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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
THE LIVING TEMPLE.

Not in the world of light alone,
Where God has built his blazing
throne,
Nor yet alone in earth below,
With belted seas that come and go,
And endless isles Of sunlit green,
Is all thy Makers glory seen;
Look in upon thy wondrous frame
Eternal wisdom still the same.
The smooth. soft air with pulse-like
waves
Flows murmuring through it's hidden
caves,
Whose streams Of Frightening purple
rush,
Fired with new and livelier blush.
While all their burden of decay
The ebbing current steals away,
And red with natures flame they start
From the warm fountains of the heart.
No rest that throbbing slave may ask,
Forever quiv aring DER his task,
While far and wide a crimson jet
Leans forth to fill the woven net
Which in unnumbered crossing tides
The flood Of burning life divides,
Then. kindling each decaying part,
Creeps back to find the throbbing
heart.
But, warmed with that unchanging
flame,
Behold the outward moving frame,
It's living marbles jointed strong
With glistening band and silvery thong,
And linked to reasons guiding reins
By myriad rings in trembling chains,
Each craven with the threaded zone
Which claims it as the Masters own.
Is braided out Of seven-hued light;
Yet in those lucid globes Nc ray
Bv any chance shall break astray.
Hank. how the rolling surge of sound,
Arches and spirals circling round,
Wakes the hushed spirit through thine
ear
With music it is heaven to hear.
Then mark the cloven sphere that
holds
All thought in its mysterious folds;
That feels sensation faintest thrill,
And flashes forth the sovereign will;
Think on the stormy world thai
tells
i Locked in its dim and clustering cells
| Tie lightning CLEANS Of power it shed
| Along its hollow grassy threads
o Father! Grant thy love divine
To make these mystic temples thine,
When wasting age and wearying strif
Have Slapped the leaning walls of life
When darkness gathers over all,
And the last lettering pillars fall,
Take the poor dust thy mercy warns,
And mold ii into heavenly forms!
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
PASSING OF THE BEAVER,
Wonderful Little Animal Has Almost
Disappeared from Native Haunts.


Among the clearances at the custom
house the other day, says The Chicago
Inter Ocean. was one Of four live
beavers. They were consigned to Gov.
Van SAINT of Minnesota, from the minis
ter of crown lands from the province
of Ontario. Canada. and were sent
from Depot Harbor, Ontario. They
will be placed in Itasca park, the state
preserve, At the headwaters Of the
Mississippi river and are expected %
form the nucleus of colony.
The shipments of these beavers
through Chicago recalls the fact that,
like the buffalo, the beaver in its wild
state is now almost extinct in the
United States. Once it was abundant
and widespread. In the Main and Ad-
irondaCk wilderness. in the Michigan
peninsulas, in the headwaters of the
Mississippi river, in the mountainous
portions of Virginia, Pennsylvania and
even mississippi, and in the forest
country between the Mississippi and
Puget sound it's kind was once almost
as numerous as that Of the fox squirrel.
In fact it is recorded that during the
! early part Of the last century as manv
as 100000 beaver skins We're shipped
each year from America to European
| countries.
| Yet today it is doubtful if the beaver
! can be found wild anywhere within the
| borders of the United States. 1t has
gone entirely from its favorite haunts
| in the Adirondacks, Minnesota, Wis
! consin and Michigan streams, where
once the beavers work changed the
face of the landscape, know it no more
Perhaps in the deepest wilds of Wyom
ing or Oregon there may still be foun(
beaver dam here and there, and {
| few of the intelligent little animals
that build it. But the beaver as al
American animal is practically extinct
Like the buffalo. the beaver was one.
most intimately associated with tn
life and development Of the country
It's thrifty habits and remarkable HON
life; its wonderful dams, canals. locks
: houses, and other engineering works
/ showing an intelligence and skill 8.
most human, made it prominent in tn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

issues stern order that is executed
by his grotesque minions who catch
the luckless wight all dressed by the
neck and pitch him head foremost into
the big basin, where he is allowed 20
founder around till thoroughly soaked.
The most interesting athletic game
aboard ship is the obstacle race. The
chief task is to get through life pre-
servers swung from rope and oscil-
iating with every lurch OF the ship. 1t
is exceedingly difficult for even a
trained athlete to get through one, if
the sea is at all nasty, without making
most ludicrous failures.
Singing the monkey" is a name
given to a performance that justifies
its peculiar name. The legs of the
monkey careful, methodi-
cal man-are first of all Slung I'D by
means of ropes and pulleys. Then the
victim is given a piece of chalk, and
With this he is expected to lean for
ward and write dictated love letters on
the ships deck Or he may be called
upon to show his skill as an artist At
the same time you can't expect fine
technique and firmness of outline, CON
sidering the circumstances; for one
thing, the draughtsman hasn't a free
hand. The knowing monkey" will
probably wait till the ship has lurchel
one way, then he will attempt a little
lightning sketching before she has
time to right herself. Occasionally
it is not the chalk but the artists nose
which scrapes the deck
A delightful uncertainty always at
tends any function at sea-athletic or
otherWise-for the lurch of the ship
will give peculiar force to the adage
that the "best laid plans O. mice AMI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

men gang aft agley." This gives pc
culiar zest to the ladies egg-and-spooa
race. The fair starters are placed n
row and each is provided with an
egg which is to be carried in the spoon
held at arms length. The lady reach
ing the winning post first, with egg in
tact, is declared the winner Needless
to say this race is not necessarily
swift; rather it is to the adroit AMI
strategic. 1t is very funny TO watch
the competitors. One VIII hold the
spoon low down so that if the egg does
fall out, it won't get broken; another
will make a frantic dash trusting 10
luck and the ships steadiness: while
a third will perhaps deposit the egg
in some gentleman lap, greatly to his
disgust.
Another mirth-provoking contest be-
tween the lady passengers is the nee
dle-threading race. The competitors
first of all race to a certain part of the
deck where a number of needles of uni
form size and some lengths of threat
are held in waiting; then they thread
the needles as fast as they can AMI
hurry back to place them in the pin
cushion at the winning post. Patience,
above all things, is requisite here
The wheelbarrow race on board ship
is ten times as amusing as it is at the
country fair. The barroWs are in this
instance seamen who do not fear a
rush of brains to the head" and do
not mind getting down on their hands
while their legs are held high in air
and used to propel the owner toward
the goal. The rolling of the vessel
pitches wheelbarrOw and pusher to-
gether in a heap, convulsing the on
lockers with laughter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

Sonora Dona Maria de CalvO, wife
of the Costa Rican minister, has estab-
lished reputation for hospitality in
the two years she has spent in Wash
ington by her admirably appointed pri-
vate dinners On account of the ger
sonal care she has bestowed upon her
five small children, Sonora de Calvo
has given little attention to social af-
fairs other than these home dinners,
even in the diplomatic circle, and sci
dom goes out, except to state dinners.
She does considerable charitable WORK
and on all Of her expeditions takes
one or more of her children, and es-
pecially On her frequent visits to the
Little Sisters of the Poor, where she
is well known and does much good.
The minister from Costa RIGA and his
wife have a cottage at Deer Park, Md
near Washington, where they live
quietly during the summer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
a sTAY-AT-HOME TOUR ABROAD.
Suggested by Congressman GiIIett's
Disuust With European Travel


A letter from Representative Gil
scriptive of his summer trip abroad
and his delight at getting back is full
of suggestion for the large class Of
Americans who yearn to travel, but
are doomed by business entangle-
ments to stay at home. Mr.. Gillett
finds Europe generally unsatisfying;
half it's Wanted attractions are, IN his
opinion, imaginary while the other
half do not pay one for so long jour
ney. Here is the nucleus for a great
idea which awaits only the genius OF
a successful amusement purveyor to
develop. Instead of Turing the public
into stuffy theater in hot weather or
presenting a miSnamed variety" on
roof-top why should not some enter
prising manager give his city-pent
patrons a chance to do business BY
day and go abroad at night? By this
We do not mean to advocate a revival
of the illustrated lecture Of a genera
ton ago but a reproduction, as nearly
complete as practicable, of what mos
Americans see and hear and do wheI
they visit the old world.
Let us suppose for example, tina
Jones, after a hard days work in hi:
counting room were able to board ;
trolley car and be carried to one o
the outskirts of the city and there EN-
bark on a ship, surrounded by rea
water which is blown by combina
ton of electric fans into real lit
lows; receiving from powerful Ell
CINE, which can be heard as we'll a
felt real jar and real roll; havin
hurricane deck with a real rail, an
steamer chairs so strewn about tina
the promenader cannot help tumblln
over them every time the motion OF tn
vessel unsettles his balance-and a
this without the slightest danger {
laundering or collision anu with
three minutes walk of terra firm;
There might also be a mechanical d
vice for blowing infnitesimal cindel
out of the smokestacks into Jones
hair and beard when he happened
come within range Of the leeward a
current. If the thrill and the roll cor
eined to rob him of any appetite {,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

third act showed him about to commit
suicide through despair beside her
grave when startled by one apparition
OF Helen Whitman, who Gin the play)
was given a marvellous resemblance
to the dead wife. The fou TIL act lin
"a Baltimore garnet on the stormy eve
before election) revealed Poe, almost
wreck through drink, discovered BIZ
his newly betrothed Helen. In fit Of
frenzy he warned her from his
melancholy fate, seeing the baleful
Raven croaking its Never more!" to
all his dreams of a better, happier
life. Helen saw that he only
worshipped his dead wife's memory
in her. The last act depicted the
woful end in which the dying poet
beheld vision of his lost Lenore.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

There is a general impression that
it is only when Jack Tar gets short
leave that he has any relaxation.
Nothing is farther from the truth for
the jolly sailor lad can always make
fun no matter where he is. One OF
the chief pleasures of the German war
ships is the ceremony of baptism. One
might suppose from this that the Ger
man seaman is especially pious, but
it is only necessary to see the cere-
mony to observe that there is more
fun than piety in it. After every long
voyage it is the custom to 'baptiza'
the sailor who has been the best
during the trip-that is, who has saved
the most money and drank the least
grog. If this honor was intended to
promote decOrum and sObriety it is
most dismal failure. 1t has just the
cont airy effect, for every sailor 20
avoid the inevitable ducking spends
all he can of his earnings and lets no
schnaDps escape. One object of this
custom is to encourage liberality AMI
a hailfellOw-well-met spirit among the
crew.
The ceremony of baptism is very in
teresting. throne is rugged up for
Father Neptune, and an immense tub
is ir1proviscd out of a sail or tarpaul-
in on the deck. This is filled with
water, and around the edges stand va
riously dressed people in all sorts of
DISCUSSES, mostly like those worn by
Calithumpian paraders in the United
States. At a given signal the monitor
is ordered by Neptune to read list Of
the offenders crimes which usually
consist of undue frugality and sobri-
ntIr NnIat,,1ao HI. tI:i1-a,,t 4
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

minds of the pioneers of the land. and
an object of superstition to the Indians.
The names Of Beaver Falls. Beaver
River. Beaver Dam and Beaver Lake
show how strong was the influence ex-
erted by the beavers on the pioneers Of
the Northern States.
For this reason the passing of the
beaver is a national loss. But it is one
unavoidable in the progress of civiliza-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
Decorative SERVANTS.

The serpant would seem to be the
last resource in the form of household
decorative articles, but, as a matter IF
fact, there are dozens for the adorn-
ment of dens, coy corners and the
like. They are of wood, jointed ami
flexible as wire, and in dark green
with gold fiecks, dozen or so inches
in length, they are considered by
many highly ornamental and are decid
eddy inexpensive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
The Shane of Ii.

81 wonder if the fool-killer aver does
come 'round?"
Certainly. 1t invariably comes
round, or rather cylindrical, to be ex-
act.''
What are you talking about?'
''The cigarette. Catholic Standard
and Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

President Roosevelt took up the
duties of his Office, passing long day
at the white house, presiding at a cab
met meeting and discussing Cuban af
fairs with Gen. Wood and Secretary
Root. His first official act was the
appointment Of Col James M. Bell az
brigadier-general.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10
THE CAP OF FoRTUNATUs.
{ A Grim Tale Made Gay.)

THE CAP OF FORTUNATUS
A Grim Tale Made Gay.)
Fortunatus by birth was Dane,
But he spent all his boyhood in Spain
And there, runs the story, he net
with a hoary,
Mysterious sorcerer chap,
Who, money to save him, most
thoughtfully gave him
A magical travelling cap.
I can hardly believe what they tell me
is true,
But here's what that cap was report
ed to do:
Suppose you were sitting at home
And you wished to see Paris or Rome,
You'd take up that bonnet, you'd
carefully don it,
The name of the city you'd call,
And the very next minute, by Jove,
you were in it,
Without having started at all.
One moment you strolled upon upper
Broadway,
The next on the Corso or Rue de la
Paix
Why, it beat every journey Of Cooks!
Knocked spots out of Baedecker's
books!
He stepped from his doorway direct
into Norway,
He hoped in trice to Ceylon,
He saw Madagascar, went round
by Alaska,
And called on friend in Luzon.
II they said he'd be down in a minute
or two,
He took while he waited, a peek at
Peru!
He could wake up at eight in Siam,
Take his tub if he wanted in Guam,
Eat breakfast in Kansas, and lunch
in Matanzas,
Go out for a walk in Brazil,
Take tea in Madeira, dine on the
Riviera,
And smoke his cigar in Seville,
Go out to the theater in Vladivostok,
And retire in New York at eleven
o'clock!
Every tongue he could fuently speak
French, German, Italian, Greek,
Norwegian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ba-
varian, Japanese, Hindustanee,
Turkish and Mexican. He was a
lexicon
Such as you seldom will see.
His knowledge liguistic gave Ollen-
dorf Ga,
And brought hot flush to the face of
Berlitz!
He would bow in an intimate way
To Menelik and to Boubet;
He was frequently beckoned by Will
lam the Second
A word of advice to receive;
He knew in-and-inly Franz Josef,
King Oscar, Dom Paul, the khe-
dive,
The king of the Belgians, the sultan,
the shah,
King Victor Emmanuel third and the
ear!
But what did he get for it all?
His wife used to wait in the hall.
When this wandering mortal set
loot on MS portal
She always appeared on the scene,
And muttered severely: 'Ahem!
Well, l really
Would like to know where you
have been!"
Now what is the use of a wandering
life
If you have to tell all that you do to
your wife?
She INDUCED in a cOpious cry,
She remarked she'd undoubtedly die,
Or, like many another, go back to
her mother
And what would their friends
think of that?
She only grew pleasant when prom
Used a present
OF gloves or a gown or hat;
And more than his talisman saved
him in fare
Fortunatus expended in putting things
square.
And the moral is easily said:
Like our hero, you're certain to find
When such a cap goes on head
Retribution will follow behind.
Guy Wetmore Carryl in Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

The new play which Stephen Philips
is writing for Mr.. Willard treats of the
problem" that revolved around David
aid Bathsheba
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
We Take This Opportunity

Mrs. A. L. Stearns has been spend
ing several days at Springfield visit.
ing her grandson.
Miss Julia Sylvester returned Satur-
day from two weeks visit at F. ?.
Holden's In Penacook, N. II.
Mrs. Lillian Foster of Rutland is
the guest Of her father +. o. Roberts.
E. A. Markham received Tuesday
some flowers and oranges from Henry
Clifford who is now postmaster at
Vero, Florida.
George Blossom pet coon escaped
from bondage Monday. The animal
seemed frenzied and attacked young
child of James Mcbride and bit it on
the leg and also attacked young Nil.
dred Dyke. The next day young
Blossom captured the coon, which
stayed over night in the elm trees in
front of E. A. Markham S house.
Fishing season is nigh. Send %
cents to E. A. Markham for a bottle OF
his trout secret and be successful
fisherman.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
BETHEL.

Mrs. James Mccullough Of Royalton
has come to make her home with
Mrs. M. ii. Lincoln.
c. N. Barrows has bought the
building lot situated between his
home place and the house Of Miss
Jane Todd. The price paid is under.
stood to be in the neighborhood OF
500.
Mrs. M. Sylvester has been serious
ly i'll with peritoniLlS.
Mrs. Agnes King returned Monday
to her home in this town after spend
ing the winter with her daughter
Mrs. VIM. Blossom in Boston.
Rev. F. &. Rainey preached his
farewell sermon last Sunday as pastor
Of the Bethel village NJ. E., church.
H. G. Gilbert was In Randolph sew
eral days last week assisting 10 sugar.
ing operations on bis farm
George Walker and family Of Bar.
nard were at F. B. Maxham's over
Sunday.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
GILLEY & ABBOTT.
IA, 11S Main Street, Barre, Vt.
PLAIN FIELD.

Mr.. Clough Of Groton is in town
this week.
One OF the night hands in Batchel,
der's mill failed to report for duty un-
til ! 0 O'Clock Monday night, and was
then ia such an intoxicated condition
as to he unfit for work. He disc oSed
on G. Sanborn, who was fined SIS and
costs.
AS Edgar Smith and wife were out
riding Monday the horse ran upon a
pile Of logs, overturning the carriage.
The horse ran with the white rec at.
tached to him to Mr.. Coles 10 Marsh.
field. his former owner. Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith were not injured.
Some sugar makers are gathering
their buckets.
DR.. w. E. Lazell was in town We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Cutler of Barre
we're at Mrs. Cutters parents, Smiley
Smiths, Tuesday.
VIM. Preston and VIM. Huntoon in
vited the young people 10 sugar part
les in their maple groves last Tues
day.
Carl Foss is at home this week.
A blaze started Tuesday which
caused considerable excitement for Il
time, IL Was caused by a hot box in
the basement Of the grist mill.
Lee and Geo. Townsend are at No.
Montpelier in the employ of j. w.
Butterheld, in the erection of his new
mill.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
LONG tom
The Famous Gun Of Lady,
smith
IS BLOWN Up
Beers Destroy It To Prevent
Its Capture

London, April 1S.--Gen. Kitchener
reports from Pretoria that Col. Kit.
chen advancing from Lydenburg in the
northeasterly Transvaal found the
Beers had blown up the celebrated
gun known as "Long Tom," figuring
at the seige OF Ladysmith, apparently
to prevent him from capturing it and
because they were unable to remove it.
tieces of the gun were found on the
ground. Kitchener captured Is pris.
oners. Another column under Col.
Douglass occupied Dullstroom, after
an engagement in which six Beers
were killed. CJl. Pumer's column
occupied Bathfont, taking Is prison
ers. Gen. Elliott and his division
have brought in large number of
cattle.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
GROTON.

Herbert Sanborn has finished work
at the Lisbon granite works.
Ernest Tracy is at home from Bos-
ton on a vacation.
G. e. and J. H. Taisey were in
Plaintield Monday.
The three children of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. @. Carpenter are sick with scarlet
fever.
Rev. W. R. Mather is attending
conference at Lyndonville.
Mrs. Frank Lamphere and children
OF South Ryegate were visitors at
Chas. Booth 8 over Sunday.
Richard Carpenter Of Plainfield was
in town Tuesday.
Leonard Crown is very sick with
scarlet fever.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
NORTH TUNBRIDG e.

Mrs. Kate Edison is. recovering from
her severe illness.
Robert Smith OF Amsterdam, NY.
was the guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. 4. Smith, during the Easter
holidays.
Miss Mabel Preston, formerly a
teacher of this place, was ma. ried last
week at her home in Royalton Center
to Mr.. George Emery Of Somerville,
Mass.
Mrs. Moses Durham is i'll with the
grip.
Mrs. Eff1e Hardy has been visiting
friends on West Hill.
New sugar is now the order of the
day. A guod deal was made the past
week.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
CRY NEWS

The ladies OF the G. A. r. held a
social at L. ii ThurSton's last even
ing, and in response to their invita-
tion large humber of old soldiers
were present, A very pleasant social
evening was enjoyed by all. Refresh
mentS were served.
H. W. Scott was in Burlington on
business today.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
EAST ORANGE.

Mrs. Arthur Grant who has been 10
very poor health for some time was
able to ride out last Sunday.
p Mrs. M. r. Hamilton is quite i'll
attended by DR.. Dow
James Tilotson is in very feeble
health.
Mrs. M. j. Fish was quite i'll last
week
James Rouhan who has been i'll for
several weeks is now able to ride
out.
c. M. Colby's house is receiving a
coat of paint.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
NORTHFIELD.

There was large attendance Tues
day evening at the High School prize
speaking contest and everyone was
very proud of the excellent work done
by the young people. The prizes
we're awarded as follows: Young
ladies, LIST Miss Perkins, End Miss
Houston, 3rd Miss Newell, Young
gentlemen, LIST Halsey Edgerton, End
Ray Cutting, 3rd Eugene Parker.
The judges we're Hon. z. s. Stanton,
Mrs. S. E. Lovejoy and Principal F.
R. Prichard of Randolph.