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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

M. de Roger gives an incomplete list
Of members of the French nobility who
have taken to themselves American
wives. He heads the list with the Due
de Choisemn Praslin, who married
Miss Mary Elizabeth Forbes, with a
doWry of $1,000,000. He states that
Miss Clara Coudert brough the Marquis
de Choiseul $28O,O0O and that Zefta
HeywarQ-Countess de Gallatin-took
100000 as a dowry to the Comte Guy
de Rohn- Chabot Other Americans
who have married into the noble faU-
bourg with doweries are Duchesse
Decazes, who was born Isabelle
Blanche Singer, whose dowery was
$1,000 900; Duchesse de Dion, widow of
Livingston Stevens, who brought her
100000 Duchesse de Ia Rochefou-
cauld, Matte Mitchell, who was
blessed with 100000; Marquise de
Mores, Medorah Hoffman, presented
the marquis with 100000, and Com
Jesse Boni de Castellane, Anna Gould,
whose dowery was $15,OUO,OO0.
The French system Of tipping the
household servants is unique IN
the chateauX and villa a strong box
with an opening in the corner is placed
by the hall door, and therein the de-
parting visitor drops such fee as he or
she wills. At the end of the season
the box is opened and the contents
divided among the servants. This, of
course, frees the poor guest from any
embarrassment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
my MA, SHE KNOWS. "

Ny pa, he scolds me jes' becuz
He says I'm gittin' tough"
He says my face is never clean,
My hands is always rough;
I'm not behavin' like l should,
An goin' wrong, l 'spose,
But Ma, she takes an pats my hand
An smiles becuz she knowsi
/ My Pa haint got no use for boys,
j He wants 'em always men;
| wonder if he's clean forgot
The boy he must "a been;
Fer Ma, she says they're all alike
| Bout face an hands an clothes,
An says I'll learn to be a man;
An Ma, I guess, she knows!
My Pa, he says I amt no good
At dom anything;
I'd ruther fool away the time
An whistle, play, an sing;
But Ma, she smiles an says I'm young,
An then she up an goes
An kisses me an shows me how;
For Ma, you bet, she knows
My Pa, he says I'll never be
A business man like him,
Becuz I hain't got any drive
An get up" pluck" and VIM"
But Ma, she says, so solemn like,
A mans a boy that grows,
An boys must have their playin'
spells;
An Mas a trump, an knowsl
My Pa, he shakes his head an signs
An says he doesn't see
Where 1 get all the careless ways
That seem jes' born in me;
An Ma, she laughs, an laughs, an
laughs
Till Pas face crimson grows,
An then she says IT'S very queer"
But somehow, Ma, she knows!
My Ma, she knows most everything
Bout boys an what they like;
She's never scOldin' bout the muss
I make with kites an bike;
She says she wants me to be good
An conquer all my foes,
An you jes' bet I'm goin' to be,
'CuZ my sweet Ma, she knows!
Birch Arnold in Detroit Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
THE FIRE FIEND.

There was confagration in the new
Syndicate building on Park Row last
Wednesday afternoon. Somebody saw
smoke coming out Of an upper window
and set up yell of fire that brought
out everybody in lower town. Several
men ran over and rang the court
house bell, while a lot more hurried
over to the fire-engine house, but il
was locked and Jack Scannell had til
key in his pocket. Nobody knew where
Jack was. Luckily Fireman Hugh
Bonner happened to hear the bell and
came running down from the Harlem
as fast as his legs could carry him
On the Way he borrowed bucket at
Park & Tilford's corner grocery and
filed it at the river. When he reached
the building he rushed upstairs, two
steps at time, and got to the top
story just in time to souse the bucket
Of water over a burning waste basket
and quench the devOuring element
Inc contents Of the waste basket were
nearly all destroyed, and if Hugh had
been ten minutes later the basket itself
would have been a mass of shoulder
ing ruins. 1t is lucky for this town
that we have such d fireman as Hugh
Bonner, who knows just what to dc
and never loses his head even under
the most exciting circumstances. We
suggest that Jack Scanned NIGH
leave the key to the fre-engine house
in PerTy's drugstore or Tim Flynn'>
place when he goes off to play pea
knuckle up in YOnkers. Weekly Am
| sterdamer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
TALL GIRLS THE FASHION.

1t is certainly the day of the stately
Juno. The statement is made that
American girls are taller and larger
than they used to be, and figures are
given to prove it. Nor is there any
thing improbable in this. The in
creased attention to athletics in late
years would account for it easily
enough. There are few sports now in
which women cannot and do not take
an active part. The healthy girl Of
today walks, rides, rows, swims, plays
golf and sails a boat as freely and
naturally as her brother does, and is
an entirely different being from her
predecessor of a generation ago. That
this should have its effect upon the fu-
ture Of the race goes without saying,
perhaps, but the figures to which we
have referred prove that physical cul-
ture will add an actual inch to the
stature OF a given person, apart from
the development Of waist, chest, lungs,
arms and so on. Thus, by taking
thought any girl can be taller than
she is.
Nevertheless there still remains
something inexplicable in the fact
that the race changes to meet the ideal
How long is IL since the small, soft
clinging creature was celebrated as the
type Of womanhood? READ the novels
of forty or fifty years ago, and see
what a bundle of affectations the her
grimes were Tney sacrificed every
thing to their conception of female
! delicacy," and fancied that men would
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
TREES IN FOREST FIRES.

Forest fires differ greatly in inten-
sity and in the amount of resultant
| damage. The great majority merely
run along the ground, licking up the
| grass, underbrush, and forest litter,
| doing no damage to trees other than
scorching the outer bark. Some de-
velop sufficient heat to destroy the
young saplings and to burn through
the bark of the mature trees. In the
latter case, fire scars are produced,
which may develop disease and even
tually destroy the trees. Others, still
fiercer and more destructive, make a
more or less clean sweep of the forest
Fires Of the last mentioned kind are
not common, but, on the other hand,
they are naturally the most extensive
Among them may be instanced the
"big burn" in Western Oregon, near
the Pacific coast, which extended from
Tillamook southwark to the neighbor-
hood Of Coos bay,-a distance of $50
miles, with an average of 20 to %
miles,-and the burns in WhatcOm
Skamania and Cowlitz counties, Wash
which swept the timber for hundreds
of square miles.
Different species of trees suffer from
fire in different degrees. Resinous
trees, especially those with thin bark,
such as the pines, and particularly
the yellow pine, are very cOmbustible,
and fall an easy prey to the flames
The red fir, the most valuable tree OF
h. 8 oh
BILE, as it possesses a thick bark and
contains comparatively little resin;
while the California redwood is so wet
that no fire can sustain itself among
them There have never been fires
among the redwOOds. In burnt areas
it is common for fires to make selec-
lions among the trees, limiting the de-
struction to certain species.
Although forest fires were long rec
ognized as an evil of the first magni-
tude, no concerted attempt was made
until recent years to abate them. 1t
was everybody's business; therefore it
concerned no one in particular The
federal government being the largest
owner of timber-land, was naturally
expected to take the lead in the mat
ter. Until very recently, however, it
did nothing; and it was long before
any of the states took action. New
York was the first to take up the mat
ter in earnest In 1885 a law was
passed by the legislature providing
fines and Imprisonment for setting
fires, whether by intention or care
1essness; and an organization Of fire
wardens was made. This organization
has proved efficient and we now hear
little of forest f1rse in New York state.
Henry Gannett in the Forum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

despise them if they acted like reason
able beings. They ran to one extreme
as completely as the new woman has
run to the other. Perhaps the new
woman is more or less confined TO fic-
ton: she is not to be COMPOUNDED with
the athletic girl, at any rate, but she
is not further from the normal ideal
OF womanhood than her weak sister Of
half century ago. Doubtless then, is
now, the ordinary woman ran into no
extreme at all. Doubtless many of the
traits from which we are wont to gen
eralize are superficial and do not af-
feet in the least the essential nature
Of the sex. But still we should be con-
scious Of living in very different at
mosphere if We were transferred sud-
denly from the presence Of the girl of
1898 to that Of the girl of 1S4S.
Those skilled in such matters have
often noted that other changes than
those in manners seem to have fash
ion of their own A well-known wO-
man in society or or a popular actress
is initiated ad nauSeam, until dark
hair or thin lips or a pale complexion
or what not is as common as the oppo-
site things were six months before
Whatever type" happens to strike the
fancy is multiplied a hundred times
over. The sarcastic say that it is all
art, but there are certainly authentic
cases where the beauty was genuine
enough-be it blonde or dark, Titan
red or Vatican blue, that at the time
was regnant. All this only shows the
adaptability of the woman to her en-
vironment, in which respect she is
two or three centuries ahead of that
wretched creature-man. For our
own part we are glad that just now
the healthy, tall, athletic girl has the
field, even thought the result may be
that at fashionable weddings, as we
are told, it is no unusual occurrence
to see the bride several inches above
the bridegroom. This is no argument
for women to stop growing, but rather
a warning to men to forswear sack
and live cleanly and so keep up with
their partners in the game of life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
MOTHER AND CHILD.

l beg of you to think about your
child before it's birth-think the best
thoughts of which you are capable
fix your mind steadily on a high des-
tiny for the future man or woman, and
shape it's will to noble ends. Think
about the baby while you nOurish It's
life with your own-think lovingly,
think deeply-pour into the slumber
ing soul all the vigor and vitality that
is in you to give. Play with the child
rem all through the symbolic age, the
kindergarten age; enter as fully and
as heartily as you can into their world,
which is not at all your world. II you
who read this fancy that it needs no
expenditure of brain force to play with
the baby, Froebel's Mother-Play book
is a good one for you to begin with.
Do not even allow yourself to put
them to bed and hear them SAY their
prayers" with your own head full Of
something else; the bedtime hour Is
the hour that should be sacred to in
innate condolences and close cOmmun-
ion between mother and child.-Elalne
Goodale Eastman in Woman's Home
Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

the words had cost her so dear. The1
Sir Marc opened the parchment
Now look" he said, "at what il
written here"
She bent over him and read:
My beloved daughter, Veronica
Brandon, hitherto known as Veronica
di CYNTHIA"
| She cried out as she read the words
| 1t seemed IS though Heaven itself had
| cleared her.
F'Those are the words that the wo-
man did not read he said. They are
clear to me. The moment my eyes
fell upon them I understood it all
l know, just as well as if you told me-
that Sir Jasper married your mother
long years ago-in Venice, | should
imagine-and that she died quite
young, leaving you. Why he gave you
up l cannot even imagine, perhaps
you you will tell me; but it seems to
me that he kept the fact of his mar
riage profound secret-why, l cannot
say. Then" he continued, Il believe
that on his death-bed he gave you
this will, leaving, as was right, his
estates to you, his eldest daughter,
and that you, In your noble generosity.
your great self-sacrifce, rather than
disinherit your sister, burned the will,
and never mentioned it. Is it so?"
81 cannot answer you," she said. q
will tell you why. I took an oath of
silence, with my hand upon my dead
fathers heart" Then she stopped,
with cry of dismay She had be-
trayed herself!
He was your father, them" said
Sir Marc. Il knew it." He took her
hands in his. Sweetheart" he said,
my life has been a curse to me since
| lost you. Forgive me-forgive my
absurd folly, my miserable suspicious,
my unjust thoughts. Give me the
great treasure Of your love again and
[ will promise on my part the most
tray the secret of your birth or the
secret of the will I do not deserve
such pardon, but
The answer was certainly not given
in words. There was silence in the
room after that-silence full of hap
piness. How long had it lasted 2,
Veronica started in alarm. Lady Bran
don was standing near her with a
most alarmed expression on her face.
my dear Veronica" she was saying,
where are you? Who is that with
your"
She looked still more alarmed when
Veronica raised her happy, tear-stained
face, saying:
Lady Brandon, this is Sir Marc.
He has come back, and we are friends
again"
Then Lady Brandon went to seek
for Katherine; and while she was
gone, Veronica turned to her lover,
saying:
Marc, swear to me that you Will
never utter a single word. to Lady
Brandon about the will-that you will
never betray to her your knowledge
of my BIRTH
He promised; and that was the only
secret Veronica kept from him-he did
not know that Lady Brandon ever
heard either of the marriage or the
will.
Il knew it must be so,'' said the
young heiress, "a she stood holding a
hand Of each. Mamma, their wedding
must be on the same day as ours, and
we will take Veronica to France until
she grows quite strong again.
And it was all carried out as she
proposed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
THAT IS LOVE.

What is love? Is it a mothers,
Bending DER her little child?
Clasping it in sweet affection
With a fervor unbeguiled?
What is love? Is it a sweetheart's,
When he claims the first fond kiss.
As he folds his dear one to him
In the rapture of all bliss?
What is love? Is it the hero's
When amid the battle strife
He, unselfish, for a comrade
Yieldeth up his gallant life?
What is love? Is it a fathers,
When he giveth all to save
The dear son Of his affection
From a felons awful grave?
Nayi 'Tis when the wife we cherish
And in whom we fondly trust,
Softly chirps to us at breakfast:
Here, dear, you can have the crust"
New York Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
THE END.
EARLY LOVE OF BISMARCK
proposed

A story comes over the sea from
Vienna that tells Of an early love of
the late iron chancellor of Germany
Bismarck, while still a raw university
student, was staying in the mountain
regions Of the Tyrol, near Ultenthal,
and fell deeply in love with a beautiful
young peasant girl. He offered to
make her his wife and in order that
mis- marriage should not take her from
her beloved mountains he promised TO
give up his own country and stay in
the Tyrol. The parents of the girl,
simple peasant folk, objected, however,
to their chilu, who had been brought
up a deVout Catholic, being married
to a Prussian Junker, who was a Pro-
testant to boot. So the romance
which threatened TO lose a Bismarck
for Prussia came to a sudden end and
the hero Of it returned to his alma
mater at Berlin. In a hall at Uuten-
thai there is still to be seen a picture
Of Bismarck in the uniform of his
younger days. The heroine of the
romance died many years ago as the
welltodo widow Of an Austrian land
ed proprietor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
A WATER TANK.

He was a Kentucky 'coloIei" and
he strolled up into the stand at Tark
& Pilford's, wherein were displayed
bottles of spring water at 81 dozen.
'Tom, Tom; oh, Toni" he called
out, and a young counterpart Of his
long, lank frame came up.
Thomas" he said, impressively as
the clerk was wrapping up dozen
bottles of the water which he had just
sold to yspeptic-looking man,
81 nomas, never expected to see what
a terrible hold the water habit will
take on it's victims. That man, Thorn
as, is buying water to drink, and there
are thousands of people tonight who
would be glad Of the money to get
whiskey with" C 3. L.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

fire and absorbs himself in his pa
an entertaining companion for a wo-
man who is pining for a little bright
ness and innocent amusement.
rom their own points of view the
husband and wife are both right and
lnaSmuch as we can't change the con-
dltlons OF life it is a good deal better
to adapt ourselves to them than to
try to adapt them to us. An old
proyerb sets forth the fact in natural
history that you can take an OK to
water, but you can't make him drink.
In like manner you can take your hus-
band to party, but you can't make
him enjoy himself, as every woman
knows who has ever tried it. So the
part Of good sense and good feeling
seems to be to let him alone Let him
be happy in his own way and devise
your own scheme for relaxation and
enjoyment. There is no woman, I'M
less she is a miserable manager. who
can't get out of her own house for a
few hours every day. In that time she
may meet bright people, go to club
meetings, see the best plays at the
matinees, and if she tires of home
cooking treat herself to unusual dishes
at the restaurant. In these days of
women's independence there is no rea-
son why she should not find for her
self plenty of rational enjoyment
that would in no way interfere with
her home duties or interests. And in
finding these outside interests she
better fit herself for dealing with the
complex duties every woman con-
fronts who has husband and child
rem.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
USELESS INFORMATION.

Fifty thousand Bank of England
notes are on the average made daily.
Last year in "a cities Of the United
and 6,603 were granted.
Within the last 20 years the French
have annexed no fewer than 100000
square miles of Africa.
One horsepower is calculated to be
sufficient to raise $4,000 pounds to the
height of one foot in a minute.
The most active volcano in the
world is Mount Sangay, 1870 feet
high, situated on the eastern chain OF
the Andes, South America. 1t has
been in constant eruption since 1928.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
EVERYDAY TRAGEDY.

Hold up your hands!"
At this startling command every one
Of the six stalwart men, taken by sur
prise, mechanically complied.
Then the voice was heard again,
droning out these words:
'You and each of you do solemnly
swear that the evidence you shall give
in the case now in hearing shall be the
truth, the whole truth" etc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
SEEN IN SHOPS.
castor-brown felt hats.

Many castor-brown felt hats.
Mems scarfs of polka-dotted satin.
Warp prints in wavy cross stripes.
Girls short-back Puritan silk bon
nets.
Misses taffeta waists in tucked
effects.
Large-patterned brooches for even
ing gowns.
Silk petticoats in gay plaids and
noble stripes.
Velvet coats to wear with cloth or
silk skirts
Bands Of solidly worked silver and
jet spangles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
GOOD FOR THE GRIP.
ohenacetine, 2 scruples.

Phenacetine, scruples.
Salol, scruples.
Quinine salicylate, 1 scruple.
Make up into 20 pills. Take one
pill every hour for four hours and
then one every two hours for three or
four doses.
Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
PERSONAL MENTION,

Mr.. Johnson of Hot Springs is a
guest of the Ford.
TheO L. Schultz of Tempe left for
the east on last nights train.
DIR. G. a. Scroggs of Tempe register
ed at the Hotel Adams yesterday.
P. L. Jackson of Prescott came down
last night and is at the Commercial.
William Prackwinhel of Wickenburg
is in the city, guest of the CONNER
cial.
E. B. Gage and wife of Prescott are
at the Hotel Adams. They arrived last
night.
H. w. Ross, wife and family of Pres
cott, registered at the Commercial yes
terday.
Mrs. ]. F. W. Catch of New Rochelle,
n. Y. is at the Ford hotel, arriving yes
terday.
Among the guests of the Commercial
yesterday were W. Y. Price, J. l..
Houck, Mesa; Mrs. Albert Miller.
Tempe: Mrs. NJ. E. Harter and chill
dren, Florence; Mrs. Stone and chill
Arizona republican., 1899-11-08

it does not make fighters graceful
it is not an aesthetic system OF physi-
cal culture which fits young men for
the drawing room, etc. But nothing
can be more surikingly handsome than
a 16O-pound foot ball player with hair
like rats nest. certain muscles for
running developed beyond all proper
ton. hand and a grip that knows
nothing but force and a desire which
has become second nature. to jump on
somebody who is smaller, and if pos
sible break his ribs. AS for the two
games the only difference between
them is that the most brutal, happens,
just at present. to be a society fad.
Arizona republican., 1899-11-08

and the other just above. Robinson
was arrested this morning and taken
before Justice NJ. w. Sternei at Din
widdie Court House, and held for trial
at the next term of the county court.
and committed to the county Jail. He
makes no denial of the shooting.
Jolly died of his wounds on the pas
senger train on the Richmond, Peters
burg & Carolina railroad tonight while
being brought to the home for the sick
i'm this city for treatment. The de-
ceased was one of the best known men
in Dinwiddie county and was married.
He leaves n widow and children. The
feeling i'm the county against the muir
derer is very bitter.
Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
FORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Father Russell of Kansas Regiment
Says 1t Is the Only Solution.

Maryville, Mo-, Nov. Rev. Father
p. o. Russell, who was a volunteer
chaplain with the American troops in
the Philippines and returned to the
United States with the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment, is visiting here. Father
Russell says he believes the Filipinos
are not capable of self government. IF
you treat them kindly" he said today.
they think you are afraid of them.
There is only one thing that this gov
eminent can, in my opinion, hOnorably
do. and that is to put them down by
armed force and hold the islands.
think that within three months Aguin-
aldo's following will be annihilated and
the war ended
Father Russell was in the Philippines
eight months. During sixteen months
preceding he Travelled through India,
China and Africa, and he has travelled
extensively in America, but he declares
that the Philippines is the richest coun-
try ne has ever visited.