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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

hand, and the wheels of the carriages
had rolled away. Only the clock:
broke upon the midnight. l wa:
| asleep.
Something touched me-
Doctor, 1T was a whisper thai
filled the room
opened my eyes
My patient stood before me.
1T keeps coming, and 1 cannot
sleep. I shall never sleep again"
Mr.. Grant, hear me; is your con.
science at ease?"
mo, it is not. That man Placide; ]
did not treat him just as 1 would be
treated. Heaven forgive mer'
ASK God to forgive you. Then lie
down and sleep. it is late
He threw himself en- the bed and lay
there praying.
Doctor"
What can l do?"
God has forgiven mer'
II am glad. 1t is midnight. You
must have sleep"
One o'clock He was surely asleep
No.
He rose slowly in his bed, and gazed
in to the shadows.
There he is. He has forgiven me if
he ever knew. How beautiful he
looksw
Whom do you think you see?'
'Placide-he is there God has for
given me- and Placide has Now 7 will
go to rest
Yes, it is nearly two o'clock
But he sat up in bed gazing.
There is something dark in the
corner. I can see it forming. My feet
are cold. l can see it's feet"
"Lie back on the pillow
MY hands and arms are growing
cold. l can see it's hands and arms
there"
He presently added
MY heart beats feebly, Doctor.
There is it's bodyv'
Whose body?" I asked.
''The Form. 1t was that that
knocked"
His eyes ceased to move
Il can hardly see now. The world
is all going. But there is the Form
it is dark" He listened.
Doctor, did you hear that? Did you
hear what he said?'
Il heard nothing"
He said, o Doctor, he said I can
never forgive you. O Doctor, Doctor,
that Form is myself"
The long hallucInation had done it's
work-he turned his face to the wall :;
"he went out and it was night"
(The End)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
THE BALL BEFORE WATERLOO.

Wellington's conduct is a riddle
About the middle of the afternoon he
was informed, through the Prince of
Orange, as to his enemy's movements
With perfect calm, he commanded that
his troops should be ready in their
environments; at five he issued orders
for the divisions to march with a view
to concentration at Nivelles, the east
ernmost point that he intended to
occupy; at ten, just as he was setting
out for the Duchess of Richmond's ball,
gave definite instructions for the con-
ceDtration to begin. About twenty
minutes after the Prince of Orange had
reached the ballroom Wellington sent
him away quietly, and then, suInmoning
the Duke of Richmond who was to
have command Of the reserve when
formed, he asked for a map. The two
withdrew to an adjoining room. Well
ington closed the door, and said with
an oath, Napoleon has humbugged
me-" Then he explained that he had
ordered his army to concentrate at
Quatre Bras, adding, But we shall not
stop him there; and if so, I must fight
him here" marking Waterloo with his
thumb-nail ON the map as he spoke
William M. Sloane in the Century
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

Scranton has started a municipal
labor bureau, where applicants for en-
ployment and persons in need OF help
may register their wants without
charge. All the work connected with
1t is done by police officers already in
the pay if the municipality and the
scheme does not cost anything.
New York German-American Typo
graphical unions are about to demand
that the hours of labor for compositors
employed by morning newspapers be re-
duced to forty hours week. 1t is in
tended that members shall work only
hve days a week to reduce the number
of the unemployed
1t is estimated that the late strike in
the building trades in London cost the
carpenters s125,000 for strike benefits:
bricklayers. 100000; plasterers, $1,000:
general builders laborers, s75.OO0
which taken into account with the
he. w losses sustained by the master
builders, aggregates probably $3.50. 900.
During the last two years the boiler
makers expended less than $1,000 for
strike benefits and in ten of the princi-
pal strikes secured advances in wages.
aggregating $4,000 per annum to their
members. Probably this sum would be
doubled by the advances gained wi,nout
recourse to strikes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
LAUGHTER A GREAT TONIC.
Keeps the Spirits Buoyant, the Heart
and Face Young

Il presume if we laughed more we
should all be happier and healthier"
writes Edward W. Box in the October
Ladies Home Journal. 'True, we
are busy and very practical people
And most of us probably find more in
this life to bring the frown than the
smile. But, nevertheless, it is a pity
that we do not laugh more; that we
do not bring ourselves to the laugh if
laugh is the best medicine in the
world. Physicians have said that no
other feeling works so much good to
the entire human body as that of mer-
riment. AS a digestive, it is unex-
celled; as a means of expanding the
lungs, there is nothing better. 1t
keeps the heart and face young. 1t is
the best of all tonics to the spirits. 1t
is, too, the most enjoyable of all SEN
sations. A good laugh makes us bet
ter friends with ourselves and every
body around us, and puts us into closer
touch with what is best and brightest
in our lot in life. It is to be regretted.
IHSu, IudC SuCu d pOI6uC agency 1Or
our personal good is not more often
used. 1t costs nothing. All other
medicines are more or less expensive.
Why said an old doctor not long
ago, IF people fully realized what it
meant to themselves to laugh, and
laughed as they should, ninety per
cent. of the doctors would have to go
out of business Probably when we
get little less busy we shall laugh
more. For, after ALL the difference be-
tween gloom and laughter is but
step. And if more CT us simply took
a step aside oftener than we do, and
rested more, we would laugh more. By
laughing I do not mean the silly. gig
gle INDUCED in by some women and
so many girls. There is no outward
mark which demonstrates the woman
of shallow mind so Enthusiastically as
that of giggling. There is no sense
in the giggle; no benefit to be derived
from it. It makes a fool of the per-
son herself, and renders everyone
about her uncomfortable. But just as
the giggle is the outcome of small
mind, the hearty laugh is the reflection
of a heathful nature. What we want
is more good laughers in the world
not more gigglers."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
HOW HELEN KELLER TALKS.

The hundreds of personal friends of
Helen Keller, the totally blind and to-
tally deaf girl, whose development and
whose attachments are nothing short of
marvellous, and the tens of thousands
who have become interested in her,
will be pleased to learn of the remark
able progress she has been making.
within the last year. Not only does
she use her voice constantly in COM
municating with those about her, but
she has reached the stage where those
v no wish to talk with her speak to her
as they would to any one in full pos
session of all his senses Miss Keller no
longer uses her fingers to talk to Others
She uses them now in conversation
simply to listen to others who speak to
her. By placing her fingers on the lips
and throat of those who are talking TO
her she not only almost instantly
hears words that are difficult to pro-
n0Gnce clearly, but she is also enabled
to detect the various shadings of vowel
sounds that many persons, even with a
keenly developed ear cannot pronounce
after teacher.-Demorest's Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Frank Dixon, the veteran taxider
mist of Kansas City, who found gold
encrusted on a deer's teeth, and VIII
went to Colorado to hunt for gol
where the deer was shot, returned
this city last week. Mr.. Dixon wa
away three months, and in that tim
he roamed over many square mil
of the widest part of Colorado, bu
he says he found what he went
search of, and believes he will he
rich man as soon as he can get a It'll
TO his mines. Mr.. Dixon brought sam
pies of placer gold with him which
he says, he found in paying quaint
ties. He will go back to Colorado in
a few weeks and will begin mining.
citizens of Decatur, Ind, is slowly
starving to death. He is afflicted with
a disease that has baffied the best med
ical science in this country. For two
months he has taken but little nour
ishment and for fifteen days has take
neither food nor drink. It is impossi
BILE for anything to reach his ston
ach, the disease having the form of
structure of the esophagus. He wa
driven to the cemetery, where he Sc
lected a spot for his grave, and gave
instructions as to how his funera
should be conducted. He realizes that
he cannot live long and is resigned
to h. fate.
Harvey Bennett, of Vienna, Ind, has
raised a horticultural wonder in the
shape of a pumpkin vine in his house
garden which measures over seventy
five feet in length and has on it
twenty-five full-grown pumpkins, each
the size of half bushel. The vine
grew from single pumpkin seed OF
new variety, with which Mr.. Bennett
was experimenting. A singular fea-
ture Of the production is that the
pumpkins are exactly three feet
apart from one end of the vine to the
other, and all on one side.
In 1892 the japanese entered into
the pearl fishing enterprise with some
enthusiasm, and these people now hold
fully one-fifth of the trade, having
some forty boats, out of a total of 200,
engaged in the industry.
AS result of the establishment of
creameries in Ireland one railway
alone has carried to Cork and Dublin
for export nearly a thousand tons
more butter during the past six
months.
An egg in the shape of a small
squash, with a long, crooked neck, is
being shown in Louisiana as Pike
county's CMissouri) latest contribu-
ton to the freak list.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
NAPOLEON'S WILL.

His will displays his qualities in
their entirety. The language sounds
simple and sincere; there is a hidden
meaning in almost every line. His
religion had been, at best. that of a
deist; at the last he professed a piety
which he never felt or practiced. Dur
ing his life France had been loved and
used as skilful artificer uses his tool;
the last words of his testament suggest
passionate devotion. To his son he
recommended the love of right, which
alone can incite to the performance of
great Deeds" for his faithless wife he
expressed the tenderest sentiments,
hope that the English people would
avenge itself on the English oligarchy,
and that France would forgive the
traitors who betrayed her-Marmont,
Augereau, Talleyrand, and Lafayette
as he forgave them. Louis he pardon
ed in the same spirit for the libel
published in 1920; it is full of false
hoods and falsified documents" The
blame for Enghien's murder he took
to himself. The second portion of the
document is a series of munifcent
sounding requests, disposing of his
suppositious private fortune, esti-
mated by him at 25O,OOO,OOO francs, to
list of legatees, which includes every
one who had done the legator any i'm
portant service since his earliest child
hood. In codicil he remembers one
Caution, who had undergone trial
for an alleged attempt to assassinate
Wellington. Caution had as much
right to assassinate that oligarch as
he (Wellington) to send me to the
rock of ST. Helena to perish there"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
THE MOST LUXURIOUS CITY.
Fabulous Amounts Spent Yearly by
New Workers.

John Gilmer Speed writes of the
money spent annually in 1.-THE Most
Luxurious City in the World in the
October Ladies' Home Journal. He
asserts in PREDATORY way that New
York is the most luxurious city in the
world, and that expenditures are made
on mere living with an elegance and
ostentation unknown in any of the
capitals of Europe. The total wealth
of New York would, if equally divided,
give to each man, woman and child
of that city s3,756.S2-an amount
900 are paid annually to the lawyers
greater than any other city in the
world. MIR. Speed states that s20,400,-
of New York; s11,328,000 to physi-
clans and surgeons; 100000 to the
clergymen; s2,665,00 to architects;
$500, 900 to dentists; s13,020,000 to
brokers. An aggregate of about $780,
100000 is spent annually for clothing,
$4,000, 900 for furs, s20,000,000 for dia-
monds and other jewels, So, SOC, 900 for
cut flowers and growing plants; s20,-
100000 on yachting (the boats repre-
senting an investment of $4,000, 000),
which is something more than is spent
yearly on horses and carriages. The
elevated railroads take in s12,000.0G0
for car fare, and the surface lines S15,-
100000, a total of s27, 900, 900 for going
about New York Mr.. Speed estimates
that s31, 1891, 500 are spent by New
Workers each year in European travel,
So, 537 500 of which go for steamship
tickets. New Workers spend 0,000, 900
for beer and s9O,O0O,00O for wine and
spirits about sixty-six and two-thirds
dollars for each person per year. In
their gifts to charities New Workers
are most liberal, $4,000 900 being the
annual sum thus expended. More
money is spent in supporting and fur
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
PROFOUND THEORY.

81 have just been figgerin' why the
great march of the nations is toward
the west" said Hungry Higgins, over
his cup of warmed-oyer coffee.
'Why is it?" asked the kind lady,
surprised to find that her guest had an
idea beyond handouts"
tits cause the earth is moyin' the
other way, and it is the nature of man
sensible man-to neutralize the
movement so far as possible"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

The allowance of lawyers to popula-
ton III this country is rather more lib
eral than that of preachers. There
are S9,422 men and 2OS women en-
gagged in the legal profession, and, sup
posing each to have an average of ten
suits on hand, the litigation going on
at one time in the United States would
foot up $4,000 cases.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

The Westminster clock, big Ben, !"
reports itself each day automatically
at Greenwich, where record is kept
of it's accuracy. During 1893 its error
exceeded four seconds on five days.
On 70 per cent. of the days of observa-
ton the error was under two seconds,
and on p per cent. of the days the
clock was right within hall a second.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

The United Kingdom has more wom-
en- workers than any other state in the
world in proportion to the population,
and among them no fewer than $4,000
are set down as dressmakers-an oc-
cupation which may be reasonably
claimed as an industry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

In Worcester, England, the glove
making trade is largely, if not en-
tirely, dependent on female labor, and
in that city alone nearly $4,000 women
are employed by the various firms.
The great lace industry, covering many
cities and districts of Europe, lies
largely. if not entirely, in the hands
of women.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

thering church work in New York
than is paid all theaters and play
houses in the city. The total spent
for amusements is s5,900,O0 while
considerably more than $4,000, 900 is
contributed to the support of churches.
The herald., 1896-04-05

of the games, and has personally done
much to make them successful.
The herald., 1896-04-05

pie, made reference to the numerous
troubles of Spain, adding. "The only
good thing about the Spanish are their
women" II Bismarck had occupied
his old position when he made this re-
mark, it is easy to surmise what a
storm it would have raised in all Eu-
rope, now that nearly all of the mon
arches are disposed to side with Spain
in it's disagreement with the United
States about the Cuban rebellion.
In contrasting his long years Of SER
vice in the empire. and the few years
of private life he has had, Bismarck
says:
"If I added together the few rare
minutes of true happiness L have en-
joyed during my life they would hardly
count up to more than twenty-four
hours. In politics have never had
rest enough to feel the sense Of happi-
ness. 1t was continual battle and
strife, and if success was achieved,
dull care stepped in to point out how
that success was to be held fast and
might be best utilized.
"But in my private life, there have
been moments of happiness. Thus I
recall one moment of my early youth.
when, as boy shot my first hare
With happy feeling l saw later how
many improvements rs a farmer, my
artificial irrigation and my forest cul-
ture prospered; now and then, I en-
joyed genuine happiness at home with
my wife and my children"
Bismarck is happy now, however,
Notwithstanding his ebbing strength.
When any of his old enemies, the So
cialists. run against snag, he is as
pleased as boy with new toy. He
likes to tell of the incidents of the
stirring times when he was fashioning
a great nation, now one of the powers
of the earth, out of family of pyg-
mics. Those of his enemies who have
passed beyond the dark river are al
ways spoken of kindly by Bismarck
but when he talks of those who are
among the living his face bristles with
the fire and austerity of generation
ago.
The herald., 1896-04-05

400, 800 and 1900 meters fist and ITO
meters rough. To be governed by the
rules of the Union of French Societies
of Athletic Sports.
Marathon foot race-Forty-two kilo-
meters, from Marathon to Athens, for
the cup offered by M. Michel Breal,
member of the Institute Of France.
This race will terminate at the Stade
Panathenaique, which has been re-
stored by the munificence of Hell
lenic citizen, George Averhof. The
athletic and gymnastic sports will also
take place In the Stade Panathe-
naique.
Contests-Running long jump, rum
ming high jump, putting the weight
and throwing disks. Under rules of
the Amateur Athletic association Of
England.
mnastics-Individual exercises:
Climbing smooth rope, performance
on the fixed bar, flying rings, monnt-
ing the horse and lifting heavy
weights.
Group exercises-In which no less
than ten members of each society will
be permitted to take part.
Fencing and wrestling - Assaults
with foils, sabers and swords-ama-
teurs, professional, civil and military.
Under special rule of the Paris So
ciety for the encouragement of fenc-
ing,
The herald., 1896-04-05
Faithfully Kept His Pledge


A party of well-dressed men met at q
leading hotel last night. A game OF
poker was proposed, when one Of them
said:
II never play, so you will have to ex-
cuse me, gentlemen"
"Why, l played with you several
years ago." said one.
"Yes, but since that time my mother
died. For years before her death was
professional gambler, and it nearly
broke her heart, for she had always
hoped that 1 would make my mark in
some honorable profession. At her
deathbed, three years ago, promised
her that I would never touch another
card, and 1 have kept my word. ]
never will"
His companions were visibly affected
by this candid recital, and one Of them
said:
II honor you for your course, and
we will not play poker tonight. sup.
pose you went into profession when
you ceased your career as a gambler
and I hope you have been successful. y
"Very," replied the reformed card
player. I'm the three years am about
$4,000 ahead, and would not have
The herald., 1896-04-05

Of more than twenty tons, distance ten
miles. Foreign boats and crews will
excluded from these races.
Rowing-O rover in skiff, 200 me-
ters, straightkway. Two rowers in
yAwls, with outriggers, 1000 meters,
straightaway. -Four rowers in yawls,
1000 meters, straights way. Special
course will be arranged for squadrons.
Rules of the Rowing Club Italiano to
govern.
Swimming-Speed. 100 meters; en-
durance and speed, 500 meters; endur-
ance, 1000 meters.
Game of water polo.
Cycling - Speed, 1000 meters on
track, without PAGERS; 10000 meters on
track, without PAGERS.
Endurance, 100 kilometers on track,
with PAGERS; twelve-hour race on track,
with PAGERS. To be governed by the
rules Of the International Cyclists as
sociation.
Athletic games-Lawn tennis; single
and double sets. Rules of all Eng
lands Lawn Tennis ASSOCIATION.
Cricket-Rules of Marylebone Cric-
ket club.
As the exact dates of the games have
not yet been settled upon, many Of the
crack athletes of this country who in
tended to compete have not entered.
and the big athletic clubs have hold
aloof for the same reason, as they
feared interference with their home
events. The New York Athletic club
has arranged to send crack team when
definite dates have been chosen.
Prince George Of Greece, who is said
to be the strongest man in Europe, is
taking great interest in the revival of
the Olympian games and, we're it not
for court reasons, would take part in
those events which call for great
strength and endurance. He is on sew
eral Of the committees having charge
The herald., 1896-04-05
BISMARCK At EIGHTY ONE
HEALTH OF THE EX.CHANCELLOR HAS
SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY
Changes Of Few Years-MentaIly AS Strong
As Ever, and Takes Lively Interest In
the Politics OF the World His Qaiet
Life at Friedrlcksruhe

BERLIN, March 1S.-Germany' grand
old man, Prince Bismarck, will be 81
years old Oh April l, and the great en-
pire which he did so much to establish
will honor the day. Last year when
the Man of Blood and Iron passed into
the ranks of the octogenarians the
event was signalized by national fes-
tivsl as great as that accorded kings
and queens.
There would be an immense celebra-
ton this year we're it not for the feeble
health Of the ex-chanoellor. Men who
have not seen him for year or more
notice the change more acutely than
those who are with him every day.
Bismarck ia not the man of five years
ago, or three years ago, by any means,
and be has never fully recovered from
the shock OF his wife's death.
A few years ago he was full of the
magnificent energy which character
lied him in the first days of the en-
pire. He walked with head erect,
shoulders thrown back and chest ex-
tended, like soldier going to battle.
His mustache bristled, his eye was
bright and his utterance was emphatic