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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26
Fire Mt Benton Harbor.

Fire Sunday evening at Benton Harbor
destroyed the French house, owned by
A. Jeruc; the residence of John Holmes
and John Fonger, the Colby Hnkley
Company's stave mill, Perry's cooper shop
and two barns, entailing n loss of several
thousand dollars. A hard wind was blow
ing toward town and for time 1t was
thought the entire city was doomed. The
st. Joseph fire department was called. The
guests of the French house lost all their
belongings, and some escaped in their
night robes. The fire was set by tramps
in one of the barns.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26
HAYMARKEr MONUMENT.

for passengers on the street cars to
maintain their footing and a number
Of accidents due to the sharp veering
Of the cars have happened. With all
respect for the memory of the brave
officers who shed their blood In defense
of the peace and welfare of the city,
the officials believe that the purpose for
which the statue was erected would be
better subserved by placing 1t In pub
lie park, where people might admire 1t
at their leisure.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

THE STAGE MARKS gar Allan Poe, Chier
Justice Marshall, "Sam" Houston,
Henry Clay and Henry Ward Beecher.
His memory and all his mental facul-
ties are perfect, Notwithstanding his
advanced age, and he can talk enter
tainingly Of the giants In those days.
Judge Marks when a boy Of or 10
used to hunt robins with slingshots
with Poe, who was near the same age,
in the suburbs Of Richmond, and the
judge still bears on his forehead the
scar of random shot fired by his COM
panion. His recollection Of the chief
justice is perfect. One day, he says,
he was playing marbles near the court
house with another boy, when the JUS
tice came out, and, after looking at
them for awhile, went down on his
knees and solemnly knuckled down
with them for the space of half an
hour. Judge Marks says that he wit
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

ern Railroad. There
are now twenty
acres Of land, five
having been pur-
chased last year.
There are fine
drives, well-kept
lawns, with flow
ers in abundance,
b e 8 ! d e S gardens
and orchards. The
main building was
erected and fur
piahad Inv tha Ohm
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

CLARE II. BURLEIGH half has never been
told, and you will never realize what a
grand institution it is until you visit
it."
1t Is located at Madison, Ohio, on the
famous Western Reserve on the line
of the Lake Shore and Michigan South
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26
Everything Inverted.

In Japan--if the bull may be permit
ted-after-dinner speeches are made be-
fore dinner, thus insuring brevity, and
furnishing the topics for conversation.
In "Feudal and Modern Japan" the au-
thor states that 1t il the absorbing de-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

founded and sun.
ported by the Ma
tional Woman's Re.
lief Corps, at Madi.
son, Ohio, for those
whom cruel wal
left without sup
port or protection,
One writing of II
says: at Is really
one of the wonders
Of the world. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

UST because the
summer has been
such a disappoint-
ment to the women
who took trunks
full of muslins to
the drizzly resorts,
she is highly pleas
ed to turn her
thoughts to fall
dresses, and seems
likely to so In heav-
lily for woods and
"plain things" But
q word In your ear;
those trunks OF
muslins are bound
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

% come out somewhere. NOT everyone
&c rich enough and bad tempered
enough to throw the pretty things away
because they could not be worn In July,
and this means that muslins are sure to
appear for the simpler dances and "af-
fairs" of this fall and winter, instead
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

II you pay your debts promptly, You
are entitled to more credit than a man
who is charitable, or woman who 10
literary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

One OF the severest penalties to
which criminals In Holland were in
ancient times condemned was to be de-,
Brived of the use OF salt.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26
maha's Big Fair.

Some time about June /, 1898, there
will be opened in Omaha an exposition
in which the States west of the Missis-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

This Magnificent Structure Stands
at Madison Ohio.
No charitable institution in the land
is more worthy of benefits or gifts
from patriotic people than the Home
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

mo, never talk to an inferior"
But have you ever met oner'-Cour-
rier des Etats Unis.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26


the
SOL
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26


Toms Cabin" and
who Is Familiarity
known as Lawyer
Marks" throughout q
large section of the
South, recently visited
In Chicago. Judge
Marks Is SO years old,
and In the course of an
eventful life has been
on terms of intimacy
with many celebrated
people, the list includ-
ing the names of Ed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26
GOWNS AND GOWNING
WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.
0rief Chances at Fancies Feminine,
Frivolous, Mayhap, and Yet Offered
In the Hope that the Reading Prove
Restful to wearied Wonankind.


New York correspondence:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26
THE ORIGINAL MARKS.

Louisin man Whose Name wss Use1
In "Uncie Toms Cabin"
Judge Abraham Marks of West Fee
liciana parish, Louisiana, whose sur
name Harriet Beecher Stowe took lib
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

Racine, Wis, is now said to be in
favor of a curfew law similar to that
instituted in Omaha. and other far
these laws was passed it excited al
most universal ridicule, but it appears
none the less that the inhabitants of
Wisconsin town are having an ordi-
nance drafted compelling all children
under Is years old to be at home after
s o'clock in winter and o'clock in
summer.
A man N Penden, Neb., agreed to
let his friend kick him as hard as he
liked if Mckinley was elected. The
bet was paid yesterday with disastrous
results. When the kick was delivered,
in some way the base Of the spine was
even if the victim escapes with his life
he will always be a cripple. His friend
is almost crazad with grief.
The New York Journal has the big
gest war scare of recent times, doubt
less by way Of encouraging people now
that the election trouble is over. With
faring heads, and il double loaded
type, it informs its readers that if
Weyler be not successful, Spain will
declare war against the United States,
claiming that our interference caused
Weyler's defeat. Pictures of the forti-
hcatlon Of New York harbor are print
ed, and so on, and inf1nitum. The fact
is that Spain would have no earthly
right to declare war upon us, and even
If she thought she had; as perhaps the
weakest power in Europe, and with
navy Infinitely weaker than ours, and
bankrupt into the bargain, she would
doubtless hesitate a long time before
taking such an insane step.
Col. Mapleson is already in trouble
with his opera company. Nine Darclee
and Signor de March, have both re-
signed and state that the gallant i'm
presario owes them much money. The
celebrated soldier on tne other hand
says that he not only does not owe
them a single cent but that they have
received large advances from him
which are a dead loss to him in view
Of their resignation It is a war Of
words and probably no one will ever
Pretty ones Of dimity, shirred at the
neck and belt, and lace trimmed, are
$3.50. There are other slips for 81 and
So of nainsook, or linen d. indie, trim
med with lace and embroidery. The
flannel sacks are of either pink, blue
or white, are featherstitched with pink
or blue silk, and narrow ribbons tie
at the neck. One in white cashmere,
with featherstitched seams and edges
embroidered in scallops, of pink silk,
and with pink ribbons, is s1,75. An
other in delicate rose pink cashmere
is S.. A little beauty of pink crepon
lined with silk of the same color and
trimmed with Valenciennes lace is
ST so.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25

void in the senate. Whether Hill was
right or wrong he was strong.
Plat is another Of Hills stripe. but
will, if he comes to the senate. ex-
hibit no such forensic power.
Brice of Ohio. and New York will
be missed, more as an entertainer at
his residence in the old Corcoran
mansion than in the senate
Foraker will NOW a wider swath
than Brice oratorically, though he
may not socially.
That grand old confederate, Gen.
Gordon OF Georgia, retires from
choice. and will devote the remainder
Of his life to the work in which he
has been largely engaged for years,
that Of cementing more closely the
wearers of the blue and the gray, the
reuniting Of the sections in bonds of
confidence and love.
The foregoing are the prominent
senators who will surely be retired
from Office next March. There are
others who will probably be, such as
Cali Of Florida, Squire of Washington.
and DUBOIS Of Idaho, but they are
still in the ring, although somewhat
disfgured. Dubois will be much
missed if he be defeated, for. he was
looked upon as a brilliant young man
who would be of use to the country
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
HER DREADFUL FATHER.
What Happened in an Interview With
His Daughters Suitor.

The young man had called on the
father of the loved one to ask his con-
sent.
L came to see you on matter OF
business said the young man.
! What business" inquired the
father.
I love your daughter, SIR" banged
away the young man, though he WASN'T
| half ready.
"Ah?" smiled the father
Yes, sir" said the young man.
"Indeed?' continued the father
Yes, SIR repeated the young man.
rs that so, really" went on the
father.
Yes, SIR still insisted the young
man.
The father remained silent so long
that the young chap thought he would
explode if the old one didn't say
something pretty soon.
'Um-er," began the old gent, did
| understand you to say you love my
daughter?"
Yes, sir" blurted out the young
man, emphatically.
"Ah?"
Yes, Sill"
'Indeed?"
Yes, sir"
rs that so, really?"
Yes, sir
The young man wondered how long
this kind of thing would continue.
"Um-er," hesitated the old gentle
man, so you love my daughter?"
Yes" began the young man, and
stopped. Il beg your pardon, sir, but
l have told you that before"
Told me WHAT" said the father as
sweetly as an angel might talk.
Told you that | love your daughter"
'Ah!' exclaimed the old gentleman.
softly
Yes. sir"
"Indeed?"
The young man saw what was COM
ing and got hot in the gills.
mo, sir" he said, sharply.
The old gentleman looked at him in
panied surprise.
81 thought you said you did," he
said.
Did what?" asked the young man,
not exactly knowing what he was say
ing.
Il do, SIR" quickly put in the youth
Loved my daughter"
"Ah?" smiled the father.
Eyes, sir
'Indeed?" followed the father, as
before.
1t was too much for the poor young
man.
q beg your pardon, sir" he said,
but | think you are cruel, sir" and
he backed out and left, while the old
gentleman settled back in his easy
chair and snorted a loud and emotional
snort of triumph, short-lived though it
may be.-Washington Evening Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
INCREASED MILK FLOW &.

One cause of failure to realize a pro-
fit in the DAIRY is due to the small
amount of the milk secured. Some Of
the COWS may be extra mixers and
give a yield 10th in quality and guam
THY that will rake her profitable cow
to keep, but IN very many cases a suf-
ficient number of poorer animals will
be kept that yield hardly sufficient
amount of milk to pay for their keep,
and the consequences is that taken al
together dairyIng does not pay.
In nearly all cases large yields per
animal means a less cost in making
them. That is. the man that has cows
that will give a yield Of milk from
which 400 pounds of butter can be
made will be able to put his butter ON
the market at a less cost per pound
than the farmer that must own and
keep two COWS in order to receive the
same amount of butter. 1t may re-
quire somewhat more feed luce
the 400 pounds of butter from one cow
than it does the 200 pounds from one
of the others, but the food support IS
the same, besides the extra investment,
the milking and carrying for the two
COWS instead of one.
Better cows is the trueSt remedy.
Find out by a careful trial which are
the best COWS; select them out and
breed them so as to improve; fatten
and sell all that do not give a profit
able flow of milk. Good foods lies at
the bottom, uni while it is important
it is not everything; to good blood must
be added good feed and care, as feed
ing and general care has as much to do
with increasing the product of in
diyidual animals as breeding or blood.
Secure liberal quantity Of good
rich milk and then give such manage
ment 10 the milk, cream and butter as
will insure a good Uniform quality OF
butter.
Reduce the cost of production as
fully as possible without reducing the
quality of the product Make only
good quality of product and dairying
can readily be made to p8y.-N. J.
Shepard, in Western Rural.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
FRILLS OF FASHION.

Plaid silk stockings are worn with
black house gowns and low shoes.
Gold linked chains are worn around
the waist over sable and Persian lamb
Jackets.
Shaggy haired vicuna cloths which
resemble the Angora shawls of long
ago are made up into gowns for mid
winter wear.
The new shades in gloves are pearl
champagne, gray, mushroom and tan,
and very light tints of these colors are
worn in the evening.
A new invention in the way of i'm
itation chinchilla is said to be a great
success, especially in narrow bands
for trimming and in the matter Of
price.
Repped fabrics in a mixture of silk
and wool are amC-g the latest i'm
portations Of dress goods, and a new
material, called pol de chevre, which
is very smooth and glossy, is being
made up into dressy gowns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
HIGH MEMBERSHIP DUES.
What it Costs to Belong to Some
Swell New York Clubs.

Some interesting facts are present
ed IN directory of club men in New
York that has just made it second ap-
rearance. The first edition of this
book, issued two or three years ago
contained 1890 names, and the last
edition contains 25, 900 names, the ad-
ditions having been chiefly from the
luncheon clubs, which have recently
become a popular feature of New
York life. The cost of membership
in different clubs in this city is by nj
means expressed in their initiation
fees and annual dues. They represent
the necessary expenses, but if a man
uses his club much he finds that his
incidental expenses are much greater
than his club dues. The initiation
fees vary from S. up to $500 for res
ident membership. Membership in
the Metropolitan, the Union, the I'm
ion League, and the KnickerbOcker
costs $500 as an initiation fee, and
in the University, Lotos, Calumet and
Manhattan it costs $500. The annual
dues of these clubs run from $50 to
SIS. The New York club, the New
York Athletic, st. Nicholas, Century
and Colonial have initiation fees that
run from 500 up to $3.50. There are
a score of smaller clubs occupying
their own well-equipped clubhouses
with initiation fees that range from
$50 down to s25. The restaurants in
the large clubs are expensive luxuries
to the club, and cheap conveniences
to its members. The service in them
is the best that can be found in town,
and they are usually run at loss
to the club. The prices are less than
those at the best restaurants. Sew
eral OF the big clubs more than make
good their restaurant losses by their
bar receipts. The new luncheon clubs
that have so largely increased the list
Of club men draw on downtown pro-
fessional and business men chiefly for
the membership.-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
AN ODE TO THE COOK LAD1'

She goes to cooking school; and now
She bakes and brews and stews, l vow,
And thinks (absurd) that she knows
how!
She goes to cooking school, the mink
She looks as solemn as a sphinx;
When she's concocting coughs and
drinks.
She goes to cooking school; l wish
You knew the way she fixes fish,
And then could hear her praise the dish.
She goes to cooking school; and she
Comes home and harps necessarily
On culinary chemistry.
She goes to cooking school; we fuss
Because it's dangerous to thus
Let her experiment on us.
She goes to cooking schC oil; | ween
She's right when she declares I'm mean
To christen her the Kitchen Queen.
She goes to cooking school; it's plain
We're doomed to starve until the reign
OF some new fad attacks her brain
American Kitchen Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
BRUSHING UP HER FRENCH.
Mrs. Cleveland Apparently Preparing
for Foreign Tour

From time to time before and since
the election, rumor has made the
rounds that at the close of his present
term of office President Cleveland con-
templated an extended tour abroad.
With the exception Of a flying visit to
Cuba he has never been beyond the
confines of his native land, and it has
often been said that he had little or
no inclination to travel. The persist
ence with which it has of late been
rumored that he intends to pass some
time in Europe Or elsewhere gives some
reason for the belief that such is the
case. Another circumstance, too,
would seem to give color of truth to
the reports. Mrs. Cleveland has for
some time been hard at work renewing
her acquaintance with the French Ian
guage, in which she is taking a thor
ough course. She has for a tutor one
of the most proficient linguists, who
calls three times a week at the exec
utive mansion. He regards Mrs. Cleve-
land as an apt pupil, and says she has
acquired considerable proficiency. The
ANNG ID ICSdlueu Dis giving
probability to the statement that it is
the intention of Mr.. Cleveland, upon re-
firing from the presidency, to follow
the example of General Grant, and
make an extensive tour abroad encirc-
ling the globe in the course of his trae-
els. Should such be his purpose Mr..
Cleveland would of course carry with
him a competent Interpreter, but after
such a course as Mrs. Cleveland is now
taking she would have little use for
such help. It is we'll known to all
travellers that one possessing a good
knowledge of French and English may
travel all over the world almost with
out getting into deep lingual difficulty
This is especially true of Europe,
where French may fairly be said to be
the universal language.
The rumor that Messrs Cleveland,
Carlisle and Olney will organize great
law firm in New York is denied by Sec
rotary Carlisle. But the president will
probably reopen his law Office after
the completion Cf his foreign travels.
He is, however, we'll beyond the reach
OF poverty, as his private fortune is
variously estimated at from $500, 900 to
100000. The latter figure is named
| by the more wiId-eyed among far-west-
ern populists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
WITH THE BISHOP.

Bishop Dudley was hunting and fish
ing in the wilds of Kentucky, where
he made the acquaintance of a genuine
son of the blue grass, an honest old
soul who took a great fancy to him
without dreaming that he was the
bishop. The latter always had his
little flask along, and wee-nippies were
the frequent order of the day. The
fun being over, the bishop invited the
countryman to come to Louisville to
hear him preach.
Preach? Whut, you preach? Kin
you preach 81 well ez you kin shoot
an fish,"
Better No joke. Come Sunday
with your best clothes, and I'll give
you a front pew"
The old chap was there, right up in
after which he hurried forward to
front, and remained till the bitter end.
shake the bishops hand.
'Parson,' he cried warmly, Il don't
know a great lot about your creeds an
dogmatics but | riZ and sot with you
every time!'-New York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
WILL MISS THEM.
Noted Men are Soon to Disappear
From Their Accustomed Places.

Although the changes in the per-
sonnet of the United States senate will
not be numerous at the beginning of
the fifty-ffth congress, they will be
conspicuous. Many years have passed
since so many prominent figures were
retired at the same time, as will be
remanded to lasting private life after
the next senatorial elections.
Voorhees,, a glittering spectacle in
public service for 35 years, fluent,
stentorian, belligerent, often defeated
in battles of his own invention; SYM
pathizer with the southern rebellion
social companionable, not the least OF
Bohemians in his younger years, will
pass from public view and contem-
plate whether his deeds are of suffi-
cient Importance to live after him
He will be much missed. He will be
regretted. His health is such that he
can not hope for Remittance to the
arena of political strife.
If ex-President Harrison be not per
suaded to stand for the succession
by no republican of note. Turpie,
whose term will end in 1899, is g
strong intellect, and it would be I'M
complimentary to the dominant party
if they place beside him a nobody.
10 Blackburn will be lamented al
most as greatly as Voorhees,. I'm
pulsive, fiery, oftentimes coarse, he is
yet known as one Of the best fellows
in the world. He is a notable bon
vivant, and will be missed at Cham
berlains as we'll as in the senate. The
strength of Kentucky's representation
III the senate will wane with the de-
parture of Blackburn. Lindsay, as
the successor of Beck, has been q
failure The places of such men as
Beck, Carlisle, Blackburn, and even
of "Cerro Gordo" Williams, can not
easily be filled, not to go back to
Henry Clay.
Don Cameron, silent and mysterious
as he has been, will be missed from
his seat, which, by the Sd of March
1897, he will have occupied continu-
ously for 20 years, almost as greatly
as any senator that could be named
| Since his advent in the senate il
| 1891, Palmer has borne a strong hand
in all sorts of legislation, though &C
cused at times Of being a little tediou!
and peevisn.
1t goes without saying that The
passing of Senator Hill will leave {
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
GOWNS FOR A SOCIETY BUD.

The girl who does not have a COM
ing out, or, having one, owns no ball
dress, is cheated out of the dues which
elaborate one, but if made of cheap
materials after an expensive model, it
cannot fail to be delightful Here is
one that is being copied by a girl who
is making hers out of less elegant
Of white taffeta. The skirt was a full
goods. The original was made entirely
plisse of white mousseline de sole, put
on in large, round scallops. Heading
the plisse there was an applique of
heavy cream dentelle, with the pattern
traced in seed pearls.
The bodice was cut very low and
pointed, and was filled in with mousse
line de sole to form a square neck
Around the full heading there was a
string of pearls, and the pearls dotted
very thick the mousseline de sole at
the front. At the under arm seam the
bodice fastened, and from the darts
there were short bands of the pearls
attached by tiny gold buckles The
sleeves were bouillonS of moussline de
sole, with broad stiffened lapels of the
silk extending quite over them. The
white glace kid gloves were half
lengths, reaching not quite to the
elbow