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

and [ have now only to find that the
secret prediction 1 then made has come
true. Mr.. Ketcham was friend of the
American man, and he wanted to show
him London. Mr.. Ketcham said he
knew London" and looked at the
tenderfCot with that particular look
which men give men when they say they
know London He informed Mrs.
ketcham that he was going to show
that American man the town and it
might not be wise for her to sit up
until we get back" This did not star
tie Mrs. Ketcham. She replied that the
programme was exactly suited to her,
as she had arranged for days trip, by
heself as far as he was concerned, and
it might be that he would be home first.
l said to myself that there would some
day come a time when neither would
sit up for the other, and Just to test
the presentiment l have kept track of
the ketchams from the day l saw them
leave the hotel in London with ten
mammoth trunks of the rarest stuffs
to this time, and which has seen the
fulfillment of my fear.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ketcham returned to
Toledo that summer-but Toledo was
so little and so unlike Londoni They
stayed there season, and then moved
to Chicago. 1t was a courageous thing
to do, but they imagined that they had
as many millions as many others, and
some way they had suspected that the
only passport to Chicago society was
money. They came to the Lexington
and swept into suite, which l under
stand, was rated worth $1,000 a month
Mr.. Ketcham brought along his horses
and drags and traps, and Mrs. Ketcham
drove a thrashing pair. They had
money to spend, and spent it trying to
get society to cast them one glance.
But society is peculiar. 1t doesn't al
ways glance. 1t was even pharisaical,
and went by on the other side. Mr..
Ketcham continued to refuse to ALLOW
his his and his wife's plans
bother one another, and befor
very long there were distressing
rumors. They remained for long time
in the hotel, and then got into the
avenue and subsequently into tn
courts. Mrs. Ketcham, who one
thought it a joke that she was not dis
tt rbed by the promise of her husband
to return not earlier than sitting up
time, found one day that he had packed
his things and gone to live with the
bachelors at the Chicago club.
This looked bad, and people wondered
how long it could last. The light left
Mrs Ketcham's eye, and the beauty and
vivacity which made her conspicuous at
the Metropole in London faded. She
could not catch his pace. The money
was going by hundreds a day and
thousands a week. She believed $780,
900 was the pittance left from the for
tune. She sought the courts, and the
rest is known. Instead of a conserva-
tor for her husband, she got divorce
for herself, with dot of 100000 The
little town of Toledo will become her
home once more.
Perhaps the moral of this story Nigh
read thus: People who are happy and
comfortable in the country would d
we'll to leave the society tiger to the
tiger trainers. l am looking for the
American man who thought the ideal
arrangement between man and his
wife included ignorance of each other
doings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
LIFE'S DRAMA.
Recent One Enacted by a Rich Toledo
Couple

1t was a sad ending of long struggle
to break hole into the outer wall of
society-the pitiful petition which Mrs.
Nettie Poe Ketcham filed in court last
week against her husband, John B.
Ketcham, says the Chicago Times-Her
aid. It cannot be said that the matter
startled swelldom from center to cir
conference, as does the golf club seven
days a week the calm, reposing town of
Wheaton. The husband and wife in
the comedy were not near enough to the
core of the exclusive set to drag the
fashionable town into Mysteries, and
only at the Lexington and in the rings
ton of the story of disagreeing tastes
make commotion. 1t is, however, one
Of the most pathetic events which has
happened in this big place for many
moons. 1t is the tale of social ambition
unrewarded, and the yarn of the easy
road from the prosperity of a small
town down the toboggan of city exist
ence which wrecks so many who have
become skilled in sliding or try to make
the plunge without a divorce suit.
Mr.. Ketcham lived many years at
Toledo, the seaport town Of Ohio, at the
mouth of the dark and muddy Maumee
His father had lived there long, and
with the growth of the village from the
swamp to city of some Importance he
could not avoid getting rich-very rich.
In fact, it is said down in that country
that he was one of the richest men the
section ever produced. He had hand
in everything and two hands in a
national bank which he named after
himself. He had a good eye for bust
ness, and the little start he made
swelled and grew like the tabled bean
stalk, and nobody knew exactly how
much he was worth. He worked hard,
attended to business, and in due time
died. The will disposed of more than
s5,000,000, and the present head of the
family found himself more than indie
pendent at an early age, and launched
into a career that was the envy Of
everybody in Toledo. He built mag
nificont mansion, had two horses for
without regard to cost, and set the pace
for the rather calm but swagger set of
Toledo Mr.. and Mrs. Ketcham were
the clouds, and there was no tailor this
side of Paris capable Of serving Mrs.
Ketcham. This happiness lasted for
long time, and they were really so
happy that when I first saw them at the
Metropole Hotel in London some six
years ago they were introduced and pre-
scented to me by an American man who
pointed to them as a pair who loved
one another and lived an absolutsl
ideal life. This man said they lived an
ideal life because none Of the plans Of
the wife interfered with those of the
husband, and none Of the husband in
terfered with those of the wife
This little bit of mannish wisdom Of
the essence of married happiness made
me interested in Mr. and Mrs. Ketcham,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
DELICATE PRINTS ON IRON.

1t is curious fact that has often been
proven by actual experiment, that
delicate fern or other leaf may be
placed between two blocks of iron and
leave a plain impression of every rib
and fiber Of itself left on the hard sur
face Of the iron plates after they have
been driven suddenly together by the
explosion Of a stick of dynamite. An
other experiment in this line and one
equally curious is made with a smooth
block of iron or steel and a cake of
compressed gunpowder. A delicate
piece of lace is placed on the metal
surface and the disk of powder is laid
on top of the fabric. When the powder
is detoned the lace will be utterly an
initiated, but it's impression will be
clearly left On the metal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
ITALIANS DESERVING THEII
ARMY.
THEIR

If Italy should declare war against
Brazil she would find it even more
difficult to procure soldiers than she
does now, with only her Abyssinian
war on hand. Dreading service in
Africa, thousands have fled to the
United States. Men are deserving the
army in Italy whenever they get a
chance. Sixty deserters were reported
as arriving at Nice, France, in the
month of July. The authorities are at
their wits end to prevent assertions,
but their precautions are ineffective.
The hearts of the Italians are not in
Italy's troubles abroad.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
GRAPE AND APPLE JELLY.

Take three quarts of Concord grapes
picked from the stems, one dozen tart
apples, quartered and cored, without
in a preserving kettle and let boil until
the apples are soft, then pour in a bag
and squeeze out all the juice. Boil one
pint of juice with one pint Of granulat-
ed sugar at time and as quickly as
possible. You will have a very nice
jelly that will retain its shape when
turned out of the tumbler. The grapes
should not be very ripe. A good way
to try when the jelly is done is to drop
a little on the thumb nail, and if it does
not spread it is done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

At the st. Boniface church in White
chapel, London, recently, Prince Max
of Saxony, second son of the heir pre-
sumptive to the kingdom Of Saxony
made his first appearance as a Roman
Catholic priest. In the course of a
speech at guild meeting he remarked
that he came amongst the German peo-
pie in the east end not as prince but
simply as a priest. He was a worker
himself, and to his mind no honor was
so great as that of labor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
Frenchmen consume more

Frenchmen consume more alcohol
than other Europeans, according to
figures put before the Basic congress
for alcoholism. In the computation
the amount of alcohol in light wines
and beer is included. The average
annual consumption of alcohol per
head of population is thirteen quarts
in France, ten in Switzerland, Belgium
and Italy, nine in Germany and Eng
land, four in Sweden, three in Nor
way and two in Canada
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the
United States pensioners paid at the
Baltimore subtrea5ury last week. He
was questioned as to his identity be-
fore he received his money, and gave
satisfactory evidence of his deserts as
union soldier in the war of the re-
belliOn. George Washington is an
other pensioner paid there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

shaw, who is an old friend of mine.
Look up the trains to Carchester, and
don't pace about the room like that"
Major Bagshaw, who was a bachelor,
greeted his visitors cordially, when, on
the following morning, they called at
his quarters.
He listened gravely while Arkwright
told him the strange story of Mrs. Lev
ercon. Then he cleared his throat and
asked impressively, Have you ever
heard of Snagg's cure for corns?" he
locked from one to another for an
answer.
AS no one who had ever travelled by
rail Or opened newspaper can have
failed to have heard Of that famous
specific, neither thought it worth while
to reply to this apparently irrelevant
query.
4 know Snaggs,' continued the
major, deliberately. He's a very rich
man, but self-made one and one who
has sufficient sense to know that his
education has therefore been deficient.
So he determined to give his only
daughter every advantage that money
can buy, and two years ago consulted
me as to the ACCESSIBILITY Of intrusting
her to lady Of position"
ITO Mrs. LeVerson?' gasped Johnnie.
For the sake of poor Dandy Lever
son l mentioned her name to him, and
1 knew he was involved in debt-evi-
IDENTIFY she is still. She was to receive
f100 a month and all expense to take
the young lady through Europe and
launch her in London. l was not aware
that it was any part of the agreement
that she should call Miss st. Clair
Snaggs changed his name-her niece,
but that's a detail! l should not have
betrayed confidence but for the strange
account you gave me of Mrs. LeversOn' S
behavior. Of course, she's in no hurry
to see her niece married; f1O0 a month
is not to be lightly lost; but she must
be desperately hard up to play her cards
like that"
And what do you adviser" asked
Johnnie.
Your feelings in the matter are not
changed by my reyelations?"
Then with your permission l shall
call on my fellow townsman, Mr..
Snaggs, who is, of course, in constant
communication with his daughter and
put the facts before him. And l have
no doubt we shall see the young lady
here in a few days; but possibly her
preceptress will prefer to remain
away"
The canon's widow thought corn cur
ing rather d plebeian trade, but was
Modified when her future daughter-in-
law was brought to her house.
And lady of good position advertises
that she is prepared to take charge of a
young lady desiring an entree to those
exalted circles wherein she herself
naDlIually moves. A confidential in
teryieW can be arranged.-Pick-M e-Up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

The Chattahoochee river is lower
than it has been in many years, a
state of affairs that is occasioning con-
siderable injury to the business inter-
ests of Columbus, Ga. The immense
Chattahoochee valley, with its thou
sands of fertile acres, is in a manner
tributary to Columbus, and thus the
river constitutes one of the city's prin-
cipal sources of revenue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15

Father McGlynn, who has been so
prominent a figure in the past, is now
III charge Of the country parish of st.
Mary's at Newburg, n. Y, but viii
probably be transferred to a city parish
ere long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-15
BUMBLEBEES AS PERFUMERs.

The guests at a country reception late
last month commented TO one another
On the subtle delightful odor perVadlng
all the rooms. 1t was absolutely unlike
any other odor, they assured Them
selves. 1t was not craDapple blossom
tne real blossom, not the perfume-it
was not clover or new moWn nay exact
ly, and not quite yiolets. But there was
d breath OF all these and OF wild roses
and hawthorn hedges ana hyacinths,
everybody agreed, that was unequaled
in the annals of perfume or satcheG
powder. On one point they were clear:
1t was not perfume at all; in spite of all
that is said about achieving a subtle
Odor in liquid perfumes it is all but
impossible. 1t is too pronounced the
first hour usually and after that van
ishes altogether whether ON a gown or
in a room. And so the matter was I'm
explained but not forgotten until this
week, when somebody asked the hostess
to explain.
What did you use?" she asked, de-
spairingly; Il have tried glass bottles
in drug stores until l was dizzy and
couldn't have told if one of them had
kerosene in it. Satchet-poWders won t
DO either, and l finally paid So for a
pint of imported violet that is excellent
violet perfume but not violets at all,
What did you have in your rooms that
day."
''Perfume?" laughed the ex-hostess,
Il didn't have bit! l haven't had a
drop in my possession for years. No,
nor satchet-powder either, and you
know had no flowers that day, only
ferns and leaves for decorations. No it
is not copyrighted or patented and it is
not even my own invention, but l will
tell you what l did,
Then she explained and told how she
had discovered it for herself. The odor
was produced by nothing more expen-
sive than a lot of hum ble-bees-"bu bum
ble-beeS" in country parlance. Forty
or fifty of these were captured-or as
many as were needed for the size of the
IoomS-and distributed about the house
dhoOA 5ie-So IuIlUlSlS. 1uSy WtlS 1t1l
buzzing in the prisons for two or three
hours preceding the time set for the
guests arrival; then they were liberated
carefully one by one and the tumblers
set right side up. In little while the
delicious odor which filled the glasses
began to creep into the rooms-"deli-
cate, fragrant, lasting" enough to grace
any perfumer's advertisement. The
measures for obtaining the fragrance
appeared little heroic to the one who
listened, but the result was undoubted.
If it is doubted anyone can test it by
so combining a single "bumbl e-bee'' for
an hour or more in tumbler.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-15

owned by the Bozeman Coal Co., oper-
ated by Johnson & Mccarthy, j. c.
Mccarthy superintendent. John Smith
pit boss. employs rs miners and five
other men. The mine is opened by tun-
mel, now in 1000 feet. The capacity OF
mine is 400 tons and 240 tons of btu
minous coal is produced daily. Explo-
sive gases have been detected.
PARK COUNTY.
The Montana Coal & Coke Co., loca-
ted at Horr, j. II. Conrad manager, b.
F. Lloyd superintendent, Charles
Beensford pit boss, Robert Fluckherdt
fire boss, employs SO miners and IL
other men. The mine is opened by
drift and is now in a distance of 1900
feet. Capacity of mine 500 tons; pro-
duction 200 tons per day and so tons of
coke made from 81 ovens. The char
acter of coal is bituminous.
Ask your barber to apply Newbro's
Witch Hazel Cream after shaving; all
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-15
POPE SAYS:

"No rich perfumes refresh the fruit
full fields" Butte's fruitful fields are
her mines; here are rich cents, (call
them dollars) but the scents in the
fields are missing. The more cultivation
in a community, the more will fine and
delicate perfumes be used; they give an
air particularly to the fair sex) of
choice refinement and individuality.
The best perfumes are our hobby; con-
sequently we have for you the finest
productions of Europe and America.
viz:
Pinaud's,
ts Roger & Gallett,
.m,- Crown Perfumery Co.,
Lazell's, and
Lundborgs.
Try us once and you will never want
to go elsewhere.
PARCHEN & D'ACHEUL DRUG CO.,
w. b. welch, sec-Mgr., Butte.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-15
MISSOULA COUNTY.

The Iron Mountain, owned and oper-
ated by the Iron Mountain company,
William Coyne superintendent, Robert
Angus foreman, employs from 20 to S5
miners and Fl laborers underground,
and three topmen. The main shaft is
two and three compartment, 700 feet
deep, of which 200 feet has been sunk
this year. Character of ore silver
lead
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-15

The McCauley. located at Gardner
owned and operated by the McCauley
Gold Mining & Milling company; A
Carter. superintendent and manager:
Mike Walsh. foreman: employs Is
miners. The mine Is worked through
a 500-foot tunnel. timbered with studs
and tunnel cars are used for running
out the free milling gold ore. The ore
produced from this mine is treated at
a 20-stamp mill and is hauled there by
teams
The Crevasse Mountains. located at
Crevasse. owned and operated by the
Crevasse Mountain Mining company;
w. l.. Jewell. manager; r. II. Nettle-
ton. superintendent; James Terrill,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18
Your Worth Enem, Writhing

With the rheumatism is an individual
whom, If You have Christisn spirit, you
would forgive. He is, 10 matter what his
deliuquencies, punished EN- ugh. Nothing
short of Tophet could eollaDce his misery.
Moreover, he is in serious peril. The dis
ease is always prone ~ attact his heart and
Kill him ipstanrer. Aa means of curing
this disease, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has
the highest reputation and the most author
Native professional sanction. Its use in the
preliminary stage OF the complaint Is the
wisest cautionary measure reheumatic in
valids can possibly adopt. The Bltters is
also remedy of the greatest utility in mall
arial and kidney trouble, dyspepsia and
liver complaint. constipation and nervous.
ness 1t cOunteractS the effects Of hard
ship and enclosure in damp or Indictment
weather, and is capital promoter OF appetite
and sleep Give ihis fine remedy the per-
sjstent trial to which all medicines of stand
ard-reputation are entitled
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18

The September number of The Arena
treats of social and economic questions of
more than usual interest and value, includ-
ing "The Right Of Woman to the Ballot .
by Chas. II. Chapman, "The Initiative and
Referendum" by Chas. w. Bovine, Evils
of Land Monopoly" by Rev. B. w. Will
liams, "Model Model Tenements,'" by
VIM. Howe Tolman, Phi. D.; SHOULD Con-
sumptives Marry?" by Paul Paquin, M. d..
"The Negroes Place in History" by Profess
sor Willis Boughton, Compulsory Arbitra-
ton Practicable Remedy" by Norman T.
Mason, A. NJ, "a Remarkable Statistical
Report" by James Malcolm, and the ninth
paper in Professor Frank Parsons magnii-
cent series on "The Telegraph Monopoly"
Mr.. Flower contributes the closing paper of
his admirable series on Whittier, entitled
"Whittier-A Modern Apostle of Lofty
Spirituality" and on the whole the Septem-
Der Arena with its valuable political, social
and economic papers, its fiction and its
book-reveiwing department, is one of the
most varied and interesting Of the Septem-
Der magazines.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18

Free coinage would not start factory OF
make a demand for an additional days
labor. 1t would create no new occupation.
1t would add nothing to the comfort of the
masses, the capital of the people or the
wealth of the nation. 1t seeks to introduce
new measure of value, but would add no
value to the thing measured. 1t would not
conserve values. On the contrary, it would
derange all existing values. 1t would not
restore business confidence, but its direct
erect would be to destroy the little which
yet remains. -MajOr Mckinley.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18
Keeping Tally.

d. A. H. wants to know how best to
keep tally in progressive euchre. An
swer: Ono of the best and most popu-
lar ways is to have cards in some fanci-
full shape attached to ribbons or cords,
after the fashion of dancing cards.
Upon these are pasted gilt or silver
stars, the gilt ones for the winners, the
silver ones for the losers.
Climbing Down the Golden stair..
you know what enemies Wilson and
Watson were? Well. when Watson died
old Wilson sent beautiful floral gates
ajar'-"
I'm glad to hear it. hate to think
man could not forgive"
wait till get through. Behind the
gates was a stairway-leading down.
ward."-Indianapolis Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18
The Able Editor.

The village wag thought he would
have some fun with the mild-mannered
young man who had recently taken
charge of the county paper.
II say" he said, coming into the Of
flee excitedly, ''there's a man on the
street looking for you with a club"
The young editor looked up pleasant
ly.
us that so?" he inquired. I'VE make
special reductions to clubs. How many
subscribers has he got?"
Whereupon the wag felt that he had
barked up the wrong tree.ATruth.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18
To Offer a Reward of LOO Dollars

for case of catarrh that cannot be cured
amounts to nothing except to sell article.
Do you know Of any such reward being
paid? Fly Bros do not promise rewards
In order to sell their well-known "Cream
Balm" They offer the most effective medi-
cants, prepared in convenient form to use,
which Is absolutely free from mercurials or
other harmful drugs
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18
A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison of Washington. Ind >
"Sun" writes: You have valuable pre-
scriptiOn in Electric Bitters, and l can
cheerfully recommend it for constipation
and sick headache, and as a general system
tonic 1t has no equal" Mrs. Annie SHEER,
1925 Cottage Grove Ave-, Chicago, was all
run down, could not eat or digest food, had
backache which never left her and felt
tired and weary, but six bottles of Electric
Bitters restored her health and renewed her
strength. Prices SOC and $1.00. Get a
bottle at M. A. Sprague & Co.'s drug store
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18
Youthful Resentment.

Aunt Maria-Now, Johnny, don't be
naughty. Because Lily wouldn't play
horse with you this morning is no
reason why you should not play school
with her this afternoon. Remember
the golden rule
Johnny (from the wesD-What're yer
talkin' about? I amt no goldbug.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-18
surprising.

Banner-"The foreigners are getting
an awful hold on this country" Crosby
-"They are indeed. Why, read over
list Of men naturalized by the court
yesterday and, by thunder, every one
of them was foreigner. "-Philadel-
phia North American.