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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
DIME NOVEL FIEND.
lie Lays a DiabOIicaI Plan to Get Even
With His Parents.

He Lays DiabOIical Plan to ''Get Even
With His Parents.
Leadville, Col, Oct 17.-Herman
Truman, 14-year-old son of S. A.
Truman, with several companions, Sc
cured 200 pounds of giant powder and
placed it in a small mine near his faith
er's residence, the intention being to
kill the boys father, mother, little
brother and sister, against whom he had
a fancied grudge. The powder was eX-
pl0ded by long fuse and the Truman
residence rs well as the house of Peter
Breene, next door, was almost COM
pletely wrecked. Miraculously none
Of the inmates were seriously hurt
1t was found that young Truman had
stolen $500 belonging to his father and
had taken refuge with partner in a
cave twelve miles from home. Officers
have gone to make an arrest AS
Truman is a victim of dime novels
and is armed, it is probable that he
will resist. The explosions caused
hundreds OF dollars worth of damage.
Several houses must be entirely re-
built
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Another Long-Distance Ride.

VIENNA, Oct. 17.-Archduke Albert of
Austrin is trying to arrange long
distance ride from Vienna to Rome and
Rome to Vienna, on the same plan as
the recent riding competition between
officers of the Austro- Hungarian and
German armies. The participants in
the competition will be Italian and
Austro-Hungarian officers, and the
ride will be attended by much greater
national difficulties than exist between
Vienna and Berlin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
FIRED ON THE BARK.

a Clash of Authority at Port Townsend
Causes Trouble.
Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. 1.-THE
Gillian bark Augusta was fired upon
late last night four miles below here by
the United States cutter WOlcOtt.
The Augusta attempted to leave port
without a customs house clearance.
The trouble was caused by a clash of
authority between the Gillian consul
and vice-consul, the latter advising the
vessel to sail without the proper clear
ance papers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Nearly All on Board Lost.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Peninsular b
Oriental steamship Bokhara has been
totally wrecked. The steamship struck
on sand island of the group known
as the Pescadores, or Fishers islands,
called Pheng Hoo by the Chinese,
in the channel of Fokien, in the
China sea. The weather was terrible
and the raging waters quenched the
fires on the steamer. The steamer be-
came unmanageabl bic and sunk and the
commander and a majority of the
officers and crew were ost. Twenty
three persons only were saved. 1t is
feared that those who We're lost were
mostly Europeans. The survivors will
reach Hong Kong on Tuesday morning
next. The steamship Ancona has pro-
ceeded to the scene of the wreck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Horse Thieves Lynched.

BOISE, Idaho, Oct 17.-Outlaws who
had stolen several hundred horses in
upper Idaho had battle with a pur-
suing posse on Aug. -. Three OF the
thieves were wounded and many horses
were shot. Then the posse set the
prairie afre. Six others of the gang
were shot down while tying to escape.
and the wounded ones who had been
burned by the flames were given places
beside them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Declined to Nee, the Duke

VIENNA, Oct 17.-While Emperor
William was at Schoenbrum the Duke
of Cumberland tried to arrange meet
ing in order that they might discuss
the Brunswick succession. The court
officials informed the Duke, however,
that the Emperor was travelling en-
tirely in his private capacity and
could not concern himself with politi-
cal affairs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
CHILDREN SHOT.

An Accident That Might Have Proved
Much Worse.
Whitehall, Wis, Oct. 17.-While out
hunting squirrels, George H. OIds acct
dentally shot Tom Hanson and his
younger sister with small squirrel shot.
The children We're digging potatoes in
a field near the edge of a woods where
ODDS was hunting The boy was shot
in the face and the girl in the body.
Neither is dangerously wounded. The
children'S father is Il farmer living near
this village.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Stole Six Golden ChaIices.

DANBURY, Ct, Oct 17.-The Roman
Catholic church in this place was
robbed early this morning and six
golden chalices were taken by the
thieves Other valuable property from
the affairs is also missing. The chali-
ces alone were valued at over 5000.
The police are working on the case,
but have no clew to the burglars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
RubIep Arrives,

Milwaukee, Oct. 17.-Consul w. A.
Rublee, of Prague, has arrived in New
York. He will be in Milwaukee short
ly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
JANEsVILLE's FIRST MAYOR.

Ee Passes Away at His Rock County
Home.
GAINESVILLE. Wis, Oct. ia. Hyatt
Smith. the first mayor of GAINESVILLE
and at one time a leading democratic
politician and inambar Of ,ilc 1irst coz
stitutional convention. died at his home
near this city last evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20

The campaign of 90 will go into his
tory rs of funereal Quietude.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20

The Colorado railway strike is i'll
statu quo.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
SALT WATER.
A Young Man Pays for His Ignorance Of
the Latin Tongue.

the Latin tongue.
A little knowledge is more often q
useful than dangerous thing, and q
young man who knows ''small Latin
and less Greek" discovered the fact
not long ago.
A young Boston man had slight
cold and sore throat. and meeting his
cousin, who Is physician and some
thing Of a wag, he asked him what to
do for it.
"Oh, I'll write a prescription for
you," was the answer. He wrote 1t,
and the gentleman glanced at 1t be-
fore taking it to the druggist. 1t read:
aqua pura-ounce; chloride sodium
ounce. Shake well before using. and
gargle with it every half hour"
"How much is it?" queried the pa
tient, as the druggist handed him the
bottle.
Two dollars" was the reply.
Some weeks later the young mans
throat was sore again, and rememb ber-
ing the efficiency OF his cousins pre-
scription, he took the bottle to be
filed again.
Another clerk waited on him, and
when he inquired the, price he was as
tonished at the cheerful answer: ''Oh.
we don't charge anything for salt and
water"
He had paid two dollars for an un.
derstanding of two simple words.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
Ocean wedding Journeys.

A trip to Europe sounds so well to
tell ones friends and to be noted in
the society columns Of the newspapers
that the temptation Is very great to
run the risk for the sake of the glory
of such an announcement; but when
the ship begins to lurch and pitch
about, the waves rise mountain high
and the stewards are pressed for time,
then the grim reality blots out the
rosy vision.
A woman isn't bit pretty when she
is seasick; for that matter, neither is a
man, but somehow woman gets SO
washed-out looking, and even when
that delightful period of convalesccnce
sets in she is SO limp, the sea air takes
the curl out of her bangs, she has no
interest in life, and she does not re-
semble in the least degree the stylish
creature who came aboard in smart
travelling gown with bride" unmis-
talxably written in every fold.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
Execution of Criminals.

An ingenious inventor has devised
an extremely dramatic mode of execu-
tion for criminals, which possesses the
additional advantage of being pain
less The machinery consists of a
platform nine meters square, approach
ed by five steps. In the centre of the
platform is n chair for the condemned
man. Behind it stands a figure of
Justice, ho0ling pair of scales in her
left hand, the scales being movable.
Under the platform is placed an elec-
trio battery, from which wire passes
through the legs of the chair into the
seat and back, terminating in plati-
mum plates. IL the patient objects to
seating himself in the chair, he is
simply tied in. After the sentence has
been read, the cxccutioner takes q
stick, breaks it, AMI places the pieces
in one of the Justices scales. This de-
scends, puts the battery in motion,
and--fnis! Death is instantaneous
and painless. The machine was tried
on animals and pronounced a success.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
Is tho World Made OF Salt?

Near the village OF Spenrenberg,
about twenty miles from Berlin, Ger
many, is situated the deepest salt mine
in the world. At last accounts it was
AIDA feet deep, the first 1900 being
sixteen feet in diameter. 1t was be-
gun in the year 1869, government au-
thorities having charge of the work.
the avowed purpose OF the work being
to ascertain the exact thickness of the
rock salt vein known to exist beneath
the Gypsum substrata abounding in
that vicinity. Tho salt rock was
reached before the shaft had passed
the 300 level, but the size of the man.
moth shaft was not lessened until II
had reached a depth of nearly one
fifth of mile, after which the boring
was continued with an augur bit thir-
teen inches in diameter. When the
boring was discontinued at the depth
Of 4, 1914 feet, 1900 feet of which was
pure rock salt the end of the nuger
bit was cutting away on the saline de-
posit. which is still Of unknown thick
ness,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
PREHISTORIC MONKEYS.
Discovered I'm tho Positions In Which
}. Death Found Them,

Discovered In the Positions In which
!. Death Found Them,
Some curious dried monkeys have
been recently discovered in the Trans
vaa'. From the extraordinary atti-
tudhs which they have assumed, and
the fear and rage expressed by their
not too amiable countenances, it would
appear that they must have been over
taken by some sudden catastrophe,
such as landslide or avalanch of
mud. The attitude of the female en-
deavoring to protect her little one
from impending death is quite idyllic,
while the rage and fear of paterfami-
las, who must have stood nearly four
feet high are equally manifest The
tails of all of them spring from an
unusual position. high up in the, back.
They appear to have been mummic d
by some natural process, and there is
still some hair adhering to the skin.
In the same cave in which these crea-
lures were found the diggers turned
up skulls of bushman and Hotten-
tot, also of deer and a bird, the
latter with some feathers still attached
IN IL
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
How Terence voted.

An interesting election story comes
from Ireland. The Roman Catholic
curate WIS busily engaged outside the
polling booth, coaching the voters as
they came up to the entrance. When
Terence Maloney appeared, a rather
protracted conversation ensucd. and the
last words the priest said to him were:
Now, you know who you're to vote
for. Just make the cross and put the
ballot-paper in the box" AS Terence
came out of the booth, he was asked II
he had recorded his vote all right
''Bedad. yer riverence," he explained
with merry twinkle, II did as ye
towld me. IS soon as the gentleman
gave me the paper, just crossed me-
self and dropped IL in"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
Minute Frnctions Of Time.

A second is the smallest division of
time in general U.S., and when we con-
slider that in one year there are about
3l,55s, 900 of these periods it would
certainly seem rs If 1t was small
enough for all practical purposes. But,
after all, n good deal can happen even
in fraction OF n second. A light
wave, for instance, passes through a
distance of about 1S5, 900 miles in this
length of time. A. current of electricity
has probably an even greater speed.
The earth itself moves in its orbit at q
rate of about 90 miles n second, thus
fur exceeding the fastest railroad
trains on its surface. A tuning fork
of the French standard vibrates $40
times per second to produce the note
A on the treble staff.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
A HUNGRY MANS DREAMS.
The Banquet Always Vanished just as He
Began to Eat.

The Banquet Always Vanished just as He
Began to Eat.
One of the worst evils attending
penal servitude is said to be the hun
ger which assails a man with healthy
appetite during the first few months
or years of his imprisonment A man
who has just done long term for
forgery says:
II used to go to bed every night
pinched by hunger. 1 began dream
ing of banquets, and would have
thought nothing strange about it had
not the same dream come to me every
night. The banquet was always the
same, in the same place. and always
had the same place at the table.
"The exasperating thing about It
was that just as the first course was
offered always awoke, so that even
In my dreams / was not permitted to
ta:te of the munificent spread which
WIS nightly presented to me in my
sleep.
II dreaded to go to bed, because the
dream tortured me. 1t only made mo
the hungrier, and l then understood
the agony of Tantalus, the fable hero
who was tortured with thirst, and to
whose lips the waters were ever ON
ing and receding just as he was in the
act of taking "a drink"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01

There has recently been added to the
collection of folk objects in the mu-
scum of the university of Pennsylvania
a package of incense, the use of which
survives in the rural districts of China
for the purpose of measuring time. 1t
is called kong keung, or ''clock in
cense;" the word kong being our
familiar English word gong" whic h
we got from the Chinese. 1t is used
by the watchman, whose watch at
night is divided into five parts. Five
of these sticks are burned during the
night, and they arc shortened by
breaking them off in accordance with
the seasons. This incense was pur-
chased at Chinese shop in Philadel-
phia, and is another curious instance
of primitive survivals among these in
tercsting people.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
THE cANNoN-BALL TREE.
Something About Curious Tree and Its
Strange Fruit.

Something About Curious Tree and Its
Strange Fruit.
The cannon-ball tree owes It's pecul-
iarity principally to the mode in which
the flowers are borne on long branches,
which grow from around the trunk,
commencing at its base and continu-
ing many feet upward. They are ar
ranged in terminal racemcs and fall
soon after expanding; the peduncle,
however, instead of falling and with
ering, hardens and enlarges, produc-
ing racemes of flowers In succession at
its extremity each season.
Years afterward the woody pedicels
may still be seen upon the Towering
branches. So nearly does the arrange
ment Of the latter resemble a creeping
plant growing upon q tree that it Is
difficult to convince people to the con-
trary, and that they bear the flowers
of the tree itself, which describes the
flowers as cup-shapcd, red within and
yellowish-white without
The flowers measure four inches
across. The large brown, ball-shaped
fruits, unlike the fragrant flowers
emit disgusting odor, rivaled only by
the flowers of termanilie belerica- The
latter, when in flower. scents the at
mosphere Of the garden in way that
suggests to the uninitiated that the
sanitary arrangements are in bad
condition. The couroupita forms a
large tree some fifty to sixty feet in
height and bears dense mass of shin
ing leaves, be ecoming deciduous or
sometimes twice during the year. The
leaves on these occasions fall very
rapidly and are replaced again in q
few days by a new set.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
PIRATE LEADERS TAKEN
Chinese Soldiers Resort to Strategy and
Break Up . Band.

Break Up Band.
Two piratical chieftains, formerly of
the band of notorious freebooters
under the formidable Wang King
man, were captlred a short time ago
near Ningpo, China, by soldiers who
had been looking for them. The
soldiers. disguised as merchants, set
out in junk to the regions which the
pirates have been accustomed to visit,
and waited for the latter to take the
bait Eager OF prey, the pirates soon
encountered them, when a fight en-
sued, and resulted In the capture of q
certain Siao Lau-matz and six of his
faithful ones, together with brass
cannon and some rifles and ammuni-
ton. Five unfortunate persons were
also found who had been kept in cap
tivity by the pirates
The principal leader, named Ii, was
not among the captured. Upon the
application of little punishment the
prisoners were soon glad to furnish in
formation concerning their chieftain,
who, they said, was concealing him
self in a temple on the Pootoo Noun
tain. Disguised in foreign costumes,
the veterans proceeded to the spot and
succeeded in capturing Ii. The chief
tain is said to possess prodigious
strength, aud it was not until one of
his arms was wounded that he sub
mitted to be bound.
The Viceroy of Canton reports the
execution of 100 criminals within the
past year. charged with piracy on the
Canton coast.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
Rlse. Cauaani

Mourning over the decadepce of his
native village, country newspaper In
Canaan, Me-, emits this lugubrious wall:
when will Canaan arise from her
ashes nd put on her beautiful gar
mcnts.' and utilize her water power to
produce something besides cells? A
town boasting a millionaire, with
thousands of dollars hidden away in
trunks under his bed. ana in panta-
looms factory all fitted to run by water
power. lying idle. and not a religious
meeting in the place, except when
some one dies"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
re,d by the Heels.

In an article telling what an enthus-
instic botanist MIR. James Bryce, M. p.
is correspondent of an English paper
says: 81 have vivid recollection of
how, in wandering over the Cornish
cliffs in his company and that of his
delightful wife. was called upon, to-
gcthcr with Mrs. Bryce. to hold him
by tho heels as he stretched over a
PERCEPTIONS cliff to Gull the leaf OF
some interesting specimen plant grow
ing from four to five feet below the
edge"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
A New Language In Ensla,d.

A London paper. r.mentioning recent
anarchist meeting, says that speeches
were delivered in Yddish. This is a
term employed to designate the queer
mixture of Hebrew, German and other
words that is called jargon in New
York. Jargon is SO extensively spoken
and read there that it is profitable to
issue several newspapers in that Ian
guage The expression ''our esteemed
jargon contemporary" is found occa.
sionally in the Jewish papers Of the
higher class, and its use does not
imply any disposition TO speak slight
in0ly. r
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
He StopDcd.

A nervous little man sat on one side
of the cross seats on tho top of an omni-
bus tho other day, back to back with
young woman of the ''swect girl
graduate" species. The little man felt
piece of cloth tickle his neck, and.
thinking the ends of his cravat were
sticking out, he began to stuff the
cloth down between the collar and the
waistcoat.
lie was nearly scared out Of his seat
minute later by hearing the girl ex-
claim in loud voice: "Now you stop!
Leave my hair ribbon aloner'
The small man apologizcd and got
off ut once.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
1t Was .No Co."

In hail in Glasgow few weeks
ago there was lecture on Marriage
and After" The lecturer said men
should kiss their wives as they did
when they were n year or two mar
ried. When the lecture was over an
old man went home, put his arm
aroand his wifes nctls and kissed her.
Meeting the lecturer next day, he said:
"It's no go" What isn't?" said the
lecturer. "Wccl," said the man, when
kissed my wife she said: What's
gone wrang wi yc, yc auld fool, YEP y
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
saved by a re ,dy wit.

There is priest at Saratotf who,
during the cholera riots, was attacked
by mob, one of the leaders exclaim-
ing; THAT is the priest who buried
me alive; I have just risen from the
grave" Although the people were
crying "Stonc himr' the priest kept
his 'composurc. IF you have just
risen," he inquired of his assailant,
show is 1t that you are already drunlx?"
The answer is not recorded
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01
Doing Up His Adversary.

Mr.. Hamond, successful Unionist
candidate, in his capacity as police
magistrate in Newcastle, is very well
known among the people. While Mr..
Hamond was addressing the people, .
voice from the crowd beloved forth:
"Get your hair cut, Charlie" Adjust
ing his spectacles and fixing an imper-
turbable look upon the individual, he
retorted with splendid sang-froid;
''My friend. If am not mistaken,
have been the means of your having
your hair cut before to-day"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-01

Arc you going to the Worlds Fair, if
80, you will want the official map of the
city, showing all points of interest,
railways, parks, theatres, buildings,
etc. With it You can become as
familiar with the streets of Chicago as
with your own town, and save many
times its cost. Sent on receipt of fifty
cents.
STAHL 81 HOLMES,
Box 144. Turner, Ill
Send ten cents extra in stamps for
postage and packing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-27

ly eclipsed by the rare and subtle COM
mingling of black ana old rose. The
walls were solid IN the latter hue. save
for dado of black with scattered ara
besque in gold. The picture rod was of
plain black and every portion of the
woodwork was of the same sable tint,
unrelieYed by other than its own high
polish.
The chairs in wicker and enamel with
a rattan Settee were all painted black,
but the couch and easy chairs were
cushioned with old rose plush and tied
with knots of ribbon the same color. The
bedstead in black, with brass knobs. had
a canopy of cretOnne in the two prevail
ing tones and the round bolster and
cOYerlid followed suit. Bureau black,
with lengthwise mirror edged by the
tiniest gold rim and handles IN brass
that winked saucily at their own re-
Election in the highly polished wood
work. A mat of old rose plnsh the
! length of the exposed surface was
trimmed with black lace and the cush-
ion in black and this .blushing tint was
as sweet and as dainty as any woman
could desire.
Gold toilet accessories and odd trifes
made this bureau or dressing table an
ideal bit of decorative prettiness.
On the floor rich rug in old rose,
with small sheepskin mats in black
placed here and there where they would
show to the greatest advantage. A
mantel in ebony or eboniZed wood,
touched up with gold. ond the tile d fire.
place in the opposite color with pictures
even framed in black, and the cretonne
window draperieS all carrying out the
same color scheme. produced one Of the
richest, oldest. daintiest effects it has
ever been our good fortune to see.