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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
Insult to the Germans.

Our German friends who took part
in the recent play are not at all
pleased over the following insult given
them by our neighbor in the last issue
of the Centralia Enterprise as follows:
Everything was conducted in the
German language. They sang Ger
man, talked German. danced German,
and no doubt some of them drank the
regulation German beverage and par
took Of German diet.
1t was probably written for a joke,
or in a humorous way, but it did not
set we'll and we don't blame them any
if they resent it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
To The Public.

Beginning January LIST, 1897, our bus
mess will be conducted strictly upon
cash basis. We intend hereafter to
purchase for cash and in order that
we may do this it is necessary that all
persons indebted at our score should
call and settle at their earliest con-
.venience. Under the new system Of
trade we will be able to give all custO-
mers the full benefits Of reduced
prices on cash transactions and we
hereby invite all our present friends
and patrons, as well as new ones, to
call upon US for bargains.
Mrs. JOHN HAMl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
Candidates For County Judge.

We see by the Narshfeld newsSa-
pers and learn through other sourceA
that f. y. Cady is circulating a call
in that city for Judge z. C. Pors. the
present occupant. to be d candidate
for reelection as non-partisan can
didate. We also learn that the Hon.
J. \. Gaynor, Of this city, VIII be q
nOn-partisan candidate for the same
office. Whether there will be any
other candidates we have not learned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
FATAL FIRE NEAR BABCOCK.

Mr.. Ole Della. a farmer living SIX
miles south of Babcock. lost his house
by fire Tuesday of this week. Three
of his children persisted in the flames
Reports state that the father was away
from home and that Mrs. Della went
with her oldest boy TO assist him across
Cranberry creek on his way to school.
The mother left three little children in
the home, the oldest being five years of
age. They must have set fire to the
house and were consumed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
Not a Patent Medicine.

DR.. Rays Liver-T. most pleasant
and efficient remedy, prepared by the
Mekka Medical Association, specialists
If Chicago, found by daily use in their
practice to be the quickest known re-
lief and cure for diseases of the liver,
such as billousness, sick headache, m
digestion, melancholy, constipation,
etc, etc. Samples free. For sale by
John t. DAILY, Grand Rapids.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
Increase in the Use of Library Books

The month of December has been the
busiest in the history of the T. B. Scott
library, as more books and magazines
were given out then than ever before.
Twenty-seven new borrowers were
added to the list. Usually just before
and during the holidays is a quiet sea-
son at the library, but not so this year,
as will be seen by comparing the follow
ing figures:
December, 1895. December, 1896.
FIct1On.... ...S3S Fiction OSz
Hist BiOg., etc.....103 Hist, BiCg., etc. &c. 2S5
Magazines 81 MagaZines............. SIS
Total go Total LAOS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
Notice to Bee Keepers.

Bee keepers wishing bee supplies can
get all kinds from C. NJ Chase. Bee
hives made to order. You can save the
freight Call on or address
c. N. CHASE, Grand Rapids, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
WITTER HOUSE,
Saturday, Jan. 9th.
CHRONIC CATARRH.

Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Lung
diseases including Early Consumption, Bron-
chitis, Asthma, Constitutional Catarrh, Pleur-
isy, etc Dyspepsia, Sick Headache. Stomach
and Bowel Troubles, Brights Disease, Diabetes
Kidney, Liver, Bladder and Chronic Female
Diseases. All Nervous affections, with Symp-
toms of Dizziness, confusion of ideas, loss of
sleep, forgetfulness, etc. Indigestion, Nutrition,
Slow growth in Children and all wasting dis
paS N Admits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
HOunQ Men & Middle AQed Men

Suffering from Spermattorrhoea and Impotency
mature years and other cases, producing some
of the following affects: Emission, Blotches,
Debility, Nervousness Dizziness, Confusion of
Ideas, Aversion to society, defective memory
and sexual exhaustion, which units the victim
for business or marriage, should call and see
DIR. REA and get his opinion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
DISEASES OF WOMEN

Treated by our new home treatment thereby
saving the patient the annoyance and embar-
raSsment of local treatment.
Blood and SKIN Diseases treated. DR. REA
frankly tells them whether or not he considers
the case durable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

Cord and stove wood for sale by
Mosher & Whitney. Leave order at
the store.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
NOISES nv THE EAR

Catarrhal Deafness, Chronic Diseases of the
Eye, Ear, Throat, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys,
Bladder and Urinary organs, Hemorrhoids
piles treated without the knife. No pain and
no detention from business,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
WOOD COUNTY REPORTER.
A. L. FOHTAiFE, Editor and Proprietor.
GEO. A. DELAP, Foreman job Rooms.
Terms Sl.50 Per Year.

Thursday, January 7, 1897.
COPY for Advertisements should
be Aandcd in not later Hlau Tuesday
e0cnlng, and copy for publication
not later than Wednesday, egening-
Of z0cek Of publication.
The herald., 1897-04-11
OLIVE CULTURE

Probably no branch of horticulture has
attracted more attention in Southern
California during the past year than
that Of olive culture. There is reason for
this The demand for the products of the
California olive orchards, both in the
shape of picked olives and olive oil, has
been greater than the supply and is con-
tinually on the increase. In fact, the
product of ripe picked olives is scarcely
sufficient to supply the local demand.
leaving hardly any for export to the east,
where they are becoming quite popular.
AS soon as eastern people begin to get
acquainted with the virtues of ripe
California olives it may be expected that
this demand will increase tenfold, aui
even with the rapid increase in the plant
ing of olive orchards it is doubtful
whether the producer will be able to
satisfy, the demand for the market for
years to come.
1t has been supposed by many that the
olive tree will flourish and bear good
crops throughout the state, from tha
Oregon line to that of Mexico. but the
The herald., 1897-04-11
IMPROVED FEDERAL ARCHI.
lecture

The new Chicago postoffice will be the
most scientifically constructed building
in the United States, according to the
architect 1t will cost s4,000000. This
new federal building will stand on a
series of points instead of resting on a
foundation extending evenly along the
entire wall line. The weight of the huge
structure will be so adjusted that it will
rest on cement columns thirty-two feet
apart, these columns going down to bed
rock seventy-two feet below the surface
of the earth. This is the plan adopted
in modern bridge building and repre-
sents the most advanced progress i'll
that field of construction. Cement COL
umns have been tried in the construction
of all the great iron and steel bridges
built in recent years and found to be
wholly satisfactory. There is no guess
work, no speculation as to the precise
weight a cement column Of certain de-
mensions standing on solid rock will sus-
tui in
The herald., 1897-04-11
Los ANGELES HERALD. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL JI,

recent experience Of growers In the CEN
trail and northern part of the state shows
that this idea is not well founded. A big
olive orchard in Santa Clara county was
recently abandoned for the reason that.
year after year. the trees refused to fruit.
or bore only an Insignificant crop This
seems to be the trouble with many olive
orchards in that part of the state, So
that, after all, it is probable that the
area of land within which olive culture
may be carried on successfully and prof
itably is comparatively limited. and
therefore will always be In good de-
mand. At the same time there are many
thousands of acres of rough hill land in
Southern California we'll adapted to the
culture of the olive, that may be pur-
chased today at very moderate price
AS soon. however, as the capabilities OF
this land are fully understood, 1t is not
likely that it will be offered on the mar
ket at the present terms. so that those
who are thinking of going into the busi-
ness of olive culture would do well 20
select their land as soon as possible.
The herald., 1897-04-11
Overtaxation of Farmers

The overtaxation Of farmers was the
subject of lecture recently delivered in
San Francisco by Prof. Carl C. Plehn Of
the University Of California. He ad-
dressed the newly formed Farmers club
and quoted statistics to prove that the
farmer had to pay more taxes than the
city man in proportion to his ability. He
showed how much money. goods. wares
and merchandise generally escape tax
alton. Franchises, too, are assessed
with the utmost irregularity. 80 out Of 81
counties of California having no fran
chises assessed, among them being San
Joaquin, Kern Colusa, Marin. Napa,
Monterey, Riverside and Santa Clara.
But one in every twenty-t three persons
in the state is assessed for watches The
per capita tax on furniture in 1889 was
but SO The failure to tax personal prop
erty, Prof. Plehn said, threw the addi-
tional burden on real estate, and this
compelled the farmer to pay out Of fair
proportion. Not more than 35 per cent
of the people of California lived upon the
farms. In 1892 the farmers average as
sessment was 1868, the townsman's $644.
The eleventh census gave the value OF
farm lands and improvements at $697,-
600, 900, and they were assessed In 1890
for $433, ,O00, 900, an average of from So to
&C per cent of the true value, while the
value of city and town lots was $685.
900, 900, assessed for $44S, 900, 900, or from
54 to SIS per centum.
The herald., 1897-04-11
SOWING DRAGONS TEETH

"The best government that the world
claimed it. 1t is not an idle boast, but
on the contrary, so far as the plan is
concerned, it is most unqualifiedly true.
And 1t was once unquestionably true in
it is by no means clear that in this latter
sense the unprejudiced critic would pro-
nounce it true today.
We have been sowing dragons teeth
all else will breed disturbance in the
heart of people 1t is the lax or discrim-
mating execution of the laws. Let the
citizen but detect the existence of this
fact and the outrage to his sense OF
equal justice under the forms Of law will
conjure up other forms as hideous and
as numerous as the visions of delirium.
From the revolt of Jeroboam down to the
French revolution every great civil
strife has had its origin in the conscious
ness Of abiding injustice Those were
comparatively savage times, but even
the crude popular heart of those undis-
tremes by the contemplation of injustice.
We have a higher standard of ethics
today and possibly a standard of patri
otism as high, but we have popular
discernment and public reprobation of
unfairness in all things, such as is no.
where recorded of the history of any for
mer age. AS an illustration of this we
may see that now, for the first time, slav-
cry, as an institution, is practically abol-
ished throughout the world, and that
arbitration has usurped the judicial
bench of war. We should therefore have
done with public injustice in fact, as
we'll as with the forms of unfairness.
Any other course is dangerous as lead
ing to a condition from which it may be
difficult to emerge.
The dragons teeth that we have sown
within year or thereabouts may take
root and grow as they grew in the days
of the fable. We have seen the united
wealth of the nation rise up in protes.
against a principle that had been the
financial refuge of the nation for hun
dred years, and we have seen the princl-
pie overthrown under this pressure,
without any change in the law. We
have seen a corporation, debtor of the
government to the extent of nearly a
hundred million dollars, defect all its
earnings into the private pockets of it's
directors and then challenge the creditor
to do its utmost, while the squatter who
has dared to cut cord of wood upon va
cant government land has tasted the
discipline of imprisonment for his tres
pass. We have now a secretary of war
charged by an act of congress to carry
its provisions into practical effect, VINO
stands officially paralyzed in the pres
ence of railroad president who COM
mands him to remain passive, and a
president of the United States who
chooses to remain blind in this comedy
We have also before US two measures
The herald., 1897-04-11

to overthrow the law as 1t is interpreted
in the transmissouri case. One of these
a bill to legalize unlawful combinations
and the other a motion in process OF
preparation for a rehearing of the case
upon the theory of the income tax re-
versal. Interspersed throughout these
instances we see senators. cabinet ana
judicial officers that seem to grasp at
the opportunity to renounce the allegi-
ance they owe to the people in order to
take on the new and more profitable
allegiance to corporation sovereigns
The effect of this inordinate rottenness
is everywhere felt and seen and suffered.
but still the evil work goes on.
The herald., 1897-04-11
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

It Is rumored that the rent which AM
bassador John Hay is to pay for his
house in London equals his salary OF
81, 500.
st. Andrews university, Scotland, Is
about to confer the decree Of doctor OK
laws on a woman. Miss Sellers, the trans
lator and editor Of several books on
Greek art and archaeology.
Theodore Sedgwick Fay. who was as
ISOLATED with N. p. Willis and George r.
Morris in editing the New York Mirror
more than sixty years ago. Is still liv-
ing In Berlin at the age OF 80 years.
Rev. Richard Hensberry. of the do
cese Of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
has been appointed professor OF Gaelic
In the Catholic university. Washing
ton, He is an accomplished scholar ana
writes Irish with ease.
Mr.. Bayard's son-in-law Lieutenant
Commander w. 8. Cowles, naval at
tache to the United States embassy. is
said to have been for some years the
most popular man in London diplomatic
circles, and his departure Is greatly
mourned.
Probably Rhomberg was the name Of
the first man dressmaker, and ne lived In
Paris In 1880. He was Bavarian by
birth and was the son of peasant. On
the panels OF his carriage doors were
painted an escutcheon of pair OF open
scissors and a pair of corsets. He left
an immense fortune.
CONGRESSMAN Mcguire of California
has addressed the Delaware Legislature,
bv invitation, on the single tax theory.
He thinks that public sentiment there is
growing to favor the single-tax idea A
majority Of the voters of Newcastle
have petitioned the legislature to allow
their city to levy its taxes on the single
tax plan.
Baron de Coubertin, who was active in
the revival of the Olympian games, Is
trying to remove from the American
mind the impression that France con-
sists only Of the boulevards and the va
riety shows Of Paris. He has formed a
society, the object Of which is to achieve
this by spreading throughout the United
The herald., 1897-04-11
SONG

Over the meadows the reapers' song
Comes family through the air;
1. carries my sorrows slowly along;
They go-I know not where.
Sweet is the song of the sickle, keen,
AS 1t cuts the red-topped grass;
1t falls with silver glittering sheen,
Leaving the stumps on the meadow green.
And the reapers sing as they gaily pass
Toward home. when the sun goes down.
over life's meadow the reapers song
Rings wildly through the air;
1t sounds like wall for some great wrong
That was done know not where.
Sad is the song of the mower, old,
AS he reaps the field of life;
"ris like tale of wrongs oft told
"Tis like the clasp of a mantle cold
'Tis death. and the end of eathly strife,
But it's home for the weary soul.
n q
The herald., 1897-04-11
..rHE HERALp,s MusEn

Dear Herald, open wide your gates to Muse,
The King of Glory would come in this
way.
When churches all, but shop-worn junk
refuse
And God bless ours and no more" pray.
Let Press for healing of the nations go.
For Gospel, or good news, to suffering
poor.
And that this kind of blessedness men
know,
That stands like rock. forever firm and
sure.
There's no salvation for the man Of creed
Who outcasts even least Of all who sin.
For God of such. as for the best, has need
To make battle ground for good to win.
God send you singers so like stars of night.
And like the Orb of Day your Press give
light. Gordon.
The herald., 1897-04-11

thought from cover to cover, as is the
Koran. The writers Of the New Testa
ment had become imbued with Hellenic
thought to a greater or lees degree, and
this thought is found to pervade some Of
those writings, notably those of ST.
Paul. The writer of the Koran was not
ignorant of this western thought, but he
absorbed none of 1t, and there Is not
trace of it in the book. When the calf
of Bagdad took Alexandria he ordered
the great library, full Of the treasures of
Greek, Hebrew and Latin literature, to
be burned, saying whatever was good in
these books was found in the Koran.
and whatever was not In the Koran was
bad. The Saracens at a later date were
for a time close students of Greek
thought, and it was from them
that Europe in the times Of the Crusader
recovered the works of Greek writers.
But that was only an eddy in the
stream The teachings of Mohammed.
poisonous as the upas tree, did its
deadly work, and the califs forgot the
spirit of Haroun AL Rashid and of the
Saladin, and degenerated to the low
level of the sultans Of modern days.
The intolerance of the Koran and the
polygamous marriage relations en-
couraged by the Koran, lie at the base
of Turkish civilization and destroy 1t.
The Jewish Christ laid at the base of the
system he taught brotherly love to all
the human race and personal purity
rounded on homogeneous marriages as
the corner stone OF the religion that has
spread over the greater part of the
earth. Persuasion reaching the mind
through affections made warm by
brotherly love was the only means OF
winning proselytes. The Koran goes
hand in hand with the sword. Persua-
sion is too tedious and uncertain a pro-
cess Of making converts. Be Moslem
or a corpse is missionary program
which saves much trouble, wins many
disciples and puts an end to factious op-
position and contumacious obstinacy.
The Hebrew founder of the Christian
church stands out in personal purity of
life among men as the sweetest lily rises
above the miasma Of stagnant pool.
The home presided over by the one
wife is the pure we'll spring from which
all the progress of modern Europe flows.
Brotherly love and the pure home were
the features of civilization which have
captivated the minds of men since
stern Roman passions in the days of
Nero. Savages from the wilds Of Ger
many and fierce Vikings from the Baltic
saw and embraced the teachings of the
wondrous child from the manger at
The cruel and intolerant spirit Of the
Koran which prescribes death to all who
.efuse to accept its tenets, coupled with
The doctrine of polygamy, which makes
slave or a toy of woman, and feeds the
naturally libidinous passions Of man,
ire responsible for the barbarity of tho
oaehi bazouk and the corrupt nature
Of his cunning, unsorupulous, self-indul-
gent master.
The one system has elevated the de-
scendant of Hengist and Horsa into a
Gladstone; the other has degraded the
successor of Saladin into what the sui
an is
The herald., 1897-04-11
A SILENT SINGER

Give me to know lifes grandest passion, 0
we gods. / cried,
And will sing a song whose universal note
shall glide
Into the quickened souls Of all mankind.
And showing thus mans brotherhood. this
glorious. golden ray
Shall prove a never failing guide along an
upward way
Where none shall fall and none be left be-
hind.
My prayer was answered. Love, strong and
pure, made with me its dwelling.
My soul was satisfied. Life seemed full; my
heart with rapture swelling.
Silent l sat beneath the God-sent shower
OF blessings unutterable. My daring lips
could frame no song
To sing hfe's greatest mystery. Only
prayer that love so strong
Might touch the hearts of all mankind with
power.
C NJ Nillum
The herald., 1897-04-11
WHERE 1T WOULD DO THE
MOST GOOD

There Is in the Second ward clup
known as the Northwest Los Angeles
Improvement association. AS its-name
implies its object is to promote the
welfare of that part of the city. Ely
sian Park is within the boundaries OF
that ward, and any improvement in the
park must have a beneficial effect on
adjacent property. A valuable improve
ment is now going on in the
park, namely the construction OF
beautiful thirty-foot carriage way ana
several convenient foot paths. giving
access to its bold outlooks, and winding
in and out among its groves, dells. lakes
and manifold attractions. This hne
boulevard and the ornamental entrance
are being constructed by n/n hitherto
belonging to the army of the unem-
ployed, large percentage of whom re-
side in the Second ward. These men are
not being paid out of the public treas
ury. Their pay comes from the private
contributions of public-spirited citizens
living in all parts of the city Thus far
but little has come from any one located
in the Second ward. The generous do
nations of the Baker Iron works and the
sums collected from few schools form
almost the only exception.
Among the improvements attempted
in the Second ward in the past year or
two. is a cut and regarding of portion
of Hill street, from Bellevue avenue to
the High school. Assessments were
levied and about $4,000 was collected in
small amounts ranging from three or
four dollars to $40 or $50, but mainly in
small sums of less than $15 A little work
was done on the cut and then the i'm
provement was abandoned, and the
donors of the unexpended fund. about
s21oO are notified that they can have
their money back.
A few days ago Mr.. Hargitt. with
soul of generous proportions, wrote a let
ter to the secretary of the Northwest
Improvement association, Mr.. j. Mills
Davies, suggesting that it would be
graceful thing for the association to
recommend that the donors of this unex-
pended s21O0 should turn the fund over
to the relief and park fund for the un-
employed to aid in extending the work
now going on in Elysian park, and to
ielieve the stress still existing among
those who cannot yet obtain regular en-
ployment elsewhere.
For some reason not yet explained Mr..
Hargitts letter was not acted upon. and
a sentiment was created antagonistic to
Mr.. Hargitt's suggestion. If this sum
can yet be secured for the relief fund,
the executive committee proposes to use
it in a way most beneficial to the resi-
dents of the Second ward by connecting
Bellevue avenue with the park, thus
making it a virtual extension of the park
boulevard now being constructed. 1t
would thus round out and complete the
work going on, and accomplish in the
best way possible the improvements
desired and aimed at by the Second
Ward club. 1t is to be hoped that some
of the broad gauge citizens of that sec
ton of the city will urge the adoption Of
such a course and have the unexpended
balance placed to the credit of the re-
lief fund which has thus far been so
admirably administered.