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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-22

Madison Square G lrden is to have an ice
skating rink on the roof.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-22

The telegraph llne has now been completed
up to Akasheh, and is working.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-22

J. @. Simpson. Marques, w. Va, says;
case OF cGtarrh." Druggists sell II, 75o.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-22

for the change. Lydia T.. Pinlsham'a
Vegetable Compound should be used.
1t is well for those approaching this
time, to write Mrs. Pinllham, at Lynn,
Mass. She has the experience of years
to aid her in advising. She will charge
you nothing.
She helped this woman, who says
81 have used Lydia Il. PinlSham's
Vegetable Compound in my family ten
years, with the best results Some
time ago my daughter had catarrh os
the womb, and it entirely cured her.
l was approaching the "change of
lifc," and was in dcplorable condi-
ton. My womb had fallen, and the
bearing-down pains and baclsache were
terrible, and kidneys affected
81 began taking the Compound,
and my pains ceased. consider it the
strong bridge between sickness and
health, and recommend it to everybody
Inject who needs it."-MRs. L. KELLY.
Patchogue, l.. /.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many a doctors bills. +. HARDY, Hopkins
Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. .. '04,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-22
THE TURN OF LIFE.
THE MOST CRITICAL PERIOD IN
THE LIFE OF A WOMAN.
Experience of Mrs. Kelly, of Patchogue,
Long Island.

There is no period in woman's earthly
career which she approaches with so
much anxiety as the Hchaupc of life" :"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
Roger Vapbrueh's Wife. :
BY ADEIINE SERGEANT

BY ADEL.INE SERGEANT.
(COuIinued)

Who saw me?'
Never mind, said Lady Esler, with
dignity. But Constance's averted face
told Madeline the truth.
Does Con stance say she saw me?'
Yes" she said Il saw you"
Madeline looked a. her and her face
flushed, her bosom neaved. 1t seemed
inconceivable to her that any one
should treat her in this way. "Oh,
Constance" she said. Constance, how
can you be so base?" And then for
the first time her fortitude gave way
and she burst into tears. But it was
the consciousness of her schOolfellow' S
baseness rather than the disgrace to
herself which made her weep.
After such a recital as I have
heard" said Lady Esler, with dignity
"T was not astonished by the consum-
nation. My thoughts Immediately re
verified to the valuable articles which
keep in my bureau. / came here at
once with Constance to search the
drawers. And I find, as I almost ex-
Eected-that the most valuable of all
my jewels are missing. The famous
rubies of Hurst are gone, and you,
Madeline Despard, are the thiefr'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

Fort Worth, May 16.-The Gazette's
Sherman, CTexas), says: A most dis
astrous cyclone struck Sherman yester-
day afternoon, wiping out the entire
western end of the town. The loss Of
life is appalling. The dead are estim-
ated at between thirty and forty. This
is a very conservative estimate. Many
more are fatally or seriously injured
At 6 o'clock last evening twelve bodies
were lying in the county court house
and as many more are scattered about
across the desolated west end of the
city. No accurate estimate can as yet
be placed on the loss of life and prop
erty. The work of rescue and search
for the missing goes on. The business
part Of the town is deserted and there
is the greatest excitement. Every
available wagon, buggy and horse is in
use by the searchers and workers on
the field of death. The flood of rain
which attended the storm was severe.
The town is a mass of debris There
is much difficulty in finding the dead
and injured. Captain Ely's house was
demolished and his wife and two
children had miraculous escapes. Capt.
Berge's residence was also leveled to
the ground but fortunately the family
was away from home. Frank Ryan,
manager of the Sherman baseball
team, had his house blown off it's foun-
dation and completely turned around.
His wife and two children escaped Sc
rious injury.
Newton, Texas, May 16.-Six per-
sons were injured, one of them fatally,
by cyclone which passed over Mound
Ridge, twelve miles north or here, yes
terday., A stretch of country eight
miles long and one hundred yards in
width was devastated. Samuel Bass,
farmer, was fatally injured and hts
house demolished.
Denton Texas, May ia cyclone
struck the town of Gribble Springs yes
terday. Four persons were killed and
five others fatally wounded. The prop
erty damage is great
Justin, Texas, May ia cyclone
struck town yesterday. blowing twelve
houses down, killing one man named
w. j. Evans, of Keller, and badly in
juring seventeen others. The cyclone
did much damage north of here
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

New York, May 16.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review says that it is now
the middle of May, too late for bust
ness changes until the prospects OF
The growing crops are assured and def
mite shape has been given to the pres
idential contest. Until the future is
more clear there will be a prudent dis
inclination to produce much beyond
orders. For the present there is less
business on the whole than a year ago,
though in some branches more, and the
delay following months of depres-
sion causes numerous failures. An
attempt was made to manufacture ex-
ment report, but the price closed ex-
actiy as it began. All current argI-
ments based OF the assumption that
the quantity used in manufacture has
been or is now at maximum rates are
disproved by the closing of many mills
for the want of demand and a general
effort to reduce wages, which has
caused strikes. The iron and steel in
dustry is pronounced as dull as ever.
Failures in the United States for the
week were 224, against 211 last year.
Bradstreets' report says the general
trade throughout the country remains
quiet, wholesale merchants continue
conservative, and the distribution of
general merchandise is almost of a
hand to mouth character. South and
southwest business remains dull and
featureless. Collections in most d.
rections continue unsatisfactory. Con-
cessions have been made in the prices
of wool and the manufacturers of COZ
ton goods complain that prices are be-
low a parity with the cost of raw ma
terial. Tobacco is depressed. I'm
seasOnable weather has had an unfa-
vorable influence on the sale of clo-
thing and other staples, while labor
disturbances in some of the western
cities check the demand.
The total bank clearings of the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for the
past week amount to $1019, ,278, a
decrease of 1913 per cent. compared
with the corresponding week of last
year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
To be Continued.
HINTS ON HOUSE FURNISHING.

A bit of old brocade or silk damask
used as table cover on a little Chip
pendale stand not only preserves its
polish but has an air in keeping with
the precious antique.
The old-fashioned grandfther's chair
is revived, and as it is capacious and
shields it's occupants from draughts,
it is the ideal arm chair for big hall
in a country house.
Mantel slips of velvet are desirable
additions to many mantel pieces, as
they cover up a great amount of ugli-
ness and are lovely in themselves,
often serving as the keynote of the
color scheme of the apartment.
Fabrics for bedroom hangings need
not necessarily be cretonne; some OF
the striped cotton or jute tapestries are
charming and are especially effective,
mounted as screens or serving as por-
there's.
The back of an upright piano is an
admirable place for showing off fine
piece of tapestry or old brocade, and
as there is no wear on the material 1t
is an excellent way of displaying and
at the same time of preserving an
heirloom
No bedroom is complete without
box ottoman. covered with cretonne or
denim to match the hangings. They
are to all appearance identical with
the orthodox bedroom couch and every
bit as comfortable. Lined with a suit
able material they form a most useful
addition to the wardrobe and closets.
In furnishing a bedroom three i'm
portant things ought to be borne in
mind First. that the furniture should
meet the requirements of the room and
its occupants: second, that the whole
should be harmonious and pretty; and
third, that the sanitary conditions
should be attended to down to the
smallest particular.
And, by the way, how many of us
who discourse learnedly of Chippendale
chairs, Sheraton cabinets or Nipple
white Bullets can distinguish the three
different styles Of the eighteenth CEN
fury? Even furniture dealers are
sometimes at sea. and if mahogany
f. cts are present the article is Chip
pendale: if inlaid. Sheraton; if carved,
renaissance; if mounted in ormolu,
French. and as the public knows no
better the jargon goes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
CHAPTER XXI.
The Investigation

The investigation.
1t was d solemn-lcoking assembly.
Lord Esler, on an invalid couch, his
face, which had once beer fine, now
wasted and peevish; Lady Esler, erect
and dignified; Constance lowering de-
murely in the background, and, to the
dismay of poor Madeline, the countess
of Sewerage, who as an intimate
friend of the family had been called in
to assist at their deliberations. 1t
went to Madeline's heart that the
mother of her friend Frances should
he one of her judges, and yet she had
an instructive confidence in Lady
Stevenage's Judgment and sympathy
a confidence with which her great-aunt
had never inspired her.
She sat by herself, a little with
drawn from the others and facing
them, like a culprit. She was very
pale and there was a sort of frozen
horror in her great blue eyes, as if the
revelation Of cruelty and deceit which
she had lately experienced had chilled
her blood She had looked round pitt
fully for Lancelot when she came into
the library, whittier she was sum-
moned about 4 o'clock in the after
noon; but he had not returned from
London and she felt herself friendless
and alone.
There was a little consultation, a
audible speech was heard. Then Lady
Esler spoke.
LAS my husband does not feel equal
just now to recapitulating the facts OF
the case 1 should like, Lady Stevenage
to lay them before you and ask you to
give us your opinion"
Lady Stevenage WINGED: she was a
friend of Lady Esler's from habit
rather than from choice, and dear
Selina's" modes of speech grated upon
her sensitive ear and hurt her kindly
heart only too often. She looked pitt
fully at the girls white face, and re-
fiected that Frances had been fond OF
her and that Frances was a girl OF
discrimination; her mother had never
found her judgment at fault.
Lady Esler's rasping voice went on
Last night my niece Constance
heard voice in the corridor which
passes her door and feeling alarmed
reused her maid and went with her
down the passage that leads to my
dressing-room. Here she found Made
line Despard, Who. when questioned
showed great confusion and would moi
explain the reason of her presence il
that ROOM
do you walk in your sleep, my
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
NOT A NAVAL AUTHORITY.

When Congressman Cannon of Hi
nois strenuously objected in congress
the other day to an appropriation for
officers residences ON the grounds of
the Naval Observatory, Robinson, of
Pennsylvania, who was an Annapolis
man, defended the proposition and
poked fun at Cannon in this wise:
soon after Mr.. Cannon came here
from his prairie home in Illinois for
service" said Robinson, che embarked
on a steamer on the Potomac River.
While pacing the deck he suddenly
started back in amazement from an
open hatchway. My Cod he ex-
claimed, she's hollowH New York
Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

a kindly tone.
The color rushed to Madeline's face
She looked like one aroused from q
CHASTITY dream.
NO" she said. 4 do not, and indeed.
Lady Sewerage, 1 was not in the
dressing-room at ALL
"Oh, thought Lady Esler said-''
Il said that Constance and Martin
saw her there. Was that not so, Con-
stance?"
Martin did not go all the way with
me" said Constance, in a subdued,
silvery tone. L went to the dressing
room alone"
And saw Miss Despard there?" said
the countess.
There was an almost imperceptible
pause. Then Constance answered:
Yes
1T is a falsehoodr' said Madeline
Constance, you know that. vas not
there. Why can you not speak the
truth? What harm would it do you to
acknowledge that l was not in Lady
Fsler's dressing-roCm?"
- SCCLlo W DC d ildlItI VI dSSSG-
tion," said Lady Sewerage, dryIy.
I'VE can believe which we like
LAS regards belief" said Lady Esler,
severely, Il prefer to believe the one
who has an unblemished record and
stainless ancestry. Madeline Despard
is, no doubt, the victim of early disad-
vantages. But let me pass on. This
informs me that he observed a young
person in a dark cloak and hood ad-
vancing toward a certain gate that
leads from the garden into a shrub
berry. Here she was met by a man, to
whom she gave a parcel; and he then
set off in the direction of the railway
station.
''The young woman returned to the
house and entered at the side door.
Evidently she was one of the inmates
of the house"
who was she?" Lady Stevenage de-
manded, abruptly.
"Ah, dear Lady Stevenage, that is
the question. But the garment she
wore-the cloak and hood-were such
as belonged only to one person in the
huse-Madeline Desrardr'
MY cloak was used that night" said
Madeline, but not by me-
"By whom, them"
For a moment Madeline did not an
swer. Then she covered her face with
her hands and burst into tears. ooh,
don't ask NEEDN'T ask me-" she cried.
'It can't be true-I can't believe it
oh, Constance, Constance"
There was a sudden silence, during
which Madeline's sobs were the only
sounds that could be heard. Then Lady
Esler spoke very solemnly:
do you mean to imply that Con-
stance wore that cloak?'
Constance held her breath. Her
whole life might depend on Madeline's
reply. If Madeline accused her it was
quite possible that the accusation might
be proved.
Madeline's hands dropped from her
face to her lap. She sat rigid, deadly
white for moment or two before she
answered.
81 accuse no one" she said at last
Il have nothing to say.
1t was an act of supreme generosity.
She could not bring herself to accuse
Constance-after all, Constance might
be innocent of the theft
There is still another link in the
chain,'' said Lady Esler, impressively.
'The man who received the parcel
from the hands of the woman in the
cloak dropped little pocketbook,
which has been brought to me. I have
it here. 1t bears a nalre which many
of us know too well-the name of Des-
pard."
To h.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Argentina received $4,000 immigrants
last year. the largest number since the
financial crash of $780,, in which year
the immigrants were $4,000.
The sultan of Turkey has mania for
500 of them and often loses half an
hour before deciding in which one he
will ride.
Since the Cuban war began the
colonial debt of the island has been in
creased by $685., 551 $50. The previous
debt was $163, 551, $50, making a total
Of $46S, 552, 025.
Either the offices or the citizens of
Williamsburgh, Me-, are of an unusual
sort. One man was elected there, I'M
opposed, few days ago, to hold seven
different Offices
English whist players are consider
ing the invitation of the American
whist congress to send a team to the
international tournament, which is
proposed for the meeting at Brooklyn
in June
Arbor day has been celebrated in Ne
braska by the planting of over a mil
lion trees between sunrise and sunset
Premiums for the largest paintings
were offered by societies and individ-
uals.
All Irish peers not peers of parlia-
ment are eligible for seats in the house
of commons and may represent any
borough, county or university in Eng
land or Scotland, but not in Ireland
Paris is to have a salon national de
la mode, where every style of dress
and everything pertaining to the dress,
both of men and women, will be shown
The exhibition will be of art for arts
sake
Large quantities of dead fish have
been cast ashore on the banks Of many
lakes in Michigan since the thawing of
the ice. 1t is thought that the ice froze
so thick and so solid during the winter
that there were no air holes.
A 2-year-old elk, drawing an ordi-
nary buggy, with man driving, trot-
ted into the town of Aberdeen, Wash,
few days ago. The elk was har-
messed in the usual way, was in every
way as tractable as a horse and stood
quietly when tied up to the hitching
post.
The question of experiments with
germ-destroying filters is now under
the consideration Of the government of
India. Some large environments, in
which typhoid fever has been, or is,
prevalent, will probably be selected,
and a complete installation of filters
will be made in such places.
A Bengal artist of Calcutta has pre-
the ancient Hindus. The artist has
enhanced the interest of the map by an
explanatory descriptive account of it,
which will form a valuable help to the
study of ancient geography, according
TO the Hindu rishis
Sir George Newnes is about to start
a new daily paper in London, which is
designed especially for ladies. 1t will
be literally illustrated and will ignore
politics. As Sir George Newnes has
Ill ever lt1dC 4C has
undertaken he will doubtless succeed
with this unique publication.
The narrow Baltic seas have a worse
record for wrecks than any other por-
ton of the globe The annual number
of such casualties exceeds one a day,
ranging from 425 to 154, and in one
half of these cases all the crews were
lost. In the four years from 1877 to
1881, no less than 700 lives were lost
there.
The entire town of Robertson, or
Montefore, as its founders first called
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

Its too bad" remarked the agent
for the circus, that they put that
wooden expanse away up there on the
roof Of the new postofice."
ct seems like a false economy"
Economy! It struck me as a waste
of material. If they hadn't put it
away up there where nobody can see
it, it would have been a splendid place
TO post show bills. '-Washington ST? r
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
MISINTERPRETED.

Harlem Life:-She. What superb
teeth she has"
He. Yes, but they are false.
She. Why do you think so?
He. She told my sister she inherited
ITEM from her mother.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
WINDS DEADLY WORK
CYCLONE LEAVES DEATE AND
DESOLATION BEHIND
SCORES KILLED IN TEXAS

Entire Western End of SheImai 1e
Wiped Out Of Existence EruH;y
Court House being Turned Into a
Morgue- Four Persons Killed at
Denton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
A BAND OF JOKERS.

''Braggs is something of a mugwump,
isn't he?"
Something of a mugwump? He's as
nOn-partisan as a brass band. In
dianapolis Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
TRADE CONDITIONS
LITTLE ACTIVITY IN COMMERCIAL
CIRCLES.
WAITING FOR NOMINATIONS

Present Discrimination Will CongesI
Matters if Long Continued-Busi-
ness Dull in the South-Labor
Troubles Also Dampen Enterprise
Failures for the Week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21
And was he really good ."

And was he really goOd?"
For a man of his pretensiOns, no."
1t was not infrequently that the
savages spoke thus one to another con-
corning their last missionary, and
wondered how long his place would re-
main vacant-Detroit Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

The practice of medicine was placed
under the protection of Jupiter, 3. G.
SEQ and R., his symbol, was then first
used by doctors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

Shelves, they are engaged L
know she refused him twice, but the
third time he proposed she accepted
him
Her Husband Serves him right"
Amusing Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

Il wish" said the inoffensive man
behind the woman with the big hat,
that creatures bonnet was somewhere
else
I'm your mouth, for instance" an
swered the assailed.-Vanity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

Little Tommy-"Why does the leader
of the orchestra wave his stick about
in that manner, MOTHER"
His Mamma-"To keep the flies off
the music, l suppose. "-Chicago Dis
patch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-21

the music, suppose. lineage DIS
patch.
Pastor -"Ah, Miss Smartley, things
are not what they SEEM"
Miss Smartley-"No; that's true.
Now, for example, your sermons are
not in reality very long and yet they
seem intermina BILE. Washington
Times.
Johnny-"Please, father, let me have
a sixpence to give to a poor, lame man"
Fatber-"Who is the poor, lame man,
Johnny"
Johnny-''Er-well, father, he hap
pens to be the door-keeper at the cir
GUS Birmingham Post.
Say" said the cyclone, you think
you can stand me off, but you're not
onto my curves, see?"
YES" admitted the steeple, reluc-
family. 81 tumble. New York Press.
Some people are born with sense,
some acquire sense and some have to
have sense pounded into them.-Par's
Advocate.
The man in a hole will tell you that
there is a woman at the bottom of it
Galveston News.
Boys Reason-''When I grow up"
said little Jack to his father, I'm go
ing to be just like you, papa"
That's sweet of you to say said his
father.
well, l mean it," said Jack. What
a snap you do have with mamma
around to wait on your'-Harper's Ba-
zaar.
It is easy to be gallant to strangers,
because one doesn't have to keep it up.
-Atchison Globe
l always thought her foot to be
The smallest one in town,
But it assumes Chicago size
Whene'er she puts it down.
New York Herald.