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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

The fussy lady had noticed that the
rude man sitting beside her on the
street car had expectorated on the
floor The fUssy lady Immediately sig
nailed the conductor and that official
came in to see what was wanted
do you allow splitting in this carr"
demanded the fussy lady.
Wei, no" replied the conductor.
But you can come out on the platform
if you want to, lady. Cincinnati En-,
quirer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Rabv's Bonnet

To fasten baby's bonnet get a yard
of satin or taffeta ribbon about three
inches wide and make a small bow
on each end. There should be about
FIVE inches of ribbon between the
bows. Fasten one bow securely to
the bonnet and sew a hook on the
under side Of the other bow Then
sew an eye on the bonnet and be sure
it is sewed even with the opposite
bow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
An At4racti,.n rhasis

This university offers me a degree
if I viii write 'em a thesis, remarked
the eminent millionaire.
"Um."
But what sort of a thesis can I
writer"
Pay the bearer ought to fill the
bill" suggested his cynical chief of
staff
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
eenoa's Capture a Century Ago.

One hundred years ago the rich city
Of Genoa, familiar to all readers of
American history as the birthplace Of
Christopher Columbus, was taken by
\ force of English and Sicilians. For
centuries Genoa had been a pawn on
The chessboard of European politics.
In 1906 it had been annexed TO the
French empire. New, in consequence
Of the overthrow of Napoleon, it was
wrested from France and some months
later united to the kingdom of Sar-
iinia. The army that captured the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

crisp freshness
which is It's chief
charm. But it is
much worn at the
shore and every
seashore Quit will
have at least two
or three Of the
simple one-piece
linen tub frocks,
even if it does
not contain any
linen coat and
skirt costumes.
The former are
charming for fair
weather, and a
coat or cape Of
wool can readily
be slipped on
over such q linen
frock if the air
grows too damp
or a fog rolls in.
Thin muslins
and other sheer
materials are not
very practical for
the morning or
afternoon frock
for the shore,
though, Of course,
they are much
"nrn Tho nnHnrn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

The hen that pays high commits
sion should lay the bulk Of her year.
~ output between the first week Of
December and some time along in
May. After that she usually slows up
IN finishing her yearly record until
noting time ends it for that year
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Imnoss ihle.

He-My dear our neighbor, Mr..
Smith, the paper says this morning, is
a bachelor of arts.
She-Then the paper doesn't know
what it's talking about You know as
well as l do that Smith is a married
man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

etamine and voi3as, utterly devoid of
stiffening, keep their freshness bet
ter than linen, batistes and other ma
terials of similar character, but, of
course, if one does not mind pressing
the latter out after each wearing,
they may be made to give excellent
service.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

reasonable prices
and so little mate
rial is needed for
one of the chic
but simple one
piece frocks that,
if made by the
home dressmaker,
the cost will be
slight.
AS a u S u a |
thing, one viii get
better lines and
style in the in
expensive ready
made frocks that
in the homemade
ones, though the
quality of the ma
terials used for
the former may
be inferior; and
if pnn iS Wi1Iiu y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

One of the new capes made of
cravenette material has the large hood
that can be drawn over the hat or
head, hangs in the full godet folds
and has panel Sits for the arms to
pass and which can be buttoned into
a smaller opening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

Unless the hen house is dry and
comfortable there will not be many
eggs and the fowls are very liable to
be sick. Dampness is much worse
than cold. It will cause roup and all
the long list Of kindred diseases
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Sta qino a Trial.

do you think you have sufficient
counsel for my boy?' Yes; we have
a spread-eagle orator, a sob specialist,
an insanity expert and a little cuss
who knows the law, if we need any
law"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
MOTORING BAGS.

For the woman motorist there is a
special bag with all the toilet needfule
for the road. Powder, cloths and hair
brushes, nail file, mirror, cooling per-
fumes and other usefuls find their
way into this tiny case. The bags
come in leather and cretonne
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

The closely fitting petticoats Of jer-
sey silk are the best with the pres
ent fashions-if one is going TO wear
any petticoats at all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Powdev MiIdew.

Powdery miIdew is likely to be very
bad on young cherry trees, particular
ly those growing in the nursery row
Such trees should be sprayed three
or four times with bordeaux mixture
$3.50 or either of the Hme-sulphurs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
KiIIinn Cut Norma

A Tablespoonful Of Paris green
added to heavily sweetened water or
moIasses will kill the cut worms, but
care should be taken that the fowls
cannot get at It.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
The Retnrt Cnurteons-

when you look at me, my dear,
your eyes always have a stupid express
sion"
THAT is, without doubt, my dear, be-
cause they always reflect your ador-
able image. Pages Follies (Paris).
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

If you cannot afford pair Of shoes
for each costume, have white or pale.
gray tops to those for day, and use
,sle pink shoes for evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

Most of the new fashions are very
easy for home dressmakers to CARR
out, because fit seems to be the last
thing thought about
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

The trousered evening dress of chit
ion is not half as bizarre as it sounds,
but very few women can wear it sue
cessfully.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL. YOU
Try Murine BYE Remedy foT. Red, Weak, Watery
just Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

If a girl has shapely ankles her
skirts never drag in the mud.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

The average man isn't ashamed to
do a lot of things he would be ashamed
to be caught doing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
city on this date 100 years ago was i

city on this date 100 years ago was in
command of Lord William Bentinck,
& celebrated English general. Many
years later this same English general.
while serving as encouragement of
India, earned enduring fame by abol-
ishing the ''Suttee," the custom in In
dia which required widows to be
burned on the funeral pyres of their
husbands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

Some skirts are gathered to the
knees, falling from there to the foot,
like a wide founce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

The average man thinks his inteIli-
gence is above the average.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
DICTATES OF FASHION

charming. especially combined with
pearls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
le1aI WronQ,

Delay of justice is njustice-Walter
Savage Lander.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Tmporgsnt TO Mothers
Have Something Better

Don't you suffer extremely from
lassiude here?" asked the city visitor
Of a villager back in the swamp coun-
try.
Never heerd o nobody havin' SIGH
a disease. TIL wust we has here is
fever an agy."-Liyingston Lance.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03
Ambassador Garden Advises
British Residents to Leave.
ARE URGED TO MAKE HASTE
British Embassy Crowded With Per.
sons Making Arrangements To
Leave The Country-Revolt in
Federal Army Predicted.

Mexico City.-In view of the exist
ing conditions in Mexico Sir Lionel
Garden, the British minister, advised
all British subjects temporarily to
leave the country He said that the
shortage of fuel used in the operation
of trains was becoming more acute
daily and that trains soon would stop
running, which would make difficult
the departure of persons in the in
terror
Sir Lionel Garden said he believed
1t to be his duty to urge all British
subjects to leave the capital imme-
diately and he especially advised that
the women and children be removed.
The Minister declared he had no
desire to brighten the members of the
British colony. He said he had not
ordered them to go, such course
only being advised.
Eight hundred British subjects are
registered at the legation as now re-
siding in Mexico City 1t is the Min
listers plan to get sufficient num-
! Der of these to sign an agreement to
leave the capital, so that he can OBJ
tain a special train from the Mexican
J government to take them to Puerto
Mexico and also secure a transport
to convey the passengers to Jamaica,
where they could remain until the
i close of the present Mexican trouble.
Britishers lacking funds to enable
them to get out of the country will
be furnished with money by the le'
cation as a loan, notes being taken
J for the amount
The Brazilian Minister announced
that he has no fear of critical sit
uation arising in Mexico City. He
believed conditions will improve and
does not intend to remove his fami
ly from the capital, nor will he ad'
wise Americans to leave. The dip
lomatic representatives so far have
failed to follow the example of the
British Minister, who has advised
British subjects to leave Mexico City.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03
CHAPTER XVII.
An Effort to Save Brady.

An Effort to Save Brady.
The night had closed down without,
but the remnants of fire still eating
away the dry logs of the cabin, yield
ed a red tinge to the interior of the
cellar. 1t was a spectral, eery light,
frightening as some breeze famed
the flames, and then as suddenly laps
ing into dimness. Yet sufficient glow
found way down the entrance to en-
able me to see my prisoner, and OBJ
serve his movements.
A descending figure blotted out the
red glare Of the entrance. We both
stared upward unable to decide who
the visitor might be; could perceive
merely a dim, indistinct outline. The
smudge of figure descended quietly,
yet with evident confidence that the
dark cellar was deserted. l attempt
ed to step back, so as not to be be-
tween the two, but something ratified
under my foot, sounding loud In the
silence. The intruder stopped instant
ly, drawing a quick breath of surprise.
who Is here? Answer" There
was the sharp click Of gun lock; the
words were French, the voice unmis-
taxable.
Hayward, mademoiselle."
She laughed in sudden relief.
"Peste! You startled mel How
came you out here, monsieur"
1.-THE smoke of the burning cabin
drove me out; else | should have suf-
located. / burst open the door,"
Burst 1t open!" incredulously.
Then It was not barred? Some one
had entered from this end
$50 discovered, mademoiselle; one
of them is here with mean old &C.
quaintance of yours"
"Of mine!"
"Ayl Step out into the cave so the
light can find entrance; now. do you
know the mani"
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03
SPANISH CITIES GAY
Madrid Well Nigh as Fashionable
as Paris.
Seville, cordova, Granada, BarceIona,
Valencia, Malaga and Many other
Places Of Kingdom Can Boast
an Up-to-Date Equipment.

London.-For the average tourist
who is in search of familiar comforts
In unfamiliar surroundings the great
Spanish cities of today offer every
inducement. Madrid today Is well.
nigh as gay and as fashionable as
Paris. Seville, Cordova, Granada, Bar.
celona, Valencia, Malaga and many
another city can boast an up-to-date
equipment. The food Is Spanish, but
the cooking can be French on request.
OF the main roads the comforts show
q very rapidly descending scale; but
against this must be put the absolute
security. The Spanish brigand no
longer haunts the Sierra Morena or
the Guadaramas; he has become a
hotelkeeper. The old-time smuggler
no longer risks his life as aforetime;
he considers he is defying the law
sufficiently If he grows a few tobacco
plants on the sly, or does a little
poaching in the state forests that the
guardamontes do their best to patrol.
Education is still little more than
name in Spain, but it is the most elo-
Quent country in Europe, and many a
man can make the speech he cannot
read. The Spaniard takes the latest
and most advanced ideas of govern
ment, accepts the most amazing theo-
ries of life and law, but, given reason
able conditions of life and fair treat
ment, is not hard to handle. Among
the people speech tends to usurp the
place Of action. For the Spanish
woman the outlook is not quite clear
1t is said in Spain that the hold Of
the church upon woman's life is not
as strong as it was only few years
ago, and Spanish women are begin
ming to think for themselves.
They are the most prolific mothers
in Europe, and have the highest in
FAINT mortality. 1t may be sympto
matte of their new state that they
are tending to discard the mantilla,
to regard national dress as fancy
costume, and to look to Paris for
their fashions. This refers to the
women of the thriving cities, the com
Portable classes of Madrid, Barcelona
Seville. Spain tends to become self
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03
NEW WHEAT CROP RECORD.
Present Yield in Kansas Sixty Million
Above Old Mark.

Topeka.-The Kansas wheat crop Is
154,O0O,OO bushels, according to a re-
port just issued by F. D. Coburn, secre-
tary of the State Board of Agriculture,
showing the condition of winter wheat
to be SO per cent. of full crop, based
on an average of S,S73,OOO. The crop
is 6O,000,0OO bushels greater than any
previous Kansas crop. The condition
of corn is given at 93.S, or 80 better
than a year ago. The acreage is $780,
900. The report says Kansas has l.
100000 acres of oats, with condition
of ST., or 37.8 points better than at
this time in 1913.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03
CHAPTER XVI.
l Hold a Prisoner.

] Hold Prisoner.
He dropped back against the wall,
but much of my old strength had re-
turned, and remained standing, lean
ing ON my rife. The man continued
to stare up at me as If half doubling
his own eyesight.
WELL" said at last, growing tired
of his silence. you have my story
or, at least, good part of it-and now
it would seem the proper time for me
to hear yours. Once we understand
each other we will know better how
to proceed"
He pressed his hands against his
head in an endeavor to think.
Il was in there, unconscious and
alone?"
mo, not alone; there was yellow
faced negro with you-a French mon
grel, If l know the breed He's there
yet-dead; and l want to know the
story"
"Oh. ay! begin to get the straight
of this at last" and his face bright
ened Not that it is altogether clear,
but you furnish clue; perhaps if we
put the ends together we may make
tale. A French negro, hey! IT would
likely be the Kaskaskia half-breed, a
treacherous whiskered dog. But how
ever did he come to be here? Ay! l
have it.! The fellow must have trailed
me from the council at Sandusky, sus-
pecting l sought D'Auvray; there was
hate between them"
Then t is likely he killed the man.
mo doubt of it, II he really be
killed. Listen to what l know; in
truth 1t is not much other than rumor !;
D'Auvray had the fellow dashed by
Wyandot squaws for some dirty trick,
and Picaud-that's his name-swore
vengeance. Saint Denis! That was a
year ago, and Picaud has ever since
been in his own country. IT was the
coming of war that brought him back.
| thought l saw him at Sandusky as
we held council there, but his presence
was nothing to me-"
He had no quarrel with you, then p
NO; l saw him whipped; he was
like a snarling cur. Listen, and I'll
tell all know. l am not proud of my
job, understand, but out here in the
wilderness, we work under a double
set Of orders-one open and above
board. the other secret. IT is poor
work for soldier, but there's no help
for it, except to resign, and then some
one else would turn the trick Won
know the game we play-our countries
at peace, this land formally surren-
dered to you Americans, and yet there
comes to us-to Hamilton-private in
structions to retard settlement, and re-
tain our military posts. Lord knows
what the ministry means, what they
hope to gain by delay; we are only
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03
SYNOPSIS.

Joseph Hayward, an ensign In the
United States army, on his way to Fort
Harmar, meets Simon Girty. a renegade
whose name has been connected with all
Fort Harmar, with message from the
sBritish general, Hamilton. Hayward
guides him to the fort. At General Har-
"r's headquarters Hayward meets Rene
who processes to recognize him.
9 has no recollection of ever
NhaN.. her before. Hayward volun-
teers to message for Harmar to
Sandusky, '. here Hamilton Is stationed.
The northwest Indian tribes are ready
for war and are only held back by the
refusal of the friendly Wyandots to join.
The latter are demanding the return of
Wa-pa-tee-tah, a religious teacher. whom
they believe to be prisoner Hayward s
mission Is to assure the Wyandots that
the man Is not held by the soldiers. Rene
asks Hayward to let her accompany him.
She tells him that she is a quarter-bloo
Wyandot and q missionary among the
Indians. She has been in search of her
father. She insists that she has seen
Hayward before, but in British uni
form. Hayward refuses her request and
starts for the north accompanied by a
scout named Brady and private soldier.
They come on the trail of a war party
and to escape from the Indians take shell
ter in hut on an island. Hayward finds
murdered man in the hut. 1t proves to
be Raoul D'Auvray. a former French OFF,
Ger who is called by the Wyandots white
chief" Rene appears and Hayward is
puzzled by her insistance that they have
met before. Rene recognizes the muir
dered man as her father, who was known
among the Indians as Wa-pa-tee- tab.
Brady reports seeing a band of maraud-
ing Indians in the vicinity and with them
Simon Girty Brady's evidence convinces
the girl that there is a British officer by
the name OF Hayward. who resembles the
American. They find escape from the
island cut off. Reconnoitering around the
cabin at night Hayward discovers white
man in a British uniform and leaves him
for dead after a desperate fight The In
dams capture the cabin after hard
struggle in which Hayward Is wounded
Rene saves Hayward from death at the
hands OF the savages and conceals him
: \ the cellar of the cabin. Hayward dis
covers a half breed negro in the cellar.
They engage in fierce fight which ends
when the negro accidentally butts his
brains out against the low roof of the
cellar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03
OKeWAIDO y
MefOREOT
III RANDALL PARRISH
ILLUSTRATED 6I DJLAVIN
ILLUSTRATED BIZ DJ.LAVIN
no0Na1T AcMeQLn7G s co, ms

of you there at the entrance, and sang
out. l don't even feel certain who l
am, let alone what l may have been
up to-"
But surely you recall something"
l insisted.
WELL" puzzled. mot much. See
here, I'm willing enough to tell you all
l know. Let's sit down; my head
spins around like top"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03

He discovered the entrance to the tun.
mel, and dragged you into it, thinking
to escape himself To make sure who
we were he crept into the cabin, and
recovered your jacket-you left 1t
there, didn't your"
"Ay. 1t was warm night"
THE fellow must have seen some
thing that frightened him, that drove
him into hiding. Later / stood there
in the cave mouth, looking about. Per
haps it was then he crawled into the
tunnel, and replaced the door. All,
have the did that later when he
recognized the voice of mademoiselle."
"Of who? Mademoiselle?"
"Mademolselle D'Auvray; she joined
me as l stood there. Her presence
would account for his fear"
He leaned forward, as If endeavor-
ing to decipher my face.
Are you telling me TRUTH" he
asked hoarsely. rs that girl here?
What could have brought her to this
place? What does she suspect? What
does she known"
That l cannot tell, except that she
believes you killed her father; the
discovery of your coat convinced her
of that. AS to how she came here
she travelled with Girty from Fort Har-
mar, seeking to reach the Wyandots in
advance of me. She came to the cabin
alone, hoping to find her father, but
instead found us in possession, and
D'Auvray's dead body. 1t was she
who thrust me into the tunnel, and
saved my life"
And, now, man, where is she?"
With those Indians who attacked
US, and burned the cabin-she may be
prisoner"
He laughed uneasily, shifting his pc.
sition.
mo fear of that. She is a wonder
worker with these savages; they are
afraid Of her; they think her cross will
work miracles. Saint Denis! l would
rather have her with me than all the
chiefs"
Gould she save man from the tor.
LuIeb INC SIdho!
"She has done 1t; ay! l saw 1t done,
and it took some courage. But she
might fail with these renegades. Who
Is the MANI"
Brady; the scout who accompanied
me-"
II know Of the fellow; she would
have small chance of saving him" He
paused, then asked suddenly: What
about me? Am a prisoner, or free to
go? Do you absolve me Of murder?"
"Of killing DAuvray-yes. But your
hands are bloody enough without that
crime"
Then may go my wayH"
ITO more treachery? To those In.
dams to report my presence here?"
mo, I swear"
Il accept no pledge from you. You
say t Is already war on the border;
then will act accordingly. We will
wait here until she comes"
She! Not Mademoiselle D'Auvray."
YES" answered tersely. Mad
emoiselle D'Auvray."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03

The Man Continued to Stare at Me.
pawns in the game being played, yet
what England says, we do. Yet how
There is only one weapon left to our
hands-the savages. We cannot fight
you openly, much as we might prefer,
but If we can keep the Indian tribes
hostile, we can hold back your settle
ments to the Ohio, until England can
act openly. You knew all this?"
eyes," acknowledged. THE policy
is clear enough"
And 1t was easily enough carried
out" he went on, but for the WAN
dots. We were hand in glove with the
tribes, and they hated the Americans.
Our emissaries we're in all their viii
lagos. and made the chiefs presents
and promises. Raiding parties of
young warriors swept through the for
ests clear to the Ohio, doing much
damage, and driving the whites to
their forts. But we needed open war.
the alliance of all the tribes. and we
were blocked In this-the Wyandots
refused. was sent there. and when I