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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
Paw the Bills,

The beginning of the new year brings
with it not only good wishes for happi-
ness and prosperity from friends and
acquaintances, but many billet doux
reminiscent of the comforts and pleas
ures which we enjoyed in 1902 but for
which we have not yet paid These
Bills, whether little or big, rarely seem
to the recipient sweet Williams, COM
ing as they do so quickly upon the
heels of Christmas which generally
leaves the average man short both of
funds and amiability. They are among
the New Year callers to whom most
persons are inclined to give anything
but hearty and cOrdi1l greeting, and to
whom they would say mot at home"
il it were possible to get rid of them
in that way. But it is not. They are
worse than mosquitoes, and the more
they are put off the more persistent
they become. They are precisely the
opposite Of the bright but diminishing
little Mamie Netticoat of nursery
rhyme. The longer she stood the
shorter she grew. But the longer
these New Year Bills stand the bigger
they grow. Today they may be such
little Bills that we may feel that we
can afford to treat them with good
natured Indifference and can put them
aside for a more convenient season
without harm to ourselves or anyone.
But pleasant, smiling little Bills,
when thus dealt with, soon develop in
to big, scowling Williams, carrying a
club called interest and bent on max
ing life miserable for those who failed
to meet them in the right way at the
beginning of the year. The best and
only way to disarm and render them
harmless, to make them messengers
of peace and prosperity, instead Of bull
lies and barrators, is to put a check
or cash in their hands when they make
their New Years call and send them
to join the other annoying ghosts of
1902. This will make 1903 brighter
and happier for ourselves, as well as
for those whose claims are satisfied
will make the wheels of prosperity go
round, and prove for the general and
individual health an ambitious treat
ment better than any financial serum
yet suggested by monetary theorists
for business stringency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24

Even if she stopped short of hatred,
she could feel for him nothing but
contempt.
As they drew near her house Mrs.
Crosmont kept her eyes fixed upon it
with strange, expectant gaze, while
the pink colour brought by the walk
faded and left her cheeks white, and
her steps grew slower than ever.
Armathwaite thought that perhaps,
as it was luncheon time, her husband
might be waiting for her, and might
be angry at sight of her escort. As,
however, he attempted to withdraw his
arm, she answered his thoughts. and
shaking her head said sadly
No, there is no one to keep waiting
now"
So he went with her to the gate,
where the dogs rushed out upon her,
and bounding about and running
little way down the road, seemed to
be looking for someone else.
mo, Lancer, no Fidget, Uncle
Hugh's gone away" she said piteous-
ly, though she tried to be cheerful
over it.
Whether the retriever thought, on
hearing this, that a new friend is
better than none, is not known. But
he Ieapt up on Armathwaite's breast
and licked him effusiveIy. Mrs. eros
mont's face lighted up suddenly with
! a flash Of excitement, and ray OF
youth and sunshine beamed in her
eyes.
'Ha, ha! Lancer has found it out
Lancer knows it's all right. I've a
friend left near me after ALL"
Armathwaite stammered something
incoherently, but she scarcely listened.
You are going to stay here" she
said confidently.
How did you know? How did you
guess?" asked he.
! The brightness died out of her eyes
! again, and she spoke in the old soft,
muftied tones.
'The music told me-" she said,
dreamily; and giving him her hand in
a dulled and Estless way, she smiled
family as she babe him goodbye and
thanked him, and disappeared through
the heavy iron gates.
But he turned when he had gone a
few steps away, and saw that she had
come back, and was watching him
A miserable sense Of the barriers OF
difficulty which stood between him
and his power of helping her came
upon him, as he saw tue CLEAN of heI
sad eyes through the iron grating.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
CHAPTER XIII.

Frank Armathwaite spent the first
ten days after his arrival at Drank
some in making the acquaintance OF
various equity old gentlemen and
semiinvalid ladies whom the indis-
position OF DR.. Peele had left for some
weeks without the comfort and ex-
cltment Of a medical advisers visits.
Well launched by the recommendation
OF the old doctor, who was popular,
and had made himself a great reputa-
ton by his able treatment of that
important class of patients who can
afford to nurse every trif1ing aiIment
until imagination and idleness work
1t into a serious malady, the young
YOrkshireman was received every
where with the greatest cordially,
which increased when it became
known that he had already been con-
suited by the great people at The
Crags. From that moment his success
was in his own hands. 1t only re-
manned for lin to preserve
sufficiently grave expression when
listening to the detailed symptoms of
the majors asthma, or the nervous
headaches of Tie solicitors wife: to
parry the innumerable question put
to him concerning his impressions of
the Kildonan household in such
manner, as to increase the opinion of
his discretion without FORGETTING the
character Of keen observer; to at
tend tea-parties given in his honor,
dividing his attentions among the
ladies so that not one should consider
herself neglected. and, finally, to con-
clliate the curate, whom he had so
cruelty and unexpectedly ousted from
his place in the hearts Of the sus-
ceptible spinsternood of the lakeside.
Though he managed to conceal the
fact under a decent demeanour of
grave interest assisted by a natural
klndlines and courtesy, the social
duties which his new position in
vOlved CALLED Armathwaite horribly.
He let off the steam every evening to
the sympathetic Mile, whose love of
fun, however, was too strong for her
to be able to resist the temptation OF
teasing him a little. When he pite-
Ously declared that the tattle at tea
party they had been to together had
ended by becoming to. him merely a
buzzing noise in which he had not
been allie to distinguish any sense, or
even to understand what he himself
was saying, she would suddenly be-
come very grave.
To be continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24

there's no reason, as l have intlmated
on several occasions, for either OF us
being so classified"
That's neither here nor there" said
Phyllis, reversing the coffee machine
and settling back into her Bombay
chair to watch the Pickering alcohol
blaze. THE fact remains that each of
us is a bachelor and that each of us
is plunged into deep indigo blues 1T
holiday time-Thanksgi and
Christmas and New Year-and yes,
birthdays, too, think. Easter goes
we'll enough-your new clothes to
brace you up and bunch Of violets
to pin on your frock when you go to
morning service is quite enough to
make you happy. Easter isn't a
family affair, you see. Neither is the
fourth Of July. That only makes you
nervous, not blue. But it's the three
holidays that come along towards the
end of the year and the birthday that
is ready to pounce on you at any time
that bachelors should be legally eX-
cused from observing. Thanksgiving
and Christmas and New Years mean
home, and bachelors have only apart
ments, while a birthday merely serves
to emphasize your lack OIL achieve
ment along certain lines"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
The God of the Seasons,

On one Of the seven hills of Rome
there is a spot where it is said St.
Peter was crucifed, and over this spot
is built little temple in his honor.
The hill upon which is reared this
temple was named after Janus and
called niculum-changed in these
later days to Montorio, or Gold noun
tain. Janus founded a city, and after
his death he became a god in the pop
ular fancy. To him were dedicated
temples for heather worship He was
the god of the seasons and is gener-
ally represented with two faces-the
one dark and gloomy, as an emblem
OF the history of past ages, the other
bright and smiling. as a symbol of a
promising future. Sometimes four
faces are used, representing the four
seasons of the year. In his hand he
holds as many rods as there are
months in the year, one of which
bears his name. January. The tenn
pies erected to him had four doors and
three windows each. The doors rep
resented the seasons and the windows
the three months in each season.
Pictures of Janus are frequently used
in decorating new year cards, stories
and magazines
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24

champagne bottle fairly winks at you.
suppose you can't imagine, being a
man, Just how Margaret and l felt.
SITTING there, surrounded by the evil
uences OF our depravity and perhaps
you can't be expected to know the
thrills we had when we started TO
open the bottle. I'd seen it done So
mad Margaret, but seeing and doing
Ihlng are two widely divergent acts
and some way, when that cork finally
came out it shot across the room and
knocked off the nose of the Venus de
Ito before it fell to the floor. taking
my one Bohemian glass vase with it.
I've never seen such an cratic action
on the part of cork and we were
both so startled that a good deal of
the wine foamed out and ran over On
the rug before we had sense enough
to fill our glasses. 1t was only
pint originally and in the end it
made just two small glasses apiece.
But 1t was enough. We sat there. with
them poised, waiting for the bells to
ring. Then Margaret had another
idea. You know-no, you don't either
that she carries HarIy's picture in
her watch. Fearfully absurd thing to
Go, but Margaret is such a sentimental
goose. And what do you think she
did? She opened her watch and said
she was going to toast the picture. |?
l should say not. l wouldn't be so
silly. That water mark across the
lace looks suspicious? I spilled a
glass Of lemonade on my desk one day
last summer. Really!
Finally the bells began to ring ana
the whistles to blow and we opened
the windows and drank cur toasts.
It's because l sneezed that your
| picture was spoiled. The bells kept
on ringing, but before they stopped
/ Margaret had still another idea. She's
full OF them. She put down her glass
and took up my copy of Thomas a
! Kempis.
I'll open it at random she said,
and the first verse l see will be
| prophetic for US.
Then she made some queer. weird
gestures and-you can't fancy how
pretty she looked with her yellow
/ curls floating down over that pink
gown or how uncanny it was to be
all alone at that hour of the night.
in the ligh, of the dying fire with all
! that noise going on outdoors and the
| chocolates and-and the other things
scattered about. She made a great cere-
mony of opening the book and what
do you think it was she read. This"
and Phyllis put down her empty
! cup and reached over to her desk for
little leather covered volume.
This: And thou shalt travel securely
in the path thou hast tegun.'"
''The Lord forbid" said the man
theoretically. Phyllis, that was your
first and last bachelor New Year
celebration, Thomas a Kempis to the
contrary nOtwitb standing."
"Oh," said Phyllis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
CAS- l remarked before there's 40

CAS- 1 remarked before there's 40
reason"
you like your coffee clear and
srightfully black, don't your" asked
Phyllis, gazing critically at the spoon
full she had poured into a cup. Then
it will have to boil bit more. And to
return-can you tell me of a more
fo~lOrn specimen of humanity than a
bachelor man or a bachelor woman
isn't it nice we don't have to call
ourselves old maids in these days-at
Christmas time? Who was it thai
wrote that clever story of the bachelor
who invited all the other bachelor
men and women he knew t. a Christ
mas celebration from which he
thlngs-at-law were rigidly excluded?
Robert Grant? I'd forgotten, but any
way The fact that you and 1 remember
a magazine short story so distinctly
goes to prove that it was tased on an
lndlsputable fact It's curious
thing that after so many years Of
bachelorhood one can't go back and
1T into the home he grew up in, if it's
still in existence for him to go to. I
think that that is really the saddest
phase Of it all. We go on year after
year cherlshing lot of pretty sentl-
ment about that home, and year
after year we try the experiment of
going back to it to celebrate the h0li-
days, but I leave it to you if it's very
often success. One can belong TO
the nome one grew up in about so
long. Then he must either create a
new one for himself or make up his
mind to patient endurance of
certain lack. So far as comfort goes,
it's really easier for US who come
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
a Peculiar Custom.

At Coventry it used to be the GUS
tom to eat what were called Gods
cakes on New Years day. They were
Of a triangular shape, about half an
inch thick and filled with a kind of
mincemeat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
Fer Bachelor lew Years Eve

~ OLIDAYS we're
81 OF intended for
p bachelors, re-
V marked Phyllis
ltentiously.
Meaning you or
ne?" Queried the
man from the depths
Of a many pillowed
couch.
Both. 3"
well" came a
drawl, punctuated by
sundry carefully
manufactured rings
of blue smoke,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
Old SuperStitionS,

Among many other old superstitions
associated with new years is a belief
that if a lamp or candle be taken out
of a house on that day some member
of the family will die within a twelve
month, while to throw out dirty water,
ashes or anything whatever, no mat
ter how worthless, is regarded as GER
tain to bring i'll luck during the whole
of that year. If the first visitor to a
dwelling on new years day is a fe-
male, and she is admitted, misfortune
and misery are said to be sure to fol
low that household for the next u
months, while it is also thought to
bode serious evil to lady if her first
new years caller be a dark complex
toned, dark haired man instead of one
whose hair and skin are fair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
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But She Didn't.

Tommy-What does "credulous"
mean, ma?
Mother-Why, if | were to take any
stock in your fathers New Years res
olutions, then l would be creduIous.-
New York Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24

Il haven't got to the end yet. At
exacuy 1870 o'clock we brought in
the bottle and-no we didn't crack
it. We put it on the taDle by the box
of chocolates and near the remains of
the cigarettes and looked at it. Have
you ever noticed the extremely festive
and altogether wicked appearance of
a champagne bottle, just the bottle it
self Beer bottles are plebian, ginger
ale is pious, but even the label of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
The Growth of Time.

The Growth of Time
Well give no thought to our increas-
ing age,
Nor signs because another year has
flown,
But write upon each new and spotless
page.
Our minds have wiser. hearts have
warmer, grown
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Tennyson-Up to Date.
Ring out the old Ring in the new!
Wiring out the hotel napkins, too!"
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03
Labor's First Mortgage.

MANY people imagine" said Mr..
Charles II. Schwab Of the steel tssust,
in an address to the Chicago Bankers'
club, "that the bonds Of the United
States Steel company are first mort
gage on its great properties. They are
not. If you give the subject a mo-
ntent's thought you will see that the
first great mortgage Is that WHICH is
owed to labor. The United States Steel
corporation pays to labor $3.50, ,0OO, 900 a
year, equivalent to mortgage debt Of
So, 900, ,0oO,OO0 on the property"
This Language is significant admis-
sion of capitals dependence on labor.
Taacerf-in connection with the recent
llibof-capitai confersifee under the aus!
Tpfees 81 the Natipnsf Civic Fedentios.
II View ycvk twy; It il tdii bf mean,
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03
s,,,.,oo sse : Prese:r,ptjioe.

Z The largest ann ever paid for pre-
scription changed hands In Gan Fran
cisco, Aug. 80, 1901. The transfer in
VOWED In coin and stock s " SOC. 90 and
was paid by = party Of buisness men for
a specific for Bright's Disease aud Dia-
betes, hitherto incurAble diseases.
They commenced the serious investi-
CATION Of the specific Nov. Is, 1900.
They interviewed scores Of the cured
and tried it ont on its merits by putting
over three dozen cases on the treatment
and watching them. They also got ply
sicians TO name chronic, incurable cases,
and administered it with the phi ysicians
for judges. Up to Aug. y, eight-seven
per cent. of the test cases were either
well or progressing favorsbly
There being but thirteen per cent. Of
failures, the parties were satisfied aud
closed the transaction. The proceedings
of the investigating committee and the
clinical reports of the test cases were
published and will be mailed. free on
application. Address JOHN ]. FULToN
COMPANY, 42O Montgomery st. San
Francisco, Cal.
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03

Wonder if Governor Ornnan can see
now why he was urged TO call an extra
session of the legislature, when the
fight on the revenue law was first be-
gun. Had this been done it is thought
all the annoyance and expense indulged
in would not have existed, but as it is
no one can tell when the expense ac-
count will quit growing. The "busi-
ness administration" feared the clock
would be turned back again, nit.
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03


The corporations who have been
fighting the revenue law have gained
their point temporarily, but can they
hold it? They have engendered more
bitterness and hatred in the minds of
the people by their recent actions than
could have been caused by any other
procedure. No one has any desire to
see another, whether it be corporation
or Individual, unjustly taxed, but the
common herd would like to see the
burden divided equitsbly, and this the
revenue law sought to do. BY their
fight against it the corporations have
plainly displayed desire to avoid be-
ing taxed in excess Of former valuation,
which 1t is prepostsrous to believe Is
anywhere near half, to say nothing Of
full valuation. People are forced to
submit at present, but time is coming
when the tables will be turned.
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03

ing, as it prcsages . saner view Of the
interdependence Of the two great fac
tors of productive industry. Capital
engaged in the steel industry has been
concentrated and consolidated into a
trust for the purpose-the defenders Of
the trust clain,--of decreasing the cost
of production and increasing profits.
Labor has been organized-into trust,
as is also alfeged-for the purpose of in
sisting on living wages, reasonable
hours and proper conditions surround
ing its employment. Both have COM
mon interests-that production be con-
tinuous, 80 as to assure continuing prof
its and continuing wages. Mutual
fairness, justice and respect, if il is not
too much to hope for them, should en-
able both parties to find an equitable
basis of agreement, or to devise tri-
bunal to determine casual Disputes;
Denver News.
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03

The malls are being flooded with a
lot Of rot upon the Question Of tariff on
sugar. One sfde sends out circulars
fsvorihs IL, the other condehhihg it,
and ii alf goes for one cent on letter
when II ought To pay two Cents. Such
practices havel ~ much to do with
'as1si6s 4 dsreit idssstie postsl debars.:
Xent " 3rythihs 49,
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03
Timber Land, Act June 8. 1s7s.-Notice for Pub.
licatiou.


United States Land Ofice,l
Durango. Colorado, December 8, 1901,
Notice IL hereby Kiyen that In compliance
with tho provisions OF the act OF Congress Of
June 5. 1873, entitled IAN act for tho sale Of
timber lands in tho States Of California, Ore.
gon, Nevada, and Washington Territory" az ex.
tended to all the Public Land States BY act Of
August 4. 1892,
Jamet L. Trimble, of Dolores, county Of Monte.
yuma, State d: Colorado, has this day fled in
purchase q the sy q section ss in township 80
And will offer proof to show that the land
sought ID ihDre valuable for its timber or stone
than f5r hKric,iltuTal pusposes, and 70 establish
Recsiysr Of this office at Durango, Colorado, on
SATURDAY, the 18th day Of fehr,,sry. i9os, !,
wood, William N. May, Thomas Akin and An
drew Miller, all Of Dolores, Colo.
Any aud lll perfons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to Ale their
claims in this Office on or before said 18th day
Of February, 1902.
r. c. PkRxiss. Register.
First pub Dec. u 'oi last Feb. II 'o2.
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03

Sing to me new song
That will tell of Liberty,
That will tell the death of Wrong
In the time to be.
am tired of those who sing
Only to the God of Gold:
am tired of those who ring
Changes on the Old
I am waiting for voice,
To the Christ-ideal true,
That will bid the world rejoice,
Singing Of the New.
aui waiting for some soul,
Clear as light and glad as youth,
From whose lips song shall roll
That is filed with Truth.
He will come with happy heart
And with morning in hi. eyes.
When ne sings, the world will start
With glad surprise.
Here alone, 1 wait for him,
Glad if I cah give some gIeam
Of his light, some echo dim
spOf his fuller dream.
ssing to me new song.
That will tell of brotherhood,
That will help the world along
To the higher Good.
-. 4. Edgerton in Denver News.
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03

Every county in the state is in very
intricate muddle over the revenue law,
and just how any taxes can he collect
ed is mystery. If the law is Illegal
for the railroads and corporation it
must he Illegal for the individual, and
as the time for making an assessment
under the old law seems TO have passed,
the majority opinion is that no taxes
can be'collected for 1901 until the diff
Guilty is Strengthened out and d new as
sessment made for 1901 at the same
time the assessment for 1902 is made.
II this view is correct, and it will no
doubt be decided by the courts. no in
terest can be collected and il is safe for
you to keep your money in your sock,
or shave county warrants with it.
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03

The New Years edition of the Den
yer Post was very commendabIe in
some respects, but there is lack Of
fairness throughout its furty-eight
pages. The write-up Of Moritezuma
county, for example, is very neager and
inaccurate, and does the county an in
Justice
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03

One Of those giofiots and very bene-
fetal things conlfnonly called trusts
il up against a financial snag in Ohio.
How nice IL would be If all Of then, Took
s.dose .of the same Kind of poison
The Dolores star., 1902-01-03

The New YEARS. editions of the Dem
yer and Colorado Springs papers were
very nice and those counties which
were ignored or insulted with passing
notice. should be happy with the hope
that they may fare better at some flu
ture time.