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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

THERE IS just enough daily con-
tradiction IN the dispatches from
Egypt to provoke the worlds curiosi-
ty as to what is the actual condition
of things in the Eastern Soudan. One
day we are told, on what seems to be
pretty good authority, that the Mahdi
is nothing like the conquering hero
recently reports have made him out to
be; that, in fact. he is sulking at FL
Obeid, more whipped than victorious,
and that his fighting men have about
deserted him. The next day it is cab
led, on just as good athority, that the
False Prophet and his braves are adj
vancing from FL Obeid toward Khar-
toum, with the intention of playing
humiliation on such Egyptian troops
as may be there. Nobody cares much
which is upper dog in the fight, if the
real facts are only given. But to be
told one day thai it is the Mahdi
and the next that it is no such thing
is too much for Christian patience,
even on this side of the globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
LOng-Ago D swell rs on the Pacific.

FROM The san ETtnclSO Bulletin.
All over the Pacific cost are to be
found indellible traces of a long-for-
gotten and prehistoric race. While the
investigation has been butof acompar-
atively recent date, still enough has
been discovered to show that an al
most limitless field has been so far
only dipped into few places most easy
of success to the explorer. AS yet these
researches have been confined almost
altogether to the immediate coast of
Southern California and to the cluster
of islands lying at short distance
there from.
These islands-Santa Rosa. Santa
Cruz, Anacats, San Migul and San
NicOlas-which are now almost or
quite uninhabited, and are only used
as ranges for sheep and haIf-wild cat
tie and hogs, are known 10 have been
densely populated in long ages pest,
as is shown by extensive remains in
the shape of burial places and debris
of former habitations The explora,
ton of these isolated spots has been
confined almost exclusively to the
agents of foreign societies, and large
quantities of the most interesting rel
les have been exhumed and shipped to
foreign colleges and museums at diff
erent times during the last decade.
One of the largest of these islands, San
ia Cruz, some thirty miles off the coast
of Santa Barbara, is as yet compar
atively unexplored, thought is known
to abound with numerous traces of a
/ former race.
The scenery of this land is most
beautiful, and although bearing evil
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

Mr.. MORRISON says that he will be
prepared to introduc his tariff bill in
the House Of Representatives about
the 18th of January Mr. Morrison
says he has received letters from
prominent businessmen Of the east
saying that they are not alarmed at
the prospects of tariff revision, but
they would like to have the revision
made at once. Mr.. Morrison, perhaps
may try to accommodate them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

Mr.. G. P. HUNTINGTON probably
regrets now that he quarreled with
Widow Cotton. The publication Of
those interesting letters, it is said-and
let us hope it is true-is an nsuper-
able obstacle to the success of the
Hunting tou- Mill Crocker scheme to
grab the Texas Pacific Immigrant.
The publication will also have,a most
wholesome influence in the senate and
House on those statesmen who might
otherwise have been TOO susceptible to
lobby influence. They will not will
ingly give an opportunity to the
Huntingtons to draw pen pictures Of
their virtues and failings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

LATEST advices from Berlin touching
the NihiIistic movement at st. Peters
burg as very encouraging. That is,
the Nlhilistic mania appears to be
turning on itself, and to be realizing
what nice thing its own Ism is when
taken inwardly. And certainly if the
Chestvo, students paper, Of St. Pc
tersburg, is no better than the average
students paper in other parts of the
world, it is to be hoped that the Jan
uary number will never come out
Nothing is so indicative of the utter in
ability of most fanatical reformers as
the almost universal fact that as soon
as they begin to test their theories,
even by printers experience, not to
speak of the actual affairs of life, their
organizations and organs fly Ia each
others faces like mad and prove be-
yond doubt that, as in the present in
stance, the Nihilists are we'll and APP
propriately named.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

GENERAL HAZEN is determined to
clear his skirts of all responsibility
for the Greedy failure if the exhibi-
ton of a bundle of Geographic good
intentions will accomplish that re-
suit. His frantic dispatches from
Washington Territory urging the de
partment to find somebody to under
take sledge. expedition by way of
Greenland in the hope of relieving
the forsaken party would be laugha
BILE if the subject was not of too seri-
Gus nature to admit of ridicule. If
General Hazen had spent more time
at Washington in looking after the
details and equipment of the expedi-
ton and less time in Washing Terri
tory and other junketing localities in
looking after his own pleasure, the
Greedy party would have had much
better prospect of relief, and General
Hazen would not be reduced to such
pitiful straits to convince the public
that he was not to blame for the fail
ure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

A FIRE which broke out about dark
Sunday evening IN the rear Of No. 117
Monroe street, Chicago, spread with
such vigor that twenty engines were
called to the spot. The flames were
not extinguished until damage to the
amount of $500, 600 had been done.
The chief sufferers are the National
Printing company, Shober & Carque-
vile, and Bradner, Smith & Go. The
Montauk block was injured to the ex-
tent of $4,000. A fireman named
Driscoll, of No. II, broke his leg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

THE Hon. George w. McCrary,
Judge Of the Eighth United States
Judicial Circuit, which embraces Col
orado, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri,
Iowa, Kansas, and Arkansas, has re
signed that position. His resignation
will take effect March 1st, when he
will accept the position of General At
torney Of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
Beef Tea Instead of TanglefoOt.

Omald OuOn.
The beef tea trade is looking up. -
said a dispenser of drinks to Union
reporter yesterday, when the latter had
dropped into the place under the i'm
preston that it was the room OF the
Young Mems Christian association.
What has beef tea got to do with your
business" asked the scribe. ''Since
the early part Of last fall there has
been demand for beef tea at this bar.
At first we laughed at the idea of going
to the trouble of making it, but now
we laugh because we do make it. We
sell over one hundred drinks per day,
and as it is a Is cent drink there is no
reason why we should not smile. Who
drinks it, do you say? Why, every
body the man about town who has
been out with the boys comes in here
in the morning and calls for beef tea;
the business man comes in the after
noon and braces his system with beef
tea; the temperance man who drops
in with a bIbulous friend takes beef
tea; and In fact, everybody is becom-
ing a slave to the mixed bovine. The
sick even have very sensibly forsaken
the drug stores and coming here for
beef tea, preferring it to the nauseat-
ing mixtures put up by the druggist
and ordered by the family physician.
Why if the tea only holds out We will
wreck every drug store in the city"
The possibilities from this are many.
Beef tea is at once tonic and food.
1t does not corrode the stomach and
fire the brain. 1t does not madden,
and yet it exhilarates and strengthens.
Hail tosthe drink of the future! Hail
beef tea!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
Chine SIat cry in California.

A San Francisco correspondent of
the Troy Times says: Slave dealing
is a profitable pursuit among the
Chinese in California. hong Kim
Web, prosperous Chinese merchant,
admit ed to him that he and others,
who are engaged clandestinely in this
slave traffic. have "madelots of mon
ey in it." This motive unaerlies it
it is a source of no inconsiderable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
1 Christmas Game .

4 sheet is stretched upon frame
made for the purpose, and set across
the room. When there are double par
lors, it is a good plan to open the fol-
ding doors and hang the sheet in their
place.
The audience consists Of the mothers
and fathers, the grandfathers and
grandmothers, the big sisters, the
cousins and the aunts, with perhaps
a few invited guests. The are seated
on one side of the screen, while the
children occupy the other side of the
stage. The children now disguise
themselves as best they can with shaWIs
hats, bonnets and such like, belong
ing to the grown people. The lights
are all put out, except OEe good lamp
set on the floor, or on a box, at the
back of the screen. When all is ready,
the children pass one by one between
the light and the screen. The aud
fence in turn must guess from the shad-
ow on the screen WAC it is passing be
hind it, and every time they makea
mistake they must pay a forfeit,
This game can be made very anus
ing. Last Christmas | saw acted IN
shadow pictures, the ryme of old
Mother Hubbard.
''Who went to the cupboard
To get her poor dog bone,
But when she got there,
The cupboard was bare.
And so the poor dog had none. "
Mother Hubbard behind the screen
wore her sisters bonnet and much
ruffied overskirt, Topped up, high-heel-
ed shoes, verylong lace mits with ruff
fes, and pasteboard false nose. Her
dog was not particularly dog-like
looking roll of cotton and cloth, but
it's shadow was quite ferocious A
little sister read very carefully
"Old Mother Hubbard went to the
cupboard" Here the old lady tottered
across to an imaginary cupboard,
and raised her hand in horror, as the
little sister continues the ryme.
Another very successful shadow pic
ture was that of Faith, Hope, and
Charity. 4 figure IN a plain long
gown kneels before cross. Hope was
the same figure with a pasteboard,
anchor, it was succeeded by a figure in
cloak who takes it off and gives it to
a beggar who stands in an attitude of
supplication. A little ingenuity, will
enable any of our young readers to IN
vent a dozen new combinations fo1'
this interesting game.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

Emery A. Storrs, of Chicago, an
swers Henry Watterson, of Louis
vile, on the political situation, in
his weeks current. Those two able
gentlemen take dramatically OPP
posite views Of things.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
Denver DOingS.

Mr.. j. A McBeth, Pacific Express Of
fee, Denver, Colo, was cured by st.
Jacobs Oil of an excruciat1ng pam In
the neck, and also tooth-ache. One APP
plication did the work.
, 1884-03-22

~ III " Wv wan III
while Mr.. Knight was can amateur
mariner, having had many vear+ eX-
perience in fore-and-alters," and, as
is obvious from various parts Of the
book, was an excellent navigator.
They had, then, on'y TO 6ud a Suita-
bic vessel and two or more friends
possessing the qualifications, if not Of
A. BIS, at all events of ordinary SELL
men. The vessel was oon found,
In a yard at Southampton they were
shown a stout yawI of Is tons regis
ter and 80 tons yacht measurement
which had been built for Il Penzance
fishing-lugger, and seemed to their
moi unskilled judgment the very craft
they wanted. She was an exception
ally strong vessel, with enormous
beam in proportion to her length,
and a draught Of only seven feet and
a half. The right kind of ship having
been obtained, it remained only to
i1d the right men but this proved
n difficult, indeel an inAoluble task,
No amateur 0 s. seems to have pre-
senred himself, and the two gentle
men who did at last join-aamad by
the author Andrews md Arnaud-
went to sea apparently on the same
principle DIS was followed by the oft
quoted youth who thought he c'uld
play the violin, but was not sure be-
cause he had never tried. Neither of
them had, says Mr.. Knight, the slight
est idea Of sailing a boat, and they
knew nothing whatever abou' maud
cal matters, To supplement their ig-
horance by some small amount If
nautical cunning, MIR. Knight and
Mr., Jerdein shipped one professional,
ga small boy, II very small boy, Of
about fifteen" who had served NV"
years on board a North Sea fishing
boat. With this stran9ly ABSORBED
ships company the Falcon put to sea
on August Doth 1880. Whether, be-
fore starting, any II of tae crew at
tempted to insure his life, and what,
if the offer was made, was the res
ponse of the office, Mr., Knight does
not inform his renders. Certainty
the enterprise seemed a mad ones;
but some men have a mlrvello IS
power of Conducting mad enterprises
to q happy conclusion, and apparent
ly Mr.. Knight is Of this order, The
two we%lI-meaning gentlemen whom
he had shipped-crncerning whose
shortcomings, by the way, he might
have been more reticent-proved n
capable Of mastering the elements IF
fole-and-nfl seaman~hip, and OF course
he aud bis brother sailor were often
in serious difficulties in consequence
of the inaptitude of their s%hipnates;
but, nevertheless, they sliled their
tiny craft from Falmouth to Bahia
and Monte Vidro seemingly without
ever being in serious danger. none
respect in.lerd they seem I" have
sailed her marvellously we'll, for they
certainly made most remarkable runs
in her. She was not built for speed,
being what yachtsmen would call II
"tubby" vessel, with a length of only
AZ feet and Is feet beam, yet, when
outward bound, she ma 10 one days
work of 1873 miles, and another Of 1910.
These were very noteworthy perform
onoos for such ~ oroft hIt avar IhnSp
, 1884-03-22

nv - 6N'"
Well piloted and well handled by
Mr.. Knight and aud his first mat' Mr..
Jerdein, who, with their two untrain-
ell SubordinatrS, had to 60 through
the round Of weary labour known as
watch and watch, the Falcon arrived
ut Bahia, in Brazil, without miShap,
having touched on the way II Ma
deira and St. Vincent. She did not
encourt'r any heavy gale, but she
was tried by one of moderate force,
and was caught by a tremendous
squall which would have dismasted
her or sent her to the bottom if the
prudent mariners had not made all
due provision before it broke upon
them. From Bahia the yacht went
down the coast and, owing to the
kindness of the captain Of ii sic mer
who took her i'll tow, was nearly
swamped, as, after a nasty accident,
she cot into collision with The larger
vessel and was in the greatest o>si-
bic danger of being crushed. At
BupnoS Avres the gallant yawl had
to be laid up in ordin Try t0r a time,
as Mr.. Kui4ht and two ct hIS cpm
panions-Mr. Jprdein and Mr.. Arnand
-conlempIared travel ashore; and
accordingly she was taken with ~
siderable d fiji 'ulty croSs the bar "t
the Lujnn, one of the mnoy channels
of The Plate, and left to ride in SIN both
and safe waters until such time rs
the travel prs should return from their
travels to the old Spanish cities OF
South America and to The Pampas.
Very successful in thri journey were
the bold vachDsm m, and YER wei
does Mr.. Knight describe what he
saw, but WE cannot give eve" a brief
summary of his pigs, which ar
well worth the attention Of readers
who Gaze to know som thing 1T the
heart of Souh America. TO Tucu-
man, the furthest place he reached,
there is { railway, bur Ihi. he qliael
at Cordoba and took the Old caravan
route through Stntiago del E,'ero.
He saw u good deal Of the strange
life of the g~auchos, and crossed Il
.reat trnct OF country, in paris re-
Variable, in parts apparent Y very
dull. He AMI hi~ conpauirns were
treated with much kindness and with
such hospitality IS the poor people
they were amongst could otf-r, and
albeit the gaucho IS by no means pre-
JUDGED against t"king lite, they We're
never apparently i'll serious dagger.
From fucuman they return ii by
rail and steamer TO Buenos AyrrS,
whence. after some necessary delay,
they started for til .ir second eXpedi-
ton in South America.
Thus was in some respects III ire re-
marketable than their first. The Para
ma is navigabie up to a p'int where
the Paraguay flows mo it, aud from
the Junction the la ter can he nasigat-
ed to ~fsunclon, the capital of the
mysterious State. The voyage is
made by sailing vessels DpiiI SPECIAL Y
for the rivers, aud now and then by
craft OF IL different kind; but, SO far
as we know, it was an entirely new
thing for an English yacht to attempt
it, and peculiar interest therefore al
tachrs 30 Mr.. KNIGHTS account of
this wonderful yovaoe In one wav
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-11
Armour's Pork Deal.

y Chicago dispatch states that the
great pork corner terminated Saturday,
and that Mr.. Philip Armour's profits by
the corner cannot be less than 81 500 900.
The origin of the corner dates back to
the failure of Grant & Ward. At that
time New York spectators declared
there was no limit to the decline in all
sorts Of values. Pork was at SIG per
barrel. New York was particularly
anxious to sell pork, and it couldn't sell
it fast enough. Phil. Armour had his
cellar full of the property. He had hun
dreds OF thousands of barrels, represent.
ing millions Of dollars, and to protect
his own interest he began buying against
New York's selling. In one day he took
in over 100000 barrels. New York, in
week or 30, began to suspect that sell
ing short against Armour's buying might
prove disastrous business. Before the
situation dawned fully upon the minds of
short sellers, however, the market had
been sold short fully 800 900 barrels. In
the meantime Armour had been COM
PEELED to take all the cash pork in the
country, and a good deal of it vas
scraped up here and there, but be got the
major part at from SIG to $l8 per barrel.
Suddenly the price began TO advance.
The shorts were nervous, but they held
on. The figures rapidly climbed up to
800, then to $22. and, advancing fifty
cents day, were not long in reaching
$26, and finally S2S. In the meantime a
good many shorts settled, but large
short interest held out TO the last, and
Friday lot Of 5000 barrels WAS settled
for. Saturday the last of them stepped
up to Armour's Office and settled their
differences. Mr.. Armour claims that no
one was injured by the corner except q
few New York and New Orleans gamb.
!ers. The public, he claims, was bene-
fitted by the prices being held up while
the impending decentralization to trade
was averted.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-11

Those who vote for the subscription to
the Savannah Valley Railroad will have
the satisfaction of knowing that they
have performed an act which will bene
fit themselves, their County and their
children after them. It will be valua.
bic investment for all time to come. The
burden will not be heavy, and will be
discharged next year. The benefit of
the road will be great, and will be receiv.
cd every year for ages to come. We
ought not, therefore, to be 30 short.
sighted as to defeat or delay this great
enterprise by being penny wise and found
foolish. Vote for the Railroad subscrip.
ton, and add to tie prosperity of your.
saIsea, yanr nsighnnss and coming gene
Satione.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-11
A Dangerous Man.

lNDlANAPoLIs. IND, September g.
In al interview this fSreu5tou will, i
Ners reporter Governor Hendricks was
asked, "WEat do you think will be the
result Of the Butler canvass? - THAT ia
very difficult to answer. Mr. Butler is
nnquestionably very dangerous man
before an audience, and he will attract
large audiences, and were the election to
occur ".day should be inclined to con.
cede him considerable vote But the
weakening process is going ON steadily.
The people do not like to throw their
votes away. 1t is certain that his elec.
tion ID impossible under any circumstan
ces and this will deter many Of his ad. =.
mirers from voting for him. 1t is also
impossible for him 10 effect az perfect an
organization as is possessed by either of
the old parties. But Mr.. Butler il re.
markable man, and those who know hun
best admit that he is very good one."
"If the Chicago Convention had pla ced
your name at the head of the ticket
doa't you think that you would i,..ve had
his support? ?"
II know it," said Hendrick, warmly.
II know it."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-11
Senator Hampton IL Mum.

4 special from the White Sulphur
Springs to the Globe. Democrat saws
Senator Wade Hampton came in from
his trout fishing in the vicinity OF Dag
gers Springs, but the taciturnity of the
angler was strong upon him. For day
he sat about the porches, giving nine
teuths of his time to the papers and the
remainder to monosyllabic conversation
with friends. He thinks the political
situation is puzzling and that it is too
early to foretell the result in November.
Bayard was his choice at Chicago, and he
feels that the Democratic party would
have been in better shape at this stage of
the canvass with the Delaware Senator
as the candidate. Looking from the
standpoint of the past, and with only
such information of present events as
infrequent access to the. newspapers
gives him, he sees no reason for the Re.
publicans counting upon carrying any
Southern State this fall. A day with
papers and people was enough for him,
and the next morning the Senator de.
parted early, in search of new piscatoral
fields to conquer. He is now among the
pools Of the Greenbrier river. His son.
in law, John c. Haskell, accompanies
him,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-11

The tag asked from the Townships in
Anderson County has been divided into
two annual installments, to be paid one.
half this year and one.half next year,
without interest or penalty on the second
payment. This will make the burden
very light, and If voted We believe our
people will have the road In running
order before the second payment is made.
1t presents o oplendid opportunity which
the voters Of the Townships named
should not miss. BY voting this tax they
will get cheaper treights and enhance the
vslu6 Of property sll along lbs line.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-11

The County Democratic Executive
Committee met in the Court House on
Saturday, the 9th inst, and proceeded to
tabulate the result of the second Prima-
ry Election for Anderson County. The
following gentlemen were declared duly
nominated for the Offices indicated nc.
cording TO the rules Of the party in this
County: For Sheriff, VIM. l.. Bolt.
For School Commissioner, J. G. Clink.
scales. For County Commissioners,
Joshua Jamison, A. o. Norris aud w.
J. Robins. For Treasurer, w. II. Fri
erson. There being no other business
before the Committee, at the concluaion
of the announcement of the result OF
the election, the Committee adjourned
subject to the call of the Chairman.
l.. B. MURRAY,
County Chairman.
HrGH NJ. PRINCE, Secretary.