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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
Government Ship-Bnildino.

The last addition to our naval stories,
says London Truth, is that a ship has
been sent to sea from Chatham backward
with her keel unfinished and her calking
so defective that, on a short cruise, she
was found to have leaked several tons of
water. This ship is Calypso, which was
built last year, and, after the manner of
most of our new ships, broke down on her
first cruise. Of course the admiralty have
ordered a searching inquiry, and equally
of course there the matter will end. If
this sort of bungling were perpetrated in
private establishment which valued it's
own existence, everyone concerned IN it
would be promptly dismissed. Why then.
are half dozen of the Chatham officers
at once sent about their business? Now,
the OBVIOUS moral of all these scandals is
that government department is utterly
unfit to carry on a huge manufacturing
or ship-building concern. Until we go
into the market and buy such articles as
we want, we shall continue to be armed
with guns that won't shoot and ships that
won't float. The workmanship of pri-
vate firm is kept up to the market solely
by competition, and even the pressure of
competition does not preventive best firms
rotting and perishing in course of time.
The royal arsenals and dockyards are
mOnOpolies. Their whole organization
is eaten up with dry rot. What, I should
like to know, would be expected from a
commercial concern which had no com
petitOrs, the head of which changed every
four or five years, and in the success of
which not single subordinate had the
slightest pecuniary interest?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
An 0utburst Of OratOry.
Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake tribune.
Old Col. Zell, at the time when Grant
was up for the presidency and when the
democratic patchwork was Anything to
beat Grant," was addressing an enthusi-
astic meeting of Comstock republicans,
when a democrat who was changing on
the verge of the crowd" sang out: cts
easy talkin', colonel, but We'll show you
something next fall. " The colonel was
southern union man of the ultra school
and great adm1rer of Grant. He at
once wheeled about and, with uplifted
hands, hair bristling, and eyes flashing
fire cried OUT" Build wOrm-fence round
winter supply of summer weather, skim
the clouds from the sky with a teaspoon,
catch thunderbolt in bladder, break
hurricane to harness, ground sIuice an
earthquake, bake hell in an ice-house, las
500 an avalanche, fix clout on the crater
of an active volcano, hive all the stars in
nail-keg, hang out the ocean in grape
vine to dry, put the sky to soak on a
gourd, unbuckle the belly band of eternity
and paste. To Let on the sun and moon
but never, sir-mever for moment-de-
Jude yourself with the idea that you can
beat Grant,
The lannon's full-length portrait of
President Arthur hangs on the east wall
of the red parlor in the white house. At
Mrs. Cleveland's last reception it was
noticed that the much-criticised red rose,
which originally lay at his feet, had been
painted out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
Difficulties of the Country Teacher.

The difficulties which beset the teachers
in country schools are many and of vari-
Gus kinds. In many of the country
schools of this country the pupils have
not sufficient number OF textbooks, and
it is almost impossible to persuade pa
rents to provide them. This can be over
come to some extent by the teacher exer-
cising his ingenuity in various ways, and
using the blackboard and maps almost
continually, but it doubles his work.
The greatest difficulty, however, is in the
attendance of pupils. A great many send
them to school only when they can find
nothing else for the child to do. They allow
children to absent themselves from school
on the slightest pretext. The corn must
all be husked: the winters supply of
wood must all be cut; and indeed all the
farm work must be finished before school
is thought Of. We boast of the best form
of government and the best school system
on the face of the earth, but at the same
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
Pertinaci0us Hackmen.
it.
New York World.

But modern chimneys are not the only
sign of progress in Naples. Coming out
into the street, hack dashes up, and, in
spite of the protests, follows along the
curbstone, and if you attempt to cross
the street the driver cracks his whip and
hastens to cut you off, so that the only
chance of escape is to dodge up a side
street, where he can't follow. The reason
of this provoking persistence is very
simple. The driver knows by your man
ner and the way you meet his advances
that you are stranger, and he bulldozes
accordingly. A native in such case
would simply raise his chin in a sneering
manner, and the hackman would stop
short and 60 off. This gesture is one of
the many in the alphabet of the sign
language used here. and he would under
stand it more readily than dozen words
of the purest italian. The Neapolitans
speak dialect quite different from the
general tongue, and unintelligible to
majority of the better class, but equip
ped with a knowledge of few of those
signs any one can go forth undismayed
at the sight of peddlers and beggars. If
you raise the fore and little finger from
the closed right hand they see in the sign
the horns of the devil and beat hasty
retreat, probably motioning over the
shoulder to insinuate that you have no
money. It is said that the natives can
carry on conversation by gestures with
out the aid of the tongue, but in reality
they use them to exc out their scanty
language.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
BOmbi's Funeral.
New York Tribune.

A host Of mOurners visited the shrine of
Bombi, the rhinoceros, in Central park
yesterday. His untimely death was the
subject of much regret. The cage was
empty, as the body had been transferred
during the night to the sheepfold on the
west side of the park, where an autopsy
was made.
1t was just a week from the time Bonn
bi arrived in the city to the time of his
death on Saturday night. His career
was a short one, but in that time his
fame became widespread and the closing
scenes were in harmony with his great
ness. He weighed over 7,O10 pounds
when alive, but when he dropped lifeless
in his cage the dead weight of his car
cass seemed fully 1900 pounds to the
authorities at the menagerle. The entire
force of keepers tugged vigorously at the
body, but it lay solid and immovable
where it had fallen. All their efforts
could not turn it over. Superintendent
Conklin had hastily constructed bier on
which to place the body and transport it
to the slaughter house. The vehicle was
ready by midnight, but no means had
get been found to get the body upon the
bier. A team of horses was fastened to
it, but their strength could not move the
to make use of the elephants. Sippo
Sab, the largest, and two smaller ele-
plants were reused from their slumbers
and harnessed to Bombi. At first thew
were timid at the sight of the dead rhin-
oceros, but when their fears had passed
away they pulled steadily away at the
ropes and the body rolled into the van
The elephants were then attached to the
van in tandem, Sippo Sab the strongest.
being placed next the load. Each ele-
plant was mounted by keeper carry
ing in his hand a long prod. Superin-
tendent Conklin and several assistants
rode on the low bier, sitting upon the
dead carcass of the dead Bomb. When
the word was given this Oriental pro-
cession moved through the shaded aven-
ues of the park in quiet solemnity. 1t
was dark, but the stars were shining
brightly and the three elephants behaved
we'll and had little difficulty with the
load except on the steep hillsides.
Stable Fortified Against Witchcraft.
Norrisfown Herald.
While j Jefferson Grimley, a carpenter was
engaged last week in tearing down the
cornice of house near SchwenkvilIe. he
found a piece of pine wood 6I inches
long, whitfield roughly into the form of
cylinder. Six holes were bored into the
wood, three going entirely through, but
| having different diameters. In the Iarg-
est stuck pin cut from the same kind of
wood. This instrument, it is explained
was used to prevent certain supposed
wizards from carrying on their mysteri-
Gus arts. The pin was placed in the diff
| erent sized holes to impose-upon the
wizard different degrees OF torture, and
when placed in the largest hole it would
infallibly kill. 1t was found sticking in
| that hole when the affair was discovered.
A wooden pin was also driven into the
| door jam of the horse stable. Behind the
pin was lot of horse hair and a lot of
paper covered with cabalistic marks.
This was designed to prevent spells being
| put upon the horses while blowing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15

damp folds protects his face from the
suns rays. It is the chill of the long.
dark night that strikes the greater terror
to his heart and death-like numbness tn
his cramped limbs.
This is the story he tells to those who
rescue hin, but he says naught of these
dreadful things when passionately clasp
ed against the throbbing heart that all
day and night long has watched and wait
ed In an agony of mingled hope and fear
On the veranda of the hotel.
There, In the presence of all; yet seem
1ngly unmindful overcome at last by the
sight of the agitated, loving face, with it's
passionate eyes raining hot tears down
upon his own, he sobs out the whole story
OF his hopes and longings for her. the
ardent desires that cling so fondly about
the dear, dear book.
Clutched tightly in the palm of his nm
injured hand he still holds the precions
sparkling thing which, now that he is
safe within her sheltering arms. he dis
closes to the view of all.
Not till the next day, however, when
the brave, loyal fellow is struggling in
the delirium of fever, is the value of his
find discovered. 1t is an emerald, unusu-
ally large and clear.
Il will give $1,000 for 1t, uncut as it is"
declares young jeweler from New Or
leans, who, to do him justice, is much
more touched by the story sobbed out on
the mother aunt's bosom than he is taken
by the probable value of the exquisite
beauty of the gem.
Il lost just $3.50 hard cash by the in
vestment," he says to the same friend a
year later, 'but I assure you have never
regretted it,"
Aunt Tina's book is out and a success.
AS to Aunt Tina herself, where she made
pleasure trips of few weeks before, she
now makes them of months, and she is
never seen anywhere without her attend
ant, Swain.
AS to this same Swain, he is a hand
some, active fellow indeed, in spite of the
fact that one arm hangs stiff and almost
helpless-an ever present reminder of
the time when he went down Turner's
Point.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
A HYMN OF SUMNER
G. wEATHKRLr.

Beyond the chestnnts on the lawn
Two happy girls have made . swing
Half hid in shadows OF the dawn
Fair types of Summer and Of Spring
o, Spring, Spring, Spring, hSw fair art thou
All April time OF smiles and tears
Till Summer with the sunny brow,
Thric e-welcomed guest, at length appears.
" ben wood and field are crowned ny June,
Rich garlapded with leaf and flower,
Then hearts OF men are all in tune
With Summers plentitude of power
Tho fairest scenes crowd into view
The deep. blue sky, the purple hills,
The meadow flow ers of varied hue,
The placid lakes, the sunlit riEs-
Then joyfully, in grateful mood,
Our hearts and voices join 20 praise
The great Creator of all good
The giver of glad summer days
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
A Gentle Hint to Congress.
Washington Critic.

Daniel" remarked the president this
morning, with stern, cold look on his
face.
eyes, SIRE
'How many bills did I veto yester-
day?"
''Only Is, sire"
''Did any get away, Daniel?"
''Not that I observed, SIR
The president sat absorbed for few
moments, and then he spoke again.
Daniel
''Yes, sire"
''Do you think it will be necessary for
the capitol to fall on congress to make it
tumble to itself?" and the president,
without waiting for a reply, resumed his
pen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
A Successful Bluff.
Detroit Free Press.


The other forenoon a coIOred man was
rushing up Beaubein street in hot haste
when he met colored woman coming down
the street at ieisurely pace with counter
ance all serene.
"Hi! your he called as he halted
$50 long, sah!' she scornfully answer
ed.
ooh, yes, it am all right to tell to go
long arter Cat pizen mean bizness las
week! / wouldn't hev believed dat of you"
''What did do, sah?"
"You? Why, you greed to mary me,
adj you jist dun backed out an sot all de
folks laffin' at me-"
'Sah, nebber incouraige you tall"
"You didn't? Didn't I spark you fur
three months? Didn't I buy you dat
ring, an dat bracelet, an dem gloves, an
parysoll? Didn't we squoze each odder?
Didn't you gree to marry me?"
'Nebber, sab! You is entirely mistaken
i'll de woman"
'sWhat! Amt you Molly?"
NO sah."
'An' you doan' lib wild your sister,"
mo, sah.'
'sAn' you doan' know me-"
mo, sab! Let me pass, sab! Dis con-
duct on your part am very annoyin'. Ny
husband will wait on you dis afternoon,
sah,'
She sailed off and left him standing
there. He kicked himself first with the
right foot, then with the left. Then he
bumped his head against tree, kicked
himself again, and started after her and
unused:
Il know it's me, and I knows L amt
dreamin', but reckon it's time l started
fur de hospital. Dis mus be what dey
call collapse of de system"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15

time comparison of our school system
with that of Germany will convince the
most ardent admirer of our system that
we are far behind in the effectiveness of
our school laws. We should have law
requiring parents to send their children
to school so many months every year, and
provide necessary books for their use
Until we have such law, and have it en-
forced, we must expect slow improvement
in the country schools.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15

Katie Good, eleven years old, carries
ladder, and lights street lamps at Lam
caster She says she does it to help her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15

The centenary of the fl rst climbing of
Mont Blanc comes Aug. 8.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
PerperuauxEnioined.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-Final DEGREES
were entered in the United States circuit
court to-day in the suits of the American
Bell Telephone company ct al. against the
Baxter Overland Telephone & Telegraph
company, Penn Overland Telephone & Tel
egraph company. and the Overland Tele-
graph company ct al. 1t is decided that
the letters patent granted to Alexander
Graham Bell, March 2, 1876, and Jan. 80,
1877, are good and valid in law. The de-
cree then goes on to say that the said Alex
ander Graham Bell was the original and
first inventor of the inventions described i'm
said several letters patent, that the title
thereto and to the inventions described and
claimed therein are vested In the complain
ants, and that the defendants have in
fringed the fifth claim OF said letters patent
and the exclusive rights of the complainants
under the same, and it further ordered,
adjudged and decreed the complainants
waving an account and assessment OF
profit and damages and accepting a nomi-
nal price therefor, that the defendants pay
to the cOmplainants the sum of 81 as such
profit and damages and also costs taxed al
the sum of SIS and that the complainants
have judgment and execution therefor, and
also that the said defendants be perpetually
enjOined and restrained from making, sell
ing or using the said improvements patented
as aforesaid, or either of them, and that an
injunction issue accordingly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
IOwa's Liq uor Troubles.


DIES MONIES, Ia. Jan. Sit appears
the end is not yet in the Bowman beer case
against the Chicago 81 Northwestern rail-
way. 1t is claimed by the plaintiffs that
the recent dismissal of the case by the
United States supreme court was on the
ground that it was an agreed case upon a
fictitious amount involved, the actual
amount being less than $500, thus exclud-
ing it from the jurisdiction of that court.
Another case involving the same question
between the same parties is before the su-
preme court to be decided on its merits and
the cOnstitutiOnality of the Iowa law. The
plaintiff claims that beer shipped from Chi
cagO 10 Iowa cannot come within the oper-
alton of the Iowa law until it arrives within
the state. Until then il is property, and
comes under the purview Of the regulation
of commerce between states, and no state
law can interfere with its tTansportations;
that Illinois beer cannot be claimed as the
contents of an Iowa brewery until it gets
into the brewery; that if such property be-
comes nuisance when deposited in an
Iowa brewery. then by the same logic
crockery, glassware and furniture are a
nuisance on precisely the same terms. II a
state may declare property in its ordinary
condition nuisance, then the power of
congress is restricted to what states may
determine congress shall regulate,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
Notes.

The Northern Pacific announces that an
agency has been established at Leonard on
the Fargo q Southwestern road, sos miles
west of st. Paul. and F. r. Gibson APP
pointed agent. The offices at Pingree on
the jamestown & Northern road and Hag-
garty on the Dakota division are closed. and
shipments to those points should be pre-
paid.
The Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe d.
rectorS met at Boston yesterday and de-
clared the usual dividend of ~ per cent,
payable Jan. Is. 1t has decided to build
$50 miles of new line at cost of Sc, 800
900. 1t has also agreed to construct and
equip about four hundred and fifty miles of
the Chicago, Kansas 81 Western on certain
conditions.
Argument is being heard at Huntington,
Pa, TO show cause why the executions on
which the property and corporate rights of
the South Pennsylvania Railway company
were levied should not be stayed and the
judgment opened. The company will OBJ
pose the effort TO sell their road on execu-
tons at every step. and desperate legal
battle will doubtless be waged to the end.
The trains, with the exception of the
Milwaukee d ST. Paul Chicago train. due al
s:25 yesterday, were all on time on arriv-
ing at the union depot. The snow has been
removed from the tracks and travel is not
impeded.
A delegation from the Buffalo board OF
trade called upon Commissioner Fink of
the Eastern trunk line pool regarding al
legged discrimination against Buffalo. NJ
action was taken.
The general passenger agents of Eastern
trunk lines resolved TO shut OF all passe:
from shippers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
A CONSOLIDATING SCHEME.
Huntington Lines TO be Managed by
One Company.

New YORK, Jan. 5.-Mr. c. P. Hun
tington said to-day: 81 am working a
scheme to consolidate my roads east of the
Mississippi under the management of one
company, similar to the Southern Pacific
company West of the Mississippi. The
name of the company will be the Newport
News & Mississippi Valley Railroad COM
pany. / do not know yet what roads will
be included in the consolidation. So far
there is no doubt the Chesapeake, Ohio d.
Southwestern and the Elizabeth, Lexington
u Big Sandy will be included. 1 do not
know when the scheme will be perfected.
We worked three years to perfect the South
ern Pacific company. This consolidation is
mady to cut down operating expenses. 1t
Will also enable us to carry on business at
low ratet. am not seeking to get control
of the Louisville, Evansville g. St Louis
road although it would seem to be a nat
ural connection to st. Louis. There are,
however. two other roads by which we
could go to st. Louis, either of which
would answer equally as we'll"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
where Maidstone. Gun BE Found.

CpCCldl " TIC 0lODc.
DIES MONIES, Jan. 5.-Every few days
there are reports of the appearance of mad
dogs. Somebody gets bitten and there is a
rush to find a maidstone. Whether or not
there is any efficacy in such is mooted
question. Probably there is not.
and If there were, in case of
actual rabies too much time would
escape before it could be used
as it requires but a few moments for the
poison from rabies TO be absorbed and taken
into the circulatory system of the victim.
Be that as it may. it may be Of some interest
to know where madstones can be found.
The most noted one In Iowa, that of Turner
Evans. near Paris. in Lynn county, is des-
troyed. John Estes. at 0sceola, Clark
county, in this state, has one. Joseph
Fretwall- surgeon. Boone county. Missouri,
about twenty-five miles from Moberly on
the Wabash road, has one. Mrs. Stephen
Smith, living with Hon. John Sutton al
Barthold Valley, St Louis county, Mo-,
also has one. Cut this out and paste it in
your hat The probabilities are that Pas
,, teur has discovered the only remedy fol
rabies known. 1t will be noticed that he
does not use the term ''hydrophobia-" II
IS a misnOmer, There is no such disease
1t is rabies, whether in man or beast.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06

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