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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

The Commission appointed by
Sec. Noble to investigate the re-
rating Of pensions during the last
twelve months are busily at work.
Nothing will be made public un-
til their last report is made. Com
missioner Tanner is in perfect
accord with the Commiss ion, and
is just as anxious to get to the
bottom of some suspicious looking
matters.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
EngIish InsnnifY stntIstica.

In the forty-third annual report of the
commissioners in lunacy, hIst issued, it
Il stated that there are S4,3lJ insane per
sons under restraint. OF these, 1870
were of the private class. 1852 were
pagpers, and 723 w"rr criminals. The
commissioners believe that during re-
cent years medical men have become in
creasingiy unwilling to certify to the in
sanity OF persons requiring treatment.
in consequence of the results of recent
litigation connected with this part nf
their duties.
Tn" causes of insanity are set forth in
u table covering l3G, 47S cases. Those
are very diverse. thu~ $3.50 pcr-oa7
lost their reason from domestic lla .,.".
5000 from adverse n!Tr Im stances. a.:,o
from overwork and "orI.'. ..l iruH
religious "Xrgl"m"nt, and -Ut '....,.
inr"Esp.luucc. the inilucnr' ,.. lc.riiit
WI, -c"rlancd in 3s,OGjrH ,.-. aud rnH-
grr!ta. deirct in ,SSl.-LoI .oa Stald-
art
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
West vEraInia,s Samson.

Mat Kramer of Putnam county, who is
supposed by men who know him to be the
strongest man in the civilized world, is
ttracting attention of the sporting cir
cles far and near. One Of his recent feats
in which almost superhuman strength is
called into account was the following ::
He raised, apparently with the greatest
ease, huge pedestal, weighing 1,3O0
pounds, and held 1t aloft above his head
for several seconds.
MIR. Kramer is over six feet in height,
and tips the beam at 2S5 pounds. II has
been frequently asserted by papers in
section OF the state that he has exhibited
deeds Of strength that would make the
renowned Australian giant turn green
with envy.
There are men who will stake 1000
that he Is the strongest human being IN
existence today.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
The worlds TaIIest Chimney.

The tallest chimney in the country is
the new stack of the Clark Thread COM
pany, at Kearney, near Newark, n. J.
1t is a circular shaft 1856 feet high and
IS l-2 feet in diameter at the base. This
chimney cost $780, 900 and contains 1,697. =
900 bricks, 1t was finished in Septem-
ber last, but it's supremacy among
American chimneys will be brief, for one
is now being erected for the Fall River
iron works company, in Fall River, Mass.
that will be $40 feet high and 80 feet in
diameter at the base. Chicago highest
chimney ia $50 feet tall.
American chimneys, however, are mere
pigmies beside some of the tall Scotch
and English stacks. The great Townsend
stack al Glasgow, the tallesL in the
world, is 454 feet high and 32 feet in di-
ameter at the base. Tenant T. Co., of
Gla-goN, havo chimney 43j ~ feet by
~, and the mills of Dob5on & Barlow,
Bolton. England. have an octaronal
Stack 367 IL feet high and IS feet 10
inches in diameter at the bottom.-Ph,la-
delphia Record
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
szss, Hzs& Rze~
~ Hsnsy In Rss risksas. Bse o
healthy Business as Any.


Healthy Business as Any.
1 prominent rag dealer says when
hssiness is 30 bad that the dealer can
hardly make both ends meet, God only
knows how the pickors manage 10 get
along. And the life they lead is some
thing terrible. Theirs 10 one continual
striving to get enough to keep body and
soul together. No man will remain at
picking rags unless he be drunken bum
ox too old to do any manual labor. The
majority OF the rag pickers are the poor
Jews who Land In this country by the
hundreds annually. They are the only
class OF people that can 1--we on what
they earn by buying and selling rage.
These people can live on ten or fifteen
cents day. Their homes are on the top
floors OF crowded tsnements. Here they
are crowded together like so:many swine.
He has been IN the rag and paper busi-
ness all his life, and is thoroughly conver-
SAINT with the life of rag picker. Several
years ago they were able 90 make any
where from $40 to $40 week. Then rags
were selling for and cents o pound.
This has been cut down so that the rag
picker Is glad to get sixty or seventy
cents hundred. Many Of the pickcrs
have given up their trade, or profession,
as some OF them are pleased to term
their employment. and taken to the road
-tramping.
The rag picker to earn five or six dollars
week must travel considerable dis
tance and trudge from morning till night
and the peddlers, those who have horses
and wagons make very little more. II
they make any big money it is by buying
stolen goods or during the months Of
April and May when the business receives
quite boom. During house cleaning
time the rag pickers are frequently given
the rubbish for hauling 1t away. People
are glad to get their places cleaned up
and their rag-bags emptied. Since the
introduction Of natural gas, the rag busi-
ness has increased.
The pickers in the city do little trad
ing, as their customers are not so easily
duped as the country people, and they do
not have to bubble over cent or two,
u good many rags are sent into the city
from the country grocery stores, most Of
which are taken in exchange for goods.
This class Of rags finds ready sale. The
profits are not large, but they are usually
80 well assorted that there is little or no
expense attached in the dealer handling
them. The business Is not what 1t used
to be, but there is still little margin lin
buying and selling. tits not the cleanest
business In the world, but, notwithstand-
ing all the talk, 1t is about as healthy an
occupation as one can engage inn. Y
ID ispatch,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30

The Princess Louise ls the plainest Of
the three daughters Of the Prince of
Wales, and that is saying good deal;
also, il one can judge Of her mental
qualities by her expression, she is a re-
markably stupid young lady. She is dull
and heavy looking, with loose, thick lips
and usually goes about with her mouth
open in vacant kind Of way, She ap-
peared recently at the Grand Opera in
Paris with her two sisters and mother.
All four ladies were dressed in white, the
three girls In simple but tasteful toilets
OF white surah, and the Princess of
Wales in white satin trimmed in lace,
and positively the charming mother
looked scarcely older than her daughters
and infinitely prettier. The Princess
Maud, the youngest of the three girl
has bright, animated countenance, and
is much more attractive than her sisters
She is the favorite sister of her younger
brother, Prince George, whom she re-
sembles in character and disposition.
She is a splrite girl with q will OF her
own, and when the time comes for the
bestowing of her hand she will have some
thing to say. undoubtedly, concerning
the choice of her bridegroom. In the days
before the princesses had been intro
duced into society she was the only one
of the three who used to fight vigorously,
though vainly, against the peculiarly
hideous garments, the cotton gowns and
bearskin cape and such like elegancies,
which the Princess of Wales used to in
nict upon her daughters. The second
daughter, the Princess Victoria. is plain
and stupid-looklng like h er elder sister.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
Marriage n Failure.

The msrriage-rate appears to be on
the decline throughout Europe. In Eng
land and Wales bachelors now marry at a
mean age Of 26.3 years, and spinsters at
24.6 yaars, the age at marriage exhibiting
a tendency to increase The average
number OF births u "a marriage Is for
England and Wales about 1 IL, the aver
ago for I,aiy being 5.45. Prussia 4.92,
Austria 5.33. and France 3.42. In Eng
land ami Wales tho average duration of
married life has been computed at about
swenty-seven years.-Exchange,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
HE sREAx phzeUs.
a Tesrfb4s Disease which Baffied Ms6as
cal Skill During Three Centuries.

n VDTEIUE8 UA88At0
saI skill During Three Centuries.
The Great Plague. which attacked
Europe at intervals during the fis.Santh,
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
was q very contagious kind of malignant
fever, probably nearly akin to what is
now known as typhus, and vas charac-
terized by swellings of the lymphatio
glands, purple spots, and carbuncles. It
was popular belief that persons who
had survived one attack Of the disease
were not liable to another; but that this
was quite groundless is proved by we'll
authenticated cases of individuals taking
tho infection several times.
The first signs of pestilence were shiv-
ering, sickness, giddiness and pains In
the loins, accompanied by feeling of
intense weariness; In the second stage
the tongue became dry and brown, the
gums, teeth and lips were covered with
dark fur, and hvid patches and dark
stripes made their appearance on the
skin. In fatal cases the pulse gradually
sank the surface of the body became
clammy, and coma or low delirium set
in, death usually occurring within five
or six days of the first seizure.
This disease has always been confined
to temperate regions, and has been most
fatal in summer and autumn, especially
during the month of September. That
it is largely due to dirty habits and bad
sanitary arrangements IS evident from
the fact that its greatest ravages Were In
close, ill-drained towns as sanitation
has progressed the plague has receded.
It's last and most fatal outbreak in Eng
land was in 1865, when London suffered
so severely that business was practically
at q stand-still. Every street, and IN
some cases every house in the street,
was attacked, and more than 26, 200 died
in the month of September alone, while
the total loss cannot have boen far short
of 100000 persons. For such large nur
bers ordinary burial was impossible, a.
the dead had to be carted away coffinless
and thrown into vast pits dug beyond
the then existing walls.
In ITO the plague destroyed nearly
half the population Of Marseilles, and
seventy years later 1t ragged with great
virulence in Russia and Poland. Since
that date, however, 1t has never visited
Western Europe, though it still appears
in Greece and Turkey, and occasionally
in Russia.-Exchange.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
!, pntl-u ,.IeoV,,.n i,u.,,;e.

At an elcc N in Poland s.n other day
Il Young r.. .itatr tired 1t nnnpuvra
which al.au.' ... -crN"d to e,l'cerd Tor its
ingenuity, \ ar.y III The peasants were
against IAN, aha ,!,,' problem Was how
to prevent them from voting. The inter-
val is very short between the time
when they leave off work and the closing
of the polls, so that at The last half hour
a great crowd was waitingf Suddenly
there was cry OF "flre" and rattllng
of engines But the ruse did not succeed,
the stolid countrymen first waiting to
record their vote, and then hurrying of
to discuss the conaagration.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
$3.50 for Writing a Successful Novel.

The average novel does not pay the
author for his trouble, and often does
not cover the typewriters bill. know
of two recent novels says writer in the
"Boston Journal" upon which each of
the authors spent the best part of year
in writing and revising. Both novels
are, according to the popular acceptance
of the term, successful-that is, they
have been widely written about, para
graphed in the press from one end Of the
country to. another. English editions
have been printed of each, and to every
literary person the names OF both novels
and authors are thoroughly familiar.
Now, what have the authors received
in hard cash for their years work. l
will tell you exactly; Of one 1,700 copies
were sold. No royalty was paid upon
the first thousand to cover manufacture,
etc, and upon the remaining 700 copies
the author received the regular 10 per
cent. The book sold for 81. The net
revenue to the author was. therefore,
$40, His typewriter's bill vas SOL. so.
Net profit $3.50, and the book has
stopped selling. The other author was
a trifie more fortunate in that his novel
reached sale of 1000, all but five cop
tss. Like the first, he received a 10 per
cent. royalty only after the first 1000
copies. Unfor unately, he bought so
many copies of his own book for friends,
that when his publishers statement
came it showed a credit In his favor Of
just S39. 80. Had he typewritten his man
uscript the novel would have thrown him
tn labt
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30

mo, Mr. Jones. 1 cannot be your
wife"
"But you'll be a sister to me, promise
me that.
ut is unnecessary. Your brother pro-
posed to me last week and promised to
be his sister, l have been your sister
for week. boston Courier.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
she wsnIdn,t Have Time.

Wife, to husband as they are about to
start on II summer excursion-Win I
have time to run across the street to
mothers to bid her goodbye?
Husband consulting his watch I'm
afraid not, dear. The carriage will be
here for MS in an hour and half sharp
Boston Courier.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30

The future OF Australia for The mex,
thirty years will rest with the engineers.
the recent discoveries of underground
rivers in the most arid portions oI ihe
continent have given hose words
greater significancc. Th" difficulty vi
Australia has always been the fear that
the land will not support a large popula-
tiun These discoveries OF water dispel
thar iCaI.
it now appears that the volumes of
+, N which TALL about once in five years
over the greater part OF the Australian
continent, covering with floods the plains
which ot iour years previously la not
known Oge moisture tLan might bc
given la !.HZIdnd by u GOO fail oi dew,
fla thrL way through ie porous soil
INTO cnapnc!- auo chambers beneath the
surface, where $40 depth of one or two
thou and ic.. ,,lt', ulov de an ineXhaus;-
ioiy store oi.thr most precious commod-
ity knu"n 20 he Australian squatter.
1t is Iplru--Ib.c 10 say at present how
the Use oi thcse underground supplies OF
water may change the face OF the Austria
liam continent. Tue overflow from one
bore at ra g called kerribree, has al
ready ruI . channel OF several Zee, in
cp;h through tho sand, and now forms
Il 30. taauenL river of several miles in
length IN what used 10 be an absolutely
WA erics- country. 1t l. only TO be eX-
pected that AZ more water is brought to
the surface the clouds will take up more
moisture hy el aporation and the rainfall
will il .-,a-e. Then, with regular rain
iali O.: 10 LpAIaustible tanks an, c:eeks,
even hc australian squatter might begin
10 be teuted.-Macmilian Magazine.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
The Black Death.

This disease is believed 10 have origl-
mated in China, and took its name from
the black spots which usually appe rrd
on the person of the sufferer. The"
spots were symptomatic OF putrld -
composition and their Appearance vas
nearly always fatal sign. Beginning
with innammatory boils aud iunor-, the
black death produced stupor, mental al
lection, and palsy of the tongLe, The iast
generally becoming black, ~ il rufiJsed
with blood. The characteristic OF the
disease were burning, unslakable thirst,
pains in the chest, splitting of blood, and
fetid breath.
This pestilence attacked Europe in Il
mild form in 1912 and may be traced a.
moving in the wake of the nun erouS
caravan routes from the east. spreading
from the north coast of the Black sea TO
Constantinople, and theme" - Italy, 1t
radiated from there by man, - uer over
the whole OF Europe. Wherever it al
peared it committed such fearful ravage.
as materially to check the Increase O.
population; In China Tho deaths
from this disease were estimated ~
$13, 000, 900. and the rest of the east lost
nearly a, 900, 900, while moderate ca.
culatIen puts the loss at l00,uU inhau :
tants each j.; and Paris, Florence, and Ho,-
wich half that number ap.-se.
1t caused SO serious der 'asc of p,.i..-
lation in England for a time as !" ,'"a;
great dearth of workmra ,ad a. ...,, H. .
and in consequence Il 20, II" 60"
wages. Professor Tho ~ ..oge >, who
has investigated the cruap.i.c bearing o.
this disease very tEurydsE.t, sta e5 TIA
the working classes were at no time o
w. 4 off in England a7 C4IIHE the ,"rint
which Immediately followed the lava. es
OF the black death in tie fourteenth rel-
tary. 1t Is never known to have mU@e
its appearance since ,hen.-Chamber >,
.Inmrnnl
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30

One az Of alum with two parts of
glyrerinr, rubbed cn the feet at night
will cure excessive oerspiration OF those
members. \ light open sock may be
worn. In the morning the feet should
be washed with teIh water.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-30
Financial backing.

A writer in the Boston budget wit
nes-'d it'll street scene the other day,
which Is u worthy commentary upon Sem
,ca's nohle saying, MAN is born FOR mu-
tual assistance" The best kind of a
friend - one tn encourages our good
impulse
Two unkempt newsboys We're on their
way toward the newspaper center to be-
gin their afternoons work, when, paus-
ag beside the box which is placed in
..nnt OF a clothing house, one of them
....d to his companion "Say, Billy, let's
put somethin in the box for the Johns
town sufferers
"l'd like ter, was the response, "but
I'm afraid If / don't have luck I'll get
whaled when 1 90 home 'lthout the
money"
"No, you won't, neither, was the re-
ply, 'if you get busted I'll set yer up"
Upon this the two gamins stealthily de-
osi:ed their mite and resumed their
curse toward the scene OF their after
moons labors.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-25
For the Public Good.

1t is an indisputable fact that the hand
soonest vestibule trains that are now run
on the American continent are those on
the Burlington route, leaving from Union
depot in Denver, also st. Paul, immediate
ly ON arrival of all through trains from the
west. The first and second class coaches
are magnificent, the reclining chair cars
suburb. the Pullman sleepers extremely
luxuriant, and as for the meals that are
served in those palace Burlington dining
crrs-yum yum. The next time you 40
east to Kansas City, Chicago or st. Louis,
If you mention to the ticket agent that you
want your ticket to read from Denver or
st. Paul over the Burlington route, you
will get it, and you will always be glad of
1t.
you go via the Northern or Canadian
Pacific, the elegant yestibule trains of
The Burlington Route, between st. Paul
and Chicago, or st. Louis, will carry you
along the eastern shore of the Mississippi
river for a distance of $50 miles, amidst
scenery that cannot be surpassed; or, if you
go via the Oregon Short Line or Southern
Pacific, and your ticket reads via The
Burlington Route from Cheyenne or Den
yer, you will pass through all the thriving
cities and towns located in what is pOpu-
larly known as the Heart of the Continent
For further information apply to A. @.
Sheldon, General Agent, IS First street,
Portland, Oregon. 4-19d&wtf
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-25
IMMIGRANTS LOOK HERE!

Having farmed in this country for over
half century. which gives us a thorough
knowledge of the country, we now offer our
services to you in
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-25
TIME TABLE-RIyER DIVISION.

The elegantly equipped steamboats,, VIM
NJ. Hoag, Capt. Geo. Raabe; the n. s.
Sisters, capt. w. y, short; are in service
for passenger and freight traffic between
Corvallis and Portland aud intermediate
points, making three round trips each
week as follows
NORTH BOUND--Le0ves Corvallis Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday mt o. M
Arrives at Salem Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at3 p. m. Leaves Salem Tuesday.
Thursday and saturday at am Arrives
at Portland Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day st $3.50 p. m.
SOUTH BOUND-Leaves Portland Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday at II. m.
Arrives at Salem Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 7:l5 p. m. Leaves salem Tues
dpy, Thursday and saturday ut a. Irr
Arrives ut Corvallis Tuesday, Thursday
saturday at $3.50 p. m.
For freight aud passenger rates apply to
the captains and pursers of the respective
boats, or to w. NJ. Darling, ageut, 200 and
202 Front street, Portland; Gilbert Bros.
agents, Salem; |, NJ AdHir agent Albany
G.. \. Miller, agent, Corvallis; or tothe gen
ernl freight and passenger agent, Corvallis.
q. " G. trains connect at Albany and
Corvallis
T.. w. BOWEN, superintendent.
VIM. HOAG. General Manager.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-25
woman suffrage Abroad,

Among the countries in which woman
suffrage in one firm or another prevails
are England, Scotland, Wales, Sweden,
Russia, Austro- Hungary, crotia, Dalmatia'
Italy. British Burmah, Madras Presidency,
Bombay Presidency, Russian Asia, Tasma-
mia, Iceland, New Zealand, victoriss New
South Wslas. Queensland and South Aas'
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-25
THE kEY TO SUCCESS S!
FOUND

Success in Business preparation
Commercial Arithmetic Pennmnship Business Correspon-
denc by both Single and Double Entry the nature and
Commercial
Shorthand ypcwritng. Manifold
All these needed business thoroughly
fenced teachers the SALEM BUSINESS
GTiswold's Block
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-25

Communion Tickets at twocents per
mile on sale at stations hav ing agents.
Connection af TIA }r and Fulquart
.anding with steamei eo3fy OF salem
CHAS. ~. ,fCB1T, Receiver.
General onices, \ W Cor ftrsf ana Pine,
Portland, Oregon 80
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-25
$50. HORSES.
$50.

One hundred head of brood mares and
" young horses for sale. Forty or fifty
colts expected IN the spring Two fine
horses, Clyde and Percheon stock, weight
sixteen and seventeen hundred: have been
with the band for the past three years.
Original stock from the best quality OF
mares. For particulars address or see
w. II. BYARS,
wit. Salem. Or.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-25
TRANSPORTATION.


And oregon Development company's
steamship line. 225 miles shorter, 20 hours
less time than by any othcl route. First
class through passenger ana freight line
from Portland and all points in the vii.
amette valley to and from san Francisco
TIME SCHEDULE, Except sundoysr
Leave Albany l:OOPM NJ
Leave Corvallis lao II NJ
Arrive Naquina $3.50 u NJ
Leave Gaquina B:i5 A NJ
Leave Corvallis lO:35 A NJ
Arrive Albany ll:l0 a NJ
q. Y c. trains connect at Albany and
Corvallis.
The above t.sips connect at YAOITTNA
'ith the Oregon Development co.'s Line
dHton'hShipS between Naquina and San
SAILING DATES.
STEAMERS. FROM YAoUINA.
Willamette Valley Sunday Apr. 2S
W !amctte Valley Monday. May
" illamcttc Valley, Tuesday " II
STEAMERS, FROM SAN FRANCISCO
willamette Valley Thursday May
willamette Valley Friday (" 10
Willamette Nalloy------~aturdaN Is
This company reserves the right to
change sailing dates without notice.
h. p.-lasseugors nom Portland and all
willamette Valley points can make close
connection With the trains of the
lAQUINA ROUTE at Albany or Corvallis,
ma If destined to san Francisco, should
arrange To arrive at Iaquna the evening
before date of sailing.
Passenger and Freight Rates Always the
Lowest. For information apply tn Messrs
Hul.MAN " CO., Freight and Ticket
Agents 200 and 202 Front ST., Portland, Or.
or to
&C. IIOGUE, Act Ger1 Frt. Il
Pass. Agt, Oregon Pacific II. II. Co..
. Corvallis, Or.
G II. HASWELL, Jr. Gen1 Frt; &
Pass. Agt Oregon Development
Co., 30i Montgomery ST.;
Can