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A hale old man. Mr.. Jas. Wilson. of
Aliens Springs, ILL.,, who is over 60 years
of age, says: Il have in my time tried a
great many medicines, some of excellent
quality; but never before did l find any
that would SO completely do all that is
claimed for it as Chamberla ms Collie
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. 1t Is
truly a wonderful medicine" For sale
by B. B. David.
, 1889-10-24

MIR E. p. Loveioy. a large dealer in
general merchandise at Wabuska, New.
says: II have tried St. Patrick's Pills
and can truthfully say they are the best L
have ever taken or know used" As a.
pleasant physic or for disorders of the
liver they will always give perfect satis-
faction. For sale by b. b. David.
, 1889-10-24
Back,en.. Arnicn snIxe.

The best salve in the world tor cuts
bruises. sores. ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter. chspped hands, chilblains.
eorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. Il is
guaranteed TO rive perfect satisfaction or
o refunded. Price Is cents per boy.
For sale by b. b. David, Druggist.
, 1889-10-24
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, 1889-10-24

All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the leader Office.
, 1889-10-24

We call attention to the Rex ad. in
this issue. it may interest you.
, 1889-10-24

Job Printing neatly executed al the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
, 1889-10-24

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & His
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12

at Rome appears to be acting ON Canning's
principle and really calling into existence a
new world to recompense the church for its
declining power In Europe. Within the
last seven years churches, schools, colleges,
seminaries, nunneries, sisterhoods, and mo-
nastic orders have been founded or estab
lshed in all the Australian colonies, and
are many Of them under the control of
Frenchmen Italians and Englishmen Of
exceptional ability, who present a marked
contrast to the illiteracy of the ordinary
country priest In addition, large sums of
money have been raised In Australia and
granted by Rome for the purchase Of land
and the erection of buildings; and all this
increase of power and Improvement Of or
ganization has taken place while the other
religious bodies are inactive and declining
in authority. Nowhere Is it more difficult
than in a young country to forecast the
future; but it seems plain from the present
indications that, unless some new and mod
fying influence asserts itself, the scene of
the struggle between church and liberty
viii be changed from France to Australia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
A Youthful Camper.

At the mature age of 7 II years Willie,
the light and JOY of an East-end house
hold, resolved recently to acquire some
camping experience. says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. In the ample grounds about
the house, accordingly, he erected a tent,
and after embelhshing its walls with all
the kitchen implements that bore any SEM
blance to the tomahawks and bowie-knives
of the beloved wild west, he spent the rest
of the day In and about it. This did not
satisfy William, however. At supper one
evening he announced his intention to
spend the night in the tent ''All right. >
said his father, but if you go out there
you must stay out So bed was rugged
UP in the tent, and after sunset the 7-year-
old hero babe a fond adieu to his parents
and repaired to his couch in the backyard
prairie. Nothing was heard of him until
about 9 o'clock, when one of the domestics
passing by the tent heard a small voice
exclaim within it: Take me to my
grandma's: | don't like this tent The
girl took the young desperate to his grand
ma 5 house, which was not far distant.
William would not go into his own home
that night. He confessed, however, at
breakfast that he had not spent the night
under canvas.
Nothing daunted, a few days afterward
William again announced his intention to
brave the perils of the backyard. The
bed was made up again and William again
took a tender farewell of his father and
mother. They had perfdiously planned to
make descent upon the tent In the sem
blance of wild animals or Indians, and as
soon as William had retired they set about
to carry out theplot. This programme was
spoilt, however, by the appearance of a
gang of young hopefuls from the neigh
boring houses There was a bucket of
water with this party, and the discharge
Of this over # the tent efeStuay o d2m m
marching order to the house.
There is vacant tent still in that East
end back ward
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
wEB-wEAvING MONSTERS.
4 Story of Big Spiders Found in the Mount
aims of CeyIon.

aims of CeyIon.
Far up In the mountains of CeylOn and
India there is a spider that spins a web
like bright yellow silk, the central net of
which is five feet In diameter, which the
supporting guys, as they are called,
measure sometimes 10 or II feet long,
and riding quickly In the morning you
may dash right into it, the stout threads
twining around your face like a lace veil,
while as the creature who has woven 1t
takes up his position In the middle he
generally catches you right on the nose,
and though he seldom bites or stings the
contact of his large body is anything but
pleasant
If you forget yourself and try to catch
him, bite he will, and though not venom
Gus his jaws are as powerful as birds
beak, and you are not likely to forget the
encounter.
The bodies of these spiders are very
handsomely decorated, being bright gold
or scarlet underneath. while the upper
part is covered with the most delicate
slate-eolOr fur.
So strong are the webs that birds the
size of larl1s are frequently caught there
In, and even the small but powerful scaly
lizard falls victim.
Often have | watched the yellow or
scarlet monster, measuring, when wait
ing for his prey, with its legs stretched
ont fully six inches, striding across the
middle of the net. and noted the rapid
manner in which he winds his stout
threads around the unfortunate captive,
says a writer in Rare Bits He usually
throws the coil about the head until the
wretched victim is blinded and then
choked.
In many unfrequented dark hooks of
the dark Jungle you come across most
perfect skeletons of small birds caught in
these terrible snares, the strong folds of
which prevent the delicate bones from fall
ing to the ground after the wind and
weather has dispersed the flesh and
feathers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
Hnm Russians Feed

The Russian eats ON an everage once
every two hours. The climate and custom
require such frequent meals, the digestion
of which is aided by frequent draughts of
vodki and tea VodBi is the Russian
whisky, made from potatoes and rye It
Is fiery and colorless, and is generally
favored with some extract like vanilla or
orange. 1t is drunk from small cups thai
hold, perhaps. half a gill. Vodki and tea
are the inseparable Accomplishments of
friendly as well as of business intercourse
In the country of the Gar Drunken men
are rare. Russia and Sweden are the only
countries in which the double dinner is the
rule. When you go to the house of a Rus
sian, be he friend or a stranger, you are
at once invited to a side table, where sailed
meats, picked eel, salted cucumbers, and
many other spicy and appetizing viands
are urged upon you with an impressiveness
that knows no refusal This repast is
washed down with frequent cups of vodhi.
That over, and when the visitor feels as if
he had eaten enough for twenty four hours,
the host says: And now for dinner. y
At the dinner table the meal is served in
courses with wines grown in Crimea and
Bessararabia, where excellent red wines
are made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
Some Phenomena of Memory.
ALI the Year Round

The varieties of memory are as remarka-
bic as its vagaries. There is, for instance,
so wide a range between Niebuhr, the
great statesman, and a certain divine, that
one can scarcely recognize the same faculty
In each 1t is said of Niebuhr that he re-
membered everything he had read at any
period of his life, and it is said of the rev
erend doctor that he forgot he had been
married within an hour or two of the in
teresting event. John Wesley had a re-
markable memory, and at eighty-fve, even,
it was still vigorous. Andrew Fuller could
repeat poem of 500 lines after hearing it
read once or twice, could recite verbatim a
sermon or speech, and enumerate the names
of the shop signs from the Temple to the
end of Cheapside, with a description of
the principal articles displayed in each shop
window Before the days of shorthand
reporting, Memory Woodfall'' used to
attend the House of Commons, and, after
listening to debate, would reproduce the
whole without taking a single note. The
same power was possessed by William Rad
cliffe, the husband of Mrs Radcliffe, the
novelist Both Macaulay and Sir Walter
Scott had prodigous memories, yet neither
of them could compare with Beronicious,
of Middleburg, who knew by heart the
works of Virgil Cicero, Juvenal, Homer,
Aristophanes, and the two Plinys. If this
was an example of the ''rote" only, we
have in Momofanti, the celebrated linguist
of Bologna, one of the most striking in
stances on record of what, by way of dis
tinction, we may call intelligent memory
He was described by Lord Byron as "a
walking polyglot, a master of languages
and a Briareus of parts of speech At
the age of fifty he was thoroughly versed
in fifty languages perfect in pronuncia-
ton. idiom. grammar and colloquialism-
and before his death he added twenty or
thirty more to his list He used to say
himself that he never forgot anything that
he ever heard or read As an example of
effort to create memory by artificial means,
the case of Robert Pasfeld, an illiterate
Puritan may be recalled. He had the
taste of his time for sermons. but could
himself neither read nor write. He invent
ed a long leather girdle, which he wound
twice around his body, and upon which he
preserved an accurate Biblical record The
girdle was divided into parts to represent
the books of the Bible IN their order; for
the chapters he affixed small thongs of
leather to the different divisions. and by
other points he indicated the verses in
each chapter. By means of this ''Girdle
of Verify. as 1t came to be called. the
man was able to take such notes Of the SER
mon that on returning home he could give
all the heads and quote all the various
texts mentioned In it-and the preachers
of the dav were great IN quotation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
Xictnria,s Ancestry

Victoria, queen of Great Britain and en-
press of India, is the niece of William ",
who was the brother of George ", who
was the son of George ILL.,, who was grand
son of George H., who was the son of
George l., who was the cousin of Queen
Anne, who was the sister-in-law of Will
ial ILL.,, who was the son-in-law of James
H., who was the brother of Charles H.,
who was the son of Charles l., who was
the son of James l., who was the cousin of
Elizabeth, who was a sister of Mary, who
was the sister of Edward ", who was
the son of Henry VIII, who was the son
Henry VII, who was the cousin of Rich
ard Ill, who was the uncle of Edward V,
who was the son of Edward ". who was
the cousin of Henry VI, who who was the
son of Henry V, who was cousin of
Richard H., who was the grandson of
Edward H., who was the son of Edward l.,
who was the son of Henry Ill, who was
the son of John, who was the brother of
Richard l., who was the son of Henry H.,
who was the cousin of Stephen, who was
the cousin of Henry l., who was the broth
er of William Rufus, who was the son of
William the Conqueror.
Thus Queen Victoria can trace her an
cestors back to about eight hundred years
ago. 1t is the oldest reigning dynasty in
the world
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
THE EIFFEI TOWER.
Murat HaIsted Thinks 1t is a Marvel of
Artistic Work.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.


The Eiffel tower is the pride of France
and one of the wonders of the world, and
| do not agree u it'll those who do not think
it structure remarkable for beauty. The
lines of it are exquisitely drawn, and that
portion which seems most impressive, the
base, has been very earnestly criticised by
writers with the talent for fault-fnding.
No more impressive structure was ever
to the first platform. This part consists of
four gigantic arches, joined and sustaining
each other, and imposing proportions thus
far do not relate exclusively to height The
elevators which run in two of the four feet
of the tower are of American design. and
when one looks upon them crawling up the
steep places they seem to move with pro-
vOking slowness, but when one steps on
the elevator and goes up, and especially
when one comes down. the speed seems
quite sufficient. Arrived on the first
platform there is a great space in
which there is an extensive restaurant. and
beer and wine are administered over a
large surface, while the promenades are
spacious, accommodating thousands From
this elevation one beholds with awe the
rise of the elevator to tee second platform.
There Is ladder In what may be termed
the shaft Of the elevator, and it makes the
sensitive shrink to see the great cage
crawling. as it were, up this ladder until it
reaches the dizzy height of the second plat
form. 1t Is from this that the view Is
finest. The Seine is blue ribbon through
the heart of Paris, the surrounding hills
are dwarfed the Arc de Triomphe. the
gilded domes of the Invalides and of the
Pantheon, the old cathedral of Notre Dame
and even the TrocaderO, indeed all the
structures for which Paris is famous.
dwindle into apparent insi gnifcance. One
can see the whole city and the country
round about: and there is misty horizon
that looks dim and far as If 1t might COM
prehend half a dozen Of the provinces of
France. From this point of view the ele-
vator starts that carries one half way of
the remainder of the giddy ascent. When
up that far an iron door opens and the
passengers are shifted from one elevator to
another and then. In due time. the tip-top
platform is reached. One can comprehend
the comparative elevation of the plat
forms-the second $50 feet in the air and
the one at the top-by remembering that
the distance Is greater than the total height
Of the Washington monument. The view
from the extreme height did not impress
me as equal to that from the second plat
form. There Is something almost awful In
the altitude, though there Is a sense Of Sc
curity regarding the construction of the
tower. The reliability of the strength
that has been given it is obvious, and
there is no sensation to a reasonable per
son of being In critical situation. Paris
seems small and the great park-the Bots
de Boulogue, which contains II 900 acres
looks like a ten-acre field. and the famous
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12

forests seems to be lot of garden shrub
berry. The trains thatsgo crawling about
the country appear as though they might
be toys manipulated by children From
every point of view the Eiffel'' is a most
interesting and majestic object; and moth
ing Is more striking than the immense
beams of light cast from the summit upon
the grounds of the exposition and the
illuminated fountains in the evening. made
to glow by electric lights through colored
glass that changes like a Kaleidoscope and
surprisingly glitters with all the hues of
the rainbow it is the sudden vision
when many miles away, approaching Paris,
of the light ON the tower. which seems like
some new and glorious star suddenly come
in midsummer to rival the splendors OF
.Innifer-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
WHEN ROYALTY DANCES.
Some of the Etiquet Observed at State Ba
in London.

Some of the Etiquet Observed at State Balls
in London.
At state balls, be it known, says a Lon
don letter to the San Francisco Argonaut,
there are no dane programmes, and so far
as the royalties are concerned, no intro
auctions. Before each dance and princes
prime esses confer together within the
royal circle just in front of the dais. They
are choosing their partners When their
selections are made and be sure many a
joke and laugh among themselves accom-
panies the labor of making a choice-the
lord chamberlain Immediately bears the
message thereof to the thus distinguished
person. The chosen partners, breaking all
other engagements, file up together to the
royal circle if not already within it, and,
If men, approach the princesses and wait
till the august ladies come forward and
claim them; if ladies, the princes come
down to meet them and take possession of
them
The royalties dance a good deal with
each other, and in the square dances,
which at state balls are very considerably
shortened the princess of Wales never
walks backward. | dare say when this
is known it will at once become rule in
the various -Four Hundreds of Ameri-
can society.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE.

They claim no mission, but daily work
has come to them, ninistering to the rich
and poor alike. receiving nothing in return.
They have never wanted for the bare neces-
stiles of life They speak the truth to
each other, and, as one of the ladies told
me. the constant friction of different dis
positions is what makes it life of disci-
pline. Some have come to them attracted
by their peaceful life. but there is no
glamor about it, no rigidity to attract
ascetics, no rights and ceremonies embel-
fishing the simple life of truth to attract
the sentimental They labor slow on the
precept: = First take away the beam that
is in thine own eye. and then thou shalt
see clearly to take out the mote that is in
thy brothers eve" Though they do not
preach. their daily living and communica-
ton with their neighbors have drawn
many Mohammedans. Greek, and even
Jews. to learn of their simple religion Of
love. They fully believe that the rebuild
ing of Jerusalem Is at hand: that the
prophecies. which by many people are con
sidered symbolic of the coming of the
heavenly kingdom, apply to Jerusalem OF
to-day. Certainly, consulting certain pre-
dictions of the Old Testament. as found III
jeremiah xxi, 50 40. and Zachariah xiv.
10-11. where even landmarks of the new
city are cited, just there and nowhere else
are the new buildings going up Of Jews
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12

you would take a half-section Of land and
scatter over the whole great piles of gigan-
tic store boxes Just as you find them back
of a large store you might get some idea of
Jerusalem as 1t looks to me from Mount
Zion These houses have no chimneys and
their stone roofs are IN every case almost
fiat. Many Of them have little beehive
domes jutting out of their center. and If
the town were on a level these domes would
look like the hay-cocks of great meadow
at time of harvest Yellow limestone Is
the material of Jerusalem The wood used
In the building of the whole city would not
last an American family winter. and the
roofs, walls, and floors of these thousands
OF houses are of cold. yellowish-white
limestone. Even In the bishops mansion.
which Is one of the finest In the city. get
out of my bed onto stone floor. and | walk
to my breakfast through stone halls. down
stone steps.
There are no wells in the city of Jeru-
salem All of the water comes down in
rain, and the trees and gardens of the
town can be numbered on your fingers.
The hills about the city are almost as bar
rem as those of New England. and the only
foliage visible is the dark, silvery green of
the olive orchards on the Mount of Olives
and along the hills between Jaffa and
Bethlehem. The only green to be seen is
an acre or so of common inside the walls
of the temple plateau and here and there a
housetop which by age has gathered a
coating of dirt from the dust of the city
and ON which the green grass has sprouted.
Here and there you see ruined arches which
are too dangerous to be inhabited by the
bees of this human hive and on these the
moss and grass grow. There is one green,
bushy tree at the base of Mount Calvary,
and a solitary palm looks out over the city
beside the business street named after
King David. tits not an acknowledging
town, and It's glaring cream-white makes
sore the eyes under the rays of this tropical
sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
HUNTING FOR HEADS.
The BarbarOus Customs in Vogue Among
the Society Islands.
Pnnular Science MONTHLY.

Popular Science monthly.
Throughout the group one constantly
sees human skulls hung up either In or
outside the houses, but it is from New
Georgia and the adjacent islands that head
hunting is carried ON to its fullest extent.
Among these natives it appears to be a
perfect fashion. No canoe house can be
completed and no canoe launched without
head being obtained. They make long
voyages in their large tomakos, or head
hunting canoes, for the purpose of secur-
ing heads, the chief hunting ground at
the present time being two islands of
Choiseul and Isabel, ninety to one hundred
miles away, which, however, are becoming
somewhat worked up.
The basest treachery Is often employed.
They will, at times. visit village as
friends, and after staying for a day or two,
at a given signal turn upon their hosts
and either kill them or take them alive.
Such a case occurred while | was at Ru-
biana At other times they will surprise
or cut off party fishing on reef, and no
matter whether they are men, women or
children, the heads count. The heads,
after being slightly smoked, are stuck up
along the rafters Of the roof in the canoe
houses, and have myself counted thirteen
recent heads in a house at Slsleta. Occas-
iOnatly the head-hunters themselves meet
with reverses and while at Rubiana | in
quired the reason of some particularly fine
cocoanut trees having been cut down.
was told that it was in consequence of the
death of chief who had been killed on a
head-hunting expedition to Isabel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-12
w hat a Dervish Is.

There is some question of the meaning
of the word 'dervish' applied to the fol-
lowers of the late Mahdi The Persian
word dervish means beggar or poor man.
and has by degrees come to be applied
particularly to the religious mendicants,
and by further step to religious fanatics,
in which sense it seems to be applied to the
soldiers of the Mahdi's Khalifa. The
prophet Mohammed said LA Rahibaniat
fl Islamia,' There is no monkery in
Islam;" but when Turanic tribes were
converted they brought their own old
monastic institutions into their new re-
hgion; hence the orders of dervishes or
religious mendicants in Turkey and Persia,
vowed to poverty and celibacy and bound
by VOW of obedience No doubt it is
from their resemblance to these Mussulman
mendicant friars that the Mahdists are
called dervishes but whether they them
selves own to the name, or whether it is
merely nickname fastened upon them by
their enemies I do not know