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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
THE FAIR'SYrIME-BALL
How 1t will He Handled and CONTROLLED
In It's Work.

How 1t VIII he Handled and Cootro13o4
In It's Work.
The fve-foot time ball to be dropped
a the worlds fair will be made II
canvas on steel frame. It will b
wound up each day to the height from
which it is to fall, and it will be set
and electrically connected in such .
manner that the breaking of the cir
cult at IL noon will release it.
The cable by which it will be con-
trolled has been laid, connecting
the new observatory with the en-
tire Western Union telegraph sys-
tenn, the touch of button at the
Washington end of it instantaneously
transmitting notice of the hour over
$50. 900 miles of wire.
When that button speaks the whole
country will listen and the hands of
20, 900 electric clocks all over the coun-
try will point to the correct minute and
second. There are 1000 such clocks
in New York City alone. All railways,
factories and industries of every kind
pay attention to the signal. Three
minutes before noon each day all
Western Union lines are cleared of
business, every operator takes his fin
ger from the key, circuits are opened
and at the instant when the sun passes
over the seventy-ffth meridian the
spark of intelligence is flashed to ali
parts of the country 1t requires less
than one-6fth of a second to reach San
Francisco.
The twelve-o'clock signal sent from
Washington indicates IL a. m. for Chi
cago, 10 a. m. for Omaha and a. M
for the Pacific coast, the United States
being divided into four perpendicular
strips, and each strip setting its clocks
by the time of the meridian which BIZ
sects it from north to south. Thus
each strip is only one hour earlier than
the next stri p to the east
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
ON RIVER AND LAKES.
Seven Boats Pass Through the Straits
and cause Activity Among Owners.

Seven Boats Pass Through the Straits
and cause Activity Among Owners.
MACKINAw CITY, Mich, April H.
Steamer Phillip Armour was sthe first
boat to pass through the straits, going
down at 7 o'clock this morning. She
was closely followed by the steamers
Egan City of Paris, Ono1o, Lockwood,
Plankinton, lat 1870; Ohio, Fryer, at $50;
Elphicke at 9; Fitzgerald at 10. There
is considera BILE drift ice, but there are
long stretches through which the
boats are able to pass. All boats
should take the North passage. The
steamer Lockwood, which grounded
here while trying to make the dock,
was pulled off by the steamer Algonah
this morning. Two steamers passed
down this morning, the names of which
it was impossible to get on account of
the distance and the floating ice. One
had one pole spar and the other three
pole spars and two stacks with red
ring around the center. The wind is
blowing fresh from the West and the
weather is clear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
Chicago Board OF Trade.

CHICAGO, April Il. = There was more
general selling of wheat than for many
weeks, if not months. No one out the
managers of the manipulators can guess
what the program is, but from all appear
ances this morning an outsider would think
the May deal abandoned and the clique
dumping the holdings for July as
a hedge The clique gave the May
no support, and while July broke
10 on heavy selling, the May dropped
She from the Saturday price. The
drop in prices early in the day was all the
more surprising, as most of the news at
hand was of a bullish character. The crop
reports we're as bad as at any time up to
date and should have more effect as the
time has arrived when the damage can be
estimated more closely. The weather map
showed no rains of Importance or promise
of any where most needed. The action in
prices up to the last hour was: May
opened &c off at 7Sc, dropped to 75c and
rallied to 75Ac. July opened steady at
7415c, broke to 1915 and recovered to 1890.
September sold 75c to 743sc and held later
at74$4c.
The corn trade got new life this morn
ing. The moving out of a great pile of
corn by lake may have had something to
do with the Frightening up of the trade.
Altogether the corn trade cut loose from
the wheat market. Corn operators, for
the first day in weeks, had enough to do to
watch each other and let wheat slide. The
early trades carried prices off &c to 1920
Hay 42c July, and 431sc September The
upturn was to Also, 43c and 1870 for the
same months. Later prices held around
Ale, 1870 and 1870 for the three leading
futures
There was a fair amount of business in
provisions at lower prices than ruled at the
clope of Saturdays session. May pork,
witch closed at $685. on Saturday started
at s,6.75, sold very sparingly at $3.50 and
then off to Sl66715. The July and Septem-
Der futures we're equally weak. Lard and
ribs were also considerably lower than on
the last trading day of the week before.
There was drop of 25c in lard Immediately
at the opening, and ribs also showed de-
cline of from 15c to 20c at the start
Closing quotations were:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
FROM AN OLD CABINET,
Some Quaint Recipes Handed Down
From the Eighteenth Century.

They had excellent dishes in the
eighteenth century, methinks. where
MOI hing was stinted IN the way of
generous adjunctS The stnwin" of a
cap required ''three half pinss of
good port wine" Haunch of venison,
jagged hare, mock turtle, and every
stew and hash demanded their liba-
tons of wine Some of the sauces are
worthy of note, such as vine-leaf
sauce with roast pigeon; but who
wants now to make frumenty, mead,
shrub or carnation sirup? There is
in this same book the recipe of
sauce which by some other name-for
its own is too shocking-might prove,
if tried, a rival to that of the 'deceas-
ed Worcestershire nobleman." 1t is
called ''Quin's Blood" and is simply as
follows: ''Take two dozen of ancho-
vies, two dozen of shalots, pint of
walnut pickle, a pint of mushroom
pickle, pint of port wine and one
teaspoonful of cayenne pepper; boil it
together, strain it off and bottle for
use"
Was the name-giver of this sauce, I
wonder, Quin, the actor who taught
George Ill elocution. and who, when
he heard that the monarch had deliv-
cred his first speech from the throne
very gracefully, exclaimed: "Ay, it
was 1 who taught the boy to speak"
Poor boy! they had not taught him
much in his young days, as he had
good cause to feel afterward Quin
lived some years in Bath and died
there in 1866. That town being the
social capital of the West and the
center of fashion, the country ladies
went there to remodel their clothes
and pick up such novelties as they
could find in culinary and other recipes,
and most probably this one came from
there.
A prescription for a cough accom-
panied by weakness ends up with the
injunction that the patient should ''be
merry and keep from sad apprehen-
sions." This recommendation evidently
suggested the insertion of a doggerel
couplet:
joy and temperance and repose
Slam the door on the doctors nose"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
PRESTO CHANGED

How Our Foreign Friends Secure More
Convenient Names In America,
The other day the New York papers
contained list of the people in that
state who had had their names changed
in the year 1892. 1t is rather cruel
thing to do, TO publish such a list, al
most as cruel as the Chicago papers
way of publishing the names and ages
OF all the persons to whom marriage
licenses are granted. In Massachu-
sets neither barbarous custom pre-
walls Isaac Shocks gets his name
changed to Arthur St Clair, and young
Mr.. pumpkin, aged %, takes out
license to marry Miss Snodgrass, aged
80, and the great general public has
no opportunity to amuse itself with
either. The New York changes are
amusing, to say the least There
seems to have been great rush ON
the part of Polish Jews to OBJ
tain lawfully names which are
less revelatory of their nation
than their original patronymics Thus
Peter Grolinski becomes Peter Gordon;
Wolf Cidkowsky becomes William
Snyder: Samuel Dolrocyriski becomes
Samuel Davis, and the Sauersig fam
lily seize upon and carry off the hon.
orable name of Seymour. Other
changes are evidently made for the
purpose of getting rid of a name that
people have made fun of, as when JOS
ephine Hetty Ginger became Josephine
Hetty Orr, and Johannes He'll becomes
John Hill. Emil anonymously prob
ably was not ashamed of his name, for
he had no hankerings to become Cor
don or Seymour; he.simply wanted a
name that somebody could pronounce,
and shortened himself up 90 Emil
NamzV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
ORIGIN OF THE GOSPELS.
Much Interest Manifested in Washing
on Over Prof. Harris Report.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Much inter-
est has been excited among scholars in
the capital city by the publication of
the cablegrams tating thatProf. Fendel
Harris of Cam bridge had reported to
Prof. Nestle at the Tubingen that he
had discovered in the convent on Mount
Sinai a palimpsest containing the COM
plete Syriac text of the four gospels.
''The gospels said DR.. Cyrus Adler
of the Smithsonian institute, cit is be-
lieved were originally written in
dialect current in Palestine and es-
pecially in GalileeS mixture of the
Hebrew and Syriac. We know that
it was not pure Hebrew from the pres
ence of certain expressions which are
of Syrian origin. So ever since the
modern search for sources of the
Scriptures began it has been directed
in part to the discovery of what is be-
lieved to be this original text Of the
Gospels. If that is what is now dis
covered its value and Importance can
not be overestimated. The common
version is from Greek translations of
the original Prof. Harris, whom l
know quite well, is particularly well
qualified to judge of the authenticity
of such a discovery"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
STEAMER BLOWN UP.
Many of Her Passengers Seriously Hurt,
Some Fatally.

WINAMAc, Ind, April 1.-THE pas
senger steamer Nellie Bly,, owned
by j. F. Fishtorn & Co. of this
city, while making it's usual trip down
the river, blew up here yesterday seri-
ously injuring eight or ten people.
George Frain, proprietor of the Eagle
Machine shops here, had both legs
broken and crushed, besides being in
ternally injured. All the passengers
on board were injured. The boat was
entirely demolished and sunk immedi-
ately.
Those seriously injured were:
GEORGE FRAN, both legs broken.
j. F. FIsHToRN, proprietor of the boat,
scalded and hurt internally
CLARENCE FIsHToRN, badly scalded.
DANIEL RHODES, badly bruised and in
ternally injured.
JAMES LONG, badly scalded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
LAMENT OF THE BARBER.
Why His Trade Is Not SO Profitable In
These Later Days.


why His Trade Is Not so Profitable In
These Later Days.
"No, barbering is not money MAX
ing business" said Kueffner, as he
deity welded his razor. 81 know OF
only one man in my experience who
became wealthy at it, and that was a
man who used to keep the barber shop
in the United States hotel in Fulton
street, New York. He retired with
comfortable fortune, but he was one
man in thousand.
'Barbering was much more pro6ta-
BILE fifteen years ago than it is to-day.
At that time it was the custom for
nearly every patron to have his own
pomatum, face powder, hair oil and
hair restorer in the rack beside his cup.
It was generally believed at that time
that hair could be made to grow on
a bald head, and also that many OF the
mixtures on the market would prevent
air from falling out. But those ideas
are thoroughly exploded now, due
largely, think, to the publicity given
to the subject by the newspapers.
81 have no doubt that many men
now bald would be well matched were
it not that they used so much hair oil.
It is the exception at the present time
in my shop when man will permit
me to put oil on his head, many of
them preferring to have the hair
combed dry. When your head becomes
dirty wash it thoroughly with soap
and water, and if you wish it to take
on luster like the ravens wing brush
it for five minutes night and morning
with a soft brush. The large income
derived from the sale of the emolli-
ents referred to being now cut off,
the trade of the barber cannot now be
classed with that of the plumb and
the coal dealer as money-making
pursuit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
TESTING IRON COLUMNS,
Simple Device for Measuring Their Sup
porting Strength.

''Have you ever noticed" said st,
Louisan, chose massive iron
pillars in tn, basement OF the
new Planter house? Well. did
you ever STOP to think OF the
immense weight they will be COM
PEELED to support steadily for many,
many years? Oh, you have. But l
suppose you have thought the manu-
facturers just made those pillars and
sold them without knowing how much
weight they would bear or how long
about that.
''Those pillars are cast in the same
manner as are cast-iron stoves-by
running the liquid metal into sand
molds, but alongside of each pillar is
cast an iron bar, from the same metal.
The bar is precisely an inch square
and five and one-half feet in length.
When cold it is subjected to very
simple test. Each end of the bar is
placed upon table, and weights are
suspended from the center by a rope.
1t must bear tensile strength of 500
pounds to the square inch. The test
may begin with 400 pounds and be
gradually increased until the bar is
found to be perfectly supporting the
required weight If it breaks, for in
stance, at $50 or 400 pounds then the
pillar cast from the pot of metal
which cast the bar is dis
carded broken up and put into
the pot again, with more pig-iron
added. The pillars, you know, are
largely made from scrap-iron, and the
manufacturers cannot know the
strength of the cast until it is tested.
The addition of pig-iron in the event
of failure, brings the cast up to the
standard.
''Six or eight of the pillars designed
for the new Planters house had to be
recast in this way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
NJ EWS IN BRIEF,

At a dance at Clainserette, Tenn, a
row broke out and Walter Brown was
killed and Martin Carter fatally
wounded.
At Cynthiana, KY, Lewis Lang was
shot and probably fatally wounded by
John Haverly. They have been quar-
reling for two years.
1t is learned at Ottawa that Lord
Aberdeen will not succeed Lord STAN
ley as Governor-General of Canada
until the debate on the home rule bill
is concluded.
Sheriff Nowlan of Vermillion Coun-
ty, Illinois, captured j. ". Kitchen
after search for two years. He is
wanted for forgery and obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
Secretary Carlisle Taking Counsel.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Secretary
Carlisle absolutely declines this morn
ing to outline his future financial
action, preferring to await the arrival
of the emergency before indicating
what he will do. He had this morning
an extended interview with Senator
Sherman, who has been Secretary Of
the Treasury. and this afternoon he
will confer with the President. Both
Secretary Carlisle and the President
have been inundated all morning with
kilograms from New York and other
points. The order for $1,25O, 900 of
gold engaged for export tomorrow re-
duces the free gold in the treasury to
about $5OO,OOU.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
THE KILAUEA VOLCANO.
It's Condition Reported Safe for Wis
ttors From Honolulu.

Its Condition Reported Safe for VS.
itors From Honolulu.
The floor of Kilauea is at certain
periods subject tooverfow by floods of
fresh lava from Halemaumau, which
will probably destroy large sections of
the aforesaid trail, necessitating much
labor in renewing it. This can hardly
occur under two years from now, as it
will probably take that length of time
for the level of the molten lake to
work up the 200 feet or more necessary
to enable it to discharge itself on the
main floor. During the last period OF
overflow, in 1ss9-9o, many thousands
of acres of the main floor of Kilauea
received fresh coatings of lava. In
the immediate vicinity of Halemau
mau pit the lava coatings were piled
to thickness of from twenty to fifty
feet.
Meantime, the lake, 800 feet in d.
ameter, is overlooking every few days
upon the lava floor around it, which is,
perhaps, $50 feet lower than the brink
of the circular pit, which is 2,400 feet
in diameter. The American minister,
who was there recently, counted
twelve fire fountains playing in the
lake at one time. In April last we
measured the largest fountain with an
instrument. The below, pulsating
thrice a minute, was fifty feet in
diameter, and thirty feet high. Its
action was steady and incessant dur
ing the week we were there. Other
fountains were more furious, but in
termittent. On the whole, the present
isfactory for observa ton by visitors.
Do Animals Dream?
/ have two ANIMALS at home that
dream and talk in their sleep very
much as do human beings. One is a
bloodhound and the other a canary.
Late the other night. when L got home
from work, heard peculiar muffled
sound coming from the birds cage.
Stepping up to it [ found it was the
bird singing. He had his head neatly
tucked under his wing, but was sing
ing away on one of his favorite songs
just as if the sun was shining and he
was overjoyed to see it. Frequently
during the night or day the dog l men
toned will begin to growl or bark in
his sleep. Then again he will wag his
tail and show every sign Of pleasure at
some thought passing through his
brain, al the time being sound asleep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
ELOPED WITH A. NEGRO.
Schooi-Teacher's Love. for CoIore
Laborer Leads Her to Steal.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April IT,
George Corners, ranchman, is in
town looking for his 1S-year-old daugh-
ter, who ran away from home in COM
pany with colored man by the name
of Dean. The fellow was employed by
Corners as a farm-l borer. He could
neither read nor write. Miss Corners
was school-teacher, and an intimacy
with the negro commenced by her
undertaking to teach MIN to read.
They took with them 5000 belonging to
Mr.. Conners This they stole from a
trunk in the latters room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
FOLLOWED HER HUSBAND
Death at New York of Philip Opp, =
Founder OF the Stats Zeitung.

Death at New York of Philip Opp, =
Founder of the Stats Zeitung.
New York, April 17.-Phillip Opp, rs
years old, died of pneumonia on Satur-
day afternoon at II Decatur Street,
Brooklyn. His wife, Margaretha. died
just twenty-four hours later. Mr. Opp
was born in Germany and came to this
country in 1898. In 1S47, with num-
Der of other men, he started the New
York Stats Zeitung and retained his
interest in the newspaper until about
twelve years ago, when he retired from
business. His death so affected Mrs.
Opp, who was 81 years old and whom
he married ffty-six years ago, that she
was Frustrated and died in a few
hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
New YORK.

FLoUR-Quiet, weak. WHEAT-No 2 red,
steady, fairly active: May, rs 7-1G@761l &c;
July, U3s@703sc. RYE-Western, 5S(062c.
BARLEY-State, 65(075c; Western, 60(075c
No | Toronto, 92c; No do, S5c. CORN
@472sc; July, 1875 @4S1lc; No. 2, 5000
5l1ac; steamer mixed, 49(04919c. OARS
No. 2 dull, steady, April, 35c; Western,
35@&c. PRovIsIoNs-Beef-Ext mess,
S7.50@S.50. Pork-New mess, $685.; old
mess, Sl775. LARD-Sl0 20(010 25. BUTTER
Western dairy, lS@23c; Western cream
cry, 23(02Sc. EGGs-W estern, l5I0D16c
Southern, 15016c. CoFFEE-Rio, quiet
No on spot, l54(015sGc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
LAWYER ENGLiSH'S OUEST,&
Hin Would Like to Be Minister in the
Argentine Republic or Bolivia.

Hin Would Like to Be Minister in the
Argentine Republic Bolivia.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-W. j. En-
glish, the Chicago lawyer, has had
long talk with Secretary Gresham
about a South American mission. Mr..
English wants to be this country's
representative at either the Argentine
Republic or Bolivia. He is still want
ing.
w. E. Crossette of Chicago, ex-
Deputy of Internal Revenue, is here,
but as he declined to register it is sup
posed he does not want his presence
known. He is understood to be cam
didate for Collector and wants to do
some quiet work. That desire is sup
posed to account for his confusion
when he ran plump into Congressman
Durborow this morning at the Riggs
House.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
Charged with Burglary.

MAsCoUTAH, ILL.,, April 15.-J. NJ.
Lane, a well-known citizen of Queens
Lake, who has heretofore borne good
reputation, was arrested and placed
under $1,000 bonds to answer the
charge of burglary. He is accused of
brea king into the residence of John
Baehr and attempting to shoot his
wife. Nrt Baehr claims the burglar
was disguised as a negro, but was rec
ognized by her as Lane. The latter
Of a woman's spite
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
SuSDiciOn.

sis your father in" said the man
who rang the bell With one hand
while he held a bunch of accounts
behind him with the other.
81 don't know" said the boy who
opened the door. ssGot one of your
photographs with ye?''
"Why-yes, l believe have"
''Well, let me take it minute and
I'll find out. Jewellery Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
Easily Remedied.

Wagleigh-How did you like that
dinner service | sent you to-day,
dearP
Mrs. Wagleigh-Oh, it is perfectly
lovely! but there are only 191 pieces
in it, and you know the set mamma
has came in 217 pieces.
Wagleigh-Well, dear, don't let
that worry you. After Bridget has
handled it for week or so it will be
IN a good many more pieces than
that.-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
Couldn't Afford That,

Old Captain P, of the regulars,
was ms Getting the prisoners at San
Franc SEQ post, one morning, and
found one of his old veterans who had
a weakness for liquor, in the line.
swell, McGuire,'' said the captain,
''back again, are you: Now why don't
you drink like gentleman, and keep
out of trout BILE; drink like do. ''Ah,
shure, sir, replied McGuire, 'if drank
like the captain, 1 would have been dead
these ten years"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
What Medical Science Wants.

Not only was DR.. Sharp the best sur
geon in the state, but, best of all, he
was young and eligible. 1t was then
not to be wondered at that he was par
ticu larry liked by fond mammas with
marriagea daughters, and still less
cause for wonder that he considered
himself as always on the defensive.
One afternoon at a tea given by Mrs.
Bicker for her eldest daughter, his
hostess remarked with fattering in
terest: st must require great presence
of mind in your profession, doctor.
Now supposing man should fall out
of a balloon. what would you do frst?"
p1ied
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-20
Speed of the Gulf stream.

Three miles an hour is about the
average speed of the gulf stream.
At certain places, however, it attains
spe of ffty-one miles an hour,
the extraordinary rapidity of the cur
rent giving the surface the appear
ance of sheet of fire.