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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31

style that L can easily make myself.
since you desire me to economist in the
matter of dressmakers."
Where earth-did you get
that thing?" he roared.
! at came from"
Put it in the rag-bag," interrupted
Dick, with a gesture of dismay. Have
as many milliners as you want, only
don't have a spectacle like that"
"I'll keep it for Miriam to wear at
| next months Old Folks concert laughed
Louisa; and she took the dinner off the
| dumb-waiter and set it on the table.
Pork and beans!" commented Mr..
| Pilot. ''Do you expect me to eat such
greasy stuff as this? Not until get a
new leather lining to my stomach.
Beefsteak fried! l never yet had such
thing set before me in this house
DumpIings? Dyspepsia bullets, should
call them! [ say, Lou, has your cook
gone crazy?"
Don't get excited, Richard!" said
Mrs. Pilot, pouring out tea that was
fairly black with long sleeping. This
is just the sort you are always holding
up as pattern to me!'
'It's no such thing" shouted Dick
''somebody's been imposing on you!
Who cooked this-this stuff"
Your mother, herself!''
Dick looked with some trepidation at
bis wife.
Lou" said he, I'm afraid these bad
headaches of yours are affecting your
brain. My mother never"
Yes, she did, Richard,n said a COM
posed old voice, and in walked Mrs.
Pilot, senior, smiling behind her gold
spectacle glasses. ''It's your mothers
own cooking-the same that you
used to enjoy SO much, twenty odd
years ago. l haven't changed my
methods nor my recipes but it's you
that have changed, my son! Instead
of living in the open air, riding the
horses bare-backed, and shooting
squirrels in the woods. you sit at
desk al day long; instead of sixteen,
you are six-and-thirty! l quite agree
with you that this dinner is indigestible
as brick-bats. Now" giving, him a
hearty kiss, ''you will take Louisa and
me out to some nice restaurant, and
Tomorrow we'll treat you to different
sort of dinner at home"
Richard Pilot had nothing to say.
He was judged and condemned by his
own tongue.
Louisa's mother-in-law stayed all the
winter with her, and when she went
away the young wife declared joyously
that she had gained a new lease on life.
Dick appreciates me at last" said
she. And it's all Mamma Pilots do
ingn'
DO your remember, Aunt LOU" said
roguish Miriam, chow you said once,
that the house was haunted by the
ghost of Richards mother?n
80 it is now" admitted Louisa.
''But it is such dear, benevolent old
ghost that hope it never, never will be
laidi"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31
a GruesOHle Curiosity.

OF all the hideous. uncanny objects.
says the Boston Globe, the one
that hangs in the window Of the Hall
Rubber Company is the uncanniest and
most hideous- 1t is the preserved head
of "A South American Indian.
The head is five centuries old and be-
longed to an Indian chief named
Huambrsa who was killed during the
war with the Augaruna indians on the
River Santiago The head was cut
from the body by its Brazilian captors,
and, with cOnsummate art, all the bonv
matter was removed from the interior,
leaving nothing but the flesh and skin
Then, by some long lost process, it was
embalmed; so perfect is the work that
all the features are preserved in their
exact proportions. but so reduced in
size that the whole head is not larger
than good sized orange.
Attached to the top OF the head and
run through the upper lip are long
strands OF bright-colored hemp, used
in carrying the head at the waist as
trophy, after the fashion of the North
American Indians. Black siken hair,
about eighteen inches long. hangs down
on either side, and the chin is adorned
with black imperial. Even the eye
brows and the short hairs within the
nostrils are preserved.
The curiosity is valued at So 900, and
will be presented to the Boston Museum
Of Fine Arts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31
Bread Made From Wood.

Science has already enabled man to
extract fiery beverages and many other
things of more or less value from wood,
and it is now proposed to 90 a step
further and produce bread from wood,
says-the Milling Record. In an address
recently delivered in Heidelberg. Ger
many, by no less eminent an author
than Victor Meyer, it is announced
that we may reasonably hope that
chemistry will teach us to make the
fiber of wood the source of human
food" What an enormous stock of
food. then, would be found, if this be-
come possible, in the wood of our for
ests, or even in grass and straw. The
fiber of wood consists essentially of Gel
lulin. Can this be made into starchp
Starch has essentially the same percent
age composition, bat it differs very
much in its properties, and the nature
of its molecule is probably much more
complex.
Cellulin is of little or no dietetic
value, and it is not altered, like starch,
in boiling water 1t really gives gu-
cose when treated with strong sui phuric
acid, as is easily shown when cotton
wool, which is practically pure cellulin,
is merely immersed in it. Starch gives
the same product when boiled with
weak acid. The author further quotes
the researches of Hellriegel, which 90
to show beyond dispute that certain
plants transform atmospheric nitrogen
into albumen. and that his process can
be improved by suitable treatment.
The production, therefore, of corn
starch from cellulin, together with the
enforced increase of albumen in plants,
would. he adds, in reality signify the
abolition of the bread question.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31
An Answered Prayer.

1t was night for silent dreaming,
A stiffness such as lovers cherish,
Mysterious, beautiful and rare
Soothed everything, and overhead
"A myriad stars were cleaning.
Alas! the star that treasured, fled,
And sadly meditated there,
On hopes that-hower-lke-soon perish.
should not sorrow for her / know,
should not envy her souls release,
Breathe one sigh to mar her perfect rest,
But she was so young so sweet to die
So young, so sweet and loved her SO.
The world too, bitter and hard at best,
Seemed purer nObler when she was nigh,
Now know not where to turn for peace.
On her grave is the moonlight beaming,
Soothing, in spite of my dull despair,
Plying me with tender hand,
Waiting my soul to spirit-land
And my fevered brain grew strangely sttlled
a JOY exquisite my senses thrilled
And 10! midst the pale light streaming,
Came a shadow-'twas my angel fair.
There was her beautiful, shapely head,
Her delicate face, her eyes, her hair
Pale as the vapOrOus, slv'ry sheen,
That circled her form in floating mist,
My love, the light of my life, my queer.
dld not wonder to see her there
It seemed as of old, a lovers tryst,
Not commune with the blessed dead.
And heard her softly Whisper this:
Love, thou shouldst not long for me-" she
said,
There is a life beyond thy world. So.
snail we meet again and rarer bliss
Sweeter even than when first we we'd
Even more perfect-that we shall know
To guide thy steps towards our home divine
-Iprr)ld T,VttOn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31
KOSSuth and His Family.

Kossuth is always glad to receive
visits from Americans, and is never
tired of speaking of his visit to the
United States. His sister, who lives
with him. spent two years in an Aus
trian prison, and on her release, in
1851, came to this country. One of her
sons died in Texas last year as major
in the United States army. He had
distinguished himself during the civil
war. kossuth's two sons. Francis and
Louis, are civil engineers. The one is
tie director of some great foundry
works near Naples, while the other is
chief engineer of the government Med
iterranean railway lines. Both have
been naturalized as Italian citizens.
Both the ex-dictator and his venerable
sister are perfect English scholars,
their fayorite author being Emerson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31
WOman's Dress At Breakfast.

So far as possible let all women
dress beautifully; so God dresses the
meadows and the mountains. Let
them wear pearls and diamonds, if they
can afford it God has hung round the
neck of His world strings of diamonds,
and braided the black locks of the
storm with bright ribbons of rain bow.
Especially before and right after break
fast, ere they expect to be seen of the
world, let them look neat and at
tractive for the family's sake. One
of the most hideous sights is slovenly
woman at a breakfast-table. Let wo-
man adorn herself. Let her speak on
platforms so far as she may have time
and ability to do so. But let no moth
ers imagine that there is any new way
of successfully training children. or of
escaping the old-time self-denial and
continuous painstaking.-T. De WITT
Iatnaaqe IN Ladies Home Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31
Teaching As a Profession.

Supt E. P. Seaver in lecture at
Harvard University. said:
No one should preach or teach who
has not cali for such work. These
are pre-eminently vocations. The best
test Of such a call, especially as re-
CARDS teaching. is experiment. Trials
and disappointments are inevitable
but ii is by overcoming such difficulties
successfully that the born teacher
knows his call. There are two prime
qualifications for a teacher; scholar
ship and power of control. The first
of these can easily be shown before be-
ginning to teach. but the second can
F., only be known upon trial. Many
choose teaching only to find that they
have mistaken their vocation. The
power is essential, and no one should
be mortified if he finds that be does not
possess it. The enthusiasm of scholar
ship often passes over into enthusiasm
for teaching. When the two are united
they can usually overcome all obsta-
Giles.
Country high schools and assistants
places in city high schools offer good
opportunities for the college graduate
to discover if he has the qualifica-
tions essential to good teacher. Of
these Two, the principalship of small
country high school is to be preferred.
There the young teacher has to work
F.! out for himself problems that no one
else can solve for him. After year
or two of such service he should seek
a position as assistant in some larger
school. Such a position has many adj
vantages because of contact with older
and more experienced teachers whose
methods can be studied.
School authorities are unwilling 10
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31
Scientific Political Economy.
The political economy of the future

The political economy of the future
will he of comparatively slow growth.
but it will deal with men as creatures
of flesh and blood, not as automatic
moved by few ticketed wires. The
materials for the rising science are be-
ing laboriously gathered by many earn
est investigators, who are fully alive to
the errors of their predecessors, and
VINO mean, therefore, to let the facts
as much as possible speak for them
selves. To the new political economy
many independent lines of inquiry will
contribute. The biologist, the moral
list, the statesman. the lawyer will all
bring their stores of carefully assorted
data, and, when these have been fur.
Their arranged and correlated bv minds
of competent scope and grasp. we
shall begin to see the outlines of a
much more comprehensive theory of
economics than any that has hereto
fore been given to the world. In a
word, science will undertake to organ
ize region that in the past has been
too much given over to a priori specu-
lation, with its natural accompaniment
of presumptuous doCmatism. In fu-
ture our concern will be not with the
opinions of individual writer's, but
with their demonstrations; mere hy-
potheses will carry no more weight in
this field than in any department Of
natural science. What the effect upon
social order and progress of really
well-constituted science will be it is
not difficult to foresee. 1t will act as
the great harmonizer of conflicting
claims, and most potent aid to the
realization of justice in all human rela-
tions. And once more it will be prov
edthat the only way to know things is
to know them practically. and that the
only way to build up Il science is to
bring the facts together, and all the
facts. -PoDular Scse1lc., M0nthiy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31
Bogus English Coin.

1t is alleged that the Justification of
English coins by clipping and counter
feiting has gone to greater extent dur
ing the last few years than for a long
time before, and that things have got
to such pass that it is hardly safe to
accept coins at all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-31

a Californian raised thirty tons of
cabbage on five acres of land this sea-
son.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-07

that public sentiment in Minnesota will no
longer submit TO impOsitions of this nature
but i is still more to the public liking that
the Frank bill. If passed. positively forbids
anything approaching the disparity in popu-
lalIon OF the different congressional districts
that was shown ny the last apportionment of
Minnesota, No more ''shoestring' districts
viii be made. because the people demand
fair play and justice, and they have elected
legislature that will enforce this demand.
Now that it is as good as settled that one of
The duties of the legislature just elected will
be 10 divide this state into seven congress
sion al districts before it adjourns, it will be
al least interesting TO speculate upon how ii
can be done and the law carried out TO the
letter. One fact full of omen TO the good
people of this state, confronts the student of
economies at the start. II is the decrease in
population of the oldest and best counties in
the state that has taken place in the last ten
years. With the exception of the counties
whose great natural advantages were
comparatively undeveloped ten years
ago. the wonderful increase in the
population in the last decade has been con-
fined to four or five cities. ST. Paul has
jumped from Al, ,473 to l33, 156 Minneapolis
from 46,eS: to l64, z3s, Winona from
1O.20S 10 Is POS and Duluth from 2,645 10
32.I24. In the same time the rich county of
Goodhue has dropped from 1861 to 2S.-
.S3. the fertile county of Olmsted from IL,
543 10 l9,434, old Houston from 1882 to
14,G3S. Fillmore from 2S, l62 TO 26.336 and
Dodge from ,344 TO 10, 1868. These are
few OF the glaring instances of the continued
depression Of agriculture, which. whether
rightfuIly or wrongfuly, the farmers are
commencing to attribute to the false and Gn-
just principles on which the government
has been run. Had it not been for
the 5000 increase in the city of
Winona. the old First district, than which
there is none more fertile or beautiful in the
United States, would have shown decrease
of over 5000 in population in the last ten
years. aud this is the exact fact One city has
increased 5000, while the agricultural dis
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-07
WANT A CIRCUS TENT.
The Speculative Sitting Bull
Wishes to Dance in a Saw
Dust Ring.
He Circulates a Subscription
Paper to Purchase the
Canvas.
Orders From Washington
Prevent Bulls Arrest by
Maj. Mclaughlin.
Thrilling Story Of Father
julie, Who Went Among
HostileS.
Special to the Globe.


STANDING Rock AGENCY. n. D., Dec. g.
The Indians of this reservation are here to-
day drawing peef ratiOns, nearly all families
being represented. Sitting Bulls wife and
two boys are mere also. There are about
dozen lodges of Buil's camp that remained
at Grand river. The ghost dances were
stopped last Wednesday, but Sitting Bull is
circulating petition among his tribe, asking
that thev donate the money they receive for
hides issued to them for the purpose OF buy
ing large circus tent, in which TO hold their
dances during the winter; but as this propo-
sition strikes most too near the average In
dams heart, it is doubtful if it will
carry. Ageut Mclaughlin had arranged
plan for the arrest OF Sitting Bull, which was
to have been put into action yesterday if the
proper authority had been received from
Washington. lie had instructed Chief Gall
and a number of his most trusted policemen
to go to Grand river and ally themselves 10
Bull and his party join in The dances and
pretend to take an earnest part III them, gain
the confidence of the hosriles, and, at the
proper moment, pick up Bull and hasten TO
the agency. When halfway in, or such a
matter two troops of cavalry were to meet
them, capture Sitting Bull and take him to
Mandan. thence to st. Paul for further orders
Everything had reached the point for action
yesterday. and only the necessary authority
from Washington, which failed to come, pre-
vented Sitting Bulls arrest. Late in The
evening an order came from the interior de-
partment suspending for the present any ar
rests whatever. This settles, Tor The present
at least. all prospects or fears or hosulitles
here. Authority has also been received by
Agent Mclaughlin to increase the Indian
police force twenty more, which will make Il
total of forty ty-seven strong, and The agent
feels confident that, with this number of
faithful men, he can prevent trouble and
keep all his Indians on the reservation. Col.
Gardner. Indian inspector, is here making
an investigation of Indian affairs Ill general
about the agency and the Messiah craze in
particular
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-07
GLADsToNE:s LETTER.
He Desires the Irish Nationalists
to Agree and Then He Will Act

LONDON, Dec. 6-Mr. Gladstone, in his
letter 10 The Nationalist meeting, acknowl-
edges the receipt OF the two resolutions
adopted by the Irish caucus, and says.
by the first resolution, the subject of our
correspondence is entirely detached from
connection with the conversation at Ha-
warden. In the second, l am requested
10 receive deputation, which, be-
sides stating The party's views, is
to request an intimaton of my and
my colleagues Intentions regarding the de-
tails of a settlement of the land question and
the control OF the constabulary. l haze not
yet had an opportunity 10 consult nv col
leagues regarding such declaration of in
tentlon on two out CT the many points which
may be regarded as vital 10 the construction
OF a good measure for home rnIe The Ques-
ton raised by the publication of my letter TO
MIR. Morley was question of leadership,
which, separate, has no proper connection
with home rule.
l cannot undertake 10 make any statement
of our intentions OH these or any other pro-
visions of a home rule bill in connection
with a question of leadership. When the
Irish party settles this question, belonging
entirely 10 their own competency in such Il
manhef as Will enable me 10 renew my
former relations with the Irish party, il will
&c my desire 10 enter without prejudice into
confidential communication, such as hereto
fore occurred, as occasion may serve, upon
all amendment of particulars and sugges-
ton OF Improvement in my plan
Tor measure for home rule. / assure you
that it is my desire TO press forward at the
first favorable opportunity jast and effect
i've measure for home rule. / recognize and
earnestly seek to uphold the independence
of the Irish party. no less than that of the
Liberal party. l acknowledge with sat
isfaction the harmony prevailing between
the two parties since 1886. When the pres
ent difficulty is removed know no reason to
anticipate its interruption. From what has
taken place on both sides Of the channel
during the past four years 1 look
forward with confidence, as do my col
leagues, to the formation and prosecution of
measure. which, in meeting of all the just
claims of Ireland, will likewise obtain the
approval of the people of Great Britain.
| shall, a. all suitable times. prize the privI-
lege of free communication with the Irish
national party. Finally, 1 would remind you
of my declaration that, apart from personal
confidence, there is but one guarantee that
can be of real value to Ireland. 1t
IS that recently pointed out by
Sir sWiliam Vernon Harcourt in his
letter of Dec. 2, when he called attention to
the unquestionable' political fact that no
party nor no leaders could ever propose or
hope to carry a scheme for home rule that
did not have the cordial concurrence and
support of the Irish nation. With this state
ment of my views and those of my col
leagues, l anticipate that you will agree with
my opinion that there would be no adyan-
tage in further personal interview
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-07
FOREIGN EXHIBITS.
The Worlds Fair Director Com
pleteS His Rules for FOREIGNERS.

CHICAGO. Dec. 6.-Dlrector General Davis,
of the worlds fair, has completed his regula-
tiohs to be sent to foreign countries along
with the presidents proclamation. This aft
ernoon the joint committee appointed to re-
view these regulations passed upon them and
they will be ready for presentation to the
president next week. The rules are an epit-
ONE of the experience of the most successful
expositions OF the world. Twelve depart
ments are provided for. All governments
will be invited to appoint commissions for
the purpose of organizing their departments
of the exposition; Applications for
space must be filed with the commits
sion of the country where the article is
produced. No duties will be levied upon
articles for exhibition, unless entered for
final consumption in the United States The
new state of Washington has a worlds fair
ASSOCIATION with headquarters at Seattle, and
has sent information here to the effect that
lis legislature will appropriate S250.OoO. An
effort is also being made to secure an appro-
priation of like amount from Oregon.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-07
HOME RULE SAVED.
Such Is the Emphatic Opinion of
Mr. Gladstone

LONDON, Dec. 6.-At their meeting the Sc
ceders, by a unanimous vote, elected Justin
Mccarthy chairman. When Mr.. Mccarthy
had assumed the chair the meeting proceeded
to consider the following resolution:
I'VE, members OF the Irish parliamentary
party, solemnly renew our adhesion TO the
principle. in devotion to which we have
never wavered, that the Irish party is and
always must remain Independent of all other
parties. Further, we declare that we will
never entertain any proposal for settle
ment of the home rule question except such
as satisfies the aspirations of the Irish party
and the Irish people,
Timothy Heaiy and seconded by Mr.. sexton.
was unanimously adopted. The result was
Immediately communicated 10 Mr.. Glad
stone. Upon learning what had been done,
MI Gladstone exclaimed:
'.Thank Cool Home rule is saved
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-07
CANADIAN PACIFIC.
Official Statement of Its Earnings
and Expenses.

MONTREAL, Que, Dec. 6.-The following is
the official statement of the earnings and ex.
penses of the Canadian Pacific railway: The
gross earnings October, 1890. 81 zee, ,446;
Jan. to Oct so, 1890. Sl3, 269,5 ,547; work
ing expenses October, S94O,o43; Jan. to
Oct. 80, 1890, SS.34O, SIG; net profits Octo-
Der, 1926, 403; Jan. 1 to Oct. so, "a, 92e, ,OO1.
In October, 1889, the net profits were SS4S,-
40, and from Jan. TO Oct 81, 1889. there
was net proht OF 81. e53, OH. The decrease
in net profits over the same period, therefore.
last year is for October S22 067, and from
Jan TO Oct. 81 there is an increase OF S75,-
Qtin