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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21


signalings did not concern him; besides, he just
now in an intricate problem OF car switching He
wished to detach the two freight from his tin
train in order to make vestbule limited which he
intended to run from New York to Shanghai with
load of marshmaoWs for the comfort OF the mission
aries and he had but tWentyinCh switch from the
main line No wonder the situation brought wrinkles
to his forehead and hesitation to his fingers He
coupled his engine at least four times and every time
ran it back and fastened it to the head of the train.
Finally he switched the rear Sleepng-Car round the
chair leg, and was ncourling the two freight when
"Wh-r-rrh. Wh-r-r-rrr! rang the whistle, sharp and
peremptory at his own door.
Still he paid no attention. Why should he? The
postman had not brought him anything since Christ
mas and probably would not until his birthday came
in April. Sarah could answer the whistle from the
kitchen; or if Sarah busy, there was Etfe. Ellie
was always ready and willing to do things
She had been watching him work with the train, but
at the second "Wh-r-r-rhr" went hurrying toward
a package, which she took into the sewing to her
mother Presently she returned.
"Robbc! Robbie!" she called; cts for YOU.
Mamma SAYS it's marked Robbie Stuart from Uncle
Robert Come quick"
She need not have said that The tin train and the
missionaries were forgotten and Robbie was racing
ahead of her into the sewing room. From Uncle
Robert? OF course it must be the book OF pictures to
paint, which he had spoken about at Christmas.
Why, he would be great artist, and that would be lots
nicer than common railroad man.
oh mamma! Efier' he cried, eXultantly, as he
tore off the wrapping paper; lit is the book and here's
a box Ct paints and brushes Now I'm going right to
work. Can't l, mammal
You must pick up your plavthings in the sitting
room first, Robbie" his mother answered, smlingy.
"Al right, mamma" and he rushed away in search
of glass of water and his little bench on which
he practiced writing and pasted pictures in scrap books
This had been made especially for him, and was just the
right height. Effie followed closely.
When he had seated himself and commenced work,
she leaned his shoulder her face eager her eyes
shining.
Five minutes, and then, "Oh Robbie, won't you
please let me do little, Just weeny teentest?"
"No, you're too small
But Just the weentiest bit, Robbie she pleaded.
"Just touch it, you know. I'll be ever so careful.
You can hold my hand steady, and only let me touch
it once, 50 I can say helped. Please, Robbie"
NO" shortly; 'didn't l say you too little?
We can't both be artists And please take your hands
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
The Young Artist

Y THR-R-RH! wh-r-r-rrr rang the post
! u mans whistle from the corner Of the
u v cross-street below; but Robbie paid not
the least attention, postmen and their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

ence Callahan, Miss Eva Jackson, and
Mrs. Reiss. Others present were Misses
Paxton. Phelps Garner. O'Brien, Moor,
CheUninG, KidWell. Hayes. Ryan. Mrs.
ChenoWeth. Mrs. Cheuning, and Messrs.
COMO, Patch, Moor. Vermillion. Cheun-
ing, and DIS. Thomas and Reiss.
The regular Sunday night whist was
held at the Mercantile Club last night.
Mrs Samuel Rothschild won the first
prize and Mrs. Harry King the second
Miss Hannah We inbeTg has returned
70 Baltimore after a few weeks visit
with Mrs. J. Kahn. of the PieTTpont.
Mrs. Jacob Steiner is visiting relatives
in Baltimore.
Mrs. I. T. Wolf has returned home
after visiting relatives in New York.
Mrs. y. Peyser will leave the city this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
ACCUSED
IN POWERS CASE

GEORGETOWN. Ky. Nov. 25--Judge
J. Morris began the third week of the
trial Of Caleb Powers fer completely In
the GoebeI assassination today.
James Howard. serving a life sentence
for the Goebel murder. was brought here
today Commonwealth attorneys read
ahidavits from w G. o. HARROW and
Arthur GOebel, rejecting upon Jurors W.
s WyIand and George P. Martin.
Harrow sWOTa that h. 7. Wilson.
Republican, had said he made arrange
mcnts with Wyland TO get on the panel
and qualify as a jUryman in the case
and that George P. Martin had told
Wilson that he would clear Powers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Miss Newberry's Debut.

Miss Carol NewbeTTy. daughter OF the
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. Truman II. Newberry, viii make
her debut this afternoon at a tea in the
home OF her parents on sixteenth street
The lower floor OF the house will be
tastefully decorated with palms and
snIilax and the numerous floral tributes
received ~ the young debutante from
her friends In washington
Il will be entirely q debutante AFFAIR
and Mrs. Newberry and Miss Newberry
will be assisted IN receiving only by a
few otEsr. Of the seasons buds In the
line will be Miss Grace Jarvis, grand
daughter Of ldrs. James Mcmillan,
widow OF the Senator from Michigan
Miss Henrietta Fitch. daughter Of the
Chief Engineer OF the Navy snd Mrs
HenlY ". Fitch; Miss Constance Hoyt,
daughter Of the Solicitor General and
Mrs. Henry NJ Hoyt; Miss Vera Down
ing. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus
c. Downing; Miss Sadie Murray, daugh-
ter Of General and Mrs. Arthur Muir
ray; Miss sallie Darlington. daughter OF
General and Mrs. Ernest Darlington.
and Miss Georgia Todd.
Mrs. NeWberry's gown is handsome
white lace robe aud Miss NewbeTTy Will
wear a dainty costume OF white net eTCs
broidered with silver.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Miss shOnts Luncheon Guest.

Miss Theodore Shonts, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Perry Shonts'
who is soon to become the Duchess de
ChauInes ct de Picquigny OF France
was the guest OF honor az a luncheon
Given Yesterday by Nile. des POrtes de
Ia Fosse, daughter Of the counselor Of
the French embassy and Nine. de5
Portes, and later at dinner given for
her by her hostess, Mrs. Richard Reid
Rogers.
The guests at the luncheon were the
VIscount and Viscountess de Martel and
Vlscount de Chambrun OF the French
embassy: Prince zu Lynars OF the Ger
man embassy, and SignOr Cora. OF the
Italian embassy.
The list of the guests at the dinner
included the ViscOunt and NisCOuntess
de Martel. Nile. des Pcrtes, Miss Fred
erica Morgan and her house guest, Miss
suzanne Henning. of New York; Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Lee; Miss Downing,
Prince "a Lynar Mortz Won Szent-lvany,
OF the Austro- Hungarian embassy, and
Edward MCCauley.
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week 70 visit Eer daughter. Mrs. William
Garner, Of Newport News, Va.
The Undicems Club will give a dance
Thanksgiving evening.
FreUnd's Hall was a pretty scene last
evening when Mr.. and Mrs. L. New
myer received congratulations on their
twenty-ffth wedding anniversary. Mrs.
NeWmyer's gown was Of violet crepe de
cheue. with trimmings OF rare lace and
satin, and she carried a bouquet Of pink
roses and ferns. Mr.. and Mrs. New
myer we're assisted by their son, Alvin
Newmyer. Later in the evening a buf-
fet supper was served. The color scheme
was carried out with pink roses and
silver candelabrs. Many guests from
in and out OF town we're present. Phillip
Brown rendered appropriate music for
the occasion
The charity whist will take place at
the Mercantile Club today at 2:30 O'Clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
OPERA SINGER A SUICIDE;
GRIEyED FOR HIS WIFE

BERLIN, Nov. 2A-Theodor Bertram.
2. famous grand opera baritone. commit
ted suicide al Bayreuth yesterday. re
had been respondent since the death OF
his wife. who was lost in the wreck Of
The steamship Berlin. OF the Hook Of
Holland, last February.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

The Sunshine Club Of the Treasury
Department gave a musicale and liter
airy entertainment at the Home Of the
Blind Friday. November p. The par
Tors were tastefully decorated with bou-
quets OF sunflowers, the clubs emblem
Among those who contributed to the
musical and literary part OF the pro-
gram were the following; Miss Lillian
ChenOWeth. Mrs. Dana Holland. Miss
Amy Leavitt, Mrs. Jordan. Mss Beck,
Mr.. Streeter, Mr.. Kissinger, Miss Flor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

two or three years. spending most OF
this winter IN Rome where they have
a numtsr Of friends In the American
colony. Miss Waring IS one Of the most
attractive young women IN Washington
society. For the last few years she and
Eer mother have occupied apartments
in the Don Carlos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
DISAPPOINTMENT PLANNED
By THAN ATTORNEYS

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-That a post
pcnemenT OF the trial OF Harry X. Thaw
from December 2, the date now set for
it, VIII IN all probability be asked. was
admitted today by both District Attor-
ney's office and Thaw's counsel.
The fact that the defense will probably
ask a change of venue on the ground
that a fair trial for their client is I'm
possible IN New York, may cause the
postpOnement 20 be until late in Janu-
airy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
90. &c Miss Gracie Return.

Mrs. Oracle, wife OF Col Archibald
Oracle, and her daughter. Miss Edith
Temple Oracle, have returned 10 their
home on Sixteenth street, after visit
Of several weeks at MONTICELLO; trip
to Southampton, l. L. where they Wis
tied Mrs C5racie's mother, Mrs. Otto
Wilhelm Setback, and visit 10 the
.Iamegtovn Exposition, where they were
fae guests of the commissioner general
OF the exposition
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

WASHINGTON for Ihe Grant-ROOt we'd
ding, and partially opened her house frr
4 few weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson
will not come to Washington Tor the
winter until later in the season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Mrs. Howard S Waring, widow OF
Lieutenant Waring. [. 5. N, and Miss
Olive Waring left Washington today for
New York. from where they viii sail
the last Of the month for Europe. Mrs
Waring and Miss WaTing will travel eX-
ter sively on the continent for the next
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
PENDLEToN PARKER RECEIVERS,

E. PenGleton Parker, Of the sales
force of the Moore & He'll Real Es-
tate Company, who has been sick for
the past six weeks, has returned TO
work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Nine. COrtes Returning.

Nine. Cortes, wife OF the Minister
from Colombia, and Nine. Guzman. her
daughter, wife OF the first secretary OF
the legation, are expected 20 return %
Washington early this week from Eu-
rope. where they have been spending the
last few months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Cards for Breakfast.

Mrs, Robert Harper has cards out for
g. breakfast followed by bridge in ner
home on Sixteenth street Monday, De-
ceulber Is.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Mrs. Robert Bacon wife Of the As
sistant Secretary OF State has returned
10 washington from New York, where
she attended the opening Of the opera
season
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Mrs. Donald Cameron ard Miss Cam
ercn have as their guests in their nome
on Lafayette Square Miss Hoyt and II.
Wilkinson, Of New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Mrs. McComas. Of Chicago, formerly
Miss Sadie Drown, OF Washington, who
has been the guest Of her parents IoI
tbe 7sst several weeks, will return TO
her home TOMORROW.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Mrs. Lewis Flener sailed with her
aunt Mrs. George ". Roosevelt. No
vember q. on the CaTOnia for three
months stay in Italy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Mrs. Roosevelt EnteutdinS
FIRST LADY
TO GIVE TEA
AT 5 O'CLOCK

Mrs. Roosevelt VIII entertain IT ga
this afternoon in the White House at
s o'clock This is an exceptionally in
teresting function given annually during
the preliminary season for the mem
bers OF the Diplomatic Corps and their
families
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
General and Mrs. ]. Franklin Bell.

Mr.. ard Mrs. A. B. Butler had Gen.
and Mrs. J. Franklin Bell as their
guests at dinner last evening in their
APARTMENTS at Wendell Mansion
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Mrs. John Johnston has issued cards
Tor a tea December Il. 10 present her
niece. Miss Alice Vandegrift, Of New
York. TO her friends in Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Miss Louise CTittenden, Of Irving
street has gone to Albany, n Y,
where she viii spend the Thanksgiving
holidays with Miss Martha Decker,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Martin s.
Decker. Mr. Decker is located temper
arlly in Albany. having leased the home
on BiitmOre street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

The Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector
Of St Johns Episcopal Church, and
Mrs. Smith are the guests &C friends at
RroOkline, Mass,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

week 10 visit her daughter. Mrs. William
Garner, Of Newport News, Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

The Undicems Club will give a dance
Thanksgiving evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Pictures Less Than Half Price

Ullman colection-jlst FROM New York. soc to $40
pictures worth s. to SIS. On fourth floor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-16

she'll come around all right
Something in the voice made Me-
linda's eyelids turn light again. They
popped open-and she looked straight
into the anxious eyes of the elevator
boyI
''Oh. then it wasn't a knight after
ALL" she murmured as the assistant
matron began to chafe her hands once
more.
Melinda was sitting on the edge of
the bed in the assistant matron's
ROOM
"I suppose they don't have to be
tall and slender and pale and interest
ing. If their hearts are all right and
knightly. And Billy's heart is all
right. He don't have to run an ele-
vator, you know. His mother has
quite little money, but he's going to
be an electrical engineer or superin-
tendent of big buildings or something
of that sort and he says he wants to
know everything from running ele-
vators to running men. and then he
can support me and mamma, too But
when his mother came in to see me
today she patted my hand and kissed
me on both cheeks and said there was
no reason why Billy and should have
to wait that long because she thought
there was love enough in my heart to
keep two mothers going, and she had
no daughter. She's just lovely, his
mother is-and you'd know she was
just the sort whose son would be
knight"
And the assistant matron remem-
bered a stern, white face she had seen
for just an instant on that dreadful
night, felt once more the grip of his
nrm, strong hand and murmured,
Yes, of such stock do real knights
spring: "-(Copyrighted, 1907. by c.
H. Sutcliffe.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-16
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record

rFrom the Philadelphia Record
A scrub team-a couple Of char
women.
In military circles it isn't the crack
corps that looks seedy.
Some people are so perfectly straight
that they never unbend.
Lots of people would rather pick
flaws than anything else.
A girl isn't necessarily as pretty as
a picture just because she is painted.
1t isn't only those with weak eyes
who look on the dark side of things.
Trouble should never be unexpected.
There are so many people to predict 1t.
There are lots of people who never
swear, and we wouldn't believe them on
their oath If they did.
Hoax-"What did the doctor mean
by telling Gotrox that he was dying by
inches?'' Joax-'Maybe he has a tape
worm"
Muggins-"Why do you call Wig.
vag an old settler?" Buggins-"He
raid me SO yesterday that he had owed
me for obout Is years"
R1obbs-"E -Closeflst says that time
is money" SIobbs-"I don't see how
Closefst can figure that out. He spends
his time saving his money
Wigg-"BiJones boasts that he never
breaks his word" Wagg-"Wen, con-
siderine how he stretches the truth.
should say that he had mighty good
luck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-16
AYHAWKER JOTS

White Cloud will be fifty years old
this month and will celebrate accord
ingly.
Meade is to have electric lights.
Meade is a shortgrass town of about
500 people.
and whitewashed, but even yet it is
not attracting occupants.
Relative humidity" says the Leav-
enworth Times, lis no kin to us, but
he is getting next to us. all right"
A Troy man held up a hat for an
other to shoot at, but the shootist was
no William Tell and the shootee got
the bullet in his wrist.
The eastern war cloud is insig-
nificant compared to the one that is
hanging over Wichita, where the
Eagle and the Beacon are making
preparations to annihilate one an
other.
Late trains are sometimes a bless
ing. Two Lyons girls would have
been on the Inflated Columbia had
not their train been trifie late, fall
ing to make connections with the ship
as it was starting.
Cimarron is so aristocratic that it
has laid out a golf course and now the
prairie air is laden with conversation
about bunkers, brasseys, cleeks, tees,
and other terms, to say nothing of
Scotch swear words.
years old, wanted to see the world SO
badly that they ran away one blister
ing hot afternoon last week and
walked to Wellington. thirteen miles
away. They saw all there was to be
seen on the way-and concluded that
was enough.
"This year" says the Leader.
"Ellinwood has experienced the quiet
est harvest season in years. The
hands who came in this year were an
orderly and gentlemanly lot, and in
stead of hanging on for weeks after
the harvest was over, as has hereto
fore been the case, they nearly all left
through work. They received good
wages and all made a neat little
stake Not a case of disorderly con-
duct and no arrests is the record so
far. Wonder how many towns in the
wheat belt can say as much?" Let's
see. Isn't this the first year Film
wood has been without open saloons?
Mcpherson Republican: c. A.
Stannard of Emporia, known all over
the state, has written that he will
bring four carloads of his fine cattle
to the Mcpherson county fair to be
placed on exhibition this year. These
are from the famous Sunny slope
stock farm and will be some of the
finest cattle to be found in the state.
Mr.. Stannard will bring with them a
genuine Texas COW with the proverb-
ial long horns and covered with
branding marks. She will have by
her side a calf whose sire is Dur
ham and the lesson of breeding for
purpose will be made very clear by
comparisons. To the young of the
country who have not seen the cattle
of the ranges this Texas COW Will be
made a very interesting feature and
will undoubtedly be great attraction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-16
SURPRISES IN POLITICS.

How funny politics some times turns
out! Last year the anti-railroad crowd
mad all sorts of spasms about the NOM
nation of w. S. Fitzgerald for lieuten-
ant governor. Fitzgerald was held UP
as the tool of the railroads and it was
predicted that he would organize the
state senate in the railroads interest.
The railroads evidently thought the
same. Yet he appointed a square dealer
as chairman of the railroad COMMITTEES
and his rulings were so fair that the
senate lodge" took matters out of his
control time or two because 1t was
afraid he would stand by the people.
When IT came to the assessment of the
railroads it was Fitzgerald more than
any other member of the board of rail-
way assessors who grilled the tax COM
missioners of the railroads and made
them tell of property that had not been
returned for taxation.
The same anti-railroad crowd was
also very much opposed to the nominal
ton of Railroad Commissioners Ryan
and Ryker. These two were supported
by the railroads and were nominated over
the protest of the square deal crowd.
The latter upset the railroad calcula-
tions at the last, however and named
q. w. Kanavel as the third member
Now comes the surprise. Mr.. Kanavel.
who was nominated by the anti-raii-
road crowd over the candidate whom
the railroads wanted more than any
other, is taking conservative" course
towards the railroads along with Mr..
Ryker, while Frank Ryan, whom it was
supposed the railroads would absolutely
control. is kicking UP fuss. Mr.. Ryan
favored making a public order instruct
ing the Missouri Pacific to repair its
track. 1t was Ryan who inaugurated
the move to compel station agents to
correctly bulletin trains. And now Mr..
Ryan differs from his colleagues regard
ing the two-cent fare question. He is
in favor of taking some step toward
securing the two-cent rate for Kansas.
You cannot always tell how far frog
can jump by looking at him, as was
long ago demonstrated. Nor can one al
ways determine just what sort of pub
lie official candidate will make. The
boodlers Of st. Louis who first elected
Joseph W. Folk as district attorney
never dreamed that he would put stop
to grating. Many a time the public is
in some official from whom
It hoped much, but it is comforting to
reflect that in these later days the pub
les enemies are as often surprised as
the public is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-16
HIS UNDOING.

To find a more ingenious chap
gu nave to search the town:
" ny ne could set the stovepipes up
As fast as they fell down.
among the minor staunts he did,
All with the utmost ease,
TO mention only just few,
His friends remember these:
he mended all the faucets
For several blocks around;
He fixed the bells and buzzers
When they refused to sound:
He regulated watches and he
Tinkered I'D the clocks:
He soldered leaking coffee pots
And set to right the locks.
The bicycles he doctored.
From broken back to rim:
To start a bal ~ motor car
Was only play to him:
But one day his wffe's egg beaten
Went badly out of whack-
They took him to a bughouse
And he never has come back.
New York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.1

lFrorn the Chicago NeWs-l
Many a mans peck of trouble comes
in liquid form.
You often have kick coming when
YOU are asked to foot bill
Riches have discarded their wings
since the advent of automobiles.
Sometimes opportunity knocks at a
mans door and sometimes she KNOCKS
him out.
ANY woman who knows anything
about men never asks one if her hat is
on straight.
After being given away at the altar.
many a bride discovers that she has
been sold.
II Is fortunate for the average man
that he doesn't have to pay cash for
the advice his wife hands him,
No doubt you are right. Alphonso.
mr. rrice Of coal may have something
to do with the winter of our discon-
tent.
It,s dead easy for a man to get the
Lost word in an argument with q wo-
man IL he knows how All he has to
do Is to say 1t to himself in a whis-
ner.