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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

Latin countries, and is to be found in the
United States, too, when one turns to the
legal festivals of Louisiana. There is the
holiday on January s, commemorating the
Battle of New Orleans; the Mardi Gras
on March 2, in New Orleans; Confederate
Memorial Day in April; Good Friday, all
Saints Day, Election Day Louisiana
Labor Day on November %, and Thanks
giving and Christmas Days. Florida and
other Southern States celebrate the birth
day of Jefferson Davis; Texas, the ami
Alabama, the day of Mardi Gras. De-
Quoting the Sundays and holidays the
number of working days in the United
In Russia there are 267 working days;
Great Britain has 27S; Portugal, 2S3; Spain,
29O; Austria, 292; Italy, 29S; Bavaria,
France. Norway, Saxony, Switzerland and
Wurtemburg, 302 each; Sweden, 3O4 Prus-
STA and Ireland, 305; the Netherlands, 308;
Hungary, 312.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

During the month Of January British
trade in China increased to a remarka BILE
extent. the exporting houses doing bust
ness greater than had been done during
the whole year of 1898.
Lord Charles Beresford comes to this
country on a secret mission. If he were
a naval officer it might be said that he
puts to sea under sealed orders. He brings
with him voluminous papers, all of which
are to be read to the President
HIS MISSION HERE TWO-FOLD.
He comes first to obtain cooperation
in the trade policy for which he visited
China.
He comes secondly to ascertain the
feeling of the United States toward Rus
STA.
Both of these missions are included
in the effort which he will make for
the Anglo.American alliance, now so close
to the British heart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

For at each of his national calls he sees
a strange people and land Of strange
customs.
Lord Charles Beresford, England's
most famous diplomat and arbitrator of
foreign policy left England last fall to
go to China and Russia. His avowed
mission was the promotion of foreign in
terests in China. He wished to secure
for the British people a better protection
of British interests in the Orient. But
those who were very wise declared that
the mission was more of Russian one
real object in sending Lord Charles Beres-
ford to the Orient was to ascertain the
real strength of Russia's navy and to
probe the more or less peaceful intentions
of his Majesty, the Car.
HIS WORK IN CHINA.
It is significant to state that while
Lord Beresfcrd was In China very
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23
THE EIFFEL TOWER.

The Eiffel Tower will again be fea-
IRE and on the slope across the river the
IrUcaderO is 10 be again-as it has been
since 1S67-the scene of the concerts and
little shows Those who visited the show
of 1889 will doubtless recall the spot on
the outskirts of the Champ de Mars,
where the "side-shows'' bloomed and
caught the spare francs. y few of them
still remain and have been galvanized in
to a new activity while there is ample
promise of many more being added to the
number.
The most notable progress has been
made in the SubWayS which are to bring
the Orleans Railway to the entrance to
the exhibition grounds. But of the score
or more of minor projects there has as yet
been nothing done beyond outlining them
in prospectuses. Among these may be
noted an Eighteenth Century English
country house,a medieval German house,
an Indian pavilion with a HindoO village,
an aquarium, a street after the Mont
marie style great telescope, and a re-
markable glass house.
The plans for the building at the en-
trance to the exposition have been on
view here for some time. It is to be a
truly wonderful structure, but is lacking
in dignity One of it's features is the pro-
vision Of over a hundred different pas
sageways leading up to the entrance, each
being supplied with a turnstile
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

All Paris or, to be more accurate, all
of Paris cor IT cted with the exposition, is
in the American Commissioner
Generals staff and its apartment on the
Avenue Rapp, for which rental of u,SOU
francs year is paid. The English eN-
position office is a modest little apart
ment, which only costs 1,45O francs a
year. England has only one resident
agent however with a secretary, while
the staff in the Avenue Rapp comprises
twenty persons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

distance, as far as a ray of light could
be thrown, which with the new search
lights is several miles.
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT..
The Austrian War Department recent
Iy became interested in the bomb inven-
ton, and commissioned the inventor to
make experiments with it in Austria.
A bomb was thrown by means OF
Szczepanik's apparatus and exploded over
a ship in the harbor. The results were
so disastrous that the ship was blown
to pieces and Immediately sunk.
The apparatus, according to report, is
so arranged that at the moment the bomb
is fired the rays of light are turned upon
it, but not, however, so quickly but that
the bomb has time to reach it's destina-
ton AS it is in mid-air it explodes and
wrecks the enemy.
1t is explained that it is not so much
the power Of the light ray which eX-
pIodes the bomb as the contrivance within
the bomb itself, which has a recipient
quality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

It is all a little vague, for the inventor
keeps the apparatus so secret that even
those who witnessed the experiment could
not explain it, They only knew that
bomb was fired from a standard and at
almost the same momep>. a powerful ray
OF light shot out acros, the water. strik-
ing the bomb, which exploded instantly.
Upon the water, for the purpose of ex-
perimenting, laye az old vessel, unsea-
worthy, but able to float. The inventor
previously announced that he would shat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23
AElR|A'S MARVELLOUS
NEV WAR BOMB.
1t Is Patented Bomb Exploded by Ray
of Light, Which Is Thrown Upon
It in Wid-Air.

ter the vessel with the bomb, and he did
so, sending it's sails and rigging flying into
the air with pieces Of wood and metal
Within fifteen minutes the vessel had
sunk, and lay submerged with piece of
the rigging sticking out of the water be-
fore their eyes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23
a DIPLOMATS ROYAL WELCOME.
LORD Charles BereSford IS on His Way to
Washington With Mission.

Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
enters the United States by its Western
gate. He sailed from Japan and the far
East late last month and he will see
the Golden Gate as his first glimpse of
America.
The destination of his lordship is
Washington, and in order to reach the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

great change took place in the affairs of
the Emperor of China. The British Min
lister notified the Dowager Empress that
she must release the Emperor and give
the control of matters into the cor
rect hands, or Great Britain would COM
pei her to do so.
1t is understood that Lord Beresford
sympathized very deeply with the poor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

Capital of the country he must travel
overland in one of our magnificent cars
and gradually come into the presence of
our Chief Executive.
To such a globe trotter as Lord
Charles Beresford the experience of Wis
iting new country must be novel one
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

little abused Chinese Emperor and that
he vigorously opposed the Dowager En-
press It is certain that he made an
creased security for foreign trade in
China And that he obtained that which
he sought.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23
RAPID WORK ON TIE
EXPOSlTlON GROUNDS
All the World Expects to Go to Paris In
1900, and Pors Says It Will Be
Ready for US.

des Machines, built for the exposition Of
1889 is reegated to the place of holding the
minor exhibits in 1900 and also an audito-
rum capable of seating $4,000 is to be ar
ranged within its walls
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

LORD BERESFORD
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

THE ONLY POINT ABOVE WATER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

cap In lieu Of crown. The boys name IS
Claude Mar .in-Cigues d'Albon; but ne PREFERS
to be known as Claude ILL., Roi dfyetot' his
right is admitted by HoZier. Borel d HauterlNe'
and the other recorders OF the French peerase.
His father the Marquis dAlbon. was formerly
heir Of Yyetot but resigned the honor In FAVOR
of his son.
The chronicle Of this miniature monarchy anu
its kings is quaint and curious. But ilrst IL"
words on the Yvetot of to-day.
The parsh-it is a kingdom no longer. uniess
Claude III succeeds in making good his claim
lies among the orchards of Normandy. a Few
miles from Rouen. on the road to Havre' me
village Of Yvetot is not busy place. Ii CONSISTS
of a single street, nearly two miles and a nan
long The old wooden houses are bulIt PCT,
uresquely enough with great crossed beams anu
projecting roofs. The ancient chateau OF tne
kings was destroyed by the revolutionists III
1893 At present the population numbers about
$500 souls. During the days OF It's royay "
could boast of scarcely 900 inhabitants.
A curious fact about Yvetot is that il possesses
absolutely no water supply OF its own me pdl
rem plains OF CauX, upon which IL Hes, are uvS-
tltute OF springs and tradition hath II that the
first king chose the site of his realm there W
cause Of the excellent excuse aHorded iof w
exclusive drinking of wine. Even to-day wa'er
has TO be imported from neighboring parishes
Rega riding the origin of the Kingdom OF fNetol
French archspologists are at odds Some hid-
tain that the independence of the hef was C"
ferred by the Pope for valorous deeds dohe u,
Palestine; others maintain that the ahcens
kinge were freebooters who took advantage y.
the constant struggles in France to form sort
OF eleventh century "buner state pu' haa
amusing Norman tradition, and one tha' ""
elements OF probability is as follows lam,
one Ansfred surnamed "le Drole, accom-
papied his lege lord, William the Cohquei',
TO England in 1865 Ansfred was spee'e' -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

was flung after Male through the window. Then
the others rushed all at once, and Blunt, Trew-
bella, Williams. Penhall, the Quarter Bloke and
PolglaZe himself were all in one great heap on
the floor, fighting. struggling, punching. kick
ing almost biting. Then Polglaze shook himself
free. Blunt lay still on the ground. stunned, hav-
ing hit his head against something something
having hit his head Trewhella, Williams and
Penhall gathered themselves together in a semi
circle ready for another rush. PogaZe got his
back to the counter ready for them. The Can
teen Sergeant slowly rose up from behind the
counter with the pot which PolglaZe had flung
at him in his hand He raised il up to strike at
the back OF the madman's head but the latter
heard the buttons OF the serge catch against the
counter and, turning quickly, caught the Can
teen Sergeant well on the point of the jaw and
sent him down sharp as rockies piled arms
Then Trewhella, Williams and Penha sprang
at him, and they all four rolled around on the
floor locked in each others arms. They fell
apart again. breathing hard and getting up their
strength for another struggle The crash came
once more. Polglaze, getting his great arms
around the three of them, flung them clean out
OF the window onto the gravel below
Then he turned his attention to the Canteen
Sergeant, who lay like log He dragged the
senseless body from behind the bar. and said to
IT: Fed smash [ back Of my head in with q
pot. would zee? I'm a-goin t smash your face
in with N
"He deliberately fetched the pot from the floor
of the bar. where II had fallen, lifted the body on
the billiard table, drew up a chair and sat down
lingering the pewter pot lovingly. Then he
heard noise at the door behind him. Without
turning round he said Go home: I'll smash 4
skull Of any man I comes in here
Suddenly he felt the pot jerked violently out
OF his hands He turned round and looked up.
1t was Kitty, the Canteen Sergeants daughter
q girl about understood as Polglaze was over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

froq's marching Pengelly, II he had consulted
his own wishes and had not been so ANXIOUS 10
follow the opinion % an irresponsible ranker
Penpelly would still have been alive with that
on his mind PolglaZe sat in the mess and drank
steadily from o'clock In the afternoon tll .,
He was trying to drown his grief; but he could
not do So At 6 o'clock he rose from MS seat anu
went to the sergeant at the bar.
"'Gimme boil whiskey.'
ct wouldn't have any more, PoigiaZe' Ell was
you
"'Gimme Dol whiskey. he repeated:
ICED better get TO quarters. rake II hoihe'
Male Cocoon,
"'Come along, Polglaze,' said Color Sergeans
Male. ''Ee've had 'nough t. get into zee tongue
already Before long ETH work into ee Iaiso
maybe in time, into zee thick head
"PolglaZe knew nothing of what he was DOING
His ewes gared his chest heaved, his NOUN
foamed. He caught Male around the waist anu II
threw him clean out of the window. lie
snatched I'D a pint pot and threw ii at the can
teen Sergeant who ducked behind the BAR Inc
pot knocked down a row or bottles winch
smashed and clashed on the floor Then began
a slaughter grim and great. Pennack, Bunt'
Trewhella and williams. who were all sergcants;
INV father Sergeant Major Harding; the 'Boke,
Penhall, the Quarter Bloke,' saw what was up
The others looked at my father for orders. lie
gave a glance around to see if they were ready
Then in his finest parade voice, which had ter
riied every sergeant, and most OF the ofhcers,
too. in their subaltern days, he shouted:
"Now!
Zone and Alp they jumped at PoglaZe MY
father was as usual a little to the front the
Twenty-Five sumner caught him up and hung
him through the door not hurting him much'
but damaging the door a good deal Pennack
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

sized She was little fair thing. with sharp
nose and chin and with thin lips.
"Go home ded zee say, Sergeant folsia.e'
said she. ZEE ought t be 'shamed OF eeseif 10
snake or look at me, after what eeVe oone'
Pick up my vaither. Ala
"Polglaze stared at her in dazed way ana ala
not move. She stamped her foot.
"'Pick up my vaither.'
"Polglaze took the man tenderly In his arms
"'Carry n L quarters
"Polglaze carried him.
Put n abed.
"Polglaze put him on the bed
"'Gaw an fetch the DOCTOR
"Polglaze fetched the doctor.
"'Now, Sergeant Polglaze, just gaw t quarters
an gaw t bed 'eesef. an dun't zee dare t get
out'n ct tell to-morrow's rouse Eff vaither DO
die ri have zee hanged. II do live I'll give zee
such dressin' down TIL my tongue, t cell be
sorry zee wasn't hanged.
Die? OF course not. Canteen Sergeant was
Truro man. and down to Truro they've heads as
hard as the quartz.
But when was up to London got to Water
loo Station little after O'Clock. / went down
the steps into big tunnel. and hearing noise
up toward the ceiling, l looked up, and there
form with red facngs and a little gray forage
cap, something between a cavalrymans and
pork pie.
Whatever clothes have zee got on? asked l.
"'Reg' mental uniform said PolglaZe
What re'ment|
"'Hundred an thirtieth Middlesex I'm drill
to Saturday astronomers, an I've just come
from seem n do class
Have zee fallen SO low? Lift me up an let
me whisper in zee I'm dom the same. But
how are zee, then?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

Brave, thank zee. Here's my wife. He do
know She
Il looked down, and, hanging on his arm, was
the Canteen Sergeants girl.
" How be zee" said she. Ties Sergeant Hard
in now, esn't ct?
ISIS, sure, Mrs. PoglaZe,' said l. But
dednt know zee were married.
"'Us just fell in love thiccy night threw zee
vaither out O. door, an tried Z kill mine tn
pewter pot was so big an strong, couldn't
help lovin' m
" An her braved me when no man would an
l couldn't help iovin' her Her always comes t
meet me from shootn' just t keep me in order,
an out o. mischief
:" A wants power OF lot OF keepin' in order.
Her eyes and his both looked love. But her
thin lips got thinner, and her sharp nose got
sharper. They devoted to each other. But
do think fivestone gets the better of twenty
two"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
THE KINGDOM OF YVETOT.
IT'S ROMANTIC HISTORY AND THE PRES
ENT CLAIMANT TO ITS THRONE.

IT'S ROMANTIC HISTORY AND THE PRES
ENT CLAIMANT TO ITS THRONE.
From Black and White.
ii etait un roi d'Yvetot
Peu connu dams Phistolre;
Sc levant tard, Sc couchant tot
Dormant fort bien sans gloire.
Eft, couronne par Jeanneton
Dun simple bonnet de cotton.
Dit-ton, 4
Oh! Oh! Oh!-Ah, All! All!
Quel bon petit roi c'etait la,
La! La! -(Beranger.
tenders; but few people are aware that there Is
an existing heir to the throne OF Yvetot.
Few indeed, know that there ever was
throne of Yvetot, the common impression being
that the Kingdom Of that name was pleasant
fable invented by the poets so that Beranger,
Thackeray and host Of others might weave
merry ballads thereabout
And yet Yvetot was as genuine n Kingdom as
San Marine is a republic or Monaco principal
ity While the kings Of France may have re-
garded its existence as huge joke, yet tney
confirmed its independence from reign TO reign
The monarchs ruled supreme in their tiny DO
minions for at least five hundred years-that Is
irrefutabe history. Tradition and family record
give them three hundred years more OF SOW
ereignty-making the creation Of the Kingdom
coterminous with the Norman conquest OF Eng
land old enough in all conscience
At the present moment there is a little boy In
Paris who claims to be King OF fvetot-heir OF
that happy potentate who wore cotton night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
A CATFISH IN A FIX.
rom Forest and Stream.

From Forest and Stream.
Last summer while seinng | caught a cat
fish that was literally starving with food i'm his
mouth. He had attempted to swallow smaller
catfish. but its fins had caught in his mouth
and pierced through both sides. Nearly all
but the head had been dgcsted l think this
is going Tantaus better
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
THE BISHOP WOULD NAVE GOT MORE.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
sermon for a certain mission was preached
at a church in the Midlands. and 1t so happened
that the preacher was Bishop woman put
half crown into the plate held at the door OF
the church. and then impressively whispered to
the plate holder, III had known the preacher
was to be Bishop / should have brought
mere"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.
Rv John Ottwen.

BY John OttWeII.
Iifa like q conflict family seen afar.
Thi,,s lilo tho doubtful destinies OF war;
OFT as | scanned it. ever it appeared .,
Worse than hoped but better than ie"' e'
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-28

THE fight among the republican
bosses in Kansas, goes merrily on.
General Hudson sent special CORE
spondent down to Doniphan county to
write up story of the cases where
Leland and his man Friday on the
district bench, Stewart, sent o republi-
can editor to jail for fighting the gang
and have begun libel prosecutions
against Frank Elliott also, for the
purpose of harraslng and lntimtdating
the opposition The write-up WAS be-
tween three and four columns In
length, of decidedly peppery flavor,
and probably as truly libelious as the
articles on which suits were brought
Now all the Leland papers throughout
the State are denouncing the Capital
The News, which ordinarily is on the
silent side of every issue between re-
puhlicans, got in funnygraph last
week, saying that the next thing IIud
son would print to show the horrors
of bossism would be sworn state
ment from Pool Grinstead that h'
burned Leand's opera house. Th'
Kingman Leader Courier, Mort AL
bauVh's paper, takes up the cudgel in
column or so relative to the controversy
etc. Hudson was not misnamed wheI
he got the we'll known prefix, Fight
ing Joe" to his coEnomen. There ar
many things about him that are no
TO be liked, but at any rate he has tn
virtue of fighting in the open. He
no sneak. He will not foul, and b
will not take an unfair or dishonOrabl
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-28

In THE humble opinion Of one who
looks ut things through only bis nat
ural eyes and with no tip from the In
side, this is q time for business men 10
purchase sparingly and for every body
to keep conservatively close to shore In
financial transactions. Not only are
the matters of inflated credit usual un-
der the gold standard before depres-
sion at work, but u new element has
been introduced In the financial COM
pliCations of tho day by the unprece-
dented organization Of trusts during
the past year and half. Most OF the
plants taken into these combinations
we're taken at stuffed values and then
the whole capitalized at amounts
largely In excess Of the earning capac-
ity Of these industries, moDopolized as
they are and operated on the principle
Of what the traffic will bear, Those
promoters who have organized them
are not the ones holding the stocks.
The stocks and bonds have passed into
the, hands either of professional gam
blers In stocks, who buy them with
knowledge of risks and enter the trans
action as they would enter q poker
game, or Of small and inexperienced
holders. To the casual observer such
as this latter class IL might appear that
a trust formed to control whole pro-
duct, avoid competition and set their
own prices, besides economizing In pro-
duction would be the best and safest
possible investment. But 1t must be
remembered that there Is no more
limit under our laws TO be placed upon
the capitalization and the issue Of
bonds and the consequent piling up Of
fixed charges In a big trust corporation
than there is In a railroad or any other
kind. No matter to what tremendous
amount the profits aggregate, stocks
and bonds will DO issued until the in
terest charges ut a very low and mod
crate rate will eat them all up and
more, Consequently trust is as likely
to become insOlvent as any other cor
poration and then trouble comes IN
those IL owes. Thus the trouble
spreads, This sort of trouble has come
during the last few weeks in the East,
but by the assistance of u kind govern
ment and the most vigorous action of
the bankers It's spread was arrested
Meantime the organic Iton of new
trusts has apparently slackened,
Confidence in their securities has
become shaken. Something may
"drap"