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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Mr.. CARLISLE CHEWS CUM,
statesmen Substitute 1t for the Obnoxious
Tobacco-Few Cigars Sold.
Speaker Carlisle chews gum.

Speaker Carlisle chews gum.
Tie keeps little package of Ko-Ko
lulu on his desk when he is presiding
over the House. For number of
years he has been an inveterate tobac-
co chewer. The chewing of this weed
involves an amount of expectoration
that might be inconrenient to pages
and officers of the House who sit
around below him. For this reason
Mr. Carlisle refrains from the ase of
tobacco while occupying the chair.
He has got to be almost as inveterate
chewer of the delicately favored
elastic paste. Gum chewing and chew
ing of caramels. according to
the Philadelphia Telegraph, is be-
coming almost as common among
statesmen as with school girls and de-
butantes in Washington society.
On one side of the main door of the
House in the corridor is a little stand
where newspapers, CT gars. tobacco,
gum and candy are sold in small guam
Titles. At any moment during the
progress of the session from one to
MALT dozen members may be seen
about this stand stutfiing little paper
packages into their coat-tail pockets.
| asked the vender to-day what it was
the members bought so much of. He
said mostly gum and caramels. Mem
bcrs neither chew OF smoke rs much
as formerly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
NIAGARA FALLS.
Scientific View of the Past and the Future
of the Grand Cataract.

Julius Pohlman. ex-president Of the
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences,
has made a thorough research into the
geological and scientific history of
Niagara falls with special reference to
the time occupied by natural changes
in the cataract. their nature, effect,
and probable future character. He has
prepared a paper embodying all these
points, prepared for the New York
Tribune, which is given below:
The first scientific survey of the falls
was made in 1912 by Prof. James Hall.
the state geologist of New York, and
all of our exact knowledge dates from
his maps. Prof. Hall then gave them
the height of the American fall as 167
feet and of the Horseshoe fall as 15o
feet, counting the elevations from the
waters edge Oct. 4, 1912; and he adj
mits that this starting point can vary
from four to twenty feet with the rise
and fall of the water below the falls.
He gave the width of the American
fall at 600 feet and that of the Horse
shoe fall as 1900 feet.
The lake survey went over the
ground again in 1875, and in these
thirty-three years the southernmost
point of the Horseshoe fall has receded
100 feet, while in the brink of the
American fall differences of forty feet
were apparent.
When the American Association for
the Advancement of Science met here
in 1886 the section of geology decided
to make Niagara the problem of the
session, and for that purpose Prof.
Woodward of Washington and some
of his assistants surveyed the brink of
the falls again. They found an aver
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Bear Discipline.

A traveller who was crossing the
Rocky Mountains overheard a team
ster tell the story of mother bear
and her cub, giving what he called a
good example to human mothers in
family government. This teamster
was going up the mountains for pine
logs, driving a wagon. On the top of
a large rock by the side of the road
was a young bear. The mother had
started up the mountain as the team
approached.
"The cub looked so cute" said the
teamster, Lying with its paws drop
ping over the edge of the rock watch
ing the horses as they came up. Pres
emily the old bear came bounding
back to the cub, and, giving it nudge
with her nose, started up the noun tain
again, expecting the young one to
follow.
g "But the cub made no move. The
old bear then came back the second
time, and, taking the cub in her arms,
gave him several cuffs.
"This time the cub Obeyed orders
and followed the old bear in gallop
up the side of the mountain.
"He knew, that cub did, that he'd
better mind, for that old bear wouldn't
stan any more foolin'. "-Fouth's Com
71n71iOu
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Down On the Poor.

She was tall, angular. and grim, as
she walked into police headquarters
yesterday and said:
Il want a divorce"
"What's the trouble, ma amp" asked
the sergeant.
MEAN the old man can't agree.
Please make me out a divorce"
'But we can't give you one, ma'am."
"Oh, you can't! Wonderfully stuck
up over poor folks, ain you?"
1--WE haven't the power
"Bosh! You could give me one if
you wanted to-"
''Indeed, ma'am, but you will have
to 90 to the courts"
81 will, Ell? look like a woman
who will fool away her time and money
going to court, don't Up l demand a
divorce, and don't want to wait all
day, either"
"You'll have to see a lawyer, ma'am."
"Are you going to give me that
document?'
81 can t.
'.Then you go to grass! It's the first
favor | ever asked of this force, and it
will be the last You are stuck-up,
no-account codfshy set, and the first
time / catch one of you in my neigh
borhood I'll scald him. Do you hear
me? I'll s-c-a-l-d him!'-DetrOh Free
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

Mr.. Kelley and MIR. Buchanan are
responsible for this tobacco reform.
By constant and open protest Mr.. Kel.
ley has made it very embarrassing for
fellow member to undertake the
task of vitiating the atmosphere of
the House with tobacco smoke;
and MIR. Buchanan checked by
formal resolution, which was after
ward considered and reported on by a
committee. the habit. once very COM
mon, of splitting in the air ducts that
open up through the floor.
Comparatively few cigars are now
sold to members at the Capital stands,
and many members have abandoned
the habit of chewing tobacco. The
vender told me that he used TO sell
more tobacco than anything else. Now
it hardly pays to keep it on hand. In
stead of it he sells about $50 sticks of
gum and ten pounds of caramels to the
members of the House each day. Tom
Reed, the Republican leader, chews
gum, when he is not chewing at the
ear of the Democratic party. He sits
and works his jaw upon this elastic
cushion while listening to Mr.. Mills or
Mr.. Breckenridge. When he gets up
to reply he stuffs the gum in the back
part of his jaw with his tongue, and
draws gall from its sweetened flavor.
Mr.. Springer has broken himself OF
the habit of talking all the time by
keeping piece of gum in his mouth.
An effort is being made, in a reforma-
tory way, to induce Mr.. Buchanan and
MIR. Taulbee to chew gum. 1t has
worked well upon other sides besides
Mr.. Springer.
MIR. Cox is said to chew little now,
but his silence is always regretted.
Mr.. johnson. of Indiana, soothes his
nerves by the use of gum. He has had
about three attacks of nervous excite
ment since he contracted the gum
chewing habit.
Mr.. Bliss is said to have contracted
the habit from constant association
with the young ladies of Washington.
He chews about as much as any man
in the House. Senator Hoar chews
gum, and occasionally reads a light
romance. Next to Mr.. Reed and Mr..
Bliss, Tarnsney, of Michigan, is the
greatest gum-chewer in the House.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
A CObra's Vengeance.

Those who are familiar with the
habits of snakes say that when per-
son kills a snake he must look out for
its mate. In the HonaeaO0rd Mail the
following tragic incident of a cobra 8
vengeance is related of Andrew Fisch-
err, an employee of the Madras Railway
Company. One day, while seated in
the veranda of his bungalow, he OBJ
served two large cobras on the barren
plain Immediately in front of the
house.
Aiming himself with a stout stick,
he proceeded to the spot and encount-
cred the snakes. He succeeded in kill
ing one of them, while the other which
had been slightly wounded, managed
to escape. Mr.. Fischer hunted about
for the runaway but could not find it.
He then returned to his bungalow and
rested for some time, as he was off
duty.
Later in the day he prepared to 60
to his work, and with that object got
out his clothes to dress. He sat on his
cot and was about to put on his shirt
when he felt something bite him on
the back.
He turned round, and, to his horror,
found snake on the cot behind him,
which he is said to have recognized as
the cobra he had wounded that morn
ing. He Immediately sought relief,
and all kinds of remedies were ap-
piled, but to no effect, and he died in
the evening.
1t is commonly believed among the
Hindus that no ANIMAL is more revenge
full than the cobra. and that if an at
tempt is made to kill it, and it escapes,
it never gives itself rest until it has
wreaked its vengeance upon its as
sailant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Diet of the Aged.

An authority of no less weight than
cent handbook, that considerable more
than half of the disease which embit-
tiers life among the middle and upper
classes of the population is due to
avoidable errors in diet. And while
he tells us that with few exceptions
men and women are healthier and
stronger in every way without alco-
hoiic drinks than with them he does
not hesitate to declare. at the same
time, that more mischief, in the form
of active disease, impaired vigor, and
shortened lite, arises from erroneous
habits in eating than from the occas-
ional use of alcoholic drink, great as
he knows the evil of it to be.
Sir Henry does not think it bad
sign that the appetite should diminish
as the age increases; and he depre-
Gates any attempt by stimulants or
tonics or concentrated foods to i'm
prove the appetite in such cases. AS
we increase in age we put forth less
energy and activity, and as a conse-
ate excess of food. The scientific view
of the case is simple enough to be pop
ularly comprehended. The over-sup-
ply of nutrition must be thrown off
or absorbed into the system. With
the young the surplus is got rid of by
active work or exercise; but even in
tender years it makes its presence felt
in occasional sickness. From about
middle life onward it is packed away
in the form of fat; and it may make its
presence known by interfering with
the action of the liver, by rheumatic
attacks and obscure and troublesome
diseases.
While condemning excess generally,
Sir Henry Thompson holds, with Cor
marc, that from middle life onward
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

persons WHO would have health and
long life go together must conform to
nature ana reduce the daily supply of
than ever necessary, he tells US, that
this Shold be done; and in the same
way at so, with less activity, there
must be less support If this course
be followed right good and happy
and even useful old age may be en-
Joyed, providing, of course, there is no
inherited faint TO be combated and acct
dents do not come in the way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Unkind.

They had piroquetted for about three
minutes, when she signifieed in the
usual way her desire to stop. Il am
very fond of the waltz" she said. I'm
deed? | should think you would have
learned it. then" And the silence
that came over the room was so deea
that all attempts To mcaS.ir': j iiy
throwing the lead were faiI!e -lieir-
per s litszgr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
The Decline of Poetry.

al see that there is good deal be-
ING said of late in regard to the de-
cline of poetry. What do you think of
it?" Rimer (who is guilty of versifca-
tion): Il don t care so much about the
decline of poetry as about the high
mighty and crushing manner in which
the declination is too often worded. "e-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Simian Cashiers.

The Siamese ape is stated to be in
great request among Siamese mer-
chants as a cashier in their counting
houses. Vast quantities of base coin
obtain circulation in Slam and the fac
ulty of discriminating between good
money and bad would appear to be
possessed by these gifted monkeys in
such an extraordinary degree of de-
velopment that no human being, how
ever carefully trained, can compete
with them. The cashier ape medita-
lively puts into his mouth each coin
presented to him in business payments
and tests it with grave deliberate.
His method of testing is regarded in
commercial circles as infallible, aud,
as a matter of fact, his decision is
uniformly accepted by all parties in
terested in the transaction
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

One thing that seldom '.gets in the
soup" is the oyster at the church festi-
va. lotlhtfS Si'tt,$3.Gtu.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07
Excursions to Chicago.

The American Horse Show will
open October goth, and continue un-
til november 9th, and the American
Fat Stock, Dairy and Poultry Shows
will open November I2th and con-
tinue until the 2Ist. During the
continuance of these Shows the
Chicago and North Western Railway
Co., will, on stated dates, sell ex-
cursion tickets to Chicago and re-
turn, including admission ticket,
at one and one-third fare for the
round trip, with fifty cents added for
the admission ticket. Tickets will,
in all cases, be limited to five days
from date of sale. The Shows
above mentioned promise to be the
finest of the kind ever held in Ameri-
ca, and the liberal arrangement for
transportation made by the North
Western should induce large at
tendance. Tickets and full informa-
ton can be obtained on application
to Agents Chicago 4 North Western
Railway. 2w24
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07
An Exquisite Engraving.
Gateway to the Garden of the Gods Colorado
with view of Pixies Peak in the Middle
Distance

A very costly and elegant steel
plate engraving has just been execu-
ted in the highest style of the art,
copies Of which from a limited sup
plv, are now ready for delivery, and
will be sent to any part of the world
on receipt of IS cents each, in
stamps or coin. The noble grand
eur of the entrance" to the "Gar-
den Of the Gods" is the favorite
theme of poet and painter. The
outer parapets are of white, while
the inte:ior columns spring boldly
from the plain to a height of $50
feet-the whole suggesting the ruins
of vast temple These towering
walls form a majestic frame work
for the snow capped summit of Pixies
Peak which reveals itself among the
clouds in the far distance. To Sc
cure an early copy of this admirable
work of art, address John Sebastian,
Gen. Tk't & Pass. Agent, Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Ry., enclosing
the price. IS cents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07
Sunday and the Saloons.

The clergymen of different de-
nominations in Chicago are holding
Sunday evening meetings with over
flowing audiences. In many in
stances union meetings on Sunday
evenings are held where those of
every christian name come together.
Recently union temperance meet
ing was held IN the Universalist
church, at which the pastor of that
church gave the opening address,
and was followed by the leading
Presbyterian minister of the city.
This is a subject in which denomin-
ationalism can we'll be laid aside.
Bishop Fallows, whom the Madison
State Journal justly compliments as
having filled both civil and clerical
positions to the great satisfaction of
the citizens of Wisconsin, recently
delivered a sermon in his church,
from which we take brief extract in
his graphic language:
"The majority of the saloons pat
Sundays and week days-are
poor men, workingmen. Few of
these have homes which can offer
any such show of comfort or even
splendor as the saloons. Many of
the homes are wretched and squalid.
The poor man, obeying an evil i'm
pulse of human nature, goes forth
from his family in quest of change.
The rich have their clubs; the poor
have none, SO they go to the saloon.
Here they find light, warmth, more
or less comfort and elegance and.
most of all, the companionship of
their fellows, with opportunities for
conversation on politics, labor ques-
tons, or whatever interests them
These considerations attract most
men quite as much if not more than
the liquor. But the liquor is con-
comitant, and out of it comes all of
the misery and wretchedness and
suffering for the wife and children
left at home"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07

Mr.. E. P. Lovejoy, large dealer in gen.
eral merchandise at Wabuska, Nevada, says:
81 have tried St Patrick's Pills and can
truthfully say they are the best have ever
taken or known used" As pleasant ply
sic or for disorders of the liver they will al
ways give satisfaction. For sale by J. B.
Starkweather & Co.
For the American Horse Show to
be held at Chicago Oct. goth to Nov.
9th, the c. M. & ST. P. Ry., will sell
Excursion Tickets at a fair and a
third for the round tri p with 50
cents added for admission. Dates
of Sale, Oct. goth and goth Nov. Ist,
ard, 9Th, 9th, 8th, and 9th; good to
return within S days from date Of
Sale.
Parents should be careful that their child
rem do not contract colds during the fall or
early winter months. Such colds weaken
the lungs and air passages, making the child
much more likely to contract other colds
during the winter 1t is this succession of
colds that causes catarrh and bronchitis or
paves the pay for consumption. Should a
cold be contracted, loose no time but cure it
as quickly as possible. Affty cent bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure any
cold in few days and leave the respiratory
organs strong and healthy. For sale by ].
B. Starkweather & Co.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07
Don't Experiment.

You cannot afford to waste time in exper-
imentipg when your lungs are in danger
Consumption always seems, at first only a
cold. Do not permit any dealer to impose
upon YOU with some cheap imitation Of
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds, but be sure you get the
genuine Because he can make more profit
he may tell you he has something just as
good, or just the same. Don't be deceived
but insist upon getting DIR. Kings New
Discovery, which is guaranteed to give re-
lief in all Throat, Lung and Chest affec.
tons. Trial bottles free at F. Robinson's
Drug Store Large bottles 81.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07

and everybody that by patient toll,
industry and economy accumulate a
competency in money, land or any
business enterprise. The papers as
yet seem to fight little shy of it,
perhaps waiting more development
and whether it takes a political turn.
The Cinnamon is the bugabear here;
some can't see that there are other
classes of nationality that for base
ness and unworthy citizenship can
discount the Cinnamon two to one.
G.. I. S.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07
A VALUABLE TONIC.

have used Swift's Specific (S.S.S.) with
good result. AS tonic, it is valuable; as a
blood purifier, it is reliable
Rev. J. H. Jefferson Winston, N. c.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07
A Sound Legal Opinion.

E. cambridge Munday, Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co, Tex. says: "Have used
Electric Bitters with most happy results.
My brother was also very low with Malaria
fever and Jaundice, but was cured by timely
use Of this medicine Am satisfied Electric
Bitters saved his life"
Mr. d. L. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, KY,
adds like testimony, saying He positive
ly believes he would have died, had it not
been for Electric Bitters
This great remedy will ward off, as we'll
as cure all Malaria Diseases, and for all
Kidney, Liver and Stomach Disorders
stands unequaled. Price soc and 81 at F,
Robinson Druggist
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07
Rinuinq Noises.

In the ears, sometimes roaring buzzing
sound are caused by catarrh, that exceeding
ly disagreeable and very common disease.
Loss of smell or hearing also result from
catarrh Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great
blood purifier, is a peculiarly successful
remedy for this disease, which ii cures by
purifying the blood. If you suffer from
catarrh, try Hoods Sarsaparilla, the peculiar
medicine.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-18
ton and moved that the report of tn
auditor and treasurer be printed

ton and moved that the report of tn
auditor and treasurer be printed.
Adopted.
The president stated the printing COM
mittee should give careful attention to the
prompt printing of these reports or they
would not be printed till the session adj
Journed. The reports two years ago did
not get printed even after the legislature
adjourned.
Several members announced that bills
ordered printed ten days ago had not yet
been received.
Mr.. Catron introduced c. B. No. rs,
IAN act for. the protection of wild game
and insectiverous birds" Read the first
and second time, and on motion of Mr..
Catron ordered translated and referred to
the committee on territorial affairs.
Mr.. Catron introduced c. B. No. II, to
provide for the protection and propagation
of fish. Read the first and second time,
and on motion of Mr.. Catron ordered
translated and referred to the committee
on territorial affairs.
Mr.. Rodey introduced G. B. No. IS, to
tax certain costs in appeals on writs OF
error to the supreme court. Read the first
and second time and referred to the Judi
ciary committee.
Mr.. Baca introduced G. B. No. 70, to
amend Sec. ITO of the Compiled Laws
of New Mexico. This provides that school
teachers shall be examined by school
trustees before being appointed or paid.
Read the first and second time and re-
ferred to the committee on education.
Mr.. Dolan introduced c. B. No. so, can
act for the protection of agriculture"
Read the first and second time and re-
ferred to the committee on agriculture.
Mr.. Baca reported back G. B. No. 50,
in relation to the boundary line between
the counties of San Miguel and Mora.
Read the first, second and third time and
passed.
On motion OF Mr.. Franks the council
adjourned to 2 p. m. tomorrow.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-18

hood, will not recognize the rropriety or
the justice of putting upon the farmer the
sole burden, as this bill does, of fencing
his fields against the great herds of his
neighboring ranchmen, any more than
that the cattle man shall be required to
fence up his stock. The two parties have
equal rights and equal responsibilities, and
the burden OF protection should be borne
by both.
The obligation of both stockman and
farmer is mutual, as great on the part of
the stockman to restrain his cattle from
depreciation, as on the part OF the farmer
to provide reasonable protection for his
fields and crops. The fact that the prop
erty Of the stockman is OF predatory
character, gives him no priority of right
or preference in legislation, nor relieves
him from obligation to restrain that prop
erty from depreciation.
The true and equitable solution of the
controversy lies in Il law that shall recog-
nize mutual rights and obligations, and
require both parties to contribute jointly
to the cost of sufficient fencing, and then
make both liable, the one to damage
without recourse, for neglect in maintain
llshed, and the other for all destruction of
property resulting from the breaking of
such fence by his stock. And such a
law, to be competent of enforcement in
the courts, under the law of congress
quoted, must be general and applicable to
the entire territory.
| have thus amplifed my objections to
this bill, as the subject is one of very great
moment to all the developing interests of
New Mexico, and by no means confined
to any given locality. Agriculture Is and
must ever continue to be the great basic,
interest and industry Of the territory. Its
successful prosecution constitutes the
only permanent foundation OF success in
all others, and thus, in turn. the founda-
ton of general and successful prosperity
to the state. EDMUND G. Ross.