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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10
CHAPTER V.
LENA CUMBERLAND

N-'<A ~ - AtIS1Jutla1ND.
Sholto Graham reached his uncle's
mouse the day before the wedding. but
he did not see his future brother-in-
law and arbiter of his fortunes until he
appeared as one of the chief perform
ers in the drama mat Was
enacted with all due but dull solemnitv
in the kirk next day.
Nor did he see much of mis- sister
Miss Graham welcomed him with star
like 'brlll1ancy, but, as she explained.
she had little time to spare. Her new
maid was clever, but Margaret was not
gong to risk any possible injury to the
exquisite fabrics of which her trous-
seau was composed by leaving them
entirely &c the hands Of a hireIing.
Mrs. Cumberland and I just sit up
in the room and watch her, and that
makes her careful" Miss Graham ex-
planned to her brother; <<but well have
long talk this evening, Sholto, dear,
and I'll tell you some of my plans.
We've quite q little family party to-
night. Sir Andrew has rather rigid
ideas and holds that the bride should
Ire left to her own people entirely the
last day of her unmarried life. 1
thought so, too, for I had & great deal
of packing on my mind, though my
maid does the actual work"
''There will be Uncle and Aunt
David, and you and me to dinner to-
night; then, Maggie, I half-expected
you would have had fiareup farewell
banquet"
Mrs. Cumberland is staying with
us, but look upon Ter as one Of the
family already"
who is Mrs Cumberland"
Simply the most fascinating woman
that ever lived since Cleopatra's days,
/ I should say. She's widow. Sir An
drew knew her husband, and for the
last three Or four years she has been
one OF the party at Sir Andrews place
when they go UP for the grouse. She
came UP to Edinburgh directly she
heard of my engagement to her old
friend She's thorough woman of the
world and has been invaluable to me. d"
you're altered, Maggie" Sholto
said, looking at his sister critically.
L utf 6I huSN DSIcIS Iudl yUu were
the happy possessor of one of the pref
test figures 1 ever saw. Your hair is
brighter gold, your hands and feet are
smaller, you-you are, yes, VOW you
are, absolutely pretty
I'm the same, only differently
dressed It's the well-made boots and
clothes that make me the good looking
girl am now, Sholto. My hair is not
brighter gold, my feet and hands are
not better made or smaller than they
have been all my grown-up life. But
l give 2 guineas for my boots now, and
my fingers are covered with diamond
and sapphire rings. Dress is beauty.
Sholto, when the art of it is under
stood, and I understand it.
She stood there erect and almost
defantly before him, as she chal-
lenged his fraternal criticism, and he
surveyed her from the top of her
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MRS. LEASE LOSES HER HOME.
An Order Directing Sheriff to Sell
for a Creditor

Wichita, kar, Dec. A court or
der has been issued directing the
sheriff to sell the home Of Mrs. Mary
E. Lease, the well-llDown speaker and
silver advocate, to satisfy q judgment
of the district court in favor Of one j.
March. The case is an ordinary fore
closure of a mortgage on Mrs. Leases
homestead. The amount involved is
81 400 and interest. Mrs. Lease is in
New York and it is not known whether
she will redeem or permit the property
to go. The home is a pretty one, ap-
parently worth more than the amount
involved.
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GLARING COLORs TOLERATED

The mingling Of colors and materials
now seen is something really surpr1s-
ing. The more elaborate models Of
costumes in particular show rainbow
combinations of tint in three or four
kinds of goods. OF course, the rich
brocades and striped silks provide a
variety of color in themselves.
Spangled and other metallic and jew
eled effects On white, black or colore,.
net are among the expensive and fash
ionable novelties for evening wear.
Black net, of course, affords the best
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you handsome checks for household ex-
penses every week than that l should
dole you out the niggardly sum which
would be all that I eou command if
remained a war-off1ce clerk and hard
working press man all the days of my
life
She negatived his asse1 ton by a
pretty determined shake of her head
and brief frown. But in moment
the shadow passed from her face as
she said:
Il shall have you all to myself this
evening, Sholto. Papa has gone 10
dine with some friends of ours-the
Thorburns in Chichester street; Mrs
Thorburn is a great chess player, and
she and papa are going to play some
problems tonight"
It's odd that you should have men
toned it. I see Thorburn at the
'Stragglers' nearly every day of my
life, but l didn't know till to-day that
YOU and his people are acquainted"
Didn't you? l wonder I haven't
spoken to you Of May Thorburn. She
is such a handsome girl; a stately
blonde, with beautiful features, and the
port and presence of an empress.
papa always says. 1 feel such a puny
mite by her side. She is such dear
girl, too, so unse1fsh and thorough.
and so utterly devoted to her mother
and her brother Ned"
HIN! You know her brother Ned,
too, l understand"
81 have seen him several times, but
l don't know him personally Only
May makes him her theme constantly,
so | seem to know him well. He is
such a good son and good brother
For mercy's sake, spare me Miss
May Thorburn's raptures secondhand.
He's good fellow enough in his way,
not very brilliant, but a good, plodding
fellow, should say. Just the ordinary
admiralty clerk, nothing more"
Il can tell you that he is something
more than the ordinary admiralty
clerk Patrice said, sparkling up in
defense of her friends brother. He
is f1rst-rate civil-service tutor. and
he works like a slave to keep a home
for his mother and sister, who haven't
8 penny, and to save May going out as
a governess."
Sholto stified yawn deliberately.
MY darling, I'm quite ready to be-
lieve that he's the typical Cassers Mag
azine and Family Journal excellent
man. But his excellencies certain
don't concern me and I fail to see that
they concern you. Tell me what you
have you been doing to-day"
Painting hard. I am actually 60
ing to be presumptuous enough to send
a picture to the Royal academy"
well done! What's the subject?
May I see it?'
mot till it's finished and framed
| started with the intention of not tell
ing you about it until it was accepted
and sold But perhaps it will never
be hung, and I can't keep my secret
any longer"
What is the subiest?"
Il call it In Dublin's Fair City. It's
lust the picture of a girl with a basket
of cookies and mussels on her head.
L got a pretty girl who sells flowers in
oxford circus to sit to me-a real.
dark-haired, grey-eyed Irish girl, with
a lovely shaped head, a real Colleen
Bawn."
you should go in for portraiture
mat pays ever SO much better than
these figure pictures, which try to tell
story and DON'T
But you see Sholto, the line under
the picture tells my story, however
oadly | may have painted it" she
laughed out good-temperedly.
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a wise. 1t would be impossible now to
force her mouth open without breaking
the jaws 1t was necessary to break
off one of the front teeth, and through
this small opening the old mother ad-
ministers sufficient nourishment to
keep the sleeper alive. A small guam
tity of alcohol and milk is dropped
into the mouth through a straw, and
this is the only food given her.
The doctors can only account for the
long sleep by saying that she is suffer
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ing from a peculiar form of lethargy,
and moreover she is conatitutionally
hysterical. It is the belief that the
sleep is growing deeper each year. In
the first years it was Interrupted by
hysterical crises, and as recently as
three years ago her pulse would beat
wildly if her arm were raised. The
doctors say that her brain is dead and
beyond awakening. Practically, Marie
Bouyenval has been dead for thirteen
years.
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nap runs the wrong way, for reasons.
And a band of ribbon covering the belt
ard tying at the sides adds pretty
finish. The ribbon, in fact every
trimming, should be of the fines.
whatever be the material Of the coat.
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NEW COATS AND THEIR COLLARS

The fashionable cat collar stands
high in the back and flares outward;
rot an inch of throat is seem The
coat buttons ihvisibly under flap at
one side. Smooth cloths are to be
generally worn, but fur jackets are also
in vogue. For fur are substituted
boucle or astrakhan; and for the rest
of these velvet or velveteen-those who
use velveteen should be sure that the
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A visit to this hut can never be for
gotten. The girl was lying on the bed
with closed eyes, her body perfectly
motionless, her skin CHASTITY white and
for all the world looking like corpse.
When the hand was placed upon the
forehead it was doubly difficult to
realize that a breath of life existed in
restoring the lost powers to the aff1ict-
cd one
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HENRY PAYNE RESIGNS.
Sewers His Connection With M1lwau-
kee Street Car Comnany.

Milwaukee, Dec, SIT is author1-
tatively announced that H. C. Payne,
whose name is connected with a place
in McKinley's cabinet, has resigned
the vice presidency of the Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Light company.
A special from Washington says tnaf
Payne when seen refused to deny or
confirm the statement that he is TO re-
tire
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ASLEEP MANY YEARS
PECULIAR CASE OF A FRENCH
PEASANT GIRL.
PROBLEM FOR SCIENTISTS

The Patient Has Dwindled Away to
Skeleton and Looks Like a Num-
my-Her Jaws Tightly Locked and
Fluid Nourishment Given Through
a Straw.
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already dreSSed, rose iangu1ly, Say1r
she would go down to the drawing
room"
The cid physician and his wife were
there already, and in a minute or two
Sholto came sauntering in, almost
wishing that he had deferred his ar
rival till the following day, as the pros
poets of family dinner and a domes-
tic evening did not appeal 10 him. But
as his aunt introduced him to our
good fri Mrs. Cumberland, who has
kindly tahen much trouble of prepare
ton for he Wedding off my hands," he
felt almost glad that he was going to
have a quiet time with dear little Mag
gle this last evening.
Mrs. Cumberland held out round,
white arm ana a. cool, slim hand in
cordial greeting, as was becoming to
the brother of her friend and the nep-
hew Of her host He took the hand
and wondered at it's being held out to
him 50 cordially. Wondered with a
mixture of qualification and amaze
ment, and all the while he could have
fiouted himself for his unwonted hui
rnility, she being, after all, only
woman But what woman! Not
a Juno; there was no majesty Of size
about her. Not a Venus. If he could
have steadied himself to look at her
critically he would have seen that her
flexible lips were a trifie crooked anu
her nose a triflle thick. But as it was,
all he could see with understanding
was that her eyes hAuntingGy lively
and that her shape was perfect. She
had dark-haired, sleek head that re-
minded him of a beautiful snake, and
her throat and shoulders, which were
bare and unrelieved by any ornament,
were white with a whiteness that daz-
led him, for he did not suspect that 1t
was kept in a bottle. This whiteness
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Unlike mos, proprietary medicines. the
formula OK DIR j. G. Ayers SarsapariIla
ard other preparations are cheurfuiiy sent
20 any physician VINO applies for them.
Hence the sp@r.ai favor accorded these
well-knoEn standard remeGles Dy the
y,orla. ; taIr ccrIsz4a. ) S.0aers-
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IN THE HOUSE.
District of Columbia Appropriation
FiIihusterIng Against a Pension BIZ.

Washington City, Jan. 3l.-The house
passed a bill granting 10 the Christian En-
deavor Society the use of some OF the gov
ernment reservation IN Washington City
during their meeting here next summer.
Jenkins, Rep. Wis, called up the cleo
tions committee report on the contest or
Rosenthal. Rep VS.. Crowley. from the
Tenth Texas district. He explained that
Mr.. Rosenthal had decided not 70 avail
himself of the courtesy OF an hours speech
granted Yesterday. Accordingly the unan-
.inlaus report in Crowley's favor was adopt
ed without debate or division.
Evans. Rep, KY. who was at one time
commissioner of internal revenue. reported
from the committee on ways and means a
bin to amend section 3.255 OF the Revised
Statutes so as TO extend the exemptions
therein allowed TO dealers in brandies sts-
t.ued from pears pineapples, oranges and
berries. The hlIl had been recommended
bv the commissioner Of internal revenue,
ard was passed.
The horse went into committee or Te
whole. Pavne OF New York in the chair.
and took UP the consideration OF the Dis-
trict of Columbia appropriation bin. The
annual effort OF De Almond, Dem. No.,
was made 10 compel the District OF Column
hia 20 hear all the expense Of the district
cove ~ryuent bat figures were adduced 10
prove that the value ot the governments
property in the district exceeded that OF
private individuals by over S,eee,""e TIE
chairman finally ruled the amendment out
on a point OF order. AT O'Clock recess
was taken until O'Clock.
The house struck a snag early in the ses-
sion tonight A bill 10 pension susan k.
Wright. who. prior TO her marriage 70 Ar
ternus Wright. had been the widow or
James W Walls, Company ]. Ninth req
rnert. New York volunteers. met with or-
Curtis. Of New York. was in charge Of the
ban. and refused 20 withdraw H. The result
was that il went 10 a vote ard Miles. Dem,
Md made the point ~ TO quorum.
Il an SURPRISED that member az the In
valid pension committee should make the
point OF no quorum" said Picker. Rep,
: u. Chairman of that committee
'You may Dc surprised very often. re-
Piled Niles. at what ] considerra proper
exercise Of moral courage"
\ call of the house followed. aysd The roll
cau showed exactly lo4 members present
a quorum in the committee OF the whole
uufer the present rules Thereupon the
count Eas challenged by Miles. who clsimed
thar some one had answered 70 he name
~ Fitzgerald o. Massachusetts. who is Ill
in Nashville
.-Y5u have no -iFh; u challenge the
court. 20 criea Hardy, Rep. Ind.
we have some rights here" setortei
Mites Tae situation Was os-csmLns sxeti-
Ing Hhen Il was explained that Fisher.
Ren. y " had answered to Fifzgerai9'
nar7ts ~ mistake Another vote and an-
otaer eali u the AoHse followed A aaorum
appeared ard fheu disappeared. several
l., 1lo-Yzts disSolving into the cloak rorTn
efca time 4 vote was taken hut Hepburn.
Hep Ia. who was Ia the chair. flnaIly
coantsa a quorum. and the biii was Laid
Az3Ss w4ah = favorable Recommendation
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LOUISIANA FOR REED.
The Speaker Gets the Four Delegates
at-Iarge From the state.

New Orleans. Jan. 31.-The Republican
state convention elected the following dei-
egates for the state at large 10 the -.
Louis convention. William Pitt kellogg,
A. Leonard, Henry Demas. j. Madison
Vance. Thomas j. Gage beat the comhi-
nation formed against him by Hero, War
mouth, Guychard and Others, and was
elected permanent chairman Of the state
central committee. The convention In
dorsed the ticket nominated by the Peo-
pies party.
Mr. Coleman offered a resolution indors-
ing Reed before the vote for delegates
was announced. but. objection being made.
IL was lost in the confusion. The following
aIternates were elected: W. III. Williams,
& A. WardelI, j. ]. Sullivan and Joseph
Honora. The statement is made that
Vance who was a pronounced Mckinley
man until he ascertained that the conyen-
ton was for Reed. then made terms with
Kellogg, by promising to vote for Reed.
Denlas, IL is said, did not commit himself
on the presidential question until he saw
that the Reed men had the convention, so
ne then made terms with the Reed people.
The state ticket indorsed by the Repub-
ilcans is as follows. j. III. PhaFr. for gov
ernor: ]. b. Kleinpeter. for Lieutenant
governor: J. W. Mcfarland. for secretary
OF state: John Pickett, for treasurer; Luz
cien r. Sothern, for attorney general: III.
+. Kernochan. for auditor; DR.. =. 81. Cook.
for superintendent OF education.
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AMAZEMENT IN LONDON.
Over the Extraordinary ttternnces OF
Lord salisbury.

London, Feb. IAN editorial IN The
Chronicle Liberal. this morning, describes
Lord Sai:shury's speech as the most arnaz-
ing ,itterance that ever fell from the lras
a. ma governor OF a great empire at the
eri-ss a. It's fortunes Lord Paimerston IN
his widest after-dsnner escapades could
nat have beaten n ~ viii do England
sr~assotle harm n the eyes OF the world
TEa bAstayye4 but one word on America.
aws v-oula better have left that unsposen.
ssg,e take leave 10 tell him that he Is play
frgs Uish Sre again He should have sad
lezs ar more. Hts confession OF failure
Win regard 20 Armenia - A most Igno-
rninsous admission
THE Times says OF his speech; Lord sal
gsr,,,~v's tone with reference 70 Armenia
was ay.ologet3c. and his explanations were
refbs- unusual. But these VII convince
All fair-frl.nsfed men that the fault does not
L. vrfth the Brit sh government
The Daily Meas LIBERAL. comments etti-
sorsafly upon Lord Sag.sbgrE's > 9adrezs as
soaLosS. The little monster who ei5tts
a. Constant! !n0pse over the bBteBerses All
receive Lord SalIsnssry's statements -
sa.a tst.us~. II wll h-s rad Win lneNprez-
sIbla shame b thousands 81 decent men
aud ys-nrrsar IN England We might ~ east
siefatn from encouraging the sultan ia his
hegsfsh xofx-
The Chronicle points cat thai tne cyprus
convention BIRDS England ~ force OF arms
~ presSag = IsUzs+A14 occupation o. asa
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COAL TO BE DEARER.
Result of the Conferences OF tho An
thr-acfte Presidents.

-
New York Jan. 21.--The meeting OF ths
presidents OF the eleven great anthracite
coal mining and carrying companies ad-
tourned last night. and II was announced
that an agreement had been reached re-
gard.ng the division OF tonnage between
the respective companies. This compact
was not signed. but adopted by votes. 1t
goes into effect from February ]. 1895.
until January !. 1897. After the ex-
piration OF this period. the agree
merit will continue operative. subject to
the right of any interest on thirty days
notice to challenge revision. A standing
committee was appointed, consisting OF
President Thomas OF the Erie. Maxwell. of
the New Jersey Central Wilbur. of the
Lehigh Valley: Harris. of the Reading.
and Walkers. OF the Delaware. Susauehan-
ma a Schuylkili THIS committee will adj
il@f any difficulties that may arse The
Importance OF this agreement between the
interests conducting the great an
fhracit0 industry 10 the public
at large can hardly be overes-
timated. II is expected that advances of
from 10 cents to = cents per ton will be or
dered from actual ruling figures. This wsii
put stove coal 10 tho haris OF 1850. other
sizes m proportion, az aEainst the last
official circular price OF s3.f per ton TIE
high price was not actually realized. pusf-
ness being done al from - cents 10 10
cents below the norninally quoted figures
The sales agents OF the anthracite coal
COMPANIES met today TO consider the pro
dnrtion and prices for February. IL was
recommended that 10000 tons be mined
In that month. and the following schedule
OF prices was adopted: Crate, 1910; esq
and chestnut. ss35. stove. t1eo- These are
free on board prices. They show advances
OF from TO 30 cents per ton above the re-
cent actual selling price. but are from so TO
60 cents per ton below the prices established
last fall The sales agents adjourned until
February q. All interests were repre-
-
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Boston. jar. 3f.-The broksraEe firm of
George III. Stayner K CO.. with brane'n
Offices In several eiiles IN the New Eng
land states. suspended payment today.
No account Of assets and Liabilities can be
made today
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BIG DEFICIT IN JANUARY.
Government Expenditures Continue te
Exceed Receipts.


washington City, Jan. 3i-Tshe forthcon-
ing monthly statement OF government re-
ceipts and expenditures for January viii
show the aggregate receipts to be approx
in.ately 50 81. SO: expenditures. t1.ess. 40:
leaving a deficit for the month OF about
sa. 4ss $50. and for the seven months Of the
present fiscal year OF about slS,sis.s9a The
receipts from customs In the present month
will amount TO about 81, $50. 1856: from In
ternai revenue. sl3. .ioi: from rniscelia-
nsous sources, about si,8i5,s72 This is a
decrease Of about 81. .ooo.0 go IN receipts from
customs az compared with January. 1895.
and an increase OF about 1900, co In the re-
celrts from internal revenue. As compared
with last month. there - an Increase OF
ovsr a. 90 0Oo In receipts from customs and
. decrease OF nearly 81 10000 in receipts
from internal revenue. Pension payments
This month amounted 20 about s5.fS.ea a
decrease from last month or about 4l,ss,.evl.
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Ottawa. Jan. 3l.-'The annual report OF
.ha rrysnssfer of militia, now hefore pariia-
,nsns gives the total expenditures for mil
ira Gast year ar <l.ssf.0i1 The permanent
49, oaf in fhesr ANIMAL drfil OF twelve
S..va last year The adjutant general calls
auction 1, the obsolete rifles sTit1 which
the force IS equipped.
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rhe kentnckv nend,ock.

Frankfort KY, Jan. 3f.--The ninth bal
lot In joint assembly for United States
senator at noon today resulted In no elec-
tioHg The friends Of Mr.. Hunter are ~or-
rsed over the decision Of one or two Re-
publican members 10 vote for some one
else. Baaekburn's friends seem 20 be en-
eosraged for some reason The ballot re-
suited: Hunter 81. Blackburn 52. Nc
creary 6. Carlisle 2, Evans /, Bate !,
e-s...
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pa,,onr ON ,Ione,ary Reforms.

! CIasgnw, Jan. si.--sAt a meeting OF the
sfnnetarv Reform Association today a let
ter was read from A. }. Balfour, iirst lord
~ The treasury and Conservative leader,
gsatfng mat the writer's earnest desire
,-s,s ,,r-lirEf.niehei that the nations Of the
vvorla should adopt some means to end me
,,sgaefsrv ANTIQUITIES nos checking intius-
fry and embarrassing international COM
rrteraa
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Determination Against Our Products.

washington city. Jan. 3l.-The house
committee on ways and means today
adopted a resolution providing for invssii-
CATION OF discrimination agaist American
products and the effect Of the repeal OF the
reciprocity laws. The resolution was intro
ducea By Tawney Of Minnesota. Experts
10 make the luVestigaf alton are provided for
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THE BoEKs ARE REASONABLE.

Minor. and therefore Russia can only act
with Englands permission