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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05

men have been ready to sign the lease TOT tiic
Pontiac Clubhouse for some time, but some or
the members seemed to think that the Ranes
bill might knock them out of the handsomest
wheel clubhouse In the district. The cluO mas,
however decided 10 take the clubhouse anyway
and to do the best it can. Just what action the
two Brooklyn clubs will take remains TO De
seen.
Important news OF the week was the an
nouncement made in The Tribune on Thursday
of the passage Of the bill providing for the
Glenmore- cave improvement In Brooklyn. and
also for return cycle path from Coney Island
The fact that this bill passed the Senate just
two weeks earlier somehow escaped attention
and for some reason there was an exceptionally
long time in getting it transmitted to Mayor
Wurster. That the bill will become a law there
Is no reasonable doubt While its enactment Is
Of primary interest to the wheelmen and women
Of Brooklyn, II concerns every one who mounts
a bicycle in the metropolitan district The num-
Der Of New-York riders who get on the path TO
Coney Island many times in the course OF the
season ia large, and the placing Of a smooth
pavement on Glenmore-ave. and the connecting
streets so as TO complete the missing link be
tween the good roads Of Brooklyn and the
superb ones of Queens County will accommo-
date the cyclists OF this city as well as those Of
It's Long Island neighbor The route from this
city by way of the East Twenty-thrd-st. ferry
will be a little circutous. but there will be
smooth riding all the way after getting three or
four blocks from tho Brooklyn end OF the ferry.
The second path along Ocean Parkway VIII b.
on the east side of the main drive. and IL Is
hoped that II will be built with more care than
the present one. That was sort or makeshift
affair anyway. II was the first experiment or
the kind and Park Commissioner Squier did not
feel at liberty to spend large amount on Z
The wheelmen of the two cities. 1t Will be re-
membered subscribed the money 10 purchase
the dressing of blue gravel with which the
path was finished. A. by the act mentioned
Park Commissioner Woodruff has complete
authority TO execute these improvements. there
is reason believe that "A substantial founda-
ton will first be laid for the new path. and the
path finished In such way that IL VIII be avail
able for use at all seasons of the year when rid
ing can be INDUCED in. The importance Of push
ing both these improvements forward as rapidly
as possible Is self-evident.
The time has come when those who love
Nature can see her at work. when abroad on
their bicycles, in the most interesting way. II
was wonderful TO note the quick response which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05

The time has now come when those who love
Nature can her at work. when abroad on
their bicycles in the most interesting way. II
was wonderful to note the quick response which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05

he wishes TO get his high grade wares before the
public ne must reach them through the news
papers and the amount OF money spent In this way
every year IL considerable.
"Of course the maker who wishes TO reach the
we'l-odo and intelligent reader must put his ad-
vertisement in the paper which reaches that class
OF people OF course Il Is not everybody who has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05

this wear and the maker has decided to adveltIse e
IN other yays How wise he has been the present
season will tell. - ,A. or,i.,;c
Many of the manufacturers have brought arusuc
competition into the business. and the rope Manu-
featuring Company offered $500 In prizes TO artists
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05
WOMEN IN YACHTING.
FOUK ENROLLED AS FLAG MEMBERS OF
THE NETWORK CLUB.
EACH OWNS BIG STEAM PLEASURE BOAT
MANY OF THE SEX PRACTISE THE
SPORT KEENLY, AND ARE Adopts
AT THE TIILER

1t is evident that the interest Of women In yacht
ing already goes beyond the point where one is
passive spectator. They anxious to he passen-
gers contesting craft. they form large part of
the throng which follows racing boats on excursion
fleets, and when the occasion demands II they are
As demonstrative in their enthusiasm their salt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

Thus Felicia's episode as a bread
winner in the circles of high society
was shortened in the fashion. varied.
but substantially the same, in all
ages
Soon after the memorable dinner,
her letters to her mother began to be
infused with a spirit that made that
good lady wonder and rejoice. And.
shortly after that, Mrs Charlton and
the Remarks were surprised by a
visit from gentleman, introduced
through a letter from Mrs. Caldwell
that left them no room to doubt of his
right to a cordial reception.
In the autumn of that year Mrs
Caldwell lost her secretary.
But then, as she had gained the
consciousness of virtue rewarded for
substantial kindness done, she could
afford to be complacent in telling the
consequences of her most recent at
tempt TO bridge over the predicament
of Is at table
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
DUCHESS OLGA'S FROCKS.

The description of the dresses in
preparation for The great Russian coro-
nation ceremony resemble those of a
fairy tale. The Russian state jeweIs,
the grandest in the world, are to be
further replenished for the beautiful
youHs vnproes, TO whose delicate color
ing the glitter of gems is singularly be-
coming. Few women wear jewels with
such rare charm as the Czarina, and
conscious of this, the emperor has
never lost an opportunity of adding
some priceless gem to her collection.
The empress hopes to show the wee
Grand Duchess Olga on the coronation
day to her husbands lieges at Moscow.
The little lady will be rObed in purely
Russian style, but lace and soft downy
trim mings, made in Paris, will embel-
lish her dainty garments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
Ill.

That evening, one of Mrs. CaldwelPs
periodical dinners, for which the inyi-
tations had long been sent out and
accepted, was to take place. Felicia,
who was by now used to such things
at second hand, when sent down 20
give the butler the dinner cards and
the chart of the seats, fingered, look
ing on at the glittering table with it's
burden of silver and wax lights and
banks CT maiden hair fern and roses.
She was no longer so much impressed
with mere eXternals as at first.
Grandeur, from her point of view, had
begun to pail on her But she had
quaint, wistful imaginings of what it
would be to be led in to table by such
a man as Duncan Moore, for example,
and sit there as a part of it, In this
crisis of her rash fancies, Hortense,
Mrs. Caldwelrs maid, came in search
of her
Hurry, mademoiselle,' said Hor-
tense, with touch of authority
Madam must see you immediately,
dams sa chambre.''
Madam, in her tea gown, sat before
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
ABOUT PEOPLE.

The best paid official in the British
service is the lord lieutenant of Ireland,
who receives 100000 year.
The most costly horse barn in the
world is at Syracuse, n. Y. It was
built by D. E Grouse, and cost s70O,000
1t is said that, in early life, Du
Mauriers greatest ambition was to be-
come water-color painter He did not
then expect that his pencil would make
him more famous than his brush, and
his pen do more for him than either.
A decorative reproduction of the
deathmask of General Grant, which
was taken twenty minutes after his
death, has just been jointly designed
by Karl Gerhardt, who took it, and
Walter Sanford, an artist of Hartford,
Conn. A number of replicas of it will
be taken for various G. A. R. posts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
A DENVER WORM FARM.
The Wrigglers are Being Raised as
Food for Mocking Birds.

A worm farm is Dne of the features
in store E. E. Achert runs at No.
1915 Seventeenth street, Denver. M.
Achert and his wife have been in the
worm-raising industry in Denver for
over twenty years. Nevertheless. no
account of their farm has yet appeared
in state agricultural reports. This hap
pened, perhaps, because it is the only
institution of its kind in the country.
and was overlooked on account of it's
novelty
The worms are chiefly bred to fur
nish food for hooking birds, and about
800 Denver people who own feathered
mimics Of this variety are regular Gus
toners of the Achert farm. All soft
billed birds, nightingales, thrushes,
blackbirds, etc, eat the kind of worms
the Acherts raise; but there are not
many of these kinds in Denver. so the
Achert farm provides delicacies almost
solely and entirely for the hooking
bird tribe.
Although Mr.. and Mrs. Achert call
their worm plant a farm, there is very
little of the agricultural about it. IL
looks more like a chiffonier than a
hanch. Standing in the middle of the
little shop is large wooden contriv-
ance, fitted out with four drawers. Each
drawer is filled to the brim with a
moving, living mass. On the top of
each wriggling heap is a heavy linen
cloth, eaten through here and there
into holes. Out of nearly every hole
just now sticks the head of wriggling
meal worm
From the worms brought here from
abroad by Mrs. Achert numerous mill
lions have since been raised. The
staple diet of the beasts consists of
beer, wooden blankets, and meal bran.
Over the bottom of each drawer is scat
tered a mess of bran, in which the
mealworm bug lays its eggs. Over the
bran is laid a section of thick wooden
blanket, above this more meal bran.
and over all a heavy piece of linen.
Between the linen and the bottom of
the drawer an interesting process of
evolution is going on all the year
round.
Where the evolutionary movement
commences is a question for abstruse,
hairsplitting scientists, but in Achert's
farm it began with the worms. After
lapse of about three months his yell
low, one-inch long worms grew hard
shell of brownish hue upon them and
appeared to be dead Before coating
themselves with this armor they
crawled out of the upper strata of the
farm to the soft bran at the bottom
of the drawer, and lay there, apparently
without power of motion. A few weeks
more and each shell burst, giving birth
to an ugly black bug of small dimen-
sions, and possessed of horns and feel
ers in plenty. These things swarmed
in the meal bran until they nestled all
over it and laid eggs AS fast as bug
laid her due quantity of eggs she
rolled over on her back and died. II
there are any male meal worms the
Acherts have not become cognizant of
the fact; all their bugs lay eggs.-Den-
yer Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
HETTY GREEN A FASHION PLATE.

The news that Mrs Hetty Green has
contracted the habit of dressing well
in fact, that she has actually a new,
swell gown-has had a marked effect
upon her mail. She is in receipt of
circulars from dressmakers, milliners,
shoe merchants and other tradesmen
who had long ago reached the con-
clusion that the richest woman in
America was not a target for their
shafts. 1t is said that even London
and Paris have already heard of Mrs.
Green's change Of habits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
DEGREES OF SHOCKINGNESS.

Mime. Hulda does not sing as well
as she did three years ago."
"She does not. What a shock it must
be when a singer discovers that she
has lost her voice.
at is still more shocking when she
does not discover t."-Fliegende Blaet-
ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
IN INVERSE RATIO.

ct shows the inconsistency of a
man." said the abnormally new new
woman
What does?"
"The course the authorities are TAX
ing about boomers. They object to
womar's wearing them"
Eyes, and properly"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
II.

The incident, occurring upon the
threshold of her new experience,
struck her unpleasantly. With her
simple, hearty, southern ideas she
could not imagine arrival in a strange
'house without some sort of personal
welcome from the hostess; and the
quality of that investigating gaze was
to her totally unknown. But, taking
heart, she noted the exquisite beauty
beauty of the verdant lawns and radi-
ant flower beds on either side the
well-kept driveway leading up to such
house as surpassed her fondest
dreams of imposing completeness. The
striped yellow awnings over all the
windows on the front, shading flower
boxes that overlooked with bloom; the
verandas yielding glimpses of chairs
and touches and tall palms; and above
ALL the flowers and plants massed in
every angle where they could be placed
in exterior ecoration-seemed to Fe-
licia incredibly enchanting. AS she
sprang out of the trap and looked
around her, catching a distant vista
of blue sea at the end of a reach of
velvet sward, she was dazed with ex-
element. She forgot that she had
been left standing there alone; and her
first fall from the clouds was the too
easy manner and language of a lady
maid who came to escort her to her
room.
Felicia had nothing to complain of
in externals, certainly. The room that
was assigned to her, all white-and-rose
and green-stained furniture, with a
window looking upon the sea, was de-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
SEEDS AS FOOD.

Seeds of many kinds have been
found in the ruins Of the homes of the
ancient cliff-dwellers Of Utah, who
evidently used them for food. The
cliff-dwellers ate the seed of the ordi-
nary pig weed. Indians to this day
consume the seeds of many grasses,
which are ground into -four
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
"And the less of them she wears th

"And the less Of them she wears the
more they object to Washington
"Allers seems to me- said the gro
Gerry oracle, "that after ole Jim Bill
wallop has put in Sunday tellin' the
Lord he is the orneryest oil cuss on
earth, he puts in the rest of the week
tryin' to see if he kin live up to it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

thousand new ideas, as we'll as open
the door for into a wOnder-wor Of
luxurious beauty; above all, opportun-
tty to see something beyond her accus-
toned horizon, to breathe a fresh, de-
licious atmosphere, tc see everywhere
sights Of refined IoveliIess. Oh! It
was too good to be true
\ few days later a note arrived
from Maud Branham, asking Felicia to
luncheon the next day; and when Fe-
hcia presented herself as desired, no
time was lost by the young matron in
communicating her good news. Sally
Caldwell was already al Newport;
Sally Caldwell had just sent away a
girl she had taken there who had
turned out TO be absurdly stupid and
inefficient, and saucy, too; and Sally
Caldwell was prepared to accept
Maud's friend upon Maud's recommen-
dation, provided she would come
right away" naming 4 salary that
seemed to Felicia's limited experience
kings ransom in amount,
The girls head swam-a mist came
before her eyes. When she recovered
her self-pOssCssjCn enough to speak, II
was womanlike, 10 ask Maud's advice
about the clothes she possessed, and
the clothes she would require Maud,
also true daughter Of Eve, was here
quite in her element. Not only did
she generously offer to lend Maud
money for her journey, out, after
luncheon, took her to her room, and
there produced two or three frocks
and Jackets and bonnets, of which Fe-
licia was requested to make her
choice.
For you know, dear, if I have a
weakness, it is for always buying
something in the latest fashion, and
disliking it when bought. 1t is ridicu-
lous the things | have stored away
that | can never use, and that never
would suit me anyhow. If you can't
take these as a present from an old
friend and schoolmate, why, | shall
never speak to you again as long as l
live"
Felicia's laugh rang out. Here was
Maud's old familiar threat of school
days. Just now Maud seemed to be
an irresistible fairy godmother who
had only to wave her stick to be
obeyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

James King, a farmer of Trivoli, ILL.,,
was killed by runaway horses.
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Guest gushing them away from him)
/ don't like the way you cook eggs
at this restaurant.
Waiter-What's the trouble, sir?
Guest-You don't cook them soon
enough.-Lewiston Journal.
He-My views ON bringing up a
family
She-Never mind your views. I'll
bring up the family. You go and bring
up the coal.-Spare Moments.
Myopia-You don't look well.
Boston girl-Certainly not.
And she adjusted her eyeglasses
efiantly-Detroit Tribune.
There's nothing like our house of
lords" boosted the Englishman.
"Still you can't say that it is without
a. peer" replied the American.-Pitts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
Miss Pert-Is Miss Straightlace cir
CuluoptCI.
Miss Caustic-Circumsp Why,
she won't accompany young man to
the piano without a chaperon.-Salem
Gazette.
"Di1 Jabshots hit anything on his
hunting trip"
Hit anything? Why, he even missed
the train. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Railroad Experts-First Thespian-
Yes, Montague, the prince of Wales has
so many ties that his valet can't count
'em.
Second Thespian-He ought to hire
us.-Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26
CURRENT FUN.

Prospective Tenant-But we wish to
keep a servant.
Landlord of Flat-Oh, very we'll.
will have an alcove painted on the wall
OF the kitchen-Detroit Tribune
L don't like very young babies" re-
marked Gruffins.
I prefer 'em that way" replied Sin
nicker. I'D like to have all of 'em
stay too young to say smart things for
their fathers to tell. Washington
Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

"a good name is the best possession
a man can have" said the proverbial
boarder.
81 always was under the impression
sion,'' said Asbury Peppers, that it's
value was purely nominal. "-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

Edith-Im in a quandary
Isabel-How is that?
Edith-Tom promises to stop drink
ing if l don't.-Tid-Bits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

Whilst these things were occurring
in far tranquil Virginia Felicia was
looking daily upon the passing show
of Newport. What a thrilling effect
upon her imagination had been created
by the first view of the sumptuous
part Of the town as she approached it
in the little trap that had been sent to
meet her on her arrival. 1t happened
to be at an hour when the gay world
was on wheels; and while our little
girl was gazing with all her eyes upon
the Kaleidoscope of vehicles and peo-
pie she observed the groom who was
driving her touch his hat to a hand
some, naughty lady, whose gaze just
then fell upon them from her ap-
preaching victoria. Felicia saw that
she was tie object of this lady's thor
ough and perfectly frigid scrutiny,
and to her surprise, became aware that
the survey was followed by an infin-
itesimal nod in her direction
When the carriages had passed each
other, the groom, leaning back, said in
rather too jocular a fashion for Fee
licia's sense of propriety:
That's her. That's the madame
goin' out for her drive"
Felicia, answering him with a cold
look, asked no questions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

1t was comparatively easy to put
Niagara in harness, because it's force is
always exercised in the same direction.
It's different when mule reverses it's
motor and begins to kick behind.-New
York Recorder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

Atom must have had an awful
cold when he became engaged
B-Why?
A-Because when one has cold one
has no taste.-Fliegende Blaetter.
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ginia refuge had read her darling's
first letter from Newport with almost
ecstatic pride and joy. 1t seemed to
the poor lady that no one had ever
been blessed with such a lovely and
loving and clever and successful
daughter as she was. After she had
DeruSed the epiStle for the second
lime, she took it out upon what old
Mrs. Kennard called the front
pcache." This was a rickety veranda
over which grew a vine of custard
honeysuckle; and here old Mr.. Ken
nard sat, tilted upon his chair, under
a shelf supporting the water bucket
and a gourd, coming q weekly news
paper. Near at hand, sitting also in
a split-bottom chair, with her knitting
the old lady listened with admiration
to the occasional oracles of informa-
ton transmitted to her from the col
umns before him through her hus-
bands eyes. After long practice in re-
ceiying the news and literature thus
at secondhand, she had grown to es
TEEN him personally responsible for
the Well-rounded sentences Coming
around the corner of the house, Miss
Kennard in a sunbonnet, was carry
ing in a wooden bowl a brood of
motherless chicks. Upon the threshold
of the door, and on both steps Of the
porch, dogs were doing. How trivial
everything else will SEEM" thought
the little widow, advancing proudly
among them with ner letter, when
they hear what my child thinks of
Newport"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

He-Higbee would have run through
his fortune in a year if it hadn't been
for his wife.
She-How did she prevent it?
He-She spent it herself.-New York
Dispatch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

She-I don't believe you love me at
all.
He-Why, Ethel, I'd die for you
She (petulantly)-Thats easy enough
to say. Why don't you go and prove
it?-Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

Details in the life of a farmers wife:
Get to bed, get up, get breakfast, get
dinner, get supper, get to bed, get up
Atchison Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

Myopia-You don't look we'll.
Boston girl-Certainly not.
And she adjusted her eyeglasses
defantly.-Detroit Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-26

McSwatters-I always said that Jag
son would come to the front.
McSwitters- That worthless
fellow?
McSwatters-Yep. He's a bell boy
in hotel now.-Syracuse Post.