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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13

General Wanamaker regarded?" asked
the reporter.
i cannot speak for Mr.. Wanamaker.
He is man who will undertake 4
great many things" was the significant
answer.
There is talk in financial circles Of
getting up a petition asking Mr. Mcleod
to withdraw his resignation. The feel
ing is that his retirement may be fol-
lowed by separation of the Reading
and Lehigh Valley interests, and in or
der to prevent this the merchants who
desire continuance of competition be-
tween Philadelphia and Buffalo may
petition Mr.. Mcleod to reconsider his
resignation and continue at the head
OF the company. 1t is believed that Mr.
McLeOd's retirement viii have a serious
effect upon the anthracite coal trade
His personal influence in connection
with that industry has been large His
policy has been such as to increase the
profits Of both miners and dealers, and
these classes regard his retirement as
the signal for lack of cohesion among
all concerned in maintaining prices at
q uniform level.
President Mcleod left this afternoon
for Boston. Before going he was asked
whether his retirement from the Read
ing would effect his standing as Presi-
! dent of the Boston and Maine and New
/ York and New ENGLAND roads, and re.
fused to say anything on the subject
/ He declared that his resignation does
not indicate that he will leave Phila-
! delphia.
! John I4ovber Welch, who has been
/ suggested as Mr.. McLeod's successor
this afternoon denied that he would be
come Readings president and said he
thought President Joseph S. Harris, OF
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation com
pany would be the man. AS Mr.. Welch
has been closely identified with the
management of the Reading road fol
| years it is believed that he knows
whereof he speaks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
TESTING IRON COLUMNS.
Simple Device for Measuring Thei
Supporting Strength

Simple Device for Measuring Their
Supporting Strength.
Have you ever noticed said 4 st.
LouiSan yesterday to 4 reporter for the
Republic of that city, those massive
iron pillars now standing erect in the
basement of the new Planters house?
Well did you ever stop to think Of the
imense weight they will be compelled
to support steadily for many, many
years? Oh, you have. But l suppose
you have thought the manufacturers
Just made those pillars and sold them
without knowing anything about how
much weight they would bear or how
long they would bear it. Let me tell
you about that.
''ThOse pillars are cast in the same
manner as are caSt-iron stoveS-by run
ming the liquid metal into sand molds;
but alongside of each pillar is cast an
iron bar, from the same metal. That
bar is precisely an inch square and
five and One-half feet in length. When
cold it is subjected to a very simple
test. Each end of the bar is placed up
from the center by a rope 1t must
bear a tensil strength of 500 pounds
to the square inch. The test nay be-
gin with 400 pounds and be gradually
increased until the bar is found to be
perfectly supporting the required
weight. If it breaks, for instance, at
4SO or 400 pounds then the pillar cast
from the pot of metal which cast the
bar is discarded, 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, 1893-04-13
Economy.

Velma c. Melville: Who, in the aver
age family does the econOmiZing? How
many of the brethren" are in the hab-
it of taking their hats off and eXamin-
ing them critically to see if they can
make them hang on another season,
that the eldest son may have Il new
one? How many of you would be like
~ to say: Yes, with Il new binding
and 4 coat of shoe polish [ can wear it
to church all winter; young folks like to
appear we'll" How many of you have
ever tried turning your ovcrcOat, bot
tom to top in order that your wife
might have Il new shawl? How many
of you give up tobacco and cigars that
your daughters may take music lessons?
How many of you shed bitter tears in
secret because you are dying to see
mother" but smile bravely when any
one is looking, because you really can
not afford it?' You laugh! Well, now,
let me tell you Of a few things your
wife has done and is doing.
She has not had a nice new dress
since she was married. You know you
were in debt for the last forty when
you brought her here a dozen years
ago, and you have managed to be in
debt for something ever since. She had
a nice broadcloth circular when she
became your wife and it has done ser
vice every winter since till two years
ago. she cut it up to make Kittie and
Willie jackets. In its place she wears
a shaWl-half cOttOn-that cost two dol
lars and fifty cents; you remember how
magnanimOus you felt when you set
tied the bill?
Two-thirds of the time she has to
keep her feet drawn up under her
skirts that no one may see how shabby
her shoes are. If she gets new ones
Kittie will have to wear old ones All
the time she is planning seif-denial that
the husband may have his grasping am
bition satisfied, or that the children
may have better advantages.
This state of affairs does not exist
in all homes, but in the great majority,
if anyone economies it is the wife
and mother. Half the time the hus-
band never realizes it, though he may
be dimly conscious that she is quite
sometimes the woman herself
scarcely knows it. In the average
home Of the labOring man, economy
is a necessity and all should bear their
share Parents should not bear it all,
either; the children are the better for
doing their part. Where all are united
and an unselfish spirit prevails, ecOno-
my and self-sacrifice becomes a pleas
in
than honest poverty, but there is moth
ing worse than the neglectful, selfish
spirit that lets one bear the crosses
for the whole family; and that the
weaker member of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
WHAT MErErKs ARE MAI,E OF

| An analysis has just been made Of
one of three largest meteortes that
: have hit the United States. This anal
ysis Will prove of interest in view OF
| the recent comet and meteor scare,
sassy the New York World. 1t is fair
| to assume that the majority of the me-
teOrs in the sO-called November me-
teoric orbit are composed of the same
EmateriaI of whihc this one consists. In
fact, q singular sameneSs in makeup
has been found to exist in all the me-
meteors which have been analysed.
The formula is as follows:
Iron, $3.50; nickIe, 4.S1; cobalt, 81:
copper, .0o5; lead, 10; sulphur, OF;
total, 99325
Only a portion Of the crust was used
in the analysis which accounts for the
discrepancy in the total The meteorite
was found in November, 1887, by one
Jacob Snyder, about foot below the
ground. while digging to plant an ap-
pie tree near his house, five miles to
the southeast Of Gettysburg Mr. Sny-
der and his neighbors jumped to the
conclusion that there was an iron mine
on the farm and his property rose ire
mendOusIy in value. Had he been any |
kind Of a scientist he could easily have /
determined the nature Of his find and
then have exploited the value OF his
mine, sold his property for big sum
and cleared out pending the mining
arrangements. As it was, the True
character of the meteorite was not dis
cOyeru until 1891.
Its three largest dimensions are l1.24
and SO II inches and it weighs S47
pounds. An effort was made to buy
it by the National museum, but as Mr..
Snyder placed the price very high it
was eventually bought by Edwin II.
Howell who has aIeaning toward me-
teorites J,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
UNITED STATES CONS
NADED BY 4 y
MINISTER HICKS PROA
BLES THE FAC
Secretary Gresham Sends IL
Peru Must Apologize to
cute the Offenders and y
ration for Damage Don
Police at Fault.

Washington, April ct w.
during the last administration. and it
may be its neighbor, Peru, during this.
1t appears that the United States con-
sUlate at one of the Peruvian ports
has been sacked by a mob with APP
parent police sanction. The officer act
ing as consular agent for the United
States was fired upon and wounded
in the foot
The news comes in brief telegram
through the United StateSt minister
to Peru, John Hicks. He omitted such
essential details as the name, place
and name Of the wounded officer, or
they were dropped from his dispatch
in Geographic transmission. The tele-
gram is as follows:
Lima, Peru, April ) - Gresham,
Washington: At place OmitteCO Il mob
attacked the Masonic ladge. sacked
the building and burned the fixtures
in the street. incidentally the United
Statest consulate was invaded, the fur
nishings destroyed, and the acting con-
sular agent shot in the foot. The arch
ives We're saved intact 4 squad Of
Peruvian police looked on while the
mob performed the work, without inter
ference. Mail brings particulars.
(SigneD Hicks"
Secretary Gresham conferred with
the president on the subject and this
afternoon sent the following telegram
to the minister:
clicks, Lima: Protest against the
failure of The authorities to afford
protection co the consulate, and if the
facts are well established ask for an
expression Of regret, the prompt prose-
cution of the guilty parties, and repara-
ton for injury to American property
or person. (signed Gresham"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
BEAUTY AND BRAVERY.
An Incident of the War Which Shows
That They Are Found Together.

That They Are Found Together
What sort of men are likely to be
found the bravest? A writer in the At
lantic raises this question, and seems to
come to the quite unexpected conclu-
sion that physical beauty is perhaps
the surest sign of physical courage.
He quotes a French philosopher as say
inc that where bravery amounts to
madness there is always something
WOmanish about the face and bearing"
and relates an incident Of the civil war
which seems to point to a similar con-
cluSiOn.
l attended a festival at Harpers
Ferry near the close of the war Gen.
Sheridan ordered that all who had
captured battle flags or performed any
remarkable feat of daring should re-
pair to the parade grounds to receive
such decoration as they deserved, which
was done to the accompaniment of
martial music and many cheers.
[ looked with great pride on the
motley collection of the bravest of
braves, and with no little interest,
for l hoped to discern among the elect
some sign which would segregate these
companions-in-ar1ns from their congen-
ers Of lesser renown Alas! they We're
of every hue and shape, and almost
of every nationality, the American type
predOminating, for we were four against
all other nationalities.
They were, for the most part, a quiet
looking body Of young rnen, displaying
as much GOODNESS in this the supreme
hour of triumph as had been shown
on the occasions which had led to it.
One type of the soldier was conspic-
uOus by it's abSence-I mean the stalk
ing, self-cOnScious, mOre-than-erect sort
Of person, having the practiced froWn
and quick flash Of the dark eye, the
ideal soldier in time of peace, but there
were present some picturesque-looking
fellows Of the Buffalo Bill kind, pre-
sumably from the plains.
All were clad in Uncle Sans uniform
of blue and Virginia's uniform Of swar-
thy tan. All looked hardy and wealth
er-worn, and as they passed in review
before Gen Max Weber's headquarters.
the one distinguishing characteristic of
these youths was expressed by a Vir-
ginia lady who stood near me, and who,
as the reigning belle Of Harper's Ferry,
doubtless considered that she spoke
with authority:
what a handsome group of boys,
Yanks though they be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
CHICAGO ALL RIGHT.
British Commissioners Report Favor
ably on Its Sanitary Condition.

London, April g. The special COM
missioners sent by the London Lancet
to test the water supply of Chicago
with a view to ascertaining the safety
Of the British who will visit the worlds
fair, state that unfavorable rumors re-
garding the water supply are generally
false although some points, especially
the unscientific use of ice in cooling
water need serious attention.
They report that there is every rea-
son to hope that the exhibition will be
carried out without an outbreak of an
epidemic.
The report is long and deals with the
drainage and sewerage of Chicago riv-
er and Lake Michigan and sanitation
generally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
Unjust Taxation.

1t is unjust to tax the stomach with bur-
thcns that it cannot bear. Many silly PEG
pie thus tyranniZe that faithful servitor un-
til it rebels and Furnishes them as they de-
serve. Dyspepsia is. usually the child Of
gastronomic folly, but whether this or the
natural associate of inherent feebleness
from childhood, it is surely and pleasantly
remediable with hostettcr's Stomach Bit
tiers, the finest and most highly sanctioned
gastric tonic in existence. AS q result OF
the tone impaired to the stomach, and the
increased activity of its digestive and asSim-
ilative action, insured by the persistent use
of this benign inyigorant, general stamina is
augmented, the nerves strengthened and
tranquilized, and tendency to insomnia
and hypochondriasis defeated. Biliousness,
chills and fever, rheumatism and kidney
troubles are conquered by this admirable
medicine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
A SAMSON IN STRENGTH.

A strange case is reported from
Lewiton. Me-, of a man who possesses
wonderful power at his fingers tips.
When he holds his arm at an angle
of 40 degrees he becomes a Samson
in strength. He easily lifts cows toys
with fat men on tables as though they
We're but feathers, shifts pianos and
does many other wonderful things.
Strangest of all. he has been offered
enormous salaries by museum manag-
ers and has declined them because OF
mOdesty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
WILL REMAIN MAYOR.
Mr.. Somers Does Not Intend to Leave
Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. Wis, April g.
Mayor Scmers was busy today catch
ing I'D in his work in the mayors office.
He SAYS there is no truth in the re-
port that he viii be absent most of the
summer and allow Henry Hase to act
as mayor. He expects to attend to
some business outside Of the city soon
but he will not be gone over two
weeks. He says he will act as mayor
until he takes his seat in congress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13

A quart Of corn twice a day to TWEEN
ty hens, is supposed to be a proper al
lowance, but no estimate can be ar
rived at, as hens will not thrive on
corn alone, nor will all hens in flock
eat alike, or prefer the same kind of
food. When feeding the hens give them
a variety, but never give them more
than they can eat up clean. 1t is bet
ter to give too little than too much. In
the winter the hens should have two
good meals each day, but in summer
one meal is ample. If they are on a
range it is safe to assert that one-half
of the quantity supposed to be meal
will be sufficient. The poultryman
must observe his flocks and judge Of
their wants by the amount Of forage
on the range.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13

One million and a half OF men, it Is
estimated, work in the coal mines t
the world
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
Mr.. N'LEOD'S MOVE
HIS RESIGNATION OF GREAT IN.
TEREST TO FINANCIERS.
HIS LACK OF PATIENCE CAUSES
HIS FALL.

DreXel, Morgan & Co., VIII Not Recog-
nize the Reading-Large Working
Capital Available, Wanna
maker and Harris Probable Success
sors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
McLeOd'S Successor.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 6.-The sig
nificance Of the statement published in
the Star this evening that eX-Postnas-
ter-General Wanamaker may be PreSi-
dent of the Reading railroad to succeed
Mcleod may be inferred from the fact
that John Russell Young, Fifth Vice
President Of the Reading, is editor in
chief of the Star. That journal says:
A Star reporter met eN-Director Do
Ian at the Reading offices today, and
questioned him regarding McLeod's sue
ceSSor.
My name is being mentioned. but it
is without my authority" said he. Il
may be able to manage wooden MILL
but certainly not great railroad"
How is the name of eX-Postmaster-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13

He invented the word ''kulturkampf,' -
ragged so violently in Germany some
years ago.
Emil Frey, who was recently elected
vice-preSident of Switzerland, Is a de
voted friend of America. When our
late unpleasantneSS occurred he left
tho Swiss university, where he was
studying, and came to America enlist
ing in the Twenty-eighth illinois, In
1862 he resigned a heutenancy and
raised a company, serving as captain
in the Eighty-second Illinois. He was
made prisoner at Gettysburg and re-
ceived the brevet rank of major on
his release.
-Four deaths by drowning were the
result of a pleasure fishing party on
Lake POntchartrain, Louisiana. Sunday
AFTERNOON. There We're ten people in
the party and the names of the drown
ed, who We're all ladies, are: Agnes
Flynn, Mary Flynn. Effie Kelley, and
Mrs. Thomas Kelley. None of the
bodies have been recovered, and there
is woe in the city of New Orleans,
MS the unfortunate people were well
known and popular there.
One of the recent volumes issued by
the English Folklore society exhibits
the extraordinary erudition of Miss
Roalfe Cox, who after wading through
Vulnerable books and pamphlets in
numerous languages has discovered
that the story of Cinderella has been
told 345 ways. All these different YER
sions Miss Cox has printed in the
volumes referred to- The generally
current story of the glass slipper maid
en- has been known since 1897.
One of the Spanish ships of war COM
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-05-04
Narrow ESCAPES,

There have been many land slides,
washouts, &c. Railroad men have been
moving trains very cautiously. A land
slide on the Cincinnati and Georgetown
road nearly wrecked an engine Mon
day, but none of the passengers were
badly hurt. On the @. P. & V. big
bridge went down in the surging waters
near Newton just after train had passed
over it. On the Hillsboro branch, B. &
o. S. W., the afternoon train from this
place had just passed over the bridge
mile west of Lynchburg when one OF
the abutments went down. Fortunately,
the trouble was discovered in time to
stop the train due in few minutes from
Blanchester, East. We have been unable
to get particulars in detail, but the above
reports are from reliable authority.
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He Has EN-.

1t was reported last fall that the snake
liar had been killed. There must have
been some mistake about it. From one
of our exchanges we clip the following:
"While Charles Scherer, of Newton,
o., was asleep on the commons, some
companions who had caught three foot
snake, thought it good joke to wake
him by letting the reptile crawl over his
upturned face, and holding it by the tail,
allowed it to wiggle over his body. He
awoke, opened his mouth to yawn, and,
to the horror of the spectators, the snake
suddenly thrust its head into his open
mouth and darted down his throat, and
escaped from the hands OF the joker.
Scherer sprang to his feet and closed his
teeth on the tail of the rapidly disap.
pearing snake and pulled it out of his
mouth"
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NEws-HERALD HIILsBoRo o.--THURsDAY. May A rs

This has not been done in this case,
and could not be done under this ordi-
nance, which does not discriminate as
between sales of the class first mentioned,
and those Of the second class, which are
excluded from the operation of the law.
The accused, under an ordinance like
the one in question, can not show by
way of justification of having his place
open between the hours, when the
ordinance requires such place to be
closed, that it was open for the sale of
liquors, only upon prescription, or for
mechanical, pharmaceutical or sacra-
mental purposes, because the ordinance
itself makes no exception Of such sales,
but prohibits the opening for any pur-
pose of the places named therein, where
the liquors are sold.
For this reason the ordinance in it's
present form, is unauthorized by law
and void, the demurrer of the defendant
will therefore be sustained, the com.
plant dismissed, and the defendant dis
charged. The same holding will apply
in the cases of Jack Campbell and John
Troutwine.
Dated this LIST day OF May, A. D. 1893.
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Keep the Commandments.

Among the enastments Of the last
Legislature are few to which we wish
to call attention. It has said
Thou shalt not monkey with thy
neighbor's bicycle nnder penalty of 500
and 60 days.
Deputy Supervisors of Elections shall
have So day and work from $50 to $50
standard time.
Children may attend schools in ada.
cent districts when more convenient, in
which event the parents tax must also
go to that district.
Examination papers of teachers must
be prepared by State Commissioner and
be uniform throughout the State.
Cigarette manufacturers must, after
August l, pay $500 tax and dealers 500
Groups Of counties have been made
in each of which work house is to be
erected for the proper entertainment o1
prisoners free of charge to the counties
Habitual work house criminals will
have their second sentence made double
the first, the third double the second
and after that not less than one or more
than three years.
Additional judgeships have been es
tablished for the relief of litigants.
In any school district twenty-five per
sons of school age who can not attend
in day time may demand night school
These are but a few laws among many
They serve, however, to show that the
work OF our law makers has been wist
| and progressive. :
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Hoke Smith is very kind. He has
turned the old soldiers of the Union
army over to the boys who have just
graduated from the medical colleges,
with the implied injunction 10 $50 in
here's something to practice onp He
has announced that no doctor beyond
the twenties need expect position on
the pension boards. It's all very well
to give the boys chance, but we don't
believe in doing things by halves. These
old veterans are dying off very fast. Why
not turn their bodies over to the young
students and thus make complete thing
of it? OF course the old soldiers won't
care Here's your chance, Hokel
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-05-04

The Congressional elections of 1894
are only about eighteen months off.
Reform the tariff and let us have another
Democratic landslide !-Fayette Register
Democrat.
Yes, why don't you? You have the
power, but have you the courge? Fact
is, you know the tariff question is load.
ed, and the minute you strike it there'll
not be a landslide, but an earthquake,
and it won't be the q. o. P. that is en-
quilted in the lurid chasm. Yes, by all
means, reform the tariff
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By answering an advertisement now
seen in numerous papers you can get a
splendid steel engraving of Columbus
discovering America. The advertiser
will send it for one dollar-just think of
it! There's a bargain in j., but for
whom you can better decide when you
have received a single postage stamp
which you could have bought for two
cents at bone.