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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
BANKRUPT PRIN CES.
One Who Smoked So Cigars and Lost $3.50,
900 in "a Single Night at Cards.

Vienna letter in New York Tribune:
Bankruptcy appears to be becoming fash
ionabe among the great Princes of
Germany. Within the last two months
Prince Alburt, Of the sovereign house Of
Waldeck, Prince Charles, Of the reigning
family of Liechtenstein, and Prince Iraut-
mannsdorf have all three been declared
insolvent debtors and placed ''unter
curatele, and now Prince Frederick ",
of Saimi- Kyrburg, has been subjected to d
similar ignominy. Forty-four years of
age and the possessor of numerous titles,
including that of of a Rhinegrave and
Spanish Grandee of the first class,
MS debts at present amount to
about g, 100000 During the course of the
legal proceedings it was shown that until
his fathers death he had been forced to
content himself with paltry allowance of
81, 200 per annum, which although possibly
sufficient for the wants of an ordinary
mortal, was far from adequate for a high
and mighty Prince who refuses to smoke
anything but Havana cigars at So piece
Under the circumstances it is not surpris-
ing that it should have been a tobacco
merchant who-first instituted the steps that
finally landed his Highness in the bank
ruptcy court and resulted in his being
placed ''unter curatetle This ''unter
cHratelle'' condition is one that is exceed
ingly unpleasant. 1t is equivalent to
declaration of perpetual minority, and the
person on whom it is imposed is not only
declared incapable Of managing his own
affairs, but is practically outlawed and de-
prived of the electoral franchise and al
most every other right of citizenship. No
civil contract entered into by him is valid.
His signature is of no account in point of
law, and from the legal point of view he is
nobody as unsubstantial as the family
ghost and as irresponsible as babe I'M
born. Prince Trautmannsdorff was the
President of the Austrian Jockey Club,
where he lost in single night $3.50, 900 at
cards. With a view of retriving his
fortunes he straightway purchased for a
rise a large number of options on wheat
and other cereals, which, however, greatly
to his dismay, took downward instead of
an upward course, rendering him thereby
liable for differences to the tune of s., 000,-
900.
Another well-known parsonage, who is
at present ''unter curatelle.' and whose
name is well known in the United States,
is Baron Victor Erlanger, once magnate
of European finance but now an exile
resident on the shores of Lake Geneva in
Switzerland. Only last week a suit was
brought against the trustees of his bank
ruptcy, in the course of which the whole
circumstances of his ruin were again made
public
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
PENITENTES OF NEW MEXICO.

The Barbarous Performances of Religious
Fanatics.
The penitentes seem to new corner in
the country to be strange order of super
stitious fanatics, the old Ragellants of the
dark ages, who have come down by some
| ecclesiastical ledgerdemain, landing in this
corner of the terrestrial footstoOl avs the
Las Vegas Optic. Their performances are
touch of baptized barbarism clutching at
the skirts of this nineteenth century The
horribeness Of seeing them at work fagel-
lating themselves on Good Friday is akin
in the recollection to the heartrending
means of the wounded and dying in ter
rible calamity.
They compose a secret organization that
is fast dying out, and is not now sanction
ed by the dominant church, and the worst
of theirs doing are supposed.to take place
In their lodge rooms. They are seen to out
slders on y when marching In procession,
carrying each rough, wooden cross, near
ly heavy enough to crush them under its
weight. Their backs are usually bare, and
as they stagger along as best they can.
weighted down by their burdensOme load
/ in body and their sins in mind, their breth-
rem beat them with clubs and prick them
with cactii till, In many instances, there
isn't an inch of flesh that isn't torn and
bleeding
Not infrequently they die from the ter
rible effects Of the horriblespunishment IN
ficted. A doleful chanting, in which they
specify the particular sins they are trying
to expiate, is continually kept up. And yet
this class is usually composed of the rabble
element Of the community. After they get
through their penances, they 60 straight
off and get drunk and run up another score
of evil deeds done in the body greater than
the last. They seem to hold implicitly in
the belief that every sin committed must
be paid for in suffering, and the more pain
one endures here the less he will have here
after
These poor, deluded penitentes are not
attempting any moral improvements. They
are merely endeavoring to shorten their
stay IN purgatory, and horrid work they
make of it. Anyone who was ever so I'M
fortunate as to be locked up in one of their
lodges must admit that a feeling of uneasi-
ness and uncertainty crept over him while
there. Perchance a dim light, as the
scene may bedesoribed made awfully indi-
stinct and CHASTITY the rude form Of CHRIS
or the cross; the men stretched out full
length on the ground more like corpses
than living beings, and the wretched OBJ
iects who piled the scourges on themselves
and the others, making the blood squirt at
every stroke, while the yells, walls and
hows were indescribably terrible
But such barbarous practices will soon
become obsolete in New Mexico. Even
now it is only the well-informed who can
point out their hiding places when engaged
in their fagellations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
They Are a Tie.

A question has come up: (which is the
largest brewery in the United States?"
This means, of course, which of the
many breweries in the United States man
ufactures and sells the greatest number of
barrels of beer in one year. The sub
joined figures are taken from the Brew
ers' Hand Book, and refer to the number
OF barrels sold during the year ending
April 80, 1890:
Wisconsin and Missouri are ahead in
the brewing enterprise, as follows: Pabst
Brewing company, of Milwaukee, sold
during the year as aforesaid, from 100000
to 100000 barrels; and the very same fig
ures are given of the Anheuser- Blu sch
brewing association of st. Louis These
are the largest breweries in
the United States. The Jos.
Schlitz brewing company of Milwaukee,
comes next, with the Ballantine & Co.
of Newark, N. j., which are reported at
from 10000 to 100000 barrels. Then
comes the Ehret Brewing company, of
New York city, reported at from 100000
to 100000. The Bergner & Gugel COM
pany, of Philadelphia, is set down at $780,
600. Conrad Seipp company, of Chicago,
is reported at from 225,O00 to 100000.
The Moerlein company, of Cincinnati. re-
ported the same as Seipp's.
Tie net increase in the sale of beer in
Wisconsin, the past year, over the previous
year, is 191, 680 barrels. The net increase
in the United States the past year is
1,722, 1873 barrels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
IN MEMORIAM.
NORTHWESTERN CHURCH.

Gone, in her childish purity,
Out from the golden day;
Fading away in the light so sweet,
Where the silver stars and the sunbeams meet,
Paving a way for her waxen feet
Over the silent way.
Over the bosom tenderly,
The pearl white hands are pressed,
The lashes lie on the cheeks so thin,
Where the softest blush of the rose hath been,
Shutting the blue of her eyes within
The pure lids closed at rest.
Over the sweet brow lovingly
Twineth her sunny hair;
She was so fraiI that love sent down
From his heavenly gems that soft, bright crown,
To shade her brow with its waves SO brown,
Light as the dipping air.
Gone to sleep with the tender smile
FroZe on her silent lips,
BY the farewell kiss of her dewy breath,
Cold in the clasp of the angel death,
Like the last fair bud of faded wreath
Whose bloom the white frost nips.
Rosebud under your shady leaf,
Hid from the sunny day,
Do you miss the glance of the eyes so bright,
Whose blue was heaven in your timid sight?
It's beaming now in the world of light
Over the starry way
Hearts where the daring's head hath lain,
Held by loves shining ray,
Do you know that the touch of her gentle hand
Doth brighten the harp in the unknown land?
Q, che waits for US with the angel band
Over the starry way
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
Egyptian oblisk on the Thames Embank-

Egyptian oblisk on the Thames Embank-
ment
After making a careful personal examin-
alton of the monument, my critical eve
fails to detect upon its surface sign of de-
cay whatever. Were there such. there
could be no doubt there would be grains of
stone lying on the altar steps and top of
the pedestal. climbed up and could not
see one sign of decay. | also could see
glittering points on the surface of the So
luton of silica supplied to me by the chem
lists of the British Museum, at the sugges-
ton of my old friends Sir Richard owen
and DR.. Birch, and of which three coats or
washes were given with the greatest care
before the trunnions and fastenings for the
final were placed around it.
There is another resort also in the natur-
al composition of this peculiar bed syenitic
granite that crosses the valley of the Nile
at the First Cataracts, and from the quar-
ries at the small village of Syene from
which all the known obelisks were cut
viz, the total absence of mica in the stone.
In all other GRANTEES this readily destruct-
able material exists. Moreover. it must
not be forgotten the centuries that have
passed away since this ancient monument
was erected by the Pharoah Rameses II. at
at the main gateway ofhis great temple at
On, the Helipohs of the Greeks. There it
stood for eighteen centuries, and was
about twtnty-three years B. C. removed bv
order of Cleopatra to the palace
she was erecting at Alexandra for
her friend and constant visitor, julius
Caesar. The architect appointed by her was
Pontius, the father of Pontius plate. the
Governor of Judea. The rounded corners
of the bases ofthe two obelisks had doubt
less been clipped off by the gatekeepers at
On and sold to the pilgrim visitors. Pom
thus Architante had eight bronze crabs
cast and placed them under the rounded
corners of the stones. and on the big claw
of one of the two crabs which alone re-
manned was, when the pedestal was cleared
of its surrounding sand, found this in
stription: I'm the sixth year of Augustus
Caesar, |. Barberus, Perfect of Egyp, caus-
ed these obelisks to be erected by Pontius
the architect Since then another nine
teen centuries are passed, and even this
3,7OO years of weathering has not eraced
one singl portion of the hieroglyphes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
LOST ON SUREFOOT.
Millions Dropped on the Favorite-How
the English Derby is Run.

the DERBY Is Kun.
For the first time in many a year the ia
vorite has been beaten In the great Eng
lish Derby and the millions that have been
laid on Surefoot at 2 to or IS to 40 are
irretrievably lost But Sainfoin has saved
the money of many for second favorite at
9 to 2 there were many hackers of Merry
sure cinch, who hedged little on him.
The Baron de Rothschild's LIE Nord. too,
was a good favorite for place He has
been third favorite since the betting open
ed; many have had money on him at 100
to to win. Twenty to l could have been
had on Orwell for the place, and many be-
levers in his jocky, G. Barrett's horse
manship have made big money off him, as
in England place betting means l, 2 or 3.
Sainfoin, however mas won with the
favorite nowhere, and thereby his mount.
Watts, who took the race in 1887, on Mr..
Arlington S Merry Hampton, has gained
his second Derby.
The English Derby, by the way, is an in
stitution with no parallel in the world Of
sport. 1t is to the Britisher as sacred an
institution as the Fourth of July is to the
American small boy. only ever so much
more so. If it were put to the popular
vote of the English people tomorrow
whether it were better to demolish the en-
pire' IS navy or the Derby, the result would
surel Y tend toward the annilation of her
maritime power; and even with this fact in
mind no one who has not been there to see
can form anything like correct concep-
ton of what the Deaby means. All Lon
don turns out to see it. There have been
over a quarter of a million people
princes. thieves and paupers. .duchasses
barmaids and hetera- packed together in
countless battalions to watch the big race
on EPSON nowns. Away in the early
morning the vast concourse starts for the
course. The first corners are the peddIers,
thieves, tricksters, showmen and sharpers:
the next to arrive are the great masses of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
SPIRIT MEDIUM EXPOSED.
Two Naughty Reporters, with Secreted
ctIic i.rl,t dol-o

Two Naughty reporters, with Secreted
G. Electric Lights. Make Sensation.
it was before the wondering eyes
OF twenty-five witnesses and aided bv
the glare of two powerful electric lights,
an alleged spiritualistic medium was ex-
posed fully and completely Saturday after
noon in the city of Brooklyn. The pre-
tended spirit of dead woman was seized.
held and exhibited to the dupes who, up to
that moment, had believed firmly and sim
cerely that they were face to face with the
materialized form of one returned from the
great beyond. So overwhelming was the
evidence of the fraud that the assemblage
was not only thoroughly convinced, but
ready to invoke the aid of the law to pun
ish the wretched creature. Two storage
batteries carried in the hip pockets OF two
lamps of ten candle power each, concealed
in inner vest pockets, furnished the light
that was flashed in the face of the bogus
ghost, and revealed the covering medium
as the personator. Her shame and morti-
PHYS sake she was permitted to return to
the cabinet, where, il anguish of spirit,
she threw aside her ''spiritual' toggery,
dressed herself in everyday attire, and
sobbed and cried and raved because she
had been detected. The name of this So
called medium is Mrs. Caldwell
The widowed Archduchess Valerie, of
Austria, is at least engaged to be remarked
her iance being the Archduke Francis
Salvador, son of the Archduke Charles Sal
vator, of Hapsburg-Lorraine. The emperor
has refused to allow his daughter-in-law to
accept the wedding presents which munci-
pal councils all over the empire intended
to vote for her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10

al development of the boy, devoid as is was
of all luxury. and even of most of the or
binary comforts of life. One reads the
lesson between the lines, and realizes anew
that the atmosphere of home is It's most
potent charm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
To Make Home Out of Household

There l. a term rather vaguely used, and
which yet holds in itself peculiar signif-
lcance, that of atmosphere, which is as
important to the home as 1t is to the artist
In his picture. The result of immaterial
causes, it is potent in its influence ON the
practical and directive side of life. The
atmosphere of a home does not depend for
its charm on luxury but on neatnesS, grace,
harmony and sweetness of spirit How
ever plain or primitive may be the APP
pointments, the grace of cleanliness and
arrangement may always be achieved. The
cheerfulness of spirit that can estimate
accidents and mishaps at their true value,
as not worthy any lingering regret, is
wonderful invigorator. Better lose even
your favorite china pitcher than to lose
your temper. There are ways of teaching
children and servants the beauty of order
and care IN domestic handling; but this
teaching is only well and wisely done in
patience and good feeling Nothing is so
utterly fatal to family peace as ill-temper-
Nothing Is so useless and so corrosive in
its effect on all the gold of life The story
of the early life eff Harold Frederick, WI 0
is now making such name in fiction, is
fully suggestive. The mother, in peculiar
ly hard and limited Gil cumstances, still
held fast to hope and belief, and trust in
better days to come. The future novelist,
as child Of seven, was obliged to rise at
daylight, attend to the cows for his
mothers dairy. feed and drive them to
pasture, and carry the milk to the factory
He wore shabby clothes, and had scanty
time for study. But the wise mother
made the most of everv hour The frugal
meals were made to the children beauti-
full time, in the fund of stimulating
thought and information upon which she
drew for her conversations the essentials
OF the home life, in sunny sweetness. IN
courage and cheerfulness, were kept even
IN all their barren poverty And SO the
atmosphere was favorable to the intelle ,tu-
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spend He got tired of them long ago.
The truth is, he says, Il began life too
early. have been cursed by too much
money. wish | bad been born poor.
The poison of riches has made me unfit for
anything but an ennuied and useless
creature. | know my case would not avian
en- much sympathy, but | tell you sir, it's
a hard one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10

4 young New York millionaire, who is
called Eugene Aram'' at the clubs, be-
caase he sits remote from all and mopes,
frankly admits that he takes no interest
in anything in the world-races, base ball,
yachts and other matters that generally
engage the attention Of young men in good
health like himself, with great fortune to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
THE
RI 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 Vesti5aled Drawing
Room Sleepers, Dining Cars and Coaches of latest
design between Chicago and Milwaukee and
Ashland and Duluth.
Through Pullman VestibuIed Drawing
Room and COlonist S1eepers via the North
ern Pacific Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern,
Western, Northern and Central Wisconsin points,
affordng unequaled service to and from Wau.
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.
). NJ. HANNAFORD, Gen'l Traffic Manager,
ST. PAUL, MINI.
III. c. BARLOW, Traffic Manager, MILWAUKEE,
WIS
LOUIS ECKSTEIN, Asst Gen1 Passr & Tiki
Agt., MILWAUKEE, Wis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
SUGAR REFINERS MEET.
Thinks the New York State Law Doe
not Effect Pooling.

Thinks the New York State Law Does
not Effect Pooling.
NEW YORK, June 3O.-At the sugar
refneries company meeting today state
ment prepared by the trustees was read
stating that they with counsel had under
consideration plan for the reorganiza-
ton of company to meet all the require
ments Of the state law. This statement
called attention to the fact that the court
of appeals decision was a technical one
that while it opposed monopolies it did
not attack the principles of pooling of the
business of kindred interests, Col. ]. C.
Ref asked for financial statement of
the companies affairs and to inspect books
He was referred to the treasurer, who, the
chairman said would furnish such infor-
nation as was thought proper to make
public.
Theodore A. Havemeyer, said infor-
madly buyers of certi6cats should have in
formed themselves before and that cor
pOratIOn was not conducted like railway
property. 1t was not to be expected the
earning etc., would be made public prop
erty, though they were accessible to all
certificate holders.
P. 0. Sullivan. who lives about six miles
above the junction of the Middle and South
Fork of Boise, on the farm, killed black
bear with knife few days since, says
the Boise (Idaho) Statesman. He had
followed the bear for several miles 1t
laid down beside rock and Sullivan crept
to it and plunged big knife into a vital
part. George Alexander, who is a neigh
Dor and saw the bear when it was dead,
was in the city on Saturday last and re-
lated the story. The bear was very large
and would weigh 500 pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
Lottery PRIVILEGES Raised

BATON ROUGE, La, July The lottery
bill as amended by the committee. increas-
ing the amount to be paid for lottery
privileges $3.50, 900 per annum, making an
annual payment of Sl.250000, passed the
senate this afternoon, b. "a to Il, and re-
turned to the house for concurrence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
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Two Lives Lost.

ALEXANDRIA BAY, n. Y, June 80
Opposite Brookville, last evening, William
Castleman and Annie Mcmahon were
drowned by the capsizing of their boat.
John Taylor and Miss Graham, who were
also in the boat, were rescued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
Cleopatra's Needle.

Letter from John Dixon to the editor of
the London Times: My attention has been
drawn to some statements in the House of
Commons as to the alleged decay of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10

From an account of results of meteorol-
ogical observations taken at various
stations west of the Mississippi, and COM
municated to the Washington Philosoph-
ical society by Gen. A. w. Greedy, it ap-
pears that the aridity of the far west has
been considered overrated, chiefly in con-
sequence of the fewness of observation
stations at the date of the last census. The
charting of more recent observations has
shown that the area which receives only
five inches of rain per annum is compare
lively small, has diminished that which
receives less than fifteen inches by above a
quarter of a million of square miles and
has shown that some spots which had been
credited with five inches or less of precipi-
tation actually receives as much as sixteen
inches. Gen. Greedy believes, however,
that the rainfall is increasing over the arid
region is correct.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10

Monday bear killed hog for Frank
Charles, out on the Eokomin, says the
given by Mr.. Nelson and his dogs, who
a volley of shot. The bear weighed 300
pounds and had two cubs with her. The
cubs escaped. Pacific Cadeau had some
hogs killed by bears recently. D. II. Pres
colt says when he was out in the unsurvey-
ed sections lately he saw the tracks of
bear that would indicate an animal weigh
ing 900 pounds, supposed to be a stray
cinnamon. Efforts were made to find him,
but were unsuccessful.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10

CHICAGO, July 1.-Five hundred metal
cornice makers struck today for advances
in wages. Two firms have given in.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10
It is now twenty years since the Japanese

1t is now twenty years since the Japanese
began to reform their institutions, and
during that time nothing has more clearly
shown their adaptabiity and intelligence
than the progress which they have made in
education. Cut of 6. 740, 800 children of
school age in the empire. $4,000 900 are
enrolled in the public schools, while univer-
sites, commercial schools. of fine art and
of music, schools for the deaf, dumb and
blind, law courses in German. French and
English, libraries and museums, all form
part of a thorough aad progressive sys,
tenn