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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
A GREAT WATERWAY.
Immense Value of the Kaiser Will
helm Canal to Commerce.

Statisticians have calculated that the
commerce between the North and Bal
tic seas averaged in 1889 more than
100000 tons. 1t is calculated that
fully tWO-thirds of this shipping will
use the canal in due time. The saving
per ton for those vessels which use
the waterway instead Of passing
around Denmark's coast is estimated
at an average Of twenty-five cents a
ton. This will come chiefly from re-
duced coal consumption and the
shortening Of time. The distance
saved in a journey from Hamburg to
the Baltic will be 425 miles; from Am
sterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Dun
kirk, and London will be from 236 to
23S miles. The time for passing
through for steam craft at about II
miles an hour will be Is hours, and for
sailing craft, by the use of tugs from
two to three days.
1t is estimated that the canal will
attract commerce from every port
south of Hull, England. Scotch ship
ping would save only from 100 to $50
miles by passing through. This would
be a small advantage, owing to the
length of time required for the
passage. There is a regular steamship
traffic between the two seas, to whose
advantage it would be to use the canal
of 100000 tons a month, or 100000
tons year.
A weightier advantage than the
mere saving of money is the safety of
the new waterway. The Danish and
Swedish coasts, with the immense
Rack, and the frequency of fogs and
violent storms, are places most
dreaded by navigators. From 1853 to
1885 no less than 6,316 vessels were
lost on these coasts. The average is
200 a year, and the loss of life is IN
usually large.
1t is expected that traffic will be
slow to use the canal at first. The toll
rates have been fixed to pay low in
| terest on the S4O,0OO,OOO the canal has
cost. Germany is willing to accept
small return on the capital invested.
| because Of the great strategic value of
/ the canal to her as a nation, and it is
| declared that no effort will be spared
! to induce the commerce of the world
! to make use of the waterway.
| In the opening Of the canal Emperor
| William has attracted the largest share
| of public attention. Friends of Prince
Bismarck are now pointing out that
i for twenty-five years he had been urg-
| ing the completion of the canal in
spite of the opposition of the military
| authorities, chief of whom was Moltke.
The completion of the canal, Bis
marcks friends assert, is really an
honor to the glories of the iron states
| man-Harner'S Weekly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
COULDN'T STAND THE ROOM
Must BE Slick Agent Who Doomed
New York Ahead of Paduca Flats.

He was tall and hairy and he wore q
Sombrero. His eyes cleaned like twin
stars. and beneath the flap of the
broad hat his nose glowed softly in
the Shal g.
Say he said, as he landed across
the hotel desk, ''they's a good many
people in this ere town, amt theyy'
The hotel clerk guessed there was.
Don't no one ever die here? Never
seed so many people in me life afore."
The hotel clerk said people died Off
and on, but they hid them away when
they were dead
Say, colonel, anyway. New York's
quite village, amt it, to keep such a
slick house as this ere hoattIe. Ami
right or amirong? Is there more'n i've
hunnerd houses here, or did I see dou-
bic when l took that little pascar I'D
the street last night?"
The clerk guessed he saw straight:
then the red-nosed man leaned across
the counter and became confidential.
well, begoshdarn," he murmured,
you uns must have a slick agent TO
boom this here town. Why man.
and here he shrunk with conscious
humility-"we've had a boom on at
Paduca Flats for most ten months.
and here this dodblasted town grus
along and beats us out, handwriting.
Begosh but it beatsell" And he wan
dered out into the night.-New York
World
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
PALATABLE SWEET PICKLES.

Use for these the rind of a good
sized watermelon, writes Florence Bar.
rett in an article on Pickles. Sweet
and Sour, in the July Ladies' Home
Journal. Pare and cut into thick
slices. Boil one ounce of alum in a
gallon of water and pour over the
sliced melon, letting it stand on the
back of the stove for half a day. Re-
move from the alum water and let it
lie in cold water until cold; drain.
Have ready a quart of vinegar, three
pounds of brown sugar, an ounce of
stick cinnamon and half an ounce of
cloves. Boil sugar and vinegar: strain;
add the spices and rind, and boil until
the rind is soft. For peaches and
pears use the same proportions of
vinegar and sugar, but not quite so
much spice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
DELICIOUS TUSCAN PUDDING.

Make boiled custard with one pint
Of milk, sweetened with half a cup of
sugar, boiled and poured on three
beaten eggs, writes Elizabeth Robin
son Scovn in a timely article on The
Summer Luncheon Table, in the july
Ladies Home Journal. Return the
mixture to the saucepan and stir until
1T thickenS, but do not let it curdIe as
it will if it boils for more than a Sec
ond. When cool add one pint of cream.
half cup Of sugar, a quarter of a
box of gelatine, dissolved and strained.
half a teaspoonful of vanilla, a quarter
Of a teaspoonful Of essence of lemon.
twenty drops of extract of bitter al
mond. Put in a mould with smooth
sides and pack in ice and salt. The
proportion is two quarts of broken ice
to one of coarse salt, we'll mixed. In
an hour remove the mould, and after
WIping it carefully uncover it, and
with a knife scrape the frozen cream
from the sides. Beat it thoroughly. as
this makes the texture fine and smooth.
Ii it is nearly frozen add Lalf a pound
Of sweet almonds, blanched and
chopped fine, half pound of candied
ginger, cut in small pieces, and half
pound of citrOn prepared in the same
way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
COLD DISHES.

Potted SalmOn.-Split, scale, and
clean the salmon, but do not wash;
rub with salt, and drain off the moist
ure; season with pounded mace, cloves,
black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
Cut the salmon into small pieces, lay
them in pan, and cover with melted
butter. Bake, drain from the fat, put
the pieces into pots and cover with
clarified butter.
Salmagundi-Wash and open 2
picked behring's; remove the meat
from the bones, being careful not to
break the skin, and keeping the head,
tail, and fins on it; mince the fish with
the breast OF a chicken, the yolks Of
hard-boiled eggs, an onion, boned
anchovy, a little grated ham or tongue;
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18

arated. Soon after something turned
| up that made Alice's regard turn TO
dislike. The two young girls then
hated each other. From that time the
superintendent took care that they
never came in contact. When Alice
Mitchell went to Bolivar she took an
interest in her surroundings and kept
/ her room very neat Some of the pa
tients do needlework, but Alice is not
fond Of sewing, yet she performs the
duties assigned to her without nur-
muir, 1t is the policy of the superin-
tendent to permit the inmates to do
those things as they most like.
Alice manifested desire for out of
door exercises and for outdoor work.
but there was nothing for her to do.
She asked permission to break a
young colt running in the yard, but
this was refused
Some time ago wild stallion got
into the yard. Alice ran to the horse,
and, leaping on his back, galloped like
mad around the campus. When she
dismounted she was beside herself
with excitement, and being extremely
nervous she now and then manifested
her weakness in some escapade of this
kind, though this was the only horse,
back ride she ever took at Bolivar.
alice Mitchell has an ungovernable
temper said one of the asylum at
tendapts. 'tShe has an imperious dis
position, with unstable nerve centers
of easy explosion. Freedom of the
will and the executive and regulative
faculty of the mind are so impaired |
or lost that it takes little to produce in
her a powerful revulsion of feeling |
Her whole life and history go to show
that she is the victim of physical de-
generation"
Three weeks ago Alice, standing at !
the foot of an immense tank, eight feet |
above the ground, reached by a frail
ladder, said that some time she in
tended to climb up to the tank and
take a bath. The other lunatics !
laughed at her and told her she was |
afraid. That night she unscrewed the
fasteningS to her window, and, getting
out of her room, escaped to the tank.
The night was sultry and Mrs.
Douglass, the wife of the superintend-
ent, sent her a lump of ice. The. at
tendant, on opening the door, discov-
cred that Alice had gone. She gave
the alarm and all hands went out to
make a search. On a close eXamina-
ton of her room a piece of paper on
which was written, 81 am in the
tank" was found.
Sure enough, the attendants On 60
ing to the columns on which the tank
rests heard noise of splashing water.
DR.. Nicely called out, and Alice an
swered after a short parley that she
would come down if the men would
leave. The men left, and Alice
climbed down to the ground with
water dripping from her clothes. She
was clad in dress, shoes and nat.
Alice is a close attendant of relig-,
lous services. She is not deeply relig-
lous, yet she follows critically the dis
of the question by the minis
tiers. Alice, like all other girls, was at
one time in her life badly stagestruck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
A NOVELTY IN BICYCLES.

A novelty in bicycles went up
Broadway last week, says the New
York Sun. A young colored man rode
it and showed off its fine points in
way that attracted a great deal of at
tention. Instead of being stationary
the handle bar could be moved back
ward and forward. Every time the
rider pulled the bar back the bicycle
shot forward in a way which showed
that it had some sort of rowing-ma-
chine attachment which worked In
conjunction with the pedals. There
We're the ordinary pedals on the BIZ
cycle. and the rider used these the
greater part of the time, but every
now and then when he got In a
ticklish position among trucks, cable
cars, and other vehicles he would give
the handle bar a yank backward and
the wheel would dart ahead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18

season with oil, vinegar, red pepper.
and salt; fill up the herring-skins so
that they may look plump, and shape
carefully. Garnish with parsley, and
serve with mustard
Salmon Jelly.-Break the salmon into
flakes; season with allspice, nutmeg.
salt, and pepper; fill mould with al
ternate layers of the salmon and ALL
spice jelly. Turn out on fat dish, and
garnish with lettuce leaves and hard
boiled eggs.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
WHAT INSPIRED THE JAPS.

1t seems that Japan, then, only de-
clared war because China had secretly
determined to subjugate her. In 1882,
says the London Times, Ii Hung
Chang was repeatedly urged by the
Chinese government to lead the armies
of China against Japan, and the Chi
nese had, as the Japs discovered, inn
mense quantities of ammunition stored
away in all the strongholds captured.
These things explain the enthusiasm Of
the Japanese; they were fighting for
existence.-Boston Transcript
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
HOUSEKEEPBRS IN HOTELS.

The duties of a housekeeper in q
hotel are usually the care Of the bed
rooms, parlOrs and halls, with over
sight of chambermaids and cleaners
She usually also has care of linen
and giving out of linen, and OCCASION
ally an oversight Of the laundry is re-
CURED. Positions as housekeepers in
hotels are hard to secure, for the rea-
son that the supply for such places is
always much greater than the demand
July Ladies' Home Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
TOWNS BURNED UP.
FOREST FIRES STILL RAGING IN
MICHIGAN.
Wallin and Clary Wiped Out-Inhab~
itants Flee for Their Lives-Other
Towns Threatened

Grand Rapids, Mich, July 12.-On
the Chicago & West Michigan rail-
road the towns of Wallin and Clary
have been entirely wiped out by for
est fires and the people have taken
refuge at Thompsonville. Passengers
arriving by trains report no lives lost.
On Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad
the village of Merely is threatened
and fires are raging along the track
between Manton and Mancelona. The
summer resort at Oden Oden, above
Petosky, is in immediate danger of
being burned out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
U. W. REGENTS MEET.
They Gather in Milwaukee and Talk.
Over Improvements.

There was an important meeting of
committees of university regents at
the Pfister in Milwaukee yesterday,
and although nothing was definitely
settled great deal was talked over
concerning improvements In the main
building and ladies' hall. Regents
Chynoweth, Clark, Bashford and John
son have the matters "a charge, and
were assisted in the. dc ibera tons by
Secretary e. F. Riley and Mr.. T. Nc
lCarthy, who built the gymnasium.
Matters connected with the law de-
partment were also under considera-
ton. Nothing has been definitely set
tiled by the committees, and probably
will not be until the regents have u
session.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
ON SUNDAY.
On Sunday from my window seat

On Sunday from my window seat
/ gaze across the street
With many fond emotions,
Until, at last, Elise comes out
With downcast eyes and mien devout,
And goes to her devotions.
"Dear girl" l sigh, so good and f9ir,
This is my one unanswered praye'
That you, who love to labor
In Christian work, may understand,
And forthwith heed the stern command
That bids you love your neighbour
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
SUMMER VEGETABLE SALADS

Vegetable salads are delicious when
one needs something piquant to prick
the appetite, writes Elizabeth Robin
son Scovn in the July Ladies' Home
Journal. They can be made of tomato,
celery, green string beans, dandelion,
caulif1Ower, potato, cucumber, aspara-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
LOOKS FISuY.

Chicago, July 14.-It is claimed that
a company with a capital of 81 100000
has been formed to construct
wooden elevated bicycle road be-
tween here and Milwaukee. It will
be 16 feet wide. The toll proposed be-
tween the two cities is 10 cents and the
projectors expect patronage of
10000 passengers per week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
EXCURSIONIST DROWNED.
Shocking Accident Witnessed by a
Pleasure Party in Green Bay.

Green Bay, Wis, July 14.-Sylvester
Kinney, editor of The Fort Howard
Journal, published here for a short
time, was drowned in Breen bay. He
and his wife were members of an ex-
cursion party on the steamer Denessen,
given by J. II. Taylor, the banker, and
Mrs. Taylor. The accident occurred
near the light house, Mr.. Kinney fall
ing from the boat and drowning be-
fore help could reach him. The drown
ing was witnessed by seventy-fve per-
sons making up the party. Mr.. Kin
ney was AZ years old and leaves a
wife and nine children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
ONE POINT OF VIEW.

Say, Gull, w'ot you t'ink O. dis we're
Lake-FrOnt park CUFF"
"'S no good"
"W'y?"
''Beauterfy it an swell guys d come
out yere till you couldn't Sleep"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
AN FMBEZZLER INDICTED.

Keokuk, Iowa, July 12.-In the fed
eral court E. L. Gassatt, late president
and wrecker of the First National bank
of PelIa, has been indicted for the en-
bezzlement Of 100000. 1t is expected
that he will plead guilty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
CONTRACT FOR sTONEWORK.

The biggest contract for stonework
ever awarded was probably that re-
ported to have been made for the stone
for the Hudson river bridge The
sum named is above 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
ADULTERERS PUNISHED.

Sparta, Wis, July 1O.-Mrs. Vir-
ginia Sands, Mrs. Lizzie Keller and
Thomas Knoll pleaded guilty to the
charge of adultery and each received
a two-year sentence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
BIG PUG DEAD.

London, July 11.-Alf. CT lfield, ex-
champion heavyweight pugilist Of
England, is dead.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05
q. A. ASTON.
Cotton Factor and
Warehouseman.
Office Corner of Spring and Crockett Streets,
Shreveport, La.

Office Corner of Spring and Crockett Streets,
Shreveport, La.
T beg to call your attention to the fact that l
/ ain still in the Cotton Factoragr and Ware
house business. Having spent the last thirty
years of my life i'll this line claim to have
thorough knowledge of the business in all its
branches. Am located at the conmodIous
warehouse corner of Spring and Crockett
streets, where will always be found selling,
chasing and weighing my own cotton by
doing my awn work | am enabled to handle
Your cotton for less money than any one else.
have no groceries, dry goods or anything
other than Gotten to sell >hoN1h any ut my
customers need such things | viii always take
pleasure in having their orders fix 1t at lowest
prices charging them no commission Wh.itrrer.
All ask of them is to ship me :helr cotton,
which propose to store and sell for ~ cents
per bale less such charges as freight. ''rdNage
and insurance. | am 1t member of I'Ir Board
Of Trade having AT all times before me the
latest telegraph ii~pal ,hes. keeping thorough
ly posted on prices. | always get the top of
the market and give my customers the full
beurtit Of it.
Thanking Won for vour past PATRONAGE AVID
soliciting a continuance Of same, remain,
Yours very truly,
c. A. AISTGN.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05

A. E. Fitzpatrick, of Fillmore, CAL,
had the misfortune to have his leg
caught between a cart and a stone
and badly bruised. Ordinary he
would have been laid up for two or
three weeks, but says: ''After using
one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm l began to feel better, and in
three days was entirely we'll. The
peculiar soothing qualities which
Chamberlain's Pain Balm possesses l
have never noticed in any other lini-
mont. I take pleasure in recommend
ing it." This liniment is also of great
value for rheumatism and lame back.
For sale by W. NJ. Abney, Druggist.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05
T. M. Vaughan
Keeps Flour and Furniture, and
everything else. Get bis prices be-
fore going elsewhere.

The late E. d. Jordan, the Boston
dry goods millionaire, was father
less boy who went to work on farm
at the age of IA for 81 a month. He
contributed freely to all deserving
charities and all enterprises for the
benefit of the city in which he lived.
"What helps Boston helps me-" be
used to say. 1t is by reason of The
energy aud liberality of such men
that cities and communities grow
and commerce spreads and latent re-
sources are developed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05

Capt. James +. Utz, prominent
citizen and merchant Of Shreveport,
and a gallant and devoted COntede-
rate soldier during the war, died on
last Monday, aged about g. years
The editor of the Banner is panied
to learn of the death of Capt. Utz,
for this genial, cultivated gentle
man was our personal friend. He
was thorough gentleman: of noble
principles and lofty ideas which be
lived up to with fearless fidelity
Shreveport has lost one OF her best
aud truest citizens.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05
Homestead Entry No. 4427.
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,


November 10, 1895. !
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of District Court at Benton, La, on
January 3, 1896, viz: Homestead Entry No.
4427-John w. Houston-for the east fraction
al half of northeast fractional quarter of Sec
ton 81, township l6 North, range II Vest
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: W. E. Peas, j. F. Reynolds,
J. T. Peas, Hauehton p. o., La, and G. w.
Jones, of Knox Point, La.
Any person who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows of
any substantial reason, under the law ana the
regulations of the Interior Department, why
such proof should not be allowed, will be
given an opportunity at the above mentioned
time and place to cross examine the witnesses
of said claimant. and to offer evidence in re-
buttal OF that submitted by claimant
EDW'D PHILLIPS, Register.
November ., 1895. jane
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05

Whatever You may wish to buy III
the line of seasOnable and tashlona-
ble Millinery Goods, you will find at
the popular millinery establishment
of Miss Mary A. Files, No. 22O
Texas street, Shreveport. The new
est, the finest and the largest varie-
ty of goods aud the very lowest
prices will be found at her store.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05

Total TO SUBSCRIBERS. -, 3DU
Amount offered to agents is 81 $50, making
a total in all of $3.50.
SPECIAL NOTICE-50 cents must accom-
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to the Weekly Commercial Appeal.
No guess will be recorded upon any terma;
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| MERCANTILE BANK.
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COMMERCIAL APPEAL,
Memphis, Tenn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05

At the next meeting of Cypress
Lodge on Friday, December 9th,
officers will be elected and installed.
and every member is requested to
sure and be present.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05

The extra cost of coal when steam
is kept up on the British fleet in the
neighborhood of Constantinople is
$4,000 day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-05

The official returns of the vote of
Ohio at the late election shows the
vote is the largest ever cast in the
history Of the State, S37, 406.
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Au entertalument, consisting OF
music, recitations, tableaux, Nc,
will given by the ladies of Benton,
at the Court House, on the 9th
Instant, for the purpose of raising
money to buy an organ for the
church.