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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
Between Deals.

Colonel E. Wolfe, of Indiana, told an
amusing incident that had occurred
between himself and General Hatch
the day preceding. The last time the
pair had met was in Tennessee, near
Memphis, at the early part of the war.
Hatch was in the regular service and
Wolfe a volunteer officer. On the night
in question some movements were in
operation, and orders were coming in
thick and fast To while away the
tedium of the time the two officers sat
down to q game of poker in log cab
in which they occupied as headquar-
tiers. The play was interrupted by the
arrival Of frequent orderlies, which
were promptly attended to, and then
the game proceeded. After a while,
however, orderlies began to come in at
both doors, and the situation grew crit
ical. Major Hatch started to his feet
with the exclamation: ''Wolfe, this
thing is getting too hot. Mind, it's
your deal!' and leaving cards and
stakes on the table he hurried from the
howell and mounted his horse. On
Friday last,t narrator of the story
entered the Brettum House, in Win
H0Au' anu HdHuIhS LIS S1pSttck 10 Inc
clerk awaited the movements of a gray
headed gentleman in order to place his
autograph on the register. The former
having entered his name, handed his
pen to the Indianian; their eyes met
and recognition was mutual. Hello,
Hatch" said the ex-volunteer officer,
''who would have thought of seeing
you herer" A twinkle came to the
eyes of the veteran addressed, and ex-
tending his hand he dryly remarked:
wolfe, it's your dealt" A quarter of
a century had elapsed since that IN
finished game of poker, and since that
night in the negro quarters till the &C
cidental meeting in the hotel at Win
field they had not seen each other
ArkanSalO Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
A PLEA FOR LARGE WAISTS.

Women who have the livings to earn
must encounter severe competition,
and they will never receive considera-
ton because they are women, says The
Philadelphia Press. They must excel
in order to be successful Excellence
implies strengthened spasmodic, nerV-
Gus strength, which makes an effort
once in q while, under extraordinary
pressure, but the strength which can
turn off daily work without excessive
fatigue-the strength which leaves the
eye still bright and the step elastic aft
er q long day behind the counter, over
the seWiDg-machine, at the desk, at the
easel, in the kitchen, in the school-room.
Such strength as this dose not 90 with
a small waist. From the nature of
things, it can nevertheless, it has
been pointed out in exceptional cases
be found in women with small waists.
Strong back and abdominal muscles
which can do their work without the
deadly props of steel and whalebone
now so universally worn-a large di-
gestive capacity, q rapid and utterly
unobstructed flow of the blood in the
veins and the arteries-these are some
of the requirements of health and
strength. And these things take up
room. In most women God has given
room for these organs and their pro-
cesses, but it is reduced and contracted
in order to make the waist appear
small. In the name of honorable labor;
of healthy and happy infancy and child
hood; of intelligent, high-minded Wo-
manhood; of everything that is beauti-
full and worth having for women in
this world, we plead for the scorned,
the maligned, the condemned large
waist. Give your body room. It is a
sin against humanity and its maker to
compress your waist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

II have no fault to find with your abili-
ties, and indeed | like them so we'll
that, were you L girl. l would continue
to employ you at the same salary am
paying now-though | could hire a Girl
for S. week less, But the fact is that
| am going to have female clerks in
this department exclusively. I'm sor-
ry, but it can't be helped"
'Well, that's the benefit of having =
wife; she-n
''Sshr' said the married man. The
young wife very suddenly looked sun
burnt. she is young-and delicate
about cooking. We did the cooking"
eve! Who's we?"
The other two fellows and myself
We got some cold mutton and chick
en-a spring chicken-spring of 80.
The first question was to kill the chick
en-. That chicken was a genuine spring
chicken. 1t sprang out of the wagon
every five minutes, and if its legs
hadn't been tied we'd never have
caught il. :"
''Well, that wasn't my fault, was it?"
broke out the young wife.
"My beloved darling, who said it
WASP We did not know what would
be the easiest death for that chicken to
die, so we put it on fence and fired
at it for an hour with three revolvers
and a Winchester rifle That chicken
had a charmed life. IL winked at the
bullets as they went past anywhere
from foot to hundred yards off, It
was no use. None of us could hit it,
so we got out an ak and chopped its
head off, Then it came to question
of picking it. We tossed up half-dol-
lar as to who should do it. L won the
toss-that is, l had to pick the chicken.
So | sat down on fence and this young
lady sat opposite and guyed me. The
''Do L understand You to say that,
were | girl, you would let me stay at
the rate | am now getting?"
Exactly"
Then I'll hold you to it. am a wo-
man in disguise.
And so she was. For more than a
year she had masqueraded successfully
in male attire, without being suspected.
The merchant kept his word. The
clerk went away, returned in skirts,
took her position among the newly en-
gagged girls behind the counter, and
has been there ever since. He saws
that, on investigation, he became as
sured that her motives were honest,
that she was the support of aged par
ents end that, in his opinion, her secret
deserved both praise and concealment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

ONE of the walls Of lead pencil fac
tory at Hoboken, n. Y, fell Satm dav
evening, burying r rumber of laborers
in the debris. Two dead bodies have
been taken from the ruins.
DURING the firing Of national salute
at Paris, Illinois. Saturday night, can
non exploded, killing one man and in
juring two Others, one of them fatally.
AT North Georgetown, Ohio, a -four
mill WATCH cost $50, 900 was struck by
lightning and totally destroyed, with a
large stock of flour and wheat.
DURING a fire in an oatmeal mill at
Leavenworth, Kansas, Monday night,
several persons were injured by fall
ing wall. The loss is SIS, 900.
FIRE at Philadelphia on Sunday, at
the paper mandatory of Alexander
Batfour, who has contract for making
paper for the United States internal
revenue department., caused loss of
$22 600.
FIRE destroyed the Haywood White
Sui phur Springs hotel, at Waynesville,
North Carolina, causing a loss of $780,
000 Ali Of the guests, 900 in number,
escaped with their effects.
DISPATCHES frem Las Vegas, New
Mexico, state that no lives were lost by
the burning of the Montezuma Hotel,
ard that nearly all the personal effects
of the guests were saved. The loss is
placed at $4,000 with an insurance of
$500
AT an early hour Thursday morning
fire broke out in the planning mill of
the SturdeYaAt Lumber company, at
Cleveland. The dry house and many
lumber piles were burned. The loss is
estimated at 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

Tricycles for Women Conducive to Health
aud Pleasure-Camptng Dat the Rage
this Summer.
The Prevalence of DISCUSSES in Trousers
By the Fair Sex-A Plea for Larger
Waists.
TRICYCLES FOR WOMEN.

Although tricycles have been ridden
by women for some time, yet the amuse-
ment Zone of the most conducive to
health ever introduced) has not in
creased in popular favor as much as it
deserves to do. Lawn-tennis, intro
duced about the same time as the tricy-
Gle, is played by almost every one, de-
spite the numerous cases in which in
jury has resulted, and one explanation
of this may be that whereas 4 good
racquet costs at most s., yet good
tricycle. cannot be obtained under
twenty times the sum, and this item,
to very many in these hard times, is a
consideration. Another cause is the
excessive disfavor with which q large
section of society still regards the exer-
else. To hear the opinions of some
people, it would appear to be almost
criminal for girl to appear on one of
''those yelocipedes," and the most I'M
founded charges are trumped up. For
example, one wise person asserts it in
jures the spine. In very many cases,
persons suffering from spinal affections
have been able to ride tricycles when
the jar of q carriage was insupportable
and, moreover, have derived great
benefit from it.
Another objection is that a tricycling
woman must be fast" The reason
are not considered so, neither are all
who ride on horseback. The reason
for this opinion must lie in the fact that
some fast girls have been very ready
to adopt this mode of travelling, being
rapid; and so their steady sisters who
adopt the exercise for the good Of their
health are given brevet rank as such.
Another objection much urged
most cordially indorse. They are ali
very we'll in the country, but not in the
streets of the city. The advantage of
a tricycle. consists in the long country
rides in quiet lanes, inaccessible to the
walker. A trip of twenty or thirty
miles-an impossibility to the walker
is a mere bagatelle to the tricyclist.
Luggage to limited extent can be
fastened behind, which would be SIM
ply intolerable if carried.
The foregoing are some of the more
common objections to the use of the
only approve of their use as beneficial,
but also prescribe them. For persons
who suffer much from nervous head
aches, they are very good. The smooth,
gliding motion at once sOothes and
cheers the rider, whereas the jar of
walk would increase the evil tenfold.
They are good for promoting the Cir
culation, and, with ordinary care, are
first-rate preyentives of cold.
The tricycles most suitable for the
use of women are the side geared ones.
Those centrally geared can be used,
but the aforementioned are the more
desirable, the central frame in the 9TH
er kind dividing the skirt and causing
an ugly appearance from the rear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
St. Louis VS.. Chicago.

A ST. Louis woman was in a street.
car with friend, and the car was full,
when a Chicago woman crowded in
and stood up in the aisle. After few
minutes she lunged over and put her
foot square down on the St. Louis wo-
mans toe, and repeated the perform
ance several times. Finally st. Louis
asked her to be a little more careful
''Why, did l step on your footP'
said Chicago in great surprise.
"Yes."
"Well, I'm real sorry if my feet have
disturbed you in any way, and nope
you'll excuse me-" she said in sarcas-
tic tone.
.'Oh, certainly" repeated St. Louis
forgivingly. 81 never hold any lll-feel-
ing against person suffering from a
physical deformity, even if it does an
noy me to some extent.
Chicago got off the car at the next
corner Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

A PATRIARCHAL couple named Leds
ger, who have done much 10 make up
for shortcomings of many of their
countrymen and women in repopula-
ting France, are now living at R0zoy>
Belval in the Aisne. They have had
twenty>seven children, of whom
twenty FIVE are living and three are
serving in the army in Tonquin. The
father and mother, aged respective
seventy three and sixty eight, cult
vate farm, aided by six other soHs.
Oftheir twenty~seven Children twenty
one were boys.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

FHE electrician of the Bell Tele-
phone Company concludes, after a
series of Investigations abroad, that,
while it costs nearly twice as much TO
put wires underground as to string
them upon poles, the saving in repairs
more than make up the difference.
He finds that lead~covered cables
placed underground or india-rubber
cables incased In lead will last thirty
years, unless there is some internal
cause of deterioration.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

M. PLANTE, the well~known French
electrician, has been led to experiences
In which a successful imitation Of
ball lightning has evidently been obs
tanned. With powerful current
from secondary batteries he has pro
duced IN an air condenser, formed of
two moistened pads of filter paper
near together, small incandescent
globule, lasting some minutes and
moving slowly in curioas and most
erratic path. When condenser was
used in which the insulating material
was ebonite, sound was emitted like
that of a toothed wheel rapidly rota-
ted against a piece of cardboard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
THE FEMALE-MALE CLERK.

How many girls asks q writer in The
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, are 90
ing about disguised in trousers? The
number of exposures proved that there
must also be numerous cases wherein
the fraud goes undetected. Eta Lewis,
about whose escapade in boys guise so
much has been published, was not
caught at it until her fourth venture.
Recall some young woman among your
acquaintance who is coarse in voice
and not undulous in figure, and you
can easily imagine that, with hair crop
ped, and clothes masculated, she could
impose herself upon strangers as fell
low. The conclusion is logical that
many a maiden, like the one whom Miss
Lewis wooed, is being fooled by the
fiirtations attention Of person Of her
own sex. The motive for sexual dis
guise is commonly utilitarian, however,
and the woman who resorts to it is
actuated by the fact that the opportuni-
ties for employment are better for men,
and the wages higher. A leading re-
tail merchant of this city tells of a
clerk to whom he was paying $12 a
week. Women and girls are crowding
men from behind the counters of our
dry-goods establishments, not only be-
cause they are regarded as more eff
cient in most lines of retail trade
wherein the purchasers are mostly of
their sex. This dealer was changing
his employees as rapidly as convenient,
and at length he came to the clerk
mentioned.
81 shall have to let you 60 as soon as
ret another place." he said.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

DUMONT and Dumas, who were the
leaders in the northwestern rebellion,
are reported to be Ia Montana, where
tney have been warmly received by
the French Canadians. They insist
that Rel is insane.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

Bismarck used to have three hairs
on his bald head. but now he has done
with brush and comb forever. He is
the cooiest-headed man in Europe;
perhaps this accounts for it. A lady
wrote to him for some personal me-
mento, if it were ''only hair" Bis
marck scrawled on the bottom. of the
letter, impossible, madam; they are
ali three gomez and returned it to the
writer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

LINE & COoPER's -four mill at Erie,
Pa, was destroyed by an incendiary
fire. with a loss of $4,000.
A FIRE at New Haven, Illinois, de-
stroyed Touring mill, store, and sa-
loon, the loss reaching s25,e00.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

IT turns out that the vast lake ia
the British domain which was claim
ed to be larger than Lake Superior
was, upon close investigation, proven
to be but very cheap and inferior
BODY Of water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

is beautiful present to give any lady. But there
is a little book published in pamphlet form, with
no pretensens TO literary merit, that would be as
appropriate, and might be the means of saving a
life. 1t is called Dr. r. Y. Pierces treatise on
the diseases of women for whose peculiar troubles
the "Favorite Prescription" is especially design
ed. 1t is profusely illustrated with wood cuts
and colored plates, and will be sent tc any adj
dress for ten cents in stamps by the World g
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, n. 7,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
He Kept the Whole House Awake

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Mr. F. Q. Nc
Cleary, a prominent solicitor of patents
this CT ty, was troubled for several weeks
with a severe cough, which not only
deprived him OF sleep but annoyed
others. The only thing which did him
any good, he says, was the new.prepara-
ton, Red Star Cough Cure, a purely
vegetable compound, free from opiates,
narcotics or pOlsons of any kind
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

ST. LOUIS proposes to erect mon>
ument to General Grant, and COM
mittee has been appointed to solicit the
necessary funds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

THE New York produce exchange
figures the visible supply of wheat at
80, lac, 239 bushels, and corn at 4, 700,
722 bushels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
SEVEN Cuban bandits have been ex
ecuted at Matanzas.

A MYSTERIOUS disease prevailing in
Porter county, Indiana, has been
finally diagnosed as epidemic dyson
terry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

EMPEROR WILLIAM has arrived at
Salisbury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
Gen. Grants Book.

The American Publishing Co., of Hart
ford, Conn, make the claim that the
publishers of Gen Grants book exhibit
bad taste in assuming as original for
that work some of 1.-THE features adver-
tised as new therein. The Hartford
people say that several of the important
features were original with biography
of Grant published by them before the
General thought of writing his book,
and that the title. ga Personal History
of U. S. Grant," was used on the BIZ
ography published by them on their
first edition, and has always remained
the same, but has been almost Identical
ly appropriated for the Generals book.
Among the features found in the latter,
but claimed as original in their book,
are the famous ''F0rt DOneIso71 S1trre1l-
der" letter, the portrait of Grant when
a Lieutenant, at 81 years of age, and the
celebrated horse-buging story.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20

ASSISTANT SECRETARY jerks, CT the
interior department, has made de-
cision in the matter OF the terminal
line of the Northern Pacific railroad
grant in Washington Territory. It will
be remembered that Acting Commits
sioner Harrison issued an order during
the absence of Com missioner Sparks,
by which the railroad company receiv-
ed what was supposed to be It's just
amount of land, but this order was af-
terward revoked by Gen. Sparks so as
to deprive the company Of $4,000 acres.
1t is understood that Secretary jerks
findings do not revise the decision made
by Gen. Sparks The Assistant secre-
tary's decision is in the hands of Mr..
Lamar for his approval
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-20
LongfeIIow,s Birthday Book

Nine of the presidents of the United
States are buried in the north.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-22
MOTHS.

1t is time to look ont for these pests, and
We print these excellent hints from an ex-
change: The destruction Of moths is one of
the greatest yexations which careful house
keepers have to contend with. and their
depredations are not to be rcmedied after
they have once made inroads. Houses
heated by furnaces are especially predis-
posed to have moths, but every housekeeper
must be on the watch for them, for from
the time that the windows begin to
be left open the trouble begins. Heavy
carpets sometimes do moi require taking up
every year, unless in constant use. Take
out the tacks from these. fold the carpets
back, wash the floor in strong suds with a
tablespoonful of borax dissolved in them.
Dash with insect powder or lay with tobacco
leaves along the edge, and retaek. All
moths can be kept away and the eggs de-
stroyed by this means. Ingram or other
carpets, after shaking, are frightened by
sprinkling a pound of salt over the surface
and sweeping it carefully aud thoroughly.
II is also M excellent plan to wipe off the
carpet with borax water. using a thick
flannel cloth wrnng tightly, taking care
not to wet it. but only to dampen. Open the
windows and dry the carpet before
replacing the furniture. Other wool
ems, including blankets and wearing.
apparel, must be beaten and brushed and
folded smoothly. Be careful to clean
every spot with ammonia and water. not
too strong, and a dark WOODEN cloth. Tie
pieces Of camphor into little bundles. and
put one in each article. Wrap the article
in newspaper, as printers ink is a great
preventive Of moths, and sew them up in
strong sheeting bags, labeled, so that it will
not oe necessary TO open them during the
summer except for use. This is a good way
for those who do not possess cedar boxes,
and the articles need have no other care it
every spot is treated as directed and the
garments are not left hanging in the closet
too long before putting away for the
season.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-22

The following good practical direction 5
for the care of roses, more particularly the
hybrid perpetuals, were given by J. II.
Bourn, in his address before the Massachu-
sets Horticultural society:
The ground for roses should be thorough
ly drained and rendered as porous as posi-
BILE, and fortified. In clay soils the use of
sand. lime, SCOT, burnt earth and loose,
light vegetable matter, such as leaf
mold, will alter the texture and i'm
prove the quality. At the time of plant
ing, strong fertilizers are not required, and
should not be given until the bushes have
become established; they then like rich
soil, which should he made light for the
for the robust and hardy, and it would be
reasonable that the classes and varieties
differing in their nature should have more
than one soil, if all are to receive that
which is the most suitable. \ renewal of
the surface soil 18th old pasture loan cv-
ery two or three years will supply import
ant elements unattainable by any other
method. We should avoid the application
of more fertilizers in 4 soluble state than
the plants can consume. 1t is well that
the earth should be filled with stimulants
in different stages of decomposition, that
the plant may in all conditions Of growth
have plenty of food. When the plant is
growing, and especially when Towering,
weak liquid manure may be applied. Bone
and potash act iayorably carly in the
spring. \ frequent sprinkling OF water
adds health to the foliage and prevents in
Jury by insects. The earth should be wet
only when dry, and then thoroughly.