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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
Five Tile Creek.

Fall work on the farms is progressing
nicely. Rye is being extensively sown
in this section.
A merry party of young people
surprised Mr.. Henry Burmeister last
week and helped him husk corn
Mr. Lee, of Greenwood, Illinois, has
been in this neighborhood buying
cattle to ship to Chicago.
Mr. Frank Vogel, Of Saratoga, intends
to ship car load of potatoes to Mil
Waukee soon.
Miss Mary Gallagher attended the
fair at Wautoma, Waushara Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Burmeister had
their infant daughter baptized last
Sunday at the German Lutheran
Church Of which they are members.
A number of the boys of this place
have been away in Plainfeld bel ping
harvest potatoes.
Mrs. F. w. Palmatier and children
were here q week ago with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Potter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

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MOravian Church.

Sunday October Goth Rev. A. PETER
son, the new pastor of the Moravian
church, Cent'alia, will occupy the
pulpit in the morning in the German
language. He will he presented to his
new charge by the retiring pastor Rev.
c. Madsen. In the evening there will
be union service in which the Cong'l
and Methodist church pastors and
congregations will join. Monday after
noon Rev. c. Madsen and family will
leave for Unionville, Michigan, where
he will undertake his new work. He
leaves with the kindliest feelings for all
his friends and acquaintances formed
during a seven years residence here
among us. They carry away pleasant
memories of their stay in Centralia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
VESPER.

Mrs. Davis was agreeably surprised
by number of her friends gathering
at her home, Saturday afternoon in
honor of her birthday.
Miss Eide Marceau spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents in Contra
liza.
John and Nell Flanagan drove to the
Rapids Sunday to attend church.
Miss Myrtle Atwood spent Saturday
with Miss Rozelle.
Mrs. White and son Thomas spent
Sunday in Grand Rapids.
The first snow storm of the season
fell Monday Oct. IA.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
Condition CT Trade.

The price barometer gives indications
that are not entirely favorable. Cotton
goods go up with increasing evidence
that the crop of cotton is short. Prices
of other manufactured products, OF
wool, hides and leather, all show some
decline, a general abatement in new
orders being the principal cause. With
an immense volume of business. not
much exceeded in the largest month Of
the exceptional year 1892, and with
evidence that in several important
branches the volume has surpassed that
of any previous year, there is grow
ing uncertainty about the near future
of industries. Money markets are
neither strained nor threatening.
foreign exchanges no longer raise
pprehension, and all fears about the
great Northern crops are past. There
have been few advances IN wages of
labor within the past month, and only
few works have been closed bv strikes
for an advance
The main cause of decreased orders
has been repeatedly pointed out by
this journal during the past half wear.
When business began t. revive.
million traders were in haste to order.
not only the goods each expected to
sell within given time. but enough
more to repleniSh stocks which had
been cut down almost to bare shelves
ny two years Of prostration. Thus the
buying WAS much in excess of real
within the given time.
Also, as prices rose, many fastened TO
buy in advance of visible needs, hoping
that every purchase would mean Il gain,
while multitudes hurried TO get in their
orders before competitors could buy as
cheaply. Under such conditions buying
continued for six months. and still
continues in cotton goods, which have
risen less than the material But in
most manufactured products buying for
the same reason can no longer be en-
pected, and the steady and regular
is not yet known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
FORUn DEBATES.

One of the branches of Howe High
School work in which an unusual
enthusiasm is being shown, is the
society for debates and parliamentary
practice. The development along this
line is marked and its advantages as an
educator in various ways needs no
comment. The spirit of the students
is commendable and they should be
encouraged in further efforts by more
frequent visits of parents at their meet
ings and debates. The program of the
Forum for Friday Oct. 18th, is as
follows:
Defamation. ...................JOhn Belanger
Recltatlon................. Willie Granger
Debate
Resolved that Lawyers are a benefit
to society.
Affirmative Negative
Harry Gardner Wilbur Ward
Carrie Miller Anna Cnristman
John Compton Frank Wheelan
Topic. ..............-............Otto RoeniuS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
Knights of the Maccabees.

The State Commander writes us from
Lincoln, Neb., as follows: ''After try
ing other medicines for what seemed to
be a very obstinate cough in our two
children we tried DR.. Kings New Dis
covery and at the end Of two days the
cough entirely left them. We will not
be without it hereafter, as our exper-
fence proves that it cures where all
other remedies fail. "-Signed L. w.
Stevens, State Com.-Whv not give this
great medicine a trial, as tits guaranteed
and trial bottles are free at J. L. Dalv's
Drug Store. Regular size SOC. and 81 90.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
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ROBBED.

Of nice head of lair just through
negligence. When your hair begins to
fall out, don't neglect it, but get bottle
of Beggs' Hair Remover which will stop
its falling out, and if turning gray, will
restore its natural color.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
DON'T READ THIS.

Unless you wish to know that Beggs'
Diarrhoea Balsam is the best medicine
on earth for Summer Complaint. Never
fails. Cures every time. Equally good
for children. Sold and warranted bv
John Z. DAILY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
OUR ABILITY.

To be of the greatest service to Won.
depends to some extent on your cOnferr-
ing with us. Our Line runs practically
through the center OF the State, and we
desire to aid IN improving the business
OF the community. at the same time
beneftting our Road
If those who read this will see what
our freight and passenger facilities are,
they will be sure to make more use Of
our Lines. Our passenger trains are
run to accommodate the travel, and our
f frgight l., trains kasssGssgD, are not ex-
mpt handling lss ssssiss and rapid
delivery. We tssSsI;ssiM want to build
" 'fsss{S; and d Tim1ar = t5 +
kinds Pine, Hemlock, Birch, Eastwood,
Maple, Oak, etc. Tan-Bark, together
with Granite and Lime Stone Quarries,
Clay Beds for Brick, and orr unlimited
supply of Iron Ore, with general proxi-
nifty TO markets, these facts should be
OF interest to all intending to locate
manufactures.
Correspondence is solicited from ali
who want to do business with Us.
". II. kILLEN, G. L. WELLINGTON.
Industrial Commis'r Traffic Mgr.
II. T. WHITCoMB,
General Manager.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
EFFACING THE FRONTIER.
Tho uo-de,. of the Great West Hard &c
Locate in These Days.

The Bo-der of the Great West Hard TO
Locate in These Days.
Thoreau was an eccentric actuahty,
Leatherstocking, an invention OF romance
Yet more than once in some great bypath
of the great West l have come face to
face with the physical embodiment or
Tho idea that impeled both these men to
solitude. I might easily name you the
Western counterfeit of Thoreau, and you
yo,ld recognize the name as that OF one
nor unconnected with councils OF state
and thn philosophy styled transcendental
Rnt q more realistic figure is intruded.
He voluntarily forsook the delight OF
his own loneliness to bear me company
one day. in 4 long ride through the Bad
Lands: and. though 1t IS ten years ago,
tho voice of that weather beaten old wan
dar,r Snaaks in a spirit of prophecy, and
shear him say:
"Ynuns man, the West is peterin' out
,,;ob+v fast. I've prospected an punched
80 an druv stage, an turned my
bom. 70 mos everything. from the Pan
handle TO the Hills: an ! tell you the
nnd.s a-comin.. | generally move on a
biz wben the price Of haircut gets De,
low 80 cents; an that $ why ! III ho'ih
on now. ,+oa him Of Ain
A. hi b;s hair was so very long: now |
l.',o,,s him for the seer that heNWas. mat
hlio .MV.,.aved boundary. 1.-THE frontier, had
. nnsu, n wavering line: today,lt is all
,,,,+ nffared. and the man VINO goes
West.. lis not quite certain OF nus ues'i1a>
t;an iii he reaches the racine ..a ana re-
lion gtbe puzzling assurance. Tn. no.
celVYL,:t coll ourselves Westerners IA
we GTranc;sco. The West is further
san Inn Denver and Deadwood. you
cas- William Trowbridge Larned IN
T :A;pcott'S.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Halls Catarrh Cure.
taken internally. Price Is cents.
PincappIes for Dyspepsia.

j The Times has before touched upon
sAr use of food as medicine, but did not
snrlude the pineapple among it's list of
snalivnaI fruits. According to Il CORE
ssondcnt with the coming of the pine
5N,lp season, the word is renewed that
'ir fruit is of especial value to the dys-
.pptic. In countries where the fruit is
irfgpnous its hygienic qualities are we'll
known. hut the broad statement that
pineapple everywhere and all conditions
III pineapple are wholesome must be tax
EN- with little Judgment. Ripe. luscious
fruit not over-ripe nor under-ripe, but
lender, sweet and succulent, is probably
enc of the most wholesome foods that
cones to our tables. 1t is easy. how
ever. to have these conditions infringed
amn Tough, stringy, hard pines. as SO
often offered. are not wholesome, and are
hard to digest. If the fruit is found to
be not in perfect condition, cutting it
twelve hours beforehand and pouring a
gNpglass Of rum over it will add to its
Sugar freely an hour
before serving with good powdered sugar.
Emphasis is laid upon the good quality
If the sugar. as in powdered sugar it is
ossblc to buy abominably adulterated
orts.-Npw York Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
OILING AN ELEPHANT.

Billy Snyder. the elephant keeper. at
Central park, New York city, had a
strange duty to perform recently, viz:
oiling two elephants. Many Of our young
readers cannot understand, perhaps, why
an elephant should be oiled, but when
they realize that the Gagged elephant can
not from day to day throw great sprays
of water over his thick hide and so keep
it from cracking, as he would do if in his
native forest, they will readily compre-
bend The necessity of Keeper Snyder s
duty.
Small Tom was the first to be expert
mented on. and obeyed order to turn to
this side or the other more meekly than a
facetous babe. He was anointed fore
and aft, only trumpeting when his legs
We're being attended to. A reporter was
in the pen, and helped to hold up the legs
of the animal while Billy" Snyder
rubbed in the oil, and it was a wonderful
illustration Of mans power over the lower
brutes. Tom or his partner, Modoc, could
in moment have killed the two men in
the pen, but as each was being operated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
EnGland'S Big Map.
it, III yers

The great ordnance survey map of Eng
land. containing over 10000 sheets
and costing during the last twenty years
about 81 100000 a year, is rapidly near
ing completion. The scales vary from
10 and feet to the mile for the towns.
through % inches, 6 inches. 1 inch. a
inch and 10 inch to the mile. The de-
tails are so minute that the 25 and g.
inch maps show every hedge. fence,
ditch, wall. building and even every iso-
lated tree in the country. The 25-inch
map shows in color the material OF
which every part of the building is con
structed. The plans show not only the
exact shape of every building, but every
porch, area, doorstep. lamp-post, railway
and fire plug.-Engineering.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

on, except for twinging the proboscis
round the nearest leg, in a sort OF CRATE
full kiss, these great beasts seemed thor
| oughly to understand that man, who had
made him captive, was trying to do his
best to ameliorate his condition.
Modocs skin was like a piece of blot
ting paper. AS fast as the oil touched it
it was absorbed and more had to be al'-
piled until the hide was saturated. Sny-
der knelt down to his work. as if he We're
that the oil was too light, and a pound of
black was mixed with it. Mr.. Snyder ex-
planned that the lamp black was used to
make the elephants complexion more pre-
sentable.
1t took three hours to finish one side,
Instead of getting up and lying down
again, she simply swung her legs in the
air and turned over on her back. The
straw was brushed off the upturned side
and Snyder set to work again
When both sides were finished ten gal
Ions of oil had been used.
A thin strip down the center of the
back had yet to be treated. The keeper
couldn't get at it from either side.
Hey, hep! Come, sit up, Old girl
The words were no sooner out of Sny-
der's mouth than Modoc arose and seated
herself on her launches like dog. She
is the only elephant in the country that
performs this difficult feat.
AS Snyder oiled her back she waved
her trunk about and twisted it around her
legs with dainty grace.
1t was when her legs were touched
that Modoc felt uncomfortable. She
trumpeted her disapproval in a boisterous
manner, but word from her keeper sub
dued her.
She's very ticklish about her feet and
legs" said Mr.. Snyder.
Modoc laid down again to have her feet
attended to.
Before they could be oiled it was found
necessary to manicure them.
A rasp, a couple of knives with sharp
blades. some sandpaper and q small file
completed the manicure set that was
used
Each toe was taken in turn, and in
the course of an hour all the superfluous
horn and hard, scaly skin had been re-
moved.
Then Modoc stood respondent in her
glory. Her former light brown complex
ion had been changed to lovely brunette
and her skin was as soft as a baby's
palm.
She was rubbed down, and when the
finishing touch had been given she looked
sleek and handsome.
She nibbled a couple of hundred pounds
of hay for lunch after it was over and
blinked her soft brown eyes at her keeper
as he wished her good afternoon.-New
York Morning Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
THE RUNNING Top.

me ne top it hummeth a sweet. sweet song
,t 10 my dear little boy at play e
Merrily singeth all day long
AS 1t spinneth and spinnefb away
And my dear little boy
WI he laughed with JOY
When he heard the monotone
~ that busy thing
m \ at lOveth to sing
Inc song that is all ifs own
400 o., fast the string and wind If tight
naI the song be loud and clear:
NV. hurl the top with all your might
cpoh the banquette here:
; And straight from tile string
The joyous thing
boundeth and Spinneth along.
ana 1t .whirrs and it chirrs.
r. ana 1t birrs and it purrs
Ever its pretty song.
"iil ever my. dear little boy grow old.
AS some have grown before?
WI ever his heart feel faint and cold.
men ne heareth the songs of yore?
VIII ever this toy
VI my dear little boy.
Hnen the years have worn away.
Sing sad and low,
OF the long ago.
AS 1t singeth to me today?
Eugene Field
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
NOVELTY IN TELEGRAPH WIRE.

eishs A1O rounds to the Mile and will
be Great Saving.
:. Inc Western Union Telegraph company
- having, as an experiment. a special wire
stru Hd along its poles from New York
TO trenton. This special wire is of much
nsnter weight than the ordinary wire,
fM W h about ITO pounds TO the mile
IT has steel core and copper covering,
and IS being made by the Roebling com.
pahy OF Trenton. n j., the firm made
FAMOUS through it's connection with the
building of the Brooklyn bridge.
=, Inc weight Of the average Wire used by
the Western Union company is $50
pounds to the mile. The life of a wire,
barring cyclones or continuous inclement
weather, is placed by experts at about
WE'VE years. If running along a turnpike:
II placed along a railroad or through a
section OF city where soft coal is largely
used, It's term of usefulness is much short,
ened and it lasts but a few Years. th =,
gases seeming to corrode it.
Inc copper sheathing of the wires is,
at least in the case of the special wire
now being put UP, put on by machinery
and rolled cold, electric welding being
the common form of application. If,
III the rolling, it does not weld strongly
ana leaves the least opening, water will
get in and in time destroy the steel core,
and within a short time the conductivity
Of the wire:
Should this special light wire have the
necessary tensile strength and proper
conductivity also it will not only mean a
monetary saving, but that more wires
may be placed without strain ON the
poles. There are forty poles to the mile
between Jersey City and Philadelphia,
along the line of the Pennsylvania rail
road and forty wires also. These poles
last but a short time. They cost about
So each, cut, trimmed and shipped Each
pole Is eight inches in diameter at the
top. Chestnut is the wood chiefly used.
1t is abundant. If the delivery of all
the poles could be so regulated that it
would not be necessary to cut them
until all the sap was out. that is in the
at the top, should last twenty years, at
the very least But the poles are cut at
all times and some are pretty old trees.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
SOWED BY THE WIND.
How Nature Has Provided for the Distri
button of Some Seeds.

How Nature Has Provided for the Distri-
button of Some Seeds.
Prof E. V. Coville of the agricultural
department lectured yesterday afternoon
Natural Distribution of Seeds" He said
there is distribution of seed caused by
the wind, and he cited the common silver
maple seed, which falls so thick in this
city late in the spring. The wings at
tached to this seed permit its wide dis
perSion by the wind as it falls from the
tree. Another variety of natural distri-
button was shown in the Russian thistle,
which is light and takes the form of Il
tumble weed, passing sometimes at the
rate of a hundred miles day over the
wind-swept plains, and planting itself
wherever it lodges. The milk weed was
displayed as a fine specimen of the vari-
ETY. of seeds spread by the wind. This
seed is so light the atmosphere will carry
it for many miles from it's mother plant.
Water is an important factor III nature 5
distribution, and he exhibited seed which
are supported on the surface Of the water
until they mature sufficiently, when they
are broken from a substance like cork,
which supports them and sink to plant
themselves in the bed of a stream many
miles away from the plant which sheds
them.
Mistletoe, the speaker explained. is
spread by the seed sticking to the bill Of
birds when they endeavor to eat it. and it
is subsequently deposited by them in their
efforts to free their bill on the limb of a
tree. where it natures. One of the most
remarkable provisions of nature was dis
played by the speaker in the common
witch hazel. which develops in a capsule
that opens as the weather grows warm
and the seed within it pops out, shooting
as far as fifty and seventy five feet away
from the parent tree, spreading the plant
in the most remarkable way.-W ashing-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
A Curious Semi-Religious Custom In
Southern Georgia.

A Curious Semi-Religious Custom In
Southern Georgia.
You pretend to know enough to come
to Congress from Georgia." retorted the
colonel, disgustedly. "and don't know
what walking Egypt us?
well, it, grand Indian file procession
to which the colored race gives way once
a year in it's churches. They lift up their
voices in horrible wall the congregation
does, and suddenly a negro jumps in the
aisle.
Next a sister jumps up She places
her hands on his shoulders and there they
stand jumping up and down, stiff kneed,
like you've seen sheep when feeling fes-
tive.
Usually these two are a misft-he
small, runty little fellow, she big,
strapping wench.
The singing means on. Others get
up until the whole congregation is in pro-
cession, hands forward resting on the
shoulders in front, like a lot of peniten,
tiary people going to dinner.
Keeping jerky time to the moaning,
the procession, like long, black centipede,
jumps and jerks it's way up one aisle,
down another says the Washington
Post, until their religious fervor has
cooled.
That's walking Egypt and I suppose
the rite was imported from Guinea 200
years ago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Enigra m1natlc Signature.

IN enc of the fashionable "Kurorte"
h the Rhine. says a writer in the
pam. came across the following en-
.%pS in the visitors book of the principal
s'toI One of the Paris members of the
Parlschild family had signed: "R. de
Paris" 1t so happened that Baron OPP
l"hpim the well-known Cologne bank
/, WIS the next arrival and he imme-
@u'y capped the above by signing:
aT la CoInrup"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
HUNTED.

-. s., tbe cold world. out in the street
0 0sn " I'm seeking some settled re5rfa ram
From ss lah IS my roof aud the broad earth my
home.
The fox has its hole and the bird has ITS
l,;na:s an existence of endless unrest.
kutnnSticity's charm is a thing that life
nm = millionaire lodging that tax.
FdT "n' " Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventions are reported this week by FIR
win, Wheeler & Wheeler. IS and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on rannesr.
William Busch. Hazel Green, regulator for
Waterloo. pencil attachments John w. Ever
est, Milwaukee, glove; Joseph Gillet, Mil
waukee, making sheet metal vessels; Niles
A. Hanson, Port Washington. screen and
storm door; Henry Harbeckes Milwaukee.
pipe hanger; Otto Zwietusch, Milwaukee,
method of and apparatus for filtration and
carbonation of beer, etc. Design: Henry
G, Swan. Oshkosh, SteD-Dad.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Tobacco Destrov. yital,+x.

Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine
eral all gone look and feeling that robs life
Of its pleasure. Tobacco Is the root Of many
a symptom Of weakness and No-To-Bac q
vigorous and happy in more ways than one
No-To-Bac guaranteed and sold by Druggists
everywhere. Book, titled Don't Tobacco
ling Remedy Co., New York or Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

Beecham's pills are for bill
iousness, sick headache, diz.
illness, dyspepsia, bad taste
in the mouth, heartburn, tor
pid liver, foul breath, sallow
skin, coated tongue, pimples,
loss Of appetite, etc., when
caused by constipation; and
constipation is the most fire.
quent cause of all of them.
One of the most important things for
everybody to learn is that constipation
causes more than half the sickness i'll the
world, especially of women; and itcan all
be prevented. Go by the book free at your
druggist 8, or write B. F. AllenCo. ,365 Canal
ST., New York. Pills, 100 and ESQ box.
Annual sales than 6 600 oco boxes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
,,jlcs.ones on the Road

D,- leads 10 health are marked in the
'nery Of those who, at regular stages and
,...ently. have been conveyed thither by
..1s.prfpr'S Stomach Bitters, Il potent aux
WV Of nature in her efforts to throw off
\ Yoke of disease. Malarial, kidney, rheu-
!, ,,'c and hi ious trouble, constipation and
,yrorsupss take their departure when this
nsuant medicine is resorted to for their
o.