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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-05-31
THE
WRONG CARD.

AS the attorney walked away from
the Office to his home he was in re-
Elective mood. The afternoon had de-
veloped business OF great Importance,
which would take him thousand miles
away during the next six months. The
lawyer, however, was in love, and dread
ed to leave the field free to his many
rivals.
As he walked along, he pictured
himself in certain pretty home up
town, laying his love and lucre at the
feet of charming woman, who, long,
long ago had come to be an essential
part OF his existence.
Whilst he was thinsing over the
situation and hurrying homeward, he
was hailed with o business-like "Ho,
Farr; ! want to speak to you o mo-
mentp
Turning about he faced the speaker
a friend of his junior partner; and in .
few minutes they were deeply engaged
in q discussion of some sbstruce ques-
ton, concerning q case which was then
interesting great many lawyers.
When the two parted, the one who
had hailed Farr handed the latter q
card with a request that he would hand
it to Somerton, the junior partner OF
the firm of "Farr and Somerton." In
the hurry Of parting Farr took the card
without looking at it, and only after he
had reached his residence, his mind
still full of the matter they had dis
cussed, did he think to glance at the
bit of pasteboard. 1t should hav'
borne certain memoranda which Somer'
ton desired; but was, however, quite
blank. With q slight smile at the
others carelessness he tucked the carl
in his pocket.
Supper over, he betook himself &c
pipe and slippers. Then, loungint
comfortably in big armchair before
the study fire, he gaze himself up t'
interrupted reflections of the afternoon
As result OF his cogitations, before h
retired q letter had been written, ad
dressed to "Miss Margaret Lahore.
In it Miss Lahore was informed tina
he would call the following evening OIL
an urgent matter. The lettor, perhaps
was triAe stiff and businesslike, but
surely could not help being clear to &
woman. So, at least, thought Farr, and
he went to sleep that night to dream
OF q gracious woman and successful
suit. -4.
The business Of the next day ps! a1
end to any further cir castles for 'h'
time being, but when evening came hi
lost no time in hurting whittier IN.
letter had gone. Arriving there,
ring brought the maid to the door-s
new maid, Farr noticed. With his
thoughts on the coming interview, il
was only in a mechanical way that h'
gave her his card and asked to see Miss
Lahore. A few moments waiting. ano
then the girl returned to say, in a vel
bred voice, that Miss Lahore had al
immediate engagement and begged Il
be excused.
Somewhat dared by what he consid
ered rebuff, Farr LIFT the house. Once
more in his own rooms he contriyed
within an hour or two, by the aid o.
pipe, to put himself in amood which
play ed havoc with sentiments.
An early train the next day carried
him rapidly awayfrom his home and th'
woman who, a few hours earlier, had
been all in all to him. Now, however
Ee thought be had convinced hirAsel
that she was not worth the wooing
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-05-31
WHEN NATURE

needs assistance it may be best rendered
10 it promptly, butone should remsn-
Der to use even the most perfect rene
dies only when needed. The best and
most simple and gentle remedy is the
Syrup Of Figs, manufactured By the
California; Fig Syrup Company.
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4 COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
J. j. Wilson's Admir-. for &c,

James Matheney's Admir-. &c.
The above styled caus, having been re
ferred to the undersigned Commissioners In
Chancery, by decree OF the Circuit Court OF
Rock bridge entered therein on the 2nd day
Of March, 1899. with direction to take the
following accounts:
LIST. or the fund in this cause and to whom
due.
2Dd. Ofany sum due to M. MCNAMARA, on
account Of his payment as surety for Jas.
Riley decd.
Ord Ola proper fee due W. P. Houston
for the prosecution of this suit.
4th OF any other matter deemed pertinent by
himself or required by any party interested
All parties interested are hereby notii
that have fixed
SATURDAY, JUNE 10th, 1899.
at my office In the Town Of Lexington, Va
as the time and place for taking said a
counts
+. NJ. PENDLETON,
| MIC At $3.50 Corn'r. In Ch'y.
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Yet every singled day of the. next bal
year had it's full measure Of bitterness
souring even the great successes D.
met with. Not q single night blu
found him wearily praying for sleep, t.
drive away the vision Of proud, swee
woman, who go persistently haunted
him. Sometimes he wearied OF boil
himself and the world; but he wa
obliged to live and meet his fellow man
even il o woman had scorned his love
Time passed and tie conclusion o
his mission allowed him toreturn h' me
But little M ore than Elk months frpn
the day when Margaret Lahore ha'
made life so gloomy to him, lie was
once again in his native town. On the
day of his return Someiton insisted
thai he should dine with him at the
earliest pos sible opportunity and, OF
coa rse, tired as he was and dtsirous oil
nothing beyond peace and melancholy
quiet, LIE was compelled to accept the
invitation 30 warmly pressed upon
him. Accordingly that evening found
him ON the way to the somerton home.
He must have forgotten that Mrs.
-Somerson and Miss Lsmore were the
most intimate friends; or perhaps it
wss natural to star! when he found
himself face to face with the latter in
the Somerton parlor. That he did start
was fact quickly detected by Miss
Lsmcre--a fact. also, which materially
increased her embarrassment.
Judging fiom Your appearances, Slr.
Farr," said she," your health has not
been much benefited by the western
tip" s....-...
Il am afl laid not" Was bis answer
.qhe work was hard and l did not go
to 1t in the best Of spirits This last
with glance intended to be iull OF
meaning.
She saw the look, and wondering at
il, colored,
You look so worn and ILL., she con-
mnued, "that have not the heart to
scold as You deserve; yet you must have
known how much I should regret net
seeing you before you took the trip"
The seeming eHrontery Of this took
the power CT speech from FAIR, and
the aatouishment depicted in his coun-
tenancs brought flush once more to
The face of his fair companion. See.
ing that he was WAS not disposed to
speak she resumed
"You promised 10 call and then LET
without q word. / certainly did not
expect il Of you.
Recovering himself q little ct this,
Farr told her, with as much dignity as
possible, that she mnst have been deep.
y tngrosssd that summer day, TO have
orgotten the card be had sent up 70
her, and the act that she had pleaded
an immediate engagement as an excuse
for not seeing him.
Then followed period Of polite and
gentle contradiction, Miss Lahore
firmly insisted that he had not sent up
his card. and Far o. obstinately per-
sisted in saying that he had. When,
for several minutes, they had accused
and coun,er-accused each other OF for.
get fulness, Farr took matters into his
cwn hands by breaking out vehement.
y with
"Do you know why / wanted &c
much to sec yOu that dsys Do you
imagine that / could be, for . moment
for etful Of the most tsiaing incident
that happened then when I thought
you had treated me with meh crush.
ing indifference"
They were now seated ona couch
and he, with bitterness born Of tht
unhappinesa he had experienced, told
assa& Naeas sseu 5ten tlxt ~ =
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BRooKwooD, Va, January 25, 1899.
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both Increasing and reducing weight.
II meals are taken immediately after
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23

broke, and only for the fact that the
beam parted at the exact point where
the rope was around it my perch
would have been pulled over and the
result could not have been less than
disastrous to at least one who lives to
tell the tale. Well, our church was
finished and, with the aid of $500
from the church erection fund. paid
for. Before l left, this money was
refunded and we owned our church
free from debt.
l am glad to know that our efforts
laid the foundation for a permanent
church and society there, and that it
has enjoyed reasonable prosperity.
| do not pride myself on being very
good or doing any great good in the
world but the work / did in the lay
ing the foundations and establishing
the church at Grand Rapids is one of
the events of my life which l have
never been sorry for. J. H. LANG.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23

teen years of age. She was married
In this city to VIM. S. Miller the fol
lowing year, where they resided until
April II, 1887, when they moved to
their farm in the town of Grand
Rapids, four miles east of the city.
Mr.. Miller passed away April 9, 1892.
and the wife bravely continued the
work on the farm, assisted by her
sons, until final dissolution. Mrs.
Miller was energetic, woman of the
kindlieSt nature and most generous
impulses whom it was ever a pleasure
to meet. She was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, true to
the faith and devoted to home and
family.
A father, brother, two daughters
and three sons survive her. The
children are Mrs. Dora Leuschen, Miss
Libbie, Delbert, Grant and Will
The funeral was held from the home
Wednesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
with interment in Forest Hill ceme-
terry. Rev. f. A. Nimits officiated.
Mrs. Miller carried life insurance
of $1,000 in the Federal Life associa-
tIon OF Iowa. Miss Libbie Miller is
beneficiary, she having kept up the
premiums on said policy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23
USED MUSTARD BY MISTAKE.
Basis of an Extraordinary Damage Case
Brought in Wisconsin.

A most remarkable and unusual
damage case will be tried in the
KenOSha county circuit court in a few
days. A year ago, it is claimed, Robert
NJ. Dixon, merchant of Randall, sold
to Henry Runkel, Anton Schlax,
Martin L. Hoffman, and others, a
large quantity of mustard seed for
rape seed. These men sowed the mus
tard on their land, and instead of
raising a crop of rape seed they found
when the harvest time came that they
had fields covered with the most OBJ
nOXiOuS crops of weeds that farmers
have to contend with, and which
practically ruins farm. The farmers
cultivated the mustard crop with as
much care as they would give TO any
crop and suspected nothing'wrong until
it was too late to remedy the evil DONE
They all expect to have fields of weeds
again this year, as it is impossible to
get rid of the stuff once it takes root
in good soil. Dixon, it is said, did not
know the character of the seed he sold
to the plaintiffs, buying it himself for
rape seed from reliable scotsman,
who, it is thought may have shipped
the seed to the wrong firm. Some one
may have wanted mustard seed for
another purpose, but it is hard for a
Wisconsin farmer to understand what
any one could use it for, as it is as
much an enemy to the farm as the
Canadian or Russian thistle. The
trial will undoubtedly develop some
remarkable things in connection with
the gathering and sale of seeds and
the cultivation of mustard. A Mil
Waukee county farmer said today that
with crop Of mustard on one of his
fields he would vacate at once and turn
over the job to some one willing to
spend lifetime in riddlng the place
of the yellow weed The land might
not be absolutely ruined, but he would
never try to raise crop of anything
else on field that had once been
SOwn to muStard.-Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23
Conditions of Trade.

In business, this year cannot be COM
pared with any other 1t can be said
that payments through the principal
clearing houses for the past week have
been 57.4 per cent. greater than in
1892, and 45.9 per cent. greater than
in 1898, but that eXaggerates the gain
in some branches of business, while in
others it falls far short of the gain
Thus the February exports of manu-
factured products have about doubled
since 1892. Omitting New York clear
ings, where speculation in stocks is
most active, payments through the
other principal clearing houses for the
same week show increase of 37.6 per
cent. over 1892, and 27.1 per cent. over
last year. But without regard to such
details all realize that the volume of
business in all branches is the greatest
ever known. Such performances as
the rise in sugar on Thursday from
S141 to S170 and it's reaction to S151
within an hour have not much to do
W, III real business, but show the in
flammable state of public feeling.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23
RESULT OF CITY CAUCUS.
City Convention Saturday-0pposition to
PhiIleo.

The ward caucuseS were all held
Tuesday evening in their respective
places and resulted in the following
nominations:
First Ward-Supervisor, Henry Rab-
lin; alderman, David Lutz Jr.; dele
gates to city convention, John Grig-
non, Louie Schroeder and David Lutz.
Second Ward-Superyisor, Herman
Boetcher; alderman, J. Edward Bra
zeau; delegates to city convention,
NJ. w. MoSher, n. Reiland and j..
Edward BraZeau.
Third Ward-Supervisor, John Far
rish; alderman, George w. Baker;
delegates, F. w. Kruger, A. NJ. Muir
and Will Gross.
Fourth Ward-Superyisor, w. E.
Wheelan; alderman, Chas. Bundle;
delegates, t. A. Taylor, W. E.
Wheelan and E. A. Tenant.
There seems to be a general senti-
ment in favor of re-nominating Mayor
Wipperman. Edward /. Philleo will
probably be re-nOminated for assessor
by the convention, but if he is there
will be opposition against him at the
polls. w. H. Reeves, city treasurer,
having been elected county clerk will
not be candidate for denomination.
Ward candidates Will probably be free
from any opposition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23
Grand Rapids Won All Games,

Centralia High school gathered no
plums in the basket ball tournament
with Grand Rapids High school at
opera house last Thursday evening.
Among the young folks from across
the river there were several lively
individual players whose work was
most creditable, but their efforts were
ineffective for success because of a
general lack of proper coaching, train
ing and team science. Give to Cen
tralia students the benefit of similar
athletic encouragement and instruc-
tiOn as has been received in Grand
Rapids and another tournament of
this kind would certainly end with
honors nearer an equal division. Four
games were played and in each one
the local contestants were victorious.
The result is emphatic in showing
where the greater notice and atten-
tiOn is paid to athletic diversions in
the two schools, without in any man
ner interfering with the book account
or general standing of the same.
Eighth grade grammar girls OF
Grand Rapids defeated the eighth
grade Centralia girls by score of 10 to O.
Grand Rapids grammar boys got the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23

best Of Centralia grammar boys, score
I to 2. Howe High school boys beat
Centralia High school boys 13 to g..
The attendance at the games was
large and enthusiastic and several
converts were won over to basket ball.
There was enough of it for any crank,
contests lasting for period of three
hours. A balance was netted for the
benefit of the athletic treasures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23
Chamberlain'S Cough Remedy.

This remedy is intended especially
for coughs, colds, Group, whooping
cough and influenza. 1t has become
famous for its cures of these diseases,
over a large part of the civilized world.
The most flattering testimonials have
been received, giving accounts of it's
good works: of the aggravating and
persistent coughs it has cured; of
severe colds that have yielded promptly
to its soothing effects, and of the
dangerous attacks of Group it has
cured, often saving the life of the
child. The extensive use of it fol-
whooping cough has shown that it
robs that disease of all dangerous con.
sequences. Sold by F L. Steib.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23
7 axe Notice.

| beg to inform the public that |
will not open up the Fair store in the
SLIDER building as | have advertised.
Having bought out my brothers in
terest at the Milwaukee Cheap store.
| am unable at present to run the two
stores at the same time. Being to
busy cutting prices down at the Mil
waukee Cheap store to the lowest
figures. Please call III and make yOur
selections. Yours respectfully,
]. A. COHEN,
Successor to Cohen Bros.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23
MRS, WIN. S. MILLER.
Died of Consumption on Sunday Morning,
March 19,

March y,
Death, the inevitable sickle that
hangs over US all, has invaded another
home in this community and has taken
another old settler to eternal rest.
Mrs. Katie Miller passed away Sunday
morning at 2:l5 O'Clock with consump-
tion, an illness of long standing,
though apparent failure in her condi-
tion did not commence until the last
of August, 1883. She has been sick in
bed about one month.
Mrs. Miller was born in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, on the 8th day Of Septen-
Der, ISIS. She moved TO MaustUn
with her parents when nine years of
age, thence to Buffalo, n. Y. coming
to Grand Rapids IN 1868, then nine.
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