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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15

had outlived his usefulness and had
been neglected by an ungrateful pos
terity. At any rate, those old logs ap-
pealed to Mr.. Rasmussen. and he felt
that they should be Preserved as long
as they would hold together. The
building was in a most neglected state
and was used as a stOrage-house for all
kinds of odds and ends on farm and
was even used for stable purposes
rather lowly, to be sure, but such neg
lect only endeared the building to Mr.,
Rasmussen.
So one day he offered the owner s1OO
for the building and the offer was glad
ly accepted. The news that the church
was about to be sold spread RAPIDLY
and parties representing the Norwe-
gian Lutheran synod of America sought
to secure possession, offering the owner
5000. He had given his word, however,
and stood by the original deal. Last
fall the old timbers were carefully
taken apart and each one as carefully
| marked, so that when the old church
takes form again each hand-hewn log
will be in identically the same position
in which it has lain for the past ffty-
six years
1t is understood that the removal and
the re-erection will come 20 pass this
year Mr.. Rasmussen goes to Mus
kego in a few days on matters con-
nected with the work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15

To Eugene Field there vas nothing
on earth so dear as a child He loved
little children with all the love of
warm and tender heart. H; most pop
ular poems are those dellreations of
the pretty and frequent ipcidents Of
childhood. One of the mos popular Of
all is With Trumpet and Drum.
With big tin trumpet and little red
drum,
like soldiers the children
come;
This way and that way they circle and
My! but that music of theirs is fine.
This way and that way. and after a
while
They march straight into his heart of
mine.
A sturdy old heart but it has to sue
cumb
To the blare of that trumpet and beat
of that drum.
Fields lullaby songs of different ma
tons have never been excelled. Andrew
Lang, the Scottish critic. pronounces
Wynken, Blynken and Nod the best
child's poem in the English language.
Probably no song is held so dear by
young and old as Little Boy Blue, writ
ten after the death of his baby boy. It
is so lovely that give it here entire:
The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and stallnch he stands
And the little toy soldier is red with
rust
And his musket moulds in his hands.
Time was when tn little toy dog was
new,
And the soldier was passing fair,
And that was the time when our little
Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
Now don't you go till I come" he said
"And don't you make any noise"
So toddiing off to his trundle bed
He dreampt of his pretty toys;
And as he was dreaming, an angel
song
Awakened our little Boy Blue;-
Oh, the years are many, the years are
long,
But the little toy friends are true.
Aye, faithful to little Boy Blue they
stand
Each in the same old place,
Awaiting the touch Of a little hand,
The smile of little face,
And they wonder, as waiting these Iona
years through,
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of that little Boy
Blue
Since he kissed them and put them
there.
And finally, the tenderest words OF
our Savior are Suffer little children
to come unto me, and forbid them not
for of such is the kingdom of heaven. >
And, Again | say unto you, that IN
heaven their angels do always behold
the face of my Father. FLORENCE NJ
Hough, Omro, Wis.
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FIVE QUEER PLACES.
All of Them Have Some Strange Pc
culiarity of Their Own.

Doubtless the most unique spot in
Europe is the little village of Alien
berg, where on it's border four cOun-
tries meet. 1t is ruled by no monarch,
has no soldiers, no police and no
taxes. It's inhabitants speak a curious
jargon of French and German COM
Dined and spend their days in farming
the land and working in the valuable
calamine mine of which it boasts.
The little town of Stanley, in the
Falkland islands, possesses the most
unique school service ever known.
Two travelling scholmasters are pro-
vided by the government, who visit the
different families where there are chill
dren and give instruction. The length
Of their visit depends on the astuteness
Of the children, and they may spend
days or weeks as the case may be, at
one house alone.
A town Boosting of a railway station
which cost $4,000 to erect and duly
appointed station master, and yet hav-
ing no train service, is unique beyond
dispute. Dundee, in New Jersey, is in
this predicament, the inhabitants hav-
ing actually no trains, although their
fine station is available for any amount
Of traffic, and the reason given for this
strange fact is that so long as the
trains run through the inhabitants
ought to be satisfied.
There is a place in the middle Of the
Pacific ocean well known to mariners
where there is never any Christmas
day. This is owing to its being in the
180th degree Of longitude and directly
opposite to Greenwich, and, therefore.
twelve hours ahead of Greenwich time.
In journey around the globe the other
twelve hours would have to be marked
out of the navigator's calendar, and il
this point crossing the antipodes IS
touched Christmas eve there can be no
Christmas day.
In one of the West Indies group there
is colony of some 800 whites and
blacks where there are neither towns
nor villages, nor fresh water supplies.
In fact, there is such scarcity Of ev-
erything that the government has TO
send food and employment to the in
habitants to keep them from starving.
Salt fish and sweet potatoes are the
staple foods of the Anguillas. and the
only water obtainable is blackish and
tainted by the sea.-Answers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15

The governor of Alsace-Loraine has
declined TO grant the petition of the
vine growers of the Reichsland that
they be permitted to import Ameri-
can grapevines in order to renew their
ruined vineyards. Baron Zoorn Won
Bulach, secretary for agriculture. de-
clares that the American vines have
many worse blights than phyllobera.
1t is believed that the prospects for
a settlement of the revolution in Col
ombia are poorer now than they have
been for some time. 4 detachment Of
government troops under General
Palacio had an engagement with
band of insurgents recently at a Mace
called Pijeo, about twenty miles from
Barranquilla. 1t is said the Insurgents
lost 100 killed and wounded and $50
prisoners. The government lost at
least $50 men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15

and has cheered the respondents.
President Kruger has more recently
been visiting the c0mmandoes south of
BloemfonteiR. Fighting is progress
ing al Mafeking. All outside forts ex-
cept one have been taken by the beers.
Much satisfaction is expressed at the
courtesies extended Gen. Cronje by the
British
Burghers Express Hope
Pretoria, March 9-Secretary OF
State Reitz has issued a statement
saying: The government remains
assured the surrender of Gen Cronje
will not discourage the burghers IN
their defense Of their independence and
standing as a nation. This reverse
will not stagger us. In the struggle
for our cherished rights our belief re-
mains that whatever happens the Lord
is still with us. Owing TO the inva-
sion of the Free State by a large force.
1t became necessary to take up other
positions. hence the burghers in Ma
tai have retired TO Biggarsberg.
~NSaIis ali nave TSdc0Su
there safely. Ladysmith and Kimber-
ley are no more besieged In retiring.
the enemy was time after time driven
back, so that our laagers were not cut
off. In these fights few men were
killed or wounded, while the enemy
lost heavily. The spirit of the fighting
men as to the outcome remains I'M
changed. Gen. Dewet now commands
all commanders at Modder river.
President Kruger started yesterday
evening for Bloemfontein, to visit the
laager of the Free Skaters and try to
arrange compromise of the differ
ences between the Transvaalers and
Free Staters
Beers Report Victory.
= Pretoria, March Git is officially
stated here that on Sunday last there
was heavy fighting at Dordrecht and
that the British were repulsed with
great loss. The federals captured
three cannon.
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Thn next morning after the death OF
Eugene Field the front page Oh the AT.
tanta Constitution bore the picture oL
the silent singer and underneath IL tnlS
tribute from the pen OF Frank l.. 0'dh-
ton:
r7adas his calm face beyond our mortal
ken,
Lost in the light of lovlier realms
above;
He lett sweet memories in the hearts OF
men,
And climbed to heaven on little chill
drens love.
Harriet Hosmer, the artist, offered
this beautiful suggestion when they
we're talking Of monument TO the
memory of Field. the children's poet:
"T think" said she, the finest thing
would be life-size figure OF the poet
sitting in a chair supported by winged
muses.. Have him sitting in an attitude
of deep thought as if waiting tor an
inspiration, and little child at his
knee, touching his pen.
Is it not true that children have often
touched the pens Of our poets as they
waited for an inspiration? Certain 1t is
that some Of the most beautiful poems
in the English language were inspired
by childhood.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote
some of her most beautiful lines to A
Child Asleep:
How he sieepeth, having drunken
Weary childhood's mandragore,
From his pretty eyes have shrunken
Pleasures TO make room for more;
Sleeping near the withered nosegay
Which he pulled the day before.
One almost holds her breath when
taking in the meaning Of the next
stanZa:
Speak mott he is cOnsecrated;
Breathe no breath across his eyes;
Lifted up and separated
On the hand of God he lies
IN a sweetness beyond touching
Held in cloistral sanctities.
Charles Kingsley, the English clergy
man, whose love for children was we'll
known to his friends, wrote tender
little Farewell which runs onward
through the minds of old and young.
Ny fairest child, have no song to give
you,
No bank could pipe to skies so dull and
gray;
Yet, ere we part, one lesson can I leave
you
For every day.
BE good, sweet maid and let who will
be clever;
20 noble things, not dream them all
day long;
And so make life, death and that vast
forever
One grand, sweet song.
Then listen TO his graceful verses on
The Lost Doll, which strike a re
sponsive chord in the heart of every
"grown-up" who remembers her doll
days:
once had a sweet little doll, dears,
The prettiest doll in the world
Her cheeks were so red and so white,
dears,
And her hair was so charmingly
Curled
But lost my poor little doll, dears,
AS | played on the heath one day;
And l cried for more than a week,
dears,
But i never could find where she lay.
found my poor little doll, dears,
as | walked on the heath one day;
Folks say he is terribly changed, dears,
For her paint is all washed away
And her arms trodden off by the cow,
dearS
And her hairs not the least bit
curled,
Yet for old times sake she is still.
dears
The pretticst doll in the world.
How many of. us have read the poet
scal story told by Julia A. Dana of the
naughty little four-year-old who didn't
love to mind" whose mamma told
her the story of Casabanca.
ana the fearful burning ship.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15

How many of. us have read the poet
zeal story told by Julia A. Dana of the
naughty little fodr-year-old who didn't
love TO mind" whose mamma told
her the story of Casabianca.
And the fearful burning ship.
Do you think" said |, such a child
as that
His mother would have to whip
Then her eyes grew bright as the
morning,
And they seemed to look me through.
All! Ali" thought l you under
stand
The lesson have in view.
Now what DO you think of this lad,
my love?
Tell me what is in your heart"
Il find" she said. he was dreffnI
But he wasn't the least bit SMART,
A fonGness for children was a
marked characteristic of Whittier and
several of his best poems were written
for their amusement, such as How
They Climbed Chocura, The Seeking Of
enc Waterfall, and Mary Garvin. Light
that IS Felt was suggested by a little
eAree-year-old friend of the poet. Once.
going ahead of her mother in a dark
nail she said: Mamma, take hold of
my hand so that it won't be so dark. "
The Barefoot Boy, written in memory
OF MS own childhood days. touches 4
responsive chord in the heart IF avorv
eountry-bred boy and girl. To how
many a busy professional or business
man in the crowded city do these lines
recall his boyhood:
blessings on thee, little man.
Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan
With thy turned up pantaIoons
And thy merry whistIed tunes.
With thy red lips redder still
Kissed by strawberries on the hill.
with the sunshine on thy face
through thy torn bri11's jaunty grace
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15
Kruger's FerTid Appeal.

Pretoria, March ga special dis
patch from Bloemfontein, dated March
6, says President Kruger in address
ing the crowd said: Although God is
testing our people, my personal opin-
ion is that the limit Of the test is
nearly reached. If the people are sus-
tanned by faith in their adversely, God
will soon again turn the tide in our
favor. If we have strong faith in
God he will surely deliver US. The
God of deliverance Of oIden time is
the same God now" The speech of
the venerable president brought tears
TO the eyes Of men and women alike
The Free States volksraad Irrational
anthem) was then sung The visit of
President Kruger has done much good
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15

How many of. us have read the poet
zeal story told by Julia A. Dana of the
naughty little fodr-year-old who didn't
love to mind whose mamma told
her the story of Casabianca.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-29
How to Clean Kid Gloves.

Gloves of smooth kid can be cleaned
very easily at home; so can thos. made
of chamois. For the latter little am
monia dropped into a basin of water
is all that is necessary, with the addi-
ton of a soft soap. The gloves should
be carefully rinsed and put on n
dummy hand so that the fingers will
not shrink while drying. Or if one has
not a dummy the gloves can simply be
stretched out in the sun on piece of
clean cloth until they are dried. Wash
gloves in gasoline, being careful of the
fire. Do not light the gas. Clean the
gloves carefully with a piece of tian-
mel air well, and before they are put
away sprinkle a little sachet powder
into them to take away any odor that
may remain after the cleansing proc
ess.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-29

canals the boats are drawn up and
down elevations on great ears with
high sides and open ends on track
Is feet wide. These are the original
cable cars. The principle by which
they are operated, the endless cable, is
exactly the same as that which was
utilized for operating cable cars in
cities. This method Of transportation
has been in use on the Morris canal for
half a century, and antedates the intro
duction of cable cars by at least 35
years. The illustration was taken on
the canal from Boonton to Montville.
\. j., where the unusual features of the
canal are mos. in evidence.
An interesting feature in connection
with the Norris canal is that this is
likely to be the last year of its opera
ton, as an effort will be made at the
next session of the New Jersey legis-
lature to secure it as means of fur
nishing Jersey City with additional wa
ter supply.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-29

ton rooms with paraquet floorings and
lofty windows are placed at the general
disposal for large gatherings. These
contain portraits of former abbesses
painted on their resignation. In one
of these salons stands a curious fire
screen embroidered delicately by poor
Marie Antoinette with flowers in silk.
From the balcony tbere is beautiful
outlook on the city beneath, with its
slopes, its immune erable towers, the
winding Moldau, and the height of
Weissberg beyond.
One of the Obligations of the ladies
who are so comfortably endowed for
life is to pray for the soul of their
founder. This they do in the adjoin-
ing cathedral of Saint Nitus, remark
able for the huge mausoleum OF SAINT
John Nepornucen in solid silver, con-
tanning a silver coffin inclosing a second
in crystal in which are his remains.
At the end of the choir is the hereditary
burial place of the kings of Bohemia.
Beneath a monument of marble and
alabaster lie IL monarchs with their
queens. The last to be buried there
was Rudolph H., in 1912. Close by is
second church dedicated to Saint
George, and adorned by fine dog tooth
holdings. 1t contains the crown of
Saint Wenceslas, which has been worn
only by Emperor Ferdinand Clhe
Goodl since Bohemia became an APP
panage of Austria. That it should be
once more placed upon the head of his
ruler is the desire of every true-born
czech.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-29

London. March 24.-Lord Roberts
main army continues waiting at
Bloemfontein The sentimental inter
est in the fate of Mafeking has inten-
sified with Col. Plumer's forced retire
ment to Crocodile Pools, where he was
two months ago. Relief from the
north now dwindles to improbability.
Lord Methuen is skirmishing with the
Beers at Warrenton. 167 miles away.
Gen. French's cavalry and mounted in
fantry, according TO a rumor, are
fighting somewhere east of Bloemfon-
tein. This suggests more Boer bad
news, as Commandment Olivier's com
mando, with 1000 wagons, is reported
on the Basutoland frontier, toiling
nOr-thWard toward KroOns4tad
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-29
Littlef1eld is large, strong man mem

Littlef1eld is a large, strong man men
tally.
Mr.. Littlefield, who is 40, began at an
early age to provide himself with
money by his own toll. AT 13 he went
haying, and thus earned his first dollar
laboriously. Later he became car
penter, and he was earning four dol
lars a day when he decided to study
law. His professional education was
based on a common school education
all he ever got. AS a lawyer he worked
IA or Is hours every day but Sunday,
and for Is years he seldom reached
home in the evening before the rest of
his family were asleep. Sundays he usu-
ally went with his wife to a Congrega-
tional church in his home town of Rock
land. He became a state representative,
speaker of the Maine house, attorney
general of the state and Mr.. Dingley's
successor at Washington.
Naturally, says the Chicago Record,
Mr.. Littlefeld thinks that the chief
secret of his success is work, but he
admits that his working day of IA hours
was made possible by health and power
Of endurance. He has been a total abb
stainer all his life, and he "chews' only
the spruce gum of his native state. He
says he has found more trouble in saw
ing and investing money we'll than in
earning it. He has a higher estimate
of married men than of bachelors, and
his sympathy goes out to the lawyer in
congress who is trying to preserve his
practice and at the same time do his
full duty to his constituents.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-29
AS WOMAN'S CHURCH.
First Baptist Sanctuary at Columbus
o., Is as Comfortable as Amy
Playhouse.

The people of Columbus cannot COM
plain that they have no church as COM
Portable as the theater. 1t has for
years been a stock complaint among
the males of any family that church
seats were uncomfortable, and for that
reason they did not care to attend Sun
day services. They have also said that
the air was bad and they were not al
lowed the same liberty as in theater.
If they were uncomfortable they could
not get up and go out few minutes,
for there was no place to go except into
the street.
Women have also nplained of this
matter and for years the theaters of the
different cities have been a standing re-
proach to the churches. The comfort
able lounging rooms, the convenient
dressing rooms, the easy chairs, and
the resting spots have all been con-
spicuous by their absence.
But church has just been finished in
Columbus which is triumph to those
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-29
A Trio of Marine Disasters.

Vancouver, Il. c.. March 24.-Ac-
counts of marine disasters in Austria
liam waters. brought by the steamer
Warrimoo, follow: The cutter Espei-
gle went to pieces on Otoma reef.
Capt. j. Castle and 20 Tongans were
drowned and valuable cargo lost.
The iron ship Duntrune, seen last off
Cambridge island October II, is given
up rs lost The bark Emile Renouf ran
upon a rock so miles south of Mare
island. February 6, sinking immediate
ly. Capt. Roujou, his wife, children
and a crew of 36 men escaped in boats
and were picked up and landed at
Noumen.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-29
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SSEza;S&IiilS!iS%5:A9
AN ARISTOCRATIC ORDER
The Noble Ladies of Prague, bohemia,
Secular CanOncsses and Roy
nj Abbesses.

The secular canonesses of Prague be-
long to the proudest religious order in
Europe. To their rank no maiden is
admitted who cannot prove on both
sides 16 quarterings of nobility. 1t
was founded by Empress Maria Theresa,
and has had ever since for its abbess
daughter of the imperial house.
Intended as a provision for the
"penniless lass, wi lang pedigree, its
rules are not of the strictness to be
found in less aristocratic associations.
Its members are free to marry-if they
get good offer-and though they are
required to spend a certain number of
months annually in the royal palace of
the Hradschin, they are allowed to visit
when they like, to receive visits, and to
seek change of air in summer. Each
canoness has at her disposal a carriage
and horses, and a box at the theater,
while medical attendance and drugs are
provided. In addition, she receives a
pension of over 100 guldens month, or
about $45.
While Marie Theresa's foundation af-
fords retreat for many girls of high
BIRTH but limited means, it must not
be taken that all the members are i'm
pecunious. To belong to the Stiff is es-
teemed an honor. A sister of the pres
ent Count Taaffe Zone of the many Aus
trian mobiles of Irish descenO, Countess
Walbburga, Clementina Taaffe, was a
canoness. At the present day Count
Taaffe's own daughter is numbered
amongst the members of the commun-
ity.
Amongst those who have held the
post of abbess have been the unfor-
tunate Marie Antoinette, and the pres
ent queen regent of Spain. The Stifts
Damen are privileged to appear at the
Austrian court attired in black.
Besides the private apartments al
1otted to each lady in the Hradschin or
royal palace at Prague, two fine recep-