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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-12-25
oLv YEAR., FAREWELL

'ooA ~ 'I&$3s
all earthly things must end,
One look into your fading eyes. my friend,
So fond and dear. Old Year, Old Year.
There's mild regret within my heart In
place of pain,
All that was sweet in thee shall once
again
In memory live and make me glad.
Old Year: then why be sud?
Now that we're parting. I'm impelled to say.
What I've in secret thought for many a day
Yet still l love you. dear Old icar.
You've always worn a somewhat somber
face,
You've never had the wlnsomc sprightly
grace
Tint i remember in yopr forcgone kin.
Old Year. that l have ushered In.
Your stay was shorter. too. 1t seems to me.
Than that Of former years was wont to be.
oh. fond and dear Old Year. Old Year.
Maylan for me all time is near complete.
And toward the end you're hast'nins With
glad feet.
Then speed, no longer stay,
Old Year. go swift thy way!
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always in 1t a certain tang of bitter
ness.
Perhaps the next characteristic Of the
Scots was what in their enfeebled En-
glish language might be called caution,
but which. in the admirable dialect OF
Scotland, was called "canniness." The
Scots were not an impulsive nation. They
were not a nation carried away by emo
ton, nor enthusiastic until aroused; and
after that the Scottish nation burned like
an anthracite coal furnace. The canni-
ness of the nation came out in the aff1u-
ence of their vocabulary in expressing
themselves. 1t was due to the passionate
love of a Scotsman for argument and his
absolute refusal. except under fear of
penal servitude, to admit a positive state
ment.
In the Scotsman's reserve, born of the
hardness of the soil, there lay a great
strength. for IL was not the strong but
the weak people that carried their hearts
upon their sleeves and opened all their
affairs for everybody's consideration. The
undoubted note of austerity in the Scot
fish character was an explanation of
many peculiarities in Scottish history
They would never drive a Scotsman, and
IL people tried to drive him in political
and religious affairs his reading of his
tory was that 1t always ended in catas-
trophe for the people who tried to drive
and not for the Scotsman. On the other
hand, they could take a Scotsman on the
right side and then. perhaps, he was too
weak
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tons of the judge. One of the fair jurors
insisted that the judges instructions
were in direct contradiction with one OF
the arguments advanced by the woman
lawyer in the trial The three were i'm
movable and the plaintiff lost the case.
The remarks of the judge I'm discharging
the jury-in which he remarked that II
was impossible for him to see how any Il
persons could fail to agree in such case
were entirely lost upon the three obdu-
rate ones. He even went so far as to say
plainly that the jury should not have
been 10 minutes in reaching verdict for
the plaintiff. to which. after adjournment
of court. one of the ladies replied that
she had noticed the woman lawyer maxi
ing eyes at the man on the bench all the
time she was talking.
But the case at Clear Lake, recently
decided, is pointed to a triumph for
the women, and, perhaps 1t is. At any
rate the verdict is regarded as being in
accordance with both the law and the
facts, and the majority of the jurymen
were women, IL the bull is permissible.
Aaron Phipps had sued his wife for a di-
vorce, a suit which she only contested for
the purpose of clearing her own reputa-
ton and securing the custody of their
child. Judge Andrews, presiding in the
Clear Lake court, determined to have
some women on the jury. Twelve were
fed and were sworn in, and, with five
men, constituted the jury for the trial of
the case. The testimony of the witnesses
for Mrs. Phpps was crushingly destruc-
tive of the character of Mr.. Phipps. 1t
was, also, much OF IL, revolving in char
acter. The escapades of Mr. Phipps had
been of a character to make their recital
in the presence of ladies somewhat en-
barrassing. But the ladies on the jury
never fiinched from the ordeal. Occasion
ally an exclamation of "Oh the brute"
or Poor thing!" would escape from the
jury box, and 1t was plain to be seen how
the majority of the jury felt. In fact.
Phipps declared that the jury had been
packed against him.
Nevertheless. the jury was eight hours
In reaching a verdict. 1t retired at 4
o'clock in the afternoon and did not
reach a verdict until midnight. 1t has
since been stated that the cause of the
delay was the desire of three or four la
dies on the jury condemning in the most
vigorous terms such conduct as Aaron
Phipps had been guilty OF. The effort to
persuade them to abandon this purpose
and sign the verdict without any re-
marks led to the waste of time.
The mixed jury will either become more
popular or disappear in a short time.
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A recent bulletin of the Michigan
census bureau is devoted to the occu-
pations of the people of the state over
10 years of age Agriculture holds the
place of Importance, farm workers be-
ing 31.S0 per cent. of the total number
of males whose occupations are report
ed. as compared with 1875 per cent. in
manufacturing and mining industries,
1919 per cent. in trade and transpor-
tation, 1895 in domestic and personal
service, and 233 per cent. in the pro-
fessions. The native stock holds it's
own on the farms, too, the per cent.
of agriculturalists who are native born
being 7049. The foreign born are
found more largely in domestic and
personal service, and in manufactur-
ing and mining, representing nearly
one-half in each, being 1888 per cent.
in the first named, and 45.1S per cent.
in the other. Child workers, between
the age of 10 and 16, are 2.4S per cent.
of the whole, and workers over so years
of age are S.S1 per cent Female work.
ers constitute about one-fourth of the
whole number under 81 years of age,
but between that age and 60 years of
age their proportion falls to 8 per cent.
dropping to per cent. among those
over so years of age.
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SEQ. ch a Humorous Race.
. Edinburgh Scotsman.

From the Edinburgh Scotsman.
Rev. John Watson dan Maclaren) re-
Gently lectured on Certain Traits in
Scottish Character" In the course of his
remarks he said that the first trait In
the Scottish character was the sense of
humor. A Scotsman would have touched
the very highest reaches of charity when
he was able finally and without a grudge
to forgive the English humorist who said
n surgical operation was necessary to get
humor into the head of a Scotsman. And
it was a curious thing how a single
phrase should continue from generation
to generation and be perpetually flung in
their faces. 1t was mentioned as III II
were new, which was intolerable. but,
what was far more intolerable, IL was
regularly mentioned as If IL were true.
There was a more subtle reflection still
which insisted on spelling Scottish wit
as "wut"
one would not Judge the sense of hui
NOR in a people by their manner. II
there was a people who took their humoI
quietly. slowly-perhaps 1t would do tc
add sadly--such. it appears to him. were
the Scottish people. When a Jest was
presented to a man of Scottish nature
he was not going to Immediately accept
II and pass 1t on as jest by laughter
When the andiNtlC VI MS ia
ture forgotten by long study of political
and religious questions, he took IL e
avizandum and proceeded to examine IL
1t might be next day before he was sat
isfied he paid IL honor
A more important thing TO remember
was that II humor in different countries
was different and that II were the cas-
that their religious and social ideas wer'
very largely influenced by climate. 81
surely IL would be with their humor
American humor depends largely upoi
the greatness OF the country. Jests II
America were so large. In the stric
sense of wit, he imagined they would
agree that the French had the most deli
cate finish and flavor for their humor II
Europe Again. the Scots have no CLAIM
TO that brilliant sword-play OF reparte
which was so characteristic not OF tn
Highland Celt. but of the Irish Celt.
His impression was that. though En-
glish wit had not either the subtlety o
the brilliancy OF French and Celtic hu
NOR. IL had an element which was mos
admirable-the element OF downright fun
II they in Scotland had had more OF tina
simple element that they called fun hi
impression was that they had been
sWeeter and happier people. Scottish hu
nor. owing TO the inclemency and IA
uncertainty OF the weather. owing TO IN
hardness OF the soil. and the difficulty O
its due cultivation. was severe. and ha
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Call at the Standard offices and ex-
anime the superb book. Napoleon
from Corsica to st. Helena" distributes
to six months subscribers to the daily
Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27

China's most effective circumlocution
office, and Ii, to be independent Of his
colleague and to escape their bicker-
ings, accepted the remunerative and
highly important position of viceroy of
Chih-h, the province containing the
capital, and removed his Yamen
(c0urD to Tientsin, directing China's
foreign affairs from that populous port
on the Pei-ho.
His first administrative effort at i'm
provement was the rebuilding of the
Taku forts protecting the entrance of
the Pei-ho River against foreign at
tack. The construction of the almost
impregnable strongholds of Port Ar
thur and Wei-Hai-Wei, lost by pusilI-
animity and incapacity, as we'll as that
Of the railroad between Tientsin and
Scandinavian, at the entrance of the
great wall, must be credited to him,
and he deserves the greater encomium
as these works were executed at the
risk of life, the opposition of hi III
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to say nothing of the Surrey jail,
which conceited him into a martyr.
But Leigh Hunt is a good man and a
good father-see his odes to all the
masters Hunt; good husband-see
his sonnet to Mrs. Hunt; a good friend
see his epistles to different people; a
son in everything about him. But
that's not his fault, but of circumstan-
ces.''
Again, though with no direct allu-
sion to Hunt, he writes:
''The pity Of these men is that they
never lived in high life nor in solitude
There is no medium for the knowI-
edge Of the busy or the still world. If
admitted into high life for a season.
it is merely as spectators they form
no part of the mechanism thereof
Now, Moore and l, the one by circum-
stances and the. other by birth, hap
pened to be free of the corporation
and to have entered into its pulses
and passions, 'quarum parties fulmus. :"
Temple Bar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27
THE CARS FAVORITE BOOKS.

1t is, Of course, very difficult to form
any estimate from the preferences or
predictions of a scnoolboy as to
what will be the bent Of the mind of
the monarch. His French tutors de-
clared that he had a marked preference
fer French literature, and that in mis-
opinion the modern French painters
and sculptors stood first in modern art.
Like NEST growing lads, Nicholas II.
delighted in Jules Verne and in Robert
Louis Stevenson. Among English au-
thors he is said to be most partial to
Scott, Shakespeare, and Dickens, while
among the French authors his favorites
are said to be Victor Hugo ana Lamar
tine. Of his preference in German au-
thors, nothing is recorded The Ger
man tutors id not live in the palace,
and although he was educated without
any bias against Germany, it was no
ticed by those in his company that the
young fellows sense of humor was
much exercised by the stiff, clumsy,
pedantic, and sweeping Germans,
whom he seldom lost opportunity of
ridiculing when he could do it good
humoredly.-Czar of Russia in June
Review of Reviews.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27

That Ii was influential in placing Sir
istration of customs, and made him
wholly independent of any Chinese au-
thority, was perhaps the greatest boon
conferred by HIM upon his country.
No administration On earth has been
so singularly free of peculation in any
that gentleman that in every loan
made to the Chinese government by
whatever nationality it is expressly
stipulated that the customs shall re-
main under the same administration.
No man has exerted greater influence
upon the politics of China, and to no
one does this inert mass owe greater
thanks than to Sir Harry Parkes, so
often cruelty misjudged in our public
press, but to whose memory every
American who has known him is sin
cerely attached Sir Harry died in
harness. but rot before he had backed
up Ii Hung Chang in all his projects
of progress, and Ii acknowledges in
his loss that of an honest and sincere
friend.
It was the subjest of this sketch to
whom we owe the honor of being the
first occidental power to sign treaty
with Corea, or Chosen, the land of
the morning calm. Ii Hung Chang,
fearing the designs of the Japanese
11non that unfortunate peninsula.
thought that a treaty between that
kingdom and the leading powers would
constitute a sort of protectorate. He
did not know, or if he knew did not
care. that the right of making treaties
included as sine qua non the indie
pendence of the State making such
treaty, but it was the pressure brought
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27
TRAPPED KITTENS.
How They Were Tended and Fed by
Their Mother Cat

In the warehouse of George J. AppOld
& Sons, on Water street, are several
cats which have passed through a
strange adventure.
Some time age the old cat became
the mother of two kitters, which grew
to be favorites with everyone in the
building. One cay the kittens were
missing, and all efforts to find them
failed.
About a month after their disap-
pearance part of the platform in the
front of the building had to be removed
in order to permit coal to be taken in.
There, to the surprise Of the porter, he
saw the mother cat crouched beside a
rat trap, inside of which were the two
lost kittens receiving nourishme1t
from her through the wires of the trap.
The secret was out The mischievous
kittens had crawled into the rap,
which had long been out of use, and it
had caught them. Their plight be-
ing seen by their mother, she sustained
them in the manner which instinct
suggested.
The kittens had grown so large in
the time they had been missed that
they filled the narrow precincts OF
their prison.-Baltimore Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27

Mandarins and of personal attendants
of the young emperor being constant
and extremely harrassing. The great
fault of Lis life was the attachment
manifested for members of his family
many of whom. placed by him in posi-
lions of trust, proved to be miserable
scoundrels, whose peculation led China
to the verge of destruction. This was
the case with his nephew, the
TaO-tai, whose embezzlement left Port
Arthur without powder or shells
Among Lis most influential opponents
was Chang Chin Tung, whom he had
to the yiceroyalty of the
Two Kiangs. a position which kept
him at a distance of some 1900 miles
from Picking. Chang, although a for
eng hater of the deepest dye, had
sense enough to see that an army and
navy were absolutely necessary, and
eXerted himself to produce the same.
The Arsenal at WOo-sung, near Shang-
hal, was constructed by him, but here
again the inevitable squeeze" proved
the miscarriage of his e-ign.
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to bear upon the Corean government
that ended the seclusion of the hermit
kingdom in the treaty of Chemulpo
sieC d by Admiral Shufeldt for the
In ed States in 1881.
Tut the great mistake of Lis life
was the profound contempt, now
changed into undying hatred, which he
felt for the Wojin, or pigmies, as he
likes to cali the Japanese, and which
dates from their feverish adoption of
our manners and customs in the early
seventies, and against which a strong
reaction now prevails. 1t is impossible
now to state whether he was deluded
by Yuan, the man appointed by him as
Chinese resident in Seoul, into giving
the opportunity for which the Japan
csc had been longing; or if Yuan acted
under instructions, and that Ii though
that his diplomatic skill could avert
japanese seized the opportunity, and
the amazed world saw the spectacle of
nation of 100000 attacking one of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27
UNITED STATES EXPORTS.

Africa last year imported from
America and consumed 1873 sc
pounds of our canned meats and paid
$109,79 for them.
Cornmeal, or, as it is termed in
Europe, Indian cornmeal, was exported
to the amount of223, 5G7 barrels. val.
ued at $648,844.
Of American sheep, 4O5,7 48 went
abroad in 1895 to produce mutton 70,
the Europeans, who, in return, sent
back $2,630,6S6-
The exports Of preserved and canned
fruits from the United States to the
continent of Africa last year amounted
to $16,921.
British India last year consumed S13-
72O worth of preserved fruits grown on
American soil and put up in American
factories.
Of timothy seed, which is said to be
coming into greater favor in Europ2
there were exported 4,939,2 37 pounds.
valued at SPIT, 100.
only z,515 mules were exported from
this country last year, their value b.
ing $186, 452, the greater part of which
came from, Missouri.
The American sheep in the form of
mutton and on the hoof went abroad
last year to the amount Of sol ,449
pounds, valued at s47,832.
In spite of the fact of it's being a
tropical country, Cuba last year i'm
ported from the United States $7O,111
worth of fruits, nuts, and the like.
1t is surprising fact that the bakers
of America sent abroad 14,2O6. 314
pounds of bread and biscuit. for
which they received $634,6
The Europeans are learning to ap-
preciate oleomargarine, or imitation
butter, for last year they called for
1O,1OO,S97 pounds, valued at $992,468.
Dried apples were in demand last
year in Europe, 1855, 946 pounds of the
American product going there, for
which $461,214 was returned to this
country.
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Imost ten times that number.

almost ten times that number
The result is known. The war is of
too recent a date to revert to. 1t is
enough to know that Lii after a narrow
escape from Koyama's bullet, and ap-
parently signing a most disastrous and
humiliating treaty, came out with a
diplomatic victory inasmuch as Japan
was compelled to relinqush relunct-
antly the conquered territory on the
continent of Asia. That Ii Hung
Chang paid a good price for Russia
advice will be in evidence before long;
that no price would be considered too
great to bring retribution upon the
island empire may also be taken for
granted. And if this Chinese states
man would speak now what secrets he
could tell as to the result of his mis-
sion to Russia which he surely would
not have undertaken in his old age if
his hatred against the Japanese had
not impelled and sustained him
AT home Ii Hung Chang is the typ
zeal Chinaman, living in his Yamen,
surrounded by an army of hirelings
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27
BABY'S SHORT CLOTHES.

AS soon as the baby reaches us fifth
month take off the long, cumbersome
skirts and put on skirts that come just
about three inches below the fest.
Then put on light, soft stockings and
soft morocco shoes. When the baby is
six months old shorten the skirts still
more, this giving the child more fee
dom of limb. At the age of seven
months put a baby on the floor, and
let it race about as much as it likes
This will give it the strength required
for creeping and walking, which soon
follow. In these days it seems to be
the habit and practice 10 carry the
children in the arms and never allow
them to go on the floor till they are
big and old enough to walk. 1t is a
great mistake to be eternally handling
a child.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27
FLORAL DECORATIONS.

ParasOls Of Powered material or en-
broidered in floral patterns, or adorned
with trails and fringes of artificial
flowers are much seen, and are very
pretty, although the latter are fragile.
Silk and cambria flowers are often al
most as beautiful as natural ones. but
they are also almost as short-liv9d.
They are, properly speaking, a far
more expensive luxury than they seem,
for they require to be constantly re-
newed. Who has not seen that most
dismal of sights-an evening gown
trimmed with flowers that once de-
served the name, but have lost their
pristine freshness and hang mere limp
rags of cambria or frayed silk, a dis
figurement instead of an adornment?
The convenience and becomingness
OF the separate waist are so universally
appreciated that women will not cas-
lily give it up, and it is still not only
generally worn, but fashionable. A
plain but perfectly made skirt Of black
satin, brocade or other silk material is
one Of the most useful articles in
woman's wardrobe now. With it she
wears a variety Of colOred bodices of
silk, crepe de chine and other mate
rails. These bodices may be made Of
remnant lengths, as five yards are us1-
ally sufficient for one.
Directoire belts are much worn es-
pecially for evening dresses. Some of
them are composed almost entirely of
jewels, are fitted to the figure, and are
often curved under the bust, as were
those that our grandmothers wore with
their muslin slips. Many gowns CT
light goods have the skirt mounted by
three or four rows of gathers.
Today's sketch illustrates a dust
cloak Of light gray wool or taffeta. 1t
is held at the waist by belt of satin
ribbon, having long ends and loops N
front and two short coques at the back.
A basque of lace follows the belt Ill
around. A pelerine covers the shout
ders, and is edged with two ruffies Of
lace. The sleeves are of broche silk,
the neck ruche of plated silk gauze
tied with satin ribbons. The accom-
panying hat is of bright red straw
trimmed with choux of white satin ana
black quilts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-27
OUR DEBT 10 THE WHEEL.

The general public who live in cities
and use the streets and roads and who
do not rice, though a diminishing
number, are still numerous enough to
be thought of. TO them the silence Of
the wheel is no small matter. The
clatter of the hoofs of horses enough to
carry small fraction of the wheelmen
in the cities would be murderous, and
urban people would fee from it as from
the destruction that wasteth at noon
day Moreover, we already owe to the
cyclist and his multitudinous infiu-
ence many mile of asphalt, and, indi-
rectly, we owe to him the introduction
of the rubber tire for cabs and coaches,
which is steadily spreading.-New
York Times.