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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-03
4 BRACELET 1T WASN'T.
But 1t Caused No End of Excitement
and Embarrassment.

There is a man out Columbia
Heights way who received a great
shock just the other day He has a
wife and the wife has a pretty sister
who is staying with her. Sister is
young and so unused to the ways
of the world that it is nee
esary to look after her very care
fully. He is especially anxious that
she shall not take on any of the sum
mer girls ridiculous fads. One of
them, as perhaps you have heard,
though 1 am happy to say I haven't
seen it yet in Washington, is the wear
mig of silver bracelet about one
ankle. OF course is a fad no man
cares to see his pretty sister-in-law
adopt, so you may judge of the hor-
ror Of this Columbia Heights man
when he saw his wife's sister trip out
to board a car on the Fifteenth street
transfer station one recent afternoon.
and espied, as she lifted her fluffy
skirts a silver bracelet, an undeniable
silver bracelet, about one slender
ankle. The street car wasn't fast
enough for him. He called a cab and
dashed home to break the news to his
wife. Sister Jennie was too young TO
know any better, but she must be told
gently but firmly that she was going
entirely too far. Wife looked at the
matter in precisely the same light
and shared his horror at Jenny's be-
havior. The offending maid was called
into her sisters room as soon as she
came home in order that she might
be made to see the error of her ways.
Wife presently emerged, somewhat
red in the face.
You're a goose said she to her
waiting husband. This was too much.
Perhaps Jenny had undermined her
good taste with the horrifying fad
"Why, pray?" he demanded, with
dignity. WAS it not a silver brace
let?'
"No, it wasn't" answered wife. ''It
wasn't silver and it wasn't a bracelet
1t was aluminium, and-well, clasps
will sive way sometimes, you great
silly. The idea! Just as Jennie didn't
feel embarrassed enough about it al
ready, 4 bracelet! The idea of your
not knowing what it was!"-Wash-
ington Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-03
ROMANCE.
When Flora makes soft music,

When Flora makes soft music,
And all the lights are low,
And dark winds down the allies
Among the roses blow,
I wander in a country
Where once used to go
\ land OF vague and sweet delights
That only lovers know.
Over her fingers dropping
l see her shadowy hair.
So from so-e dim old canvas
Might seal en- twilight air
The grace that was so lovely,
The face that was so fair,
That the painter lost his cunning,
And the priest forgot his prayerI
wonder if this life of ours
Repeats It's sweetest woe;
II under other stars we met
The ancient evenings so,
If Flora and her listener
Only ola raptures know,
And in that land of strange delights
Were lovers long ago!
Prescott Spofford Hone
Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-03
Lord Lynne'S Choice
BERTHA M. CLAY.
BERTHA M. CLAY.
Continued.

There. where she had learned to
love. where she had listened to false
words, where she had found her brief
delusive happiness, Inez knelt, and shed
bitter tears at last. She Wept over
her young love and faith betrayed,
she wept for the sad fate that seemed
to have marked her as it's own.
"A lonely, neglected child" she said;
"and now a lonely, deceived wife. He
never cared for me; he had a passing
fancy for what he called my beauti-
fl face. All, would that it's beauty
had been marred and blighted; then
for its sake I had never been be-
trayed,-my poor beauty, of which l
was so proud"
All that high, proud spirit had been
aroused. She, the last of the Mon
teleones, of high lineage and stainless
race had been duped and laughed at!
The man who declared he could not
live without her, had grown tired of
her in a few weeks, and wished he
had never seen her.
eff he were living she cried again,
Il would curse him.-dead, | loathe
his memory and his name,"
Then, for the first time, she saw the
extent of her folly and her sin. What
right had she a young girl, trusted
by her guardian, to meet the stranger
as she had done. What inconceivable
folly and madness possessed her that
she could yield to his wish for a
private MARRIAGE! Hot crimson f1ushes
dyed her face with shame as she saw
the plain truth in it's hideous form be-
fore her. She had disgraced her proud
race; she had acted foolishly and
sinfully. He might we'll despise and
tire of her There was no musical
voice near her now to gloss over the
truth with sweet, honeyed words. Her
conscience, for the first time, seemed
awakened to the wrong she had done.
II am glad he is dead." she cried :;
che was wiser and older than I. He
knew better, and he deceived me.
am glad he is dead, for there is no
one now to remind me of my folly.
No one will ever know my shamful
secret and II will begin life again"
i
"You have soon tired of your fancy
for black, Inez,' said Madame Monte
leone. with a smile, as the young girl
entered her room the morning after
the finding of the letter.
"One tires of ali fancies in time, y
she replied, drearily.
She bore her pain bravely, but she
smarted under the knowledge that she
had given her love to one who was I'M
worthy of it.
4 child would not have been de-
ceived SO easily as | was she thought
and she despsed herself when she re-
membered the powerful influence
which a few f1attering words had had
over her. 81 was young and so lone
~" she would say, as though plead
ing to her own heart for pardon and
excuse, and in those words lay the ex-
tenuation Of her folly. Had she beer
less lonely, had she seen more of hel
fellow-creatures, had she been allowed
some slight amusements suitable tt
her age, she would never have caret
to meet Rinaldo. Had she met hin
out in the world, where she coult
have compared him with other men
she would never have loved the falls
Italian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-03
CHAPTER XII.

1t was fortunate for Inez that events
succeeded each other with such ra-
pidity that she had no time for brood
ing over her sorrow. The love that
she had felt for her husband was
changed to a loathing contempt, and
gradually gave place to a bitter hatred.
Her youth, her happiness, her life it
self. seemed dead. She did not know
how she dragged on her dreary ex-
istence from day to day But
change was coming heralded by death.
One morning Madame Monteleone
was seized with sudden and danger
Gus illness. The doctor who con-
stantly attended her was sent for, and
he pronounced her to be in great and
immediate danger, and advised her at
tendants to send for a celebrated ply
siciar who resided at Seville.
L c1ors and medicine were all in
vain. Madame Monteleone had come
to the close of her long, sorrowful
life. When she heard that she was
indeed dying. she sent for her grand
child and spoke to her as she had
never done before. She told her how
she had lived but for one object,-the
restoration of her family;-how she
had trained her fair young daughte
Blanca for that end, and how all he
hopes had been wrecked by her child
marriage with the English lord.
Then. Inez," continued the dyin
woman. my hopes were conferred L
YOU. Perhaps, child, have wronge
you and sacrificed you to my own am
bilious views. | begged you fror
your father with such words of en-
treaty that he could not refuse m
prayer. and have brought you up q
7 did your mother before you, bl
with this difference: from her earle:
infancy | spoke to her of my hope
and plans. | have never menuone
them to you. But for my accident la
wear, | should this year have take
YOU 70 Madrid. I am dying now, ar
the purpose of my life is unfulfilled,
will be ever unfulflled,-fo you mu
go to your father in England, and "
are the last of the MOnteleones.'
She then told the astonished G
that her father was a wealthy Engli
nobleman. who lived in home
stately masnificence; that he had ma
ried again. and had another daughte
and that his second wife, too, "
dead.
And l shall have to leave Spai1
cried Inez. "and go stranger to
own home,"
"A stranger replied Madame Mon
leone: but yet remember you are
eldest child of Lord Lynne. and
my instinct tells me truly, you will
his best beloved daughter. He 10
your mother as those calm. cold E
lish seldom love. | have sent to
today to say that ! am dying,
that you must return to him."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-03

were dosed regularly with 500 grams a
week and there was hardly man in
the field who did not take the drug At
one time or another. Fully one-third
OF the entire quinine supply Of the
world is consumed in the United
States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-03
PROOF TO THE CONTRARY.

do you believe Charley really asked
her to marry him.
as she engaged to him"
NO
seThen he didn't"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-03

"Going to the country, old man?'
"Great Scott, no? It's zoo hot. And
you? Are you going to remain in the
city any length Of timer"
"Well, I should say not. It's too
hot"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-20
Renennber:::::::

We sell for small Cash Payments, 6 per
cent. on deferred payments. Call at
the office and get information, and see
the property.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
Citizens Of Wait-a-Whi,e.

A curious dispute has just been set
tied in New South Wales. On the rail-
way between Berrigan and Finley
there is station named Wait-a-
While. The railway authorities in
Sydney have long regarded this appel
lation of depot on such a busting
route as the Finley line as satire on
their operations. and they intimated
to the residents of the district a de-
sire to alter the name to Hurry-on-
There" "One-Side-Please." or some
other phrase pregnant with up-to-date
railway life and movement.
This radical proposal resulted in
violent protests from the residents at
Wait-aWhile, who said that the name
had been good enough for their IA
theirs and for them, and that it would
have to suit the railroad magnates
way up in Sydney. The parties have
been in severe conflict for some time
but ultimately the commissioners have
given way and the romantic cognomen
will stand. -Westminster Gazette.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
Life on q Tornedn Roaf.

So Injurious Is life on a torpedo boat
that a years continuous service will
mentally and physically incapacitate a
man. This assertion is made on the
authority of Lord Charles Beresford.
but that the strain on any one serving
on these craft is very great is shown by
the fact that to one months service
the British naval regulations allow one
week off. Austria is endeavoring to
mitigate the hardship of service on
these boats, and life on one built for
the Austrian navy and tried on the
Thames recently was demonstrated to
be pleasanter than on those Of the
English navy.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
THE MISADVENTURE.

II IS said that Arnold Preston and
Mary Culliford, though the happiest
and most devoted Of MARI couples,
became engaged by misadventure. 1
have the story on the excellent author
fly of one of Preston's most intimate
friends, to whom it was related as
special secret. 1t came TO my ears,
though--but that is the way of secrets.
From his earliest days Preston was
favorite with the ladies. There must
have been something feminine in his
nature that made him completer man
than most of u.s. AS girl, from whom
/ sought an explanation of the mys-
terry, once said to me: He seems 10
understand you So"
Living very much with his emotions,
he was destined to reap considerable
trouble from affairs of the heart. AL
the period of life when calf-love at
tacks boy or the man he imaglnes
himself to be, Preston was never IN
love with the same girl for more than
@ week at a time. There were no
Quests of Golden Curls or Pursuits
OF Well-Beloveds in those days 10 hold
up the mirror TO his state OF mind or
tArnish him with palliation or excuse.
His sole desire was to cling for life
% the rock of single stable affection,
and be all that a steadfast lover should
be- Alas! the shifting sands of in
terest were ever hurrying him in a new
direction. A look from a pair of bluer
eyes, a smile from roster lips, and he
was again adrift at the mercy OF those
shifting currents, his inconstant feel
ings. 1t was a serious trouble to him.
But one day the star of his destined
love did appear to him. He had not
read Maeterlinck, but that is how, de-
riding plagiarism, he would have phras-
ed it. Fixed in the heaven of his love
she shone for three whole months with
unvarying brilliancy; the duration of
time was alone quite sufficient to prove
the success of his quest.
But that was not the only proof.
Never had his feelings known such
disturbance. He was stirred to the
center of his being, her mere presence
reducing him to a condition Of palpi-
tating nerves. He lost all sense OF
humor, which was serious, and preach
ed the gospel of intensity as the one
means of converting existence into life.
He knew nothing, morning, noon, or
night, but that one fact of his love
his private, personal love, blazoned
across heaven and earth. Men and an
gels were called upon to listen TO the
story of Arnold Preston's passion for
Agnes Simpson.
There was one drawback, however.
He had sorrowfully to admit that his
love was not reciprocated The direct
question had not been put, but intui-
tion told him SO. There was no flame
in her eyes like unto his, and she was
still able to start the most ordinary
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09

topics of conversation. A remark on
the weather. for instance, did not ap-
pear to her ears the rank sacrilege that
1t did TO his, tingling with celestial
music. For long time he comforted
himself with the reflection that his in
come of love was sufficient for two
though the process of halving he would
fain attempt was not an easy one How
to set about it?
In his perplexity Preston did the
very worst thing possible; he consult
ed another girl. Now every one vers-
ed in the sex knows the insanity of
that proceeding. But Preston in con-
fessional mood saw nothing but the
necessity of relieving his mind
AS the recipient OF his trouble he
chose Mary Culliford, his Oldest girl
friend. He had run races with her
when in short frocks-the girl, | mean.
He had grown up side by side with her,
and knew her with an intimacy that
rendered ridiculous any notion of ro-
nance between them. A plain, matter
of-fact girl, she would look at the af-
fair in common-sense light, and give
him golden advice. He could talk
to her as to sister. Yet even Pres
toms knowledge Of her sex had limita-
lions. for this is what happened.
He called for her one Saturday af-
ternoon, when he had put Office work
away from him and was free to live
until Monday morning the unhamper-
ed life of the sentiments. 1t was a
glorious day. and she made no demul
to a walk.
They wended their way to park
not unknown to North Londoners
whose natural loneliness the county
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
Value of an Ear.

A person who has totally lost the
sense of hearing in one ear, although
he may imagine that the defect is of
little consequence, can not locate the
direction Of a sound, to save his life,
even when the center Of disturbance Is
quite near him.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
No Long Wait.

Molly-Would you marry rich man
If he was old enough to be your ia
Their? Dolly-No, indeed. l wouldn't
think of marrying him unless he was
old enough to be my grandfather
New York Journal
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
The Chief He Knew About.

did you hear what that urchin said
when his Sunday school teacher asked
him what is mans chief end?" mo.
What did he say?" "'Bein' scalped by
an Injun Life.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09

Time improves everything hut wo-
men: they. Of course, have been per.
feet from the beginning.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09

The cents In your pockets will pur
chase more than the dollars some one
owes you.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
CALIFORNIA DC SYRUP 60.

The average man seems to use his
liS body.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09

Even the slow watch tinker may
make good time.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
iealth for Ten Cents

Cascarets make bowels and kidneys act
naturally, destroy microbes, cure headache,
billiousness and constipation. All druggists.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09

one reason why Cain was not good
con was because he wasn't Abel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09

Silver plated Napkin Ring. free 70
saving - Diamond &C. Soap wraI
perS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
Now is the Time to Subscribe.
The Boston Globes Opinion of the
Ledger MONTHLY.

For the money 90 cts. n year. no
brighter periodical than the ledger
Monthly is printed in English. This
wide-awake publication is certainly
worthy of classification with the month
lies at many times the price. One has to
rub ones eyes and look twice TO see
Fifty Cents a Yearw The ledger
Monthly is brimful of suggestions for
every member, young or old, of the great
public's greater family.-BostOR Globe
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
FACTS

The rop|
numbered
Wholly uAe
At Z roy
Oec,0O0 pan
this count1
The Wori||
is 39coC 4
before the
The wor1
duca and 4
900 tons OF
There Isl
lords VINO
Of Victoria
field has bd
and the I'd
For d les
sage "N0
smaiieS' va
uis'"'
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
The EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

is due not only TO the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only, and we wish 10 impress upon
all the importanc. OF purchasing the
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by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
only, knowledge OF that fact will
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FoRNIA FIG SYIuP Co. with the medi-
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given TO millions OF families, makes
the name of the Company q guaranty
Of the excellence OF its remedy. 1t is
far in advance ot AL other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and :. does not grippe nor
nauseate. In orderto get its beneficial
effects, please remember The name of
the Company
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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1899-02-16

The outlook for the success Of the
Louisiana Industrial Fair. which will be
held at the FAIR Grounds in New Or
leans from May 9Th to May 31st 1899, IA
very promising. Large Quantities OF
space have already been applied for
and allotted to the principal local mer-
chants and there remains considerable
number more to be acied upon by the
cOmnitte having the matter In charge.
II IL now an assured fact that there will
be nightly presentation Of an elabOr-
ate pyIotechnic display of the cele.
bsated sinking OF the collier Merrimae.
Ia the narrow entrance to Santiago Har-
Dor ana the running fight made by Ter
vera's fleet In it's attempt to, escape from
the blockading squadron at santiago.
The plans for the building are, recelv-
ing the finishing touches and work npOn
the construction will be commenced I'M
mediately after the close OF the winter
racing meet now In progress at the Fair
Grountis where the Industrial Fair is TO
be held. Another of the features of the
fair will be UNIQUE representation Of the
Midway Plaieance shown for the FIRST
time al the Worlds Fair. The railroad
INTERESTS Of the city are formulating
plans for the bringing to New Orleans
OF large excursion parties from various
sections OF the Southern States and they
are confident Of attracting large crowds.
90 the night preceding the opening
OF the fair there will be rendered ut the
Tulane Theatre drama by New Or
leans PLAYWRIGHT and presented bv New
Orleans aFtIsts Of whom the city Is just
~ proud. The annual resources OF
Louisiana will be fittinglv exhibited
during The fair, large space having been
allotted for the special exposition Of her
products.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1899-02-16
Sheriff 8 Sale.


Mrs. Eliza Paulet aud Husband Va.
Charles Pau'et.
10Th District Court, Parish Of .Natchl.
toches-NO. 1922.
By virtue OF writ OF seizure ard sale
issued 10 the above entitled and num-
bered cause and to me directed, have
seized and will offer for sale at public
auction at the principal front door OF
the courthouse In the town Of NatchI-
tOches. at II o clock noon on
SATURDAY, March 18th. 1899,
The following described property to-
wit:
All of section nine; NJ oESEL and
) Wa sec. 10; VIZ Of VIZ sec. 81; SO
of n = and s y Of sec. ~; all of sec. SO
and VIZ and VIZ of N E11 Of sec. s..
all in Township Range 6.
All 4 sec. 35; So OF sec. 81; So of
20, all in Township z. Range Z.
s E1 and WTOf N Ell sec. !, Y 10
K. 8; s VIZ Of sec. 80, I. IL. r. Z, con-
tanning 1882 acres. more or less.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to APP
praisement.
Feb Q Sheriff,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1899-02-16
Judge Blamchard's Presence of
Mind.

Judge Blanchard of the State Supreme
Court. came verv near being. run down
and killed by street car In New Or
leans the other day. but saved himself
by wonderful exhibition OF presence
Of mind and quick decision. The story
Is told by the Plcayunes Telephone
Hello man as follows:
SIS that the Hello MANI"
"Yes, let's hear your trou 'les."
just wanted to cali your Attention to
the wonderful presence OF mind exhIb-
tied by Justice Blanchard this morning.
He was crossing Canal street and was
evidently deep IN thought when he step
pedsupOn that narrow, lmprovlSed track
on the lower eide that is being used by
the road construction tram. Some one
yelled Look out look out!' and when
the dispenser OF supreme Justice turned
to look, the approaching tram of cars,
which couIn not be STONED on the slip
perry track, was dit@yTssssoen him.
Everyone of the bys'andNrs was sure
that the jpstiCe would be throxn down
and crushed to death. when he, coolly
reached up, and catching The top Of the
car with one hand. jumped upon mar
row ledge that projected no more than
an inch at the bottom and rode to the
crossing where ne quickly jumped off as
if nothing had happened. The excited
crowd were reicaved Of their awful sus-
pense. and theyigave vent to their penl-
up feelings in loud cheer. Justice
Blanchard bowed his acknOwied gments
to this manifestation of delight at his
safety, the result of bis own marvellous
p0OInpSS and nuipknoSe NJ do,icinp and
proceeded down Royal street in man
ner that would Indicate that reaching a
correct decision in case Of that kind
was mere trlfie when compared with
the cases that come before the tribunal
of which he is an able and honored
member"