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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28
HARK, THE NEW SONG.

| am the Winged Victory, my star
Burns on the Future with auroral
beam;
| tread upon the armament affair
| am the Muse, the Mystery, the
Dream.
The old song passes and the New Song
breaks
The Song of Tools, the Song of Com
mon Man;
The road is brotherhood the New Time
takes.
The rallying cry is Christ the Arti-
SAM"
Up through the wailing chords and
crumbling stones,
The music of new humanity
Breaks on the effigies that fill the
thrones;
They hear, but do not know it is the
sea.
0 poets, waken in the worlds eclipseI
Hurl back the fears, take down the
battle horn
That Shelley held against his burning
lips,
And send on slaves the lightning of
my scorn.
Wake to the passion of my Labor
Word,
Rise to the wonder of my joyous
pain,
Till through the break of song is faint
ly heard
The cry of toiling millions at the
chain.
Go crying in the voices of my Tyre:
20 souls of earth, ye must be born
again
Born from the beggary of self-desire-
Reborn to kings-reborn to Social
Men"
Leave the dead affairs where the blind
souls kneel
The road l take into the ages dim
Is strewn with light from Beauty's
vivid wheel,
And whispers with the feet of cheru-
bim
All kingdoms rise and crumble to one
end
The dust of Babylon, the stones Of
Tyre;
Only my kingdom waiting to descend
Is worth the hero's toll, the poets
fire.
All kingdoms fail until my kingdom
come;
Feet stumble till they stand upon my
peak;
Tongues stammer and the lyric lips
are dumb,
Until the poets of my passion speak.
Edwin Markham.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

made. The officials Of the railroad over
which the royal parsonage is to travel
work themselves into perfect fever
Of excitement in making the elaborate
arrangements.
Little or nothing is published by the
newspapers about the journey, as it is
not considered a wise policy to let the
queens subjects know too much about
the arrangements, in the fear that some
crank armed with the knowledge might
station himself at convenient point
and endeayor to blow up her majesty
or wreck the royal train.
When the queen journeys north to
| Balmoral, about $50 miles from Lon
| don, the train runs at uniform speed
of forty-fiVe miles an hour. If the en-
gineer made the pace forty-seven miles
| or forty-three miles he would probably
| lose his job. Forty-fye miles is the
royal speed, no faster and no slower.
There is always pilot engine which
runs in advance Of the royal train
about fifteen minutes. Some high of
| icials are on the pilot to see that the
| tracks are clear and in perfect condi-
ton and that the signals are working
all right. After the pilot has passed
nothing can cross the tracks. The
road is practically closed until the
royal train passes. If farmers wish to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

the compartment, cushioned with the
same material. The doors are made of
sycamore, with satin wood mountings
and the handles, as well as the key
latches, are of carved ivory.
The border design in silk around the
furniture consists of the rose, sham
rock, and thistle, which also figure
conspicuously on the window sashes
and arm rests, which again have the
crown worked in silk upon them. In
the center of the carpet and on the
cushions are the royal coat of arms
The roof has a border of hand painted
work, and oil is the artificial illumi-
nant when daylight is shut out by the
blinds and curtains made out of cream
silk
The royal coach of the London North
Western system is much the same. The
interior is upholstered in dark blue
silk and the arrangement is much like
that Of the Great Western. The queens
car is always placed in the center of
the train to be better protected in ease
Of accident. Usually the royal in
is made up of sixteen cars, as e
amount Of baggage taken by the gu I
is something stupendous. Very ofte.
she also takes her favorite horses and
carriages with her, and these help to
swell the number of cars.
Each car carries a couple of extra
guards and the train is fitted with a
telegraphic outfit which can be speedily
adjusted in event of emergency Moth
ing is cooked for the queen on the
train. Stops are made at certain
places and provisions which have been
specially prepared are taken on. The
queen ever spends night on the train,
as her Journeys are always accom-
plished in day time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28
AULD DADDY DARKNESS.

Aud Daddy Darkness creeps frae his
hole,
Black as a blackamoor, bin as mole;
Stir the fire till it loves, let the BARN
les sit,
Auld Daddy Darkness is no wantit yet
See him in the corners hidin frae the
Iicht,
See him at the window gloomin' at the
NIGHT;
Turn up the gas LIGHT. close the shut
ters "a
An Aud Daddy Darkness will fee far
ava.
Ava to hide the birdie within it's cosy
nest,
Ava to lap the wee fooers on their
mither's breast,
Ava to loosen CATER Toll frae his
daily ca,
For Aud Daddy Darkness is kindly
to a..
He comes when we're weary to wean'5
frae our waes,
He comes when the bairnies are gettin
aft their claes;
To cover them sac cozy, an bring bon
ME dreams,
SO Aud Daddy Darkness is better than
he seems.
Steek yer cen my wee tot, yen see
Daddy then;
He's in below the bed claes, to cuddle
ye he's fain;
Moo nestle in his bosie, sleep and
dream yer fill,
Till wee Davie DAYLIGHT comes keekin'
owre the hill.
james Ferguson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

only when thou hast celebrated IN
thine own chapel, these three hundred
masses in the presence OF all those who
have sinned through thy fault and with
theei"
This is the true legend of Dom Bal
aguere as it is told today in the olive
country The chateau of Trinque
lague no longer exists; but the chapel
still stands on the summit of Mt. Ven
toux, in clump of live-oaks. The
door flaps in the wind, grass grown on
the threshold, birds build their nests
in the angles Of the altar and in the
frames of the windows, whose stained
panes have long since disappeared. 1t
seems, however, that every year at
Christmas, a supernatural light fits
about among the ruins, and the peas
ants, on the way to church at mid
night, see the ghostly chapel lighted
by candles which burn even in the
wind and snow.
You may laugh, if you will, but a
vinedresser of the locality, named Gar
rigue, a descendant Of Garrigou, doubt
less, told me that on certain Christ
mas night, being a trife fuddled, he
lost his way on the mountain near
Trinquelague, and this is what he saw:
Everything was silent and lifeless I'M
til midnight; then a bell rang out from
the top Of the steeple; an old, old bell,
which seemed to be miles away. Soon
be saw lights Pickering on the noun
tain side and shadowy forms moving
about. These entered the chapel, and
under the porch, he heard greetings:
"Good-evening, Master Arnoton.
"GOOd-eyening, gOod-evening, chill
dren.''
When all were inside, our courage
Gus vinedresser approached softly, and,
looking through the broken door, saw
singular spectacle. All those people
he had seen enter the church were cir
cled around the choir in the ruined
nave as if the benches were still there
There were beautiful women in bro
cades, seigneurs in satin coats, peas
ants in coats such as our grandfathers
used to wear, all seeming weary,
faded, and dusty. From time to time,
night-birds came flying around the
candles, whose flames rose straight ana
! indistinct, as if burning behind gauze.
Garrigue was much amused at a GER
tain parsonage with large steel-bOund
| spectacles, who kept shaking his tall,
black wig, on which one of the birds
took the liberty Of perching, silently
tapping it's wings.
In the distance, little old man, no
taller than boy, kneeling in the mid
die of the choir, excitedly shook a lit
| tie voiceless bell, while priest, CARRIED
in old gold, came and went before the
altar, repeating 0raisons, not one word
of which could be heard.
You may be certain it was Dom Bal
aguere hurrying through his three
| hundred low masses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28
TRIMMING FOR TABLE.

IL is very usual now 10 have a lit
tie admixture of fruit in table decora-
ton, especially in the center, COM
ments Cassell's Magazine. A hand
some compotier or china basket Of
mandarin oranges serves as a at of
glowing color; or if a lady has a dozen
beautiful peaches grown in her own
orchard house, and is very proud of
them, they make a charming center
Formerly, a little delicate moss or
lycOpodium was placed among and be-
tween them; but this season they
must have small tied-up punches of
flowers, such as Parma violets, forget
me-nots or tiny white rosebuds. All
receptacles for flowers should be
clear glass or white china Some ladies
have sets of Belleck, but it is rare and
valuable. The correct thing is to have
little lace mats-really good lace, such
as handmade guipure or heavy torchOn
under every plate, carafe, decanter,
dessert-dish or basket of fruit or flow
ers. A favorite form Of table dec0ra-
ton in Paris this spring is to place a
tall vase or basket of fruit or flowers
in the very center of the table, and
from it carry out the flowers in the
shape of an elongated x. The pink and
white camellias that have been all the
rage have been perfect for this pur-
pose, as the sprays, with their firm
blossoms and glossy green leaves, could
be laid carefully on the cloth, and
we're not very easily displaced. From
time immemorial, in the season of
flowers, every family of any refinement
has had what the school mistress sis
ters in Vanity Fair" called a beau
pot" or a nice plant of some kind, in
| the middle Of the dinner table; but it
| has been reserved for the last two or
three decades to heap the table with
| tiOwers-the costlier, the better liked
and to make this decoration a promi-
nent feature of the entertainment at a
! dinner or supper and, to a less extent,
! of luncheon party.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

en- drawers which follow the circle OF
the table the keyhole is cut through a
diamond of inlaid ivory, and on
plate, also inlaid, are engraved the let
tiers of the alphabet in twos and threes.
They occupy nine drawers, and the re-
naming three are devoted to Letters,
Receipts and Bills Paid.
Anticipating the modern inventions
and appliances for holding books and
papers, the maker of this table con-
trived a sort of jack-in-the- box on the
top Of the table, which may be adj
justed at any desired angle for a paper
or book. The felt fitted to the top OF
the table Mrs. VOORHEES, has restored,
but the original age-eaten one is pre-
served. When the table reached here
each drawer had two mahogany knobs.
but Mrs. VOORHEES, learns from the Tay-
loe family that these replaced the orig
1nal ones of ivory, so she intends. il
possible, to restore this striking feat
ure of the most notable table in Amer
ica.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

IS not ordinary in anything, except,
perhaps, in her love for her children
and grandchildren, and in that she is
just like any other old lady. The
Journeys do not bother the queen
much, but a small army of attendants
and officials excite themselves over a
paltry trip of five hundred miles or so
by railroad to a degree that can scarce
ly be comprehended by the American
mind.
If trip of this kind were con-
templated by a traveller here he would
take the train at night and expect to
wake up at his destination the next
morning, and that would be all there
would be to it. Or, he would take an
early morning train and expect to
reach his destination in the evening in
time for a good dinner
Bat it is a very different matter when
the queen goes travelling. The date
of the journey is set at least one month
in advance, and then there is no rest or
peace until the trip ha> been safely
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28
NATURAL BRIDGE.

Lexington, Va, Dec. 24.-Owing to
the question whether the records OF
Rockbridge county show that the Nat
ural bridge was owned by Thomas JEFF
ferson, Judge William P. Houston OF
the County court has looked up the
title to the property as shown by the
records and found the following in
teresting data in regard to it: A patent
for the Natural bridge was granted to
Thomas Jefferson July 5, 1874, and
was signed by Dunmore, the then
lieutenant governor of the colony OF
dominion Of Virginia" The survey
began "at two poplars on line OF
Hugh Barclays land" and 157 acres
OF land were in the tract.
The land was devised by Jefferson tc
his daughter, Martha Randolph, sub
ject to the payment Of his debts. In
order to pay the debts the land had tC
be sold. and was conveyed to Jack
Lakeland on November ,, 1885, by
Thomas Jefferson Randolph. executor
Of Thomas Jefferson, and assented tC
by Martha Randolph, then residing il
Boston, Mass, and recorded in Abe
marie county, Virginia.
Walter r. Cole bought the property
| from Lakeland in 1915; John Lustel
bought it from Cole: Lewis Harmar
from Luster; NJ G. Hartman from
| Lewis Hartman; A. ". Hartman, Jr.
present treasurer OF Virginia, from
NJ. G. Hartman, and the late Col. Henri!
| c. Parsons from A ". Hartman, Jr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

when not in use is carefully protected
BY covers, which render it impervious
to dust or London fog. The walls
are paneled with a material of silken
texture, surrounded by a hand-painted
floral border. Then there is the writ
ing table, placed against the window,
which, however, has never been used
by the queen in the memory of man. In
fact, the queen rarely enters the room,
as she invariably passes directly to the
train. But the waiting rooms are al
ways in readiness for her and are
polished and furnished up a week in
advance Of the date Of the journey.
The cars which her majesty travels
in were made especially for her use
These are not called cars, however,
but are spoken of as saloons. Each
car is forty feet in length, and at both
ends the buffers are covered with thick
ivulcanized padding to obviate any con-
cussion. Then at each bottom corner
there is the carved head of lion, and
the steps leading out from the four
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28
ONE WAY TO TRAVEL
ENGLAND'S QUEEN HAS ALL THE
COMFORTS OF HOME.
NO NOISE AND NO SMOKE
Everything is at a Standstill While
the Royal Train is Passing-F'ur-
nishings of the Cars and the
Many Luxuries En- Route for the
Queen.

Annually Queen Victoria visits the
Rivera and it is of one the three jour
neys she makes each year. The other
Windsor castle and to Osborne on the
adjournment of the court season.
The ordinary traveller would smile at
any Of these journeys and would class
them as mere bagatelles, but the queen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

Elections were held to fill four va
cancies in the Ontario legislature. In
the South Brant, T. II. H. Preston Glib
crab was elected by 800 majority; in
South Ontario, John Dryden QiberaD
had 300 majority; in West Elgin Fin
lay McDiarmid conservative won by
"a majority, and in East Elgin William
Brewer conservative was chosen by
40 majority. The Ontario house now
stands: Liberals, 40; conservatives, AZ.
a conservative gain Of one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

Jones-"How do you use such enor-
nous quantities of peaches?"
Smith-"We eat what we can and
what we can't eat we can
Jones-"Indeed, we do about the
same in our business. We sell an Or
der when we can sell it and when we
can't sell it, we cancel it."-San Fran
cisco Wave.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

Old Gotn4illions-'I seen that some o.
them senators is havin' tnei- titles
contested down there. Something ant
right. When fellers pay spot cash
they ought to have a good abstract O.
title and q warranty deed. Sparks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28

Have you ever played football?"
mo, but when l was a cowboy was
once run over by herd of stampeded
steers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-28
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Five minutes later, the throng were
seated in the banquet hall
the chaplain in their midst. The cha
teau resounded with mirth, and the
venerable Dom Balaguere drowned his
remorse under heaps of roasted meats
and floods OF wine. The poor holy man
ate and drank so much that he died in
the night from a dreadful attack
without so much as time to repent. In
the morning he reached Paradise and
was received as follows:
Hide from my sight, false Chris
| tian; thy sin is great enough to efface
| a whole life of virtue. Thou hast stolen
a midnight mass. Thou shalt pay for
! it with three hundred in the same
place, and thou shalt enter paradise
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-03
TWO FINE SPECIMENS
OF Physical Mani pod

No form of athletic exercise demands
such perfect physical condition as prize
fighting. Every muscle in the body must
be fully developed and supple, and the
heart, lungs and stomach must act to per-
lection.
Whether we endorse prize fighting or not,
it is nevertheless interesting to show the
manner by which men arrive at such phys
ical perfection.
James Jeffries, the present champion
heavy weight of the world, and his gallant
opponent, Tom Sharkey, in the greatest pu-
gilistic encounter that has ever taken place,
both pursued much the same course of
training, and the first and most Important
part of this training was to get the stom-
ach in condition and to keep the digestion
absolutely perfect, so that every muscle
and nerve would be at its highest capabili-
ties.
This was not done by a secret Potent
medicine, but both of these great pu~Hists
used well-known natural diges'i'-- Ct
sold by druggists under the nan'N =
arts Dyspepsia Tablets and corn, u
the digestive ferments which every = M
ach requires for healthy digestion
Champion Jeffries says: "Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets prevent acidity, strengthen
the stomach and insure perfect digestion.
They keep a man in fine physical condi-
tion." Signed, James j. Jeffries, champion
of the world
The gallant fighter, Sharkey, says: ''Stu--
forts after eating. They rest the stomach
and restore 1t to a healthful condition. I
heartily recommend them" Signed, Thorn
as ]. Sharkey
The advantage of the daily use of Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets is that they keep
people we'll and ward off sickness and are
equally valuable to well persons as to dys-
peptics. Another advantage is that these
tablets contain no cathartics or poisons of
any character, but simply digestive fer
ments which are found in every reality
stomach, and when digestion is imperfect
1t is because the stomach lacks some of
these elements, and Stuarts Dyspepsia
Tablets supply 1t.
They are no cheap cathartic, but per-
fectly safe and efficient digestive, and the
demand for them is greater than the sale
of all other so-called dyspepsia cures COM
bined. No remedy could possibly reach
such a place In public esteem except as the
result of positive merit.
Published packages are sold by all drug
gists at so cents, and the best habit you
can possibly form is to take Stuart Tab
let after each meal. They make weak
stomachs strong and keep strong stomachs
vigorous u-26-2t-sun
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-03
ARMY CHAPLAINCY A FAILURE
Impressions of John Howe Peyton After
"a Visit to the Philippines
From the philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Lansdowne.-John Howe Peyton, whose
recent utterances on the Philippines ques-
tion have attracted much attention, lectur-
ed Tuesday evening before the st. Johns
club of Lansdowne, which is composed of
some 300 men banded together for the pro-
motion of good fellowship. good literature,
good morals and good citizenship The club
has comfortable rooms, athletic grounds of
four and one-half acres and maintains a
course of free lectures the first Tuesday
evening of every month in the club rooms.
Mr. Peyton was commissioned by a COM
mitee of the house of bishops of the Epis-
copal Church to visit the Philippines and
study the condition of the natives Creden-
tials furnished by the secretaries of war
and of the navy opened avenues of Informal
tion not accessible to ordinary travellers. He
was in the Philippines from May 20 to Au-
gust u, and visited Luzon, Panay, Negroes,
Cebu and Sulu. In his address, he por-
trayed wildly the good and evil conse-
quences of Roman Catholic rule in the Phil
ippines. OF the United States army he said:
Tracing the 100000 and more of natives
In the Philippines now stands the Ameri-
can army-the strong, young American
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-03

giants-strong of body, magnificently brave
and determined-the best fighting material
in the world.
las Is always and unavoidably the case,
the army Is followed by cloud of evils. In
Manila over 400 saloons have been opened in
fifteen months, where before it is said there
were only two, and a great crowd of adj
Venturers and bad characters have flocked
in from Japan, India, Europe and America.
In an army of nearly $4,000 soldiers there
are only seven or eight chaplains. When I
left Manila there were only five, and one of
them was detailed in charge of the morgue,
where his duties were entirely secular, so
far as the army was concerned.
DO / blame the government for the eX-
ceedingly bad moral and religious cond-
lions? Most emphatically 1 do not. 1 be-
lieve that it is impossible for a republican
government or people so divided on re-
ligious questions to handle this phase of
the stua ton. My deliberate judgment is
that the chaplaincy must always be fail
ure, and that 1t were better for the govern
ment to dispense with this branch of the
service and leave the matter to the church
of God, where it properly belongs. By way
of Illustration, the chaplain of my regiment
at Montauk was a Mormon elder, and
hold that under our theory of government
the Mormons had as much right to chap
laincy as the Methodists or Roman Catho-
lies and l am firmly of the opinion that,
in the course of time, the army can be
brought up to a high standard of morality
and Christian virtue.
AZ am an annexatonist; / see no posi-
BILE chance for our government to Withdraw
from the islands with any honor or decen-
cy. Possibly the Tagal race, protected by
the United States, could govern themselves,
but they are only 100000 among 100000.
Certainly they could not govern the other
Inhabitants, and for the United States to
withdraw after having destroyed such gov
eminent as did exist would be despicable.
''All through the great east the hand OF
destiny points to an enormous increase f
'nglican power and influence. We, as the
trongest nation of the future, must step
onward and use the enormous power with
which the Great All Father has entrusted
W. for the betterment of the condition OF
our brethren in the east, where darkness
has so long overshadowkd the earth. Our
occupa ton of the Philippines is but anoth-
err step in the great Divine plan, and the
evils, now so apparent, are but the dust
cloud of the conflict between the Son of
God and the Prince of the Powers of the
Air Within a generation Manila will be
an enormous city-the center of our trade
with the great Orient"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-03
Notice to Contractors

Bids viii be received until December 10,
1899. for building two story, brick extern
sion. about 79x152 feet to cotton mill build
ing. Also, frame warehouse, 50x70 feet.
Also about 80, two and three room. frame
cottages. Plans and specifications can be
seen. and details given at office of R. H.
Mabry, secretary and treasurer, Selma.
Ala.
Separate bids required on mill building,
on cottages, and on warehouse. Right re-
served to reject any and all bids.a