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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02
FEEDING A HORE BY CLOCK
WORK.
An Ingenious Experiment Which Re
suited Disastrously for the Inventor.

Forrest Abrews is an enterprising
young man who makes money trucking
for the people in and around Port Jeff
erSOn, says the New York World. Very
often when feeding time comes he is
off on the road with his team, and con
sequently his extra horses are COM
PEELED to await the return of their mas
ter to receive their allowance of grain.
AbreWS figured over this state of affairs
and finally decided that he could az
range a system of chutes leading from
bin on the upper floor A slide was
to be arranged to be opened at GER
tain time by clock to be placed in the
stable The scheme seemed feasible.
Abrews determined to try it. The
chutes were built and the clock was at
tached by an ingenious continuance SO
that the slide was raised just as the
clock chimed the hour of noon. The
thing worked like a charm during the
tests. Everything was finished and,
emptying the allowance of the feed for
each horse in the chute. Abrews left,
satisfied that this time. at least. his
al
noon 1t is hardly fair to premise that
the horses had interpreted the mean
ing Of all the mechanical cOntfiyances
which had been erected. They dOzed in
their stalls and as the hour drew on
toward feeding time and there were
no signs of the return of their master
they began to grow uneasy. The barn
was so quiet that the ticking of the
clock was plainly audible. The gong
sounded the first stroke of u. There
was a rafting in the chutes and the
grain started with a peculiar grating
sound toward the bin and poured out
under the noses of the startled horses
They reared and plunged backward at
the unexpected noise. When they had
recovered from their establishment they
were found standing among the ruins
of their stalls. They had smashed
things generally. Abrews has decided
it is cheaper, if not more regular, to
feed the animals in the old way.
Surely such another wedding was
never seen. The ceremony lasted until
'iddlerS was completely exhausted; and
when a couple of days later the Flat re-
i'm? The racket Subsiding the court
covered from its carouse, Velvet and
his wife disappeared.
a few days later tall, waggering,
black-mustached man, accompanied by
woman dressed in rusty black, with an
immense sunbonnet covering her head
nd face stood on the deck of a Panama
steamer makingi its way down San
Francisco bay toward the gate.
tast-rGceding city. Suddenly the man
Matched the Sun-bonnet from the Wom-
ms head and Whirled it overheard, and
it toated aStern said:
''GoOd-b' 20 the Widow Mud, and
ow. old Girl. Wa can be comfortable
again. The Id bonnet served ntiS turn,
and served it well, but | can't look
down two miles OF stovepipe every time
want to see your pretty face
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
Business of Stock-Jobbing Sprang Up
Just Two Centuries Ago.

George Clare, lecturing before the
members of the London Institute of
Bankers, said the business of stock
jobbing sprang UP just two centuries
ago. and the first price list of stocks
was published in 1897, three years
after the establishment Of the Bank
of England. 1t contained six securities
says the Pail Mall Budget, and 100
years later the number had not increas-
ed to more than twenty, while today
upwards of 2,5G00 were quoted.
In consulting the official list it was
important to remember that the super
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02

not be found anywhere, but, strange to
say, while the other waters in that re-
| g1on are alive with fish. no living thing
| has ever been seen in Stone lake, and
| the people of the vicinity contend that
the water is certain death to any craa-
| ture that drinks it. The wild fowl avoid
| 1t, though they swarm in the adjoining
ponds and bayous. Another peculiarity
of the uncanny water is that anything
! cast into it quickly petrifies; hence the
name it bears. And thereby hangs :
tale, which, incredible though it may
sound, is, nevertheless, devoutly belfey--
ed by the simple inhabitants of the To-
cality. 1t goes back to seventy years
ago, when the country was first settled
by emigrants from North Carolina
Tradition goes that on a hot summer
Gay, after his task was finished, an old
and trusted slave of one of the pioneers
got leave to go fishing, and. taking lis
tackle and bait, set out for the lake.
which he had remarked as likely place
for bass. Arriving there he walked out
on log that projected from the bank
he had not returned home, and his alb
sence at roll call was noted The mas
ter, however, paid but little attention
to the circumstance, thinking that Old
lsom had probably gone on a lark 10
some neighbOring farm. But when
iS0m failed to show UP next morning Old
Capt. Billiard became uneasy and went
in arII Il,
nothing Of the missing Slave from the
neighbOrS. Then he organized a party
and beat the woods to find him. Strange
to say, he had not remembered giving
lSOm leave to go fishing. Toward sun
down fox hound with the paEty struck.
Il trail and followed it to the bank of
the lake The hunters went after. and.
arriving at the lake, saw ISOm sitting
on the log with pole extended and ap-
parendy fishing, in deep meditation. He
proved deaf to the vociferous calls Of
his master. The hound sprang on the
log and ran UP to the motiOnless form,
shifted at it, and flew back to the bank
hOWllng with fright. Then the old cap
tain dismOunted and charged out OF the
log, whip in hand to chaStise the tl-I-
ant He brought his whip down on
the mOtionlesS figure with a resounding
whack. Still Isom sat stin. The old
captain caught him by the shoulder. He
not flesh and blood. but stone.
The fisherman his line and pole were
certified. The log on which he sat was
also solid.
Nheh the captain and his followers
dad recovered from their fright they
made their way home and told their
story Next day a large party of the
nelghbors went out and found it to be
true. They discovered by dropping
things into the lake the marvellous effect
of the water. The stone log was once
4 giant hickory. Nuts that had fallen
from it were seen petrif1ed on the bot
tom. 1t was thought that Isom must
have slipped and fallen into the lake
with his pole, and the water on his
clothes and tackle took effect when he
his perch and began fishing.
The extraordinary figure is still IN
tact. Among those who have seen it
recently are Capt. Jack Haynes, the
noted bear hunter, and Maj. Joe Ward
low, the county clerk of Lauderdale
county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02
WHICH DID SHE MARRY?

Thomas Nelson Page in hampers
upon q time there was
a lady who was young, beautiful, az
cOnlpIished and verv rich. She was al
50 very clever
But her most striking characteristic
was that she was every atom Il woman.
She had three lovers who had been col
Jege cronies She always spoke OF them
as her friends
There was Il fourth gentleman whom
she knew, but by 10 means intimately,
VINO was Il friend OF the othe rthree.
One of the three friends was tall,
handsome, athletic, had Iangulshing
eyes, a long mustache and tine figure;
one was clever, almost brilliant. and
what some women call ''inteliectuaI:'
the third was rich, go0d-looLng and
successful
Ali thes, were considered good catch
es by ma1nmas who had manageable
daughters and were popular.
The fourth gentleman was silent
man. who kept his own counsel, went
his own gait. and was thought to be in
dependent III his fortune as he was
kown to be in his views.
After Il season in which cne young
lately had been greatly and generally
admired, each of the three friends, hay
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02
INSECTS WITH LITTLE TASTE.
Spiders Have Only a Slight Sense
While Others Show Decided Preference.

Many experiments have been made in
order to find out what and where the
organ of taste is ia the lower creation;
but, according to Chambers Journal
it is easier to say where il is not. Cray
fish and worms seem to have very de-
cided preferences in the matter of food,
though no special taste organ has yet
been found. HOLSTERS like decaying
food; the crab is more dainty in its diet.
SnaiEs and slugs show a decided prefer
ence for certain kinds of food, as gar
den lovers know to their cost; peas and
cabhages, dahlias and sunfiowers are
great favorftes, but they will not touch
the white mustard. Some prefer animal
food, especially if rather high. Spiders
have only a slight sense of taste; flies
soaked ia pa1afin seem quite palatable
to them, though one species, the dia
dema, is somewhat more particular and
refuses to touch alcohol in any form
whatever.
The antennae of insects do not appear
to contain any organ of taste, for waSps
and ants quite readily took into their
mouths poisonous and unpleasant food,
even swallowing enough to make thems
selves I'LL, while some bees and cock
reaches fell a prey to the temptation Of
alum, EPSON salts and other nauseOus
foods placed in their way. These sub
stances We're not, however, swallowed.
but We're SOotl Spat out, the creatures
sputtering angrily, as if Disguised with
the taste. The proboscis of the fly and
the tongues Of bees and ants are fur
niShed with numerous delicate hairs set
in minute pits; these are, perhaps, con-
nected with the organ of taste, but,
though the exact locality Of this sense
in insects is uncertain, we know that
groups of cells in the tongues of annals
called taste bulbs, form in part the ends
of the organ of taste. These vary III
number, increasing in the higher ami
mails. They are very close and exceed
ingly numerous in man, while the ton
que of even the COW has some $4,000
taste bulbs. 1t WGud be interesting to
know whether each special taste eX-
cites a special group of nerves and that
Only-thus corresponding to the auditory
nerves. These taste bulbs We're dis
covered in 1867. Each one consists Of
two kinds Of cells, one set forming an
outer protective covering, through az
opening in which project from five to
ten of the true taste cells. Though i'll
portant, they are not, apparently, an
essential part of the organ, for birds
and reptiles have none but neither have
they keen sense Of taste-except, per-
hapS, the parrot. A boa-const1ictor that
was nearly blind was once found to be
cCntentedly swallowing a blanket for
dinner, instead of rabbit, which was
also within reach, and it was only with
difficulty that it was forced to dis
gorge this singular article of food \
snakes tongue is, therefore, not an Or
gan of taste, nor is it, as many think,
sting; it is more probably, a delicate
organ Of touch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02
THE "CRUCIFIXION PLANT"
Tradition Of the Alleged Miraculous
Origin or Calvary Glover.

st. Louis Republic: Those versed in
plant and flower lore say that the cele-
brated PLANT Of Calvary was I'M
known in the flora of the world prior to
the date of the cIucifiXion Of Jesus. Ac-
cOrding to the tradition the original
plant sprung up in the track made by
PLATE when he went to the cross for
the purpose Of placing that famous
title" over the head of him of whom
the Jews said. Say that he called
himself King of the Jews The
plant as it is now known is common
refoil, resembling the common clover
in many particulars. especially in the
peculillitics of growth. There is but
little doubt that in truth it was original
~ Il native of Turkey or India. but
Christians who discredit the story Of
its miraculous origin still claim that it's
native home is Palestine Under the
name of Calvary clover it is known ali
over Europe. At present the three
round green leaves Of the plant each
have n carmine spot in the center,
which looks for all the world like O
drop of blood. During the day the
three leaves stand erect, the two side
ones laterally taking almost the exact
form of a cross. During the season a
small yellow flower appears, it's form
and makeup reminding most startlingly
Of the crown of thorns
Early Christian writer's and not a few
of the vulgar historians mention this
botanical oddly. Julian says that in
time each of the leaves had a white
center in the form of q Cross, and that
close inspection would reveal miniature
pictlres of figures hanging to EACH The
figure on the center leaf was always
clad in white, those on the sides either
in black or red. He also says that the
crosses, figures, and bloody spots disap-
peared from the side leaves before the
flower burst into Eloom, but that tho
central one (Which in all countries was
thought to represent the Saviour
lasted for a good fortnight after the
the others had faded from view
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02
STONE LAKES LONE FISHERMAN
A Story Indicating That There May Be
Rock Bass in Those Waters

The inhabitants of that part of Ten
neSSee known as the Earthquake belt
are considerably exercised over the
gradual sinking of the lakes formed by
the earthquake of 1911, say Il Memphis
correspondent of the Atlanta ConstitlI-
ton. The water level is descending
without any apparent cause, although
the streams that empty into some Of
the lakes are not affected This is tax
en- as evidence that the soil at the bot
tom of these sheets Of water is becom-
inc seamy from seismic action beneath,
thus allowing the water to escape into
unknown basins below.
The effects of the unexplained phe-
nomenon are most apparent in Stone
lake. a beautiful body of water situated
in LauderiaIe county. The lake is
about mile long and half a mile wide,
and has an average depth Of twenty
feet, but so clear is it that the smallest
object can be seen on the bottom. 4
more inviting place for the angler could
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02

By the terms Of the will Of the late
q. L. Bradley, Of Milwaukee, Miss Te-
resa Braun is given 200 shares of the
capital stock of the Milwaukee National
bank, and the balance Of the estate is
left, without reserve. to the widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Bradley. Mr.. Brad
Icy was married to Mss Elizabeth Braun
IN the summer of 1888. She is the
daughter Of Sheboygan county farmer,
and was for six years previous to her
marriage the fOreWoman in charge of
the salesrOom Of the Bradley Il Metcah
boot and shoe establishment The Miss
TreSie NJ. Braun, mentioned in the Will
is Mrs. Bradley's sister.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02
AIR SHIELDS US FROM DANGER
Protecting the Earth From Being IN
Jured By ElTatic Interstellar Missiles.


The sensational statements which
were widely published during the re
cent appearance of a strange comet IN
Andromeda, and the attention which
was drawn to the Bella swarm of me-
teOrS at about the same time, served
to remind everyone of a singular and,
in some respects, important office of
the atmosphere that we seldom think Of
The atmosphere is not 'eaaly a cover for
the earth, serving to keep it warm by
retaining the heat derived from the sun,
but is also a shield, which effectuauy
protects the earth against missiles from
space The service which the soft,
transparent air thus renders is, indeed,
Il wonderful one, according to the
Youths Companion. Many thousands
of meteors every day run into the at
mOSphere with q velocity ayera ging six
ty times that Of 4 cannon bail, and yet
we are perfectly safe, because they
cannot reach the ground except in the
form of microscopic particles OF dust.
But for the resistance interpOSed by the
atmosphere the mortality from meteOrs
might form an interesting LIST in the
general statistics of mankind. It is the
excessive velocity of the meteOrs
which leads to their destruction. Max
ing due allowance for the comparative
rarity Of the air at the great height al
which mcteors become luminous. The
heat developed by their rush Of twenty
five or thirty miles in a second must be
sufficient to dEsinatn +'r~->- H7qnOSt n.
stantly, In the case of the Biela me.
teors, it is pretty definitely known that
the particles which enter the atInoS
phere, when the earth in its orbit meets
the meteoric swarm, once formed part
of the mass of a comet, known as Bic
las comet, which split into two parts
in 1916, and was last seen in the form
of Il comet-then a double comet-iI
1852. But every year in the month oil
November, when the earth approaches
very near to the path in which the
missing comet formerly travelled, anC
which is followed by the meteors thai
now apparently represent all that L
left of the comet, a greater or less mum
Der Of these meteors plunge into tn all
and are consumed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02

j. A. SimsOn, a wealthy insurance
man. Of ST Louis, deliberately suicided
last night.
Evening journal., 1893-09-11
WONDERFUL eReApFRuIT TRgE.
Natures Gift 20 Primitive Man, Furnish
INC Inlh Food and Clothes.

Nature'a Gift 60 Primitive Man, Furnish
ing Both Rood and Clothes.
The breadfruit tree. Artocarpus incisa,
seen in the Dutch East Indies and in many
OF the islands Of the South seas, grows 40
TO 30 feet high, the fruit being round OF
slightly oval in shape first green, then
brown and turning yellow when fully ripe
II is from to inches in diameter and
tastes insipid when cooked. couldnotde-
termine what the taste was like unless it
were grocery store brown paper. In Samoa
and Tahiti the tree yields succession of
two or three crops during eight months in
the year. Its fruitfulness is said to ex-
Ceed even the generous plantain, upon
which the natives of the tropics subsist al
most solely where the breadfruit is not
grown. Itdispenses entirely with the la
Dor of the agriculturist, the miller, the bak-
er. There need be no care for seedtime OF
harvest. There is no thrashing no grind
ing no lSneading-in fact the islanders of
the South seas have their bread ready pre-
pared and have only TO place il on the Goals
as they need il, 3" says Ober.
This placing on the Goals is a picturesque
affair. like Rhode Island clambake The
fruit is cut up, the core removed, and, hot
stones having been placed in a hollow in
the earth and covered with leaves the
fruit is laid on top and again covered with
leaves and hot stones, on which more
breadfruit is laid; then another layer of
leaves and stones, and on top of all earth is
heaped to a depth of 6 inches or more. The
hot stone bake lasts about 80 minutes, and
the result is a brown piece of natural
bread, white or perhaps yellow inside and
very nutritious. Some think IL more like
the plantain than wheat bread. IL is al
most tasteless when cooked green, but is
highly appreciated 10y experts when al
lowed to ripen just little-not TO a yellow
state, however, when il has a decayed
favor. ] found il impossible to like it
very much in any state, but il seems to be
acquired taste with some whom ] have
heard praise It, This is the seed bearing
breadfruiU which grows throughout Poly
nesia, but the true bread of the Moluccas,
which is propagated only by cutting-the
seeds being entirely aborted by cultiva-
tion--is a different plant.
Ifa Polynesian plants 20 ordinary bread
fruit trees, he is independent for life unless
| his enemy destroy them. The constant
/ feuds of various tribes in the same group
and on the sameisland tend to famine, as
they wantonly destroy each others cocoa
nut palms, banana groves and breadfruit
trees. The fiber of the inner bark of the
breadfluit makes good cloth, but ooarseI
than the "tapa, made from the paper mul
berry tree. The wood is soft and light
of rich yellow, turning to mahogany il
use, just right for the dugout canoe. Ther
the milky juice obtained by puncturinl
the bole is used rs a gum Another use il
TO spread il about rs bird lime to catcl
the feathered songsters of the woods. =
| preparation is also made for tattooing.-
American Agriculturist.
Evening journal., 1893-09-11
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The lnlandwaterway Canal Is fairly
under way and the contractors are push
ing the work with rapidity.
The dedication Of st. Agnes Catholic
Church, at Rising Sun, will take place
on Sunday next, September II.
Purnell & Vincent, Of the Snow
Hill Messenger, have purchased the press
and fixtures of the Odessa Herald and
taken them to Snow Hill to replace their
burned plant.
The annual convention Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, of Cecil
county, will be held ia the town Of Ris-
ing San on September 13. An address
will be delivered in the evening by Mrs.
Ella A. Boole, of New York.
Michael Speck, living with w. G.
| Skirvin, of Kent county, was thrown
from horse and had his shoulder blade
broken. Twelve hours had elapsed be-
fore physician could be secured, during
which time the boy suffered the most
intense agony.
The tug +. S..Stetson was destroyed by
fire on Thursday last, while at ReybOld's s
wharf, ia Elk river The fire started
from an explosion Of a coal oil lamp in
the fore cabin The tug was making for
New York from Baltimore with q mum.
Der of barges in tow.
Frank McGuigan was found dead in
bed at the residence Of John McLoraine,
In the Eighth election district OF Cecil
county, on Thursday morning He had
been making his home with Mr. Nc
Lorraine for several years past He was
about fifty years Of age and a carpenter
by trade.
The H. E Church, at Glendale, SUSSEX
county, is being thoroughly repaired
and improved The pastor of the church
Rev. l.. 5 McLain, who was painter
before he became a preacher, purposel
to do all graining on the doors and in
side wood work of the church in orde
3 to curtail the expense of the improve
. ments.
The battle OF North Point will be cele
brated at Calvert, this county, on mex
Tuesday, under the auspices Of Banne
Council, o. U. A. M. Of that place. an
3 the Independent Council Of North East
> Several bands of excellent music will b
on hand. Forty-four guns will be free
representing the forty-four states. TIL
6. A. r of Rising Sun viii also take
leading part.
n The frame dwelling.house on Il
!. farm of l. l.. Hammond, near Baldwin
/. Cecil county, along the line Of the Bait
n more and Ohio railroad, was totally d
i stroyed by FIRE at an early hour on Sa
1 urday morning, together with the co
= tents. The fire was discovered at
= o'clock, but not until large portion
p the roof had been burned Mr.. Hal
. mond and his daughter had a narrc
, escape. The loss is estimated at 81, ,4C
n. insured for 500 in the American III
h. Insurance Company. The origin Of I
en- fire Is a mystery.
Evening journal., 1893-09-11
nris.lnnnrr ,rorI, In chlnn.

A missionary, wishing to spur up new.
conner TO good works, said: Haven't you
preached in Chinese YETI Why, preached
after being here six months, didn't Ig'
turning to a native who had been with him
at the time and could bear witness to his
great zeal. "Yes, replied the Chinaman,
''you did preach, although none OF us un-
derstood what you said, but we knew you
were very angry about something"
Anewcomer, going out fora walk, thought
he would improve the time land bis Ian
guage by the practice) by preaching to a
Chinaman ON the road so he began his adj
dress by saying (as he thought DO you
know you have a soul?" The Chinaman
stopped short and looked in amazement
upon the missionary, who repeated solemn
y, "Yes. you have a soul"
Seeing that the Chinaman was quite i'm
pressed by the new thought the good man
gathered all his forces together for a telling
sermon, beginning by repeating again very
emphatically, You have "A soul and
the Chinaman had taken to his heels, leav
ing the missionary TO find out that by say
| ing 'wurn instead of "whurn he had in
formed his victim, you have bad odor
New York Independent.