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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
THE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES.

North DAKOTA wheat is suffering for
want of rain.
GENERAL LEONARD SEwELL, pr0mi-
nent citiz n of Louisiana, is dead.
COLONEL CHARLES S. CAMERON, a well
known lawyer of Chicago, died Monday.
DISPATCHES from various parts Of Iowa
report copious showers Wednesday,
The coke workers in the Scottdale, Pa,
district on Thursday returned to work,
the guards being discharged.
Two,THIRDs Of the California fruit can
ming factories have been bought by an
English syndicate.
FRUIT N northern Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio was damaged by frost Sunday
night.
DIR. W. W. NASSAU, one of the oldest
physicians of Burlington, Iowa, died Sat
urday night, aged IS.
The Star Rubber company, of Trenton,
n. j., is in financial difficulties. It's liza
bilities are 100000.
COLONEL L M DAYTON, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, died suddenly in that city Monday
morning.
THE Davis Shoe company of Boston failed
Tuesday for 81 100000.
The banking house of Burwell & Scran
ton at New Haven, Conn, has suspended.
Liabilities about $500, 900 and assets $780,,
900.
The Rev. G. IngIiss of the Englewood
Presbyterian church was arrested Tuesday
at Petoskey, Mich, on a charge of SANDER
made by John G. Hill.
IT is SAID that a general movement is
organizing among episcopal cIergymen
against the confirmation of Rev, DR..
Phillips Brooks as bishop of MassachuS-
etts.
NEARLY hundred persons are sick at
Pittsburgh from eating partially decayed
smoked sturgeon sold by dealer at low
price.
BosTON Italians are raisinga fund of
$4,000 with which to erect statue of
of Christopher Columbus to be presented
to that city.
MATTHEW I. SCOTT, prominent cap
italiSt of Bloomington, and the founder
of the town of Cinema, H., died Thursday
morning.
INSURANCE brokers, Satterlee, Bost-
wick x Martin, of New York, have failed,
with liabilities believed to exceed so, 900.
Misrepresentation of funds is the alleged
cause.
O'MALLE1 and Conner, the New Or
leans detectives, were Tearrested and re-
leased on bail Wednesday on amended in
dictments in connection with the Malta
case.
WALTER CLARK, a 13-year-old boy,
died at Glen Garden, N. Y, after
twenty-four hours of commissions caused
| by cigarette smoking.
New WORKERS propose to solve the RAP
id transit problem by building a combined
elevated and underground four-track road
on the west side Of that city. Bergman's
electric locomotive is to be used and q
speed of forty miles an hour is to be OBJ
| tanned.
GENERAL THOMAS OSBORNE arrived in
Chicago Monday morning after an absence
Of several years in South America. Gen
eral Osborne was United s ates minister
to the Argentine Republic during a por-
| tion of the presidential admins ration of
| General Grant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
GROMTu OLE SHIPPING.

The French had in 1873 292 steamers of
over 100 tons burden; in 1890 they had
All. Somuch for the French bounty law
1t doesn't appear that the shipping bust
ness Is very profitable, but that is another
thing. In 1873 the Germans had only 200
steamers of over 100 tons, and last year
they had $50. So much for the growth of
the shipping business without a bounty
law. The French have also been pay ing
subsidies for many years; the Germans
paid no subsidies till three or four years
ago, when they tried the subsidy plan on
one or two of the longest routes. Their
New York steamers are not subsidized, and
they are putting on that line ships that
eurpass the French steamers. Of the Eng
Gsh steamers only few are subsidized and
most Of them do not get even mail pay.
The English steamers, whose competition
is the eternal complaint of our subsidy
|howlers, are for tie most part so-called
ocean tramps,' that get nothing from the
government A French captain, In a re,
cent magazine article, attributes the reIa
tive decadence Of French as compared with
German shipping to the subsidy law. En-
terprise is deadened by reliance upon gov
eminent aid,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
The Struggle for Gold.

If the Russian government follows the
advice Of the Rothchilds to defer the con-
version of its bonds, the financial centres
of the world may be relieved of the strain
imposed by the present struggle for gold
"a struggle which has withdrawn more
than thirty toilion dollars form this centre
since the beginning of the present year.
1t has been feared that the German
holders of the Russian bonds might refuse
to convert freely and demand the redemp-
ton of their bonds, and therefore the
Russian government has been increasing
the amount of gold to its credit at the
crentre. The late action of the Bank of
England in advancing the price Of gold
was probably in-pired by the fact that,
aside from the 100000 borrowed at the
time of the November panic, it borrow
ed 81 100000 from the Russian finance
minister ON six months treasury notes
which are now maturing, amt the Russian
government can take the gold if necessary
If the Russian government holds off, a
greaC strain will be lifted from the whole
financial world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
ODDITIES.

He-I think you love me? Am [ right
She-No; you are left-Brooklyn Life.
Binghamton Republican: A grocer calls
his new brand Of coffee "Creditor's De-
light. 1t settles promptly.
Rochester Post: In most cases flying
machine companies go up before the ma
chimes do.
Binghamton Republican: A photograph
would seem to be self-evident, yet we al
ways want TO see a proof of it.
Boston Gazette: "Who was the author
of the saying, There is always room at the
top?'" The hotel clerk i believe
Lewiston Journal: If everybody i'm
proved the minutes with the zeal that a
ben puts into her work while making a
surreptitious fve-minute call in a flower
garden, what a world this would be!
Briggs-'Poor Robinson. After his wife
died he married her dressmaker?' Griggs
How are they getting on?" Briggs
Il understand that he still owes her the
money"
Judge-'And he took Won by the throat
and choked you, did hep" Pat.-''1ls
sor; he squazed me troat till Oh to ht he'd
mex either out of me Adam apple. =
Buffalo Express.
No, | don't want any lawnmower,
said the man who was anxious to chase the
agent away. What | desire Is more
lawn. w ashington Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
CHEAP POETRY
Story of One Who has Made Fortune
Ont of it


On the top floor of one the tallest build
ings in upper New York, says CORE pond
ent of the Boston Journal. tolls an old
man who has probably written more poet
" than any other single man living.
poetic" notices which one finds III the
cheap candies ofthe day. Poetry which
could never see the light of day III any
other way is hidden in these tissue paper
ed party" candies.
| had an interesting talk with this man
few days ago. He has been twenty years
In the business, Is over 80 years of age.
and has accumulated d fortune, alUh0ugn
he still keeps up the same monotonous
poetical grind at is a curious trade.
you think, l suppose" said the old man,
yet some one must do it, and it is very
profitable. l have built fourteen city and
country houses out of it. In year or two
[ shall lay down the pen for good. and let
some one else take up the work. How do
you write so much? Why, it has become
second nature to me. These notices are
simple, anything will do, and the more
silly they are tie better. | know it is
perfect trash. and it is preposterous to
dignity the word poetry | spend three
days week here and reel off, [ suppose
a hundred of these things every day.
Why, | often eat my lunch in one hand
and write with the other Yet, as | say,
it is profitable, much better than writing
bad novels, for, after all, my verses never
do any harm. They are silly, grant you,
but perfectly harmless, and young lads
and girls like to be merry over them.
Dear re, I suppose I've married many a
couple with this pen, and if you'll excuse
me I'll just write a score or so before we
go out to LUNCH" and in about fifteen
minutes the old man was ready to go with
ME, carrying IN his pocket an envelope full
as the result of an hours work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
THOUGHT READING.
Wonderful if il is True and Clever if it is a
Game of Fraud.

London Daily News: "Psychognosis"
is the title which NJ. Guibal has adopted
for new and certainly very remarkable
development of what is familiar to us
under the name Of the thC ught reading
process. The method adopted by NJ. Gut
bal may be briefly described, stating by
way OF introduction, that On Saturday
afternoon he submitted it to the severest
and closest test to which it could be sub
jected at the hands of an audience com
posed mainly of press men and members
Of the medical profession, among whom
was DR.. Bond, of Westminster hospital.
Miss GreviIle, M. Guibals medium, is
young lady OF prepossesslng appearance,
clad in flowing white robes. After mes
merizing his subject, M. Guibal collected
from his audience a dozen or so pieces Of
paper, on which they had written their sew
eraL requests. Then the seance began
M. Guibal never uttered q word. At a
motion of his hand, Miss Greville, whose
eyes were undoubtedly closed, rose from
her seat, descended the steps from the
stage to the audience, aid unbesitatingly
made her way to a gentleman In the front
row of the stalls, and taking a piece of
paper from his hands, wrote the figures
IS. She next, simply guided by NJ. Gui-
uat S hand, though sometimes he was be-
hind her and sometimes in front, but
never close to her, went to q gentleman
and took off his hat. Finding her way to
another gentleman she felt his pulse.
From another she took an umbrella and
gave three raps on the around with it.
She next took poke book and selected a
particular article, and from a card case
belonging to another gentleman she ex
tracted three cards and gave them to him.
A well known journalist had submitted d
difficult task, which was to take his watch
of the chain and place 1t in Capt. Moles-
worth's pocket. This was done without
auy hesitation. Other things were set for
her to do on the stage, all of which were
performed to the absolute satisfaction Of
those who had demanded them.
Throughout the whole seance there was
nc faltering or hesitation, 10 rushing
about with the hand of the medium tight
" pressed to the forehead of another per
son and then, utter number of mistakes,
hitting, by hook or crook, upon the right
thing at last. The accuracy of each divi-
nation was as astonishing as the readiness
with which it was accomplished.
There was no questioning the bona fdes
of the audience. They were mostly known
to each other, ard, though they went in
no unfriendIy spirit of criticising, they
did their best to test NJ Guibal's ability.
The requests of the audience were only
known to those who wrote them and to Nj.
Guibal himself, and they were not announ-
ced until each demand had been satisfied
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28

Harris wholesolc LIQUOR store on Larned
street burned Saturday afternoon. The
loss will aggregate s250.000, partly in
s1red.
By the explosion Of a gasoline stove
Monday evening at 519 Post street, at San
Francisco. Charles Peterson was burned to
death and four men and two women are
seriously injured. The cause of the ex
pt0slOn is unknown.
THE blacksmith and machine shops of
the New York Central railroad at West
A bany were destroyed by an incendiarv
fire early this morning. The loss is about
5000 000, well insured.
FIRE at Houston, Texas, Wednesday
night destroyed the yards. stock and plant
It the Phoenix lumber company and the
K. ID. Grlbbe company, covering FIVE
books, together with six blocks of resi-
dences The loss will reach 100000.
CHARLEY KING, aged thirteen, OF
huron, Ind, was fatally poisoned by eat
ing wild roots which he found in the woods
Sunday. nwO of his companions are very
i'll but will recover.
AT Fort Wayne, Ind, frankie the it'll
son of Frank Webster, upset teapot
utICu Will Oo4lIHS WdlCI anu was SCdlClSU
about the face and body. The child died
Tuesday after suffering fearful agony.
The Rockwell house, summer hotel at
Luzerne was, burned, together with
several cottages. The house contained
about three bundled rooms. Loss and in
surance about 100000.
CHARLES HOLM. an iron worker, fell
from the ninth story of the new Manhat-
tan building, on Dearborn street, Chicago,
Tuesday morning. He was alive when
taken up, and the physicians are unable to
tell how seriously he is injured.
AARON JONES, colored, aged 80, died in
Washington Wednesday morning as the
result of excitement occasioned by fire in
the row of buildings in which he lived.
The fire destroyed the homes of quite a
number of coiored people, several Of whom
barely escaped with their lives
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
CRIME.
BERTHA MCFALDEN, ageo IA, commit
ted suicide at Warrenton, Ohio.

BERTHA MCFALDEN, agea IA, commit
ted suicide at Warrenton, Ohio.
DIR. CRATES, of Providence, accused of
having poisoned Mrs. Barnaby, was ar
rested Monday in Denver.
Ex-Governor RAMSEY, of Minnesota,
is said to have been blackmailed out Of
several thousand dollars by his coachman.
NEAR Scranton, Pa, Joseph Moncke, a
Jealous Hungarian, shot and fatally wound
ed Anthony Drovanski and shot two other
men in the legs. Moncke escaped.
STEPHEN MCGANNIGLE's house at Bel
videre, H., Was entered by burglar who
stole $500 from Mr.. McGannigle's pocket
and got away.
PETER GREENWOOD, treasurer of Wood
River township, near Alton, ILL.,, is Sl0,-
900 short In his accounts and has disap-
peared.
GRAND RAPIDS street car strikers re-
sorted to violence Tuesday. Several new
men were badly beaten, number of cars
wrecked and the cable broken.
COKE strikers at Scattdaie, Pa, Tuesday
tried to lynch d negro who had returned
10 work, and IN rescueing him two deputies
were fearfuly beaten, while one of the
rioters was shot.
A MOB stopped a train at Bardsley
Thursday night and took from the sheriff
Dennis Hampton, cOl0red, who is charged
with the murder Of E. Il. Weber. He
was probably lynched.
EDWARD HoKING, ore of the most
prominent citizens Of Pan Argyll, Pa. and
d member of the borough council. has Just
absconded taking with him, it is alleged,
some Sc, 900 or $4,000. His wife is left in
destitute circumstances.
/ PARTY OF vigilartes at Dunning, Neb,
were attacked Saturday night by other
vigilantes in pursuit Of the same Attic
thief the first had arrested. Each party
a general shooting followed, Two persons
were killed
ON Monday j. H Painter. vas arrested
for the murder Of Alice Martin, woman
with whom he was living IN Chicago.
Painter reported the case to the police,
claiming the woman was killed while he
was absent
LLOYD Bowers, aged sixty eight and
for twenty years cashier of the First Ma
tiOnal bank of Mobile, Ala, shot and kill
ed himself Monday. He had been forced
from iiI-heath to retire from active bust
ness hfe. He had $4,000 to his credit IN
the bank.
CLAYTON LLOYD, a convict at the Pratt
mines in Alabama, was killed by a guard
Tuesday night, while he was in the act Of
setting fire to the building iii which
he and forty other prisoners were con-
fined
AT Evansville, Ind, a negro named
Jennings Wednesday wayIaid and crimin-
ally assaulted the thitteen-year-old daugh-
ter of George Bowles. The negro was cap
tured and lynched by Bowles' neighbors in
spite of frantic pleas for mercy. After ne
was strung up the men filed his body with
InlIpts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
TIE UNIFORM PITCH.

The committee appointed by the piano
manufacturers at meeting In New York,
month ago, have issued circular No. l,
concerning the desirability of adopting
uniform pitch. All musical scholars have
recoanized that this should be done, and
especially that the high pitch which has
become prevalent should he receded from,
A standard fixed much nearer the normal
capacity of the human voice. As America
has beaten the world in the extravaganza
of the pitch used In its orchestras and
pianos, it is plain that there is the great
er need for reform, especially as the move
nent in Europe has been for some years
tending to lower the stanC ard to the
French diapason normal Of 435 vibrations
on A. The circular shows the changes IN
pitch since Handel's day, when it was
400. 2 to ASS, reached in the Erard piano
of London in 1879. The United States
mich, on G, has reached 274 in New York.
The comparison is only between pianos
but very oddly Nine Patti and Mary Howe
are brought in at the end as possessing the
Migratory standard 26O.5 in the case OF
the diva. and 261 for Miss Howe, or near
lvthe diapason's normal equivalent. Inc
fact that this circular No l is put forth
with the sole signature Of Levi X. Fuller
Of Brattleboro. Miss Rowe's home, ac'
counts for the coupling of her name with
Nine. PATHS, which seems to institute
comparison OF the two, although the beau
tiiul Vermont gill is mere nearly to be
Hkened to Carlotta Patti for quality anc
capacity of voice, and at her best sings as
well Artists, leaders Of orchestras anc
teachers are requested to send tuning forks
and 3 written statement of their views te
Nr Fuller. representing The Estey piano
ccmnany of New York and Brattltbt1'
and secretary OF the committee. The othe
members of the committee are " lillian
s,einway and H. ?. Mehiin OF New ! o. Z
I-pst Knabe Of Baltimore, Wllilam !
Miller and Thomas Seaman OF Boston, an'
C. Z. Ellsbree of Philadelphia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
AN AMERICAN TRIUMPH.

American ingenuity seems to have won
a signal victory in the matter OF armor-
plate. There has been another trial of
plates, an once more the plate composed
of steel containing IA alloy of nickel has
withstood the projectiIes fred against it.
But at the trial which took place at Ann
apois, a few days since, plates were tested
that were treated bya process of superb
cial condemnation, the invention of H. A.
Harvey, of Newark, N. J. The pure steel
plate was smashed to pieces. The steel
plate treated with the process withstood
better, but the treated nicllel-steel plate
came out of the trial PRACTICALLY uninjured,
the proiectiIes being broken. The great
value of this process consists in the fact
that the carbonization takes the place OF
weight, so that, for instance, Il ship will
be just as well protected by its use with
Is per cent of the weight of metal. This
will make it possible to greatly increase
the coal capacity and other accormo-
dations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
y HERO.
The Boy Who Did the Right, But did
Not Thiuk Himself a Hero.

The Boy Who Did the Right, But did
Not Thiuk Himself Hero.
A few years ago a Traveller through
Switzerland might have seen a charming
little village, now, alas! no longer in eX-
istence. A fire broke out one day, and In
4 few hours the quaint little frame houses
were entirely destroyed. The poor Plies
ants ran around ringing their hands and
weeping over their lost homes and the
bones of the burned cattle.
One poor man was in greater trouble
than bis neighbors even. True, his home
and COWS were gone, but also was his son,
a bright boy of six Or seven years. He
wept and refused to hear any words of
comfort. He spent the night wandering
sorrowtuly among The ruins, while his
acquaintences had taken refuge in the
nelghboring villages.
just as daylight came, however, ne
heard wel-known sound, and looking
up he saw MS favorite cow leading the
herd, and coming directly after them was
hi sbright eyed little son.
oh, my son! my son!' he cried, ARE
you really aIive?'
why, yes, father. When ] saw the
lire, ran to get our COWS away TO the
pasture lands.
You are hero, my boy, the father ex-
claimed.
But the boy said "Oh, no! A hero
IS one who does some wonderful deed. [
led the COWS away because they were in
danger, and knew it was the right thing
to do. d."
ALI cried his father, she who does
the right thing IN the right time is a
hero"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28

ful experience when he recovered strength
enough II speak MY Go d." he said. a.,
thought | should die from thirst.
appeared that he had travelled all the way
from Inioo under the burning sun and
through the hot sand, distance of some
thirty miles or more, and had had nothing
to drink for something like eighteen hours.
How he survived the suffering was a
wonder.
No one who has not experienced the
thlrstS thai beset the desert traveller can
have the least Idea If It's terrible intensity.
The largest cauteen that can be carried
will be exhausted within a few hours.
Oae may drink his FL and within Eve
minutes the thirst viii be as bad as ever.
Men who habitually traverse this region
train themselves to go without water FOR
hours at Il time, and when Injured to the
hardship they suffer little. But the tyro
find it impossible to resist the desise for
repeated lihatilnS, AM when his supply
becomes exhausted it needs but little to
drive him insane and end his life.
Sometimes the suffering preceding
death is of the most horrible kind. Men
have been found who have torn their flesh
and sucked their own blood, others have
reSOrted to indescribable means for alieviat.
ing thirst, and bodies have been found
with the earth torn up for dozen feet in
the dying struggles.
Columns might be filed with the we'll
authenticated tales of suffering aud death
from thirst that have come within the
observation of that hardy race of pioneers
who travelled the desert with team ana
Stage long before the railroad was thought
Of. In those times there was far more
suffering than now, and hundreds Of lives
were lost. Such a thing is not possible
now. a5 least along the railroad lines
Train employees are under order to pick up
men who appear TO be suffering on the
desert, and under no circumstances are
persons t. be put off the cars between sta
lions while attempting to beat their
way" These facts, by the way, knock the
foundation from beneath a graphic tale,
published not long since, which purported
TO relate the horrible death of tramr
who was elected from train on the desert
for not having ticket.-San Francisco
Chronicle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-28
"I Gould Move the World

If had something to rest my lever on," said
Archimedes. Large bodies move or are moved
slowly, But it is no Impossible or even difficult
TASK to render those small bodies, the kidneys,
active when they are not 80. Don't try to do this
witt. unmedicated alcoholic stimuiants. The ex-
pertinent is unsafe The sure, safe means is Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which affords just the
right amount of stimulus without OVERRIDING the
matter. Continued inactivity of either the kid
neys bladder it sh ouId never be lost sight of,
re attended with grave peril. Bright's disease,
diabetes aud other ailments which affect the renal
organs have their origin in inaction of the kid
neys. To overcome this Is an easy matter at the
outset. Not so later. Now Is the appointed time
in Il case of this sort lrregularIty of the bowels,
stomach aud liver. rheumatism and malaria are
remedied by the BItIers.