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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-02

A BUTCHER who gives light weight sells
by the meat-trick system.-Texas Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-02

BOYS should be seen and not heard, seys
the adaRe, but when they arc wNstlthg
bnoys they should be heard whether they
are he0n or not-TeSps oifNngn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-02
A, n. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER Co.,
DEPENDENT PENSION BILL

has become law. S12 Per MONTH to all honorahly
discharged Soldiers and Sailors of the late war who
are incapacitated from earning a support widows
the same without regard to of death. Depend.
ent Parents and Minor Children also interested over
20 years. experience. References in all parts OF the
country. No charge IL unsuccessful Write at once for
Copy of Law blanks and full instructions ALL rnE4
to II. McALLIsTER d 90. (Successors to william
Conard & Coz, p. q. box z1b, Washington, ID. q.
srrNANE THIS PAPER trnsy uvrta
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1890-08-08
scientific and Ussfal.
For moths salt is the best extermina-

For moths salt 10 the best extermina-
tor.
The experiment OF treating typhoid
fever by prolonged immersion OF the
pAtient in water has been tried with
gratifying success.
The percentage OF light lost 10 passing
through window glass is, through clear
glass, IL per cent; slightly ground "a;
battle-ground, 80; all ground. 40; opal
glass, 60.
Herr Krupp, the great gun manu-
facturer OF Esseo, has submitted q plan
TO the Austrian Government for placing
the city of Vienna 10 connection with
the Danube by canal.
Miss Amanda T. Jones, of Chicago, is
the inventor of new process OF canning
She has succeeded in preserving fruits,
vegetables and oysters absolutely with
out cooking aud without the use OF
chemicals.
The result OF large number OF obser-
ystions made 10 Englsnd tends to show
that fair hair is rapidly disappearing 10
the British Isles, and that this dsrken-
ipq of hair is more marked 10 males than
in females.
DR.. Charcot, the eminent scientist at
the head Of the Ssltpetriere Hospital
Paris, has foished long series OF ex-
p,riments in hypnotism and gives it as
his opinion that not more than one
person 10 100. 600 is subject to the in-
fiueDce
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1890-08-08
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT CARSON Cry, NEv. !
.Iuly eth. 1900

LAND OFFICE AT CARSON Cry, NEv.
July 5th, 1890.
NYOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ following nam eettler has filed notice OF
her in'ention 70 make final proof in supp ort OF
her claim, ard that said proof will be made before
tn District Ju ige at winnemucca Nevada, on
the 18TH day Of August, 1890. viz: Mrs Ella
Gillian, omeste cd application No. 426, for the
+. of :. w 1 and s. W. of s. W. ! Sec. s.
TIP Al N. r. 40E NJ ID. Nj.
She names the folios ing Witnesses TO prove her
continuous residence uron, snd cultivation Of
said land, via: Bishop II. LVtl err, 4 Winnemueca,
Neva q; Behiapin +, Rn,y, of Pafsoise Valley,
Nevada; william II. holt, Paradise Valley, Ne
wade; Laforest C Rshy, of Paradise Valley
Nevada.
j,lyl0 SOD o. II. GALLUP, Register
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1890-08-08

Mrs. Geo. P. smoote, highly cultivated
and estimable lady OF Prescott, Ark, writes
under date OF AL pril p, 80: During the sum
mer OF 1887 my eyes became inflamed, and
my stomach and liver hapelessly disordered.
Nothing | ate agreed with me. took chron-
lc diarrhUa, and for some time my life was
despaired ofby my family. The leading ply
siciaEs OF the country were consulted. but
the medicines administered by them never
did me any permanent good, and fingered
between life and death, the latter being pre-
ierable TO the ag0nies | vas enduring. In
MAY. 1888. 1 became disgusted with physi-
clans and their me,iicines. dropped them
all and depended solely on Swift's Specific
{S g. S.). a few bottles OF which made me
permeutly well-well from then until now. )"
1t Builds up Old People.
NV mother who is very old lady. was
physically broken down. The use Of Swift's
Specific IS. 5. s. has entirely restored her to
health.
RIB. DILwoRTH, Greenville. s. c.
Treatise on Blood aud Skin Diseases mailed
free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, Atlanta, Ca.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1890-08-08
STOCKHOLDERS:

NJ Lee Julia Lee L. E. NJ Fl. Higgins Nevsd
A. Morrison Delbanco Sohous
Francisco Cali Mrs. Princeton Ill., Phillip wioklau
Carln, j. Sibbald, Goconda Nev.: VIM stoch
Paradise Valley Nv Valley Sweetser
Blakes F. Staufer N. Bacon
b. Dbyshe Martin hhne Nxon Winnemucca, Nes.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1890-08-08

The Bank will Receive Deposits Buy Sell Domestic
Make Loans and do General Banking
will be paid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
The Heights of Waves.

All sorts of nonsense has been writ
ten about waves mountains high. :"
The truth is that when a ship is plung-
ing down the back OF one wave and is
at the same time heeied over till her
rail is close to the water, the next wave
looks as if it would sweep completely
over the vessel, and therefore appears
as big as mountain. Lieutenant
Qualtrough says: I'VE find reports of
heights of 100 feet from hollow to
crest, but no verified measurement
exists of a height hall as great as this.
The highest reliable measurements are
from A to 4S feet--in itself a very
remarkable height Waves having a
greater height than thirty feet are not
often encountered The height of
wind waves is governed by what is
called the ''fetch.n That means their
distance from the place where their
formation begins. Thomas Stevenson,
author of Lighthouse illumination, :"
and father of the well-known writer of
our day, Robert Louis Stevenson, gives
the following formula as applicable
when the fetch is not less than six sea
miles: The height of the wave in
feet is equal to LIS multiplied by the
square root of the fetch in nautical
miles" Let us suppose that in a gale
of wind the waves began to form 400
miles from the ship YOU are on. The
square root of 400 is 20, which multi
piled by LIS gives 80 feet as the height
of the waves around the ship.
Now, it is well known that in every
storm there are occasionally groups of
three or four waves considerably larger
than the others. Captain Lecky is of
the opinion that these are caused by
the increased force of the wind in the
squalls which are a feature of every
big blow. Now, waves travel at a rate
which is the result of their size. Waves
200 feet long from hollow to hollow
travel about 19 knots per hour; those
of 400 feet in length make 81 knots;
and those of 600 feet rush forward ire
sistibly at 80 knots. Let us suppose,
now, a wave 400 feet in length and SO
or 40 feet high rushing along at p
knots. 1t overtakes slower wave
making about 20 knots, with height
of % feet and a length of 200. The
two seas become one, forming at the
moment of their union an enormous
wave. Just at that moment they meet
one of those steamers called ocean
greyhOunds," which, as every one
knows. never slacken speed unless it IS
absolutely necessary for safety. She is
butting into the storm at the rate of
say eight knots an hour. She runs
plump against a great wall of water
which seems to rise suddenly out of the
general tumult, rushing at her with d
height of 45 feet or more and speed
of over 80 miles per hour. There is a
fearful crash forward, accompanied by
a deluge, and as the tons of water roll
off the forecastle deck it is found that
damage has been done, and the officers
on watch enter in the log the interest
ing fact that the steamer has been
struck by tidal wave. ~. j. Hen
dersOn, IN st. Nicholas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
The American Orders of Nobility.

The Grand Army of the Republic is
unique organization. In the words
of a Past Commander-in-Ch No
child can be born into it; no procla-
nation of President, edict of King, or
ukase of Gar can command admission;
no university or Institution of learning
can issue a diploma authorizing its
holder to entrance; no act of Congress
Or Parliament secures recognition; the
wealth of Vanderbilt cannot pur-
chase the position; its doors swing
open only upon presentation of the bit
of paper, torn, worn, begrimed it may
be, which certities to an honorable dis
charge from armies or navies of the
Nation during the war against rebel
lion" And unlike any other associ
alton, no new blood" can come in;
there are no growing ranks from which
recruits can be drawn into the Grand
Army of the Republic. With the con-
summation of peace through victory,
its rolls were closed forever. Its lines
are steadily and swiftly growing thin
ner and the ceaseless tramp of its col
umns is with ever-lessening tread; the
gaps in the picket line grow wider;
day by day details are made from the
reserve, summoned into the shadOwy
regions to return to touch elbows no
more; until by-and-by, only solitary
sentinel shall stand guard waiting till
the bugle call from beyond shall mus
ter out the last comrade of the Grand
Army of the Republic George S. 1Nef-
rlA, IN the Neoo England 1Nagaztne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
MOnStrOus Power of Sea Breakers.

From experiments made last month
at Bell Rock and Skerryvole light
houses on the coast of Scotland it was
found that while the force of the
breakers on the side of the German
ocean may be taken at about a ton and
a half to every square foot of exposed
surface, the Atlantic side throws break
ers with double that force, or three
tons to the square foot; thus surface
of only two square yards sustains a
blow from a heavy Atlantic breaker
equal to tfty-four tons. In March of
this year heavy gale blew for three
days and nights at Skerryvole, wash
inc out blocks Of limestone and granite
of three and five tons weight as easily
as if they had been empty egg shells;
in some cases throwing them entirely
over the breakwater at Plymouth.
Over 900 tons of such blocks were
washed 800 feet up the inclined beach
after being thrown over the break
water and scattered about in various
directions. One block of limestone,
estimated to be of fifteen tons weight,
was moved over $50 feet from place
in the surf, where it had been firmly
grounded since 1897, it having first
been rolled in sight by the awful gale
of the Windy Christmas" of that year.
This is quite a high sea record for
1890, showing that the gale of March )
was the worst known on the Scottish
coast for 1913 wears.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20

An exchange says that a subscriber
wants TO know if it can explain WHY it
Is that women are rarely bald headed.
This question has been referred to a
man whose head is bald as mere state
ment of facts, and his answer is: 1T
is because they do not marry women"
Las Vegas optic.
Young Doctor-'-Yes, sir. | came
West because | heard there was a
scarcity of good physicians here. In
New York | cured some very remark
able cases" Chicago Man-"Could
you cure a ham?" Young Doctor
Yes, sir; have had consid erable ex-
perience in treating the theatrical pro-
feSsiOn. n--4Rericd.
Biggs-'I attended church couple
of weeks ago, and when the minister
said, Now, brethren, take this thought
with you when you GO forth tomorrow
into The whirl and hustle of EVERYDAY
life, there was a ripple of subdued
laughter all through the congrega-
ton" Boggs-'Where was the ioke?n
Biggs-''It was in Philadelphia -
PsttS6urg Commercial Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
Caught by the PrOofreader.

Here are three contributions to the
collection of typographical errors
nipped in the bud by the prosaic proof
reader:
He (the late DR.. c. spent forty
years of his life in teaching deaf mules
how to read and write"
Read mutes for mules, and you have
less quixotic but scarcely so poetic a
task assigned to the late DR.. G..
From thrilling adventure story:
Roaring through the thick fog,
from the direction in which the young
girl was running, came the loud sound
of noses"
Waves instead of noses" made
the passage read better. This is from
a biographical sketch:
In the prime of his life and strength
he was carried away by pullet at the
battle of Five Forks"
There have been chickens. perhaps,
which seemed to their eaters to have
had sufficient muscular development to
enable them to carry strong man
away, but this compositor's 'pullet"
was only a bullet. "-B0Sto11 Tran
sc7iDt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20

asylum had broken lose, but anyway
prompt action was necessary. The
twenty drunkards must be desperate
men or the dispatch would not have
been sent, and murder might have been
committed on the road.
Bonner posted off to police head
quarters, and his story did not loose in
the telling. The Chief of Police, alive
to the exigencies of the situation, made
a special detail of ten policemen and a
patrol wagon.
The policemen were drawn up in line
at the depot, and intense excitement
prevailed among the numerous depot
loungers a rumor having gained cur
rency that desperate band of train
robbers was on the incoming train.
In due time the train arrived. but no
party of registering drunkards alighted,
the party on the train was composed
of several pious-looking gentlemen with
broad-brimmed hats. who stood around
as though expecting some one.
Bonner approached one of them and
said interrogatively:
Had any trouble on the road?"
mo, BROTHER said the gentleman,
"none that | know of. And now I'll
ask you question: Do you know a
gentleman named Bonner?''
Yes, am Mr.. Bonner" was the
answer.
well, these brethren and myself are
Dunkards, and you were to meet us
and put US on the right train. Didn't
you get a telegram"
Bonner was completely done for He
excused himself, and. calling the Ser
geant of Police aside, he told him
that it was all a mistake and he and
his men could go back to headquarters.
Then he disposed of his religious
friends, went around and cussed out
the telegraph operator, after which he
had to ''set 'em up" for the whole
police force on the promise to keep
mum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
IF My Wife Taught School.

If had a wife at taught school I would go
In gay gondolier and the plash O my oar
Would be heard by the natives around Slnga-
pore.
If my wife taught school
] would. wouldn't you?
En- wouldn't yuh?
Emmy way what would you do?
If had wife at taught school / would get
Something fine in the shape OF furniture
set:
If could pay my board and she could pay
bern;
There's good many nice little things could
earn.
If my wife taught school,
I would. wouldn't you?
Err wouldn't yuh?
Anyway what would you do?
If my wife taught school you can bet would
fly
Like a condor I'd roOst pretty middlin high:
I'd wear a silk tile and own bosses, vow,
And do lots O things that ! ain t dom now.
If my wife taught school,
] would, wouldn't you?
En- wouldn't yuh?
Anyway what would you do?
If my wife taught school like some women do
And could earn quite enough for us two.
I'd go in the barnyard. without any fuss,
derbuss.
If my wife taught school,
would, wouldn't you?
Err wouldn't yuh?
Anyway what would you do?
Bow Hackley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
Copper Jewelry.

The Indian women of the Southern
Atlantic coast, Captain John Smith
said, had copper pendants, and the
Mangoaks beautified their houses with
great plates thereof" The Virginia
indians valued copper, and had a
custom of throwing pieces in the river
when passing their buryip grounds.
A common ornament of the person
was "a broad piece of copper" Similar
references occur in the records of the
early settlers of New England. In the
ST. Lawrence Valley, ChampIain met
an Indian who drew from his bag a
piece of copper the length of a foot,
which he gave me: the same was hand
some and very pure; giving me to
understand that he had a quantity of
it where he had taken this, which was
on the border of river near a great
lake" The early records invariably
refer to its use for ornament, but the
copper objects found in graves and
village sites along the Northern
Atlantic coast are all, except a few
brads, useful objects. such as spear
heads, arrow points, or cells.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
Native Australian HandiwOrk.

In an article on the aborigines of
Australia W. T. Wyndham speaks of
the skill with which the natives use
stone implements. They turn out
work." he says. THAT you would
hardly believe possible with such rough
implements. They show great inge-
nuity, particularly in making their
harpoon heads for spearing dugong
and fish; instead of shaving the wood
up and down with the grain, as IA
European workman would do, they
urn the wood for spear head round
and chip it off across the grain, work
ing it as wooden boxes are turned on
lathe. have often sat and watched
them doing this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
HerOiSm in a Restaurant.

A man came to the conclusion that it
was an act of moral cowardice to tip a
waiter in a restaurant. The cowardice
lay, he argued, in being afraid of the
walters scorn at the apparent parsi-
mony. He determined to be morally
brave thereafter. The opportunity
came. He finished his dessert and the
waiter in his customary manner of
solicitude assumed by walters when
the customer looks good for an ample
tip placed his coffee before him. He
weakened a trifle, but resolved to brace
himself. He drank his coffee some
what more deliberately than usual,
hoping to attain a state of mental COM
posture, but as the time approached for
disappointing the attentive negro, who
already saw in his minds eve a big
round shining coin, the brave man
grew less equal to the deed he had
resolved to commit.
He handed the waiter a greenback
in payment of his bill. and dalied with
the finger bowl whie the waiter went
to get the change. The change came
back on the silver plate, two quarter
pieces lying, as usual, a bit aloof from
the rest or the cnanGe. The mans
eye sought that of the waiter as he
tremblingly reached for the change
and he beheld on the Negroes face an
expression of expectancy almost real
lied. With a difficult stimulation of
calmness he succeeded in grasping all
the change. including the two quarter
pieces. Daring not to look at the
walters countenance, he FASTENED from
the room looking as if he had COM
mitted crime. Il felt so. too" he
said, as he related the incident after
ward land l won't subject myself to
that feeling again for any considera-
ton. | could feel that walters glance
of contempt upon my back"
A woman finds it quite easy to be
morally brave under such circum-
stances. Why is it so?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
Cattle Killed by Elks.

A ranchman living on the Satsop,
Col, missed three head or cattle, and
noticing congregation of buzzards d
short distance away proceeded to make
an investigation and found all three OF
the animals lying dead, their bones
all broken, their horns Knocked OFF.
scarcely any hair left on them. and
the ground around them all torn up
with elk tracks Apparently a band OF
elk had come up and attacked them in
an opening hooked and butted them
down. and paved and stamped them
to death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
Deepest Mine in the World.

The deepest mine in the world is at
St. Andre du Poirer, France, and year
" produces 300, 900 tons of Goa !. The
mine is worked with two shafts, one
2, 952 feet deep and the other 3, OS3;
the latter shaft is now being deepened,
and will soon touch the 4, 0O0-foOt
Level. A remarkable feature is the
com arativeIy low temperature expe-
rienccd. which seldom rises above IS
degrees Fahrenheit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
Old People in the Crimea.

A Greek woman who died at Sim
ferpol, Russia. lately is said to have
been 112 years old. She was working
in her garden to the last moment. Be-
coming tired, she laid down to rest
and passed away without a struggle.
There are many centenarians in the
Crimea. Three years ago there was in
Kertch an old soldier whose dismissal
from the army dated from the time of
Catherine H., and whose authenticated
credentials put his age at 12S years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
OUNKAROS WITH AN r.
Photographers BIunder that Startled
and Mystifi-d Station Agent.

One day party of twenty-five
Dnnkards was Ell route to the general
conference via St. Louis. No agent
accompanied them, and telegram
was sent to Union Depot Passenger
Agent Bonner to meet twenty Dunk
ards"
The religious education of the tele-
graph operator who received the mess
age had been neglected. He had never
heard of the Dunkards and, supposing
a mistake had been made, he just in
serted the letter IT" and when Bonner
received the message it read: Meet
No. t. Twenty drunkards aboard.
Look after them"
Bonner was somewhat taken aback.
He did not know but than an inebriate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20
Public Structures i'm Brussels.

Brussels, not content with having
more beautiful public buildings than
any other European city save Paris,
has now determined to rival Paris it
self. King Leopold has just laid the
foundation of an arch of Triumph one
third larger than the celebrated one in
Paris, and it is announced that this
gigantic work will be completed by the
close OF the century. Brussels already
has the most monumental courthouse
in all Europe-a magnificent pile,
which cost vast sums of money. and
which contains some superb halls. The
Paris Triumphal arch cost 1000, 900;
that Of Brussels is to cost $780, 600.
1t will be richly ornate with sculptures,
some of which will be of gigantic pro-
portions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20

Ten years ago cocaine was worth
$500 pound; now hardly single
surgical operation is conducted with
out its use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-20

An infant grows eight inches during
the first year.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-10-21

have been completed, and what is
now wanted most are the means,
the men and the implements to ae-
complish the work in the best pos
sible way.
The recent survey of the bed of
the channel, as shown on the adj
mirable report and accompanying
chart drawn by Mr. Allardt, indi-
Gates what is to be done, what is
the extent of the work, and how it
is to be accomplished. So far as
can be judged from study of the
work required, it is practicable,
provided machinery of the right
kind is obtained to do it with. If
the channel can be deepened to
thirty feet on the bar VIII ere now
there are not more than twenty
four, it will admit the largest class
Of steamers and war ships employ
ed: while its value to this port will
be immense, in attracting hither
shipping of every class, some of
which only comes here now from
necessity.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-10-21
The RObt. W. Logan.

The new missionary schooner
Robt. W. Logan. Capt. Worth, ar
rived at Hilo, on Saturday, the 11th
inst, after passage of seventeen
days from San Francisco. She has
as passengers Capt. Isaiah Bray and
A. Breed of Oakland. g. L. Camp
bell OF Sacramento and Phillip
Dodge OF San Jose. The schooner is
81 feet long, 164 feet beam, and 7
feet hold. She was built by Matthew
Turner of Benecia, Cal, and cost
about 5000. The Logan was to
leave Hilo on the 18th for this port
and may be expected to-day.