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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
THE LITTLE BROWN SEED.

I'm OF no use" said a little brown seed,
Where shall l go and hide,
I'm little and brown with nobody's love,
And ugly beside"
So she rolled aid she rolled very quickly
away,
And tumbled on the ground;
The rain came in torrents and fell upon her
And all things around.
And she felt herself sinking in darkness
beneath,
Poor little faithleSs seed,
Where never an eye could see her sad
o she was hidden indeed!
The little brown seed lay still in the earth,
To herself still signing;
Till at last with an effort she reused up
and cried.
III begin by trying.
And if l have nobodys love,
I'll Took up in hope, for there is one who
The dear God above"
o! would you believe it? Straightway the
dark ground
Began to trembe and shake
And make way for the little seed, hopeful
Her upward way to take.
Up, up she went till at last she saw
The lovely bright blue sky.
o! the beautiful spirit that found release,
And the summer time was nigh.
The brightness and beauty that grew upon
her,
l cannot begin to speak;
Crowned with flowers she stood beloved
So lovely yet so meek
Margaret Sidney.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30

The divorced wife of Edward Parker
Deacon has returned to Paris from
America, bringing with her two of the
children the court gave into the
fathers keeping, leaving him with Oily
one. Whether this means a reconcilia-
ton or not her friends in Paris do net
know. Mr.. Deacon has been in CORE
spondence with her.
The scouts report that force Of
dervishes has arrived at Harasab from
Ashat. The women of Osman Digna' S
camp have been removed, owing to the
fear that it may be stormed by the
Egyptians. A special reports that Os-
man Digna's forces have been demon
allied by their recent defeat and a
number have dispersed to the hills
Osman Digna had over 100 killed and
100 wounded in the defeat Osman is
furious against the friendly Ara 6s
who assisted the Egyptians.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
RATS" AGAIN IN FASHION.

What was formerly known as a
rat is being brought back into use by
experts in devising coiffures.
The hair of the ordinary woman is
not sufficiently luXuriant to supply
material for the newest methods of
arrangement, and this old and excel
lent device proves just what is needed
The rat" is made up of a plump coil
of jute Or curIed hair, and is much the
shape of very large cruller. IF the
hair is very thin, or if it is felt that de-
lection of the rat must be avoided at
any cost, the frame should first be
lightly covered with hair the exact
shade of the wearer's.
In order to dress the hair effectively,
the frame should be pinned to the top
or in the middle of the back of the
head, according as it is most becoming.
The hair should then be drawn through
the opening in the center of the ring,
after which it is a simple matter to ar
range it in almost any becoming way.
If the hair is simply twisted about the
ring the effect is given of a very large
coll OF hair; on the other hand, it may
be skilfully brought into a group OF
puffs, with the useful rat as the basis
of the structure
The shape of the rat itself is also
susceptible of much variation, and may
make possible again the high pinnacled
wonders that graced the heads of the
stately danes of centuries ago. 1t is
at least that the careless
knot and loose braid of hair are pass
ing completely out of style, and that
the couture of the coming season will
be marvel of elaborate precision.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
MY LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL.

Her mouth was made for winsome smile!
Her eyes for tender glances-
Dark as the dark of wooded isles
Where love the gloom entrances.
All! never rose at deep'ning dawn
With pearly dewdrops laden,
Nor tabled fay by woodland lawn,
Nor poets dream Of Alden,
Was fairer than our gentle maid
Half child, half woman blending
lily loved by sun and shade,
A rose of Gods own tending.
hear her ripping laughter now;
| see her golden tresSes
WindtOSSed upon the sunny brow
Flushed with the Moons caresses.
The birdlings peep from yOnder nest;
The violets from the grasses
And daisies that her feet have pressed
CareSs them as she passes.
The robin swells his FURNISHED throat
To hail her as she's nearing;
The throstle pours his happieSt note
To welcome her appearing.
My little friend, so fond, so fair
Our heart Of hearts possessing
bend to kiss thy shining hair,
And breathe my joy in blessing.
VIM. Haughton.
Retreat, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
DOS FOR THE SUMMER GIRL.

! Do be sensible occasionally.
Do be loyal to him." if you are en-
! gagged.
Do confine yourself to facts, even IN
! your intercourse with men.
/ Do nothing that will give the hotel
! gossips a topic for discussion.
Do put the shy young man at the
picnic out of his misery if you can.
Do show little consideration for
the hearts and purses of your victims.
Do by the girl who has told you her
secrets as you wish her to do by you.
Do learn something about tennis be-
fore you enter the championship game.
Do remember that display of jewels
on an unmarried girl is distinctly
vulgar.
Do try to lay in a supply of health
and nervous force for the winter cam
paign.
Do recognize your summer friends
when you see them behind the counter
at Lacy's.
Do remember that it takes more than
nineteen gowns and four admirers to
make a belle.
Do ask yourself occasionally if you've
shown any glimmerings of intelligence
during the day.
Be aware of the married man who
sees in you all that is lacking in his
life, and tells you so.
Do try to profit by the horrible ex-
amples" of life's failures to be seen at
all large summer resorts.
Do refrain from telling ali the
women on the hotel veranda just how
Mr.. Van Viverson proposed to you.
Do resist the temptation to capture
every man you see. There are other
girls with tights and aspirations.
Do remember that decollete gowns
do not go well with sunburned faces.
Do try to look and feel sympathetic
when your dearest enemy drops the
dressing on her best gown
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30

were taken with him. He was traced
to Forest City, but there all trace was
lost
The cases of the seven coal operators
and merchants of Linton, ILL.,, accused
of violation of the federal law against
the issue of metal checks and paper
coupons in lieu Of money were called
at Terre Haute, but were postponed to
give the grand jury an opportunity to
return an Indictment.
Mrs. Mary A. Davidson, Of San Fran
cisco, whose arrest by Rev. DR.. Brown
for blackmail precipitated all the
trouble in the church, does not attempt
to conceal her qualification at the
troubles Of the pastor. She says she
will place him behind prison bars for
SANDER and perjury. She is preparing
a lecture attacking DR.. Brown.
The bicycle makers who are said to
be in the s1O,0O0,000 syndicate, are not
saying much. The company will or
ganize under the laws of New York.
T. w. Lawson says that the trusts will
cut prices of high grade wheels from
800 to about S65, by eliminating job
bers profits and advertising expenses,
end will make money at that.
The visit of Booth Tucker has had
the effect of completely disintegrating
the salvatiopists ait st. Paul. Nearly
| 80 per cent. of the members have de-
clared for Burlington Booth and only
await his arrival, or that of one of his
officials, to make known their position.
! They say Booth-Tucker's English ways
have caused the change in sentiment.
Justice Brown delivered the opinion
! in the supreme court in the case of
| the Central Pacific versus the state of
Nevada, involving the right of the
state to tax the lands of the railroad
company. The state court held that
the state was entitled to levy taxes
upon patented lands, and also for lands
which had not been patented, but which
had been surveyed and on which the
cost Of surveying had not been paid.
Justice Browns opinion affirms this
decision.
A Texas export company has sub
mltted proposition asking the CO.
operation of the farmers of Nebraska
Kansas and Oklahoma on railroads
running into Wichita to take stock in
an elevator to be erected at Wichita
with a storage capacity of half a mil
lion or million bushels. The pro-
jectors claim that the enterprise will
be success and will add several cents
to the value of all grain. Galveston
will be the point of export.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
THE TREE.

love thee when thy swelling buds appear
And one by one their tender leaves unfold
AS If they knew that warmer suns were
near,
Nor longer sought to hide from winters
cold;
And when with darker growth thy leaves
are seen
To veil from view the early robins nest,
love to lie beneath thy waving screen
With limbs by summers heat and toll
oppressed;
And when the autumn winds have stripped
thee bare,
And round thee lies the smooth untrodden
snow.
When naught is thine that made thee once
so fair.
I love to watch thy shadowy form below,
And through thy leafess arms to look
above
On stars that brighter beam when most
we need their love.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
TWO TRAINS 70 PoPPY-LAND.

The first train leaves at p. IN.
For the land where the poppy blows,
The mother dear is the engineer
And the passenger laughs and crows.
The palace car is the mothers arms;
The whistle low, sweet strain;
The passenger winks and mods and Dilnks
And goes to sleep in the train.
At 8 D. N. the next train starts
From the pOppy-land affair."
The summons clear falls on the ear;
''All aboard for the sleeping carr
But what is the fare to Poppy-land?
l hope it Is not too dear;
The fare is this, a hug and kiss,
And it's paid to the engineer.
So | ask Of Him who children took
On his knee in kindness great
Take charge, l pray, Of the trains eacn
day
That leave at 6 and g."
Keep watch of the passengers" thus 1
pray,
For to me they are very dear;
And special ward 0 gracious Lord,
Ger the gentle engineer"
Christian Union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
MISS WILLOW.

A lady so fine came out Of the woods,
All dressed in silvery gray,
Whether satin or velvet, or soft wooden
goods,
I'm sure I'm aot able to say.
While great drifts were piled in hedgerow
and plain,
While tiercely the March winds did blow.
And wildly the tempest in mockery ragged,
This lady stepped out in the snow.
1 asked a young ash which grew by the
wall
To tell me the fine lady's name;
Oh yes he made answer, mo troubls
at all;
She has a most enviaDle fame.
So modest is she, so dainty and sweet,
Most dearly | love her, tbs true,
But if no objection the young lady brings
I'll make her acquainted with you.
Miss Willow, my friend Mr. Love-Nature
here,
Your friendship has CALAMITY sought"
Then in low whisper, he laughingiy said,
I'VE call her Miss Pussy for short
Susie E. Kennedy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
A BIRDS NEST.

Over my Swallowed doorway
Two little brown-winged birds
Have chosen to fashion their dwelling,
And utter their loving words.
All day they are going and cc<ling
On errands frequent and fleet,
And warbling over and over
Sweetest, sweet, sweet, o sweet!
Their necks are changeful and shining,
Their eyes are like living gems,
And all day long they are busy,
Gathering StrawS and stems,
Lint and feathers and grasses;
And half forgetting to eat;
Yet never failing to MARBLE
Sweetest, sweet, sweet, o sweet"
| scatter crums on the doorsteps,
And fling them some fiossy threads;
They fearlessly gather my bounty,
And turn up their graceful heads,
And chatter, and dance, and fiutter,
And scrape with their tiny feet,
Telling me over and over,
Sweetest, sweet, sweet, 0 sweet"
What If the sky is clouded?
What if the rain comes down?
They are all dressed to meet il
In waterproof suits of brown.
They never NOPE nor languiSh
Nor murmur at storm or heat,
But Say-whateyer the weather.
Sweetest, sweet, sweet, o sweetr'
Always merry and busy
Dear little brown-winged birds,
Teach me the happy magic
Hidden in these soft words,
Which always, in shine or shadow,
So lovingly you repeat
Over, and over and over,
Sweetest, sweet, sweet, o sweet!'
Selected
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
SUPPOSE.

How dreary would the meadows be
In the pleasant summer light,
Suppose there. wasn't bird TO sing
And suppose the grass was white!
And dreary would the garden be
With ali its howery trees,
Suppose there were no butterflies,
And suppose there were no bees.
And what would all the beauty be,
And what the song that cheers,
Suppose we hadn't any eyes,
And suppose we hadn't earsE
For though the grass were gay and green,
And song-birds filled the glen,
And the air were purple with butterflies,
What good would they do then2
All, think of it, my little friends,
And when some pleasure hles,
Why, let it CO. and still be glad,
That you have your ears and eyes
Alice Cary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
WE THANK THEE

For flowers that bloom about our feet;
Fer tender grass, so fresh, so sweet,
For song of bird and hum Of bee:
For all things fair we hear or see
Father in heaven, we thank thee!
FOR blue Of stream and blue Of sky;
For pleasant shade Of branches high:
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty Of the blooming trees
Father in heaven, we thank thee.
For mother-love and father-care,
For brothers strong and sisters fair;
For love at home and school each day;
For guidance, lest we go astray,-
Father in heaven, we thank thee!
For thy dear, everlasting arms,
That bear Us DER all ills and harms;
For blessed words of long ago,
That help US now thy will to know
Father in heaven, we thank thee.
Selected
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
ARBOR DAY THOUGHTS
ARBOR DAY ACROSTIC.

A. Apple trees are my delight,
With lovely flowers, pink and white
r. Rubber trees in the southland live,
And useful the product this tree does
give.
B. Birch tree so white, near bubbling
springs;
Among their branches the happy bird
sings.
o. The oak in majesty and strength does
stand,
The most venerable tree in all our
land.
R. The redwood trees are giants of all,
Stately and wonderful, grand and tall.
D. Date palm trees are the trees for me,
Straight and tall near the southern
sea.
A. The ash so stately and useful, too,
l like their buds of lovely hue.
Y. The yew of old England is the tree
for me,
The solemn yew I love to see.
All Repeat.-All trees are good and beau
tiful,
Each one is loved, we say:
And we thank Him for all trees
On this great Arbor Day.
Selected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES GARDEN.

Come into great-grandmother's garden, my
dears,
The !sunfower5 are nodding and beckon-
Ing away,
The Balsams are smilingly drying their
And fair Morning -glories are greeting the
day.
How pure is the breath of the old-fashloned
Pinks!
How modest the facs Of the Lady's De-
light!
Sweet William his arm with Miss Laven-
And whispers, 81 dream Of you morn,
noon, and night
The Dahlia looks on with a queenly repose,
Unheeding the Coxcomb's impertinent
signs.
And fierce Tiger-lily an angry look throws
At Bachelors Button, who praises her
eyes.
The red Princes Feather waves heavy and
By Marigolds rich as the crown Of a
The Larkspur the humming bird sways to
Above them the Hollyhocks lazily swing.
Come, Four o-clockss, wake from your long
The late China Asters will soon be astir;
The Sweet Pea has ordered a simple green
cap
Which the Poppy considers too common
for her.
There's Southernwood Saffron, and long
Striped Grass;
The pale Thimbleberries, the Sweet
brer brush;
An odor Of Catnip floats by as we pass
Be careful! nor grandmamma's Chamo-
mile crush.
Come into great-grandmothers garden, my
dears;
The Sunfowers are noddng and beckon-
ing away
The real grandmas garden is gone years
and years.
We have only a make-believe garden to- /
day.
M. ]. Jacques-St Nicholas
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30

Called he to the vioIetS:
open thine eyes OF blue
Upon the world around thee,
In beauty bright and new
Hark ming, she raised them upward
To the golden throne above
Then warmly fell upon her
The sun-king's smile of love,
While the messenger Sunbeams
Sped to the violet blue;
And, nesting in her bosom,
Cheered her and warmed her through.
At last, where the loving servants
And dewdrops and sunbeams lay,
Rose up the violet purple,
Pride Of the bright spring day.
Emily t. Farwell.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
THE FLOWER QUEEN.

Down in the damp, green meadow,
When the warm spring days had come,
Stood by the busy brooklet
A little violet home.
Each morn the rootlet servants
Brought food from the earth below,
While the leaflets breathed from heaven
Fresh air and purest dew.
Tenderest care was given
The little flower queen,
Who, in robes of royal purple
Would very soon be seen.
AS, one morning, the sun father
Mounted the eastern hill,
Scatt'r ring the mists and shadows
Unfolding earth SO still.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30

Washington, April 23.-Prior 10 TAX
ing up the Indian bill in the senate
Mr.. Call (dem., Fla), asked for an
agreement by which the senate would
take up his resolution directing the
president to dispatch a naval force to
Cuba for the protection Of American in
terests there, but on appeals from
members not to interrupt the Indian
bill he withdrew the request. The
Indian bill was then taken up, the
question being on Mr. Platt's rep.,
Comm, amendment extending the SER
vices of the Dawes commission with
view to taking a roll OF the Cherokee
and kindred nations. The commission
is given directions toward terminal
ing the tribal relations of the Indians
and dividing their lands in severalty.
Debate was protracted. Mr.. Vest (dem.,
Mo-, spoke of the conditions of the In
dian territory as constituting a ma
tional pest house and a nuisance, a
harbor and refuge for criminals, de-
preciating property in adjoining states
cne-third.
Mr.. Bate (dem., TENN, spoke of
'bummers, landgIabbers and thieves
seeking to rob Indians and who would
be given further powers by this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30

William E. Russell, of Massachusetts,,
for the presidency.
The reported, and afterwards denied,
division of the Roman Catholic arch
diocese of Dubuque and the appoint
ment of Dean Treacy as bishop, is re-
affirmed with much circumstantial de-
tail in letter just received by Editor
Brennan, of the Northwestern Cath
Ollie, from Rome.
An explosion of gas occurred in the
Lolande lodging house, 321 Clark street.
Chicago, severely injuring four men
and damaging the front of the building.
Night Clerk Worth while searching for
leak in main struck match and
Instantly there was an explosion. None
of the men was dangerously injured.
At Minot, \. D., John Saterlund, pub
Usher of the WashburL Leader, is
found guilty of libel against Maj Muir
ply, late United States Indian agent.
Owing to the prominence of both
Saterland and Murphy, both of whom
are members Of the legislature, the
case has attracted wide attention.
A Louisville & Nashville fruit train
and an Evansville & Terre Haute pas
senger train collided at a crossing near
Mount Vernon, Ind. Alex Driscoll, a
brakeman on the latter train, was kill
ed, while James Covington. engineer.
and F. R. Thompson, brakeman, on the
fruit train, were seriously injured.
At Britt, Iowa, Henry Heunig, of the
firm Of Steffen, Heunig & Co., has dis
appeared and a shortage of 81, 500 in
the firms accounts has been discov-
cred. He was also treasurer of the
Modern Woodmen, and all their funds
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

and rumors Of an anticipated
bolt are now rife. The free
silver republicans assume
that with a platform in &C
cord with their views, they
would carry Kansas, Ne
braska, North and South Da-
kota, Colorado, Montana,
Wyoming, Idaho, Utah,
Washington, Oregon, Neya-
ia and California. These
states have sixty-one cleo
toral votes. But the total
electoral vote is AT, so in
order for that faction to be
victorious it will be necessa-
ny to have 224 votes. In the
event of all the states men
toned being carried by fee
silver republicans, they would
still fall short of 1913 votes.
1t is by no means certain that
all of the states mentioned
will be carried for free sill
yer. In 1892, Weaver, the
free silver candidate, only
carried Colorado, Idaho,
Kansas and Nevada besides
one vote in North Dakota
and one in Oregon. The
southern states have 159
electoral votes, so if all were
carried for free silver, and
there should be a fusion with
the free silver republicans,
who if they controlled sixty
one votes, and the southern
states with 159 votes, four
votes necessary for the. lee
ton of a president would be
wanting. But Delaware, one
Of the southern states, has
already declared for sound
money, and if each faction Of
the democratic party nomi-
mates candidates for presi-
dent, Missouri, Kentucky,
Maryland and Tennessee
would most likely be carried
by republicans. SO it seems
that the chances are against
the Is to l issue, though it
may result in the disruption
of the republican party.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
H0W to Treat q Wife.
From Pacific Health Journal. )

From Pacific Health Journal.(
First, get wife; second, be pa
tient. You may have great trials
and perplexities in your business,
but do not therefore, carry to your
home cloudy or contracted brow.
Your wife may have trials, which,
though of less magnitude, may be
hard for her to bear. A kind
word, a tender look, Will do won
ders in chasing from her brow all
clouds of gloom. this we
would add keep bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the
house. 1t is the best and is sure to
be needed sooner .or later. Your
wife will then know that you really
care for her and wish to protect her
health. For sale by B. V. Hudson,
Bolivar; Jno. w. Nuckolls, Toone.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
LoW Rates to Nashville.

For the Inaugural Ceremonies of
the Tennessee Centennial Exposi-
ton, which will take place at Nash
vile on June LIST and 2nd, celebra-
ting the Tooth anniversary of adj
mission of the state into the Ameri-
can Union, the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga q St. Louis Railway will sell
excursion tickets from all ticket
stations on its lines in the state, on
May 3lst and June 1st, good to
return on or before June 5, 1895, at
one fare for the round trip. Special
low rates will be made for schools
and organized bodies of IS or more
persons on one ticket travelling in a
body This occasion will be eele-
brated by the greatest military and
civic display and parade ever wit
messed in the South. Four thou
sand Federal and State troops
will engage in dress parades, drills
and sham battles, while free con
certs will be given by a dozen or
more visiting bands, including the
famous United States Marine Band.
Grand display of fireworks will oe
cur at night. For further informa-
ton call on agents or write to w.
L. Danley, G. p. q L. A.