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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-15

the cathedral, and the crowds cried
Long live war; Long live Creter'
Long live the king
Cubans raiGed prison at Calabazar,
Havana Providence, to liberate IS
insurgents condemned to be shot They
found in the Jail Sonora Montez, who
strangely disappeared three months
ago, and were so enraged they hacked
the bodies Of the slain Spanish guard
to make sure all were dead.
Cretans crossing the plain of Akrotri
by permission of the Italian Admiral,
abandoning a stronghold to go to the
interior with their wives and children,
were treacherously attacked by Bashi
Bazouks. Fifty thousand Turks at
Elassona are impatient to invade
Greece. The French foreign minister
and the British Under foreign secretary
fear a general European war.
Replying to a question by Sir Will
lam Vernon Harcourt, Mr.. Balfou"
made a statement in the house Of COM
mons at London concerning the policy
of the British government IN Crete.
Sir William, regarding the statement
as unsatisfactory, said he would move
ali address to the queen, praying that
British forces be not employed against
Greece or the people Of Crete. Mr..
Balfour asked whether this was in
tended as a motion of censure. Sir
William replied that is was simply to
learn the intentions of the government
and obtain the opinion of the house
After some further discussion the mat
ter was dropped.
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twelve mendicants are barred, and, be-
girning with the oldest and neediest,
the prince gets down on his knees and
bathes the extended foot in holy water
from a silver bowl. Then he dries the
feet on a towel of the finest linen,
court page standing by and handing
him the needed utensils.
From beggar to beggar the prince
goes, attended by the page, who carries
the silver bowl and the towels. It is
such an anxious moment for the poor
beggar when he extends his foot for
the royal hands to battle it, that were
il not for other considerations, the
court attendants would have consid-
cradle difficulty in getting twelve men
tc place themselves in such curious
position before their ruler. But these
considerations more than compensate
for the embarrassment, and they are
OF such a character that the rivalry
among the poor of the country to be
one Of the chosen twelve is most in
tense.
1t is the custm CT the prince, when
he has finished bathing the feet of each
man, to address some kindly words of
advice and good will to him and then
place about his neck a slender chain
holding small metal box. The box
contains forty marks, or about $40, a
sum sufficient to support the bene-
fciary in unusual magnifcence for a
couple Of months When the last beg
gar has been washed and presented
with the much priced chain and purse,
the twelve are dismissed and speedily
disappear to exchange their apostolic
robes for their accustomed rags.
The ceremony of the day is not yet
concluded for the prince regent. As
soon as the beggars are gone twelve Or
phan girls, destitute and friendless, are
brought before him trembling and
frightened. They are dressed IN the
same tattered clothes that the officers
% thu court found them in in their
poor homes, and they present a fierce
contrast to the magnifcence Of the
royal and noble ladies and gentlemen
gathered about.
The prince regent approaches each of
the girls in turn and presents her
with purse containing twenty marks,
or about S., and at the same time the
court page hands her a complete suit
Of new clothing.
This is not the end of the good fortune
OF lie girls, however. The fact that
they have been honored by the atten-
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OPEN YOUR EYES.
Go to the City and Get Rid of Conceit
and Prejudice.
Journal.

The farmer who never leaves his
farm except when he goes to the cheese
factory creamery, post office, grocery
or to church, is usually the most con-
ceited and egotistical of all men;
knows the least about his business,
makes the poorest dairy product, and
grows the poorest and lightest crops.
If he will once go to the city and note
the arrival of his butter or fruit, COM
pare it with other arrivals, and note
the comments thereon, he will go home
with a better knowledge Of his needs.
The best and most profitable lesson
ever learned, says a prominent writer
in Farmers Home Journal, was on
such a trip, and the cOnceit and self
esteem I disposed of on that occasion
would have filled a volume. Go some
day and see for yourself. You will
come home vastly wiser and with a
determination to discard prejudice and
make butter AS much loss comes
from using inferior packages and poor
products, ship only the best goods, and
in the most attractive and neatest
packages You will find that small
packages, if neat ard attractive, sell for
the best prices; there is no room for
poor goods Of any kind.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Natives in Gazalaud rebel against the
PCl1I q tsr government.
The king of Siam starts on visit to
Europe and the United States.
Greece is nclitvC" = Nr' ~~'H'' d
all the proposals made by The powers.
The volr1 tary school bill passed it's
third disagree ement with President En-
razurio.
The powers notified both Greece and
Turkey that the aggressor will not be
allowed to profit w a victory.
The sultan of Zanzibar has issued
decree abolishing slavery. The govern
ment will pay for all slaves legally
held.
The Vene1 Uelan congress ratified ne
treaty with Great Britain providing Cor
settling the Guiana boundary by arbi-
tratiCn.
Twelve prominent eX-membeIs Of the
French parliament are involved in
flesF inquiries into the Panama canal
sCarGals.
The Turkish government denies that
any direct negotiations have been en-
tered into with Greece on the subject
of Crete.
The United States government has
demanded reparation for the threat Of
Moorish soldier to shoot Vice Consul
Castleton, at Larache. Morocco.
Sir John Willoughby appeared as a
witness before the parliamentary com
mittee inquiring into the Transvaal
raid and refused to reveal Conversa-
items with DR.. Jameson.
Al the annual meeting in London of
the shareholders of the Grand Trunk
Railway Of Canada, Sir Charles Rivers
Wilson, the chairman, said bicycles
had disastrous effect on railroad re-
ceipts.
Henry Seton-Kerr, a conservative
m mber of parliament, called the atten-
tion of the governor to the dependence
of Great Britain upon foreign food sup
plies. and an interesting debate fol
lowed.
The blockhOuse Of Butsunaria, in the
island Of Crete, was again attacked by
insurgents and the international troops
replied with artillery fire. The fight
ing lasted four hours. Two European
soldiers were wounded.
Dr.. Ven Stephan the imperial post
master general of Germany. who was
C have been the chief representative
Ut Germany at the Washington postal
congress, is reported dying in Berlin
from the effects of a surgical operation
The L0rdon Westminster Gazette
says Rev. Father Smullen, the priest
to whom Miss Isabelle Murphy of San
Irar scicc bCQue2thed er fortune, has
deChI &c to accept the money and the
dispute over the Iady's will will be
amiCably settled.
The anniversary Of the declaration in
1921 of the independence of Greece
from Turkish rule was enthusiastically
celebrated in Athens. The king re-
ceived a great ovation on his way to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-15
TELEGnAMS IN BRIEF.
AT HOME

Orrtngton Lunt, one of the founders
Evanston.
The governor of New York has sign
ed bill for public scales in cities for
the weighing of coal
A man was fined in New York for
carrying an infant on a bicycle in VIC
lation of new city ordinance.
4 society, Endorsed by leading men,
has been organized in New York to pro-
mote public control. of franchise.
Mrs. Bradley Martin is mockingly
doomed by an English newspaper for
the future leader of London society.
Rev. DR.. Potter of New York who is
at law with the Baptist city mission Of
his city has been sued by his wife for
a divorce.
Leading republican members of the
New York state Senate believe the
Legislature will pass d bill to insure
honest primary elections.
DR.. Hugo Engel, professor of brain
and nerve diseases at the Medico-
Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, died
from pneumonia.
There is a strong movement to force
DR.. w. G. Hunter out of the Kentucky
senatorial contest if he is not able to
unite the republican forces soon.
Sylvester ScoVel, the newspaper cor
respondent who was recently arrested
and imprisoned in Cuba, was married
VI ST. Louis to Miss Frances Cabanne.
z. T. Lewis, who disappeared from
Urbana, O., Two years ago after having
been charged with forgeries amounting
to 1857 900, was arrested in Ypsilanti,
Mich.
It is estimated that between $4,000
and 5000 persons have had their pro-
perty destroyed and their avocations
suspended by the flood in the Mississ-
ippi valley.
President Mckinley nominated A. E.
Buck of Georgia for minister of Japan
James Boyle of Ohio for consul at
Liverpool, and Brighten. Frank Whea-
ton for major general.
Ten vessels brought to New York
$4,000 bags of raw sugar. The sugar
trust so arranged its contracts for ship
ment as to dodge the retroactive clause
of the new Dingley tariff bill
DR.. Joseph B. Showalter was nomi-
rated as the republican candidate for
congress in the twenty-fifth Pennsyl-
vania district, where a vacancy was
created by the death Of ]. j. Davidson.
Fireman VIM. Haggerty was killed
and engineman VIM. Graham was
fatally injured by the collapse of the
APPROACH to the bridge over the Ohio
river at Woods run while a Pennsyl-
vania railroad train was on it.
Municipal elections were held in Ill
inois, Missouri, Wisconsin and other
States. In Chicago Garter H. Harrison,
regular democrat, was chosen mayor
by about 10000 plurality, his vote be-
ing greater than that of all his Oppo-
nents combined Henry Ziegenhein,
republican, was elected mayor of st.
Louis by $4,000 plurality. The demo
Gratis were successful in most of the
Missouri and Arkansas cities In Wis
consin party lines were not generally
drawn.
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An Caster
Ceremony.

Eastertide is distinguished by many
curious customs the world over. par
ticularly in the European countries
where royalty is everything and the
masses nothing. In Russia, for in
stance, the poorest beggar in the vast
white empire, should he see the car
on easter, has the right to approach
that all-pOwerful monarch and kiss
him on the cheek. Were this attempt
ed at any other season OF the year the
beggar would be fortunate if he es-
capped with his life. 1t is almost need
less to say that few beggarB will at
tempt to kiss the ear during easter
week, Notwithstanding the religious
protection which surrounds the Cere-
mony.
In Bavaria royalty is forced by 4 Gus
ton Of many centuries Old to per
form a service which can be but OBJ
nOXious to its fastidious habits. Luit-
pold, the prince regent. on holy Thurs
day must wash the feet Of twelve beg
gars in the presence Of the multitude.
This ceremony is symb0lical OF the
mightiness Of Christ over kings and
all men and has been performed each
year by some member of the reigning
Bavarian family since the twelfth CEN
fury.
The ceremony takes place in the pal
ace grounds and is witnessed by all
the people who have influence enough
to obtain invitations from the palace,
and as the function is largely a public
ore, the number of spectators runs
well into the hundreds.
The twelve oldest end poorest men
in Bavaria are selc cted weeks in ad
vance for the part they are to play in
the ceremony. They are costumed in
long gowns, in representation of the
twelve apostles. They are ranged in
a semi-circle and nearby stands a
group Of monks. The feet of the
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HE WAS TOO WILLING.
Clever Ruse of a Citizen Who Wished
to Escape Jury Duty.

Jury duty again?' said a Cortlandt
street business man, as the familiar
summons was laid on his desk well,
this is passing the boundaries of pa
thence. Here I am chock full of bust
ness and not an hour to spare, and the
same old summons comes around, al
though I have done my full share, and
more too, in the jury box"
The citizen pondered. What excuse
could he give? Business. Laughed at it.
Health? He was in Astounding health
and showed it.
81 have it, he said at last For a
week he did not show up at home, and
when he did! "Why, Charley" said
the wife, what is the matter with you?
Have you been off on a spree?"
He had let his face go unshaved and
his beard was of the Bluebeard sort.
He sent for the man who attended
to his furnace and borrowed his
clothes. He put them on, rumpled up
his hair, rubbed smut on his face and
showed up at the Office of the commits
sioner of jurors.
The official to whom he handed in
his summons eyed him askance:
This your name?" he said, pointing
% the application.
yep" said thu seedy applicant for
jury work. "And mighty glad I'll be
TO work. Hain't had a stitch Of work
in two months"
The Official put his hand in his pocket
and PULLED out half a dollar
Here, my man." he said. Go out
and get shave and a bath. Perhaps
you can find a job when the outside is
scraped off, I guess we won't need you
here
The business man pocketed the
money with muttered thanks and went
chuckling softly to himself. That
night the generous official received a
box of $40 cigars 'tfrom an unknown
friend" while the half dollar was sent
to d jewelers. to be suitably engraved
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" O-AAA.N - L4AAS lQOE
CoTrer, proportions aIld LOW TO
Maintain ILem.

In recent lecture al The Academy Of
AulIonaI oC.eucea CT tuI.t.ueLpnI&, PrvI.
=. II. DIuuah,.r, u4SLIl>sIno the ouuJcvt
- "rnysIcal Development" SAID:
rrOI. GO-CLrIeI otn-l.ow, OF LAe
4loy4I Academy o. Ar.a, IL Aeruu. LIS
sI69u to me .WolIu, III MS inquire o. ..n
aINISucauy IOrnIou WLmal, the fOuJW-
80 4-Aceeourtnl0ncS. rle-s4l, % 1zInCL,5s;
~ G-.UeI u 4Aeuh, oTt -4-cu~o, o--0~.>,---,
- 4ncDes; HaIsI, J Incnos, nIps, Is p
L.-nes.
AonS before PIo1. ocnauoS time
an u4thnomu ARTIST cTta,eu LIE oCa,ue,
Inc venus dc MeuIcl, the World : IueaI
VI perfection III me 11Iu4Ic I.sula, Oh
ohese measurements. he.gn,, % Inches; ;
,1lcetuIn OF A9Ck, t l. Gees; sLuuN4o.u, -
-Icnta; WaIS1, 912 inches, APP, .
---ChGa.
Prof. Sergeant, with several thous-
ana calculated life Measurements IN
hand, produced a composite figure of
Tie young American girl with these
measurements: Height, 631a inches;
breadth Of n2ck, 3.S inches; glr5h OF
neck, III inches; breadth OF shoulders.
14.7 inches; breadth of waist. Sc inche s
girt Of waist, 24.6 inches; breadth of
hips, 13.1 inches: girth of hips, sod
inches; girth of calf, 1873 inches; girch
OF upper arm, 10.1 inches; gil-th Of
thigh, 21.4 inches; and forearm, 90
inches.
Miss Anna Wood has given mea-
surements closely similar to those of
Prof. Sergeant in her composite ngure
Of the Wellesley college girl, being
averaged from the measurements of
over 1000 young wcmen.
Given the height, proportion and
weight Of an average physiqne for me
man and women, what should be the
attitude or posture Of such an indivi-
dual, especially when standing? BY
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ter, however, which relate to changes
in the shape OF the thorax, caused by
undue compression or construction.
1T is difficult to understand why this
construction should Lave been INDUCED
in through the ages There is an idea,
however, that it coLfcrs on the lndlvl-
dual an artistic effort. The Greek
woman Of the decadent period sug-
gested the methods and objects. 1t was
adopted by the Romans at the begin
ming of the empire. During the middle
ages it died out, TO be revived IL the
twelfth century,
Now that Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett is separated from her husband. she
is enjoying the liberty of an unfettered
life in London to its fullest extent. She
has become a member of all the liter
airy clubs and women's clubs. Her
latest book, however, has not been re-
ceived so we'll in London as her preyi-
Gus works.
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ton OF the prince raises them nightly
IN the estimation Of the loyal families
OF Munich, and each one OF the girls
soon finds q good home at fair wages.
Easter, or Ostern, in Germany, is
celebrated in many quaint ways, par
ticularly in Bavaria. There innumer-
able legends Of the easter hare are told
one OF the daintiest relating to
stolen trip to the earth of three merry
little angels, who passed through the
doorway Of heaven when no one was
looking, and, borrowing the lantern OF
a kindly star, twinkling near by. they
flew down to the twilight wrapped
earth below.
One Of the curly-haired angels had
wings OF pure white, the second had
wings Of golden yellow, and the third
had wings of a lustrous red. They
soon reached the earth and froIicked
about until one of the little angels dis
covered a confectioners store. He
looked through the keyhole and saw a
wonderful array of easter eggs, and
all kinds of animals made of sugar. He
nudged the other angels and they, tee,
peeped in, and then all three slipped
through the tiny aperture into the shop
Inside they had a merry time of it
among the corrections, pressing their
tongues against the different sweets
and greatly admiring the flavor Final
ly, the fun-loying angels decided to
play great joke by giving life to
three of the sugar hares. The white
angel touched one of the sugar hares
and, 10! pure white hare ran about
the room. The angel with golden yell
low wings touched another sugar hare
and a golden yellow hare skipped
about. The angel with the ustrous
red wings touched a third sugar hare
and hare, marvelously red, joined the
others.
Then the angels supplied each of the
Eares with a goodly number OF easter
sweets telling them to hunt up all the
good children in the land and give to
each child some Of the corrections.
The hares with their burdens passed
through the keyhole and the angels
followed. 1t was getting late and the
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FEDERALLAW MAKERS.

Washington, April 5.-The senate by
a unanimous vote adopted a resolution
on the reports that Gen. Ruiz Rivera,
the Cuban commander, il about to be
tried by drumhead courtmartial and
shot, and expressing the Judgment OF
the senate that, if these reports are
true, the president of the United States
should protest to the Spanish govern
ment against such violation OF the
rules of civilized warfare. This reso-
luton does not go to the house OF rep
resentatives and became effective as
measure of advice to the president by
it's adoption by the senate. Messrs
Hoar and Hale fought to have the reso-
luton sent to a committee but Messrs
Allen and Gallinger violently opposed
that proposition The debate was very
hot at times.
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A PRECIOUS CHILD.

Little Mamie attracted considerable
attention at social gathering in Dallas
by asking where Mrs. Yerger got her
new baby. cit came down from heaven
on a rainbow" said Col. Yerger, some
what embarrassed. 81 know that"
said Mamie; "but how did it get into
the house?" Through the window,
guess" go that's the way it got into
the house? Grandma, is that the rea-
son you goes around every night to
see that the windows are all shut ~
Texas Sitter.
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dawn was near at hand, so the angels
had to scurry back to their soft cloud
beds. But the little hares, after many
adventures, carried out the, bidding of
the angels, and every easter since then
has brought beautiful gifts to the good
children of the fatherland.
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THEY ALL DO 1T.
The manager was perpIexed.

The manager was perpIexed.
II have a new comic opera singer"
he said, 'and I am trying to think up
a stage name for her.
The critic laughed lightly.
eff her real name begins with
vowel" he said, "all you have to do
is to put an apostrophe and some
consonant ahead Of it and let it go
at that. It will then pass for French"
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ONIONS NEED CHANGE OF SOIL

It is commonly supposed that onions
are improved by being grown repeated
" in the same ground, but an exDer-
iment at the Ontario college last sea-
son demonstrated just the contrary to
be true. For u or Is years the college
had onion beds in the same spot, with
the result that the vegetables gradually
diminished in size. Last year they
were grown on an adjoining piece of
land, and although given no more care
the results were that the bulbs were
double the size OF previous years.
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Shall you ever forget the night we
were married, Henry?"
You're not likely to allow me to-"
philadelphia North American.
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If people love you, be happy; don't
demand the impossible by asking that
the same people love you longer than
Neek.-Atchison Globe.
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They looked into each others eyes.
Love" Love" And so they were
married, whereupon they looked again.
Mote" Beam Detroit Tribune.
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LOVE VIEWED LIGHTLY.

The course of true love sometimes
runs the young man in debt.-Puck.
She-But it isn't right for you to
say you love me. You must only
think it.-Buffalo Times.
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Washington, April 6.-The Cuban
question again came up in the senate
on Mr.. Morgan's resolution: recognlz-
ing Cuban belligerency. Mr.. Morgan
spoke hotly for it while Mr.. Hale
crossed him frequently. The eX-
piration of the morning hour
cut off debate, and gave the right of
way to the bankruptcy bill. Mr.. Nor
gan wanted to go on, but Hale insisted
that the Cuban resolution be displaced
and go to the end of the calendar.
''Then l give notice. concluded Nor
gan, when l get the floor that [ will
move to proceed to a conclusion with
the Cuban resolution. I desire action
and a vote, and we ought to act or
else drop the subject and let Mckinley
deal with it," Mr. Stewart (p0p., New
then spoke on the bankruptcy bill.
Washington, April THE flood suf-
ferers and the Cubans divided attention
in the senate. The reading of the
presidents message urging congress
siOaal relief for the devastated regions
of Mississippi rive" was followed by
the passage of a joint house resolution
appropriating 100000 for the sufferers
of the Mississippi river and the Red
River of the North. Mr.. Morgan re-
sumed his speech in support Of his res
olution declaring that a state CT war
exists in Cuba. The most interesting
feature Of the session was the passage
between Mr. Simpson, the Kansas pop
ulist, and Speaker Reed Mr.. Simpson
gave voice to the opposition to the
speakers temporary policy of inaction
which has been smOuldering in some
quarters. He finished a fiery denuncia-
ton Of the speaker by demanding that
he appoint committees of the house at
once, and gave notice that he would
prevent any more attempts to do bust
ness by unanimous consent. Several
republicans attempted to stem the tide
of Mr.. Simpsons attack, but Mr.. Reed
seemed to desire 70 hear it and declined
to interfere. He listened calmly to the
speech and then with usual GOODNESS
ami lucidity replied that the speaker
was merely the instrument of the house;
that he had enforced what he supposed
to be the policy desired by the majority
and that he house had the power to
speak if it disapprOved Of his course
The house adjourned until Saturday.