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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

bask in the bright sunlight in its turn for
similar interval. when the ring will
again disappear and so on
These peculiar features of the planet are
taken advantage of by those who will no
doubt be found to be otherwize than
weather-wise to indicate terrible storms
and gales; but to those who are not in the
weather ring it seems very difficult to see
just what bearing the two have upon each
other. Saturn pale yellow light can be
seen in the eastern sky just before the little
Jumps of daylight begin to make them
selves visible above the horizon
Mercury is morning star, but he keeps
so much within the suns influence that it
Is only with difficulty and under very fav-
orable circumstances that he can be seen.
Only sharp eyes will be able to fud him
about eight degrees south of the sunrise
point little less than an hour before
sunup. This is, however, positively Lis
last appearance for the year, as he is again
drawing toward the sun. with which he
Is In superior conjunction on the 9th.
after which he will be an evening star.
Mars Is morning star and will continue
as such the remainder Cf the year. While
of very little moment just at present he is
gradually coming toward US and approach
ing visibility. In another year he will be
the al-absorbing topic of conversation
among both amateur and professional
| astronomers, as he will then be in oppose
ton to the sun aud in his most favo rable
location for interesting observation. He
Is also In the constellation of the Lion,
III It's con junction with both Saturn and
| the moon, the former on the 12ta and the
latter on the 29th.
Neptune has already completed little
| more than half his course as morning star
and his general location as fairly well In.
dlcated by the waning moon, with which
| he is In con- junction on the 20th. He is
far too small, at his tremendous distance
| from us, to admit of his being of particu-
| Taurus is the field in which Neptune is at
present wandering. and the bright star
Aldebaran serves to show were this con-
stellation is to be found
| At 8 o'clock at night, In the opening
| days of the month, the prominent first
magnitude stars in the field of view were
| Arcturns, low down in the west; Vega,
| just west of the zenith, Affair, southwest
| of Vega; Femalhant, low in the southeast;
Aldebaren, east of the Plelades, and just
rising above the horizon, and Capelia in
the northwest. The Pleiades, the most
beautiful cluster in the skies, rise early in
| the east.
An additional charm has been added to
this remarkable group since the camera
has detected nebulous matter around tie
principal stars that are too far distant
tor the eye of man to perceive. Being
situated about half way between the
northerly and southery poles of the
| heavens, this constellation, when above
the horizon, can be seen all over the
| babitable globe. Originally seven stars OF
the group were visible to the naked eye,
and in Grecian mythology they represent
ed the daughters of Atlas. Only six stars
are now visible-N. Y. Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
DREAMING @TRUE."
The People and Things we See in Our
Dreams as Real as In Life.

The People and Things we See in Our
Dreams Real as IN Life.
In dream there are always breaks, in
conslstencies, Iapses, incoherence, breaches
OF continuity. many links missing in the
chain; only at points is the impression
vivid enough to stamp itself after ward on
the waking mind, and even then it is never
SO really vivid as the impression Of real
life, although it ought 10 have seemed 50
in the dream. One remembers it well on
awakening. but soon it fades, ami then it
Is only ones remembrance # it that one
remembers.
There was nothing of this in my dream
1t was something like the "camera-obscura"
on Ramsgate pier: One goes in and finds
one S self In total darkness; the eye is pre-
pared; one Is thoroughly expectant and
wide awake.
Suddenly there flashes on the sight the
moving picture of the port and all the life
therein, and the horses and cliffs beyond;
and farther still the green hills. the white
clouds, and blue sky.
Little green waves chase each other in
the harbor, breaking into crisp white foam.
Sea-gulls wheel and dash and dip behind
masts and ropes and pulleys; shiny brass
the sun without dazzling the eye; gay lllli-
putians walk and talk, their white teeth,
no bigger than pms point. CLEAN In
laughter, with never sound; Il steamboat
laden with eXcursionists comes in, It's
paddles churnlng the water, and you cam
not hear them. Not netaii is missed
not button On sailors jacket, not hair
on his face. All the light and color of the
sea and earth and sky, that serve for many
mile, are here concentrated within few
square feet. And what color it Is! A
painters despair tits light Itself. more
beautiful than that which streams through
old church windows of stained glass. And
all Is framed in utter darkness, so that the
fully diiated pupils can see their very ut
most. 1t seems as though all had been
painted life size and then shrunk, like
japanese picture, to mil.ionth of its
natural SIZE so as to intensity and mellow
the effect.
1t is all over; you come out into the open
sunshine and all seems garish and bare
and bald and commonplace All magic
has faded out of the scene; everything is
too far away from everything else; every
| body one meets seems coarse and Brob-
dmgnaeian and too near. Ands one has
been looking at the like of it all ones life!
Thus with my dream, compared to COM
mon waking, every day experiences; only
instead of being mere fat, silent little
images moving on a dozen square feet of
Bristol board, and appealing to the eye
alone, the things and people in my dream
had the same roundness and relief as in
life, and were ife-size; one could move
amongst them and behind them, and feel
as If one could touch and clasp and en-
brace them if one dared. And the ear, as
we'll as the eye, was made free of this dark
chamber of the brain; one heard, their
was not all, for soft breezes famed the
cheek, the sun gave out its warmth, and
the scent of many flowers made the ilu-
sion complete. du Maurier, in
Harper's Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
THE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES.

The Minnesota State Agricultural socie
~ made over $4,000 by the fair.
SAMUEL REEMs, aged 103 years, died at
Dayton, Mimi, Friday.
SATURDAY S New York bank statement
shows an increase In reserves of s., $780,
325.
JOHN FLOOD, a prominent citizen of
Bradford, ILL.,, adied there Wednesday
morning.
Ex-Gov. BIGELow, of Connecticut,
died at New Haven Monday morning.
JUDGE WHITE, at Yankton, declares
the South Dakota banking law unconstitu-
tional.
THE worlds wheat crop is estimated to
be over $4,000, 900 bushels short.
STEPS will be taken at once to con-
denim the right of way for the Bennepln
canal.
PEARLS of rare beauty have been discov-
cred IN great quantities IN shells In the
Cottonwood river near Guthrie, o. L.
THERE is no truth in the rumor of an
attempt on Premier Mercier's life at
Quebec.
MONTREAL has a small pox scare.
Forty cases of the disease are reported In
the province.
The United States cruiser Atlanta has
arrived at Delaware breakwater III dam
aged condition.
PORTLAND (Me) physicians are expert
menting with chloride of gold and man
ganese as cure for consumption.
REPORTS to the postmaster general re-
veal decided improvement IN the postal
service throughout the country.
JAMES PARTON, the we'll known author,
died Saturday morning at Newburyport,
Mass. Mr.. Parton's wife, Fanny Fern, y
died many years ago.
MAJOR CHARLES B. THRoCKMoRTON, ..
S. A., commandment at Fort Schuyler, is
under arrest, charged with duplicating pay
vouchers.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD sailed from Liver
pool for the United States Wednesday on
the City of New York. He comes to
America to give descriptive talks and read.
ings from his poems and prose writings.
THE ecumenicai Methodist conference
| Wednesday morning adopted unanino usly
petition to the United States commits
sioners of the Chicago wold's fair protest
ing against the proposed opening OF the
| fair on Sunday.
| PITTsBURG editors, reporters, and
printers who work Sundays are threatened
with arrest by members of the Law and
! Order society. The Sabatarian society is
back of the move.
HOWARD F. SEARLEs proposes to give
to the town Of Metheun, Mass, the finest
statue of George Washing ton IN America
Mr.. Searles is relict of the late Mrs. Hop
kins-Searles.
| THE Nebraska eight hour law has beer
declared constitutional by Judges Wakeley
Doane and Davis, of the district court al
Omaha. The opinion was on a test case
made by the Central Labor union. It will
at once be appealed to the supreme court
THE trustees of the estate Of Allan
Lewis, which was left in trust for a man
ual training school, announcing thai
| ground will soon be broken on West Var
Buren, street Chicago for the school build
ing. The estate amounts to 81 100000.
UPON the recommendation of Senator
| Washburn, j. II. Bickel, of st. Paul, has
been appointed special agent Of the gener
al land office, and will be assigned to look
after, timber depredations in Northern Min
nesota. There are already several agents
| in that part of the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
DICK ND DOCK.
Thrilling Story of Two Lovers Who Engage
in Death Struggle,

They were brothers-came into the
world the same day, the same hour. In
like manner they appeared before the
tent of Pedro, the Snowman, asking en-
plOyment.
what can you dop'
Anything requiring strength and agil-
ity."
"a proof. -
The words were scarcely spoken when
they leaped over his head, landing
before him in smiling precision. Pedro
was deiighted; the engagement soon con-
cuded.
Nothing could be more graceful or dar-
ing than these young acrobats. Only Mia,
Pedros daughter, seemed indifferent to
their attractions. Fresh as a rose and
chaugeful as a butterfly she teasingy
Knocked the brothers, who silently re ,eived
her coquetries; yet Dick grew pale
when she talked with Dock, and
at Dick
Time rolled on and gold rolled into the
Golfers of Pedro, who sought to retain his
profitable assistants by a bond not easily
broken. | will give them my daughter,
must choose She laughingly said ''as
neither
Then Pedro had his dilemma before the
brothers, (which one of you will marry
my little Nita?" They looked at each
other in CONSERVATION. He naively re-
peated: (Which one?" Dock replied:
''In ten days we will answer" All"
said Pedro, latter the ascension; |
understand He had arranged a bal
lony, fvanaza attached unon
which the brothers would perform
their wonderful feats 500 meters above the
earth.
The day of the exhibition. A sea of
faces. The balloon in the center swaying
like bird trying her wings. Wild shouts
as Nita appears in her sjiver-spangled cos
tune, driving the chariot containing the
brothers.
The eronaut mounts his car, accom-
panied by the acrobats. "Let her loose
A moments silence, followed by deafen-
ing shouts as the balloon cleaves the
air Two forms appear on the trapeze.
Their audicity is marvellous. Here is what
occurs:
The men face each other, their arms
folded. A slight motion of their hips
maintains their equilibrium. Ock
speaks:
You love Mia!
Eyes, and you?'
"Love her, and can not give her up.
Il will not answered Dick; 'fate must
decide"
They step back the length of the
trapeze then rush upon each other with
planting breatk-a fearful struggle, the
bar bending beneath their weight
cheer after cheer from the admiring
crowd.
Suddenly Dick loses lis hold, falling
back on the trapeze. Dock bends over
him.
Twill you give up NitaS"
No"
He buries his knife lin his COM
panion's throat, the hot blood squirting in
his'face.
Raising up he looks around, but see
neither the yawning depth below nor the
blue sky above. A wiki, maniac laugh, as
ne laps into space, falling a crushed,
Iifeless mass on distant roof, while the
dead body of his brother con-
vulsively clinging to the trapeze, floats in
the blue sky, the aronaut still waving
his fag.-From the French of Jules Ler-
nina.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
FOREIGN.

ONE more plot to kill the car has been
discovered.
The German socialist congress at Err lrt
denounces anarchy.
Four American marines were killed in a
street fight at Valparaiso Friday.
THE Pope, it is stated, has finally de-
cided to quit Rome to avoid the persecution
of the Italian government.
QUEEN VICTORIA will raise the pee1age
of the widow of Hon, William Henry
Smith.
FELso- NADER, large and fourishing
village of Transylvania, has been COM
pletely destroyed by fire.
CANovAs DEL CASTILLO, the Spanish
statesman, is so far improved in health rs
to be able to leave his bed.
The crew of the Dutch bark Nicotette,
was rescued by the British steamer
Phidias. The Nicolette was in sinking
condition.
ABERLTN dispatch says Count Ludwig
Won Arco Valley, German minister to the
United States. died from the effects of an
operation.
IT is said that Mr. Balfour will become
the leader of the conservatives IN the Eng
lish house of commons.
6THE ocean steamer City of Rome, re
ported lost, Is not the Anchor liner, but q
tramp cattle boat.
IT is feared that many pleasure boats
have been lost in the storm that is still
raging on the western Atlantic.
At meeting of the Conservative asso,
Citations in London, Wednesday, it was
decided to petition parliament TO reduce
the Irish representation In that body to
the same ratio of inhabitants as applies
In England and Scotland.
AT a meeting of Parnellite members of
parliament, held in Dublin Monday morn
ing, it was decided not to accept any
overtures for coalition with the. McCar-
thyites.
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says the
government has closed the University of
Kiev and has placed 500 of the students
under arrest. This action has been taken
on account Of the recent revolutionary be-
havior of students.
In an uprising at Montevido recently
six men were killed ard seven wounded.
Sixty two persons are in custody and will
be summary dealt with.
The storm in The English channel was
so severe Thursday morning that the Bou-
logne packet boats were unable to put to
sea. Great damage has been done to the
stacked crops in the midland counties of
England.
AN unknown man, supposed to be a
German American, committed suicide at
hotel In Syest. Prussia. Fifty thousand
marks were found In his pockets. He
spoke both English and German fluently,
but there is no clew to his identity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
Rescued from tho Depths Of Misery.

The misery endured by unfortunates whose
iivers are defelct in duty is unspeakable. Sick
headaches, nausea, costiveness, disorder OF the
digestive apparatus, heartburn, vertigo, unrest,
sourness of the breath, uneasiness beneath the
short right ribs and right shoulder blade, tickle
appetite, among the hateful indicia OF bilious
ness, which, however, speedily vanish when Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is employed a regula-
tor. Most effectively is its work of disciplining
carried out, as complete renewal of the digest
I'VE, secretive and evacuatiye function saisfactor-
lily proves. In cases of maarial disease the liver
is the principal gland involved, and for maladies
of maarial type Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is
an absolute specific. As laXative-painess but
effective lit is unrivalled, and it is an admir-
able preventive of chronic kidney trouble and
rheumatism, and a superb general tonic and cor
receive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
JEWS AS FARM ERS.
They Form a Large Part of the Tillers of
the Soil in hungary

Among the great masses VINO must toll
for their daily bread, certainly many have
not yet devoted themselves to tillIng the
soil, and on this account their enemies
have devised the charge that Jews are of
no Use in agriculture that they are aversa
to all hard work. Here also experience
gives refutation. In this land where
Jews have been permitted to acquire land.
ed property, where they have found oppor-
tunlty to devote themselves to Agriculture
they have proved themselves excellent
farmers. For example. in Hungary they
form very large part of the tillers of
the soil, and this fact is acknowledged to
such an extent that the high Catholic
clergy in Hungary almost exclusively have
Jews as tenants on mortmain properties
and almost all large landholders give pre-
ference to the Jews on account OF their in
dustry, their recitude, and their dexterity.
These are facts that cannot be hid, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

OAxAcA, Mexico, was shaken by an
earthquake Wednesday.
AN explosion of giant powder at Easley
City. Ala. fatally injured six negroes.
THERE was another earthquake shock
in California Wednesday morning. No
damage is reported.
GEDDEs' undertakers' establishment at
New Orleans was burned Wednesday
morning. Loss. $4,000.
A LOCOMOTIVE boiler exploded at st.
Paul Wednesday and thirteen men were
injured, three fatally.
FIRE at Tonawanda, N. Y, Wednesday
destroyed the American hotel and several
stores. Loss, $4,000; insurance, one
half.
ONE man was killed and nine injured by
the bursting of fly wheel In the Amos
keag cotton works at Manchester, n. II.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
KILLED AT A RAISING.
Joseph Girkie, of Pensaukee, Struck Dy
Log,

OcoNTo, Wis, Oct. 19.-Joseph Girkie,
of the town of Pensaukee, was almost In
killed yesterday afternoon while
helping his brother raise small log to be
used in the erection of barn. de slipped
and the log struck him ON the head, bad.
" f1acturing the skull. He died in eight
hours. He was % yerrs old and single.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

OF the entire human race, 500, 000,0 900
are well clothed, that is. they wear gar
ments of some kind; 25O,00o, 900 habitu-
ally 60 naked, and 7O0,OOO, 600 only cover
parts of the body; 100000 live in
houses. 700, O000 600 in huts and caves, and
zoe, 900, 900 virtually have no shelter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
Safety on the Ocean.

The terrors of che vast deep do not look
so terrible in view of the last report of the
National Board of Steam Navigation,
showing that out of 500, 900, 900 passengers
carried last year on American waters and
from American ports. only sixty five lives
were lost. 1t would appear from these
figures that the real danger lies In stay m
shore.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
Spelter Mining.

There continues great activity in spelter
mining, as shown by the increased pro-
duction last year, during which period
329. 800 tons we're mined, an increase of
IL, 375 tons over the production of 1889
OF the total increase this country is cred
tied with over half.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

that have force, so that the anti Semitic
movement. which fer long time flourish
ed In Hungary, must expire because every
one sees that so important factor in the
productive activity of the country-es-
peclaliy In northumberland be spared
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
The SchiseophOne.

Experience with the schiseophone has
proved that ii Is not reliable for the de-
lection of flaws in castings and forgings,
the purpose for which 1t was designed,
and for which SO much was claimed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
Microscopic Glasses.

Object glasses for microscopes are now
made in Germany of glass that contains
phosphorlc aad boracic acid. 1t is stated
that with lenses made cf this glass an
object one-twenty thousandth of an inch
in diameter can be distinctly seen.
! A STRONG force of police occupied the
streets at Rio Janeiro, and order is every
where restored. One rioter was killed and
several we're injured in Friday nights
fracas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

Wednesday Thomas L. Parker, of Chica-
go. and Miss Cornelia Dyer, only daughter
of Judge and Mrs. Charles f. Dyer, were
married by Rev. Charles Stanley Lester, of
St. Paul's church. The ceremony took
place in the large reception parlor of the
Plankinton' house, Milwaukee, which was
deliberately decorated with flowers and
tropical plants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

E. D. Holton's gift for Ripon college
has borne fruit already. E. D. Smith, of
Menasha, has added SIS ,000 to Mr.. Hol-
tons gift. 1t all illustrates the power Of
example.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

John D. Rockefeller, who has the larg-
est annual income of any man in America,
has spent the summer working on his Ohio
farm, just as if he was a common laborer
and doing quite as much labor as any of
his hired men. He has done it in the pur-
1uit of health,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

Victoria Woodruff and Tennie Clafin
are said to be making arrangements for a
permanent return to New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

Miss Emma Thmsby is thoroughly dis
eusted with her experience OF Tacoma
Wash, where, though announced for
concert, she was not allowed to sing, be-
cause she had offended the dignity of Di
rector Innes, of tue Thirteenth Regimen
band, by having her name made more
prominent than his own.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22

Eugene Field is prepared to bet, with
entire recklessness, that the title The
Board of Lady Managers originated
either with some woman with d smelling
bottle, or with a rural congressman who is
addicted to let his wife cut his hair.
The state chronicle., 1891-02-11
TIE. it. X. COnM IoSION.

Tie bill establishing Railroad Com
mission passed the Senate yesterday and
will come up as a special order in
the II use' to-day at 12 o. clock. 1t will,
in all Prob lbility, pass that body by a
argo ajorlty aud so upon our statute
books The people Of the State are in
earnest in their desire for commits
sion, and the CHRONICLE rejoices
that their will is to be respected. OF
course We do not believe that all the
people, or the people in all sections ia
vor such law. But we do know that a
large majority of our people favor the
Commission aud that its passage will
please them. We do not believe that it
will work any injury to the railroads,
bnt will be of more advantage to them
than is generally thought.
The state chronicle., 1891-02-11

whether Cart. Ashe ess armed -itfl 6
pistol, be vaatci = lair fight face to
face upon e1aa' t-vra ;. bpsh h-in. armed
vita c,saes.
The Mayor Eindias.
Tie Mayor ttseu asked Cap AshA II
be desired 10 make a. st:tt.f1J--ar- he
replied: 4 nays nothing tp szT shar *
gernane to he difficulty Il. fnc c<ni ~ :"
.ie fn&yor then raj that he reaii ii:aa
Ar. Daniels - 10 a:ld coats aecanse Ge
1es rne agRroaz,., aI'd Csp-- AsEe 81 %
aad costs. Ine Maycc added tast
friends of both parties had
approached him and suggested that
be put both under bonds to keep
the peace. but that AS he hoped this
would end the difficulty and no aftida-
Wit has ben made he would not do so.
The court then adjourned.
We should have not alluded to this
affair at all in these columns but for
the inaccurate report which appeared
10 the Evening Capitol of yesterday af-
ternoon.