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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-09

The finest stock Of goods in the
country is to. be found at John e. paly's
He also has secured the sale of Beggs'
Family Medicines. Every bottle
warranted. They will give you salts
faction.
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CHAPTER IL

The strikes of that autumn will al.
ways be remembered by business men
for their bitterness and long continu.
ance. The brotherhoods of brass and
iron workers were finally drawn into
the strife. One evening shortly before 5
o'clock Mrs. Storms saw six sooty faced
fellows enter the office.
1--WE can't work any more, missis, {"
said Luke, who had been appointed
spokesman.
why, Luke, what is the trouble?"
inquired Mrs. Stems, considerably
alarmed.
Nothing that you can help, missis, 4"
said Luke. Fact of the case is the IN.
ion has ordered us to quit, and we must
stop work tonight at 3. We was ordered
out last Saturday, but Don said we
must help you out by finishing up the
big order for them bibbs, so we got
leave to stick by until now. I'm dumb
ed sorry to serve you so, especially when
your mans gone, but we can't help it.
Well come back, livery lad of us, as
soon as the union let's us.
Dick Flanaghan thrust forward his
long grimy arm and bent down toward
the desk his dark, alert face. Were
smokers, missis," he said excitedly,
"but don't ye be afraid. Well never
smoke the likes of We out, though we
will some as lives near We. If ye liver
made strong arm, there It's for ye. )"
"Shut up, Dick Flanaghan, inter-
rupted Luke. "Ye wasn't ilicted Paddy
first of this Obligation. Then, turning
to Mrs. Storms, Luke continued: "Will
ye kindly pay us our wages tomorrow?
Yis? Ye're lady Don't ye be afraid
of nothin ="
The men shuflied awkwardly out of
the Office. Paddy O'Shea who went
last, slammed the door violently. A
moment later he put his head in to say:
BEG pardon, missis. The door went
togither aisier nor l expected.
The workmen went slowly out of the
foundry by twos and threes. Even Dave
Collins, the clown of the foundry, wore
for once serious countenance and lin
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MODERN PRISONS.
Their Very improvements Are What Drive
English Conyicts Mad.

Their Very improvements Are What Drive
English Convicts Mad.
The official belief is that there is lit.
tie OF no prison made insanity. Prison
doctors are keenly alive to the possibil-
lty of shammingi and they hesitate to
admit that there is any flaw in the sys-
tenn for the administration Of which
they are so largely responsible. Still
the fact remains that the ratio Of insan-
ity in prisons has exactly doubled since
1877.
The admitted general increase of in
sanity is not sufficient to account for
this startling fact. Prison discipline is
now more mechanical, and therefore
more depressing. Its very improvements
i'll this respect take the heart out of
man. " 1t is probable that prisoners
were far happier is the old unreformed
prisons, when they herded together and
had companionship of kind.
An expert witness who had passed
four and twenty years in Jail told the
prison committee some startling things
from the convict's point of view The
rules, he sald, are too minute for human
observance, and some minds are totally
unable to bear the strain of them. A
man may be reported for knocking
something over in his cell, though it
may be by pure accident. The name
for this offense is unnecessary noise. I"
As the poor wretches walk their weary
round i'll the exercise yard one may fall
out of step and thus throw the others
out. The first offender or the last-any
one, in fact, on whom the warder's eye
happens to falls liable to punishment
for this mischance.
In this way the convict gradually ac-
quires an expression that never leaves
him-the round the corner glance of a
being who breads tyrant on the pounce.
We want new Howard if the system
is only half as bad as il is said to be by
those who have best reason to know. -
London News
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Mistress of the Foundry.
By EARL JOSLYN.

Where did you leave il, Parker"
In my desk, | thought Invent awav
IN such hurry that may have left II
outside. -
Can you remember, Parker?" contin.
ned Mrs Stems.
mo, l cannot, " was the answer ST,
had entered on the ledger the auount
OF the pay roll, l would not mind the
loss.
How much have you in the safe?
Cannot you tell by that, Parker" Mrs
sterns was looking directly at Parker's
face as she put the last question.
Yes, very nearly. F"
How much have your pursued Mrs.
Storms
Fifty dollars. said Parker after a
pause.
''Thirty-six Of that came in this
morning. Did you have SI4 ON hand?"
Yes, +" replied Parker, II did"
Mrs. Stems said no more. What had
he done with the 5000 overplusr She
had found that for six weeks he had
falsified the pay roll.
Parker was very uneasy about the
missing book. Perhaps he suspected
what had become of it, At all events
on the following pay day he made out
correct list of wages When all was
ready, Mrs. Storms said:
Il will pay the men, Parker. like
TO know them by name, and if nav
them shall remember them. 4"
Parker hesitated, but delivered up
the envelopes with the best grace that
he could muster.
When her husbands letter came Mrs.
Storms learned that he had signed Star.
keys notes for $25, 900, SIS, 900 of
which was due in 80 days. Il have in
structed my lawyer, the letter contin-
ued, ITO secure me when the first note
falls due and to manage as best he can
on the second. Keep Parker with YOU
until the notes are paid Then arrest
him. My lawyer understands my wishes
and will act when the time comes for
action. "
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Big LukC's voice whispered "G0 back,
INSISTS"
gered until the last moment He went
over to his corner near the core oven
and said, "Goodby, old bench, till l
come again. Then he reluctantly went
his way. Dave had often cursed his
place as being the hottest in the foun-
dry, but now he regarded it with affec-
ton.
Mrs. Sterns looked down the street
after the receding figures of the men. 1t
was two months before they returned to
their work. In all that time not foun-
dry fire was lighted in the great city Of
Riverbank.
Meanwhile the contest between the
workmen and their employers increased
In violence, and now hunger began to
press hard on the foundrymen's fami-
lies. They always lived from hand to
mouth, the tobacco and drink that the
men consumed costing much more than
the food of the women and children.
But for days past one scanty meal was
all that the women could provide from
their lean larders, and it seemed impos-
sible to procure that little for any con-
siderable time longer. The men were
becoming disheartened, as their employ
ers persisted in refusing to accede to
their demands.
Big Luke and Don met on the street
one afternoon while affairs were at
this pass. Luke was loud mouthed
against those whom he considered the
oppressors Of the poor. 1T is tonight
that we have bonfire. Don. said
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matter how friendly 1t may look.
We would all love God more. il we
would only trust him more.
How much praying is done in public
that God isn't expected to hear.
Bringing prayers closer together is
very apt to put sins farther apart.
The devil has a good start in every
home where there is a moderate drink
er.
The children OF millionaire can OILY
be slightly acquainted with their ia
Their
The man who would be strong in the
Lord always must not feed his soul on
moldy bread.
There are preachers who do not
claim acquaintance with Christ out
side of the pulpit.
1t is doubtful II the church loafer
weighs any more for good than a loaf
er anywhere else.
The man who is holding on TO a
few favorite sons is playing hide and
seek with the devil
If the Bible in your home is simply a
parlor ornament the devil may walk
In and sit down on II.
If some men would get nearer to the
Lord, they wouldn't have to talk SO
loud when they pray.
The Bible says that Job sinned not
with his tongue, but 1t fails to say the
same about his wife.
Isn't 1t strange that so many men
think they can do most for the Lord
where the pay is best?
The woman who marries a man to
reform him has no time to take proper
care of her complexion.
1t Is better to believe that there ia
some good in everybody than that there
is no good in anybody.
Look at 1t this way: The world and
everything in 1t is yours to help you
make true man of yourself.
The real Christian will not shut up
his Bible and quit, because things fail
to go as he wants them to go.
Find a man who loves God with all
his heart, and he will be found work
Ing for him with all his might.
Call the devil by any name that
sounds well, and how quick he will pull
In his claws and shake hands with
you.
One week year of self-denial from
every Christian in the world would
soon raise money enough to bury the
devil, horns and hoof.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-19
Closing Hours in Landau

Mr.. Albert Larking, assistant secre-
tary of the Early Closing Association,
writes that traders to whom legislation
in this matter is dlstasteful are mainly
responsible for the Introduction of any
bill to reduce the long hours of shop
assistants generally, through their I'M
willingness to fall in with the volun-
tary proposals made to them from time
to time. Mr.. Larking gives a number
Of examples of this kind of opposition,
and adds: zone would have thought a
0 o'clock closing on four nights of the
week perfectly reasonable, but in all
parts of London our efforts to secure
even this reasonable hour in place of
$50 and 10 o'clock have failed. That
our legislative policy is generally ap-
proved Is evidenced by the steady in
crease year after year of our income
from employers and assistants, the in
crease for the first seven months of this
year alone being no less than f330.
While waiting for legislation, however,
which we are certain will come, we
have not abandoned our voluntary
work, and it is hoped that when we
open our autumn and winter campaign
on the return of our secretary from
his enforced absence through i'll health)
we may receive more ready coop,
Grafton from the London traders to Sc.
cure some reasonable improvement in
the present late hour of closing. One
Of the sad sights of London at the pres
ent time is to see shops Of every thor
oughfare crowded with well-dressed
women, who ought to know better, as
late as 8 o'clock at night, and who
could, with a little self-sacrifice, shop
earlier, and thus help to make the lives
Of the overworked shop assistants a
little brighter and happier We despair,
however, Of thoughtless women ever
giving up their cruel and bad habit of
late shopping until compelled to do so
by finding the shop doors closed against
them at 8 o'clock. London Telegraph.
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CHINESE CoNJURERs.
People Supposedly Cut to Pieces and The,
Put Together Again

People Supposedly Cut to Pieces and Tber
Put Together Again.
The court jugglers in the time Of Ku
blai Khan made it appear to those wi
looked ON as if dishes from the tab
actually flew through the air. One Of
the travellers who visited the regions OF
which Marco gives Us some account
says, And jrgglers cause cups of gold
to fly through the air and offer them
selves TO all who list to drink" And
Ibn Batuta. Moor who visited Cathav
century after, gives this account Of
similar incident:
That same night juggler who was
one OF the khan's slaves made his an
pearance, and the emir said to Kim.
Come and show us some Of your mar.
wells. " Upon this he took wooden
ball, with several holes in it, through
which long thongs were passed. and
laying hold of one of these, slunp il i'm.
to the air. 1t went so high that we lost
sight of it altogether. 1t was the hot
test season Of the year, and we were
outside In the middle OF the palace
court. There now remained only little
OF the end of a thong in the coniurer's
hand, and he desired one of the bows
who assisted him TO lay hold Of it and
mount. He did so, climbing nv tha
thong, aud We lost sight of him also.
The conjurer then called to him three
times, but getting 70 answer he snatch
ed up knife as if in a great rage, laid
hold OF the thong and disappeared also.
By and by he threw down one Of the
boys hands, then foot, then the other
hand and then the other foot, then the
trunk and last of all the head. Then
he came down himself, all putting and
painting, and with his clothes all bloody
kissed the ground before the emir and
said something to him in Chinese. The
emlr gave some order in reply, and
our friend then took the lads limbs,
laid them together i'll their places and
gave kick, when, prestol there was
the boy, who got up and stood before
us. AL this astonished me beyond meas
ure, and l had an attack of palpitation
like that which overcame me once be-
lore III the presence of the sultan Of In
dla when he showed me something of
the same kind. The Kazi Afkharuddin
was next to me, and quoth he oval
lab, It's my opinion there has been nei-
ther goirg up nor coming down, nei-
Their marring or mending. IT'S all no.
Gus pocus. Noah Brooks i'll ST. Mich.
Olas
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ITO he coNTINUEp.)
wellington on the Defeat at Ligny.

Next morning Wellington was con-
versing with General Bowles when a
staff officer drew up, his horse fiecked
with foam, and whispered the news Of
Ligny. Without a change of oounte-
nance, the commander said to his com
panion: "Old Butcher has had a -
good licking, and gene back to Wavre,
IS miles. As he has gone back, we
must go too. suppose in England they
will say we have been licked. / can't
help it; us they have gone back, we
must go too. William M. Sloane in
Century.
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DEAFNESS CANNOT RE CURED

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constiiu-
tional remedies Deafness Is caused by an in.
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is inaamed
you have a fumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing and when 1t is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
which is nothing but an iulamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give one Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. send for
circulars; free
FL CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
E@- Sold by Druggists, Toe.
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SPECIAL OFFER TO GENERAL
STORES,

Dry-Goods Stores, Dealers in Notions. We
wish to establish in every town on the coast
an exclusive agency for the A. NJ. w. Water
Proof Dress Facing and Binding. Best
seller on market. For terms, samples, and
particulars, address at once,
Pacific COAST AGENCY WEBER MANUFAc-
TURING Co., $40 Market St., Rooms g "a,
San Francisco, Calf.
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Tho Acme of KnowledCe.

Muggins-Is Bjones well informed2
Buggins-Yes, indeed. Why, he ao-
tually knows as much as the average
young man who has just been gradual
ed from college thinks he knows. Phil
adelphia Record
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MIND READING.

You can read happy mind in a happy
couutenance without much penetration. This
is the sort of count9nance that the quondam
bilious sufferer or dyspeptic relieved by Hos
letters Stomach Bitters wears. You will meet
many such The great stomachic and altera-
tive also provides happiness for the malarious,
the rheumatic the weak, and those troubled
with inactiOn OF the kidneys and blad Ter.
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TRUMPET CALLS.
Ran's Horn Sounds q Warning Note
TO the Unredeemed.

HE moment q
lie is born. 1t be-
gins TO run.
Isn't II about
as wrong TO be
wrong. as II is to
do wrong?
Every convert
ed man Is a liv-
Ing proof that
the Bible is true.
A lie is always
an enemy. no
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An Innocent.

She-Am I the first girl you ever
kissed?
He (surprised)-W Why, mol | have
three sisters. -Somerville Journal.
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wbittier,s Large For,npe.

Whittier left $250,0Oo, though for his
earlier poems he received nothing
Lowell, on the other hand, published
his first poems at his own expense, and
to the end his income from them was
small; aud 1t was only in the closing ten
or fifteen years of his life that Brown
ing, who had a similar experience with
his first volume, received anything from
his poems.
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"Then you mean to tell me I'm liar?"
"Well, no; don't wish to be quite so rude as
that, but I will say this-you'd make very
good weather prophet"
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Chollie--Say, barber, are you shaving
Gown?
Barber (wearily, very wearlly)-Yes,
sir, l am.-Texas Strings.
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Pisos Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and dolds.-Mrs. G.
Beltz, 439 Sth ave-, Denver, Col, Nov. s, '95.
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Strictly.
Hungry Higgins-What are you read.
in now?
Weary Watkins-Markits.
whats de quotations Oh shirtsT"
unchanged indianapolis Journal
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Smoke High street loutsl
Burn her out,
Burn her outi

She recognized Dick Flanaghan and
Paddy O'Shea in the crowd. Opposite
her granite steps dark, wild faced
man glowered at the house moment
Then, raising petroleum torch, he was
about to hurl it on tho roof of her ve-
randa. Dick Flanaghan's strong arm
knocked the torch into the street. "Let
alone, man," he commanded. 1.-The
missis lives there. Cheer, boys, cheer!
Cheer for the missisp' A yell as if
from the Threats of thousand Tamma-
ny tigers went upward.
'Oh. God," moaned the woman
standing at the window, protect me
from the horrors of this nightp' The
mastiff, bolt upright and growing low,
stood by her side. Her old colored serv-
ant was shaking with terror in the rear
of the room. "It's the Judgment day, :"
she groaned. DE Lord has come. My
ole man allus said the world would
bust and burn up like stubber Oh,
come Lord Jesus! Send the golden
chariot TO- mel"
All that dreadful night, which SEEM
ed endless to Mrs. Storms, Big Luke was
her self constituted sentinel. Several
times she heard him saying in low,
distinct tone: Move on, boys She's
all right"
At o'clock Luke tapped on the pane
Mrs. Sterns cautiously opened the door
1.-The cops is after us, !" he whispered
"I'll stay till daylight if can. Leave
yer doors unfastened, missis, so | can
skip through the house out into the
back yard and git off. p"
do you know the way, Luke?"
Better nor We do, missis, he re-
Joined.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-12-23
znSts dsjiny cssk6?
'sE-

OWEN ~ An0. wife tahf, 1n 1kdnk
d0ha nebylA nAfnd6 feakfm iak dhleyl
too osudnou. Iak0 duha hnaiiska v "a
pfniei nAFod feskg ohbsm ofisty. n
osvtdfII svon nexd0ln0u stu II pfon
kio sebeykdUmi vAechny lehu srafvY. II
TITO duby dfIhplnf TAtli Iieflot latku
M vIdy poitay}m fuinanbm, Hustle a
roaisdni Thbaflsa, kteffg ~ phvDin6
nAmaekym vytiy Iasyksm, pieea vAbf a
poutsjl ttsnAfe lcsktho ailou ne0dola.
ielnou, nfbot budi ufm hlsi0ricke
vrpomlnky m onu neIdhlelinIii dobu
dfIInAch ieskgch
NaA neIrnameniltIH romanopisec ia.
by nyntItl. AiOis JlfAsek. sahnui pro sy6
Snejvktai dil0. "Mcxl proudly. ia \ ~.
! Imam Dolby lfio q slee dobu pledohA
rejlef hnuii husilskt. v tomso gtiikGm
SVEN splm pfedyadl nam narodnIho ms.
ssho hrdInu Jana zllkn leho mlddf.
scxnamuIe ms ptidlnami, Iel yedly No
ncpfalclstu meKi pravo milujielm mia
dym mufem a srchnostl Roimbefakou.
Ll6i nam krAlo yGciava. jeho dobfe
nranky vady q odhalnle zaynI, ktcffm
rastfeny pohnhtky mnoha Icho skutkh n
tInh. uvadl nAs DO Prahy ma yysok6
ufenl seznamuIc naa pomfry. Iei tam
panovaly na skIonku 6trnactth0 po6at.
kom patnactfh0 stolctf. acznamnie uas
S.miadlstyym fiusem Ieho vrstoynlky. .
kjeIich sDahamI pbsobcnim. lIistori
psckymi ddajl propleiaIi Sc oyiem milost
MI lima dobrodruistyi. tlnlce velky ten
spis vclkeho nakeho romanoplsce lchya.
the jfmayym. jest 10 sloycm dilo histo.
ricke. kterti kaid6ho eeskeho ttenafe
bez vyminky upou.ati must mdrou neo
bytejnou.
Tcnto vclky znamonity roman potal
piave vychAzeti v"knihoyn6 Americk6'
q tim bude kaidy miti pfileitost jej Sc
znati. Knihovna Americka Test tasops
ApohodlnGho knihoveho formdtu tstranky
6x8i palcfchl, kte.y vychazf sesitech o
pa stranach. ka1de diva tydny sesit. DO
roka vyjde tedy 20 sesith, 1864 sira.
mach. col tvoff dy6 tlust6 knihy s32
s.ranach kazda. A ty stojf dohromady
pouze jcn 81 90. Zadny milovnfk z6bavne
! teiby nemtl by byti bez Knihovny Anne.
rick1, jclikoz nizadnym zpdsobcm ne
mhze sob6 opatfiti tolik TAX peknGho
ctenf We formdte knihovem, snadDo uio-
2itelnem q svou cenn nikdy nepostrdda-
jicfho.
''Knihovna Amcricka" sama sob6
) stoji pouzc 100. Dohromady tyden.
MIN Pokrokem Zapadu jen $500 rocne.
Cfslo obsahnjfcf pocatck romdnu zasle
SO ochotne ma ukazku zdarma.
Adresujte:
Knihovna Americkd,
l200--12i1 So 18th ST..
Omaha. Neb.
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2aSlGjt8 k0lky ODatTl&!

Poslednt dobou dechazejf mas
kmnozstvf kolka velmi neopatrne do
1cbAlky vlozenych aneb pied vloze.
MIN smacenycb, takze kdyz mas dol
dou, neni mozno Cast iich pouzfti,
pon6yadz pfi sebe opatrn6jsfm = nj
Nmi sachAxenf ptfidou nektere k potr-
Mani. Neopatrne takove 8 kolky IA
chAsenf pdsobf nam zbytecne ztraty,
ktere nesti nemhzeme nechceme a
! zAdame tudfz vsechny, kdoz kolky
mann zasylaji, ably aachaEeli q mimi
opatrn6 a rukama dplne such5ma,
AGfmz usetfi nam zbytecnd ztraty a
nepff]emnou praci.
Vyd. Pok. Zapadu.
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Ochotnik1m a miIovn. divadIa

v knihkupectvi Pokroku Zapadu
jsou k dostanf vsechny divadelnf
spisy, JED vyaly tiskem v Cechacb
nejsou rozebrAny. Uplny seznam
vssch spisd na sklade sasle sc vsem
na pozAdAnf xdarma. V seznamu
jsou uvedeny vsechny kusy die syych
wnAsvd o phi kazdem 10 uvedeno, jak5
rus 10, kolik jednsnf kolik osob
yzaduje. Piste seznam pod adre.
Sou. P0KROK ZAPADU,
Omaha, Nebr.