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Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
A Noble Woman.

Helen Chalmers, the daughter of the note
Scotch divine, lives in one Of thelowest part
of Edinburgh. Her home consists Of a fey
rooms in an alley, surrounded by drunken
ness, proverty and suffering. Every nigh
she goes out into the LINES Of the city wit
her lantern, and she never returns to he
quarters without one or more girls or wome
she has taken from the street. The peopl
love her, and she is never molested or insul,
ed-New Orleans PicayrIue
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
Thomas Corwin's Granddaughter.

One Of the most vigorous, untiring women
workers this city has absorbed in many a
year is Mrs Salle Mcdonald, the grand
daughter of the noted Tom Corwin. She
came here from Ohio with no money and set
10 work in various departments of labor.
She Is en- energetic and successful advertising
solicitor and gets q handsome income from
that Ina OF hIi.IIaSS 0nsaSinnAilv sha s-.i,s
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
To Change Arc Lights,

By changing the current on one Of these
powerful arc lights ! cen make it throw as
little light as O candle. Electricity, you
know. Is always trying to escape, TO get away,
and when confined in wire it cannot do So
but travels along the wire as though In hopes
of finding its way out at the end, which it
never does. It creates current in this way,
and In these arc lights, where the current
must jump through the open air from one
carbon to the other, additional power to
make the jump is generated at the dynamo.
The current travels SO quickly that it con-
denses itself into q very thin stream in the
very heart Of the carbon. 1t always enters
at the top of q lamp, goes through the first
carbon. leaps to the lower one and continues
on to the other lamp. In leaving tbs
upper carbon the current burns 1t IN
the shape Of q cup, into which the lower
carbon fits, it being burned to a point IN re-
ceiving the current This cup In the upper
carbon acts like reflector, aud throws the
light downward By charging the wires
where the current enters the lamp, and max
ing il run up from the bottom, the lower car
bon will take the cup shape and throw all the
light on the ceiling, leaving the room quite
dark--St Louis Globe-Derocrat
Precocious Naturalist.
A prediction for the coupauionship Of
brute nature, and for the study Of It's repul-
Sve forms, sometimes manifests itself In a
strange way. A recent book Of travel gives
this observation, made by the author in
Cairo:
Yesterday little fellow, who was await
ing patronage b. the hotel garden gate, cried
out TO me, Want TO see snakes, HowadJiF
and the next moment he ernptied a bag Of
sluggish reptiles ct my feet, and began twin
ing them about bis neck and arms
That boy goes TO sleep in the afternoon with
his bag Of snakes fc-a nilln1r.-Ynntbs Com
nanian
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Hindoo Superstitions.

The Hindoos are early risers, says
Science. In the warm season-eXtend-
ing from April to October-they sleep
either upon the housetop or in the
courtyard or in the veranda if rain
should be threatening, and are usually
up at 3 o'clock or earlier in the morn
ing. In the cold weather, when they
sleep within doors, they rise later, but
they are out before z. Rising in the
morning while but half awake, the
Hindoo repeats the name of Rama sew
eral times. Happening to yawn, he
Immediately fillips his thumb and
middle finger, though he does not know
why.
He prepares for his morning toilet.
He plucks q twig from the bitter Neem
tree, breaks of a span length of it,
brushes one end between his teeth,
and extempOrizes a tooth thrush. He
next draws up water from the well in
the yard with an iron bucket and pre-
pares to wash his hands and face.
This is quickly done. He then throws
on an extra garment, the thickness and
texture depending on the season and
weather, lights his hooka, takes few
pu4in Will h-o Ga i)lIOhIO LtADDlC-D
BILE, and is ready to go out. With q
passing Rama, Rama" to friend OF
acquaintance, and neighborly gossip
by the way, he repairs to his place of
business.
While going he will sedulously avoid
those signs and sounds which may
augur i'll for the day. Should one
sneeze or should he hear the cawing
of a crow or the cry of kite or should
he meet an Gilman or one blind OF
lame or see a cat cross his path he
would be greatly distressed as to the
day before hi m. On the other hand il
a fox crosses his path, if he hears a
gong or shell summoning him to wor-
ship, or if he meets a Brahman with
his head uncovered. he will rejoice,
hailing it as auspicious. Some are Sc
superstitious that if any evil portent
occurs on the way they would return
home, have a smoke or chew a betel
leaf. and proceed afresh.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Saved BY Her Wit and Courage.

A striking instance of woman S cOur-
age and presence of mind occurred in
Philadelphia recently. A lady residing
in that citv retired to her room as US
ual the other night, after having lock-
ed the front door OF the house and
placed the key on the bureau in her
bedroom, as was her invariable Gus
tom.
She was standing before a mirror
preparing for bed when she saw re-
fected in it the form of a man crouch
ing under the bed. She was alone in
the house, and was naturally terribly
startled, but her presence of mind did
not desert her. She reasoned that if
she cried out or gave the slightest sign
that she was aware of the Intruder
presence in the house, he would over
power her before help could come,
and with a wonderful self-control she
went quietly on with her toilet, giving
no outward indication of the terrible
mental torture she was suffering.
The door key on the bureau sug-
gested an idea to her. She picked it
up and walked over to the window,
which was open, and without showing
any signs of alarm sat there looking
out until help should arrive. Forum
ately she did not have long to wait, OF
she could not have endured the strain.
A policeman walked slowly by the
house, and without attracting the at
tention of the man under the bed, she
dropped the key directly in front OF
him and signed to him to unlock the
! door and come up.
He did 50 and pulled a burly and
brutalIooking negro from under the
bed. It was not until he had been
taken away and all danger was over
| that the reaction came, but the tre-
mendouS and long-continued strain on
her nervous system proved too much
for her and she was completely pros
trated by her adventure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
HOLSTERS.
The Toothsome Maine Crustaeean Out of
and in the s'Pot.''

Along the Maine coast Holsters are
caught during ten months in the year.
says Alice NJ Kellogg in Treasure
Trove. In August and September the
law does not allow them to be dis
turbed, and then the young Holsters
are Matched and get start in life.
The law continues TO protect them up
TO a certain age, or rather till they
reach a certain size, and Holsters of
doubtful years are measured by stick
ten and a half inches long before they
are sent to the market. HOLSTERS are
not caught with a hook and line, nor
with a tish-net, but with a curious con-
trivance called a pot A dozen
pots heaped together on the sand or
rocks-where the fisherman leave
them when not in use-would attract
your attention. There is nothing that
| can think of that would give YOU an
idea of the shape of lobster pot ex-
cept a barrel cut in halves the long
way. 1t is made of Stats and the two
rounded ends are filled with a rope
netting, with a hole in the center for
the lobster to go in. He sinks to the
bottom of the pot, and cannot reach
the opening again to get out A piece
of fresh fish, cod or halibut, is fastened
inside the pot for bait. A long rope
is attached to the pot and two bricks
placed in it for sinkers, and it is set
down into the water till it reaches the
sandy bottom of the sea. In the sum-
mer, when the Holsters stay near the
shore, the pots are placed very near
the land, but in winter they are let
down thirty or forty or fifty feet. A
billet of wood is tied to the end of the
rope and floats on the surface of the
water, and this tells the location of
the lobster pot. Several pots together
form ground" and the owner visits
it every day. Sometimes twelve or
fifteen Holsters will be waiting and
sometimes only one. If the Holsters
are to be sent some distance to be sold
they are transferred to a large fiat box
made of Stats Called a crib) that floats
in the water. The fisherman keeps the
Holsters here until he has enough to
send away, and then he packs them in
barrels with bits of seaweed and ice.
The lobster begins to end his career
when he giides into the pot to dine on
fresh fish. He spends few days in
the car with his comrades and then
journeys to the city and is exhibited
in the market. His next position is so
embarrassing that he changes color,
and if his surroundings had not al
ready caused his death the lobster
would finally expire with amazement
DIT seeing his career closed in a bed of
lettuce leaves
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01

How the Females of Indian Mountain
Tribes Dress.

On the slopes of the HimalaYas there
are many curious tribes, says a CORES
pondent of the Denver Republican.
Some of the tribes near Darieeling
reckon journey by the num-
Der Of guilds of tobacco which they
chew upon the way, and some of the
most gorgeous specimens of Hindoo
jewelry l have seen L saw on the wo-
men Of the Himalayas. I remember
one mountain pink who had fifty ru-
pees strung around her neck, and
whose limbs were loaded down with
silver. She had gold plates twice the
diameter of a silver dollar upon her
ears, and her mouth was covered by
fat gold nose ring. Some of these
Himalaya tribes would have one wife
to four men and polyandry is common.
Here at Bombay are the prettiest wo-
men in India. They are the parsees.
With delicate, olive-brown skins, they
are tail and well shaped, have beauti-
full eyes and fine intellectual faces.
They dress in silks of the most deli
cate colors and the dress seems to con-
sist of one large piece of silk, which
is wound around the waist and then
carried up over the body and the top
of the head, so that the face looks out
and the whole hangs in a beautiful
drapery. Many of them, note, have
silk stockings and slippers to match
the color of their dresses, and they
are the brightest and prettiest women
| have seen. The parsees are sun
worshipers. There are only about
10000 of them in India, and $4,000 of
them are here in Bombay. The men
dress in long, preacher-like clothes of
black, with hats shaped like coal
scuttles and they are very fine looking.
Their dress, when not in business, is
often of the whitest of linen coats and
shirts. They are the best business
men in the world. They own millions
of dollars WORTH of property here in
Bombay and a1e largely interested in
the trade of India They are more
akin to the christians than the Hin
docs in their methods of living. They
believe in spending their money, dwell
IN good houses and drive around in
fine carriages. They are charitable as
well as rich and some of the finest of
the public buildings of Bombay have
been built by them. They are of Per-
sian descent and have temples in
which burns the sacred fire of Zoroas-
far
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01

srve had my bosses and wagon
stoler' shouted an excited farmer as
he rushed into police headquarters
yesterday.
Where from?"
Right out here on the square"
an officer was detailed TO go with
him and investigate, and as they reach
ed the market the farmer said:
I left EN- right over there about
fifteen minutes ago"
There's team around the corner
there" replied the officer. Did you
have woman with you?"
..Yes-My wife. Say, by COLL that's
my rig as sure's you liyer'
whats the matter. Sam?n asked
the wife as they approached.
Thought the rig was stole"
II just drove around to be in the
shade
You off the handle pretty easily,
/ should say" observed the officer to
the man. '.Why didn't you look around
a little?n
Saw said the man as he moved a
few steps away, Il was a little hasty,
but l have reasons for it. That wo
man sitting right there, humble and
demure as she looks, has run away
from me three times, and I'm expect
ing the fourth calamity every mint IL
the day. Go kinder light Oh me- She
may skip me Wit before [ git out o.
town. "-Detrod Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Homes Of the Egyptian Fellahs.

Out of the $500, 900 people Of Egypt
fully 5000, 900 are peasants. They are
known as ''fellahs." They are the
tillers of the soil and they are the peo-
pie who do the work and make the
money which pays the immense yearly
debt of Egypt. These ''fellahs' are
the ancient Egyptians. They have
been oppressed throughout the ages un-
til they have no spirit left in them,
and they are happy if they can get
enough to keep themselves alive. You
see their mud villages everywhere and
they slave from morning until night in
the fields. Their houses are rarely
more than eight feet square. In an
Egyptian village the houses are built
close together. There are no pave
ments, gas lamps, nor modern I'M
provements of any kind. The furni-
ture of each house consists of a few
mats, sheepskin, copper kettle, and
some earthenware pots. The bed OF
the family is a ledge of mud built in
the side of the room. There are no
windows and the cooking is usually
done out of doors in a little earthen,
pOt-like stove. The fuel is of dried
cow CdHlGis VI DuIldlO I116tLuLCs anu
the food of the family is a mixture OF
sorghum seed, millet, and beans
ground up into flour and baked into a
sort of big, round fiat cake. A large
part of the food of the fellahin con-
sists of green's, and l watched one eat
ing a turnip yesterday. He began at
the tip of the root and ate the raw in
digestible vegetable to the very end OF
the green, leaving not vestige of 1t.
! have seen them eating clover, and !
am told that they seldom have any
meat. Out of the milk of the buffalo
and cow they make a sort of curd-like
cheese, which is extensively used.
They use no knives, forks, nor spoons,
and at supper they have, in addition to
their vegetables, sauce of onions and
butter, into which they dip pieces OF
bread and eat it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Mr.. Blaine a Rich Man.

Secretary Blaine is a much richer
man than he is generally credited with
being. says the Washington correspon.
dent of the Philadelphia Ne1CS. He is
more than a millionaire. Probably
the luckiest investment Mr.. Blaine
ever made was in the Little Hope mine
at Leadville, Col, which has alone
made the secretary rich. The mine
has paid S4.50O,0O0 dividends in the
last five years, of which large sum Mr..
Blaine's share has been about one
seventh. That mine appears TO be
misnamed,' said a friend to him re-
Gently: sit should be called Great
Hope instead of Little Hope" Yes, y
replied the secretary; ''Great Hope
would be better. / have already got
from that mine $1,000 for every one in
vested. and have the stock left Mr..
Blaine is also a large stakeholder in
the Pride of Erin mine at Leadville,
which is paying dividends of $4,000 a
month.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
An Ancient Animal.

l heard story lately of the expe~
riences of a minister which are some
times pathetic and sometimes amusing.
An ola parson was in need of horse,
and the sisters of the flock determined
to raise the money to buy the desired
animal. After much exertion they
raised an amount considerable below
the estimated price, and the beast ac-
CURED was proportionately deficient
in the qualities which make Bucepha-
lus superior to Rosinante. One day
when the horse was tied in front of the
parsonage a sporting man drove by,
and. seeing the outfit, stopped and re-
marked to the parson: ''Well, DOM
inie, that ism It much of an animal the
sisters gave you, is it?" Don't say
word against the horse" said the par
son Indignantly; ''that's better beast
than my Savior rode into Jerusalem"
The sport gravely descended from
his carriage, examined the horses legs,
gazed into his blinded eyes, and looked
at his teeth. AS he closed the horses
mouth and turned away he laconically
remarked.
Same beast, parson, same beast. -
ST. Paul Pi0neer-Press
a man at Hawkinsville, Ca, has
been married twice in the same
trousers. They are forty years old and
he still wears them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Edfson's Personal Habits.

Thomas A. Edison, 1.-the wizard of
Menlo park" arrivedin the city yes
terday, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A reporter had a long chat with him
at his hotel, and here are some of the
things he said:
Eyes, | am a hard worker. I hard
Iy ever sleep more than four hours per
day, and | could keep this up for a
year. Sometimes l sleep ten hours,
but / don't feel well when l do. If
could sleep eight hours, as most men
do, [ would wake up feeling badly.
My eyes would hurt me and [ would
have a tough time to keep awake. I
inherit this from my father. He is a
remarkable old man, eating little and
sleeping less. | have often known
him, wnen | was a boy, to sit up all
night talking politics with friend or
swapping stories.
81 eat about pound a day and my
food is very simple, consisting of some
toast, little potato or something of
that kind. You know when | am
working on anything / keep at it night
and day, sleeping few hours with
my clothes on. | never take them off;
don't even wash my face; couldn't
think of such a thing, and in this con-
ditiOn ] take my meals. If | were e
remove nv clothes when | slept would
get up feeling out of shape and with
no desire to 90 work. No. g. is my
den in the laboratory, and | shut N.Y.
self in there and hustle.
81 sleep from TO 10in the morning,
and then [ Jump up and 90 to work
again as fresh as bird. This is al
the sleep l need.
''But [ tell you we have lots of fun
in the laboratory. Some time ago
had forty-two men working with me
on the incandescent lamp in a bic
building. l hired a German to play
an organ for us all night. and we
worked by the music. About l o'clock
a farmer brought in our lunch and we
ate from a long table. At first the
boys had some difficulty in keeping
awake and would go to sleep under
the stairwavs and IN the corners. We
employed watchers to bring them out
and in time they got used to it. After
awhile | didn't need forty-two of then
and | discharged six of them. Well
do you know, ! couldn't drive then
away. They staid there and worked
for nothing.
''Oh, we enjoy this kind of life
Every now and then l hire a big
schooner and we 90 down the bay, my
men and myself, TO fish for few
days. Then we come back and buckle
/ down TO it again"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Genuine American Pluck.

Ons of the Quickest mining ventures
on record was the beginning of the
Tamarack, which now promises TO
rival the Calumet & Hecla. Seven or
eight years ago practical miner. who
mad had some connection with the
Calumet & Hecla, purch ased 100 acres
of ground Immediately adjoining that
property. He knew that the Calumet
g. Hecla vein dipped in the direction
of the land acquired by him, and, ac-
cording to his calculations. could be
struck at depth of 1000 or 5000 feet.
There was not sign of copper on the
surface, and by his own statement il
would take about 100000 to reach the
vein. if it was reached at all, but he
interested Boston parties. organized a
company, and went to work. After
several years of patient work and the
expenditure of over $500,000. indica-
tons of copper were found. The
stock, which had been practically
worthless all this time. now went to
So, the par value being S25. 4 little
later the Calumet & Hecla vein was
struck. The stock went at once to
par. This was about four years ago,
and the stock has been going up until
now it is quoted at sos, and 100000
in dividends has been paid. st Lo1eis
Globe Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Archaeological Discoveries.

In the excavations at Megara Hyb-
laa in Sicily. now finished, there have
been discovered since last January 800
tombs containing vases, a fine torso in
marble, an archaic head in limestone,
part of the old wall, four towers, a
gate, and other archaeological treas
ures. Also among the many findings
OF the excavators at work by order of
the Greek government on the Acropo-
lis is the head in marble of a female
winged figure, in relief, which DIR.
Waldstein has identified as belonging
to the figure of Iris in the east frieze
of the Parthenon in the British muse
UNI. A cast of the fragment has been
placed in the museum which fits ex-
actly. The American school at Ath-
ems has also made an important dis
covery. ffty-four lines of the famous
edict of Diocletian have been found in
PlatRa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Tie Lasting Grief of Widows.

A young Tipperary widow, Nellie
McPhee. was courted and actually had
an offer from Tooley O'Shane on her
way to her husbands funeral.
''She accepted, of course" said
Grossman.
No. she didn't. said Smith. .'Too-
ley, dear. says she, yer too late.
Four weeks ago it was I shook hands
wi Pat Sweeny upon it that I would
have him dacent time after poor Nc
Phee was under board"
well" said Grossman, ''widows of
all nations are much alike, There was
a Dutchwoman whose husband, Died
rich Won Pronk, died and left her in
consolable. He was buried on Copp's
Hill. Folks said that grief would kill
that widow. She had large figure of
wood carved that looked very like her
late husband, and constantly kept it
in bed for several months. In about
half year she became interested in a
young shoemaker, who took the length
of her foot and finally married her.
He had visited the widow not more
than a fortnight, when the servants
told her they were out of kindling
stuff, and asked what would be done.
After pause the widow remarked in
quiet way: .Maype it is well enough
to shplit up old Won Pronk, vot ish up
stairs. ';'-NelO York Mercury
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Hot Weather NTaxims.

The Listener has three tried aud
trustworthy maxims for hot weather
conduct, and outside OF them he knows
no trick or device by means of which
the dog star can be circumvented.
These maxims are:
/. Wear as light and loose clothing
as you dare.
2. Take plenty of exercise, but in a
calm way.
8. Drink no alcoholic or effervescent
beverages.
The clothing question is easily
solved. With SO man can at least
get certain articles OF clothing that
will make him very comfortable on a
hot day. as far as clothing can go. In
exercising, the great point is not to be
afraid of the heat, but not at the same
time to choose violent diversions. The
youth or maiden who is in the habit of
playing baseball or lawn tennis, and
quite accustomed to the exercise, may
play it on hot day as safely as ever,
and people who are in the habit of
walking fair amount have nothing
to fear but everything to gain from
keeping up their customary exercises
in summer. But exceptional physical
tests should certainly be avoided ur>
der burning sun.-B0sto1s Courier.