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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
SAVING MOTHER

me farmer sat in his easy chair,
oo'"een the nre and the lamplight's
glare;
his lace was ruddy and full and fair
his three small boys in the chimney
Ionhed the lines of a picture book:
his wife, the pride of his home and
heart,
Baked the biscuit and made the tart,
LAID the table and stepped the tea.
Deity, swiftly, silently;
Tired and weary and weak and faint.
She bore her troubles without COM
plant,
Like many another household saint
Content all selfish bliss above
In the patient ministry of love.
At last, between the clouds of smoke
That wreathed his lips, the husband
There's taxes to raise and interest to
pay
AND et there should come rainy day,
'IWould be mighty hanuy, I'm bound
to say,
~ have somethin' put by. For folks
must die,
An there's funeral bills and grave
stuns to buy
Enough to swamp a man, purity nigh,
BESIDES, there's Edward an Dick an
Joe
To be provided for when We go.
so t | was you, III tell what I'd du:
Id be savin' of wood as ever ! could
Extry fire don't do any good
I'd be savin' of soap and savin' of lie,
And run up some candles once in a
while;
I'd rather be sparin' OF coffee and tea,
For sugar is high,
And all to buy.
And cider is good enough tor me.
I'd be kind o. careful about my clo'es
And look out sharp bow me money
goes
GeWgaWs is useless, mater knows;
EXtry trimmin'
IS the bane OF women.
I'd sell OFF the best of the cheese and
honey,
Aru eggs Is as good, nigh about, S the
money;
And as to the carpet you Wanted new
| guess we can make the Old one du.
ana as for the washer an sewing ma
chine.
Them smooth tongued agents, SO
pesky mean,
You'd better git rid Of 'em slick ana
clean.
What do they know about women's
work?
Du they kalkilate women was born 10
shirk?"
DICK and Edward and little J>e
oaC in the corner III row,
.Iuey saw The patient mother go
On ceaseless errands TO ana no.
.,bev saw mat her form was bent ana
thin,
Her temples gray, her cheeks sunk In
they saw the culver OF up and chin
And then. with a warmth ne coulo not
smother,
On+snoke the youngest, frailest bro
ther-
lyon talk of savin' wood and lie
An tea an sugar all the Whlle'
But YOU never talk OF saVln noIAei'
Exchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
ELSE AND SOMEONE.

she was pretty and sweet, she was just
seventeen,
And privileged folks called her Mary;
She was merely girl, not princess
nor queen,
though somebody called her a fairy.
when some ones so foolish, be wary.
And she liked to be loved, but she liked
10 be free,
And she liked 10 excite aggrayatioo
30 she scattered her smiles Just as
much as might be,
I'LL somebody called 1t Irritation.
Wnen somebody says this-vexation.
lie was only man, but he'd presence
OF mind,
And he had no Intention of dying,
so he suddenly cooled wueu he fonnd
her unkind,
And SOMEBODY, piQued, began sighing.
"hen a petty girl does this it's
trying.
81 1t tell out one night hat the Man
III TIE Moon,
Watching amOrous swains aud their
misses,
with his camera captured a fresh little
spoon;
What a picturesque custom the
kiss is!
Add moonlight to heighten it's
blioses.
And the church was arranged in the
usual way,
win the usual hustle about it.
ana somebody whispered a vow n
obey,
And If somebody chooses she possih1x
may
one possibly may, but 1 doubt if
Percy Marley in London Sun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
CHAINLESS WHEEL.

A st. Louis inventor, William Ma
son, a steward in restaurant, has
invented and obtained patent on a
chainless bicycle. 1t is on the COM
pound crank and sun and planet prin-
cIple. lie proposes TO communicate
the power to the rear wheel By means
OF friction wheel hung where the
crank SHIFT OF the bicycle of today is
hung. This wheel VIII be pneumatic
and will be made Of corrugated ruDDer,
though the inventor claims that
smooth rubber will work as we'll The
crank axle is attached 10 d stationary
groovtd wheel, an inch and three
quarters i'll clrcumfer ence. The
grooves of this fit in the fve-eighth-
inch pInlons Of the four gear Wheeis.
The propulslye Iorce, accelerated nlne-
1Uld, is communicated by them TO a
three and One-half inch internal gear
wheel, attached TO The rim. In other
Mords, the gearing, with nine-inch
fllctlon wheel, will cause the drive
wheel to reVoIVe nine times to one
revolution OF the pedals. The rear
wheel Will also be connected with the
handle bars by means OF a lever, SO that
the gearing can be changed by COM
preston. Mr.. Mason states that the
gear will weigh but five pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
TWILIGHT FANCIES.

Swift and sure the shadows fall,
Ghostly shades! Fltful shades!
Deep'ning as the twilight fades,
Gliding up the frescoed wall.
Only where the freight CLEANS,
Heart OF flame! Heart of gold!
Comes no shade, however bold,
To that charmed realm of dreams
In the pine logs ruddy glow
Mem'rles past, dreams to come,
Form and vanish, one by one.
Scenes from days Of long ago,
Airy castles built in Spain;
Shifting ever, constant never,
AS the timbers crack and sever,
Yielding to the breath of flame.
Low and lower burns the fire;
Fulcan's reign now is DER,
Ash to ash it falls once more.
A deserted funeral prye.
And along the shadows gay,
Spectres gaunt! Spectres grim!
Chant the fires requiem
Til the dawning of the day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
FOREIGN.

Sir henry Bessemer died in London.
The assassin of Woolf Joel, the
Johannesburg fnancier, is said to
bear the name Won veltheim and to
be an American.
The British governor of Hong
kong believes that the provinces of
China cannot be held together much
longer.
The American Medical mission in
the province Of SEE Chwan, China. was
recently attacked by a mob, and one
Of the native medical assistants killed
The marquis of Salisbury has had
another return Of weakness following
attacks of influenza and will start on
a trip to the south of France in about
a week
Joseph Chamberlain, in the house of
commons, said the proposed recipro-
city arrangements bstween the West
Indies and the United States would
amount to a bounty upon sugar ex-
ported from the West India islands.
John Shore, famous detective, who
was for many years the head of the
criminal investigation department of
the new Scotland Yards, died in Lon
don.
Woolf Joel, trustee of the estate of
the late Barney Barnato, the south
African millionaire, was shot and
killed at johannesburg by a man
named e'dtfein, to whom he had re-
fused money.
The petition of Nine. Dreyfus to be
allowed to share her husbands cap
tivity on DEVILS island has been
denied by the French minister of
colonies.
A volcano on Suwa island, one of
the Philippines, which has long been
supposed to be extinct, is reported to
be in a state of activity.
There was a mutiny of the Turkish
sultan's Albanian and Kurdish troops
at the Yildiz palace, said to have been
caused by the failure of the troops
to obtain their pay.
Aubrey Beardsley, the we'll known
London artist, is dead. His work be-
Ne'Hi0 hnO"h 1oUuC hNo years dSo,
when he illustrated Oscar Wilde's
Salome. His pictures were spicy,
bold, and amazingly original.
The Journal of Commerce of Rio
Janeiro says that the Argentine treas
ury deficit for 1896 was f515, 000 The
political situation has improved; but
an outbreak of yellow fever began
last week. Thus far it is of a mild
type. There have been deaths daily.
At the annual meeting of the AS
sociation of Chambers of Commerce of
the United Kingdom, which began in
London, a resolution was adopted
stating that the association regards
the absorption of Chinese territory
by Russia, France or Germany as in
furious to British commerce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24

mission, which is to be held in Balti-
more in May.
The American Book company Sc
cured a verdict for $500 in its libel
suit against the Kingdom Publishing
company, of Minneapolis. The suit
grew out of publication by the King
dom Publishing company of a pam
phlet written by President George A.
Gates, of Iowa college at Grinnen, en-
titled a Foe to American Schools.
This pamphlet charged the American
Book company with bribery and other
improper methods in the introduction
Of its books.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24

introduced bill recognizing the
army. The bill is the result of agi-
tation for a plain and simple organi-
cation measure that has been in pro-
gress for long period. The bill
has already been considered by the
subcommittee of military affairs
committee and it is unanimously
agreed that it should be introduced
and its passage pressed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
WOMEN PHILANTHROPISTS.

Under the laws of the state of New
YORK the Young Woman's Settlement
mas incorporated, for the purpose of
promoting the physical, intellectual
and spiritual improvement of wo-
n en- and girls in the crowded portions
OF the great cities of the United States,
and especially in the city of New York,
py means Of educational and industrial
classes and similar agencies, and to
train young women and college gradu-
ates for benevolent work in New York
city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
THE LAST DIVIDEND.

First klondike Miner-Our claim is
plumb worked out now, and all the
gold cleaned up, pard; yer couldn't find
another cents worth Nv gold in it with
a magnifying glass.
Second Klondike Miner (sadly)-
Yes; there hain't nothing left fer to do
now but captulize it.-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
NOT DEAD, BUT GONE BEFORE

Spain will send fresh levy of
27,500 troops to Cuba. The Spanish
people might well require an explicit
statement of what has become of the
100000 soldiers who were forwarded to
the island during the last three years.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
COMPROMISE WITH CONSCIENCE.

Did you say" said the dramatic
critic, that this pugilistic star is In
the habit of making punching bag Of
anybody who speaks slightingly of
his histrionic talent?"
That's his custom"
Il don't like to mislead the public.
l guess the best thing to do will be to
refer to him as an actor or great
power
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
HE WAS THE FIRST.

Tell me, dear, am 1 the first man
you ever kissed?"
You are the first one who was
mean and suspicious enough to ask me
that question indianapolis Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24

With southern newspapers finding
FAULT with Mrs. Jefferson Davis, it is
high time for the New England press
to come to her defense.-Washington
Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24

1t is stated that the dispute between
Chilli and Peru as to the provinces of
Tecna and africa is almost certain to
be settled soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24

conyicts on shirt contract, by de-
cision of the supreme court.
j. c. Bramer son of prominent
New York lawyer, is under arrest in
Los Angeles, Cal, on a charge of
forgery
The temperance committee of the
Presbyterian general assembly has is
sued a circular advising parents to
be careful iN selecting institutions for
their boys.
Perry Gardiner entieed Will Rogers
into an unoccupied building at Pulaski.
ILL.,, and beat his brains out with "a
club. Gardner and Rogers were play
mates, aged 16.
Jacob Tome, the millionaire philan-
thropist and founder of the Jacob
Tome institute, died at Port Deposit,
Md, after a brief illness of pneu-
MONA.
Lydia Matteson MoGinis, aged g.,
wife of John McGinnis, Jr., of New
York, is dead at Paris. She was a.
daughter of the late Governor Joel A.
Matteson Of Illinois.
Henry ]. Butler of Fort Scott, rep
resenting about a half million dollars
of interests Of Pennsylvania people in
Kansas, is reported to have disap-
peared.
Mrs. Frederick Gerhard, her sister.
Miss Morris, and other ladies promi-
nent in New York society appeared in
tableaux for the benefit of the Society
Of Decorative Art.
The Pennsylvania supreme court
has affirmed a decision refusing to
grant an injunction to prohibit the
carrying out of plans for a costly new
state capitol at Harrisburg.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-01
 CLERK CLEARY PAID.

The Board of Election Commissioners had another tilt with Registrar Biggy yesterday over his discharge of Clerk Cleary for alleged impertinence to the chief clerk in the office. The Registrar contended that he had a right to dis charge whenever he chose without con- sultfng the board. The latter thought diff ferently and retaliated by awarding salary to Cleary up to the end of the month, although he had not been at work for several days.
 MT. Biggy stated that he would need ten clerks from this time on, but sebse- quently reduced the number to six, which were allowed him.
 and repainting the election booths, was granted 5000 in part payment for the work. On recommendation of the Regis trar twenty-six illegally registered voters were dropped from the roll
 Following the meeting Auditor Erode rick stated to Call reporter that Regis trar Biggy was entitled to credit for re- ducing the cost of elections
 Hinton got another office on the strength of economy in the office of Registrar" remarked Frederick "and he made the last election cost $202, 600. Biggy has cut the amount down to $160 0OO always believe In giving credit where if Is due, though l don't agree with Biggy In good many things"
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-01
Young Republicans.

precincts of the Thirty-fourth Assembly
 District held a meeting Thursday even ing for the purpose of indorsing the can didacy of Julius Kahn for Congress. MT
 Burnett for State Senator and Thomas F.
 Graham for Police Judge. The meeting was held at F'itzgeralds Hall. The meet ing was called to order by John Fitzger- aid. The following officers were elected: F. J. Lynngreen, president; William Casey, vice-president; Joseph F. Collins recording secretary; John Fitzgerald financial secretary; Dr. F. G. Piess, treas urer; Edward J. Heney, ergeant-at-arms After the election of officers and indorse: ment of the above candidates the meet ing was adjourned until Friday evening. October 2, to meet at 1920 Folsom street
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-01

pervisors, and the ticket was completed by the nomination of Edward H. Aigel tinger from the Twelfth Ward.
 The nominees for Supervisor then were Introduced to the convention and they in. dorsed the platform, pledging themselves to give the people an honest and econom- ical administration in the event of their election.
 The following resolutions, introduced by A. Ruef, were then read and unanimously adopted:
 Whereas by the call for this convention is- sued by the existing Republican County Com mittee of the city and county of San Francisco, and also by the order of business of this con Vention. 1t is provided that County Commit tee should be elected to conduct the affairs of agement and control of the Republican party in and of the city and county of San Fran cisco for two years from the 1st day of Janu-
 Now, therefore, it is resolved, that County Committee of the Republican party in and Of elected by this convention. said County Com clittee to consist of seventy-two members, four from each Assembly district included in said city and county of San Francisco which said County Committee shall hold office as by said call provided for period of two years from the ist day of January, 1899. and shall have exclusive control and management of the af- fairs of the Republican party of said city and county during said period, and shall be vested with all the powers and authority of the Re publican party of said city and county during said period,
 Resolved, That the following named Repub- hcans be and they hereby are elected members of the Republican County Committee of said period of two years. to wit:
 Twenty-eighth Dstrict-Jacob Levi Jr., James II. Daley. James H. Lennon, Thomas Bryant.
 Twenty ninth DistriCt-J. P. Glynn, J. J. Dooney. F. C. Lutgers. Charles E. Corey. Fred Wallace. Horace Jackson.
 Thirty-frst District-P. H. Prendergast, M J. Mcdonald, Edward l. Nolan, J. J. McGlynn.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-01

continuation with the chairman and secretary of the Republican legislative, judicial anc eda- sational convention to file forthwith a certfn- cate of nomination with the Registrar of Voters of the city and county of San Francesca, as oIso with the Clerk of the Board Of super visors of said city and county certifying g the the ss nominees of the Republican party at the ensuing election to be held on & November f"1 o; s Judicial offices in the city and county of san Francisco, and also of all the candidates to De voted for in the respective Assembly and Sena- fortal Districts within the city and county of San Francisco to be voted for for the ofnce of AssenbIyman and Senator; and that they De further instructed to file forthwith a certlhcate of nomination of all candidates of the Repub, ncan party for the office of Assemblynen and Senator to be voted for in any and all Of the IssernbIy and Senatorial Districts embraced m +he city and county of San Francisco, at the election to be held November s. 1898 with the Secretary of State of the State of Cali fornia
 The convention then adjourned after
 lying three cheers for the success of tho
 >ublican ticket.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-01

to surrender itself to the embraces of the rulers of the old political bodies
 What shall we do?" he asked patheti- caiIy n conclusion: 5 o
 Join the Socialist party. shouted q voice in the rear of the hall. and louo
 George Speed asked permission to ad- dress the gathering and mounting the stage proceeded to expound socialism un- til the audience melted away. :.
 Shanahan's action in not appearing at the meeting Is proof that he does not m m tend to go any further with his cam Eii. sii Being left without party CT z. '~.5Fi sts he could only et aH f1e sieNts IS I tion and that wo ho t 2s,3ssss -.s.,1 Of time and mol s ~htA titT Ss t4,- Court rendered ersisi3A i-s L L,t .. s5.s concluded to A sfs bttDVt 'ta aspirations thel t1efS'
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-01

Hagan. John F: Ahern. samuel Hamilton . Welsh. William MeHugh. Felix Dugan. ,,a Thirty fourth Distriet-Charles Mayer. Will Thirty-dfth District-W. G. stafford l. H. IhT9hmpson; Thi Joseph Windrow, J. D Daley: MGCarthy, A. Davidson, L. E. Savage ,Thirty-seventh District-Fred Eggers. G. A. Thirty,eiEhth DlstfictHc e Norris, Joseph M r,s,1. smith. R. " Robert. Frank Grimes; Rreitenstein; Lowell Howe. A. A. Louderbach. Fortieth District James Simpson David Forty-frst Dstriet-George Walker J. C. Stevenson, C. G. Cin"h IT GtaTe cqRg F0i
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  ss.s ma eelnls on 1cLaI of all the candidates qt aGInl nst~1 by this convention or by the ecihulC m te v authorized b ythis convention to fill Yae4heie in the list of nominees of this convention; co952 R9S2yed; That f the city and coung San Franeisco- be and Is hereby authorizel | fIl all vacs ncies in the list of nominees of thi convention now existing or that may hereafte occur through withdrawal, resignation, Aeat or otherwise, also to nominate all asl an candidates to office for any position for whIc nominations should have been made by thi convention and were not made.
 Resolved, That the thanks of this conventto be and they hereby extended to the chair man NJ C. Allen, for the able, impartial an courteous manner in which he has discharge the responsible duties of his office
 Resolved, That the chairman and secretar of this convention. to wit: NJ. c. Alien and I I Atkinson be and they are hereby authorize to file forthwith with the Registrar of Voter of the city and county of San Francisco, an with the County clerk of San Francisco, certificate of nomination of all the candidate named by this convention to be voted for a nominees of the Republican party at the cleo tion to be held November S. 1898.
 Resolved, That the said chairman and secre tary be and they are hereby authorized, i
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-01
The Supreme Court Decides Against Shanahan and
 His Associates.
MIddle-of-the-Road Candidate for Governor Fails to Open His Campaign at
 Metropolitan Hall

l The Supreme Court yesterday put to death the middle-of-the-road Peoples party of California, and last night at
 Metropolitan Hall, A. Bretz of Oakland
 the Father of Populism" in this State l delivered the funeral oration before a
 small gathering of the faithful.
 | T. W. Ii. Shanahan, the Tall Syca-
 more of Shasta who was nominated for l Governor by the middle-of -the-road fac l ton, and his associates on the State ticket are bereft of any standing as reg ular nominees of a party under the de- cision handed down by the Supreme Court, and James G. Mcguire and the other fu- sion candidates will go on the official bal lot in November as the regular Populist nominees
 The decision was in the case in man. damus brought by E. l.. Hutchison and E. M. Wardall to compel Secretary of State L. H. Brown to place the fusion candidates on the State ticket and to re- move the names of the middIe-of-the-road men therefrom. Chief Justice Beatty wrote the decision, which was in favor of the petitioners, and it was concurred in by all the other Justices.
 That 1t had most depressing effect upon the middle-of-the-road POpulists was shown by the fact that for several days Shanahan had been announced to at Metropolitan Hall last night, but he failed to make his appearance. Neither u1d T. V. Gator nor Carleton Johnson, or any of the other leaders of the middle-of- the-road faction, except A. Bretz, who had been billed to preside at the meet ing By o'clock probably 300 people were scattered over the big. hall and for half an hour they amused themselves with calls for Shanahan. That gentleman did not make his appearance, however, and finally MT. Bretz sorrowfully announced that he feared that upon him had fallen the duty of delivering the funeral ora tion oyer the Peoples party. This he pro- ceeded to do. reviewing the birth, growth