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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-27

You have looked into beautiful face,
seen the sweet smile, rosy cheeks,
laughing eyes, and wished nature had
made you more attractive. Take Rocky
Mountain Tea, Natures beautifer. 1t
does the business. For sale by John E.
Daily.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

some time ago received request from the
editor OF famous magazine to write an
article on a subject with which the states
mans name was prominently identified. The
great man knew nothing whatever about the
subject. He isn't nearly so wise as he Is
famous. and he asked a newspaper man he
knew to write the article for him. The
newspaper man was busy, but he spoke to a
female member of his family about It, and
she sat down and wrote the article that has
already been quoted far and wide. The great
man received the credit. but the woman is
wearing a new fur colarette and is CORE
spondingly happy.-Boston Herald
When Mr.. Hanna promised collectorships
and postofices to the negro delegates from
Southern states as rewards for voting for his
candidate in the st. Louis convention, the
first step was taken toward the troubles which
eliminated at Wilmington and Greensboro.
1t Is to be regretted that Mr.. Mckinley could
not see his way clear to evade a contract
which, with the experience of his party pred
ecessors before him. they should have known
was liable to lead to a violent ending,-St.
Louis Republic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
Two Splendid Limrs.

Here is a story told of Patrick O'Mars. a
private in the Ninth regulars: Not long ago
he went to the colonel who was severe dis
ciplinarlan. for a two weeks leave of alb
sence.
We'll" said the colonel, what do you want
a two weeks furlough for?"
Patrick answered ME wolfe is very sick
and the children not well and if We didn't
mind. she would like to have me home for
few weeks to give her a bit of assistance"
The colonel eyed him for few minutes
and said: Patrick. l might grant your re-
quest. but l got a letter from your wife this
morning saying that she didn't want you
home; that you were a nuisance and raised
the devil whenever you were there. She hopes
won't let you have any more furloughs."
That settles it, I suppose l can't get the
furlough Them" said Pat.
''No; I'm afraid not, Patrick. It wouldn't
be well for me to do so under the circum-
stances"
Il was Patrcks turn now to eye the
colonel. as he started for the door Stopping
suddenly. he said:
Colonel. can l say something to yez?"
Certainly. Patrick; what is it?"
you won't get mad, colonel, If | say it?"
Certainly not. Patrick; what is it?"
u want to say there are two splendid liars
IN this room and I'm one Of them. / was
never married in me loife. New York
Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

In the other section OF the country we find
the Southern press almost as generally con-
demning the course of the rioters In South
Carolina.-Bosson Herald.
Judging Of the tenor of the dispatches from
Washington and reports of the cabinet meet
ing on SATURDAY. tt appears that the president
assumes that the elections of last Tuesday
approve his idea OF the destiny" OF the
United States and has acted on this assump-
ticn. In this he makes a fatal mistake. He
listens to the voice of English press and to
the hatteTing words of interested British
statesmen instead OF the voice OF the Ameri-
can people. 1t is true that the administration
party saved its majority in the elections Of
congressman last week. But the reduction
Of the present majority Of At and plurality of
y to the meager majority Of u is a narrow
escape from reputation. Ii surely is not an
Endorsement Boston Post.
An influential society in England has taken
up the subject Of docking horses tails, and
it is probable that in the future the shows
arranged by this society. and others under its
influence, viii not receive entries Of horses
so mutlated. The docking as one critic Of
the practice points out. is largely a. fashion,
and when society agrees 10 consider a short
scrubby brush bad form, and a long, flowing
tail mark OF elegance in stylish animal
sentiment viii change. and what legislation
now strives with dificulty to stop wiz be
abolished without further trouble Conse-
quently. the education Of fashionable public
opinion up to this humane point is now to
be attempted Baltimore American
During the PAST twenty-six years the in
vested assets of English life insurance com
panies have grown from $3.50 0OO, 900 10 the
enormous sum OF 3, 10 000. zoo. This is an
annual average increase of SIS, eco 600, but the
increase in 1896 alone was 500, 900 900. A SINH
lar progression during the next twenty-five
years would show invested assets Of more
than s. 50e. 00e.oo0. while at the end OF half
century the insurance companies would be
enjoying an income considerably greater than
that of the British Observation-Disclosures Let
ter to the New York Sun.
Just think Of IT. The Washington Post
tells Of a certain famous statesman there who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
EpistIes to St. Paul.

The difficulties Of the English language
"hen 1t is attacked by foreigner are brought
10 the notice Of nearly everybody who has e
foreign speaking friend. Tom Neuhausen
tells one on a German friend OF his who has
oeen wrestling with English in the early
stages of his acquaintance. His father had
lately died. He met a friend who knew that
the father was i'll. The friend asked:
"Hello Is your father living still?"
Inc German struggled for a minute. He
wanted to indicate that his father was dead,
put ne coul not, following the proposition.
he gave up the problem and said:
mot YET
I was thinking the other day, after 1 had
oeen to session of the W. c. T. u. about
the time that things were good, what would
De the result of all this higher education of
women and their interest in parliamentary
aHalrs, said bachelor who is not unknown
IN pubic life in this town. Il know some
thlng OF parliamentary law myself, and have
had a good deal of experience in parliament
tary bodies, but, upon my word, if a man
tried to take the advantages in a deliberative
assemblage that woman does he would be
arrested for larceny. They were all good
women ard all that, but they really had no
conscience in the matter of getting the best
OF 1t. And as for being posted on parliament
tary proceedings, why they would give any
body that know CT half the pack and beat
him out Imagine man delegate in a DELHI
erative body having the nerve, when he found
mat ne was beaten On a proposition, to ask
that the body pray-'now have a session of
prayer" Why no man would dare do it. and
then send for reinforcements and inspiration
while the prayer was going on. The one thing
that was made apparent TO me was the fact
that in the course of the next generation the
women win run all the convention parties
and We men will be permitted to do the dirty
work at the primaries-if we are good
Archibald, the magazine writer, who was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

constructed with Wanton disregard for
the intrinsic beauties of rugged scene
ry. If a town is favored with a river
its banks are not wholly given over to
the backyard purposes of mercantile
houses or the squalor of squatter set
Elements. A riparian boulevard and
well kept terrace often trim and
brighten the otherwise somber garb
Of many manufacturing districts.
The implied comparison compels St
Paul citizens to plead guilty to the
charge of negligence. Certainly no city
in the Northwest has greater wealth
of natural beauty. It's hills and ho1-
lows, its groves and grottoes possess a
beauty that even negligence and desc
Grafton cannot obscure. The Missis-
sippi, guarded on one side by St. An
thony- hill and on the other by the
arbOrescent bluff, viewed from Oakland
avenue, presents a scene of singular
beauty. Yet no one knows better than
those who have visited the river flats
that it is case where distance lends
enchantment to the view. In place of
a boulevard and terrace, such as skirts
the Thames, the Mississippi is fringed
through the business portion Of st.
Paul by such a conglomeration OF huts,
dumps and general squalor as to beg
gar description
There was a time when few, wish
ing to preserve some of the natural
features Of the city, tried to have
Third street terraced as far as Seven
Corners and the vista over the river to
the opposing bluff left unobstructed by
buildings. But it was said that the
street had too great a commercial
value to devote one side of it to aes-
thetic purposes. Do the vacant stores
there bear out the assertion?
1t is not too late to restore to the
city some aspect Of it's natural topog-
raphy. Prof. Zueblin pointed out how
it was being done even now in London.
If it can be done there It surely can be
done hpra
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
Imperialism.

Boston represents about all of the American
trade In the Philippines, and the Boston
Advertiser pointed out the other day that
every Boston business man interested in
that trade considers that American annexa-
ton Of the Philippines would be a pitiable
and tragic blunder.'
In vigorous argument against the imperial
policy delivered before the Pennsylvania
Bankers association, John C. Bullitt, of Phil
adelphia, said that although the peace COM
missioners, acting under inspiration from
Washington. seem to assume that they are
representing the will of the peaple," the
truth is that mo vote has been taken in
regard to it, and it cannot be affirmed, upon
any satisfactory evidence that the great
body of enlightened sentiment of the country
is in accord with the adoption of a policy
so radical. so grave and so protentous'
1t Is obvious that the opponents OF ex-
panston find in the result Of the elections
warrant for renewed efforts to defeat the
policy of imperialism They are quite justi-
he'd in this attitude when they see that a
chief Republican advocate of that policy. who
began his campaign by declaring that this
was the paramount issue, was elected gov
ernor of New York by the narrow margin OF
$4,000. against the 26S,0O0 for Mckinley twu
years ago; while Democrat who openly on
posed expansion, and was denounced there-
for by Republican organs as the ally of
Spain, was elected governor of Minnesota
a state which has had Republican governors
for forty years. Whatever Interpretation Mr..
Mckinley may put upon such results as
Hoosevelt's narrow escape from defeat In
New York and Lind's success in Mime
sofa, 1t Is clear to most people that they
do not show that the nation is enamoured
of tho idea of annexing the Philippines.
with all the problems that come in their
train.--New York Post
Any thoughtful man who wants to in
corporate into this country any more COM
munities in which the inferior races are
predominant, is an enemy of his country.
and foe to our Republican institutions
Boston Record (Rep).
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Here, There, Eveywhers.

That astute old person. Gen. Maxine
Gomez. evidently means to look out for num-
Der during the next few months II
there is going TO be Cuban republic, Maxine
means TO have something to say concerning
the government thereof. Hence, while Gen
Calixto Garcia and other insurgent COM
manders are advising their troops to go home
and go to work. Gen. Gomez exhorts his fol-
lowers TO stand by him until the Spaniards
are out of the island. The result win he
that when the elections begin he will have
at his disposal band Of patriots who VIII
not only themselves vote as he indicates, but
who will also persuade other people to cast
their ballots for the candidates whom Maxine
may deem best fitted for administering the
government Of Cuba Hbre Gen. Gomez has
evidently read the history of the reconstrue-
ton period in the Southern United States and
has proflted thereby.-Chicago Chronicle.
Gov.-elect Roosevelt is reported TO have
said to Senator Plat on Saturday; Some OF
my independent friends do not yet compre-
bend that while / consult them 1 shall consult
you also. They say / am wearing Platt's
collar. Senator Plat, you know that could
wear no mans collar" And then Mr. P.att
kindly and automatically replied ''I should
have no respect for you IL you did" And
Teddy" no doubt thought the willy poll
tician was In earnest. Il want advice Mr.
Plat, continued Col. Roosevelt; Il want
you TO suggest men for appointment but you
must understand that while 1 desire to
further the interests of the organization. l
will appoint no who is not as clean as
q hounds tooth"
Nice talk: but what does 1t all amount
to? 1t may be made up between Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Plat to fool the Goo
goos-'-Cincinpati Enquirer.
The New York Tribune joins in the general
declaration on the part Of the press OF the
nation, Republican and Democratic alike In
condemning the action OF Gov. Tanner in
dealing with the Illinois outrages. It char
acteTaZes what the governor has done as
''high-handed notification of the constitution
OF the United States Everybody seems to
have seen this. and yet the authorities at
Washington. whose duty It was TO rectify the
great wrong done there. have failed TO act
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
Origin of crests.

When William l.. after the hattIe of Hast
ings, began to parcel out the conquered land
among his Norman followers, enc Of the stur-
dy Saxon chiefs, not possessing the reaui.i q
number Of horses, mounted his men en- bu Is
and, with this improyised cavalry, succ S.
fully held his own. and wnen William des rcd
TO see him he and his seven sons appeared on
similar mounts. 1t is said that the famil =,
in cOmmemoration of this deed. afterward
adopted the bulls head as a crest.
In the time of Henry VIII panther belong
ing to Sir John Giffard or Chillington, m de
its escape and seized a woman and her chi d.
Sir John and his son at o1ce arted in pur-
suit and, coming up with the brute. the ior-
mer shot it with arrow, saving the wom-
ans life; thereupon a panther's head became
appropriate crest.
1t is said that Mary Queen Of Scots. in
memory of the insolence of her inferi5rs,
adopted the device Of Hon entzngled in a
net, with hares running over him, the MOTTO
reading, Even hares trample on the con-
quered lion"
The royal arms of England have always "a
vored the lion, and the white horse Of The
house of Hanover is almost as well known.
Perry in Rank and Badges" states that the
bear figured in the badges Of Edward l. and
Richard Ill. the lion in those Of Edward ".
and Richard l., fox's tail in that OF Henry
". land probably Henry W. SPANIEL in
that OF Charles IL, and "the crooked-back
boar" also adopted that animal as a device.
A deyice-that Of the Brackenburys-wa a
green tree under which a lion was reposng,
and an old couplet tells US how
THE black lion under the oaken tree
Makes the Saxons to fight and the Normlns
10. fee"
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Return 10 Nature.

Prof Charles Zueblin. in language
most courteous and considerable of the
local patriotism of his hearers. called
attention last Thursday evening TO the
patent fact that the natural advauta-
ges IN the topography of 81. Paur were.
II not obScured, at least not given their
full aesthetic value.
His illustrated lecture. which dealt
with the aesthetic side of British cities.
made it very evident that our cousins
across the sea are inclined 10 build
their cities with some difference to the
eye as well as to the pocket Cities
that are built upon rugged sites are not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
THE VACANT CHAIR.

Mrs. S. L. Oberholtzer, Of Pennsylvania, q
delegate to the w. G. T. U. convention, dur
ing the meeting of that body. read the fol-
lowing poem on The Vacant Chair" refer.
ence being to the Willard memorial chair on
the platform of the Peoples church;
Not empty is the chair.
For 10, the sunlight there
Robes with a radiance fair,
AS though 1t touched her hair.
Ribbon and flower and star,
That emblematic are
OF her so near. so far
Are hailowed by the bar
Our faith looks up anew
This vision Is our view
On light OF God. shine through,
That we her faith pursue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
HIS UPS AND DOWNS.

An old man and a melancholy
By chance | hapd to meet;
Pray, sir, | said, what is thy grleff
AS we walked down the street
With sorrowful glance. he looked at me,
While tears flowed from his eyes;
My many ups and downs" he uuoth.
Have made me sad. though WISE
Then in the surging crowd
l lost this new-made friend
But many times that day | thought
His troubles soon must end.
A few days later, passing the self same way
This sad-faced man / met again
And wildly desperate he appeared;
Could ne have gone insane?
Half in pity half in doubt
With friendly smile and hand extended,
My friend l said, tell me thy grief,
Trust me, l pray, be not offended.
Choking and sobbing. with tragic mien,
He then exclaimed: I'm tell you best can,
Many have been my ups and downs,
am, kind sir, an elevator man"
ID. K. Ford.
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al the Leech lake affair, tod me an odd story
when l met him in Chicago the other day."
sald samuel F. Kingston, manager of the
heicey company, last night 1T seems that
the ngnt at Sugar Point, or wherever it wss
centereo around an Old log cabin After
the row was over Archibald ard soma O
the other newspaper men got into the 10
mouse ana found that its Ind an owner hai
some idea Of decorating his place of abode,
LOT ne mad nade5 collection of theatrical
pictures and iohroEnos Among the lot was a
cut of Herbert Kelley, which was fastened
on the wall directly opposite the window. A
stra- bullet had hit the pictures and put
OUT one OF Mr.. Kelcey's eyes. I told him,
when heard Of it. that it was miserable luck
LOT an actor to have his eye knocked out by
an Indian whom he had never had a chance
to get even with
Say" he said as he sauntered into the tele-
phone Office, what does this 800 before
Thomas H. sievlin's name mean? 1 know
this Shevlin, and he don't go as a Jay in
any alphabet that know anything about"
On, that's a new wrinkle said the tele-
phone manager. cit is to prevent confusion
by substituting letters for the number of
calls Suppose you call up central and ask
her for one-tAree- thTee-four. Unless you are
careful to puRctuate this correctly the young
woman has ne means of telling whether you
want 133-4 or 1884
''Oh, yes" murmurred the interlocutor, and
turned away. AS he neared the door he
turned around and continued:
viii you answer me another question:"
Il guess so. What is it?''
Why 90 you use the letters and 10"
Because they don't sound anything alike.
You see we could not use P and B, or NJ and
n, or and D, or.even B and D, or C and T,
but there is no possible chance to mix up
and L.
'0h. yes and the visitor departed
The Philistine
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME.

ITO the Thirteenth Minnesoba)
We will all turn out to greet them.
When the boys come home
We Will fight TO see who'll treat" them
When the boys come home.
They can have the best in town
They can turn it upside down
Paint IT red. or blue, Or brown
When the boys come home.
We will whooo and yell and boiler,
When the boys come home.
We viii blow in our last dollar.
When the boys come home
But while their lands we're shaking
While the most are merry making
Some poor heart will be there-bresking
When the boys come home.
VIII Z. Maiden
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
Three Clever Yarns.

From the Chicago Journal.
A clever mot of Lord Rosebery's is repeated
by Miss De Forest in the Bazaar. At dinner
not long ago someone asked the owner Of
Eolus and Prime Minister what memory was
Memory" replied Lord Rosebery, lis the
telling that steals over US when we listen to
our friends original stories.''
Tom o'Donnel was telling crowd of
friends about the Arlington cemetery in
Washington. You say there is no such thing
as good Democrat" said Mr.. O'Donnell,
but l saw an epitaph on one of the tomb
stones that dissipated any such idea as that
What was it?' asked one OF the listeners.
1T read very simple and simply said: Here
lies Democrat-and good man." Every
body saw the point of the proof, but one man,
who hesitated a moment and then asked:
What made them bury them so close to-
gether?"
Nothing gals the natural pride of the true
blue Scotchman more than to have Scotland
overlooked. A striking instance Of this feel
ing is said to have occurred at the battle of
Trafalgar. Two Scotchmen, messmates and
bosom cronies, happened to be stationed near
each other when the celebrated signal was
given from Admiral Nelson's ship: Eng
land expects every man to do his duty
Not a word about poor Scotland" dolefully
remarked Donald. His friend cooked his eye
and, turning to his companion said: Man
Donald, Scotland kens weel eneuch that nae
son O. hers needs to be telPt to dae his duty
That's just hint to the Englishers"
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A QUEER OLD WORLD.

II virtue would allure like sin
How easily might goodness win.
II right went laughing by like wrong
The devil would lose half his throng.
II day sought pleasure like the night
Dawn need not blush to face the light.
But virtue seems go cold and proud
That merry sin attracts the crowd.
And right has such a solemn air
Men follow wrong. the debonair.
And care SO eats the daytime up
At night they seize mad folly's cup,
And drink forgetfulness till dawn.
And so the queer old world goes on.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Criterion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
CHANCES LATEST SORROW.

Now. Ii. the Yellow River" said the Chi
nese Emperor,
as in a state of frightful inundation:
So. take on your yellow jacket. say fare
well TO old Pekin
And reduce II to state OF subjugation''
So Ii, who cannot contemplate departure
from Pekin,
Unless it gives him many and many a
SILVER,
Says softly to His Majesty: Why can't 1
stay right here
And do all the damming needed for that
riyer7"
&C. A Metcalf. in New York Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
RattIeshin Models.

BY the sdmiralty's orders perfect m-dels
are made in paraffin wax OF every new En-
glish battleship before it is lad down. AMI
these models are tested in tank at HEslsr
The models are from twelve to twenty-four
feet long and the tank IS 400 feet long N
twenty feet wide. The models are made OF
wax because it is a materisl which does not
absorb water or change It's weight so at ra-
lions can be easily made. A'so the ma e-ial
can be melted up and used again.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
A Receipt in Full.

The editor of a Republican exchange saws
he is a true Christian and an adamantine
pillar OF the church and loves sacred songs,
but when night after night he hears a man
who owes him three or four years subscrin-
ton singing "Jesps Paid 1t AL" he feels
like shedding his Christianity Tor a few
minutes TO go over with club and give him
receipt in full-Pine Island Record. Nov.
It. 1898
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
killing Dock Roofs.

Reader. Meredith Mich. asks how dock
and dock roots can be destroyed. We notice
that a writer in an exchange advises moving
down these weeds and then pouring kerosene
oil over each root. A couple of boys with a
couple cans Of oil can go over a large meadow
in a day or so and pour oil on every dock
root in IT, In the course Of few weeks il
is said, scarcely trace of these roots can be
seen.