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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
4 CURIOSITY OF TINE.

Two persons were born at the same
place, at the same moment of time
After an age Of 80 years they both
died, also at the same place and at the
same instant; yet one had lived 100
days more than the other. The sOIu-
tlOn OF this seeming paradox turns on
a curious, but, with little reflection, a
very obvious point in circumnavtga-
ton.
A person going around the world to-
ward the west loses a day, and toward
the east he gains one. Surprising
then, two persons are born together at
the Cape Of Good Hope, whence a yoy-
age around the world may be per-
formed in year. If one performs this
constantly toward the west in fifty
years he VIII be fifty days behind The
stationary inhabitants. And if the
other sails equally toward the east, he
will be fifty days in advance of them.
One, therefore, viii have seen 100 days
more than the other though they we're
born and died in the same place and al
the same moment, and even lived con-
tlnuaHy in the same latitude and reck-
oned time by the same calendar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
4 STRANGE COFFIN.

One of the strangest collins ever told
of is tnat of which the British war
department is said to be responsible.
The story is that a workman engaged
in casting metal for the manufacture
of ordnance in the Woolwich arsenal
lost his balance and fell into cal
dron containing twelve tons of molten
steel. The metal was at white heat
and the man was utterly consumed in
less time than it takes to tell it. The
war department authorities held con-
ference and decided not to profane the
dead by using the metal in the man
ufacture of ordnance, and the mass Of
Church of England clergyman read the
services for the dead over it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
$500 FOR A SET OF TEETH.
How London Bankers Obtained Nalu-
able Information.

\ we'll known firm of bankers i'll
London has just made profitable in
vestment. Some tine ago a man who
had defrauded them of a large sum Of
money was taken into custody, con-
victed and sentenced to long term Of
penal Servitude. AS may be imagined,
the prison fare did not agree with a
man who had by means OF fraud lived
on the fat of the land. The change
affected him in many ways, but e
complained more particularly Of the
effect the food had upon his teeth.
They We're not numerous or IN good
condition when he was sentenced, and
ds they rapidly became worse he APP
piled to the governor Of the prison for
a new set He was told that the gov
eminent did not supply prisoners with
artificial teeth, and at the first Opp1r-
tunity he wrote to the banking firm in
question Offering, if they woulT send
him new set, to give them some Yalu
able informa tion. Thereupon the
bankers, thinking the offer might be 4
genuine one, set the governor of the
prison a check for to and asked him
to provide the convict with a set of
artificial teeth. In due course the con-
Wet kept his promise, and sent the
bankers certain information, by means
of which they were enabled to recover
no less than t1,500 of which they mad
been defrauded. They naturally re-
garded this as the best investment they
had ever made. but it proved even bet
ter than anticipated, for they have just
received from the prison authorities a
remittance of IL, the teeth having cost
only E4.-L0ndOn Tid-BitS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06

e1adicates the unsightly, bothersome
corn.
Little Billee used them with excel
lent result.
The Laird was surprised and Taffs
was delighted.
Send 10c to Trilby Plaster Company
And get enough Plaster to remove
a dozen cornS''
Can Trilby fall much lower: Oh
course, if bustles were in fashion we
should have had Trilby hustle Ions
ago, thus achieving the descent from
Trilby tOOth-wash to Trilby cornsalyt
by easy stage But here we are a.
the cOrns and bunionS finally, and
unless We want to burrow for Trilb.
angle-worms, the idiOcy must stop. We
are at The end of Trilby. and thanl
heaven for it!-WaShington Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06

are Nora Perry, Miss Rose Elizabeth
Cleveland, sister of the president, and
at one time the first lady in the land;
Ouida, Jean Ingelow, Rosa Nouchette
Cary, Anna Dickinson, Florence Night
ingale, who has gained fame as a
writer since she retired as a nurse.
Grace DEMO Litchfield, Edith Thomas
and Susan Coolidge.
Miss Katherine Draper, who is still
handsome and healthy, though past
eighty, had the honor to be phor,-
graphed by her brother, Professor
Draper, of the University of New York.
in 1S41. Miss Draper was then 4
young lady in society, and the fact
that sun picture had been made Of
her was widely discussed by the bellies
and beaux. The picture, which was
the fist of its kind ever taken, was
sent to England to Sir William Her
Schel, from whose son it was procured
for the worlds fair. Miss Draper re-
members the process wildly, and en-
joys telling all about it.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett occasion.
N1IlSS ShClNHSS VI O,OoO VI i,Utl
words in a single day. This is OF
course exceptional, and her favorite
way of writing is to work steadily dur
ing five or six weeks and then to stoI
for a like period of time.
Miss Frances E. Willard is one 81
our most interesting women bachelors
She is in London now, the guest 0.
Lady Henry Somerset. DISTRESSING
news has lately come across the sea:
to the effect that after many years Of
freedom and emancipation Miss VII
lard may marry an Englishman. H.
is vaguely described as of rank, for
tune and heart and soul devoted to til,
princ,p.cs for which Miss Willard ha.
spent tre best part of her life. TIL,
name of the sutton has not been men
toned, though some of Miss Willard
intimate friends have admitted tia
stranger things than this have hap
pened.
Rev. Phoebe Hannaford, promiGen
member Of SOroSiS. has the honor o.
being the first woman minister CT
! dained in America. AT the time of Dr.
HannafOrd's ordination only thre,
women besides herself in the worlt
had received orders. She is buSily Ell
| gagged in preparing a book of her earl,
| experiences.
! Miss Mamie Dickens, the eldeS
| daughter of the great novelist, make
| her home at quaint old Dunton rector,
in the town of Brentwood in Essex
England. The love of flowers, which
! with her, amounts to a pa SSion, is full,
gratitied in this beautiful country. He
| real life-wOrk consists in miniSteHin:
| to the poor and sick and needy. Sb
was born in Furnvals Inn, in Marcl
of 1888, when Charles Dickens wa
! past twenty-SiX years old, and fathe
and child grew up almost, as it were
together. 1t is not to be wondered a
that she is like him in thought, :aste
| sentiment and even looks.
| Miss Helen Gladstone, the daughte
+ and companion of the Grand Ok
Man" is a tall, stately woman o. forty
! three. The genius of her father seem
/ to shine through her deep, earneS
| eyes. For a number of years She ha
! been viCe-principal of the Newman
! college for WOmeD at Cambridge. Not
! WithStanding her work for and her il
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
POLICEMAN FAILS IN HIS JOKE
Tries to Have Some Fun with His
Wife but Is Neatly Fooled.

4 great deal Of amusement was
caused on an eaSt-buumG electric car
the other afternoon by Il waggisL po-
Iiceuau, WHO selected Ills wife for his
victim. Tie policeman had done ,luty
at the ball park. and his wife had been
to see the game. While the crowd was
leaving the woman stood about the
front Of the park and waited for her
hGSba nd to ride UP town with him. He
finally arrived, and the pair boarded a
crowded car. Both were young and
only recently married. and they en-
Joyed themselves hugely on the way.
The woman wore handsome little
gold watch, evidently a present from
her husband. While half the people n
the car were looking, and while his
wife was speaking to a womau &C
quaintance outside the car, the police
man deftly took the watch from bis
Wife's pocket and transferred it to his
pistol pocket. When The car reached
Eighteenth street the policeman re-
marked that it was a few minutes past
& o'clock, and everybody in the cal
looked at the policemaI's wife.
Of course she Gid what everyone in
the car expected she would. She felt
for her watch. Ii seemed as if q sud
den violent pain had attacked the
woman's heart. Her face became very
pale and her eyes dilated. Her hUs
band seemed greatly alarmed, anG
asked her what the matter was. She
looked over the crowd in the car like
a frightened fawn. 1t was full min
ute before she could speak. Then she
whispered in her husbands ear lGu6
enough for the intensely interested
spectators to hear: L have beer
touched; some one has stolen my
watch" Her eyes began to grow dim
and before the policeman could answer
a big tear rolled down her cheek anC
fell into her lap.
Here is the watch; | was only j0k
ing with you," and the policeman fell
back for his pocket.
Then look of diSmay OverSpread his
face. The watch had disappeared. He
felt in first one pocket and then an
Wong side out. He worked rapidly
toward the last and perspired a gooC
deal. His wife looked on in open
mouthed aStOniShment. SO did the
other people in the car. All had smiled
| and looked OUT the windows Of the cal
when the woman first discovered thai
her watch was gone, but when her nus
band failed to produce it, after having
told her that he had taken it, the PEG
pie sat upright and watched the hunt
for the missing timepiece with great
interest.
Finally quiet-appearing young man
who sat in the rear of the car, arose
and handed the watch to the police
mans wife. Il just wanted to teach
your husband a lesson be said.
And the crowd of passengers gave
vent to u prolonged hearty laugh, and
the policeman and his wife finally
joined in the merriment, though they
were little slow to appreciate the
charlottesville Courier-J ournal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
FRENCH ROMANCE WRITER'S.
Those of the Second Glass Make More
Money Than Their Superiors Do.

4 writer has just died whose name
will remain perhaps for few years
in the memory of many thousands OF
readers, but VINO never wore out his
shoe leather by kicking like NJ. Zola
at the door OF the French academy.
He was Pierre ZaccOne, one of those
rOmancerS, who write feuilletonS for
the newspapers, and being satisfied
with such fame and money as the
work brings them are wise enough
to keep out of the scramble for the
higher prizes Of literature. The writer
Of romans-feuilletons, if he sticks to
his cobbling, that is to say, if he does
not pitch his literary ambition above
the taste of the many thousands OF
women who read their feuilleton every
day as men take their vermouth or
abSinthe, is likely to make a far be- ter
living by his pen than the more gifted
novelist who appeals to the cultured
few, but has not sufficient genius, or
luck, to be picked up by the great
public. Pierre ZaccOne was born in
1917. He had little originality, but he
was a successful imitator of success
fui men, and he changed the sauce i'm
which he served up his heroes and
heroines according to the change of
taste. At the beginning of his career
he initiated Emile SOuvestre: he after.
ward followed i'm the track of Alexan-
der Dumas and Eugene Sue He trad
ed upon Sues best known title when
he wrote Les Mysteries du VieuX
Paris. When the romantic style went
out of fashion Zaccone modified his
own work once more. Published in
book form the works of this feuille.
tonlSte would fill a costermonger's
cart.
| A great master Of the art of throw
! ing off stories by daily installments
was PonsOn du Terrail. When he was
at the height of his vogue he kept
three running at the same time in diff
ferent papers. His fertile agination
{ was never at a loss, but his memory
= frequently was. He was apt to- forget
today what he did with a hero on
heroine yesterday. To help his mem.
DRY he at first noted down briefly in
copy books " hat happened to his men
ana women, but, finding that often
he could not read his own writing, he
invented a new system. He procured
little leaden figures on which he gum
med the names of his characters as
they were born. Supposing there were
! three stories running, there were three
sets Of figures in different drawers.
When character was settled off th
: little man or woman in lead was
taken away from it's companions and
laid aside. One day when PonsOn du
Terrail was all behind in his work he
set himself to his task without examin-
ing the slain. His bad memory led
him into a terrible blunder. He had
forgotten that he had killed Rocam-
| bOle-the still famous ROcambOIe-in
the previous feuilleton, and, to the
great surprise of the reader, he made
him talk again as if nothing out of
the common had befallan him. This
resuscitation of Rocambole is one of
the most curious things in the history
of the rOmans-feuilletOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.

\ North Carolina judge was indicted
for drunkenness.
AppIegate won the Great American
stakes at GraYeSend.
Gen. Harrison Allen secured u di-
vorce at Fargo, n. ID.
An intense darkness was caused
throughout New York city by heavy
storm cloud.
Cashier Griffin, of the Park Bank,
Albany, confessed TO stealing $4,000
from that institution.
Rev Frank Il. AllllSpa ugh, formerly
of Minnesota, is elected Episc Jpal
bishop of Kansas.
The anti-PIatt state club, soon 70 be
Incorporated i'll New York mas lZ5 sub
scrIDers at $1,000 each.
The Presbyterian assembly al Pitts
burg adjourned to meet at Saratoga
Springs, n. Y, next May.
Edward a. Griffin, cashier Of the
Park Bank, Albany, confessed to d de-
falcation.
In a ba tile between riparian owners,
OF Delaware Hay, and oyster pirates
three men were wounded, one perhaps
fatally.
Honduras has decided 20 make a new
and rigid investigation into the murder
OF Charles W. keutoD, as dcmalded by
the United States.
United States ana private detectives
are searching for persons who are ac-
cused IT smuggling valuable drugs
across he Canadian border.
one man was added To and one nlal
taken from the jury selected 20 try Pc
uce Inspector William w. Mclaughlin
for bribery.
The enemies of MI Plat have de-
rided To light for u reorganization Of
the state committee, increasing the
membership from 81 to 49,
A large python snake, which escaped
from a box III which it was being eX-
pressed from a circus winter quarters
at Bridgeport to Jersey City is still
at large in Fairfield County, Conn. Il
is % feet long, valued at $1,000, and
a reward Of $1,000 is offered for its
capture.
The second but ,er in the employ OF
NJ. ID. q. Borden was shot and killed
by two unknown men in the basement
hallway OF Mi. BJruen'S house.
The report of the special committee
of the board OF estimate III New IorE
showed that the deficit i'll the stree
cleaning department would be abJu
$6OO,OO0.
If the Alabama planter gets cents
a pound for cotton this winter he viii
have more profit out of it than he
had some years ago at 10 and II, says
the Montgomery Advertiser. He il
buying supplies from himself this yeal
instead of from Illinois and Ohio farm
erS.
The western Kansas banker who
said that free rain was the cry OF
the hour had a better idea of the
necessities of mankind than an ordi
nary political demagogue would de
velope in a decade, remarks O. r. An
thOny, in the LeayenWorth Times
The comparative cheapness of ship
ment by water and by land is illustra
ted in the matter of the new traffic Of
New York with Hawaii in sugar by
way of Cape Horn. Sugar could be
sent via San Francisco in perhaps
three or four weeks but it is prof "a biz
to take it around the Horn, a journey
of from ninety to 100 days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
RESU[.-,S Of FORESTRY TESTS.

Nearly 10000 tests made by the for
estry division of the department OF
agriculture have established these
facts: Seasoned timber is twice as
strong as green, but weakens with
absorption Of moisture; large and small
timbers have equal strength per square
inch if equally perfect; knots weaken
a column as well as beam; long
leafed pine is stronger than average
oak: bleeding does not impair timber.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
SHOT DOWN BY ARABS
BEDOUINS ATTACK SEVERAL
CONSULAR OFFICERS.
KILL VICE CONSUL BRANDT
" ithout Any Apparent ProvocaIion
the Assault is Made-Consul Rich
ardson Badly Wounded-Secrecar
D'Oryilie May Die-EXciternent is
High-tifteen Arrests Are Made

.Eeidah, June 1.-The following par
tic5i.arS have been obtained OF the as
sassination of the British vice consul
here and the woundillg Of other con-
Sll.ar officers. w. s. Richardson,
British consul; British Vice Consul
Brandt; the Russian consul, and
D'Orville, secretary OF the French con-
suiate, were taking walk near this
town, when, apparently without any
provoca ton they were assaulted by
eight Bedouin Arabs, who, when only
four yards away from the consular Of
ficers, opened fire upon them with
guns and pistols. The British vice
consul was Sc badly wounded that he
expired in ten minutes after he was
shot. While he was lying wounded On
the ground, the Bedouins fired the con-
tents of their pistols into him and also
stabbed him with knives. Richardson
was badly wounded. Brandt had a
jaw bone broken and his nose shot
away. d. Orville also received seri-
Gus injury. The recovery of Richard
son and the Russian consul is doubt
fuI.
Fifteen arrests have been made and
the greatest excitement prevails here,
Intensified by the fact that several
British War-ships are expected at this
port shortly, in order to inquire into
the outra &c and insist upon the pun
ishment Of the offenders Later re-
ports show that D'Orville is much
more seriously wounded than at first
reported, and it is feared That he may
also die from the results of his in.
jurieS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
ASTRONOMY HARD ON rYESIGHT

The dangers of watching solar pbe
nomena, even with partial protection
Of cOIored glasses, have been pointed
out by DR.. George Mackay of 11din-
burgh. Calico lost his vision in this
manner; Sir Isaac NeWtOn's retina was
permanently injured, and DR.. Mackay
has himself met with not less than sew
enteen cases Of impaired sight as
result of viewing with the unprot acted
eye the eclipses of 1890 and 1891.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
gent" HAS THE RESPECTA-
BILITY or AGE.

The use Of the word gent in place
of the word gentleman" is not Of such
recent origin as some may imagine. In
a complaint made by Thomas, sixth
Lord Clifford, against his own son,
Henry, who afterward became duke of
Cumberland, we find the following:
Certain eyil-disposed persons, young
gents, as well as others" This must
have been written early in the six
teenth century, because Thomas died
in 1923.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06

As a result of A. B. Stickney's agita-
ton for potato farming along his line
Of railroad, over 10000 bushels Of
seed potatoes have been sold along
The line of the Chicago Great Western
this spring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06

For STAYING off the hungry craving
when a meal is unayoidably delayed,
it is difficult to find anything better
than an apple.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06

Tommy-"Paw, what is an egotist?"
Mr.. Figg-'.He is man wh1 thinks
he is smarter than any one else"
Mrs. Figg-"My dear, you have that
wrong The egotist is the man who
says he is smarter than any one else.
All men think that way."-Indianapolis
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06

1t is said that house well built of
first class brick will outlast one con-
structed of granite
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06

Ford-"Your lawyer made some
pretty severe charges against the other
fellow, didn't he?" Yes,
but you ought to see how he charged
'-Cincinnati Tribune.
You've changed the calendar, they say,
With all your mire and flood;
Your blooming name was erstwhile
May,
But now your name is mud
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
BREEZY BITS.

You say the colonel is a great mil
itary man?' "a perfect hero What
is his record? seventeen 0aths
minute. "-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
A boy at a crossing begging some

A boy at a crossing begging some.
thing Of a gentleman, the latter told
him he would give him something as
he came back. Your honor" replied
the boy, you would be surprised if
you knew how much money L lose
giving credit that way."-Household
Words.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-03
| NO 1ICE!
No HUNTING
Allowed on these
Premises.

T O. O. Bergstrom has bought a
new Advance separator with
Cyclone stacker attachment, and
will make the straw fly skyward
when he gets started.
A young peoples party was
given at Mr.. Jonas Johnson s
last Sunday evening. The par
Elephants enjoyed themselves i'm
mensely.
Quite a number of our young
people took in the Re. Echo con-
cert in Willmar last Monday
evening. They know how to ap-
preciate good music, and can al
ways be counted on when any,
thing in that line is going on.
Miss Helena Larson, daughter
of Jens Larson, was united in
marriage to Mr.. Albert Green
field, of st. Johns, last Tuesday.
We extend our congratulations.
The A. o. u. B. will hold a
farewell meeting in the near fut-
ure, before all it's members have
become benedicts. The program
will be published as soon as made
out.
CTApENCE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-03
Drowned at St. Cloud.

St. Cloud, MIMI, Aug. o.
George Tileston, one of the lead.
ing business men, president of
the George Tileston Milling com
pany and well known in business
circles throughout the Northwest,
was drowned on Aug 90. The
accident happened at 6 o. clock.
He had just left his office and
was driving home in a top buggy.
Close to the mill the street runs
along the edge of the canal. The
horse become frightened and
plunged headlong into the canal,
where the water is 15feet deep.
Iileston managed to get out of
the buggy, but sank before as.
sistance reached him. =,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-03
SpiCer Spats.


Geo. Singer will give a water
melon party to a selectfew, Sept.
the 9Th.
Miss Lou Lester called ON
friends here on her return from
the Teachers Institute SATURDAY..
Oliver Larson and party re-
turned Monday from a hunting
trip near Pennock. They had
quite a few chickens.
Unjust be that G.. A. Erixon
has Withdrawn from the races.
He arrived from Willmar Satur-
day with two bikes, and struck
off into the country.
The quick action taken on the
fire at Willmar last Wednesday
by the: TRIBUNE was highly ap-
preciated here.
N. Hendrickson is building an
addition to his hardware store. :.
People at Crescent Beach are
breaking camp fast, on account
OF school commencing at Will
mar soon. ..= = s:: :. ~: RI.
The dance at the pavilion was
well attended Friday evening
considering the cool weather.
Thanks to the Willmar people for
turning out in force. z..s:.z "a .s..>:
Johnson & Pinneyare shipping
a car of old wheat which they
have taken in exchange for flour.