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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIRES.
Careless Occupants Oftener to Blame
Than Incompetent Builders.

If Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt. writes
Barr Ferree in the Engineering Maya
zine, has read all the comments, SER
mons, diScouTSeS, suggestions. mountains
of advice. reamS of wisdom. and words
of fooliShnesS which have been poured
forth ON himself and Il long-Suffering
public anent the burning of his cottage
at Newport, he not only now knows
more about fires in dwellings than any
other person living, but doubtless wishes
felvently that he did not know 50 much.
1t is seldom that Il fire in a domestic
dwelling attracts so wide attention us
Mi. NanderbiltS did. vet every day less
er calamities are happening in al our
great cities to people much less able
than he to afford the loss. Whether the
fire in Mr. Nanderhilt'S cottage actually
arose from defective tlue or not, there
can be little question but that many
domestic fires. and many fires not do
nestle. have their origin in careless
neSs little short of criminal. Just ut
dis time the cities of Milwaukee AMI
Brooklyn are suffering from an abnor-
mai number of fires Warehouses, fac
tories, dwellings, almost every grade
Of building, have suffered recently, and
SO numerously as to direct the active
attention of iIGsuance-men to them,
with the result of a considerable in
crease in rates. All manner of excuses
have been put forth. Fire tiends, badly
equipped fire-departmentS, improper
construction have come in for their
share of the blame. Doubtless all are
responsible in Il measure, yet It seems
one of the stIangest things in the world
to fasten the responsibility of number
of fires in any one city upon its fire
department, be it's equipment ever SO
bad or out of date. A deficient fire
department may help the seriousness
of fires by not rendeing proper service
or in not being provided with adequate
apparatus, but it can have nothing to
do with the number of fires. Neither -
it fair to censure the architect and the
builder Brooklyn's epidemic is a recent
one, though the city is by no means
new. A more satisfactory explanation.
certainly in the instances of domestic
dwellings, is the unutterable careless
ness of people with fire and flame. so
long as the house does not burn down
every improper use of fire is all right;
the moment the catastrophe occurs, the
fault is looked for everywhere, save in
the nearest place. Cities afflicted with
numerous fires had better issue inStruC-
tons to the people on handling them.
similar to health bulletins issued in
times of pestilence, than spend their
time in investigating the evil doingS OF
architects and buildings, or bewailing
the insuficiency of the fire-engines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
POOR RACHEL.
Her Name Had Preceded Her in Fame
-Salvini's Opinion of Her.

Century: At this time 1 had the for
tune to be present at a few representa-
tons given by Rachel at the Teatro
MetaStaSiO in Rome. Her name had
been preceded by her fame, a thing
which is sometimes of assistance TO
an artist while it increases greatly his
responsibility, and as often is positively
harmful But this was not so with
Rachel. What can say of that incom-
parable French actress? She was the
very Quintessence of the art of Roscius;
to render due praise to her qualities
of mind, as well as to those of face
and form, it would be necessary to
coin new epithetS in the Italian tongue
Expression, attitude, the mobile re-
straint of her features, grace, dignity,
affection, passion, majesty-all in her
was nature itself. Her eyes, like two
black carbUncles, and her magnificent
raven hair added splendOr to a face
full of life and feeling. When she was
silent she seemed almost more eloquent
imam when she spoke. Her voice, at
once sympathetic, harmonious, and full
of variety, expressed the various pas
sions with correct intonation and eXem-
plary measure. Her motions were al
ways statuesque, and never seemed
studied. If Rachel had been able to
free herself in her delivery from the
cadence traditional in the COnservatoire,
where she had Studied,-a cadence
which, it is true, cropped out but rarely.
she would, in my belief, have been
perfect. She was the very incarnation
Of Tragedy. The monotony of the rhym-
ing AleXandrine verses was not suitable
to her gifts; she would not have been
compelled to speak an impoverished
nasal, uneven, unmelOdiOus language
like the French, but the sonOrous meas
ureS of ancient Greece and Rome
Was it in her nature or in her art?
Both were so completely harmonized
in her by genius as to form a new
MelpOmene. France, who most lalIda-
bly, pays honor to her distinguished
children, should not have shared in
the unjust war made upon Rachel by
certain authors and journalists under
the contemplate prOmptingS Of spite
and III temper, by leaving that hl1ni-
mus star unheeded, to Quench itself
by inches in languor and melancholy
Her merit was so supreme that we can
well pardon some slight defects in her
charactel-defects which were, perhaps,
due to the malady which was secretly
preying upon her; and both as awoman,
and as one who was a real honor to
her country, she had the right to eX
pect more indulgence and higher regard
from the proverbial equity and court
esy of the French people. The thought
that she was disliked by her compa-
t1iOts eXacerbated the disease which
brought her to the grave. Poor Rachel.
May the compassion of an Italian art
list reach you in your eternal abiding
place!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

land wells, slawlS, mittens, stockings.
became a fashion, and before long a
regular trade in those knitted goods was
fairly established. The benefit to the
women of the isles has been great
There is no counting of stitches as
the pattern proceeds. The knitter sell
dom ever glanceS at the work growing
rapidly in her hands Somehow the
sense of touch. guided by a poetic fan
cy, sreateS the lace without other aid.
Fortunately for the knitters they are
not obliged to depend altogether for
their living On their needles. In most
cases they live with fathers and bro
theirs, whose croft and fishing provide
for the chief wants Of the women The
few who have no means of support be-
sides their knitting lead lives of heart
breaking toll and poverty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
A VENAL PEDAGOGUE.
Taught For Twenty-Seven Dollars q
Month and Not Another Darned Thing

Detroit Free Press. One day as I
rode along the banks of the north fork
Of the Kentucky river, [ came to a log
school house, an institution usually con,
spicuous by its absence in that section.
1t was about one O'clock, and the
teacher, a lank strip of humanity in
hOmesprn clothes, sat on a log, watch
ing a lot of noisy children at-play.
How are yOu?" / said as [ pulled
up and the children gathered around.
''Howdy?" he replied, driving the
children away.
Are you the school teacher"
Yes; I reckon / ann
What kind of a school have you:'
"Only fair to middlin'.'
you have much competitions"
NO; eddication amt popular in these
parts
'Don't the children like books?''
''Not unless they can tear the leaves
outen en-
Cant you make them study?'
1--WE quit trying"
How long have you been teaching
here?''
'ThiS makes the third term
And you can't make them learn"
'sNo.''
Then what do you teach for?
We'll, mister, bein' as you are
stranger in these parts" he said i'll a
half whisper, I'm willin' to say teach
for S27 a month and board round, and
not another darned thing" and the
pedagogue turned on his
heel and went in after his scholars
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
FROM AN OLD CABINET.

Some Quaint Recipes Handed Down
from the Eighteenth Century.
They had excellent dishes in the eight
zenith century, methinks, where nothing
was Sinted in the way Of generous
adjuncts. The Stewmg Of a carp re-
qtired three half-pints Of good port
wine.' Haunch of venisOn, jugged
hare, mock turtle, and every stew and
hash demanded their ibations of wine,
writes Mis-. Cross in Temple Bar. Some
of the sauces are worthy of note, such
as vine-leaf sauce with roast pigeon;
but who wants now to make frumently
mead, shrub OF ca1natiOn syrup? There
is in this same book tho recipe of q
sauce which by some other name-for
its own is too shocking prove,
if tried, a rival to that of the deceased
Worcestershire nObleman." 1t is called
"Quin's Blood and is simply as fol
lows: Take two dozen Of anchovies
two dozen of shalots, a 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.
| wonder, Quin, the actor who taught
George III. elocutiOn, and who, when
he heard thar the monarch had deliver
ed his first speech from the throne
very gracefully, exclaimed. ''Ay, it was
| 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. Qin lived some
years in Bath and died there in 11G6.
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 novel
ties as they could find in culinary and
other recipes, and most probably this
one came from there.
A prescription for cough accompan-
led by weakness ends up with the i'll
junction that the patient should '.be
merry and keep from sad apprehen-
SONS" This recommendation evidently
suggested the insertion of the doggerel
cOuDiet:
Joy and temperance and repOSe
Slam the door on the doctors nose"
Miss Mary Dunn, aged % years. died
at the home of her parents in Portage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

answer. Fearing further opportunities.
however, he, together with his wife
nee Miss Jerome of thi 5 city,. sailed
for New York, and in midsummer thew
coupled the Jerome home in this CITY.
Churchill brought with him the bundle
of letters, and at last accounts they
were in a box liz the vault of safe
deposit company down town. Those
who are familiar with this chapter in
the Churchil1s' life. and they are limited
in number, are wondering if the pack
age still reposes in this city to the con-
Germ of the future king of Great Britain
and Ireland
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
ADOPTING ENGLISH WORDS.
French Dictionary Commission Forced
to Recognize Many English Terms.

The French academy, jealous 1S 1t IS
for the purity of it's native language,
is nevertheless obliged to admit that
certain English words have obtained
so firm a footing in it that it is useless
hencefOrth to attempt to drive them
Out, says the London Daily News. N.
Geard chairman or "rappOrteur' to
the dictionary commission appointcd
by that body, has just presented y
report full of details interesting to phil
OlOgiStS. The cOmiSSiOn does not att
tempt to justify until five O'Clock mean
ing five o'clock tea, still less the intini-
tive form five O'clOcquer," meaning
to take five o'clock tea and the are
silent as to meeting, sportsman
handicap" boule dOgue," and other
words frequently heard in the mouths
OF Frenchmen. What they do say Isl
that forms like "bifteck" (befsteakl,
break, Spleen" and few others that
may be said to have no French eQuiya-
Tents may hencefOrth be considered
as part OF the French language.
At the same time it is recommended
that the spelling shall be altered so that
they may correspond with the local
pronunciation. Thus "biftec' Us TO
replace bifteck, ''brec,' brake, and
spine spleen.
The most noteworthy of the other
of the commission is
the SUPPRESSION Of the circumfex accent,
leaving only two accents, the acute
and the grave
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23
THE CASE DISMISSED.
Minnesota's Coal Combine Suit Thrown
Out by the Court

ST. Paul Mimi. March 2O-This after
noon Judge Egan dismissed the whole
proceeding in the coal combine case
and peace reigns once more, although
the temper of the legislature is still
very much ruffled.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

Mrs. j. r. Green, wife of the English
historian, had her right hand disabled
by writer's cramp through the strain
of writing at her husbands dictation--
sometimes as much as, eleven hours a
day. Instead OF laying down her pen
Mrs. Green taught herself to write
with her left hand, and has since writ
ten three important books on her own
account
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

The sale of the Oregon Pacific Rail
road has been continued until June IS.
The object of the continuance is to place
the property in the hands of an i'm
partial receiver, and also for the purpose
of obtaining time to send experts over
the road to determine the value Of an
extension of the line east of the Cas-
cade Mountains
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

Miss Mary Dunn, aged % years, died
at the home of her parents in Portage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-23

Joy and temperance and repOse
Slam the door on the doctors nose"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-08-05

Is the country supposed t. W. run
ming itself while the President is fish
ING on the Atlantic coast and the Vice
President is feeling the pulse of the
nation on the Pacific slope Ciu,Ion
Ledger.
Yes. the President and Nirn-prcsi-
dent, are simply two Of the many fac
tors that have definite duties in th>
work of running this great counlr,,
and while the services of both a..
needed at the proper time and plar2,
the country would get along. were hcth
by some strange fatality. stricken from
the ranks of the living. Let the ono
fish if he wishes, and the other feel the
nations pulse as it beats on the Pacific
slope, provided they arc both at their
places on Monday the 7th Of August.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-08-05

in twenty-one hours of Chicago. Time
has been literally ground to death be-
meath iron wheels Of inventive gen.
ius.
MACHINERY HALL.
This truth is no less manifest in the
great Worlds Fair Machinery Hall.
Here single engine today is doing the
work of thousands OF men century
ago, and doing it quicker, surer. safer
and better. Ben Franklin's old print
Ing press cuts an hOnored but sorry
figure beside the magnificent piece OF
mechanism today which prints 5000
papers an hour-cut, plsted and fold
| ed.
ELECTRICAL BUILDING.
But the complete annihilation of
both time and space is most plainly ap-
parent in the Electricity building.
Here u whisper may be sent through
thousand miles OF wire instantly and
tb., ho ,,,r,;eod 1.,~
,t tho rocaiv;na ond Tho nho,,>~.a.,n
and graphophone bring the dead past
~ ' y, ~ '0'i''o 'o''i'
'nof'y 10 'ne astonishing advancement
OF science. The electrical! machines of
today do almost everything but think
NANC'AcIcREo BUILDING.
In all the vast ,;n,,,rart,,..s b,i1d.
;, .;,, ;.
'''' 40 CIV - Il III ''',! - VI 'Ahlo-
us from every quarter Oh the @4obe'
there IS scarcely Il manufactured! pro-
muny TO the fact tbu, time Ina, hcor
.on,,,c,.,a j., -. .,,.,,,t,..,,,
WA y" ~ 't' '1i''11 H''''t' ,'4N l'lhA
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-08-05

the for culture in vocal and
Muc in Drawing Painting in all the banes
Of collegiate sudyEnglish Latin French and German the aeh9ls
The
The moderate For catalogue
address, REV. THOS }. NEWELL, A. NJ, treslaen,,
July l, 1898 Grenada MISS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-08-05

in twenty-one hours of Chicago. Time
has been literally ground to death be-
meath iron wheels Of inventive gen
lls.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-08-05
TRANSPORTATION BCILDI NC.


'.rhe obscrvant visitor to the
Worlds Fair who rises above the con-
fusing distractions of detail and studies
the Exposition as whole, cannot fail
to be impressed by the fact that time
no longer is an ull-important element
of human progress and achievement.
In every department of the Fair is this
fact apparant. In the Transportation
building the jinaricksha carts Of the
Japanese and the rough-hewn wagons
of the Mexicans stand out in strong
contrast against the gigantic locomo
tivcs Of England and those Of this coun
try which have brought Grenada with
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-08-05
ELECTRICAL BUILDING.
ANCFACTCRES BUILDING.

in all the vast Manufactures build
inc. with its acres upon acr,~ of cxhib-
its from every quarter Of the globe,
there is scarcely Il manufactured pro-
duet which doss not give mute tr>ti-
mony to the fact that time has beer
conquered in its manlIfurtulrv. and that
to-day it is being rA%ei" murI, more
rapidly as we'll It. murh more perfectly
than ever before.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-08-05
MACHINERY NJ HALL.

This truth is no less manifest in the
great Worlds Fair Machinery Hall.
Here single engine today is doing the
work of thousands of men u century
ago, and doing it quicker, surer. safer
and better. Ben Franklin's old print
Ing press cuts an honored but sorry
figure beside the magnificent piece of
mechanism today which prints $1,000
papers an hour-cut, pasted and fold
ed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-16

Ice cream at Krell & Mathis.
William Stewart went to Chicago
last night.
Wanted-A good cook. Apply at
Mrs. Morris Rosenfield's, 22O Tenth
street.
NoXall is here. Monroe's tonic
NoXall weakness; try it. Marshall &
Fishers.
We have just received an elegant
and fine line of chocolates and hand
made creams. Krell & Math.
Cheap lots for sale in South Rock
Island, on easy payments, taxes low
location healthy. Inquire of NJ. NJ.
Briggs.
DR.. Sala's office and residence
moved to No. 1913, Second avenue.
one door west of David Don's in Bal
ley building.
Harry O'Day has signed with the
Kansas City team, while negotiations
are pending with Ills and Cunning
ham for places on the same club.
Krell Il Math now have one of the
handsomest soda fountains in the
three cities. 1t is artistically de-
signed and of the most modern ar
engagements in all respects.
Visit all the other wall paper
houses in this section and then give
Sutcliffe call and convince yourself
that he has the goods you have been
seeking at prices that will satisfy
you. Go to SATELLITES.
George Sutclifre is the oldest ex-
elusive wall paper dealer in the city
and he intends to stay at the head of
the column for good reliable goods at
prices you can not get duplicated
anywhere in the state. Rememb Der
his motto: Quick sales and small
prices.
Curriers' European hotel. Chicago,
Formerly the st. Charles) has $50
newly fitted rooms. Central loca-
ton. No advance during the fair.
1t will pay to engage in advance. 81
per day. Currier II Judd. proprie-
tors, ID and Il South Clark street,
Chicago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-16
COUNTY BUILDING.
Transfers.

13-Jacob M. Kendall to Marilla L..
Healy, lot 5, block 3, Healy's First
add, Moline, $3.50.
Marilla l.. Healy to Carrie j. Jones,
lot 5, block 3, Healy's First add,
Moline, $500.
Elizabeth Downs to Sophia John
son. lot 6, block 6, Thompson e.
Wells add, Rock Island, 81 100.
Drury M. Grant by administrator,
to VIM. Goldsworthy, und4 lot 81,
block 3, Healy's sub div, $500.
VIM. Goldsworthy to Mary Grant,
und! lot u, block 4, Healy's sub div,
$500
Mary Grant to VIM. Goldsworthy,
40 feet lot 21, block 3, Healy's sub
div, 1873.
Jannette McMaster to l.. q. and
Sophia Anderson, lot IA, block l. Me-
Masters Second add, Rock Island,
5000.
Emma G. Groom to Adolph
Goettsche, lot l, Lydia f. Wheelock's
add, Moline. 81, 900.
T. b. Fills to j. b. Ellis, lot 2,block
II, Spencer & Cases add, Rock Isl
and, 5000.
VIM. McEniry to Mary Francis, lot
SIS, sci SO. So, 900.
1S-Henry :. Case to G. q. Dack,
lot 8. Cases sub div, sci 2, Il, 2w,
5000
13-William Clark to Henry Miller,
und 81 lot AZ, and Sd outlot 46, sw4
%, 10, 4e, 1918.
Ira W. Withrow to Catherine Full
Ter, tract by metes and bounds Sc frli
33. IS, 1w, 81, 900.
Ira W. Withrow to Catherine Full
Ter, tract by metes and bounds, sci
So. Is, Nv. 81. 900.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-16
Prompt and Effective.

Detroit has a bachelor of the cOmpul-
sorry sort, but Detroit won't have him
long. He has been disappointed so many
times that lately he has been almost i'm
petuous il his attentions. She is Il wild
ow and an Improvement on all her predc-
cessors Ill his heart. The matter was
settled week ago in q rather round
about way. They had been talking on
woman in general.
so You think, he said, that woman
is prone to jump ut Il conClUsion:'
Il certainly do she responded ear
nestly.
And You are like al the others
Il hope So"
: great thought came to him then.
Would I We're = conclusion" he sighed
with such sigh that within five min
utes two hearts We're consolidated.-De'
troit Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-16

The Burlington route C., Is. N Q,
Il. r. will well round trip tickets
from Rock Island to Chicago and re-
turn from April % to October 81,
1898, inclusive, at IS; final limit foI
return November Is, 1898. Contin-
nous going passage date of sale.
Continuous return passage on or be
fore final limit. Children of five
years and under II years of age hall
of above rates.
II. ID. MACK. Div. Pass. Agt..
Rock Island. III.
NJ. j. YOUNG, Agt., Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-16

'Tis supreme momen': IT'S critical period
No maiden should attempt passing this boundary
line without the aid ami assurance of DIT.
Pierces Favorite Prcsc iprio3. Its helTfuness
in tiding over the perils incident 10 young WON
anhood, i universally acknow e god! No moth
er can put within the hands of her daughter, any
thing shat will prove II valuable in meeting
ali her requirements! DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is made expressly for all diseases
peculiar to woman, and is tle only medicine of its
kind, sold through druggists, ard gusranto ed 10
give satisfaction in ever case, or money re-
funded
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-16
Standard GAUGE
MOUNTAIN POUTu

,aica surerbly-equipped trains run da..
POUCH WITHOUT CHANGE to and from So.
1 wy Ogtec and San Francisco. THE ROC
~ Is also the Direct ana Favorite Line 70 ga
-'Aai1l Pixies Peak and all other sanitary al,
'Ss-Isard cities and mining districts IN Colorads
fDAHY FAST EXPRESS TRAINS
~Jes'pa and Kansas City TO and from all iIr
RS. ci;iea and sections IN Southern Nebraska
| AZ me indian Territory, Also via A-BERi
81 r. RON Kansas City and Chicago &c Waite
| lux Walls, MINNEAPOLIS and 81. PAUL
+ l-E '3r al points north and northwest betws.
"a 4-1 t1e Pacific Coast
4',@efs Mars, Folders, or desired inforneclo.
any Coupon Ticket Office In the United State
Z l. JOHN. JOHN SEBASTIAN.
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