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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12

square feet. a thousand less than the;
Valkyrie. The Defender cost fully
$4,000 more than Vigilant. The con-
tract price was $4,000, but with the
changes and additional items the cost
approaches 100000. This great cost
has come from the delicate blending of
copper and aluminium. The Defender
is totally unlike the Vigilant in that
she has no cenre-board, but is an out
and out keel boat. Her stability is
due to her lightness above water, and
her 35-foot lead bulb weighing 80
tons. The total saving made by tie
use of aluminium is estimated at
seven tons.
The Defender is handled by a genu-
inc Yankee crew from down east"
under Captain Hank Half, and not as
the Vigilant was by crew Of all ma
tons. The Valkyrie'S captains will be
Cranfeld and Sycamore. Lord Dun
raven will be on his boat in each race
and Mr.. Iselin will be aboard the De
fender. The Herresho offs Of Bristol
r. l.. father and SON. are the most
famous small boat-builders in Amer
lea, and into the Defender put the eN-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
THE NEW WOMAN.
Random Dashes at Her Winning Wiles
and Ways.

There is no accomplishment more
rare or more desirable than a jolly,
Interested, refined laugh. Elocutionists
are teaching it and the number of
pupils is said to be astonishing.
Dress reform is more popular in the
nursery than it is any where else. and
the young inhabitants thereof are to
be congratula ted upon the change The
baby of today is freed from the irri-
tating flannel band pinned tight about
its chest, the flannel shirt, the pinning
blanket and long flannel skirts, other
skirt dress and little, Sacque that con-
stituted it's toilet a few years ago
poor little things! Undoubtedly half
this misery they endured was caused
by the ''wadded up" condition of their
clothing. Fancy yourself swaddled IN
bands and bands oftimeS too tightly
pinned or altogether too looSe-feet
rolled in innumerable thicknesSeS OF
tiannelS-then the necessary strain on
tiny hips of the long Skirts-it is high
time. indeed, for the accomplishment
of such reform. Curious neighbors
will no longer have an opportunity to
express purpose of examining the tex
ture of the flannel, which is a right
good thing. and baby in its short
clothes will grow sturdy and hardy
with the hours.
The crimping pin and the curling
tongs have been the subject of the in
ventor's thought, and in the first-class
electric lighted hotels the tOngs are
heated by electricity. They go with
the room and are wire attached. The
other new crimper is an alcohol lamp
inside of the tOngS. The Iuid us pour
ed in and lighted and a spring catch
secures it. The flame heats the iron
sufficiently to do the work without
burning the hair.
Trust woman who sits with her
| thumbs elevated-she may be deter
mined, but she is truthful. The one
| who conceals her thumbs is quite apt
! to be deceitful. Observe the thumb
! also if you desire to judge intellectual
strength, for the longer it is, proper
tionately, the greater the strength of
! the brain.
Character reading from the teeth is
! the latest. Those that are long and
narrow denote vanity. Long project
ing teeth indicate a grasping DISPOSE
, tion tTeachery is known by small,
white, separated teeth; Inconsistency, by
! overlapping teeth. and the poSSessor
! of wide separated front teeth is sure
, to tell all he knows.
| Princess Nazle, of Egypt, one Of the
! most intelligent and progressive
women in Europe, is a constant Ia
borer for the advancement of her sex.
just now she is arranging an exhibit
of the work of Egyptian women at
the Atlanta exposition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12

New York, Sept. THE two crack
yachts of the two continents that be-
gin today, to consist of the best three
races out Of five, for international
honors, more closely resemble each
other than any two boats that have
vet met in the series. Watson figured
on building a boat to beat the Vigil
ant. and Herreshoff tried TO get a
faster craft than the English Britain
MIA. This mix up is undoubtedly due
to the Vigilant's visit last year to
England when she showed to John
Bulls boat-builders the lines on which
the Americans build their boats. So
close are the races expected to be that
neither side has "given away any in
Formation that might be of advantage
to the other side. A comparison of the
boats is interesting. Valkyrie III is
129 feet over all, with 26 feet of beam,
IS feet draught, and II tons of lead
in the keel. Her water line measure
ment is 90 feet. She is built from
lines laid down by G. L. Watson, Eng
lands foremost naval architect and
designer of the Thistle, Valkyrie II,
Queen Nab, and host of equally we'll
known yachts. Valkyrie, like the De-
fender, is syndicate built, despite the
fact that she is always referred to as
Lord Dunraven's boat. Her syndicate
is composed Of Dunraven, the earl of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
FOREIGN.

The japanese cabinet crisis appears
to have been satisfactorily settled.
Nasrullah Khan, of Afghanistan.
left London for Paris.
Lord Salisbury is reported to have
abandoned Lord Rosebery's policy of
coercing Turkey in regard to Armenia.
Justin Mccarthy will resign the lead
ership of the nationalist party after
the parliamentary recess.
King Alexander of Servia had a
narrow escape from drowning at Biar-
ritz.
The marquis of Santa Lucia is
chosen president of the republic of
Cuba by the revolutionists.
Ii Hung Chang, viceroy of China.
issues a proclamation in favor of the
missionaries.
The anniversary Of the battle Of
Sedan was celebrated in Berlin by the
Inauguration of a church to the mem
DRY of Kaiser Wilhelm l.
Mabel Stanley, am American. twas
sentenced in London to a years i'm
pusonment for stealing jewelry be-
longing to her landlady.
A duel was fought on the Spanish
French frontier between the Count
de Benalua and the Marquis Martinez
de Roda, in which both contestants
were wounded.
"A severe storm in northern Mexico
has done much damage, especially to
railroad property. Twelve bridges on
the Mexican Central railroad were car
rled away. Traffic on the line will be
suspended for several days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
JAPAN AS A NEWS CENTER.

About twenty of the largest and
most prosperous American dailies are
now served with correspondence from
Japan by reporters who fill from two
to five columns with oriental informa-
tlon several times a week. The news"
frequently partakes of the almanac
style and the historical character.
Something like the sketches in Wall
street, histories of trusts and other
stuff as old as the hills, dished I'D
from day to day by very you1g gen.
temen in some of our New York dali
les. Japan bids fair to be an inter-
es1ng point Of observation for the
next five years, and one would imagine
there might be something in the de-
Velopments of today more worth
chronicling than are the library worn
volumes Of reproduction.-New Y TX
Recorder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
AN EQUITABLE SCHEME.
Telephone Charges Based on the
Number of Calls.

The measured service plan of the
Bell Telephone company is move in
the right direction. There is equity
in basing the price on the amount of
use. This the new plan accomplishes.
Subscribers may adhere to the old plan
if they prefer, but if, as is often the
case. a subscribers use is limited. he
will find it to his advantage to adopt
the new method and subscribe for a
specified number of calls per annum
The minimum is 600. If he requires
more the rate will be based upon the
number, but the rate per call decreases
as the number Of calls subscribed for
increases.
An important consideration is the
fact that in all .ases where this sys-
tenn is adopted the subscriber is fur
nished with a long distance outfit of
the most approved pattern, with met
allie circuit. strong batteries and solid
back tranSaitter, enabling him to talk
to the mnSt distant points reached by
telephone wires. 1t is also to be I'M
derStoGd that in case he should elect
to subscribe for a number of calls
smaller than his requirements demand
additional calls can be subscribed Cor
at equitable rates. The new scheme
seems to fit perfectly the requirements
Of those whose Use of the telephone
is not large The great advantage Of
this new plan, which is additional to
but by no means supplants the old
one, is that it makes the whole sys-
tenn more elastic and gives the would
be subscriber a greater variety from
which to select.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12

porter OF buttons and trimmings killed
himself in his office, at No. AT Broad
way, New York, without apparent
motive.
Cubans arrested in PENIS Grove, \.
J., were held by the United States
commissioner, in Wilmington, Del, for
alleged violation Of the law Of neu>
trality.
Mrs. Evelyn Bliss, wife of 81. H.
Bliss, a wealthy New York real es-
tate broker, died Of acute gastritis,
poisoning being suspected, and Mrs.
Mary Alice Fleming, a daughter, is
under arrest.
Four hundred mills and factories
have increased the wages Of their en-
pIoyes, affecting 100000 working per
sons. In $50 other mills, the number
Of whose employees is not stated, wages
have been increased.
Mr.. Plattis lieutenants announce
that there may be a union ticket in
New York city if the other anti-Tam-
manyites will agree to nominate and
support a candidate he will name for
county clerk.
General Ely S. Parker, chief of the
Seneca Indians, who, as a member
Of Grants staff, drew up the terms, of
Lees surrender and recently served
in the police department Of New York
city, is dead.
The 18th annual convention Of the
A y1rnfoccanc- e 40
ed at Congress hall, Saratoga, n. Y.
with an address by President NJ. B.
Gilbert of Portland, Me. He was re-
elected president.
Clarence Barrett, a New York trav-
cling salesman, was arrested foreforg
ing tickets on the Southc n Pacific
Railroad company, which he sent tC
Barnett n Wenar of New Orleans. fo1
sale.
The battleShip Iowa was tested a
Washington. Shots were fired at 25(
yards from ten-inch guns with an en-
ergy of 741, ZOO footpound and tdid
nothing more than loosen bolts il
steel plates.
w. K. Pointer, of Newark, n. J.
died from injuries received in a col
lision at Woodlawn Park, L. l., OF
the New York and Sea Beach railway
= and four trainmen were arrested an(
! charged with homicide
The war department at Washington
has been informed of the death il
Paris, On August %, of Lieut.. Col
! Edmund Butler of the United State:
army, retired, late Of the 18th infan
try.
In Buffalo the United Association OF
! Iumbermen have elected: President
S. f. Sims, Minneapolis; first vic.
president, r. w. English; second VIC.
president G. w. English, Noun
Clair, N. j.; secretary and treasurer
j. L. Kane, Kansas City.
! James Sullivan was caught in the
/ house of Morris Proller at Hartford
Conn, hiding under a table in The
bedroom. He had taken a gold watcl
and chain from under the pillow O,
Isaac Singovitz Of Atlanta, Ca, Mr.
Prollers guest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.
Miss Gould's Pet Flowers Table Odd,
tiles at Windsor

Carnations are among Miss Helen
GOuld's pet flowers, and in her green
houses at Lyndhurst there are re-
ported to be forty-fve varieties in
bloom all the year round. One, a
white and red striped blossom, has
been named the Helen Gould"
Among the many other beautiful bios
SONS produced under the care of the
accomplished gardener in charge, or
chids hold a prominent place, and it
is his boast that he has had 500 in
bloom at once. Despite the array of
brilliant floral beauties always at her
command Miss Gould is said to pre-
fer volets and pansies for herself, and
a pot of Towering mignonettes is al
ways in her special sitting room or
bOudOir
An old-time custom, dating back to
the time of King George; H., is still
preserved at the table of Queen Vic
toria. AS each dish is brought upon
the table the name of the cook who
prepared it is announced 1t is not
the only custom cherished by her ma
JSSeJ' hAIhouSn ~ IL
of a century since the death of Prince
Albert, the boiled beef and cucumbers
dear to his German palate are an in
variable item on the dinner menu,
which is frequently begun by that
equally homely dish-oatmeal soup.
Another regular course is the baron
OF beef. which is served to the per-
formance by the band of "The Roast
Beef of Old England
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt has al
various times given several fine am
balances to the different New York
hospitals A good ambulance will
cost nearly $1,000, but with the
springs, mattresses and other complete
equipments with which Mrs Wander
bilt fits the vehicles, their cost is not
under $4,000 each.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
IN THE WHEEL.
New Things in the Way of Tires,
Gears and Frames.

No single year has Been more pro-
duCtive of new tires than has the
present riding season. There are now
! under cover. ready to be sprung when
; the proper time arrives, no less than
revelations in their way, and some
are, according to the statements of
their inventors. doomed to revolution
ize the cycling world.
Of these latter might be mentioned
steel bicycle tire, invented by
Boston man. which will be placed on
the market in a few weeks. By it's
use the wood rim is entirely done
away with, and in it's place is sub
sututed steel rim. which is opened
at the outer edge so as to receive and
hold the tongue of the rubbed Jacket,
Which partially cOncealS the steel rims.
This tire is non-puncturable, as can
readily be understood The claim is
that it is fully as resilient as tihe best
rubber tire it will not puncture or cut.
cannot be broken and it is lighter than
any rubber tire on the market II is
singular tire, something out of the
usual run of such things, and one
that will excite considerable comment.
Another tire is that made of an end
less spring, inside a hose pipe tire.
Ihls latter is another surprise. and
Will be on the market in q short time
A large hose manufa curing firm of
this city believes that it has secured
an unpunctura BILE rubber tire, which
is not so radical change from the
present tire as are the first two
named. This is hose pipe such as
is used by the leading manufacturers,
and is rendered puncture proof by a
patented system of knitting or weav-
ing the threads between the inner and
outer coating of rubber. The tire has
been most severely tested bv being
ridden over a track strewn with
broken glass and a board from which
projected hundreds of sharp-nointed
tacks and nails-and not q nnnctura
Ii this tire proves what it's inventors
claim, then one will have as nearly
perfect nOn-puncturable tire as hu-
man ingenuity can devise.
'oI IiIc dufduCcueIC OF the cycle
ends not here. From every quarter
come news of radical change in the
style and gear Of machines. the most
striking Of which was found in the
Wilds of New York by a gentleman who
three years ago suffered c nsiderab1e
ridicule for his ideas on wood rims.
In writing about the machine this
gentleman says
The man who got this bicycle Nh
claims to have done away with one
half of the frame and has no chain
TO bother with. The machine is so
nicely balanced that 100 pounds on the
addle requires 40 pounds to lift the
front wheel. Then, again, in pedaling |
the foot travels only % inches. while |
in chain safety about 40 inches is |
the rule These are the inventors !
claims, not mine. He intends build |
ing the frame of bamboo, as he has
discovered a process to prevent it |!
from splitting. l have also heard Of
new Sociable, with a saddle each |
side Of the frame-a sort of a pack
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
LACE AND VELVET RIBBON.

Black lace about an inch wide and
broad black velvet ribbon are used
to trim handsome gowns of fine
French muslin, and one feature eff this
combination is an immense bow of
velvet ribbon on one side of the front
Of the bodice at the edge of the yoke
and close to the sleeve seam. AS in
the case of lace garnitures, the vogue
for ribbon trimmings of velvet, satin
and Dresden patterned silk will pre-
vail all summer. These are layishly
used for decorations on thin toilets
and fancy silks for both day and even
ing wear. Besides the usual uses to
which these graceful trimmings are
put in the form Of rosettes. straight
rows, etc. they are also made into
suspenders, Breton bands crossing the
bodice front horizontally, or simulat-
ing box plaits from shoulder and chin
TO belt, and these ribbon garnitures
are very often overlaid with wide lace
insertions of rich. heavy design, or
frightened with spangleS or jetted
gimp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
BRECKENRIDGE AS A FIGHTER.
How He Slew Thirty Thousand Sol
dierS.

A good story of General John c.
Breckenridge is said to have been told
by himself. with evident relish, not
long before his death. IN talking to
some friends about the many kind
nesses which had been shown him by
his people and the plea SAINT things
which had been said to him, he re-
marked that he valued as highly as
any compliment he had ever received
one which an old Kentucky farmer
paid him during the war, which had
come to his ears only a short time
before.
1t was the custom in wartime, as
it has always been at all times, for
the country people to come into the
country town on Saturday afternoon
to exchange news gathered during the
week. At one of these gatherings in
a store in Richmond, Kentucky. just
after the battle of Chickamauga, one
of the men said he had heard some
grand news. On being pressed to tell
it, he said, gravely:
81 did hear that thar had been a
most powerful fight down in Tennes-
see. and they say that fol a long time
it went mighty agin our folks, but
that then Mr.. rBeckinridge came for
ward and asked the privilege of the
field for just fifteen minutes, and they
do say that he slew thirty thousand!'
Which statement was received with
due respect by the assembled COM
pany, although it appeared to occasion
slight ripple of surprise, much to
the narrator's satisfaction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN HORNS.

Every midsummer day unique con-
cert is given in Copenhagen,
such as the whole world cannot show
the like of. There are kept in the
Copenhagen museum a number Of an
Gent Scandinavian horns, more than
5000 years old, called '1uI'en." Of
this collection fourteen are in good
condition. They have an elegant
shape, and the fat metal pla ties at
the mouthpiece show good technical
perfection and a developed taste for
art. They are in different pieces fitted
together. They were found buried in
Moorland, and their good preservation
is believed to be due to the turfv
water. They are of very thin metal
and generally seven feet long. They
were always found in pairs, the one
IN tune with the other. A few years
ago 1t was found out by DR.. Ham
merlch that they could still be blown
or played upon. Their tones resem-
Die those of the tenor horn, and they
nave a soft but powerful sound. Some
are tCled in G and E sharp, others in
ID, Il, or G., and these tones form an
accord, but no scala The midsum-
mer concert is held as follows: On q
balcony in the court of the prince
palace in which is kept the Northern
two members of the royal
'capella' blow tones on two of these
pTimeVal horns. An enormous crowd
dIIs the court, the street. the marble
bridge, and the neighboring square. as
Tar as 1t is possible to hear the sounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
WHEELING AT NEWPORT.
How the Fair Cyclists Dress and the
Footmer they Employ.

Newport has taken to boomers at
last. Until this week not a divided
skirt of any description had been seen,
although it was a well-knoWn TACT
that all the young ladies who ride
had costumes ON hand and only
awaited a leader. This week the more
courageous have donned their new
suits and made their debut. One now
has only to seek out the most Sc
Guided cycling haunts in the early
morning hours to find the fair riders
training for graceful riding pastures
i'm rational dress" The new cos
tunes are all in dark grays and
browns or blacks throughout, and only
the fullest bloomer patterns, with
high CATERS, are seen. 1t is now only
a matter of days before bloomer cos
tunes for the wheel will be altogether
the thing at Newport.
Viewpoints fair society cyclists have
introduced two new features of wheel
ing life ON Bellevue avenue. The foot
men who erstwhile sat SO Stif1y on
their perches in front or rear of the
tu1nouts of the -four hundred have
been trained to follow their fair mis-
tresses ON bicycles. They are required
to sit up very straight, and the cycling
professors experience much difficulty
in teaching them how to do it. Miss
McAllister set the fashion The other
fad is impromptu races on the neigh
boring roadways between fair scorch-
ers on their bikes and an equal num-
Der of their social sisters mounted on
thoroughbred horses that are so much
neglected for the time being.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
MOURNING STATIONERY.

Mourning stationery is of gray pa
per, bordered with black, the width
of this edging decreasing as time
elapses; this, of course, is marked in
black. Handsome white paper is also
bordered and marked in black. For
the season of half mourning an ultra
fashionable woman uses violet paper,
oordered and marked in purple, while
another selects silver gray paper,
edged and marked in slate bronze
The plain embossed marking is
used by the exclusive, modestly ele-
giant, both in and out of mourning.
1t is truly refined and lovely in effect
if the die has been cut handsomely
by skilled artisan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
TO UTILIZE THE EARTH'S HEAT

current Literature thinks that one
OF the triumphs of future engineers
VIII be the sinking of a shaft $4,000
20 lo.oO0 feet into the earth in order
TO utilize the central heat of the globe
so great depth, it is believed. may
not De Impossible for the improved
machinery Of the coming scientist
water at a temperature of 200 cent?
grade which viii be obtained by these
ueep borings, will heat houses and
public buildings. to say nothing of the
power 1t would furnish. The plant
once paid for. the only expense would
De the keeping Of the pipes in good
CONDITION. Nature would do the rest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
NOTED GERMAN UNIVERSITY.

Jena has recently had an experience
not common among German univer-
sites The four little Saxon duchies
to which the university belongs
Weimer, Coburg, Meinigen, and AL
tenberg-are unable to support it and
there was danger that it would be
closed, when the old students and
their friends sent in donations large
enough to assure the continuance Of
the old university, which is one Of
the most pleasant in summer Of all
Germany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12

saddle arrangement. Rather a deli
cate thing to balance the article. 1t
can readily be converted into a single
safety by taking off the two ezra ped
ais. You may think l am dreaming
of the above, but it will make good
reading.-BoSton Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12

It's lust when your words grow warm
est
That the bug on her neck ahshts;
It's lust at the time when you're hard
est up
That the shop man for money writes.
It's lust at the critical moment
The greatest embarraSsments START
IFS lust when you don your trousers
new
That you're caught by the spr1nkhns
cart.
Washington Star.