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The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
WHIMS OF WATCHES.
Hang Up Your rimepiece at Night If
 Value It.

Value It.
 To most people the whims and a. prices of watch are deep mystervI One very common cause of the wats gaining or losing is the disposition tba is made of it at night. If you wes, \ watch next to your body during tb day and put it on a cold marble mans) piece at night, or in fact anywhere in \ cold room, the watch is sure to eitb.d gain or lose.
 Everybody knows that the proximiu| of dynamo will magnetize the Std parts of watch and ruin it for the tin| being. A watch may be affected M electricity without the owner haVl. been near dynamo. The amount \ electricity in some people is 80 greI that it can seriously affect the s!e parts of a watch. A downtown watss maker told reporter that he often h examined watches which were VsJ| slightly magnetized. He used to d| magnetize them and return them, att same time cautioning the wearers n to go near dynamo. When man hs the same trouble with his watch con tinually it is a proof that the saa electricity in his body has affected watch.
 The watchmaker said that dark p@I pie are more likely to affect tht watches in this way, and women moi so than men. The amount of electrd ty in the body is. of course, very s-gH but very little is required to infect delicate works of watch. Persons high electric organization should wa watch with a steel ease f they hq to have an accurate tiHe-picee.
 A watch should never be laid ha zontally at night. but should always hung upon q nail. Change of posi- 2 will not affect a mechanically peh' watch. but such a watch is yet to made.
 It is we'll known that a watch stop for some unexpected reason go on again all right if it is gi's slight jolt. The same trouble may occur again for years. This is anas dent to which all watches are ln when carried around on the person is due to the hairspring stud or regulator pins. The cause is SUI" jump or quick movement, such asS ting on moving car. A jolt IS gwn the balance-wheel and hairspr0S this renders the catching possible jolt must come at particular ifa'' of a second during the reyolu'ua the balance-wheel, otherwise thesr will not catch.-N. Y. Journal
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
aYou rnre me the only pleasure

"You gave me the only pleasure | ever had in my life" said Tanneguy.
 Three days later the battle of Ba- paume took place, and when it was growing dusk and the combat was nearly over, Tanneguy looked round in search of Capt. de Plenhoec, know ing that he was sure to be found in the thickest of the fight. Tanneguy sud- denly caught sight of him struggling to rise from under his horse, which had just been shot dead. A Prussian was advancing towards Nerve with his bayonet pointed at the young captain. He was just preparing to kill his vic- tim, intoxicated as he was with the smoke and the blood all round him. Nerve had only just risen to his feet when he saw the Prussian's weapon pointed at him, and he felt sure that his last moment had come.
 Suddenly man bounded between him and his enemy, and with a sword-thrust laid the Prussian dead before him. It was Tanneguy, who, on seeing Herve's peril, had rushed to the rescue, bound- ing over every obstacle, tramping un- der foot the dead and dying. and only just arriving in time to avert the dan ger.
 Tanneguy stopped down, and, snatch ing from the dead soldier his gun, pre- sented it to Nerve, who was disarmed.
 Captain, you once gave me a gun, let me pay my debts to you with this one"
 Before he had finished speaking. and whilst holding the weapon out to Nerve, poor Tanneguy staggered back and fell. A ball had just struck him and pierced his heart. Nerve grasped the firearm, all covered with blood as it was. and, as though in dream, a vision of the past rose before him, and he saw the wide road in Brittany. where he had given his little gun to a peasant lad!- Strand Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06

ing all the way, and he walked at such q rate that the poor old servtor could scarcely keep up with him.
 It was young Viscount Nerve de Plenhoec, and he was on his way to the chateau of Marquse du Dolmcn, to wish her a Happy New Year. He was a handsome lad, upright, and straight as a dart; and his large, dark eyes had an honest, frank look in them that won all hearts.
 Presently they came within sight of the old manor-house, with it's tower md turrets, and the little viscount bounded on in his hurry to arrive. Very unceremoniously he rushed through the hall into the long, tapcstry-hung drawing-room, which, with its huge. old-fashioned furniture and high ceil- ing, looked like corner of some ca- thedral. A stately-lool<ing old lady was seated, and, indeed, was almost buried, in an immense armchair, whilst in the wide fireplace a cheerful log fire was cracking.
 Why, Herve, you must have risen early this morning to get here at this time,' exclaimed the marquise, look ing admiringly at the handsome boy who had rushed in like whirlwnd.
 "Oh, grannie, and I had learnt such a piece of poetry to say to you. butt am afraid have forgotten every word Cf it, was in such q hurry to get here, ," said Nerve, ruefully.
 ''Never mind. we'll have it another time," said the indulgent old lady. ''You shall see first how you like your presents"
 On a table near were the said pres ents, some story-books, some games, and-a gun, a real gun! Herve was nearly beside himself with joy. For two long years he had wished for gun,
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
FrIcassee of Dnok.

A duck that has been previously roasted makes dainty luncheon dish. Cut into neat pieces and place aside un- til wanted. Put the bones and trim- mings into stewpan with four shallots and pint of stock or gravy; let simmer for quarter of an hour: strain. Melt one ounce of butter, and dredge in des- sertspoonful of flour; when well blend- ed pour ill the gravy; give one boil, add the juice of one lemon and dash of cayenne pepper. Lay in the pieces of duck, and let the whole gradually warm through, but not boil.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
ME AN JIM.

Me an Jim jes' kinder agree: l stick by him. an he sticks by me. Never was much thet could do, But somehow T other he sees me through. Never d!d talk much. afore or sence, Bout it, but there's coincidence. Somehow r other--can't jes' make out That brings him roun' when there's trouble
 about.
 Lots O others thet like me, too. Hard to-say what they wouldn't do: Hard to say what they wouldn't share : When there was plenty and some to spare. But somehow r other, when you're hard
 hit,
 Seems they don't happen to hear of it. < An there was q woman once. an she Kinder believed thet she keered for me: Lowed thet she loved me becoz we'd ben Coin together so long, bus when Plans were a-malSin' to go through life Settled an easy as man m wife. Suddenly foun' thet she'd rather go Long with another she didn't know. So. 1t set me to studyin': Love is meant For them as don't meet with no accident; Or mebbe them as ken pick an choose In the crowd where they've got no friend to
 lose
 While the feelin' a man has for a man Don't fool itself with better plan, Or come to grief through a thinl0n' spell Thet we're too much alike to match right
 well.
 An thet's the reason thct I perpose To tie to Jim to the very close.  Fact O the matter, we're fond O him, Coz you know, you can always count on
 Jim
 William T. Larned. in N. Y Sun.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
PUNoENT PARAcp1.,

The Only Thing Left n.
 "She's positively getting too a,a D,iarectOr-- ballet" Manager-"Giye bas S'a Tor ths of the child wonder."-Dat,ra..aa ne pun Press. oit Frs
 Police Magistrate-'Ttis,
 since saw you here last. yo,, Vng tine idently tried to be good. D D. nasee'. "Oh, Mir. Judge, have been ra Durglar-- Eliegende Blaetter. y ill"~
 -Late.-"Whatl Have :,
 daughters become engaged th' , You; mer? l wished to ask for the ,s h. sun Fraulein Marie myself!" soh s nand of the most engaged of all!o-FlI;.ne sne k Blaetter. gende
 -Bunscn (amazed)-"That no
 cle! Why, man, you told me vo,'s, svu ua' bad both his legs carried awos es' uAeIe dnn." Jimson-"So be did ua as Se' them away himself, pretty fast t'llei 2 you!"-Tit-Bits. N tell
 The Count-"My dear Ma.. . dollar, want you to marry mo ss , uOld' ,T ess-"Oh, count am speeches. nsls '' surprise" The Count-"Zati isalls,, 1lls your money talk."-N. Y. Coma'su' Advertiser. eiSia
 -Prostrated.-"What are voD !, with a Turkish lounge in tbis oos, sY'us fice?" Our bookkeeper writes ss' noa. 0l' and we had to fix up place for Fsuy b;. lie down when his manuscrints m au ck."-Chicago Record. 'O'l'
 -She-"And now, Charlie Isr..
 tomorrow you will have to srorf prn' papa about our engagementY IT. "Yes, dearest, lsuppose must" aM. q pause) "Has your father got ts'. phone ?"-SomervilIe Journal '''
 A judges little daughter wbo k, attended her fathers court for tbe s.a @ time was very much interested i, m proceedings. After her return homo N told her mother; "Papa made a xnss1s and several other nien made sneso1,s to 12 men who sat all together. audtbs. these 12 men were put in dark chan Der to be developed" = Pittsburs ChronicleTelegraph.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
A Precious Cannon.

A cannon made of solid gold, mount. ed upon q carriage of rosewood. inIaid with costly gems, is the unique bauble of warfare that has come into the DOS session of the imperial army of Der. lin. As valuable acquisition to the armament of the kaiser's own soldery this unique field-piece is more interest ing than terrible. No other armorv in the world can boast of field cannon so beautiful or costly. This singular gun was presented to the Berlin army by the managers of the Hamburg mu. scum, in whose keeping it has been for two centuries. Guns of this sor. are not produced to-day, and d war is made with cannon that are more effec
 tive in their destructive powers thar pleasing to the aesthetic taste. The outward appearance of this monster jewel IS most delicate in workmanshin
 1t is valued at { 5000, though. as mat
 ter of fact, it could not be purchased Tor twice that amount of money. Tho liveliest interest in this marvellous mjl;. tary engine has been evinced bv Elm. peror William, and he has ordered T special guard to be placed over the precious cannon, which, two days in the week, is on view to curious Berlin. CTS and the strangers within the Ger
 man capitals gates.--Toledo Blade.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06

but his parents had always been afraid of an accident, and had refused to get him onc His large eyes lighted up with pride and delight as he handled his precious treasure; and, oh! how he wished there were some enemy now be- fore him that he could try his aim at once.
 Nerve belonged to family in which all the men had been soldiers, and most of his ancestors had met death on the battle field. His grandfather had been killed in the Crimean war, during the siege of Sebastopol; and Nerve had al ways delighted in hearing tales of wars
 Or his way home again that after noon Nerve kept admiring his precious
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
Unburied Slain.

The war between Chill ana ius already ancient history, but a u"s ,~, who lately returned from Sou'l' ',i E. lea states that on the battlene'' Tarapaca the dead are still iy'ss \. as they fell. There were 4,Ouo O' ., and nearly 1000 horses are aiso ~ buried. It never rains at IaraPas4, the sun has dried the corpses' a.. nitrate in the soil has preserves and up on the plateau. 5,Ooo ,nur hr0l lie in ghastIy confusion with 'n'm ,aoll swords and bayonets as fresl,,'S n.St1 as the day of the memorable
 '. Ledger.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06

According to Simmonds, Europe
 had in 1890, 34,s65,00o horses; Asia. 4,443.000; Africa, 72l .000; America. ol..
 920.00O, and Australia, 1,520 600.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
south American Jewelry'

One of the principal occupar,c a,c jewellers in the cities and to"ne and Peru is making gold cI0s ss,A with precious stones for the 'hsds a images in churches and '' .sD They usually are adorned 7, rs toI women. who thus pay hoiheS
 saints.-Chicago Tribune
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
TEN YEARS AFTER.
FROM FRENCH OF J. moRAND.

[ was New Years day, when a little
 boy of some ten
 years of age, ac- conpanied by an
 old seryant-man, was walking from
 Plenhoec to Dol men, near Dinan. The child W a s laughing and talk
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
Too Many Tnhe Mills.

The capacities of the leading steel tube mills in this country, for bicycle works, are far beyond the consump- tion. It is estimated that 24,000, ,O0o feet of steel tube have been used this year, but there are seven mills, and one of them alone can turn out 1s,000, ,OOo feet; the combined output Of the other six mills amounting to 64,000, ,00O feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
AN EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION.

I'm comparatively young in prac-
story, but I'll venture that no other
lcwyer ever had a like experience I
Coud see that the woman was in deep
trouble as soon as she entered the
office. She was young, intelligent, re-
fined and decidedly attractive des-
pite the fact that she was pale and
nervous. When she was seated
asked her what l could do for her.
That's what I'm here to ascer-
tain,' she replied. I have a peculiar
case to present. Four years ago I
fell in love with young man en-
ployed by my father. He positively
forbade the match and was very
harsh with my lover when discharg-
ing him. | would not consent to the
folly Of an elopement, for it meant
struggle through poverty, which
might or might not end in something
better. 1t was impossible for us to
correspond, and we drifted apart.
This summer we went to a sum-
mer resort, my father remaining but
q short time and leaving me with an
aunt A rich merchant, considerably
older than myself, had been pressing
his suit all the winter, my father
urged his acceptance and I finally
agreed, the date of the wedding being
fXed early in June While [ was
preparing to return to meet this en-
Of ont
at the resort. We still love each
other. We slipped away to a magis-
ira with whom we had made ar
rangements and were married, in
tending to confess to my father and
my affianced as soon as we reached
them. That evening my husband of
an hour was caught by an undertow
while bathing and drowned. No one
but the magistrate knew of our mar
riage. l was widow. The date of
theirs choice was at hand. To break
it off involved more censure, explana-
ton and trouble than I thought |
could bear, so l came home and am
now the merchants wife. 1t was
lawful marriage, was it not?"
'Unquestionably.'
"'Am l under legal obligation to
tell the story to my husband?'
Certainly not; but | think
Then I'll not tell him. and she
left a fat fee without even asking for
receipt. You'll notice she never
gave me a name. detroit Free
Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
HEADED OFF BY PHONE.

Just my Internal luck" groWled
one of our most eligible bachelors as
be threw himself on a couch and
looked daggers at his closest male
friend, as though he were the dis
penser of fate. If a fellow wants
to get married and fulfill his proper
Destiny in life, fortune trips him up
and makes a fool of him. You know
that I've popped to three or four
rls, and in every case I've been just
too late. You may put it down now
that if l ever marry woman she will
do the proposing and make all the
preliminary arrangements
Scored another fallure?"
Yes, lost by an eyebrow, as usual
You recall that divine creature l
pointed out to you from the club
window the other day. That little
Ruddins and l have both been sweet
on her. Rivals, l suppose you would
Say. l called where she is visiting
early last evening to put my fate to
the test. While l was screwing my
courage up to the sticking point and
trying TO separate her from the other
people there she was called by one
of the servants. She came back look
ing so rosy and sweet that | pushed
matters, piloted her to a side yeran,
da, and told her, with all the gush
and sentimentalism Of some callow
youth. how I loved her, how | could
not live without her. She never
looked more beautiful than when she
told how sorry she was to cause me
pain, but she had just accepted Mr.,
RUddins by telephone. 1t was to talk
with him that she had been called by
the servant. l stammered my way to
the hat rack and out of the house the
best I could. The impudent little ras-
cal! He knew I was going there, for
told him myself, and I went early
for the express purpose of heading
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
DREARIEST PLACE ON EARTH,
Travellers Shun the Desert of Thibet
as Unit for Habitation.

Recent publications Of the Russian
Geographical Society contain most in
teresting accounts OF explorations I'M
dertaken under its auspices by Robo-
rOVsky and KOZlOh in one Of the mOS1
inhospiJaDIe regions of the earth s sur
Gace, the elevated Thibetan plateau,
which along the Russian mountains"
lines up to the northeast lace of the
giant snoW-clad Kuen-lun, says the
Indianapolis News. Over this region
Of dismal dreariness, elevated from
$4,000 to 1000 feet above sea level,
mans foot is hardly ever known to
pass, and even to the natives of Kash-
garia it is virtually sealed province.
The surface is largely covered with
deposits Of loeSS and earth of ex-
tremely fine particles, Identical with
that which forms the dominant land
sCape feature Of large part of China,
and very similar to that which makes
up the bluffs Of the upper and middle
Mississippi valley. In this loess origi-
late sand storms of terrible severity,
IhS oIioS OC4LSo CciI 1Su III SUCH
into the air as to cause complete dark
less, objects being rendered invisible
at distance of more than 10 yards.
Entire forests of poplar are buried
in these dust deposits, decaying and
rotting in the dry mass of earth which
surrounds them. In the desert which
lies south of Uzutagh, and occupies a
position upward of 10000 feet high,
hardly a trace of animal life was to
be found in the middle Of June, almost
the only forms of moving creatures be-
ing scattering broken-down oronso
antelopes, which approached to within
d few feet Of the travellers, seeming
too weary to pay attention to their pres
ence. Snow alone falls over this most
inhospitable tract, and rain is seeming
~ unknown. In the month of June
snow fell every day, eVaporating i'm
mediately. On June Is, at an elevation
of 1900 feet, the thermometer marked
IL degrees Fahrenheit
Along the depression of the Cher
chendaria striking contrast is pre-
scented in the characteristics of the
country, the banks of the rivers being
OvergrOWn with rushes, poplars and
tamarisks, and harboring immense
numbers of wild animals. But traces
of recent desiccation are everywhere
apparent, large tracts being marshes
streWn with the remains of fresh wa
ter mOlluSkS the former inha bitantS
of a vast lake.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
TAX FIGHT SETTLED.

North Crandon, Wis, Oct. 21.-The
Wisconsin Taxpayers association has
been in litigation with Forest county
for the past year in regard to taxes.
The association claimed that eXces-
sive and unjust taxes were levied, and
as a consequence it had some of the
town and county officers arrested and
held for trial. But a proposition sub
mitted by the association to the
county board has been accepted,
which will enable the county to pay
all judgments and liabilities and
have money left. The proposition is
as follows: THAT the Wisconsin
Taxpayers association pay all taxes
assessed against Forest county for
the years 1895 and 1896, 2 per cent
fees Of the treasurer to be added to
the actual tax; all surplus so paid
after liquidating Indebtedness to be
APPLIED in reduction of the taxes of
1897" The association agrees to
drop all suits against Forest county,
and the county board agrees to aban-
don the mill tax of $4,000 levied this
year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28
SHE WOULDN'T SETTLE.
Though Her Fox Terrier Killed the
Pet Mice of the Italian.

On Race street on sunny after
was following his avocation, in this
case the disposal of white mice for q
Song. If you couldn't sing you could
get one for a dime. Trade was dull,
and to brighten things up the Italian
allowed his pets to run around,
though they were SO we'll trained they
returned to their kennels, so to
speak, when the owner whistled for
them. During the lull in trade one er
two Of the albinos wandered toward
the middle of the sidewalk Some
women grabbed their skirts and made
for the chairs-no, not the chairs, the
high places.
At this stage of the proceedings
lady appeared leading a fox terrier.
They like mince in almost any way
they come. Dead or alive, raw or
cooked, they go for them. This ter
rier was no exception, and before the
Italian could utter his little musical
whistle the mice were doomed. Mr..
L ga LCl 1Sl 81 1DUCu O1iS III IIlC wv lin
Ing of an eye, only to drop it and go
for another. The woman lugged at
the string and the Italian whistled
for the mice. Most of them got into
& safe harbor but one was motionless
end dead, and another was on the
verge of a collapse, to say the least.
AS the woman started down Race
street the Italian said:
You paya me for de mice
Indeed, I'll not" said the woman.
MY dog has as much right to the
sidewalk as your nasty little mice"
MY mice killa your dog 1 hava to
pay for de dog"
Il don't care for that. Why don't
you tie strings to your old mice, then
they wouldn't get into trouble
And the Italian followed along on
the curb trying to shame the woman
into a settlement, but he failed.-Cin-
cinEati Commercial.