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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
The Future of China.

Ii Hung Chang, the Viceroy of China, is
reported as having lately made the asser-
| ton that within the next half century
China would be covered with a network of
railways; that it would have rolling mills
and furnaces, with immense mineral re-
sources and unlimited cheap labor to back
them, and that China may do the manufac-
turing of the world. While China is pro-
verbally slow in adopting the methods of
the outside barbarians, striking change
has taken place there lately; and to-day
China has an excellent feet of ironclads of
| the most modern type, is arming and dis
| ciplining its soldiers after European mod
/ els, has telegraph lines and at least one
railway In successful operation, and is push
ing forward In a phenomenally rapid way,
! for conservative China, toward the acquis-
ition of the majority of the arts and man
ufactures that but lately marked the differ
ence between it and other more civilized
nations.
! The industrial momentum of nation of
| 400 900, 900 inhabitants, covering cne-tenth
of the inhabitable globe, if once fairly
| started, is well worth consideration. Baron
! Kichthofen. In describing the northwest of
/ China, says that the Shansi district is one
| of the most remarkable coal and iron
|
at the present rate of consumption the
coal of this district would supply the
world for thousands of years to come. It
is claimed by some writers that Shansi,
when more thoroughly explored, Will bear
away the palm from Pennsylvania, whose
| e, 900 square miles of coal land have been
| heretofore considered as the greatest single
deposit In the world. Kichthofen says
| further that this coal can be very easily
and cheaply extracted on large scale, and
that iron ore of an excellent quality is
| found In quantities In the Immediate
vicinity of the coal fields.
Be this as it may, mineral wealth IS
| abundant, and when it comes to a question
of labor, the Chinese furnish this to an
almost limitless degree. and recruit it from
a class that is naturally patient, skilful and
content with small gains. We do not
agree with the viceroy in his prophecy that
all he hopes for may be accomplished in
fifty years. China is too deeply settled in
| its rut for that and other nations, with the
many advantages they already possess, will
| be moving, too, at an acceleratIng rate; but
the Chinese may sometime by every active
competitors in the manufacturing world.
Engineering News.
A TERRIBLE STORM.
Great Damage Done to Shipping and
Dwellings by the Storm.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Dispatches from the
City of Mexico say that the cyclone which
swept the coast of Campeche last month
was so strong in the city of Carmen that
trees were pulled up by the roots and were
thrown upon houses which they crushed
like egg shells and vessel after vessel was
driven ashore Twelve foreign barges
were wrecked, some are high and dry ON
the beach, others are partially submerged
and still others with masts sticking out of
the water The number of lives lost is I'M
| known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10

Fast Mail Line with Vestibuled Trains D..
tween Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul ana
Minneapolis.
Trans-Contfnenta1 Route between Chicago,
Council Bluffs, Omaha and the Pacific Coask
Great National Route between Chicago. Kan
sas City and 81. Joseph, Mo.
800 Miles of Road reaching all principal
points II inois Wisconsin, Minnesota, lows,
Missouri and Dakota
For maps, time tables, rates Of passage ana
freight etc. apply u me Arrest station agent or
the CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE, & ST PAUL RAILWAY,
or TO any Railroad Agent anywhere in the Wof~,
ROSWELL MILLER, A.V. H. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Gen1 Pass. and Tkt. Agt.
E-For Information in reference to Lands ana
Towns owned by the CHICAGO, MLwAUKEE 81.
PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY write to 81. g. HAUGANs
Land Commissioner. Milwaukee Wiscocins
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10

Five brothers named Mulaney are under
arrest on suspicion that they fired the
store room of Malcolm & Co., gas filters at
Stevens Point. Three of the brothers have
given bail for their appearance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY.

| never knu man whoze name waz
George Washington Lafayette Goodrich,
Esq, and who aIwus sighned hiz name for
the full amount, but what waz a bigger
man on paper than he waz by nature.
Az gineral thing, an individual who
IL neat In hiz person IL neat in hiz morals
Man IL mi brother, and konsider that
am nearer related tew him thru hiz
vices than am thru hiz virtews
Thare IL nothing about which the world
makes so few blunders, and the individual
so menny az a mans aktual importance
among hiz fellow-kritters.
A man with a very small head IL like a
pin without enny-very apt tew get into
things beyond his depth.
The pashuns ov an old man are often
like hiz teeth they cease to trouble him,
simply bekauze the nerve IL ded.
The only pedigree worth transmitting
IL virtew: and this IL the very thing that
kant be transmitted.
Affecktashum haz made more phooIs
than the Lord haz.
About the nearest few absolute insolvency
that a man kan git In this world. and thinb
he IL dieing stitch. IL tew leave nothing
but a pedigree tew hiz family.
The Nature OF An Oath.
A little 9-year-old colored boy was called
upon as a witness in western court an6
was objected to by one of the lawyers. The
Judge said to him:
DO you understand the nature of al
oath?
mo, sab. -
DO you attend Sunday school anc
church ?"
| eyes sab
What would become of you if Vol
should tell a lie?'
''Dey would getme.
who would get you?'
de lawyers would.
As the audience saw the point that ID
lawyers were the head men In the un
desirable locality where all liars 90 thu
laugh was upon the lawyers and the DO!
was allowad to testify.
George Francis Train was arrested a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
The Nature of An Oath.

George Francis Train was arrested at
Boston on writ sworn out by O. NJ. Mil
Ter on a Judgment note for 81 COO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
KIIIING POULTRY.

While it is desirable that the labor of
picking off the feathers should be render
ed as easy as possible, yet the mode of
killing frequently practiced. of having the
bird die slowly in order to Iow of sufficient
time for taking off the fPe lers while the
fowl is alive. is cruel one If we must
kill the poor, dumb, helpless birds for food
let us at least be as merciful about 1t as
possible. 1t is better to bestow greater la
Dor than to cause unnecessary pain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
UNJUST TO THE WOMEN.
MANY of Our Old Proverbs That Speak
of the Fickleness of the Fair Sex.
One of Them Says They are Fair
and Foolish, Long and Lazy,
Little and Loud.

The proverbs of most countries are rich
In all subjects relating to women, al
though frequently they are far from COM
pllmentary says the London Standard
Indeed, it is curious that in some sources
of literature we should find so much i'll
natured sarcasm-of tentimes as unjust
as it is untrue. On the other hand. many
of the traits of woman's character are
very cleverly and aptly depicted, and oc-
casionauy put man in an inferior
light Thus the strength of
her influence is indisputable, and has
given rise to a host of old proverbs
Whatever a woman will. she can, . is a
saying which has its equivalent in other
countries. Hence, too, we are warned
how
'.'The mans a fool who thinks by force or skill
To stem the torrent of a woman's will
For if she will, she will, you may depend ont
And if she WON'T she won't, and there's an end
ont
Within the lines may be compared the
common maxim, "a woman convinced
against her will Is of the same opinion
still. +" Whether it be called obstinacy or
not. there can be no doubt that a strong
will on the part of woman is no unenvi-
able Characteristic; being one, also, which
Is invaluable to men when engaged in the
business Of life. The notion that woman
cannot keep a secret is embodied In many
proverb and alluded to by Shakespeare,
who makes Hotspur say to his wife in
Henry ":
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10

JOB DEPARTMENT.
We have in this department a complete line
of job Material and Type for doing frst-class
job work on short notice and at the lowest
living prices. We do all kinds of Pamphlet
and Law Brief work known 10 the trade.
Call in and get prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
TOLD BY THE CABLE.

Thirty persons engaged in selling so- cialist pamphlets have been arrested in Hamburg.
 The houses of sixteen members of the Boulangist party at Neuilly have been searched by the police.
 At meeting of citizens and actors at Melbourne, Australia, resolutions were passed expressing the deepest sympathy with Mr. Edwin Booth in his recent ill., ness.
 In the house of commons MT. Llewel- lyn Atherly Jones, Liberal, moved to ad- iourn, in order to discuss the conviction of MT. Charles Conybearo. The motion was rejected-250 to 153.
 MT. Pendleton, the retiring United States minister to Germany, and his two daughters have gone to ~Scandau, in Saxony. ~3
 There was a terrific thunderstorm at Boulogne, France, yesterday, which lasted three hours. Roads were up turned and many cellars were flooded. Several persons were injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
FOREST FIRES RAGE.
Great Losses Sustained in Minnesota
 and Wisconsin.
FLAMES COVER MILES
Dn One Road, Every Dwelling for . Space of Four Miles Has Been De- stroyed-Two Men Will Die From the Burns They Received.

the Burns They Received.
 ST. PAUL, Minn., May 7.-Furious forest fires are raging in Northern Min nesota and Northern Wisconsin, and an immense amount of damage has been done. For miles on three sides of Duluth the fire rages, and many country residen- ces have been destroyed by the flames. On the Hermantown road, near Duluth, every dwelling for four miles has been destroyed. It Is feared that some lives have been lost, as incoming farmers re- port a vast sea of fire which is sweeping everything before 1t. A high wind Is blowing, which makes 1t impossible for any headway to be made against the fire. 1t must simply burn until there is mo- thing more for it to destroy. Several houses were burned near Spirit lake. A large number of telegraph poles have been burned, and communication is in- terfered with. In some places, too, ties on the track have burned out, making 1t dangerous to move trains.
 South of Ashland for 150 miles the for ests are ablaze. On the Fond-du-Lac h. dian reservation over S20,O0O worth of gregating s10,000 also occurred on the reservation. Cumberland, Wis, is al- most wholly surrounded by fire. The losses aggregate $4O,OOO. North of Grantsburg, Wis, the fire has swept the country, destroying everything in its path. Along the Northern Pacific, in the neighborhood of Cromwell the tamarack forests and whatever else comes in the way are being burned. It Is hoped a heavy rain will come soon to put stop to the further spreading of the fire.
 Near Hickey, Minn., Thomas Camp bell and Ernest Lowell were surrounded by fire, and finally their camp outfit was burned about them. They took refuge on half an acre of plowed ground, but were terribly burned and will die. Four yoke of cattle perished.
 DULUTH, Minn., May 7.-There has been qnite heavy rain for few min utee in this vicinity, which cleared the atmosphere here of the heavy smoke, and checked somewhat the forest fires in that .neighborhood, but the shower was local, and the fires in most directions are still raging. A lumberman who has ar rived from Ashland, Minn., on the North ern Pacific railroad said there was but little rain there, and it did not do any house, barn, and ent1re plants of the brickyard of F. H. Apygar were de- stroyed
 Superintendent Green of the Northern Pacific Is in from Brainerd. He reports little rain in that direction and the coun- try covered with smoke from the burning woods. An engineer on the night train on the St. Paul and Duluth railroad says that on the run from Mission Creek to near Duluth, sixty miles, there was no need of headlight, the tracks being lighted up by the flames. The damage to settlers and farmers and to lumbermen will be great. A good deal of stock is probably destroyed. Several lumber camps have been burned. out. Every. where the cry is for rain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
..YE CRIME OF 4 MADMAM
He dflls His Infant Child and Thor
 sings Q Lullaby to It.

CHICAGO, May William Tansor, in a fit of insane frenzy, jumped out of bed, brained his 6-months-old baby by knock ing it's head against a wall and then att tempted to murder his wife and cut his own throat with table knife. The wife had jumped from the couch when her husband arose. Divining his purpose, she threw herself over the infants crib, and tried to save her baby, but the mad man pushed her aside, and, catching up the little one while the mother shrieked in agony he beat out its brains. SeiZing a knife, the maniac pursued the woman from the house.
 A squad of police found him back in the death chamber pacing up and down singing lullaby to the mangled infant, which he held tenderly in his arms. Blood was streaming from wound in the mans neck, inflicted in an attempted self-destruction. He was a machinist, and before marriage was heavy thinker. Centennial day he became intoxicated for the first time. Since then he has imagined that he was being pursued as an Anarchist The police say he is a hopeless lunatic. They fear as a result of this affair his wife's mind will be unsettled. The madman is locked up.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
Salt as an Article of Dict,


 The importance of salt as an article of diet, according to scientific writer, is over rated. A continued use of large quantities of salt will produce scurvy. The popular belief that an appetite for salt is universal among the lower animals is without any; foundation in fact. Dogs, cats and other carnivorous animals show no fonduess for it, and the same is true of the fr,tit-eating animals. Even herbivorous animals do not eat salt regularly with their food, but only at long intervals, which suggests the thought that perhaps they take it as g vermifuge. In certain parts od the world where salt is unknown antelopes abound in countless numbers, and in parts of Africa where saltis abundant the antelopeS Sshpw no tfondness for it. There are many1n- stances in which tocks of sheep and herds of cattle have been reared successfully, without salt. In certain parts of Central Africa salt is more scarce than gold, and to say that a certain man eats salt is to say that he is very rich. Yet the people living there have existed for ages and have en- loved the best of barbarous health without using of salt from infancy toold aga Salt is not in use in Siberia as common con- stituent of food, and the sape was true of the North Amer1can Indians previous to the discovery of the continent by the Europeans, and for many years after, and is stn true of the Pampas Indians of South America
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07

s8, 600, ,0O0 having been voted with a lavish hand. The preparations have been con- ducted on scale of unparalleled magni- tude, and it is evident that the splendors of all previous worlds fairs are to be eclipsed.
 The French exposition was opened yes- terday afternoon by President Carnot. Large crowds were present and the scene was very brilliant one.
 President Carnot was accompanied by the presidents of the senate and chamber of deputies and by his cabinet. The pro- eession, escorted by a squadron of cav airy, left the Palace of the Elysee at 1.3O D. m, and it's arrival at the central dome of the exhibition building was announced by salute from the artillery.
 President Carnot ascended 0 dais erected under the dome and took his place, surrounded by his ministers, sena- tors and members of the chamber of deputies. s
 Premier Tirard delivered an address of welcome to all present. He declared that the magnitude of the exhibition ex- ceeded the expectation of the govern ment. In conclusion the premier ex- tended greeting to all strangers.
 The fete in connection with the open ing of the exhibition took place last night, when the central dome, the Eiffel tower and the gardens were all most brilliantly illuminated Venetian fete was also given on the Seine, extending from the Island of Saint Louis to that o1 Grenelle. Between these two points the river was actually alive with boats, barges and steam launches, lighted in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
ROUND THE KITcnENF FIRE.

When git up O mornin's fer to light the
 Kitchen fire. An watch the blaze go creeping up the chfmbly
 higher an higher. Asnappin' an a cracklin' with exhilerattn' roar, A sendin' out the warmness cla acrost the
 puncheon floor, An turn around to toast my back an rub my
 horny hands An see the sparks f1ashin' back from mothers
 shiny pans, My feefln's goes to warblin' like a blue-bird on
 asplre, When git up d mornin's fer to light the
 kitchen fire.
 tie starts to bile, An mother potters down the stairs an stands
 an' yawns awhile, An seq: ''Now, Pap, you go an rouse them
 sleepy boys O yours, For it's snowin', an there's lots to do besides
 the mornin' chores;" An then she breshes up the hearth with that
 old turkey wing, An stoops an pulls her stockin's up an ties
 'em with string, An Towser gaps an stretches out, an acts 0
 little shyer, When I git up O mornin's fer to light the
 kitchen fire. Au when the boys come trampin' in an scrouge
 around an spat Au' klck the dog an poke the fire an set down
 on the cat; The coffee-pot's billed over an the biscuit 8
 steamin hot The sassidges just brown enough. the break.
 fast table sot, An mother sez: Fetch up the oheers," an
 pours the coffee out My cup runs over with a joy the rest don't know
 about Fer the blesstn's O the Lord to mes Q daily drawin higher, When I git up O mornin's fer to light the ]. kitchen fire. -E. S. Hopkins, in Louisville Courter-Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07

There Is another contrast which may
 be drawn in favor of the third Worlds fair in Paris. When the first exposition was opened the empire was at the crown Npg height of it's fortunes. The cause of Nepublicanism in Europe was at it's low eA ebb. The boulevard wits then defined Republican as a poor devil without copper in his pocket. The masses were apparently convinced that the nation must have a strong and despotic govern mentin order to prosper and grow rich. The American republic had just emerged from civil war as costly in treasure as in blood, and was staggering under an enormous national debt which European financiers predicted must eventually be repudiated. % Republican institutions had lost much of their prestige in that year :;
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07

TOWER. been in operation only three years it's tentative character was universally recognized, and the re- public still had its civic battles to fight $ and great masses of the population to conciliate. Today there are few Euro beans who are unwilling to concede that Republicanism is a great force in the civilized world. The American common wealth entering upon its second century with a record of progress that is the chief marvel of modern history, demonstrates irrefutably that Democratic institutions are permanent, and that the highest well fare of nations and the noblest ends of peace are promoted by them. The French republic, too. is no longer an experiment.; and the most volatile nation in Europe has been convinced of the truth of Thiers's philosophy: .'the Re public is the only possible government in France"
 Perhaps the most striking proof of the financial resources of republican govern ment in France Is to be found in the magnificent proportions of the present exposition. In 1867 the Champ de Mars offered sufficient room for the interna- tional exhibits; in 1878 the Trocadero palace and gardens were added; but this year the Quai d Orsay and the Esplanade des Invalides are required, so as to fur nish an aggregate area of nearly 200 acres. The legislative appropriations for the expedition have exceeded by several mill lions the outlay in previous years,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
TELEGRAPHIO BREV7TIES.

Jacob Peffer, farmer residing near Trenton, Mo-, was murdered. Kirk Nichols Is arrested aud held on suspi- oion.
 The striking builders have gained a victory in Pittsburg. Work will now be resumed on all the large buildings in course of erection.
 Two confidence men fleeced farmer of Fayette county, Ohio, out of $6,OOO One d them, George Carter. has been ar- rested.
 George F. stillson, superintendent of Mount Hope cemetery at Rochester, N. ing himself in his barn.
 don & Aylsworth, of Providence, B. l., has been arrested on the charge of em- bezzling $12, 2,000, the money of the firm.
 Edgar l.. Davenport of the Boston mu- scum says that William Henry Daven- port, who committed suicide in San Fran cisco, was not brother of Fanny Davenport.
 John Lampbrek, Pole, had quarrel with Mikel Chesney, fellow country man, at Polacktown, Minn., on Sunday, and beat him with revolver so badly that Chesney will die.
 The Peoples bank of Buffalo, has been authorized to do business by Superin tendent Paine of the state banking de. partment under the regular statute, with a capital of $500, 900.
 At Ogdensburg, N. Y., yesterday, the 752 pounds of opium seized from Gard ners, at Redwood, in February. 1888, was sold by Deputy Marshal Van Kennen te B. Mansfield of St. Louis for $5.O5 pel pound.
 A man who has not been identified stole some brass journals from the sta tion at Rochester, N. Y., last evening and fired 6 shot at an officer who pursued him. The officer returned the shot, kill Ing the robber instantly.
 A number of young men attackeda a sa loon keeper named Joseph Werner in tht vicinity of Louisville, Ky. Sebastian Ebbinger was in the saloon, and with 1 revolver went to Werners assistance He shot and killed William Dietrich aged IT, and Rudolph Gossman, aged 19 Ebbinger was arrested and pleaded self defense.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
CHASING AN ELOPING WIFK
The Husband Catches Her at the Depot
 but She Gets Away.

put She 6ets Away.
 MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., May 7.-An ex- citing scene was witnessed at the rail- road station here last night. Just as the Philadelphia train moved out of the sta- ton Robert Hatfield, a young married man, came rushing up, revolver in hand and greatly excited.
 "Where is hea Let me shoot him 1" he shouted.
 The crowd scattered in all directions. Hatfeld's wife was sitting in the car with Charles Toy of Camden, who is con- ductor on the Amboy division. Mrs. Hat field waved goodby from the car win dow to her irate husband.
 As the train was pulling out Hatfield made leap for the platform of the car, but missed it and fell back. Some one picked him up bleeding and bruised, and took the revolver away from him. When Hatfield got on his feet the train had gone. He said that his wife was eloping with Toy.