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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17

How the Natives Act When Being Subject
to Int

HOW the NATIVES ACT =" hen Being subject
to This Interesting and Useful Process.
Tattooing is by no means confined to the
Polynesians, but this "dermal art is GER
talnly called by tarm to an extent which is
unequaled by any other people. In per-
vades all the principal groups of islands,
and is practiced by all classes, though to d
greater extent by the Marquesans and New
Zealanders than any other. By the vast
number of them 1t is adopted simply as a
personal ornament though there are some
grounds for believing that the tatto may,
In few cases and to small extent, be
looked upon as a badge of mourning Or a
memento of departed friend Like every
thing else in Polynesia, its origin is re-
lated in legend, which credits its inven-
ton to the gods and says it was first
practiced by the children of Taaora their
principal deity.
The sons of Taaora and Apouvaru were
the gods of tattooing and their images were
kept in the temples of those who practiced
the art as a profession, and to them petit
lions are offered that the figures might be
handsome, attract attention and otherwise
accomplish the ends for which they sub
mitted themselves to this painful operation.
The coloring matter was the charcoal of
the candle but mixed with oil, and the
instrument used was a needle made of fish
bone, and thread which was drawn
thrown the skin, after which puncturing
the black coloring matter was injected
with instruments made for the purpose To
show any sign of suffering under the opera
ton is looked upon as disgraceful. and ac-
cordingly in some of the islands, while
the operation is going on, the young man
undergoing it will lay his head on the lap
of his sister or some relation, while a num-
Der of female friends will keep up song,
so as to drown the murmuring which the
torture may draw from him inadvertently,
and that; therefore, he may not be demean-
ed in the eyes of his countrymen who are
present as sDecatOrs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17

more come to a standstilI when a man
who had come back from the excursion
train jumped on the engine and told US
his train was about 100 feet ahead. We
could not see it on account of the fog.
Now, | do not believe in being guided
wholly by impulse, but know this much
that on these occasions there would have
been loss of life if there had been no
premonition
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17
THE GEY User STILL ACTIVE.
Coat the Pine Trees With Thick Sedi
ment.

ST. PAUL, July 9.-General Passenger
Agent Fee, of the Northern Pacific rail
road, today received message from Man
ager Waters, of the Yellowstone National
park, regarding the bursting out of the
new geyser Yesterday. 1t quieted down
somewhat during last night. At
$50 this morning there was
a solid column of steam forced upward con-
stantly to the height of from $50 to IT'S
feet, about Is feet in diameter. The
roaring has subsidized considerably. The
location is exactly identical with the new
crater geyser. The old hole is enlarged
to a width of about eight feet and
the new hole is visible about six feet
from the old one, which is about 8x12 feet;
very little water, however, coming out of
it. All the pine trees In the neigh borhood
are covered with thick sediment. The
present appearances seem to indicate that
the geyser will 60 down considerably
soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17
The Art of Fast Walking.

Persons who have never been trained to
walk fast generally quicken their gait by
bending forward and lengthening the
stride, at the same time bending the
knees very much at each step. It's pretty
safe to say that no one can possibly adopt
this style and keep fair walk at faster
gait than six miles an hour. The fast
walker must keep himself erect, his
shoulders back, and chest thrown out. He
must put do'En his forward foot heel first,
and with the leg Straight He must take
strides so quick that they look short. He
must, if he expects to get a good stride,
work his hips considerably, overcoming
the side ways tendency of the hip move
ment by a compensatory swinging of the
arms. The length of stride in fast walk
ing is astonishing to those who look at it.
A little figuring will make it clear WHY
this is so. There are 1850 yards in a
mile. or 1850 strides feet long. To do a
mile in minutes a walker must cover 900
yards minute, or II feet a second. Now
22O steps mnute-nearly four a second
is pretty quick work, as one may dis
cover for himself Even three steps a
second, $50 to the minute, seems quick.
The chances are that our S-minute man.
although his legs move so quickly that the
steps seem short, is not doing as many as
200 steps to the minute, and consequently
that the stride is at least 3 feet 6 inches.
With little practice man feet high can
easily maintain 4foot stride for half a
mile
1t is true that fast walking is an artifci-
al gait; but it is also true that practice at
fast walking will quicken man S unarti-
fetal gait. One who can do his mile in 7:3O
in racing trim and on the cinder path,
can walk in the street at six-mile gait
without either getting out of breath or be-
coming red in the face, and without at
tracing attention by any popularity Of
his gait except its swiftness. 1t is real
gain to any man to be able to walk mile
In ten or twelve minutes without over-ex-
ertion or fatigue; to be able to walk five or
six miles for every four he used to walk
without any more conscious effort, and
with sense of enjoyment in the mere ex-
ercise that he never had before.
The walking records at some of the or
binary distances stand: One mile, 6
minutes. % 3-5 seconds, F. P. Murray; two
miles, 13.48 3-5, F. P. Murray; rhree miles.
q .O9 1-5, F. P. hurry; five miles, 38.O56,
W. II. Purdy; seven miles, 54.O7, E. E.
Merrill; ten miles, TAO ga, E. E. Mer-
ill.-Walter Shirlaw, in Harper's Weekly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17

Fri IN

Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuled Drawing
Room S'eepers, Dining Cars and Coaches of latest
design, between Chicago and Milwaukee and
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuled Drawing
Room Sleepers, Dining Cars and Coaches of latest
design between Chicago and Milwaukee and
Ashland and Duluth.
Through Pullman Vestibuled Drawing
Room and Colonist Sleepers via the North
ern Pacific Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern,
Western, Northern and Central Wisconsin points,
atfording unequaled service to and from Wan.
kesha, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Neenah,
Menasha, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire,
Hurley, Wis.,, and IronwOod and Bessemer,
Mich.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations, time
tables and other information apply to agents OF
the line, to Ticket Agents anywhere in the
United States Canada.
S. r. AINSLIE, General Manager, MILWAUKEE,
Wis.
j. NJ. HANNAFORD, Gen'l Traffic Manager,
ST. PAUL, MINI.
H. c. BARLOW, Traffic Manager, MILWAUKEE,
WIS.
LOUIS ECKSTEIN, Asst Gen1 Pass'r & Tkt
Agt., MILWAUKEE,, WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17
The Goose as a Barometer.
New York Sun.

AID Cole, of Vantage, has a goose that
it would take good deal of money to buy
The goose is gander. 1t is three years
old Cole declares that it is a never-fail-
ing weather indicator. No rain ever finds
farmer Cole unprepared for it, for the
goose foretells its coming promptly Cole
says he has often known the gander to be
feeding placidly at the roadside when
there WASH t. cloud anywhere in the sky
and no sign of rain in the air whatever,
and suddenly seen him lift his head in the
air to the full length of his neck and
stand moment as if intensely listening.
Then he would utter a peculiar squawk.
lift his wings, and start on run as fast as
his big web feet would let him. After a
run of few yards he would take wing
and fly to little pond near the farm
house. For time he would 60 through
all sorts of maneuvers in the water, chuck
ling or cackling in an undertone the
while Then he would swim quietly
about. These movements on the part of
the gander, Cole soon learned, betokened
a coming thunderstorm, as they were al
ways INDUCED in on summer days He
has known a severe storm of this kind to
gather within half an hour after the gand-
er's warning, and one always appeared
within an hour or so.
The gander indication of a sudden
shower has been of invaluable service to
Cole during haying. He says that after
discovering this talent in the gander he
took to observing other of the birds ac-
lions and found that he could learn from
them just what the weather was to be for
the day. II on getting up in the morn
ing he sees the gander on the pond, div
ing frequently and industriously dressing
down his feathers and talking low to him
self, he knows that the weather is to be
warm, clear, and dry. If the gander ism t
diving and paying no attention to spruc-
ing himself up and every now and then
raises his head and gives loud squawk,
| Cole says the indication is suspicious, and
he keeps his eye on the barometrical goose
| for further developments, for the weather
is threatening. If the gander leaves the
pond and does not show much inclination
to return to it during the day, emitting
frequent and peculiar crys. the dangerous
weather is still eminent and Cole never
fails to prepare for a steady rain that may
last for couple of days. If the gander
goes back to the pond in lively and chip
per manner after feeding awhile, and in
terperses soliloquy with loud calculations
meant for other ears, and dives and
smooths down his feathers, then it is GER
tain that the rain will not begin that day.
More than that, when this gander prophe-
sizes storm the sounds he makes are not
like his everyday goose talk. Consequent
ly, if he is not in sight, Cole can tell by
hearing his voice whether he is predicting
a shower, a steady rain soon to come, or
one that will not be due for twenty-four
| hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17
Postponed Action.

BATON ROUGE, La, July 9.-The SEN
ate postponed action On the lottery bill
until tomorrow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17
PREMONITION Is A FACT.

Il remember once at Kankakee, when |
was running a FREIGHT engine in 1878, |
stopped to fill the tank. When we were
ready to proceed | placed my hand on the
throttle bar. Just as was about to open
her ] said to myself: No, | must not. but
jump out and see if everything is all
right That is an extraordinary thing for
an engineer to do, but got out of the cab
and went In front of the cow-catcher.
There, lying on the track within two feet
of the engine was little curly-headed
girl peacefully sleeping between the rails
Of frog. If | had moved the engine |
would have cut her to pieces. picked her
up without waking her and carried her to
the mother, to whom gave a gentle ad-
monition concerning her child.
On another occasion | had stopped for
water at small Illinois town and when
we were ready to pull out the same feel
ing came over me. got out and found
small boy under the engine trying to fix
himself for ride.
Several years ago before | began run
ming passenger engine, on dark foggy
night | received orders at Che
banse to wait for an excursion train
of Grand Army men and to follow at a
rate of twenty-five miles an hour. The
excursion train, loaded with about one
thousand old soldiers, who were re-
turning from an encampment, passed
Chebanse on its way to Clifton, five miles
south. | followed. When about two miles
out | suddenly took it in to my head to
stop, which | did. The train had no
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-05
BELFAST NEWS.
Officers Still After Dustin, The
Pennington Burglar.
ANIMAL Report Of The Maine General
Hospital It Portland.
Two FaImirston Men Terribly oosed
By an Enrsgsd Bull.

Especial 10 the KEsxEBEc JoUEsAL.1
BELFAsT, Nov. 4.-The county jail has
now ten inmates, mostly travelling gentle
men.
The sAsh and door factory in Belfss,
have 175 hard wood doors TO ship next
week They report business good.
sunday night the Baptist church had .
concert at which there was a very good at
tendance.
Ezra Reeves of Belfast. while in Cam
den tipped over his cart on Whites hill,
smashing his cart and badly breaking his
harness.
Two Bucksport men were at Stockton
Springs lately looking 1t horse flesh.
They wanted q colt owned by Mr. Fred
Grant, but the price could not be agreed
upon.
At the meeting of the city government
Monday night an order was passed to in
struct the city treasurer TO invest the Will
son fund in bonds of the memorial hall as
sociation.
Mr.. Partridge, ex-couaty attorney, leaves
for Fort Payne, Alabama, on Wednesday.
Mr.. Partridge intends to write up the city
as he finds it, and have it published in an
eastern newspaper.
In the Superior Court, James Whitney
VS.. Clarence Whitney. two actions. First
for money had and received; second. an
action of replevin for horse and carriage.
Verdict for defendant, for both cases.
The parties live in Troy. The plaintiff is
the father of the defendant. The defend
ant had lived at home with the understand
ing that he should take care Of the parents
and have the homestead. Plaintiff had
$500 in the bank at Wsterville. which the
defendant drew and expended for necessa-
ries, and at his leaving home in lss7, no
money was to be had. the cause for which
the plaintiff brings this suit. Rogers for
plaintiff, Dunton for defendant.
Estelle F.. Smiley, ct ais. VS.. Ststira A.
Coombs. Real action to recover sixty
acres of land in North <Islesborough, con-
veyed to plaintiffs ancestor in 1916. De-
fence, possession. Reported to full bench.
Montgomery of Camden for plaintiff.
williamson for defendant.
Mrs. Frances W. Harper, the colored
lady speaker from Philadelphia, gave her
lecture on The Liquor Traffic" in the
Methodist church tonight to large audi
ence. MIS-. Harper is well'educated wo-
man and speaks clearly and distinctly. AT
ter the singing of "Rock of Ages by the
congregation, a collection was taken up
followed by the beae diction from the pas
tor, Reverend C. b. Chadwick.
The following additional indictments are
reported; Fred s. Carter. common seller;
Frank +. Nash, common nuisance; Friend
ly Bickmore, common seller, single sale;
John +. Dow, common nuisance; Thomas
f. Whitphousp common seller: William
Field. single sale; Sanford Cleaver, com
mon seller: Henry Wyman. single sale,
common nuisance, common seller; Sewall
Hunter, assault and battery; James Coch
rane. drunkenness; Amasa J. Jackson, as
ssult and battery; Luther +. Emmons,
single sale.
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aIoNAL SERVICE
Weather Indications for the Next ~
Hours.

WAR DKPARrMENT,
Once Of the Chief Signal Oficef,
WAaHraGrnH NM A. M.
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Annual Report Of Mkins General Hos.
pital.


PoRrLAsD, Nov. i-The annual meet
ing Of the Maine General Hospital vas held
this afternoon. The following is an ab-
strzct Of the report Of Charles o. Hunt, VI.
d.. resident physician and superintendent.
The numbe. of patients in the hospital Oct.
/. 1859, was 81. Admitted during the year.
517, and the same number has been dis
charged, with the following results: Re-
covered, 272; relieved, Isf; not relieved.
81; not treated, 65; died, 25. Proportion
of deaths due TO whole number treated,
3.7s per cent. Eighty-three Of the inmates
resided in Portland and 427 in Maine. out
side Of Portland.
The residences of the $40 patients fsom
Maine, classified according 10 counties,
were as follows: ADdroscoggin, "a Aroos-
took, 10; Cumberland, 1856; franklin. q /;
Hancock, 22; Kennebec, So; Knox. 36 !;
Lincoln. IL; Oxford. 26; Penobseot. SO I;
Piscstaquis, Is; SagSdahoe, 2j; Somerset,
25; Waldo, 2l; Washington, %; York,
5s. In his remarks DR.. Hunt speaks of the
hope that before the close of the year the
new wards will be ready for occupancy
The only improvement has been in the
laundry where new machinery has been
added. He feels that further improvements
IN the matter Of lighting should be made,
and recommends the introduction of electric
lights from dynamo, to be established in
the institution.
The workof the training school has been
very satisfactory this year. Five nurses
have been graduated. Three have fallen
out on account of illness or lack of
strength. OF Is probationers received, II
have been accepted as pupils. We have
now Is pupil nurses in the school. The
following received diplomas after passing
satisfactory examinations Miss Isabel H.
Dratfin, Newboro. Ont. Miss Margaret E.
Elliott, Bangor, Me-; Miss Abbie A. Par
ker, South Leeds; Miss Elizabeth +. Peab.
Bile, Cape Elizabeth; Miss Elizabeth W.
Wells. Brooklyn.
The current expenses for the year were
$50, ,2i5.92. Value of coal on hand Oct.
/. 1889, 81 ,96i.4i. Value of coal on hand
Oct. /, ls90, s297.lO. Average cost of
each patient per week, $l0.7i. The cost
of maintaining the paying patients, l,+73-
3 weeks at SO II per week was 81 ,324-
So There was received from patients for
board SlJ, ,il0.63.
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President Harrison Votes and Returns
to Warrington.

ISpiANAroLis, Ind, Nov. A promi-
nent feature of interest in today's election,
was the working of the new Australian bal
lot system, the curiosity rs to it's operati ons
serving to bring out a large vsie. The
stringent provisions of the new law pre-
vented any considerable crowds gathering
near the polls. No rows were reported in
any quarter, and there were but few ar
rests for illegal voting. President Harrison
voted this afternoon. and took the 4 80
train for Washington.
Returns from the 18th congressional dis
trict to the Sentinel indicate the re. election
of Congressman Shivhly. dem, by 1900 10
2000 majority.
At midnight Chairman Jewett Of the
Democratic State Central Committee said !:
I'VE have carried the State by 5000 and
elected the Legislature and II out of Is
Congressman"
"We claim nothing and are concctling
nothing" said Chairman Michener of the
Republican Central Committee.
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Temperance Mass Meeting at Water, lille
Special to the KENSEBEc j

Special to the KENSEBEc JOURNAL
WArERvLLE, Nov. 4.-The temperance
mass meeting at City Hall last evening was
very largely attended. President Small,
of Colby University, presided, and opened
and closed the meeting with some very
practical remarks, and speeches were made
by Revs. Spencer, Hallock and Seward,
all of whom spoke very earn
estly and commanded the close
attention of all who heard them. The may
or was upon the platform and vocal music
was furnished by the University Glee club.
The ladies who were instru mental in hav-
ing this meeting held have reason to be
pleased with the demonstration, which we
are given to understand is but the begin
ing Of the work that is to be done. For the
past ten days it is said that Waterville has
been the dryest city on the kennebec, and
it is the plan to keep it dry so far as relates
to moisture from Intoxicating liquors. The
large majority of people in business here
express themselves as desiring thorough
enforcement of the prohbitory law as it
stands on the books.
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From South Carolina.

CoLuNHIA, s. c.. Nov. 4.-The returns
are coming in rapidly and Indicate TiIlman's .
election and the State officers. All the
democratic Congressman are elected, with
the possible exception Of the seventh dis
trict.
9P. M.--Scatterne reports from every
section of the State indicate the election Of
Tillmsn, regular Dem, for Governor. en-
tire regular democratic State ticket by q
large majority, except in the coast coun-
ties, which have very large negro mojorities.
1t does not look as il % 900 negroes in the
State had voted, the white vote is exceed
ingly light. This attributed largely to the
registration laws and the general apathy
account Of split in the democratic party.
Frssmentary returns from various consYes-
sioBal districts indicate that the regular
democratic candidates had walk over, ex-
cept in seventh district, where the contest
was thought to be close. Probably il will
beiimpossible to give the .igtr.s to night.
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Beef Companies to Start New Town

CnfcAco, Nov. "Details Of an imnens
deal in real estate by the great packing
firms of Armour 4 Co, Swift & Co. and
Morris & Co, are made public this morn.
ing. They have purchased 5000 acres Of
land at the southern end Of Lake Michigan
Lake county. Indiana, and will move their
immense pisnts to that point where they
will establish a vast manufacturing center.
The business Of these three firms alone
amounts to $50, 100000 per Annum, and
it is estimated that they, with others in the
same and similar lines Of business, who
will be drawn there, will, within the next
five years, gather at that point population
Of 10000 people.
The Calumet River runs through the
heart of the tract, and will furnish vast
dockage facilities in direct connection with
Lake Michigan, which 10 one of the special
advantages sought by the projectors Of the
enterprise. while the railrosd facilities are
perfect. The new town will have Its own
water supply at greatly reduced rates. and
the plant will be relieved Of great heavy
burden of city taxation.
In addition 10 ihese advantages, it 10 said
that natural gas will be brought into the
new town, the use Of which as fuel will
further cheaper the cost of operating the
great plant.
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Tammany Ahead 20 Far.
Still in Lice When Polls Closed.
Close Vote In Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Nov. 4.-Up to noon
Is, 400 votes had been polied in this city.
Catholic priests were at the polls in the
Polish districts, directing their forces, and
several Lutheran ministers have been con
spicuous for electioneerlng work. Advices
from the interior of the State report that
everything is progressing smoothly. The
vote will be close and it is doubtful whether
topight's returns will settle the result
John L Mitchell, dem, is undoubtedly
elected from the 4th district.
The republicans lose one Congressman.
As far as received the returns indicate the
election Of Cooper, rep, first district
Barwig, dem, second; Lafollette, rep,
third; Mitchell DEM, fourth; Brickner,
dem. ffth; Clark. rep, sixth; Thomas,
rep, eighth; Hsugen, rep, ninth. The
democrats claim the election Of Pack and
the entire State ticket, but the returns are
t)o measre to warrirt the claim. The re-
publlffAns think Hoard 10 elected by from
5000 to 10000. The legislation is repub-
lican and Senator Spooner will be re-
elected.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. i.--Chairman
Wil.on Of the second district democratic
committee rays that Bullock, dem, will
have 8 majority Of $500 to G000 for Con-
gress. The State ticket will be elected by
majority Of 5000. The Times Uni IN
has returns from 70 towns, showing repub-
licsn losses of nearly l6Co votes. Mallory,
dem., for Congress in the first di.trict. so
far has over II 900 majority. The vote on
the constitutional amendment, separating
the State from the National election, vas
very light 1t was probably carried by a
small majority. 1t is democratic measure.