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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

by the lining membrane Is constant,
and during the night a considerable
amount accumulates in the stomach;
some of its liquid portion is absorbed,
and that which remains is thick and
tenacious. If food is taken into the
stomach when in this condition it be-
comes coated with this mucus. and the
secretion of the gastric juice and its
action are delayed. These facts show
the value of a goblet of water before
breakfast. This washes out the ten
acious mucus, and stimulates the gas
trio glands to secretion. In old and
feeble persons water should not be
taken cold. but it may be with great
advantage taken warm or hot. This
removal of the accumulated mucus
from the stomach is probably one of
the reasons why taking soup at the be-
ginning of the meal has been found so
beneficial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
Head Hunting in Solomon Islands.

Throughout the group n constantly
sees human skulls hung up, eitherin or
outside the houses, but it is from New
Georgia and the adjacent islands that
head-hunting is carried on to its fullest
extent. Among these natives it APP
pears to be a perfect passion. No
canoe-house a be completed and no
canoe launched without a head being
obtained. They make long voyages in
their large tomakoes, or head-hunting
canoes for the purpose of securing
heads, the chief hunting-ground at the
present time being the two islands of
Choiseni and Isabel, ninety to n hum
dred miles away, which, however, are
becoming somewhat worked out"
The basest treachery is often employed.
They will at times visit a village as
friends, and, after staying for a day or
two, at a given signal turn upon their
hosts, and either kill them or take them
alive. Such a case occurred while / was
at Rubiana. At other times they will
surprise OF cut off a party fishing on
the reef, and no matter whether they
are men, women, or children, the
heads count. The heads, after being
slightly smoked, are stuck up along the
rafters of the roof in the canoe-houses,
and l have myself counted thirteen re-
cent heads in a house at Sisieta. Occa-
sionally the head-hunters themselves
meet with reverses, and while at Rub
lana | inquired the reason Of some par
ticularly fine cocoanut-trees having
been cut down; | was told that it was
in consequence of the death of a chief
who was killed on a head-hunting ex-
petition to Isabel.-C. N. Woodfsrd IN
RonuLnr Sciealce MnnfhLu
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
A Japanese Flower Holiday.

From an article by the artist Wores
in the Century W. quote the following:
The love of flowers in Japan amounts
almost to alteration. They I insep-
arabic from the life, art, and literature
of the people, and to deprive the
japanese of them would be to take the
sunshine out of their lives. On one
occasion [ received through my young
friend IN invitation from his parents
to accompany them on a visit to a very
celebrated grove 0 fplum trees that were
then in full bloom. After an hours
ride in a 'iinrikisha, For "kuruma," as
these little m~an-carriages are more
commonly called, we arrived at our
destination, where great numbers of
people were fiocking from all points.
The trees were one mass O~ffragrant
white and delicate pink blossoms.
Hundreds of visitors in holiday attire
were strolling about under the branches
with extreme delight depicted OF their
countenances. Others again had spread
rugs under the trees, where they were
served with delicious tea from the neigh
boring tea house. The brightly clad chill
dren were dancing and frolicking in
the shade of the blossoms, and a more
perfect picture of sunshine and happi-
ness can hardly be imagined. Innum-
cradle little strips of paper futtering
amidst the blossoms attracted my at
tention. Miss Okiku informed me that
it was the happy custom of the people
to give vent to their delight on these oc-
casions by inscribing poetic sentiments,
too brief perhaps to be called poems,
and hanging them up on the boUghs.
And sure enough, as | looked about
me, | observed several persons with
paper and pocket inkstand in hand en-
gagged in composing these little sonnets
in praise of the blossoms.
''Yasumaru was at some pains to ex.
plain to me that these poetic illusions
were supposed to be composed on the
spot, that the expression, the form of the
idea, was derived from the inspiration
of the scene; but his faded father add
ed, with a twinkle inhis eye, that many
came with their poem already pre-.
pared. I was honest e rough to con-
fess to the old gentlemaI that this pro-
ceeding was not altogether different
from the habit Of our after-dinner ora
tors who surprised their friends with
impromptus composed, as the French
put it q loisar; that is to say, at their
ease. Some months later / painted 9
picture entitled Springs Inspiration
in which two young girls are represent
ed walking over the huge stepping
stones through a grove of poisoning
plum trees and reading these poems; for,
although it is not recorded that the
japanese lover takes this means of
praising his Rosalind, meme the less dc
japanese maidens delight in passing
from tree to tree perusing the futter
inscriptions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
RANDY" AS AN EDITOR.
APen Picture of the Rising Young English
Statesman.

When the opening solemnities have
been duly transacted and Lord Ran
dolph gets up to speak the enthuiasm
breaks GU again, and it is some two
minutes before they will let him begin,
says g.. W. Smalley in the New York
Tribune. If there be a sign of excite
ment in Lord Randolph it is the more
frequent pulls at his mustache, but he
stands impassiTe, expressionless, up
right, the head hardly bent at all to the
storm that beats upon him from the sea
of human beings below. He was
nervous enough before he rose, as all
real orators are, but once on his feet he
is cooler than anybody else, and the
first words are firm and clear-cut, anC
there is no trace of tremulOusneSS in
the voice or in the thought. He has
before him two sheets of note paper,
loosely written on both sides-all the
rest of the speech to come is in his
head. The voice is a little hard, but
full, strong, resonant, and far-reaching.
Every word is heard and every word
tells. The hall no doubt is an easy
one to speak in. 'fYou have only to
talk straight at the gallery and every
OOdN uCdIo YOU I'LL dCCOuuU Vi Lie
matter which is both exact and sug
gestive.
Perhaps the first thing to notice is
the ease and confidence of Lord Ran
dolph's manner. He is at home on the
platform; where, to be sure he has
spent no small portion of his life. His
manner is not his house of commons
manner There is no hint of the COL.
versational; it is distinctly and decisive.
ly %oratorical. There is little or none
of the slipshod diction so common in
English public speaking. His sentences
conform to established laws and there is
not one of them from beginning to end
which leaves the dullest in doubt as to
its meaning. No man, no public
speaker has more pre-emiently the gift
of lucidity. Now and then comes a
long sentence. but the long sentence is
simple in construction, and of the syn
tactical convolutions which delight the
soul of Mr.. Gladstone and puzzle his
hearers there is one It is all direct,
downward, straightforward, and equally
free from mystery or middle. 1t is a
pleasure to listen-even to listen critic
a,iy-to such a speaker. His orderli-
ness of mind is admirable and he can
say plain things to plain men in a way
at stamps them at once for all on the
memory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
Nell Gwyn.

Sweet heart, that no faint of the throne or
the stage
Could touch with unclean transformation
or alter
To the likeness of courtiers whose con-
sciences falter
And the smile or the frown, at the mirth or
the rage,
OF a master whom chance could infame or
assuage
Our Lady of Laughter. invoked in no psal-
ter,
Adored of no faithful that cringe and that
paiter,
Praise be With thee yet from a hag-ridden
age.
Our Lady of Pity thou vast, and to thee
All England, whose sons are the sons Of the
sea,
Gives thanks, and viii hear not if history
snarls
When the name of the friend of her sailors
is spoken;
And thy lover she cannot but lovely the
token
That thy name was the last on the lips of
King Charles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
RUSSIAN EMANCIPATION.
1t Is a Failure After Twenty-Five Years.
Trial.

After a trial of a quarter of a GEN.
fury the emancipation act is now ac-
knowledged to have utterly failed.
The reports of Russian officials, of
statistical professors at Moscow, such
as Jansen and the Nihilists. with Step
MAX at their head, all alike agree that
the misery of the rural class is greater
than even in the DAYS of serfdom: cult
ivation is at the lowest ebb, the yield
~wretched, and less than in any other
European country.
Each peasant must plough, sow, and
reap as his neighbors do. The three
field system of corn, green crops, and
fallow, which was abandoned in all
good agriculture long ago, goes on
with disastrous results. AS the lots
are changed by the mir at their pleas
ure, after every year, the temporary
owner does not care to manure, &C., or
in any way to improve his land. AL
though the rent is sometimes as low as
two shillings an acre, the peasant can
not live.
Agriculture is a business requiring
capital, knowledge, and a sufficient
amount of land to enable different
crops to be grown, so that if one fails
it does not mean starvation, for another
may succeed. The Russian peasant
has none of these qualifications. The
peasant proprietors can neither pay
the money owing to the Government
for their land, nor even the State and
communal taxes, and are logged by
hundreds for non-payment.
In one district of Novgorod 1900
peasants were thus condemned in 1887.
Five hundred and fifty had already
been fiogged, when the inspector in
terceded for the remainder.
Widespread famine is found over a
great part of the country. Usurers,
the bane of peasant proprietors in all
countries, are in possession of the stu.
alton. The Coulaks and jew mir
eaters" supply money on mortgage,
then foreclose, and, when the land is
in their own possession, get the work
done for nothing as interest.
These ''bondage laborers," as they
are called, are, in fact, slaves, and are
nearly starved, while the small plots
are often reunited into considerable
estates, and their new owners consider
they have only rights and no duties.
Meantime, as forced labor is at a n end
and free labor is of the worst possible
kind. the old land owners can get moth.
ing done. They have tried to employ
machines, bought by borrowing from the
banks, and are now unable TO repay
the money.
The upper class has been ruined,
with nc advantage to the peasant.
1.-The wasteful culture of the c~ottier,"
as Stepniak calls it, ION these small
plots is so bad that the general welfare
of the country" says Prof. Jansen, sis
in danger by the small yield of the
soil" In spite of the philanthropic
intentions of the Gar, he is believed
to have aimed as diminishing the
power of the mobiles as much as i'm.
proving the condition of the peasants.
He succeeded. The mobiles in many
districts are ruined, and there is moth
ing between the unlimited power OF
the %autocrat and his 80, 900 sub
jects, tive-siXth of whom are peasants.
-NineteenM CentuTU.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
A Docile Gorilla.

An English trader at Ngove, on the
southwest coast of Africa, has had for
some time a young female gorilla
whose docility is described as remark
able. Jennie, as the baby gorilla has
been named, sleeps with her master
goes, weeping like a child if left be-
hind. She recently accompanied him
on a journey of twenty miles or more,
walking all the way. She has acquir-
ed many civilized tastes and habits and
will drink tea, ETC., u of a cup or
glass, displaying the utmost careful
Dess not to break the vessel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
A Baby's Epitaph.

April made me, winter laid me here away
asleep.
Bright as Maytime was the daytime; night is
soft and Geep,
Though the morrow bring forth sorrow, well
are ye that weep.
Ye that held me dear beheld me not a twelve
month long,
All the while We saw me smile, ye knew not
whence the song
Came that made me smile, and laid me here,
and wrought you wrong.
-Swinburna-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
Kansas PrOductiveneSs.

The latest story of Kansas produc-
tiveness comes from Ford county,
where a Mr.. Sternberg planted twenty
acres to melons and sold the seeds to
an eastern s~eed-house for $500. From
the melons he manufactured 1000
barrels of vinegar, which he values at
$40 per barrel. This melon vinegar he
claims to be fully equal to if not better
han the cider vinegar. Just think of
it! SO, 400 for the product of twenty
acres of land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

The right word, SAYS the New York
Commercial AdUertiser. to describe the
400Ih anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus, or the 4U0th
anniversary of anything for that mat
ter. is .'quadrinsentennial,n The same
being a compound of quadringentesi-
mus annus, meaning the 400tn year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
Pens.

The steel-pen trade at Birmingham
is reported as buoyant, the average
weekly production exceeding 100, 900
gross. something that would give an
aggregate annual product of 1885,
0o0. 900 steel pens. In her majesty's
stationery Office one year the consump-
ton of steel pens was about 1000, 900,
as against SOC, 900 of quill ones. In
the London clubs the proportion of
quill pens is larger than that in the
government Office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
Women'S Shoulders.

The feminine shoulder. which has
for some time been treated by dress.
makers in a ann to make it look as
square as possible. is about to slope of.
Tue pouf will go. according to the
Paris fashion, and then the curve will
again be natural.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
How And When to Drink Water.

According to DR.. Leuf. when water
is taken into the stomach it does not
mingle with the food, as we are taught,
but passes along quickly between the
food and lesser curative toward the
pylorus, through which it passes into
a.sstines. The secretion of mucus
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

A man who owns a goat has only to
arr his bread; he has his butter for
uothing.-Roches.er Post. +
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
A Buried City in Honduras.

A buried city, containing relics in
~profusion, has been uneathed in aond-
uras.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
A WI "a ID stone.
Lake Charles Echo.

A. g. Mager, of this city, has in his
posses, siOu Il maidstone which has been
preserved in lsis family for sixty years.
1t is re gay.ied az Il valuable heirloom.
1t has never been applied to the bite ot
mad dag, but has been snccessfuli,
used in t-H,nving the poison from SNAKE
bites. Mr. afagee and family Gle thor
oug,lly satisfied tina; it is genuine mad
stone, possessing the qualities usually
attributed fusllch sfonss, and he kiu'li.
informs as that anyone in these, parie
who NAV be SD upfnrsuHate as to need
one, will hi. welcome tn sie uso az it AT
any time. We understand that tilu stone
is ~nse.! hy simply applying it 10 tbs
wunnsi and allowing it TO remain until
it looseils (for tin. genuine Stone Seems
to aaher%). When IT see'uS to have Loss
its adhe awe attraction it is ctat ge'i With
as mucis OF the poisnis az it will absorb
Place it Immediately i'll hot water, whtn
in little while it will discharge ths
venom and may Ese4 again applied to IL
wonnG. This pr.&ess is continued until
it abss,rbs no more.
Ii will he we'll far every one to bear III
mind the existence, of sucli % stone il
our midst, rs 81; any moment it may lie
called into regulsitiun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
Electric BSttera.

This remedy is becoming 40 well
known and so popular IN 10 need nn
special mention. Ali who have used
Electric Bitiers sii,g the same song ot
praise.-A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all that
is clasned. Electric Biiters will cure,
ail diseases OF the Liver and Kidneys.
will remove Pimpl-s. Rn;ls, and Salt
Rheu,B and other affrc:'nns caused by
impure blood.-Will drivr Malaria from
the SYSTEM and prevent a. wsil.as cure
all Malisriai feve!s.-For cu,., &c Head
ache. CONSTIPATION and Indigestion try
Electric Bittefs. Entire sarisfac:inn
or money retuned. Price
30 cts. and 800 per bottle at F. f. Bal
ley's Drugs,ore. s
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
A True Tonic.

The cockroach is always wrong when
TO attempts 10 argue with a chicken.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
Weather Crop Bulletin.
FOR TIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. SEP
TENDER 81, 1889.

tte paac wee. opened With u tempe
nature above the average tor the sea-
son. but by the middle of tlle week II
cool wave covered the State and the
temperature fell to 49o at several sta
lions, aud to 40 at Chenpyviis. No
frost occurred, and but ve,y little ram
1tii from this change il tempe nature.
he weather Was generally sunsnIny III
tae interior OF the Stat AiDnK thu.
coast there was considerable cluudiness
ANA several days Of windy weather,
owing to the cyclone in t;,e Gulf. For
tunately, the storm did not effect pas
sage over the land so that un general
damage occurred to the sugar or rice.
Interests If the State The only local
damage reported ia where the heavy
grown rice WAS blown down. causing
extra labor liz securing same without
ss,ss.
Cation picking is progressing sapiP.iy,
ana the cotton Is opening weEs Under
tn., favorable weather. Fray. B;en-
vile. WInn and Catz4iiouI;a ~ y;.hrs re-
ports are RECEIVED Of dalnHge Inv worms.
In the first named the cotsr :, +. stripora
clean and the crop. wtiet ia yerv short
VIII, with fair wea;her, t,a ,,rdtr shell
ter In two weeks. Ia -c.ast Frliciana it
- estimated that tss~ cT"n viii he from
~ 10 70 per cent. s1 ert. In Eermi!lion,
'ne SIo is Ia Sai'"o sly Estimated at from
one ua', 20 Tvs" thirds short, and it Is
,,ep,1t'ea mar p ckiug will be completed
uy o:.o"es ie' Il. Reports from the re-
good yiGid. '~''>> y
mere is considerable complaint OF
the ntea Of rain. Cane, although i'm
prnslrg at eadily, stands in need Of it.
am. gener al rains would be beneficial to
stock ap,l other Interests.
r. Z. kERKAM,
Signal Corps Director.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
ron DYSPEPSIA

If 81 young man feels that Ills life ID q
hlank he ehauld try to I'LL it out aud
have il aworn 10,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
FNv THE ODELIae ~
H. APE WRITE M
csrwilI buy the oDELL TYPEwRrrE

NfEwilI buy the oDELL TYPEWRTTE'
Wv Warranted |" ,to sVut, mulk rs NJ
500 machine.
II combines SIMPLICITY with DURABU
Ill-SlEEI. EAoE OF pfkkATIUN-Eeni
ianstr without cost Of repairs Than any otbe
mach he ilds hu Ink riuhun 10 bother the 0pt
;at"f. II is heat, eitDnlA, tl*.!, hlHkei plated
perfect. ard ttaItd to all kIIss ni t. pt Wrifin.
LAKE, a printing press, Il Produces Sharp. C.eui
'+glbi| Manu-cript. NO To ten cule> can b
'iaat at one writing. Editors. lawyers. mini
tiers, bankers, MERCHANTS ma uiacGu ers, bus
ness men &c tH4:rot MAX, ii better invt StIuel
Tor 10 Any intelligent ler5on III week G
3ccome coon OPERATOR, or d RAPID ONE
TWO nnthF.
$1,000 offered any operator who can do bet
ter n"!A With q Ttpr Writer than that pre-
d'iced by the oDELL. IL Reliable AEep
and Statesmen Ha.lic.. SPECIAL lhdHc+mep>
Dealers: For Pamphlet, giving eudurse' oent
&C., address h,
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Aus1o The RasaERY, Chicago, Ills
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
Ts Consumption Incurablel .

Read the fnllowinR: Mr.. C.. FL. Morris,
Newark, Ark. says: Was down witt,
Ahscssa of Lungs, and friends aud
physicians pronounced me an IncRrabIe
Cnnsu.npiive. Beganfaking DIR. King
New Discovery for Consumption. am
how on my third bottle, and able to
oversee tile work on my farm. II ID the
finest medicine evt rgInair.n
Jesse Middlewarf. Decatur, Ohin,
s.ass: Had it not been fur DIR. King's
New Discovery for Consumption /
would have died Of Lung Troubles.
Was given ,ip lsy doctors. Am now in
best Of health, Try it. Sample bot j
tles free Ut +. 3. Bailry's Drugstore. 5
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

An exchange s,,ya. THAT the men
Vie prpfess not to arlieye in atlveriis-
sag are tie very fret unss III discover
aud kick alspiIt anything in the papers
that does not please them. Especially
On they a,sfonle rampant If they con-
altler that II n fleets upon their business,
even il II is only d tliree-line item Il, n,
Obscure Garner of the paper. This GER
sasisly sagli. III convince them, if neiil-
iilR p1se would that everything in the
rat'e.s Il read, and that advertising
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

EUEs TEs31 BLOOD,
ETce:nesss Msiaria, Indigestion and
i:tivi2 ESss. Iake
ssGsssWS's IRON Buffers.
j. ~! Is quickly. For sale by ell dealers in
;:lsGH sr.e. Get the genuine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
TULANE UNIVERSITY LOUISIANA
Vim. Preston Johnston, Ii. D.,
President.
10 /, i .ri'ii'> 1 . .'ait,

The next Annual Session Of High School Col.
lege and of the II Sophie Newcouib Memorial
College fer young women, will begin Tuesday,
October Ist. Entrance examination On Mon
day, September seth.
High School Course years. College Course
4years. al departments supplied with labo-
rHtorles and other aids TO practical iuslructie1,
The heanual Training department IS we'll su,,-
pied With apparatus for wuad working. black
smithing, forging, hrazirg and soldering and
machine construction.
Parallel College Courses lead to the degree OF
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science There
If . practical course In Electrical Engineering
and complete plant of The Edison system ,or
instruction.
The Fl. Sophie FewcoHh Memorial College
Tor young woIuea offers q full evursc IN acience
and letters.
srecias courses In Art and literature There
Is an Acadeinleal Depal tn.ent which prepares
stud. nts TOR the Coll &c. College conrse, 500
per al NUM-. Preparatory course OF two years,
SEQ per tniiTlsn.
The Law Department opens November lsths
H. o. Mltitr Dean. Medical pepartn lent opens
October LIST. Stanford u. I halle, NJ d., Dean
Fer general catalogues address
VIM. o. ROGERS,
Secretary Of the TULANE University.
ahg 83m New Orleans. La.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
BuSssIen's Arnica Salva,

ne hest saive in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. sares, Ulcers, Salt Rheam, Fee
yer Sores. letter, Ciapped Hands. Chill
blalns, Corns, and all Skin E,up.ions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
alred. II is guaranteed tn give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
90 cents par box. For sale by F. E. BAL.
ley.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

1905 Kennedy fns Caiarrii Is sold by F.
Z. Bailey Druggist. Price so cents,