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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-17

Alex Becce has filed suit before
the United States District court
against the Hamburg and Amer lean
Steam Ship company for $500 dam.
ages.
Citizens on Marshall street are
anxious to know what has become of
the scavenger carts. None OF them
have been seen in that neigh bOrhood
for three weeks, and the sidewalks
are lined with tin cans
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-17
Gone to HIS Rest.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. I'D.
Lewistry, Washington correspondent
N. Y. World and Chicago Globe, died
here last night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
A London Method.

London is covered with houses which
have been huddled together anyhow by
the speculative builder, on borrowed
money, and without much, if any, re-
gard for the comfort or convenience Of
the persons who are doomed to inhabit
them. How the thing is worked was
briefly explained the other day in the
bankruptcy court. A receiving order
was made against q builder who began
business thirty years ago, admittedly
without any capital IN due time he
became a bankrupt. That, we may as
sumo, did not hurt him very much.
At any rate, we shortly afterward find
him carrying On his business again, and
then in the course of another nine years
he once more found his way into the
bankruptcy court. On that occasion
there was the cheerful payment of one
shilling in the pound-an unusually
large dividend under the circumstances.
On he went again, more gayly than be-
fore. Then he worked" several build
ing estates with firm Of solicitors, but
somehow or other that did not answer,
and consequently that enterprisinS gen.
tleman made his third appearance in the
court Thus do the gods sometimes
prosecute those whom they love.-Lon-
don Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
An Eagles Zig Contract.

John Bettorf, of Crawford county,
Mo-, heard Il terrible cackling among his
geese, and on going to ascertain the
cause discovered that an immense gray
eagle had buried its talons in large
gander which with others was swim
ming on Il pond in the field. The eagle
was unable to rise with its prey, while
the gander struggled hard to escape.
Bettorf ran to the edge of the pond,
and the gander at once swan to his mas
ter's feet, who caught the eagle by the
neck and legs and held it under water
until it was nearly drowned. He then
removed it's talons from the back of the
gander and conveyed it to a coop, where
it soon recovered and became as active
and as well as ever. The gander, how
ever, was 50 severely injured that it died
a few days after. The eagle measured
nearly seven feet from tip to tip of
wings.-Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

had penetrated alone through Demerara
land and the Kalahari desert, and had
reigned as king for more than year over
one Of the Makololo tribes of the great
central plateau.
The short. square, hook nosed, keen
eyed man beside him was Capt. Barmore,
the hero of Ashantee and Bornu, who,
when wrecked with us amid the sWamps
of the Gold coast, took the lead in prepar-
ing for 9 desperate defense against the
canniba!s who menaced US; and the slim,
smooth faced young fellow in the white
sun helmet WAS Consul Murdstone, whose
captivity among the savage SomauIis of
Harrar and wonderful escape from them
had made him the hero of all England for
a whole season. These names are of course
assumed, but any one who has seen the
men til aselves will easily recognize them
''When | was in Russia" said Barmore
as | came up, 1--WE trapped a wolf and
smeared him all over with phosphorus, and
then let him loose right among the pack
at night, and by the light of that wolf we
shot tWel.: y-thrce of the others. It was
the first tj0or l believe, that such an ex-
pertinent had ever been tried'
"ProbabIy," said l, shaking hands with
all three, but I should think he wouldn't
try any more such shines. You're as good
rs the western dentist who could stop a
tooth at sixty yards with gold bullet if
the patient kept his mouth we'll open"
"Why not?" cried Sir Philip. "You re-
member how [ stopped that midnight duel
at old Malieson's place in Bengal when
one Of his niSgers was holding a lamp to
light 'em. I might have killed the man,
Of course, for one Hindoo more or less
JCoc1,i4 To. h. h,,+ l,O,I
life once, and l didn't want to pot him if [
could help it, SO as we came running up
shot the lamp out of the fellows hand at a
hundred yards, and so they couldn't see
where to aim"
"And them" broke in Barmore, cold
MaIleson yelled oct: 'Confound you! why
didn't you kill the man instead? I can get
plenty more native servants, but that lamp
was uniquep"
Talking of gold bullets, Kerr said the
young consul, ''there was Il queer thing
happened 10 me last year, when | was stay
ing with Il Dutch farmer in the TransYaal
Do you see this?"
He held out Il small, round, silver case,
which [ supposed to contain pocket COM
pass, till he opened it and showed ne tiny
Geneva watch.
My riff hGd just been smashed by an
elephant" he went on, $50 had to borrow
one of the Dutchman's big muzzle loading
roers, and we had fine sport among the
springboks and wildebeestes. One evening
l was jus coming back from a big days
shooting when, right in front of me, I
caught Il glimpse of huge leopard among
the long grass just going to spring!
"Old Van Worst was far out OF hearing,
and | hadn't bullet left in my pouchl
''In despair l thrust my hand into my
pocket, thinking that even doobIeje (big
penny would be better than nothing, and
there, by Jove, I felt stray bullet! 1
whipped it into my gun, let fly, and down
dropped NJ, Leopard, stone dead.
Cup came my Kaffers, and were just be-
ginning to skin him when suddenly they
jumped back and screeched out, 'Baas!
beeste iu-iun lMaster, the brute's be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
E. J. EDWARDS.

II u residence on FiftT-ci5aUh street
the ether evening a couple OF Young L.
dies had q curious adventure. Being
alone in the house, they heard the burg
lar alarm so OF with loud report. One
of them called their servant, and receiv-
ing no response, she started down to see
what was the matter, but was startled
to see a savage looking MAI climbing in
at one Of the windows. revolver IN hand.
Although much excited she still sum
moled courage enough to order him out.
He answered, Don't be AFRAID, Miss;
I'm a detective" She thought this was
a ruse and ran to TIE front door. Here
she was suddenly seized around the
waist by q man stationed at the door,
who exclaimed, You are my prisoner. "
At this juncture the first burglar came
down stairs and al explanation followed.
1t appears that the servant, Maggie, had
gone oct On some errand, and IN closing
the door behind her had set of the burg
lar alarm. In trying to open the door
she heard the screams OF the young lady
above; she rushed up the street; the first
couple of mon she met happened to be
detectives; she exclaimed. ''Oh, gentle
men, do so in-there is murder being
done" The brave detectives went - the
rescue, with the results we have seen
above.-New York Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

If there Is any one SO deluded as to
imagine that the padrone has no exist
ence in New York he should note the
maneuvers of big, burly, coarse feat
ured man who watches the ''chesauutta"
and flower gang which pre-empts the
walks in West Fourteenth street. I
stood at the corner Of that thoroughfare
and Sixth avenue one morninm. tt was
s o'clock, and the gang, numbering
twenty-one men. came trooping up the
avenue. The padrone, or the padrone's
agent, was there in waiting Each re-
ceived small amount of money, and
started off for his accustomed place.
The padrone, or the agent, lowered in
the vicinity, and kept o close surveil-
lance over the men, and at the same
time was on the lookout for approaching
policemen.
Two precincts join on Fourteenth
street, so the padrone has NO time to
shirk his duty. IF o policeman passes
along the lower side the signal is passed,
and the italians cross to the opposite
side. When bluecoat disappears
around a corner they return. At =
o'clock at night Fourteenth street is
clear of these pests. They meet the pa
drone again and turn over to him the
receipts of the day. Then they drag
their bent figures down the avenue and
take q short cut for some Mulberry street
attic. Seven days in the week this routine
is gone through with, cold or stormy
weather not Interfering in the least
New York Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Specialists Increasing.

People demand more from doctor
nowadays" said physician who is
thinking of retiring on his fortune,
ethan they did when began to build
up my practice. That is, they demand
more in some ways and not so much in
others, Not many years ago it would
have been as much as doctors reputa-
ton was worth to say to q patient: Now,
look here, my dear sir, | know what's the
matter with you, but | would rather not
treat you myself. There is Dr.. B
across the way, who makes a speciality
Of the disorder you have contracted, and
he can treat you better than can for
that reason. He may not cure you, Of
course, but III any case you Will then
feel that Won have had the best advice
available. Now, fortunately, can give
such advice, and do every week of my
life, without being thought any less
sl1illful a physician b. my patients. But
at the same time the profession is rum
ming toward specialists, in the cities any
way, and for doctor who began as I
had to do to cover the whole field Of ills
that flesh is heir to, the amount of skill
and experience and special training that
people require from their physicians is
felt to be q trife burdensome New
York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Curious Weather yanes,

There is tiny village in New Hamp-
shire which takes special pride IN its
weather vanes, and it certainly can boast
a great variety of ingeniously contrived
and weather and wind proof specimens
OF these useful articles.
They were evidently designed not only
for use, but for ornament, and there IS
scarcely barn of any size which IS not
decorated with a weather vane of
more or less complicated workmanship.
Most of these vanes were made many
years ago by an old man who took
great delight in carving the queer fig
ures and planning their arrangement SO
they would go through various motions.
It is said that he was in the habit of
trying a figure, when he had COM
pleted it, On his own barn, and then
when he became satisfied that it worked
properly he would carry it with great
pride to the farmer who had ordered it.
There is one which still stands guard
over a barn that has long since been de-
serted by is owners, who have left the
lonely farm to seek their fortunes at the
west It is the figure of a soldier, whose
uniform is greatly faded from years of
exposure, but whose gun still indicates
the quarter from which the wind is
blowing by its position. Its evoiutions
when the wind is, as the weatherwise
farmers say, backing or hauling" are
quite interesting.
The are animals of different kinds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

stretched him out in that way TIL made
him into an eel?"
You don't mean to say any man uues-
toned such well known fact as that.''
cried /, while the other passengers ex-
changed looks OF utter bewilderment
He did, upon my word; and what's
more, I've met lots of people who wouldn't
believe word OF my hunting adventure
In a thunder storm in northern India, al
though 1t was the simplest thing possible
Ind L ever tell it you, by the by?"
no, never. Pray let US have it,
well, when I was up in the Terai
(Which, as you know, is one of the best
places for tigers in all India) went out
shooting one day with the best native shi-
karri (hunter) in the whole district. But
although we tranped through the jungle
all morning, not the tip of tigers tail
could we see; and presently heavy thun-
der storm began to roll up over the mount
aims, and thought it high time to be turn
ing back
All at once my man stopped short,
listened, smiled the air for a moment, and
then said in a whisper:
"'Sahib, bagh HIP" master, there's a
tiger here)
He had hardly spoken when there was a
crash in the thicket and the beast was
upon Us, its roar sounding like an echo of
the deepening groWl of the thunder.
81 let Fly both barrels and hit it hard
each time, and my hunter ran it right
through the neck with a spear; but the
brute snapped the shaft like a reed Qeav-
ing the point sticking out behind its right
carr, knocked the man over and then
sprang upon me. In moment I found
myself fat on my back, with the beasts
great white teeth within q foot of nv
throat and its hot, foul breath steaming
upon my face.
"BUt just as thought all was over
there came q fash that seemed to set the
whole sky on fire, and then thunder clap
that left me as deaf as rich man when
he's asked for q subscription. And when
the stun of it was past, and was able to
look about ne again, the first thing [ saw
was the tiger lying dead by my side,
scorched to a cinder-the attraction of the
steel spear point that stuck up out Of its
neck having brought down the lightning"
Good heavens, sirl Do you really expect
us to believe such story as that?" cried
Indignantly old Professor Dryasdust, of
the British Scientific association, starting
to his feet.
II give you my honor, my dear sir" said
Sir Philip Delaval, with lurking grin,
shat every word of it is quite as true as
any of the other tales to which you have
listened today"
And so it was, indeed. DAVID EER.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

such as COWS. horses, pigs ana pears,
which are used as vane figures, and
point with their heads, legs or tails, as
the case may be. One figure Of a horse,
which has long since left its best days
behind it, presents startling effect from
the fact that a horsehair tail has been
inserted in the place of the old wooden
one, and being of a length quite out of
proportion TO the horses size, it some
times in high wind lashes the poor ami
mails head in a most uncanny way
Youths Companion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
"SPRANG UPON ME -

witchedO. And, sure enough, I heard
queer kind Of clicking inside the body,
just like tic tick of clock.
II probed the wound with my ramrod,
and out came something shining; and then
saw I'd shot the leopard with my silver
watch. But the strangest part of the story
is that ever since then, whenever there's
leopard anywhere near, the watch suddenly
stops"
mo wonder the beasts time was up"
said /, when you kept such a good watch
on him"
"Well, saw an odd thing when l was
home on leave two years ago." said Bar
more. My friend, the laird Of McNab,
with whom | was staying, had a dispute
with his next neighbor about salmon
stream between their estates, so they
agreed to fish from opposite banks, and
whichever get the first fish WIS to have the
stream for bis own. For a good while
they had no sport 80 all, and then sudden
" both had a bite at once. But, to their
surprise, they seemed to be pulling against
each other; and what do you think was the
matter? 1t was Il two headed salmon, and
each man had hooked different headr'
"A very strange experience that, sir"
said one OF the listening passengers with a
skeptical air.
what is there so strange in it:' asked
Sir Philip Delaval with perfect gravity.
'You can see q two headed calf or a two
headed bird at any country fair, and why
not q two headed fish, 1t is really rather
hard on rs poor travellers that these every
day adventures of ours, which seem so
natural and ordinary to US, should appear
quite incredible 60 every ore else. Would
you believe it, ker, that n man WAS quite
indignant the other day when I told him
how once, in the Frozen ocean, dropped
my lire through small hole in the ice
and hooked big Goldfish. and then. tug
0ing hinl by main force through The hole-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Chapman's Pointer Cat.

Chapman Vanluvarlee is fond of shoot
ing English sparrows with small cal
iber rifle. He has a handsome gray cat
that always accompanies him in the ca
pacity of q retriever. When Mr.. Van
luvanee halts beneath tree and elevates
his rife, the cat always locates the game,
and generally nabs his sparrow the mo-
ment the bird touches the ground. An
other peculiar trait in the animals nat
ure is that he Will not touch any other
variety Of bird, having cultivated an ex-
elusive taste for English sparrows.-
Doylestown Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Wood Like Steel.

JarTah wood forms the subject of an
interesting article in The Kew Bulletin.
This wood. a native Of western Australia
and a species Of eucalyptus, has several
valuable properties which ftit for special
uses, but it is so hard that it cannot be
easily worked with ordinary tools. Were
it not for the fact that ships are now
mostly built Of steel jarrah wood would
form valuable material for their con-
struction, for vessels built of it have after
twenty-five years service been found as
sound as when launched, although they
have not been sheathed with copper.
The Kew authorities have been IN COM
munication with some OF the London
vestries, and as a result jarrah wood is
being tried il the London streets for
paving purposes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
TIE SARCOPHAGUS.

In the recovery of ancient Alexandria
much OF the work has been done by DR..
Neroutsos- Bey, u learned Greek, who has
held many positions of honor under the
khediye. Prior to 1874 he devoted much
of his leisure time to these archaeological
researches, and attracted attention by a
series Of lectures and essays embodying
the results of his work. A successful pro-
fessional career enabled him in the year
mentioned to give up most of his voca-
tional duties and to apply himself exclu-
siyely to his favorite study. In the past
sixteen years he has accumulated enough
material to ill several large volumes, and
has made Il collection of coins, seals, brio
a-brac, inscriptions, statues, photographs
Ind RESERVATIONS which throw flood OF
light upon what heretofore had been utter
darkness. ". E. S. FALEs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
TOW SoI.le EcporterS Work.

We started il to set out our first edi-
ton Il week ago yesterday, a.d the fol-
lowing are the hours kept by one man on
the paper:
From IL noon Thursday to &. m. friday.
From II neon Friday to 1850 p. r. Saturday.
From 1880 L. m. Sunday to a. II. Monday.
From IL noon Monday to- u. II. Tuesday
From 1880 {. II. Tuesday to q. NJ. Wednesday
From 11:45 q. N. Wednesday to $50 a. II. Thurs
day.
Total number Of hours at work for the
week amount to 100 hours Is minutes.
Average, Is hours 81 minutes q day.
NewburypOrt Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
TALES OF ADVENTURE.
DAVID kER MEETS THREE FAMOUS
SPORTSMEN
Their Stories 1ystify Fellow Passengers
Strangely Enoush-Some Mild Speci-
mems for the Benefit of Him Who Would
Draw the Long Bow.
LSneciaI Corresnondence.1

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-"You have not seen
many such groups as that in your travels,
Mr.. Ker, nor your wife either" said the
captain of the homeward bound East At
rican steamer as we came aboard at Port
Natal on our way back from Zululand.
And well might he say So Before me
were three of the most famous explorers
in all Africa. The tall, bearded, sun
burned Hercules who lay upon a lion skin
rugon the deck was Sir Philip DelavaI, who
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
CLEOPATRA'S TOMB.
An Interesting Find Near Alexandria,
Egypt-Neroutsos-Be

I>-koN@111 OOI4 SEouuoHOS-I
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan. 7.-While any
amount of ado is made over the explora-
lions and excavations made by the differ
ent societies that are busy endeavoring to
identify the Nilotic cities, towns and chan
acters mentioned in tie Bible, or to COM
plete our knowledge respecting the many
dynasties and even civilizations between
the times Of the first and last Pharaohs,
little if anything has been said or printed
regarding the splendid work done by the
Egyptian institute and by historical stu
dents in respect to the period which began
with the Ptolemies and terminated in the
monkish revolution immortalized by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
PEANUT CRAFTINESS.
AN ITALIAN PEDDLER WHO UNDER
STANDS HUMAN NATURE.

Others "Mal>a de Appetite" and He
"NTaka de Mon''-How a Shrewd Vender
Takes Advantage of the Wind and His
Companions Ignorance.
A newspaper man who is fond of hot
roasted peanuts, and generally pur-
chases n pint of them daily from some
street vender In Park row, noticed on
one occasion that particularly swarthy
old Italian gave him better measure for
his money and also larger and more per-
feet nuts than any other. Accordingly,
being thrifty man, even in small
things, he resolved to deal with this fell
low exclusively if possible.
The next day, however, as he descend
ed the stairway Of the elevated railway
he missed the vender at his accustomed
stand, and so purchased pint of pea
nuts, which subsequently turned out to
be a rather woTny lot, from another son
of Italy. He had not got half way to
Broadway when he came across the gen.
erous yender selling his wares as usual,
but in a different place from the one he
occupied the day before.
The newspaper man did not want two
pints of peanuts, and IN fact he had not
then discovered the worlny condition of
his recent purchase, nevertheless hemade
a mental motto Of the new stand of his
chosen source of supply and passed
along.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

Nearly every first class telegraph oper-
ator in the country is anbidextrous
through requirement. The right hand is
used on the key and the left 10 'check Off
dispatches with pen or pencil. The ma
iority OF these operators soon become ex-
pert enough to use either hand in writing.
Apropos OF the amusing baby Dunce
game by which a number OF leading
United States senators were feeced, it is
said that over five hundred real or al
legged infants have been named after
Chaurcey Mitchell Depew.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
& Farmers PrcGicanaeux,

A western Nebraska farmer, having
no corn to feed them, loaded up a wagon
box full Of shoats and took them to
Broken Bow to sell. No one would take
them, and he turned them loose. The
marshal told him he would arrest him
unless he took them out Of town. He
then drove home and was going to kill
them when some one told him that he
might be arrested for cruelty to animals,
He hardly knows what 10 do.-St. 10
seph News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

Walter NJ. Lenan, a veteran actor,
who had played before Gen. Jackson,
Davy Crockett. Aaron Burr, Charles
Dickens and other celebrities, some Of
whom he knew personally, has just died
at San Francisco 1T the age of rs years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

a 1Ayear-old cat belonging to Mrs.
Bradley. of Wcstport, Conn, recently
died. Il was given an expensive funeral.
The remains were placed in a handsome
caslzet, and a granite slab is to be erected
over his grave.
King kalaEaua's most intimate friend
in this country Was Claus Spreckels, the
big sugar retiner. whose advice the King
always asked for and usually followed
IN emergencies.