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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
WASHINGTON.

& THE commissioner Of internal revenue
has appointed w. P. Clements, of Stirling,
Kas., to be sugar inspector under the new
sugar bounty law.
ACTING SECRETARY NETTLEToN has
written Vioe-President Bryan, of the
worlds fair directors, stating that it is
advisable to permit congress to determine
what, if any, conditions shall be imposed
upon Chinese who desire to enter this
country to visit the worlds fair.
The acting secretary of war Monday ap-
proved the recommendations of the board
of ordinance and fertilization, that the
contract for one hundred high power guns
be given to the Bethlehem Iron company
of South Bethlehem, Pa. The aggregate
amount of money involved in the contract
Is s. 800 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
1T is Well to Rem emil Der;

That 10 common sized eggs weigh a
pound.
That two teacupfuis butter well packed
weigh pound.
That you can sweep rag carpet much
cleaner by sweeping across the breGdth8.
That to stir little -four into mush when
making will prevent its breaking when
cut for frying.
That one part of suet to two parts OF lard
rendered together, make better moisture
for frying purposes, than lard.
That cold SLICED potatoes fry better by
sprinkling little -four over them.
That penny, or larger silver piece
will remove paint from glass readily.
Just wet it and rub the paint.
That milk will Clarity boiling molasses.
That galvanized iron wire is much bet
ter to hang clothes on in winter than
rope, as the clothes will not freeze to it.
That tumbers used for milk should first
be rinsed In cold water, hot water drives
the milk into the glass.
That cistern water may be purified by
hanging therein a bag of charcoal.
That lard may be sweetened by boiling
in it a pared patatO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20

1T IS said that one reason why Fred
erick Douglas was not more successful in
his Haytian mission was because of the
displeasure of that government that the
United States should send as its minister
a negro who is married to white woman.
Mr.. Douglas recently declared of this
union that the difference in shades of
color between himself and his wife is not
greater than 1t would have been had he
married an African. And in any event,
81 conceive that there is no division OF
races; God Almighty made but one race;
| adopt the theory that in time the va
rieties Of races will be blended into one;
and am member of the one race which
exists"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

SIX persons were drowned by the over
turning of yacht in Boston harbor
Sunday.
FIRE in lodging house at Spokane
Falls, Wash, caused the death of two
persons.
A STORM in the neighborhood of Of
tumwa, Iowa, Sunday, unroofed houses,
uprooted trees and destroyed the crops.
MAHLoN DoTToN and Cornelius Zach
arius, lumbermen, were killed by train
at Weatherly, Pa.
A CLoUDBURsT at Redland ard Grafton.
Cal, Friday flooded business bouses and
washed away small buildings.
A. G. NoFFETT, prominent Cleveland,
Ohio, ply stefan, was drowned at Chau-
tauqua Tuesday.
LEONARD WEAVER and John Schuster
were overcome by gas ara drowned while
cleaning a cesspool at Plttsburg, Pa, Fri.
day night.
A FREIGHT train and express collided
near Egg Harbor City, n. j., and seven
persons were severely injured.
SIX workmen fell from the top of $50
foot chimney at Lawrence, Mass.
One was killed and the others seriously
injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
POSTAL TELEGRAPHY.

Mr. Edward Rosewater, now in Paris, is
making an investigation into the desira.
bility of the telegraph wires in the United
States belonging TO the government, and
not, as at present, to private companies
In very practical manner Mr.. Rosewater
points out that the government, with the
postal resources at its command, can very
naturally carry telegraphic service into
districts where a private company could
not make it pay its way. In consequence
the postal telegraph service in England
and France far excels in perfection that OF
the United States. He says that the idea
of the telegraph department becoming d
political machine is impossible and non
sensical. In reply to those interested per,
sons who say that governments are natur.
ally slow to adopt new inventions, he
quotes the case of the English government,
which uses tie sextuple telegraphic appar-
atus, which, although invented in Ameri-
ca, has never been used there, and second.
Iy, the Baudet printing telegraphic appar
atus used in France, which he consider.
far superior to anything in use in the
United States. Mr.. Ro8ewater is a praC,
tical business man who has deeply studied
the question of postal telegraphy from the
common sense point of view.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
LEARNING TO SWIM.
Advice to Those just Acquiring the Useful
Art

In deep water, under the care of an ex-
perlenced person, young girl may be
taught to swim in much shorter time
than by practicing in shallow streams,
says a good authority in the August
La lies Home Journal A rope can be
fastened around her waist in such man
ner that it will neither tighten nor I'M
loose. and it courageous enough, she can,
thus prepared, plunge in head first The
teacher will show her the proper way to
use the arms, and, finding herself pro-
tected by the rope, she will feel more
faith in the exertion made. The aid of
the hand is, however, far better than
this, as it can be relinguished insensibly.
The best method of teaching on this plan
is for good swimmer to carry the learner
in the arms into the water until breast
high, laying her nearly fat upon it, and
supporting ker by placing one hand under
the chest, at the same time giving instruc-
ton as to the proper motion of hands,
arms and feet. In few days the hand
may be gradually withdrawn, and the girl
swimmer able to do without it There
are ever so many don is" about swim
ming. Unlike Punch's, they begin after
the act is signed. sealed and delivered,
and you are swimmer. The most
important piece of negative advice
is. don't ever lose your presence of mind.
With that you are mistress of the
situation, and, other things not over
whelmingly against you, can reach land
again
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
1t Occurred in the Case of a Young CO
Grad Girl

ored Girl.
touch of nature which made prisoner
and magistrate kin, crept into the wicked
routine of the armory police court this
morning. Among the inmates of a disor-
DERBY house which was raided recently was
Minnie Berry, a comedy colored girl who
came into the dock crying bitterly.
This is something unusual" SAID JUS
tice Lyon to the girl. You have been
arrested frequently, but have always borne
it with calmness. Why do you break down
today?"
Il got letter from my sister in Toron-
to this morning, judge, said the girl, her
voice breaking frequently in sobs, telling
me that my mother is dying. I havn't
seen her in three years, and | want to go
there to see her before she dies"
At this announcement the girls fellow
prisoners, these women, drew away from
her with strange looks on their faces.
as thpt true?' asked the magistrate,
suspecting that the prisoner was fabri-
eating touching story to procure her
| discharge.
By way of reply Minnie Berry tossed a
letter across the Justices desk. A Toronto
postmark was on the envelope. The letter
corroborated the girls story.
I'll discharge you," said the magis-
trate. 81 myself failed to reach the bed
side of my mother before she died. You
can 60" The girl left the courtroom
weeping as though her heart would break.
The justice fined the others IS each
Their companion s misfortune made them
thoughtful and they made no attempt to
escape paying their fines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
A FINISHED PRAYER.
The Morning Came at Last to the Dying
boy.
Detroit Free Press

The Morning Came at Last to the Dying
BOY.
Detroit Free Press.
The sick room was very still; the night
lamp burned low, and the watchers made
fantastic shadows on the wall, but no one
moved or spoke. The doctor said this
was the turning point OF the disease, and
there was nothing to do but to wait
wait.
The boy slept and his father kept his
eyes fixed on the thin, wasted features, and
watched for what he hoped would prove a
new lease of life. The mother had gone
to lie down and rest. The nurse sat near
and dozed At last the sick child suddenly
opened his large bright eyes and said in a
clear voice:
Papa"
what, dear boy?' answered the father,
softly.
"Is it near morning?"
Eyes, dear boy!'
"And will | be well in the morning?"
'I-I hope So, sobbed the poor father,
family.
There was long silence, then the sick
child moved restlessly on his pillows.
Il want to say my prayers" he muir
INJURED.
The father beckoned to the nurse and
she brought the mother, who stole
softly in and kneit on the other side of the
bed.
Lift me up" said the child in full,
clear voice; ''hold me papa, while say
my prayers
He clasped his little hands together and
repeated like one who was dreaming:
"Our-father-Which art in heaven =
hallowed- be-thy-name-th thy kingdom
come tiny ingdom-come--'
Papa, can't remember! | can't re,
member"
mo matter, dear boy, you can finish it
IL the morning"
Again he lay among the pillows like a
pale lily and his eyes wide open.
II can't see you, papa" he murmured.
"Will it soon be morning?"
''Yes, dear boy"
"And will be we'll then?"
The poor father could not answer
No one spoke, and faint Ii ght soon stole
into the room that crowded the Pickering
rays of the nightlamp and shone rosy On
the wall. Then suddenly little voice
filled the room. 1t was SO sweet and clear
that it sounded like 4 strain of music
from celestial spheres. 1t was the dying
boy finishing his prayer. When he came
to the last clause he seemed cropping In
doubt.
Forever and ever-forever and ever
-" and with the words on his lips he
drifted on to sleep again:
The rising sun shone into the room and
lighted up its dim obscurity; it lay in
golden bars on the white pillows. and
touched the little face with a hooking
glow of health and strength. Perhaps it
Weakened him, but in the valley of the
shadow of death he could not discern, and
with wide open eyes that saw not, he muir
INJURED plaintively:
rs it nearly morning, papa?"
at is morning now, dear boy"
A smile trembled on the closed lips
there was a futter of breath that came and
went as the child cIasped his thin hands
together;
Forever and nvpr-ament'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20

SAM JONES breaches that only fools and
rascals are in politics. This is the first
authoritative announcement that Sam is a
politician.
THE death of James Russell Lowell re.
moves one of Americas distinguished
literary characters. In every station he
conferred signal honor on his
country, and as minister to the
court of st. James he endeared
himself to the English people as perhaps
no representative ever had before him OF
ever has since. His loss will be greatly
felt among the literary people of the ma
ton, but he has left works which will be
to him more lasting even than a monu
nent of stone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
a TIME-WORN Hat.
A Funny Answer of Little six-Year-OId
Bow

Boy.
A funny answer was received by Judge
McMath to query put to a little six-year-
old boy whom he sought to entertain while
riding in a street car the other evening.
The judge was ON his way home after a
hot day and wore his 'stovepipe" hat on
the back of his head. Beside him sat
mlddle-aged gentleman with his little six
year-old boy.
The father of the boy and the judge car
ried on a conversation, during which the
boy frequently peeped around his father,
evidently attracted by something. The
judge at length tried to divert the boy
from those occasional little stares and
asked:
"And how are you, my little boy?'
"Oh, m well, ;" was the modest reply.
''Can yon tell me your nayne?'
The name was given.
How old are you?''
The boy slyIy turned his eyes toward tho
Judge and remarked: About a. old as
that hat of yours. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
Forever and ever-amen! "
LUMBER FIRM FAILS
1t Did Business in Kansas and Col5
RADIO.

it Did Business in KANSAS and CoI5-
RADIO.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE St. John and
Marsh company, lumber dealers, made a
voluntary assignment today to Morton B.
Hull. The company was organized six
years ago, and did business in Kansas
and Colorado. The value of the assets is
s253,00G. They will certainly realize
s150,0O0; Liabilities, s146,O00. The
failure is due to the strlngency in
the money market and the fact that the
recent failures of the Peters Lumber COM
pany and Howell company have made it
difficult for lumber men to get accommo-
dations at banks. An attorney for the
firm asserts it will pay dollar for dollar if
given time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
ARTIST COLORS.
Curious Information Regarding CoIors
Usually Found in a Paint BOX

A well known artist gave some curious
information the other day regarding the
sources from which the colors one finds
in a paint bvx are derived. Every quar-
ter of the globe is ransacked for the ma
terials-animal, vegetable and mineral
employed in their manufacture. From
the cochineal insects are obtained the
gorgeous carmine, as we'll as the crimson,
scarlet and purple lakes. Sepia is the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
LEPERS AT LA RGE.
Hospital Authorities Have No Power t.
Hold Them

New YORK, Aug. l4.-Tsang Ding and
Ong Moy Toy, the two Cinnamon who
were taken to the Charity hospital, have
been declared lepers after careful ezami-
nation. The hospital authorities have re-
leased them, asserting that they have no
power to hold them, and they are now at
large.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
PERSONAL POINTS,

Paul W. Mahoney has commenced tn
publication Of daily paper at Livingston
Montana, ard is also associated with W.
FL. Poorman, formerly of Richland Center,
in law practice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20

Robert 7. Barker, of New Bedford,
Macs, read the bible through for the first
time in 1903. Since that date he has read
it ninety times. Unusually takes him
two months to read it from beginning to
end.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20

Mr.. William Morton Fullerton, Bos.
ton newspaper man only % years Old, has
been appointed to replace the famous
Blowitz as the working head of the Paris
bureau of the London Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20

Remenyi will make an American tour
the coming season with a concert company
comprising Edith McGregor, alto, W. H.
Fessenden, tenor, and Miss F. Cliff Berry,
pianist, besides a soprano not yet en-
gagged.
The secretary of the Alliance Franchise,
M. Foncin, writes bitterly of the rapid
progress made in Egypt by the English
language at the expense of French. The
pupils in the Egyptian schools are steadi-
ly transferring their studies from French
TO English. Also the donkey boys, who
some years ago always greeted the traveller
with Bon jour-" now say Good morn
ing"
Mrs. E. Wilcox, now a clerk in the
treasury department. at Washington, was
BORN in the white house during the term
ner great uncle, Andrew jackson. was
president. Her father, Maj. Donaldson
was the presidents private secretary and
white
house. She was christened in the east
room, Gen. jackson and MIR. Van Buren,
being her SPONSORS. Her father was min
lister to Prussia and was candidate for
vice president on the Fillmore ticket.
Hen husband was Col Wilcox, a member
of congress Tor Mississippi, who died a
member of the confederate congress.
The presidency of the Vermillion uni
yeIsity in South Dakota has been offered to
Prof. Q. V. TousIey, Of the Minnesota uni
versity, who will probably not accept. Com
plete control in the management of he
institution and in shaping It's future
policy would have been his if he had con-
sented to take the helm.
Mrs. Leslie Carter SAYS she is a Moor
woman. So poor, indeed, that she could
not afford to keep a s240 fan, and so gave
it away. Couldn she have raised the
wind with it?
Collector Fassett is a member of the
Alpha Deta Phi fraternity. A Detroit
man who was cla>smate of his in college
says: He was, if l remember right.
above the average of his class in scholar.
ship, but be Was not one of those phenom.
email people who graduate 100 illus in ev-
erythlng and then teach country acad.
envy all their lives
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20
No Foreign Wbf Z

LISBON, Aug. 1.-THE government of
Portugal prohibits the importation of
foreign wheat from the first of September
until the native crop is exhausted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20

The contamination of this treaty is one of
the most important diplomatic events of
the year, and to the president, Secretary
Blaine, and to Mr.. John w. Foster are
due the thanks of the American people,
New York Mail and Express.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-20

Remenyi will make an American tour
the coming season with a concert company
comprising Edith McGregor, alto, W. H.
Fessenden, tenor, and Miss F. Cliff Berry,
pianist, besides soprano not yet en-.
gagged.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-16
PERSONALS.

GENERAL BUTLER can repeat the four
gospels from memory. 1t is perhaps
needless to add that he learned them
in his far-off Sunday school days.
GOETHE wrote Charlotte Won Stein a
thousand letters in ten years. When a
man of letters goes in Tor the tender
passion, how he does squander his ink.
Mr.. ABBOTT, the new premier of Can
ada, owns beautiful estate at St
Anne's, about an hours ride from Mon
treal, which is stocked with Guernsey
cattle and Shropshire sheep.
SECRETARY RUsK calls the attention
of the pork consuming public to the SUI
periority of our hogs, which. he OBJ
serves, are not confined in small pens.
This is true of the railroad variety
which insists on having two or three
seats all to himself, if possible, while
others may stand.
GENERAL ISAAC BURREL, who served
in the civil war as member of thu
Forty-second Massachusetts, regiment
was forced to yield his sword to the con
federates at Galveston, Tex, in 1862
He has recently received word from ;
southerner that the present possessor o
the sword would be glad to return it tt
him.
CARoLUs DURAN, the famous artist
has all the exaggerated fondness TO
show and glitter that characterizes th
natives of southern France. He like
to load his fingers with rings and to wea
handsome silk Innings to his coats. Il
addition to his distinction in painting h
excels in several minor arts, such as rid
ing, guitar-playing. and fencing. He !
popular on the bouleyards and every
body in Paris knows him.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-16
unluokx Room No. 1s.

"Yes," said hotel clerk to the Lou
isville Courier man, I'VE have q room
numbered thirteen in this house. There
are plenty. of people who don't care
whether their room is thirteen or thirty,
but we have frequently had travellers re-
fuse to sleep in this room. If they hap
pen to get in there without noticing it
they will ask to be changed on some
pretext or other, usually alleging any
thing but the truth. We have got SO,
however, that we understand this feel
ing, and often ask man if he has any
objection to thirteen before we assign
him the room. Men, as rule, are not
superstitious, but when they are &C
companied by ladies they are usually
governed by the superstition of their
companion. I never saw . woman
take thirteen in this house if her atten-
ton was called to it, or who would keep
it as soon as she found out the number.
Some hotels get around this foolish su-
perstition by skipping that number, or
using the room as an ante-chamber to
another one"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-16
Etna,s Crater.

At last we stood OH a level, and the
boiling vapor was seen seething up from
q great yawning pit at our feet. Be
hold It'll" ried Sebastian, with salute,
bareheaded, to the mountain, and re-
allied that / was 10, 800 feet abo the
sea, and in as convenient a situation for
a sensational ending as man may find
anywhere In the world. Etna responded
to Sebastian'S c,vlities with terrific
below, and an out-throw of ashes and
rocks that put me in much doubt of my,
ability to live through It, The stencil of
the sulphur, too, was villainous, and
though / adopted Sebastian's plan of
binding handkerchief over my mouth
and nostrils, it was all / could do to
draw one satisfactory breath in ten.
Add to this ia that the ground upon
which we stood was composed of burn
ing ashes and hot mud, and it will be
apparent that Etna's summit is not alto
gether fit for the daintily shod tourists
who climb Vesuvius by the flaajcotare,
nor an easy spot for the indulgence OF
political rhapsodies.
Some say that the crater Of Etna is
two miles round; others ara satisfied
with half the estimate The truth is
that both reckonings may be justified
At one time the crater is two miles in
circumference; at other times, more or
| less The volcano is so terribly active
| that it is always revising and reshaping
| itself The utbreak Of ash one week
most Of which falls back into the crater
obliquely, so as to form an inclined
| bank-may be SO prodigious that the
| crater itself seems curtailed of third
| of it's pre- ious area. But, perhaps, on
the eighth day that part of the foor-to
speak loosely-of the crater which has
to support this growing weight of ma
terial suddenly gives way, and not only
all of the newly formed boundaries, but
part of the original environing rim OF
the crater fall in, and so the circuit OF
the crater is enlarged. This process is
always going on W tn greater or less
rapidity. And the fact that 1T occurs SC
constantly make, the travellers meas
urements of so little permanent value
that he may generally be counseled to
spare himself all trouble in the matter.
| Chambers Journal
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-16
The Ohio Bill.

Have you heard from old Ohio?
How the boys there got together2
How they threw aside all shoddy stun
And picked on solid leather?
How they yelled for Blaine and Benny,
And when they had their all,
How they settled down to business
And introduced Bill?
Honest Bill
Mckinley Bill
And carry old Ohio
VIII Mckinley surely will.
Twas an elegant convention,
Where all things we're done in shape;
Next fell the tin-plate liar
VIII be buried deep in Grape
Gone will be the hopes of Cleveland,
Vain will be the schemes of Hill
They'll be laid to rest eternal
By the great Ohio Bill.
Honest BILL -..
Mckinley Bill
Knock out Hill and Grover Cleveland
viii Mckinley surely will.
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