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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23

fire, for the evenings were cool and the
blaze CHEEKY.
"A pleasant companion. A true gen
tleman, Amaryl, daughter. He will come
back some day." he added, placing his
hand on Amaryl's head, for she sat on
low stool close to him. Amaryl drew
his arm lovingly around her neck.
And when, an hour later, Philip Arm,
strong stood with Amaryl on the rustic
porch to watch the moon rise in a blaze
Of glory behind the distant hills, this
last night of his stay in the mountains,
there was q suppressed triumph in his
eyes. His great picture was finished.
Il came to your mountains for sub
lime inspiration, and l found it in you
-Amaryl, child of beauty. | am a poor
devil of an artist, always striving and
straining after impossible ideals With
out you l would fail. VIII you marry
me, little one, and be my inspiration?
You will always have my undying de-
votion."
Some months later a carriage rolled
up to Mrs. Dartmore's door. and two
people got out.
Il have brought my wife to see you,
dear friend" Philip Armstrong said on
being ushered into an deliberately hand
some morning room.
Phillip Armstrong. you don't think
that you have surprised me, do you?"
Mrs. Dartmore asked scornfully after
clasping Amaryl lovingly in her arms
why, child" she said, holding her
off TO get better view of her, you are
handsomer thin his painting of you"
You know You have been awarded
the gold medal she added, turning to
Philip, her face aglow with pride and
satisfaction. Here's the cablegram.
Paris and London are raving over your
picture. Amaryl. Here is your check
book, child. The money is fairly yours
Ask Philip. Baron Won Stamer bought
it for $4,000. Philip does not need the
money. You can play ducks and brakes
with it IL you choose. He has more
than he knows what TO do with, child.
You may not know it, my dear, but you
have married very great artist.
Come upstairs with me, dearie !:
your rooms are ready. You and Philip
are to stay with me until Susan and
sam arrive. l am having the house
next door prepared for them. Philip
can take you abroad after they come.
He has not done you justice, but his
picture is glorious. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
LEARNING THE BEST.

A tired little worm went to sleep one day
In a soft little cradle OF silken gray,
And he said, as he snugly curled up in
his nest,
"Oh, crawling was pleasant, but rest is
best"
He slept through the winter, long and
cold,
All tightly up In his blanket rolled.
And at last awoke on a warm spring day,
To find that the winter had gone away.
He awoke to find he had golden wings,
And no longer need crawl over sticks and
things.
"Oh, the earth was NICE" said the glad
butterfly
"But Heaven is best when we learn to
fly"
Weekly Bouquet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Tariff and Trusts.

The Democratic cry that Il protective
tariff is 1.-The mother of trusts" is dis
proved by so many facts that it's itera-
ton is but partisan noise. During the
last great coal strike it was urged that
the removal OF the duty of At cents
ton on imported coal would bring the
coal trust to terms and break it's power.
Congress suspended the duty, and for
more than a year foreign coal was adj
mitted free to any port in the United
States. The effect ON the trust and
price of coal in this country was prac-
tically nothing. Foreign holders of
coal marked up their price for ship
ment here, just as the South Ameri-
cans several years before added cents
a pound to their price for coffee ex-
ported when the duty of 2 cents a
pound was removed by the Congress of
the United States.
In his ;ast notable speech in Congress
Senator Vest contended, and no doubt
believed, that the duty on foreign coal
was the mother of the trust. But the
removal of the duty failed to benefit
consumers a single cent. The item Of
a cents ton duty is too small a mat
ter to explain the operations of the
coal trust. There are foreign combina-
lions in coal that advanced the price
for cargoes to America when the duty
was suspended. The American supply
of coal is immensely greater than that
Of Europe. Large trusts exist in every
important European country. Belabor-
ing a protective tariff with the idea
that the blows fall on the trusts and
that free trade would abolish trusts is
time and effort wasted. The result ex-
pected cannot be reached along that
road.-St. Louis Gltbe-Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23

14S3-Death Of Edward ". of England.
1663-Drury Lane theater, London. first
opened.
l6S2-La Sale descended the Mississippi
and took possession of Louisiana.
1IS3-End of American Revolutionary
war proclaimed by Congress.
1795-Marriage of George " of England
and Caroline of Brunswick
1I9S-Mississippi territory established.
1SOS-Roman Catholic archdiocese of
Baltimore established.
1Sl4-Allied British and Spanish army
entered the city of Toulouse France
-. The English under Wellington
defeated the French under Sout ut
Toulouse.
1S15-United States bank rechartered for
twenty years, with capital of $36.-
100000
1S16-First \. NJ. f. church organized
1S29-"GeneraI' William Booth, founder
of the Salvation army, born in Not
tingham.
lS3O-Mexico forbade further immigra-
ton from the United States.
1S4S-Most Rev. Randall Thomas David
son, archbishop of Canterbury, born.
1SJ4-English vessel Furious. with IL flag
of truce, fired on at Odessa. one of
the first hostile acts of the Crimean
war.
1S61-Outbreak of the last great iusur-
rection in Poland.
1868 Federal forces attacked Fort Sum
ter.
1S65-Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen.
Grant at Appomattox Court House.
1S66-Civil Rights bill passed over Presi-
dent Johnson's veto.
1S73-Gen. Edward Il. S. Candy murder
ed by the Modoc Indians in northern
California.
1S01-First locomotive passed through
the St. Clair tunnel.
1S94-Bering sea proclamation issued by
President Cleveland.
1S97-Peru suspended the coinage of sill
yer. War declared between Greece
and Turkey.
1S9S-President Mckinley sent a mes
sage on CUBA TO Congress. Battle
of the Atbara.
1900-Gen. Macarthur succeeded Gen.
Otis as commander in the Philip
pines.
1903-King Alexander of Servia suspend
ed the constitution of that country
-. United States Court of Appeals
declared the Northern Securities
Company merger illegal.
1904-Mrs. Botkin convicted of murder
in San Francisco.
1905-Battleship Minnesota launched
at Newport News.
1907--Lord Cromer resigned as British
agent and consul general in Egypt.
United States Supreme Court decid-
ed the Isle of Pines was not Ameri
can territory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Poetry Defined

George 2. Morris, the author OF
"WoodInan, Spare That Tree" was a
general of the New York militia and a
favorite with all who knew him. Mrs.
Sherwood in her "reminiscences tells
how another poet associated the general
with a definition of poetry.
Once Fitz-Greene Halleck, the autho-
of Marco Bozzaris,'' CT. I'd upon her in
New York in his old age, and she asked
him to define for her what was poetry
and what was prose.
He replied: when Gen. Morris com
mands his brigade and says, Soldiers,
draw your swords!' he talks prose
When he says, Soldiers, draw your
willing swordsr he talks poetry"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Children Cut in Will.

Four thousand dollars to each of two
children and 81 to each of her other seven
children is the peculiar terms of the will
of Mrs. Carrie Gilbert. aged rs years.
who died in Chippewa Falls. Mrs. Gill
bert had intended to treat all of the
children alike, but during the last two
years she had some disagreement with
them. The family moved there from
Iowa. and $4,000, the proceeds of the
sale of farms. is in an Iowa bank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
KIDNAP OWN DAUGHTER.
Bloomer Parents Object to Grips
Working N Hotel.

John Weir and his wife and son Gre
ated a sensation at Bloomer by ''kidnap-
ping" their daughter. Miss Minnie Weir.
while she was receiving treatment in a
dental Office in that village. Miss Weir
struggled. but the parents succeeded in
landing her in their buggy and driving
home with her. 1t appears that the
Weirs objected to their daughters work
ing in hotel in Bloomer and as she
would not listen to their arguments. they
took heroic measures
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
ASSAULTED BY MAYOR.
Neillsyilie Executive Fined for As
saulffna Temperance Worker


saulfing Temperance Worker.
Mayor Kent Listeman of NeillSville
was fined IN justice court for assaulting
an old man, Charles Hudson, on the
street. The assault was the outgrowth of
the fight which the temperance and liquor
factions of Neillsyille waged before cleo
ton. Mayor Listeman. who is brewer,
published articles in the local paper favor
ing saloon license. In response to these
Hudson read an article at a temperance
meeting, which was ordered printed on
handbills and scattered about the city be-
fore election. This aroused the ire of
Mayor Listeman. The two men met on
the street, and the Mayor, it is charged,
struck Hudson in the face. The latter
swOre out a warrant. Mayor Listeman
pleaded guilty. The incident caused a
sensation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
BACK BROKEN NINETEEN YEARS.
OcOnOmOwOc Farmer Survived In

OcOnOmowOc Farmer Survived In
jury and Died of Heart Failure.
Joseph Griffith, a resident of the town
of Summit. died the other day from
heart failure. Nineteen years ago he had
his back broken, and as a result the low
er portion of his body became paralyzed
He consulted many physicians All ad-
vised against an operation, and Mr. Crit
fifth, in order to prolong his life, accept
ed their advice. He was a prominent res
ident of Waukesha county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Town Is DESTROYED NV Fire.

The town of Crivitz, on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road in Mari
nette county. was nearly totally destroyed
by fire Saturday. The Marinette fire de-
partment responded to an appeal for help.
Criyitz is town of about 700 people
and commonly known as Ellis Junction.
The fire was under control shortly after
noon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
POLICE DIG UP MONEY.
Prisoner Guides Detectives to Spot
Where He Buried Cash

Guided by one of the robbers and car
rying tools with which to uncover the
quarry. deputy sheriffs ana detectives
closed another chapter in the murder case
of Dominic Gapinski. treasurer of the
Skarb POlski, who was kilied when three
men robbed the treasurer CO a meeting
Of the society's officers in Milwaukee.
Frank Sczynczak. one of the three pris-
oners, told turnkey at the Jail that he
had buried SS3 in gold and silver and a
revolver in dark corner of an alley near
the scene of the murder. He was taken
in the sheriff's auto to the scene and the
cash and weapon were dug up. 1t is said
now that nearly all the money taken has
been recovered.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Badger Industry Extends.

The Wisconsin Chair Company at
Boyd has purchase(Aa large plant at Ev-
ansville, Ind, and will employ 200 men
in the manufacture of chairs. the In
diana plant being supplementary to the
large industry operated in Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23

My wife always looks on the bright
side of things"
Il know she does. She told my wife
yesterday that you spent most of your
time away from home. Houston Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
The Bone.

Say, naw," queried little Tommy
Toddles, what is the bone Of conten-
tionE'
1.-THE jawbone, my son." answered
the old man, with a side glance at his
wife.-Chicago News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Discovered.

Church. am disappointed in Cut
ter
Gotham-Why so?
Il took dinner with him the other
day"
Have a poor dinner"
1T wasn't that; but, you know, he's
a well-known sculptor"
Yes, 1 know"
"Weli, / noticed that he couldn't
carve at the table any better than |
can ,''-Yonkers Statesman
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
The Sarcastic Victim,

The Barber-Your hair is coming
out on top, sir.
The Crank-Good! I knew it was in
me. Now, for goodness sake, don't talk
to it or it will crawl back again.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Wisconsin
State News
FOUR WOUNDED BY BUSKsaoT
Accidental Discharge of Weapon
Causes Iniuries DurinS Parade

Four men were shot, one of them seri-
ously, during the celebration over the
victory of VI. J. Scholey, Democratic
Mayor-elect in Kenosha Supporters of
the Mayor-elect were marching along
Milwaukee avenue. when a shotgun load
I'd with buckshot was discharged by Ger
hard Buchanan. who had been elected
constable on the Democratic ticket. The
shot struck the cement sidews-k and flew
in all directions. Otto Wellman was
shot in eighteen places, and Frank En-
gel, Ernest Pipendorf and Peter Poller
received numerous wounds. Buchanan
had fired the gun twice in the air and
had reloaded it when the CUR was acct
dentally discharged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
TIED UP BY WOMEN.
Fond du Lac Man Imbibes Too Free
~ and Meets with Punishment.

When policeman called al a residence
in Fond du Lac the other afternoon he
found the man he was looking for in an
unusual condition. He was tied hand and
foot and was lying on the floor of his
residence. Near him stood two women
who are thought to have tied him up. 1t
is understood that the women objected to
the man being drunk and when he Gre
ated disturbance they promptly proceed
ed to tie him up. The police took the
rope off his legs. but left his hands tied
until he arrived at the police station.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Roads Build TreSfse,

All the railroads running into Supe-
rior and Duluth will erect a great four
track railroad trestle with view of get
ting into Duluth over the big interstate
bridge. 1t will be a great steel affair.
probably mile and a half in length.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
No ODenin..

why don't you go to work. asked
the prosperous citizen sharply.
"G'wan." retorted the mendicant,
''you'se fellows that have all the soft
snaps have a nerve''-Philadelp
Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
One Pupil; School Is Ciosad

After being in session two years, with
an attendance of only one pupil, the
smallest school in the world. located in
Sampson, closed the other day The
one pupil will be sent to a New Auburn
school and his tuition paid by the school
board
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Horrid Injustice.

Mother-Yes, my dear, all these silk
dresses of mine came from little, in
significant worm.
Son-Oh, mamma, is papa a worm
Yale Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
What He Had Missed.

"Gracious.' exclaimed Mrs. Cooley,
''just listen to that clergyman! I'm
positive he's swearing. Evidently he's
missed his vocation"
NO" replied her husband, 81 think
ii was his in'-Philadelphia Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Discretfon,

$50 you are Independently rich"
mo, sir" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
Il am rich. But in this era Of popular
criticism the richer a man is the more
careful he has to be not to act in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
His Rewards.

Patience-He jumped overheard and
saved the lives of six girls.
Patrice-But what was the use? He
couldn't marry all of them"
But he did. He lived in Salt Lake
City, you know. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
FUNGUS CLOSES PICKLE PLANT.

Growth Appears on Cucumbers,
Making Product Unmarketabie.
\ disease which has appeared in the
cucumber fields has forced a Manitowoc
picking concern to close its plant for at
least five years, say experts of the Agri-
cultural Department who have Investigate
ed conditions. The cucumbers are affect
ed by a fungus growth, which spots the
product and makes it unmarketable. Last
year less than 80 per cent of the pro-
duet grown could be sold. The condition
is said to result from atmospheric condi-
tions of the lake shore district.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
AWful,

can icicle. falling from the roof, fell
ed him to the pavement" said the ex-
cited man, describing an accident.
"Ah, / see," remarked the reporter,
she was the victim of an eavesdrop-
r.'-DetroIt Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
WISCONSIN LIFTS RAIL TAXES.
Assessments in State Increased to
Yield Total of $3,OS3,72O.

Yield Total of $3,OS3,72O.
The taxes of railroad property in Wis
consin this year, as announced by the
State tax commission, will amount TO
S3, 0S3, 720. which is an increase of S2S2.-
O35 over last year. The tax commission
fixes the total railroad value at S267.-
SCI, 800, an increase of S12.O11, 800 over
last year. The rate of taxation is to be
S11.51, an increase over last year of 80
cents per $1,000 of valuation. The Chi
cago and Northwestern will pay $685., 800,
an increase of S72.916; the Wisconsin
Central, $3O6,229 an increase of S37, 941.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Patient Dies After Rescue

While Karl Sorenson was on an op-
Grating table and under the influence of
ether, fire broke out in the Northwestern
hospital in Chippewa Falls. The next
day Sorenson died. due 10 the shock of
being carried from the building.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
That's All,

do you think that thin people live
longer than fat people"
"No, they just .ook longer."-Hous-
ton Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
CASHIER Is A SUICIDE.
StOuEhton Bank Official Found with
a Gas Tube in His Month";

StOuEhf0n Bank OHc1al Found with
Gas Tube in His Mouth.
NJ. A. Johnson, cashier of the First
National bank of Stoughton, was found
dead on the floor of his room the other
morning with an open gas jet from
movable fixture in his mouth. indicating
death was due to suicide. There is no
known reason for the act except possible
insanity. Mr.. Johnson was wealthy and
the bank, so far as is known, is in excel
lent financial condition. having paid large
dividends for the past two years. The
bank is capitalized at $4,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
OLDEST FIRE CHIEF.

Robert A. Brauer of Oshkosh Was
Torch Boy in 1856
Chief Robert A. Brauer of the Osh-
kosh fire department celebrated the TWEEN
tieth anniversary of his appointment as
Chief of the Oshkosh fire department. 1t
is believed he is the oldest chief in length
of service in the State at present. He
has been member of the department
ever since 1856, when he acted as torch
boy in the first volunteer company
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
Two Mail Sacks Looted.

Two mail sacks with Eastern States
mail were stolen from a depot platform
In Janesyii:e. The sacks were found rip
ped open and part of the contents gone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
The Straight Sex.

please give me two bills for my
hat, one for $40 for my husband and
for $50 to show my lady friends
Meggendorfer Rlaetter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
CIeveland's Prescription.

In his latest message 10 the Demo-
cratic party, Grover Cleveland says:
Our people need rest and peace and re-
assurance; and it will be quite in line
with true Democracy and successful
policy to impress upon our fellow coun-
trymen the fact that Democracy still
stands for those things"
The objection to thevenerable EXPIRES
ident's sapient advice. is that he is as
Stunning Democracy to be and to stand
for what Democracy was and stood for
in the days of his active career. But
that which wears the livery Of Democ-
racy to-day is quite different from the
party of the Cleveland regime. 1t has
been made over, transformed and re-
built until the old lines are Obliterated.
Democrats who couldn't conform to the
new dispensation dropped out. Rene
gades from other parties and derelicts
floating aimlessly on the sea of politics
were picked up and given the places
made vacant by the apostates. And
the man who performed this work of
repair saw to it that he was obeyed
as the master builder. Since then the
Democratic party has been absolutely
controlled by one man TO whom rest
and reinsurance" were strangers. He
ruled by melting unrest, and by APP
pealing to the mass as against the class.
There is little doubt that Mr.. Cleye-
lands remedies are valuable and would
give the people comfort, but they will
never be applied by the Democratic
party as long as William Jennings
Bryan yields the scepter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
LA CROSSE WILL HOLD FAIR.
Officers Elected at Annual Meeting
No Stake Races

The required bonus has been raised and
La Crosse will hold its annual interstate
fair Sept. II to %. At the annual meet
ing the following officers were elected !:
President, I. Ii. Spence; vice president,
G. Ii. Ray; treasurer, E. NJ. Wing; sec
rotary, c. s. Van Auken. The La Crosse
fair and all others in the circuit will have
no stake race this year, but the program
is to be made up of late closing purses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23

The surer girl is about a mans
being In love with her the less sure she
Is about being in love with him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-23
INVADE WISCONSIN STREAMS.
Minnesota Fishermen Make Trouble
for Badger Game Wardens.

for Badger Game Wardens.
Game Warden J. r. belong stated the
other day that he and other game ward
ems in the State are having trouble with
Minnesota violators of the Wisconsin fish
laws. Mr.. DeLong has arrested a num-
Der of these alleged violators and more
arrests will follow. The game laws of the
two States are about the same Most of
the fishermen from Minnesota take out IL
censes in their State and fish on the Wis
consin side without Wisconsin licenses.