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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22
Nerve of an Elephant Hunter.

The coolest thing I ever saw done in
elephant shooting was one day myself
and friend were sitting in the bunga-
low, when a coolie rushed in and in
formed US that there was an elephant
in the coffee. The only ''battery" we
had in the bungalow, which was mere
" a wooden shanty run up for temper
airy shelter at the new clearing, was an
old percussion shotgun, used chiefly
for firing sparrow hail at the legs OF
natives caught coffee stealing at night,
and the only bullets we had, if I may
be pardoned the tbuil, - were small
shot with few swan shot mixed.
There was, however, a bullet mould
which fitted the gun, so we set to work
and cast some rough bullets, as we
were determined to have q shot at the
elephant even if it was with a pistol.
Our next proceeding was to toss up
who should have the shot, and it fell to
my friend j.
When we went out it was found that
the elephant was not in the coffee, but
on strip of ''patna," or grass, along
side of it. j. accordingly went down
to the tournament, while ] stood at q
safe distance to cheer on the knight.
When j. got on the ''patna," he saw
that the brute he was going against
was evidently ''roque" of the worst
very loud. This is the first thing q
''roque" does. [ suppose he thinks he
will put the fear of death in the hunter
The next part OF the show is for Jumbo
to charge right down on you, still
trumpeting and waving his trunk until
he comes within about twenty yards,
when down goes the trunk, and at the
same time, he lowers his head. This is
the time to fire, and the only place you
have any chance of bringing him down
by hitting is a small oval space just
above the trunk. This is a vital spot,
and if you hit this it is sure death to the
elephant. j. was an old hunter, so he
calmly awaited Mr.. Jumbo's approach.
just at the right moment up went his
gun to his shoulder, and / awaited
breathlessly to see the flash and behold
the rogue fall. But no flash came. and
presently I saw j. running backward
facing the elephant, and evidently feel
ing in his pocket for something. The
explanation was now easy, the Internal
RGLCuSSlOu CAP uttu AulSSSu ui6! LUCK
lily he had another, and in a moment.
just as the elephant was upon him, I
saw his gun again go up. There was a
fash, then q report, and down tumbled
the huge beast just at j. s feet; in fact,
SO close was he that he had to Jump
aside to prevent the body falling on
him. There are few men I know of,
and I have met few men of nerve in
my time, that would have the GOODNESS
to run backward in face of q charging
elephant, remove the old cap and feel
in his pocket for new one, and then
kill his quarry. [ know of nothing
more inclined to make one run the first
time of trying than to wait on an ele-
plant which is charging, but a better
spirit comes over you and you shoot
without a tremOr. -An2e7@c073 Field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

with remarkable intelligence consider
ing their limited opportunities for
knowledge of law. AS nightfall came
on a number of the men who had
been at work In the valleys came up
bringing delicious peaches and grapes,
which we were glad to accept ia view
of the meager preparations for supper.
We slept in the church, wrapped UP
IN our Navajo blankets, and never
telt more fsecure or happier In our
lives. When the gray dawn peered
through the little mica window-panes
ana revealed great roof beams more
than foot IN diameter ami 80 or DO
teet long, and though the open tow
er bell that was cast in 1710. How
these immense timbers and this bell
was brought up to the top of this cliff
no enc living knows. The Indians
shake their heads and the priest
shakes his, but no one ventures an
opinion. The timbers are there, how
ever, IS a witness, and morning and
night as the seasons come and go and
generations pass away, the bell speaks
for itself In the silvery tones that
pleased its founder in the far-off
Spain when King George was on the
throne. The adobes-or the earth of
which they were made-were brought
up from the valley also, for the top of
the butte was bald rock in the be-
ginning. And the earth for the graves
came the same way, requiring forty
years, the priest said, to complete the
graveyard. 1t is the only complete
graveyard have ever seen. The old
priest seemed very happy in the charge
of his flock, and his flock seemed
happy in possession of him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22
The Mind During Starvation.

The recent case of cannibalism at sea
opens up some curious questions as to
the effects of fasting on the moral ma
ture of man. To the superficial OBJ
server, death by starvation simply
means q wasting of the body, a horri-
bic agony, an increasing weakness, q
lethargic state of the brain, and a sleep
from which there is no awakening; but
is this all that it means? While this is
going on, let us consider whether or
not the intellectual faculty, and with it
the power of distinguishing right from
wrong, is not also undergoing pro-
cess of wasting and death, even before
that of the material part, for, however
dangerous it may be to received opin-
ions to associate the material nature of
brain with the moral nature of our be-
ing, we are bound to do so to elucidate
some Of the facts connected with this
case.
Reasoning by analogy, we find that,
IN many cases of bodily disease, the
state of the mind is the first Indicator
of the mischief going on in the system.
Take even such a simple thing as indi-
gestiOn, which, rs every one must
hAON, - Olly IL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VI ID O6-
ranged stomach, and what do we find?
That the lowness OF spirits induced by
this affection may vary from Slight de
lection and ill-humor to the most eX-
IRENE melancholy, sometimes inducing
even disposition TO suicide. The suf-
ferer misconceives every act Of friend
ship, and cXaggerates Slight ailments
into heavy grievances. So IN starya-
ton, the power of reason seems para
lyzed and the intellectual faculty dazed
really before the functions Of the body
suffer, or even the wasting Of its tissue
becomes extreme. Such being the
case, the unfortunate Individual is not
accountable for his actions, even if they
be criminal in character, long before
death puts an end to his sufferings.
Popular Science Monthly for December.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

the canal being located through the
entire data, give the cost for a ship
canal via Lake Nicaragua, with 26
feet debt of water, of SAL, 500, 600. a
small sum for such work, and es-
peeially so when compared with what
has already been spent upon the Pan :
anna canal, not to mention the
amounts that still must be forthcon-
ing before 1t is completed.
While it is not my purpose to dis
cuss the comparative merits Of canals
with or without locks, / viii state that
though canal without locks is very
desirable, and possesses under certain
conditions advantages over one
with locks, still In countries where
there is such enormous rainfall as is
the case upon the American isthmus,
the subject of surface drainage be
comes a very important factor IN its
maintenance. This is secured in q
canal with locks, whereas a-level
canal must be the ultimate receptacle
of all the water courses through which
1t passes.
Of all the business that will come to
any canal across the American is
thmus, three-quarters will be from the
North Atlantic to the North Pacific,
and vice versa For all such bust
ness, the Nicaragua route is some six
or seven hundred miles shorter than
that via Panama. element of no
little importance in deciding which Is
the better location of the two.
When the phenomenal success of
the Suez canal is understood in this
country success which enabled it
to pay last year II per cent. dividend
to it's shareholders, and its stock to be
quoted at 2 400 francs a share with a
par value Of 500 francs a share-when
it is known that the operating expen-
ses OF. the Suez canal was only 8 per
cent. of its gross earnings, then will
American capital take up an enterprise
too long neglected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22
Animal Eccentricities.

If q man begins to save against his
old age, we call it thrift, and praise him
as 4 small capitalist who is giving hos
tages to fortune; but if dog accumu-
lates store of bones or food, we look
upon him as Inducing in dangerous
caprices, which may end in the neces-
sity of putting bullet through his
head. There may be exceptions here
and there. Sometimes you will find
an old lady who will protect eccentric
ity in parrot, magpie, or q jackdaw,
as bird that has right to a certain
freedom of movement in return for its
entertaining attempts at conversation.
But, on the whole, there is no Steiner
standard of conYentionality than that
which we enforce on our domestic ami
mails. Pet dogs become perfect bigots
in favor of the usual, and persecute
any attempt to deviate from it on the
part even of more powerful and less
favored colleague, as the Inquisition
prosecuted heresy, or as the court of
Russia persecutes Nihilism. There is
nothing equal to the indignation of an
indoors dog at any invasion of the
privacy of the drawing-room by an out
doors dog, and nothing more melan-
choly than the serVile apologies which
the big dog will make to the little one,
for even proposing to break through
the animal etiquette Of the house.
Popular Science Monthly for December.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22
Completely Cured.

''Hallucination!" said DR.. jerks.
''Knew man once who thought his
legs were made of glass. Lived down
East An old, wealthy dyspeptic bach
eIor. / think the idea about his legs
was the result of dyspepsia. Anyway
he was so afraid of having his legs
broken that he cried out whenever any
one approached the bed. There was
an cd doctor in the vicinity, who was
half mad himself, and this old fellow
determined to cure him. One day he
called and asked the old man to come
out for drive. OF course the old fell
low was Mortified, but the doctor in
sisted, and he at last consented to 90.
A bed was made up in the doctors con-
veyance, and the dyspeptic carried out
and tenderly laid in it. They drove off
and about, until over hill a little dis
tance off they saw the stage coming.
''Then the doctor, by a dexterous
twist of the lines, overturned the buggy
and tumbled the old man out into the
middle of the road. OF course he cried
out that he was done for, but the doe
tor righted his buggy and drove off,
leaving him squirming in the middle Of
the road, and quite unable to move,
owing to glass legs. Suddenly he was
alarmed by 4 shout, and saw the stage
come tearing down the slope, heading
straight for him. He gesticulated, but
the doctor had fixed things with the
driver, and the stage came right along.
Well, the old fellow stood it until the
stage was only a few feet away. Then
he jumped up and ran-ran clear back
to town-Rnd was never bothered with
glass legs again. "-Detr0it Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22
How Chinaman Gets into Business.

Wong Chin Foo, the Chinese ex-
journalist, tells how his cOuntrymen &c
into business in America. He. saws:
Zone of my race arrives here with no
money and in debt to his friends or to
bankers for the steamer and railroad
fare. He generally engages himself as
a greenhorn or apprentice to some sue
cessful laundryman. Although the
compensation is small ($4 Or So per
week and board), for the six months or
one year of his contract, he learns the
business, pays off his debts, and gains
good name for integrity and capabil-
ity. At the end of his term, if he is a
skilled workman, he can either secure
frst-class wages ($18 per week., or
open q laundry Of his own. The latter
is his usual course. He may see, for
example, a laundry for sale for 5000,
whose looks and location he likes, and
he himself has but $50 to his name He
goes to Mott street and there on the
bulletin boards puts UP 4 notice call
ing for a whey, or syndicate of lively
men with $50 each to meet him at 2
certain time and place. The meeting
is had, and if he be regarded as honest
and capable the requisite 5000 is given
to him, he in return acknowledging
the Indebtedness, and promising to pay
a certain interest on the money adj
vanced Generally 20 per cent. per an
NUM-. This money is paid back in
monthly installments. SO that at the
end of year the borrower is free from
debt, his credit unimpaired and the
laundry absolutely his own"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

The definition OF man as a cooking
animal is not less profound than agree
able. 1t relieves us of & painful diem
ma. For if, with coarse assurance, we
define man to be a carniyorous animal,
we confound him with savage beasts,
and if, on the other hand, we style him
herbivorous, the progress of centuries
is ignored, and he is associated with
tanner animals. Balzac has remarked
that one of the keenest joys of the gour-
mand lies in the mystery concealed by
the covered dish in the anticipation and
revelation: '.C'est la surprise, l'impres-
sion gastronomique du plat extraordi-
naire. ''-Snturdda ReaieaB
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

Katie Craft, So years of age, a resi-
dent of Feekskill, has spent twenty
years of her life in jail. She is shape
~, dark-eyed and would be exceedingly
comely We're it not for a bloat of rum
on her face. She has been sent to the
county Jail or the Albany penitentiary
from each of the twenty-five towns of
Westchester county. While in jail she
begs money from the visitors, 10 cents
at a time, ito get tea with When
her sentence expires she goes on a spree
with her earnings and is again arrested.
She is the daughter of wealthy parents.
has good education and has been a
very beautiful woman. She saws she
enjoys Jail -Po1Qhkeepsie Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22
Harry Moss. a well-known Journals

Harry Moss, well-known journalist
of Pascagoula, Fla, died lately, leaving
a viii, in which was the following: Il
desire that my body be dressed in sea-
sonable apparel and placed on its back
with pillow under its head, etc., etc.,
in a sapling pen sufficiently close to
keep out a mink, and with a good roof
slanting but one way; bottle of water
on each side tightly corked, a door in
the pen fastened on the inside with a
latch uAthout any string to it. There
wish to be left forty days and nights.
If, after that time anyone chooses to
bury me, they can do so if they are
certain [ am dead, beside my father, or
in the graveyard at Bermuda, but I
don't enjoin it upon any one to bury
me at ALL" 1t is evident that the tes-
tator wished every precaution taken
against burying him alive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

tI wish [ were muG. :" said dis
gusted poker player. wv ny sos' IN
auired his astonished friend. BE
cause then I might have a chance of
holding a fair hand once IN while. "
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02
THE CITY.
GLOBULES.

Every voter should register.
One death was reported yesterday.
The May term of the district court opens
on Tuesday next.
Mr.. John G. Hinkel lighted Union park
last night for the first time with oil lamps.
John Blank was arrested on Seventh
street last night in superlatiye degree OF
intOXicatiOn.
A gang of men were set at work yeSter-
day laying another track on Jackson street,
above Ninth street.
Prank Potrefte, examined in the probate
court yesterday morning for insanity, was
taken to st. Peter yesterday afternoon.
Judge Brill filed decision to-day in the
case of Benjamin L. Ferris ct al. VS.. VIM.
a. BoXell ct al, granting the motion for
dismissal.
The old frame buildings on the south side
of Robert street, near Thirteenth, and
nearly opposite Central park, are being
moved away.
The special term calendar, which receives
the attention of Judge Simons to-day, en-
braces twenty-three cases, three of them
being for divorce.
Don't forget to register.
A small dinner basket, containing among
other articles purse with a sum of money
in it, was picked up on Seventh street yes
terday by Officer Cormick, and now awaits
its owner at the police station.
A complete description of Oliver ]. Boy
don, recent deSerter from Fort Smelling,
has been received at police headquarters.
BoydOn was formerly employed in the
Northern Pacific and Sioux City railway
offices in st. Paul.
Some boys playing with matches set fire
to frame barn at IS Fairchild avenue,
West side, owned by Patrick Hogan, yes
terday afternoon. The fire department was
called out and quickly extinguished the
blaze. The loss was about twenty-five
dollars.
Let all Democrats register.
Building Inspector johnson has just
issued a circular to every architect and
plumber in ST. Paul calling attention to the
appointment of Richard Chenery as in
spector of Pumping, and also briefly set
ting forth the law on the subject of
plumbing.
The badly decomposed body of man was
found IN the river near the lower elevator
yesterday. forenoon and taken to the
morgue. The clothing of the unfortunate
tloater is that of laboring man, and from
all indications the body has been in the
river for several months. An inquest will
be held to-day.
A man giving the name of George James
was arrested last night on East Third
street. He was drunk at the time and was
bleeding from an ugly cut over the eye.
How he received the latter he was unable
to tell. He was taken to the police station,
where his cut was dressed, and thence to
the city hospital.
In answer to the rumor that Officer Du-
four was present at a recent fracas in the
Sixth ward, and left soon after the row
commenced, it should be said that the Off
Ger was off duty at the time and was not
present at all during the row. Martin Null
lion and others who were present are au-
thority for the statement.
Don't forget to register to-day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02
THE COURTS.
Supreme Court.

AT yesterdays session of the supreme
court all the justices were present and the
following business was transacted:
William W. Pinney respondent, VS..
George j. Crane and d. L. Libby, appel
lantS; Judgment affirmed.
| In the matter of Even j. Jones and Ed
win j. Jones, late copartners as e. j. Jones
& Son, insolvents. ID. B. Rudd, o. c.
Green, partners as Rudd & Green, and G. P.
Maginnis, sheriff, etc., appellants, VS..
Smith & Wyman and Farnham & Loveioy,
petitioners; argued and submitted.
Henry B. Kellogg and Charles II. l..
Lange, copartners, respondents, VS.. Seward
N. Oleson, Almon c. Brown, ct al, appel
lants; argued and submitted.
Barney Tierney, respondent, VS.. the Min
neapolis 81 st. Louis Railway company,
appellant; motion for new trial denied.
W. G. De Celle, on the presentation of
certificates from the supreme court of Yer
mont, was admitted to practice in the courts
of Minnesota.
Adjourned to Monday at $50 a. m.
District Court.
NEW CASES.
Carver, Clarke & Young VS.. the West
Side Liedertafel and Opera Block syndicate
company; to recover 1899. Sc for doors
and window sashes used in the construction
of the hail.
Edward G. Hinebaugh, an infant, by
John w. Pinch, his guardian, VS.. Charles
Wasilland; to recover 1925, amount of
promissory note, and $40 wages.
Robinson, StrauS & Co. VS.. Julia WurZ
ct al; to recover $402.37, amount of prom
tssory note.
"Opens, Smith & Co. VS.. D. W. Payne;
to recover 81, 062.27, value of goods sold
defendant.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02

A. J. Sawyer, Duluth, is in the city.
Charles Jones, St. Cloud is at the Mer-
chants.
Mrs William Mitchell of Winona is at the
Metropolitan.
Let every citizen register.
Hon. o. E. Rice, Willmar, was in the
city yesterday.
Charles Scott, Fargo, was at the Mer-
chants yesterday.
Capt. W. A. Miller, United States army.
is at the Windsor.
c. NJ. Ramsay of Stephen was at the
Metropolitan yesterday.
William N. Rand, Grand Forks. called
on his st. Paul friends yesterday
Hon. R. A. Jones, Rochester. and Sem
ator Campbell of Litchfield, are at the Mer-
chants.
r. F. Lynch, Monticello, and William
Secomb, Willmar, were in the CITY yester-
day.
George W. Benedict, internal revenue
collector at Sank Rapids, is at the Claren-
don.
Hon. J. 81. Alderman and daughter of
Young America, was at the Clarendon YES
terday.
All good citizens should register.
S. S. Murdoch, the newly appointed rail-
road commissioner, of Murdoch is at the
Windsor.
II. E. Johnson, Clark, Oak, L. W. Cul-
hlm, st. Cloud. A. L. Squires, Fergus Falls
and E. f. Davenport, wife and children
Wahpeton, were at the Merchants yester,
day
Messrs. F. II. Schade. Fred Emmeat. the
brewer and Philip Heck, all three we'll
known and prominent business men of ST.
Paul, leave tomorrow for visit to their
Old home in Germany on the Rhine. They
will be absent about three months.
AT CHICAGO.
Special to the Globe
CHICAGO, May 1.-R. II. Clark of ST
Paul, G. NJ. Wilson of Duluth, F. M. Yon-
man, Mrs. A. B. Youmans of Winona ara
at the Sherman.
A. NJ. Radcliffe and daughter, Miss A.
Blanvest ii. j. Horne of st. Paul are at
the Palmer.
G. G. Reynolds of Helena, Mont, W. p
Kellogg and wife of Minneapolis are at the
Palmer.
w. H. Desavigny of st. Paul. !. p
Cooper of Eau Claire are at the fremont.
Dr. q. Hutchinson and wife. John n.
Allen, W. B. Jordan, L. II. MaxfeId If
st. Paul are registered at the Grand Pa
cifc.
c. E. Wales and wife, r. NJ. Hubbard of
Minneapolis, II. H. Hayden of Eau Claire
are at the Grand Pacific
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02
Probate Court.

probate Court.
Before Judge McGrorty.l
Estate of Robert III. Ivees, deceased; pc
tition for decree filed; hearing May 25, 10
a. m.
Estate of Sarah Ann Orbuckle, deceased;
petition for letters of administration filled:
hearing May 25; 10 a. m.
Estate of George G. Chaplin, deceased;
petition for decree filed; hearing May 25,
10 a. m.
Estate of John Healey, deceased; inven-
tory and appraisement filed.
Estate Of H. A. Wilson, deceased; same
Insanity of Frank Pokrefke; examined
and committed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02
Doctor Whittier.

A regular graduate, 214 East Seventh street,
treats, with unparalleled success, blood inn
purities, nervous prostration, debility-dis-
eases from indiscretion, excesses exposures.
Moderate charges, safely. Advice free. Es-
tablished longer than any advertising ply
stefan in America. Record of cures for
twenty-seven years; never one published.
Patients from Atlantic to Pacific. Call OF
write.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02

Their subjects were Rise of Popular Gov
eminent, A and X, and Classics, respect
lively. Mrs. f. Meartle, Miss Lilly Fitz
and Mr.. Charles Slocum entertained the
audience with music. Each speaker re-
ceived loud applause at his close, Mr.. Teter
being presented with a beautiful bouquet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02
BORROW Money

On your furniture, pianos, horses, wagons,
diamonds, watches and all articles of value.
Property left in your possession. Terms easy.
Your own time. All business strictly con-
idential. Mackey's loan agency, room Z, First
National bank building, corner Jackson and
Fourth streets, St. Paul, Or room Z, Mackey-
Legg block, Minneapolis.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02

The Ohio Central Barge and Coal company
have reduced the price of their hard coal to
$3.50 for stove, and SS25 for nut, egg and
CRATE coal. Soft coal at the lowest price.
Ohio Central Barge and Coal company, 1877
East Fourth street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02

A fine suit of Office rooms, second floor
front, lis East Third street, third door from
corner of Robert street, over P. F. Egan's
jewelry store. Apply at once to P. F. Egan
on the premises.