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The Lamar register., 1898-07-13
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Jacksonville. Fla. July i0,--Generzl
Fltzhush Lee. in command OF the
Seventh army CORPS stationed af this
place. today made the following form
nj statement 20 your correspondent re
gartiing Colonel Torrey's regiment of
Rough Riders:
Il graduated at West Point and was
assigned TO the cavalry JUS before
the war between the North aud South
and afterwards commanded all the
cavalry OF my uncle, General Robert
r. Lee therefore have some right
TO claim some knowledge OF the branch
OF the service. l viii say now, without
reservation, that ! never saw a finer
body OF men or n better lot of horses.
I am quite sure thar II opportunity
offers that Colonel Torrcy and bis reg
iment viii give splendid account OF
themselves ! know ] feel very well
satisfied to have the Second United
States volunteers cover the front OF
my corps In any operations Il should
be engaged in. So far as my personal
observation goes the conduct Of both
officers and men has been excellent.
have no complaints from any
Quarter that II has been otherwise
since the regiment reported TO me-"
Major II. II. Cheycr, who put the
regiment under rigid inspection.
praised 1t In the highest terms.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13
Rsu,or. .f r..e~.

Washington. ID. C., July g.--The tsa.
lief that 4 peacs movement win be in
augurated eotsinucS strong. but the
definite announcement is made that no
such movement has taken form thus
far.
The State Department again authori-
tatively stated that no peace overfures.
direct or indirect. official or unofficial
had been submitted 10 this government.
AT the ssime time, similar statements
came from authorized sources. from
the English. French. German and other
ambassIes and legations. IL Is stated
broadly in these official quarters that
whatever may be the hope or expecia-
tion OF Spain toward peace, the matter
thus far Is confined entirely 10 the
other side OF the water and has taken
no form. either before the authorities
or before the foreign representatives
OF those powers which would t-e most
likely TO speak in the even; OF a peace
movement
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13
SAMPSON AND scHLEY.
JeaIousy between the Two omeers Caus-
Ing Gossip on the Fleet

With American Fleet on Santiago,
Friday, by tine Herald Dispatch Roat
Sommers y. Smith 10 Port Antonio.
Jamaica. Saturday. Repeated rumors
of friction between Admiral Sampson.
in command Of the American feet. and
Commodore Scbley, second in com
mand, are heard here. / am told that
the admiral forbade Commodore Schley
to telegraph 10 Washington his version
of the great naval victory on sunday
morning. when the Spanish fleet, under
Admiral Cervera. was destroyed while
attempting to escape from Santiago
harbor The trouble between Sampson
and Sehley Is acute. and the fleet Is
buzzing with gossip about II. Admiral
SIMPSONS friends are deeply cha
grined that his flagship should have
happened to be absent when Cervera
dashed out of the harbor.
Every one on the New York laughs
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13
ARTILLERY REACHES sHArrgR.
He sun Has Two Months. sappn.. 90 HI.
ships

Washington, July 1o.-The War De
partinent Is advised that RandoIph's
six batteries OF artillery, the District
OF Columbia regiment and n regiment
OF Illinois infantry. which left Tampa
several days ago. have reached SantI.
ago. In view OF the published aIiecn-
ti,ns that the troops We're on short ra-
tions, General Shafter has wired as to
the proof OF the assertion. He answer
ed that one day only the troops We're
on half rations and on that day the on
ly troops that suffered were a few at
the furthest poSDf from the supply
The general says there Was consid ar-
able complaint on account of the lack
of tobacco, but added that there was
sufficient food tobacco and other
necessary supplies on the ships to last
at least two months. and they will I've
brought ashore at the earliest possible
moment. Everything Is reported to be
In most satisfactory condition and
expected fighting might be resumed
this afternoon or evening
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

Should one Judge from the so-ealied
comic page. all men are liars and dis
honorable. all women frivolous and un-
faithful. all children Imps. all mothers
in-law monsters. all homes unhappy.
all husbands and wives quarrelsome.
all dealers cheats. all ministers whitec
sepuIchres. all charitable organizations
frauds. all mankind thoroughly cor
rupt." Thus the editor OF the ElmIra
Gazette laments what he calls the mis-
chief of the comic. The extract has its
modicum OF truth; but let the dea- man
think, Shall we eliminate satire7
Shall we abolish the e1aggeration Of
poetry7 Shall we omi; that part Of
history which Is not susceptible OF ab-
soiute proof? Shall we overlook hy-
pocrisy and pretension. Shall POM
poslty and vain gioriousness 20 IN
pricked OF their ridiculous windl Give
the world credit for some little intelli-
gence.
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sp.nl.h sh,p- can ne s,rea.

Washington, July 9.-Admiral samp-
sons cable is as follows:
Playa Del Este. July S.-Secretary
of the Navy, Washington: Prelim-
mary report from board ordered to ex-
anime wrecks, states that wrecking
;appliances) should be gotten here i'm
mediately. Think no doubt about saw
ing Vizcaya, Maria Teresa and Crisfo-
bal Colon, II haste be made. Colon is
much the most valuable, being In per-
feet order. Would recommend most
perfect appliances be sent at once.
SAMPSON.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

The destruction OF birds IN America
has become a serious matter. and scien-
fists say that unless the killing Of
these citizens OF the air can be stopped
good many varieties which are of
great value TO man viii soon become
extinct Such a result would work ir-
reparable injury 10 agricultural inter
ests. for no artificial aid has yet been
discovered which can in any degree
take the place OF these natural allies
of the farmer In his war upon insect
enemles Senator Hoar OF Massachu-
sets and Representative John F. Lacey
Of Iowa are deeply interested In this
matter, and have introduced In both
houses of congress bills for the pro-
lection Of the birds Mr. Hoar's bill
has passed the senate and will soon
come to vote In the house. To insure
its passage by that body every agri-
culturist and bird lover is urged to
write without delay 10 the representa-
tive Of his district In congress, asking
him 10 cast his vote for the measure.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

Girls are apt to resent the opinion
held by many OF their friends, and
even some Of their admirers, that they
do not know how to think; and that
they generally refuse 10 concentrate
their attention long enough to reason
upon any subject. In resenting ii. the
ordinary young woman will exclaim
with assurance that the criticism isn't
true; that many a girl has thought
herself into a headache. which no one
will deny; but even this. one torment
ing young skeptic saucily declares, is
quite frequently done after the man
ner of the girl in the story of How
One Girl Studies" She places her box
of chocolates on the table. and while
eating them and polishing her finger
nails, says aloud and indistinctly. of
course, The three angles of triangle
are equal TO two right angles-Oh dear,
/ hope it won't rain tomorrow and spoil
that picnicl The three angles of tri-
angle are equal to two right angles
] saw George Morris and Sue walk on
together. and they Just may for all /
care, The two angles of triangle are
equal to three right angles-There.
those chocolates are not SO large as
those that were on topi The three
right angIes-weli, this old thing is too
stupid There is nothing in it but nom
sense, SO there!"
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

The man OF New Jersey who died
after rapidly drinking three pints Of
appleJaek must have had his stomach
given him IL some other state, and
the other state must have made the
beverage too.
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How 70 grow wheat with a..
cents and samples os sslssr! (. l,isa.i
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The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

The love that makes the world go
round often prevents the income from
going more than half way.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

wedioek holds a man pretty close
when his wife doesn't allow him to car
~ latchkey.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

Il is often a great disadvantage for
young man TO begin career with
superior advantages.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

An expert penman sometimes forgea
ahead until he gets caught.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

Some men are so versatile that they
don't stick to one thing loag enough TO
make success OF it.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

One Of the greatest dampers to n
mans ambition is the knowledge that
the mantle of greatness is usually worn
as a shroud.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

Some kinds OF love may grow cold.
but the kind a man has for himself
never does.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

Lots OF men have been temporarily
parsiyzed who never had paralytie
stroke.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

Trouble seldom visits a man who isr't
looking for 1t.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

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The Incubator will never succeed in
driving the old hen out of business.
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Hanging is too good for many of ths
paintings sent to exhibitions.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11
CLERICAL TALES.

The wife of a rural English dean
cakes from the local confectioner
These arrived in due time, beautifully
iced and each decorated with the
monogram Il H S" in icing. The
confectioner evidently thought he was
doing the correct thing for clerical
John wears when he works in the
barn"
A tedious preacher had preached
the assize sermon before Lord Yelver-
party, but the cakes were carefully
cut in pieces before they were sent to
the table.
A Milwaukee clergyman on return
you'd ought to get some overalls like
said, Ito think of wearing wour best
YuIql I i9Idoed peep Su!GLnq Sc YLoM
clothes when you have such dirty
reproach. MY, you bad mani" she
ing from a funeral was greeted at the
door by his four-year-old daughter,
her face expressive of the deepest
concern and her voice one of intense
ton. He came down smiling to His
Lordship after the service and, expect
ing congratulations on his effort,
asked: well, My Lord, how did you
like the sermon?" ooh, most wonder
full" replied Yelverton. ''It was like
the peace of God-it passed all under
standing; and, like His mercy,
thought it would have endured for
ever"
According to the Congregationalist
a minister prepared and had printed
an elaborate programme for an Easter
service. His feelings may be mag
ined when he read this line in the
closing hymn:
Jesus resigns and heaven rejoices.
In a little church at Norristown,
Pa, one hot Sunday recently there
were few worshippers when the wor-
thy pastor opened the services. Per-
spiration oozed from the faces of the
just and the unjust alike. The p, -
tor was 2 picture of discomfort when
he mounted the pulpit to preach his
sermon. He gazed at the faithful for
moment and began in this most I'M
orthodox manner: Brethren, it's hot,
and SO | say comfort before pride
With that ne shed his heavy black
coat, hung it over the side Of the pull
pit and preached his sermon in his
shirt-sleeves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11

and intends TO reduce to the ranks
all non-commissioned officers en-
gagged in the recent revolt
Gen. o. o. Howard, says that Gen.
Skaters work in Santiago has been
marvellous, and that the sooner the
Spaniards and Spanish influences
are removed from the province the
better it will be for the Cubans.
Colonel John H. Page is the last
officer left alive of this rank in the
regular army who went to Cuba with
Shafter All the others were killed
in battle or have died of sickness.
Colonel Page is i'll with malarial
fever.
The war depar ,ment is negotiat-
ing for the big auxiliary liners,
formerly ST. Paul, St. Louis, New
York and Paris. They will be used
to bring Skaters troops north. The
navy department 90 longer needs the
vessels.
In a telegram to the war depart
ment Gen. Shafter declares that he
invited Gen. Garcia to accompany him
in entering Santiago, and that the
Cuban general declined. Gen. Shat
ter says that Garcia wished to be
placed in command of the city.
A correspondent with Admiral
Dewey's fleet cables that Gen. Mer-
rift has arrived, and that the cap
ture of Manila bay will not be de-
layed long. Dewey has been ready to
attack the city for ten weeks, having
only waited lor the American troops
NJ. Cambon has told President Nc
Kinley that, in his opinion, Spain
will accept the terms of peace ar
ranged. The president, it is said, will
appoint Stewart L. WoOdford and
ex-Secretary of State Richard Olney
| members of the peace commission
of five.
The terms of peace as proposed te
Spain were officially announced IL
Washington. They include demand:
| that Spain shall give up Cuba, Porto
Rico, her other West Indian Islands
and one of the Ladrones. and tha
| the United States shall hold Manil;
until a commission determines thu
| future of the Philippines.
Admiral Dewey's cabled dispatch
received in Washington is said tt
have indicated that $4,000 American
troops would be needed to bring al
the Philippine islands under sub
lection. Gen. Merritt, rep1rting h
arrival in Manila bay, cabled that al
the troops assigned to his command
probably will be needed.
Farseeing Spanish business mel
! question the expediency OF Spain
trying to regain the Philippines. /
director of the Bank of Spain toi,
a Madrid correspondent that i
would cost much now to reconque
the islands, and that Spanish ruiz
always would be over Swallowed AM
crippled by American influences, jus
as it has been in Cuba.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11

proposition to China to exchange
10000 blacks suitable for an army
for 10000 coolies to labor in Africa
Duke Ernest GuntheT, the scape-
grace brother Of the empress of Ger
many, married Princess Dorotnea,
eldest daughter of the king OF
Belgium.
NJ Hoshi. until recently japanese
minister at Washington, will, it is
sad, be given the foreign portfolio
in the Japanese cabinet, now held
by the premier, Count Okuma
1t was stated officially in the Eng
lish parliament that England would
not allow capitalists of other nations
to encroach on China, but that the
government would not ask for CON
cessions. -.~-
The revelations of Ernest Terah
Hooley, the bankrupt company pro-
mouer, have caused a financial panic
in London. as no investor knows
whether the stock he holds may not
be in company hcneycombed by
blackmail and bribery.
Monday the empress dowager of
China openly relieved the emperor
Of all real power. The ministers
take their instructions directly
from her, and Ii Hung Chang Drac-
tically supersedes the Tsung-n-ya-
men (Chinese foreign ofice.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11
FOREIGN.

An international chess tournament
began in Cologne
The prince of Wales has gone to
Cowes on the royal yacht.
Pillsbury was beaten by Tarrasch
for the first prize in the Vienna
chess tournament.
DR.. Luis Carrandel, Peruvian SEN
ator and fellow of the Royal Geo
graphical Society OF London, is
dead.
Zola's expulsion from the French
Legion of Honor was followed by
the designations of two prominent
members.
The pope has issued an encycli-
cal to the Scotch people beseeching
them to return to their ancient
faith"
G. n. Curzon, parliamentary Sec
rotary of the foreign office and hus-
band of a daughter of L. z. Letter,
will become viceroy Of India.
Ylng Wing. 4 graduate Of Yale, is
the man who has obtained the con-
cession to build a Chinese railroad
with 5000, 900 Of English capital.
The Congo Free State has made a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11
THE RECRUITS SOLILOQUYL
I remember, | remember

I remember, remember
How | used to sit and scold
When, on getting down to breakfast
| would find the coffee cold;
How I used turn my nose up
If the steak was done too rare
But oh for home and mother,
And the dear old bill Of fare.
| remember, | remember
How | always would upbraid
Myself for eating rarebits
That my little sweetheart made;
How | used to worry over
Ny digestion night and day,
And the pills I used to punish
To drive fancied ills away.
remember, / remember
How l used to sit and scott
When l fancied that the butter
Must be 'just a little off,;
How l scorned the lowly biscuits
That my sister used to make!
And the things I said concerning
Her attempt a jelly cake!
Oh, it may be childish weakness
That possesses me, but
Would give a whole months wages
For one piece Of mothers pie,
And l think that I'd be willing
To walk twenty miles today
Just for one of her dear doughnuts
That | used to throw away.
Detroit Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11
so tightly that she becomes ''the
the

so tightly that she becomes ''the
mother of wrinkles"
Let our stock of wisdom be ever
so scanty, there is no better place to
spread what we have of it than
over the table. oh" you say, "I
pay my cook to spread his own
there" Doubtless you do; but if
your cooks wisdom be Of the average
cooks quality, you pay and look for
something which you do not get. A
wise cook is one of the blessings
that heaven is chary in sending us.
Those we get, and get in abundance,
come from the other place.-Table
Talk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11
GASTRONOMIC CHIPS.

A man may have the wisdom of
Solomon in other matters, and yet be
fool enough to forget that his
stomach is his best friend.
An empty stomach at bedtime may
wreck your slumber as surely as an
overloaded one It is a case Of Scylla
and Charydis-steer wisely between
them.
Life IS the queerest Of conundrums.
We spend one-half of it in guessing
what it is, and the other half in re-
GREETING that we didn't guess it
sooner.
They say that Poverty is the
mother Of health" perhaps she is,
but she sometimes squeezes our diet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11
A FEW FRENCH PROVERBS.

If a girl is born beautiful she is
as good as born married.
A house without a wife or fire is
Ike body without soul.
You can never wait too long for
good meal or a good woman.
Marry your son when you like, but
your daughter as soon as you can.
Before you propose to the daugh-
ter, study her mothers character.
The happiest couple in the world
would be a deaf husband and a blind
wife.
People should never marry unless
the bridegroom has enough to buy
every days dinner, the bride to buy
the supper.
1t is easy to eat the wedding break
fast, not so easy to eat the week
day dinners that come after.
Life is full of trouble to the man
that's full of booze, but he doesn't
usually realize it.
Fish lies are innocent, but they get
people in the habit of thinking that
everything is fish"
Bad habits are liable to outlaw, but
the reputation of the man who allows
them to never does.
Love is a very one-sided affair
when the husband thinks he should
have all of it and carries none of it
home to his wife.
Sometimes the fewer acquaintance
a man has the fatter his pocketbook is.
Half of life is hope, but half of hope
isn't life-hope is good as an incen-
tive, but not as a reality.
Children can not be expected to al
ways be like grown people any more
than grown people can always be ex-
pected to behave themselves
Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11
DOMESTIC.

Fusion was effected in Nebraska.
Fort Wadsworth will be enlarged.
Escanaba, Mich, had a conf1agra-
ton.
The cloakmakers' strike is spread
ing in New York.
German saloon-keepers of New
York will start brewery.
Rear admiral Nrton of the navy
retired on account of age on Aug. 6.
Ten persons were injured by the
upsetting of a tally-ho in Chicago.
Nine Romero, wife of the Mexi-
can minister, died at Atlantic City.
Statistics for the year show the
balance of trade to be in favor of the
United States.
Congressman Joseph D. Savers was
nominated for governor by the demo-
Gratis of Texas.
Another sea captain saw numerous
bodies of those lost on the Bourgogne
floating on the sea.
Perry Belmont is not a candidate
for democratic nomination for gov
ernor of New York.
The president has appointed George
G. Pierre Of Pennsylvania United
state consul at Munich.
George B. Gray died at Pontiac
III. He was born in Livingston
county, New York, Oct. 8, 1884.
Yonkers, the courts say, will not
get the library provided for it in
TIE will Of Samuel J. Tilden.
George Demars, returning Klon-
dixie miner, is said to have made
100000 by the sale of his claims.
Speaker Thomas B. Reed was re-
nominated for congress blythe repub-
icans Of the first district Of Maine.
Mrs. James H. Shakespeare. wife
of a rich Philadelphia, eloped with
Sir Henry Onequi," the palmist
swindler.
An Alabama town had a deadly
POLITICAL fight and race war in one,
colored populists being the alleged
aggressors.
Mr.. Joseph F. Johnston was re-
elected Governor of Alabama and the
entire democratic ticket chosen by
10000 majority.
Mrs. Place has appealed from her
sentence of death in New York so
she will not be executed during the
week of Aug. 20.
The commissioner of internal
revenue has issued minute instruc-
tions for the cancellation of the new
war revenue stamps.
The National Wall Paper company
absorbs all the manufacturing trade
of The country, and will order an ad-
vance OF price at once.
1t has been decided the hold the
New York state democratic conven-
ton October 4, a week after the re-
publican state convention.
The exports of the United States
for the fiscal year ended June so,
1898. amounted to s1,221. 329. $50; the
imports aggregates Se16,OO5, 159.
George Ted, a wealthy resident OF
New York, committed suicide by
jumping from a ten-story window of
the Hotel Majestic, in New York.
1t is stated that Tammany hall
will ignore Governor Blacks new
election law and refuse to recon-
mend deputies under its provisions.
Twenty eight employees in Cleve-
land Of the recently formed wire and
nail trust went on strike, asserting
that their wages had been cut one
third.
Commissioner Evans has stopped
the pensions of a lumber of civil
war veterans VINO have entered the
volunteer army since the war with
Spain began.
A serious strike is threatened in
the Pittsburg coal district, the min
ers charging that the operators
have failed to carry out their agre ,
ment of last year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11

Rismarck's funeral was the occa-
SON Of a great popular manifesto
ton in Germany. Emperor William
attended the services at Fried
richsruh. Bismarck was buried in the
spot selected by himself On his own
estate. Emperor William issued a
rescript on the death Of Prince Bis
marck.