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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-14
LANDS.

The undersigned is prepared to furnish buyers al
kinds Of farm lands at the best rates Also city and sinh
urban property L. C. FISHER, 1917 p O. Block, ,Saem
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-14
CALL and SETTLE.

Those knowing themselves indebted to
J. a. Rotan please call and settle between
now and January lst, as | am obliged to
collect All accounts then unsettled will
be placed in hands of Il collector. ll:2S I'm
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-14
RAra az INTEREST,

II there b. aay change In the stat.
ute pressibing de legal rate of IN
teresi on money loaned. and torbld.
dlng slauTy, Il sh0ald hs only
changed sy nNlng a loWer rate with
moFe rigorous provisious foF lls ob-
serVanoe. THE lAS osghi not 10 h.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-14

NOllCE.-All musicians who wish 10
~ join musical society will please leave
their names AT Diamonds music house al
Ns Ccmmerciel street. IsS-iw
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-14

L. lNnkRGARrEN: Mrs Padgham's
IN Urinary schod and kiuderg trlen IN
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
25C Want Column.

Notices inserted for ONE CENT PER
WORD EACH INSERTION. No adver.
usement inserted in this column for les
than twenty-five cents.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
They Died Abroad.

The death of King Kalakaua in a
foreign land 2. 500 miles from his
kin gdom, recalls the death of his pre-
decessor, Kamehameha H., in lon
don. nearly siXty-six years ago.
Kamehameha l.. the Great in 1919.
when the old native religion was be-
ginning to give way before whites.
American missionaries arrived in 1920,
and soon thereafter the King abol-
ished the tabul and 1doltary. On
November p, 1928. the King, who
had long desired to travel. sailed for
London on a British man of-war &C
companied by his Queen, Kameha-
malu, and suite. They were re-
ceived by George ". and attracted
much attention in London. Early in
July. 1924. they were attacked by
malignant form of measels, and on
the 18th the King died; the Queen
died shortly afterward. The man-of-
war Blonde was detailed to carry the
remains Of the King and Queen to
to their kingdom. and on May 6.
1925. it arrived at Honolulu, where
the dead sovereigns were buried with
Christian ceremonies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
SUICIDE OF GERMAN GILL oREN
Report nt tEs T':v~. A-,,.urI for
Thr.c Eau .rdINnr, Acts.

Report Ut as ,T':ve. A-',gnri for
Th".c Eat' .rdiNn,, Acts.
a curious ret.?', has been made
concerning two hulired and eighty
instances Of suicide Of school children
in the German Empire during the
six years 1883 to 1858 inclusive. The
interest of the return centers in the
motives assigned for these eNtraordi
nary acts. Among the cases which
could be so explained the largest pro.
portion appear 10 have been attribut-
able to fear Of punishment This,
perhaps, might have been expected,
nor is it alCoeethc: surprising tina:
snch extreme terror should be chiefly
exhibited among pupils OF tho clement
airy schools. The fact that 20 per
cent of all collected cases i;.lis into
this particular class should ho':ever
afford food for reflection. It is GER
tain that undue severity has been
practiced, or, at least, undue appre-
hension has been aroused, in every
one of these instances, seeing the
little victims were so far thrown off
their balance by it as to be driven to
suicide. 1t would be uni ust to assume
that for these exaggerated fears the
teachers are wholly, or even mainly.
responsible; but, on the other hand,
no really efficient teacher would ever
leave upon a child's mind an impress
sion so horrible as to precipitate such
a crisis as this. The child who takes
his own life rather than face an angry
teacher must believe, rightly or
wrongly. in the ferocity Of the teacher;
and it is much TO be feared tn t chill
dren of tender years even when they
are not so terror-stricken as this, are
apt to nurse a suspicion that most
strangers and some friends-the
teacher in particular among the latter
are human wolves. To eradicate
this mischievous misrepresentation
ought to be one Of the first tasks OF
successful preceptor. Among the high
school pupils the suicides are almost
exclusively boys. and here the most
common motive is dread or disap-
pointment in connection with ex-
aminations. Mental arrangement and
thwarted am billions come next in order
while precOciOus sentiment claims it's
share to the extent of four boys and
one girl, whose unhappiness Is record
ed as due to une atfaire de occur. It
is some satisfaction to be able to add
that these emotional young people
were all past the elementary school
stage
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
Ants That Are Surgeons.

Ants have very powerful jaws, con-
sidering the size of their bodies, and,
therefore, their method of fighting is
by biting. They will bite one another,
and hold on with d wonderful grip of
the Jaws, even after their legs have
beer bitten off by other ants. Some
times six or eight ants will be clinging
with death-grip to one another, MAX
ing a peculiar spectacle, some with
leg gone, and some with half the body
gone. One singular fact is that the
grip of an ants jaw is retained even
after the body has been bitten off and
nothing but the head remains. This
knowledge is possessed by q certain
tribe of Indians in Brazil, who put the
ants to a very peculiar use. When an
Indian gets cash in his hand, instead
of having his hand sewed together, as
physicians do in this country, he pro-
cures five or six large black ants, and
holding their heads near the cash they
bring their jaws together in biting the
flesh, and thus pull the two side Of
the cash together. Then the Indian
pinches off the bodies of the ants and
leaves their heads ctinging to the cash,
which is held together until the cash is
perfectly healed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
Edible Earth.

Much has been written about the
sarth-eating tribes of various countries,
out it is not generally known that the
inhabitants Of Penacova, a village in
Portugal, have for generations eaten a
variety of earth found in the neighbour
nood. 1t is said that any of them leav-
ng home is afflicted with a singular
nalady with gastric symptoms unless
ae be provided with supply of the
earth. The reason of this is probably
the presence of arsenic in the earth
which is known to produce these sing
liar effects upon it's habitual consumers.
The fact that DR.. Vogel has found none
IN it by a cursory examination, but. on
;he contrary, has detected that it con-
sains about double the quantity of nitro
gen found in similar soils from the adj
iacent fields, lends plausibility to the
view that the active substance may be
an alkaloid. The whole question could
oe easily settled by competent chem
st, and it is to be hoped that some one
will undertake its investigation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13

greater part or the nlgnL The next
DAY the boy was in his place at
school as usual and throughout the
day he was perfect in his lessons.
The reformation was complete. and
the orphan boy became famous in the
district.
Miss Grant came wess and married
Mr.. Crowel. A few years ago, while
MIR. Crowell was still in the service
of the Postoffce department, he was
riding over the Fort Scott & Wichita
road. The conductor was new to the
business and was averse to recogniz-
ing Mr.. CrowelPs credentials. But
the president OF the road happened to
be in his car attached TO the rear of
the train, and the credentials were
referred to him. Pretty soon the
president appeared in person and in
vited Mr.. Crowell back into his car.
''I our wife, sir, made me president
of this road he said. If it had
not been for a whipping she once
gave me | would now be plodder on
the farm" 1t was francis Herman,
grown to be rich and famous, all
through the school teachers severe
discipline. Mr.. Herman soon after
called in his special car to see Mrs
CrOwell. He is now millionaire and
is building a railroad from Salt Lake
City to Los Angeles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
POWER OF SEA BREAKERS.
Como Interesting Facts About the Force
of Dashing Waves.

From experiments made at Bell Rock
and Skerryvole lighthouses on the
coast of Scotland it was found that
while tt 8 force of the breakers on the
side of the German ocean may be taken
ut about a ton and a half to every
square foot of exposed surface the
Atlantic side throws breakers 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 fifty
four tons. In March of last year
nights at Skerryvole, washing 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 300
tons OF such blocks were washed 800
feet up the inclined beach after being
thrown over the breakwater and scat
tered about in various directions One
block of limestone, estimated to be fif-
teen tons weight was moved over 100
feet from a 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 Christ
mas" of that year. This is quite a high
sea record for 1890, showing that the
gale of March 3rd was the worst known
on the Scottish coast for 1913 years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
Butter at 81 Per Pound.

Butter at ST. per pound seems pretty
high. but there is one grade brought
to the Washington market which
'fetches" that amount AS may be
surmised however the demand for
such butter is limited. Only few
families use it. chief among them be-
ing those of the many times million
aire Senators from California, STAN
ford and Hearst The butter in ques-
ton is a brand of peculiar excellence.
made at Darlington, Pa 1t is worked
until it is uncommonly firm and dry.
That tits worth 81 per pound, however.
may we'll be doub ted. Only twenty
Or thirty pounds per week are sol d.
There are other grades of gilt-edged
butter that sell at 60, so, A. and 40
cents respectfully. The 40 cent grade
Is used at the White House and Ia
very good. The 50-cent grades and
60-cent grades are made in Philadel-
phia from select cream and are con-
sidered very fine articles. The but
ter which is used at the White House
is from Elgin, Ill Large quantities
of the best butter sold in Washington
comes from the west First rate but
ter can be had at 80 cents, and very
good grade is quoted at 25.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
EincOln's First Love.

The grave of Anna Rutledge. the
early love of Abraham Lincoln. will
soon have a fitting monument. The
body, which for nearly 50 years has
rested in the cemetery at New Con-
cord, H., was recently eXhumed and
buried in Oakland Cemetery in the
City, says the New York Times. 1t
was to rescue from oblivion the re-
mains of q woman SO closely and dear
~ related to Lincoln that a subscrip-
ton was started some months ago
among the citizens of Petersburg for
the purpose Of erecting suitable mon
ument. The difficulty in the way was
in discovering the grave, which had
been beaten down by the storms of
Years. Old settlers say that storm
any time within year after the funer-
al would bring Lincoln the most vio-
Lent parolysms of grief. Annie Rut-
ledge died at the age of 10 of broken
heart. caused by the desertion of Hen
ry Mcneil, her lover. 1t was then that
Lincoln began his wooing, and the pair
became engaged, but Miss Rutledge
died before the date of the marriage
arrived
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
TEETH AS AN INDEX.
dow to Determine Character by the
Teeth.

A leading dentist says: To de-
.ermine a persons character by the
.eeth take the upper front teeth. They
ire a true index of the nature of q
nan or woman. Here he said. lis
the tooth of a young lady who has a
.ovely disposition and is universally
beloved; see how regular and dainty
ihe formation is, and yet possessing
al the requisite points TOR d perfect
tooth. Here you see the tooth of a
man who is cruel, although his cruelty
IS of the refined kind; notice that the
tooth IS white and rather sharp and
long. Then, this tooth, stumpy and
coarse in form, denotes brutality, it is
from the jaw OF a man of brutal ma
ure. Here is q, curious tooth from
the mouth of peevish. fretful woman:
ihe crown has a sharp, fretful turn to
It. Now we have the tooth O. a sensu-
BUS woman; you see it is square,
although of good shape, and depressed
In the center; its wearer has caused a
great deal of distress in the hearts of
neglected wives. Now we come to
one that belonged once in the mouth
Of a lady who is noted for her refine
nent and intellectual development. 1t
S slender and perfect in shape-one
Of the kind of teeth going with long,
slender fingers. Again, this tooth is
from the mouth of a much grosser
nature; this woman is selfish, but has,
On the whole, a kindly nature and
would not willingly hurt another's
ceilings, but it is her nature to be
egardless of others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
THE SEAS SALTINESS.
singular and Interesting Belief About
the Salt Sea.

There are hundreds of queer myths
Ind traditions given to account for the
act that the sea is salt
The Arabs say that when the first
pair sinned they were living in q
beautiful garden, on a tract of land
Joined to the mainland by narrow
aeck or isthmus. When it became
known to the Holy One that his people
lad sinned, he went to the garden for
he purpose of driving them out and
tcross the narrow neck of land into the
patch of thorns and bramble5 on the
other side. Anticipating what would
De the consequences of their heinous
Crime, they had prepared to leave their
beautiful garden, and had actually
gone so far as to send the children and
he goats across into the thicket.
When the Holy One appeared on the
scene the first pair started to run, but
he woman looked back For this the
nan cursed her and for such a crime
was almost Immediately turned into a
huge block of salt. Compare with
Genesis xix, 26). The woman, more
:orgiving than her husband, stopped to
pick up the shapeless mass of salt,
when Immediately the narrow neck of
and began to crack and break. As
she touched what had once been her
companion, she too, was turned to salt
lust as the neck of land sank and the
waters rushed through.
From that day to this, the Arabs say,
Ill the waters of the ocean have rushed
through that narrow channel at least
once q year, constantly wearing away
he salt of what was once our first
parents, yet the bulk of the two salty
objects is not diminished in the least.
The Pythagoreans believed that the
sea was made salty by the tears of
kronus, father of Zeus. The Hebrew
explanation is somewhat similar,
hough more poetic. They believed
hat the sadness was caused by the
ears of fallen angels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
MILITARY TRAINING,
Fifty Schools Now Provided With
Instructors from the Army.


The recent action of Congress has
increased from fifty to seventy-fve
the number of army officers who may
be detailed to schools and colleges as
instructors in military science and
tactics, so that the aggregate both of
army and navy officers who can here
after be so assigned will become
seventy five. There are indications
from applications already filed that
places for many OF the additional
number authorized will soon be
found. In the fifty schools now pro-
vided with army teachers there was a
total attendance of II, $50 male stud
ents at the latest reckoning and
+, 6SS OF these pupils were included in
the military department. With like
figures for the additional detail to be
provided for under the new law, we
should have about ten thousand young
men under instruction in military
science and tactics, exclusive of the
schools to which navy officers may be
assigned and the two schools instruct
ed by retired army officers. The lieu
tenants selected for this service repre-
sent the three arms. The institutions
themselves are scattered throughout
the country, most Of them being state
universities. agricultural colleges. or
private military academies.
Looking at the last years work we
observe that " mic II IS an exception
to find as few as ivy" n,.urs week
given to military duties. in many
cases there are five or six, and in two
instances even twelve and thirteen
Sometimes as many as single COM
pany organization, sometimes as many
as eight companies, with the proper
reglmental officers. In most cases the
military course is compulsory on the
higher classes while it is rare to find
it wholly optional. In nearly all
cases, besides the drill, military
lectures are delivered sometimes with
reciCatlons on military studies. The
text books are often confined to the
tactics, but sometimes include trea-
tises on the art Of war. The pupils
are in uniform, and are supplied with
rifles by the United States where the
state or the institution does not fur
ulSu Inein.
During the discussion of the army
appropriation bill in the House Mr..
Bland offered an amendment provid-
ing that no salary shall be paid by
the United States to officers detailed
to military colleges or state institu-
tions. This was defeated by vote
of So nays to II yeas. The ground
taken by the amendment was. of
course. that thess institutions, since
they enjoyed the services of such Off
GERS, should pay for them. But on
the other hand the purpose of the
government in sending OUT the officers
is to benefit itself by giving to as
many as possible of the educated
young men Of the country "a knowl-
edge Of the rudiments OF the military
art and familiarity with military
training. In this way it hopes to
supply itself, should occasion arise,
with the material for good officers
and non-commissioned officers for a
volunteer army.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
The SueeZinG-Nerye,

Everybody knows the ''crazy-bone"
IN the elbow. An Albany Journal man
had his attention called to an alleged
crazy spot above the nose, about which
little has been said. He sneezed while
i'll the BARRIERS chair having his hair
Comhad.
Did l touch the sneezing pointP"
inquired the barber, He then proceed
ed to explain that the ''sneezing spot"
was q sensitive place to the left of the
middle Of the forehead. why" said
he, there are men who come in here
who sneeze regularly every time |
Conb their hair or shave them, Just as
soon Us the comb passes over that spot
l had man in here yesterday who
sneezed three times just as hard as he
could, all because touched the 'sneez-
ing spot 1t must be very small
nerve th;:e tic}lles the nostril."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
StN EEEHnt EeoAer EEands.

The Boston Herald says that at
social game Of poker the other night
in one deal, with six playing, the first
maa drew two cards and got a full
hand OF three queens and two mines.
The second man drew one card and
got Il flush.or hearts. The third man
drew one card and filled a straight
of king high. The fourth man drew
cards and got the four aces. The
fifth man drew three cards and got
four Fights. The sixth and last man
drew two cards and got a straight flush
of spades with seven high. These
were remarkable hands to come out in
one deal as all drew cards and there
were no pat hands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
HindOO Folk Lore.

A work on Hindoo folk lore says that
f a person is drowned. struck by light
1ing, bitten by a snake, or poisoned,
Or looses his life by any kind of acct
dent or by suicide, then he usually
goes to hell, If he dies naturally on a
oed or roof he becomes a ''bhut," or
evil spirit, and with this belief care Is
.aken on the approach of death to move
The person carefully on to the floor.
The earth is believed to be resting on
the horn of a COW and the raised trunks
Of eight elephants called ''diggal'' or
''elephants supporting the regions.
and each Of the cardinal and sub-car-
iinal points of the compass has its
appropriate guardian. An eclipse is
produced by the occasional swallowing
up of the sun or moon by the severed
mead Of Raha, son of the demon family,
who was decapitated by Vishnu for dis
yuising himself as a god and drinking
Qectar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
RecOnciIing Old Enemies.

There may not be much in a name;
but an item gatherer of the Pilatka
Fla.) Herald found some fun in two
names the other day, and went away
rejecting on the beautiful impartial
tiles of peace.
An old colored woman stood at the
station yesterday, waiting for the
Jacksonville train. Beside her stood
two little pickaninnies with faces as
black as the inside of a stovepipe.
When the old mammy's train arrived,
she exclaimed: Dress de Lori" and
then looking down at her children re-
marked: Here, you Abraham Lin
coin, take hold of JEFF Davis hand, and
come along heah, quick!'' And the
namesakes of the two great statesmen
of the war joined hands and walked
away together, as though the names
had not expressed such dissimilarity
of purpose.