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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10
A Seasonable Style.

AT this mid-season epoch the toque
is the favorite headgear-especialIy a
smart drapery of plain or shirred vel
vet, trimmed with Paradise plumes
amounted not too high and flowing to
the back. Made in some dainty col
or this style is particularly suitable
for evening wear. A chic toque is a
three-cornered black velvet model,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Tragic Death of Lieutenant Kalk in
Iowa

Burlington, Ia, March 5.-Lieut
Frank G. Kalk, U. S. A, commandment
at Iowa Wesleyan university at Mt.
Pleasant, attempted to board a train
here Saturday morning, missed his
footing, and was cut completely in two
at the waist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10
FALLS ON A CIRCULAR SAW.

Black River Falls, Wis, March s.
Arthur Brown, aged 26, while work.
ing in a sawmill at Shamrock was
almost instantly killed by falling on
circular saw. He was cut Almost in
two
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10
WAR HERO NEAR TO DEATH.
General w. S. Rosecrans III at Hi
California Home.

Los Angeles, Cal, March General
William Starke Rosecrans is lying
critically i'll at his handsome ranch
home, a few miles south of this city
The general is unaware of
the intentions Of the members of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10

Seattle, Ma, Oh Five s-eameys
arrived from Alaska yesterday. The
most important news brought down
was the confirmation OF previous re-
ports that a Canadian official raised
Inc British flag on what is regarded as
American soil. 1t is feared that seri-
Gus trouble will grow out OF the Can
adams attempt to collect a duty on
the summit Of White pass and Chill
colt pass, and that Americans will re-
slst payment on what they consider
Anne lean ground. Another compli-
cation which may arise are tramways
which are being constructed to carry
freight over the passes. Officials
OF these tramways are said to have de-
clared that any interruption to the
construction will be resisted. 1t is
thought at Dyea and Skaguay that
the movements among the authorities
will be to claim sovereignty over these
two places. Last summer the bound
airy line was at Lake Bennett, then at
Llndermann and now at Summit
mountain which is only twelve miles
from salt water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10

1t has been discovered that Prin-
cess Emo of Battenberg, who was born
in 1887, is the only royal child born
in Scotland for nearly 300 years
that is, since the birth of Charles l. in
1900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10
GRAB OUR TERRITORY
BRITISH RAISE THEIR FLAG ON
AMERICAN LAND.
MAKE ARGONAUTS PAY DUTY

Mountain Police of Canada Keep Nov
lng the Boundary Line Bit by Bit
Until They Have Seemingly Gone
100 Far-They're Now Holding
White and Chilkoot Passes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10

Lieut.. kalk was a native of Fond d.
Lac, Wis, and was sent to West Point
n 1881 On the nomination Of Gen. Ed
ward S. Bragg, then a member of con-
gIess. He is a brother OF Charles
Kalk, prominently connected with the
engineer department Of the Wisconsin
Central railway. While at West Point
he was classmate for his first two
years of Lieut. ]. C. W. Brooks, pres
ent commandant Of the battalion Of the
University of Wisconsin. He was
graduated from the national military
academy in 1886 and was appointed
second lieutenant OF the third infan-
try U. S. A. On July 4, 1892 he was
appointed lieutenant of the twenty
fourth infantry and On Aug. IL, 1892.
was transferred to the fifth infantry
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10

Vancouver, March 4.-Commission-
er Perry of the northwest mountain
police, who returned frcm Lake Ben
nett yesterd y, said: Il was present
when the British flag was hoisted at
Summit lake. The police are collect
ing duties there. Summit lake 10
Canadian territory and not even dis
puted by the United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-10

Seattle, Mar Ar. r. Knapp of
Boston, NJ SIS, who arrived yesterday
from Skaguay, authorizes the state
ment that the Canadian authorities
raised the British flag on the
summit of White IS on Sunday Feb
ruary 26. This heretofore has been
considered American territory. Knapp's
authority for the statement is Fore
man Hubert. He reror ed he affair
to Knapp just before the latter left
Skaguay.
OTTAWA, Can, March when
shown the Victoria despatch stating
that reports from Skaguay had con-
mined the report that the Br fish flag
had been raised at Summit lake, the
minister Of the interior last night
said: "This is an old story revived.
There is a Canadian customs post at
the Summit, but it is not in disputed
territory. The British flag is not be-
ing raised and Gu: toms PISS are not
being established in disputed terri
tory. There is nothing in the story.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09

''I sartinly do. Jason White kin beat me, cause he went to school seven days longer than 1 did, but he's the only critter I can't lie right outer his butes in half an hour. Why, sah, if kin git that place, I'll turn up and be- cum the biggest. slickest. all-firedest liar in the known world!"
 "As l was sayin', yer lyin' is agin ye," says the stranger. "I love liar myself, but Uncle Sam ain't built that way. The keeper of lighthouse must be truth-teller. That would be the very fust thing demanded of him. I did hope to find man in Squan Creek fur the place. because it's to be a mighty nice position. but bein' ye ar all liars, guess I'll have to recommend somebody from Brigantine."
 That was a hard blow to Abraham Benson, who had allus wanted 10 boss a lighthouse, and arter thinlin' things over a few minutes. he says:
 I've got my mind sot on that place, and I'll do most anythin' to git it. I'll even stop lyin' if yell promise me that job."
 "Kin ye do it?" asks the stranger.
 T know l kin. Mebbe it will bring on chills and fever, and put me in bed fur a month or so. but I'll quit or die tryin'."
 The stranger thought it over fur awhile, and then told Abraham to circu- late around among the liars and give out the news about the new lighthouse.
 If 20 Of the biggest liars in Squan Creek would agree to confess 10 their lyin' and then stop it forever, he would make his choice from among lem. That afternoon was full of excitement. The news got all over town, and 1t was a hard thing fur the liars to know jest what to do. It was finally decided. however, to take the stranger at his word- After supper was all over about 30 of the awfullest liars of Squan Creek goes up to the hotel in a body, and Abraham Benson acts as spokes- man. and says they have decided to becum truth-tellers forever more. That seemed to please the stranger, and he gathered 'em into the barroom and says:
 The fust thing in order will be to humble yerself fur yer past sins. Iwant each liar to acknowledge to all the other liars that he has lied, and the truth hasrt bin in his soul. Abraham Benson will please lead off"
 Abraham got up and folded his hands and cast down his eyes and said he had lied about Holsters. sharks, whales. crabs, clans. and almost everything
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09

 : SOUHN CREEK FOLKS. ] %+ Jones Tells of Game Played by stran- oer looking for a Lighthouse Keeper $ & Copyright 1897 BY QuHn s < <.

One day there cum into Squan Creek a sleek. smooth stranger, with smile on his face, and arter he had walked around fur awhile, he sot down along side of Abraham Benson and sad:
 "I hev bin given to understand that there are more liars and bigger liars in Squan Creek than anywhere else on the face of this airth."
 That's right" says Abraham as smile Of pride passes over his face. .'Yes, san, if you seek noble liar, look around you We hev made bizness of it, along with crabs. clans and oysters, and hev got it down to fine pint"
 Does it cum hard to you to lie?3 asked the stranger.
 Not at all, sah. It used 10 in the beginnin', but now it's jest like slidin, down the roof of a house. I kin even lie in my dreams. and I guess the rest of the crowd kin do as well. If ye ar coin' to be in town this evenin', mebbe you'd like 10 hey about 20 of us git together and tell ye some mon strous lies. It won't cost ye nuthin', except a gallon of hard cider. We kin do bigger lyin' on hard cider than At lantie City or Barnegat kin on Jamaica rum Shall l drum up the crowd ?'
 T guess not. says the stranger. The fact is, I'm from the lighthouse board. We ar yoin' to build new lighthouse over on Dead Mans reef, and I was kinder loolSin' around fur a man as keeper"
 By George" exclaims Abraham. as he jumps up, but I want that place, and no mistakel I'm the fittest man in all squan Creek fur lighthouse keeper"
 "Ye look like a good man, but the trubble is about yer lyin'. As under stand it, ye claim to be one of the boss liars of Squan Creek"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09

"One of you 30 reformed liars VI sartinly git the place, and shall trool congratulate him. l ain't so pc tikler myself, but Uncle Sam wants git things down purity fine. l sha therefore ax ye all to sign this pape It is a paper which says that each al everyone of ye has dun lyin' enough sink an island, but that ye promise stick to the trooth from now on."
 One after another the ex-liars walkf up and signed that paper with oII hand and brushed away the tears WI the other, and so the meetin broke U The stranger said we should hear ffo him later on, and meanwhile there VI to be no lyin'. It was awful hard "ol to stick to the truth, and in one mon real estate dropped almost half' in' one day q man with a patent emu cum along, and he had that pay we had signed, and he said ' stranger had put up job on He was from Newport, and he wanted stop nus from lyin' so his crowd couI git ahead of us and boom their tow The churn man said that paper " wuth hundred dollars to him ana jest had to git up public purse ~ q, buy it at his price. We had ? thrown down by a designin vlllai Sum few of the crowd got over II time and went to lyin' agin, ana su took to their beds and died, and' tak' altogether, it set squan Creek back ! ] 50 years, and she hasn't recovered ny the low vit
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09

 5 'pOSSUM SKETCHES. 5 s Old zeb White, He Tells Why nountain < S Bear Committed Suicide. +ss. $ < S BY n QuHp +2s Ss * as M
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llnowed he was licked. Bimeby he jest lay still and whined and whimpered, and it 'peared to us that thar was tears in his eyes.
 "'What does bar do when he's bin whopped in a fout?' axes the old wom- an, as we stood lookin'.
 Can't dun say, but 1 reckon he sulks around till his hurts git well. says l.
 q could hey loaded the rife in half mint" said Feb. but somehow 1 didn't seem to keer fur a shot at the bar. When he got sorter rested, he sot up and looked at us, but it wasn't squar' look, and he didn't hold up his head. He 'peared to be thinkin' fur q mint, and then he limps over to that chestnut tree and begins to climb up. He was mighty slow about it, but bime- by he got up to that big limb, and arter q sorter far'well look around. he lets go and falls kerchunk to the airth. He lit on to the grindstun, which was standin' under the tree, and broke it all to finders"
 And then he made off" asked
 No, sah, he didn't. That bar had an objecl when he clumb that tree. His objeck was to kill hisself bekase he had bin whopped. He jest cum down head-fust, and as he struck that grind stun he broke his neck"
 You don't mean he was killed by the fall?"
 As dead as a doah-nail, sah. He didn't move a paw after we got out thar. That bar had tackled bar bed wire fence and bin whopped. and he just couldn't abide to live on. We counted up the hurts on him, ard that was over 200. l hey allus felt bit sorry fur that varmint. He'd bin slosh- in around in the bresh all his life, and how was he to know a wire fence from pumpkin vine? Hevin' got mad about it, he was bound 10 fight, and hevin' fout he was bound to be whopped."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09

that wire fence cotehed his eye. He hadn't never seen none befo', and purty soon he walks up and gives a hit with his paw. He got a jab from a barb, and it made him mad. What does he do but give that fence a hug, and 1t was the funniest sight yo' ever seed. The harder he hugged the mo he hurt hisself, but it was good while befo' he would let go. He growled with mad ness and whimpered with pain, and men the old woman fell to laughin' and never thought to load the gun in side the cabin. It was ten minits befo' that bar would gin up. He bit and clawed and hugged. and when he final- ly let go, he was all over blood.
 Reckon he'll make off now,' says the old woman, as the critter sot up on end and growled with madness.
 "'No, he won't says l. That bar hain't never bin licked in all his life. and he'll try that fence agin. He can't exactly make out what it is, but he's jest waitin' to git his breath back
 And so it was. Thar was a heap O. loose wire on the ground, and bimeby the bar goes fur it. In mint he was all tangled mp and fightin fur his life, and the grass and dirt flew till yo' could skassly see him. I never heard sieh growlin' in all my life. and when he bit at the wire it made the cold ehills run up my back. I've killed three bars in far fout in my time, but I'm willin' to say that that var mint would hev had me on the run in no time. Thar was lots O time to load the rife and hev a shot at him. but I didn't want to miss any Of the funny performance. The row went on fur IS minits, and then the bar was all tuckered out agin.
 Cant he see that he ain't fitten g asks the old woman. as the varInint begun to back off.
 He lSin,' says I. but he's sot in his way and hates to gin in. He's all chawed to pieces by them barbs, but he hain't got huff yit.'
 Five minits later the bar made n rush fur the fence and begun to hug and bite, and he was so pow erful mad this time tha9 he pushed down three four rodg of it. It wasn't no use,
 ever. Hle was licked bar, and
 > 10 he bugged and bit the mo he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09
4 Hearty Eater.

A certain stout lady resolved 10 ~ = suit a physician about her corpuisn' She had had no previous experieah with "banting" of any sort. me me b' U, tor drew up a careful dietary for il n She must eat dry toast, plain - Do,- beef and a few other things of the sa, lean sort, and in a month return anu :. port the result to the doctor. At end of the time the lady came anu a,,, 7, SO stout she could hardly get tllga' ' the door. The doctor was asla ie. "Did you eat what I told your 1gs1 ne asr, srr "Religiously," she answered. Ills p' wrinkled in perplexity. sndaen,s zen :, had a flash of inspiration. D.n ..1Tt { eat anything else?" he asked, ,sf l ate my ordinary mealsl" saio 'ne - -Pearson's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09
The Three sisters Who L4sped.

There were three sisters who lisped very badly, and their mother, who was soheitous about finding husbands for them. was continually admonishing them to hold their tongues. This is diff ticult for girl that has no impeachment in her speech. but it is impossible for one that stammers. One evening the three lispers were invited to "a quilt ing" at a neighbor's. Now, mind, girls" said the anxious mother, some nice young men are going to be there, and you must not say word, or they will learn that you lisp, and won't care to make up to you" They promised tc be silent, and went to the quilting. When they reached the house they sat down and quilted diligently in silence. and nothing could induce them to take part in the conversation. At last. the eldest wanted the scissors, and tried to make signs to her next sister to pass them to her, but could not attract her attention. Losing patience. she stam- mered out: ''Thither, path me the thithorth." The other replied. with in- dignation: Didn't ma thay that % thouldn't thay anythin'? ?" This was too much for the youngest, and she ex- claimed: ''Bleth God, ain thaid noth- in'l"-N. '. Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09

"Spealin' about bars" said old Zeb White, the 'possum hunter of Tennes- see, as we sat on his cabin door-steps one evenin', "a mighty curus thing hap pened right out thar behind the mewl- shed few y'ars ago. Did you ever h'aI about bar committin' suicide?"
 No, I never did" replied.
 "Wall, one did it right out thar while men the old woman was lookin on. A feller down at Growers Co'ners was owin' me seven dollars and couldn't pay. He had lot of barbed wire te fence his land, and he gin me big roll of it to squar' the debt. l brung il home and strung it out behind the shed fur the mewl and hawgs to scratch on, and it jest tickled them to death. One evenin' I was smokin' my pipe out yere when the old woman comes out and whispers:
 ".zeb White, hey yo' got a nose on yo', or hev yo' lost it?'
 Reckon I've got a nose,' says I 'and what of it?'
 "Don't yo' smell bar around?"
 "sNot a sign of bar
 ".Then yo've lost yer grip and had better hunt rabbits. If thar ain't a bar within ten rods of this cabin I'll never ax fur new par O shoes. Cit up and look around
 q got up," said the old man, "and about the fust thing I saw was big bar out thar by the mewl-shed. He'd cum down off the hill, through the laurel, arter hawg-meat. It was power ful bold O him, bein' as he must hey knowed I was at hum. but thar he was, and he didn't seem to mind me tall. The old woman, she seen him. too and she whispers to me:
 "T told yo' I smelt bar, and thar he is. Is the rife loaded?'
 "'No.'
 "'Then we don't git no bar.'
 "The bar stood thar and looked al us fur a minit." said Feb, "and then
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09
BY M ouun

else. He had lied to his feller-na,
 to his wife. He had even lied to TA. t.. yearlin' baby as he dandled it on bi' knee. The post office had bin robba1 and he had lied when he said bo bs seen the robbers, and hit one wifb club. He had lied when he said be h.f seen a ghost in the grayeyard-bst lied about the size of 'skeeters seen \ the marsh-had tried his best to ontl,I all the other liars in the state of Na-' Jersey.
 Then Peleg Dawson got up with fear. in his eyes. He never thought tbe do { would cum when he would feel f b;! dooty to stop lyin' an turn to the trn4b' but it had. He couldn't begin to ral member hundredth part of the 1ie. he had told. He had lied abont bot weather, cold weather-the sea tbl land, the people. He had lied to bi' grandmother at the age of 90, and onc' he spent two hours trying to make 1 deaf man understand a whopper H1 had gone along for 15 years feelin' proud and happy, but now that his eyes had bin opened he looked back on his rec ord with horror. Peleg was erwin like a child when he sot down, but tb, stranger patted him on the back an1 said that confession was good fur tn, soul.
 As one arter another of the erowl stood up and acknowledged the corn, i was plain that Ananias wasn't knee high to the people. The last man wa, Moses Hastings. As he had lost most ot his front teeth when a yonng man. ". didn't consider him much of a liar, and his admissions astonished us. Accord in to his own story he hadn't spoker the truth but once in 16 years. and thaI was pure accident. His story ended in food of tears. and the strangeri voice was broken as he sought to com fort him. Bimeby the man said:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09

"A bear must have feelings to be hurt" I suggested.
 "0f co'se. sah-of co'se. That was what ailed this b'ar-his pride had bin smashed to squash, and he felt that he could never go back up the mounting and hev the other bars pint the finger of seorn at him. Feelin'sl Why. a bar is chuck full O feelin's. and I've allus felt ashamed that this one didn't hey a squar' deal. He might hey tackled a landslide and cum out on top, but what show did he hev agin 1000 feet O barbed wire that was achin' fur a row with an elephant?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09
No Enforcement to Him.

Mrs. Kilduff-We must go and see Mime. Footlytes tonight. It is her fare well appearance.
 Mir. Kiiduff-I won't go. I might if 1t were her farewell disappearance. but DO more farewell appearances for me- Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09
Arotnst 4 Him.

Do you know anything apou on
 reputation for truth and veracity
 "Well. he used to make buslnses .es foretelling the weather Post.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-12

The situation between England and
France grove in Importance as the days
go by. The impression in Europe now
is that there is but one thing that can
prevent war over the Fashoda claim and
that will be for France to rellnquIsh
her position. England as party to
back down is entirely out of the ques-
ton. for the unanimous endorsement of
the course uf the government by the
press and the public renders the re-
tirement Of that country utterly i'm
poesibie. 1T is stated conad.nt'y that
even a hope of compromise on TIE
part Of Great Britain cannot be en-
tertoined
While the gravity of the situation In
volving war between England and
France cannot be overestimatcd, there
Is confidence expressed in some we'll
informed quarters that France does not
dare to pursue her claims to the extrem-
Ity that would make drastic measures
Dy EnBlauQ u certainly hhH u ASSSSsAtJ'
The problem confronting France is how
she can rellnquish her claim with honor,
and without promoting and increasing
the already strained domestic conditions
which are causing the government SO
much anxiety
England's great naval power is in it
self a strong argument for a graceful
backdown on Frances part, IL 1t is pos
sIble to back down gracefully without
humiliation. In this respect the position
OF France is mot unlike that of Spain
some months ago, though there Sc no
intention to make an odlous comparison
of the condition or the character of the
two countries. The French are people
Of wonderful resources, and the pOlI-
ticlans and diplomats are shrewd
enough to fnd some way out Of the
mess into which Marchand has gotten
himself and his government.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

women's shoes are naturally tight
when they are full
Jonah's experience was an example
Of prophet and loss.
Biscuit making as practiced by some
women Is hard work.
The meaner man Is the harder he
tries to lower his record.
Our worst mlsfortunes hover on the
brink OF our approximations.
Nightly changes Of scene break the
monotony of the actors life.
The broker who Is long on wheat Is
always anxious about his future.
The prettler the girl the more attens
ton she seems to think she REQUIRES.
''Know myself" says the philosopher.
Yes, but who is to introduce us?
It's easier to see through the plot OF
a play than through the big hat In
front Of 1t.
The respect due to old age Is always
dealt out with ladle to the wealthy
grandparent.
AN Irish philosopher says we can on
iy get the things that are beyond our
reach by striving for them.
A defeated candidate says there Is no
honesty in politics. Perhaps not, but
the supply seems to equal the demand.
IT'S poor consolation to the man who
is hard up to know that the we'll
dressed man is compelled to keep lit
tie behind the fashions chicago Daily
News,