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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18


He was looking at a square, uncom-
promising wall-safe, with a round fig
ured disk of white metal on its face
He knelt before it and tried its knob.
Alter a moment it turned easily. But
the resolute steel door would not open,
though he tried every combination
that came into his mind NO use"
he said disgustedIy. "One must have
the right numbers
Then he lifted his fretted frame and
smote his grimy hands together. Con
found it," he said with short laugh.
Here am, bankrupt, with all this
outft-clear to the very finger bowls
handed to me on a silver tray, and I'm
mad as scat because l can't open the
first locked thing l fnd!"
He ran upstairs and donned a rough
corduroy jacket and high leather leg
gings We're going to climb the hill
today, Chum,' he announced, land no
more moccasins need apply"
In the lower hail. however, he sud
denly stopped stock-still. The slip of
paper that was in the china dog!" he
exclaimed. what a chump | am not
to have thought Of it," He found it
in its pigeonhole and, kneeling down
before the safe, tried the numbers
carefully, first right, then left: II
28-94-O. The heavy door opened.
81 was right" he exulted Its the
plate" He drew it out, piece by piece.
Each was bagged in daTk-red Canton
flannel He broke the tape of Que bag
and exposed a great silver pitcher.
furnished purple-blue like ravens
wing-then tea-service. Each piece,
large and small, was marked with the
greyhound rampant and the motto.
And to think" he said, that my
grandfather buried you
with his own hands under the stables
when Tarleton's raiders swept the val
ley before the surrender at Yorktown
Only wait till Aunt Daphne gets you
polished up, and on the sideboard!
You're the one thing the place has
needed"
With the dog for comrade he ira
versed the garden and plunged across
the valley below. humming as he went
The place was painless and over
grown with paw-paw bushes and sassa-
fras Great trees stood so thickly
in places as to make a twilight and the
SUMMER spots were masses of pink
laurel, poison-iyy, flaming purple rho
dodendron and Wine-red tendrils Of in
terbraided briers. This was the for
est land of whose possibilities he had
thought In the heart of the woods he
came upon a great limb that had been
wrenched off by storm. The broken
wood was Of a deep rich brown. shading
to black He broke off his song, snap
ped a twig and smelled it, It's sharp
acrid odor was unmistakable He sud-
denly remembered the walnut tree at
Rosewood and what Shirley had said:
''I know a girl who had two in her
yard, and she went to Europe on
them"
He looked about him; as far as he
could see the trees reared, hardy and
perfect, untouched for a generation.
He selected one of medium size and
pulling creeper, measured its cir
conference and gaging this measure
with his eye, made a penciled calcula-
ton on the back of an envelope
Great Scott" he said jubilantly to
the dog; that would cut enough to
wainscot the Damory Court library
and build twenty sideboardsi"
CTO BE CONTINUED0
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18

give you the roses already rooted
Mad Charles and Marechal Neil and
Cloth of Gold and cabbage and ram
blers- We have geraniums and
fuchsias. too. and the coral honey
suckle. That's different from the wild
one. you know"
You are too good! If you would
only advise me where to set them!
But dare say you think me presum-
ing"
She turned her full face to him.
." 'Presuming!' You're furnishing me
now for the dreadful way I talked to
you about Damory Court-before /
knew who you were, Oh it was I'M
pardonable! And after the splendid
thing you had done-I read about it
that same eyening-with your money.
/ meant"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18
LET BRAZIL STUDY OUR SHIPS
The Permission Is Courtesy Shown to
SoC.h American Governments
BY United States.

Washington has been
given to the Brazilian government to
send three naval officers TO the United
States to study modern battleships
and military matters. They are to
report to Admiral Badger, commander
in-chief OF the Atlantic feet, on board
the Wyoming II Vera Cruz
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18
Not There for Experiment.

Edith and Flora were passing their
summer vacation in the country.
do you know" said Edith, that
young farmer tried to kiss me. He told
me that he had never kissed any girl
before
What did you tell him?" asked
Flora.
Why" replied Edith, 81 told him /
was no agricultural experiment sta
ton" -Harpers Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18
KEEPS HIS BRIDE LOCKED IN
"Blrd Rattle on Honeymoon With
Squaw, Distrusts Distractions
of Big Cities.

New York-Mrs. Bird Rattle, who
arrived in New York recently for
short sojourn, spent part Of her first
ty-second floor Of the McAlpin, with
the door locked. Mr.. Rattle had the
key IN his pocket. II is precaution
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18
Bowling Destroyed Home Life.

New York.-Answering his wife's
suit for divorce, Peter ]. Eiseman as
serts that their home life had been
spoiled by her love for bowling Else
man said he prepared dinner and did
homework while she bowled. She
charges desertion and cruelty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18
Favor Cooperative Dormitory.

Chicago.-Chicago university goods.
have voted in favor of cooperative
dormitory as the best means of com
batting the high cost of living. Other
suggestions were for soda fountain.
manicure parlor, theater and an Ital-
ian garden.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18

but slow to comprehend. / consider
him worthy of coaching. give tha;
clerk personal attention for such a
time as he is able to keep pace with
the other sharp edges in my employ
He's quick to perceive the interests
Of the boss, and he naturally tries to
get my viewpoint"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18
he always takes, when travelling, be

he always takes, when travelling, be-
cause the present Mrs. Rattle is his
fourth" and he thinks women are
apt to be bit Eighty amid the dis
fractions Of a great city.
It must be explained that the Rat
ties are on their honeymoon. Mr..
Rattle is Mrs Ratt1e's second" She
was born Laughing Chicken and was
the widow of Trotting Horse, Esq
some time leading citizen Of Glacier
Park, Montana. Out there it is con-
sidered a husbands privilege to chas-
tise his wife whenever he thinks it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18

"Oh, thank you. sir, You don't
know how much I would appreciate
1t I'm going TO send all ny tele-
grams through this office You are
so obliging."
And the smile she save him would
have done any one good with the pos
sible exception of Arthur.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18
"Boyish Row. Causes Zine

Morristown, n. J.-For enga ging in
a "boyish row. Joseph Lapine, eighty
two, and Joseph Lenney, sixty-seyen.
were fined il court here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18

This courtesy to foreign military Of
f1ciaIs is a part Of the policy adopted
by the United States toward the gov
ernments Of the South American re-
publics.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18

Haven't any privileges at all? Can't
l even faint when l feel like it. without
calling out the fire-brigade? You'll
pamper me to death and heaven knows
l don't need it."
You won't let me telephone for Doc
tor SouthalI?"
Certainly mott"
And you are sure it was nothing
but the roses?"
why, what else should it be?" said
her mother almost peevishly. Il must
really have the arbors thinned out On
heavy nights it's positively overpower-
ing. Go along now, and we'll talk
about it tomorrow l can ring if
want anything"
In her room Shirley undressed
thoughtfully. There was between her
and her mother a fine tenuous bond
of sympathy and feeling as rare, per-
haps, as it was lovely. She could not
remember when the other had not
been a semi-invalid, and her earliest
childhood recollections were punctu-
ated with the tap Of the little cane
TOnight's sudden indisposition had
shocked and disturbed her; to faint
at a rush Of perfume seemed to sug-
gest a growing weakness that was
alarming. Tomorrow, she told herself
she would send Ranston with a wagon
load of the roses to the hospital at
Charlottesville.
She slipped on pink shell-shaded
dressing-gown Of slfnky silk with
riot Of aZaleas scattered in the weave,
and then, dragging her chair before
the open window, drew aside the light
curtain and began to brush her hair.
All at once her gaze fell upon the
floor, and she shrank backward from a
twisting thread-like thing whose bright
saffrOn-yellow glOwed sharply against
the dark carpet. She saw in an in
slant, however, that it was nothing
more dangerous than a fragment of
love-vine from the garden, which had
chung to her skirt. She picked up
the tiny mass of tendrils and with
slow smile tossed it over her right
shoulder through the window. eff it
takes root" she said aloud, my sweet
heart loves me" She leaned from the
sill to peer down into the misty gar
den, but could not follow its fall.
Long ago her visitor would have
reached Damory Court She had a
vision of him wandering, candle in
hand, through the empty echoing
rooms, looking at the voiceless por-
traits on the walls, thinking perhaps
of his father, of the fatal duel of which
he had never known. She liked the
way he had spoken of his father!
As she leaned, out of the stiffness
there came to her ear a mellow sound.
1t was the bell of the courthouse in
the village. She counted the strokes
falling clearly or family as the slug
gish breeze ebbed or sweIled. It was
eleven.
She drew back, dropped the curtain
to shut out the wan glimmer, and in
the darkness crept into the soft bed
as if into a hiding-place
A warm sun and an air mildly mel
low. A faint gold-shadowed mist over
the valley and soft lilac haze blend
ing the rounded outlines of the hills.
Through the shrubbery at Damory
Court a cardinal darted like Grim
son shuttle, to rock impudently from
ffeering limb, and here and there
on the bluish-ivory sky. motionless as
. CG-n =
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18

was in search Of Yes, thank you. a
small whisky as before. London Tit
Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18
a warm sun and On nir milk. =.

warm sun and an air mildly mel
low. A faint gold-shadowed mist over
the valley and soft lilac haze blend
ing the rounded outlines of the hills.
Through the shrubbery at Damory
Court cardinal darted like a Grim
son shuttle, to rock impudently from
a. fieering limb, and here and there
on the bluish-ivory sky, motionless as
pasted wafer, hung a hawk; from
time to time one of these wavered and
OF the most valuable opals in Eng
land. The Office Of deputy, which dates
back TO the year 1442. carries with it
various privileges which are jealousy
guarded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18

necessary. The present consort of
the charming (from a Glacier park
viewpoint) ex-widow has not resorted
to that primitive means OF discipline
during their journey, it is said, but
he resents glances cast in the direc-
ton of the headdress of coyote skin
that tops his spouse-who Is unusually
tall for an Indian woman-and re-
minds her Of his authority by an oc-
casional pinch on the arm.
Bird Rattle and squaw are two OF
the party of Blackfeet Indians that
came to the McAlpin from Atlanta.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-18

camp water supply in semi-permanent
camps in the home country are all
those employed by intelligent civil
communities
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17
Mans Life OUTLAWS.

An eccentric parsonage has just died
in town in the west OF France at the
age OF seventy-seven When he was
eighteen years OF age he began to keep
book of personal expenses. For SO
years he iotted down every item.
During this period he smoked $685.
71S cigars. OF this number 1882 were
presented to him by friends. For the
remaining 5s5,021 he spent the sum of
e2,040.
He had bought sc pairs of trousers,
which cost him es2; IS jackets and
waistcoats for e16O, and SO pairs of
shoes for Soc He used SEQ shirts
and 354 collars. for which he paid
25S His omnibus and tram fares came
TO $50. In is years he drank 2S,S75
books and 4O.S0S small glasses of
liquor. and spent on them e1,104. plus
G24s in tips.-Glasgow Evening News
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17
SINGS PRAISE OF ~BIGNEss'
Writer In LeslIe's Weekly Sees Good
in Everything That Has Quail
fication of Size.

Big. 1t is said that the soil that
produces big crops is found where big
men abound After all bigness is
something OF which every one is
proud California boasts o. its big
trees. Oregon and Washington of their
big apples. Texas Of its big territory.
Oklahoma Of its big oil wells, Colorado
Of its big mines. New England OF its
big mills. Alabama of its big iron de-
posits, Pennsylvania of its big steel
industry and New York of its big
banks. Everywhere bigness is the boast
Of civilization. Nations vie with each
other to command the biggest part of
the worlds trade. In this great strug-
gle for commercial supremacy the
United States. during the past decade.
has been among the foremost because
of its big men in the industrial. the
railway and professional fields. The
product of this bigness of men
has been a big country with big
wages Let us stop cavailling and
finding fault. Let as put an end to
busting and smashing. and give the
widest opportunity for individual ef-
fort. Encourage bigness of the fac
tory and the pay envelope alike. Give
big brains chance, whether in bank,
counting room or workshop. Bigness
pays.-Leslie's Weekly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17
SQUIRREL PUT UP A FIGHT
Cat Expected to Have Little Animal
for Dinner, But IL Turned
Out Otherwise.

Vernon park is in Germantown. q
part of Philadelphia. For many years
IT was the home Of the Wister fam
iIv. and contains many rare and beau
tiful trees: the stately colonial house
still stands. and is used by the Site
and Relic society. which has collected
there great many interesting relics
OF colonial days
Several years ago the experiment
Of introducing gray squirrels into the
park was tried The little animal
have thriven and multiplied until they
have spread over a considerable part
of the town adjacent to the park. ln
front Of the house Of a Companion
reader stands a large maple tree
There are squirrel nests in It, and the
family provides a daily ration Of nuts
for the little animals, which have be-
come SO tame that they VIII take food
from the hand.
Another family pet is q large male
Maltese cat. good fighter. who does
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17

not hesitate to attack dogs. One aft
ernoon, when this cat lay on the
porch. a squirrel came down out OF
the tree to look for his evening meal.
The cat gathered himself together and
made dash for the squirrel; the
squirrel in turn ran for the tree with
a shrill squeai of teTor-or was II
defiance7
With a bound. the squirrel went up
the tree some three or four feet; then
be quickly turned about. and hanging
by his hind feet TO the bark. he faced
his enemy The cat had expected to
seize the sGuirTel Oy the neck as he
ran, but this show of resistance
brought him to a halt: the squirrel ar
once took advantage Of the cats hesi.
tation. and sprung at him Rfth barred
teeth and claws unshealhed. That
surprise was too much for Toms
courage; he turned tail. and the brave
squirrel actually chased him over
hedge some hundred feet away Then
he squirrel ieisurely returned to hts
nesting tree.--Youth's Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17
FACING A PROBLEM
Democratic Party Has Hard
Row 10 Hoe
Previous Extravaeanee Seems to Make
Economy imperative, and Inter
ests Of the Country Are
Bound &c Suffer.

It is going to be a billion-dollar ses-
sion. and some OF the Democratic lead
ers are alarmed by the fact. They fear
the Judgment of the voters in Novem-
Der. They recall the economy pledges
made at Baltimore. and the elabora-
ton OF them by the Democratic spell
binders in the campaign that followed
And yet these men seem undis-
turbed by the record respecting other
pledges made at the same time, and
elaborated in the same fashion for
campaign purposes.
Take the tariff. That has been re-
vised downward, but the result prom
ised has not been realized. The cost
of living. instead of going down, has
gone up. In some things. present fig
ures are the highest of record. But
they have not been produced by the
Underwood law. What we all now
know is that, contrary to the Demo
cratic accusation, the Payne law was
not responsible for the high cost of
living while 1t was in operation Hence
it was impossible for a revision of that
law 10 lower the cost
Take the question of Panama canal
tolls. The Democratic party at Balti-
more committed itself absolutely to
the exemption of American coastwise
shipping from tolls aud the nominee
of the convention explained why, and
committed himself TO the policy. And
yet Mr. Wilson wants the exemption
law repealed. the house under pressure
by him has voted for repeal
Both of these pledges were far more
definite than was the pledge about
economy. That pledge was in terms
general and onventional-what is
known in politics as a play to the gal
leries.
In the matter Of appropriations the
Democrats are face to face with very
definite proposition. They are for the
time administering the affairs of a
large and developing country. We
have some heavy annual charges, and
both parties have co-operated in fixing
them. AN adequate navy" an up-to-
date army, a large pension roll. inter
nal Improvements of an ambitious
character, are among the items. The
people in November. 1912, did not vote
to cripple any feature of the accepted
governmental arrangement. They ex-
pected the government to be supported
in good style, and according to its size
and purposes and Just demands.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17

Arizona was one of the first states
to register the passing of the Progress
sive party. according to Bracy Curtis,
prominent Nogales banker, who is at
the Willard There was no Progress
siye party in Arizona any more. none
to speak of, he said, though in the
election OF 1912 Roosevelt beat Taft
In the Bisbee municipal election
April 30, the Pfogressives barely beat
out the Socialists" said Mr.. Curtis.
-Bisbee was the stronghold of the
Progressives in the last national cam
paign. In the recent election the Dem
ocrats polled 535 votes, the RepublS-
cans S07, the Progressives 60, and the
Socialists 81. The Democrats now
look upon the Republicans as their
dangerous foe. and are fearful of the
coming election, The Republicans,
naturally, are very enthusiastic. and
are counting on carrying the state this
fall. We may not be able TO beat the
Democrats this year, but we are surely
going to turn Arizona into a Republi.
can state"-Wa shington Herald
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17
where RoIIs the oreann,

The Herald printed two weeks AGO
a comprehensive account from the pm
of Charles Willis Thompson of the
course of the Progressive party since
the memorable contest of 1912. The
figures showed decline in all the
states of the Union except our own,
and here the peculiar conditions are
only too well understood. Oregon has
now submitted its testimony on the
same subject in the returns from tho
primaries, which have just been held
there.
In 1912 the state gave Wilson $1,000
votes, to Rooseyelt's $4,000 and Tafts
$1,000. In the primary registration,
just completed with the presence of
the women nominally doubling the
totals, 134,00O voters listed them
selves as Republicans. 1900 as Dem
ocrats and-to be exact-6.255 Pro
gressives.
To such set Of figures no editorial
comment can add anything. Boston
Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17
HYpRoHsM FOR THE AILiNe
Famous French Physician Claims to
Be Able So to Cure Many of the
Ills OF Mankind.

DIR. Bertillen of Paris asserts that
psychotherapia, or soul-culture, is the
medicine of the future
He does not put his patients into
hypnotic frances. but places them in
an environment which creates an APP
petite for sleep. He invites them to
repose on their beds and think Of
nothing. Then he leaves them. and
they gradually succumb to the tick
tack" of a metronome.
When a patient is in a hypnotic
slumber. If it is desired that he shall
be cured Of tendency to excessive
indulgence in alcohol. the psyehother-
apist suggests to him that he cannot
raise glass of absinthe to his lips,
and repeats the suggestion until the
prohibition is so engraved upon the
Drain that II the patient would he
could not do SO.
DR. Bertillon is frequently consulted
by those who have had unhappy love
affairs. and 1t is said that through hyp-
notism they obtain release from their
unrequited passion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17
The seraeant,s Resource.

Now the United States has sent a
military expedition to Mexico we shall
hope to hear something of Sergeant
Murphy. ssys london Tit-G...i. During
some manueuvers in the Philippines
the sergeant was In charge of patrol
The men, when getting tired of the
days operations and eager TO get back
to camp and supper, came to noun
tain torrent spanned by bridge which
was unluckily placarded Destroyed"
Much everse to a long detour, Ser
geant Murphy did little reconnoit.
ering. and, finding no sign of an enemy
In the neighborhood, led his men to
the bridge. Halfway across they
were surprised by galloping officer.
"Hil'' he shouted. Cant you see
that this bridge is supposed to be de-
stroyed?"
Sure. do, sir" answered Murphy;
but this detachment is supposed to
be swimming"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17

The vicar of an English mining viii
lage sent pair of boots to the cob.
bler's for repairs. but Bill, who had
been imbiblng rather freely, felt no
inclination for work, so the boots were
not touched that day. Next morning
his nerves were rather shaky and he
longed for "a hair OF the dog that bit
him" His own boots were rather dir
ty, so he thought there was no harm
in putting on the parsons, which he
accordingly did. and turned'of into the
village pub. for a big "reviver," He
had not gone very far when whom did
he meet but the vicar. who said:
Il sent my boots down for repairs.
William. Are you not finished with
them yet?"
"Wey mistor," answered Bill calm
ly. they're not mended yit, but they're
on the road"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-17
In Difficulty.

A newly-maried young woman had
gas cooker fixed in her kitchen. The
gas company sent her card of rules,
with instructions to study them well,
and what she couldn't understand they
would explain to her. Imagine the
clerks surprise the next morning
when he read the following note:
Dear Sir-I can understand all the
rules except the one at the bottor Of
the card See other side, It's i'm.
possible to see the other side: the
pan has fixed II against the wall"