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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29
A Down East Superstition.

Evidence of somebody's firm belief
in the old superstition about boring a
hole in thrifty tree, placing therein a
lock of ones hair and pairing of the
nails and then carefully plugging the
hole. in the hope that as soon as the
deposit became solid wood all fear of
future headache and other ills would be
dispelled from the mind of him whose
lock of hair was contributed to the
tree. came to light in the quaint town
of Wells recently. While saving shin
giles from tree that recently stood
near the Boston and Maine station in
that town, William Maxwell came
across just such an exhibition of
human deposit. The nails and dark
brown hair were firmly embedded in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29
Against Taking Off Hats.

Vienna dispatches to London NeaUs:
A movement is on foot in Austria and
Hungary just now to do away with the
form of salutation customary among
men-that of taking off the hat. Al
Gratz a committee has been formed
which passed resolution and called
upon the civil and military governors,
Baron Kuebec and Count Wurmbrand,
as also on the mayor of the city, beg.
ging them to sanction the resolution
accepting the military salute from
interiors. The three gentlemen gladly
gave their consent. The wish has also
been expressed that the dangerous GUS
tom of uncovering the head for a
length of time at funerals should be
done away with. 1t is pointed out
that the military salute must neces-
sarilr imply at least as much respect
as lifting the hat, since a common sol
der thus salutes the highest command
er in the army. In the middle ages
the hat or cap was not dotted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29
Baltimore Free Public Library.

The free public library established in
Baltimore five years ago by Enoch
Pratt at an expense of about 81, 250,-
600, is accomplishing great work
among the reading classes. Last year
the number of books issued reached
461, $40. The rooms are crowded daily,
and it has become great educational
force in the city, being especially val
liable to the poor. Besides the main
library there are five branches located
so as TO accommodate all sections of the
al
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29

That she was melting: ne leaned his face
down II her and kissed her.
You are mine, Maud, and l am yours,
Shall il be sos'
She stole her arm around his neck, and
the words, though faint, were distinct in
his ears:
"Oh, Kenneth, be kind to me, for love
you: have loved you alwaysl'
So the comforter of whom leila had
spoken had come to Maud Archelaus, and
as Kenneth Leroud's wife, happiness came
to her Also and peace, deep and abiding
as life itself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29
A Chronic Grower.

Wife-''This is a pretty time of night
for you to come home. At first you
came home at 2, then at 3, and now
you stay out until A.
Husband-''Just you keep quiet.
When ! came in at 2 you growled;
when | came home at you growled
more, and now you growl wore than
ever when l come home at I. | am
coming home after this at ) just to see
if you don't growl, then, too. Teas
SiTtiRQS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29

the solid wood, being separated only
when the machinery converted the
wood into shingles. The hair and
nails could be traced in four of the
shingles cut from that particular part
OF the tree. 1t is hoped that the bring
ing to light of these emblems in so rude
manner has not broken the charm.
LeaCiSt0n Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29
A Romantic Mans Quandary.

Three young ladies employed in one
of the manufactures in Middletown
wrote their names upon slip of paper
and enclosed it in a box which was
shipped to Boston. The slip of paper
fell into the hands of an old gentleman
who, week later, made his appearance
at the factory He was introduced to
the young ladies'. and. after paying at
tention to all. returned to Boston to
decide. it is said. which shall become
his wife-NeW L0nd0n Ielegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29

They have unearthed in Kansas the
remains of a turtle which must have
been in life at least eighteen feet long
by twelve broad, and have been capa-
BILE OF floating dray horse across
river
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29
A Steady Advertiser.

c. Longfellow, druggist at Machias.
Me-. inserted an advertisement of his
business in the first issue of the local
paper, forty years ago. and has kept it
in ever since.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29

Eve was probably the only woman
who could justly claim that she had
nothing to wear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29

Edmund Gosse has begun biography
Of his father, Philip Gosse, the famous
naturalist.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
Hor Est m ats OF Damage,,

Had an accident here this morn.
ing?" queriei the breathless reporter
as a matronly lady appeared at the
door in response to his violent ring
ing.
"Yes. we did. You see. the next
house comes right up to ours, and the
man painting it asked to come through
our house and crawl out the scuttle on
to its roof. Well. l let him. When
he crossed the garrett he fell through
the floor"
''Hurt him muchp"
Eyes, I guess So But he didn't
stop with the garrett; he fell through
the next floor, tore hole through the
carpet. knocked the plastering of the
ceiling and. oh. he just made an awful
mussr'-Texas Siftings.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
The Whole Court W. sn't DR. INK.

In one OF the municipal courts Of
Boston. prisoner pleaded drunken
ness in extenuation upon a charge OF
theft The principal witness, a more
:han commonly stupid policeman, was
asked by the magistrate: 'What did
the man say when you arrested him?"
Witness He said he was drunk"
Magistrate-"I want his precise
words, exactly as he uttered them.
He did not use the pronoun 'he.' did
he--didn't say he was drunk?'"
Witness-'Oh, yes, he did-he &C.
knowledged the corn"
Magistrate dosing patience)-"you
don't understand me at all; want
the words as he uttered them. Did he
not say 4 was drunkp"
Witness deprccatingly)-"Oh. no.
Your Honor; he didn't say you were
drunk. l would not allow a man to
charge that against you in my pres
9 nce."
Prosecutor "Pshaw! you don't COM
prehend at all. His Honor mean 5;
did not the prisoner say to you. 4 was
drunk"
Witness (refectively) -"Well, he
might have said you were drunk. but
did not hear him say it,"
Counsel for Prisoner-"What the
court desires is that you should state
the prisoners own words, preservin g
the precise form OF pronoun that he,
employed. Was it the first person,
the second person, thou, or the third
person, he, she, or it? Now then
with severity. upon your oath. did
not my client say'I was drunk? -
Witness getting mad)-'.No. he did
not say you was drunk. either; but ii
he had. l reckon. he would not have
lied any. DO you s'pose the fellow
CHI 'rged this whole court with being
acknowledgements.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
Greeks in New York.

The Greek race is sending quite I.
contingent across the ocean to the New
World. One class consists of those
who come from the little kingdom and
from Smyrna and the other large
Turkish cities. They are intelligent
and educated, and usually go into mer-
camille life as soon as they arrive in
New York. The second class comes
from the villages and fields OF Turkey
in Europe and Turkey In Asia, and are
illi,erate and superstitious. They fol.
low in thu footsteps Of the Sicilians
aud become bootblacks. peanut roast
ers, candy peddlers ami the like. New
York Press.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
Making thu Bsst Reparation He Could.

The train was just pulling out OF
Weston. Mo-, from St. Joe, when one
OF the passengers in the smoker put his
head so far out of the window that a
man near him felt it his duty to utter
a note OF warning.
Eyes, it is a little risky" replied the
man, as he pulled in his head and sat
down, "but l was looking for a grave
in that field. Reckon it has been
plowed under and forgotten"
chow did they happen to bury him
there?"
''It's sad story, gentlemen very
sad. 1t was just ten years this month.
and was living here then. A stranger
came in from the west with three
horses to sell. and he acted so queerly
that we clapped him in Jail He never
deniel that he stole 'em. and one night
the boys turned out and hung him to a
tree back there. We burie him near
the tree, and it was his grave l was
looking for"
"Never denied it, chr" queried one
of the listeners.
"Never did, although we gave him
every chance. just q week from the
time he was hung We found out tina
he was an honest, honorable farmer.
living about forty miles below U.s.
While he hadn't stolen the horses. he
had killed n man, and he no doub
believed we were hanging him for that
We felt mean enough when we discov-
cred that he was no horse thief, anc
| that all he had done was to pop a man
over, and Kansas man at that. and he
must have been sadly puzzled over oul
conduct. We made such repatriation al
we could, however"
sin what way?"
"Oh, we rounded up the grave
passed resolutions of sympathy for the
wife, sent the horses on home, and ;
few months later went up and mar
ried his widow. She's in the next ca
behind New Orleans Demo
| crat.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
Chopped Apples For Export.

Chopped apples is an exported pro.
duct OF which but little has been heard.
They are made from inferior, unmark-
etable fruit. which is chopped into
small pieces and is then dried. They
are shipped largely to France. where
they are used for conversion into cider,
and are preferred to their home grown
apples. on account of being better pre-
served and of finer flavor. The export
trade OF this product in 1888 reached
11.OOO,OOO pounds, and this amount
could have been doubled in 1889 il
there had been sufficient OF the produce
to sell. Most all OF the chopped ap
pies come from the orchards OF the
Northeast.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
M'kEE RANKIN'S MISTAKE.
He Declined Fortune offered Him BY a.
Inventor

Inventor
Some years ago. when Mckee Ran
KIN was leading man in the stock COM
pany at the thealer in Pittsburg, he
was visited every few days throughout
the entire season by long. lean man.
who looked like a typical countryman.
tie tried to induce him to advance
money for the putting of a patent be-
fore the public. The visitor had only
one way OF stating his case, and this
he religiously did on an average OF
three times a week for about thirty
weeks. He would lounge up to Ram
kin. and. after bidding the actor
'good morning. ana chatting for
awhile. he would incidently remark:
Il have got patent out of which
untold wealth can be made l only
had about $500 to get it started. Now.
Mac. I'll give you half interest in it
If you'll advance the money"
The same speech was repeated so
frequently that it became a standing
joke in the company, and the young
fellow who gave utterance to it was
looked on as a crank by one and all.
Other people. not members OF the COM
pany, joined the actors in their esti-
mate OF the mental balance OF the in
ventor. The season closed; Rankin
came to New York and his friend
from Pittsburg was forgotten until
some years later when 1.-The Danites"
was in the flush of its success. Rankin
was playing the part OF Sandy in Pitts
burg, when he received call at his
hotel from one of the millionaires o.
Smoky City. He was greatly surprised
to think that this man should call or
him, but few moments conversation
soon put him straight. The visi
tor was George Westinghouse and the
patent he fried to get Rankin inter
ested in was the now universally used
"air-brake. the royalties from which
amount to more than $5O0,OOO pc
annum. dramatic Mirror:
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
IMPRESSION OF BERLIN.
4 City Lacking Charm, Whether Of Situation Of
Historical.

Our first wandering through the
streets OF Berlin did not fill our souls
with that thrill OF joy and that sympa.
thetic trep.dation Of the whole being
which we experienced when we first
visited Venice, for instance, or Flor.
ence, or Constantinople, writes Theo-
aore Child in Harper's Magazine, nor
did they excite that wonderment and
eager desire to appreciate what we had
felt in the great American cities like
Chicago. Berlin is absolutely wanting
m charm. whether of situation, Of
general aspect or Of historical souven.
irs. 1t is n modern city, but its mod
ern aspect has no marked character
and next to no originality. From the
time Of Frederick the Great, who was
the founder of its prosperity, down to
the present period Of active transform
alton. which dates from the Franco
herman war, the architectural history
c' Berlin was almost entirely one Of
imitation and adaptation. The stree,
~rcn'tecture. until within the past ter
sea's' mas been absolutely null mere
Io"s OF boxlike habitations pierced
"1.n Tue necessary openings for light,
griness and egress, but conca;vad oh,
soiutely rs packing case is conceiv
oo' without any regard for agreeable.
ness OF proportions. lines. and distri.
Dutlon o. masses. The public hu;,d
lngs, OF which several are rrand;nsa
nave been erected. for the most -. =.
under the influence OF mistaken adm; !.
alton OF the models OF ancient CO..
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
He 10 One Of Them.

II ses." remarked the poets wife.
'that Bryant Longfellow, Holmes and
Lowell all had or have an income out.
eide OF the results OF their literary
work.
Yea" replied her husband, 'and /
myself could not afford to write poetry
n l hadn't good situation At the rib
bon counter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
suffered greatly from hunger and ex-

suffered greatly from hunger and ex.
posture.
The route led through dense thickets
of small shrubs and trees penetrable
only where wild animals had worn
narrow paths; through areas overrun
with the thorny trailing bamboo briar.
which sometimes barred the way In
tangled masses, rising to a height OF
ten feet; through open marshes filled
with long rushcs and water lilies. the
spreading roots OF which afforded the
only support to the travellers foot. a
single mistep being sufficient to land
him up to his armpts in the ooze and
mud. Little islands and clumps OF
trees dotted these marshes or "prai-
ries.' being usually surrounded by
segregated masses OF moss and drift
floating upon mud and water. While
this thick deposit would rarely break
beneath the feet, one could see it sink
and rise at every step at distance
of twenty feet. Hence the name
l.GulitlpCuu, VI
Okefinokee-quivering earth.
After returning to camp and recruit
ing the other division of nine persons.
with four days rations, started due
east for Prader's Mill on the St Mary's
river. They were six days on the
march, and throughout that time failed
to See even Il tussock of dry land.
When night arrived they were obliged
to cut down two large trees, SO man
aging that they would fall and lie
parallel about ten feet apart and bridge
across with small poles and bushes.
Here they slept. doing their cooking
on the strmps of fallen trees. Tray
cling in this direction was found to be
equally rs difficult as in the other. 1t
| being often necessary to cut a way
through the jungle with bush-hooks
and axes. ard one day the party sue
ceeded in making only one and one
quarter miles.
Nevertheless. during a period Of six
weeks the object OF the expedition was
fully attained. The great morass was
crossed from east to west from north
to south, by white men for the first
time, every step being guided and
measured by the surveyors compass
and chain. The water level was also
taken at many points. and as a result
it was demonstrated that the Oketin
okee. though by no means resting or
a mountain plateau, is sufficiently ele
waited to be thoroughly drained through
the St Mary's river. It. is though
the mud of the marshes. which lies al
depth of from eight to twenty feet
and is chiefly decayed vegetable mat
ter, would burn like peat when dried
and certainly it would make tn
drained land rich and valuable for az
ricultural purposes.
Now that the swamp has been &C
CURED by private persons, it is posi-
BILE that in the not far future canal
and bitches will be started and tn
drainage begun. Should the work b
accomplished the present vast, worth
less area might become a garden-spo
OF rich farming country, where ever.
, product of the semi-tropics could b
produced. And so, If land Of plent
may be called land of bliss. III
dreaming fancy OF the old Cree
legend may yet be, in mea sure. rea
lied.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11

declared that "the Anxount of water on
the surface Of the earth has been steadily
diminishing for many thousands Of years,
pink nosed individual ON the back seat
got up and hiccoughed: well, colonel.
you can't (hic) blame it On our people,
anyhow"
His Lordship-There's no lodging it,
you know, but one does miss the influ.
ence Of leisure class over here.
She-But we have q leisure class.
His Lordship (suspiciously)eI haven't
met them. Who are they?
She-Our plumbers and messenger
boys-[Life.
Judge-Are you guilty or not guilty
Prisoner-Not guilty. Judge Ito wit
ness)-How much was the stolen watch
worth? Witness-Your honor, it was
worth $780, Prisoner taking the watch
from his pocket)-That shows that In
can't be believed. Do you think tina
watch is worth $50?
A Preliminary Trial Of the Slippers.
Mrs. Spankwell Ito shoe dealer)-May
try these slippers before l take them
Shoe Dealer-Why, certainly, ma'am
Mrs. Spankwel Catching her hopeful
over her knee) - Yell kinder easy
Johnny. Tain't as il we was nice ant
coy at home, you know.
Miss Clapp (Boston)-Do you thinl
that Emersonian philosophy speciHcall,
applied has any meterialistic effect upoI
| the terrestrial Inconsistencies that clol
and warp the esoteric development o
our inner being? Min Foote Chicago
never gave the subject much thought
Mamma always uses haxseed
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11

Wickars-"They tell me, professor, than
you have mastered all the modern
tonguesi" Prof. Polyglot-'.All but two
my wife's and her mothers ."-Terre HSute
Express.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11

boundary OF the swamp, the two taxi
ing their ungainly names from the fact
that cattle-thieves employed them as
a base of operations before the war;
In his "Travels" Bartram speaks Of
, tho Okefinokee as "mother OF
rivers" and there are, indeed. two
considerable rivers which take their
+, rise within its borders. One Of them
is the st. Mary's, which flows east
ward into the Atlantic; the other is the
famous Suwanee, which flows in a
southwesterly direction to the Gulf.
| The project had now attracted con-
siderable attention in the state and the
proprietors OF the Atlanta Constitution
engaged to support Mr.. Pendleton in an
extensive iexploration of the swamp.
The governor ordered the state geolo-
gist to accompany the expedition, civil
engineers being also provided, and
when ready to start early in November
the same year the party consisted Of
twenty -one men. supplied with four
teams The wagons were left at camp
on the more accessible island from the
west (Billy's) AMI march was made
thence to Floyd's Island. where the
party was divided. One division
started northward in the direction Of
Hickory Island. carrying only three
days rations. and Is they were five
4 lays in reaching their destination
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
SOADIDLLAR.

Shave you q good cookl" ssShe's veky
good-goes to church four Nmes : week.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
Knew How to Advertise ..


The Norwich Bulletin has come
across the following sign which it
wants deciphered:
tAPANHILD
FOR IS NALAD &.
SOADIDLLAR.
Now this looks to US like q cob.
bler's sign, and must read as follows:
''Shoes (understood) tapped and heel
ed for Is. (cents), nailed; sewed one
dollar" The shoemaker in question
seems to have been very moderate in
his prices and probable !. did a. good
business. Although not a. scholar he
caught the knack. Willingly or other.
wise. which many advertisers pride
themselves on--0f catching the pub
lies eye with something startling. ab.
surd or incongrouA - Hartford Couruuk
II. 81 Shne.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-18

man about medium height and weight.
very swarthy, with long, curly BLACK hair.
black eyes and a huge black mustache'
He was dressed in a ragged suit of clothes
blue overalls and ragged black hat.
Early this morning tramp named Col.
Inns was arres ed in freight car at
Greenwood, six miles from here and two
miles from the scene of the outrage. He
answers the description of the man wanted.
A mob OF 1,OOO men is guarding him at
the depot there and there is danger that
ne will De iynched before they can get him
to Atkinson's house for Identification.
Intense excitement prevails there and a
parry from here has started there.
III the man is not iyncned he will be
taken to the Atkinson house for identifs-
cation and then if identified he will be
struag up at once.