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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16

time past that no trouble or expense
would be considered expensive for the
accomplishment of his capture And
this although he produces on an aver
age not more than two bogus notes in
wear.
The remarkable thing about these
limitations is that they are executed en-
tirely with a pen. Once in six months,
almost as regular as clock-work. one
Of them turns up at the Treasury here.
to the disgust of the government de-
tectives, whose utmost efforts can not
discover so much as a clue to follow.
The strangest point about the mat
ter is that the work of producing the
bills in this fashion, merely considered
as question of labor remunerative or
otherwise, can not possibly pay. They
are always either tifties or twenties,
and to make one must require pretty
constant toll for quite half year. The
last one. which was received only a
few days ago. was a double X.
Funny enough. they come each time
from different city, and the snpposi-
ton is that the forger leaves town for
another locality Immediately upon
passing one. He gets rid of the note
he has just completed which may re-
main in circulation for some time be-
fore reaching a bank. and departs
long before the police agents have a
chance to arrive upon the scene.
The most plausible theory seems to
be that he is monomaniac of means,
who gratifies morbid taste in this as
tonishing way. His imitation bills are
so perfectly done that no one short of
professional expert would hesitate to
take them for good money.
From the vi@nettes to the signature
the work is performed with accuracy
that bears scrutiny with a powerful
magnifying glass. In all likelihood
the reason why the notes are not made
of larger denominations is that they
would be proportionately more diff
cult to pass.
One can imagine that this eccentric
counterfeiter INDUCES in the employ
ment simply for the qualification of his
vanity. 1t is not improbable that he
himself has been shown the frame at
the Treasury Building in which two
specimens of his handiwork are shown
by polite attendants to visitors, as the
most extraordinary samples of forger-
les in the Government collection.
Anyway he goes on turning out the
bills at intervals of six months, thus
occasioning periodical spasms of ex-
ASPIRATION in the Secret Service Bu-
reau.- Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16

youth and young girlhood through the
years to the full maturity of young
manhood and womanhood, and at last
so auspiciously brought together under
the holy sanction of Gods ordinance
to beat as one.
On the very threshold of their lives
they start together along the journey
of existence hand in hand, heart to
heart, full of that hope and that joy
which aureole the vistas that stretch
out before them and give promise of
so much of that brightness that pieases
and gives Zest to life.
After the ceremony which made
them one a wedding dinner awaited
them, and in that feast of good things
they read an earnest, it is hoped, of
that largess which fate kindly has in
store for them through all their years
to come, and with the blessing of those
they love and who love them. 1t is the
sincere hope of all their many friends
that no shadow may ever fall upon
their lives and only fragrant flowers
bloom along their pathway.-Dtilas
AeUS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
VoRAcITY OF THE YOUNG BIRDS.
Two of Them that Consumed Snake for
Single Meal.

A friend who loves to note the WAYS
of birds tells robin anecdote which
might find place among the humors
of Arcadia. Over a nest of two fiedg-
lings which he had for some days been
watching, he one day noticed the
mother robin f1uttering about and
scolding in unusual agitation, and
climbing to discover the reason he
found the two young ones nearly
choked in an effort to swallow the op-
posite ends of a snake. The snake was
little brown one. that would have
made a light lunch for a secretary
bird, but of course was entirely over
sized for the capabilities of the half
feathered robin. If the mother bird
had even heard about the reptilia of
the antipOdes she must have captured
that snake under the impression that it
was an Australian ang!eworm. Or,
perhaps. tired of continual small
foragings she had determined to pro-
cure her family days supply at one
swoop and give herself a rest. The
result alarmed her when she found
that her chicks were in fair way to
kill themselves deglutinating their
dinner
The fir t impulse was to relieve the
struggling nestliugs, but on close in.
spection he satisfied himself that their
predicament was more droll than
dangerous. The snake had evidently
lost all interest in the proceedings, but
the littlr birds had not. First one
would give a mighty gulp and then
the other, each time putting out OF
sight small section of serpent, and
the watcher concluded that if left alone
they would meet half way by and by
and settle their disputed meal them
selves. At any rate curiosity got the
better of any desire to help them. For
a full hour he looked on to see the
resolute little gluttons pull themselves
outside of the snake, the old r"Hin re-
turning every few minutes offer
some exciting remarks, and tAen he
was called away.
After two hours he got back to the
tree, and found one Of the young ones
doing TRANQUILITY over his finished
dinner, and the other holding about an
inch of detached snake end still swal-
lowing. The two had compromised
matters somehow, but whether the last
swalloWer or the first got the bigger
share in the division he could not Tell
for examination of the served riptile
indicated that the missing end had been
digested off. The amazing peptic
power in young bird, enabling it to
dispose of several times its own weight
of food in a day, is well known; but the
idea of digesting one end of a single
meal five times as long us the eaters
body was so ludicrous that the listener
ventured to guess that the old bird
herself had finally pecked the snake in
two. The friend, however insisted on
his view Of the case. Instead of Bit
ting off more than they could chew
these TGdhreaSt babies had actually
chewel more than she could bite off.
1t should be added that the remain
ing inch OF the snake was successfully
slowed away at last and assimilated in
to Juvenile robin, neither of the little
birds being at all the worse for its huge
repast. -Bo5j0n Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
Alkali for Rabies.

In the account prepared by DR..
Bright of Kentucky of his treatment of
various cases of hydrophobia he eX-
presses the opinion that if the blood of
the person bitten is kept in an alkaline
condition for several weeks the virus
Of rabies is by this means destroyed or
rendered inert. it has long been
known that the ammonium alkali is
an antidote to the virus of poisonous
reptiles if injected into the circulation
immediately after the intliction of the
bite. 1t is remarked, however, that in
the cases of children it would be more
convenient to administer the chloride
Oh acetate of ammonia, owing to the
pungency of the carbonate, some care
being also required in keeping the
latter without loss of any of its vir-
tues on account of its great volatility.
1t is thought that after the first day OF
two it would not be necessary to eX-
hibit the remedy at shorter intervals
than, say, every six hours for three OF
four weeks; this would, it is believed,
sufficiently alkalize the blood to
neutraIize or DESTROY the rabic poison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
highlands Royal Women.

What fiction it is to talk about the
beauty of any member of the English
royal family! There could not be d
more commonplace lot of women. The
Princess of Wales is slender almost to
cmaciaton; her eyes would be dull but
for the makeup which surrounds them;
her cheeks are rouged, and Il wig al
ways covers her head, which, | am
given to understand. is completely
bald. She has little if any bust, she
limps as she walks, and she is almost
stone deaf; SO, one way and another,
it is rather sickening to read the mass
of gush that is to be read daily in the
British newspapers about the beauty,
ETC., of glands future Queen. She is
no doubt, an amiable, virtuous woman.
but in appearance she is an absolutely
commonplace and altogether uninter-
esting person.
All three of the Princesses of Wales
have Indifferent teeth, bad complex
ions, and wretched figures. Nobody
would look at them twice but for their
exalted position. The daughters of
Princess Christian are equally plain
looking and there is no promise of
beauty in the young daughters of the
! Duchess of Edfnburg. As for Princess
May of Teck. who has so often been
described as beauty, all she can claim
to possess is passable figure and
good eyes. Her face, however, is
spoiled by the way in which her upper
lip protudes and by nose which sug-
gests an Hebraic strain somewhere in
the family.
OF the many Wanted beauties of
London society only the Duchess of
Leinster would perhaps pass as a love-
, " woman all over the earth. Lady
Londonderry also comes under that
! head. and so does Miss WolSelev. the
young daughter of Gen. Wolseley. who
made her debut this year. Lady Dud-
, ley is now completely pas>ee and is as
much made up us an opera bOuffe
prima donna. All the DdcheSses are
! plain-lOoking women; even the two
| American DuchesSes. MARLBOROUGH and
MANCHESTER are too far beyond their
/ youth to claim utilization with Venus.
The Duchess of Portland looks like
| a well-fed dairy-maid and the Duchess
J of Newcastle bears a marked resem-
blance to Younger edition of Mrs.
Cleveland The Dowager Duchess of
Montrose is sight for the gods, with
her faxen wig and canary-colored gar
ments. not to mention her enormous
proportions. She certainly would not
! be permitted to enter fashionable
! New York hotel until her rank had
been explained.
| The Duchesses of RUTLAND, Leeds.
| Cleveland. and Richmond are old wo-
men. while the Duchesses of Abercorn.
Hamilton. Argyll, and Westminster are
| absolutely plain and undistinguished.
! London Letter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
A Household Screen.

A very pretty screen may be made
Of orange silk, with panels of sheer
bolting-cloth, upon which Nasturtiums
have been painted. Such beautiful
designs can be found in China
silk, that any one who has not the
time or lacks the ability to decorate
her panels, can make a screen no whit
less dainty than her more fortunate
friends. by buying some prettily fig
ured silk that will contrast we'll with
the curtains of the screen, and using
it for the panels without any other
decoration. If it is desired to use this
screen for a photograph holder, three
places should be cut in each panel, of
sufficient size to insert cabinet pho
tograph. Of course in this case the
back of the panel must be lined. Grace
full bows should be added when the
screen is completed. and with very lit
tie cost and a comparatively small
amount of work a very pretty orna-
ment for the parlor is the result
Good HOuSeEeeDi1aq.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
The Too Fluent Converser.

Few things are more vulgar or dis
agreeable to others than the habit OF
endeavoring to monODoIize the talk OF
a mixed company. Now, as no well,
bred man viii ever make himself the
subject OF conversation, so neither will
he seek to engross the whole. As every
man had rather please others by what
he says than be himself pleased by
what they say-or, in other words, as
every man is best pleased with the
consciousness Of pleasing, so should all
have equal opportunity Of aiming at it.
A polite man, therefore, will not take
more of general discussion than falls
10 his share. The entertainment of
the company is his apparent aim, not
the Indulgence of his own pride or
an ambitious desire for victory. Texas
Sitti,1qS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
Uncle Sidney's Views.

] hold that the true age of wisdom is when
We are boys and girls, and not women and
men:
When, as credulous children we know things
because
We believe them. however averse to the laws.
1t is faith then, not science, and reason, l
say,
That is genuine wisdom, and would that to-
day
We as then were as wise and inefably blest
As to live, love, and die, and trust God for the
reStl
So I simply deny the old notion, you know,
That the wiser we get as the older we grow;
For in youth all we know we are certain of;
now
The greater our knowledge the more we al
low
For skeptfcaI margin: and hence regret
That the world isn't fat and the sun doesn't
set,
And we may not go creeping up home when
we die,
Through the moon, like round, yellow hole
in the sky.
fumes Whitcomb Ri'ey
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
Paths.

The path that leads to a Loaf of Bread
Winds through the Swamps of Toll.
And the path that leads to Suit OF Clothes
Goes through a fiOwerlesS soil;
And the paths that lead to a loaf OF Bread
And the Suit of Clothes are hard to tread.
And the path that leads to House of Your
Own
Climbs over the powdered hills,
And the path that leads to a Bank Account
Is swept by the blast that kills:
But the men who start in the paths to-day
In the Lazy Hills may go astray,
In the Lazy Hills are trees of shade
By the dreamy Brooks of Sleep,
And the rolickng River of Pleasure laughs
And gamtols down the steep;
But when the blasts of the winter come
The brooks and the river are fir, zen dumb.
Then woe to those in the Lazy Hills
When the blasts of winter moan,
Who strayed from the path to Bank Ac
count
And the path to House of their Own;
These paths are hard in the summer heat,
But in winter they lead to snug retreat.
S W. FOss. in the Yankee Blade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
Rare Presence of Mind.

1t is told of Il sea captain who died
not long ago that he was formerly in
command of ship in which passengers
of the islands. On one occasion the
ship caught fire. and the passengers and
crew were compelled to take hurriedly
to the boat.
The captain remained perfectly cool
throughout all the confusion and fright
of the embarkation, and at last every
one except himself was got safely into
the boats. BY the time he was ready
to follow the passengers were almost
wild with fear and excitement. In-
stead of hurrying down the ladder the
captain called out to the sailors to hold
on a minute, and taking a cigar from
his pocket, coolly lighted it with a bit
of burning shroud which had fallen
from the rigging at his feet Then he
descended with deliberatien and gave
the order to push off.
How could you stop to light a
cigar at such a moment?n he was asked
afterwards when some of the passen-
gers were talking over their escape.
because" he answered. Il saw that
if did not do something to divert the
minds of those in the boat there was
likely to be panic. and overcrowded
rs it was there was danger of its being
upset. The act took but moment,
but it attracted the attention of every
body. You all forgot yourselves be-
cause YOU were thinking about my
curious behavior. and we got off safely"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
Mrs. TiitOn's Old Age.

Mrs. Theodore Triton is sad and
lonely woman IS itI silver strea led hair.
"A care oru ftce and stnopet! figure.
who frrquents LiHcn!n Park in Chicago
witt her %ra icni.dren. Every
pleasant morning IN tle wear she goes
to the plcs'sure ground but is seldom
recognized and never seen speaking to
any one. She nves with her married
daughter, who contributes To the family
income by watercolor paintings. MANY
of which are very lovely in conception
and Observation-Disclosures nienn.ch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
An IngersOilian Possibility.

Col. lngersoll lately appeared before
a Rochester court in lawsuit. Dur
ing the progress of the trial he said to
ex-Congressman Van Voorhis. the op-
posing counsel: Mr.. Van Vnorhis, if
you don't stop Directing so much ]
Shall be forced to change my opinion
of YOU"
Van Voorhis-Mr. Ingersoll.I thought
You were a man who never changed his
opinion.
Ingersoll-Well. [ may have to some
day, and suppose you'll be there to
twit NE about it.--udge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
Punctuation Points.

OF the four generally used points only
the period { dates earlier than the tif-
teenth century. The colon G. is said to
have been first introduced about 1885,
the comma g some thirty-five years
later and the semicolon G. about 1870.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
And So They Were Married.

A bright sun and a pleasant after
noon seemed to halo the happy occa-
sion, and in its refulgence to forecast
the happiness of union of two young
hearts that had been devoted from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16

A. Hunt sunk an artesan well $50
feet two miles from San Bernardino
recently. The water rises thirty inches
above the top of the casing and stones
of eighteen pounds weight are occa-
sionallv thrown out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
The Cincinnati Crematory.

During its existence of two years the
crematory at Cincinnati has cremated
ninety five bodies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16
A SKILLFUL PENMAN.
He Copies Uncle Sans Currency and
Manages to Pass 1t Easily.

The most remarkable counterfeiter
at present living has been keeping the
United States Secret Service in such a
condition of evaporation for a long
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-16

The cultivation of figs is extending in
California. A fruit grower at Winters
has twenty-five acres planted in fig trees.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-16
OlYnnic liange.

Prof Henderson, who accompanied the
late exploring expedition TO the Olympic
mountains, and who is a recognized author
itv on the flowers of the Pacific coast, gives
some interesting data of the trip TO the
Portland Oreg0nian. In speaking OF the
traces Of the glacial period in the heteroge
neous distribution Of plants he says: awe
found flowers in the Olympics at au alti.
tude of 10000 feet that would be found in
Alaska on the ocean level. | was very
much impressed with the grand mix-up,
not only of the mountains, but OF the Nora
as well. Flowers that we find here around
Portland we found buried among the timber
of the Olympics near the snow line. Among
these were yiolets.'
In one instance the explorers found on a
basalt clif, almost bare of soil and exposed
10 the direct rays of the sun, such plants OF
Eastern Oregon as wild cherry, blue limo
eence, and poison oak; while at the snow
line they came upon the heather, the wild
gooseberry, yellow violet, buttercup, and
ginger-root. Some plants not described in
any of the botanical works were likewise
found, which await further analysis.
The most substantial feature OF their md
was a great deal Of Sitka cedar, a timber
lust now coming into high favor in Europe
by reason of its durability as well as Of Its
susceptibility 10 polish. 1t is 0d0rous, and
so dense OF grain that when cut into by an
axe the Cleavage shows two polished sur
faces. With such qualities, and with the
prestige Of European favor, II cannot be
many years ere the cedar of the Olympics
shall take its place among the most highly
priced Of our native w0ods.-New York
World.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-16

At the quarterly Conference of the Roam
oke Station, Methodist Episcopal Church
south, which convened at Greene Memorial
church November Sd, two building commit
tees and board of trustees were appointed
TO select sites and erect thereon. at the ear
Hest possible day, houses of worship for the
accommodation of the large number OF
Methodist people who have come to make
Roanoke their future home.
one of the churches is 10 be erected on
the north side of the Norfolk and Western
railroad, and the other on the south side
and east of Greene Memorial church, the
two churches to cost probably fifty or sixty
thousand dollars.
The following were elected trustees and
constitute a building committee for their re-
spective fields:
For the north side of Norfolk and Western
railroad; T. T. Fishburne, chairman; j. T.
Engleby, Frank Thomas, A. II. Way, +. :
McNamee, b. T. Wright, Frank Folllnsbee
For the south side of Norfolk and Western
railroad: DR.. Joseph A. Gale, chairman;
}. NJ. 0ambill. 5. l.. Stevens, W. a. Pattie
Lycurgus Blair ST., John Chalmers, A. ID.
Rice,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-16
Onara In Roanoke.

The Roanoke Times expresses itself in the
following strong terms as TO comic operas
Because other cities, North and South, toll
crate the imprOprieties Of the comic opera,
shall Roanoke do likewise? Or shall those
high in authority in the city, instead OF
supporting and witnessing exhibitions that
debase, however subtly, see to 1t that In III,
ture none but refined operas be presented
here? Numbers Of people who ENJOY good
music will not soon again run the FISK OF
hearing the coarse Jest, and, worse than all,
the applause that follows 1t. And, wome II
of Roanoke, how could you sit unblush-
ing while a dozen or more OF your
less fortunate sisters brought dis
credit on their sex? The fact that
people everywhere attend comic operas,
good and bad, does not alter the fact that
YOU should frown upon all that is of doubt
full propriety. And there is nothing doubt
full about such ballet as was presented TO
the Roanoke public last week. "Ah, music I.
music what sins are committed in thy
namew
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-16

seem like starvation, and will at first be
attended by prOstratiOn, as every change
is: but the human stomach Is mans Desi
and most obedent slave, and can be trained
TO digest almost anything. All one needs
is a sufIiciency, and it does not make very
much difference TO the appetite whether the
supply is roast beef and plum pudding or
stewed prunes and soft boiled eggs. III IS a
fact. however, that with exercise and what
is called the natural food obesity can be
cured. The desired reduction secured, the
old form of mixed diet may be resumed.
provided the amount of exercise is III
creased. The Duchess Of MARLBOROUGH,
Lillian Russell, Pauline Hall, Fanay Da-
yenport and Isabelle UrOuhart have lemon
strated the value Of hunting. walking
cycling, rowing and riding in sublugating
the flesh. All of these ladies have weigh
ing machines, and when pound too much
is registered liberal dose of exercise Is
taken at once BY this method Of weigh,
ing, watching and working these beautiful
women regulate their bulk to the very ounce
of desire.-New York World.