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Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
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Many merchants are well aware that
their customers see their best friends and
take pleasure in supplying them with
the best goods obtainable. Asan instance
we mention Perry * Cameron, prominent
druggists of Flushing. Michigan. They
say: I'VE have no hesitation i'm recon-
mending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
to our customers, As it is the best cough
medicine we have ever sold, and always
gives satisfaction" For sale al y and 80
cents per bottle by Benford's Pharmacy.
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II. b. Gurier says the greatest loss
Of Eat in the buttermilk that ne has
ever found came from excessively sour
cream There is much less danger of
cram rich in fat becoming too sour
than there is from cream that is poor in
f.t
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
EASTERN STANDARD TINE
IN EFFECT Nay 20, 1895.


ccNDESsED SCHEDULE.
Trains arrive and depart from the station at
Johnstown a. follows:
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CONDENSED TIME TABLES.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Somerset and Cambria Branc

SoRTHwARD.
Johns;own Mail Express.-Iociwood 800 r.
m Somerset no. Sioyestown Az, liooN-
ersviiie 5sfS. Johnst1wn G:i0-
Johnstown Mail Express.-Rockwood 1870 q.
m Somerset lilo. Stoycstown ll.f8. HOON-
ersvi!le li.S Johnstown I2:f5 p- M
+Johnstown Accommoda dation.-Rocl<wood5 5:sD
p. m, somerset CD Sioyostown 6:f8, Hoov-
orsvile SO. 5ohnstown 80.
sDaily.
SOUTHWARK.
Na.l.-Johnstown $50 a. m Hooyersville 7:li,
Stoyestown Us, Somerset $50, lockwood
SD.
Express.-Iohnsiown 80 y. m, HoovcrSville
3:li, Stoycstown 3:2j, Somerset 800, Rock
wood Al.
Sunday Only.-Johnstown $50, Somerset l)'0l
lockwood i0.25.
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Hoods Pills cure indigestion, bilious
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THE NAME OF THE NEXT
PRESIDENT Of The united STATES
ANNOUNCED IN
The new YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE
NC McuEMpEP 1906
OF NOVEMBER 4, 1896

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
MEASURING LAND.

Make light and straight pole Is IL
feet in length, and mark feet and half
feet on one side, and on the opposite
side divide the Is IL feet into spaces
representing the length of links in
the chain Of a surveyor, says a good
authority. A surveyors chain is Sc
feet in length, containing 100 links.
Hence a pole 16 IL feet long would
be equal to 25 links. A link is 1852
inches in length. With dividers one
can indicate 25 equal spaces or links
on one side of the pole in a few min
utes. Let the pole be oiled or painted,
and be kept under shelter where it
will not spring by being exposed to
alternate rain and sunshine.
Now, in order to measure an acre
of the plot by the number of rods on
Tor the lengths of the pole) ON one side
of land, multiply the number of rods
on the end of the plot, and divide the
product by 100, the number of square
rods in one acre. For example: A
plot of 80 rods long and 2 rods wide
will make 1 acre. A plot 40 rods long
and 4 rods wide is equal to an acre.
A plot 20 rods long by 8 rods wide will
embrace $50 square rods, equal to 1
acre. A plot II IL rods on each side,
if the line run at right angles, will
embrace approximately a square acre,
or 156 square rods.
When plot Is not lined out at
right angles It (the square plot will
not embrace as much ground although
the length and width are the same as
there is in the square plot. A fourth
of an acre, or even tenth part of
an acre, may be lined out with the
angles so acute as to measure as many
lineal feet as the length and side of
square acre.-Journal of Agriculture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31

they knew how rapidly conservative
sentiment in the senate is growing.
| am receiving letters from influential
senators every day of sympathy with
the movement in opposition to the
resolution, and l believe that the SEN
timent in the country is rapidly veeT-
ing that way. Ny intention is that the
business men and thinking men of
the country are opposed to any steps
which are liable to plunge the country
into war We have just gone through
a campaign in which we promised
peace to the country. Is it consistent
to present the incoming administra-
ton with war on the threshold Of its
existence? True, there is an undesir-
able condition of affairs in Cuba, but
| believe the reports are exaggerated :.
At any rate it is true that however
cruel the conduct of the Spainards is,
it finds its counterpart in the bravery
of the Cubans. 1t is their way of
fighting; they are different from us {.
From whatever standpoint the ques-
ton is looked upon there is no excuse
i'll reason or precedent for the United
States to interfere in this insurrec-
ton"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
ROMANCE OF TWO LITTLE GIRLS.
Humble Homes to be Enriched by q
Fortune from Over the Sea.

More than forty years ago there was
wealthy owner of large shipping in
terests living on the castled Rhine.
He had a daughter, and a poor ship
carpenter dared to raise his eyes to
her. They married in spite Of oppo-
sition, and, the father having cast off
the daughter, the par embarked on
the stormy sea and found their way
to the land of the free and the home
of the brave. They tarried in New
York long enough to learn the Eng
fish language and spend most of the
money they had brought with them,
and then they came to TIE glowing
west
They had two children, and then
the mother died. The father died also
when the eldest of the two little girls
was but 8 years old, and Father
Pelamorgues found homes for both.
They have since grown to womanhood
and married. One is the wife of
| Louis Nahrgang of Davenport; the
other is the wife C Mr. Stevens Of
Dewitt, Ill.
A short time ago there came a let
ter from the Swiss consul a. Chicago
announcing the death of an uncle who
kept in his possess on for twenty
| years a fortune of 100000 francs
(about $S0,000) which had been left by
the wealthy owner of the shipping in
terests to his daughter, whom this
uncle had made no effort to find. He
left papers, however, indicating to
whom the money belonged, and as
! the identity of Mrs. Nahrgang and
Mrs. Stevens is clear and undisputed
they will get a snug sum Of money to
divide between them, after the per-
centages which go to sund1y state in
situations in Switzerland have been
subFacted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31

over and agreed to resign. Their
designations were handed in, and
Conkling made his famous speech de-
mandatory of Garfield. Platt was
never a good speaker, and, moreover,
he was regarded as the yassal Of
Conkling. 1t was this that led to the
name ME Too" being attached to
Platt. In those days Platt was sup
posed to do everything that Conking
did, but, as a matter of cold fact, it
was Platt who first suggested to Conk
ling the ACCESSIBILITY of their resigning
from the senate. Their resignation oc-
CURED on Monday, May 16, 1881.
Platt's aggressiyeness is remark
able, and he does not fear to arouse
antagonism in the highest quarters.
When he was a small power in re-
publican politics, away back in 1873
he attacked the administration Of
President Hayes. He was the enemy
of Garfield, of Arthur, of Harrison,
and his feeling for Mckinley is not Of
the tenderest. He fought Blaine
when the latter was in power, but in
the convention of 1892 he worked his
hardest to win the nomination for the
Maine man. Today he is the truest
political friend that Tom Reed has
and if the fates land him in the SEN
ate he will leave no stone unturned to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
TIME TO MAKE CUTTINGS.

During the winter months is the
time to make cuttings of such trees
and shrubs as it is desirable to in
crease. Ounces, currants, gooseber-
ries and grapes are readily increased
by cuttings. In the case of shade
trees willows and poplars are easily
grown from cuttings, but the great
majority of trees need to be raised
from seeds, layers, or by budding or
grating. But when it comes to the
Towering shrubs which adOrn our
lawns, cuttings are the chief reliance
of propagators. The time to make
them is while vegetation is dormant,
and it is better done ait least month
or more before spring comes. The
beautiful Golden Bell, Weigla Mock
Orange, Spirea, DuetZia and Athaea
among many others are easily raised
in this way.
The best shoots for the purpose are
those of last years growth. The ex
act length is not particular, so that
two or three joints are included in
each one. About nine inches is a good
IGuSCu lOr u1OSJ SOfJS, UQOuSn grapes
having the points far apart may be
a foot in length. 1t is believed that
when the lower part is cut just below
an eye, that roofing is easily accom-
pllshed, so cuttings are usually made
in that way. 1t is not 50 essential at
the upper end where the cut is made,
but as the buds push from the joints
all wood above the highest one is USE
less. After the cuttings are made
place them in a cellar, buried up in
sand or earth, with but the tops pro-
jecting, these to remain until the time
arrives for setting them out in the
spring. When the work is done about
February, it will be found that the
cuttings are nicely healed over by the
time spring comes, which is in favor
OF the success of the operation.
When the winter is over and the
soil is in good condition for working
the planting may be done setting them
so that two-thirds of their length are
in the ground and one-third out. In
ordinary season the most of them will
be we'll rooted by fall.-Practical
Farmer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
PRETTY WHEN SHE DIDN'T SING

She was visiting in the city, and she
was the prettiest girl in the room.
When she stood UP to sing the other
girls regarded her enviously. A
pretty girl who can sing is doubly
dangerous, and they considered that
the visitor had already received more
than her proper share of masculine at
tention.
While she was arranging her music
the two girls just behind the piano
were exchanging condolences.
Il do think it's shame" said the
first girl, vexedly. shes cap ured all
the men already with her airs and
graces and if she sings well-and L
just know she does-we won't have a
bit of fun tonight"
ond girl, smiling happily. We'll be
all right
Il wonder who asked her to sing?"
she fretted. cit must have been some
one who knows all about her little
tricks, too, for all the girls in the
club are talking about it
Il asked her." said the second girl,
calmly. You'll know why in min
ute. just wait bit"
Two minutes later the first girl
leaned over the other and touched her
arm.
why, she makes awful faces" she
whispered deightedly. She's posi-
tiyelv ugly when she ODens her
mouth that way"
Il know it," responded the second
girl was a satisfied smile. THAT S
why 1 asked her to sing"
You clever darling!' exclaimed the
first girl; and only the fact that there
were others present kept them from
,hugging each other as they urged the
visitor to sing again.-Chicag Daily
| Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
DESOLATED DONGOLA.
What the Dervishes Have Made
OF It.

1 should like those in England who
would leave the fertile provinces of
the Soudan under the rule Of the Bag
CARA slave-dealers to wander through
what was once the town Of Dongola
and ride across the wasted country
that surrounds it. Dongola is in
ruins; not a house in it remains whole
every building has been Quilted; where
once were busy streets the palms now
rise above the wrecked habitations,
and every thoroughfare is choked
with a dense underground of thorny
bushes and tall, rank grass. The
great bazaar, with its covered arcades,
one of the chief marts of Africa, is
now heap Of rubble.
Of the public buildings and the
handsome, well-furnished mansions of
the principal merchants, the red brick
walls, with gracefully arched doors
and windows, alone remain standing,
while within them one can still see
traces Of columned corridors and deli
cate eastern ornamentation. Where
once extended riverside uuays,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
FOREIGN.

At Buda Pest eleven men were
killed by an explosion in a colliery.
The canton of Zurich in Sw.tzer-
land has forbidden the importation of
American meats.
The BoEngbr0ke club of London
| offers purse of $4,000 for a fight be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons.
Bishop John J. Keane, formerly rec.
tor of the Catholic univ sity at
Washington, has arrived in Rene.
Advices received from Portuguese
India are TO the effect that the in
surgents have attacked Pernem and
burned and sacked the treasury.
Five persons were drown ed in the
neighborhood Of ST. Johns, Quebec.
Paul Auguste Arene, a French nov
elist and playwright, is dead.
The supreme Prussian court has
confirmed the decree of the president
of POsen, forbidding the display of
any flags or colors other than those Of
! the empire.
Arthur Platt was arrested at Oxford,
| England, on the charge of having
murdered an insane inmate Of the
| Kentucky Iunatic asylum at Lexing-
! ton, KY.
It is stated that 100000 persons have
fed from Bombay, India, to escape the
| bubonic plague, from which 1904
! persons have died out of 1,511
! stricken
| A dispatch from Pretoria, South
| Africa, says that Don Paul is about to
establish a rigid system of passports
for the purpose of proven. ing an If
ruption of Uitlanders.
Prince Bismarck is recei Wing many
Christmas presents from America.
Leonora Jackson, the American
yiolinist, has been especially honored
! by the empress of Germany.
Emperor William of Germany has
| dismissed from the service Naval
| Lieutenant Ketelhodt, who recently
killed a lawyer named Jenker in a
duel, after seduoing his wife.
Mrs. Charlotte Augusta Drayton,
daughter Of Mrs. William Aston, who
recently obtained a divorce from her
| husband, J. Coleman Drayton, On the
! ground of de5ertion and non support,
! was married in London to George
! Ogilvie Haig, a member of London
1 firm of whisky dealers
! The report that Gen. Antonio Maceo,
! the insurgent leader, us still alive is
/ based upon a telegram to Captain
/ General Weyler from General Pratt, a
! Spanish commander operating in the
! province of Matanzas, who says he
had an engagement with Maceo's
forces, led by Maceo himself.
The French chamber Of deputies
voted a credit to meet the expenses of
the visit of the car and czarina Of
Russia to Paris.
An earthquake, the most violent
ever experienced in Great Britain,
shook the country from Durham to
Surrey and from London to the west
coast The people were panic
stricken, chimneys were overthroWn
and other damage done, but there
was no loss of life. The disturbance
was very slight in London.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31

MAINE SENATOR PREPARING FOR
THE FRAY.
TOKILL CUBAN RESOLUTION
Opposition Reinforced by Senator
Hoar Who Is Willing That the
Measure Be Defeated, Delayed or
Brought TO Confusion-Hale Gives
Reasons Why.

Washington, Dec Ex-senator Hale
has received letter from Senator
Hoar, who is absent from the city,
announcing his opposition to the Gu
ban resolution and asking Mr.. Hale
10 pair with him in any way that will
defeat, delay or bring to confusion
the resolution reported from the com
mittee on foreign relations. Mr..
Hale, who is expected to lead the op-
position to the Cuban resolution in
the senate, is preparing for the con-
Hlct which he expects to follow after
the holiday recess. It Is the general
understanding that that question will
be the one first raised after the recon
Vening of congress, and it is looked
forward to as bat lie royal. "The
advocates Of the resolution" said Mr.
Hale yesterday, were first inclined to
claim a two-thirds majority. 1 doubt
whether they feel so sanguine now,
and L am sure that they would not if
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31

CURED. Other young men are criti-
caIly ILL., A number of young men,
ranging from II TO % years Of age
and belonging to club having rooms
in a business BLOCK, started in on a
celebration last Sunday. One young
man supplied the crowd with crude
alcohol and the youths compounded a
mixed drink of alcohol, water, sugar
and cinnamon drops. About half a
gallon of wood alcohol was used.
The New England society Of New
York city diend at the Waldorf. A
novel and humorous feature of the
banquet were the costumes OF the
walters, who were made to rep esent
New England farm hands They
were attired in blue 5eAn ogeral.s
checkered Jumpers and broad
brimmed straw hats. This bucolic
idea WAS strengthened By the table
decorations, which consisted chiefly
Of raw vegetables, jack-o' lanterns anu
pumpkins. Covers were laid for 500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31

sWampy ground now siopeS to the
Nile. The broad avenue wnele the
market USED 10 be helu has d-sap-
peared; the pleasant gardens of f.uit
trees and flowers have been destroyed.
For twelve years Dongo.a has been
unlnnaDited; for the BAggara declare
1t 10 De-aS the city of the unbellev-
ing Turks-an accused place il
which no man should be permitted to
dwell. Those who knew the Dongo.a
Of old find it difficult now to find their
way through the wrecked streets and
can scarcely recognize the houses in
which they formerly lived. 1t is a
scene Of wanton destruction; the pro-
verb says that where the foot of the
Turk has trod, the grass does not
grow" So it is with the Baggara
He disdains to do any work; by pro-
fession he is a robber, and destrucJi On
IS his paStime; he ems ayes where he
does not kill, and in the place of what
he destroys he creates nothing. CIV
inZation is abhorrent to him; after
plundering bodies Of the massacred
and mutilated inhabitants to rot in
the streets, he went out into the des-
ert content to live the life of a savage
in one Of the squalid novels of which
a DerVish deym, or permanent camp,
is composed.
Now, as the visitor w3lks through
the melancholy ruins of the once pros
porous city and enters the long
abandoned haDitatlons, he comes
across strange and sometimes loath-
some sights. 1t is such city as he
has wandered through in dream, in
whose foul, deserted stree and al
leys he expects at every step to CINE
| across some horrible thing
Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31

The latter was born at Salem, Mass,
Jan. "a, 1882. Platt was born a year
later in TiOga county, n. Y, and he
looks his full age. ChOate looks like
d man of fifty. A short distance off
ne would pass for man Of thirty-tive.
He is six feet tall, slenderIy built, his
brown hair has scarcely streak of
gray; there are few seams or wrinkles
III his face; he has the physical energy
of a giant and the mental endurance
OF machine.
Platt is always haggard and worn.
His face is sunken and pallid. He
walks slowly, always with stcop, and
ne has much the look of a. consump-
tive. His thin, short beard is almost
d cold white, and the little hair he
has left is even whittier. His portraits
give him an alert, active look that is
evidently summoned for the occasion.
Choate, who is nephew of the
great Rufus Choate, graduated from
Harvard in 1852, and put in two more
years in the Dane law school. His
native town in New England did not
promise much in the way of legal
scope, and after two years of hollow
success, he came to New York to take
a place among the supernumeraries of
the law office of William M. Evarts.
In time he became a member of the
firm, which today reads Evarts,
Choate & Beaman. This firm is cred
tied with receiving fees to the amount
OF half million year, and the big
gest share of them goes to Choate.
Long ago Mr.. Evarts ceased to be an
active worker for the firm, and today
his connection with it is but a trifie
more than nominal.
Mr.. Choate is worth at least 81, 000,-
900, every penny Of it earned by the
internal sweat Of his brow. He has |
made his fortune, and now he Is |
eager to give up at least 100000 a |
year for a seat in the senate, where |
the pay is infnitesimal in comparison |
So it is clear that Choate is not look
ing for office for what there is in It,
Platt's ambition to return to the
senate is a species of political ro-
nance. Seventeen years ago Plat |
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
CHOATE AND PLATT
TWO UNIQUE PERSONALITIES IN
A SENATORIAL STRUGGLE.
MACHINE VERSUS BRAINS
New York's Greatest Lawyer and Her
Greatest Political General Engaged
in a Redhot Con1ict-Strong
Points OF the Big Be.HgeI ents
Nearly the Same Age.

New York, Dec. 27-With Joseph
Hodges Choate, the foremost lawyer
Of the country, on one side Of the
struggle and Thomas Collier Platt,
one of the shrewdest political leaders
of the nation, on the other side, the
fight for the senatorial berth occup ed
by David B. Hill promises to be the
fercest in the history of this state.
Platt is a born fighter; he has been a
leader for forty years, and he has
suffered more defeats, perhaps, than
any other political general in the ma
ton Choate is nothing of poll
tician. In the siXty-five years Of his
active life he has never tried for pub
lie office, and he has never been assG-
ciated with the political struggles Of
his party.
Two unique personalities, both force
tul, eminent and opposite, are thus
brought into conflict. 1t has been
said that Platt governs the new state
legislature, with it's Isl republican
members, to a man. Of course, il
this were so the battle would be over.
Against an ordinary opponent it would
doubtless be true, but wi b man CT
Choate's eminence and power to COM
bat Platt's power is probiematical.
Neither Plat nor his friends are over
confident; too many political up
heavals have passed before his gaze
for him to fall into the error of empty
optimism.
Choate goes into the fight without
the shadow of machine strength be-
hind him, but it is surmised that be-
fore many days elapse he will have
the full strength of the new admins
tration on his back. Mckinley and
Platt do not chime. Hanna and Platt
watch each other like rival Indians on
the warpath. The Mckinley league of
this state has already begun the wal
for Choate. Parkhurst and his vast
/ following of reformers of all sides are
| against Plat. Two years ago Park
hurst said, ''Platt is worse than five
Crokers,' and to Parkhurst that
meant the very pinnacle Of condemna-
ton. But under The crown of Platts
hat the state machine works.
There is only years difference be-
tween the ages Of P.att and Choat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
A GIVE AWAY.

Wife Cat breakfast)-"Oh, John!
I'll bet 1 know whom you gave your
seat to coming home in the car last
night"
John (who had been out all night
having quiet little game with the
boys)-"Oh, don't be so foolish. How
could you ever guess? Are you a
mind reader? l don't believe I gave
up my seat at all"
Wife-"Yes, you did. You dear old
boy, you let poor old Irishman have
it. For 1 heard you say in your
sleep: oh, that's all right, I'll stand
Pat New York Journal.