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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16

can be kept open during the long win
ter months, and the frigid. bleak, and
now comparatively useless plains of
that httle-known region will become
a source of wealth and prosperity to
the land
In the arctic and subarctic regions of
Lapland and Siberia the domeStcated
reindeer is food. clothing, house furni-
ture, and transportation to the people,
It's milk and flesh furnish food, its
lnagrOw and tongue are considered
choice delicacies, and its blood mixed
with the contents Of the stomach is
made into a favorite dish called in
Siberia manyalla
Its intestines are cleaned, filed with
talIow, and eaten as a sausage Its skin
is made into clothes, bedding. tent COW
ers, harness, ropes, cords, and fish lines,
and the hard skin of the fOrelegs makes
an excellent covering for SnowShoeS.
Its sinews are dried and pounded in
to strong and lasting thread. Its bones
are soaked in seal oil and used as fuel,
and its horns are made into various
kinds of household implements and
weapons and used in he manufacture
of SledS.
In centra and northern Alaska are
vast rolling plains of moss and grass
covered land that are especially adapted
by nature for the grazing of reindeer,
and are practically useless for any
other purpose.
In the corresponding regions of Lap
land, Arctic Norway, Sweden, and Rus
STA are 2T,000 people about the same
in number as the Alaskan Eskimo),
supporting themselves and procuring
their food and clothing largely from
their 100000 domesticated reindeer,
besides paying to their respective gov
ernments the annual sum of 100000,
or 81 per head, as tax on their herds.
Also in the corresponding region Of
Siberia, with similar climate and soil,
and only forty miles distant at the
straits, there are thousands of Tchuk
ches, Kolaks, and other tribes Of deer
men fed, and clothed, and housed by
their herds of tens of thousands OF
domesticated reindeer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
REINIIEER INTO
ALASKA.
to Supply Better Food for the
Natives of That TerT,ory.

The landing from the United States
revenue cutter Bear at Port Clarence.
Alaska, of a herd of $50 domesticated
reindeer purchased in Siberia, together
with four native Siberian herders,
marks the establishment of the first herd
of the kind on the western continent.
This is an event Of more than Ordi-
nary importance, says the Californian.
If it is successful it will create through
out northern and central Alaska a new
food supply in place of the walrus,
whale. fish. and fur-bearing animals.
that are yearly becoming scarcer and
more difficult to obtain.
Furnished a better and surer food
supply the native Eskimo population,
now decreasing in numbers, may reason
ably be expected to increase, and chang
ing them from mere hunters to herds
men may be the first upward step
toward their civilization.
With the increase and civilization of
the natives and the general introduction
Of the domesticated reindeer herds
throughout Alaska the vast unknown
interior of our northern province can be
thoroughly explored. Lines of COM
munication between distant settlements
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
CUSTOMS IN THE COMMONS.

Members Wear Their Hats When
One of the first peculiaritieS to strike
a visitor to the house of commons is
the freedom which permits members
to keep on their hats during the pro-
gress of public business. But this iber
ty has it's limits, according to Cham
ers' Journal A member may not wear
his hat as he enters or leaves tie
house, or when he stands at the bar,
although he may put it on as soon as
he takes his seat. If a colleague engag-
eS in conversation with him he uncOvers
his head, and so must he, of course,
when he rises to address the house.
Another requirement is that member
must only make a speech from one of
the accustomed seats, never from the
entrance, the bar, or gangWay. The
same rule is observed when he rises in
order in the courts of debate. but if he
raises a piOnt of order concerning a
division which has been already called
he must keep his seat and speak with
his hat Oh. Even the speaker in such
with the rulings, so that the proceedings
assume a somewhat easy-going CONVEX
Sational character On one occasion of
the kind the late Professor Fawcett,
who then sat below the gangway, was
unable, being blind, to find his own
hat quickly enough. He Overcame the
emergency, however. by borrowing tho
well-known Sot cap of his neighbor
Joseph COWen. which, although it mel
ther fitted nor suited him, yet served
the purpose of the moment. The effec'
was ludicrous, but not more so than a
another similar crisis when Mr.. Glad
stone hastily borrowed the hat Of an
other occupant OF the front opposition
bench, and found it so much too small
or him that he had to hold it on unit
the point in dispute was settled.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16

entire country or king of one of the
time to TING, the Chinese Empire WIS
broken. There have been over 1,2ta
, occupants Of the various thrones, royal
and imperiI. In addition to these
regular issues, if such they may BIZ
! called, there have been special issues
from time TO time and also special local
issues. A wealthy mandarin in Canton
is said TO have the finest collection eX
tant containing $4,000 specimens Of
different kinds
The cost increases as you so back
ward in time. The cash of this century
can be secured 1T their nominal face
value. Those Of the eighteenth and
seventeenth centuries bring from /
cent TO 10 cents each. Those of the
Han dynasties, from 206 to 100 A D..
brng 800 each when in fine state OF
preservation.
These true antiques are found IN
ancient tombS and ruins. Several hun
dred were discovered in Annoy this
year in digging grave, when the
laborers broke into an old tomb several
feet below the surface of the soil. The
coins lay in a pretty earthenware jar,
and were encruSted with a thin layer
of malacllite that here and there had
been changed by moisture into azrlrite
The coins were sold by the lucky
coolies in the next twenty-four hours
and are said to have brought 81 a piece.
an immense sum TO men working for
II cents Il day.
To succeed in collecting cash a person
must be a fine Chinese scholar. The
labor thereby involved is so severe as
to preclude most collectors from in
dulging in the pleasure to any great ex-
tent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16

while we ranged ourselves along the
breast-high bulwarlzs, rifle in hand,
ready for the first flight. We had not
waied long when the major said: Now,
boys, don't shoot the decoys." and the
dGtor observed something about its
being his blind: this ilrevelant CONVEX
sation was interrupted by a There
is one.' from the lockout, and we saw
a sWord-bladed fin shooting toward our
boat 1T a ten-knot speed, cutting a rip
pie on the smooth surface of the wa
ter, and leaving a wake that flashed
in the morning sunlight. We knew the
game was there, but how to hit it? In
a moment we saw another lin, and then
another. until there We're full a dozen
in sight. The great fish first circled
around the horse us if to make sure
that he could not resist their attack.
when we saw one turn in the water
and Il portion OF his white belly show
above the surface as his saw-like teeth
tugged at a great chunk of horse flesh.
Crack went the majors express and Z.
bright red circle where the shark sank
testified to the accuracy of his aim.
The other fish did not notice the shot,
but attacked the horse like a pack of
rayenous wolves, while we shot at
every spot of shark that showed above
the water, until we had converted the
turquoise blue OF the southern sea into
a sanguinary red.
While the sharke paid no attention
TO the shooting they seemed Infatuated
with the blood and batled around the
dead horse until the water was dashed
almost into foam. They soon became
50 numerous that it was impossible o
get a shot at any particular one, and
we stopped firing and watched the
fighting, seething, bleeding mass. The
justice Of the title, Tiger Of the Deep"
was apparent to all now, us no more
ferocious and bloodthirsty creature in
shark of the south seas.
When the battle was at its height
the major led us to the foredecl1 Of the
little steamer, when we cast off from
the larger one and were soon among
the fighting leviathans, who apparently
took no heed of our arrival. but con-
tinued to battle as viciously as before.
We steamed around and around the
horse, shooting every fish that appeared
Some Of them would go down when hit,
while others would continue the fight
It is doubtful if single shot killed
any one of them. The crew brought
up come small harpoons and fastened
to three large sharks, which We're
towed out Of the battle and hauled
away up to the town to be skinned.
The fish seemed to have exhausted
their fury after an hours struggle and
we steamed back to the wharf.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
NUMISMATICS IN CHINA.
Collections of Celestial Coins Which Go
Back to 1920 Years.

Collections of Celestial Coins Which Go
Back to 1920 Years.
China is the paradise Of the unnis-
matist, says the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The collection Of cash, according to Con-
sui Edward Bedloe's report to the State
Department, are something marvellous.
They are small coins of bronze, brass,
copper, or silver, ranging in intrinsic val
lie from 1-20 of a cent to % cents.
The oldest Of these coins on record ap-
peared about 23OO B. G. Over 10000
different kinds of cash are preserved
in collections Some are wonderful
examples of coinage, but most Of them
are clumsy and coarse. The numis-
matist can work all his life, spend very
little money, and leave to pOsterity
thousands of coins. All he needs to do
is to confine his work to the collection
of cash, the small coins in brass and
bronze, whose value ranges from ITO
to LA of a cent. Their workmanship
varies, but is usually very good.
Their shape today is like that of Eu-
ropean coins, with the exception that
through the center is a square hole
through which the coins are strung to-
gether Gge beads. In the past, however,
other forms were employed, including
the square, triangle, heart, ellipSe, shield
key, sword, and spear. The number
OF kinds is simply immense. They are
referred to in literature as far back
as $50 B. G. 1.-The earliest that have
heard Of" says Consul Bedloe, dates
from the Ts'in dynasty, which ruled
from 255 to 2O7 3. G. From that time
until today these useful little coins have
been used by every monarch, no matter
whether he was an emperor Of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
IASSOED A RUNAWAY.
How SaIoon-heeper Stopped a Fright
enc0 Horse.

The presence of mind OF Zach Prentice
who keeps a saloon on Kentucky street,
out near the California sugar refinery,
and his skill with the lasso, required
while riding a broncho before he took
to selling beer, enabled him to avert
Il catastrophe which threatened the
lives or limbs of a number Of wOrkmen
from the refinery yesterday.
1t was noon, the whistle had sounI-
ed the lunch hour, and four or five hun
dred worklnen were picking their way
Through the mud toward PrenticeS
place, where they usually congregate to
wash down their midday meal, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. t'rentics,
who avs standing in his doorway, heard
a cry, and looking down the street saw
a horse attached to a butchers order
wagon tearing madly along the brid"'
connecting the Potrero with South San
Francisco and rapidly approaching
Two boys, sons Of a wholesale butcher,
had been riding in the wagon when the
horse took fright and ran away. The
wagon gave jolt as it left the bridge
and the two lads were thrown out.
but not seriously injured, and the horse
kept on its way.
Prentice, looking south, could see
the horse approaching. and looking east
his eyes rested ON the long line of men
nearing Kentucky street, their view
Of what was happening being Obstruct-
ed by hundreds of freight cars side
tracked parallel to the street. A mo-
ment's thought was sufficient to con-
vince Prentice that he runaway horse
would be dashing through the crowd Of
men just as they would be tloundering
through the mud of Kentucky street.
Prentice OWNS a laSSO, but it was up
stairs. Next door to him, however, is
a butchers shop, and a lasso hung on a
hook near the doorway. Prentice seized
this lassO quickly, rushed down the
street about half ablOck and waited the
coming of the frantic animal. 1t was
about thirty feet from him, and the
foremost of the line Of men were al
ready crOwding the street a few feet
ahad, when Prentice swung his lasSO
and let 1t WhlZ through the air. 1t was
Il beautiful throw. The moose passed
over the horses head and settled around
its neck. Prentice, with his legs apart
and well braced, stood prepared to
meet the shock when the madened ami
NAL should get to the end Of the rope.
The shock came; the horse fell back on
it's launches, reared slightly and then
rolled over helpless, while fragments
of the badly shatterd wagon went fly
ing through the air.
Perntice's hands were badly skinned
by the rope, but they were made still
more sore before night By several hun
bred men who insisted on almost twist
ing them Off while congratJlating him
on his pluck, skill and presence of
mind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
lark SHOOTING IN THE
ORIENT.
Hunters Witness a Strange Battle Be
tween tigers OF the Deep"

tween 'ISelS OF the Deep.
Our arrival was hailed with delight
by the crew of the Gghtship, who placed
the cabin at our disposal, and we turn
ed III early sage writer in Forest and
Stream. Il say we q believe the doc
tor spent some time that night teaching
the major our national game), and was
informed that he had a pupil so apt
that what few rupees he had brought
out with him went ashore with the
major. We slept well and We're up
in time to see Old Sol get out Of bed
in the Indian Ocean and lick the hoaly
off our decks. After a plate OF fruit,
some fine fish. and fresh eggs, with ::
cup of fragrant coffee, we got out our
battery and watched the movements
of clumsy lugger that the outgoing
tide and the gentle morning breeze
had brought down from the city the
very odoriferouS carcass OF horse
which, the major explained. was the de
coy we We're to shoot over. The dead
horse was hoisted overheard and an
chored about eight yards below tho
ightship, and the lugger stood about
for home.
One OF the sailors went aloft and
tkept a lookout from the lantern cage
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
Grave Of the Man Who Performed That
Ceremony

On the south shore of the ChickahOn1-
my river, near Providence Forge, there
is a colonial graveyard. 1t is about an
acre in area and is covered with for.
est trees, some of which are very large.
In fact, the old graveyard is overgroWns
with virgin pines. The underground
is so dense as to make it next to an
impOssibility to discover a grave or
gravestone, says the Richmond Des-
patch. The indications go to show that
at some remote period 4 house or build
ing once stood in this locality. Possibly
it was a church. There is only one
grave marked, which is a slab Of Port
land stone, and on which is distinctly
discernible the following eEitaph:
Here lyeth inferred the body OF
Elizabeth, late wife Of the Rev. David
MossOm, rector of the parish Of st.
Peter, in New Kent county, and daugh-
ter of Henry Soane, Gent. She de-
parted this life April 2, 1853, in the
55the year Of her age"
This was the wife Of the Rev. David
Mossom, who performed the marriage
ceremony for Gen. Washington in St
Peters church, New Kent county, Jan.
6, 1859 He was Cambridge scholar.
Startling is the name of the estate on
which the old graveyard is. 1T has
been owned by JerdOnes since III,
and now includes 1900 acres Of land.
John Smith was caught by the Indians
in this vicinity, and it is supposed that
in the same locality Pocahontas saved
the life of the historic John.
1t is presumed that the Rev, MOssom
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
CRIME IN ANCIENT PENNSYL-
VANIA.
How They Punished Wrong-Doers in
the Days of William Penn.

The unhappy people who are being
sent to Jail or have costs to pay at
Media this week can thank their stars
that they did not live in the early days
of the colony Of Pennsylvania, says
the Chester News.
The assembly that convened at Ches-
ter Dec. 4, 1852, enacted a code of
laws that made the people of the new
colony live up to the mark, while many
of the several penalties of the duke of
YOrk's code We're softened, yet the I'M
fortunate deemed them harsh enough.
The man or woman who used pro
fame language was punished by fine
or imprisonment, and more than one
person had reason for regret for ex-
pressing their feelings in public with too
much emphasis.
The Severest punishment was meted
out for icentious conduct. A pulic
whipping and one years Imprisonment
was the penalty for the grave degrees
of this crime, while a second offense
was punishable by imprisonment for
life. The law was amended in 17O5,
the first offense being punished by the
inf1ictiOn of tWenty-one laShes and
imprisonment for one year, or a fine of
$3.50. A second conviction subjected
the culprit to seven years imprisonment
and the letter "a" was branded on his
forehead
The man who had more than one
wife, instead Of being an object Of COM
mis- %, 70 10
Jail for life, while the man who broke
into a house and stole was sent to jail
for four months He had to work like
a beaver, however, and unless he re-
stored fourfOld to the party the court
sent him up for seven years to give
him time for reflection.
Murder was punished with death and
felOn.
Theft was punished with pulic whip
pings and various terms of imprison-
ment, while restitution had to be made
from threefold to fou1fold.
The minor regulations prohibited all
persons from taking part in stage plays
revels, masks, and kindred worldly
pursuits, so that any troops that had
CHANGED to drop into Pennsylvania with
the ''Ta-ra-ra oom-de-ay' would have
been sent higher than Gilderoy's kite
Drinking of health was punishable by
| fine of 5 shillings or five days i'm
prisonment, and horse racing, shooting
matches, and sports of like character
We're interdicted If the offenders hap
pened to be slaves they were whipped
and imprisoned instead of fined.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
BEGGING BUT WAS WEALTHY.

Washington Star.-ln Judge kimbalPS
court this morning appeared a woman
named Anna McMahon, who has cele-
brated more than 60 birthdays, and
the charge against her was begging on
the street. She was arrested last even
ing on 18th street northeast By Po-
iiceman Murphy.
The officer told Judge Kimball of the
woman's conduct on the street and
Anna denied the charge.
she has plenty of money" said the
officer, land she owns two cows in add
dition to some real estate"
Il have two little cows she said,
and they don't give a quart of milk
4 day
And she bought Il house for S1,1OO
the other day and paid for it," added
the policeman.
why We're you begging on the street
inquired the court.
Il was only begging for 4 cracker
she replied.
This sort of begging by persons who
have plenty" said the judge. has got
to be stopped. You will have to give
bonds or go down for thirty days"
personal bondSE
NO. madame, real estate bonds"
She stepped back.
HE ACTED THE SAMARITAN,
Boston Herald-It is 4 full hour be
fore noon on School Steret. Upon The
sidewalk near the Parker house al
old woman is lying drunk. a GROVE
begins to gather about her.
A lawyer. Il member of q prOmlnen
firm whose office is not far from rh
Savings Bank building walks rapid.
along, and chances, first at the pros
U1te figure on the pavement and the
at the curious persons who surround il
He turns to a herdic driver.
"Will you take her home?'' he asks
Nor
I'm pay for the cab and get one Q
these women to go with her.
That's different! I'll take her.
The attorney sees that the helpns
inbriate is placed in the herdic, cal
TO the driver again and hands him ha
dollar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
Difficulties Met in the Construction of
That Mammoth Work.

In an article on 1.-The Great Wall of
China in the Engineering Magazine,
John A. Church writes that one-third of
the whole population was forced to
work ON the wall, but that means of
course the population adjacent to the
wall Another story-that it was COM
pleted in ten years-is incredible, though
it has been carelessly accepted by some
historians.
When we regard the character Of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16

Put her III her house he says, ana
IS gone before the crowd turns to look
at him.
But there were few bystanderS,
nevertheless who saw the charitable
act, and in the name OF humanity 81
lenty thanked him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
MINED HIS MIXTURES.
The Odd Results of Taking Medicine a
The Wrong Time.

Although in perfect health. James
Mund. of a certain house-which 1T is
not necessary to mention-in Battersea,
is always taking medicine, says the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04

{ Marion Crawford opens up a new lir Q
of thought in his article en- titled "Rone,
the Capital Of the New Republic" ap-
7pearing in. the October Cos mopolitan
1T lis not likely that he October number
will have the su ccess which attended
THAT for September. The extra ordinary
spectacle was presented of 121ac maya
zine selling for so and 75cents, and many
hundreds were even sold for 81 90 each
Probably the record remains without
a parallel, in periodical sales, OF a num-
Der proving SO intesesting that, after
1000 copies had been sold, the news
company lad orders for $4,000 more than
they could supply, while dea lers in vari-
Gus parts of the country, discovering the
esteem in which the magazine was held
Immediately rails ed their prices to dou-
BILE, treble, quadruple and IN many cases
to eight times the regular price. The
publishers do not yet know what thsi,
real circulation u.s. ow ing to the limited
icapacity of their presses; but machinery
is being put in place which will supply
an edition for December. exceeding 3OO,.
.00o,. and during that month it will be
possible to determ inc just how many
Cosmopolitans the public will buy.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04


Timber Land, act juno 8, 1873. Notice
for Publication. United States Land
Office, Duluth, Mimi, July II. 1898
Notice is hereby given that ii commit.
ance with the provisions Of the act Of
congress Of June 3, 1873, entit1 ed can
act for the sale of timber lands in ;tha
states Of California, Oregon, Nevada and
washington Territory as amended bv
act Of sAugust 4, 1892, John Pieringy.
Of g Duluth, Il County ofas ST, ) Lo,1is'
state Of Minnesota, has this day fled
lnthis Office his sworn statement NO. 1859
for. the purchase of the: lots Q, 4 and S
Of sec: "a, in twp No, "a, range vest
and I, g Will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its
timber n or stone than, for agricultural
purposes, and to establish. bis claim to
said land before the register and re.
ceiver of this office at Duluth, Mime
sofa, on Monday, the 9Th day Of Febru-
airy, 1894. =. - - =
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly. the above described lands are re-
quested to fileheir claims in this office
on or before said 9Th DAY of Feby., 1894.
- X, :. All. Taylor, Register
w. H. smallwood, Atty, 9.23 .