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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09

Parker went out of her life the
brightness of her life went with him.
1t was none the less hard, because
it was right, to part without giving
speech to what was in the minds of
both, but the last words were said and
Ralph Parker was soon on the way to
his new home in another state and
Maud CASTOR was left to make the
best Of what life had in store for her
A few months passed and she heard
from a mutual friend that Miss
Emery, DR.. Parker's financee had re-
turned from abroad and that they were
about to be married. Major Norton's
next letter, telling of his near re-
turn, when he hoped to claim his briue
at an early date, changed the channel
of her thoughts from Ralph Parker's
affairs to her own.
She thought long and seriously over
this letter and at last made up her
mind that, though DR.. Parker, being
man, would be doing only right to
keep his troth, under the circum-
stances she, loving another, even
both herself and her sutton to bind
herself to him for life.
So she wrote to Major Notron tell
ing him of her decision, and feeling
the better for it, resolved to devote
her life to nursing. She secured a
position in a hospital and was be-
ginning to forget her own troubles in
those Of her patients, when one day
she was startled by the sound of her
name in familiar voice. Turning,
she saw behind her Dr. Parker, whom
she had believed so far away.
To hide her confusion she MUIR
INJURED few words of congratulation
on his marriage, when to her astonish-
ment she learned that it was another,
whom Miss Emery had met abroad, to
| whom she had just been married after
obtaining a release from her engage
ment to DR.. Parker, and that as soon
as he had heard of the severing of her
promise to Major Norton, he had
hurried to her home, obtained her ad-
dress, and the sequel can be imagined.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
HON ESICK.

| was born in Indiany-an' I'm pinin'
to git back
From these prairie-winds at howl, an
snarl, an moan around my shak;
From this empty, endless Wilderness,
stretchin fur as We can see,
An my hearts a purt' nigh breakin'
fer the sight O. just one tree.
was raised in Indiany-an' I'm wish
in | was back
Where the shiftin', shinin' Wabash
cuts it's twistin', trailin' track
Plowin' through the rus'lin' corn-felds,
lOafin' under hangin' boughs,
Where they's pools to hide the fishes,
an they's shade to cool the COWS
My old homes in Indiany-an' I'm
heartsick to git back!
Them cricks an woods hes got a
tongue these lonesome pralries
lack;
Fer they's nothin' here but silence
'cept the never endin' cry
O. the winds, at moan an mourn ontil
ye think yell shorely die
An We hain't no wish fer Twin, an the
dearest thing ye crave
Is to die, an hev it over-ef they'll
only make yer grave
Back there in Indiany where the
Wabash twists an turns,
Where the sun hes trees to shine on,
an the autumn color burns;
Where the sycamore's crooked branch
es show the way the river goes,
An across the yallerin' corn-ields ye
kin hear the cry O. crows;
While the leaves is drappin' softly
,Iachur's tears fer days ats
dead
An mongst the hick'ry's trimblin'
boughs the squirrel perks his
head;
Where theNo oak an maple colors make
the woods kind O. hint
O. the land yer lookin' fer at last, an
seem to ketch CLINT
O. the glory streamin' down ards
through break in Heavens
wall
An in the whisp'r'n' silencdG We hear
the angels call!
Indiany's purt' nigh Heaven, An I'm
wishin' 1 was home
If they's them ats thinkin' differ Mt,
they's got license fer to roam:
But Heaven an Indiany is the jest
Two things I lack,
I'm good ways off from both of en-
an prayin' to git back!
Ezra B. Newcomb.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
Mail Service in Hawaii.

A washington woman, writing to
her nephew at Hilo, Hawaii, jotted
down his address on the envelope as
it was dictated to her, stamped the
letter and mailed it without adding
his name. The letter reached Hilo
safely and the postmaster gave it to
the factotum of the village, because
he was afraid to open it himself
The mayor, or chief, promptly called
a town meeting. When all the
natives and foreigners were as
sembled, he opened the letter with
the most. grave and dignified air, and
commenced to read it aloud 1t be-
gan with the words, my Dear
Nephew Walter" and the addressee
stood up in the meeting at once and
announced that the letter was his
How is it signed?" asked the chief.
''Affectionately, Aunt Martha" was
the reply.
The chief then arose, bowed to the
American, and said solemnly: "The
letter belongs to you, good friend.
May it bring you peace. "-Washing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
Fiction
CALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL

The handsome doctor was taking
his leave to go to a distant city. He
was betrothed to q young lady he had
not seen for some years, as she had
been travelling abroad for her health,
and Miss CASTOR, the lady on whom
he was now making q parting call,
was also engaged to Major Norton,
on duty in the Philippines. When
Miss CASTOR had been taken i'll some
months before it was DR.. Parker who
had been called to attend her, and it
was to his watchful care that she
owed her life. She knew this, ana
her gratitude had gradually changed
to dependence on his advice in more
matters than medical skill alone con-
cerned, for Maud Gaston's life, in
which a weak, vacillating father and
a domineering stepmother played an
important part, was not happy one.
It had been very pleasant, indeed,
to have the doctor take charge of her
SO peremptorily. She was not the only
one, however, who had derived pleas
ure from these calls. Ralph Parker
had craved just so sympathetic a
| listener as he told of the trials and
troubles of doctors calling, so sweet
and unselfish a woman had touched a
responsive chord in his nature, and
before he knew it, in spite of his
acknowledge allegiance>to his finance
in Europe, he felt that this. his love
for Maud CASTOR, was the love of his
| life, the other but temporary in
| fatuation. unhappily about to be con-
summated by marriage.
He knew Maud CASTOR was en-
gagged. He well knew. man much
. older than Miss CASTOR, and knowing
! him and her home life, could readily
| imagine that it was only to escape
/ from the latter she had consented to
marry the Major, man eligible
chiefly by reason of wealth
| Honor demanded OF him the heavy
price of silence, and yet he had felt
! all along that he was not mistaken in
detecting something a little stronger
! than mere friendly feeling in Miss
+; Gaston's manner. and today, as he
made his adieus, he was sure of it
while to Maud CASTOR had come the
knowledge that when DR.. Ralph
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
BUILDING A SCHOONER.
How a Southern Man Became the
Owner of a Larqe Yacht.

planned a schooner yacht of
ocean-go1ng tonnage, yet of such light
draught she could find her way amid
the labyrintns of sand shoals. mud
hats, marshes and creeks that make
the home of the wild-fowl in tidewater
Virginia.
Five things I tried to express in
this boat-solid comfort. safety
economy, utility and beauty. plan
ned her eighty feet long, twenty feet
beam and three feet draught, and the
lowest estimate l could get on her in
New York and vicinity was eleven
thousand dollars without sails. This
sum was beyond my purse. came
down to the Chesapeake and found an
efficient builder of merchant work
boats. He built her hull Her iron
and brass work 1 had done In New
York, and her sails were made at
Cr1sheld. When she was finished and
launched she had cost me thirty-five
hundred dollars and l put a naphtha
tender on her davits at an additional
cost OF six hundred dollars.
This Buckeye rig gave me the most
economical yacht that could be built.
1t only costs Thirty dollars to put a
new set Of running rigging on her,
and | never hire more than two men
and boy for the crew. I pay one of
these men, the first mate, fifty dollars
month. He is an experienced sea-
dog and an expert hunter and guide.
The cook, the second man, costs six
teen dollars a month, and a cabin bow
six dollars. We can keep her in COM
mission six months of the year at a
total cost, including provisions, or
seven hundred and fifty dollars, which
is cheaper than we can live ashore.
Such a craft is the most useful
boat any man can build. She will 60
into more places and do more things
than any other boat of her size
afoat. She is so powerfully built
that she stands up straight on a sand
bar or mud fiat as comfortably as
afioat and without damage We can
anchor on the feeuing grounds of wild
fowl where the tide leaves her high
and dry twice day, and stay as long
as we like. She is a powerful sea
boat when she drops her center-board
and draws ten feet of water, and il
overtaken in such storm at sea that
she could not live, she can lift her
board in three feet of water, walk up
on the beach, and land her passengers
in safety to them, if she lose her own
life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
TRYING TO BE UNSELFISH.
l would not be a selfish child,
For early I was taught

! would not be a selfish child,
For early l was taught
| To give a part Of all | have
AS generous children ought;
Not keeping everything myself,
But sharing it with others,
So, when had the whooping cough,
| gave it to my brothers.
Last winter l was kept at home;
The doctor came each day.
We had card outside our door
To warn our friends away.
Yet, doing what | could,
l gave my scarlet fever
10 half the neighorhood.
And so it was with measles,
And SO with chicken pox;
| gave them to my little friends
On three surrounding blocks.
And now that we are we'll again,
It makes me laugh-Ha! ha!
To think that. when | had the mumps
gave them to papai
-Earper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
Merely the Wronu Man,

Rivers was angry. The little water
color painting which he priced highly
and had sent out to have properly
framed, was returned to him cheaply
and wretchedly mounted and with fin
ger marks on the margin of the paint
ing itself
He strobe into the picture framing
establishment in a towering rage
What do you mean, you black
smith, he said to the proprietor, "by
sending me job like that? Did you
think you were putting a tire on q
wagon wheel?"
Mine friendt," explained the pro
prietor, Il didn't know dot vos such q
delicate chob, or / would hat put my
delicate man on it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
Cuqht to Work Both Ways.

Mrs. Ferguson-"George don't sit
out there in you shirt sleeves any
longer. 1t will give you rheumatism,
as sure as you live"
Mr.. Ferguson with badly swollen
FACET wish it would. Maybe a
little rheumatism would cure these
bee stings.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
Picture Hats.

Picture hats are more worn than
tocues, and in many of the transparent
hats we see the effects of different
oolored chiffon. Drawn one ever the
other this gives a very peculiar false
coloring which is yet strangely seduc-
tive to the eye.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
Her Little Joke.

Some of these people," protested
the telephone girl" would try the pa
tience of a saint
and do you consider yourself a
saint?''
We'll, l always have a hello
around my head"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09

infatuated husband, fascinating and
neglected wife, dangerous beauty,
were all, however, powerless against
the effects of his long journey. Worn
out by fatigue and excitement, in two
minutes he was fast asleep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
tnnately Cruel

Attendant Cat insane asylum
This man seems to be innately cruel.
For time he thought he was Nero. -
Visitor-"What is he now?"
Attendant-"O, now he thinks he's
the band On an excursion steamboat
Life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
Not a Handy Man.

Mintie-''I'll bet Mayme is sorry al
ready she married that little spindlin'
f1oorwalker.
Birdie-"Why?
Mintie-'Look at his delicate little
hands. What use'll he be when it
comes to screwin' up fruit jars?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
No Lion to Her.

Mrs. Muggins-That woman's hus-
band is quite literary lion.
Mrs. Buggins-Why, she told me be
was a perfect bear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09
The Pursuit of HAPPINESS,

All who run after the gilded chariot
OF JOY get covered with dust, and are
left limping along the road quite be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-09

The fall meeting of the Illinois-Iowa-
Indiana baseball league was held and
the pennant for the season awarded
to Rockford.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
LARGER SCHOOL BUILDINGS RE
QU1RED.

Owing to the recent large influx of
population into Western Canada it
has become absolutely necessary in
many parts of Manitoba, Assiniboia,
Saskatchewan and Alberta to in
crease the school accommodation. In
many places buildings have been
erected that are only half-occupied.
This is perhaps as good evidence as
will be found not only of their salts
faction with their present school sys-
tenn and their confidence that it will
remain as it is, but also of their firm
belief in the future expansion of the
country, in increased immigration,
and it further indicates that they
have little fear that the we'll estab-
lished rate of births in civilized COM
munities will not be maintained
there.
The free homestead laws and the
cheap railway lands offer great in
ducements, which are opening up the
new settlements. Agents of the Gov
eminent of Canada are actively at
work in different portions of the
States for the purpose of giving in
formation to possible settlers, and
advertisements are now appearing in
a large number of papers, giving the
names and locations of these Agents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

Miss Lizzie Brady, No. AZ Hoyt St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:-"I desire to
speak in the highest terms Of PERU
Ma, the medicine which I believe is
entitled to more praise than any other
and to the confidence and good will
of every woman in America. Last win
ter caught severe cold, which set
tied all over me, and as l at first paid
but little attention to it 1 soon found
that it had. a strong grip on me which
no medicine could cast off. I became
weak and irritable. I felt nervous
and mentally and physically exhaust
ed. I relished nothing I a te, and med
icine only nauseated me. In my trou-
BILE I read in the paper of PERUNA.
I sent for a bottle, and it proved a god
send to me. I improved slowly but
surely, and in less than two months
perfect health was restored to me-"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"Belting'' 4 tree-that is, killing Il
by destroying the bark in a. circle
around the trunk-injures it for lum'
Der. ,54sF
Statistics recently published in Parts
show clearly that good surroundings
afford comparative immunity from pull.
monary tuberculosis. y
The British black rat, almost entire-
" exterminated during the last 100
years by the brown Norwegian rat. II
carefully protected and preserved on
an estate at Greenlees, Montgomery. =.
The mining of phosphate rock is one
Of the important industries Of Flori-
da and South Carolina, and it amounts
to 100000 tons q year, valued at
$5,260,ooo at the point of production.
Under the auspices of the Institute
Of France further researches are be-
ing made in the famous grottoes OF
Mentone, on the Riviera, where bones
and other remains of prehistoric men
have at various times been found. Late
ly three entire skeletons have been dis
covered.
An American syndicate has just
bought the old Mckenzie concession to
supply the City Of Mexico with water.
The water will be brought from the
Almoloya springs, 40 miles southwest
of the. capital. The work will include
16 miles of canal, six miles of steel pip
ing and the installation of motive
power.
The Chicago board Of local improve
ments has decided to use creosoted
block for pavements in that city. Diff
ferent kinds of material for paving
were looked into by the board, but the
decision was in favor of the wood. The
first order of this kind of pavement
will aggregate about $50 miles OF
streets to be paved.
Everything we eat and drink and
wear runs the gauntlet of germs to an
extent which nervous people had bet
ter not contemplate. Far too much
fuss is made of them. If we listened to
all these scares there would be nothing
left to do but to get into bath of car
bolic acid and stop there until starva-
ton freed us from the dangers of life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
An Interesting Relic.

In the matter of diminutive bank
notes a correspondent sends an ac-
count of curious note which he has
in his possession. 1t is card meas
uring 2x2A inches, on one side of
which is twice printed the word
"Twopence," while on the other the
sum is printed in words and figures
round the border. In the middle is
the following: II promise to pay
the bearer, on demand, pence. By
order of the Corporation of the City
of New York, Feb. 20, 1890. D. Phoe-
nix, City Treasurer" - London
Graphic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
WOMEN or THE
{ UNITED STATES
Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh
Coughs, Colds and Catarrhal Diseases.

Catarrh is an old cold. Even the
strongest and most robust are liable
to colds during the winter months.
A cod, if neglected, is almost certain
to cause catarrh of the head, which
rapidly spreads through the system,
setting up catarrh of the throat, lungs,
stomach or pelvic organs. What a
host of winter ailments would be pre-
vented by a preventive Is well as cure
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use OF
Peruna, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
0hio
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

for colds.
Peruna is such a remedy. If taken
at the first symptom of catching cold
it heals the catarrhal condition before
it becomes established and makes i'm
possible a spread of the disease.
Should the cold be neglected and re-
suit in catarrh, Peruna will cure, but
it will take much longer and will result
in mnch nnnece sSary sufferinQ
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
h%3 LOW GE7Z1HZIY

Miss Lou Cetchum, No. 1885 Ba SIS av.,
Memphis, Tenn, writes:-"PERUNA
brought me relief and health. and
firmly believe in it's efficacy. I had Ia
grippe last winter and suffered for
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
When You Order

Bakers Chocolate or Bakers Cocoa ex.
anime the package you receive and make
sure that it bears the well-known trade.
mark of the chocolate girl.
There are many limitations Of these choice
goods on the market.
A copy of Miss Parloa's choice recipes
will be sent free to any housekeeper:
Address Walter Baker & Co., Limited,
Dorchester, Mass.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

several weeks without obtaining relief
until took PERUNA. Three bottles
not only cured me completely, but it
left my system in fine condition, and
I feel better than I have for years.
You have host of friends in Memphis.
Miss Lou Cetchum."
Miss Beatrice Brown, No. 500 Walnut
st., Memphis, Tenn, writes: A"This
fall I became very much run down, be-
ing overtaxed with social and domes-
tic duties. I caught hard. cold, and,
my system being in weakened condi-
ton, found it impossible to shake
off the cold. I was advised by neigh
Dor to try PERUNA and bought bot
tie, and am only sorry now that did
not know of it before, as it would have
saved me so much suffering. I shall
not be without it again, as it effected
speedy cure"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
In the Vcrnaculnr.

Customer-Give me cup of chocolate
with lots O whipped cream.
Boston Waitress shouting back to the
kitchen) Chocolate solitaire in plen-
tudinous setting of ehastised lacteal huid!-
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
NeCe0Sarily,

Necessarily.
She-Really, my husband is quite philos-
opher.
Her Aunt-Well, a man might as we'll
bow to the inevitable-when he's married
to -itl-Chicago journal. g s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03
Best for the Bowels,

No matter what ais you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
up in metal boxes: every tablet has c. G. C.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

When the fiddler brings in his bill, the
amount is always greater than you expected.
-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton has an equal for coughs and colds
John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
Is, 1900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

Why doesn't mans face become bald,
instead of his head, and thus save him the
trouble and expense OF shaving :-Atchison
Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

Can you call a thermometer good ono
that registers a low and mean tempera-
News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

Sweat or fruit acids will not discolor
DYES. Sold by druggists, loc. package.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

A careful analysis of the results would
probably show That Chance most favors
those who leave the least to it.-Puck.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-03

Only a cowardly painter would desert his
colors. Chicago Daily News.