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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-01
! SAVED WARREN.

Sir Alfred Miner Prevents tho General
Being Sent Home.
LONDON, April 27.-2 p. m.-The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received at the
war Office from Lord Roberts:
'Bloemfontein, April 26.-At the re-
quest Of the high commissioner, War
rem has been appointed military gov
ernor of Griqualand, west, while that
part of the country is in disturbed
condition"
Lord Roberts peculiar reference to
Sir Alfred Miner over Warren's ap.
pointment lends itself to the inference
that the commander.in.chief Of the
British forces in South Africa scarcely
approves of it, and that the previous re-
bort that Warren has been recalled was
correct, but that he was saved from
coming home by the action OF the Brit
ish high commissioner. I ? ., y
According, to a special dispatch. from
Lourenzo Marques the latest authentic
estimates of the Boer forces place them
st so. 600, Of which 5000 are at Kroon-
stadt, 5000 at Fourteen Streams, 5000
in Natal, 700 about Mafeking and 1000
at Pretoria, while $50 have been ordered
north to intercept General Darlington g
force. The work Of entrenching Pre-
toria is proceeding.
A dispatch from Kimberley says en-
teric fever is 80 rampant there that the
city officials are urging the military au-
thorities to>remove the camps from the
town and discontinue the use Of public
buildings as hospitals, with the view of
better safeguarding public health
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-01

The capital stock Of the Gulf &
Manitoba railroad has been increased
to $7,OOQ,O00. H..
Decorah-posten., 1900-03-09
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Drantsre % Siisssr, 4rb.ioet for al
men JoIssoplpsnins os for at ItaH. be
labere alasier rnsnnsFep9roiss 2ipss
p%iltaar. Den Maabe man MI bebdno,
Ter llnoeroron.be, arb.ib.r,, Sien.r.,
Solodter etc. pod. !6oor Ri ier oS ON,
til ale aartsr 1ionesbnro | W4naoe
ON, at ct Wennete MI purosrss
sunfte dnbsrItoes snb for bunor.oe Qdr
iiosn.
Rdturligpis fan man osTaa fra Dor
lib anfsre 8ionssbpro ON lao Wennss
itepuroerius, r9biom Ringed9t IorWsns
METERS 2iO og 2ptts. Dor Civilization
er langt fra al babe nddet ben ulos
tomne 9umunitet. Men osrfor sr
bet bog lige mIittert og li9e gleoelist, at
ben ! oct forlsbne Qarbunoreoe h@t
giort bsrligs 5rsmIirtot ! btnre Ret
ming.
Den itigsnbs @urosrirs al andres
Wennstsberb .r ielOfslgslis leoiug /
al itigenoe 0urbering at eget Werneite.
ppro. Ssnns fan uoarte til Soumot
% 5r9tbso. Wsn I fig i.lo er ben
en- lissIna ~nsbrenoig getinaelie for q
fruatbart og soot Nenneftelio iom Qgs
tslien for andres WenneItsO9rb. llosn
Telelie nf sgst 8aro ingsn Sslougtslic,
og uosnS eloaatelis ingenS% elpuoOitling
6psrten intsaettuel encr mordlft. Oct
sr bog til ipbenoe oe Iioit Seloagtelien
ri mad padtdlbs, hois pi bill lsfte Dc
lapsre alasier op at ben Rduhso BE-
enouu liggsr nebiurtet /.
9emotrdtiet far mango Spnosr pdd
I'm Sambittigheo. men bet sr bets
uouroerlige 8~eliignslIs, at bet lGrer os
at purosre babe os Ielo oq andre Iom
MenneTfer. Og / 0emotratiet Iamley
ale BET forlsbne aarhunbrsoss geoG
gelIer % Str0mningsr fig iom / en- SO
peoItrem.
Gr oa 8eroen pirtelio blepst beors?
lltpiltomt. ut ourbere Fg 'sGo og an
bre ION Menneiter. bet CT at bore
qoo. Bert / bette Stptfe er Bert | bet
oobe. (Sluttes.)
Decorah-posten., 1900-03-09
2srepe fra Norge.
5prnieaist 9Dgocnnt.

5 gbgoen er Der besuosn en- Del
Smadtordroringer, iom bcr napnes:
~9onobdnOlsr arbros SnguliSrub psbe
ibsit peo ct lllpttestilf9los paa aunass
berg, ioet ban bIep Ipaot ibjGl at en-
6sit. Sdns 6o~rretnins cr nh unper Rea=
liidtion. og bet er pdataIs at oprett, en-
5orbru9sforening paa Stsoet.
Ole 8. Roe bar opbcrt Tom Qanos
haroler; ben fore 9pgnins pdd 5lDlano
itddr M tom % eoe. Sr. Roe briper
iom 8aurbbru9er paa tin 8aaro petre
Roe. grooeren @. $. Ros bar o9iau
ophgrt al bdnole, ban er aniat Iom Eager
mano hos 8rosisrer Bed, Stisn. Deb
2ano6unoler u. Hetuus's Dob i STARTS
forriee Oar iolgte Gnten 5orretningsn til
:. .. SrGttd at SuulunO % Sle u.
Sauer; unoer 5irmdndpn "Retous Gfters
felgerc" bripsr nu otsIe 9~anpbunbleri
pau @aarosn Gouio. 0enne Gienoom er
forsprigt tilIuIgs. Den npe Grbeioerfors
bru9sforening pua Notopoen oriper qoot
o9 er en- pirtsIi9 pldge for be andre 5ors
retningsmGno osruoe. QQi9eoel ital ct
&ompani M bpgge lige peo oe Uptage
Sonturrancen meo 6oreuingen.
lloopsr Sngoen bar man MI itunoist
pua 9psningsurbeiberne 9aa 9aaroen
Guegrup er imiolertio opfert en- tolosiat
9ooeobbgnina forrige CONNER, og paa
8uaroen Rpc er 6po9st en- itOr tipsmGss
Zig llobusbpgning. lloe pda Rotoooen
6pgges Der itabi8 pGt.
NJ iterre Gisnoomshanoelsr er Der /
bet forlgbne Mar fun faa. g. ~. Sinne
tipbte ibeit belle ben iii @ualer bsr,noe
StpbitrGtniug fra @oaler iii SiteroaIss
oanoet meo tilhsrenoe Strdnoret fra Rot
oobet % til SinneianOen. pri'en bar
Sir. 5000. 0ette bar en- uomGrtet Sam
bel for Sr. Sinne, iort bermso sr bIeosn
Gnecicr al beIe TotooItrrest paa sitre
Sioe al Siueloen. Saafrsmt Rotoooen
Deeblipsr at uopitlcs ION biotil, BIT Der
blipe en- lioeh Fdbritbp bsruoe, % od pil
2inne meget fort blipe en- grunorig Mano.
0dn8 SnotRgter al 3omter runbt Notobs
ben ioarer olereoe til Hentcrne al ca. Str.
100000. 8ourocns Sionddsfausr %
Rori8ar'duer er enoau life IoI9t; men
bIiDer untdgeIia ioIQt mart. S%onturisr
er lite forefalot / Sitcrbol i BET f~orlebnc
Nur. q. SoQio.
Decorah-posten., 1900-03-09
Ghinas Willioner
bcbpper 8arer ira europa %
Nmcrifn.

9Merebe / 1S43 ienote 6ranfrig
M2rb III China IDr al le, ON Der lftt
tulloe pGre ct Warfeo for "Iranitc 8oier.
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paa 9t9crbruge!s, Snbuitrtens O9 SGnz
oeleus Smroape. Gercs SnoberetnlnQ
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oelte5 unberbaano 8ipets0arb ,st0mrc,
iOm brig 0tpt al Den. Senerc ban
6rantris ioreta9et Iigneuoe unoerlp8el'
'er al BET dineiiife Marfeb. Gnglanr
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Re0ieringen en- SanbelsfOmmlS lion, ionl
/ be igloenoe TO 4ar iOretOg en Eur ira
Sbangbai pppoer Sarstieteangfloben,
oerira ipoouer iii ben eore Gnoe al
@eit 8iper % fom itlbage I'll Song
tpng meo uigtisc Splpsuinger ON, boao
5pltet / ben miotre os Isnore Del al
China bebgper, boab man fan perte al
iiube Nii9tnin9 for, ug buorleoes Sip
heeunen CT.
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ira Gpitlano, iOm bar borte i iemten
Mtaaneoer og li9elebes inoberteoe Ell
uGroiiulo 8eIfeo ON bet dineiilte Mtars
feo ipr tpite 8arer. Sc tpife Senoe=
mRno beipgte u9iaa andre 9dnoe | bet
ijerne giten os isrte i 1899 biem meO
iig $4,000 YrDper al 8arer. IOm brus
aes al ben gule Race. 0isie 8rsuer
uoItiQes / 9ofaler, bpprtil FIN Sabrital.
ter % andre interesiereoe bar Qo9an9
0u pil usiaa amerifa iusi. ct 5Or'
flag er iorelaet aon9resien ON at be-
uil9e 8enge iii cit aommisiiou, iom ital
9aa til China Og Sapan ior at finoe
no, huilfet Marfeb oi5ie 2anbe fan
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Saarptltsfpltet ior Maitiner DC WaOs
uarer; MI oil ri prspe. pm ri life pglaa
fan iaa manst anbet siennem 9sren
On "Grpaniion", iom fun buloer fig iii
Sanoelen, bar Insen al os imUo, enten
ri taloer us &spubIitanere eIer Semos
trater. 8aa Sanpelsns Omraaoe CT ri
uel Sm~perialilter aQeiammen. Seitens
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5olf Ipiier berss Spebe, Spbens Bom.
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ajerre flGoe benz meo Isl al Bomulbs,
planter, ug Sernuerfseiere og Smeoe
pil life neste benz at faa 4rbeiosreoita
Der, ium er banbisc % 6ioer 9uot.
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SOits. Joriisi,I',, eashee, iaar Gals o.to, baros
prsot Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs, ct furp.It os
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al.to bruess niso a6iofui 9rp9beo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
DEMAND FOR CONVICT LABOR.

At Atlanta (Ga.) dispatch says:
There is big boom in the value of
state convicts. This is made plain by
the fact that within the past day or
two deal has been made by which
Jim Smith, the extensive farmer and
prominent convict lessee of Oglethorpe
county, has sold all of his state con-
victs to James w. English, Jr., of At
lanta. Mr.. Smith has been a lessee
OF state convicts for nearly 20 years
and to hear that he has retired from
the business will be unexpected news
to the public. While the price he re-
celved for mis- convicts is not given
out, it is known that he sold out his
holdings at handsome profit. Recent
Iy there has been strong demand for
state convicts, and the lessees under
the new system are anxious to get all
the men that they can, even at ad-
prices. The activity in the
coal, iron and lumber markets causes
a big demand for this class of labor.
which, it is generally understood. is
the very best that can be had. due
to the fact that lessee gets six
days full time out of his convicts
every week, rain or shine. This makes
them valuable, and will continue to
keep them So
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IEl5lglEGEzgg[GlEl
[ll (a
: ! Repented at Leisure. : :
hit I'll
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ri BERTHA M. CLAY. laI
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BERTHA M. CLAY.
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My dear Ethel, really cannot &C
cede to your wish; the arrangement is
made, and it must be adhered to-"
II have never knelt to ask anything
of you before, papa, and, if you refuse.
l never shall again. Out Of the depths
of my heart, with all the love and
earnestness l have, l beg you to think
again before you decide irrevocably.'
He was deeply distressed, and, for a
moment, the possibility of acceding to
her wishes occurred to him. Then the
fair face of Helen Digby came before
him, and the warnings that had been
given to him about Etheps untutOren
ways and willful manner returned to
him with redoubled force.
Ethel, watching his face intently,
saw there no answer to her petition.
She chung more closely to him, and
laid her hand on his.
do listen to me, papa. l can see
life before me, as it were, and l am
frightened to think of what will be-
come of me if I am made miserable; it
is partly to save myself that am here
now. I cannot brook control. l could
not obey a stranger. I could not love
any one who took my dead mothers
place | could not bear constraint
now"
She paused one-half minute, for the
passion of her words exhausted her.
"No good would come of it, papa, -
she cried. THE Gordons never bore
control we'll, and I have sure pre-
sentiment that evil would follow. My
life would be dark and dreary. For my
sake give it up, and trust to me-"
Sir Leonard took the young girl in
his arms; he was pale and grave as the
moonlight showed him her beautiful
face, wet with tears, and her lips quiz
ering.
ETHEL" he said with grave tender
ness, when you were little child, if
you had asked me for a sharp sword
as plaything, do you think l should
have given it to your
NO" she replied; certainly not
Nov you ask me to place in your
hands that which would be more de-
structive to you than a sharp sword.
cannot do it. | cannot consent tC
leave you alone, and I shall carry out
my plan of marrying, that you may
have the guidance of a good and wise
woman"
The pride that flashed in her face
seemed quickly to dry her tears She
turned haughtily away from him.
"You have refused my first petition
papa; [ shall never ask another. I tel
you that evil will come of it, and l viii
prove to you that it would have beer
wiser and better to have left me
alone"
81 hope you will do nothing rash
Ethel-nothing in the first impulse Of
anger
II shall live to hear you say, papa
that the most unfortunate day of my
life was that on which you left me il
Miss Digby's charge"
Yet she never dreamed how those
words were to be verified, nor in what
manner they would come true.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
MELON THRESHING TINE.
New Industry Among the Farmers on
the Kansas Plains

This is watermelon year in Kansas.
The fields that seem good for nothing
in ordinary seasons are producing
great, luscious melons that are the
wonder of the local newspapers, and
furnish more refreshment than the
gatherings on the rear steps of the
courthouse can dispose. Prices which
early in the season were "25 cents
straight" have gone down and down
as the melons grew larger and more
numerous, until they have become
1.-TWO for a nickel" or anything that
the buyer would give. The melons
have attained to an enormous size, too.
Whole wagonloads, in which the mel
ons average so pounds in weight, are
common in the central and western
towns, while the king melon, raised at
Clifton and carefully shipped to the ST.
Louis market, is said to have weighed
107 pounds.
The sand hills that are found in
many Kansas counties have been the
best producers. These sections are
worthless for corn, and make only fair
farm lands under the best circum-
stances. But when melons are planted
there is almost no end to the number
that will be produced.
The melon raising industry here
has taken a new form. There are not
enough people to eat hundredth part
of the number that is grown, but the
farmers raise them for the seed.
The men who raise melons for the
seed find it very profitable under
taking. they utilize the wide level
fields and get from a few acres as
much as ordinarily they could from a
quarter section by the usual course of
farming. The object of the crop being
to secure seed, they do not give the
tillage necessary in producing melons
for market, but, nevertheless, have
yields. The crop is planted
from the middle of May to June 20,
and is, after being cultivated. well ir-
rigated twice-in a dry season three
times. As the season progresses the
melons grow so large that there is no
possibility Of horse cultivation, and
the farmer simply waits for the ripe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
RUBBER GATHERERS IN BRAZIL
The U. S. Wilmington Explores the
Amazon River.

BY studying on map of Brazil
you can see that the Para river ex-
tends almost due west, south of the
Island of Marajo, to a network Of
narrow streams, known as the Passes,
which connect the Para with the ANA
ION. These numerous channels are
from seventy to $50 yards in width,
and some of them are navigable for
vessels of eighteen or twenty feet
draft. These passes are interesting
enough to those traversing them in
small craft, but 10 the officers and
sailors of such steamers as the u. S.
S. Wilmington they are trebly so. At
night there is little to arrest the at
tention other than the weird, dark
shapes of the banks, which ever seem
close aboard. The land being low and
fiat, and the trees near the waters
edge, it seems as if the ship has for
saken her natural element and is run
ming overland on invisible wheels.
When daylight comes in a sudden
burst of light like the unheralded
flash of the theater's illumination,
there is revealed on each side Of the
narrow channel the forests solid wall,
exposing to view panorama Of over
hanging vines, of creepers and foliage
and branches brilliant with the multi
tudious hues of tropical vegetation.
There is a strange chattering OF
animal life and a whirr of winged in
sects. The disordant cries of myriad
parrots echo from the trees There is
human life, too. Here and there en-
powered in the jungle can be seen lit
tie wooden huts with matched roofs
and sides open to the cooling winds.
These are the homes of the rubber
gatherers, who labor day in and day
out collecting the milky sap of the
HeYea brasiliensis. This rubber
gathering is interesting, and the Will
mington's crew watch curiously as
the winding channel reveals little
groups of natives at work along the
edge of the stream.
Those on board who have read the
descriptions tell others Of the manner
IN which the half-naked Indians labor,
VI AZ" Sc'NH 4dulIg WOIhS WudL IS
called an estrada, or street, a path
through the forest which embraces as
many rubber trees as can be con-
veniently tended, of how these trees
are slit with a machete and a cup
fitted in the cut to catch the sap, and
of the manner in which the owner
makes his daily round and brings to
his hut the collected juice.
There is also interest in the de-
scription of it's next stage, when the
sap is dipped up by a stick and re-
VOWED over smoky fire. The smoke |
causes each layer to coagulate on the
stick, and when the desired amount is |
formed it is removed and made ready |
for shipment. These balls of crude |
rubber usually weigh in the neighbor-
hood Of twenty-five pounds, and are of |
dark, lustrous hue. 1t was a novel |
experience, this visit Of the Whining
tons crew to the home of the rubber
gatherers, and the closest attention
was paid TO the everchanging scenery
as the white cruiser steamed slowly
along through the Passes From
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
ing, which comes in the latter part of
August I'D to September %

ing, which comes in the latter part of
August up to September 20.
During this month is the threshing
"a unique experience on the plains.
Two kinds of machines are used, both
on the same principle-one run by
hand and the other by horse power
The latter is more common, and may
be seen in operation on any of the
melon patches. The thresher has for
it's basis a large cylinder, from the
surface of which project many small
iron spikes, intended to tear and break
the melon. The cylinder is set at the
bottom of the hopper, into which the
melons are thrown from the wagons
Leading from the cylinder is a large
sieve-b ottomed inclined carrier. over
which the mingled melon pulp and
rinds are worked, the finer portion.
with the seeds. Passing through and
falling to the ground. the rinds and
pieces of vines being shoveled out to
a heap as refuse.
The melons are cut several days be-
fore the threshing, and are allowed to
begin to decay, so that they may be
more easily broken and the seeds come
out with less difficulty. The pulp,
which comes through the sieve, is
placed in a vat or tank, where water
is added and the whole mass is left
to ferment. In this process the seeds
sink to the bottom and the pulp, which
remains on top, is Labeled out, the
seeds washed, then spread on sheets
in the sun to dry. The pile of rinds,
| when it becomes too large for COM
fort, is not moved-the threshing ma
chine is changed TO a new location.
The machine is run easily by two
horses with tumbling rod attachment.
The seeds are sold to Chicago and
eastern wholesale dealers. The price
varies from s to Is cents a pound. this
year being rather low on account of
the large yield. The yield to the acre
runs from $50 to 800 pounds, which,
as the land is worth only S. 'or less,
makes a good return. With an income
! of $25 and the cost of raising esti-
mated at So to So an acre, giving fair
wages IOF oil NoIh' InlS makes one OF
the most profitable crops that the
western Kansas prairie lands can
raise In addition to the melons
threshed for seed, there are few hun
dred to be sold for eating, often maxi
ing quite an addition to the returns of
the year. It is estimated by the farm
ers engaged that the crop is far better
than any of the grains when the price
is an average one, as tire is seldom a
failure
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

from a surgical standpoint, almost
every visitor to the hospital wants to
see and talk with him Cardinal Glib
bons and Archbishop Keane recently
visited him and expressed their SYM
pathy.
Last Saturday Mr.. Bakers wifs
visited him and today he expects to
see his son, aged 16, and his little
girl, aged years, at his home in
Waynesboro. He says he will be glad
to get back home and after a resi- will
go to work again about the first of the
year.
The chisel which for so MANY weeks
was incased in Mr.. Bakers skull Is in
the possession of DR.. Tiffany. Mr.
Baker says the doctor told him that he
would not take 800 for it.
The case is a unique one in surgery
and will probably be the subject Of
much surgical literature from the
pens of the surgeons concerned in it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
CHAPTER VI.
The Parting.

Inc Parting.
From that moonlight night when her
one great prayer had been refused, her
wishes disregarded, her eanest suppli-
cation set aside, Ethel Gordon was
completely changed She had been
gay, willful, and defiant; she had exer-
| c1sed her power with a half-laughing
enjoyment of it; but now all was
altered. She had laid no tragic plans,
she thought of no revenge, she did not
assume the airs of a tragedy-queen,
but it seemed as though the brightest
part of her youth and beauty had faded
from her.
Sir Leonard heard no more those
sweet snatches of song which had once
| charmed him so completely; he heard
no more the low, silvery laughter
which had been the very joy of his
heart. Ethel grew grave, calm. and
dignifed; she went through her duties
as usual, but the laughing caprices the
repartees, the pretty, gay, graceful
! whims that had seemed part of herself.
were all wanting now. Sir Leonard
looked at her sadly, as one might at a
bright-winged bird that had been
grievously wounded
She never resumed the subject of
their past conversation; whatever Sir
Leonard said she listened to without
comment, making no reply to his
hints about the beauty of st. Ina's
Bay. His marriage was not as yet pub
licly discussed but most people who
learned what arrangement he had
made guessed at it.
Ethel heard much of what was said
-conjectures, remarks, expressions of
wonder and of approval-but she ut
tered no word. The beautiful face and
the proud heart kept their own secret.
She would have died a hundred deaths
rather than betray how deeply she was
wounded.
Sir Leonard, thinking her silence a
good sign, grew quite courageous. He
rode over every day to see Miss Digby,
yet Ethel never offered the least COM
ment upon his absence. He took
with him at times the most superb
bouquets; she made no allusion to
them. Once or twice he asked her to
accompany him to Chantrey Court; she
compiled. but even there she made no
sign. When Miss Digby spoke to her,
she answered with perfect composure
and indifference. She sought for no
communication with her, and she re-
PEELED none. She was calm, her manner
full of proud, graceful nonchalance,
and no one knew what an aching heart
it vailed.
Miss Davencourt looked wondering
ly at her. After she was gone, while
the spell of her beautiful presence
rested on her, she said to Miss Digby:
Either l have been mistaken in my
estimate of Ethel Gordon's character,
or she has been very much changed
Lady Davencourt, who overheard
the remark, smiled.
Rely upon it, Laura" she said, |
that you have been mistaken. I do
not think anything would ever change |
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND-A
SONG.

Britain loves the men who sweat
In the furnace and the mine,
Faithful till the eyes forget
Daylight and the sweet sunshine:
Lusty arms and quick to forge
The fighting armor ofSaint George.
Britain loves the fustian fellow
STOPPED to sickle, spade and pillow,
Who in the brown field and the yellow
Dutifully bends his brow:
He cuts stick to feed the fire,
John Barleycorn's Saint Georges
squire.
And she loves the high-stool hermit
Shiny elbows, pasty face,
For however men may term it,
Buy-and-Sell's a true mans place:
By the club and by the pen
'Prentices are Saint Georges men.
But give her redcoat and bluejacket
Who pillow the blue and reap the red,
Mine wall of steel and crack it
Round his shaft the Dragon curled,
Buy and sell their lead for lead:
SpearpOint in the Dragons gorge,
His helm a lightning to the world
Saint George himself, Saint
George Saint George!
John Swinnerton Phillimore in
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