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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
The Right Sort of Girl.

The lass who gets 70 college, yet who knows
Just what to do
With vegetable marrow and with cocky-locky
too,
Who can muse on the digamma, or nu ephel-
kustikOn
And yet never be unmindful that the por-
ridge-pot is on.
The girl who's up in" buildings and In pier
and politics,
Who can compound a gravy, or confound
church beretics,
Talk right feelingly of HegeL or knowingly
on Kant
And YET be with her cook'ry book as deeply
conversant.
The maiden who can charm you with Bach
hendelssohn,
Knows when the moon'sin apogee, can quote
Anacreon,
And yet who can boil potatoes, knows when a
turnip's done,
Can mould the restful doughnut and the fes-
tive eurrant bun.
And the mathematic maiden who can criticize
Laplace,
Or whose chemical dexterity can analyze a
gas;
who can also sew button where button
ought to be,
And, if needfuI, WELD the buster and the
broomstick skilfully.
And she, the best and dearest, whose native
common sense
Escheweth ice-cream Establishment, the cara
mel's expense,
Who quoteth Dio Lewis, goeth early to her
bed
And riseth in the morning with clear and
cheerful head.
Good Housekeeping.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
Cure for Sleeplessness.

/ was talking with very convivial
friend. a major. about the new remedy
to produce sleep, ''sulphurial.
Don't talk that to me, sab; don't
talk any of your new tangled bever-
ages to me, sah," said he. 81 won't
hear of them at all, sab, at all. These
new patent medicines are the curse of
the race, sab. Why are we. as a peo-
pie. deteriorating, sab? Why? Simply
because we are doping ourselves with
every drug we can lay our hands on,
old or new. Why, sab, it is appalling
to contemplate"
800 you ever want to sleep, MAJOR
when you can't?" | asked.
sOf course, of course, sah."
well, what do you do?"
"What do / do? You blamed idiot,
what wo uld any man with brain do?
Why, when | want to sleep, and feel so
wide awake that | could go out and
read in the dark, 90 take good long
drink of my customary beverage, sab.
You know what that is. Then, sab, if
that fails, 1 go take anothah. If that does
not kiss down my eyelids / 60 and take
two. If Morpheus refuses to lock me in
his arms I 90 and take three more,
and bv that time | don't care a CONT
mental darn whether ever 90 TO sleep
or not. "-ToleOlo Blade.
Sir Morell Mackenzie. the English
doctor, has son who is acquiring fame
as an actor, and will soon try starring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
1t Put Her Asleep.

Ex-President Cleveland tells good
story at the expense of his wife, says a
prominent society lady. He was speak
ing of Mrs. Cleveland's splendid nerves
and her ability to sleep under all cir
cumstances.
LAST November" said he, 'when L
wrote my Thanksgiving proclamation,
it was busy day with me. and L was
at my desk far into the night. We
were at Oak View and frankie had
gone to bed early. was pleased with
the proclamation, and when L went to
my room | awoke my wife and asked
her if she would like to hear me read
it: % yes she said, by all means,
and sat down by the bedside and
read it through. When | finished
frankie was fast asleep. believed she
had not heard a word. The next morn
ing, when we were awaiting the an
nouncement of breakfast, l took up a
morning paper. Here is my Thanks
giving Proclamation said |, would
YOU like to hear itP' Very much;
please read it to me- Then [ laughed
heartily, saying: i wish you may
catch me reading it to you the second
time, when it put you to sleep the
first. '"-Ne0 York World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
Captured BY a Blind Detective.

There used to be Young man who
sold cigars at a stand on Winter street
or thereabouts. Ordinarily the sales
were of single cigars or small pack
ages of cigarettes, and the dealer, being
expert in the handling of coins, had no
difficulty in making change. Some
times paper money would be given him
and then the blind man had to trust
the honor of his patrons not to give
counterfeits. One day man came to
him who wanted to buy lot of cigars.
and offered So note in payment. The
blind man trusted his honesty, took
the S. bill, and gave what change was
due him in silver. The bill proved to
be counterfeit. Some time afterwarf
the swindler, feeling secure in the
inability of the dealer to identify him,
came back to the blind mans stand and
bought cigar.
81 should Think he said nonchal-
antly to the dealer, ''that you'd some
times have counterfeit money passed
on you"
10, no." said the dealer, nobody
would impose on poor blind man like
me-"
SOP" said the sharper. His victim
had thrown him off his guard. "Evi-
IDENTIFY" he thought, ''the blind man
succeeded in passing the bill, and no.
body discovered that it was bad till il
got into the third or fourth hands. So
here's a chance to get him again."
''Of course" said the sharper again,
aloud, nobody would come such a
game on you. By the way, got lot
of cigars of you a while ago that were
good. Got any more of the same
sort?"
Eyes. sir"
"All right. I'll take another IS
worth"
The blind man got up like a flash
and seized him by the arms.
$50 you're the man that passed the
counterfeit S. bill on me, are your" he
exclaimed. Help! thiefp'
There was crowd on the street, and
the man had plenty of help to secure
the swindler, who was promptly march
ed off to the station, where quite
supply of counterfeit money was
found on his person.-BoSton Tran
script
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.
His Quarrel With q Boyish Friend-Hov
Eugene Was Told of Her Sons Death.

He was very fond of his young COM
panlons, above all Louis Conneau"
! (the son of the celebrated Doctor Con-
neau. Napoleon ILLS friend in exile)
'was particularly dear to him, and
they were daily together" says Ma
dame Carette in her "Reminiscences"
However, sometimes there were
storms. On one occasion. when there
was grand dinner at the Tuileries.
the prince, who was not allowed to be-
/ present, had asked permission to invite
Louis COnneau to dine with him. and
IN order to prepare a pleasant surprise
Tor his companion he had also asked
that they might have some strawberry
cream, of which both were very fond.
During the day, however. a quarrel
arose, and Louis Conneau, highly in
censed, asked to be allowed to return
home. The prince, not wishing to
seem as If he cared about this deser-
ton finished the day by himself, but
very sadly, for both the children had
promised themselves so much pleasure.
When dinner time came the prince sat
down to the table, and ate as usual,
| but on the appearance of the straw
/
the long constrained tears broke forth.
Take the cream to Conneau,' he said
to one of the servants, and say that I
have not the courage to eat it without
| him."
This trifling but characteristic aneo-
dote contrasts tragically enough with
the description of the scene which took
place when the Due de Bassano broke
the news to the empress of the princes
death. ''On the 18th of June, at 8
| o'clock in the morning, the Queens
chamberlain, Lord Sydney, who had
been selected by her majesty to be the
bearer of the dreadful news, arrived
and asked for the Due de Bassano.
The due was very fond of the prince
| imperial and was overcome with grief.
Lord Sydney begged him to prepare
the empress. Never said the due,
'can my lips pronounce such a mes
sage But consider said Lord Syd-
ney, that the empress may learn the
news from journal or through some
vulgar indiscretion.' So the due ac-
cepted the mission. The empress, sur
prised that he should present himself
to her so early, had him admitted at
she inquired before he had spoken.
yes, madame. but not good news
Louis is i'll. Very we'll, my dear due,
we will start at once and 90 and nurse
him. There has been BATTLE said
| the Due de Bassano. He is woundedP'
The due bowed. We can even start
to-day. We shall certainly find boat
in London which will take US to Suez;
boats leave every day. And calling
her women. the empress gave a few
rapid orders for the necessary prepar-
atoms to be made Immediately. The
wound is seriousP' said the empress,
not daring to interrogate or even to
look at the dnc, who had not advanced
further than the door of the room.
Then she went straight up to him, and
gazed on him fixedly with an agonized
look. Tears were rolling down his
cheeks. The empress uttered terri
BILE cry. She had understood. During
all that day she was several times in a
state of syncope. Il shall not even be
able to die, she exclaimed, 'and merci-
full God will make me live a hundred
years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
They Were Innocent.

Inc horses were again urged for
ward and upward toward the point
where the distant peak of Santa CLARA
towers above the clouds till at last the
crest OF an extinct crater was reached.
| Within this hollow, one hundred feet
below the surrounding ridge, which
forms circular basin with diameter
of about six hundred yards, as perfect
as if laid out by actual measurement,
lies lake of unknown depth. a little
way from the bank sounding leads
have been run down three hundred
feet without touching bottom. We are
told that at times the water becomes
warm, and that sulphurous fumes arise
from its surface, and again the bottom
of the lake will rise five or six feet so
suddenly that the women washing
along the shore have to swim for their
lives, leaving the clothes to float away.
Though called extinct, this would in
dictate that the temper of the volcano
is still too uncertain to make its i'm
mediate neighborhood a desirable
place of residence.
This lake-called Tiscapa-is the
public laundry of Nicaragua's capital,
and here the lavendaras (washwomen)
come to cleanse the city's solled linen.
A rugged roadway leads down to the
water, where at all hours of every day
novel scene is presented. Standing
knee deep or waist deep in the water,
dressed Cor rather undressed) accord
ingly, the native women pound the
clothes on fiat stones, and afterward
dry them on the surrounding bushes.
The industrious workers are them
selves the most striking pictures, clad
in but single short, sleeveless and
extremely "lOw-necked" garment, and
even this slight trammeling they
discard in the ardor of business if
compelled to seek deeper rinsing
places. Honi soft qui NAL Y pense.
And these creatures seem to be the per-
lection of innocence, for they remain
entirely undisturbed if, perchance,
company of passing muleteers descend
the mountain path and proceed to
water their beasts and battle them
selves as unconcernedly and unnoticed
by the women as though they were
alone in the wilderness.
Among the workers, ranging in age
from maidens of II to matrons of SO,
one may see some surprising beauties,
whose advent in New York in civilized
attire would turn the heads and capture
the hearts of all the dudes of that
beauty metropolis. Though
the Phenician blood, which Nicara-
guans are so proud to claim, is proba-
bly, lost in the now more clearly de-
fined Spanish and Indian, yet these
mild-eyed, sweet-faced and graceful
children of Central America have re-
turned in their characters many OF the
traits that distinguished their earlier
ancestors, including simple content
ment and passionate enjoyment of
nature and love of home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
properly attended to.

Improper milking, lazy milking, in.
complete milking. one-handed milk
ing, forcing dry perpetual mixer, OF
drying off too soon, or neglect that
causes garget. or too seldom receiving
the udder, are frequent causes of spoil
ing good cow. Indeed, milking q
cow is fine art when properly con-
Quoted, and the most important work
in the whole dairy business, and the
most important element in the indi-
vidual cow culture.
Probably meal will finish up steer
better than ear corn, but for the bulk
of the feeding there are no trials to
which we can point that show in favor
of meal over whole corn. A step still
further in the right direction is to feed
unhusked corn, fodder and all, to the
cattle. Such innovations NAV appal
many farmers, but what we are drift
ing toward is not more complicated
methods of feeding but big crops to
feed, better stock to feed it to, and
simple, rational methods of getting
feed to the animals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
1.-The Passion of Christ"

The most curious book in the world
is one that is neither written nor
printed. Every letter of the text is
cut into the leaf, and as the alternate
leaves are of blue paper, it is as easy to
read as the best print. The labor re-
quired and the patience necessary to
cut each letter may be imagined. The
work is so perfect that it seems
as though done by machinery, but
every character was made by hand.
The book is entitled 1.-The Passion of
Christ, and is now in the museum in
France, London Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
ROpfng a Boa.

After about an hour of crawling and
pushing through, our men suddenly
stopped and began to point ahead,
chattering and gesticulating. Look
ing the way they pointed, we saw in a
tree an immense boa constructor way-
ing his head to and fro, with his scales
glittering in the sun. My friend said
"Get back, quick, he is preparing to
iump!' and we did so as fast as posi-
BILE. After consulting few moments
the Malays cautiously advanced with
a lasso, which by a dexterOus throw
caught the snake around the neck, and
jumping behind tree they frightened
it on him. He thrashed and pulled, and
it was all the four Malays could do to
keep from being drawn near enough
for him to crush them, and once or
twice it seemed as though he would
get them.
We could have shot him at first, but
they wanted to capture him alive.
After while by pulling and choking
him, they made him give up and pulled
him down from the tree. He was q
big fellow, twenty feet long and very
large around. They have great
strength, and this one / was assured
could swallow a goat or calf He was
probably looking for leopards that are
plenty there, living principally on
monkeys, and the snakes also catch
them when they can; but usually the
monkey is cleyerer than the snake.
They sometimes gather in big bands
and club the boas to death.
The Malays made a cage very quick
ly, cutting lengths Of bamboo and
notching them together. into which
they put the snake, and swinging it
on two poles marched off with it on
their shoulders.-F'OreSta and Stream.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
His Objection.

Miss Jellyby-s.And now that I have
said Yes my dear Claude, l wish you
would ask papa at once; and while
you are about it you might say word
to mamma, and-er-Aunt Mary has
been SO kind, you know; just mention
it to her and ask if she is willing; and
then Uncle George might
Claude-..Pardon me. Miss Jellyby;
isn't it little rough on fellow to
make him secure wife on the Install
ment plan?' -P4ck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09
How She Caught Him.

Mr.. Nicefeilow: "Do you play or
sing, Miss De Sweet?" Miss De Sweet;
mo, Mr.. Nicefellow; l have been so
busy helping mother that have never
had time for music" miss De
Sweet! Mabel! love you! Be mine!"
-NeU York WeeElu.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-09

can be best secured by honest dealing,
and generally requires some time to
build up. But in doing this it is also
possible to breed up the stock and
build up trade at the same time
Des MONIES Leader.
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24

For other real estate ads. SEQ 9TH Dage)
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24
EDIsONS LATEST INVENTION.
NEW CELL FOR TTLEGRAPHio BAIfNfi f''
INTERNAL RESISTANCE REDUCED To
MINIMUM.

A
Thomas A. Edison has just perfec'eo a'u p''oh ph,e,
. neuv cell for the use OF telegraph companies wiz"
-, 90 nl.ce on the market and which of's
Cot, q, revohtonizs this branch Of telegraphy' ''r'
ra,son has been ut work the idea for over TWO
wars and has made thousands OF eAPe''"o"'s WI"
ALMOST every known substance 10 discover Ooi'"
,iop that would result in less internsi resn'Snoo 0
resnlt Is so simple and yet so effective tha 'he "o"uri
s q ba. never before been discovered Inc new ecu
=. .,rnle cylinser of zinc within which Is piaceu
. ,h,ck stick OF caustic soda, and the cell Is 'heh
eued with water. The most sweeping and wonder.
tI claims are made for this new cell lhe ceh WIN
dsver fifteen amperes of current with an internal io
e,s,enoe of only 90 of an ohm. The local acuoh ie
loss than one-half OF per cent so that the poehua
.,.rgv obtained from the cell Is more than So per
cont of the theoretical amount of power contained !"
the zinc There IS absolutely no polarization anu W.
.ncs never require cleaning or the great suPc''o's
NJ the new cell over the ordinary gravity ceA ''o'o
is no question. ,,noo
One hundred gravity cells in series have combined
internal resistance of 200 ohms ana 'hr'eIo'
an apprecable quantity Of current IS always loSt III
the battery where these cells are employeu' s o
hundred of the new cells In series have co"ip"I
internal resistance of only two ana ohe-nan o"'' -
which means practically that none OF me cuiio" -,
lost in the battery but the whole is delivered o ''
line For this same reason, low interuSi rcS'
these cells are just effective in wet Wea'nc, Co. ~
dr 60 far as the practical operation of telegraph "ie.
&c concerned for only an nappreciabe quah'"S VI
current is consumed in the battery under the "ors'
conditions of moisture ever encountered.
Another great advantage in the use OF 'lcSo o.nS
is that II is practicable to operate ten twenty u'l
or more wires from single battery ASsoiins NO.
g &c desed 10 run thirty lines from one oatte3 % VI
10 ce The total resistance OF the longest OF theSo
being 200 ohms when all arT equSi6neu, qt,n , rmo II
ss,ance of the outer circuit would be lao Ohms. t a.
Would be impractcable to use gravity esis, as 'l ad
combined internal resistance would De 'VU ol IS one
under most favorable conditions of weather ohN oo
tbtI of be whole current would be delivered on tne
ontSide lines but with the new cells. the comDiueu
s.nol ,,sjsanNe being only three and threeqnar'er
nhms nracfically all the current IS delivered ON te
lines and under all conditions ot WeSmoI S ho,tatieS
.acji;tv 4 afforded 10 concentrate main Ilhe pa~IcS
md no secure the more economical and efficient opera
sann ~ telerraph wires. Al present not moN udu
tn or ave lines can be worked successfully out OF
one battery ON such work a, that menlomea "gn 4Sn
~ V excentonalv heavy In the field of tcegr9phy Ioo
cclIs oneratlng thirty wires. these cells would nave
iite of one month. For more OiulhalS "o'h 'H''
would last from three months to year.
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24
7 EITIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.

PASSENGER TRAINS leave foot Coruands and
Desbrosses sts as follows:
a n. for Stating ION and intermediate points
a m for Geneva Lyons. Elmra. Rochester Buffalo,
and the West and principal local points. Chair to
Tvons and Pullman TO Suspension Bridge
ii a IN for Elmlra and intermediate points Chair
car In Mauch ChunCk.
n m. for Tunkhannock and intermediate points
Chair car to Tunkhannock. Connection 10 Reading and
10 D. IN. for Elmra and principl Intermediate pointa
Chair ear TO l.. b. Junction and Pullman seepers Do
Suspension Bridge:
4:40 n m. Tor Satng,on and Intermediate points.
40 o. m. for Mauch Chunk and Intermediate points
Connecton 10 Reading ami IIariisburg
= n m for Geneva. Lyons ElmltN Rochester. Buffalo
and the West Pulmah sccDcrs TO Lyons and SUSPENSION
Bridge. q , .,o
n m connect for all points In Mahanoy and HaIleton
coal regions er,,n,,, .,.,e
q. for Mauch Chunk. Hazleton and htermedate
20 H. IN. for Mauch Chunk sni lntermedlse polntS
o. m for Geneva. Lyons Elmira. Roches'er BunAo
and The West Pullman sleeper TO Lyons ana SUSPENSION
"'"s'' General Eastern once. 295 Broadway
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24

TRAINS LEAVE STATIONS. foot Of Desbrosses and
CortIandt Sts., nnording passengers Grand view OF
the Iiarbor the shipping the Brooklyn Bridge. Cow
ernors Island, and the OF Liberty, ns folio"s'-
On and after November 10Th, 1889.
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24
Gcarbers.

w NTED-L0dcs: Resident teacher OF i Engsn ana ara
music FOR family interviews Monday EiscoppIlan teach
inc French and German princnl; prlvao Scttty aOs
IN NAV acoompaniment Genemen fngllsh iof ehui,I y,
scbnoi I'm Wet; teachers OF piano and or2sn MlklAN
x,o,.us EXCHANGE TEACHERs' BUREAU tfof
w hnth serps srrpes professors teachers eovefnesses
potn housek, .pers companions. chapefones &c, 70
oIleSes schools and families also oookkeepers senosrS
.spn,ss ana copyists n business inns -. ..
phe.,s a'T% ropwFRNER y 500 6th-ave. NewYork City.
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24
panrlng Aeaormies.

ALLEN DoDwoRTH NO. cs1 FIFrH-AVE.
"A Class for Gentlemen Will begin December "a
prirntn lessons AZ any ume by appointmeht.
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24
for Sale

~ EsrIs-we will cell all this week lot OF hne FoHel
~ top desks at cost to make room Tor our hou'' soO'
7 KELI.NER 113 Nassal-st
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRrGTIoN
SECRETAEY'S OFFICE, l5l LINlNGSSi0N S O $50 $40
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
= mis- Office until TUESDAY. December 3, 1852 az 4
,c,ck H. m for furnishing supplies. such a poJkba>kts
Irooms brushes SOAP pals shovcs siepad iets iu6or
bo.. public schools sample ~ fdch dftlcle
musf accompany the bid. Proposal blanks VIII BE- fui,
m,hrd by thc Secretary Of the Board 9n wfic ony VIII
bids be received. 1oiN ~ - t,.,,Iio ~,
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24
Boys and Young Men-Country.

ID ECTORY SCHOOL. iIamlcu, Conn.-For boys, 1926,
IL 431J home lnfl thorough school system; eN-
lensiye grounds gymnasium boathousr, &c. Address
Rev. IL J.. EVEREST, NJ A., Rector.
New-York tribune., 1889-11-24
Gitp proprrtn Go Get.


-I2GTHST.. Msdscnaye.. 3story 100
"A. 130th st. near LenONave 3story brick ll4O
PORTER & CO.. - East l2jt.-st.
-AADISON-ANE..Ec 110th-st.. 3-sty. oOX,Ss1 200
a. 7thayc.. 13jthst. 3story. Bw. S...... 200
PORrER & co. q Fast l2jth-st.
~ 18TH AVENUE CORNER. comprising fine store and
L elegant mats offered low long lease address,
OWNER, p. o. Box 2,3iS.
n, o LEASE corner of Prince and Sullivan sts 5Ox1oO
/ 2ill be improved 10 suit tenant
RULAND & WHITING. 3 Beckmanst
Real estate iDnnteo
xxr ANTED-Ffth- ave- property from 14th-st TO 35tb
w st. cash buyer. Address BUYER, l73 Prospect
place, Brookyn.
BrookInn properln for Sale.
n ROOKLYN lots for sale 1OONoOO on DeKalbave
II near Sumner very desirable for stores and flats
nT,ce moderate. rutland WHITING Beekman. ~