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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-09

ships, which the government is bound
to take off the contractors hands as
soon as they are completed, to put
some ships out Of commission.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-09
GETS AT TER SCHLEY
SECRETARY LONG ON THE SAMP-
SON CONTROVERSY.
REVIEWS ENTIRE SQUABBLE

Head Of Navy Department Rather
Rubs 1t Into Schley-Says Admiral
in His Report DIDN'T Give All the
Facts-Captain Sigsbee Contradicts
Some of Schley's Statements.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-09
OF SWEEPING EFFECT
ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL
EVOLUTIONARY.
ARMY
NO STATE VOLUNTEERS

There Will Be Only United States Vol
unteers Who Will Be a Part of the
National Army Organization in Ac-
tive Seryice-President Will APP
point All Officers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-09
CHICAGO MARKETS.

The following table shows the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing prices
of produce Monday at Chicago:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-09

At McConnellsville, Ohio, w. P.
Sprague. ex-congressman, is d, ad from
blood poisoning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-09
KIPLING'S BABE DEAD
JOSEPHINE, SIX YEARS OLD, Sue
CUMBS TO PNEUMONIA.
THE POET ISN'T TOLD OFT

Sad Occurrence to Be Kept from Him
Until He Grows Stronger-Else.
His Other Child, Is Getting Along
Nicely-Remains Of Little One to
Be Buried in Vermont
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

/ ing back to life. / was kindly-oh, so
kindly waited upon by Mrs. SIZZLING
| and her daughter, but | was complete
ly bewildered. l could not remember
word of what l am telling you now.
| was constantly asking who l was,
and why | could not remember the
time before l was i'll. DR.. Sizzling told
me not TO trouble, and that everything
would come in time. Meanwhile my
name was the difficulty. l had NJ: l..
| marked on my clothes. which were
all new. ard. when DR.. Stelling found
me. had piece of paper in my pocket
on which | had written these words.
l have the paper here"
Il should like TO see it," said Mr..
Martineau eagerly, stretching out his
hand.
She handed to him sheet of note
paper. which had been crumpled and
then snioothed out again. On it was
written
oh, Cathie, they have left me ell
alone. Do tell me what | must DO. ]
can write no more. You know how
my head goes round. He said he would
come for me. You must answer this
directly, or | shall not know where tc
go. The woman frightens me; she says
they Will not come back.
MARGUERITE LILBOURNE."
The young man read it through an0
shook his head There was no date on
the letter-no address. 1t had evident
ly been written in a hurry, and by
parson in state of nervous excite
ment.
$50 much" said Marguerite, for
what l can tell you of myself. Now
for what Dr. Sizzling tells me. He had
been to the Great Western Railway
station TO see his son off on a long
journey, and, the train having gone,
he was strolling up the platform when
he noticed several people stop ana
stare in one direction. and presently
he saw me walking up and down, with
the air of a person who had not the
least idea where she was.
Who is that? asked DR.. Sizzling
of porter.
Lady just come in, sir. Seems out
of her mind. We don't know what to
do with her. Better send for the po-
lice d'yOu think. sir?"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
(To be continued.)
WHAT VISITORS SEE.
Remarkable Experiences of Rustics When
They Visit the Metropolis

1t is some lines entertaininc to learn
from outside sources facts about New
York life of which persons who have
lived here all their lives are in igno-
rance, says the New York Sun Much
of this information could never be ac-
quired even by those who are most
closely acquainted with the facts of ex-
istence in New York in all its phases.
The wonder is how even the most OBJ
servant strangers with the freshness
of perception that comes from unfa-
miliarity are able to discover so much
that does not exist One recent in
stance of this faculty exhibited its eff
fects as applied TO a study of New
YOrk's greatest hotel. Il was shown
suites of rooms" writes this observer,
lin the Waldorf-Astoria that cost 5000
a day. Cigars are 50 cents each.
whisky is the same price. wine is $40
a bottle. and to tip a waiter with less
than a onespOt brands YOU as a jay"
Guests who live up to that standard OF
magnificerce at the hotel must be few
lHutCu anu the cautious Htl Oiuc VI the
following paragraph must be equally
exceptional THE safe in tie Waldorf
Astoria constantly holds vauables be-
longing to the guests to the value Of
from two to ten million dollars. and |
was told of lady guest who sends
down to the office at O'Clock each
morning a garter studded with pearls
that are insured for $4,000 The gar
ter is put in the safe and reposes there
until the next morning at 10, when a
detective restores it to its place Of
utility" One can learn some surpris-
ing things about New York life, pro-
vided that it is studied from long
range. The longer the range the more
interesting the results are likely to be-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
81 GOT SILL LAID HoL FIRMLY AND LET MYSELF CO.

had been up nearly every tree in the
grounds. l got on to the sill, laid hold
firmly, and let myself go. At the same
instant something in my head seemed
TO snap; everything swayed before my
eyes; there was an awful sensation
of numbness and sickness; my fingers
relaxed their hold, and | fell heavily.
Il cannot tell you what happened aft
<erwards," Marguerite went on after a
short pause, because 1 don't know.
The last thing which l distinctly re-
member doing was getting out of that
window. After that comes a blank
which lasted, so they tell me. year
and more. DR.. SIZZLING says it was the
result of being struck on the head"
who is DR.. Stelling?" asked Mr..
Martineau.
MY old friend l should have died
but for him"
"Well-what more? What is the
next thing you remember"
THE next thing that | remember is
walking up and down by the sea-up
and dOwn-with a woman. | was not
strong. | leaned on her arm. / can
not recollect more than that"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
Her Dainty N1aISWeur

women Will De wise If, before they
begin to purchase a kilt-plaited w4lte
tulle butterfly bow for the neck, they
consult tnen LOOKING glasses and their
complexion. for not one woman in
hundred can stand this mass of white
under her cain. Nor are the chiffon
and ilsse ties. with patterns worked
all over them in narrow ribbons, much
better, from the same standpoint.
Elongated cream-colored lace bows
are more becoming and more graceful,
and very pretty are the soft silk, print
ed or painted with tiny florets, and the
broad ribbon bows with chine bou
Quets which are quite charming if they
are but we'll made. The ends are
mostly long and fringed. They need
putting on, for jeweled pins deity in
trOduced add greatly to their grace and
their individual adaptability, which is
the most essential part. The checked
transparent gauZe ribbons are great
~ used for such purposes. One of the
new models is made of a crosscut
scarf of chiffon, with tiny roses i'm
printed on it in their natural roseate
hue. This encircleS the neck, and is
formed into a great chou on the left
hand side. the scarf continued thence
to the waist, where it terminates in
two rosettes with ends.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

The veterans OF '61 and 'e5 and
their friends who are going to attend
the thirty-third G. A. r. annual en-
campment at Philadelphia in Septem-
Der could not select better nor more
historic route than the Big Four and
Chesapeake e. Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and 81.
Louis on the Big Four. all connecting
at indianapolis or Cincinnati, and
thence over the picturesque Chesa-
peake & Ohio, along the Ohio river 10
Huntington, W. Va; thence through
the foothills OF the Alleghanies over
the mountains, through the famous
springs region Of Virginia to Staunton,
Va, between which point and Wash
ington are many of the most promi-
nent neutrality-suspicious. Cor
louisville, Cedar Mountain. Kappa
hammock, Kettle Run, Manassas. Bull
Run, Fairfax and a score OF others
nearly as prominent Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania
Line direct 10 Philadelphia. There
will be three rates in effect for this
business-first, continuous passage.
with no stop-Over privilege; second,
going and coming same route, with
one stOp-over in each direction;
third, circuitous route, going one way
and back another, with one stop-over
in each direction. For full Informal
ton as to routes, rates. ETC.. address
j. c. Tucker. G. N A, ga Clark
street, Chicago.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
The Fate Of Beauty.

As rising its purple wing
The insect-queen of eastern spring,
Ger emerald meadows of Kashmeer
3lvites the young pursuer near,
And leads him on from flower TO flower
weary chase and wasted hour;
Then leaves him, as il scars on high,
With painting heart and fearful eye;
So beauty lures the full-grown child,
With hue as bright, and wing as wild,
A chase of idle hopes and fears,
Begun in folly closed in tears.
If won, to equal ills betrayal
Wo waits the insect and the maid,
A life of pain. the loss of peace,
From infants play. and mans caprice:
The lovely toy so fiercely sought
Hath lost its charm BY being caught.
For every touch that wooed its stay
Hath brushd its brightest hues away:
Till, charm and hue. and beauty gone,
It's left to fly or fall alone.
With wounded wing. or bleeding breast,
All. where shall either victim rest!
Can this with faded piniOn soar
From rose to tulip as before?
Or beauty, blighted in an hour.
Find joy within her broken bower!
Mo- gayer insects fluttering by
Ne'er droop the wing Ger those that die
And lOvelier things have mercy shown
To every failing but their own;
And every wo a tear can claim
Except an erring sisters shame.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
STOLE PURSE BUT LEFT A RING
Exchanged an $500 Diamond for a
Shoppers Change.

From the Boston Herald: A droll
story of a mishap to a pickpocket is
going about town that l hope is true,
but, like all too good stories, one is
inclined to doubt its righteousness. 1t
seems, however, that a suburbanite
who had been in town doing her spring
shopping on a very limited means final
ly took the electric for home with pre-
cisely $263 in her possession. After
paying her fare she tucked the purse
in her wonderful woman, she
had a pocket.-and thought no more
about it. The car started crowded, but
after a while the passengers thinned
destination she was nearly alone. On
arriving at her home she made the dis
covery that her purse was gone. The
pocket had been picked, and she re-
membered that, in one of the various
jolts and shakings up, man leaned
heavily on her side, had apologiZed,
and shortly after pushed out of the
car. Well. there was less than SO gone,
| if the pocketbOOk was new and pretty.
The next day the lady had occasion to
feel in that pocket OF hers, when. 10
and behold she picked out diamond
ring of great brilliancy. There was
but one conclusion regarding its pres
ence there. The ring had slipped from
the finger Of the thief who had picked
her purse. To be brief. this unexpect-
ed booty has been carried to a we'll
known jeweler. who appraised its
worth at $780, Now the question is,
where did the pickpocket get it, and
what lurid expression did justice to the
occasion when he discovered the loss
of such a gem to gain a paltry $25S?
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
CHAP TER w.

Mr.. Martineau pushed his chair more
closely to hers. asking with great in
tentness-
mo more?"
mo more TIL the strangest part of
all"
A sudden movement of the junior
partners hand sent a bundle of papers
to the ground. He stopped after them.
and slowly replaced them.
1.-The strangest part of all?" he said.
Eyes. One morning | went for
drive. | cannot tell why | should re-
member this. but | do. There were
three other people with me. think
or twO-I was not alone. but | cannot
tell you now in the least who they
were. We went to church. | stood
by the altar. and, as far as | can re-
call, was married | don't think | OBJ
jected. | don't think | understood. 1
was like a person in a dream. / was
told afterwards to write my name, and
j did. / knew my name then. | don't
remember anything more about it. l
thing. / remember at last waking up
in q strange room. beautifully clean.
but very small, and seeing some one
bending over me-"
WHO are your I said.
"'All right, my dear she responded;
you're with friends
1T was very strange. gradual com
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
A Pretty Picture.


It is the exceptional woman who
knows how to make up properly for
picture. She will put on her best
dress" arrange her hair and then HE
herself TO the photographer. The
proofs are seldom up to her expecta-
tions. She sees a prematurely-a aged
woman, with sparse locks and strain
ed expression in the place of the fairly
gOOd-looking matron she believed her
self to be. All this is disheartening. In
fact, she is seldom as bad looking as
the pictures make her appear. She has
perhaps a bad habit of wearing her
hair plastered down on the sides. If
she wants to look pretty she must give
her hair especial attention. Puff it
loosely at the sides, and coil in a care
less, becoming manner in the back. If
possible, have the picture taken IN
evening dress. There is nothing more
becoming to a woman. Soft, wavy
lines are desirable in a picture. Plain
ness will never give pretty effect.
The domestic woman should remember
this, and not be afraid of attempting
graceful lines. a bust is more salts
factory than a full or half length, es-
pecially if one is not sure of her abil-
ity to assume a graceful pose. Let
the matron approach the camera with
the same confidence as her daughter;
let her be as anxious for pretty re-
suits; let her pose before the mirror
until she decides on her attitude, then
let her defy the photographer with the
set ideas and she will take a picture
which will surprise herself and her
family.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

4 Curious Find

a squad of workmen employed in
constructing a large dry dock at Cher
bourg made a strange discovery a
day or two ago. For some time they
had used an enormous oak log as a sort
of fulcrum in moving about the gran
lite blocks On Saturday this log sud
denly burst open under an eXtraOrdi-
nary pressure. and 10 the amazement
of the workmen a stiff parchment fell
out, together with a shower of gold
coins. 1t was ascertained that the log
had been originally part of the Ga
let Notifications, and that at the time
OF the laying of the first stone thereof
Louis Philippe had placed the docu-
ment and coins in the log, according
to the usual custom.-Paris Daily
Messenger.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

he:self during a part of the summer
AT recent club meeting in a suburban
town member presented the Value
of System in Work" and gave a model
day in which every minute from break
fast 10 bedtime was filled with active
effort. When she had finished a wom-
sn in the audience arose and pointed
out that one important occupation OF
the day had been omitted This was
"dawdling," and the speaker said that
while indOrSing the value of syste-l
she must put in an eloquent plea for
the incorporation in the working day
of every woman of at least a half
hours absolute rest-not the rest of a
fresh occupation, but the rest OF COM
plete and entire relaxation, mental
and physical The nervous. active, Ov-
er-zealOus American woman of today
scarcely knows how to rest. If you
have found a day to be idle" says
some one, BE idle for a day" This is
a motto that many women will do welt
to fasten up on their dressing tables.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
Thu BRIDAL TrOusSeau

The trousseau of today differs from
that of the last generation in that it
contains only what the bride-elect is
going to need the first season following
her marriage. Clothes change in style
nowadays so rapidly, not only in hats,
wraps and gowns, but in the shapes OF
shoes and petticoats and corsets, that
the wise woman does not provide any
more of anything than she has prac-
tically immediate use for Then again
the trousseau should be designed for
the use to which it is to be put. The
bride who is going to travel for a year
needs quite Il different outfit from that
required by one who is going at once
to settle down to live in a city. The
bride who is going to live in mining
camp needs different trousseau from
that required by the bride who is to
live in a university town. The farm
er's bride WHO is going to do her own
homework N sparsely settled dis
trict needs number of wash dresses
in which size can bake and boil and
yet look reat and attractive, while the
bride of lie city lawyer who is going
to live ia 4 hotel most needs dresses
In which she can breakfast. lunch. and
dine in public dining rooms in the
face a4d eyes" of welldressed peo-
pie. etc If the bride is going to live
a. fashionable hotel she must have
full d.&ss" tolettes for dinners and
dances and evening functions of all de-
script,cnB; but if she is going to live
on a ranch and take care of her house
she doesn't need ball gowns, and she
does need cotton dresses ~ the half
dozen, at least. The former needs golf
shoes and satin slippers, the latter
wants comfortable homework and
farm shoes. One needs bathing dresses
and the other sun-bonnets. Both need
to remember that a woman should be
just as careful to dress becOmingly aft
er marriage as before.-The Gentle
woman.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

\ few years ago hard times made
the Western farmer deny himself
everything save the barest necessities
OF life. Then came the great crop
year of 1897 and with it a story. \
Nebraska farmer carried a mortgage
of $4,000 on his property and it was
a burden hard to contend with. The
wheat crop in '97 was enormous and
prices were high. He appeared at the
bank shortly after harvest, pulled out
$4,000 and asked for loan of $200 to
enable him TO cancel the mortgage
note. The banker. who held the note,
urged him not TO bother about il, but
go and buy cattle with his $4,000, feed
MS corn crop and in that way get the
maximum for his product. NO, sir;
replied the farmer, Il want to pay
that note now Then when l harvest
the corn crop I'm soin' to pay you back
that $500 l just borrowed. and then
do you know what I'm going 10 do?'
and his honest face beamed all over
with pleasure. I'm going to buy
buggy" This little incident tells the
story of thousands of others out in
Nebraska, and the fact that during the
past six months one concern The
Slower Carriage Company OF Chicago)
have shipped to one firm in Omaha
alone one hundred and thirty carloads
of buggies and carriages, averaging
about % to the car, makes il very evil
dent that prosperity is with Nebraska.
1t is wonderful state with great re-
sources, and the crops OF the past few
years have put Nebraska farmers in
an enyiable position.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

"1ll speak to her; I'm a DOCTOR
said DR.. Sizzling.
1t was just like him-he is always
noble and humane, He came up to me
and spoke to me very gently, asking
me if l had lost my friends. | said
Yes, and at first he thought that |
was sane. only lonely and frightened
He asked me where | came from, but |
could not remember in the least. He
says that l cried in my eagerness to
tell him; of course, nobody could help
him, as the tickets had all been col
lected at Westbourne Park He saw
then that | was really very i'll. and his
anxiety to ascertain the names of my
friends increased / told him that
that when We returned from church
my uncle had said to me That he was
suddenly called away and would leave
me in the care of my husband, who
was out for walk. He had departed
and | had been alone ever since. |
had come to London to find them ALL
| had written to Cathie. but could not
J
unable to post the letter.
$50 much he had cleaned from me in
the waiting-room, where he had taken
me when / lapsed into utter uncon-
seriousness. He made his resolution
quickly, put me into a cab, and drove
me to his own house l had brain
fever and. as he fully expected. when
| recovered | had entirely forgotten
my meeting with him, and. indeed, ev-
erything that had taken place. In my
/ pocket. besides the letter to Cathie.
they found couple of biscuits,
wrapped in this"
She held out another fragment of
paper for Mr. Martneau's inspection.
/ 1t was apparently blank half sheet
torn off a letter, and at the top was
written, in an ugly sprawling hand
"P. S.-LerOy, of Lance Lane, f. c..
has copy of the fathers will You
can convince yourself if you like that
the offer is genuine
You see." said Marguerite. "that
was evidently a bit of paper which
Just picked up from somewhere to wraI
my biscuits in. 1t may not refer tc
my father at all, but DR.. Stellins
thought it worth while to try. Il
would be interesting to find my faith
er's will"
1T certainly would" said Mr. Mar
tineau absently.
1.-The Stellings advertised" she con
tinued, Saying that a certain Marguer
| \ th<>t
house. but no one appeared to CLAIM
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
CHAPTER III.-(Continued)


Mr.. Martineau had moved his chair a
little. so that his face was entirely in
the shade. The daylight in the room
was not very strong, so that his ex-
preston was difficult to fathom. At
this point he broke in with
What kind of man was this who
spoke to YOU"
She smiled a little. then dolefully
shook her head.
Il can tell you only two things about
him. He was young. and he was not
dark-that Is, his hair was not black
/ should think he was several years
older thal l."
You would rot know him again if
you saw him."
I am afraid not You see saw him
only just then"
"Oh-that was the only time you saw
him."
4 think So but he may have seen me
afterward without my knowing it."
Please explain"
Well. that evening as I was in my
room. crying my eyes out. my uncle
SNAt q IL - * ~ St%y L HS~S ~ COlUc
down into the drawing-room. He had
never said such thing before. | sent
back word that would not come. He
came up 20 my room in a towering
passion. / was terribly frightened of
him. but was now thoroughly reused.
and | still said l would not come. He
beat me then-struck me several cruel
blows. shook NE and flung me TO the
ground. After that he went out. lock-
ing the door behind him.
Il had quite made up my mind by
that time. l meant to run away. Ny
beating had frightened me and shaken
me-there was a sharp pain in my
head. Terror and pride alike urged
me to flee. If | stayed he would strike
me again. l tied up as many things as
] thought l could carry in a towel.
opened my window. and dropped them
down on the turf below My room was
on the most secluded side of the house
shaded by big trees. None of the
kitchen windows looked out upon il.
i fastened my sheets together, and
knOtted the top one securely to the
iron ring of my window shutter.
was a very good hand at climbing-I