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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-02-25
MRS. MAY SHELTON KILLS HERSELF.
Suicide of n Divorced wife of a
Wealthy ChfcaRoan.

New York, Feb. H-Mrs. May SHELTON, or
Shelton aged 4s. who is said to be the divorc-
ed wife Of a wealthy Chicago dealer in railway
supplies. committed suicide tonight at the Ho
tel Menlo by taking dose of carbolic acid.
John Turner aged Is. who is said to be in
the grocery business in Nashville. Tenn, is a
prisoner, having been arrested suspicion
of knowing more than he is willing to admit
about the woman's death.
1t is learned that the woman's maiden name
was Mae Temple. and that her father is a
newspaper man living In Peoria, Ill.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-02-25

San Francisco. Feb 21.-H. Maitland Kersey.
agent for the White Star line OF steamships
at New York, has arrived here. He declines to
state the object OF his visit and will not see
reporters. 1t is believed his business here has
some connection with the Occidental and Orien-
tai Steamship Company. which leases Its
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-02-25
PORTER is LEARNING THE ROPES
Private Secretary of President-
Elect Mckinley In Washington.

Washington, Feb. 21-Addison Porter of
Hartford, Conn, who is to be private secre-
tary to Mckinley, is in the city for rest and
recuperation. Today he called on Secretary
Lamont. with whom he had friendly chat
During his few days stay here he viii avail
himself of Secretary Thurber's invitation and
be initiated into some OF the mysteries Of the
office he is to assume.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-02-25

Havana. Feb. 2i.-Thomas Alvcrd. the cores
pondent OF the New York World. has arrived
at Havana. He has just paid visit to SyI-
vester Scovel, the war correspondent of the
New York World, now In Jail at Sancti spir-
tus Alvord found Mr.. scovei In a comfortable
condition.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-02-25

Brass. West Coast of Africa. Feb. 2o.-The
sultan OF Nupe, who was formerly deposed by
Mohammed. the heir apparent has been in
stalled at Blda under the direction Of the
Royal Niger Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
HOUSEWORk MADE LIGHTER.

Machines and ingenious contrivances
for saving labor in the household are
continually being invented. Some
times these contriyances are in the
market for a year or two before they
have any great sale. Several of these
are just beginning to be popular. There
is always a crowd around the new
darning machine, for example. Some
thing to save the housewife from the
drudgery of mending cannot fail to at
tract them, and inventors seem at last
to have created something which is all
it advertises to be. The one referred
to consists of three steel pieces, one
for securing the work, one for adjust
ing the little machine to the size of
the hole or rent and the third consist
ing of bent prongs, for keeping in
place the thread, darning cotton or
other mending material. The operator
Goes not need to possess any skill,
children may mend with Them, the
manufacturers say, and, since the work
consists in running the needle back
and forth and catching it in the gar
ment only once as it is taken across,
instead of over and under every other
thread as is the hand method, it is
probably not untrue that a juvenile
seamstress could operate it. 1t is use
full for many things, as it makes a fine,
even weave of thread. 1t may be used
to repair table linen by using linen
thread, wooden goods by using ravel-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
THE BICYCLE GIRL.

Where are those maids we used to Low,
In old pre-cycle days;
Those artless, ankle-hiding girls,
With shy, retiring ways?
Those girls who talked of flowers ant
stars
Music and poetry
The latter somewhat thin, tbs true,
Sometimes quite watery
No more of such like gentle things
Do maidens sweetly pirate;
The few who do are voted by
Their sisters out of date.
Now, when l murmur tender things
Into my loved ones ear
She chips in with an odd remark
Concerning high-grade gear.
And wnen with palpitating heart
To wed her I aspire,
She asks me what l think of her
Brand new pneumatic tire.
Instead of soulful meanderings
In loves old-fashioned mode
She takes me on a tandem
Twenty miles of dusty road
Her talk is all of sprocket wheels
And rims, this maid who cykes,
Ter very dreams, methinks, are full
Of different makes of bikes.
And she can mend a punctured tire,
But punctured socks may wait
With holes as big as half a crown, j,
Which she cannot locate.
Nothing she knows of making cakes,
And homemade jam she'd spoil,
But she can tell you the best makes
Of lubricating oil.
She'll pedal miles on hottest days
Along the worst-known road,
But she won't do single turn
Within her own abode.
She won't cut wood, nor hoe, nor dig,
No tubs on wash day fill
That's boys workout she'll ride her
bike
Right up the stiffest hill.
In short, considering everything,
This modern girl of muscle
Is no more use at home than was
She of small waist and hustle.
Adelaide Observer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
SOME THEATRICAL ASSETS.

A French theater. finding business
rather bad. about 100 years ago. an
nCunced the following effects as for
sale: A sea consisting of twelve
waves, the twelfth of which is larger
than the others and a little damaged:
a dozen and half clouds. edged with
black and in good repair; o rainbow,
somewhat faded a beautiful snow
storm of flakes of auvergne paper;
three bottles of lightning; a setting
sun, worth little, and a new moon,
rather old; Othellos handkerchief and
pasha's mustache; complete repast,
consisting of four cardboard entrees. a
cardboard pie and fowl Of the same
material, several oak bottles and
AK dessert, ETC., etc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
Jay Gould Dot a Bi9amist.

New York, Aug. 29.-The lawyers in
the Angel case against the estate of
Jay Gould say they will not credit the
report of Mrs. Angeles confession that
she was never married to Jay Gould.
There seems to be no hope for press
ing the case, however, and there may
be a counter prosecution against the
conspirators. The Gould lawyers have
taken the matter under Amusement,
and they intimate that the matter will
hardly drop where it is now. If they
carry out their intentions a second
trial Of great interest may follow the
collapse Of the first. 1t is settled be-
yond dispute now, on the authority of
Mrs. Angel, the duped plaintiff in the
case, that Jay Gould was not a biga-
mist, the Gould children are not lille
Ultimate, and Sarah Anne Brown An
geH herself was never married to Jay
tilt lhe confession in full is as
follows:
Il never was married to Jay Gould.
No. I married man named Derusse
in Champlain in 1858. and fine bit of
a man he was, too. He came from
Europe, and he come near having
s5,000,000, and that's the way Mrs.
Cody got mixed up. Yes, Mrs. Pierce
is my own child from Derusse. She
is my daughter. My sister, Mrs.
Walker. could not say she was present
when Mary Jane was born, for mother
sent all the children out of the house
until it was all over. Ny sister is only
daughter. No, Derusse was not at
home when the child was born; he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

came home two or three days after
ward. Then, if 1 had been married
to Jay Gould, how could l have mar
rled John Angel, while he lived.
What kind of woman do they take
me for, anyway"
The famous case began two years
and a half ago, when a woman call
ing herself Mrs. Cody, spoken of by all
today as that reflective woman" by
many as the divorced wife of a we'll
known actor, made her appearance in
the village of Rouse's Point. She was
looking for a woman called Sarah Anne
Brown. She proved to her satisfaction
that Mary Brown Angel and Sarah
Anne Brown were one and the same
person, and 20 she went to see John
Angeles wife. This was the beginning
of the conspiracy.
Mrs. Cody declared that she had
authentic proofs which went to show
that Mrs. Angel, when she was a girl
between Is and 16 years of age, had
married certain Jason Gould, who
had been surveying in that part of the
cot ntry at that time; that she had
a child by him and that he had de-
serted her a few months after they
had been married Jason Gould, the
poor boy of II, an apprentice to a
surveyor, and the millionaire Jay
Gould were proved to be one and the
same person. Therefore, if Mrs. An
hod Cd Could q
was the widow of Jay Gould, who
had been bigamist, and his children,
therefore, were illegitimate. These
possibilities opened UP vista of vast
wealth to be shared among the con-
spirators, and Mrs. Cody set to work
to gather up her threads.
She had found the minister who had
married them, she recovered copy
of the destroyed certificate of marriage,
| she found men and women living in
the immediate neighborhood who re
membered Jason Gould, remembered
him marrying Sarah Anne Brown, and
! even located one man in Canada,
about eight miles across the line, who
| illdut dI dllOdf IL I1lcAt hC Acd oCOos
; up as best man with Jason Gould when
| he had married Sarah Anne Brown.
When these threads were all gather
ed up Mrs. Cody retained lawyers on
| behalf of Mrs. Angel. Amasa J. Par
ker and Amasa J. Parker, Jr., of AL
| bany, and Lawyer Stearn of Rouse's
Point attended to her side of the case
/ The little hut on the Champlain road
became a Mecca for these learned mer
| of the law, and the woman who hired
them, who knew neither how to write
nor read, who had never been twenty
miles from her native place, except
oEce, when she had journeyed to Mis-
souri,, was the queen bee around whom
| they all buzzed As a matter of fact
Jason or Jay Gould was in Rouse's
Point surveying in 1853. He was II
and Mrs. Angel was then Is. There
never was any marriage or other re-
! lation between them. The conspira-
tors assert there was a certificate, since
| destroyed, but that the memorandum
+, was preserved by old DR.. Leighton {
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
ORIGINAL SIN.

Speaking of Ewes first costume -
the higher critic was saying, 4 never
could figure out
'|Oh, guess it was pretty easy to fig
her OUT put in the party who would
rather be funny than be president.
There was such thing as original
sin; possibly such a thing as an
original joke; but the subjects were
not germane.-Detroit Journal.
A good Highland minister was en-
deavoring to steer a boat-load of city
young ladies to a landing place. 4
squall was bursting; the steering was
difficult One Of the girls annoyed
him by jumping up and calling an
xiously, ooh where are we going top
If you do not sit down and keep still,
my young Teddy" said the minister
pilot, succinctly, that will vera
greatly depend on how you were
brought up"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
AFTER THOUGHTS.

| wonder, do her little feet
Ever cross the London street,
Where we wandered to and fro,
Far away and long ago?
Does she, wonder, sometimes hear
Hers are forever in my ear
Words of farewell | tried to say,
Long ago and far away?
She scarcely spoke, but in her eyes
Hung apprehension and surprise;
Did she love me, ay Or no,
Far away and long ago?
And |, who sigh in looking back
l, who took the other track,
Did | love her, yea Or nay,
Long ago and far away?
Pail Mall Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
NATURAL DEATH.

When the police arrived they i'm
mediately asked
WAS his death a natural one?"
Certainly" replied the companion
died.
Then brief examination was made,
and one of the men exclaimed:
Here's bullet wound!'
'Quite right" was the reply. 81 had
to shoot him."
"But you said his death was nat
ural one" they protested.
well, wasn't it natural that he
hould die under those circumstances? ?"
Chicago Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
IMPOSSIBLE.

| wish that it were easier,
To always patient be,
To always do to others,
AS I'd have them to do to me.
To never give a hasty word,
For which I must repent,
To have my thoughts and actions
Always full of good intent.
To see the good in humankind,
And fail to see the i'll;
To always bear to others
Sweet peace and calm good will.
To never speak an evil word
About the absent one,
Or gossip of the evil deed
My neighbor may have done.
To always deal both fair and just
With stranger, friend and foe;
And recognize the rights of all
Wherever | may 60
" oe'iiioh envy, h1tC anu pIIue,
And jealousy and doubt,
And put the evils of the heart
To swift, inglorious route.
Alas! | fear that while I live
I'll never be a saint;
But just a woman, wilful, weak,
And needing self-restraint.
But I'd give the wealth of nations
If sinner, saint or sage
Could find ''a cure alp for the ills
Inscribed upon this page.
-Abbie Hill Heritage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

It has been found that liquid air is
one of the most perfect insulators, and
insulating materials cooled to the tenn
perature of liquid air are much i'm
proved in insulating qualities. 1t is
suggested that, as Niagara is twenty
tour horse power, and that but
small amount is usf ! at night, some
c! the surplus might Le Utilized IN -h'
manufacture ct hQuefieu air. Ele2-
tricians are realizing the great posi-
bility of liquid air as means of energy
storage, and in electric engineering. 1t
Is however, too eal to make any
predictions on the subject.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
UNFORTUNATE INTERRUPTION.

Willie was asleep and Dan was
lonely. Willie is tn eministers SON.
Dan is his dog. 1t was Sunday morning
and every one was at church but these
two friends. 1t was warm and sunny.
and they could hear the good preach
! ing, for teir house was next door to
| the church
Dan, said Willie, 1T is better here
than in church, for you can hear every
word, and don't get prickled down
your back, as you do when you have
to sit up straight"
In some way, While Willie was lis
tening he fell asleep
Dan kissed him ont henose. but when
| Willie went to sleep he went to sleen
t stay, and did not mind trifies So
Dan sat down with the funniest look
OF care Oh his wise, black face. and
with one ear ready for outside noises.
Now the minister had for his sub
Ject, Daniel. This was the name be
always gave Dan when he was teach
ing him to sit up and beg. and other
tricks. While the dog sat thinking.
the name Daniel fell in his ready
ear Dan at once ran into the church
through the vestry door. He stood on
his hind legs, with his forepaws
dropping close beside the minister
VINO did not see him, but the congre-
Satlor did. When the minister shouted
Daniel- again, the sharp barks
said, Yes, SIR" as plainly as Dan
could answer.
The minister started back looked
around, and saw the funny little MIC
ture; then he wondered what be
should do next but just then through
the vestry came Willie. His face was
rosy from sleep, end he looked a If
tie frightened. He walked straight to-
ward his father, and took Dan in bis
arms, and said:
Please 'scuse Dan, papa. | went
asleep and he ruined away"
1hen he walked out with Dan look
ing PACK on the smiling CONGREGATION
The preacher ended his sermon on
daniel as best he could; but then he
made resolve, if he ever preacbed
again on the prophet Daniel he wouId
remember to tie up his dog.-Our
Little Ones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

|ings and upholstering goods by using
silk 1t will also put neat new heel
on a stocking.
Another device which, though used
commonly only by professionals, is
very generally approved ty housewives
when once it is tried, is the oven
thermometer. For Il long time sklllful
cooks demanded Of stovemakers that
something be inven1ed whereby they
could tell definitely the heat of their
a device, and to the entire satisfaction
ovens. Stovemakers did perfect such
of the class who made the demand.
The oven thermometer has a clock
shaped dial on the outside Of
the stove The thermometer con-
sists of two metal plates, one
of copper and one of steel, to the
former of which a rod is attached
which communicates with the dial.
The heat expands the copper and this
expansion is recorded as the tempera-
ture of the oven. AS the copper and
steel go on expanding and contract
ing in the same degree ad infinitum, or
so long as heat is applied and taken
away, the thermometer cannot get out
of repair and is practically indestruct-
ible.
A dish which is an improvement on
the old-fashioned sfeam cookers is ar
ranged so TINT the water placed in the
lower basin is not CT injected with the
fire. but is allowed to drop down on
hot brass piece, thus passing at once
into steam. This dish is also con-
trived so that the steam, after passing
around the articles to be cooked, can
not escape except by being condensed
in the basin again, and thus the steam
remains perfectly dry, taking away all
chance of the food becoming water
soaked"-the Objectionable thing about
steam cooking in general.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
A MARVEL.

An old astronomer there was
Who lived up in tower,
Named Ptolemy Copernicus
Flammarion McGower.
He said: I can prognosticate
With estimates correct;
And when the skies I contemplate,
l know what to expect.
When dark ming clouds obscure my
sight,
| think perhaps twill rain;
And when the stars are shining bright,
l know it's clear again"
And then abstractedly he scanned
The heavens, hour by hour,
Old Ptolemy Copernicus
Fiammarion McGower.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
KALAMAZOO BURGLARS.

A citizen of Kalamazoo. Michigan.
has valuable parrot. On three diff
ferent occasions he has saved the
house from being burglarized. The
last time was on a recent night. The
burglar got the door unfastened but
when he opened it the parrot asked,
in stern voice: Hello therei What
is the matter?" The burglar didn't
stop to ans wer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
A BOOK.

There is no frigate like book
To take us to lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page,
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without Cypress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human SOUL
Emily Dickinson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
THE SWALLOWS FLIGHT.

series of eXperim ats recently
made at Antwerp have demonstrated
the amazing fact that a swallow can
fly two miles per minute and maintain
that speed for hours at a time. This
is higher speed than any other living
creature has ever been known to at
tain.-Boston Daily Evening Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
DARKY'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
riding on Bumpers, He Comes Ont
OF a Collision Unscathed,

Washington railroad man tells ,
most remarkable story of hair
breadth escape which he says was re-
ported to him by the engineer of a
lIelgnt train on his road recently.
1t happened somewhere in Delaware.
near Dover. The train on which the
engineer was employed was running at
terrible rate down grade, when
through somebody's mistake the head
llght OF another train appeared just
ahead ON the same track. There was
no time to avert a collision. The
engineer and firemen jumped for life
and the two trains came together with
force that piled cars in heaps and
reduced the engines themselves to hot
scrap iron. The engineer picked him
sell up, badly bruised, and started back
to look for the train crew Suddenly
in the darkness forgot to say that
the accident happened at night-he
heard a faint voice calling for help.
A search revealed the figure of a negro
perched on the top of car. He was
almost too frightened to speak at all
puI Ho IHdHdSeu 10 Say UnaC he had
been stealing a ride and that when the
collision occurred he was standing on
the bumpers between two cars. The
bumpers crashed together and he was
shot up to the very top of the car.
where he chung, absolutely uninjured.
He hadn't even a bruise and if Won
ever heard of an escape more miracu-
lous than that I'd like to know it.
Washington Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

The genuine has ever been
The subject of mans boast;
Yet limitations oft are seen
Enjoying things the most.
The real Napoleon had to pine
For life, far from sail;
But "Napoleons of finance drink wine
And get a month in jail
Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

the Presbyterian church. The reporter
who investigated the case had thus
two clews to work on-the old lady
herself and the minister. Strange as
it may seem it was a matter of difficult
ty to find the Angel house in the vii
lage
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

The Horticultural society of Shrop-
shire, England, has taken upon itself
the expense of erecting statue to OAR
win at his birthplace, Shrewsbury. 1t
will cost $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
QUEER LIGHTNING
TELEGRAPH OFFICE A SAFE
PLACE IN STORMS.
BUT MANY THINK 1T ISN'T

Stories Told by Railway Operators
How an Electric Bolt Saved Two
Trains From Destruction and Killed
the Would-Be Wreckers - An
Operator Has His Hair Trimmed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

He gives twice that gives quickly"
urged the collector earnestly.
True" responded Snagge calmly,
but I've often noticed that he that
gives slowly very frequently doesn't
have to give at all. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, of the
war department, has prepared and will
is sue new certificates of honor under
the act of congress granting such
certificates to the telegraphers who
served in the late war; The first GER
tificates were prepared hastily and
were unsatisfactory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

AASiN Ny ySoA AAeAAaH, aoAShs
CHANGING up, l saw revolver
pointed through the little window in
the wall through which 1 sold tickets,
and behind it a weird mask with ter
rible, shining eyes. In endeavoring
tC comply with the command, especial
ly the latter injunction, my chair
swung around, my head struck on the
edge of the table, and, unconscious, 1
rolled to the floor.
when | regained my wits I found
myself lying on the floor of the outer
waiting room, bound hand and foot,
with a tall, ungainly-looking fellow
standing guard over me with a Win
chester. The storm had broken over
us and the wind, rain, lightning and
thunder were something terrific.
"All at once my trained ear caught
the sound of the telegraph sounder,
ard turning my, head, perceived man
1t my desk working away at the key
He wore a mask, but this did not
disguise the fact that he was young
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-15
Ladies' Attention !

Mrs. Henrietta Corbin, who has been
doing such good work here among the
l.. o. T. NJ, has interested a number
more ladies in the work so much 40 that
a new hive named "1he Calun ct" has
been started. Some twenty-five ladies
are already on the roll as charter men,
bers and as the first regula, review VIII
take place at Olson's Ha tomorrow
Tuesday, afternoon at 2 o'clock, Mrs.
Cort ia esks the attendance not only oil the
twenty-five elect" but also oil as many
more Of the LADIES' OF Calumet end vicinity
who may wish to join and 80 become
charter mem bers. Remember tomorrow
aitei noon at Olson's Hall at 2 o'clock.