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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
DISTANCE OF STARS.
The Imagination Can Hardly Con
ceive the RemoteneSS of Some.

The sun, moon, and some of the
planets are within measurable dis
lance Of the earth; but it requires a
strong effort of the imagination to
conceive the immense distance from
this globe of some Of the more remote
stars.
Sir Robert Ball, whose method of
vivid Illustration and apt comparison
has done SO much to bring home to
the popular mind the surprising facts
of astronomy, has been writing in the
New York Sun of the number and
distances of some recently discovered
stars. By way of comparison. he tells
us that an electric circuit can be made
round the earth at the equator seven
times in a second. and in the same
space of time a message could be
flashed to the Moon Some idea of
the enormous distance of the sun s
conveyed by the fact that even at
this great speed it would require
eight minuteS to send an electric
message to the source of light and
heat
Passing from the sun to the fixed
stars, their remOteness may be judged
from the fact that even the nearest
Of them-a centauri-could only re-
ceive an electric communication from
the earth four years after it had been
dispatched, while there are thousands
of other stars which could not have
received news of the discovery Of
America had Columbus hpen able to
have sent away such when he first
reached the shores of that continent
four centuries ago. But applying the
same calculation to those stars
which are so far away that they are
known TO us only by the faintest i'm
preston on the Photographic plate. it
is demOnStrable that, had the news of
the birth Of Christ been flashed to
them on that first Christmas morn,
well nigh two thousand years ago.
the message would still be winging
its way toward them through space at
a speed which takes it round our
equator seven times in a second.
Nor are these the most remote stars,
for beyond them are multitudeS on
multitudes, stretching into the intinity
of space and although these cannot
be reached by any existing telescope,
yet, as our instruments become more
perfected, fresh far away worlds are
ever being revealed to us
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

'ithat affect our WOmans life The
$50 women responded to the first WO-
mans congress, held in New York,
October, 1878. Mrs. Soule called the
meeting to order, organization was eff
fected under the name of the Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Women,
and Mrs. Mary Livermore was elect
I ed president. The first paper was
read by Mrs. Howe on the subject
How Cam Women Best Associate
Their Efforts for the Ameli0ration of
Society? In elucidation Of her ques-
ton she explained that it must be
| done by coming together in a teach
able and religious spirit. Women,
while building firmly and definitely
the fabric they decide to rear, must
yet build, she said, with an individual
tolerance, which their combined and
! corporate wisdom may better explain.
! The form Of the association must be
! representative in a broad sense. De
liberation in common, mutual inStruc-
ton, achievement for the whole-bet-
} ter and more valuable than the in
! dividual success Of any-these should
be the objects held constantly IN view.
! The good of all should be the aim Of
! each. Discipline of labor. faith and
| sacrifice was necessary. Growth Of
women in harmony of will and earn
estness of purpose was a far more i'm
! portant end than growth in numbers,
! she declared.
| The principle business sessions Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

we'll, OF New Jersey; Miss Alice Stone
Blackwell, of Boston, and editor of
the Woman's Journal; Mrs. Clara Col
by, of Washington, D. c., editor of
the Woman's Tribune; Dr.. Mary B .
Moody, of New Haven, Conn.,; Ella V.
, Mack, of Baltimore; Mrs. Nellie Reid
/, Cady, of Marshallton, Iowa; Mrs.
Frances Stuart Parker, of Englewood,
ILL.,; MrS. Charlotte SLOVENIAN Wdl-
Hams, of Buffalo, n. Y, and Mrs. Will
liam Tod Helmuth, president of Soro-
sis, New York city. Mrs. Helmuth en-
joys the distinction of being about the
only advanced woman to CALI her
self by her husbands full name. One
OF her friends recently said: ''This
weakness of Mrs. Helmuth'S -her enc
mics call lit a weakness a CON
tinual Irritation ito advanced women
like Elizabeth Stanton, who long ago
relegated their husbands names to
oblivion" Mrs. Helmuth's ANNA BILE
reply always is that since most of the
advanced women have had leisure
/ TO advance through the money earned
by the husband and his love, it lis
only fair to give him the credit of
wearing his name.
A record of the clubs of women
: whose existence could be traced to
tho Influence of the congress would be
interesting reading. The reason for
selecting the south for this gathering
is that the southern woman has been
, the bulWark against the advanced
woman tide, in favor of the old ideas
of sweetness and grace for a woman
md not business ability or physical
trength. The leaders of the women
Jlosts think they can break in on this
by holding this congress in the south.
1t was a meeting called by the Soro-
sis, in New York city, May, 1898, that
, the resolution was adopted that in
consideration of the present demand
for unity of method among women in
terested in like subjects that prelim-
mary steps be taken for bringing the
, representative women of the country
together in a WOman'S congress, so
that they might take into consideTa-
ton the more important questions
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
A CREAM CITY PROBLEM.
Shall Not the Municipality Operate
Its Own Street Railways?

Milwaukee, Nov. AIT public
meeting of the Plymouth Church Sun
day Evening club last evening Attor-
ney Henry G. Parkinson, formerly Of
Madison, read an instructive paper on
The Municipal Ownership Of Street
Railways. He advocated municipal
ownership with private operation as
the best system available in American
cities The universal system Of stock
watering INDUCED i'm by private cor
poratiOnS enables them, he contended,
to conceal enormous profits and COM
pels municipal ownership as the only
means of securing the lowest possible
fares. The speaker showed a wide
knowledge of his subject and present
ed some arguments and facts for the
Milwaukee Street Railway company TO
think about. An animated discussion
followed the pa per, participated IN by
Joshua Stark, the Well-knOWn lawyer,
Rev. Judson Ellsworth, and others
The question discussed is a live one
for Milwaukee people owing to the
fact that the new general street raIl-
way is seeking to secure a franchise.
There is a growing belief here that
the city should own its street railway
system and such a paper and discus
cion will help on the cause.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
HOW TO CURL YOUR HAIR.
You Can Make 1t Look Naturally
Navy if You Are Careful.

It's all very we'll to talk about
straight locks being the right thing
now, but stfck-out-shOrt-en are no
prettier than they ever were. Tight
frizzeS are not permitted, but loose,
natural turns are still a graceful fin
ish and there is just one sure way to
accomplish them. Wind the lock from
the very end in a fiat close Wad. Be
sure the very tip of the lock is snugly
curved down IN the very center of the
little mat the turns make. Fold up
the mat in a square Of tissue paper.
Press it, paper and all, at night before
you go to bed and let it stay i'll the
paper all night. In the morning, the
paper unfOlded, down will tumble the
lock, glossy and curved into a loose
series of rounds, as different as can
be from the quirk of corners that
passes for the usual artificial curl. No
matter how long or how short the
lock, it viii come from this treatment
natural" and what is more, it will
seem to hold the curl, coming out in
pretty loosering Of the curve instead
Of in sharp angles.
All this takes time, though, and a
shorter way and almost as good, is to
wind the lock over a roll of silk, being
sure the tip Of the lock curves under
snugly. The difference between the
natural and the coerced curl is all in
! the curve of the tip. No natural curl
ever starts to cOrkscreW right from the
scalp, though a wave or so may show
there. So devote all attention TO the
rounding of the ends. If an iron is
used. let it be a good-Sized round and
! not Scorching. Dampen the hair
| Slightly and curl slowly. Slip the lock
! from the iron and let it stay pinned
/ in a close gathered round for a little
While. at any rate till it cools. This
| holding of the curl till the hair co0Is
makes the curl last much longer. Two
rules. then. go slow and look out fol
| the ends. When the necessary locks
are curved do up the hair, letting thf
curves escape in their own natura
way. 4 woman can thus deceive he1
best friend, and what is more s"tis
factory?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
\ PERSONAL MATTER

Urben IL. B0ughton, civil engineer.
typical Briton nine years a resident
of Chicago and member of the execu-
tive committee of the Chicago club, is
to marry Mrs. Cara Rogers Duff
widow Of Bradford Duff and daughter
Of Henry II. Rogers, president of the
Standard Oil company. Mrs. Duff is
worth a clean 100000 i'm her own
right and in the bright perspective
of hope there is S1S,000,000 more, AT
the very least, coming to her The
date Of the wedding lis fixed for Nov
Il. From Gotham comes the infOrma-
tion that the marriage will be solemn
lied at the residence Of the brides
father, 26 East Thirty-sev enth street,
New York city. The bride has been a
widow for two years. -Four years ago
when she was twenty-five years old,
she was married to Bradford Duff,
youth prominent in New York society
and a member of the Columbia College
Dramatic club. He died two years
ago. Urben Broughton came to
LAlIICllCtl HUN ILllS Lttllu eight vi lIlIIc
years ago. His father is a cOmmOner
of good position in England. Here is
a funny tling On November l.
Broughton marries Mns Duff; ON Nov
6 .Almeric Hugh Paget marries Pau
lime Whitney; ON Nov. 6, Marlborough
marrieS Consuelo Vanderbilt. Among
them the three Britishel1s Will take
something like $4O,OOO,OOO out Of the
country with their wives. They say
Rroughton gets the richest bride of ALL
Mrs. Duff is sister to that 19-year-old
beauty who ran away with Joe Mott
two years ago and was packed off to
a Paris convent for. her trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

thousand veterans on the retired list.
!; If a man becomes disabled in line Of
duty, even though he should have
Just entered the service, he can have
a pension or go to the soldiers home
in Washington, at his option. With
such inducements to remain with the
colOrS, 1T is easy to understand how
one-third Of our soldiers have at least
five years service behind them
DesertiOn was a great annoyance
in the old days. The war department
spent much time in ascertaining its
cause, and finally, as a result of this
investigation, instituted a series Of re-
forms in food, pay and other matters.
DeEertiOn is now only One-fOurth what
it was ten years ago.
There was one class Of men, how
ever, who seemed to have a mania for
skipping" A case is cited Of a man
who seemed to make a business of it,
having deserted nine times within as
many years To rid the army Of these
men, called ''repeaters,' the plan was
adopted of vaccinating every recruit
upon the left leg, just blow the knee.
This would enable the surgeon to re-
ject at once a candidate who had a
scar in such 4 place and who could
not show discharge papers.
But the objection was raised that
honest men thus marked would feel
branded, and so the system was aban-
dOned. Instead, the surgeons are di-
rected to make an accurate record Of
the mans height and other measure
ments, and to locate on q figure
card" every mark on his body. This
record is sent to the surgeon general,
who files and indexes it in such a way
that he can instantly tell if a dupli-
cate is received at any subsequent
time. If such thing happens an in
VestigatiOn is ordered, and if the man
is believed to be a repeater he is
brought to trial. SO remarkably sue
cessful has this system proved that
repeating is now practically unknown.
-Phila delphia Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
NAY BE DARK.
Fond du Lac Troubled About Electric
Lights and Gas.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Nov. IA new
feature has come to light in the legal
fight over the electric light plant
which threatens to place the city in
darkness for some time to come. Elihu
Colman, the operator of the plant, Is
powerless to stay the attack Of the
General electric company and until
the machinery and lamps which Mr.
COlman hopes to get from the Fort
Wayne company, arrives, the city win
be in darkness. The General electric
company is removing the lamps on tha
circuit court execution which was is
sued some time ago. A proposition
was made to Mr.. Colman by that
company but he failed to accept and
their representative, who was in this
city, was ordered to remove the cleo
trio supplies which had been placed.
The incandeScent system may also be
affected. Transformers are being
seized and private consumers may
have to go back to the old time use
Of lamps or be in darkness, as the
gas company in this city is unable to
fill orders for connections until the
new tank which is being buitl to re-
place the one which exploded some
time ago, is completed.
The legal fight over the ownership
Of the electric light plant promises II
be one Of the most bitter in the his
tory Of the city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
AN APPEAL TO HOUSEKEEPERS

From what evils do we need to
guard these young women (our ser
vants)? From bad companions. from
evil suggestions, and from possible in
suit and contamination. In order that
our advice and restrictions should pro-
tect them we must enter into sym
pathy with their youth and natural
longing for society. and we must re
member th,.t our rules of social eti-
Quette are not always the same as
theirs. If We prohibit the visits Of
bad men and women we must allow
and encourage the visits Of good ones.
If some pleasant young fellow is call
ing on Edith in the parlor we cannot
consistently say that the temperate,
hard-working Michael shall not come
to see Bridget. We should take pains
to ascertain the young mans good
character and responsibility, as with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

Mr.. Daily, Miss Rehan and their
company are in Boston. Last night in
Philadelphia the rendition of Richard
Brinsley Sheridan's superb old com
edy Of The School for Scandal was
thought by some old theater-goers the
finest they ever saw. The minuet
was especially well danced and it was
odd to see Mrs. Gilbert taking a lead
ing part. Men who are now grand
fathers have seen her on the stage
when they We're boys. Every box
was crowded and every seat taken.
There were over a hundred ladies in
the theater standing up, and many
We're unable to procure admission.
Fashionable Quaker city bellies We're
much interested in the handsome
dresses worn in the play, the style Of
which has been revived and will be
seen this winter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

New Orleans, Nov. 1.-This city is
making great preparations for the
meeting next week of the Society for
the Advancement of Women. Among
the noted women who will be pres
ent are Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, pressi-
dent; Mrs. Edna D. Cheney, first vice
president, of Massachusetts,; Mrs
II. L. I. Wolcott, of Deadham, Mass,
treasurer; Mrs. Elizabeth Lord Tiff.
Of Buffalo, n. Y, secretary; the
Misses Chandler, grand nieces of Mrs.
Howe; Mrs. Antoinette Brown Black
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
WANT ALL DAY.
Jury in the Durrant Case not Charged
at Night.

San Francisco, Nov. 1.--District At
torney Barnes did not finish his argd-
ment in the Durrant case yesterday,
as it was expected he would do. The
jurors asked the court not to send
them out last night, as they would
prefer to be charged in the morning
and have all day to consider it. The
request was granted. Barnes spoke
until the time for court to adjourn
and then announced that he would
not finish I'll til morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
GATHER WINTER FRUIT EARLY

1t is the popularity of winter fruit
that it ripens well when off the tree.
At any time, therefore. after the fruit
has attained its full size it may be
picked and placed in a cool store room
to ripen slowly. Leaving it on the
tree after it has got it's growth ex-
poses it to too much warmth, anu this
ripens it prematurely. Besides. while
On the tree the fruit is liable to be
blown off by severe winds and in
jured. There are gIaat losses every
year in this way. Those who have
good apple crops should give these
their first efforts. for not only the
amount but the quality of their crop
depends on securing it early.-Ameri-
can Cultivator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
BURNED OUT AND ASSIGNED.

Duluth, Nov. 1.-The Masonic
temple association assigned yesterday
for the benefit of it's creditors. The
Liabilities are about S135,0OO; assets
the temple building and the insurance
on the opera house destroyed a few
weeks ago by fire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

In London, where the wedding bells
are ringing merrily at the marriage of
Lord Worcester, eldest son of the duke
of Beaufort. which was a very stately
function, among the American peer
esseS prominent was Lady Essex,
formerly Miss Adele Grant, niece
of the late Thomas A. Scott, who
looked quite a picture in a wonderful
leaf green pelisse with beautiful
Sables and a prettily bespangled
toque.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

Count Bella Itchy and Miss Mabel
0. Wright, formerly llrs. Fernando
Yznaga will be married during the
second week i'm November. Arch
bishop Co1Tigan will perform the cere-
mony, Miss Wright having deter
mined ITO join the Catholic church.
The ceremony will take place at the
home of the brides parents in New
York city, as, according TO the laws
of the church, a divorced woman can
not be married i'm a consecrated
edifice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
NEWSN PERSONALS.

Christopher Columbus, a direct
descendant of THE Genoese navigator,
is i'm Cuba, fighting for Spain. He is
a sUb-Ieutenant of the second bat
TALON peninsular troops of the line,
and nephew of the duke Of Veragua.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
NEW YORK REGISTRATION.

New York, Nov. 3.-The total regis
tration in this city this year is 2S1,-
0S5. Last year it was 30S,5S5.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

! the New Orleans congress will last
three days. The night meetings are
TO be public
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
SHOCKS AND QUAKES
THE EARTH DISTURBED AND
THE PEOPLE AS WELL.
SOME BUILDINGS DAMAGED,

The Village of Golden Has Contem-
poraneous Safe-Cracking-Records
OF the Observatory Show That
Madison, Escaped from
Various Parts of the Country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
ADVANCED WOMAN"
SHE'LL BE NUMEROUS IN NEW
ORLEANS SOON.
JULIA WARD HOWE PRESIDES

The Good of All Women the Under
lying Principle of the Orga nization
Which Is to Meet-Mrs. William
Tod Helmuth's Three
Days Session.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 1.-Two shocks
of earthquake were felt here. The first
lasted a minute, and the second, more
severe, half a minute. The water In
the Mississippi showed the disturb
ance. Buildings rocked; dishes ratified;
door bells rang; people We're aWak-
ened from their sleep, but no serious
damage resulted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

La Porte, Ind, Nov. IA severe
earthquake shock occurred in this
city yesterday morning. Buildings
shook perceptbly, windows ratified,
and in some instances clocks stopped
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-04-27
The Census Unsatisfactory.

The announcement of the result of the
census for this city has awakened great
deal of comment and argument as to it's
correctness and also as to the actual
population of the city. We did not
make the canvass of the city, conse-
quently are not prepared to dispute the
correctness of the assessors figures.
Others, however, do 80, and point to the
census of school children. IN round num-
bers 1850, as an evidence that the census
is not full. According to it there are
1143 persons in the city, counting the
males under 81 years and the females
under Is, while the school census, taking
in but trihing outside territory, shows
100 more than that number between the
ages of 4 and 2l. We are free to state
that we were surprised at the figures, as
we had supposed there were not less than
1000 and possibly the number would
reach 1900.
There is only one way to set tie the dis
pute, and that is to take the census over
again in house to house canvass. As
some of our citizens are firmly of the
opinion the city has at least a thousand
more than the population credited to it,
it is probable this will be done at
private expense. The attendance at
the schools, the number of school chill
dren and the number of legal voters all
indicate a population of over 1000.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-04-27
The MONROE Doctrine.

The much talked of Monroe doctrine
was laid down by President Monroe in
his message to the eighteenth congress,
Dec. 2, 1928, and is as follows:
"We owe it to candor and to the amia-
BILE relations existing between the
United States and the allied powers, to
declare that we should consider any at
tempt on their part to extend their sys-
tenn to any portion ofsthis hemisphere as
dangerous to our peace and safety.
With the existing colonies or dependen-
cies Of any European power we have not
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-04-27
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. ]. N. Burgess is in from Bake
Oven.
Mrs. Heppuer arrived home today
from Portland.
Mr.. H. Clay, who shot Grider near
Olex last week, is in the city.
Fred Wallace of Antelope and w. R.
Cantrell of Dufur are in the city.
WIS. Cram of Portland is kept busy
shaking hands with old friends here.
He came up yesterday.
Mr.. Milton Harlan, formerly editor OF
THE CHRONICLE, came up from Mosier
yesterday, and made the Office very
pleasant visit.
Mr.. F. NJ. Chrisman of Silver Lake is
in the city. Mr.. Chrisman, if we are
rightly informed, was the owner of the
building burned last winter, in which so
many of the settlers lost their lives.