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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
THE DEADLY BOILER.
1t Gets In Its Work on Some Color ed I'eo-
pIe in New Orleans

New ORLEANS, June ga boiler in
the Consumers Ice oompany's works ex
ploded this afternoon, wrecking the build
ing and the adjoining building. Of two
colored men who were pa sing one was
instantly killed and the other fatally in
jured A, number of persons in
the building were injured
Albert Coleman was fatally
injured, Maurice Smith, Jacob Friekey
were critically injured; Hick Smith, Viii
liam Scully viii die; Mrs. John Hilbert
and a child in a dangerous condition
Mrs. Comeau was badly scalded and is in
a critical condition. Richard Meredith
and James Brown also suffered injuries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
SHOT IN COURT.

Rap1st Meets a Tragic Fate at Brothers
HANDS.
New YORK, June 27.-Max C!ergett,
aged Is, was shot and instantly killed in
the court Of general sessions this morning
by Edwin OWNS. Clergett had raped
DiYins' ffteen-year- old sister.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
Republicans Ratify .

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Illinois
republicans ratified the nomination of
Harrison and Reid at an enthusiastic
meeting in this city tonight Speeches
were made by Representatives Henderson,
Post and Smith, First Comptroller Mat
thews and General Raum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
Edward Blake Sails for Ireland.

QUEBEC, June 27.-Edward Blake
sailed for Ireland yesterday on the
steamer Partisan. He is to be a candi.
date for Parliament
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
ONLY GINGERBREAD.

That Was the Weapon Used for AssauIting
Gladstone.
LONDON, June 25.-Gladstone, while
driving through Chester today to attend a
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
A NECESSARY CONSTITUENT
Common Salt Plays an Important Part in
the Human system.

common NHlE I1HYS MI important IbTt
the Human System.
Sodium chlorid, or common salt, is a
necessity of animal life Wild animals
of the herbivorous class make regular
excursions of many miles to ''salt
licks," or other places where it
abounds.
The human body contains salt in
large proportion. The blood tastes of
it, and in greater or less quantities it is
found in all the many fluids and juices
manufactured by the various glands of
the body.
That its presence is not accidental
but designed is shown by the study of
some of the essential factors of the or
ganism when deprived of it. Recent
experiments have proved that the
white corpuscles of the blood swell and
burst quickly in distilled water Pro-
toplasm is inactive, and the ella, or
fringe-lil<e edges of certain cells, stop
their motion when deprived of sodium
chlorid; while in salt solution they
remain active and intact.
1t is stated that by the passage of salt
through the body the absorption of food
| is stimulated, and the issue of tissue
changes and growth is increased.
1t is a matter of common observation
that the swallowing of salt produces
thirst, which is but saying that certain
organs are stimulated to activity there
by, and consequently demand more
fluid in order to continue their normal
activity. ,.-sa.3H
Many children doubtless suffer from
an insufficient supply Of common salt,
especially when artificial foods are used.
Such children are often weak and poor.
ly nourished. Their digestion proceeds
slowly, absorption of digested products
is delayed, and they become emaciated.
The doctor is called, and with the order
to add "a pinch" of salt to the milk ol
other prepared food, the appetite i'm
proves, the digestion is stimulated 7nG
q proper condition of nourishmept re.
turns.
| 1t is more than probable that the
| chlorine element of the hydrochloriC
acid of the gastric juice is supplied by
this salt. In this fact persons who live
largely on vegetable diet may find {
reason for weak digestion and INSULT
cient acidity, for the mineral matter
found in vegetables consists, for tn,
most part, of potash salts, which do no
satisfy the demands of the anima
organism.
The water of mineral springs il
chilly efficacious in that it supplies botl
salt and water to the blood IN increased
quantity. The salt tends 10 increas'
tissue-chanOes, and the greater supply
of water hastens the excretion Of tn,
waste products which are thereb,
enerated--Youth's Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
WHY THE HAIR FALLS OUT.
Extract From a Lecture by DIR. j. II. Kel'
lOgg. of the Battle Creek Sanitarinm.

Extract From a Lecture by DIR. j. H. Kel-
logg, of the Battle Creek sanitarium.
The best means to prevent the hair
from falling out is to keep it cut short.
The roots Of the hair of every human
being are capable of sustaining a GER
tain length or weight of hair. A lady
who is able to grow hair which will
touch the floor must have very large
and strong roots TO her hair. When a
hair gets so long that its weight is too
great for the root to hold it in its little
pocket then it falls out.
Another and perhaps more common
reason why the hair falls out is that
the scalp becomes unhealthy, either
from parasites which grow down in
these little pockets, which produce a
parasitic disease, or from an unhealthy
condition of the circulation of the scalp.
When people have bald heads the scalp
is shiny and hard as rule. Place your
finger upon it and you will find that
the scalp is firm, rigid and adherent to
the bone To prevent increased bald
ness or to restore the hair if the hair
folicles are not destroyed, this
condition must be overcome and
the best way to do it is to
stimulate the circulation by massage.
Place the hands firmly upon the scalp
and then move it IN such a way that
the fingers do not slip upon the skin.
BY moving the whole skin its structures
are stimulated, the old waste matter is
carried off and new fresh blood is
brought in. 1t is like stirring the earth
around bush or plant, taking away
the old material and bringing in new.
Thus, by increased nutrition, the hair
is strengthened and made to grow more
vigorously.
But you say: Massage causes the
hair to fall out worse" So it does at
first, but the hair which falls out
through the influence of massage would
have fallen out anyway. The roots are
left behind, and the application of mas
sage will develop hair which will not
fall out. Reported by Helen L. Man
ninp
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
KEEPING THE STOVE BRIGHT.
One of the Distinguishing attributes of a
Careful HOusekeel ler.

Naretul hOuhtkecIer.
The various parts Of stove require
careful treatment IL it is to be kept
shining and bright in all its parts like
the steam-engine of an expert engineer.
Nothing shows more prominently the
slovenly housekeeper than an ill-kept
and untidy stove. Careless worlSwom-
en- black the stove ali over, regardless
of the nickel work, polished edges,
mica or anything else, and sometimes
they use backing so freely that it fails
to cling to the stove and flies about the
kitchen, covering all other things with
its untidy dust. gA ....
Once month is often enough TO sp-
ply backing to stove, provided the
kitchen is kept clean. 1t is easy enough
to clean Kitchen, but she only is a
model yhousckeepcr, who Keeps her
stove clean. This implies continual
cnre, especially of the stove; care of the
ashes that they do not float about, and
of the,very blacking that itdoes not be-
come source of dirt. If by'some un-
toward accident something isspillcd ON
the stove, it should be cleaned off at
once, and not allowed to burn into the
stove. A heavy flannel rag should he
kept on hand for that purpose In case
of very obstinate grease-spot, .kero-
! sene, very little, may be used. Where
sirup or anything of a sugary nature is
spilled, it is very difficult to take it up,
and it is probably the bestway to let it
burn to a char. ~f~ wy
All these eases are unhappy, unto
ward accidents The.expert housekeeper
does. not allow such accidents to happen
often. 1t is unavoidable that a little
grease should fall on the stove in broil-
ing, unless there is regular broiling
arrangement attached to the stove In
such a case the grease must be wiped off
the instant the broiling ceases with a
heavy flannel cloth, kept for the pur-
pose. Otherwise it will burn in and
make an ugly and mseemly stain.l But
all the other accidents are easily avoid
able.
In backing the stove at the monthly
blacking remove the nickel work. This
is easily done, as it is,merely screwed
on, Black the stove thoroughly damp.
ening the backing if convenient with
n little coffee rather than water,
After applying the wet backing
with one brush to small portion OF
the stove, polish it off with "a dry
brush, and after the whole stove ha.
been polished in this way, rub and pol
ish it with a chamois kept for the pur
pose, or clean cotton cloth. This last
process removes the dust of the black
ing. No patent blaclSings which have
been invented to do away with the la
Dor of polishing can be recommended as
durable. They require 20 be continu
ally renewed, and do not take the place
of the old-fashioned backing.
After the stove has been fully blackeG
and polished, the nickel work should be
cleaned bright with whiting and put
back in place. If the stove has GROUND
polished edges, as most of the best
stoves have, do not polish them will
backing, but clean them bright with
sapolio.-N, \. Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
Wcbster's Opinion.

In the year lS4O the locomotive was
a small, weak machine that was en-
ploycd to drag a few coach-like cars at
q speed of about ten miles an hour
Then the directors and stockholders of
railroads constituted the meekest class
of citizens, very different from the die
tatorial, influential class of the pres
ent. Daniel Webster, in describing the
the American railroad of that time,
said: "Thcy are made of two stringers
of scantling, notched iu'o ties that
often get loose in the ground. Upon
the stringcrs two straps Of iron, the
width and thickness of wagon-tires
are nailed
"These straps of iron frequently get
detached at the ends, which turn up
like snakes heads, and pierce the floors
of the cars" Such an accident actual
ly happened to a car between Elizabeth
and New York.
"Then,, said Webster, "the wheels
slip on the iron straps, in winter
especially, so much that no dependence
can be placed upon the time of arrival.
and many think it is not certain that
railroads will be o success Youths
Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
a woman's Success.

Mrs. Norton, of Grand Rapids, Mich,
was left widow, some years ago, with
three children and no property but a
sandy plot of ground. Her husband
had moved to Grand Rapids from New
York only short time before and she
was stranger in a strange place; but
she had brains, energy and resolution.
She began to cultivate flowers for sale.
Her business increased, and she added
the raising of lettuce, and took her
children into partnership. Last year
her son sold twenty tons of lettuce,
none of il less than twenty-three cents
pound. The family have a summer
residence on the lake and live in ease
and prosperity, when less wise and
energetic mother might have let them
sink into pauperism. Benjamin Frank
lin well said that the best mother is
she who, in case of need, can be both
father and mother to her children
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
THE COCO DE MER.
A Palm Which Possesses Almost Animal
vitality.

vitality.
There seems to be an almost animal
vitality about the plant, and the mode
in which it Is connected with the par
ent nut and absorbs nutriment there
from bears strong analogy to arrange
ments in animal life.
strong distinction between the
sexes tends to aid the illusion, if illu-
sion it be. The male tree is tall and
stately, rising often to height of a
hundred feet and producing huge
spathes which contain the fertilizing cl-
ement. The female is generally twenty
or thirty feet less in height, but
with u more spreading plumage of
fronds, and will produce, in suitable
conditions, perhaps hundred nuts in
year; and she comes to bear fruit in
her ninth year, and often earlier, and
the days of her years range closely
with the scriptural span allotted to
mankind
Yet the value of the coco de mer to
the dwellers in its native isles is not so
much for the double nut, which, what
ever its medicinal value, is not good
eating, nor is the oil extracted from it
equal to that of the ordinary cocoanut
But the grand LEAKAGE of the palm forms
the ridging of the native huts-a hun
dred leaves will make whole house,
and single leaf makes hencoop, as
may be seen in the drawings of the late
Miss Marianne North at her gallery in
the Gardens. The down of the young
foliage forms good stuffing for pillows,
mattresses, etc, and the leaf ribs are
made into baskets and brooms-to such
humble uses has the royal family Of
palms descended in its latter days. All
the Year Round.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
THE TRUE oENTLEWoMAN.
She Never NegIects the Small, Sweet CoTr-
tesies of Life.

she Never NegTects the Small, Sweet CoGr-
tesies of Life.
Life is so complex, its machinery so
intricate that it is impossible that the
wheels should always move smoothly
and with friction. There is a continual
straining of every nerve to gain and
keep place in this overcrowded, busy
world. What wonder If in the hurry
and pushing the rights of others were
trampled or completely ignored, when
every individual is in such haste that
time-fails for the ''small, sweet courte-
sizes of lifel'
But It is the little offices of friendship
the encouraging smile, the apprecia-
tive word, the thought for our pref
erenccs, the avoidance of our tpreju'
dices- which. make life easier, and
which lessen in marvellous
degree allits worries and perplexities.
For nothing prevents friction so per-
fectly as the exercises of what we some
times disdainfully call the minor
virtues, AS though one should be en-
.dowed with truth, and yet lacking
prudence and delicate insight and cir
cumspection, wound with sharp needle
priclSs the sensitive hearer. We do not
care to be constantly reminded of our
failings
A gentlewoman never fails in the
small sweet courtesies. Instinctivcly
she respects the feelings of Others, and,
having the golden rule by heart, it is
from her heart thatall lovely, love-com-
pelling graccs flow. SIN her tongue is
the law of kindness" and she has the
ready tact which takes advantage of
every opportunity to render the lives OF
othershappier.
Md every morning, with good day"
Makes each day good.
Her winning smiles and gentle minis.
trations, her soft voice and unfailing
sympathy, insure her always ready
welcome, and, like the sun, she finds
the world bright, because she first
makes it so. y Detroit Free Press
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
The Vision of Birds.

Birds, as rule, cannot focus their
eyes on an object save ata considerable
distance. and then only with difficulty.
The reason for this singular fact is
found in the position of the eyes in the
head, one being placed on each side
and looking directly outward, so that
they cannot be brought to bear on one
object save, perhaps, at a very long
distance and directly in front. The
truth of this statement may readily
be demonstrated by anyone who has OBJ
served ordinary fowls turning their
heads on one side when desirous of
more closely examining some object
which has attracted their attention.
When excited by the presence of a
strange object, chickens will often he
noticed examining it, first with one
eye, and then with the other, turning
their heads for that purpose, thus
showing that they cannot bring both
eyes to bear upon it at once. The only
exception to the general rule is found
in the case of the owl, whose eyes are
placed in front of the head, and are
capable of being brought to focus on
an object at a very short distance in
front.-Yankee Blade.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
What She Said.

"Fickle, false one," he hoarsely cried,
you are not woman, you are a statue
"a marble statue with heart of flint.
Unfeeling, cruel, insensate, you so on
your ruthless way, over path strewn
with the crushed hearts of confiding
men; as remorseless in your career Of
conquest as any chieftain of old who
led his cohorts to battle across the
smoking ruins of desolated homes"
The maiden looked at him thought
fully for moment Then, in a voice
as musical as the murmur of the be-
reaved dove, she murmured: What's
it to you2"-Chicago Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
SHORT NOTES.


AMONG the few women who have at.
tanned distinction as composers of
music the gifted daughter of the
English Bishop of Gloucester, Miss
Frances Eltcott, deserves prominent
r!ace, as her works include every form
cf intricate musical composition.
Mrs. DORA r. MILLER, well-known
school teacher of New Orleans, has
Latented blackboard eraser or rubber.
it is a small contrivance worn on the
hand while working at the blackboard,
and Is considered SO practical and use
sul that the inventor has been offered
s5, 900 for the patent right.
RENAN says: "a woman will never be
more than an indifferent sort of man.
She must remain what she is, but she
must be pre-emincntly what she ig She
is different from man, but not inferior.
A perfect woman is equal to a perfect
man, but she must be perfect after her
own fashion and not after mans fash.
ion. She differs from him as negative
electricity differs from positive, that is,
in direction, not in essence. The mega.
tive and the positive make up the per-.
feet whole which asks for nothing
more"
THE late Prof. I. Bischoff, the dis.
tinguished physiologist of Munich, was,
it appears, fond of insisting on the in.
tellectual inferiority of women to men,
a fact which he attributed to the rela.
tive lightness of the female as com.
pared with the male brain AS the re.
suit of laborious research he mad found
that while the average weight of o
mans brain is 1850 grammes, won.
ans only weighs 1,25O grammes. The
/ fair sex must have felt itself amply
avenged when, on the ungallant pro
/ fessor's death, his brain was found n
! weigh only l,245 grammes,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
A FALSE ALARM.
The Absent Minded Woman Has Fresh

Inc htnutu W. OinlH ItuS Frebn
..a..-..s-s---.-.. Start
81 have had my pocket picked" ex-
claimed middle-aged woman, as she
lexcitedly rushed up to a foor-walker
in a large department store day or
two ago.
"Where did it occur?" she was asked
''Over at the lace counter, and know
the thief was young man who stood
near me-" M
"How much money did you have?"
81 can't, say You see it was this
way: came down town to do some
shopping. put my portmonnaie in
my pocket when left home. When
went to pay for the goods it was gone.
l think had about seven dollars"
'Sure you brought the money down
town."
"Oh, yes"
"And you are certain you didn't lose
it?"
"Do you think / am fool, sir" she
Indignantly exclaimed "Nhen I say
had my pockets picked know what I
am talking about"
II hope you do, ma'an, but you
know"
At this moment small boy entered
the building with the pocket-bools in
his hand and, seeing the woman, walked
up to her and said: ats good thing
you told me to meet you down here, ma,
cause Mary found your money on the
stand after you had gone"
The woman and the floor-walker
looked fixedly at each other for few
seconds Then he smiled. Then she
got red Then he said he was glad that
she had found her money and she re-
torted:
81 don't believe it! You just wish I
had lost it, you mean thing, you! III
never come here for anything again.
neverl"-Chicago News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
REST.


Longer stretch the saadows
Fainter falls the lighi,.
soitly birds are singing
Nespers for the night
Crlckcts In tho meadow
Vhirping lays OF love,
flrc'ilics In the distance
Flaming high above.
Homeward plods the toilet
Working-time Is past,
weary limbs arc aching
Resting comes at last. w
Lazy hum Of insects sIF La
Filling all the air D. ''tt
sleepy sounds cnt!c.a2 rs
Nectar for our care. SO
poeper grows the darkness,
Labor's roar Is dead;
Happy now In drelmland
Strivers for thoir bread.
breezcs In tho treo.tops
Murmur soft and low,
summer time is fieeting,
Harvest soon must 90.
Rosy tints OF sunrise
Streaking eastern sky,
Hasten TO thy duty,
Heavens rest is nigh.
W. A. Hunt, iu Ohio Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
Kind and Cnnsiderata.

my wife is kind and considerate
woman"
81 am glad to hear that"
'She never calls me fool, as some
wives call their husbands"
mop"
mo, she never goes further than TO
say, John, l believe you're half .
fool. IN Y. Press
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
Theory and Practice.

Mr.. Baggie-Confound that tailorl
These trousers are a mile too long.
Mrs. Baggie-How much shall turn
them up?
Mr.. Baggie-About half an ineh.--
Puck.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22

won't you help me, sir? haven't
had days work since the first Of
July"
What's your business, my good
man?"
I'm parachute-jumper" Judge.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-04
West Virginia Republicans.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Aug. S-The Repub-
Ecan state convention met here today, with
John II. holt as temporary chairman. Secre
tary Oh war Elkins was made permanent chair
man, and addressed the convention, dwelling
on state and national issues and praising Har-
rison. After the usual committees had reported
the report OF the committee on resolutions was
read and adopted. The platform is especially
strong for protection; rejoices that the tariff is
not involved in the Homestead affair; opposes
Invasion by Pinkertons, and assures the people
that there will be no deputy marshais at the
polls in West Virginia this year. After the
adoption of the platform nominations for gov
ernor were begun. An effort made To nom-
lnate Elkins by accammation, but he would not
entertain tie motion. Atkinson, Duval, Lean
ger, Aorcys. David and Cooper were nomina ated
when an obscure little man from kanawaha by
the name of Smith got up and said Elkins was
the only man who could unite the party. Then
came an outburst. The delegates arose and
waved their handkerchiefs and hats, and cheer
after cheer rent the air. After five or six min
utes Atkinson came out and said Elkins wanted
a couple of hours to consider the matter, and q
recess was taken till O'Clock.
At the night session Secretary Elkins an
nounced that it would be impossible TO accept
ination were then continued, and dozen more
candidates were placed in nomination Finally,
when the first ballot began, three of the can
didates were withdrawn. Before the conclusion
OF the ballot ali the other candidates withdrew
in favor OF Davis, who was nomineted by ac-
clamatiou
Shyer was nominated for auditor on the first
ballot, after which the convention adjourned
till a. m