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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-08-13

a saying re- -.
pedted by you Know rounu reu
the butler % marx
the grGttfed big as a threepenny
ears Of Mrs. bit pretty nearly" said
Snlilker' the squire.
"Where?"
"On her cheek"
"Where is the grip asked Lady Meg.
Her whole demeanor had changed, her
bored air had vanished. "She seemed
fair excited" Mr.. Byles reports Then
she turned to the said Byles: "Find out
where that girl is, and let me know.
Don't tell her anything about 1t. I'll
go to her"
"But let me send for her. began the
squire courteously.
"No; give me my own way. don't
want her frightened"
The squire gave the orders she de-
sired, and the last Mr.. Byles heard as
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scene is at Hazelby, Lord
Dunstanbury's Essex seat. His
lordship is striking the top Off
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tdlkeu quite enough
about her." Lady Meg
sounded decisive and
not a little bored.
"And then" Mrs.
Brownlow made bold to
go on for a moment,
"such a funny mark! !
Many people wouldn't
like 1t, I'm sure"
Lady Meg turned
sharply on her. "Mark 2
What do you mean2
What mark?"
"a mark on her face,
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Chapter NJ
Six B. D

TADY MEG left London for Paris to-
ward the end Of 1865 or the be.
nlnnlnn of 1SRG hut Wa hAar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
TEXANS LYNCH ELEVEN BLACKS
Race War Is Threatened as Result
of the Murder of Whites.

Eleven negroes were lynched and two
white men killed in a race war in Sa-
bine county, Texas, the State rangers
were ordered out to restore peace, arm
ed bands of whites and blacks faced
each other in several places and fur
Their trouble was feared. A mob storm
ed the jail at Houston Sunday night,
seized six negroes accused of the muir
der of q white farmer, hanged five to
one limb and shot the sixth when the
moose broke and he was running away.
The bodies of three other negroes were
found riddled with bullets. Two others
were shot to death Sunday night. Three
were hanged Monday night near San
Augustine.
The trouble grew out of the killing
of Hugh Dean and Aaron Johnson,
white farmers, by negroes. The murder
of Johnson was particularly brutal. He
was playing with his baby in his home
when shot from a shotgun fired
through the window blew his head off.
A negro named Perry Price confessed
to killing Johnson, but said his broth
er-in-law, Bob Wright, gave him So to
do the job Price and Wright are in
Jail. They were rescued by rangers
from a mob that attempted to lynch
them. The five men hanged together
were accused of the Dean murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02

ly gave out formal statement regard
ing his high esteem for Secretary Taft,
1t was not deemed necessary to repeat
what was then said. A statement was
given out at the White House concern
ing Mr.. Wright's appointment and the
reasons therefor.
Luke E. Wright, appointed Secretary
OF War to succeed Secretary William H.
Taft, resigned because of his nomina.
ton for the Presidency, has been some.
thing of an uaderstudy for the Secre-
tary, following him previously in the
governor generalship of the Philippine
Islands. He is q Tennesseean by birth,
his home being in Memphis, and law.
yer OF national repute. For eight
years he was attorney general of Ten
aessee In the free silver fight he was
a gold Democrat. From 1900 to 1904
he was member of the Philippine
commission and president in the last
year; then he was appointed governor
general of the islands. Two years ago
he was appointed the first American
ambassador to Japan and filled the
office for year. Mr.. Wright was born
in 1S47,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
THE LID DOES NOT FIT.
How Prohibition Laws in the South
Are Evaded.

That the South, particularly Georgia,
is not dry, despite prohibition laws,
was shown at the national convention
of the United States Brewers Associa-
ton, held in Milwaukee, and the opera
ton of the prohibitOry laws in the
South was one of the chief topics at
the convention. Although the licensed
saloon has passed away in the South,
the convention was shown that liquor
by the car load is being distributed in
the various States.
The brewers are still doing business
in Georgia, though the brand of beer
placed on sale is no longer called beer,
and has only about half the amount Of
alcohol contained in the old beverage.
The article now manufactured by the
brewers, to conform to the State law
of Georgia, is called malt ale" bud"
'home brew" or near beer" and con-
tains less alcohol than the beers former
ly turned out Outside of these drinks,
however, there are hundreds of other
connections being sold in the grocery
stores, drug stores and dispensaries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
fH0|WS
.so @t,LHaEs

The Chicago Board of Education has
decided to bar all candidates for positions
as teachers in the public schools who are
over so years old.
The Minnesota school for the deaf this
year graduated seven students, each of
whom has learned a trade, in addition 10
his academic training.
Contractors are now at work on
building to be erected at the Minnesota
school for the deaf, which will cost close
to $4,000 and is to be completed this
year.
President Northrop of the University
of Minnesota notified the students that
any one having unpaid bills outstanding
at the close of the school year would not
be graduated.
At the annual meeting Of the alumni
of the Minnesota school for the blind,
held at Faribault. DIR. Dorr, superin-
tendent of the school, was presented with
a gold-headed cane.
At Reno, New, the entire State took
a holiday the other day to celebrate the
dedication of the Mackay School of Mines
and the reception Of the statue Of Mac
kay, both being presented to the State
and University of Nevada by Clarence H.
Mackay and his mother.
In revenge for the passage of prohi-
bition law in Alabama, which deprived the
schools Of Mobile city and county of $780,
600 annual revenue, the anti-prOhibition-
lists at a special election, defeated pro-
posal to levy a special one mill school
tax, leaving the schools without financial
support.
Two medical students from the Mime
sofa State university, who were carrying
a bundle along the streets at night, were
fred upon six times while running from
a policeman who had mistaken them for
burglars The boys were not hit, but
were frightened almost to death.
Prof William Kent dean of the college
of applied sciences at Syracuse university,
declares that Chancellor Day is a menace
to the educational credit of his school,
that he has been guilty of dishonesty, and
mismanag cement in his administration, and
chat his actions call for thorough inves-
tigation by the Methodist general confer
ence.
Teachers in the st. Paul graded schools
are making a determined fight to abolish
the merit system inaugurated by SUperin-
tendent Heeter. The superintendent is
willing to modify the system in regard to
some details, but will not allow outside
influences to dictate the appointment Of
teachers.
Bids have been received for the cree
ton of four new buildings as an addi
ton to the Minnesota school for feeble
rnindad rbora will he a huiIdinp for ani-
leptic boys and one for epileptic girls.
a boys custodiaI building and a central
kitchen. The new buildings will cost
s125,OOO and are to be erected during ths
yummer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
a SCHoOLBoY'S COMPLAINT.


Why Was the Declaration Signed in
Summer.
Opposed to the theory that the suffer
ing of nervous and sensitive persons ought
to be assuaged by cutting off as much
noise as possible is the sneaking con-
seriousness of good citizens that the small
boy was very shabbily treated when the
American colonies revolted from England.
This is, indeed, one of the most discred-
liable chapters in our history. Had the
patriots at Philadelphia FASTENED in their
work or had they gone to the other ex-
treme and prolonged their deliberations
until autumn the American boy to all
generations would have been provided
with a real holiday-that is, a day in
term time when school does not keep and
there is something interesting to do out
side.
Instead of that jefferson and the others
put out their notable document at a sea-
son when the schools are closed anyhow.
The boys thus defrauded are entitled to a
little more license in their efforts to make
this day as different as possible from the
other days of vacation. 1t would change
the scheme of things nightly to have the
anniversary of Independence pass as quiz
city in America as, say, Guy Fawkes' day.
New York Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
own in the garden beside the wall.


Down in the garden beside the wall,
A whisper ran through the blossoms all
Ut began with the brown bees hum
ming)
1--WE must wake tomorrow, be dressed
and gay,
For bhthe and merry and bold, this way,
With music and marching and mirth, they
say,
The Fourth of July Is coming"
The Trumpet-Vine, in the early morn,
Blew jubilant blast on her shining horn,
The Bluebells soft we're ringing.
And pop! pop. pop! the paths beside.
Went a hundred buds, as they opened
wide,
Their sweets TO the breezes finging.
The Milkweed's silvery bombshells burst,
And the Thistle her feathery fireworks
first
Sent out to the sunshine dancing.
The gay little Snap-Dragon snapped
away,
And the Flags by the brookside waved all
day,
Where the Swordgrass bright was
gancing.
The Scarlet Geranium burned red fire;
The Saliva famed in a splendid spire
At eve in the dusk uprising;
The Sunfiower shot out his golden rays,
And the crimson Hollyhocks stood ablaze
And the Bluebells loud were ringing.
The Firefies. fitting the leaves among,
A million lamps in the bushes hung;
The crystal dews were beaming;
And the tall white Lilies held arrow
Their shining candles, where below
The Myrtle stars were cleaning.
Margaret johnson. in Farm and Home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
ENGINEER SAVES BOY IN RIVER.
Lad Fishing from Bridge Falls Into
Stream When Train Approaches.

Lad Fishing from Bridge Falls Into
Stream When Train Approaches.
]. \. lyman. engineer of the Wiscon-
sin Central. who resides at North Fond du
Lac, is a hero. When the locomotive
with lyman at the throttle was drawing
near a bridge that spans Mud creek, near
Hilbert Junction, the other morning a boy
was seen on the middle of the bridge,
fishing Confused by the roar of the train
the little fellow became panic stricken and
jumped or fell from the bridge into the
river. Engineer lyman stopped his en-
gine leaped into the river and after
struggle brought the lad to the bank. Mr..
lyman when he reached North Fond du
Lac was inclined to make light of the
occurrence, but members of the train crew
were enthusiastic in praise of him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02

1215-Magna Charta signed by King
John.
1609-Champlain left Quebec to explore
the lake which bears his name.
1610-Champlain defeated the Iroquois
near the mouth of the Richelieu
river.
1706-Madrid entered by the English and
Portuguese.
1741-Alliance between George II. of
England and Marie Theresa of Aus
tria.
1745-Louisbourg, n. s., taken by the
British from the French.
1775-Battle of Bunker Hill.
17IS-British evacuated Philadelphia.
1I93-City of Archangel, in northern
Russia, nearly destroyed by fire.
1795-Union College founded at Science
tady, n. Y.
1S12-United States Congress declared
war against Great Britain.
1S15-Battle of Waterloo.
1S19-The Savannah. first steamer to
cross the Atlantic, arrived at Liver
pool. The State of Maine Separat-
ed from Massachusetts,
1S20-4The Earl of DalhOusie assumed of
flee as governor of Canada.
1S31-RefOrm bill reintroduced in the
British Parliament.
1S37-Accession of late Queen Victoria
on the death of William ".
1S39-Total defeat of the Turkish army
by Ibraham Pasha on bhe Euphrates.
1S40-Montreal and Quebec Incorporated
as cities.
1S5O-Steamer Griffith burned on Lake
Erie with loss of 300 lives.
1S53-Termination of the Burmese war
1S56-President OF the United States rec
ognized the filibuster Gen. Walker as
President of Nicaragua.
1S59-Repulse of the French and English
squadron on the Peiho. Commodore
Tatnall of United States navy, in
Chinese waters. made his famous ut
terance: Blood is thicker than
water"
1S63-Japanese ports closed to European
and American traders.
1S64-Alabama sunk by the Kearsarge.
1S67-Execution of Macmillan, Emperor
of Mexico. :. North German consti-
tuition promulgated.
1S6S-Mumaita evacuated by the Para
guayans.
1S69-Kansas negroes petitiOned Con-
gress for suffrage.
1S7O-Treaty of peace between Brazil
and Paraguay.
1S71-Corner stone for the New York
State capitol laid at Albany.
1S72-Earl of Dufferin assumed Office as
governor general of Canada.
1S9O-Armenians massacred by Turks
near Erzerum.
S93-Monument unveiled in Waldheim
cemetery. Chicago. in memory of the
"Haymarket anarchists"
1S95-Baltic canal opened by Emperor
William.
19OO-Spain ceded the Caroline Islands to
\ Germany.
19O3-Regina, Saskatchewan, incorpo-
rated as a city.
19O7-The French chamber voted to sup
press the agitation in the wine grow
ing districts by force. The Mayor
of New York turned the first sod in
the construction of the Catskill water
supply President Roosevelt signed
O treaty with Santo Domingo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
The Stars and Strinez

When the Stars and Stripes went
down at Charleston in 1861 they went up
Immediately in every town and city in
the loyal States. Four years later they
went up again on Fort Sumter. Major
Anderson lowered the flag in 1851. Major
Gen. Anderson raised the identical flag
again four years later. Three hundred
and fifty thousand Union soldiers had
given up their lives that he might raise
it. The South was in ruins. Three mill
ion slaves had been made free. All that
that little piece of bunting might be at
the top of the staff once more. And
when the American school boy and school
girl see the Gag on the school house they
should be taught to remember all this
Washington Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
TRAIN FLOATS OFF TRACKS.
Two Coaches Become River CrAft
Filled with Passengers.

Two Coaches Become River Cr0ft
Filled with Passengers.
Caught in the surging sea of waters
which inundated southwestern Wisconsin
recently, two coaches of a train on tbs
narrow gauge line between Fennimore and
Woodman were foated full quarter mills
from the tracks, while eighteen passen-
gers within bailed franticslly 10 save
their lives. The engine had been uncou-
pied when the storm broke and run a
few hundred yards ahead. Six feet Of
water was then encountered and the en-
gineer and fireman forced to the roof Of
the cab, where they spent the night The
baggage car remained with the coaches
until the latter swung against a telegraph
pole and came TO rest. The baggage car
then tipped over and the three men in
side escaped by opening the door and
swimming out. They clambered on to the
roof. now the Ssas Of the car, and perch
ed there through the night. The waters
had risen ten inches above the level of the
window shades of the passenger coaches.
There was no leakage here, but the doors
admitted food which threatened all the
inmates. who set to work bailing with
the fire buckets, and kept it up all
night
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
A Patriots Prophecy.

But whatever may be our fate, be as
sured that this Declaration will stand.
1t may cost treasure, and it may cost
blood, but it will stand, and 1t will rich
ly compensate for both. Thu ough the
thick gloom of the present / see the
brightness of the future as the sun in
heaven. We shall make this a glorious,
an immortal day. When we are in our
graves our children will honor it. They
viii celebrate it with thanksgiving, with
fesrIvsey, with bonires and Examinations.
On its annual return they will shed tears
-copious, gushing tears-not of subjec-
ton and slavery, not of agony and dis
tress, but of exultation, of gratitude and
of joy.-John Adams before the CONT
mental Congress
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
he RANG GUT LIBERTY.
The Grave of William Hurry ADDED
to Patriotfsm,s Landmark

The Grave of William Hurry ADDED
to Patriottsm's Landmarks.
The grave of the man who first rang
the Liberty bell has been found. For
many years all trace had been lost OF
the bell ringer who obeyed the injunction
lettered on the statehouse bell in Phila-
delphia, by ringing it vigorously and pro
claiming liberty throughout the land and
TO the inhabitants thereof"
1t was known to few historians In
vague way that his name was William
Hurry and that he was q man well ad-
vanced in years on that immortal day,
but the familiar poem, THE Liberty Bell
man." with its thrilling lines:
Ring" he shouts Ring. grandpa!
Ring, oh, ring for liberty ~
And straightway at the signal
The old bellman lifts his hand
And sends the good news making
Iron music through the land
had surrounded Hurry with legendary
atmosphere that made many persons re-
gard him as a sort Of myth.
Antiquarians and historians had made
his reality, if nothing more, but these
were all in vain until recently the grave
yard Of the old Pine Street Presbyterian
church, Fourth and Pine streets, Ph1Ia-
delphia, was discovered to be the last rest
ing place of the famous Revolutionary
character.
Credit for this discovery goes to Jacob
Low, sexton Of the church When Low
came upon Hurry's grave the headstone
was sunk almost out of sight. Only two
letters, "R" and ~" of the name hurry
were visible. Lows curiosity was arous-
ed, and. raising the stone with careful
precautions against breaking it, he clear
ed it of the moss and mold and was over
joyed to find that it marked the grave OF
the Liberty bellman.
An examination of the stone shows
that at the time he rang the bell hurry
was man Of 55 years. He was born
Oct. %, 1921.
Hurrys activity in the cause Of free
dom did not stop with the ringing OF the
old BELL now next to the original drafts
of the Declaration of Independence and
the constitution of the United States the
most priced relic connected with the olrtn
of the nation. He volunteered for ser
vice in the Continental army and served
with distinction in a number OF battles.
His signature on call for volunteers Is
still in possession of the old church.
It is a somewhat pathetic circumstance
that Hurry did not live to see the COM
plete triumph Of the colonists over Great
Britain He died in 1871, two years
before the surrender Of Corvallis
WASHINGTON Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
Monitor Florida u Target.

The long-contemplated experiment in
modern gunnery to test the exact effect
of shots on an armored vessel was begun
in Hampton roads recently, when the
monitor Florida was used as a target by
her sister ship, the monitor Arkansas.
One of the shots from a Pinch gun hit
the side of the Florida's turret, smash
ing the Pinch armor plate but so far
spending its force that the cloth screen
placed inside the turret ports showed no
damage The turret was occupied by
dummy man arranged with springs so as
to record the shocks of the firing. The
experimental military mast built on the
deck of the Florida also withstood several
shocks from the 5-inch and 12-inch guns
of the Arkansas. The turret was not
materially injured by the Pinch shot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02

kept as fast-day once was In New Eng
land; but old-establshed customs are
changed with difficulty, and 1t is much
easier to abolish the most dangerous fea-
lures of the celebration without depriv-
Ing the youngsters of a chance to make
noise in safe way. But the grown-up
members of the community should be
taught sense, and the reckless firing of
guns and pistols by hoodlums and less
vicious persons should be steruly sup
pressed.
The noise is trying to invalids and nerv-
GUS folk. but that is probably unavoid-
able. and the day of torture must be en-
dured. The only remedy for that is the
exercise of philosophy but much can be
done TO save the boys from injury. The
responsibility for that rests largely with
the parents.
The ordinary 6recracker and the paper
torpedo are comparatively harmless. Lit
tie injury beyond superficial burns will
ordinarily result from even a reckless
use of these noise producers. The truly
dangerous things are the toy pistol. the
cannon cracker, and the clay torpedo.
These are all death-dealing instruments,
which children should never be permitted
10 ua1ule. IT is from them lAtai ihcSN VI
the Fourth of July accidents result.
Apart from the big injuries-the loss
of fingers or a hand. or binding from pre-
mature explosions-the seriousness OF
these hurts lies in the danger OF lock jaw,
or tetanus. The germs of this disease are
in the soil almost everywhere. and read
lily find entrance into wounds made in
dirty hands, or hands bound up with dirty
rags or handkerchiefs.
The injured hand should be held under
running water. The cold water will usu-
ally stop the bleeding, and then all for
eigu bodies-bits of firecracker paper OF
of clothing, sand or splinters should be
carefully removed. and the wound again
bathed under running wafer.
If the wound is deep. running down
among the fbrous tissues and sinews, il
should be opened freely by the knife. and
all places in which the lockjaw bacillus
NAV find shelter should be exposed 10 tbs
air This OF course. must be done By
the surgeon: but indeed. all these wounds
howev>1 rival, should be taken to the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02
The Failures in May.

According to the report published by
Dun's Review, the commercial failures in
May were 1879 in number and $13,643,-
3S1 in liabilities. This is the smallest
amount of defaulted Indebtedness since
last July, and is therefore regarded as
most encouraging sign. 1t is still some
what larger than the failures of May
last year. The large decrease Of $1,000
600 since April and as compared with
January and February indicate that the
effects of the panic are wearing off.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-02

press order of the Secretary. Being on
parchment, which shows destructive signs
of cracking, due more probably to the
making of a facsimile ordered by Presi-
dent James Monroe in 1923 than to age
or handling, the document is jealousy
guarded Many of the names of the sign
ers are no longer legible. Two pages of
Jefferson's original draft, with a few in
terlineations by Adams and Franklin, are
also preserved at the Department of State.
The facsimile which was ordered by Pres
ident Monroe was made for the purpose of
giving a copy to each of the signers then
living and their heirs. These original
copies are now of great value.-Baltimore
News.