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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIRE in James S. Bryant's carriage fac
tory. 10 East One Hundred and Forty
fourth street, New York, caused loss of
$4,000. Six horses in stable adjoining
were burned to death.
New YORK;. r. Townsend & Co.,
commission wooden merchants. has
assigned, giving preference for s42.-
696. The firm was rated at from 1925, 900
to 100000.
SHAMEoKAIINA, Pa.-The fire in the
Cameron colliery is beyond control.
The entire mine comprising 25 miles of
galleries will have to be flooded. 1t will
take sixty days to food it, and nearly a
year to repair the damage.
DELTA, Cal-By the collision of two
parts of freight train Tuesday night
on the California & Oregon railroad. a
caboose was driven through passenger
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10
ForetoId Her Own Death.
Gainesville ga. } Courant.

Little Winnie Wofford, II years of age,
died at the home of her grandfather, G. G.
Trammell, Thursday night, February 20,
at IL clock
Many months ago, while exercising in
play, she contracted a severe cold, which
affected her lungs, and from which she
never recovered.
During the last ten days of her illness
she saw and heard many wonderful and
beautiful things. To her they were per
fectly true and real.
Thursday afternoon she said: Jesus
says | have been good little girl and that
| may die tonight if | want to. Can
you have the funeral tomorrow at II
o'clock?"
Being assured that her wishes would be
carried out, she said: well, | will die
tonight at II o'clock -
what time is it?" said she, when the
clock struck IL.
That II o'clock"
The fever was on and the pulse strong,
and twas thought that she would be mis-
taken, perhaps she would live yet day or
two. Just before II clock she fell into a
sweet, peaceful sleep, a loving friend
closed her eyelids, walked into the adjoin-
ing room to see the time and the clock
struck II. She fell asleep and walked up
in heaven sure enough.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10
EXAMPLES IN OBJECT TEACHING.
Practical Methods Commended for the
Education of the Young


In the Smithsonian Institute, as is well
known, there are models of the cliff-dwell
lngs OF Arizona and model of an ancient
Zuni city of New Mexico. The latter is on
a large scale and has doubtless proven in
teresting and realistic to thousands of Wis
ltors from all parts of the country. AS
one has well said you could eaislev con-
celve yourself as being high in the air in
a balloon, and far below you those ancient
siledt houses
In Ocean Grove, N. j., there is model
of Jerusalem as it now is-that city of
worldwide interest 1t is about eighteen
feet In diameter, of circular form, and rep
resents that city with all its details of
buildings, as well as the surrounding
country. The writer can readily identifv
all the prominent points of interest and
the historic sites nearby-the buildings be-
ing marked with figures, and the natural
features, such as hills and valleys. with
letters of the alphabet. There is some
thing so real and practical in the illustra-
lions given, as we'll as in many other sim
liar in character, that the wonder is that
educators have not followed out this lead
Nothing improves the mind of child
so much as the sight of an object about
which it has been told or the view of a
place it has been reading about. The
illustrations of the cities named gives us a
more correct idea of those places than
we could possibly Obtain by all our book
reading. We see something so realistic
that the mind at once receives an indeli-
bic impression. This method of mapping
places of interest could be carried to
great extent, even to mapping the earth's
surface, showing its continents, islands,
oceans, &c, and thus be greatly utilized
In our schools all over the land By these
means the child would obtain much more
correct knowledge of the earth's surface
than he could from mere plain surface
or even globes. Is this not an inviting
field In the line OF the practical education
of the young?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10

Morrill, briefly explained that the
substitute provided a service pension of s.
per month TO soldiers are of have the age of
81 years or who are dependent. He
thought the same principle which had
been applied to the vetarans of the w.r of
1912 and the war with Mexico should be
applied to the veterans of the war of 1861.
In answer to question he stated that it
was estimated that the senate bill would
require an expenditure of $50 100000 and
the house substitute $50. 1000, 900 annually.
After considerable discussion for and
against the bill the question was put to a
vote. The vote stood yeas 169. nays 81
not the necessary two-thirds vote in the
affirmative. The bill passed under sus-
pension of the rules, to establish two
additional land districts in Nebraska.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10
Base of a Burial Temple Found at Mejeque
Ry an ExpIOrinp Party.

Central and South American mail adj
vices of March 1, say that the party which
has been exploring the supposed ancient
Peruvian battle-ground at Mejeque found
innumerabIe skeletons Of Hamas piled in
regular order and in apparent accord with
some religious idea. Other indications
have shown that they were working near
the base of a burial temple and not in the
graveyard, as excavations have revealed
smooth granite blocks of enormous size
and chiseled with great elegance. The
work of transporting these blocks must
have been very arduous, as the old quar-
ries from which they were cut are fully
two leagues away The explorers found,
about fifty feet from the temple, wall of
sundried bricks beautifully ornanmented
and covered with characters resembling
Sa0ScrIt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10
Attempt at Wholesale Poisoning.

HARRISBURG. W. Va.-A dastardly at
tempt to poison several families was dis
covered Wednesday at Fair View, a sub
urb. where large number of people re-
side. Twelve families get their drinking
water from one spring. 1t is flowing
spring and runs for some distance. For
some times dogs, cattle and other animals
have been dying and the children COM
planned that the water was bad. An In
vestigation disclosed the carcass of sheep
near the spring filed with strychnine
enough to kill a hundred people. The an
imals that died had been devouring the
carcass. The stream is thoroughly pois-
oned. The perpetrator is promised sum-
mary punishment if he is caught.
BERLIN.-The leaders of the freisin-
hinge party refused : to take part in
the movement for erecting a monument
in honor Of Bismarck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10

An amusing story concerning Prince
Bismarck and the late Field Marshal Won
Wrangel is now current at Berlin. In 1864,
during the war with Denmark, old
Wrangel was in command of the allied
Prlssian and Austrian forces. There was
at one moment some fear at Berlin that
the Western powers might object to the
allied troops entering Jutland, in conse-
quence of which telegram was sent to the
Field Marshal, bidding him advance no
farther Wrangel thereupon wired back
to the Emperor William that ''these dip
lomatists, who spoil the most successful
operations, deserved the gallows.'' Bis
marck took care to ignore Wrangels pres
ence whenever he met him on later occa-
sions, which could not fail to annoy him.
One day, however, they met at dinner,
having both been invited to the Kings
table. 1t was peculiarly of Wrangel
that he always called everybody ''du," or
thou and turning to Bismarck, who
was seated next to him, he said: my
son, can't thou not forget?" mo" was
tie curt reply. After a short pause,
Warngei began again, MY son. can't
thou not forgiven" with all my heart, y"
answered Bismarck, and the two remained
friends till Wrangels death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10
SEHOME AND WHATCOME

are side by side, with a population of
about 1000 each Sehome is one of the
oldest towns in the state on the Belling-
ham bay. The entrance to the town from
the bay is by wharf of more than mile
in length. built in the water, The water
being so low boats could not approach
close to the land. so the wharf had to be
extended into the bay.
TACOMA AND SEATTLE,
both growing cities, with population of
200 each, claim they will have the
largest city in time A great many Chi
cago people are living there. and they are
making money fast, for they are hustlers.
There are thirty-four steamboats, coming
to Seattle, twenty-eight vessels making
their headquarters for shipment The
tents are fast disappearing, and squares Of
fine brick and stone buildings are going up
fast. Still, there are hundreds of men out
of employment, without trades, that are
broke, and would leave on the first train
for home if they had the means to do SO.
Working men with trades can always find
ready employment at big wages. The
daily trains are crowded with settlers going
to the new Eldorado
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10

Choly Ito Irishman ringing fog bell at
forty landing(-Aw-my man, why is this
bwell ringing?
Irishman- Can you see, you phool, it's
becase Dim pullin' tn 'r-r-rope! Life.
Little Girl de Fashion Flat)-Is that
nv new brother? Amt he cute? Did the
angels bring him?
Mamma-Yes, my dear.
Little Girl-Did they have flaming
swords?
Mamma-N-o. Why?
Little Girl dom see how they got
past the janitor. New York Weekly.
King Leopold of Belgium has conf
dental English attendant. Mr.. Charles
Murray, who has been in his service near
ly quarter of century.
The Blessing of Strong Nerves
Is recoverable, not by the use of mineral soda
tives, but by recourse to etfectua tonic treat
ment. Opiates and the like should only be USED
as auxiiaries, and then as sparingly as possible
Vigorous are quiet ones, and the most dl-
rect way to render them is to reinforce the vital
energies That sterling invigorant, Hostetter 8
Stomach Bitters, will be found all-suihcient tor
this purpose since it entirely removes mpedl
ments to thorough digestion and assimilation OF
the food SO that the body Is insured It's due
amount of nourishment, and consequently of
stamina Rheumatic tendencies and affections of
the Bitters, which is besides pleasant medicinal
stimulant, Infinitely purer than the raw excitants
of commerce, which react iniuriously upon the
nervous system.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-10
PUGET SOUND

is the most beautiful sheet of water ]
have ever seen. 1t is eighty miles in
and its shores can not be less than 500
miles. The Sound is divided into two
separate arms or inlets. between which lies
a long, ragged mountain peninsula. Sc
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30
Asbcstus Mining in Canada.

Mining is carried on by cutting down
the hills of notwithstanding serpentine,
much as "A farmer cuts down stack OF
hay or straw. or by open quarrying on
the level. The rock is blasted out, and
the asbestus, separated from the con-
tanning rock, is "cob5ed"-i. e.: separ-
ated by hammering from adheling for
eign matter. This "cobbing is COM
paratively easy matter in the case of
the finer quality, as it usually separates
readily from the gangue, but in the
lower grades much difficulty is expert
enced in separating the fibrous matter
from the non-fibrous. At best there is
great waste. Much of the asbestus is
in thin or narrow veins, and is wasted.
rs by the present mode of operating IL
does not pay to separate this from the
serpentine. a machine that will enable
these narrow veins to be utilized is a
desideratum.
When "cobbed." the asbestus is
graded according to purity, color, and
length of fiber into three grades and
bagged for shipment. The finest quail
ty of 'tirsts" finds ready sale at prices
ranging from $50 to $40 per ton;
seconds fetch from $50 to $40 per
ton; while thirds" may be valued at
$l3 to $l5 per ton. In good mines the
yield of asbestus is from to per cent
of the rock quarried, and the cost of
mining may he put down ut $25 to $50
per ton. Returns obtained by the
Geological Survey Of Canada show that
for the year 1888 Canada's output was
3,404 tons, valued ut the mines at 1925.
coo, and the output of nine different
mines. Over three-fourths of the
whole output was shipped to the United
States; small quantities going to Great
Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, and
Italy, and being used in domestic
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Science Month
LL
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30
"SlOYD"
A System OF Manual Training Now Icing
Taught In This Country.

The word ''sloyd" has been seen in
print more or less of late years i'm
magazines as well as newspapers, saws
the Boston Transcript and always in
connection with the vital question OF
manual training and its introduction
into the public schools. 1t is an
anglicized form of the Swedish slojd,
meaning dexterity or manual skill
Compare Morse word slogd, cunning;
English sly.) OF late. however, the
word has been restricted in its use tc
denote system of manual training,
of which the best known is the so.
called Mas system, adopted some
fifteen years ago in Sweden.
When this system was adopted al
Mas it was new only as a whole. The
details had been worked out and
proved TO be beneficial by different
persons ut different times and in differ
ent countries, but not until then had
they been collected and made into o
systematic whole. The material used
is wood, found, by experiment, TO be
the cleanest and easiest TO work.
most profitable selection, as with
proper tools it can be worked into any
sudIBC uuu lOIHl.
The purpose OF the sloyd instruction
is by no means only to give general
skill to the hand, but also to stimulate
and broaden the mind and TO excite
love and respect for all honest work; il
is to be looked upon as educational.
thing which will help us all and gener.
ations TO come to be more fully and
evenly developed.
On the value of the various systems
there is much dissent; but all be-
levers in manual training agree to the
following principles. The work must.
/. Interest the pupil. 2. Give use
sui articles as product. 3. Promote
general deXterity. 1. Develop the
sense and love of order and exactness.
5. Encourage cleanliness and neatness.
6. Take into consideration the ability
and strength of the pupil. Z. Cultivate
the esthetic sense. 8. Develop and
strengthen the body. 8. Counterfeit
sedentary occupations. 10. Progress
methodically. IL. Train the percep.
ton and develop the constructive and
inventive faculties. -. Cultivate at.
tention. diligence, and perseverance.
These qualities the sloyd will be found
TO supply more fully than any other
system, while it is better calculated to
secure a symmetrical development OF
mind and body.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30

The story or the discovery OF q gold
mine OF astounding riches in China is sup
ported by many specifications. The gold
bearing quartz Is reported to be on a PENN
suia across the Corean Sea from the Pen
insula OF Corea, and directly west The
mountains arc very precipitous, and the
outcroppings of rocks rich in gold have
been traced for sixty miles.
A new York shoemaker suggests that II
men would adopt the English fashion OF
keeping boots on trees they would get ten
times as much wear out OF them. When
the shoes are taken Off they should DO put
on n tree at once. Tho leather is stretched
TO it's full extent then, and all the wrinkles
smoothed away. There is no chance for the
leather TO crack, as it does II the leather
is allowed to remain in one condition long.
Railroad men employed by the Pennsyl.
vania company, like all others, are more OF
less superstitious. Their superstition runs
in numbers, and for years !, 3l3 has always
been regarded as an unlucky number no
matter in what particular it was used.
Many cars bearing these figures have been
wrecked at divers timeS, and when loco
motive was constructed and mum bercd ,3l1
there were not few who predictlcted an
unfortunate career.
An English sparrow became cntangled in
a network OF electric and telegraph wires
in ono of the busiest streets OF Cincinnati
the other day, and was killed, but hung to
the wires. Immediately sparrows began to
arrive from all sections OF the city, and
they covered the roofs like hugo blanket.
There were thousands upon thousands OF
them. They filed the air over the spot,
and their noise completely drowned tho
noise of the street. They remained in the
locality for nearly three hours.
II the sun were to stand still rs is re.
corded in the book Of Joshua, there would
be wreck OF matter and n crash OF
worlds. But it is not now generally be-
lieved that the sun actually stood still 1t
was thought by Maimonides, a great
Jewish theologian, that the passage means
that Joshua prayed that he might defeat
his enemies before sunset and that he
did so. This rendering Is accepted by
many writer's. Othcrs think that there
was an eclipse on that day and this is what
the passage means.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30

In the Congressional report upon the ad
mission of Wyoming, mang facts were
given going TO show her as richer in re.
sources than any of her sisters, and no
territory ever applied for admission so
thoroughly qualified. This report shows
the CAPITAL, CHEYENNE, to be one OF
the wealthiest cities Of its size in the world,
and certainly the most favored and pros
porous. The Union Pacific Railway is now
constructing shops there 10 cost SO, coo, 900,
and employ 2,iC0 men. This fact, coupled
with the early admission Of the State as
sured, is causing a rush TO CHEYENNE,
but her realtyis still low, Offering the best
investment in the West. We have the best
unimproved residence property in the city,
and our prices are even lower than that
Immediately ABIDING. We are offering only
alternate blocks, and 10 induce quick
response we will, TO n limited amount, take
two-fifths in clear lands or chattles, a small
cash payment, balance in one and two
years, at seven per semi-annual inter
est Call at gu" Cheyenne office or address
THE INTERIOR LAND AND IMMI-
GRAFTON CO., Department Is, Dem
yer, Colorado.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30
The Color of Water.

What is the color Of pure waterP
Almost any person who has no special
knowledge OF the subject will reply at
once 1T has no color" Yet every
body knows, either through hearsay or
by evidence of his own eyes, that the
ocean looks blue. Why the ocean
looks blue is question that few
who have crossed it have ever sought
to solve, says Nature. and there are
probable many travellers who, though
they have seen most of the famous
rivers and lakes in the world, have
failed to notice the remarkable differ
ence in color which their waters pre-
sent. Even the ocean is not uniform
in color; in some places its waters are
green, or even yellowish. Some lakes
are distinctly blue; others present var-
ious shades of green. so that in some
cases they are hardly distinguishable
from their level. grass-covered banks;
a few are almost black. The lake OF
Geneva is azure-hued; the lake of Con-
stance and the lake of Lucerne are
green; the color of the Mediterranean
has been called indigo. The lake of
Brienz is greenish yellow, and its
neighbor, Lake Thun, is blue. New
York has both green and blue lakes.
The colors of rivers differ yet more
widely. The Rhonc is blue, and so is
the Danube while the Rhine is green.
Anybody who has travcrsed the won
dcrful Adirondack region and tished in
its waters must have noticed the re-
markable difference in the color of its
rivers and smaller streams which radi-
ate in every direction from the central
group of mountains. The waters of
the Sacondaga are yellowish. while
those of the Canada creeks and OF the
Mohawk are clear, with perhaps II
blush tint in deep poles. Fish creek
is black or deep brown; and its neigh
Dor. Salmon river, is cOlorlcss. Next
comes the Black river, whose color is
indicated by its name, but between it
and the Grasse which Is also black or
brown, is the Oswegatchie, with clear,
white waters. The st. Regis. again. is
black, but the Raquette is white. The
st. Lawrence is blue. These various
hues are not caused by mud or any
opaque sediment, such rs that which
makes the Mississippi coffee-colored.
but belong to the waters. like the
golden color of tea, without greatly
impairing their transparency.
The cause of tho difference in the
color Of lakes and rivers has engaged
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30

the attention OF many celebrated In
vestigators of nature, such as Tyndall.
Bunsen, Arago. Sainte-Claire Dcville.
and others. Recently Prof. Spring of
the University of Liege has carefully
investigated the question OF the color
of water, and has reached some inter-
esting conclusions. According to him,
absolute pure water, when seen in
masses of sufficient thickness. is blue,
and all the varieties of color exhibited
in lakes and streams arise from the
presence in the water of mineral salts
of different degrees of solubility and in
varying quantities. Water containing
carbonate of lime in state of almost
complete solution remains blue, but if
the solution is less complete the water
will have a tinge of green, which will
grow stronger us the point of precipi-
tation is approached. Prof. Spring
concludes that if lime is added to blue
water il which so much carbonate of
lime is already dissolved that the point
of saturatian is approached the water
will become green. In proof of this he
cites the fact that the water near the
shores of lakes and seas, where it
comes in contact with limestone. is
generally of Il greener hue than else.
where.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30
Tennyson Fiogged at School.

More Tennysoniana, referring this
time to the laureate's school days.
MY uncle" writes correspondent.
though four years the poets senior.
was in the same class with him at
Louth. and he used to threaten Alfred
Tennyson with n thrashing when he
did his Latin verse for him; thus early
did he begin to be poet! TO this day
he and my father often talk of the
tremendous furnishings that old Waite.
the headmaster. used to give them for
such a small matter rs false quantity.
! believe both my uncle and Tenuyson
were laid up for some time with one
thrashing. Old Waite's portrait hangs
in my fathers study now, and only a
few years ago. shortly before Mr..
Waite's death, my uncle went to see
him. then very old man. and he cx-
pressed his regret at having been so
cruelty free with the stick; and, II
mistake not, he alluded with pride to
Tcnpyson's fame"-PdH Mall Gaxette.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-30

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years, ought TO know salt from sugar; read
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Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed
it great many times and its effect Is wonder
full, and would say in conclusion that have
yet TO find n case of Catarrh that it would not
cure, If they would take IL according to direc-
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Taken internally. +. j. CHENEY IL CO.,
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Bismarck is reported TO be much i'm
proved in health