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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-08-25
Cavalry Horses.

The government has been pickint
up horses for the cavalry and artil
lcry service very cheap In Washing
ton and Oregon this summer. The
average price paid was s75 for each
animal, which is uncommonly low
when the style Of animal required tol
the army Is considered. A govern.
ment agent says: 1--WE inspected
recently at The Dalles, Pendieton,
Walla Walla, Ellensburgh, and North
Yakima, and at each place found
about 100 awaiting examination. ]
selected such as met the require.
mentS which are that they must be
bays and grays, fifteen hands high
and upward, and from / to s years
Old. These were passed upon by the
government officials, and, II found
satisfactory, were accepted. They
were purchased at very low price,
as the sellers had but little money,
and we're anxious to dispose of their
stock The animals bought are o.
line class, and especially suited for
cavalry purposes. The lOwncss OF
the cost OF horses this year NAV be
attributed to the small demand,
which Is Insignificant when compared
with the supply. Never before dur
ing the fifteen years or so that have
been inspecting horses for the gov;
crnment have seen times so dull In
the stock regions, or the stock deal.
crs SO anxious to sell their animals at
u small price. The small demand Is,
OF course, due to the supplanting OF
horse cars by electric and cable rail-
ways, the shutting down OF logging
camps and lumbe industries of Puget
Sound, and the general dizziness OF
trade. In Portland, cars which
would require 3, 500 horses are Oper-
ated by cable and electricity. Then
the freight cars operated on these
steel railways have shut out trucks
aud delivery wagons on which q num-
Der OF horses were used"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-08-25

AFTER man has been engaged
two months, he walks ahead OF his
GIRL - though married to her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16

has never been in trouble before, Your
Majesty-Your Honor.
L understand that he has been in
prison before" said Judge Moore. who
was bit suspicious.
You hurt me when you say that"
said the stranger with dignity. If
he has been in trouble before may
Your Honor send him to prison for
life
While this was going on Detective
Mason who had arrested Parker, en-
tered the room. He remembered to
have seen the rudy stranger talking
TO Parker during the trial.
Are you married ?" asked Judge
Moore.
My poor, dear wife is dead" said
the man, again bringing out his damp
handkerchief and dabbing at his
streaming eyes. He cried easily and
without effort
Where are you employed?" asked
Judge Moore.
For business reasons would prefer
not to answer" said the man. Il have
been respectable citizen since |
came to this country"
A close cross-eXamination developed
the name of one man who lived in
Harlem who had employed Harry
Parke1's father.
Mason" said the judge to the de-
tectire &c to Harlem and see what
this man knows about Mr. Parker"
The heartbroken parents sobs ceased
suddenly. Your Honor, Ill will
call again." he said, and out he went
in a hurry.
When Parker was arraigned for SEN
tence Judge Moore asked him: rs
your father alive?"
mo, he died eight years ago"
Parker chuckled when the story of
the broken-hearted par"ut was told to
him.
''If that man says he is your father
he didn't tell the truth, eh?" said Judge
Moore
"Of course ne didn't, and he's moth
ing but an old bungler, anyway" said
Parker with disgust.
The broken-hearted parent didn't re-
turn to claim his long-lost boy, and
Parker was sentenced to Sing Sing for
four years and a half.
THAT was the latest trick OUT
commented a court Officer-New York
Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
SHIFTS THIRTY FEET YEARLY.
The Earth's Axis Rather Wobbly AT
fair According to this Authority.

We do not refer to the long-known
shifting of the direction Of the axis
Of the earth, which produces the so
called procession of the eQuinoxes."
This does not in the least affect the
position Of the pole upon the face Of
the earth, while that which we have
in mind, says the Cosmopolitan, is an
actual travelling of the pole over the
ground, and is due to slight change
of the position of the axis within the
globe itself. This of course manifests
itself by minute change both in the
latitude of obServatOrieS and in the
direction of meridian lines If the
pole of the earth approaches Berlin
the latitude of Berlin is necessarily
increased, and at the same time the
latitude Of Honolulu, on the other side
of the earth, is CORRESPONDENCE di-
minished. The fact that such a thing
is really happening was first clearly
brought out in 1889 in Germany, and
ever since the subject has greatly in
tereSted the astronomical world. All
recent latitude observations made by
methods of precision confirm the fact,
and within few months SocOloff has
shown that the azimuthal observations
upon the Pulkoda meridian marks
between 1880 and 1887 tell the same
story. The latest results Of Chandler,
based upon a very thorough discus
sion Of several thousand observations
made at seventeen different observa-
tories between 1910 and 1893, and COM
bined with earlier series at Greenwich
(by Pond between 1920 and 1880 and
by Bradley about the middle of the
last century, shows that this motion
is unexpectedly regular.
1t seems to be made Of two super
posed revolutions of the pole from
west to east-One with d period of
just a year, in a circle Of about thirty
feet in diameter, and the other in a
circle Of similar size, but with a peri
Cd Of 42S days. AS a consequence of
this combination of motions the actual
annual displacement varies greatly.
Once in about seven years the two
practically destroy each other, and the
pole remains for a time nearly sta
uOudfy (dS Ill 1000, Willie DIT luLeF-
mediate epochs (as in 1890 it de-
scribes a sort of circle fully sixty feet
in diameter. 1t hardly need be said
that a motion so slight becomes sensi-
BILE only in observations of the last
degree OF precision, but its discovery
, has already explained certain import
ant anomalies and apparent errors in
work Of that class. As regards the
cause Of this peculiar motion, the
theory is still more or less obscure.
There can be little doubt, however,
that the annual component is due In
part, at least, as Lord Kelvin long ago
suggested, to the course of the sea-
son, to the winters deposit of snow
and ice upon the northern continents
and its later return TO the ocean. AS
to the 42S-day revolution, this seems
to be a veritable "wabble," such as
is produced by striking a spinning top
The elbow" may perhaps consist in
the annual disturbance just referred
to, but the matter is not yet wholly
clear
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
BIG LOGAN" STONE.

Wonderful Equipoise of "a Ponderous
Rock on st. Mary's Island.
There has recently been discovered
at Peninis, on the Island of st. Mary's,
Sicily, a logan stone, by which the
well-known logan stone OF the Lands
End district is cast entirely in the
shade. This stone, or block Of granite,
is pyramidal in shape and Of the fol-
lowing dimensions: Eleven feet mean
breadth, 10 feet long, p feet high,
50 feet in circumference and IS feet
over all. 1t contains 1889 cubic feet
and is estimated t. weigh about BIB
tons. 1t is so nicely poised that one
person can easily put it in motion,
and its momentum continued for a
short time after the power employed
is withdrawn. 1t is called McDonald's
logan stone and was discovered by
accident. Edward Mcdonald, Jr., and
friend were walking round Peninis
one day when they leaned against this
mass Of rock. The wind at the time
blowing hard from the southwest they
felt, or fancied that they felt, the
rock vibrate while leaning against it,
and in order to put vibra ton to the
test they applied their strength to it
and soon found that it was veritable
logan stone. A cursOry glance at the
mass gives no indication of it's won
drous equipoise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16

the most intelligent of its kind, whoear
scientific naspe is formica rubra.
About forty ants out of 500 stepped
out and Joined the leader. The gen.
eral and his aids held a council and
then proceeded to examine a circle Of
molasses. Certain portions of il
seemed to be assigned to the differ
ent ants, and each selected unerrinylv
the points in the section under his
charge where the stream of molassea
was narroweSt. Then the leader made
his tour Of inspection. The order to
march was given, and the ants AN
made their way to a hole in the wall.
at which the plaStering was loose.
Here they broke ranks and set about
carrying pieces of plaster to the plaza
in the molaSSeS which had been agreed
upon as the narrowest. To and fro
they went from the nail hole to the
molasses, until, at 11:3O O'Clock. they
had thrown bridge across. Then
they formed themselves in line again
and marched over, and by Has every
ant Of the foraging expedition was
co0tentedly eating pie.-Rocky Noun
tain News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
LOVES QUESTION.

You ask me: Will 1 love you always,
dear?
oh, heart Of mine. that can not an
swer clear,
And sure! l can not tell, yet this I
know,
That now love you best of all below.
[ know but this, that with thee by my
side.
The moments set to sweetest music
glide;
And when thou art away, l only know
I live for thinking twill not long
be so!
know but this, that if 1 had to choose
'Twixt all the world and thee, the
world I'd lose,
Yet, losing all the world, and gaining
thee,
I'd win the whole-thou art the world
You ask me: Will it always be so
strong?
[ can not tell, yet it has been SO long,
So long, dear love, 1 think twill al
ways be,
Through life and death, aye, through
eternity.
Cincinnati Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16

Berlin, Aug. 13.-Cholera is slowly
but steadily spreading westward.
The disease obtained a foothoId in the
nineteenth Russian privince where
deaths by the hundreds are recorded
daily. Cholera exists in seventeen dis
trIctS OF Gallcla and scores Of deaths
take place every day in this section.
In East Prussia, especially in Danzic,
the situation is growing worse in spite
of the closing of the frontier opposite
Poland
Two strongly armed new cruisers,
the CormOrant and the Condor, now
In reserve at Kiel will be sent to
eastern Asia. This addition will give
Germany total force of seven ships
and about a thousand men in the vi
cln1ty of COrea. 1t is estimated that
there are nearly 5000 Russian troops
with "a guns in eastern Siberia. This
in connection with the fact that Russia
sent eight WarShipS, under sealed or
ders to COrea, and the commanders
ln-chlef of eastern Siberia were in
structed to hold the troops in those
districts in readiness to march at any
moment, are regarded as significant.
Prince Bismark is still at Warren and
continues to enjoy good health There
Is no denying, however, that Princess
Bismarck is becoming notably weaker
The Won Kolze scandal was revived
this week in the courts. Schmidt and
Senner, who obtained so much money
from the Kolzes under the pretense
that they were able to divulge the
name of the writer of the anonymous
letters were sentenced to long terms
of Imprisonment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
A TRICK TO GAIN MERCY.
Harry Parker's Broken-hearted
Father" Was Playing a Part.

Before County Judge Henry II.
Moore's court opened in Brooklyn on
Friday morning an elderly man with
a sunburnt complexion, sandy hair,
and Scotch burrin his voice that
fairly tickled the ear when he spoke,
walked into the clerks office and said:
II want to see my b-b-b-boy ohce
more Boo hoo hoo! My p-p-poOr
b-b-b-bOy"
"Who is your boy?" asked an Off
Ger
Harry Parker" answered the il
Illuminated stranger. Great tears rolled
down his cheeks. He was a study in
grief.
The officers sympathy was aroused
When Harry Parker was gathered in
by the police he was supposed to be
one Of gang Of experienced English
pickpockets that has been working
the race tracks. Parker's misfortune
happened on May Is, when DR.. Rice
won the handicap. Parker and George
Holmes were arrested at the Brooklyn
Jockey club track by Detective Mason
for helping themselves to a 500 dia-
mond stud that happened to be in the
shirt bosom Of Reuben Dodd. They
were indicted for grand larceny In
the second degree and convicted. They
were to be arraigned before Judge
Moore on Friday for sentence. When
the ford stranger heard from the
officer that ''his son" was to be SEN
fenced, he asked to see Judge Moore.
The officer took him to the judges
private room.
What is it you want?" asked Judge
Moore.
The stranger was shaking with sObs
as he said: "Oh, Your Majesty, my
poor b-b-b-boy! He was such nice
young m-m-man, the hope of my old
age"
We'll, what's his name?
Harry, Your Excellency; Harry
Parker, may it please you"
Yes, and he has been convicted Of
grand larceny, and 1 am going to SEN
tence him, this morning" said Judge
Moore.
The stranger was heavhG with sobs.
Spare him. Your Excellency! Spare
my only son. He was such n nice
b-b-b-boy-boo hoo hoo! l haven't seen
my unhappy boy for two whole years.
He has been hayward when he has
been out of my core. Do have mercy
on him. and I will bless you all my
] days. Harry will be grateful, too. He
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
HIGHER EDUCATION.

In America women have entered the
field Of science as we'll equipped and
with as strong and correct spirit OF
investigation as the men. Already they
occupy a high position in the medical
profession, and old practitioners are
no longer afraid of losing caste by
meeting women doctors in consulta-
ton. Many American women gradu-
ates are taking a postgraduate course
in biology and the study Of lower Or
ganic life. Higher special work is
largely confined at present to women
Of scholarly leisure and liberal income.
The best facilities for pursuing these
special studies are to be had at Cam
bride, Cornell, Bryn Mawr and Johns
Hopkins University.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
WASHINGTON.
Social Gossip About Prominent People
at the National Capital.

Washington, Aug. 12.-Secrctary Her
and will probably be absent for some
weeks, possibly all during the cam
paign.
Baron FlOtow, of the German lega-
ton, is down at Berkeley Springs, and
several young diplomats from the cap
ital are at the same resort. Represen-
tatiye Adams, of Pennsylvania, has
been spending some time there.
Admiral Crosby is at Deer Park,
where he has pretty cottage, and the
family of Representative Draper, of
Massachusetts, is at the same place
Secretary Carlisle and his family
spend much time at this popular re-
sort
Up at the white house it is as dull as
if the political whirl were a hundred
miles away and there are few visitors
to the mansion during the hot weather
Mr.. Cleveland keeps closely to his of
flee and will not take a vacation until
congress adjOurns, but he is not now
Overrun with the hOrdes of Office-scek-
ers that encountered the place few
months ago. The talk of the president
being under a guard is all false and
any one that desires has free access to
the public part of the executive man
sion. The white house will very soon
be put in the renovatOr's care, and be-
sides exterior painting will receive u
triple coat of white paint. The par
lOrs, which have become very worn in
some of their furniture, will be reno
waited in many places and the v,"n az
ticleS have been already dispose Of at
public sale. The method of Hlling
the old white house furniture as it
wore out has been much critici, ID, but
as the mansion is small it Were impOS-
sible to save all the articles used by
the different presidents unless the man
sion is to be turned into a junk shop.
The money realized from the last sale
$1,000, was placed in the treasury and
will be used in the renOvating this sum
mer.
The rumor that Sena tor Cameron is
likely 10 be the next republican can
didate for the presidency will bring
him into a prominence in Washington
that he has never before enjoyed. Mr..
Cameron is a very naughty man, keeps
closely to himself and has little inter
course even with his associates in the
senate. He is rarely in his seat, and
when the chamber is full he generally
goes off to some room and devoteS
himself to his own reflect onS The
Cameron house here il own is Il
quaint one, next to that o frs. Blaine.
and the two families are ~ intimate.
Mrs. Cameron is very lish woman,
great deal younger an her hus,
hand. but she is devoted to him and
is happy wife and mother. The
home has a queer, round row of white
pillars in front, the street door opens
on the ground and above, on a ledge
of the roof of the porch runs a row
of bright flowers.
Colonel Crook, who has been at the
white house in an official capacity fol
many years, is compiling book of his
"reminiscences, but it will be some
years before he will publish them
The colonel has been at his post since
the term of Lincoln and his recOllec
tons of the presidents and knowledge
of their private life will make his boof
of great historical interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
BOUND TO EAT PIE.
An Army Builds a Bridge to Get at
the Object Of It's Desires.

The following story, told by an eye
witness, is entitled to a place among
the instances Of intelligence among
the lower animals. A cook was an
noyed to find his pastry shelves at
tackled by ants. By careful watching
it was discovered that they came out
twice a day in search Of food, at
about Z in the morning and in the
afternoon. How were the pies to be
protected against the invaders?
He did not have long to wait for
at $50 o'clock he noticed thot off in
the left hand corner Of the pantry was
line of ants slowly making their
way in the direction of the pies. They
seemed like vast army coming forth
to attack an enemy. In front was a
leader, who was larger than any of
the others, and who always kept a
little ahead of his troops. They were
of the sort known as the medium
sized red ant, which is regarded as
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
SENATOR CALLS BREAK
why He Missed the Flowers from
the Big Garden.

Senator Calls caper in the senate
the other day, when he put his shoe
less feet on his desk, has brought to
light new story on him, writes the
Washington correspondent of the ST
Louis Republic. The senior senator
from Florida never misses an oppor-
tunity to get all there is coming to
him in the way of material peruuis-
ties, and, recently learning that GER
tain senators had secured plants and
shrubs from the Botanic garden.
gratis, he determined to get in on the
good thing, and went down to seq
the head gardener. He was not at all
successful, for the sturdy old Scotch
man, who is in charge of the gardens.
knows all the wiles of the people at
the capitol, and he knows, also, that
II he gave up to each and all of them
he would have but few plants left
with which to decorate the city.
He consequently gave Mr. Call a re-
frigerator rundown that should have
kept him cool during this hot spell.
Mr.. Call, however, was not to be-
daunted. He was out after those
flowers, and knowing that other sena-
tors had got them, he was determined
that he would get his share So when
he met Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts,
one Of the favored ones, he button
holed him and said:
''See here, how do you get around
that man Smith down at the Botanic
gardens? l want some flowers from
him and L can't get them"
why humor his tastes" said Mr..
Hoar. He is a perfect crank on
Scotch poetry, and especially the po-
etry of Bobby Burns Quote Burns
to him, and you can get the shoes off
his feet" And never noticing that his
last remark was one of the things
best left unsaid, the Massachusetts,
statesman wandered back into the SEN
ate chamber, leaving Mr.. Call to pom
der over the advice that had been
given him.
The next day he called at the gar
dens all prepared for the hardhearted
Smith. He sought him out among his
plants, and jumped right in.
''They tell me-" said the senator,
that you and l are men of kindred
tastes; that we have a literary Ability.
All of my favorite authors are Scotch
men. Why, could never tire Of read
ing Jimmy Burns"
Jimmy Burns" repeated the super
intendent with infinite disdain;
Jamie Burns! 1t was nae jamie
Burns, mon, it were Bobbie Burns"
All the apologies that Call could
make in a thousand years could not
have saved him from the whitening
contempt of the gardener, and, realiz-
ing the hopelessness of his quest, he
withdrew. He got no flowers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
REVISED LIST OF THE DEAD.
George w. Davis, a Negro, Held for
Wrecking a Train.

Lincoln, Neb, Aug, 13.-The remains
of eleven bodies of those who per
ished in the terrible wreck on the
Rock Island were identified yesterday
morning and there is little reason to
believe any more persisted. A colored
man and ex-convict by the name of
George Washington Davis, who was
arrested on suspicion Of having
caused the wreck, neither denies nor
affirms the charge. He holds a bad
record and suspicion points very
strongly towards him.
A revised list of the killed is as fol-
lows: G. n. Pinney, of Council Bluffs;
G. D. Standard, conductor, of st. JOS
eph; Ike Depew, engineer, of Council
Bluffs; e. II. Morse, of Kansas City;
Henry Peters, Of Council Bluffs; e. Il.
Zeernecke, of Lincoln; J. D. Matthews,
of Whitehaven; Andrew S. Hanson, of
Mcpherson; A. A. Munger, travelling
man; w. 0. Hambell of Fairbury; w.
Craig, fireman, of Fairbury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
HOT AFTER PULLMAN.
The Attorney General, of illinois, Brings
Suit Against the Company.

Chicago, Aug. 13.-The Pullman Pal
ace Car company's charter is appar-
emily in peril. The encouragement
OF illinois at noon yesterday filed a
petition asking that it's charter be
declared void on the grounds that its
provisions have been violated.
The petition will be taken up Au-
gust p. 1t is not known what judge
will hear the matter. An effort was
made to see Attorney General Moloney
in regard to the case but he is out of
the city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
STOLE A CHILD.
Bridget Cannal kidnaps An Infant
The Woman Placed in Jail.

OconomoWoc, Wis, Aug. ia
queer incident occurred Thursday that
saVors somewhat Of the sensational
Bridget Callan, of Monterey kidnapped
the infant child Of Melvin Clemens.
d farmer who resides north of here.
and brought it here to be christened
The reason of this was that the Glenn
ems family are of the Protestant faith,
while she is Of the Catholic faith and
did not wish to see the child brought
up III any other denomination than
her own. She acted as godmother, and
the child was christened by the priest
When the marshal and others arrived
IN hot pursuit the ceremony had just
been completed. The woman is in
Jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16
HAMLIN GARLAND CAPITULATES
The Apostle of Veritism Supposed to
Be Betrothed

Feast Salem, Wis, Aug. 13.-It is ru-
mored in this village that HamIin Gar
land, the apostle of veritism, has fall
len victim to the personal charms of
Miss Birdie SmilaX, the belle of this
place. For many years Mr.. Garland
has been reckoned among the few in
vincible, impregnable bachelors. This
is why the rumor of his engagement
has occasioned so distinct a shock