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

be carried on without s few kisses at
least. did hear of girl who never
kissed her lover; but she died, and I'm
not surprised at it. She ought to-"
What sort of cigarettes do you smoke
most7"
We'll, the Turkish and Egyptian are
smoked a good deal. / guess we smoke
higher priced cigarettes than the men do
We don't smoke as many, and can there
fore afford to smoke better ones"
DO you think it affects your health
Not bit Indeed, l think I sleep
better after have a smoke.
How many do you smoke a day?"
Never more than tive-oftener two.
But you ought not to ask me such ques-
tons"
Where do you buy your cigarettes ?"
Sometimes at the tobacconists, but
much oftener at the drug store"
'lnslarge quantities or smallg'
In small ones oftenest; it would be
too shocking to buy them in large guam
titles. One of the girls has a small
brother that she brides to buy them for
her by giving him some of them in the
way of payment There's one good
thing about a small brother, and that is
that he knows how to keep a secret.
The thing to do is to catch him slipping
himself and keep his secrets for him,
and after that he's as dark as the grave"
BY the way, touching the subject of
how women light their matches"
'Sh-! Really | think you ought to
be more particular about the questions
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
CONCERNING cOBWEBS,
4 Scientific Gentleman Tells How the
Spider Makes Her Home.
Each individual snider is endowf

Each individual spider is endowed
with a spinneret. or natural spinning
machine, says Prof. Clayes in the
SaCisS Cross. through which can be
drawn innumerable strands so fine
that they can be seen only under a
powerful microscope 0eeuwenhoeck
claims that it takes 100000 of these
strands to make thread as thick as a
hair from mans head). First, our
spider begins to draw from out her
spinneret a cord of as many of these
strands as seem to her good, and fas-
tens it to some leaf or twig, then runs
on another leaf, spinning all the while;
fastens again to that, and to another
and another, continuing until a circle
is formed inclosing as large a space as
she designs for the outer boundary of
her web. Then she passes back and
forth over her work. adding fresh
threads and strengthening this outer
line. which she secures to every posi-
BILE object. Finally she stops, fastens
her thread with special care. and be-
gins TO run around the circle. spinning
as she goes, but now carrying her fresh
threads carefully raised upon one hind
foot, thus keeping it from touching
the older strands and becoming glued
to them. When half way round she
stops, pulls her thread tight, fastens
it very strongly, and a firm line is
drawn straight across the centre of
the circle. She runs down this center
line to the middle, fastens another
thread to it there, carries it to a new
point on the outer edge. fastens it. and
we now see that she is engaged in
making those lines in the web that
look so like the spokes of a wheel.
She repeats this operation again and
again, until all the radii or spokes are
formed. When they are done she
carefully tests each thread by pulling,
to make sure that it is firm and strong;
and, if one proves unsatisfactory, she
either strengthens or remakes it alto
gether. Now that the main lines are
built, our spider goes once more to the
center point, and begins to spin again
this time in misunderstanding to
each radius as she passes. At first
these circles, or more correctly spirals,
are placed quite close together, but she
leaves ever wider and wider space
between as she approaches the outer
edge. The outer circle and the radii
where spun of silk which becomes dry
directly after leaving the spiders
body is of great strength and very
firm; but these spirals are formed of a
substance which differs essentially.
! When first drawn from the spinneret
it is extremely glutinous-a most i'm.
portant property, as by this it is ena
bled to adhere tenaciously to the radii
and it is besides so highly elastic as
to be capable of being pulled far out
of place without breaking. When the
spirals are finished the spider again
returns to the centre and proceeds to
bite of the points, of all the radii close
to the tir4 encircling line by which
. she much increases the elasticity OF
her web. 1t is in or beneath this cen.
trail opening that the spider usually
sits and watches for the coming of hel
/ prev.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
The Surprise.

Once upon an evening lately, as / sat me
down sedately,
Porting over manuscript and proof-sheet by
the score;
Up the stairs came someone walking, and l
fancied heard talking.
Soon there came gentle mountaineering
at my sanctum door:
TITS an exchange fiend, l muttered, come 10
scan the papers DER.
This it is and nothing more.
Open here flung the portal. Men and An
gelsI What mortal!
In there walked a stately maiden Of the saint
ly days of yOre.
Not the least excuse, sir, made she-not mo-
ment stopped or stayed she.
But with the air Of a book agent who had
been there before,
Took a seat beside my table just within my
sanctum door,
Quote the maiden, squeeze Memoir.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
u16&
misrepresentation.

I spied sweet Phillis on her knees; book OF
russell leather
She held half hidden in her hand; could not
quite tell whether
Some touching story held her there, absorbed
in her emotion,
Or whether I'd intruded on moment OF oe-
YotiOn.
"Sweet Saint" l cried, "In read with thee
thy Bible every mOrningF
She turned-a look of wonder on her lovely
features dawning-
And there | saw the book was filed, from
cover thro' to cover
With pictures of my rival, who | now know
was her loverl
"hfy Bible2'' And her eyes took on far
away and dim look,
Its not my Bible, but, she blushed, Il own
it is my Him book
Time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
A COssack Giantess.

The sensation OF Berlin is just now
a young Cossack giantess who is be-
ing exhibited at the popular Passage
Panopticon. The girl, who is IL
years old, is nearly 9 feet high; she
weighs $50 pounds, and is still growing
very rapidly. She is very pretty, with
large, dark eyes and pleasant face,
and in the national costume of the Don
Cossacks, which consists of a red
skirt, blue jacket, long apron embroid-
cred in gold, and necklace of many
eolors, she captures everybody's heart
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Thought She'd Like Them.

"I called this afternoon on the fam
lily that's moved into the house across
the street. said Mrs. Fuller to her
husband the other morning.
Did, Ell? How did you like them ?
Think they'll be agreeable neighbors? ''
''Oh, | think we shall like them verv
much. They seem very pleasant, and
oh, those curtains at the parlor win
dows are real lace. I examined them
while waiting for Mrs. B to come
down. And the carpets are real Will
ton velvet, and ! think the rug in the
hall is genuine Persian; and they've
some beautiful chairs in the parlor,
and lovely pictures and some pieces of
bric-a-hrac that they couldn't have if
they weren't pretty well off. l got a
chance to peep into the dining-room,
and everything there is real antique
oak, with solid silver on the sideboard.
l think we'll like them very much, IT,
deed"--Drd&e's Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

HOW 1T Is DONE. ly. and | have heard
of some who are really slaves to the
habit, but more smoke moderately, and
do it to quiet their nerves Modjeska
can and does smoke cigarette very
gracefully. Maud Granger smokes and
so does Davenport. Sara Jewett smokes
nearly all of them do, in fact | be
lieve Mary Anderson doesn't smoke
But these are exceptions. Rosina Vokes
knows how to smoke very saucily;
Langtry can, but doesn't care much
about it. and I've heard all the German
actresses do it. The sore Threats that
actresses are troubled with are frequent
~ caused by smoking | have heard"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
No Such Mountains.

The celebrated Kong mountains of
Africa are about to follow the Mount
aims of the moon, which have been ex-
plunged from the maps. These mount
aims were supposed to be stretched
across Africa for ten degrees Of longi-
tude about 200 miles north of the Gulf
of Guinea. Capt. Binger. who has
now returned from nearly two years
explorations in the almost unknown
region north of the Gulf of Guinea,
says there is no such range as the Kong
mountains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Equal to the Emergency.

On dropping Dough of a large elm
close by hotel in Sunderland, Mass,
two English robins have made nest.
Strong winds cause SO much swaying
as 10 endanger the eggs in the nest.
The birds have been equal TO the
emergency. They have secured some
Irvine and fastened one end under the
nest and the other end to a larger
branch below, thus avoiding the dam
ger of too much oscillation.
A man at HawLinsville, 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, 1889-08-08
A Souvenir de Voyage.

Old Guzzler has travelled through
Italy and has been pestered ont of his
life by beggars. He reaches Pisa and
goes to see the leaning tower. He is
loaded with Chant to the roots of his
hair. After gazing at the tower for a
moment he eXclaims: Yes, you are
very polite, damn you, and you can
bow to me as much as you want to.
but you won't get one Internal cent
tn Dg9y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

she had been smOk-
ing. He SAID he
would never kiss
the lips of a woman
who soiled them
with tobacco. He
was a smoker him
self, mind you, and
not averse to drink
ing, either. But he
managed to look
very virtuous just
then. It stood to
reason that if he
took that view of
the case the engage
ment might as well
be broken off, for
no engagement can
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Absent

In lawsuit in Kentucky the other
day it was proved that horse which
had kicked three men to death and
had run away five times was warranted
perfectly gentle and safe for any lady
to drive" Now and then there is a
horse-trader who is absent-minded in
his statements. Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
The London Zoo.

The total number of animals in the
geological gardens, London, is stated
in the annual report to be 1920. The
annual income of this society is over
100000. They lost nearly 1000 ami
mails last year, but the additions by
purchase and gifts were 1,121.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
NEW DECORATIVE ART.
DEFINITION OF cIcARETTE-sMoKINc.
The Habit of INDUCING in the Weed IL
Widespread Among the Fair
Sex.

MOKING is a dec
orative art. Thus
asserted a young
lady. Then she said,
That's why l smoke
I 90 in for decora-
tive art of any sort.
People used to i'm
agine that it was
vulgar. They were
mistaken. 1t is d.
vine. Do many of
the girls smoke?
Well, I should say
they did. Why not?
We are just as nice
as we used to be be-
fore we smoked. I'm
not sure but We re
nicer. I must say
some of the girls
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

you ask. A woman
lights a match like
any other intelligent
being-on the win.
dow casin
And if there are
no window casin gS
aroundY'
But there always
are. l suppose you
know that actresses
are almost all smok-
ers. Some of them
aren't AYERS e [ O
smoking quite open
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-25

New YORK, July 4.-Flour-Receipts 90
695 packages; exports. 3,51S bbls, 5000
sacks: stronger active home and export:
sales, $3.50 bbls. Corn meal unchanged,
dull. Wheat-Receipts, 1850 bu; exports,
"A, 156 bu; sales, 1892, 600 blu futures, 1IS,-
600 bu spot; spot market moderatively act
i've for export and milling; No. red, S784c
in store, S9Ss0S9a4c af1oat SSs4@90I2c f. o.
b.; No. 8 red, Sic; No. l red, S1@1 .OOl2
No. l white. Csc; ungraded red, 75@sSAc;
options fairly active, irregular; July 4c
lower; others Halle higher, closing weak
foreign houses buyers; No red, July. 971a
@sSc, closing at S7a4c; August, Sc 5-16@
S7lsc, closing at S67sc; September, S64@
closing at s7@e: November, ss5s@99e, clos
ing at $3.50; December, 99A@90c, closing
at S9&c; January closing at 9O7sc; Nav,
94@94s4c, closing at 94I2c. Rye steady.
Barley nominal. Barley malt dull.
Corn-Receipts, 1900 bu: exports, no
bu spot; spot market less active and weak
light offerings; No. 2, 43l2@43s4c elevator,
44l2@45c afloat; No. 2. white, 49l2@5O12c
No. 3 nominal: ungraded mixed, 42l2@45c;
steamer mixed nominal; options less act
i've and s@Ae lower; weak; July, 43ac;
August, 44@444c, closing at 44c; Septem-
Der, 44A@44 slice, closing at 444c; Oc-
tober, 445s@45 Lice. closing at 44ts. Oats
Receipts. 27,000. bu; exports, 2,341 bu;
sales, 215, 600 blu futures 101 900 blu spot
spot market fairly active, firmer; options
steady and quiet; July, 275sc; August 277s
@2Sc, closing at 2775c; September, 27s4c
spot, No. 2 white, 3312@334c; mixed West
ern, 26@29c; white Western, 34@4Oc;
No. 2 Chicago, 2sa4c. Hay fairly act.
i've and firm. Hops easy and quiet
Coffee-Options opened steady at 1925
points down, closed quiet at 1895 points
down; irregular cables; sales, 51,500 bags;
July, l4.30c; August. 1415@14 3Oc; Sep
tember, 14.30@l44Oc; October, IA. ESQ
14.40c; November 14.35c; December. Ia %
@144Oc; January, 14.3c; March, 1880
14.40c; May 14.25@14.40c; spot Rio quiet;
fair cargoes. 17Ac. Sugar-Raw inactive
refined quiet, firm. Molasses-Foreign dull
and weak; New Orleans quiet. Rice slow
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-25
CLARK &c METZ
Commission Consignments Solicited.
Butter, Eggs, Poultry Beef Pork, Hides, etc
Prompt Returns.
ICE. Fifth Street. St. Paul, MINI.
Produce Exchange.

Butter is very weak with downward tend
ency. The latest advices from New York
state that never in the history of that city
have there been such large receipts of butter
as there are at present. and that it is not as
much the question of values as it is to find
buyers to take butter at any price. Dreamer
les are selling in that city at from lie to l6c.
In Chicago it is selling from &c to lie.
Eggs are in bad condition On account of the
warm weather, some cases running as high
as % or 30 per cent. Many seconds have to
be sent to the dump. Cheese steady. Fruits
unchanged.
Butter-Extra creamery, 14@15c: extra
dairy, 11@13c; firsts, 9@1Oc; seconds, So
1oc: thirds. 5@7c; grease, 3@4e.
Cheese-Fancy, s@9c; fine, 7@sc; fair.
part skim milk, 4t06c.
Maple Sugar-9@1Oc.
Maple Syrup-Per gallon, 81. 15@1. 25.
Honey-Slow at quotations; fine white
new clover. 100 15c; buckwheat, 1O@1lc.
Malt-90c per bushel
Oranges-Messina, s5.50@6; California.
$5@5.50.
$50.
Nuts-Pecans, Texas polished, medium to
large, 9@1Oc per Id; almonds, Tarragonas.
lie; California soft-shelled, 1Sc; fIberts,
Sicily, 12c; walnuts, new California, 100
l5c: cocoanuts, So per 100; hickory nuts,
S1.5O per bu; shellbarks, $I.75@1 .95 per bn;
Brazils, lO@12c; peanuts, Virginia hand
picked, She; roasted. l0l2c.
Dates-Persians 70Sc; dates in mats,
She; figs. new, l2@l5c.
Bananas-Fancy, 1908.
Cider-Cholce Michigan. 16-gallon kegs,
SO per keg choice refined, 16-gallon kegs, So
per key; choice refined, 32-gallon barrels, $o@
$50 per Dbl; Ohio cider, 81 per half-bbl, 81
for full Dbls.
Veal-3@5c.
Onions-95@9Oc per bu.
Carrots-35c per bu.
Poultry-Live turkeys $3.50: old chickens,
70Sc; spring chickens, ll@12c; choice
hens, 7@ec.
Apples-Fancy. $685. IS; standard, $3.50.
Peas-Green, S1@I.25 per blu.
Beans-String, $l.75@2 per blu box: wax
S2.5O@2.75.
Lettuce-3O@35c per dozen.
Radishes-13@2nc per Dozen
Green Onions-15@2Gc per dozen.
Asparagus-45055c per dozen.
Spinach-5Oc per bu.
Cucumbers-3O@4Oc per dozen.
Pie Plant-75c@S1 per so lbs.
Pineapples-S2. 25@2.50 per dozen.
Cabbage .25@1 so, standard crates.
New Beets-15@2Oc per dozen punches.
rawberries-$l. 1892 in LOOT cases.
Blackberries- so, 24-qt cases.
Blueberries-S3 5O@4 per blu.
Watermelons-S25@3O per 100.
Celery-3OO35c
Tomatoes-S1. 25@1 SO for 4-basket crates
Raspberries-S1. 5U@2.
California Fruits
Pears-$2. 5O@275 per box.
Peaches-$1 .5O@1.75.
Plums-Sl .50@1.75.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-25
st. Louis Produce.

ST. LOUIS, July 24.-Flour quiet but firm.
Wheat-The rainy weather, with advances
There was a relapse and rally, and the close
was 14@ssc above yesterday: No. red cash,
77Ac; July, 76ss@77Ac, closing at 7aAc
asked; August, 1880 761sc. closing at 75%ec;
September, 76A@77c, closing at 76l2c bid;
December 79l2@SO1sc, closing at 79A@
1850 bid; May, s4asc. Corn dull and easy;
No 2 mixed cash. 33ss@33lac, closing at
33sB@33l2c bid; December, 32l2c: Oats
nominally firm; No. 2 cash, 22c bid; July,
22B@23c bid, and none to be had: August.
Rye-No. 2, 43c. Hay quiet; prairie $50
6; timothy, 1904. Bran steady at SOFAS.
Lead firm. but market quiet; chemical,
$3.50; soft Missouri nominal at $3.72l2;
SC. Corn meal, S2.1O@2.15. Whisky, $1.O2.
Provisions, market irregular. Pork, $11.5O.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-25
WARNER Is WISE.
He Wants the Milwaukee En-
campment to Be a Big Success

He Wants the Milwaukee En-
campment to Be Big Success.
Special to the Globe
BISMARCK, Dak., July 24.-Maj.
Warner, national commander of the q.
A. R. and member of the Sioux COM
mission, arrived here to-day and will
leave for Standing Rock tomorrow
morning. In speaking of the recent
troubles between the G. A. R. and the
railroads with regard to rates to the
national encampment to be held at
Milwaukee, he said the G. A. r. would
go ahead with its encampment. and
we'll treat the people of Milwaukee
with the respect and consideration to
which their generous preparations Ell,
title them. He added, significantly:
"We will settle with the railroads after.
ward" He says that the Eastern peo-
pie will suffer very little by the
refusal of the railroads to give
a special rate to the encampment,
but it will be hardship on the Grand
Army men of the West, where rates are
nigh. With regard to the prospect for
the success of the commission now
treating with the Sioux Indians for the
opening of the reservation, Maj. War
llCI Sdlll IlIdU tu6 ItSu1U DIT SHCy 10
not satisfactory nor encouraging, and
that he has little knowledge of the feel
ing of the Indians at Standing Rock, to
which agency the commission is now en-
route. Gen. Crook and the other COM
missioners are coming to Standing Rock
by boat, and Maj. Warner will leave for
there tomorrow. At Standing Rock the
commission will meet their most uncOm-
promising and ablest opponents in the
persons of Sitting Bull, Gall and John
Grass, who are said the be as
strongly opposed to the opening OF the
reservation as they were a year ago: At
a recent council held by the Indians.
Gall stated to his admiring constituency
that this is simply another attempt OF
the whites to crowd the Indians from
their lands; that one year ago the
Sioux told the government that they did
not wish to part with their reservation
and now they come again, thinking the
Indians will give up. He advised his
Indians to stand firm and keep the
lands. Sitting Bull is improved in
health and will be present at the con-
ference.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-25
The Winnipeg Suspect Applies
for a Writ Of Habeas
Corpus.
He Maintains That His I'M
prisonment Is an Outrage
Upon Humanity.
It Seems That the Clan Is
Supplying Him With
Money.
Wisconsin and Dakota Ed
itors Meet at Eau Claire
and WatertoWn.

Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., July 24.-The full
court sat to-day to hear the Bourke ap-
peal. The petition of the prisoner, VINO
spells his name Bourke, is as follows:
lam prisoner confined in the proyllnc;l,a sa
1ail of the Eastern judicial district OF tne
province of Manitoba, remanded thereto on
the 10th day of July, 1889, by Mr. Justlce
Balm, sitting as all eXtraditron Judge upon an u
inquiry before him relating TO charge Oh
murder made against me by the ln1oTmatlon
and complaint of John NJ. Collins. am ad-
Vised and believe that the deposiuon OF VII
neSSes taken in Chicago should not nave
been received, and that without them no
order for my remand should have been mace !;
and also upon the whole evidence no case
warranting my extraditing has been shown;
and tor the purpose OF having the case re-
viewed desire that writ of habeas corpus
or proper proceeding in that behalf may De
vIa7ed, and that if the evidence be deemed
insufficient l may be discharged from Gus;
-pdy / am not guilty of the crime charged
u,-e2ay'* we. [Signed] MARTIN BoURKE.
The case will be argued tomorrow.
AIDED BY THE CLAN.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Ever since Mar
tin Bourke was arrested in Winnipeg,
and began his fight against eXtradltlon,
Judge Longenecker and Chief of Police
Hubbard have been puzzled as to where
the money came from to enable him to
hire expensive lawyers. To-day it was
learned from Assistant States Attorney
Baker that a man known to be a close
personal friend of a prominent Clan-na-
Gael leader in Chicago appeared IN
Winnipeg Saturday last. Monday morn.
ing Rourke's lawyers ordered copy OF
the record in the eXtradition proceed
ings and announced that he would make
application for writ of habeas corpus.
A large sum of money was required Tor
before Monday that it would be forth
coming. The Chicago detectives in
Winnipeg and Chief Hubbard's force
are working hard to find out just what
the connection is between the arrival of
the Chicagoan and the beginning of
legal proceedings, and are hoping for
great things.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-25
FREEDOM OF THE CITY.
Eau Claire Tenders 1t to the Wis
consin Press Association.

Eau Claire Tenders 1t to the Wis
consin Press Association.
Special to the Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, July 24.-This
has been notable day for Eau Claire
and the Wisconsin State Press associa-
ton as well. At 1880 the members of
the association. to the number of about
200, arrived by special train from La
Crosse They were escorted to the Eau
Claire, Galloway and Frawley houses to
breakfast. The day was spent in driv-
ing about the city in carriages, of which
a large number were placed at the dis
posal of the city'S guests. In the after
noon a grand banquet was rendered the
visitors in the Light Guards armOry,
and some 400 sat down to the spread.
The address of welcome was made by
Mayor Shaw and responded to by
George A. Peck, of Peck's Sun. Among
those responding to toasts were Col. j..
A. Watrous, Ignatius Donnelly, Gen.
q. c. Ginty, Judge Ryan, DR.. Dudley,
w. F. Street, DR.. ID. w. Day and Judge
George G. Teall. The visitors departed
for SuDeriOr this evening.