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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
OLD-FASHIONED HOLLYHOCKS.

Good old-fashioned flower that seems
Linking Us to bygone dreams,
Calling back the days long gone
When our lives were in their dawn.
Other floral gems may bear
Softer tints of beauty rare,
But there's none that seems to talk
To us like the hollyhock.
Seems to lead us once again
To a farm house, old and plain,
Hid away among the trees,
And we hear the honey bees
Singing at their work, as they
Sip the hidden sweets away
From the flowers that line the walk
Swallowed by the hollyhock.
| Once again we see face
| Touched with sweet maternal grace
Bending o er the flowers she
Watched and cared for lovingly.
See a mother old and gray
Moving round in quiet way,
| White her venerable locks
AS the whitest hollyhocks.
And we see another there
At a neighbor farmhouse, fair
AS the sweetest flower that grew
Meath her watchful eye of blue.
See her fitting to and fro
In her gown of calico,
Rosy cheeks that seem to mock
Fen the crimson hollyhock.
| In the harvest time when we
Gathered for the annual spree
Grading down the ripened grain
Rolling like a billowy main.
| could see the winsome Kate
Watching US across the gate,
AS we piled the golden shocks
Just outside the hollyhocks.
There amid the flowers we
Sat one summer evening, she
Blushing as the rose to hear
What whispered in her ear.
There l crowned her as my queen
Meath the moonlight's silvery sheer
Placed upon her sunny locks
!, Just a wreath of hollyhocks.
Denver Pos
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
CONSTANT WATCHING NEEDED.
1t Is Not Safe to Leave Elephants
Alone All Night

The elephant men have to mind
their charges every hour of the day
and night. The bull" to use circus
slang, sleeps only about two hours and
often does that on his feet One fool
African elephant can't be taught
to do any thing and the commonest
saying about a show is that they are
not worth the hay they eat-has been
known to go three weeks without lying
down at all. The elephant is always
fidgeting about, always sWaying that
ridiculous trunk of his, which seems to
be cast in his brothers cast-off
breaches, always stirring up strife and
always picking at something with his
trunk. He might loosen his stake and
run wild. He must have something to
do to occupy his mind, and so bales Of
hay are always at hand to be doled out
to him. He must be always scolded
and talked to, and told to keep out Of
that or get back here, or come out
| where he can be seen. When he
| isn't being talked to he is being raped
on the nose with a bull hook" The
elephant has a temper that is as I'M
certain as the toss of a coin, the
cruelty of an Apache and the destruc-
tiveness of a tornado. Some wise and
kind-hearted men in New York who
couldn't bear to see poor bumb brute
suffer decreed that the bull hook
must not be used. They didn't have to
| be with the elephants all the time.
The men who did either hid the hook
part in their hands while the agents OF
| the Society for the Prevention OF
| Cruelty to Animals were around or dis
played broomsticks that would bring
an elephant to time about as soon as a
feather buster would stop a cyclone.
The bull hook is shaped like a boat
| hook. 1t has a straight point. This
is to jab in where the skin is tenderest
near the root OF the tail. 1t is a sight
we'll worth seeing to witness Patsy
Forepaugh (his name is Mears, but he
was with Addie Forepaugh so long that
people hardly know what his right
name isl get the elephants to bunt the
wagons up from the basement of the
boss of all the herd, a short, stocky
little man with a quick eye-he needs
it in his business sometimes
about his looks which says that if you
want to get into fight with him you
had better make your arrangements tc
spend about six months in a hospital
The workmen get the wagon
slowed around, so that it will go up the
inclined plane. Then they scatter like
trash before a broom. Here COILS
Patsy walking along with two ele'
plants, their attitude seeming to say
I'VE don't want to" while Patsy seems
to say: This one right here. All to-
gether now" They make curiou:
noises. They sometimes whine so tha
you can locate the very spot it come:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
YOUR HEALTH.
Some Homely Suggestions That May
Help You Save a Doctors Bill.

A hot water compress, just as hot as
you can bear it, is the very best thing
to stop a cut from bleeding.
Ordinary headaches almost always
yield to the simultaneous application
of hot water to the feet and back Of the
neck.
Nothing as promptly cuts short con,
gestion Of the lungs, sore throat OF
rheumatism as hot water when ap-
piled early in the case and thoroughly
1t is always proper to throw the head
back when the nose is bleeding, and a
piece of paper put between the upper
lip and the gum will stop the hem
orrhage.
Cutting corns only makes them grow
more. Soaking the feet and ruD~.n2
them with pumice stone is much -etter,
and if persisted in, say using twice a
week, will keep the feet in splendid
condition.
When a dose of unpleasant medicine
is necessary particularly with chill
dren, its disagreeable taste may be al
most wholly concealed if peppermint
cine. This is better plan than taking
something after the dose.
An agreeable method of changing the
atmosphere in an invalids room is to
pour some good eau de cologne into a
soup plate, and with a lighted match
set fire to it. The cologne will make a
pretty flame, and impart delightful,
IN nIn tn no oil
Hot water when taken freely half an
hour before bedtime is an excellent
catbartic in the case Of constipation,
while it has a soothing effect upon the
stomach and bowels. This treatment
c. .tinue6 few months, With addition
OF cup of hot water slowly slipped
half an hour before each meal, with
proper q, ntion to diet, will cure most
cases of dyspepsia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
The Modest of Perhaps the Richest Bank the World

this country it would be a tremen
dous boon to both the small investor
and the small borrower. The average
bank depends upon the operations Of
large capitalists for success, but the
Credit FOncier depends upon the null
titude, and as a result its resources
are more magnificent than those Of
any other bank in the world. 1t has
outstanding loans aggregating about
5000, 100000 francs, or S640,0O0,000. It's
reserve fund is close to 100000, 900
francs and it's capital or more than
ITO 100000 francs is intact.
It's great strength rests in the fact
that it's loans of $4,000 5000 francs are
all fixed at long terms, some of them
for rs years, thus assuring an ever
growing yearly profit. No scandal of
Importance has ever besmirched the
fame of the bank, a fact due in part to
the strict governmental supervision
exercised over it's affairs.
The system followed by the Credit
Foncier makes it actually nothing
more than a financial agent of the
| the borrower and the lender. On the
property of the former it advances
loans, and then it issues bonds, which
| it offers for sale to the other. The
| loans are made for periods varying
from ten to seventy-fve years, princ1-
pal and interest to be paid up in reg
ular installments. The bonds repre-
| rnrlX n
by the thrifty French people, and by
the wealthiest classes, too, but the
small investor holds the bulk of them
It is said that there are few families
of the humber class in France which
| do not possess one or more OF the
bonds They are regarded as absolute
ly safe, and the fact that the stability
of the Credit Foncier was not in the
least staggered by the two Or three
revolutions it has passed through is
one of the best evidences of its finan-
cia1 strength.
The system of loaning sums or
realty for a long term OF years is moi
original with France. Back in the
time of Frederick II. it fiourished in
Germany, and the financial genius Of
the great Wo1owski was the first to ap
preciate it's immense power. He i
was who introduced it in France, and
like other radical innovations, it tool
considerable time to prepare the PEG
pie and the government for its recep
ton.
In a series of publications, in 1888
he first began to exploit the theory o
a Credit Foncier, but it was not unit
1916 that he obtained from the gov
eminent call for a congress of jur
lists, investors and agriculturists t.
study the proposition. The first de
alterations of the congress were OIL
the questions of assuring the credit o
the loaner and giving to his credi
such a mobility that it could easil.
be subdivided and transmitted with
out risk or expense. These beinl
found thoroughly feasible, the interes
of the public was slowly aroused il
, the project, and the new bank wa
about to become a reality when tn
revolution Of 1S4S upset everything TO
, the time being.
. This revolution was peculiar from
l all others because Of the numerou
sham financial schemes advanced b
visionary reformers, who promised
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
ARISTOCRATS IN TRADE.
Many of England's Nobility Are En-
gagged in Business.

The Duke of Northumberland, the
heir of all the Percys, with a direct
descent from one of Williams Is ia
vorites, has reputation for excellent
butter, and the ducal brand is in great
demand within a radius of many miles
from Lyon House, Brentford.
The most noble the Marquis of Ripon
has an ideal dairy at his seat, Studley
Royal; and its products, yellow butter
and delicious cream, are sold in two
dairy shops, one in Leeds and the
other at Ripon.
Another marquis still better known
in the world of trade is Lord London
derry, whose coal is as unimpeachable
as his family escutcheon. Time was
when the Earl of Hardwicke, as Wis
count Royalston, was a cigar mer-
chant He has now transferred mis-
energies to Cane Court and is half
stock broker and half newspaper
owner.
The Earl of Harrington supplements
his income by the profits of a green
grocery shop at Charing Cross, tc
which the fruits and vegetables grown
at his Derby seat, Elvaston Castle, fine
their way.
The Earl of Ranfurly has for many
years been an active and successful
fruit grower at Moldura, Victoria. Hi:
farm there is the envy and pride of til:
fruit colony, and its condition is dut
very largely to the earl's own persona
work on it.
The seventeenth Earl of Caithnes
has been literally nursed as a farmer
and is prouder of his American ranch
covering over twenty square miles, tn
fruit of his years of hard work, than o
his earl's coronet
The last Earl of Seafe1d was a bailii
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
SUGAR FOR MUSCLE.
1t Aids in Supplying Strength for an
Emergency.

For those not accustomed to severe
muscular exertion, who are suddenly
called upon for much more than the
usual exercise, as in camping and
hunting trips, the value Of sugar as an
accessory food is not generally ap-
preciated. Physiological experiments
have shown that dogs to whom sugar
is fed in addition to other food bear
up much longer under severe con-
tinuous muscular work, as in a tread
mill, than those not so fed. Sugar
is more promptly taken up and utilized
under such conditions than anything
else.
To one whose digestive organs are
in proper training for digesting and
absorbing the requisite quantity OF
food for severe work, the extra sugar
is not necessary. But to the profes-
sional man, who breaks off sharply
from his Office work and begins tc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
THEIR LUXURIOUS STABLES.
Automobile Hasn't Killed New York
Societys Love for Fine Horses.

There is no reason to believe that
with the rise of the motor carriage So
ciety will lose one iota of its affec-
ton for the snowy, housekeeping,
sWift-traveling horse. In proof of
this the stables of some of our met
ropolitan Midases are yearly growing
larger and more luxurious, and the
rivalry to possess the finest horse Of
its class is as keen as ever. There is
not a better instance of the grip horse
flesh has on the New York affections
than the establishment of Mr.. John
T. Williams. This rich man has a
taste for fine roadsters to drive in his
dozen and one vehicles, and has col
lected exactly "a matched bays, and
houses them quite as sumptuOusly in
his Stamford stables as does Emperor
William. The finest stableful of polo
ponies, and it is a string of some %,
is owned by the Vingut brothers, who
are the smartest gentlemen lockers of
the Long Island horse loving set. One
of these young men, Harry Vingut,
is a remarkable rider. He has carried
his horses about quite as much AS Fox
hall Keen, playing polo matches in
England and '"dia, and even Australia,
and he is qulce Unfortunately proud OF
the fact that with the exception of his
spinal column every bone in his body
has been broken at least once in the
horsey cause.
The chief aim, however, of the
wealthy New Yorker is to own some
conspicuously fine pair Of carriage
horses, and for a carriage pair the de-
cision always wayers, on Fifth avenue
and Bellevue avenue, between the
merits of Hooker, Hammersley's and
Mrs. Ogden Mills victoria horses. Alb
solutely nobody disputes, however
the superiority of Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt's single brougham horse over
all others. Her fayorite is always q
huge buckskin, invariably harnessed tc
claret-colored brougham, lined with
claret red silk inside showing rec
running gear, and her own cOachman
Charles, and the groom, in claret
liveries. Though the Cornelius Wander
bits make little bother about it, their
stables shelter some Of the costlies
and most thoroughbred equines in the
states, and it requires 16 men to do t9lt
horses justice. Among the wome1
Mrs Borden Hartman possesses the
noblest string of hunters, for she is {
perfectly fearless amazon in The
saddle. Mrs. Regis Post owns The
most faultless pair Of Arabs, sired b!
Gen. Grants famous Arab, and Mis-:
Virginia Coudert and Miss Lila Sloar
are the two most skillful four-in-han(
drivers of the feminine persuasion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
UNIQUE FLOORING IN LONDON.

An interesting feature of the London
Coal Exchange is it's floor. 1t is con-
structed Of inlaid wood, arranged so as
to represent the mariners compass.
Woods of many kinds went to the maxi
ing of the pavement, among them be-
ing black ebony, English oak of vari-
Gus hues, white holly, elm (both Eng
lish and American), red and white wal
nut and mulberry. Some of the slabs
of wood, of which there are altogether
4,000 have interesting historical asso-
Citations. One piece, forming the haft
of the dagger represented in the city
corporation arms, is portion of a tree
planted by Peter the Great when he
worked as a shipwright at Deptford.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
THE CREDIT FONCIER
FIELD FOR A SIMILAR INSTITU-
TON IN THIS COUNTRY.
GREAT FRENCH BANK
Work by Its Promoters to Secure
Governmental Consent-Now in
Many Ways the Most Remarkable
Bank in the World.

The proposition made by New York
capitalists to organize a financial in
stitution for the ultimate control of
the farm mortgages Of the nation, at
about half the rate of interest now
charged to the agr1culturists Of the
west and south, attracts attention
anew to the famous Credit Foncier Of
France,
Judged by the record of the Credit
Foncier, if smaller bank could be sue
cessfully organized and operated in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26

and small farmer in New Zealand and
his successor, the young earl Of to-day,
is also engaged in industrial pursuits
at Oamaru.
The late Viscount Hampden, when
he was released from the eXacting post
of speaker of the house Of commons,
turned his attention to milk and but
ter, and his Glynde dairy was noted for
it's excellence.
Lord Rayleigh, the great scientist
and brother-in-iaw Of A. J. Balfour,
takes as much interest in milk as IN
argon and the doings Of the Royal So
ciety-New York Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26

coat; again, if done in crochet cotton,
it makes a desirable finish to night
dresses or childrens pinafores, While
in fine thread the pattern is elegant
enough to trim pretty blouse
or edge a pocket handkerchief. First
row-Make a chain of six stitches and
fasten in circle. In this circle work
three trebles, one chain. three trebles,
three chain, turn. Second rOW-SiX
trebles under last three chains of first
row, treble into one chain Of first row,
one chain, three treble into same chain,
one treble into first long chain of first
row, turn. Third row-Two chain,
three trebles into first chain Of last
row, one chain, three more trebles in
treble Of the shell of second row, one
chain, one treble in each Of the six
trebles of second row, or until there are
seven loops, turn. Fourth rOw-One
single crochet, three trebleS, one single
crochet into the last loop just made
which forms a little sc&siCp. Repeat
until there are six small scallops; then
three trebles into one chain of last
row, one chain, three more trebles
into same chain (this forms the head
ing), one treble into first one of second
chain Of last row, turn. Fifth row
Begin by working as in first row, but
of course not making the primary cir
Gle, the first chain of last row forms
the loop for three treble, one chain,
three treble going into, fastening the
last three chain into the last single
crochet of last small scallop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
TREES OF ENORMOUS SIZE.

The largest tree in the world is to be
seen at Mascali, near the foot of
Mount Etna, and is called ''the chest
nut tree OF a hundred horses" It's
name rose from the report that Queen
Jane of Aragon, with her principal
nobility. took refuge from a violent
storm under it's branches. The trunk
is 2O4 feet in circumference. The
largest tree in the United States, it is
said, stands near Bear creek, on the
north fork of the Tule river, in Cali
fornia 1t measures 40 feet in cir
conference. The giant redwood tree
in Nevada is 119 feet in circumference.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26

Nine. Bernhard is not only coming
to America next autumn, but she will
present among other plays La Samar-
itaine, written by Rostand, in which
she will impersonate the Virgin Mary
She will also play Hamlet here, in
which Coquelin, who is coming with
her, will play Polonius
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
SEEN AT A GLANCE.

This pretty lace edging may be
When worked with Berlin or Shetland
wool it may be adapted with equal eff
feet TO border a shaw or flannel petit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26

The illustration given herewith is
that of the statue erected IN Belfast as
a memorial of the record reign of her
majesty the queen. The statue, exc
cuted in the finest Sicilian marble
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26

Gossamer iron is SO thin that 1890
sheets of it are only an inch thick.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26

is II feet high. Her majesty is rep
resented in royal robes, holding the orb
in her left hand and the scepter in her
right Across her breast she wears the
Ribbon of the Garter, and the skirt Of
her dress is richly embroidered with
the rose, shamrock and thistle. The
pedestal is IA feet high, and Is execut-
ed in Irish limestone. It is richly
moulded and carved. The front is en-
riched with large bronze cartouch,
bearing the dates 1837-1897, and sus-
tanning sprays of leaves and olive
branches. On each side is a large
bronze figure, representing the spin
ming and shipbuilding industries, and
at the back in bronze, is child read
in front bears the inscription Of her
majesty's diamond jubilee message:-
From my heart l thank my beloved
people. May God bless them.-Victo-
ria R. and ]"
For small and lightly furnished
dining room such piece of furniture as
this would be found most convenient.
1t occupies so little space-space, too,
that is often unoccupied even in crowd
ed rooms. The value Of hanging cup
boards is only appreciated after one
has had experience Of their usefulness.
The shelves, inside, should be shaped
in front; some, for instance, being cut
well in, so that tall articles, such as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-06
Robbed the Grave

a startling incident of which Mr..
John Oliver, of Philadelp hia. was the
subject, is narrated by h!m as follows:
Il was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain contin-
ually in back and sides no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters, and to my great JOY
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided Improvement. l continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
a well man. l know they saved
my life, and robbed the grave of an
other victim" No one should fail to
try them. Only 80 cents per bottle
at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-06
ADJUSTMENTS.


Across the Trail was played by
the Van Dyke & Eaton company at
Harper's theatre last night and was
greatly enjoyed, as were the incl
dental specialties, by the audience.
The company's engagement continues
to and including Sunday night.
One of the features of Hotel Topsy
Turvy," which comes to the Burtis
opera house Sunday evening, Sept.
10, is the fact that the company num-
bers nearly sixty people, which is the
largest organization on the road
presenting real musical comedy.
Generally companies of this size are
management of Hotel Topsv Turvv"
makes no pretenses of giving comic
opera-it is a musical comedy of the
most up-to-date kind, by an immense
company of comedians and comedi-
ennes, accompanied by all the en-
beilishments usually found in a comic
opera organization, comprising
chorus, magnificent scenery, with
varied and gorgeous costumes.
Eddie Foy, so well and favorably
known here as the leading comedian
of the Henderson extravaganzas,
comes back to us as the principal fun
maker in Hotel Topsy Turvy,"
which comes to Wagner's opera house
Monday evening, Sept. IL. In other
cities the verdict has been unanimous
that Foy never had more congenial
part and that the audience is kept
laughing by the many
funny lines and situations, of which
Foy is the central figure.