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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
HERE AND THERE.

! The women of South Gardiner Me.
| are believers in the efficacy of the
| Kelley cure, and are raising a fund
for submitting such of their inebriated
citizens to the tender mercies of one Of
these institutions as they can persuade
to go.
There is consistent Bryanite, years
old, near Coloma, Mich He was
asked by Sunday-schc oil worker why
he did not go to Sunday-school, and
he said it was because there they were
"allus hurrahin' for Jesus, though
they knew he was for Bryan.
One of the slang expressions at pres.
ent is: You're not SO warm" During
the past six months it was to be
heard on the stage and on the street.
1t ceases to be original, in view of the
fact that favorite report of the
Greeks before the Christian era used
to be, You're not SO sacred
Last Sunday Rev. DR.. Thomas Potts
of Richmond preached at Charles
T. OFerrall, governor of Virginia.
He takes my breath away" cried DR..
Potts, "by going to a common vaude-
vile performance. His last act lays
him liable to more serious imputa-
ton than that of moral courage.
Shades of departed glory When a gov
ernor Of this grand old commonwealth
virtue like that, it's time
to call halt"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
SWELLDOM TATTOOED.
Henry Havemeyer's Leg Decorated
with Fierce Looking Dragon.

Tattooing is now the chief topic
OF conversation among the gilded
youth of London. This form OF per-
sOnal decoration, once confined to Mao
ris, sailors and Japanese rikshaw men,
has become a fad in the worlds me-
tropolis and until he has been dec
grated with a grinning dragon on his
chest and a pair Of serpents on his
arms no young clubman considers his
get up complete. The explanation of
this remarkable craze is the presence
IN London Of one of the most famous
japanese tattoOers ever known in the
history Of the art in that country, and
as Japanese attooing is the only work
of the kind which has any claim to
be called artistic, Hiroshima is probab-
ly the only living representative OF
the old and famous school of tattooers
Of Japan.
Hiroshima's presence in London is
the result Of a law recently passed
in Japan forbidding the practice of
tattooing. He is an old man and great
ly respected in his own country and
it was at first thought that on account
of the marvellous and beautiful work
he produces the injunction would not
apply to him. But his friends were
sadly mistaken. The poor old fellow
was arrested and imprisoned. On his
release he did about the only thing
possible and decided to leave his I'M
q nT1I9 nd op6 f14IT hi ,aI-
in Europe and America.
1t did not take long for the London
ers to find out the quality of the old
tatto0er's work and soon after his ar
rival in the British metropolis Hiro-
shima had received enough commits
sion to last him for months. When.
some years ago, the two sons of the
Prince of Wales visited Japan, Hiro-
shlma tattOed designs on their wrists,
and this circumstance served as an
excellent introduction to the English
aristocracy. 1t is now "the thing
with the gilded youth of the west end
TO be decorated by the old Japanese
and Of course those members of the
Four Hundred of New Work who visit
London hear of the new fashion and
follow the example of the Britishers.
One of the first Americans he tat
tooed was Henry Havemeyer, son of
H. o. Havemeyer, the sugar king. Mr..
HaVemeyer is now an enthusiast on
tattooing. He already has a dragon
on his left leg from the ankle to above
the knee. He says that the operation
is not painful, the only i'll effect being
a temporary swelling. He adds that
it does not impede perspiration in the
slightest.
Hiroshima will probably visit New
York within a year, and it is likely the
young clubmen Of this city will be
as enthusiastic patrons of his art as
those Of London.-New York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02

eonsort and sovereign" these are the
words that are put into the mouth
OF the woman who always loathed
nm, and who cared as little for God
as he did himself, 'tcan only be CON
sluered as a special mark of divine
protection. We desire that on recent
o. this you cause te deum to he
chanted, and thanks to be addressed
70 the God of armies, and that Won
add thereto such prayers as You NAV
think best adapted to bring down the
d-Vlne protection upon our arms. es-
peclally for the preservation of the
sacred person of the emperor. whom
GOD preserve from all danger, His
preservation is as necessary to the
welfare of Europe and of the empire
as to that of religion, which he has
raised and restored, and which he has
ncen called to reaffirm. He is it's
islncerest and truest protector"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02

VETERANS COMPLETE CORPS OF
OF OFFICERS.
ENCAMPMENT AT AN END
Comrade Alfred Lyle IS Made Senio:
Vice Commander and T. B. Allel
Junior Vice Communicates
CCmmander-in-Chi Is Presented
With q Handsome Silver Service.

Buffalo, Aug 28.-i he Grand Army
has elected its officers for the ensuing
year and the encampment OF 1897 has
adjourned TO meet in Cincinnati nex-
year. Fridays session lasted from :
o'clock in the morning until in the
afternoon without intermIssion. In
opening the encampment took up the
election Of senior vice commander in
chief Alfred Lythe of Buffalo was
unanimously e'2cted to this position
The other officers elected are as fol-
lows: Junior vice commander in chief
F. B. Allen of Connecticut; surgeon
general, Dr.. David Mackie Of Dallas,
Texas, chaplain in chief, Rev. f. G..
Bruner Of Chicago.
Past Communicated Walker of
Indiana was presented with a silver
service by the encampment. A COM
mittee of the WOmen's Relief corps
was admitted to the hall and present
ed the convention with several beau
tiful floral emblems and made a brief
report. Among the committees max
ing reports was one scoring the his
tories used in the southern schools,
claiming that they grossly misstated
the facts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02

would cling to each other, and the
parting kiss at night would have been
pathetic if it was not ludicrous. AS
yet the youngsters had taken no one
into their confidence. They had pur-
sued the even tenor of their way, and
had been able to engineer all their
own affairs. Every one was waiting
Tor the elimination, and bets were
made as to whether it would be a
fierce lovers quarrel or a separation
caused by heartless parents. As the
boat was drawing close to the England
shores the youngsters seemed to come
to the conclusion that it was time to
get some tangible grasp upon condi-
CCns. Mrs Gould was seated in her
steamer chair, chatting with several
friends the day before Southampton
was reached, when young Jay and the
little countess came walking up, each
with an arm around the others waist.
Young Jay held back and hung his
head, as if afraid, but the young coun-
tess was erect and fearless. She walk
ed up to Mrs. Gould, and, dropping a
neat courtesy, said in her smoothCst
tone:
Please, Mrs. Gould, Jay and I are
going to get married"
rs that so?'' said Mrs Gould, gen
tally. When are you to be married?''
At this tone OF acQuiescence in Mrs.
Goulds voice Joung Jay Strengthened
up and answered boldly:
Just as N as I grow up-and
get to be man."
well, that will be all right" said
Mrs. Gould seriously.
rs that ST mammal" said young
Jay and the ..Ntle countess eyes fair
ly danced. Tnny both went into par
OXysms of de- .yht, and for the re-
mainder of tue trip they were the
happiest child q alive. When it came
time to part al southampton there was
an affecting s,,Ane. Young Jay hid
his head in his mothers skirts and
the wee codntCss sobbed her heart out
on nurses shoulder. So they parted
like great, big sWeethearts, vowing
they would never forget; but two
weeks later young Jay was in Paris
having q glorious time, and looked far
from being disconsolate, and the tiny
countess was in England, having an
equally glorious time with a lot of
oti er children-so, perhaps, still like
gTOWn-up sWeethearts.-New York
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
CALLERS" NOT DESIRED.
a writer's Reasons for Thinking Wis
lting' Intolerable.

Or what earthly use is 'comnanvpp
You probably see your neighbors once
a week, meeting them on the public
highways, and if you nod pleasantly
and speak word or two of the
weather and of the health of tha
family, has not everything been done
That our necessities require or formal
lty can reasonably demand? If we
nave business, or need information
that others can give us, go and ask
OF them Be brief, but to the point.
and, leaving with what is desired
carry away also their blessing. To 90
to another's house, to request of ifs
inmates, one or all, to sit for half an
hour or longer and listen to vour
plautudes, and-coming away-Iie to
hem about pleasant call, is intol-
cradle. Yet there are thousands who
do this daily. Why should | leave nv
occupation, be it loafing even, and give
my attention to some man or woman
who is thoughtless enough to "call?"
! me actuating motive never appears
! Much is spoken and nothing said. I
! receive no worthy thought to profit
ny or increase the probability of a
D9atl1lc eternity The familiar we'll
gnawed bones of doctrine fall from the
dcVlls table. Usually l am forced to
breathe at such time a gossip-poison-
! ed atmosphere. This call" is another
idea OF civility, and 1 am compelled,
II appears, to be victim of his or
L
her Whim. If I refuse, as l have done
po1nt-blank, to present myself, 1 am
called a boor and all manner of ugly
names.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
BIRD ARTISTS.
of the Beautiful a Char
acteristic of the Feathered Family.

That there is consciousness Of
beauty on the part of birds is plainly
SHOWN by the manner in which many
or them decorate their nests and sur
round1ngs, and, in some instances.
themselves. Perhaps it may not he
TOO much to claim that all birds are
moved by an artistic sentiment. and
that, while most of them are artistic
IN effect, many are artistic in both in
tention and effect
The appreciation of what is beautiful
is distinctly marked characteristic of
most members of the feathered family,
and it is only natural that the desire
and ability to create beauty are found
in various degrees of DEVELOPMENT
among them. 1t is only step from
desire of beauty to an effort to produce
1t; but the effort and accomplishment
occasionally bring about strange re-
suits, in birds as well as in man.
Striking examples of the bizarre
form of decoration are found in the
motmot, which disfigures it's long tail
feathers in an effort at improvement.
and i'll the hammer-head and gardener
bird, which delight in surrounding
heir homes with all sorts of bright
colored shells, pebbles and feathers.
Sometimes the exhibition of artistic
feeling is carried so far as to confound
belief. Were it not for the corrobo-
.rative testimony of scientific travellers,
we might well doubt the tales that
come to us Of the baya of farther In
ola, of the gardener bird, the collar
I'd, and the half dozen other birds
whose strangely developed decorative
instincts command our admiration and
wonder.-Lippincott's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
To Marie Louise.

From Colditz on May 6, 1913, just
after the great victory Of Lutzen, Ma
poleon dispatches a terse and dicta-
torial command to his empress, Marie
Louise, then the queen regent in Paris.
The command runs as follows:
Write the accompanying letter to the
minister of religious worship" The
accompanying letter ran as follows.
''To the Minister of Religious Wor-
ship: I send you a circular which l
wish you to address to the bishops.
Be so good as to let it reach them
without delay"
The circular itself, which was framed
il the name Of poor Marie Louise, is
a choice specimen Of Machiavellian
hypocrisy, carried to the very verge of
"The victory won at Lutzen by the
emperor and king, our very dearest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
E'OEIGN AFFAIRS.

Prince Hugo of Hohenlohe-Oer
died III SiIesia.
President FaUTe of France arrived
in st. Petersburg and received an en-
thusiastic welcome
The high price of bread in France is
nd the government is urged to afford
rclief by abolishing duties
General Azcarraga, the new Spanish
premier, announces that he is in accord
with Captain Weyler of Cuba.
;, The peace negotiations between the
government of Uruguay and the in
surgents have failed, and it is an
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
JAY GOULD'S SWEETHEART.
Charming Countess of Pappenheim
Takes Him Captive.

A pretty story of first love- is told
by those who went to Europe on the
American line steamship on June 2.
George Gould, Mrs. Gould and their
five children were on the vessel. An
other passenger was the Countess Pap
penheim, who was formerly a we'll
known social Leader in Philadelphia.
The countess was accompanied by her
daughter-a bright, ViVacious little
girl with a Gypsy complexion and
flashing, black eyes. The little girl,
about years of age, before the
steamer was two days out demonstra-
ted the greatest fondness in the world
for young Jay Gould. Young Jay was
about the age of the miniature coun-
tess, aud rugged youth None could
beat him at any of the steamer games,
ant he raced around the deck and
climbed about like a cat It wasn't
long until he, too, began to show signs
OF being in love. He gave up his
genes and the other children after the
second day and passed his time in the
company of the little countess. All
games were eschewed, and the two
youthful lovers would cuddle up on
some convenient chair and with arms
tightly locked around each others
waists would gravely watch the other
children play and sweetly decline all
invitations to participate.
Matters grew more serious each day,
and the embryo Romeo and Juliet fur
nished a great deal of amusement on
the ship. All day the little lovers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
HOW TO MAKE A PERMANENT
PASTE

Soak an ounce of refined gelatine in
cold water for an hour, then drain off
and squeeze out the water as much as
possible Put the gelatine in a jelly
pot, and place the pot in pan of hot
water over the fire. When the gela-
tine has melted, stir in. slowly II
ounces of pure alcohol Put in q wide
mouthed bottle and cork tightly. This
glue or paste will keep indefinitely.
and can be melted in a few minutes by
setting the bottle in basin Of hot wat
er. AS it contains a very small per
centage Of water, it affects the gloss Of
the prints but little. and dries almost
ediately.-Harper' Round Table.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
LEMON BUTTER.

Here is an English receipt for lemon
butter, said to be fine. The Juice and
grated rind Of three lemons, three eggs
well beaten, one pound of sugar, one
small cup Of water, one level teaspoon
full Of butter. Beat well together and
boil five minutes until thick. Put in
covered jelly glasses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02

Dear little Dumpsy," said Mrs.
Torker, 81 believe he has almost sense
enough to talk"
Mrs. Torker's husband looked at the
dog thoughtfuIly. cat any rate" said
he, "the brute has sense enough not
to indianapolis Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02

Tell you what it u.s." said the re-
turned tourist, you can't be too care
full in Europe" ''Why?" @In ST.
Petersburg my wife remarked to
friend that she'd give me good blow
ing up when she met me, and they
arrested her for nihilist. "-Phila-
delpbia North American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
To Joachim Napoleon, king of Ma

TO JOACHIM NdpOItOn, kIHg OF Naples.
''Burgos, IA Nov 1903 learn
that you have been INDUCING in mon
key mummeries in honor Of st. Jan
vier. To do too much of that kind
of thing imposes on one and has
a bad effect"
'Schroenbrunn, June 20, 1909 - I
have this instant received the news
that the pope has communicated US
all. It is an accommodation that he
has leveled against himself. No more
gentleness. He is raving maniac and
must be shut up. Arrest Cardinal
Pacca and others of the pope's adj
nerents.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02

To Marshall Victor, governor Of Berlin.
"Venice, Dec. 6, 1907 received
your letter in which you tell me that
Prince Augustus of Prussia is behaving
himself badly at Berlin. That did not
surprise me, because he has so little
sense. He passes his time making
love to Nine. de Stael at Coppet, and
has imbibed only the worst principles.
1t could not be otherwise. Have him
told that the first tattle he INDUCES in
you will have him arrested and shut
up in q fortress, and that you will
send Nine. de Stael to him to console
him. There is nothing so insipid as
all these Prussian princes"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
LETTERS OF NAPOLEON.
suppressed Copies Recently Brought
TO Light.

When in 1863 Napoleon III. ordered
the publication OF the correspondence
Oh his illustrious uncle, his directions
provided Tor the suppression OF ali
etters which might renect upon the
character OF Napoleon L. or upon that
Oh any member or the family. Inc
letters SO suppressed were not de-
stroyed, but have since rested IN the
aTcnlves OF the Tuilleries, carefully
hluuen from inquiSltIVe seekers after
knowledge ana to ali lntentS ana pur-
poses lost to history. Recently NJ
Leon leicester, one Oh the curaJ0Ts o.
the French archives, there discovered
them. They were compued and their
puDncation has just taken place. Here
are some OF them:
10 Fouche, minister OF police.
Milan, May u, IoUo-- Cause
some articles to be written against the
Princess D.. VINO Is spreading ABOUT
Rome a lot OF indecent ana RIDICULOUS
gossip. You know that she lived Ior
a long time Win a man who was d
j.
| " nIch she makes so much noise, came
from PoIenkIn, and are the 1rult OF her
, c shonOr. 1t VIII be possible Tor you
! to get 1uu information about her ana
| 10 turn her into rIdlcule. she wishe<
to pass Tor an intellectual woman; she
is intimate With queen or Naples, and,
what is as astonishing, with Nine. de
Stael.'
| ''Puisuck, Dec. 81, 1906 Do
Lot let that hussy OF a Madame de
oJael come near Paris. l know that
she is not very tar away.
| ''UsJerode, March 10, 1907 - You
should be alert TO execute my orders
not to allow Mime. de Stael To come
within Iorty leagues OF Paris. That
! malignant intriguer should learn at
last TO take the course OF being on her
good behavior"
"Bayonne, Il May, 1903 . . All
| the stories about the divorce cause
! 4ughtful evil; they are as indecent as
they are injurious. The police has a
| thousand ways of preventing them
from circulating; l do not know why
they are not employed. 1t will be very
necessary, however, that the thing
come to an end All the right-think-
! ing men in France are grooming over
1t; it att1icUs me very much myself, as
well as the court OF Russia, which does
not know what to think Of all the
Clatter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
To Louis Napoleon, king Of Holland.

To Louis Napoleon, king Of Holland.
"Bayonne, 10 June, 1851 see that
you have gone into mourning for the
duchess of Brunswick. Where the
devil did You pick that up? Surely
you do not consider that princess as
the sovereign Of Brunswick. You
o2gnG not, then, to wear mourning for
her. The people who are around you
know nothing of decorum and make
you do some clumsy thing every day.
do not know if that is the custom
at the Stockholders court, but the ex-
al pie of the Stockholders court does
not make law for the court of king,
and of a French king"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
To Eugene Napoleon, viceroy of Italy

To Eugene Napoleon, viceroy Of Italy.
Paris, April 3, 1810-I understand
that Cardinal OppizOni refused to be
present at my marriage. lie owed it
to me to attend in his triple quality
of cardinal, senator and bishop OF one
Oh my principal cities. You will go
and seek him and you will make
known to him that before tonight he
must hand in his resignation from the
archbishopric OF Bologna. You will
aCquaint him with the full extent OF
my indignation at his infamous con-
duct, he who is covered all over With
my benefactions, he whom | have made
cardinal, senator and bishop, he whose
Infamous debaucherieS | have shielded
by interposing my own authority and
interrupting the course of criminal
justice at Bologna. on will be care
full to SEND off his designation before
nightfall and see to it that the chapter
at once names Wears who will be easy
to manage. You will not fail to make
him feel that he must not hesitate and
that he cannot expect TO be archbishop
in spite OF me, after the ingratitude
of which he has been guilty"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-01
ALL THE UNION MILLS CLOSED.
Twenty-Five Thousand Iron Workers Are
Taking q Vacation.

lakinS u vacation.
Youngstown, o., July Livery mill
in the United States whose wage scales
are under the Jurisdiction of the Anal
gamated Association OF Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers shut down last night.
These mills altogether employ $1,000 men
who are members of the Amalgamated
association. besides those who are not.
The general shut down took place on
account of the failure of the Amalga-
mated association scale committee and
tke manufacturers to agree on a pud-
ding rate at the conference held here
yesterday. They were in session all the
afternoon and I'D not get any further
than the pudding rate. The commit
tee held out for $3.50 ton for pudding
and the manufacturers refused to bulge
from their stand for ST. An adjourn
ment sine die was finally taken, each
side TO let the other know when it had
experienced change of heart. All the
visiting manufacturers and delegates
left at once for their homes.
The wage struggle this year promises
to be protracted because of the wide
divergence between workers and manu-
facturers. The steel. sheet iron. tin plate,
flint glass, bottle blowers, and window
glass workers are all interested in the
outcome of the wage conference being
held. The manufacturers have been
late to call for meetings and reluctant
to sign when approached for settle
ment. The suspension of work in the
steel mills with the addition of the COM
ing big coal strike will be the biggest
suspension OF business at one time for
YEARS mast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-01
The Western Pnsr,m.se.

Dsn7er. July 1.-Since early this
corning special trains loaded with
Qelegates 10 the Christian Endeavor
Sonvontion as San Francisco have
eesn rolling into the union depot at
intervals Of few minutes. The Gull
road began dispatehing special trains
around the famous "joop" in the
mountains at g. m. Thousands
made the trip. Twenty special
trains are scheduled for today over
the Denver & Rio Grande and so to-
morrow. The Colorado Midland will
hlso handle a large mum Der Of special
trains. All trains from the east are
behind tho schedule timo. The spe-
jcial desire Of the Endeavorers is to
reach Salt Lake City in time to At
tond the services in the tabernacle
Sunday.