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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-22
sYNoPsIs.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
oy his friends, was rotund and look
ed shorter than he really was. His
ambition in life was to be taken seriously,
put people steadily refused to do so, his
art IS considered huge joke. except to
himself, II he asked people TO dinner ev-
eryone expected a frolic. Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles; they live together year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range to celebrate the first anniversary
pr his divorce The party Is in full swing
When Jimmy receives a telegram from his
Aunt Selma, who will arrive in four hours
10 visit him and his wife. He negleCts to
tell her Of his divorce. Jimmy takes Kit
INTO his confidence. He suggests that Kit
play the hostess for one night, be Mrs.
wilson pro tenn. Aunt Selma arrives and
the deception works out as planned
Jfmmy's divorced wife, enters the house
and asks Kit who is being taken away in
the ambulance? Belle insists 1t is jim.
Nit tells her Jim IS well and Is in the
house. HARRISON steps out on the porch
and discovers a man lacking a card on
she door he demands an explanation
olson sees the word Smallpox" printed
Dn IT, He tells him the guests cannot
!eaVe the house until the quarantine Is
lTted After the lifting Of the quarantine
several letters are found in the mail box
lndeHyered, one is addressed to Henry
L LIE IIquique, Chile, which was
auteIy OF their incarceration. also or ms
InfatuatOn for Mrs Wilson. Aunt Selma
IS taken Ill with Ia grippe. Betty acts as
nurse HARRISON finds Kit sulking on the
roof She tells him that Jim has been
treating her OUtrageously. Kit starts
downstairs, when suddenly she IS grasped
In the arms Of a man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
did It and is Inundated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles Of jeweIry have been stolen
She accuses Betty Of the theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings, but she persists In suspecting
Betty of the theft of her valuables
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as to her conduct towards him, she
tells him of the incident on the roof, he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation.
Aunt Selma is awakened during the
night, she finds Jim making love to
Bella; she demands an explanation
from Jim. Bella reveals the whole
plot to Aunt Selma, She forgives both
IT,, them, but calls Kit JezebeI.. She
HARRISON. Jimmy is taken III; Bella tells
the guests that spots have broken out
On his body. They are convinced that
Jim has the dreaded disease. Bella tells
the guests that jim is delirlous, she
said he saw a man crawl out from under
his bed He said the house was haunted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-22
NJ A r KETS
Milwaukee, June 10 1a11

tAAANSs y 0IO - IL LIZ
Butter-Creamery- Extras, &c;
prints, 23c; frsts, 5000; sec
onds, 16@17c; process, 16@17e;
dairy, fancy, 1Sc
Cheese - American, full cream
Twins, lie; daisies, new, 11011h:I
Young Americas, liz @12c; long
horns, liz q lie; limburger, new.
10 q 10 4c; brick, 9hc; Swiss, 141z
Ole.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh. as
to quality, Il &c; recandled, extras,
Is @ Is &c; seconds, 9 010c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, lie; roost-
ers, SC; broilers, 23@25c.
Potatoes-W Wisconsin or Michigan.
on track, 9Oc@1.00.
Wheat-No. 1, northern, 81 a 9Se;
No. 2, northern, 95 Y a CSC; No. 1,
durum, S7@S8c; No. 2, durum, 84
q S5c.
Corn-No. 8. yellow, 54Ac.
Oats-No. 8, white, 98c; standard.
$50,
Barley-Wisconsin, $50 csc; No.
2, Csc; medium, 91Q94c.
Cattle-Butchers steers, 1850
5.75; heifers, 3.5005.5O; cows, 3.75
PATS; stockers and feeders, 5000,
4.50; calves, 7,5O@S.50.
Hogs - Good, heavy butchers.
6.10 q $40; fair to best, light, $50
@6.25; pigs, 5.5005.90.
Sheep-Lambs, 5.00@6.5O; ewes,
3.O0@3.5O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-22
GERMAN VETERANS PARADE
Crowd of 5000 Witnesses Impos-
ing Pageant of Soldiers of the
Fatherland at Kenosha,

Misunderstanding step with old
martial music of years gone by, 1000
veterans of the German army, from
all over Wisconsin, marched in grand
review here before the Hon Alfred
Geissler, German consul to Chicago,
and from him received a message of
love and gratitude from Kaiser Will
helm for the services they had rem
dered to their fatherland in other
days. 1t was an imposing pageant,
with scores of bands of German sol
diers in uniform, and almost as many
bands. Every branch of the service
was represented in the parade, which
included not only soldiers of the en-
pire but not few who had worn the
Austrian uniform under Frances Jo-
seph.
Kenosha was never so richly dec
Grated for any event. AS the long
line passed along the streets the SOL
diers were greeted by cheering
crowd, estimated at more than 49,
600 people.
Following the parade there were
addresses by many Of the visitors
and campfire was held
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Closing Years OF Stephens

instantly secured it, and still sitting in
his invalid's chair. he made a few re-
marks, every word of which carried to
the remotest gallery, in spite of the
thinness and shriIlness of the voice
Where is the vitality of this won
derful man." everyone asked of his
neighbor; and the reply was: ut is in
his will power"
few days later I had a chat with
Mr.. Stephens as he was being wheeled
to his hotel by his attendant
my health is poor" he said smil-
ing up at me with those wonderful
eyes of his, but keep fighting on, for
my LIES work is not yet done There
is my literary work still to be finished.
l have learned to clear my mind for
it by playing a few rubbers of whist
every evening. 1 can play whist and
think at the same time of the pages
which am to write the next day. And
there is my work in congress. l hope
to come back to congress for a good
many years yet"
A few months later Mr.. Stephens
fell, and the resultant injury, while
not dangerous, though most uncom-
Portable, finally decided him to aban-
don national life and return to his
humble home in Georgia. There, in
March, 1888, few months after he
had been elected governor of Georgia,
one Of the most remarkable men that
America has ever produced passed
away in the states executive mansion.
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Il wish you could have cared for sit
like that" he said gently. Dear lit
tie girl, we don't know who hurt him.
I didn't, if that's what you mean. Per
haps a fiower-pot-"
I began to cry then. and he drew
me to him and let me cry on his arm.
He stood very quietly, patting my
head in brotherly way and behaving
very well, save that once he said:
Don't cry too long, Kit: can stand
only certain amount
And just then the nurse opened tbs
door TO the studio, and with Max's
arms still around me, | raised ny
head and looked in.
Mr.. HARRISON was conscious. His
eyes were open, and he was staring at
US both as we stood framed by the
doorway.
He lay back at once and Closed his
eyes, and the nurse shut the door
There was no use, even if had been
allowed in, in trying to explain to
have been to presume that he was in
terested in an explanation
Dial was allowed ten minutes in the
sick room during the afternoon, and
he came out looking puzzled and ex-
cited. He refused to tell US what he
mad learned. however, and the rest OF
the afternoon he and Jim spent in the
cellar.
The day dragged on. Downstairs
people ate and read and wrote letters,
and outside newspaper men talked to-
gether and gazed over at the house
and photographed the doctors coming
in and the doctors going out. AS for
me, in the intervals Of bringing
things, l sat in BeIla's chair in the
upper hall, and listened to the crackle
Of the nurses starched skirts.
At midnight that night the doctors
made a thorough examination. When
they came out they were smiling.
He is doing very WELL" the young
er one said-he was hairy and dark.
but he was beautiful to me. He is
entirely conscious now, and in about
an hour you can send the nurse off
for little sleep. Don't let him talk
And so at last I went through the
familiar door into an unfamiliar room,
with basins and towels and bottles
around, and a screen made of Jims
largest canVasas. And some one on
the improvised bed turned and looked
at me. He did not speak, and l sat
down beside him. After a while he
put his hand over mine as it lay on
the bed. ~ = -; - sss.s..ss,x
You are much better to me than
deserve" he said softly. And because
his eyes were disconcerting, I put an
ice cloth over them.
Much better than you Deserve" |
said, and patted the ice cloth to place
gently. He fumbled around until he
found my hand again, and we were
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eminent. l am only an ininitesimaI
factor But he said nothing of the
kind, at least at that time. Instead
Of that, he leaned toward US, so that
he might speak in the low, almost
whispering voice that was his man
ner, and said: This looks like a Slip
up
Z felt from that moment that the
chances for our cause were lost. II
the great leader could not say the
right word at the right moment, when
he knew that the Republicans were
claiming the election Of Hayes, what
else could be expected? And we went
away from our leaders presence, each
with the death knel1 of Democratic
victory sounding forlornly in our ears:
This looks like slip-up.'"
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-22
Wendell Phillips Old Fads

Moseley, he told ne some of the de-
tails of Mr.. Phillips personal life, es
peeially when he was upon a lecture
tour.
Il wouldn't want to say that MIR.
Phillips is eccentric" said Mr.. Nose.
ley, "but he has queer little fads which,
l presume, every hotel proprietor in
the cities Of the country which Mr.
Phillips has visited as a lecturer has
learned about. For instance, he will
not sleep between the sheets of a bed.
We early knew of that popularity here,
and we always furnish him soft wool
blankets to sleep between. Mr.. Phil
lips has told me that if he can not
get clean blankets wherever he hap.
pens to be stopping, he places his
shawl between the sheets of the bed
assigned him and then turns in This
shawl he takes with him upon all OF
has winter lecture trips. 1t is very
soft, very warm, and, | understand,
was given to him by a friend at Bos.
ton.
Another Of Mr. Phillips peculiar.
ities Is his habit Of making a cup Of
tea for himself after he has lectured.
He caused to be made a little iron
frame which would fit over a gas jet;
ne also always carries a cup and he
makes his cup of tea by heating the
water over the gas fame. Once, when
lie was engaged in making his brew, ]
asked him what he did when he was a
guest at a hotel where there was nc
gas, and he replied that for just such
an emergency he carried an alcohol
lamp.
Il should think that Mr. Phillips
has accumulated a comfortable for.
tune" Mr.. Moseley continued. "His
earnings from his lectures average
about five hundred dollars a week. !
have been informed authoritatiVely
that he can count on from ten thousand
to fifteen thousand dollars for a sea
sons lectures, and that he has deliv
cred his lecture on 'The Lost Arts Z
little over two hundred times"
[ was reminded of this conversation
with Mr.. Moseley a few weeks after
the death Of Wendell Phillips, in 1884
when l saw it reported in one of the
Boston newspapers that the executors
Of the estate had found that he had
left very little property. He had in
herited about one hundred thousand
dollars, and it was upon the income
Of that that he relied when beginning
his career as a LAWYER
1t remained a mystery to all of Mr.
Phillips friends as to what had be
come of his property. He lived very
simply. His chief expense was en-
tailed by the care of his invalid wife
He bought few books. But he waa
probably the greatest reader of news
papers of his time. However, his
newspaper purchases could not have
made a very serious drain upon his
purse. In the thirty years Of his lee
turing career he must have earned
a larger amount of money than any
other American lecturer, save, posi-
bly,, John B. Cough. But what had be
Gene of it and his inheritance? Was
most of it, as his friends came general
ly to surmise, given back to the PEG
pie in the form of private benefac.
tons, and especially in the cause OF
freedom Of the slaves, which Mr.. Phil
lips had so earnestly advocated?
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Great viii Power of Former Vice Pres.
ident of Confederacy Kept Him Ac-
tive in Public and Literary
Work to Last.

On the opening day of the session of
congress which began on the first
Monday Of December, 1880, there was
an unusually large number OF visitors
to the capitol. The galleries Of the
house Of representative were packed;
even the usual empty diplomatic gal
lery contained several notable foreign
ministers.
Soon after the house was called to
order by the speaker, Samuel j. Ran
dali of Pennsylvania, it was observed
from the galleries that there was some
commotion in front Of the door lead
ing to the corridor behind the speak
er's desk. Speaker Randall also not
ing this, paused, resting his hands
upon the handle Of his gavel A mo-
ment later the door was opened, dis
closing sort of invalid's chair, which
several house attendants pushed into
the space between the seats and the
clerks desk, on the Democratic side.
In the chair sat the fgre of a man.
1t might have passed for little dunn
my but for the wondrous luster of
the large, dark eyes. Upon the head
was a small skull cap, from beneath
which depended silvery locks, so thick
that they covered the ears. The face
was clean shaven. From the galleries
the figures hands appeared like those
of a waXen image. He rested them
upon the arms of the chair, occasion
ally patting the arms with them. He
appeared to recognize the involuntary
tribute paid to him by the members
Of the house through a mOmentary
cessation of the buzz which charac-
terizes the house of representatives,
for he bowed slightly, taking in with
one sweep of those wonderful eyes
the entire chamber. Then he lapsed
into perfect quiet, and might have
seemed asleep but for the still vivid
and watchful expression Of his eyes.
Word passed around in the crowded
galleries, which had breathlessly be
held the extraordinary procession,
that this strange specter of a man
was none other than Alexander H.
Stephens, who had been vice presi-
dent of the confederate states of
America.
Among his colleagues the wonder was
whether Mr.. Stephens, if he should
have anything to say, could make him
self heard. That curiosity was not
gTatified until the session was near its
close. Then, one day the house was
startled to hear Mr.. Stephens asking
recognition from the speaker in
voice which had the clearness, almost
the shrillness, Of a fife or piccolo. He
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-22
M MILAN SAWS LAST LOG
Wealthy Lumb erman Banker Then
Dismant,es Marathon Coun-
tY Landmark.

Marshfeld,-B. F. Mcmillan, one
of the wealthiest Iumbermen and
bankers of this section, sawed the last
log hauled into his sawmiu at Nc
MILAN few days ago and Immediate
iy set the crew to work tearing down
the structure and dismantling the
machinery. He sawed the first log
run through the mill thirty-seven
years ago. The Mcmillan mill is one
of the landmarks of Marathon county
and has been operated continuously.
often night and day. Members of the
Mcmillan family from all over the
state were hero today for reunion,
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~ his Looks Like Siip-up," Was His
Actual Expression, When In
formed That Election of Hayes
Was Claimed by One Vote.

since an experience I had in No
VembeT, 1875, l have been decidedly
suspicious of the accuracy of the pro-
found sayings attributed to great men
IN times Of emergency. 7 am in
cIned TO think that almost all Of these
statements which have passed into his
tory are apocryphal."
So said the late AEram S Hewitt,
who, in the presidential campaign Of
1876 was chairman of the Democratic
national committee, a year later, as
member Of the house of representa-
uVes, conferred with committee
from the senate regarding the seIec-
ton Of the electoral commission that
decided the Hayes-Tilden contest, and
III 1885 was elected mayor of New
York city, defeating Henry George and
Theodore Roosevelt.
Not only as chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee, but also as
one OF the more intimate personal and
political friends of Governor Tilden, 1
was called upon to take charge Of
some important features of his can
Vass for the presidency" continued
Mr.. Hewitt. Il was very well acquaint-
ed with Mr. TiIden. I presume that
was on as friendly terms with him as
he ever permitted anybody to be ex-
cepting John Bigelow, Charles O'Con-
or and Andrew H Green.
We'll, along came election day and
the information that we received be-
tween 10 and II o'clock that night JUS
tilted US in reporting to Governor Til
den, at his home in Gramercy square,
that he had been elected to the presi-
dGency. He did not seem to be aston
1shed; he intimated that for some six
weeks he had entertained no doubt
OF the success of the Democratic tick
ct; he had been confident that it would
secure the electoral vote of the state
of New York, thus insuring victory.
When we left him l thought he seemed
as calm, as free from elation, over the
Democratic triumph as he would have
been had another than he been the
successful candidate. And 1 was told
next day that he had gone to bed
shortly after our departure and slept
soundly until he was called in the
morning
That morning early we discovered
that portion Of the Republican press
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Ford MADDOX Hueffer Tells Interesting
Story About Famous Author
and Painter.

Ford MADDOX Hueffer, whose recent
ly published book, Memories and In
pressions, tells all about the pic
turesque doings and sayings of the
Pre-Raphaelites and later artists and
writer's, has a tale about Rossetu
which is among the most remarkable
things related of this remarkable
man. 1t seems that Rossetti was at
one time collecting rare china, and
Charles Augustus Howell had &C
CURED a nearly priceless set Of Chi
nese tea things. These he had dupli-
Gated in his establishment, and got
one Of his concealed agents to sell
the forgeries to Rossettf at an enor
mously high figure. Coming to tea
the next day" relates Mr.. Hueffer,
he remarked to Rossetti: Hello.
Gabriel! Where did you get those
clumsy imitations?' And eventually
he sold the originals to Rossetti for
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quiet for a long time. I think he
dozed. for he reused suddenly and
pulled the cloth from his eyes.
''The-the day is all confused" he
said, turning to look at me, "but-one
thing seems to stand out from every
thing else. Perhaps it was deIirium,
but l seemed to see that door over
there open, and you, outside, with
with Max. His arms were around
you"
1T was delirium," I said softly. It
was my final lie in that house of
mendacity.
He drew a satisfied breath, and
lifting my hand, held it to his lips and
kissed it.
q can hardly believe it is you" he
said. Il have to hold firmly to your
hand or you will disappear. Can't
you move your chair closer? You are
miles away" So did it. for he was
not to be excited.
After a little
Its awfully good of you to do this.
I have been desperately sorry, Kit,
about the other night 1t was a ruff
fianly thing to do-to kiss you, when
l thought
You are to keep very STILL" re-
minded him. He kissed my hand
again, but he persisted
4 was mad-crazy" I tried to
give him some medicine, but he push
ed the spoon aside you will have
to listen" he said. Z am in the
depths of self-disgust. II can't
think Of anything else. You see, you
seemed so convinced that was the
bIackguard that somehow nothing
seemed to matter"
q have forgotten it ALL I declared
generously, and / would be quite
willing to be friends, only, you re-
member you said
"Friends!" his voice was suddenly
reckless, and he raised on his elbow.
Friends. Who wants to be friends?
Kit, I was almost delirious that night.
The instant l held you in my arms it
was all over. l loved you the first
time I saw you. II suppose I'm a
fool TO talk like this
And, Of course, just then Dallas had
to open the door and step into the
room, He was covered with dirt and
he had a Ratchet in his hand.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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When on Lecture Tours He Would Not
Sleep Between Sheets-Earned
Large Sums of Money. but
Left Small Estate.

The late William H. Moseley Of
New Haven, Conn, was a personal
friend of Wendell Phillips, as he was,
in fact, of many Of the distinguished
men of letters who visited Yale uni
versity between 1865 and 1880. Dur
ing that period Mr.. Moseley was the
proprietor of the hotel in New Haven
which was regarded as almost an in
stitution OF Yale, and as he was a
scholarly man, as well as a most con-
siderate host, he made and retained
these literary friendships.
Wendell Phillips came to New Ha-
ven in tho early seventies to deliver
his lecture on Daniel O'ConneIl"
TIL night was stormy, but the great
music hail was filed. A few days
later, while in conversation with Mr..
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last, and Mr.. HARRISON had not been
found. I did not see how they could
go to bed at all. If he had escaped
then Max was right and the whole
thing was heart-breaking. And if he
had not then ne might be lying
| got up and dressed.
The early part Of the night had
been cloudy, but when I got to the
roof it was clear starlight. The wind
blew through the electric wires strung
across and set them singing. The &C.
casionaI bIeat of a belated automobile
on the drive below came up to me
raucously.
And there in the starlight, / went
over the whole serio-comedy, and
loathed my part in it. He had been
perfectly right to be angry with me
and with all Of US. And I had been
a hypOcrite and a Pharisee, and had
thanked God that I was not as
other people, when the fact was that
l was worse than the worst. And
although it wasn't dignifed to think
OF him going down the drain pipe
sttll-nO one could blame him for
wanting to get away from us, and he
was quite muscular enough to do it.
I was in the depths of self-abase-
ment when I heard a sound behind
me. 1t was a long breath, quite audi
bic, that ended in a groan. I gripped
the parapet and listened, while my
heart pounded, and in a minute it
came again.
I was terribly frightened. Them
don't know how I did it, but I was
across the roof, kneeling beside the
tent, where it stood against the chin
ney. And there, lying prone among
the fower-pOts, and almost entirely
hidden, lay the man we had been look
ing for.
His head was toward me, and l
reached out shakingly and touched his
face. 1t was cold, and my hand, when
l drew it back, was covered with
blood. ..esa. IT, z..-aassoa .s,-z
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