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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11

careless wandering, will distinguish the
one outlet and patiently await it's oper-
ing. The odor of that particular part OF
the fence is their guide to it. The horse
in browsing, or while gathering herbage
with its lips, is guided by its choice of
proper food entirely by its nostrils
Blind horses do not make mistakes in
their diet. In the tenn pie of Olympus a
bronze horse was exhibited, at the sight
o. which six horses experienced the
most evident emotions. Il han judicious-
ly observed that the most perfect art
could not initiate nature sufficiently well
to produce so perfect an Illusion. Like
Pliny and Pausanias, he consequently af-
firms that sin casting the statue a magi-
clan has thrown Hippomanes upon it,
which by the odor of the plant, deceived
the horses, and therein we have the Sc
cret of the miracle. The scent alone of
buffalo robe will cause many horses TO
evinoe lively terror, and the floating scent
of railroad train will brighten some
long after the locomotive is out of sight
and hearing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11

"'We have several other varieties -
loW me to show you some
No, thank YOU
"'Miss Clara here inquired politely
if the lady would not take some June
rosess'
"'No, MOI
awe have several other varieties. Al
low me to showyou some,' said Msis Clara,
like a pAonograo h of Mr.. Brown.
"'No, no. no! I thank you
GAS I neared the door the proprietor,
who had first passed me over to Miss
Clara, advanced again with, What did the
lady wishs'
Jacqueminot roses
"'Miss Clara, haven't we anything TO
please the ladys Show her some yellow
roses
"'No, 1 thank you, no. and I escaped
"Well, I went from one end of Regent
street to the other, from one end of Ok
ford street to the other and passed
through that Identical experience at every
florists shop, but did not find a single
JacquemiD OF rose.
"Now, in Paris, if they haven't the thing
You want they tell you so, take your ad-
dress, and the following day send the
very articles to you on approval"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11
1t Was Such a Funny Story

"Oh, Lii, have the fun ni-est story TO
tell you; you'll just die. Mr.. Bates-you
know Mr.. Batesr we'll, he is just too cute
for anything. He called last night, and
he and pa got to telling stories. laughed
till was just tired, and you must hear
this story"
"Do tell me, Jul: I'm dead to hear a
good story"
sWelI-oh, it was too rich, Lii. OF
course can't tell it like Mr.. Bates-he's
so awfulIy clever-but Pill"
do go on"
swell, Mr.. Bates said-but my, you
ought TO have seen his face. He can just
draw his face down and his eyes"
"Oh, pshaw! Jul, let's have the story"
"Well, tken-now don't you make me
laugh-there was a man out in Illinois
no, now was it Illinois? why, dear me-
let's see-yes, it must have been Illinois,
for Kalamazoo is the place"
"Why, Jal, kalamazoo is in Ohio"
ooh, how stupid; of course 1T is. Well,
it don't matter anyway what state it was.
Well, this man from Kalamazoo-noww was
it man? Yes, it must have been man,
for Mr.. Bates told me about how he got
his cards--let's see, was it cards or poker
chips? Now that is funny can't remem-
Der. Well, anyway, this man from Kala-
mazoo was on train going to-going to
oh, dear, how get things mixed--to
Os- O5h-oh, yes, Oshkosh; that's it.
Well, he was going to Oshkosh on train
when another man stepped up and said
and said-now, what did that man say?
Pm certain this one was man, and he
said something TO the man from Kalama
zOO-what on earth was lt?'
"Never mind, Jul, go on with the
story"
"Of course, it really don't matter what
the man SAID; but anyway, those two men
played and played. Then the man from
nov, let me be sure-yes, it was the
man on the train; he was-let me see;
didn't Mr.. Bates say he was senatorf
Yes. Pm sure he was senator from
Ohio"
"Never mind, Jul; what's that got to
do with the story?"
"Now, Lii, you put me out"
Il don't either; but I do want to hear
the end"
Well, the senator and the man from
kalamazoo played and played, till finally
nov, how was that? Oh, yes; the seDa
tor bet on the game, and the other man
said-he said-oh, Scott, how provoking!
Well, anyway, the man from Kalamazoo
had no change for-yes, believe it was
500 bill, and-nnd-"
''Do go on JUL"
"Why, oh, yes-wen, anyway, Lii, it is
not quite as Mr.. Bates told 1t. | said
the Kalamazoo man had no change,
didn't II"
eyes, yes, and the other manf"
"Well, he-oh, yes, nov [ rem nber-
well, he had."-New York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11
DIVORCES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

In Australia divorces have never been
sanctioned.
Divorces are scarcely ever known to
occur in modern Greece.
In Hindostan either party for slight
cause may leave the other and marry.
In oiGen times the Jews had 6isore-
tionary power of divorcing their wives.
Divorces are scarcely allowed in Thibet,
unless with the consent OF both parties.
Remarriage is forbidden.
In Cochin China the prties desiring
divorce break E pair of chopssicks in vhe
presence OF Witnesses and the thing is
done.
Two kinds of divorces are granted il
Circassia. By the first the parties can
Immediately marry again; by the second
not for year.
Among some tribes of American In
dams the pieces of sticks given the wit
nesses of the marriage are broken as a
sign of divorce.
If the wife of Turkoman asks his
permission to go out, and be says ego"
without adding "come back again." they
are divorced.
III EiOerld II uldu Is OlSsdGlSue0 Will
the most trifling acts of his wife he tears
a cap or veil from her face and consti-
tutes divorce.
Ia Siam the first wife may be divorced,
but not sold as the others may be. She
may claim the first child. The others
belong to the husband.
Among the Moors, if the wife does not
become the mother of a boy, she may be
divorced with the consen6 Of the tribe
aud can marry again
III the Arctic region man who wants a
divorce leaves home in anger and does
nor return for several days. The wife
takes the hint and departs.
In Cdina divorces are allowed in all
cases of crIninality, mutuai dislike,
jealousy, inoom pstibiltity of tempera-
ment, or too much loquaoity on the part
of the Eife.
Among the Tartars if the wife is i'll
treated she complains to the magistrate
who, attended by the principal people,
accompanies her TO the house and pro-
nounces q divorce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11
Money in Canary Farming.

One good way for girl to earn her
pin-money is to raise canaries. Good
singers always bring good prices, and
There is considerable amusement, too, to
be derived from the care of birds, by
one who is fond of pets, and the cost is
next TO nothing after the parent birds
and cage are once purchased. The rules
for success are sim pie. A big roomy
cage, wide, shallow nest and cleanliness
are requisites. Paper spread on the floor
of the cage, sprinkled with sand, is easily
removed amp renewed. A bird of light
color is best matched with one of darker
hue, or the offspring will look either wash
ed out or too dingy. If the male canary
is good singer, cross with 2 linnet
will produce the st results. Let the
birds alone as much as possible. Do not
fuss over them. Do not be alarmed i
they fight little at first, they soon settle
upon which is 20 rule the roost. Err
rather on the side of too little than too
much food. Be careful to give nothing
salty or greasy. One pair Of birds will
raise several hroods in year. The lit
tie ones are perfect frights az first, but
grow fast. Al four weeks they begiu to
squeak. Their first efforts are positively
painful, but In two weeks notes should be
distinctly aodible if the bird is to be a
singer The writer had hen bird that
died when She brood was week old, but
the xidower raised the whole family, and
beauties they were.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11
SCIENTIFIC GLEANINGS.

Powdered rosin according to II. Hagar,
is liable to spontaneous combustion,
owing to oxidation by the air, and it
should be kept in tightly closed tin
boxes.
Prof. Ayrton estimates that the power
wasted at Niagara Falls exceeds that
which could be produ,ed by the annual
consum ption of 10000 tons of coal.
The microscope often reveals impuri-
ties in diamonds, particles of organic
matter and bubbles OF gas being common.
Quartz chlorite, pyrite, hematite and
topaz have also been seen.
ItIwas foundIthat by the loss by evapora-
ton from large tank for supplying the
city OF Nagpur with water, was in the
hottest season 21a times as great as the
quantity supplied for consum ption.
A metallurgist gives as a reason why
steel will not weld as readily as wrought
iron, that it is not partially com posed of
cinder, as seems to be the case with
wrought iron, which assists in forming a
fusible alloy, which the scale of oxidation
formed on the surface of the iron in the
furnace.
plan for rendering paper as tough
as wood or leather has been recently
introduced On the continent; it consists
in mixing chloride of zinc with tie pull p
in the course OF manufacture. 1t has
been found that the greater the degree
of concentration of the zinc solution the
greater will be the tOughness OF the
paper. 1t can be used for making boxes.
combs, for roofing and even for making
boats.
An ingenious means of repairing a
break in steam pipe consists in binding
the break with wood strips, laid close to-
gether, and well served around with stout
cord or rope, eDdwise separation being
prevented by more rope crossing the
break diagonaliy and tied SO as to draw
the broken parts together; on the wood
and the cord getting wet with streams
the Joints become even tighter than be-
fore, as the wood swelis and the cords
Uig hten.
In Ireland last year % $50 swarms of
bees produced 459 1856 pounds OF honey,
an average of sixteen pounds per hive.
The avarage store of a swarm kept in
hives with movable frames, by which
portions of the comb can be removed,
was twenty-three pounds, while that of a
swarm kept in less commodous dwell
ing was only thirteen pounds. Bees are
not the only animals that work best III
roomy workshops.
The fora of Europe embraces about TO-
GOO species; India has about $4,000. The
British possessions in North America,
though with an area nearly as large as
Europe, has only about % species. One
of the richest f1oras is that of the Cape of
Good Hope and Natal, which figures up
about 10000 species. Australia also is
rich in species, about 10 600 being al
ready known. In the West Indies and
Guiana there are 1000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11


The Milwaukee, Lake Shore a. Western
Railway has been well named the Fishing
and Hunting Line of Wisconsin, passing,
as it does, through thousands of acres of
but partially explore woods and within
easy reaching distance of lakes and
streams that have never been ished by
white men, all well stocked with the game
fish for which Northern Wisconsin waters
are noted. The woods ABOUND with game;
deer, bear, wolf, mink, beaver, pheasant
and other game are quite plentiful.
THE ONLY LINE
From Milwaukee to the new Iron Mining
District in Wisconsin and Michigan that
reaches ALL of the developed Mining
towns; GOGEBIC, WAKEFIELD, BE5|
SEMER, IRONWOOD AND HURLEY.
Direct line to ASHLAND and DULUTH
Sleeping cars between L1HLAND end
CHICAGO.
The GUIDE Book, and other desoriptrv>
matter, containing full information, maps
and engravings of the country traVersed
by the line, will be sent to any address or
application to the General Passenger
Agent.
ChAs. L. RYDER GenT Agt ia Clark St..
V. VLIET. CITY P & T. Agt CHICAGO.
Hitara1ekee Office % Wisco1tst1, ST.
II. f. wHITCOMB GEO. 3. MARSH.
GeD1 Manager. GeE1 Pass. & Tiki. Agt
MIL AUKEE, WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11
GLADSTONE TO cLEwS.
The Grand Old Man COrrects Some Errors
Made by the Banker in His Book

The Grand Old Man COrrects Some Errors
Made by the Banker in His Book.
Henry CIews sent copy of his sThirty
Years in Wall Street" to Mr.. W. E. Glad
stone, and received letter of acknowI-
edgment and second letter, which is as
follows:
26 JAMES STREET, DEAR SIR: Having
expressed my interest in the portions of
your work which read on the day of its
arrival, think 1t would be less than in-
genuous If l did not, after reading what
relates TO the Cabinet of Lord Palmers
ton, make some reference to it.
Allow me to assure you that, so far as
that Cabinet is concerned, you have been
entirely misled in regard to matters of
fact. As member of it, and now nearly
the sole surviving member, I can state
that 1t never at any time dealt with the
subject of recognizing the South ern states
in yoGr great civil war, excepting when
it learned of the proposition of the EN-
peror Napoleon III. and declined to en-
terrain that proposition, without qualifi
cation, hesitation, delay or dissent.
In the debate which took place on Mr..
Roebuck's proposal for the negotiation,
Lord Russell took no part, and could take
none, as he was member of the House
of Lords. l spoke for the capinet. You
will, am sure, be glad to learn that
there is no foundation for a charge,
which, had it been true, might have aided
in keeping alive angry sentiments hap
PLY gone by.
You are of course at liberty to publish
this letter.
| remain, dear sir, your very faithful
servant, W. E. GLADSTONE.
FL. CLEws, ESQ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11

you. 1 have means of my own, anc have
we'll, 1 may say had, great e1peota-
tions; but my father, who is several times
e. millionaire, has taken into his head TO
fiji me with wife. l prefer to choose for
myself. If you will be content to share
what / have, Philip Briggs does not care
for more"
'Briggs-Philip!" cried Gwenny, re-
leasing himself from mis- grasp and look
ing at him wonderingly. SIS your fathers
name Johns"
"Yes,"
"Aud he lives in Philadelphia"
eyes"
Gwenny burst into peal of silvery
laughter.
"Do not feel vexed, Philip" she said at
length. II am only laughing at the
similarity of our positions. My father
chose a husband for me in the same way,
and il was TO escape discussions of the
matter that took these few weeks rusti-
cation. Mrs. Cooper is my old nurse, and
have called her 'aunty' from the time
could toddle arouad. She was married
from our house. Her husband had very
little money, and father bought them this
farm and stocked it. But, oh! think,
Philip dear, how your father and mine
will chuckle! You are Philip Briggs, and
II am Gwenllian Spriggsw
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11
BRAVE LITTLE ETHEL.

Tardy Justice Melted Out to Heroic Little
Terrible Death.
The New York Court of Appeals has
Just decided a case which recalls re-
markable instance of heroism on the part
of little girl.
In the summer of 1884 Ethel A. Spoon
er, lovely hid of 8 years, accompanied
her parents and some friends to East
Orange, N. j., to spend the hot months.
The house at which they were visiting was
located a short distance from the tracks
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad. One day little Ethel wan
dered near the track, and as she ap
preached she saw three little children
playing on the ties. Looking up the road,
Ethel was Mortified to observe a train ap-
preaching at high speed. Sue called to
the children, but they paid no attention
to her, and after hesitet1ng g moment the
brave little girl stepped between the
tracks, and taking two of the children by
the hand, dragged them out of the
danger.
The train by that time was within a
quarter of mile of the children and
laundering along at great speed. Moth
Jug uduUbSo, Ethei, dSaiu SbSppOu upon
the track TO secure the other child, but as
she did SO her feet caught in "frog,"
from which che vainiy tried to release
herself. Finding her efforts useless she
called TO the child, who realized it's dan
ger in time TO get off the track.
Ethel instead of faint1ng as many an
Older girl might have done, shouted and
waved her hands at the engineer of the
onooming train, but the latter paid no
heed. Nearer came the train, and at last
it was almost upon her when the little
heroine threw her body outside of the
rails, and the train Numbered by, crush
ing her foot and ankle into a shapeless
mass.
1t was found necessary to amputate her
leg just below the knee.
On her return to Brooklyn, A. W. Ten
ney, who was engaged as her counsel, be-
gan an action against the railroad COM
pany for $4,000 dama,e, alleging negli-
genoe on the part of the engineer and of
the company in the construction of the
pIanking at the crossing where the ACCT
dent occurred. The case was tried before
Judge Bartlett and jury in the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn in 1886 and verdict
was rendered for the plaintiff for $780, 900
and $500 additional costs. The company
appealed TO the General Term, WHOA af
frmed the verdict, and the defendent
then took the case to the Court of APP
peals, which has just affirmed the YER
dict.
Now Ethel will get her damages, which
will amount together with interest, TO
over $25. 900. The case outside of its ro
mantle incidents, is OF interest, a. $4,000
is the largest amount ever awarded for
the loss of leg, and it defines the Law re
gsrding the proper construction OF plank
py oFrssInns
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11
SHOPPING IN LONDON.
Professional Tells of Her Experience With
British ShOp-KeeporS.

Professional Tells of Her Experience With
British Sh0p-Keepors
In an interview with New York Herald
reporter, singer who has undergone
much of her training abroad, describes
her search after a desired article In a
London store:
"In London they keep every thing
under lock and key. Why, I went to the
shoemaker of His Royal Highness, the
Prince OF Wales, to buy pair of rubbers.
Here's the conversation that attended the
sale:
"'What would the lady likef'
"'A pair of rubbers.'
"'Oh, yes. Mr.. Brown, please step
! this way
"Mr. Brown appears and inquiries:
''Nhat would you like, Mlss?'
'Rubbers.'
"'O1, yes, Fosdick! Fosdick, please
call Charles 10 unlock the drawer the san
daIs are in
"Charles comes forward, unloeks
drawer after drawer till l find pair to
salt, and | began to look upon rnbbers
as very valuable articles and wonder
if I must keep mine in jewel case here
after.
"You go into a picture gallery, and
every time you turn your head yen see a
guard behind you watching that you do
not take anything, and their innumer-
able iniunctions to move on Don't
touch the pictures.' No canes or UNI
brellas allowed inside etc.
"You have ouly to cross the channel
O short hour and a half it takes-and you
are in totally different nation, different
costumes, different lang uage, and oh! how
different the costumes. Everything is
open TO ms pection. No one suspects you
of being a thief; nothing is under lock
and key.
"Why, I have been to the Palace of
Versailles on fountain day when prob
ably 10000 we're there, and all you saw of
espionage was man TO let you in and
one to let you out. And inside you can
walk all through, look at the beautiful
vaoss, pictures, rarest objects of art with
out protest from any one. For ali
could see, one could carry OF two or three
vases, poke his umbrella through a pic
ture, punch hole in the wall, drop dyna-
mite in a corner ana no one wonld know
who did
"And the English trades people are so
slow at pretending you, while the
French understand III slightest nod, and
even anticipate your wishes"
s'I went into florists in London and
asked for some Jaeq uaminot roses.
"'Ab,' said the proprietor, Jack
jack
"'JRcG uemInot roses
sob, yes. Miss Clara, please come
forward
Miss Clara appears.
'"Eha5 would the lady likef'
"Jacqueminot roses-red, red roses;
something like June roses, you know
"Jaue roses. How manyr
az don't want une roses. Jacqueminot
roses; something like June roses, said
Mr.. Brownr Miss ara calls.
"Mr, Brown appears on the scene to
play his little part Of the farce.
"tWhat did you say yon wanted?' in
quired Miss Cara.
81 vas getting quite desperate.
"'Red roses. Jacqueminot. Red-sort
of magenta color Meantime 1 w8s turn
ing magenta color myself with frenzy.
"'Mr. Brown, have we any jack
81 lace 1eIninot roses,' / SAID feebIy.
"'Whet did the lady say she wished?
inquired Mr.. Brown, suavely.
"'Jacqueminot roses. Red-nearly like
June roses
"'We can give you some very hand
come yellow roses"
"sNo, I want Jacqueminot. Have you
rone?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-11
THOSE WRINKLED HANDS.
REV. vARNUa LINCOLN.

Those wrinkled hands that Ger woman's
Now folded lie in deaths last solemn sleep,
Alasl how cold and still; nut GOD knows
His time will choose, while we in silence
Who had By these dear hands been often blest, 2
But now shall miss the love that flowed so
No more Shall we enjoy their caress,
Nor feel again their clinging tenderness.
In those lines where the plough of Time has
And heaped with burrows deep the trace of
years.
The marks of toll, the change of shade and sun,
The record of a heightened life appears;
Many tale they tell of joys begun,
And hopes soon ended in dash OF tears
Those veins of blue her sunny skies unroll,
That skin so fair the whiteness OF her soul.
But lol as we read on, what sight is this?
A cherub form with dimpled hands ana
small
Bright golden locks. and lips that tempt
Like paintings seen on old cathedral wall;
Some angel sent from distant worlds OF bliss,
That sunbeams bring to this dim earthy
Again we look. laughing girl is seen,
To school she skips or romps IN orcharoS
green.
In these oddly fashioned lines next we trace
The vision of a maiden sweet and fa1r;
Bv garden gate she waits: upon her face
Rests lights rosy tinge, as if gathered there
The crimson blush of thousand mornings
Or is that glow of bliss beyond compare,
Aught else than loves warm thrill, as there she
stands,
Holding in her own another's tender hands?
Iife's busy noon unfOlds; and what befeu
In sober age; how hands now pale and cold,
We're moved to kindly acts; oft strove TO qlel
neighbours grief and wipe the gathering
mold
OF death from aching brows sickbeds can
tell;
And poor their lsaintly deeds confess with
old.
Then rest sweet hands, with scars of battle
won,
Like folded banners when the day is done.
Christian Leader.
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NOTES :::= =: IL: ::g, :! ::. IS:
~ ness man and nfhara he

WEN commercial travellers, busi-
ness men and others hae
revealed:
That the Wisconsin Centrr' has the
unqualified endorsement OF all;
That the Wisconsin Central has to-day
the most popular line between Chicago
and Milwaukee, and ST. Paul. Minnie
apolis and the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding to its admirers as the recog-
nlzed Pullman line between Chicago
and Milwaukee and Ashland, Duluth
and Lake Superior;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points in Wiscon-
sin, and that it his more important
business centers on its through line
than any other railway to and from
the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviable reputation with its peer
less Dining Car Service:
That the Wisconsin Central runs last
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout tina
country, who will cheerfully give any
information that may be desired and
that it's terminal agents are specially
instructed to look after the comfort of
passengers who may be routed via its
line.
For detailed information apply to your
nearest Ticket Agent; or to represents
tiyes of the Wisconsin Central.
VIM. s. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER
General Manager. Gen1 PasSr. & Tiki. Asf
LOUIS ECKSTEIN,
Asst Gen1 PasSr. & Tiki. Agt.
MTLwAUKEE, WIS.