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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
CRIME.
E. l.. RICHTER, railroad man, was held
up and relieved of S38 few nights ago at
Ashland.

E. l.. RICHTER, a railroad man, was held
up and relieved of S38 few nights ago at
Ashland.
PHILADELPHIA.-A dispatch from May S
Landing, n. j., says Mrs. Eva Hamilton
has left there in charge of Sheriff Johnson
for the penitentiary at Trenton, to serve
her sentence for murderous assault upon
Nurse Donnelly.
CHICAGO, III : Engineer Twombly
and Fireman Lecloche have been adj
nitted to bail in the sum of S25, 900 each.
Two gentlemen connected with the Rock
Island road whose names could not be
learned went on Twombly's bond. LIE
cloche has not secured bondsmen.
G. S. PRATT, confidential book-keeper
secretary and cashier of the II. III. Lines
company at Meridian, Conn, has been ar
rested for embezzlement amounting to over
$4,000, covering a period since 1882. He
was treasurer of the First Congregational
society, but he lived beyond his means.
AT Mars Point, Mississippi while
prayer meeting was being conducted
at the Presbyterian church, some one fired
load of buckshot through the front door
of the building, instantly killing Dan. Nc
Hills dllu LIS uousSllUtl
Nellie and seriously wounding Henry Blue
mer. No clue to the perpetrator has been
found. The community is terribly excited.
THREE more men = Conductor Belden
and Brakemen Whittier and Parker-have
been arrested in connection with the Rock
Island accident at South Englewood, Tues
day night Five of the victims were buried
Wednesday, and the sixth will be inferred.
Two of the injured are reported to be in a
critical condition, and the doctors are
doubtful about their recovery.
ST. LoUIs.-W. G. Smith, a well
known man in local politics and promi-
nent G. A. R. man, went on vacation sew
eral weeks ago. AS his absence was pro-
longed, the officers of Harry I'll. Harding
post G.. A. R., began an investigation
which resulted in the discovery that Smith
had departed with every dollar in the
treasury The post will be reimbursed by
Smiths bondsmen. The amount of the
shortage is 81 200.
NEW tuesday morning the
grand jury was charged by Judge
Mari to investigate the fraudulent issue of
bonds, etc. 1t is understood that nine in
dictments were found today against some
person and persons charged with fraud
and embezzlement 1t is believed that
Ex-Treasurer Burke is the party in each
case. The impression prevails that more
indictments will be returned against hun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10

Mr. STURGEON, the great London
preacher was never ordained, and says he
never will be.
The Princess Christian. daughter Of
Queen Victoria, has prepared three Illus
trated articles for the forthcoming volume
of the English Illustrated Magazine.
DoN PEDRO has ordered the Brazilian
minister to Washington to keep him In
formed about the Worlds Fair of 1892.
The emperor viii attend the fair if he is
alive and well at the time
GEN. BoULANGER will shortly give up
his London residence and repair to the
Isle of jersey His funds are running
short He has quarreled with Henri
Rochefort, who is about to take a trip to
Egypt.
LoNDoN.-The cotton mills of Lanca-
shire continue to run ON half time. The
operators society has expended EGO.
900 for the relief of those who are suffer.
ing through the partial stoppage of the
mills.
LONDON ondon's lord mayor-elect
Mr. Issacs, is brought face to face with
what seems an insurmountable difficulty
Nov. 9, the date for the lord mayors show
falls on Saturday Isaacs, who is a devoted
Jew, cannot lawfully either ride or walk IL
the procession, and as lord mayor show
without a lord mayor would be something
of an innovation the outcome is watched
with considerable interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
WASHINGTON.

The squadron for the present will con-
sist of the Chicago, Atlanta, Boston,
Yorktown and Enterprise. With the
exception of the Enterprise these vessels
are the pink Of the navy.
The statement of pension Office shows
that during the months of July, August and
September. 1888, the original pension
issue numbered sos; during the same
time this year Is, $50.
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Tsui-Two- Yin,
the newly appointed Chinese minister to
the United States, was to-day presented to
the president by Secretary Blaine. The
minister madea complimentary address, to
which the president replied with the usual
expressions of good will.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. = The postmaster
general has appointed David P Liebhardt,
of Indiana, superintendent of the dead let
ter postofice department at $1,000 per an
mum, vice George B. Hall, of Minnesota,
resigned.
Mrs. HARRISON is a very good painter.
Nearly all the pictures in the Harrison
homestead were painted by her, and many
of them are really works of art. The
President takes great deal of interest in
his wife work.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ALGER, of the
G. A r., has issued general order in
which the announcement is made that the
following comrades are re-appointed as
members Of pension committees: Mer-
rill, of Mass, Kountz, of Ohio; Fair
child, of Wisconsin,; Buerst, of Illinois,
and Blue, OF Kansas.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Secretary Tracy
has relieved Commodore Walker from duty
as head of the bureau of navigation and
ordered him to proceed to New York and
hoist the flag on the Chicago as acting
rear admiral and commander of the
squadron of evolution. When ready for
sea he will sail for Europe and assume
command of the European station until
further orders
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The postofice de-
partment has decided that graphophones
cylinders containing dictations), when
sent by mail, must pay letter postage at
the usual rate of 2 cents per ounce. The
decision is based on the fact that they con-
vey personal communications The de-
partment also finds difficulty in returning
cylinders which are unclaimed and are
sent to the dead-letter office, as they can
only be read by the aid Of a photograph,
which is not at present used in the post
office department. 1t is requested, there
fore, that senders attach their address to
the package containing cylinders.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10

attempted to cut piece of flesh from the
neck. He was not interrupted. but did
not succeed. and the men who were per-
forming the burial merely asked him why
he did not use sharp knife. The crowd
asked what he wanted it for. The lad re-
piled: L had a use for it. =
over. The crowd had gone. The shed
was being taken down. The table and
chairs were being carried off One of the
men burying said to the other: IN fin
ISL this; you go and see to the things get
ting backbone table and two chairs" The
ground was frozen. No hole had been dug.
sand unfroZen on the surface was not easy.
especially in high wind. The dead man
bare heels would peep through. and went
ed task. A few days later | passed the
place and some one had taken the poor, lit.
lie, miserable rope from the ankles and the
blood-saturated, ragged wadded jacket
from the shoulders, the heels still staring
through the sand like two stones. At d
later visit the heels were still there and the
dogs had gnawed one of the arms
The head | never saw again, but the
pale FACE nave seen OFTEN since. IL mas ap-
peared to me repeatedly. had never seen
an execution before, and l don't think
want to see one again. The most horrible
part of the whole thing is the utter want Of
feeling. The crowd seemed glad of the
excitement, and no one seemed to care q
straw for the man s soul. or to sympathize
with the poor wretch in his dire extremity
The only remark approaching considera-
ton for the prisoner was that made by q
little boy who, somewhat awestruck at the
idea, asked me if the dead man would &c
about the next world wanting his head.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
Lifting Chair With the Eye1ids.

/ saw two women jugglers at Jeypore.
They were bright, intelligent-looking
girls, one of whom appeared almost old
enough to be the mother of the other.
They did many wonderful things, one
of which was mixing up sand in water,
and then putting the hand into the dis
colored fluid they brought out handful of
sand which filtered through their fingers
as drv as before it went In. The youngest
of these girls was perhaps Is years. She
was tall, well formed and fine looking.
She had bracelets on arms and on feet, and
her ewes were as beautiful as those of a
gazelle. One of her tricks was the lifting
of heavy chair by the eyelids, the thought
of which almost makes my eyes sore. The
chair was heavy mahogany one which be-
longed to the room in which | was staying.
She tied two strings to the top of this
and affixed the ends of these strings to her
eyes by little round metal cups, each
about the size of a nickel. These fitted
over the eyeballs and under the lids, and
she bent over while they were so fastened.
Raising herself she pulled up the chair
with these strings with the muscles of her
evelids. and carried it from one side of the
room to the other. 1t was a horrible sight,
and as she took the metal cups from her
ewes they filed with water, and she almost
sank to the floor. | told her the trick was
disgusting. and that she ought never to
do It again. Still. for this and the show
girls were well satisfied with 2 rupees, OF
about 20 cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
THROUGH SWITZERLAND
Count Won Waldersee's Summer Ex
plorationS.
Capacity of the Swiss to Defend Their
Native Land-The Question Vex-
ing Warlike Nations.

A London cable says: Count Won Wal
derSee's summer trip through Switzerland,
was, of course, for the rest and recreation,
! but it was only natural to suppose that he
should seize such an opportunity to render
| his tour of value to his country, and 1t Is
understood that the record of his observa-
lions attained considerable length, and 1t
must be supposed, Is OF proportlonate
value
There are itineraries and memoranda
in plenty concerning Swizerland-its de-
files and strategical points filed away in
the archives of the German War Depart
ment, but the conditions of modern war
fare are constantly changing; problems OF
engineering which would once have involv-
ed immense difficulties are now easily
| solved; newly-inverted explosives can re-
move obstacles which would have been In
sJlrmOuntable generation ago; and it Is
reported with some acceptance that Count
| Won Waldersee is of the opinion that the
route to France through Switzerland is not
only the solely available one, but that it
/ presents no difficulties worth mentioning
| In the face of the overwhelming force with
which Germany can undertake 1t.
| 1t is plain that the ambitious aspirant
! to reputation which shall throw that of
| Won Moltke in the shade has the true con-
tempt for the professional warrior for forces
| that are only brought into the field upon
occasion, but the sturdy Swiss have never
| failed YET to defend their native land with
successful tenacity, and the sympathies OF
all the world will be with them in any such
future struggle.
| The suggestion of the smokeless pow
der is tha ono now vexino all War-like
nations. Either of them would gladly
experiment with it upon some feeble adver-
sary, but the disturbance of the present
status upon the continent would inevitably
precipitate war involving nearly every
nation in Europe, and it will probably be
first tried, as a measure of policy, upon
some outlying barbarians before being
, perfected for civilized use-a rather cool
but natural resource for gaining the re-
| quisite experience.
The fact is, that, despite its obvious
| advantages in some respects, the men are
afraid of it, The matter has been keep as
quiet as possible, but during the
recent Austrian maneuvers dozens
of the troops were fatal
y asphyxiated by the poisonous fumes of
the powder. For skirmishers, pickets or
| detachments not exceeding a certain num-
Der of men the new powder is invaluable,
but on infantry in line of battle firing with
| the rapidity which modern wars admit,
the effects of the concentrated fumes are
empowering, and there is little hope as
yet that science can provide remedy with
out detracting from the effectiveness of the
new explosives which was to revolutionize
| warfare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
THE BREECHES BIBLE.
A Copy of the Rare Old Volume Owned in
Hartford.

A well-preserved volume of the genuine
old ''Breeches Bible" so called, is IN the
possession of Mr. Horace Johnson of Hart
ford, Conn. 1t was printed In London In
1902, in the old "black letter" text
enough to spoil the sight of any but the
most persistent reader; but it was kind
of print with which Shakespeare and Lord
Byron were familiar This edition prob
ably copies from the Bishops Bible" of
1868 derives its irreverent name from its
version of the story of Adam and Eve In
the garden. In chapter III, ". Z, after
telling of the transgression it reads:
Z. Then the eyes of them both were
opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sowed tree fg-leaves to-
gether. and made themselves breaches.
That picturesque attire is changed IL
King James version which appeared nine
years later, to "aprons the present ac-
cepted version King James ffty-four
translaters only made alterations of the
Tyndale and Coverdale text; and of 'Bish-
ops Bible, when it was found to be ''nec-
essary." The new revised version, how
ever, makes a good many changes. 1t
cost poor Tyndale his life-he was burned
at the stake, near Brussels, In 1536-for
daring to make translation into Eng
fish.
This quaint old Bible includes those Old
Testament books that have since been
relegated to the nebulous limbo of 1.-The
Apocrypha, and includes them without
any mark of separation from those that
are now accepted There are the books of
Baruch, of Susannah, of Jesus, the son of
Sirach, the book of Maccabees, Esdras,
Tubit, Bel and the Dragon, etc, all fgur,,
ing as a part of the divinely inspired
word. If we can believe the various holy
councils on those subjects, more or less
of these apocryphal books are not so in
spired.
Mr.. Johnson s old Bible contains also the
quaint psalmody of Sternhold and Hopkins
the psalms of David ''done into English
verse"
The quaint character Of the mechanical
work alone of this old Bible makes it an in
teresting study to any one. especially who
knows much about printing. Unfortun-
ately, the quaint old little title page
is missing place being supplied by a
pen and ink copy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
Sensible Thoughts for Sensible Girls.

Some sensible observer ofhuman nature.
who has a good eve for measurements, has
drafted some articles setting forth the char
acterlstlcs OF the young woman who uncon-
sciousl y compels the respect and admira.
ton OF all persons whose respect and ad
nairation are worth having. For
instance:
She is fond of a jolly good time. She
can joke and laugh and be gay; but she
never oversteps propriety.
She has ideas of right and wrong. and is
anxious to live according to these ideas.
This does not make her prudish. even
though she does not drink champagne to
excess, smoke cigarettes and play poker for
small stakes.
In fact she is careful of her behavior and
does not think it necessary to be fast in
order to be popular.
She is independent, and young men who
meet her at once respect her.
She will not dance with any Young man
who may ask her to, and the boys do not
like her because she will never come down
to their level
She can talk intelligently on almost any
subject which may be brought forward,
ard her conversation shows that she has
done some good, honest original thinking
She has ideas about the books she reads
and these books have ideas, also. She has
thought about the various social problems
which are prominent in the attention of
the world. and is able to put these thoughts
into words.
She does not talk such things all the time
by any means. She can talk a little non
sense, if occasion requires. Her nonsense,
however, stops this side of Stiffness.
She is however, eminently a sensible
girl.
She does not want to vote; she does not
want to doctor, or make laws; she does not
care to startle the world with her know
ledge. She prefers to be young woman,
and to live up to the nobility the term
implies.
Indeed, she is ambitious to be woman
who will make her home attractive to and
beloved by her family. Sho believes that
to satisfy this ambition will give her quite
as much work as she can do well.
She is an earnest, kind-hearted woman,
doing great deal of good in the world,
without any ostentatious display or loud
talk. She rather seems to ride her good
works.
When doing good she does not put on
long face, but with smiles and cheering
words seeks to turn the thoughts of the
troubled into pleasant channels.
Her influence is very great, although
often-times unconscious.
She gains very warm personal friends,
who would do anything for her. She is
woman who respects the higest type of a
human being, and is sure to be appreciated
and to succeed In life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10

beyond all controversy. To argue about
1t Is like arguing about a vile odor.
The first object of novel is to give
pleasure, and the test of Its morality or It's
immortality Is the elevating or debasing
TENDENCIES of that pleasure. 1t is easy to.
say TO the pure all things are pure, but
TINS Is one or those mischievous mistruths
that are worse than lies, for. unfortunate
" large part of any community has
morbid capacity for assimilating what is
VICIOUS and rejecting healthy mental food
1here Is an old proverb abOut touching
nth very applicable to this subject.
1t Is easy to talk of the heantv of ahso
lutte truth, of the necessity for broadening
the intelligence of women. of the ;nno,
cence OF whatever Is natural end the insip--
Id character of those feminine dolls who
will not discuss with uncompromisino
franknesS the most delicate subjects of life.
but it Is an indisputable fact that they who
listen to the indelicate talk will do indeli
cate things. This way danger lies in i'm
proper novels. They are the worst of all
bad companions.
''Ot course women cannot be debarred
| from any line of action they wish to adopt.
If some of the sex will have nothing yelled
and nothing hidden, if they are proud of a
sort of womanhood remarkable only for the
| absence of the usual characteristics of the
state, if they delight to write nasty novels.
and handle public questions not fit for
them to NEEDLE with, there is no law but
that of virtuous popular opinion to pre-
vent them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.


CARPENTERS in tearing up the floor in a
Green Bay saloon. found $1,000 In cash.
THE news from the elections in the new
states indicate that all except Montana
have gone republican.
GEN. MALONE reads his political speeches
from printed copies, he is so careful regard
ing his utterances.
HENRY WILLARD, the railroad magnate,
is passionately fond of music. He IS a
good performer on the violincello, and Is
thoroughly posted on all the doings IN the
operatic world.
THE English postoffice does all the ex-
press business in Great Britain, carries
parcels at an average cost of IL cents
each, and makes a profit of 81, 250, 900 a
year.
Mrs. HARRISON is in receipt of nearly
thirty requests a day for pieces of her
dresses and clippings from the president s
necties. The requests come from people
who desire to use the pieces in crazy quilts
or preserve them as mementoes.
HUGH DOYLE, the keeper of notorious
resorts In northern Wisconsin, whose name
became familiar during the recent den
crusade, died recently in Chicago hos
pital. Doyle's resorts are among the worst
In the north. He left fortune.
THE citizens of TayIorville, Neb., re-
Gently tarred and feathered old Jason
Mitchell and then rode him on a rail. In
stead of resenting this treatment, Jason
seemed to enjoy it. This puzzled the boys
very much until the old man sued twenty
FIVE of them for 800 each, and got it
Then they began to see that the old man
had the most fun.
CORRESPONDENCE from Kansas says
that, although the election for United
States senator does not take place until
1891, there is already cropping out strong
opposition to the return of Senator Ingalls,
It is said that Ingalls, has made bitter en-
emies of some of the most influential re-
publicans of the state by his distribution
of federal patronage.
ST. LOUIS. = The Republic states
that a scheme is on foot and will be con-
summated in few days to evade the anti
trust laws In this and other states. The
plan is said to embrace the organization
of the American Manufacturing company
of New York, incorporated under the laws
of that state and which will stand as a
single representative of what have been a
score OF more of jute bagging companies,
thus changing from trust combinations
to more complete form of monopoly and
into gigantic single company.
ROBELLIEU, La.-For some time past
there has been a newspaper con-
troversy between A. G. Poole, editor OF
the Vernon News and Sheriff McAlpin, of
Vernon Parish. Poole has sent McAlpin
two challenges within few days, which
the latter has not accepted To-
day Poole went into the sheriff S
Office with pistol in one hand and said:
Now is the best time to settle our differ
ences. McAlpin drew pistol and firing
began. Poole was killed instantly and
McAlpin died few hours later from the
effects of bullet in the abdomen,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
INFLUENCE OF NOVELS.
Many Books of Questionable Character
Written by Women.

Concerning the recent upheaval of indie
cency in our fiction, Amelia h. Barr mas
this to say in Book News:
The reading tendency of the age Is
toward fiction. Fifty years ago scholars
and divines not only never opened a novel,
but they unhesitatingly condemned them;
now they are largely the literary offspring
of clergvmen's brains, and the religious
novel is the nineteenth century version OF
the Hebrew parable Fiction has also be-
come the recognized vehicle for views OF
all kinds, philosophical, social and occults.
So that in some shape or other novels now
enter into the education of every one, be-
cause from a well-wrought book there
comes incorporeal forms, which tlx them
selves in the memory and exercise the same
kind of influence over readers as actual
acquaintance exercises over living persons.
THAT force so powerful and so unlver-
sal should be pure and helpful IN charac-
ter is self-evident, but that society mas
lately suffered from an epidemic OF wicked
novels is also an indisputable fact. Inc
saddest feature of this epidemic Is that the
contaminators Of moral purity are manly
women-women, to whose care the sacred
fame of chastity is entrusted, and who
have ouenched what they ought to have
kept burning. Where men have hitherto
feared to tread. women have rushed IN and.
with an almost Manadic recklessness,
sought either a shameful notoriety or the
wages Of shameful ministering to the
lowest instincts In certain cases the
flush of youth and beauty has given false
literary value, in others it is only chart
table to suppose that the young women
were handling subjects of which they IN
derstood neither the significance nor the
improperly,
Concerning such novels there is really
no argument bad book is bad book