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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

o volets tender
Your shy tribute render
Tie round your wet faces your soft hoods of
blue;
And carry your sweetness,
Your dainty completeness,
To some tired hand that is longing for YOU
MAY RILEY SMITH.
The little bird sang as if it were
The one day of summer in all the year,
And the very leaves seemed to sing on the
trees.
LOWELL.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

Come forth into the light Of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.
WORDSWORTH.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

God made all the creatures and gave them
Our love and our fear,
To give sign we and they are His children,
One family here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11
The tree of the field is mans life"

l thank heaven every summers day of nv
life that my lot was humbIy cast within the
hearing of romping brooks, and beneath the
shadow of oaks, and away from all the
tramp and hustle of the world, into which
fortune has led me in these latter wears OF
my life. l delight to steal away tor DAYS
and for weeks together, and battle my spirit
in the freedom of the old woods and to grow
young again lying upon the brooksde and
counting the white clouds that sail along
the sky, softly and TRANQUILITY, even as holy
go stealing over the vault of life.
DONALD G. MITCHELL.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

Uplift in praise their little glowing hand
Der every hill that under heaven expands.
-EBENEZER ELLIOTT.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

The violet in her greenwood bower,
Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle
May boast itself the fairest flower
In glen or copse or forest dingle.
WALTER SCOTT.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

A glorious tree is the old gray oak
He has stood for a thousand years
He has stood and frowned on the trees
around
Like king among his peers.
As round their king they stand so now,
When the flowers their pale leaves fold.
The tall trees round him stand array'd
In their robes of purple and gold.
-LONGFELLOW,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11
DISPOSAL OF DEAD AT SEA.

Burials Take Place at Night and
Great Secrecy Maintained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

Faint murmurs from the pine-tops reach my
ear,
AS if a harp-s tring-touched in some far
sphere
Vibrating in the lucid atmosphere,
Let the soft south wind watt it's music here.
II. 3. ALDRICH.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

June's brakeman part O. the year
Gladdens on wings, the bobolink is here.
j. r. LOWELL.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

Think what price to pay,
Faces SO bright and gay,
Just for a hat -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

In all places, then, and in all seasons
Flowers expand their light and soul-like
wings,
Teaching Us by most persuasive reasons,
How akin they are to human beings"
-L0NGFELLOW.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

White water lily Graded and caressed
By ocean streams, and from the silt and
weeds
Lifting thy golden filaments and Seeds
Thy sun-illumined spires, thy crown and
crest
-LONGFELLOW.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

The best verses l have produced are the
trees l have planted"
HOLMES.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

To all, a world in a grain Of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower.
WILLIAM BLAKE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

Your voiceIess lips, o Flowers, are living
preachers,
Each cup a pulpit and each leaf book
HORACE SMITH.
| have a fancy how shall 1 bring it
Home to all mortals wherever they be?
Set it to music; give it a tune,
Tune the brook sings you, tune the breeze
brings you,
Tune the wild columbines nod to in June!
LOWELL.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11
a RIDDLE.

The following riddles are used by permi!
sion of Butler, Sheldon Co. :
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-11

Then rears the ash his airy crest,
Then shines the birch in silver vest,
And the beach in glistening leaves is drest,
And dark between shows the oaks proud
breast,
Like a chieftains frowning tower.
-SCoTT.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
w1NDFALL FOR A GARDENER.
Sudden Good Luck Overtakcs n Ger
man Produce Dealer.

Plainficld. n j., June 22.-John George
Stutz. an aged German, who has been a
market gardener on the outskirts OF the
city just over the Middlesex county line,
in Piscataway township. for the last twen-
ty-fve years, has received assurances that
the reputed fortune of S75.5s0 resting in a
German bank in his name is a reality. and
that in the course of a short time the
money will be turned over to him.
Last winter John Haight. a son-inlaw
OF Stutz, who is an engineer on the Central
Railroad OF New Jersey, noticed an adver-
tisement in New York paper asking Tor
trace of John George Stutz, who was said
to have a fortune awaiting him in Ger
many.
without giving the matter serious con-
sideration Haight showed the advertise
ment to Stutz and his family one day, and
laughingly said, that the old man might
be the person wanted. Stutz and his fami-
ly scoffed at the idea. but later engaged a
lawyer to investigate the matter.
The latter gathered the data
and forwarded it to Germany. a
few weeks after that the lawyer received
letter from German Law firm in Baden
Baden. stating that the facts that had
Dtel1 pTtstnitu III ItldllDu " III
the life of StutZ seemed TO indicate that
he was the man that was wanted. 1t was
explained that when Stutz was ten years
old his mother had secretly deposited $4,000
in the State Bank in Baden Baden to the
credit of her son TO be drawn by him when
he became of age. In the meantime the
mother had died without making known
the fact that she had deposited this mon
ey.
Year after year went on and Stutz final
ly set sail for America to seek his for
tune in this country. That was fifty-four
years ago. For forty-seven years he has
lived within seven miles of Plainfield and
for twenty years has run truck garden
at the place where he now lives. Since
he was ten years old the original $4,000 has
compounded nineteen times until now it
amounts to s75,5S0.
Immediately on receiving the news of
the fortune that awaited his claiming.
Stutz set to work to get it. On May 23 the
proper papers ank ether legal formalities
had been complied with and the s75.5S0
turned over by the bank to be forwarded
to this country and delivered into the
hands of StutZ.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
Ma king Life Sad.
(From the Detroit Free Press.


The street car was behind time and was
speeding down the street to maxi it up.
So the motorman grated his teeth and the
conductor swore softly under his breath
when an old man. evidently from the
country, was discovered on the wrorg side
of the crossing ahead. wildly waving an
ancient umbrella. On the other side of
the street was another party from the
country frantically f1ourishing an cd car
pet bag.
The motorman brought the car to sud-
den stop on the further side of he street.
and the conductor jumped off and grabbed
the countryman by the arm.
Come, get on herei' he snapped
What do you think we are? a stationary
engine run out of coal?'
Hurry up there,' he bawled al the
other party. who was walking leisureiy
across the street.
Say" drawled out the first countryman,
1--WE don't care anything about ridin' on
your kyars. Me an Lige got ter argufyin'.
an bet Lige sack OF peanuts that these
yere kyars stopped on the off side of the
street. an Lige bet that they stopped on
the nigh side. SO we jes' got out here to
see which had to pay for them peanuts.
Say. II you will walk down to that thar
peanut stand on the next corner I'll give
ye half of the peanuts that Lige has got
to buy. and you'll hev the fun of watchin'
Lige bile, fer he hates like fun to lose q
bet"
The conductor had enough strength left
to signal the car to go ahead, and the car
went on.
What the conductor said to the moto--
man, and what the motorman said to the
conductor is a matter Of private history.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
PLEA FOR A MANDAMUS.
Com Refusni of Parmis-
sion 10 string Wire.

In the name of the United States the
Mutual District Messenger Company TO FAY
filed a petition for mandamus against the
Commissioners of the District OF Colun-
bia. asking that the supreme Court of the
District compel them to issue a permit al
lowing the petitioners to connect the res
idence of Rear Admiral Thomas o. Sell
fridge. jr., by electric wire with a pole
In front of his house.
1t is stated that recently Rear Admiral
Selfridge. jr., made application to the pc
ttioning corporation, requesting that 1t
install a burglar alarm in his residence
during his absence from the city. The
house is located at the corner of Columbia
Road and Kalomara Avenue, and ii is al
legged that one of the wires Of the Mutual
Messenger Company is run along the CO.
lumbia Road on poles, one of which is di-
rectly in front of Admiral Seifridge's
home.
The Commissioners. ii is asserted in the
petition, have declined to issue the permit
asked for on the ground that they are
without legal authority to do so. The
Messenger Company declares that this ac-
tion on the part of the Commissioners is
arbitrary, it being stated that it is believ-
ed that the Commissioners have legal right
to grant the permit asked.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
A PACKING HOUSE STRIKE.
Four Hundred Chicago StOckyars
Men Quit Work.

FOuf hunuFeu ShlcuSO StocAyoSu
Men Quit Work.
Chicago June 22-Four hundred men in
four packing houses at the stock yards
left their work yesterday morning. They
inaugurated a strike which the leaders say
will spread and by July l, the day chosen
for a demonstration. involve the most of
the houses in the yards. Special policemen
are on the ground watching closely the ac-
tions of the strikers. The trouble begun
when 2GO platform men and truck handlers
in the employ of Nelson, Morris Co.
went out TO secure an advance in wages OF
% cents a day. They had been receiving
s1.5O day. Following these 100 in the
Armour & Co.'S tallow department left
their places and after them fifty helpers
quit in the cooperage department of the
same house. The force Of the strikers was
quickly augmented by seventy-five lard
refiners from 7. J. Upton & Co.'S house.
and sixty men from Swift & Co.'S place
followed closely on their heels.
There seems TO have been little concert
of action, although the men have had
several meeting. The men of the several
departments went off by themselves, and
the only question on which there was an
understanding was that they wanted Sl.Io
a day. As fast as the men appeared at the
paymaster's Office and turned in their time
checks they were given their pay, and it
was understood that their services were
10 be dispensed with. In the afternoon
colored men were engaged to take their
places of the men who had quit. The sight
OF the negroes aroused the ire of the strik-
ers. One of the colored men who became
separated from his companions was chased
almost a mile by strikers but he proved
fleet of foot and escaped.
\ general meeting of the men has been
arranged for next Sunday. II is said that
this will be attended by the skilled men
in the various departments and that ar
rangements looking TO action TO be taken
July |, will be decided upon. The packers
say that the strike in no way interferes
with their business and they are running
as usual today.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
CAsTELAR'S HOME LIFE.
The Modest House in Madrid Nhcrc
He Entertained.
(From the London News.


One cause of the respect that was felt
for him by all parties was that he had
left power as poor as when he entered H.
He went back from the palace to the mod
est fiat which he shared with his sister,
and 10 his chair of philosophy and of his
tory In the University OF Madrid.
For more than fifteen years, says an
other writer Don Emilio CASTELAR, mas
baen living in the same house in the Gale
Serrano. which was his home even when
he was President. in some sort, OF the
Federal Republic in 1873. He occupies the
whole of the second and part of the third
floor His own quarters are on the thlrd
floor. where he has his bedroom. his toilet
room. his secretary's office and his own
study. the last two being filled with DOORS
and piles of documents not arranged IN
very good order. but slowed away in cor
uers and against the walls on long shelves
of plain pine wood. His sanctum is a
small room with fireplace, few pic
lures. sofa. three or four chairs piled
with books and pamphlets, table. on
which lie pellmell foreign and home pa
pers. reviews, letters, cards. and manu-
scripts CASTELAR, sits and writes at his
table in his loose, struggling HANDWRITING.
on square sheets of paper, which seldom
contain more than eight lines OF his au-
tograph compositions.
In winter ne rises DeloTe tHe sun. anu
is very seldom in bed after or $50. In
summer he is frequently writing at $50
in the morning. If he feels little tired
on weekdays he sometimes goes out for
a stroll before his midday meal and on
Sunday mornings you always meet him
taking his stroll between 1870 and l. or
escorting his sister to mass, to the door
of the Calatrava Church
CASTELAR, is much TO this sister. She Is
a few years older than her brother, is a
ladvlike person, very well read and in
formed on all the topics of the day. She
PLAYS her part of hostess admirably. which
is no easy task. as her brother is hospi-
table. No foreigner comes to his house
with a letter of Introduction, no distin-
guished visitor enters this city. none OF
his political friends pass through the capt.
tai. without receiving an invitation TO
dinner or breakfast. Nothing more anus
ing can be imagined than his table when
he has round it some foreigners with whom
he can keep up running fire of CONVEX
sation on every imaginable question OF tne
hour. at home and abroad.
He generally converses in French, whicn
Language he speaks fluently. and, when ne
gets excited, wonderfully we'll. He ap-
pears at his best however, when his guests
are Spanish politicians and literary cele-
brities with whom he can fence and dis
mute in his native tongue. And, as mis-
house is considered neutral ground. he can
entertain. at one and the same time, rabid
conservatives, Dynastic Liberals. Repub-
licaus Radicals and sceptics, so common
NOWADAYS in Castilian society-all OF wnlcn
adds a charm and zest to the conversation
at his table.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
n.y;,,inr mt the Bottom.
Irrom the Detroit Free Press.)

(From the Detroit FREE Ffess-)
Old-fashioned ideas of what constitutes
business education have not entirely
gone out. There is a druggist in the city
whose young son wanted to learn the busi-
ness. The father consented, but insisted
that the boy must begin at the very bot
tom Of the ladder and climb up. In this
same store is another boy who has known
the experiences of neophyte, and who,
with malice aforethought. took the young
apprentice under his wing. He allowed the
understudy to sell stamps at cost, to pass
out cough drops under supervision, and
to do the bone labor in making pills.
One rainy morning. trade was slack. The
other boy did not want the druggists son
to lose valuable time, so he took him into
the rear room, told him that he had earn
ed promotion, brought out pestle and
mortar, threw some dark substance into
the former and ordered 1t ground to a fine
powder 1t was hot, but the future drug
gist worked like Trojan. Piece by piece
the boy dispensed with coat. vest, collar,
necktie, and cuffs, suspended his suspend
The evening times., 1899-06-22
The Truth About
The HaIlWOOd
Indictment.

A despatch published In The Times an
nounces that an Indictment has been secur-
ed at Pittsburg against John H. Patterson,
president, and Joseph H. Crane, M. N. ia
cobs, d. E. Perkins, N. F. Thomas. and
Thomas Savage, agents Of the National
Cash Register Company, charging them
with conspiracy. The Indictment is based
upon an affidavit sworn to by w. H. Gill.
agent for the Hallwood Cash Register
Company at Pittsburg.
Gill was formerly in the employ of our
Pittsburg agent, Mr.. M. N. Jacobs. but was
discharged for cause. after which he was
appointed sales agent for the Hallwood
Cash Register Company.
Gill, instigated by the home Office, ap-
peared before an alderman in Pittsburg
and swore that the National Cash Register
Company, its officers and agents, mali
ciously conspired and agreed to defraud the
Hallwood Company of its moneys, goods,
chattels. and other property" and, by
dishonest and unlawful acts and false
statements and representations. destroyed
and ruined the business Of the Hallwood
Cash Register Company
The above accusations are wholly false.
The reason they failed to succeed in Pitts
burg was because Of the inferior quality
OF their machines. which were found to
contain many serious defects and failed to
give proper protection to the merchant.
The Hallwood register having been found
TO ia5tinge a number of our patents, we
have brought in the United States Court
four suits for infringement against that
company. We have also pending in the
various United States Courts large num-
Der OF suits against users and sellers of the
Hallwood register
Recently We secured control of the fun
damental patent on multiple and
department cash registers. and it is now
known that the registers made by the
Haliwood Company infringe this patent.
Formal notice has been served upon them
that suit will be commenced under this
patent unless they at once discontinue the
manufacture of their register.
Not content with encroaching upon our
patent rights. the Hallwood Company and
its agents have circulated concerning us
many false and malicious statements, in
consequence Of which We have sued them
for s15O,Oo0 damages; and Mr.. John II.
Patterson. president Of this company, has
entered libel suit against them for $780,
200 damages for printing false statements
about him personally.
For some time past the hope and am
bition of the Hallwood company has been
TO sell out to the National company. We
have declined TO make them any offer. and
they have. therefore. resorted to all kinds
OF scurrilous advertising and personal at
tacks upon this company. its officers and
representatives, to gain their end.
We desire that the public should know
that under no circumstances and at no
price will we ever buy out the Hallwood
Cash Register Company, and we are rot
to be intimidated into doing so. We rave
been guilty OF no offence against the law
of any State and have done nothing that
is not legal, honorable and businessiike.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
Federal Steel HEAVY
and TOBACCO FIRMER
Stocks in Wall Street Open
With an Unsettled Tone.
Union Pacific and New York Cen
tral Shares Steady.
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit nm Excep-
tiOn to Inactivity I'm Trac-
tiOn Securities.

New York, June 22.-The stock market
opened with an unsettled tone, but subse-
quently developed a general firmness. The
standard railway issues were notably
steady, while the trading in the industrial
quarter was marked by some irregulari-
ties. Federal Steel was conspicuously
heavy. while the Tobacco shares were
firmer. Tennessee Coal and Iron was
steady at the decline made yesterday after
the publication of the May statement. The
dealings in American Steel and Wire were
marked by some uncertainty as a result
of the confusion of opinion as to the divi-
den6s tomorrow. The Union Pacific shares
were steady as was New York Central.
The local traction shares were inactive
with the exception of Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, which was strong.
The London market for American stocks
was quoted somewhat above the local clos
ing prices, but the dealing here for for
eign account at the opening attracted lit
tie attention.
The evening times., 1899-06-22

ers, and used the office towel as a mop. In
his zeal he took only half an hour at noon
and at p. m. was keeping up the motions,
though in state approaching total col
lapse. 1t was then that the chief pharma-
ceutist and prescription interpreter hap
pened along. He stopped, examined the
contents of the mortar, hunted up the 9TH
er boy and was just discharging him when
the old gentleman interfered. learned the
situation and then managed between
laughs to veto the dismissal His son had
been struggling all day to pulverize a
chunk of rubber
The evening times., 1899-06-22
FREE TO SUFFERERS.
The New Cure for Kidney, Bladder
and Uric Acid Troubles.

The New Cure for Kidney, bladder.
and Uric Acid Troubles.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
cures made by Dr. Kiimer's Swamp Root.
the great kidney remedy.
1t is the great medical triumph OF the
nineteenth century; discovered after years
OF scientific research by DR.. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and bladder specialist, and
is wonderfully successful in promptly cur
ing kidney. liver, bladder. and uric acid
troubles.
Swamp Root las been tested in Sd many
ways. in hospital work, in private practice.
among the helpless too poor to purchase
relief. and has proved SO successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of
The Times who have not already tried 1t,
may have a sample bottle sent free by
mail, also a book telling more about
Swamp-R Root and how to find out If you
have kidney or bladder trouble. When
writing mention reading this generous Of
fer in The Washington Evening Times and
send your address to DIR. Kilmar Co.,
Binghamton. n. Y. The regular fifty cent
and one dollar sizes are sold by all first
class druggists.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
Jealous Man Uses n Revolver,

Hagerstown. Nd, June 22.-James Artx,
aged thirty years, section boss on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad, was arrested
and held for the grand jury by Justice H.
C. Miller, Of Fairplay, Washington county,
on the charge of shooting at Charles Pal
mer. aged twenty years. Artz's bail was
fixed at $500. He was also fined $40 and
costs for carrying weapons. This he paid.
Artz lives at Spielman Station, and has a
pretty wife. Young Palmer also worked on
the railroad, and was under Artz. Artz
bought a team and often had Palmer drive
his wife to Hagerstown and elsewhere.
He imagined Palmer was becoming too
fond Of her. Saturday night about s o'clock
he saw Palmer on the road in front of his
house. He drew his revolver and fired two
shots at him. Both bullets whizzed by
harmlessly, but nearly struck another man.
The evening times., 1899-06-22
NATIONAL CASH
REGISTER COMPANY.
GENERAL WHEELER's REPLY.
Veteran Fighters Friends believe
He Is Going to NaniIn

It is believed by many that General Joe
Wheeler will be ordered to the Philippines.
Before leaving for Michigan General
Wheeler was asked by Times reporter
if it was true that he had made applica-
tion to be sent to the scene of the Filipino
insurrection.
The general did not give direct answer.
but remarked significantly: You know
wanted 10 go TO Cuba and | went. | am
willing and ready to go anywhere that
may be of service to my country
If General Wheeler is ordered TO the
Philippines his friends say it will mean
that he will not make the race for Gov
e-nor of Alabama. Former Congressman
NJ. w. Howard of Alabama said yesterday
that if General Wheeler would but say the
word he would be nominated for governor
by acclamafinn-