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1888 Its capital stock Is 500, 900. 1t CONNIE
1889: The amount Of business to March l.
stock OF this bank Ii sold to the membership
buds. and d classes, and pays a dividend Of
lar. Persons can deposit their moneys on time
pays per cent interest on all time deposits
held subject to the ordAr1 ~ he aonnoItor,
The colored American., 1900-09-15

he REGALLA
Ia taat By the members Of the For
T. CLASSES
hip. male and female, and life and death
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
IOWA IN THREE WORDS.

Helen once attempted to put all
Scotland into five words-Scott, Burns,
heather, whisky and religion. In Iowa
you pack the thing tighter Three
nouns enOugh-cOrn, COW and hog!
But, as in Scotland, a hundred after
I thoughts come clamOring for admis-
sion, and five words will never suffice,
SO in Iowa you make tardy concession
to many an eager claimant Great is
the Iowa hen; and if it be true that
the geese saved Rome, the Hawkeye
/ hens could in any time Of need save
sunny Iowa. Equally great is the
Iowa goat. Problem: To clear away
brush. Answer: Bring goats. Not
only do those picturesque AngOras re-
duce the brush as if fire had gone
through it, but they arterward contrib
ute their plentiful fleece to the loom
at fully half the price of sleeps wool.
Great, too, is the Iowa pigeon. At
Usage they will show you a township
OF pigeon houses four acres in area.
And of what use are pigeons? Pray
what, think you, is the pathological
basis of quaiI-on-toast? But greater
even than hen, goat or pigeon is that
venerable oy-product of the Middle
Western agriculture, the retired
farmer.
Half the state of Iowa is underIaid
with coal. What matter, then, that
the ladies Of Des Moines must sew
their ball dresses into bags to keep
them from the SCOT; what matter that
the beauties of Des Moines have
twisted their pretty chins awry in at
tempts to blow cinders from their
pretty foreheads; what matter that you
cough like the people Of Butte in
your vain effort to catch a breath of
better than bitumen? mo
smoke consumers" I gasped. Sir"
said the Iowans, every citizen is a
smoke consumer. "-Rollie Lynde HART
in Atlantic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
THE FACULTY OF JOURNALISM.

Strange how public interest in any
great event evapOrates the moment
something new hobs up in another
quarter of the world" remarked a man
who prides himself on keeping abreast
OF the Passing Show. "A little more
than a month ago everybody who
made any pretensiOnS to being well in
formed was following the South Afri-
can situation with eager attention.
To-day you won't find one man in 500
who is able to tell you the present
status of affairs in that campaign.
The average person knows vaguely,
from glancing at the headlines, that
the Beers are still holding out and
that there is an occasional battle; but
in what part of the country the fight
ing is going on or what the British
army is doing eIseWere are things he
has lost track Of and hasn't time to
ascertain. AS far as the war in the
Philippines is concerned, | doubt
whether anybody reads the reports eX-
cept the people who have dear ones at
the front For the time being, all eyes
are rivited on China; the stupidest
Shanghai fake is swallowed with joy
full avidity and the hungry public
bawls for more. All of which goes to
prove the sagacity Of the late Mr..
Mccullough, of ST. Louis, who declared
profanely that journalism was the
faculty of knowing where-Was going
to break loose next and being there
first Personally, [ am apprehensive
that the next big event on the calendar
will be the long-drawn-Out war be
tween China and Russia. [ don't care
a rap what becomes of either nation,
but [ do dread unspeakably the task
of learning those jaW-breaking Rus
sian names. You see, [ have had
pretty rough time of it during the last
year or two. No sooner had |
mastered that horrible Filipino no
menclature than along cane the Beer
war and I had to start in on 'kOpjes'
and 'roOineks and 'spruits.' About the
time l had gotten the hang of Trans
vail 'taaP and was able to talk about
the campaign without running the
risk of being called down by one oil
those pedantic jackasses who are
always lying in wait for a fellow,
trouble began in China, and I had to
tackle an entirely new vocabulary.
At present I'm hard at work on Tsung
Ii Yamen and Hsiang Kiang and Klao
Tai Chifu and few hundred other
tea-chest tongue-twisters, so, natural
ly, the bare idea of starting in on Rus
sian, with it's skis and 'koffs,' fills me
with horror. I hope to goodness moth
ing happens in Wales. New Orleans
Fimes-DemOcrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09

Since the invention of modern field
artillery, by which shells may be
dropped into cities, the custom of
enclosing towns in walls of masonry
for their protection has passed away.
Here and there throughout Europe
fragments Of old wall Notifications
may still be seen, and the ruins are
preserved for their historic interest. It
is only in China and some smaller
eastern countries that walls are still
used as a serious means of defense for
Cities and that is because the Orientals
have had little experience in modern
warfare as practiced by western ma
tons. The Chinese undoubtedly think
that Pekin will be as difficult to take
as it would have been in the days when
walled cities had literally to be starved
into surrender by a long siege.
The greatest difficulty the allied
! forces will have to overcome in the
| taking Of Pekin is the marching OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
Something ike a sob came from hi:

Something like sob came from his
lir..
You are s. cruelty hard. Etke-, h
said; so terribly hard, l am kneeling
here at your feet, sad and humble.
do not ask for your love, only for your
pity-not even FOR your liking. only for
your pardon: md you refuse it 10 me. .
4 do refuse IT," returned the clear,
sweet, pitiless voice. .'Such wrong
as you did ne deserves no pardon-can
have none. I will never forgive you
for having blignted my life
4 will undo what l have done if
can" he offered, sadly. There is one
way in which you can be freed from
ne, Ethel. Tell your father-I hear
that he is man of great influence
tell him your story, and let him take
proceeding for a divorce"
ct would be useless if did she re-
Joined; my freedom would not bene-
fit me. I would rather die than tell an
honorable gentleman like my father
that I had married felon."
A low cry came from his lips.
"Oh, Ethel, Ethel, you wound me!
cannot bear the sound Of such words
from your lips"
And in the silence Of the sweet
summer morning she heard him sob
like a grievei child.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
CHAPTER NLII.
Praying For Pardon.

IdN Ing T UI I Sii uOu
Il am not surprised, Ethel"-sO the
second letter ran-'that you refuse TO
see me- but my wife, it must be-
Desperate men do desperate deeds, and
have long been desperate. l must
see you and speak to you. ! have
wronged you enough, Ethel; l cannot
bear to bring more sorrow upon you.
did not want to make the secret that
binds us, public. Let me see you and
arrange for our future. Oh, Ethel,
Ethel. let me look once more into the
heaven of our eyes and I shall be con-
tent! Let me speak to YOU once mora
and. Ethel. you shall do with me :
you will. I ask one grace from you
do YOU hate me for the wrong that l
have done YOU
She read the letter, and. despite her
anger, she felt something like pity for
him. He had loved her so dearly, he
had worshiped her so passionately
Moreover. the tone of his letter was SO
humble. He had promised to do as she
wished. Perhaps, after all. the shame
and disgrace of public scandal might
be spared. her secret kept. Perhaps he
would promise never to modest her
never to claim her; and by that one
interview she might secure peace.
She would go and meet him, she
decided. She would hear what he had
to say. Not that it would make any
difference now, but she might persuade
him to go away and leave her in peace.
She would meet him in the woods; 1t
would be very easy for her to get away
under the pretext of sketching. Even
if she were seen speaking TO him.
nothing would be thought of it, be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09

Pekin were secure enough against any
meth1d Of attack, while the nine
stored towers and the indentatione
along the top Of the wall save enough
protection to the Tartar archer whose
business it was to speed an arrow
toward he ene~'y who attempted TO
reach the SIS.
The residences {. tAe foreign minis
tiers are between the now helpless
Imperial city ON one side and the
Chinese city, with its nearly two mil
lions G. bi-0dthirsty barbariaus, just
Inside lie gates Of the Tartar city.
Leg& .ltl street, as it is called is an
unpave1 slum. The British legation
which IS near tie wall of the imperial
city stretches along a sewer-like canal.
Here, because there is more room and
the place can be better defended, all
the foreigners took refuge, and here, IL
any are alive when Pekin is taken,
they will be found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09

at the base as they are high, but the
brick and stone work form only inner
and outer shells of masonry. while
the seventeen or eighteen feet be-
tween is filled with loose earth. At the
bottom of the wall the masonry may
be ten feet thick on either side. but it
Iapers to one foot in thickness at the
top, where the earth filing has been
floored over with dressed stone and
tile, giving the whole great air of
solidity.
Where the Chinese learned how to
build these wall is not known but it
is a very curious thing that they are
built, almost exactly like those of
Europe in the middle ages. There was
this difference that the filling used be-
tween the outer shells by western ma
tons was broken stone set in cement,
so that as a matter of fact the filling
was stronger than the facing. Before
the days of artillery, the walls of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
WINDOW GARDEN AT THE
CAPITAL.

There is no city in the country so
given 10 window gardens as the
national capital. The window lodges
OF all the great houses in Washington
are riotous with flowers, and even the
plainest little house has a window box
filled with nesturtiums or some pretty
patch Of color. Sometimes the most
effective window gardens are achieved
from the simplest flowers. There is
WelI-knowe society woman who has
fad for sweetpeas. and the front of her
house is beautiful to behold with
masses of them on every window ledge.
Of course they are beautifully laid out
in dark green boxes, and carefully
trained and clipped. The other day an
old darkey whose wool has begun to
whiten was passing, and stopped short
to look at the mass Of bloom which had
caught his eye. He gazed with admi-
ration, soon superseded by astonish-
ment, as it dawned on him that all
that beauty came from the sweetpeas
such as he had at home. After a
while he shook his head and said: My
Lawd, eff some pussons was to plant a
jewsharp it I'D come up pianner,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09

| United States Senate and enjoying an
annual income of not less than a
quarter Of a million dollars. If some
good fairy hal lifted the veil and let
! Tabor take one peep under it when he
was camping on the Kansas prairies he
would probably have fallen dead from
sheer Amusement. In mining
country you will find most of the pro-
spectOrs are men between 20 and % or
lover 40. In other words, they have
been drawn there by either youthful
spirit OF adventure or by the hope
thaG some miraculous stroke of luck
will retrive the failure of middle life.
While he is in his thirties the average
imam has pretty definite plans and is
mot so apt to run after the golden will
O-the-Wisp. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
Oh APTFR XLII.
"A Cruel Trick of Fortune. "

81 have 20 wish to be hard upon
you" said Ethel to her husband; but
it was a cruel thing to dO-to per
suade a girl so young and ignorant to
take so serious step as marriage; it
was a most cruel thing, and l repeat
that can never forgive you
He raised his face, and she saw that
it was wet with tears.
Even if I were rich, then, Etnel-if
I could lavish every luxury on you-if
I could make you one Ct the first
women in Fngland-even then you
would not care for me-"
No" she replied. You have failed
in honor, not to mention honesty; how
could possibly care for your"
He was silent for some little time,
and then he raised his eyes sadly to
her proud face.
81 cannot expect you to pardon me,
he said. What can l do to help you,
Ethel, to free you from myself-what
can do? If it pleases you best, l will
go away from here, and will promise
never again, while | live and you live,
to come near you to trouble or annoy
you. Or if it pIeases you better, Ethel,
I will wait here until with your
fathers help you have obtained a
divorce; it would not be difficult
1T would be useless" she replied.
Man cannot put asunder those whom
Heaven has joined. I should never
marry
Il will do anything that will please
BEST he pursued. "One thing !
promise you-the wrong that l have
done you is great enough; I will make
it no worse. I will keep the secret
inviolably; it shall never escape me; /
will not presume upon it. Ethel, you
may trust me; I would rather lose my
life than betray you any further"
! That was some relief to her; the
public exposure that she had dreaded
would not take place.
You wish for time to consider" he
said, gently If you decide that I mus;
| go away, I shall need some few days
to prepare. Will you take a week tc
think over what would suit you and
please you best? Will you meet me
here in the woods at the same hour
! just one week from today?"
Eyes" she answered, YEARLY, Il will
be here"
ETHEL" he cried, passionately, will
you not give me one kind word?"
L cannot" she replied. ct would
simply be hypocrisy if did. You have
ruined my whole life. When I forget
that I may pardon you
will you let me tell you the story
of my life" he asked-"of my youth
my temptation, and my fall? You
would perhaps take more pity on me
| if you knew all"
She raised her white hand with q
gesture that demanded silence.
L do not wish to hear one word OF
it, she said. q must go. will do as
you suggest. I will take one week to
consider, and then tell you what plan
I think is best for you to adopt"
She looked at him as she spoke-at
| the handsome face, the eyes dim with
tears-and a feeling of pity came over
her.
7 do not wish to be hard on you,
she said, gently; and I pray Heaven
that the last part of your life may be
better than the first"
Then she turned away, leaving him
| more wretched than he had ever
thought he should be in the world
again.
To be Continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09

The choicest time in all the year for
picnicking is from now till the bright
autumn tints deepen into brown. The
wise picknicker, like the wise pioneer,
looks out for a place affOrding plenty
of shade, wood and water. Given this
indispensable, success or failure hinges
largely upon the basket-and the
basket is easier put up right than
wrong if only one knows how to go
about it.
Unless it is a picnic for two, do not
be tempted into depending on a paper
box. Lunch for any number between
four and a dozen may be beautifully
slowed within one of the straw tele-
scope baskets which have dependable
leather straps, and weigh almost moth
ing. Line it with a soft big napkin
before you begin packing, taking care
to have long end at one side, to fold
over the top. Upon the napkin put a
sheet or two Of paraffin paper, tucking
it snugly into the corners.
Now you are ready for the eatables.
Chicken is much better fried than
broiTed for eating cold. Have the
butcher unjoint pair of broiling size
carefully, cutting the breast in two
pieces, taking off the wings and diYid-
ing the legs into drumstick and second
joint. Wash well, salt and pepper
delicateIy, roll in cracker dust and fry
very brown in a deep hot fat. Take up
and drain upon paper in hot plate,
then allow to cool in open air. For
packing lay sheet of the parahne pa
per over a wooden plate or bit OF stiff
cardboard, pile the fried chicken upon
it. draw the corners of the paper over
it and it is ready for packing. But do
not put it : at the bottom OF your
basket. Let the bottles OF olives or
pickles or relishes go there. They
had better be opened and the brine or
vinegar poured off, both for safety and
for saving weight Tins Of biscuits or
sandwiches should also go toward the
bottom. Where there are several OF
them it is best to stand them on end
and wedge the bottles upright between
them.
Either ham, tongue or smoked beef
for sandwiches is best chopped fine,
mixed with a little butter, lemon juice
and chopped parsley, or capers and
celery and vinegar. Cut off the crust
from the sandwich loaf, and butter the
end before cutting off a slice. Spread
the filing evenly and press firmly to-
gether. If you have not sandwich
box to line with the oiled paper, pile
your sandwiches even, and wrap them
in several thicknesses Of the paper.
Then take loaves of white and brown
bread, cut off the end, butter the loaf
lightly, cut off the buttered surface and
lay it buttered side down upon the
end crust. Keep on until you have
the whole loaf sliced, buttered and
piled nearly in its original shape.
Wrap it deity i'll paper-oiled paper,
Of course-pass a strong rubber band
over it endwise, outside the paper, and
fit it in place. Treated thus II keeps
fresh and saves much time and temper.
You can stir lemon juice into the put
ter, OF mix in the yellow Of eggs boiled
for twenty minutes and then mashed
smooth. Or cream cheese, or cottage
cheese. may take the place OF butter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
WHAT WAS HE THERE FOR?

Well" said the old man, "BiIIs
done graduated in Latin, Greek an
French"
you don't say?"
True as gospel"
An what's he a-doin' Of nOw?"
Oh, he's a-writin' of dialect stories
fer the magazines! "-Atlanta COnstitu-
ticn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
SUCCESSFUL GOLD-SE.--,4no.

81 noticed in the paper the other
day" said an observant citizen, that
fully three-fourths Of those who have
accumulated fortunes up in the Alas
kan gold fields are men over 40 years
Of age. That sort Of thing is common
enough in all mining countries, and,
in my opinion, it constitutes the main
fascination of the life Elsewhere a
poor man over 40 feels, with good
reason, that his chances Of lettering
his condition is practically zero, but q
prospector knows that he is never 100
old for fortune to find him if she is so
inclined. One Of the most remarkable
casese Of the kind was that Of the late
H. A. W. Tabor, of Colorado. TABOR
began life as a small Kansas farmer,
worked like a slave fought grasshOp-
pers, cyclones and droUths and lived
literally from hand to mouth for over
20 years. He was past 40 when he was
sold out under a mortgage foreclosure
and turned adrift on the prairie with
nothing in the world but rattle-trap
wagon and yoke Of NANCY steers that
we're turned over to him because no
body wanted to buy them. 1t would
difficult TO imagine a more abJect
picture of failure than that which he
must have presented as he began
pIodding westward without plan, hope
or detination. Yet inside OF half
dozen years he was sitting in the
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troops and the moving Of artillery to
the great plain which surrounds this
northern capital of China The single
railroad, Of less than 100 miles in
length, from the seacOast to Pekin
has, it is reported, been destroyed. Fhe
PeihO river and tributary of it, on
which the city stands, are not navigaole
for large vessels Of the navy; and the
enc public highway is narrow, three
feet deep in mud in this, the rainy
season, and is bordered by fields of wild
rice and millet. Once the troops get be-
fore the city with their guns the task
Of reducing the miles Of masonry of
the wall to rubbish heaps will not be
SO great as it would seem, since the
walls are not nearly so solidly built
as they look to be.
1t is true the walls Of the Chinese
city are thirty feet high, and the walls
of the Tartar or imperial city, fifty or
sixty feet. Both are as thick through
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
4 BIRD.

you cruel, wicked boy, to kill that
harmless little bird.
Il was JUS going ter offer it to yer,
lady, fer ter put de wing in yer col
lection on yer headgear."
ooh, you generous little fellow!
And they're just the right shaded
Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
HER WIFELY ENCOURAGEMENT.

Mrs. Gayye husband gave up all
his expensive habits short time ago.
Miss Bright-And how did his eco
nomical reform work?
First rate, my dear, while it lasted.
He saved up enough money the first
week to buy me a new hat"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09

The normal cost Of British arma-
ments in time Of peace is, in round
figures, e60,000,0O0 to the taxpayers of
the United Kingdom, e20,000,000 to
India and e1,750,0O0 to the self-gov-
erning colonies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09

Cant you set date for the pay
ment of this little bill?" asked the
collector. Il could if it weren't for
one thing" answered the debtor.
What is that?" II want to sustain
my reputation for truth and veracity."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09
PICNICKER'S DINNER
ESSENTIALS FOR A SUCCESSFUL
DAYS OUTING.
WHAT TO TAKE AND HOW

It is Easy to Put the Luncheon up
Right if One Knows the Simple
Secret-Hints for Those Who Con-
template Frolic in the Woods or
Elsewhere
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09

4 visiting Englishman who drops his
rs says love making is lost cart.