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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
DANTE GLASS AND CRYSTAL.

In these days of physical culture and
much patronizing of gymnasiums,
when my lady laughs to scorn the pos
s1bility of her doing so weak thing as
to faint, the vinaigrette that is part
of her belongings would seem to con-
tradict her boastfulness. Whether she
needs it or not, it is as much part
of her out-of-door equipment as her
pocketbook. The vinaigrettes of today
are really ornamental and come in ex-
quisite designs A tiny affair in cut
glass has a base pointed to slip easily
into the glove, where it remains safely
stored away with no discomfort to the
wearer. Others are in costly jade in
crusted with rubies. Rock crystal
bottles mounted in gold have an open
faced watch set in the top, or in place
of the watch a setting of topazes, en-
eralds or a medallion. A lovely vim
aigrette for the chatelaine is fiat and
circular, while pink and green enamel
ed bottles for the same purpose are
decorated with diamond floral designs.
Just what shall go into the vinaigrette
is obviously a matter every woman
must decide for herself, but something
that is pungent without sweetness is
the most satisfactory. A simple salt
that may be prepared by the amateur is
made by moistening carbonate Of am
monia with a small quantity Of concen-
trated ammonia. This makes a basis
to which NAV he added a few drops of
whatever scent extract is fancied.
Lavender, rose and geranium are all
in favor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
HANDSOME NINE. LAURIER.

Nine. Laurier, wife of Wilfrid Lau-
rier, the coming premier of Canada,
is an admirable example of the best
type of French-Canadian gentlewoman.
For many years she has not only led
the French society at the capital during
parliamentary sessions, but has full
filled with gentle dignity all those
other manifold social offices which fall
to the lot of the wife of him who leads
his party. Somewhat younger than
her distinguished husband, Nine Lau-
rier is handsome woman of about As.
with that type of good looks which is
ill portrayed by photograph. Delicate
features, clear blue eyes, silvery hair,
a fresh, girlish complexion, in youthful
contrast to the grazing tresses, a quick
French smile, with flashing impression
of white teeth and sudden dimples-
that is Nine. Laurier as no camera ever
can do her justice.
AS Mile. Zoe Lafontaine of Montreal
she was a noted beauty. AS Nine.
Laurier she is a noted chatelaine and
sweet helpmeet-one as able as she
is quiet and tasteful. The Laurier
home is at Arthabas Raville a small
Quebec town, a quaint old house set
in eight acres of land, where the states
man has quiet for taking his rest, and
Nine. Laurier opportunity for cultivat-
ing the plants and flowers which COM
prise one of her chief joys. There are
no children in the Laurier household
other than small guests who come,
sure of a welcome from the kindly two,
who love all things young and beauti-
full and good.
When the Lauriers remove to the
capital, as they will, it needs must be
almost like going home. Every ses-
sion they have appeared there in COM
pany, and have grown as beloved as
they are admired of the people With
/! Nine. Laurier there is the same unaf-
fected friendliness, refill ement of man
ner and native courtesy that mark her
husband. 1t seems almost as though
these two, after a quarter of a century
of married life, had grown to be one
in all such external ways. But in spit
IN all SUCH external ways. But IN spite
of Nine. Laurier's gentleness and for
getfulness of self, there is a purpose
and a spirit in her makeup which i'm
presse those whom she meets and
makes them feel that there is woman
who could suffer and be strong in any
great crisis of life. Nine. Laurier is a
devout Catholic, but bread minded and
sympathetic to all. Whatever burden
of care and responsibility comes to the
first minister of the crown in Canada,
he is sure of near sympathy and a wife
to encourage stimulate and strengthen
him. Lesser virtue, perhaps, but one
which appeals to the mind feminine, is
that Nine. Laurier knows how to dress
/ becomingly and well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16

The gun in question had bore Is
inches in diameter, and its barrel was
so feet long, of which 35 feet was in
front Of the trunnions. 1t was made
Of caSt-irOn tubing ! IA inch thick,
carefully bored to gauge and mounted
on a riveted plate girder extending
nearly the full length of the barrel,
the object being to prevent fiexure of
the weapon from its own weight Com
pressed air is used as the propulsive
agent. 1t is admitted to the barrel
through six rectangular openings near
the breech, which are normally closed
by a steel sleeve forming the main
valve. The mechanism of this. valve
is arranged so that it can be opened
left open for a definite time. and then
closed automatically. The air pressure
used is 1000 pounds per square inch.
The gun is connected to the air reser-
Voir by steel tubing having in it three
movable joints, by means of which the
requisite f1eXibility in the supply pipe
is secured. These joints are packed
with double cup feathers. between
which a supply of oil is maintained at
a pressure greater than that of the
air inside. Very careful arrangements
were made for testing the power of
the gun, which was fired over the
Maplin Sands, eighty-nine shots in all
being made. Most of these were sub
caliber projectiles, or 10 inches in
diameter, which were conferred in the
gun by loose wooden blocks at the
head, and a gas check at the rear. both
of which fell off as the projectile left
the muzzle. Spiral Yanes were secured
to the rear end of the shell, and caused
it to rotate as it travelled through the
air, thus maintaining it's direction, as
in the case of a shot from an ordinary
rified gun. The full-sized shell is ca
pable of carrying 500 pounds of dyna-
mite, while the 10 inch one will ac-
ccmmodate 200 pounds, and the s inch
100 pounds of the same. The maximum
range obtained with the s inch shell
was 5,0O7 yards. With the 10 inch
projectile a mean range of 394S yards
was obtained, the error in four shots
ranging from two yards up to eighteen
from the mean. With the full-sized
shell mean range of 2,63S yards was
obtained. The uniformity of results,
as regards both range and direction
was excellent, though the wind on
some days caused considerable lateral
deviation Of the projectiles In some
further experiments to test the pene-
trating power of the shells, a 1O-inch
projectile passed through forty-seven
feet of beach sand, and an S-inch one
through forty-five eet.-Engineering.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
BLAMED ON THE NERVES.

Nerves are convenient pack horses
on which we lay the blame of morbid
tempers, irritability, and other unfor-
tunate conditions, without remember
ing that nerves are TO be kept in order
by good sense and a firm will. Healthy
nerves contribute only to the pleasures
and happiness of life, and never assert
themselves except agreeably. The
diseased nerve sends its quivering
lance thrust Of pain to the remotest
corners Of our being, and pain is there
fore always a danger signal, and must
not be passed by without attention. If
there be aching eyes or ears or teeth,
or a weary sense of weight in the back
makes the day a labor and the night a
torture, if there is even a sense of dis
comfort anywhere, let the nerves have
the credit Of reporting the trouble, and
then let them be soothed and strength
ened. But to accuse these faithful SER
wants whenever our own lack of self
control is the cause of our Querulous
complaint or our foolish fear, is to
show ourselves weak and stupid. We
owe it to our conscience to be candid,
and if we shiver at a mouse, or scream
at spider, or tremble and grow pallid
and hysterical at the approach of
thunderstorm, it is not on our nerves
that the fault must be laid.
Any woman who chooses to take the
trouble can be serene and quiet man
nered, can bear suffering with forti-
tude and meet disaster with heroism.
The higher one goes in the social scale,
the more one finds of calm and gentle
bearing, whatever befalls the actor in
life's drama. Social training stands
one in stead when it is an affair of
setting the teeth and keeping STILL or
of filling the air with Outcries and
clamor. One chronic complainer with
nerves forever on edge can effectualiy
destroy the tranquility of the domestic
circle. Peace and comfort fly before
the face of the woman who is always
at the mercy of nerves" That face,
too, early loses it's freshness and its
bloom. Wrinkles cover it with net
work of crossing and intercrossing
lines; small Fuckers weave themselves
about the mouth; crows feet multiply
around the eyes. No greater foe men
aces beauty than a belief that one must
be the victim not the commander of
her nerves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
CLOSE DEFINITIONS.

Alexis Piron, native of Dion, ia.
perhaps most notorious for his epitaph:
Here lies Piron, who was nothing
not even an Academician." One night
he was asked at a party if he could
tell the difference between a woman
and mirror. GA woman" he replied,
talks without rejecting; mirror re-
fleets without talking" Upon this, a
lady asked: Can you now, M. Piron,
tell me the difference between man
and a mirror" And, as Piron re-
manned silent, she went on: ga mirror
is always polished, while man some
times is not"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
MAKING THOUSANDS A MONTH.

Probably no resident of Riverside,
Cal, has a larger or more diversified
set Of admirers than Mrs. George C.
Hendsh, who is known as queen of the
Chuckawalla mountains, forty-fve
miles northeast of Salton, on the Col
orado desert, mines which are her ban
orado desert, mines which are her bank
account at the rate Of thousands of
dollars a month She is her own geol-
ogist, prospector, assayer and superin-
tendent; sells her ore, attends to all
the details of her business and can and
does work in all ways, just like the
sturdiest miner
She has a beautiful home at River
side She is q charming, cultured
woman and when in town dresses like
a daily hint from Paris. When at her
mine, however, she wears-well, she
wears other things. She owns a num-
Der of paying mines, but her chief
pride is her "Graphate" shaft, which
gives steady output of ore that pays
her from S125 to $3.50 a ton
This remarkable woman is now ne
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16

nomination. All depended on the re-
suit of the Nebraska contest AS soon
as the silver delegates were seated, the
Bryan men worked the steering COM
mittee of the silver forces to give Bry-
an an opportunity to hoist his light
ming rod where the darts of popular
demonstration would grease it for the
electric display when the nominations
were made. Bryan was accordingly
slated to answer Hill. He has been
at work on the speech of yesterday for
the past week He came to Chicago
larly the great climax of you cannot
cruelty mankind on a cross of gold.'
Bryan culled brilliant passages from
former speeches made in the Nebraska
canvass, when the senatorial bee buzz
zed around his Romanesque head Like
a preacher who moves to a new par
ish, he sprung this composite produc-
ton of warmed-over speeches in Chi
cagO, spiced with a bit of new inspira-
lions. The audience liked it and the
rest is history.
Encouraged by promises of indorse-
meat from populists in case Teller was
turned down, Bryan came to Chicago
June 30, sized up the situation, and
then quietly returned to Nebraska
The Bryan club accompanied him
when he returned Sunday The Bryan
men wore enameled buttons when the
train pulled out Of Omaha Bryan re-
questcd them to take them off until
the Nebraska contest was settled. He
feared it would impair his presidential
chances. The temporary Craftsmanship
was his original ambition to secure as
stepping stone to the nomination.
The seating of the Nebraska gold fac
ton by the national committee injured
his prospects, and Daniel was sched-
uled as temporary chairman. Bryan
men then planned for an opportunity
for their idol to deliver the speech
which he had prepared to fit any emer-
gency, and which made such a hit
yesterday.
Bryan has spent very little money in
Chicago. He is comparatively a poor
mana lawyer with a limited prac-
tee, and one of few men who have
saved money on a congressional salary
in Washington. He took a small room
at the Clifton house, and, while none
Of his Autographs adorned the lob
bies, he became a candidate on a quiet
canvass of suppressed activity.
In Nebraska Bryan has been re-
garded as a populist by this faction for
the past two years. The fight upon
him by the Omaha crowd of admins
tration democrats became so bitter that
he purchased an interest in the Omaha
WOrld-Herald and became it's editor
in-chief one year ago in order that he
might have an organ to brace up his
waning political prestige in the Ne
braska metropolis. After the cam
paign he retired from the staff.
Mr.. Bryan married Mary Baird of
Percy, ILL.,, in 1884 and three children
have been born to them. Mrs. Bryan
has great liking for politics and ac-
companies her husband on many of
his Nebraska jaunts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16

gotiating for large mill and stamp
outfit, as at present she has to ship all
her ore to San Francisco. She has fif-
teen men on her pay roll, and there
is every prospect that as soon as her
other claims are developed she will
be the head of the biggest mining con-
Germ in the south. She has taught her
self all the intricacies of the business
and is as thorough an analytical chem
list as she is a miner She is very
much in love with her work, moreover,
and when at the camp labors twelve
and fifteen hours day Mrs. Hendsh
is not a pronounced woman suffrage
advocate, but believes that her sex is
equal to pretty nearly any task that
man can perform.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
INDIANA SCHOOL DECISION

The decision of the supreme court of
Indiana sustaining the validity of the
Nicholson liquor law follows much
upon the line of the New York court
of appeals sustaining the Raines law.
Both statutes have many provisions in
common. The Nicholson law requires
that the retail sales of liquor shall be
made in a separate room where no
other commodity is sold. The county
commissioners in granting a license,
however, may give a permit for the
sale of other articles. This is for the
accommodation of the public in country
places where liquor is sold in groceries
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
GREAT HISTORICAL SPEECHES.

1t is a curious fact that many of the
great speeches which gave Immortality
to the orators who made them were de-
livered in comparatively small rooms
and to small audiences. When Web
ster made his great argument in the
Dartmouth college case, aside from the
bar, the officials in charge of the room
there were not fifty persons present
and yet many believe that he spoke to
listening senator's and other high Off
Gals.
When we read of Patrick Henry's
wonderful display of eloquence we see
in our minds eye a spacious room and
an immense crowd Of people lieteninG
to his burning words with almost
breathless attention But, in truth,
many of these speeches which quicken
ed or changed the march of events
were delivered in small room and to
a few hearers, never more than one
hundred and fifty. Gould it have been
here, in this oaken chapel of fifty
pews," wrote Hosmer, the gifted author
of "'Sprondro,'' that Patrick Henry
delivered the greatest and best known
of all his speeches? Was it here that
he uttered those words of doom so I'M
expected, and then so unwelcome, We
must fight? Even here But the
words were spoken IN a tone and man
ner worthy the men to whom they
were addressed and who were so i'm
pressed with them that for several
moments they seemed almost awe
stricken. 1t was only when the voice
of Richard Henry Lee, that other
matchless Virginia orator, who rose to
second the words of Henry, rang
through the room that they were called
back to themselves
Stewards speech in defense of Will
liam Freeman was undoubtedly the
greatest and most brilliant effort of his
professional life. 1t did for him more
perhaps, than the conduct of any case
has given any other in the state OF
New York in perpetuating his name
And yet the audience that listened tC
him was less than one hundred and
twenty in number. A friend expressed
some surprise that an argument of sc
much power, learning and elOquence
should have attracted so few listeners
MY dear sir" said Seward, my au
dlence was in no sense limited. The
civilized world was my audience. Pos
terity will hear it, and generations I'M
born will praise or censure it, from the
different standpoints in which they
will view it. I did not make it for {
part of the madding crowds ignoblt
strife"
Horace Greeley, who stands peerless:
in history among the great journalist:
of the world, as do Webster, Choate
Chatham and Burke among the grea
orators, said:
Stewards speech in defense of Viii
liam Freeman is one of the master
pieces in the history of oratory, reason
logic and humanity American Law
yer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16

Justice of the Peace Emanuel Wilvert
of Sunbury, Pa, has discovered a vein
of gold and silver on the farm #
Thomas J. Lyons, IN upper Augusta
township, three miles from Sunbury
Justice Wilvert has a lease and will de-
velop the Gre. Assays ~ the penn
Smelling and Refining works at Phil
adelphia show from S. to SIS goli and
from So to SIS of silver per ton in the
surface ore. Other assays taken from
ere farther down show from SO to so
in gold and small quantity of silver.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
THE DYNAMITE GUN.

The military authorities made very
careful trials with one of the Zalinsky
dynamite guns five or six years ago
Particulars Of these tests were not
published at the time, but in the last
issue Of the Journal of the United
States Artillery" very complete &C
count Of the Shoeburyness experiments
is given by Mr.. B. S. Bachelor, S. B.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16

The sound of the door closed behind
him fell like a knelI.
Come backr' she shrieked
The echo of her own voice Knocked
her:
Come backp'
Her cry smote the empty air and
was lost
Perhaps"
She bowed to the decree of fate
1t is better thus''
Upon closer inspection she had dis
covered that the umbrella he left was
silk and not alpaca, after all.-Spring-
field Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
NOT LAYING DOWN HIS ARMS.

Bolt, sir?" said the statesman,
turning and glancing at the interview
er, did 1 understand you to ask me
whether l intend to bolt?"
THAT was the question. 1 thought
perl APPS you might feel that you had
not been well treated
However that may be, l shall not
bolt. I shall stay inside the party,
where l can make trouble Washing
ton Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16
BRYAN'S BIOGRAPHY
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ONLY sc
YEARS OLD.
A PRESBYTERIAN IN FAITH

Four Years in Congress Makes up the
Sum- of His Career in Public Office
college Bred, a Lawyer-Editor
and Poor Enough in Worldly
Goods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16

Mr.. Bryan admitted to a reporter for
The Times Herald after his Thursday
speech that he had kept a close eye on
the nomination ever since his arrival
and that when the silver delegation
from his state was finally seated In the
convention he decided to make an eff
fort to secure the prize. This, he said,
was inspired by frequent requests from
members of other delegations. Only
recently he attained the presidential
age, and he thought, after a survey of
the field, that the index finger of
destiny was pointing squarely at him
to be the Moses of the free silver de-
mOcracy.
81 expected to make a hit with my
speech said Mr.. Bryan, but l never
anticipated such an overwhelming
/ demonstration as this. | suppose all
sorts of rumors will be started now to
kill off my candidacy, but | have SUI
| preme faith in the intimate triumph
/ of right. I am an Illinois man by
birth, and it was with much gratif-
cation that | saw the Illinois standard
! in the rush of congratulation. The
pOpulists and silver democrats of this
country, will 1 am positive, be glad tc
hear of my glory. | am one of the
original free silver men of America anC
my record in congress proves it. There
has been a rumor started that | an
nCunced one year ago that [ would no
o ~ 81
if the nominee was a gold man on {
gold platform. That is true, and
certainly would not have done so. Blu
there is no danger now that the nom
inee of the democracy this year is {
silver man on silver platform, anC
hence my contemplated bolt is OBJ
Waited
Relative to religious issues, which
are always incidental to campaigns,
wish to state that I am a Presbyterian
My father was Baptist and m,
mother Methodist. I believe in re
ligious liberty and I respect ever,
mans religion. I feel honored by tn
demonstration l have received toda,
and during this campaign I shall f1gh
valiently for the success of silver an
will challenge Major Mckinley for
joint debate on the issues involved.'
Bryan was a candidate before h
: came to Chicago. His boom was Grad
! led several weeks ago in Lincoln. !
was then nursed in Omaha. and bar
tized by Constantine J. Smyth. Gilbe1
O NJ. Hitchcock and other Douglas count
men who have been in close touch wit
: the ambitious hopes and defeats of til
ex-congressman for years. Bryan
d eloquence was groomed to land til
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-22

Most OF the consumptlves that come to
us arc iEcurublo. lhoy have Neglected
until tCO late, but slili thereGre cases that
come on time am are cured by Ur.slmm's
Waite Pulm oh.c Ei!aan and Vegetable
Pills. Depot 6JU King street.
Are fou tioing 10 Bay i'idsc neat snndnye
Leave Market street 1.20 u, H., Delaware
avenue T. 5J u. IN. Grabbing, fishing, boat
ing and bathing. Fine music. Excursion
tickets sl.00. Train passes through Balti.
more going and returning.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-22
FELL THROUGH A TRESTLE.
Twelve Passengers Seriously Injured on
an Illinois Railroad.

CAREoNDAiE, Ills, July ga disas-
trous railroad wreck occurred on tho Chi
cago and Texas railroad about mile
south of Murphy yesterday. A tres
tlo over Big Muddy creek gave was as the
result of recent. rains and one passenger
coach was dtched. Twelve persons were
injured, two of whom may die. A broken
rail penetrated the mail car in which Mail
Clerk Hamilton, of'this city, was, but he
escaped without serious injury.
The injured are Mrs. Mcclure, of Nc
Clure Station, bruised Andrew Childers,
of Murphysboro, bruised face and hands;
Scott Hincliffe, Of Carbondalc, badly cut
about the face; George Siebcrt, of. Bloom
Euld Mo, jaw broken and injured inter-
nHlly In the breast, may die; Mrs. G. s.
Drew, engineers wife, going to her hus-
band at Boston, Mass, with five children,
collar bone broken and cut about the fuce
three of her children wcre hurt, a little
girl and little boy having arms broken;
B. ii. Norman, of Wittenberg, Mo-, cut
on head and bruised on knee; George
Quackcnbos, Cape Girardeau, bruised on
head and face; Frank Anderson, Grand
Tower, nose broken; II. We're, of St.
Louis bruised