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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-09-15

said his wife.
'What is Miss Baden to me-" he de-
manded angrily.
And what is Capt. Lowell to me?"
you encourage him, madam. You
fiirt with him.
Nettie sank on her knees before him
and looked up whimsically and at the
same time somewhat satirically into
his angry eyes.
Forgive me, Bob, l did only what
you advised me to do, and what you
set the example in. Do not be angry.
l only did as you did with Isabel Ba-
den"
, GA man may do what is not per-
| missible in a woman
: Nettie rose abruptly from the floor
and drew her form up to its full
| height. Her eyes flashed the scorn she
| felt
"Ah, that is it, she said. "You men
may neglect wife-nay Wear out her
| heart and life with anguish-rnay ex-
pose her to the pity or ridicule of all
her acquaintance by showing devotion
to another: and she, poor slave, must
| not presume to turn, as may even the
trampled worm, but must bear all in
meek silence, never even inplorirg
mercy, less she should offend her lord.
| But I have enough of this. What /
have done I am ready to answer for.
I did it after writing to my mother and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
CHANGES OF THE CALKHDAR

The Length Of tho Year Has Frequently
Been Altered sinoe 1913 b. O.
Chicago Herald.l
The Egyptians were the first people to fx
the length of the year. What is known as
the "Roman year" was introduced by Romu-
lus, 738 B. c., and was corrected by Numa,
713 B. G., and again by Julius Caesar, As B.
G. Cesar fixed the solar year at 365 days
and six hours. This was known as the
"Julian style" But the calendar of Julius
was defective in this particular: The real
solar year consists of 365 days hours and
40 minutes This made difference of IL
minutes between true solar time and solar
time according te Cesar.
At the time of Pope Gregory KILL Che
became pope in 1879 that difference OF but
eleven minutes each year had grown to an
error of ten whole days. To obviate this
error, Gregory ordained, in 1882, that that
year should consist of but 1856 days; this
change was called the change from the
Julian to the Gregorian system of reckoning
time. However, all the world, with the ex-
ception of Italy and few inconsiderable
countries, reckoned time by the old Julian
style for more than hundred years after
Gregory had announced the change. In
England the Gregorian system was not
recognized until 1862, at which time another
whole day OF error had been added. In the
year last mentioned above England and her
dependencies, America included, made the
change, September 3, OF that year, being
reckoned as the 14th. Russia is the only
country OF any importance that still adheres
to the old style system.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
Form sud Color Of F1owers.

The English method Of preserving how-
ers 80 as to retain their form and color is to
imbud the plants in q mixture of equal guam
titles of plaster of paris and lime, and
gradually heat them to temperature of 100
degrees After this the flower looks dusty.
but,if it is laid aside for an hour, so As to
absorb sufficient moisture to destroy its
brittleness, il can be busted without injury.
To remove the hoary appearance which is
often left, even after the dusting, varnish
composed of five ounces of gum dammar
and 16 ounces Of turpentine should be used,
and a second coat given if necessary. When
gum has been dissolved In the turpentine
16 ounces Of benzoline should be added and
the whole should be strained through fine
muslin.
Another preserving varnish is composed
of 500 parts other, 20 parts transparent
copal and 20 parts sand. The flowers should
be immersed In the varnish for two minutes,
then allowed to dry for ten minutes, and
this treatment should be repeated five or
six times. Still another method, which is
used in the Paris Museum of Natural His
tory, is to place the flowers in solution of
30 grains Of salicylio acid in one quart of
water.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

and though he fights very we'll In
the lightweight class he is not destined to
profit by buffet lunch. The alleged nu-
triton is piled upon the counter, and the
animals take food as best they may. NY
long reach and longer experience enabled
me to obtain sandwiches and cakes over the
shoulders of the throng, whereas Sammy
got nothing but cup of coffee, which was
poured down his back by gentleman be-
hind him. However, he got good idea of
the amount which can be obtained by a
skillful, long-legged man, by settling my
account at the desk.
Later We formulated our plans for the
day. I asked him what he had come here
to see, and he replied that he had always
thought that the Statue of Liberty and the
obelisk in Central Park must be very inter-
esting.
my dear bov," said I, "you can never
get any idea of this town by hunting up OBJ
scure, inanimate curiosities of that sort
But there is going to be a prize fight in Jer-
sey City tonight that will be a liberal edu-
cation for young man; and, in the mean
time, we might run out and see the Broke
dale Handicap. have sure thing"
The Philosophy of the Bookmakers.
Samuel accompanied me willingly, for
his relatives at home had told him to stick
close by me, and not go running away by
himself into places which well-brought-up
young man should never visit. On the way
to the race course he asked me what L had
meant by sure thing, and explained to
him as much of it as one can really under
stand without personal experience. He said
that he never bet on anything, but did not
think it wrong if one were sure not to lose
his money. assured him that some of the
best people knew were habitual bettors;
indeed, few Of them were SO good that
they were not required to put up cash. He
remarked that he would prefer to have me
bet his money that way, and was obliged
to confess that was not one of the few.
1t is pleasant to watch the childish ex-
citement which possesses man when he
attends his first horse race. This delightful
emotion lasts all the way down to the track;
1t survives the dust and cinders Of suburban
railways; but it generally evaporates whom
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
Weaving by Electricity.

An experiment, the successful result of
which constitutes another element in the
modification of the factory system which is
surely approaching, was tried last month in
England at the loom works of Lancashire
manufacturer. The test in question was the
application of electricity to weaving. The
works are illuminated by electric light, tho
current being generated by large dynamo
on the premises Taking advantage of this
installation, a motor was fixed in an upper
room where the loom to be operated was
placed The loom, which is of the ordinary
type used in Lancashire mills, has what is
known as 44-inch reed space, and with
electric power it is worked at the rate of
210 picks per minute. Any workman past
whose door electric light mains run can now
have his own power and run his own loom
ct his hown home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

Tho installation Of 4,0oo-ton hydraulic
press in the Saint Jacques Iron Works at
Montlucon, France, serves to mark the
progress of an innovation in forging work.
The substitution Of hydraulic presses for
powerful steam hammers for the forging of
large masses of steel has for some time been
steadily on the increase. 1t is found that
the work of the press is more regular, homo
geneous and rapid, and that the press costs
much less to install than the steam hammer.
Finally, the difficulties met with in the
installation Of the foundations and anvil
beds increase in such q measure when the
weight of the hammers is increased that the
limit of power that can be given to them has
been practically reached, while the possi-
bilities of press power cannot as yet be &C.
corded any limitations
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
THE SEVEN BIBLES OF ANTIQUITY.

Facts ~ to Their Origin and What They
Are Supposed to Teach.
Chicago Herald.l
The seven Bibles Of the world are the
Koran of the Mohammedans, the Tri Pi-
tikes of the Buddhists, the five Kings of
the Chinese, the three Vedas of the Hin
docs, the Zendavesta of the Persians, the
Eddas of the Scandanavians and the Bible
of the Christians The Eddas is the most
recent and cannot really be called more
than semi-sacred work. It was given to
the world some time during the fourteenth
century of our era
The Koran is the next most ancient, dat
ing from about the seventh century A. D.
1t is composed of sublime thoughts from
both the Old and New Testaments, with
frequent, almost literal, quotations from
the Talmud. The Buddhists' Tri Pitikes
were composed in the sixth century before
Christ Its teachings are pure and SUBJ
lime, its aspiration lofty in the extreme
The word liking, las used in connection
with the sacred work of the Chinese, SIM
ply means "web of cloth" From this it is
presumed that they were originally written
on fine rolls of cloth. The Vedas are the
most ancient works in the language of the
Hindoos, but they do not. according to the
best commentaries, antedate the twelfth
century before the opening of the Christian
era. The Zenoavesta OF the Persians con-
tains the sayings Of Zoroaster, who lived
and worked in the twelfth century b q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

a bad way of drinking milk. The bad way
Is that which they generally follow, viz. to
swallow large quantity at once. When
milk goes into the stomach it is instantly
curdled, and if it is curdled into one big
mass the juices of the stomach can work on
only the outside of it. This is the reason
that many people who like milk, and to
whom it should be of the utmost benefit,
cannot drink it They say it gives them in
digestion, and they are right Let them
give it another chance. But this time they
must sip it slowly, not taking more than
good teaspoonful at one sip, and taking at
least four MINUTES to finish the glassfuL
Each little sip thus becomes curled up by
itself when passed into the stomach, and
the digestive Juices percolate freely around
1t and it speedily becomes assimilated. One
Of the best restoratives known after exces-
sive fatigue, and one infinitely preferable
to any form of alcohol, is Q glass OF hot
milk. The heat seems to tighten 1t and to
deprive it Of much of the sweetness which
is 70 cloying to some tastes
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
THE CARE OF CARPETA
Some Timely Hints to tho Housewife ~ .
Manufacturer

Some Timely Hints to the Housewife ~ .
Manufacturer.
New York Ledger.1
because carpet is put on the floor and
is made to walk on, that is no reason why it
should be neglected or abused" said a
manufacturer. "The ordinary carpet lining
is absolutely worthless as protection from
the sand and grit which works through
the carpet, and it really does more damage
than all other causes put together. The car
pet itself is to some extent, open, at least
will allow the finer particles of sand to pass
through it. Of course, these collect on the
smooth surface of the paper-iining and can
90 no farther. Here they remain, and every
step taken across the carpet is just SO much
steady grinding on the back.
''For this reason, carpet should frequently
be taken up, especially in localities where
sand abounds. A carpet should be taken
up at least once in six months and thor
oughly beaten to free it from gritty parti-
cles which lodge in the woven back of the
fabric 1t may then be relaid and thor
oughly cleaned with naphtha or soap suds
If there are sticky spots, they must be re-
moved with water. All grease spots may
be treated with the naphtha- To do this
take pan containing quart or SO Of
uIputudy duus WAtH q eCi uUUiuS VI uout kO
rapidly over the carpet As fast
as it is scrubbed, have an assist
ant ready with soft cloth, to alb
sorb whatever of the fluid may be possible.
Then cover the clean part closely with
cotton cloth or an old comfortable. If spots
appear after the carpet has once been gone
over, repeat the process where necessary.
Several applications might be necessary to
efectually remove such soiled spots In
case it is necessary to use soap-suds. it
should be applied in small quantity.
Candy or other sweets make spots which
naphtha will not remove. If there are no
spots at all on the carpet, merely naphtha
bath will brighten the colors amazingly.
"When it is not thought necessary to take
the carpet from the floor thorough brush
ing with suds or naptha will improve its ap-
pearance very greatly. When coal fires are
used it is well to take the utmost pains that
no particles of coal are dropped on the car
pet, even though they may be picked up at
once, the dust from them being almost Ger
tain to leave . mark, and if stepped on and
crushed the particles make a most danger
Gus sort OF grit Large rugs should. be
placed in front of stoves or CRATES, and
when ashes must be taken up thick paper
or piece of oilcloth will do to spread in
front of the stove"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
Fielding Shows a Tender Young Rela-
tive the Sights of New York.
TOOK IN A RACE AND A FIGHT
Betting Heavily the Wrong Way With the
Tenderfoot's Hard Cash.
FRANKNEss OF NAN WHO Is LOSER


rcoRREsPoNDENCE OF THE pIsPAroR.1
NEW YORK, June 10.-As q rule, when
people whom used to know, but whose
good points have forgotten, write to in
form me that they will visit New York and
will be pleased to see its sights under my
direction, I invent pressing engagement
in the interior of Connecticut But Sammy's
case was different. Sammy has q lot Of
money and could not bear to think Of the
chance that, In this great and wicked city,
he might be robbed-by somebody else. I
determined to protect him; to stand between
his innocence and the itching palms Of my
fellow citizena
30 when he wrote that he was coming,
promptly replied that would meet him at
Delmonico's about dinner time. His re-
joinder by wire requested me to meet
one of the Sound steamers and
breakfast with him at 7:30. I have
not breakfasted at that hour since
compulsory prayers were abolished at col
lege in my freshman year, and the indica-
tions were that his visit to the great city
would result in more novelty for me than
for him. However, arranged little pro-
gramme which thought would give Sam
my very fair idea Of life and death in the
American metropolis I shall here endeavor
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
A ROSEATE PICTURE,
Senator Brice Sees Nothing
but Good in What Many
People Condemn.
RICH MEN OF THE SENATE
Are ALI Hard-Headed Fellows Who
Know How to Do Lots Of Work.
A RAILROAD TRUST IMPOSSIBLE.
We Mm Soon Be Taking Little Cs1 Rides to
South America
GOOD TINES IN TRADE AND POLITICS
RICH MEN OF THE SENATE
A RAILROAD TRUST IMPOSSIBLE.
We MM Soon Be Taking Little Car Rides to
South America
GOOD TINES IN TRADE AND POLITICS

rooBRrsPoNDENcE OF THE p1srArcH.I
WASHINGTON, June 1L-One Of the
most interesting characters among the new
Senators is Calvin S. Brice, of Ohio. 1t is
the first time for years that Ohio has had
live, young -blooded, Democratic Senator,
and the people are being wakened up to the
fact that Ohio Democrats have some chances
Mt Washington. Under Grandfather Payne
they got but little attention, and he devoted
the most of his time to looking wisely out
through pair of iron-rimmed glasses and
70 walking from his house on Vermont ave-
nue to the Capitol and back every day.
Senator Thurman was an able statesman,
but he paid little attention TO the details of
politics, and George h Pendleton, or ''Gen-
tleman George" as he was called, was
never in close touch with the people.
Senator Brice has been here only about
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

Have you never noticed that 1t is the man
who has the most to do who accomplishes
the most? Well, this is the condition of
the rich Senators"
The Senators Are Like College Students.
'How about riches and social position in
the Senate, Senator Brice?"
"They do not cut the least figure" re-
piled the railroad millionaire "Money has
no more influence there in that respect than
it has in a crowd of school boys and tho
actual relations of the Senators to one an
other are more like those of college students
than anything else"
"You were born in Ohio, were you not
Senator Brice?"
'Yes, 1 was born in Ohio, I went to
school in Ohio, practiced law for years in
Ohio, and I have q law office still In
Lima, O."
"Where did you 60 to school, Senator"
'fIt was at the Miami University, the
same college at which President Harrison,
whitelaw Reid, DR.. Swing and Secretary
Noble graduated. I was in school there
after they left and I graduated at the age OF
H."
"You must have entered very young?
"Yes, 1 think too young, perhaps 1t
was in 1858, and was only 13 years old at
the time was 15 when the war broke out
and enlisted in q university company and
went into the service. served in the Vir-
ginia campaign and fought with the troops
against Stonewall jackson. After three
months 1 returned home, and after my
graduation raised a company and served
till the end of the war. then studied law
and went to the Law School at Ann Arbor,
and was Just about 81 when 1 was admitted
to the bar 1 was not quite q, which was
the required age for admission, but was
near enough to squeeze in"
Senator Brice Talks OF Railroads
when did you first become interested In
railroads, Senator?"
SIT was along back at the first of the
seventies" replied Mr.. Brice. Governor
Foster wished to extend the little road that
ran through Fremont down to Lima, and
became interested with him. Then We
built the Ohio Central, then the Nickel
Plate, and since then we have built and or
ganized several other systema We built
one road through the Gogebic iron range,
and made a bridge from Canada to the
United States for it at the Sault Ste. Marie.
We have also built the Tennessee and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
Turning Tin Refuse to Proflt.

For . long time tho owners Of sardine
factories were at loss to know what to do
with the mounds of tin clippings that ao-
cumulated at their DOCKS The clippings
are now collected and sorted according to
their shape, those made by the dies which
stamp the bottoms and covers of the cans
being pounded into suitable shape for
handling, while the strips made by the
shears in cutting the tin for the sides are
bundled and boxed. The clippings are
smelted down in a furnace, the tin with
which they are coated being melted and
drawn off separately, while the molten mass
into molds and formed into window weights
and other useful articles The bright tin
strips of various sizes are utilized in sundry
ways, forming tin tags for the ornamental
tion Of plug tobacco, button molds, orna-
mental baskets and dozens Of other articles
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
THE CARE OF PIAN0A
They Should Be Tuned Monthly. Else Their
Pitch OF Tone Becomes Lower.

They Should Be Tuned Monthly. Else Their
Pitch OF Tone Becomes Lower.
I'm spite OF all the efforts of the Makers"
said piano tuner recently to writer in
the Jenness Miller Monthly, II do not believe
there is one piano in one hundred that,
with ordinary parlor use, will stand in tune
for more than two months. An unskillful
musical ear, it is true, will fail to detect
any important discord in piano for six
months, or perhaps longer; but no culti-
vated ear can tolerate the, discordant notes
that the best piano Will insist upon giving
out after two months of use. When
you think once that the steel wires
and iron frames of q piano are
alternately contracting and expanding
under the variations of the surrounding at
mosphere, giving q constant movement of
the wires and a consequent change in the
pitch and tone of the instrument, the i'm
possibility of piano maintaining perfect
tone for any length of time must be at once
apparent, and if you will but reflect on the
surprising fact that the tension of the
strings of piano causes a strain on the body
of the instrument equal to the weight of
100, 900 pounds, you will, doubtless, agree
with me that piano that will remain in
perfect tune for a year is an instrument that
must necessarily be of extreme rarity, if not
impossible to make.
ga piano, good, bad or Indifferent, when
new, should be tuned once month. The
longer an instrument remains untuned the
lower its pitch of tone becomes, and when
it is desired to have tho piano drawn to
concert pitch the strain on the body of the
instrument is greatly increased, so much,
In fact, that the case is liable to yield grad
ually, necessitsting second tuning within
q week or two weeks at the fuTthest. It is
q common error among non-professional
piano players to think q plano should re-
main in tune at least . year. Professionals
know better"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
l'atenS Grave Marken

The expense Of funeral in largo city
has grown to such proportions that tho
average man commits more extravagance in
the act of dying than he ever did during
life. 1t has been suggested that a much less
costly form Of gravestone than that usually
erected would meet all the requirements of
affectionate remembrance and respect, and
the suggestion has been carried into effect
in the patenting Of "grave marker" This
is simply a memorial leaf It consists of
two outer plates bent so as to form holder
for leaves or tablets, adapted to be sus-
pended from frame to receive and retain
objects desired to be kept as mementoes of
the deceased The tablets beneath the outer
plates can be designed in any desired form,
and as they have slides of mica or trans
parent material to protect the tokens, any
object such as photographs, sketches, etc,
can be inserted. For instance, sketch of
the life of the departed or a portrait or
lock OF hair can be placed in the receptacle,
where it is securely protected from the
weather, and, as it is covered by mica, it will
last for many years without bleaching OF
decaying.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
An Odd Chinese Dish.

New York Evening Srn.I
The Chinese gourmands seem to revel In
inventing extraordinary dishes. One Of
the most remarkable of these consists Of
young crabs thrown into a vessel of vinegar
some time before dinner is served. The
vinegar corrodes their delicate shells, so
that when the lid of the vessel in which
they are contained is removed the lively
young crabs scramble out and run all over
the table until their career is cut short by
each guest snatching up what he can and,
in spite of occasional sharp nips from their
spiteful claws, putting the lively tit-bits
into his mouth. Rice is, however, the
universal food Of China; rice il what Q
Chinese works for.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
THE OFFICES TO BE FILLED.
Not So Many Places as Thsre Used to Be for
anew Admit istration to Fill.

Not So Many Places as Thsre Used to Be for
anew Admi.istration to Fill.
Only about one-half of the spoils of office
which were formerly the prize in a contest
for the Presidency will be available for dis
tribution in the event of change of the ad-
ministration. Although of the LOO, 900 paid
places in the Government employ only
"a, 900 came under the civil service law,
the aggregate salaries Of this number
amount to as much as those of all the rest
put together. Thus the larger and more
luscious plums are withdrawn from the
politicians to an extent that is extremely
distressing to them. Even at this season
of approaching elections frequent adver-
tisements appear in the Washington news
paper offering cash In amounts from S75 up
for unclassifed situations in the depart
ments at $50 or $50 month. These propo-
sitions, often successful, are addressed to
corrupt persons of petty authority or in
fuence who are able to secure positions