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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-10
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-10

ES-sheriff NJ. C. Cardoza, OF. L,,neu-
burg county, who has been at Tord's Hotel.
left with his daughter, Miss Kate Carson
Ca-doaa, Tor New York State for his
health.
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Louise s, TrayIor.

special Dispatch to The Times.)
pErERsBURGI VA, Nov. 9,-Louise
Rruner Tray.or. the nine-yoar-old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albion Traylor, did
this morning
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a GFYsIsY OF, NOISE

4 pair OF French Gastanets FREE wifi,
i every purchase for boys at Berry's his
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Mrs. II. G. Mccall.
- rI'J,n TSiJons

TazEWELI, VA. November s.-Alrs h
G. Mccall, wife of II. G. Mccall. OF TINS
Mace and chairman of the county Repuo-
lican Committee. died yesterday at ABOUT
O clock, at her home il the east 81 the
Town. She was q. daughter OF Col. Joe
harrison and d sister OF our toWns1nan
W G. Harrison Si.a leaves a husband ana
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REATT1E.-Died. at his residence. 223
Governor Street. at 1880 Friday horn
ing. Mr.. JOHN BEATTIE, in the fifty
second year of his age.
Funeral services from the residence
SUNDAY, $3.50 z. Al.
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suddenly. at Milford:
Va, Thursday, November $, 1900 job JOB. y ),
II cIINELY. son of Charles and Sarah
Is. Clinely, IN the twentieth year OF ms
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-10

GREGORY.-Died. at Milford, Va, No
Vember Sth. at ;s:Io p. ~, WILLIAM
s NsGREGORY, in his forty-flrst year
Funeral will take place SUNDAY
EVENING, November II III. q - o, clock,
from Christ Church. Richmond, Va.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23
WILL HURT THE LUMBER JACK.
Stranding of Logs Will Greatly Curtail
Output of Next Winter.

The harvest of the lumber jack next
winter does not promise to be so
bountiful as was that Of last year, says
the Superior Telegram. In fact the
outlook for work in the woods is quite
poor, comparatively speaking. The
logs stranded in the woods, it is claim
ed, are enough to run the Superior,
Duluth and Ashland mills for one third
Of the season Of 1901 A prominent
lumberman says of the situation:
'Unless there shall be marked i'm
proyement in the demand for lumber,
there will certainly be great falling
off in the logging operations next win
ter This is especially true if the logs
which are hung up on account Of low
water are not gotten down this fall in
time to be sawed. There are 240, C00,-
900 feet Of logs in the streams Of the
head Of the lakes and Ashland dis
tricts, and if these remain in the
water all winter, it means that we
already have enough logs on the banks
to keep the saws Of both districts busy
for about one-third Of next season. The
estimated sawmill capacity Of these
two districts is S40,000,000 feet a
season and with O,0OO, 900 feet of logs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23

couplers in conformance with the
United States law will certainly result
in the saving of lives and the proven
ton of many accidents said Su-
perintendent of Car and Special
Freight Service Farnham Of the Chi
| cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
"All Of the roads in Chicago and of the
entire country will, l am sure, exert
| themselves to live up to the law in
| every particular The law will I'M
doubtedly be rigidly enforced. Per-
haps an interesting point that does not
at once occur to the laymen is that the
railroad which is found guilty Of
handling a car not equipped with the
automatic coupler will be punished
whether the car belongs to it or not, so
you see it is the moving and handling
Of the unequipped car that will bring
down the penalty and not the fact that
a road may own cars not supplied with
the required cOntrivances As most
people know, railroads very often I'M
Intentionally get hold Of each Others
cars and haul them all around over the
look out for all cars upon it's tract as
well as it's own cars, for unless the
matter is looked after carefully a road
might get hold Of and use an I'M
equipped car. To avoid all difficulties
and misunderstanding in regard to this
matter all of the roads have, I think
made agreements whereby each road is
to properly equip any car of any other
road which it may find upon it's tracks.
The fitting up will be done by the
road in temporary possession and all
of the expense incurred will be charged
up to the road which owns the car. In
this way everything will be made clear
and plain and there will be no danger
of road being fined for handling a car
which belongs to and which should be
equipped by another road; that is, by
the road which owns the car
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23
POLITICAL BURGLARS.

Quite recently countess who had
been despoiled of her jewel-case, con-
tanning diamonds to the extent of e5,-
900, received that article by parcel
post along with the following:
So sweet, so sweet, the diamonds in
their settings;
So sweet the pearls, oh, Countess
B;
So blithe and gay I'll live upon their
''gettings."
From pub to pub I'll drink the
health Of thee.
a thief who broke into nobleman's
mansion near Maidenhead and stole a
quantity Of silver plate, besides drink
ing a bottle of port wine, left, with
characteristic effrontery, a rhyme,
written in chalk on the dining-table,
which ran:
Your silver makes me jump for Joy,
But joy soon turns to sorrow;
Your port is bad, methinks that l
Shall feel a pain tomorrow.
Not long since a burglar who ran
sacked the house Of magistrate, while
the inmates were asleep, composed the
following little rhyme:
So snug and peaceful in your Clapham
home
While you're asIeep, Ill seek to roam.
Good-by, my lord, 1 may not tarry,
So now no more for Burglar Harry.
1t seems strange that in the dead Of
night a burglar should draw a picture,
but not long since a man who robbed
the house Of a prominent pro-boer
drew a by no means badly-eXecuted
sketch of his victim, below which he
added:
Stop the war! Stop the war;" is your
persistent cry,
Your politics are shocking, they make
me pipe my eyes.
You may stop the war, you may stop
your chat,
But you can't stop me, though I've
got your hat.
Some months ago a convict, who
struck his gaoler insensible and then
escaped, robbed a house of a suit Of
clothes, hat, and a pair of boots, and
left his prison dress hanging up on
the hat-rack in the hall, with a
facetiouS message attached to it, which
ran:
Although good name I once did lose,
I step in yours, a good mans shoes;
My character is bad, I know it's true,
But l leave my clothes, as they may
1T you.
London Tit-Bit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23
MISTAKES IN FLAG RAISINGS.

1t isn't everybody who knows how to
throw the American colors to the
breezes. Flag-raisings are everyday
occurrences, but there are few people
among those in charge, be they ever so
patriotic, who are cognizant of the fact
that Old Glory tops everything in the
American possessions, and must not
go below under any circumstances.
At many Of the f1ag-raisings there are
remnants unfolded on the same poles,
and generally the mistake of placing
the pennant at the top, over the flag,
is made. This is very irritating to the
regular navy men, who regard such an
act in their ranks as deserving of dis
missal. A number of the officers
stationed at League island navy yard
have time and again had the flag given
its proper place on poles in various
parts Of the city, especially over the
SchOOlhOuses downtown. On DecOra-
ton day there was a flag-raising over
the Matthew W. Baldwin school. Six
teenth and Porter streets, and the
pennant, which contained the school
name, was placed at the top of the pole.
Word came from League island that
the country's color should be put at the
top, and the error was Immediately
corrected. Recently the same mistake
was made at National park on the
Delaware river. The irritating sight
was seen from League island, and a
message was dispatched in a boat to
have the positions of the flag and
pennant reversed Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23
MRS. GLADSTONE IN PARLIAMENT

To every member of parliament Mrs.
Gladstone was familiar. She always
occupied the same place, the corner
seat in that part Of the ladies' gallery
which is at the disposal of the wife OF
the speaker, or his daughter if he has
no wife. Her presence there was as
certain a proof that her husband was
going to make a grand speech as the
orifamme Of Henry of Navarro was to
his troops during the battle. She
seemed to be almost part of the house
itself, she leaned forward so as TO
catch every word and was so palpably
interested in her husband and so anxi-
Gus that she seemed almost part OF
himself
1t was her old-fashioned idea that
the wife should always be in the gall
lery to encourage the husband in the
greater moments of his career. Once
a friend Of mine had to make a speech
Of some length and some perpleXity
during the big home-ruIe struggle, and
his wife had got a place near him.
There was some difficulty in getting to
the front row, as the gallery was
crowded. Mrs. Gladstone turned round
and said: why, it's his wife!" and
said no more. That seemed to her a
sufficient and unanswerable claim to
any place the lady might like to have.
Mrs. Gladstone was even more at
home when her husband and she were
on the platform together. Indeed, the
presence Of the one would have seemed
insufficient without the other She
always sat Immediately behind her
husband, and now and then she took
advantage of the pause created by the
cheers to give him hint, or utter a
gentle remOnstrance.-A People.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23
NOT EASILY DISCOURAGED.

Something new and interesting
about ants was learned by a Mount
Airy florist yesterday. For a week
or so he had been bothered by ants
that got into boxes Of seeds which
rested On a shelf. To get rid of the
ants he put into execution an old plan,
which was to place a meaty bone close
by, which the ants soon covered, every
one deserving the box of seeds. AS
soon as the bone would become thickly
inhabited by the little creepers the flor
list tossed it into a tub of water. The
ants having been washed off, the bone
was put in use as a trap again. Yes
terday the florist bethought himself
that he would save trouble by placing
the bone in the center of a sheet Of
fly paper, believing that the ants would
never get to the bone, but would get
caught in the sticky fly paper while
trying to reach the food. But the
florist was surprised to find that the
ants, upon discovering the nature Of
the paper trap formed a working force
and built path on the paper clear to
the bone The material for the walk
was sand secured from little pile
nearby. For hours the ants worked,
and when the path was completed they
made their way over it's dry surface
in couples, as in march, to the bone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23

purling stream will often run into a
heavenly eyeball, in spite Of the utmost
care!
Your poor praise agent must pack
more thoughts into a half column than
Ihackeray or Dickens into a quarto.
HIS illusions, like the milliner's, must
be either stunning" "swagger,"
smart, else they are, to use a homely
English term, "chucked.' Press agents
and milliners must never be dull or
non-inventive. Yet we have much to
be thankful for-there are man mil
liners, but, thank heaven, there are no
female press agents. While the Eng
lishman cannot abide the phrase press
agent" he does, as secretary" resort
to all the devices of sheet-iron liter
airy thunder to raise a rumpus and a
row. The outpOurings Of his fountain
pen must be as lucid and as luminous
as a gumdrop, and sparkle like phos-
phorescent CLEANS playing on the sur
face Of the troubled sea, else he is in
formed that he has missed his voca-
ton and that the employment of sand
witch man is open to him. The Eng
fish editors fulminations may be as
dry as the remainder biscuit after
voyage but the secretary's rhetoric
must not be as stiff as a statue, as
mOtionless as tombstone; it must
pulsate as water after a sunset, tremble
as sunshine through aspen leaves, or
throb as raven wounded. 1t should
sparkle as the dancing of new stars.
He must write as genius, even if he
be Ounce.
But, you may ask, how can this be
done? Easily. The fantastic feathers,
shining aigrets and fancy flowers that
the milliner punches on a wire frame
are not hers; she did not make, con-
ceive or devise them. Her trade is to
select tasteful combinations of these
pretty articles and, having piled her
nimble needle to call them a hat So
also the so-called secretary. If he have
the sense Of last years birds nest"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23

A few years ago when the bicycle
craze first attracted the attention Of
the cartoonists a favorite subject Of
pictorial mirth was a cowboy on a bike
chasing a wild-eyed steer. This was
regarded as a tremendous fight Of
fancy, showing at once the extreme
decadence Of the horse and the fragrant
possibilities of the bike.
It is needless to say that no one even
expected the Wierd product Of the
caricaturists brain to take serious
form and be actually realized. But
that is precisely What has happened
forty miles north Of Deadwood, S. D.
On the ranch of R. B. Moseby, which
runs through the contributary
branches Of the North Fork of the
Cheyenne river. Butte county is about
the most desolate and benighted
section in the state, and that is saying
a good deal, yet today it stands far in
the van of the nineteenth century
progress simply through it's adoption
Of the bike. And for the same reason
it is regarded by neighboring cattle
men as the head center of the rankest
lunacy in the world
Mr.. Moseby has long been regarded
as something of a crank and now his
tTaduCers are certain of it. Time after
time he had made startling innOva-
tons in the management Of his ranch
some of them proving ludicrous fail
ureS and others immense successes
On the whole he has not been a loser
by his alleged crankiness, and he says
now that the introduction Of the bike
must be classed among the successes
Only One-half of the cowboys on the
ranch are mounted on bikes, the others
using the ponies. The reason of this
is that the bike has only proven avail
able for part Of the work Of herding
In cutting out, branding and turning
stampede it is not as serviceable as
the pony and for roping it has only
been partly successful. But for the
average humdrum work of watching
the herds and patrolling the lines it's
utility is undoubted
Moseby was tempted into trying the
bike by reading Of the experiments
maze by detachments Of the regular
army. These showed conclusiveIy that
the bicycle could go wherever a horse
could go and cover a greater distance
at less expense. In the army expert
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23

use. Then l got redheaded and with
out thinking of my mount I jerked
the rope over her horns. Of course, l
expected to pull her up, but I don t
believe that COW ever knew the rope
touched her She just kept Looping
ahead, pulling me and the bike in
great shape.
Il tried to back-pedal, but it didn't
make bit of difference, so I put my
feet on the coasters and began to
think. l didn't want to jump off the
wheel and turn her on foot, as she
would have smashed the wheel to
flinders before l could stop her. My
think-tank seemed to be in a bad shape
and l must have been dragged three
miles before it occurred to me to cut
the rope at the handlebars. Then l
jumper off, caught the end Of the rope
and by doing some famous sprinting
managed to tangle it up in old red
heads legs and bring her to ground.
Then I lambasted her for fair, and
started back toward the herd at a
tobOggan pace.
bill Price, another Of the boys on
the bike, got caught in the same way,
but he didn't keep his eyes on the
cows head so as to follow every move
she made with the wheel. The result
was that when she made a sudden
twist Bill went sailing through the
al
Somehow the COWS don't give rap
for the wheel, while they have some
respect for the pony A good horse
can turn a stampede in its early stages,
but bike is no good. The other day
something frightened half a dozen
COWS and they started off on a rush.
The big bunch began to get nervous,
and I rode like blazes to head off tne
runaWays, but they came straight for
me and my name would have been
mud if 1 hadn't turned tail and
scorched. Luckily one of the boys on
pony came along and straighteneG
things out
Its just this The wheel is all
right is some things, but you c0uldn' t
depend upon it to control big herus
without the assistance OF horses. For
patrol work and inspection it lays way
over the horses, but for cutting out and
branding and stampedes it is no good.
1t won't do at all in cold weather, but
judiciously employed it is a money
saver six months in the year."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23
RAM FIGHTING IN INDIA.

In India the chief pastime Of the
natives is unique, though it is not
surprising to Americans, as it has de-
cidely American twang. The great
Indian sport is ram fighting Whom
the horns first appear on the rarm they
are pulled out. A second pair then
grows, which are much larger and
stronger than the first. As the ram
grows older it is taught to buck. The
trainer uses a shield which is padded
somewhat, so that the ram will not
break his horns. Gradually the ami
NAL learns to take a long run before
bucking, and, finally, when full grown,
it is all that two men can do to hold
the shield against its onslaughts.
Among the natives a ram fight is a
great betting event. They come from
great distances to witness it, The
combatants fight until one is killed or
too seriously disabled to continue
the battle. A remarkable thing about
the animals is that the one which has
been defeated will never face its con-
queror again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23
THE LONDON PRESS AGENT.
How the Secretary Dresses up Hol
low Facts With Literary Millinery.

How the Secretary Dresses up HoI-
low Facts With Literary Millinery.
In London each theater has it's
secretary" but there are no press
agents, writes a correspondent of the
indianapolis Press. Secretary is a
pretty word. Albeit, the Bond-street
millinery shop scene in the new Drury
Lane melodrama, Hearts are Trumps,' -
suggests to the thoughtful auditor the
proper name for paid praiser," or
praise agent" commonly called press
agent in our dear country. The last
named title, however, has been brought
into so much disrepute that the honest
laborer in the London theatrical vine
yard rebels against it. He would be
called anything but that, which sug-
gests the road agent or the highway
robber. There is still better reason
why the term 'press agent" is abhor-
rent to the Englishman. The word
agent is OF Latin origin, meaning TO
do" Hence the phrase press agent"
signifies ito do the press" Horrid
thought! Why not theatrical MILL
ner?" The press agent takes a tiny
fact and dresses it up in all the gew-
gaws Of fancy, just as milliner lays
hold of a frail wire frame and sews
on those dainty devices so dear to the
feminine heart-and so devastating to
the male exchequer. One produces a
bewitching, eye-teasing bonnet, the
other a charming literary chapeau.
With these artisans the method of pro-
ducing effects is the same-both en-
pIOy the articles; one savory and sat-
isfying to the mind, the other a deli
cate delight to the optic. The literary
milIiner takes his fact and sews on
flowers of fancy, metamorphic aigrets
and hyperbolean feathers, a smile
buckle or a comparison ornament. a
red and green feather may stand for
the press agents mixed metaphor-a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23

he will be as assiduous as hoppickef
or bee in gathering new SMILES
metaphors and hyperboIes which in
millinery as before related, stand for
buckles, aigrets and feathers. He will
have plentiful stock of rhetorical
millinery on hand; he will spend his
day and nights with Swift, Addison
and Johnson, and then with the
Watchfulness of a spider sitting in his
web he will pounce on every hollow
fact that comes along and dress it up,
as would a milliner in all the gay plum
age of rhetoric.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23
CITIES THAT OBJECT TO SMOKE

The city Of Syracuse, n. Y, is con-
Quoting a lively crusade against the
smoke nuisance. Building Inspector
Bedell of indianapolis, commenced en-
forcing the smoke ordinance on June /.
Washington, DC, has a regulation
for the suppression Of smoke within lis
limits which has had to fight for an
existence. Thanks to the vigorous and
uncompromising policy of Health
Officer Woodward, whose duty it is TO
enforce the anti-smoke ordinance. the
struggle has been pushed to a finish,
and the constitutionality of the law as
applicable to Washington, has been de
clared by the Court Of Appeals The
national capital may now be kept free
from smut and smoke.-City Govern
ment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-23

mentS the bicycle has been riuuen in
the toughest mountain countries in the
land, and Moseby, who is forever look
ing for something new, decided that
if it carried men over noun oaIns it
would certainly do for the COW boys on
the comparatively level ranges.
The herders who were furnished
with the bikes took kindly to the
change, and although they have only
been wheeling for short time some
Of them have already developed into
fairly expert trick riders, and when it
comes to scOrching they can beat the
bronchos both in sprint and distance
races.
One Of Moseby's bike cowboys was
in Deadwood two days ago loaded to the
guards with information about wheel
ing experiences on the range.
There is one thing about it," he
said land that is the bike is never
vicious. 1t hasn't any hind feet to
suddenly push in your face, and it
doesn't yank piece out of your arm
with its teeth when you're not looking.
What is more, it doesn't stray off in
the night You turn it over and place
it on the ground and you are sure to
find it there when you want it. 1t
isn't eternally thirsty or hungry, and
that's more than you can say about
the pony.
The boss is saving money by it, be-
cause half dozen of US are not kill
ing off ponies by hard riding, and the
boys with the horses are taking things
easily, as we do all the long work
such as riding around the ends Of the
herds. l do fifty and sixty miles a
day, and if you put that amount OF
work on to one pony for a week you
would have a deau horse on your
hands, sure.
But the bike isn't perfect for herd
ing by any means. In the long run,
with everything considered, it couldn' I
make dead heat with the pony. Il
beats the pony in some things, but uDe
pony beats the bike in more. The first
week I tried it on the range I tied my
rope to the handlebar, anG thought /
was ready for business. Wheeling
along the edge Of the herd I saw a big
COW Looping off by her lonesome. She
was redheaded in more ways than one
but l was alongside of her in a minute
and tried to turn her, but it was nc