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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
GEMS OF THOUGHT.
lence is less injurious than a weak

Silence is less injurious than weak
reply.
Repentance is the last advantage
which man reaps for his fault.
Shallow men believe in luck; strong
men believe in cause and effect
Fame is but the breath of the people.
and that often unwholesome.
You will never find time for any
thing. If you want time, you must
make it.
The simple hearted and sincere do
never more than half deceive them
selves.
Hope awakens courage. He who can
implent courage in the human soul
is the best physician.
One may live as a conqueror, a king
or a magistrate, but he must die as
a man.
pected and surprising than the arrival
and departure of pleasure.
and departure of pleasure.
Mankind is not disposed to look
narrowly into the conduct of great
Yictors when their victory is on the
right side.
Nature has fashioned some for am
bition and dominion, as it has formed
others for obedience and submission.
The leopard follows his nature as the
lamb does.
Observe what direction your feelings
and thoughts most readily take when
you are alone, and you will then form
terribly correct opinion of your real
self
He who does the best he can is al
ways improving. His best of yester-
day is outdone today, and his best OF
today will be outdone tomorrow 1t
is this steady progress, no matter from
what point it starts, that forms the
chief element of all greatness and
goodness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
HERE AND THERE.

Old Isaak Walton's Complete Angler
has scored another record price in
London. The latest figure is S1.76O.
Modern steamers have telephone
connection with every first-class state
room with a central station. This en-
ables seasick passengers to call up the
ships physician several times during
the night and tell him exactly how
they feel
Buzzfuzz-''Is there much difference
between comic and grand opera?"
Sizzletop (emphatically)-"O yest
In comic opera the actresses wear the
startling costumes; in grand opera
they are worn by the ladies in the
boxes. Puck
The following was copied from a no.
tice posted on building: Notice
| Tenants should be careful not to throw
cigars or lighted matches about. Other
wise they may set fire to the building
and oblige John Blazer, proprietor -
| Tit-Bits.
In the abbey of Cwm Hir, supposed
to be the resting place of the last
native prince of Wales, an ivy stem
three inches in diameter is found to
have raised a stone column and to
have pushed it two and one-half inch
es away from the wall to which it
! belongs.
There are now 2,113 students in the
Heislngfors university, of whom 211
are women. The faculties are fire.
quented as follows: Mathematics. sos
men, 70 women: historic philology.
$50 men. III women: law, SAG men. 8
women; theology, 21S men; medicine.
$50 men, 81 women
Quite in contrast with the material
istic temper of the age was that re-
mark once made by Prof Agassiz,
when offered higher salary if he
would remove to another position than
the one he was so laboriously and
faithfully filling: 'I cannot afford to
waste my time making money"
Sir John Lubbock, the naturalist.
has been experimenting to find out
how long the common ant would live
if kept out of harms way. On August
8, 1888, an ant which had been thus
/ kept and tenderly cared for died at
the age of Is years, which is the
greatest age any species of insect has
/ yet been known to attain. Another
individual of the same species, of ant
lived to the advanced age Of 13 years,
and the queen of another kind laid
fertile eggs after she had passed the
age of 8 years.
The Queen of England and the
Prince COnsort desired that each of
their children should learn from the
beginning some useful trade The
Prince of Wales chose shoemaking.
and soon acquired such perfection in
the art that his handiwork became the
pride of his fellow-cobblers as it was
the envy of gentlemen of fashion
| The prince has never attempted to
! conceal his talent, and does not fail
even today to pass with a critical
eye upon the shoes sent him by the
! furnishers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

King Humbert of Italy had a hunch-
back brother, Prince Otto, who died a
few days ago, and his father had a
brother who was not only imbecile, but
was born without legs-a monstrosity,
in fact The present crown prince of
Italy, who recently married Princess
Helene of Montenegro, is not only a
dwarf, but also misshapen, the length
of his body being altogether out of
proportion to his abbreviated legs,
knees.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
INGENIOUS DEVICE.

A very ingenious device has been
adopted by some druggist to prevent
the frequent mistakes which occur at
night in administering a dangerous
medicine for simple one. This is ell
tirely obviated by putting up prescrip-
tfons containing powerful remedies of
poisonous drugs in rough bottles as
prickly as the coat of a gherkin. Any
one rising in the dark is at once
warned of his danger. Many lives
have already been saved by this simple
contrivance.-Globe Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

a polka. Among the airs Played were
such favorites as Ell Captain, Blue
Danube, Rastus on Parade, King Cot
ton and Rolling Waves. The pro-
gram was Of handsome souvenir
nature with a cut of the state house
Oh the front page. The program
committee consisted of Harry B.
Hobbins, Prof. Julius E. Olson and
S. B. Todd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
ORIGIN OF FEATHER IN HIS CAP.

"a feather in his cap" signifying
honor and distinction, arose from
custom which was common among the
Syrians (and perpetuated to this day
among the various semi-civiliZed'
people of Asia and America of adding
new feather to the headgear for
every enemy slain. In the days of
chivalry the embryo knight received
his cocque in a featherless condition
and then won his spurs. In a manu-
script written by Richard Hansard
in 1888, and carefully preserved in the
British Museum, is mentioned an an
Gent Hungarian custom-that Of al
lowing no man to wear a feather in
his cap who had not killed a Turk.
The Hungarians had law, which was
in vogue so late as 1912, which allowed
warriors to add feather to their
head-dress collection every time the
claimant could prove that he had sue
cored a starving Hungll an or had
killed an able-bodied Turk or other
Moslem."
These old customs are now obsolete,
but it is interesting to know that there
were once such laws upon the statute
books of nations thought to be civ
ilized.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

go to Germany and save money by do
ing so are rapidly passing away. Cheap
concerts and cheap operas will soon be
thing of the past in the home of
music, and students will no longer be
able to hear the greatest artists for
Is 1-2 cents or Whereabouts. At Ham
burg the price of opera seats has been
doubled in the past year or two, and
is rapidly approaching American fig
ures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

DIR. George H. Taylor, who died at
New York the other day in his 18th
year, was a native of Williston, VT.
graduate of the New York medical
college in 1852, and had been a prac-
tltloner in the city ever since, his
speciality being massage and the Swed-
ish movement cure, which he i'm
proved. His son is Prof. w. G. L. Tay-
lor Of the university of Nebraska.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

extraordinary and unexpected develop
ment is not that the American people
have ceased to like this foreign fruit.
but that a native fruit is so abundant
and so cheap this year that bananas
cannot compete with it. The apple
crop of the country has been remark
ably large and the price of the fruit
is so low that people who would under
other conditions be eating bananas
now take apples in their stead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
BANANAS AND APPLES.

New Orleans is the port from which
the larger part of the Union is sup
piled with bananas. From that CITY
as distributing point the fruit is
Sant to most of the southern States
and a large part of the west. The
banana trade of New Orleans has of
late years grown to very large proper
lions. This season a great falling
off in the demand has occurred. and
at last it has become so marked that
the New Orleans importers have re-
duced the number of vessels engaged
in bringing the fruit to that port by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
UNDISPUTED OWNERSHIP.

A paper IS responsible for the story
that lady, when showing a gentleman
over her grounds the other day, was
asked by him:
Does this plant belong to the be-
gonia family?''
The begonia family" answered his
hostess, bridling up, certainly not,
sir; it is ours. and always has been y
-Tid-Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
WHY MADE.

Merritt-"Man was made to mourn,
you know"
Cora-"And what was woman made
for, pray?"
Merritt-"To make him do so, I sup
posew-Tr1Ith
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
THREE NEW JUDGES
WISCONSIN MEN RONORED IN
MINNESOTA
JUDGE BUNN'S SON LATEST

Governor Clough Appoints Him to a
Place on the District Bench at ST.
Pau.-D. F. Simpson and o. B.
Lewis Secure Their Seats by Elec-
ton
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
CONGRESS AND VENEZUELA.
The Completed Treaty Between Uncle
Sam and Great Britain.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The most i'm
port2nt feature of the work laid out
for congress since the first days after
its reassenlbling today will be the
consideration of the completed Ven
ezuelan arbitration treaty between
Great Britain and the United States.
The treaty will practically be the same
as the copy sent the middle of Deem
Der to Premier Salisbury by Ambassa-
dor Pauncefote. Senior Jose Andrae,
Venezuelan minister to the United
States, who went to Venezuela over
two months ago with a copy of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
ROSE ZOlDOSKI FREE
GOV. UPHAM EXTENDS EXECU-
TIVE CLEMENCY.
HIS LAST OFFICIAL ACT

Statement of Reasons Why Pardon
Was Granted Rose Is Overcome
With Joy-History of the Case,
One of Most Famous in Criminal
Annals of Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

The Commodore. a fiIibuster plving
between Key West and Cuba, sank
Saturday near New Smyrna. 1t is
feared that Captain Murphy, Novelist
Crane and fifteen of the crew are lost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

Waller, the flying Dutchman, won
the bicycle race in Washington. rid
ing 874 miles and laps in 6 days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

of new evidence carried the case up 70
the close of Gov. Peck's term without
action by him. Then the application
was revived before Gov. Upham, who
heard the matter about a month ago.
Before freeing Rose Monday. Gov.
Upham granted a pardon to Wilhel-
mine Braun of Milwaukee, who had
served part of her term.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

Maj. Mckinley went to Chicago for
a few days visit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

Waupun, Wis Dec. 5.-RCse FOL
doski was so much affected by the
news of her pardon that it broke her
all up and she had to take to her bed
while the warden summoned a ply
stefan to attend her. She had hoped
for the good news, but it was so
long delayed that she had nearly
given up in despair and the revulsion
was so great as to PROSTATE her. She
will probably rally speedily, and in
that case will be able to leave the
prison today.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-30
ARRIVE

INDEPENDENCE PASSENGER. Express train
Daily Except Sunday
4;50 p. m. (Lv.. Portland Arl S:25 a. m
7:3O p. m. al. .McMinnville. .Lv. $50 a, m.
$50 p. m. Gar. .Independence..Lv.> 4:6o a. m.
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direct vote of the people goes on un-
ceasingly.
DEATH DUE TO FALLING WIRES.
More Prisons killed by These Than
by Railroad Accidents.


More Prisons Killed by These Than
by RAILROAD Accidents.
We have recently had an opportunity
to examine batch of newspaper clip
pings giving accounts of accidents due
to the falling of electric wires. These
clippings cover the months from May
to September, inclusive, but it is not to
be supposed that we have found in them
reports of all or nearly all the acci-
dents of that character which have
taken place. We have found enough,
however, to show that the matter is a
very serious one.
We find in the five months reports of
122 accidents due to falling trolley
wires. In IL of these accidents 12 per-
sons were killed, and in % of them 81
persons were injured and in 18 of them
p horses were killed. During the same
five months we find reports of 40 ac-
cidents from falling electric light and
telephone wires, showing that 9 per-
sons were killed in accidents and 27
were injured in % accidents, and z
horses were killed.
The nature of the accidents is very
familiar; that is, a broken live wire
falls into the street and passer-by
steps on it or picks it up and gets a
shock which is often fatal. We thus
find, during this period, total of 81
fatalities resulting from falling live
wires of all kinds. At this rate of NOR
tality, if it were kept up, so persons
would be killed in the year. In 1895
there were 80 passengers killed in
train accidents on all the steam
railroads of the United States, so
far as we have been able to as
certain. 1t appears, therefore, that
more persons are killed by live wire
accidents than are passengers in rail-
road train accidents, and the difference
might be still greater if complete sta
tistics of the former were obtained.
There have been widespread and per-
sistent efforts made by the public in va
rious ways and for many years to mini
mize train accidents by legislation and
by agitation in the press and by inves-
legations and recommendations on the
part of railroad commissions, but the
serious mortality due to live wire acci-
dents does not appear to have attracted
much attention from the public. There.
are simple and obvious means, which
we suppose are not very expensive, for
preventing accidents of this class; but
until the public realizes the serious
hess of the situation and the practical
bility of remedying it probably little
will be done. We suggest this subject
as an interesting one for the daily
newspapers.-Railroa Gazette.
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LEAVE.

OVERLAND EX-l
press, Salem, Rose
burg, Ashland, Sac
+e.oo D M ramento, Ogden San
Francisco, Mojave, n
Los Angeles ,El Paso,
New Orleans and
East - i
&s on NJ Roseburg and way sta
Via Woodburn for
Dai1v Mt.Angel, Silverton,
e~ca1t West Scio, Browns
SnnGays ue,Springfeld and
lNatron .........-..
II 40 A NJ CORVALLIS anc wayl
- lstations.
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AS titled blackmailer the Prince
of Monaco has no equal. He is in
the same class in his particular line
as is the gambling territory from
which he derives his immense reve-
nue.. Half a million year IS the
minimum sum the prince will accept
for rent of his kingdom to the devo-
tees of chance. Like the railroads.
he is charging what the traffic will
bear and is pressing the limit. Little
by little the scamps of the old world
are learning the tricks of the new.
The prince would make a model can
tain of police for some of America's
larger cities, where vice is virtually
licensed and the people know nothing
of IL; where inspectors of great police
systems are enabled to build man
sions and invest in government
bonds on salary of few thousand
Observation-Disclosures.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-30
THE COMPROMISE.

The Mitchell Republicans have
made proposition of compromise
with the Simon forces. To an ordi-
nary observer the proposal seems
fair, and is one which, III the inter-
ests of harmony, should be accepted.
In this crisis, as in the struggle of
two years ago, it is proposed that
George H. Williams, ex attorney
general, shall act as arblter, Judge
Williams being the only Republican
in Oregon, seemingly, who has not
become biased one way or the other.
The general outlines of the plan of
compromise provide that only one
county convention and one primary
election shall be held, and that the
call for the same shall be signed by
the chairmen of the respective fac
tions. Judge Williams is to act as
temporary chairman of the county
convention and appoint committee
consisting Of the same number from
each side, which committee, together
with Judge Williams, shall pass upon
the credentials. The communication
is quite long and provides for many
matters of detail.
The situation in Portland has been
Qne of anxiety and regret to good
Republicans throughout the state,
and this offer to meet half way will
be pleasing to the party generally.
Its refusal or acceptance by the ST.
mon wing will show whether that
gentleman is willing to be reasonable
or whether he wants it all. The
party in the state is watching the
matter, and the country delegates
will be prepared to vote intelligently
when it comes to consider Multno-
nah county's troubles in the next
state convention.
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!. fDalIy, except sunday

DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE.
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS
AND SECOND-CLASS SLEEPING CARS
Attached to all Through Trains.
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Direct connection at san Francisco with Occi-
dental and Oriental and Pacific mail steamship
lines for JAPAN and CHINA. Sailing dates on
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-30

The politicians of Ohio are gather
ing at Columbus to determine who
shall be United States senator. The
friends of Mark Hanna are confident
of his election, and his opponents are
equally sure he will be defeated. 1t
is more than likely that the OHIO leg
islature will be thrown into a squab-
bic, which viii bring disgrace upon
that state as the Oregon legislature
did upon US. In the meantime the
agitation for election of senator's by
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-30
business announcement.

friends and patrons that George H.
Dufur has this day associated himself
with me in the business heretofore con-
Quoted by me. The new firm will here
after be known as Dufur & Dufur, and
transact all business under said name.
Our aim will be in the future, as it has
been. mine in the past, to give entire
satisfaction in all matters brought to US,
and to treat each and everyone alike.
desire to thank my many friends
and customers for their liberal patron
age in the past, and solicit continu-
ance of the same with the new firm in
the future.
Dated this 9th of December, 1897.
Respectfully,
d 6 D11EnR
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Notica.

Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received by the county court for keep
ing the county charges by the week for
the ensuing year. All bids must be
filed with the clerk on or before the 9TH
day OF January, 1898, at o'clock a. m.
Court reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. A. NJ. KELsAY,
County Clerk
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Few persons realize the fact that two
thirds of the cigars manufactured are
made IN dirty Chinese pest holes and
filthy tenement house factories. Pro-
tect yourself by smoking Fouts' cigars.
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Direct connection at san Francisco with Occi-
dental and Oriental and Pacific mail steamship
lines for JAPAN and CHINA. Sailing dates on
az Iplication.
Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu-
rope. Also JAPAN, CHINA, HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA, cen be obtained from
]. B. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent.
Through Ticket Once, 134 Third street, where
through tickets to ell points in the Eastern
States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
lowest rates from
]. B. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent.
All above trains arrive at and depart from
Grand Central Station, FiftL and Irving streets
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, foot of jefferson street.
Leave for osWEGo, daily, except Sunday, at
I:2O a. m; 1890 lbs, 5:15, 6:25, 1905 p. m.
land u;So p. m. on Saturday only, and $500 a. m
and $3.50 p m. on Sundays only. Arrive at
portland daily Se S6:<0 and $50 M; and 1:t5,
t4:15, $40 an" 7:55 p. M, (and 1905 a. m 315
5;1O p. m. on Sundays only).
Leave for Sheridan, week days, At 4:3O p. m
Arrive at Portland, $3.50 &. m.
Leave for AIRLIE on Monday, Wednesday ana
Friday at 9:4o a. m: Arrive at Portland. Tues
dav, Thursday and SATURDAY 1t 3:05 p. m.
Except Sunday. "+Except Saturday.
R. KoEHLER, q, 81. MARKHAM.
Manager. Asst G. F. d Pass. Agt
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o. s. scHENK. HIM BEAL,
President Cashier
First National Bank.

THE DALLES OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remitted on dav of collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
New York, San Francisco an1 Port
land.
DIRECTORS.
D. P. THOMPSON. JNo. 8. SoHKNcK.
ED. M. WILLIAMS. GEO. A. LIKBE.
II. M. BKALL.
The Monitor-register., 1897-10-29
GEMS.

There is no service like his who serve
because he loves.
Be not too proud to own a fault, nor
too old to mend it.
10 know man, borrow the eye of the
blind and the ear of the deaf.
Giving away what they cannot use is
some people nearest approach to charity.
The criminal is o another kind of
being; he is ourself in our worst moods.
a set of mortsls has risen who believe
that truth is not a printed speculation but
practical fact.
Plato says, the passionate are like men
standing on their heads; they soc all
things the wrong way.
Men Of the noblest dispositions think
themselves happisst when others share
theirahappiness with them.
Do good constantly, patiently and
wisely, and you will never have cause to
say that life was not worth living.
Everywhere and always a mans worth
must be gagged to some extent, though
only in part, by his domestlcity.
An apostate SOU may die, an apostste
church may die, but somewhere on the
earth the glory of the Lord will abide.
If you are a coward, you will be attack
ed by the towards; they are many. If you
are brave. only the brave will attack Won:
they9are few.
The very heart and root of ain is an
independent spirit. We erect the idol
Self; and not only wish others to worship.
but worship it ourselvers.
Write it on your heart that every day
is the best day in the year. No man has
learned anything rightly until he knows
that every day is Doomsday.