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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
An Underground Waterfall.

Is South Carolina hollow? Some
time ago workmen digging a well near
Blacks dropped crowbar through a
creyice and never saw it again. Blacks
Is on direct line between Raleigh. n.
Y, Where recently an underground
river was discovered. and Laurens, S.
u, where the existence of immense
caves was lately indicated by the sink
ing OF some land. 1t was thought that
perhaps an underground river was
along the mountain belt of North and
South Carolina, finally working its way
into the gulf. Some gentlemen of a
scientific turn of mind determined to
investigate the matter and had a shaft
sunk.
At depth of fifty feetit was noticed
that the shaft was perfectly dry, al
though fifty feet away a well, forty
feet deep, was so full of water that one
could dip it out by hand
A few days ago workman pushed
a bar into crevice inside the shaft
and detached mass of material, OPEN
ing small hole, from which air SEEM
ed to rush, accompanied by loud
noise as of escaping steam. The shaft
was soon filled with vapor and the
atfrighted workman fled.
A large number of citizens collected,
and dozen or more descended the
shaft. All agree that they heard the
sound OF running water over a shoal
perhaps one hundred feet lower down.
1t is probable that twenty feet more of
excavation will have to be made before
it will be definitely known what is
the nature and extent of the body of
water.
n. w. Hardin says it is to him
plainly a waterfall of considerable size,
falling at least ten feet and remov-
ed 200 feet to the north of the shaft.
Ex-senator j. G. Black, Mr. Reese,
Mr.. Byers, j. F. Jones and others dee
scended the shaft. The work will be
pushed to a tinish.-NeaO York World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
Amelia Rives and John Mccullough

To those who know the derivation of
the adage, <.Mad as March hare" and
the kind of man John Mccullough
was, this little sketch by Nelly Bly,, in
the New York World will have some of
the peculiar and subtle interest found
~ Mrs. Chanler's famous novelette,:
''In my travels through Virginia."
says the innocent and maidenly Nellie,
81 met gentleman who has been
lifelong friend of Amelie Rives-Chan-
Ter. He told me a bit of her life,
which is very interesting. Mr.. Rives
is a civil engineer for the Panama
Canal, and Amelie is the pride of the
family. They all bowed to her superior
! genius, and she ruled the rOost' at
home. In some of her travels Amelie
Rives saw John Mccullough and be-
came possessed Of a passionate admira-
ton for him. She managed to be in
several towns where he played, and at
last was rewarded by making his ac-
quaintance. 1t is said that a closer
acquaintance famed her admiration
into warmer regard, and at last John
Mccullough went to Ter Virginia
homestead to spend his vacation. If
you have read the book which made
her known to the public said my
fellow-traveler, you can judge what a
happy time they had. He undoubtedly
admired her, and she more than adj
mired him. While he was there she
painted life-sise oil portrait of him,
which is very artistic. Just after this
he became insane, and the shock to
Amelie's peculiar temperament was
very severe. She became more &C.
centric than ever, and after his death
she decorated the bedstead in which he
had slept with a full assortment of
angels. They said then that she
cherished everything that he had used,
even saving a half-smoked cigar, and
locked herself for hours in the room
with his portrait. Then she wrote
little play entitled, mad as March
Hare" and played the leading role in
it herself. She acted in Richmond and
donated the proceeds to charity
fund"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
The Old Garrett.

"A charming old place was that great dusty
attic
With its dim hooks eplivened with spider
and mouse,
The storeroom of rubbish, the Joy of the
That precious old garnet il Grandmother's
housed
There were chairs lame and backless. and
books minus covers,
A tiny tin foot stove, a great spinning
wheel,
And another much smaller that went by a
treadle,
A pair of wool cards, and queer little reel
There were punches of odorous herbs on the
rafters,
.'Much better than drug stuffs," Grand
mother would say;
And we daintily tasted of mint and catnip,
AZ re spent in the garnet some long rainy
day,
Going up the steep stairs with our clatter and
While Grandmother's Gliding up after us
steals:
snow, children, be sure and not get into mis-
And whatever you do, pray, don't trouble
But how could we help it when they were
Just longing for some one to give them a
twirl?
So out of sheer pity we patted them lightly
And sent them a-sWinging in the old dizzy
whirl.
Then there was a cradle, the quaintest of
cradles,
With roof DER the head and with red
painted sides;
How many dear babies had slept in its shelter
And cOOed as they went on their lullaby
rides.
There were roomy old chests that were filed
to o'erfiOwing
With treasures and relics of years long since
gone;
We dressed in the garments of obsolete pat
terms
And make the place ring with our chatter
and song.
No zest of the pilgrim in search of rare relics
In old moldy ruins or catacombs gloom
Can equal the eager and patient ransacking
OF children let loose in an old attic room.
Good housekeeping.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
Emperor Williams RudeneSs.

/ do not think William II. made a
very pleasing impression on the Italian
people in general during his recent
visit, writes Paris correspondent of
the Philadelphia Telegraph. Various
instances of the emperor's rudeness are
cited, and especially his refusal to
speak to the foreign ambassadors in
Rome, or to address a word to the
president of the italian chambers
when that gentleman was presented to
HIM. Also his voluntarily absenting
himself from home at the period when
his wife was about to give another
child to the family has been Looked up
on as a fresh instance of the lack of
respect wherewith women and wife,
hood are regarded in Germany. The
truth is that the intellectual, high
minded Frederick and his intelligent
wife saw some savage Teutonic ances-
tor of prehistoric days revived in their
eldest son. Art, music, literature, the
grace of courtesy, the charm of cult
waited society, have no attractions for
the new-made emperor. He is a
soldier merely, heart and soul and
brain. He left his wife to bear her
woman's curse alone, while he was off
on round of sightseeing and junket-
ing, which, considering that his father
(and such a fatherD is scarcely yet
cold in his grave, might have been APP
propriately deferred. Altogether. this
barbarian chieftain, in the rudeness of
his manners and the insolence of his
power, shows us to what trials the ma
tions devoted to hereditary rule are ex-
posed. But heis beloved and applaud
ed in Germany-he is a typical Ger
man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
Desperation.

They had just come out of dime
museum-a tall, lank woman with
knife-blade lips and an olive-green
complexion; the little old man with
her was round-faced, blue-eyed, and
meek of manner. Hardly had they
reached the pavement when the eS-
sence of vinegar by his side Missed
out:
81 seen We. Abs'lom Kittson."
''Seen me what, NancyPn
ooh, I'd ask what! tell We / seen
We with my own livin' eyes,"
''Seen me what?"
''Seen YOU fiurritin' with that tattoed
woman. Oh, didr'
Good Lord, Nancy"
"Oh, l seen you give her them pea
nuts; seen yep
"Why, Nance, /"
''And | seen We furritin' with the
fat woman. l seen ye give her the
apple, Alb. Kittson."
'Why, Nance. merely"
81 had my eye on We. seen We offer
that albino gal a bite of your bolony
sassinger, Alb. Kittson; an | seen We
try to make up to that bearded woman
-
s'Good land of -
''Shet up, Alb. Kittison, or I'll 90
home! A-tiurritin' with SIGH! Oh, 1
seen you, you mizzable big firrut
you. "-DetrOi Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
OF Interest to Printers.

There is on exhibition in New York
an invention which proposes to do
away with movable types IN printing.
There is but one type for each letter,
figure, or punctuation mark, and all
are cut on one cylindrical metallic
shell. The mechanism is operated by
a system of keys similar to that en-
ployed in ordinary writing-machines.
The printing does not begin until the
keys for about fifty letters have been
touched, when a character at time is
linked Immediately before its impress
sion on the paper. A unique feature
of the invention is that the spacing out
and shortening OF the lines, known in
printers parlance as justification" is
automatically accomplished by the
machine independent of any mental
effort of the operator, and when the
work is done each line is found to end
even with the others. To ''justify"a line
in using movable types, the compositor
must, when it is nearly completed,
either put in thicker or thinner spaces.
The reproduction of the work done
on the machine now on exhibition is
accomplished by TYPOGRAPHY. The
work of composing on the machine is
done in less than o fourth of the time
required when movable types are
used. the ordinary speed being from
twenty to twenty-five words a minute.
The cost of transferring to the stone is
said to be much less than that of MAX
ing up forms for the press in ordinary
printing, and as movable types are not
used there is no distribution.
The machine has also been tested
with reference to its use for making
matrices for the casting of stereotype
plates, and the result shows that, with
certain notifications which are now
being made, it may be successfully
EMPLOYED for that purpose
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
Sandman porpod himself with bread

Sandman gorged himself with bread
and beef until he could eat no more,
and then, native fashion, he stretched
himself on the grass and went to sleep.
In this condition Mr.. Whitehead found
him, and, giving him sundry kicks to
wake him up, asked him if he had cut
the bark yet. Sandman arose, rub
bling his eyes, and replied: mo,
Misser, Sandman too lazy to cut bark
now," and he staggered off down to
his camp to finish out his interrupted
nap in his own gunyah, .. e.. native
hut. The next day Sandman made
his appearance and wanted to repeat
the programme of the previous day.
Mr.. Whitehead had learned lesson,
and Sandman had to cut double al
lowance of bark before he got his dim
ner.
At the mems quarters two or three
hours afterwards Sandman appeared,
and, seating himself on log, said:
"S'pose white teller got UNI old pair
O. trousers to give Sandman; me want
to 60 along O. town."
In order to have bit of fun with
him. one OF the men procured an old
pair of trousers belonging to a boy of
about twelve years of age and pre-
sented them to Sandman. He tried
to put them on, and tugged and pulled,
pulled and painted. used profane Ian
guage, but it was of no use, he could
not get them on, and at last they part
ed in halves. The comical look with
which he surveyed the fragments set
US all off into roars of laughter. We
gave him an old pair of trousers which
fitted him better, and he strutted
around as proud as peacock, and,
picking up the small pair of trousers,
said: ''Me take 'em home to my plea
niny, Moses" Then. after begging
sundry articles of us, such as tobacco,
matches, pipes, etc., with more or less
success, he got into his bark canoe
and padded off down the river
Cor. Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
A Carpet Knights Lesson.

The name of Harry Cakes is not yet
forgotten in the army-a bluff,
raight-spoken soldier, who some
twenty years ago commanded the
Twelfth Lancers. This is how he dealt
with the point now so much at issue.
A young officer complained that while
in plain clothes a certain soldier had
not saluted him. The soldiers excuse
was that he had not recognized the
officer. ''Pll take care you can't make
that excuse in future" quoth Col.
Oates. ''Mr. -, you will walk up
and down the barrack-square in plain
clothes until Private - is satisfied
that he will know you again"
The private gave the officer benefit
of about half an hour, and all he con-
ceded then was his ability to recognize
the former in the suit he then wore.
eff you are not satisfied" said the
Colonel. ''you will appear on the
square for ten minutes in each civilian
suit you own, and whenever you get
new suit you will do the same, and let
Private - know" The young Off
Ger never complained again of not get
ting what he considered his proper
due in the matter of salutes.
World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
HARD AND SOFT WATER IN COOKING.

ALI cooks do not understand the
different effects produced by hard
and soft water in cooking meat and
vegetables. The Journal Of ChemiS-
try says that peas and beans cook
ed in hard water, containing lime
or gypsum, will not boil tender, be-
cause these substances harden
vegetable caseine. Many vege-
tables, as onions, boil nearly taste
less in soft water, because all the
flavor is boiled out. The addition
of salt often checks this, as in the
case of onions, causing the vege-
tables to retain the flavoring prlnei.
pies, besides such nutritious matter
as might be lost in soft water. For
extracting the juice of meet to
make a broth or soup, soft water,
unsalted and cold at first, is best,
for it much more readily penetrates
the tissue; but tor boiling where
the juices should be retained, hard
water or soft water sailed is prefer
able and the meat should be put
in while the water is boiling, so as
to seal up the pores at once.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10

canuOt afford to stint or starve
them. The result is that grain
feeding is perhaps as good a test as
any that can be made OF the
character of the farming. The
poor farmer does not feed grain,
because, as he truly says, he can
not afford to feed it merely for the
manure to stock that will not make
adequate return. Hence, his land
constantly becomes poorer aud his
yields OF gram smaller. On the
other hand, it is possible for farm
ers who keep the best stock, and
to no others, to so enrich their land
that they can grow grain for feed
ing at less cost than they can get
it from Western farmers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
THE FRESHEST FAD.

Time was when girls did emulate
The festive kangaroo;
Twas as the Grecian Bend, that gait
Long since gone by, we knew;
But worse than that barbaric style
Is this that's all the talk
The latest fad of fashion is,
waggle for a walk.
The English stride, the graceful glide
How rocco they are
The ladies all fall into line
When Paris gives the pas;
The edict has gone forth. Each dame
And damOsel bestirs
Her lovely self to learn forthwith
To waggle in her furs.
The springy step that poets sing
Is anything but chic
A carriage natural and free
Would make the French folks sick,
What tho she makes herself guy,
And exc holy show,
A leader of the ton to day
Must waggle don't you know.
What fools these mortals be And, oh
OF all the fools on earth.
Who 50 proyokes the mind Of mai
To diaboic mirth,
As does the fool of fashion, whom
No ridicule e'er balks,
Who puts monstrous hustle on,
And waggles as she walks
Boston Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
The Century MAGAZINE

With the November, 1857, issue The
CENTURY commences its thrty.fifth vol
nme with a regular circulation Of almost
25O, 200. The War Papers aud the Life Of
Lincoln increased Iis monthly edition by
100000. The latter history having re-
counted the events of LincOln's early
years, and given the necessary survey OF
the political condition OF the country,
reaches a new period, with which his sec
retaries were most intimately acquainted.
Under the caption
LINCOLN IN THE WAR,
the writers now enter on the more i'm
pOrtanr part of their narrative, viz: the
early years of the War and President Lin
coins part therein.
SUPPLEMENT1RT VAR PAPERS,
following the "battle series by distin-
guishe6 generals, Will describe interest
ing features of army life. tunneling from
Libby Prison, narratives of personal adj
ventures, etc. General Sherman will
writeon "T'he Grand Strategy OF the War"
KEENAN, ON SIBERT1.
Except the Life of Lincoln and the War
Articles, no more important series has ever
been undertaken by THE CENTURY than
this of Mr. Kennan's. With the previous
preparation of four years travel and study
in Russia and Siberia, the author under
took a journey of 1900 miles for the
special investigation here required. An
introduction from the Russian Minister Of
the Interior admitted him to the princi-
pal mines and Prisons, where he became
acquainted with some three hundred State
eXiles, Liberals, Nihilists, and others
and the series will be q startling as well
as accurate revelation Of the exile system.
The many illustrations by the artist and
photographer, Mr.. George A, Frost, who
accompanied the author, " i'll add greatly
to the value Of the articles.
4 NOVEL BY EGGLESTON
with illustrations will run through the
year Shorter novels will follow by Cable
and Stockton. Shorter ficuons will APP
pear every month.
MISCELLANEOUS FIXTURES
will comprise several illustrated articles
on Ireland, by Charles De Kay; papers
touching the field Of the Sunday. School
Lessons, illustrated by +. L. Wilson wild
Western life, by Theodore Roosevelt the
English Cathedrals, by Mrs. van Rensse-
laer, with illustrations by Pennel; Dr.
Buckeyes valuable papers on Dreams,
Spiritualism, and Clairvoyance essays in
criticism, art, travel, and biography;
poems cartoons; etc.
BY a special offer the numbers for the
past year containing the Lincoln history
may be secured with the years subscr.p-
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issues IN all, for 5000, or, with the last
years numbers handsomely bound, $3.50.
Published by THE CENTURY Co., 80
East 18th Street, New York.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
Hrace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your
appetite is poor, you are bothered
with Headache, you are fidgetty,
nervous, and generally out of sorts,
and want to brace mp. Brace OPP,
but not with stimulants, spring
medicines, or bltters, which have
tor their basis very cheap, bad
whisky, and which stimulate you
for an hour, and then leave you in
worse condition than before. What
you want is an Alternative that viii
purify your blood, start healthy
action of Liver and Kidneys, re-
store your vitality, and give re-
newed health and strength. Such
a medicine you will find In Electric
Bitters, and only 80 cents bottle
at B. Schmitts dug store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10

An Ohio judge imprisoned a wo'
man because she would not tell
something he wanted to know. The
old proyerb of woman doing accord
ing to her own sweet will did not
seem to occur to him. He should
have invited her to a sphinx tea"
and compllmented her extensive
bnstle, and then she would have
"gushed.'
First Omaha Dame-Doyou mean
to say you went to church last Sun
day. Why, the weather was per.
fectly awful.
Second Omaha Dame-Yes, |
went; but | arrived there more
dead than allye.
"What was the sermon about ~
"Oh, the minister scolded us for
three hours because the rest of you
didn't come.r-Omahd World.
Mrs. Jobberly-I should think
somebody would shoot those dread
ful bllzzards.
Mr.. Jobberyly-How is your mind
working now, my dearl
Mrs. Jobberly-Why, 1t says here
in the paper that the billiards. have
stopped all the trains in Dakota.
What IS the good of Indian reser-
vations If the Government can't
keep these warlike tribes shut up !
-Uticd Press
81 have longed wished Tor this
opportunity"
Such were the words Of Adelbert
Margara way, the Young entry clerk
in the great establishment of I'it
zimmOns Il Henderson. II have
longed wished for this opportnni-
ty." lie said, dropping recklessly
upon the sofa that was now beau
ufed by the presence of the lovely
Angelina Vane, sand now | must
hear the answer which is 10 raise
me to the pinnacle Of bliss or to
sink me to the very dregs of de-
spair ! Angelina, dearest, will
YOU"
"Adelbert :" and the voice sound
ed like enhancing music, notwIth
standing its sad undertone-"Adel
bert, it has been the dream of ~
life 70 be able to place my hand
yours and say: 'Adelbert, take me-
! am wholly yours; but it cannd
be, it cannot, cannot be-"
"And why not, dearest p
"Because this is leap year, al
every body would declare that
asked you. No, dear Adelbert,
must not, will not be comp
missed. "-BOstOn Transcript
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
ECONOMY OF sRLIN FEELING.

The truth remarks the american
CWltiUatOr) is beginning to be APP
preciated by farmers, that grain
feeding is really more economical
than entire reliance upon hay and
coarse fodder. To be sure, these
latter have to be used up in some
way, and feeding grain is an ex-
cellens aid in doing this but when
the profit comes to be reckOned up,
it will always be found that it de-
ponds mostly upon what the stock
eats with il. The best modes of
feeding include either grain or oil
meal, and everybody now admits
that poor feeding gives no profits.
All the food required to sustain
life is Just so much waste If no
more Is given. If II young, grow
ing animal is thus fed, barely a
sufficiency to retain lite, there is
even greater loss, for the animal is
stunted, and can never, even by
extra feeding, regain the ground it
has lost.
The hog is recognized as the
animal from which the greatest
amount or dressed meat can be
made with the least outlay of food.
Is not this IN part because the hog
is mainly a grain consumer OF
other stock, fowls yield more prOht
in proportion to the TODD consumed
than anything else They, too, are
great grain consumers. If the
grain ration he taken away, unless
something equally nutritious takes
its place, the eggs cease, and the
hen soon becomes more expense
than profit. Except during the
flush OF grass in June, COWS will
not yield the best returns in milk
or batter without grain. But where
land is 500 or more per acre, the
pasture is really the dearest feed a
cow can eat. If she has a sufli-
cheney, two Or three acres of pas
ture per COW are none too mach to
keep her through the summer.
Selling most of the grain grOwa
on a farm and relying oa coarser
food for keeping stock, is the old
fashioned method. and is perhaps
adapted to the cid style OF farming.
Il can easily be seen that it a farm
or should feed grain te'Poor scrub
stock, he might ALMOST as we'll, ex-
cent for the manure, throw it away.
II requires good stock of all kinds
60 pay for high feeding, and the
man who has thoroughbred ani mails
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
Too Much al Home.

Ina st. Paul shoe store where
there is a sign that reads; "None
but gentlemen employed as clerks.
Ladies may feel perfectly at home
when purchasing goods here" the
other day clerk we0t to the pro-
prietOr aud said:
"Don't you think we'd better
pull down that sign p
"What fOrp
"Because the women read it aud
sit down on the flOor when trying
shoes on."-St. Paul Globe.