formerly
Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane.
daughter of the marquis Of London
derry, and the widow of John Winston,
the seventh duke, and the marchioneSs
of Blardford. the divorced wife of the
late eighth duke.
Lord William Leslie De "a Poer
Beresford, V. c., G. 1. E, is a scion Of
the ancient family of Waterford of
Ireland. His father was John De Is
Poer, the fourth marquis of Water
ford, and his mother was ChriStiana,
third daughter of Charles Powell Les
lie, NJ. P, Of Glaslough, county Mon
Afghan, Ireland. His brothers are the
present marques of Waterford; Lord
Charles Beresford, who was captain Of
H. NJ. s. Condor at the bombardment
of Alexandria, and one of the lords of
the admiralty from 1886 to 1888, and
Lord Delevan James De la Poer Beres-
ford. Lord Delevan Beresford has
been the black sheep of the family.
He now lives on a ranch in Texas and
leads the life of a cowboy.
Lord William Beresford was born in
1874, and is, accordingly, ten years
older han his future wife. He went
to Zululand as a volunteer after he
had served in the British army in At
ghanistan. He was with the mounted
infantry in the engagement in Zulu
land when the company vas repulsed.
In the retreat Lord Beresford came
across a sergeant who had been seri-
ously wounded and lay helpless on the
ground. Lord Beresford dismounted,
helped the disabled sergeant to the
saddle, mounted behind him, and then
rode with him to safety. He was
highly praised for the exhibition Of
bravery and soon afterward received
the Victoria cross, the highest tribute
England pays to the bravery of her
soldiers.
Lord Beresford is one of the best
and most reckless c~ross-country riders
and st~eeplechasers among the Irish
gentry. When he was stationed with
the army in India, he had the reputa-
ton of being the most expert horse
man in the Indian army. Lady Duff
fern in her book, "Our Vive-Regal
Life in India" frequently alludes to
the recklessness of Lord Beresford,
and as a result of his careless riding,
he frequently met with mishap. Lady
Dufferfn in her work says it was gen.
orally said Of Lord Beresford chat he
had broken every bone in his body but
hia neck"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21
THE LOT OF

When hope lies dead within the heart
By secret sorrow long ~conceal'd,
We shrink lest looks or words impari
What may not be reveald.
'Tfs hard to smile when one would
weep,
To speak when one would silent be;
To wake when one would wish to
sleep,
And wake to agony.
Yet such the lot for thousands cast,
Who wander in this world of care
And bend beneath the bitter blast,
To save them from despair.
Yet nature waits her guests to greet,
Where disappointment cannot come,
And Time leads with %unerring feet
The weary wanderer home.
Mrs. Anne Hunter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21

di ectiOn. He called Oh her a number
of times. and 10y degrees made her
aware of the food he wanted and how
he wanted it cooked. He decided that
he would come to no conclusion with
Her mother invited him to tea one
Sunday evening and had told him her
daughter would bake him a couple of
apples. He went to tea. he sat at the
table. the apples We're placed before
him. One glance, and the matter was
settled in his mind forever. The ap-
Piles We're not half brown enough. If
Miss Moore could be so careless now.
was the thought which flashed through
his mind on the instant, when she had
everything to gain by exercising care
in cooking for him, what would it be
later when she had. hooked him? He
Shuddered at the thought, and shud-
derd as he ate the apples out of COM
mon pOlitenSs. He left he home of the
Moores early in the evening and never
went back there again.
Smith was DISCOURAGED for a time.
but tried again. this time with 4 Miss
Brown The result was about the
same. While Miss Brown baked the
apples just to his liking. she made him
toast from fresh bread. Fresh bread!
The very thought caused a p~erspira-
ton to break out on him. He had
visions of writing and grooming and
pale features as he ate it. He decided
on the instant that Miss Brown would
never do for him.
There is no necessity for recounting
all the experiments Smith made with
the cooking Of different young women.
One did not cook his eggs long enough,
another cooked them too long; the oat
meal prepared by another was simply
raw. One offered him tomatoes with
out straining the seeds from them
when she knew as we'll as he that ap-
pendicitiS was now a common ailment!
SO it went on from n to another, I'm.
til Smith was in despair. What should
he do-what could he do? he asked
himself. In all the world there was
not n woman who could cook for
him!
Smith groaned and went down to
the supper table. He found Mrs.
JamisOn there, smiling as usual. and
everything on the table that he wanted
and just as he wanted it. Mrs. Jami-
son seemd quite cheerful, he thought,
and then a new thought flashed
through his mind. He finished his sup
per hurriedly. Then he donned his hat
and %overcoat. He hurried out and to
the grocery on the corner 81 Just
want to weigh myself" he said to the
grocer. He was two pounds heavier
than he had been before!
"Any ~increase?" asked the grocer.
pleasantly.
Yep, two pounds" answered Smith,
with something like joy ringing in his
tones.
you're looking WELL" commented
the grocer as Smith hurried out again.
Mrs. JamiSOn was there. He had made
up his MIND as to what he would do.
'Mrs. Jamison," said he hurriedly,
81 find I'm two pounds heavier than
[ have ever been before. Will you
marry me?"
Mrs. JamisOn recovered from the
shock sufficiently to say yes and
Smith was happy, for he was sure
that thereafter he need not worry
about his fOod.-NeW York Evening
Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21
A THIRD
TrOy's Member of the English Nobility
to Wed Again.

The American dowager duchess of
Marlborough, whose engagement to
Lord William Beresford, has been re-
ported from London, was the second
wife of George Charles, the eight duke
of Marlborough. Originally, the duch-
ess was Miss Lilly Warren Price, be-
ing the daughter of Commodore Cicero
Price of the United States navy In
1880 she went from her home at Troy,
to visit some relatives at Washington.
She was then a young woman of ex-
ceptional beauty. The clearness and
fairness of her complexion won her
the sobriquet Of "The Pearl" In a
very short time Miss Price became
the leading belle in Washington So
ciety.
Among the first persons she met So
cially were Andrew Gordon Hamers-
ley and his son, Louis G.. HamerSley,
Of this city. Both father and son fell
in love with the beautiful Troy girl.
The father gave way to the son, and
Miss Price became Mrs. Louis Hamers-
ley. In 1888 Andrew Gordon Hamers-
ley died, leaving a fortune estimated
at 100000, and a very peculiar will.
He gave the son the use of the fortune
for life and stipulated that his son
should will the money according to
directions with the family lawyers.
Louis G. Hamersley died soon after
his father. The will was then pro-
bated. To the widow of Louis c..
Hamersley was given the immense
fortune, and, at her death, all was to
go to several New York charities, un
less J. Hooker Hamersley, a cousin,
should have at that time a male heir.
J. Hooker Hamersley was then a
, bachelor, but within a year he married
Miss Margaret Willing Chisolm. J..
Hooker Hamersley now has two chill
dren, the second being a boy. Be
cause of the peculiar nature of the will
of the elder Hamersley, the son Of J..
Hooker Hamersley has been called
"the $1,000, 900 infant"
In 1888, after five years of mourning,
the widow of Louis Hamersley was
married to the duke of Marlborough
at the city hall by Major Abram S.
Hewitt. In honor of the event Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Clews gave a wedding
breakfast at D~elmonico's.
Mrs. Hamersley was 80 years old at
6he time of her marriage to the duke.
When she married him the Marlbor-
ough exchequer "a badly depleted,
and the duke was loaded down with
debts. The duchess paid the debts of
her husband and spent several hun
dred thousand dollars in repairing the
Marlborough seat. The repairs On the
roof of the castle alone cost the duch-
ess 500, 200.
In November, 1892, the duke Of
Marlborough died. His death was at
tributed to a strange circumstance.
The duchess had been suffering from
severe neuralgia pains in her head
and used a linament containing a
great deal of ~chloroform. The duke, in
bathing her head, inhaled the fumes
of the chloroform. He afterward COM
planned of feeling i'll. The next morn
ing he was found dead in his room.
1t was generally believed that the
dukes heart trouble had been aggra-
waited by the chloroform.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21

I do it. I've given you a chance to es-
cape, for I never like to be harsh with
a woman, but Is you refuse t do as
l request, you'll have to take it along
with the rest of them"
She came back to the office and took
up her work that afternoon as usual.
The Calls editor was true to his
threats, and that night a long list of
unprincipled actions, either real or
fancied, were made public, and Eve
Jamison was charged with being one
OF the most INSCRIPTIONS of the
schemers.
justin NARROW called Eve to his desk
after having read the article, and
pointing to her name in the head lines.
asked: "What are you going to do
about it, Miss Jamison?"
Nothing" she answered. "What
can [ do?'
You can deny it. You can prove
that the accusations are not true. l
insist upon you doing So
II am very sorry that you view the
matter in that way" she said, 'for l
am determined to pay no more atten-
ton whatever to his attacks"
"This would be an acknowledgment
of your guilt"
eff people choose to construe it so,
very we'll"
eff that is your decision, Miss Jami-
son." be said, slowly, II must ask you
to sever your connection with the Echo,
for reasons which must be obvious to
you. [ cannot afford to have the name
of the paper injured"
"Of course not" she answered, chok-
ing back the tears. "When shall I go?
At once?"
at would be better So" he replied,
CURLY.
And so she went. For more than
two months we lost sight of her. and
during that time life became so nearly
~unbearable for all who were under the
city editors sway that never a day
passed but each worker vowed he
would go away, but for various rea-
SONS all remained loyal ito the Echo.
The first week in November the city
editor left his sanctum, saying he
could not tell exactly when he would
return. His assistant asserted with an
air of confidence that Justin NARROW
"a breaking his heart about Eve
JamiSOn, and that he had gone to hunt
her. Subsequent events proved that
for once the assistant was pretty
nearly right.
In q LITTLE comma rtmpnt of tho CIOha
office he found her. II want you
back, Eve" he told her. 'Not to the
Echo, but to me-
81 have lever proved myself limo
cent of those charges which the Call
made against me-" she said quietly.
81 don't want you to-" he retorted.
Il know that you T an angel. Why
should you care what the Call says?'
II never did. 1t was you who cared.'
eyes, [ know l was an idiot" he ad-
mitted, magnanimously. "Can YOU
forgive me?"
Evidently she could, for yesterday
the destiny of our second girl re-
porter was linked with that of our
second city editor, an event which we
considered but a proper compliment
to a trial that was held in Justice
KelFs court room last week, when the
former proprietOrs of the Avalanche
proved themselves and Eve Jamison
innocent, and the editor of the Call.
the instigator of the charges, was SEN
fenced to three years imprisonment
for theft and slander.-Chicago News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21
COPPER FIELD IN WISCONSIN.
A Big Chunk Unearthed Near Mon
tellO-Ancient Mines in the State.

Na1O l. III Liz SDSLIC'
A farmer named Klapetke, residing
foul miles from Monticello, recently
found a h~eartshaped chunk of copper
People in the neighborhoOd, says the
Milwaukee Wisconsin,, think there is
O Of the metal under the surface,
dis a number of smaller pieces have
been picked up in the immediate vicin-
ity. Rev. j. HOlzknecht sent a fraG-
ment of the large chunk found by Mr..
Klapotke to the st. Louis university.
1t was pronounced pure copper.
Biologists and the first missionaries,
Allouez, Marquette and Hennepin,
have expressed their belief that copper
deposits exist in Wisconsin soil. Pro-
fessGr Irving believed THAT, as the
Michigan copper belt extends across
Wisconsin to Minnesota, copper must
have been mined i'm this state before
the age of the mound builders and
during their time. The Jesuit fathers
have frequently mentioned THE eXis-
tence of copper and even used the term
mines, though There is no evidence
that they either saw or heard of actual
mining in rthe technical sense of the
word. AS early as 1886 THE missiona-
rieS spoke of the presence of native
copper around the great lake and of
its having been taken from the mines.
In the Jesuit Relations of 1659-'6O the
fathers reported that their missions
were enriched by mines of lead almost
pure and of copper all refined in pieces
ais large as a fist, and great rocks of
veins of turquoise and saltpetre.
Professor Whittlesey says in a paper
to the Smithsonian Institute that there
are evidences that these ancient mines
were abandoned several hundred years
before the French settled i'm Wiscon-
sin. There exists no legend among our
Indians of their ancestors having
worked the mines. The unknown race
preceding our Indians had only very
simple mechanical c~ontrivances for
working the mines; they penetrated
the earth only to a short distance.
DR.. Hoy, president of the Wisconsin
Academy of Science, finds upon ex
animation of the implements made out
of copper by the ancient miners that
they were beaten or hammered into
the required shape and not melted and
INC led. In most cases he found specAs
Of pure silver scattered over their sur
face which he claims as evidence that
the copper was never melted. Another
proof was their fbrous texture, in
dicaJting that the metal was hammered
or beaten out. However, other scien.
fists claim these ancient miners knew
the art of smelling, though the man
ner may be now past discovering.
Father Claude Allouez, when padd.
ling along the Keweenaw Bay, search
ed for a deposit of rich copper there
of which the first rumorS had then
reached the whites. This first search
For copper in 1865 proved unSuccess
full. In 1910 John Talon, governor OF
Canada, ordered an active search tC
be carried IN for mines of copper
around the lakes Superior and Michi
gan. Sir Joliet, the companion O.
Father Marquette on their route to the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21
PATIENTS IN DANGER.

Hospital Fire Which May Cause Some
Deaths.
Minneapolis, Feb. 19.-Fire broke
out in Asbury hospital, a Methodist
institution, yesterday. There were
about thirty patients in the hospital
at the time. and all were safely re-
moved. The force Of laundresses and
night nurses on the top floor was
rescued with difficulty. The flames
were extinguished before the building
had been much damaged. Serious re-
suits for some of the patients are
feared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21
NEWSY PERSONALS.

The body of A. L. Lockhart, of New
York, who was a cabin passenger on
the steamship Elbe, has been recoy-
cred. .
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21

The favorite slave of the khedive has
given birth to a daughter. Had the
child been a boy the khedive would
have married the slave and made the
boy heir to the khedivate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21

If thereis anything that Du Maurier
fears about his future treatment by
Americans it is that someone will in
sist upon putting Trilby on the stage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21

"What does DR.. Slimpurse say pro-
duced this case of appendicitis"
LACK Of work. "What! Why the
man never has an idle day" "Oh, no;
but Slimpurse has,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21

Eighty paintings by the late George
Inness, of New York, were recently
sold at executors sale and realized
the unprecedented sum of S33, 755, the
largest sum ever realized i'm this
try at a one night sale Of any n art
lists works.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-21

The French ambassador and Nine.
PatenOtre have been made the happy
parents of a lovely baby girl, who is
likely to be a future belle. The mother
is a Philadelphia beauty who was
married about a year ago.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-02
A PARDON FOR All TUCK.
DYING AND WANTS TO CARRY BACK
HIS owN BONES.
His Crime was Standardization
Recall Letter Resd-Mr. J. Y.
BowIer's Rights.

The Executive and Advisory
Councils met in executive session
at 4 p. III. Wednesday. The first
thing down on the calender was the
approval Of the pardon Of one All
Tuck, a Chinese cook in Oahu pri-
son. This individual wa5 sentenced
January 81, 1888 to Il years I'M
prise iment for manslaughter. On
Janu ~ Y, 1894, seven years was
comnuted for meritorious conduct,
whicd, with the other combinations
earned would make his term expire
next January. His pardon was
recommended by the iailor and the
prison inspectors The man is dy To-
ing and wants TO carry his own
bones back to China.
The correspondence from Score
tary Gresham in re Mr.. Thurston
was read ard discussed. The sub
stance Of the letter was given in
w edneSuaN STAR. MT. nurStOn
will return to the United States
after time, but not as a repre-.
sentative Of the Government. He
has rendered his resignation to take
effect upon the appointment of his
successor.
The letter in re Bowler's case
was also read. In it President
Cleveland directs that Mr.. Bowler
be informed that, being a natural
lied Hawaiian, he is not entitled to
the protection of the United States.
The letter ends as follows: THAT
in similar cases you will be guided
by the view: herein expressed and
that you furnish the Minister of
Foreign Affairs with copy of this
instruction.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-02

adapted for the trans ton from th,
ancient customs and lotions of the
Chinese. We hope in al Dlher article to
he able to give an Outli ie of the pro.
posals of the Reform Pat.y. but we may
at least mention now that the principal
features are reconstruction of the
Central Governments: the establishment
of Provincial Governments or author
tiles; thorough remOdelling of
the JGdlcature, revision OF
the methods of punishments,
the abolition of torture either
Of the prisoner or the witnesses, the in.
reduction of the jury system, and of a
Nstem of advocacy; the training of
Ulcers for the army and navy, and the
pecial training, on western lines, of
young men for Civil appointments. the
regular payment of salaries: and the
payment of salaries that will render il
unnecessary for any official to indulge
IN squeezing The whole of China's oh.
legations will be recognised and accepted
hy the new Government, if it is ever
established, and the Imperial Customs
VIII he given, AS at present. as secu.
rity for all loans. As the internal duties
would he abolished and gigantic in
crease in the volume of trade would
Immediately ensue, the value of the I'm
perial Customs would he enormously
increased, SO that no danger need be
anticipated with regard to the ability Of
the new Government to meet outstand-
ing obligations So far as we can see,
If the movement is only started at once,
it has every likelihood of success. for,
as in the case of Japan, and, more
foicibly perhaps. in the case of Egypt,
foreign advisers would require to he
called in until the constitution and the
various Government Departments had
been established on "A working basis.
Railways would be laid down, coal
mines would be worked, the rpputed
mineral wealth of China would be
brought to the surface aud utilised 10
manufactures ON the spot, a fresh out.
let would he provided for B.itish
enterprise and capital, and the long
deferred but frequently predicted open
ing up of China would be an accom-
plished fact.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-02
TEST OF LIFE IN SAMOA.
Loss OF s52, 900 ny 4 FIRE IN A
SUBURB or Aria.
Complaint Against n British Captain
suicide-Eire Fighting
Facilities.

Apia has had a S52, 900 fire. 1t
was it the suburb known as Mata-
fele and no less than a dozen resi-
dences and business houses were
destroyed. Insurance carried
amounted to about $25 600.
The British residents have filed
with their consul at Apia a protest
against the inaction of the captain
OF II, b NJ. S. Wallaroo, which was
i'll port at the time. Both newspapers
and the letter placed with the con
sui for transmittal say the captain
consented to send assistance from
his ship only after the fire was un
der control. Another feature was
the THEFT of liquor by the natives.
After drinking they stole large
quantities of merchandise.
Apia has had another sensation
in the suicide Of an invalid tourist
Of the name of X. w. Janney. He
blew off the top of his head with a
rifle. The coroner's jury decided
that the man was insane.
The editor of one of the news.
papers at Apia is on trial charged
with smuggling in watch.
After the fire there was an agi-
tation for the purchase of an en-
CINE and outfit. The municipal
council compromised and made
everybody mad by ordering that
each householder provide his pre-
misses with axes and buckets.