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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24

issipppi river, is fast becoming a lead
ing western resort for the winter
sport. The winter conditions are
NOSE favorable there. 1t is far
enough north that during four months
it is always covered with safe
amount of ice, and it is far enough
south so that during but little of this
time is it covered with snow. It being
twenty-five miles in length and three
miles wide, there is plenty of room in
which to test the speed Of these craft
that are f1eeter than the wind. The
expanding and contracting of the ice
sometimes causes bad cracks, around
which the ice piles up, but it is always
easy to find a course with which they
90 no interfere. Ice boating on the
lake commenced about eighteen years
ago. The first to build boats were
probably w. J. Richardson and DR..
J. H. Harris of Lake City, Mimi.
These were soon afterward followed
by boat built by c. H. Schlueter of
Pepin, Wis. These boats were crude
affairs, and beside the neat craft of
| today would look very odd. They
soon went out of commission, and
were follwed by better craft, until in
1890. there were a large number OF
very fleet yachts owned at Pepin and
Lake City.
About this time the racing idea got
in to the minds of the owners, and
many races were held between the
yachts of those two places. In the
winter of 1928 a gold badge was
procured, which, when won three
times consecutively, becomes the prop
erty of the boat so winning. It is still
being raced for, although there has
been no race held for it since March
4th, 1885.
These races encouraged those who
were already interested in the sport,
and drew others into it. until in No
vember. 1898, the Pepin Ice Yacht club
was formed at Pepin, Wis, all yachts
on the lake being eligible to member
ship. There are now twelve yachts
registered in the club
Ice yachting is also very popular at
Madison, Wis, where on Lakes Men
dota and Monona, there is perhaps
the largest fleet in the west. The
sport has some vogue on Lake Winnie
bago and also on Lake Minnetonka.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24

A little paper, American h1e. stuck
in a frosted cake, came in contact
with a candle while the stewards on
board the American liner st. Louis
were celebrating new years, and out
of this mishap grew fhe story that the
blarsted Britishers who are employed
on that line had insuIted the American
people by setting fire to their flag. 1t
takes a mighty small Whit to make
the American eagle scream nowadays.
Boston Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24

The "Kihin-Kai," or society for vel
coming foreigners, of Japan, has for
it's object to provide strangers with
every facility for transacting their bus
mess or pursuing their pleasure with
out discomfort or exorbitant expenses.
On application at an office which has
been opened in the chief hotel a Wis
itor can procure all the information he
requires. Introductions are supplied
to personages Of distinction and to
business firms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24
FROM THE PAST.
A New Jersey Man Gets Trunk After
Forty-Four Years.

R. l.. Day, druggist of Somerville,
N. Y, received by express Saturday
little, old-fashioned trunk, securely
locked and bound with time-worn
rope, which had been lost for forty
four years Half century ago, Mr..
Day lived with his parents on 300
acre farm which is now a part OF
South Orange. The homestead stood
where Seton Hall college now is.
When Mr.. Day was boy his par
ents decided to send him to a boarding
school in New York state. His moth
er, who was i'll, did not expect to see
her son complete his education, and
she carefully prepared trunkful of
useful articles, calculated to last him
for many years. Mrs. Day died before
her son started for school and the
trunk which she had prepared for him
was overlooked.
Mrs Augustus Baldwin of South
Orange, who is an aunt of Mr.. Day, re-
gently i"enocted an old house near the
site of the Day homestead.
There she found the lost trunk in an
unused room The trunk was opened
today. The linens were fresh and
white and each piece has Mr.. Days
name delicately embroidered upon it
Under his mothers initials.
The trunk also contained collection
of silver and copper coins, some of
which have dates in 1900 and 1900.
There were several gift books and
many other little tokens, such as
mother would provide for a son going
away to school. Mr.. Day now has
children who are much older than he
was at the time his mother prepared
the keepsakes of which he has remain
ed in ignorance for so many years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24

1t is announced that Russia has
4bandoned the candidature of Prince
George Of Greece for the governorship
of Crete and will not allow any in
crease in the number of Turkish trooDs
in Crete Or be a party to any coercion
of the Cretans.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24
THE NEW WALK.

Society has adopted a new walk for
men and women. They stand erect,
inclined slightly forward, their arms
and hands hanging Imply at their
sides, while their correctly shod feet
strike the pavement with a motion
between bound and hop. They
are walking on the balls Of their feet
and the fashionable new gait for
both sexes has not little to commend
it.-Woman's World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24

attend to the sheets with his hands
is due to Mr.. Anderson.
The newest and most up-to-date way
to rig peak halyards is, viz: A bride
on gait. one part to halyard swayed
down to backbone with a jigg and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24
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Ice YachtS
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cyAshley contributes to the
"iiiiiS Vi Ne Rudder an article on
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NC y are Abodied valuable sug-
~ ns Oh obstruction, sail dis
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24

Weary Watkins Amt it funny some
men can't work till they are full of
booze?
Dismal Dawson don't see nothin'
funny about it. Amt a man got to
drown his misery. Jour-
I.al.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-24

Of her words was suddenly checked
something in my expression daunted
her; she trembled and shrunk back
mo right!' I said, mockingly. 81
differ from you! A man once married
has some right over his wife, but a
man twice married to the same wo-
man has surely gained double au-
thority! And as for dare not!' there is
nothing l dare not do tonight"
And with that l rose and approached
her. A torrent Of Passionate indig-
nation boiled in my veins; / seized
her two white arms and held her fast
You talk of murder!" I muttered,
| tiercely. ''You-you who have remorse-
lessly murdered two menl Their blood
be On your head! For though 1 live,
I am but the moving corpse of the man
l was-hope, faith, happiness, peace
all things good and great in me have
been SLAM by you. And as for Guido
! She interrupted me with a wild sob
bling cry.
He loved me! Guido loved mel"
"Ay, he loved you, oh, devil in the
shape of woman! he loved you
Come here, here!' and in a fury I
could not restrain l dragged her, al
most lifted her along to one corner
Of the vault, where the light of the
torches scarcely Illuminated the dark
ness, and there / pointed upward.
Above our very heads-to the left
of where we stand-the brave strong
body Of your lover lies, fostering
slowly in the wet mold, thanks to you'll
the fair, gallant beauty Of it all
marred by the redmouthed worms
the thick curls of his hair combed
through by the crawling feet of vile
Insects poor frail heart pierced
by gaping wound
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
FIFTY MILLION FLAGS.
American People Buy That Number Ev
cry Year For the Fourth

American People Buy That Number Ev-
cry Year For the Fourth.
More than so, 900, 900 flags are bought
every year by the people of the United
States to display on the Fourth of July.
More than 100, 900, 900 flags are flung
to the breeze on that day.
The fiagmaker Of 20 years ago had a
smaller capital invested, did less work
and made a greater margin of profit
than the flagmaker of today, but the
competition which drove the fagmaker
to reduce the price Of his wares develop
ed an increase of business that more
than doubled his trade The flag bust
ness today amounts to $500, 600 year.
and fully one-half the yearly product is
Immediately destroyed AS more than
one-half the flags sold are used ON the
Fourth of July it may be reckoned that
$685. worth of flags which are dis
played on Independence day this year
will be thrown away. All these will be
replaced year hence. Truly the flag
maker has reason to bless the American
habit of celebrating patriotic anniversa-
rjaS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

Foreigners say of US that we are al
ways in a hurry, and it is true that we
have not yet learned the philosophy of
leisure.
Indeed, during the long days in a
calendar year the people of the United
States seem consumed by the passion of
effort. Absorbed by diverse interests
spirited conflicts and the clash of COM
petition, we almost cease at times to
feel at all the straining of the chord of
general American sympathy.
But upon the nations birthday the
people, like family, mingle commem-
Grafton with congratulation. The old
lessons of patriotism taught us through
all the years crowd in upon us, and in
every heart, where there is enough no,
bility of character to render possible the
impulse Of gratitude the American
spirit, with its old strength, stirs the
better nature, till we lose the care of
business in pride Of country and forget
self in the thought of flag Chicago
inter Ocean.
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Fourth of July oratorv.

The day rarely passes without a de-
velopment at some point of the historic
al orator. The historical orator knows
a thing or two and is not ashamed for
the people to find it out. Despising
oratorical effect, which he characterizes
as wind he seeks to build his repu-
tation on facts, and accordingly carries
with him a oarpetbag full of books
whose pages be has carefully turned
down at places to which he wishes to
refer. He is loaded with statistics, and
at seconds notice will dive down into
his carpetbag, produce volume, with
marvellous quickness will turn to page
and rattle off column after column OF
figures with glibness of utterance that
would astonish and discomfit stenog-
rapher.
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POPULAR GOVERNMENT.

Care Must Be Exercised to Keep Within
the Limit of Safety.
The Declaration of Independence was
an important event in history not SO
much because it was a revolt against
tyrannical power, nor even because of
its assertion of the correct principles
which underlie the social organization.
Its chief Importance grows out of the
fact that it was followed by the ereo-
ton of the American colonies into a
permanent government having for its
cornerstone the leading features en-
braced in the Declaration of Independ-
ence 1t is of value not SO much because
of its expression Of correct creed of
human rights and correct principles of
human government, but because of the
important practical results by which it
was followed. The signers of the Deola-
ration and the trainers of our federal
constitution were enabled out Of the
chaos which followed the overthrow of
British power to establish an enduring
government.
History is full of instances where
other people have thrown off the yoke
of the oppressor and attempted to main
tain their liberties by self government,
but the history of these attempts is but
catalogue of sad failures because of
the lack of virtue in the people suffi-
oient to maintain by wise legislation
what they have achieved by arms. The
commonwealth of England was soon fol-
lowed by the return Of Charles II, who
amid the plaudits of the populace was
restored to the throne of his ancestors
The people Of France, after destroying
the royal power and adopting republic
an constitution, too, soon proved them
selves incapable Of maintaining the SUI
premacy of law by popular government.
The history Of some of the South Amer
lean states is an illustration alike of the
ability of people to achieve their free
dom and of the incapacity to maintain
their liberty by stable government.
Courage is not the only qualification nee
essary in the maintenance of a govern
ment by the people, but coupled with
the boldness to strike for liberty must
be the virtue to restrain even liberty it.
self within constitutional limits. The
| government, whatever it's form, which
fails to protect the person and property
of the citizen must inevitably perish.
4 Selected.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
A GREAT ANNIVERSARY.
Fourth Of July Marks the Rebirth of
Freedom In the World.


Fourth Of July Marks the Rebirth Of
Freedom In the World.
The Fourth of July is unique among
anniversaries not only because it COM
memorates the modern rebirth of free
dom after it's death in the middle ages,
but because it holds place in history
as the first modern anniversary date set
apart for commemoration by all the
people Of a nation.
The men who made the day historic
al felt instinctively the significance Of
their work and that its influence was
not bounded by ocean lines. They felt
that the day was to commemorate the
liberation not only of people, but in
large measure of the race. They believ-
ed that it was to be first among many
days to come illumined with the light
of the brighter pages of human history.
At the first anniversary of the date,
held in Philadelphia, and in which the
moving figures were the men who had
signed the Declaration of Independence,
this idea was clearly expressed. They
had builded not only for country, but
for the world, and not only for gener-
alton, but for all time. They had given
the national anniversary place in hu-
man annals, they thought and said.
The century which has followed has
justified the opinion.
In less than half a generation France
had made the eighteenth Brumaire i'm
mortal as the date of the fall of the
Bastille.
The influence of the Fourth Of July
has been worldwide. AS the people
have come more into government in ev.
cry land they have widened the scope
of national aspirations. England now
has her jubilees and days oommemora-
tive of Trafalgar and Waterloo, as well
as the lugubrious anniversary of Guy
Fawkes. Sedan day, every year, sets
Germany afame with patriotic ardor
for the fatherland Italy has her days
sacred to the memories of its successive
steps in the achievement of Italian
unity.
Lowell sang of Lincoln as "new
birth Of our new soil - A newer birth
of our newer soil is galaxy of glorious
days added to the history Of many
lands st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

A North Carolina paper says:
"a negro struck his wife two terrible
blows on the head with an ak. The
negro escaped to the woods, and his
wife soon revived and said; l mighty
glad he done it, kase now he'll stay
CT ar er de neighborhood en- won't have
ter support him no mo-. 1t wuz lucky
day fer me wen he hit me wild dat
axp "
Very few of us are as thankful as that
for these little blessings in disguise. =
Atlanta Constitution.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

Well might Lord Chatham proclaim
from his place in the parliament of
Great Britain, History, my lords, has
been my favorite study, and in the cele-
brated writings of antiquity l have Of
ten admired the patriotism of Greece
and Rome, but must declare and avow
that in the master states of the world
do not know the people, nor the senate,
who in such complication of difficult
circumstances can stand in preference
to the delegates of America assembled
in general congress at Philadelphia. F"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
THE NATIONS BIRTHDAY.

Day that gave nation birth,
Best and greatest of the earth;
Day when freedom found shrine
Sanctioned by the hand divine,
Day that broke tyrant's chains,
Day whose memory e'er remains
And with each returning year
Brings the thought of blessings dear
Blessings bought with patriots blood,
Freely shed, sacred food.
Treasured should they ever be
In this land of liberty.
Let each starry banner wave,
Symbol of the free and brave.
Let glad acclaims fill the air.
Shout hosannas everywhere.
Other lands are deep in woe,
Stricken by mightier foe.
Cuba cries in accents loud,
Independence or a shroudp
Greece in Christian courage strong
Strives to triumph over wrong.
Europe's nations-shameful sightl-
See the wrong o'erwhelm the right.
Glorious day we celebrate,
Teach us to recall their fate
And rejoice from day to day
That we are not now as they.
May our laws be just and true,
Giving to each one his due,
Guarding with jealous care
All our heritage so fair.
Free in action, free in speech,
Equal rights belong to each,
Free to worship, free to share
In the laws protecting care.
Glorious Fourth-all hail the dayi-
Ushering in the gentle sway
OF freedom that meier shall lose
It's potent power till men refused
philadelphia Press.
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PENN SYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The Standard Railroad Of Ameyfca. Pro
kected throughout BY Block Signals
and Inteytocking .Switches.
IN EFFECT JUNE 20. 1898.


Trains leave Mount Holly as JouoaOs:
For Philadelphia, $50, 500, 6.bl, no. TAB, 74s,
SEQ. 9.l5. Hi A. M, 1888, l25 2.35, 456 BIB,
6.ls. 7.26, S25, i0.5OP. NJ.
For Pemberton, TOP. 9.25, 1888 A. M, LA. 209.
4.lS, 4.40. 5.4s, GIG, %. P. M.
On sundays, sisi les5 A; M, ma ~ N " Work 20
7.49. 9.ls, ll.O5. A. NJ 1870, 800, S4O AL S.oS
Pm.
On Sundays, 925 A. M, 2.O5, 62OP.M.
For East Burlington, $50, 7.25, 7:49. so. $50.
9.l8, 1918 Hos A. M. 1890, Ql5 Saturdays
only, 800, $40, 447 $40. 5.3s, 62s. 7.2i s45.
On Sundays 7.25, $50. s25 A. NJ. 1900 2.o5, go.
3.l5. BAL, 40, 500. 5.s5. $40, 7.05, 1876 $780,
For LewstOwn, Columbus, k1nKOfa etc.,
200, 4.46P. M.
On Sundays, 705 P. N.
For LumDertOn, MedfOfu, marion anu iihu-
dOntield. 9.35 A. NJ.
For vincentown, 1875, lG P. NJ.
For Toms River, 9.25, 9.5l A. M, 2O9, 4.4O, DAB
Pm.
On Sundays SIG AN.
For Tuckerton, Beach Haven and Barnegat
City, 9.5l A. M, 4.40P M
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, 9.5l, A. NJ,
For Long Branch, Sundays, SIG AN.
Trains leGve for Mount Holly as JoIIoaos:
Fram philadelphia, 800 635, $50, $40. 1000.
Il.2O. 1870, A. M 80 $40, 400, AGO. 800, 52O,
go. $50. 800 1880 LAS P. NJ.
ON Sundays, 730, $40 A. M, LOO 6.oO. lo5O P. M
From New York. via Trenton and burlington,
500, $50, 1l00A. NJ, LOO 2.l0. 400, 800. $40.
Pm.
On sundays. 10000: M, 7eor;M;; .sa
From Trenton 6.45, TAO. 1925, I'LL A. M, Z.o5'
Ala. $40. 100, 955 P. NJ.
ON SUNDAYS, $40. II. 80, A. M, 405, DOS, P. NJ.
From East Burlington, 100, 1853, SIG, 8 As, ~
1905 l0.45, 1l.54 A. M, 1.05, 600 saturdays
only. 800, 40, SIG. 55s $50, 100. 100, 3d.
1910 p. M.
ON Sundays, 1855, 800, 1880. A. M, 1890, 235'
1905. s45 40, 4.55. $780, $40, 100, $780, 500, 800
1000 NJ.
From Toms River. 6.5s, 1853 A. M, 1926, s45,
From AsDury Park, $40. ll.2s A. M, lib. 5lf
Pm.
From Medford, IL .55 A. M.
From Long Branch, 6.23. ll.O5 A. M, Lob, oOC
Pm. Sundays 800.
From Pemberton, (north) 6.35, 7l9, saa. $50
1I.00 A. M, 1887. Ito, 40, 8.l0P.M
On Sundays. 72S A. M, 66OP.M
From Pemberton (south), 7.3S A. M, 4.34 p. M
On Sundays, LA P. NJ.
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A siamsse Pnnishment.

Another decree of expulsion" has
been issued by the king Of Siam, this
time against one of his own officials,
Chow Pligh Rax, minister plenipoten-
tiary, general adviser, etc, in which 1T
said that The shall be publicly stripped
of his Siamese honors, " that he shall
then have his head shaved for the bet
ter preservation of his health, and that
he shall be, after the expiration of seven
DAYS, made to cut grass for the royal
elephants for the rest of his natural
life. Advocate of India Bombay.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

For thousand years the people in
the country Of peaceful shores have been
famous for celebrations. They have al
ways had rather an overplus of holt
days, domestic, religious and local, but
the truly national patriotic festivals
"are as modern as the flags that are
flown and the salutes that are fired in
their honor. Long centuries of feudal-
ism divided both the nation and the
popular allegiance. Now all most gladly
celebrate their regained nationality
nightly helped as this has been by the
pressure and pounding of foreign ma
tions eager for trade and covetous of
land -Indenendent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
independence Day

Independence Day.
Columbia fair,
With glory rare,
Sitting as queen in thy western sea,
The people pause
To give applause,
To celebrate thine ascendancy.
From eastern surge
To western verge
Thy sons in glad activity
Hail loud and long
With shout and song
The day of thy nativity.
Though dark thy morn
OF oppression born
And bloody thine earliest history,
Splendidly bright
Is thy MONDAY light.
Grand be thy future of mystery.
The portal CLEANS
With the radiant beams
From the lifted hand of Liberty,
A sign of rest
From those opprest
And promise of peace and prosperity.
God save our land,
Where hand in hand
Justice and mercy habitatel
For her be strong
Wheneer the wrong
Or dangers 'gainst her initiated
Free as the breeze
That fans her leas,
Bright as the stars of her summer night,
Pure as the ore
In her treasured store,
Lord, may she ever be thy delight.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

o beautiful, my country, ours once more,
Soothing thy gold of war disheveled hair
Ger such sweet brows as never other wore
And letting thy set lips
Freed from wrath's pale eclipse,
The rosy edges of their smile lay bare,
What words divine of lover or of poet
Could tell our love and make thee know it
Among the nations bright beyond comparef
What were our lives without theeF
What all our lives to save theeP
We reck not what we gave thee
We will not dare to doubt thee,
hut ask whatever else, and we will darei
james Russell Lowell.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
Celebrating the Fourth.

One of the men who signed the Dec
laration of Independence is said to have
expressed the desire that he might rise
from his grave hundred years later to
witness the manner in which posterity
observed the Fourth of July. If his
wish could have been gratified, the ven
cradle patriot would have found de-
cided change in the manner of the oele-
bration, but none in the feeling which
inspired it. Posterity, too, would I'M
doubtedIy have turned the tables on
him, eagerly questioning him in turn
as to the celebrations in his day, but
even without his aid its questions can
be answered. -Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

Mr.. Gamer (of Chicago)-Are you
fond of music Miss Tremello2
Miss Tremello (of Boston, Music,
Mr.. Gamer? Could any cultivated con-
seriousness possessed of delicate suseepti-
bilities help being devoted to so divine
an art? Music? Music is my passion.
Mr.. Canner-I am so glad May
have the pleasure of your company this
evening to the minstrels?-New York
Weekly