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The age-herald., 1898-02-03
THE ATLANTA AND NEW ORLEANS
 SHORT LINE ATLANTA AND WEST POINT RAIL- ROAD AND WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALABAMA BETWEEN AT LANTA. MONTGOMERY AND
 SELMA IN THE Great through Car route between the
East s$; F, West

 There is no better location in the United States for Eastern and Northern emigrants than the line of this popular railway. The productions Of Georgia and Alabama cannot be duplicated by any other section of country in the world. Come and see The through vastibuled limited between New York and New Orleans is via the At- lanta and New Orleans Short Line, tho most attractly route to travel in the South. It passes through rich country teeming with attractive and prosperous towns and villages all the way from Atlanta to Mont- gomery. For rates of fare or other infor- nation write or call on
 GEO. P. ALLEN. T. P. A.
 D. P. oRoURKE. Pass. Agent, a'
 Selma, Ala.
 New Orleans JOHN A. GEE, Gen. Pass Agent. E. E. KIRBY, c. T. A.,
 12 Kimball House. GEO. c. SMITH,
 President and General Manager.
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Wanted = Travelling Men.

Two travelling saesmen who thoroughly understand railway and mill supplies and plumbing goods. None but experienced men need apply. State age, experience and salary expected. Address Box 4S2, New Orleans. La *F'
The age-herald., 1898-02-03
MRS. WlNsLoWs SOOTHING SYRUP

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES the CHILD, SOF'TENS the GUMS, AL LAYS all PAIN: CURES WIND COLIC. and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists In every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins lows Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The age-herald., 1898-02-03

age has been done The sultan has sub scribed 800 rubles for the relief of the suf- fering. He has dispatched relief com- mittee to the scenes of the disaster and has ordered the minister of finance to take steps to succor the injured.
The age-herald., 1898-02-03
MARDl GRAS,
New Orleans and Mobile, Feb. 22Reduced
 Rates via Southern Railway.

On account of the Mardi Gras Carnival at New Orleans and Mobile, February 22, 1898 the Southern railway will sell tickets from all points on it's line to these points at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold February IS to 21 in- elusive, limited to return March 5, 1898.
 Call on any agent of the Southern rail, way for further information. 1-2S-td
The age-herald., 1898-02-03
Violent Earthquake shocks

Constantinople, Feb. 2--violent earth quake shocks have been felt at Balikesr and around Brusa, in Asia Minor. Numer- ous fatalities have resulted and great dam
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crowded yesterday afternoon for several hours with hundreds of representatives of Birmingham society, botE mer and women, who called in response to the invitation of Mrs. Hampton Sidney Smith and Miss Lu- cile Smith.
 The beautiful reception hall the par lors and dining room, opening one into the other were decorated with graceful branches of wild smilax and numberless palms and ferns. The grand staircase was trained with smilax, and in the bay window of the hall there was miniature forest of palms, behind which an orchestra was stationed during the hours of the re- ception. In the various rooms there were vases and bowls of lovely narcissus, roses and Roman hyacinths, and the table in the dining room was profusely adorned with violets, smilax and hyacinths-
 On one end of the table was a magnif- cent silver pitcher filled with narcissus and hyacinths. During the reception de- lightfully prepared oysters and sandwiches were served.
 A handsome punch bowl stood in the hall, over which Mrs. Winner Beard and Mrs. w. D. Smith presided.
 Mrs Hampton s. Smith and Miss Smith stood in the front parior to receive their guests. both beautifully gowned. Mrs. Smiths toilete was of handsome white brocaded satin. with lace accessories. Miss Smith wore a becoming white silk gown, with chiffon about the corsage. The cos tunes of Mrs. and Miss Smith, and of nearly all of the receiving party were fash toned high in the neck, and were especially becoming The following ladies assisted in receiving the crowds of guests who called and were important factors in the success and beauty of the charming and brilliant reception: Mesdames w. D. Smith, Jack W. Johnston. John w. Tomnnson. Wilmer Beard, Charles O. Locke, B. F. Moore. A. w. Nelson. l.. c. Bradley. W. T. Northing- ton. Prattsville; Earl Perkins, and Misses Mary Clare AIilner. Elizabeth Shelly. Madge Parsons. Elodse Johnston. Kate Earle. Bertha Woodward. Jamie McLester,
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soon made her a leader in the "smartest set in the world.'
 Her husbands political successes have made Mrs. Morton hostess of a governors mansion, an American embassy in France and a vice-presidential residence in Wash ington. Her unfaiing tact and real kind ness and gentleness of heart have always made her a social favorite.
 Mrs. Morton's oldest daughter is now twenty-three and her youngest fourteen. There are three between. The mother is their constant companion, guide, counsellor and friend. In appearance Mrs Morton is charming. She is slightly above medium height, with a figure of great beauty. Her complexion is fair, her eyes blue grey and her hair a fair brown. She does not look the mother of fivea grown girls.
The age-herald., 1898-02-03
Hermitage.

Paints 0gns for Mardi Gras. Ofhce and shop on 17th St.. between 1st and sd ayes. Room No. G.
The age-herald., 1898-02-03
In the Social Realm of
Birmingham and Elsewhere

Birmingham and Elsewhere MT. and Mrs. ". P. c. Harding will en- certain this evening the Thursday Even ing Euchre club at their home in Quinlan avenue.
 Miss Rennie Leigh Head has returned from a few days visit to friends in South Alabama sasa e.szfs
 The Little Jokers will meet this after noon at 3 o'clock with Miss Lucille Smith.
 
 Mrs. Frank r. Anderson will entertain twenty Of her married lady friends today at 2sO o'clock at luncheon
 MT. Clifford Lanler, of Montgomery, will lecture on Friday evening, February IS, before the Alumnae association, of the Pollock Stephens institute. General Rufus N. Rhodes has kindly consented to intro- duce MT. Lanier the evening of his lecture. During Mir Laniers stay in the city he will be the guest of Mrs. E. T. Taliaferro, the accomplished principal of the Pollock Stephens. and the Alumnae association will give handsome reception Saturday eve ming, February 1s. complimentary to MT. and Mrs. Clifford Lanier.
 
 A correspondent from Lexington, Ky, to an exchange, says:
 Miss Harriette Bainbridge Richardson, the Kentucky girl who has figured so con spicuously in the "battleship christening controversy, is to be married in June to James Tandy Elis young man of literary bent from Lawrence county.
 The story of love between these young folk is somewhat romantic. Ellis went to college here several years ago. and Miss Richardson was pupil at the same school. Miss Richardson's sister married Colonel James K. Forney, of Brooklyn, and she was taken into society with her sister in New York, Brooklyn and Washington. On account of her beauty and vivaciousness she received much attention from men in high office and became engaged to Con- gressman Bennett of Brooklyn. The en- gagement was broken off last summer Miss Richardson Is granddaughter of William Hall Richardson, of Revolutionary fame, and through her mother is related to Jefferson Davis.
 Young Ellis had ceased his attentions to Miss Richardson until she was being criticised for protesting against the ap- pointment of Miss Bradley as sponsor for
The age-herald., 1898-02-03

Annie Redd. zemma Webb. Lura Brown, Mattie Webb and Miss Divine.
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It is rot often given to a woman to lead ters also tread a graceful measure, and yet that is what Mrs. Levi ?. Morton will do Feb. Il at the Charity Ball, with El- bridge T. Gerry as her partner. It is also an interesting fact that MT. Gerry's daugh- ter will also figure in the same terpsichor- can function.
 Mrs Morton was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and was Miss Street, daughter of William l. Street. one of the city's prom inent citizens. She married Levi P. Nor ton in 1873 and went to reside in New York, where her beauty, her family con- nections and her husbands large fortune
The age-herald., 1898-02-03

The Reception of
 Mrs. II. s. Smith and Miss Smith The handsome home of Mir and Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, on Highland avenue, was
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Miss Rennie Leigh Head has returned from few days visit to friends in South Alabama. ...-...- .....-..
The age-herald., 1898-02-03

MT. and Mrs. ". P. c. Harding will en- certain this evening the Thursday Even ing Euchre club at their home in Quinlan
The age-herald., 1898-02-03

The Little Jokers will meet this after noon at o'clock with Miss Lucille Smith.
The age-herald., 1898-02-03

Mrs. Frank r. Anderson will entertain twenty Of her married lady friends today at 2:SO o'clock at luncheon.
The age-herald., 1898-02-03

The Kings Daughters will meet Friday Afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A new discovered spot on the sun,
which is visible just now, is said to be
10000 miles in diameter.
The difference between the tallest
and shortest races in the world is 1 foot
4h inches, and the average height is
s feet SIX inches.
The lake of Urania, in Persia, con-
tains more salt than the Dead sea,
which holds 26 per cent, or eight times
is much as the ocean.
Singers, actors and public speak
ers, since the introduction Of the cleo
tric light, have less trouble with their
voices, and are less likely to catch cold,
their threats are not so parched, and
they feel better. This is due to the air
not being vitiated and the temperature
more even.
The largest bog in Ireland is the bog
Of Allen, which stretches across the
center of the island, east of the Shan
non, and covers nearly 100000 acres.
Altogether there are nearly 100000
acres Of bog in Ireland-that is to say,
about one-seventh of the total area of
the country is bog.
The surface Of the sea is estimated
at 15O,O00,00O square miles, taking the
whole surface of the globe at 1877 ,O0O,-
600, and its greatest depth supposedly
equals the height of the highest noun
tain, or four miles. The Pacific ocean
covers 7S,000,009 square miles, the At
lantic 25,OO0O00, the Mediterranean
100000.
10 the average eye not more than
5000 stars are visible. Some persons
having extraordinary strong eyes can
see about 5000 stars. Through the Lick
telescope and other powerful instru-
ments about 50,OOO,OOO stars are visible.
There are believed to be stars in exist
ence beyond the reach of any telescope
yet constructed.
M, Jacquemin, a French pharmacist.
has invented a process by which he says
he can form from the leaves of various
fruit-bearing trees and shrubs the
tiavors that are characteristic of the
fruits themselves. From apple tree
leaves, crushed and fermented, he OBJ
tains liquid possessing the fragrance
and taste of apples, and from vine leaves
beverage resembling wine. His the
DRY is that the peculiar flavor Of apples.
pears, grapes and berries is prepared
in and derived from the leaves of the
plant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
WHAT TRIPLE EXTRACT is.
Ahe Process by Which the OdOr of
Flowers Is Ohfainal

Ahe Process by Which the OdOr of
Flowers Is Obtained
Flowers that are to be used in the
manufacture of perfumes are always
gathered at nightfaIl or quite early in
the morning when the dew is upon
them. Before they are gathered, how
ever, receptacles are prepared for them
in the shape of large frames, over which
are stretched cotton cloths well sat
urated with olive oil or almond oil. The
cut flowers are brought in. and are
thicIly spread on a frame; then another
frame is fitted over it, and that in turn
is well spread with flowers; then a third
frame is fitted over the second spread 9
flowers, and thus the work goes on until
huge pile Of flowers is prepared.
This flower heap is left for two days,
at the end of which time the flowers are
removed from the frames and replaced
by fresh ones. The frames are filled and
emptied every two days until two weeks
have passed. Then the cloths are de-
tached from the frames and placed I'M
der great pressure, and all the oil is
pressed out of them. The oil thuseob-
tanned is heavily charged with the frag-
rance of the flowers, and it is mixed
with double its weight of very pure
rectified spirits and put in vessel
called a 'digester," which is simply a
porcelain or bl0ck-tin kettle that fits
in another kettle. When in use the
outer vessel is filled with boiling water.
In this vessel the mixture of oil and
spirits 'digests' for three or four days;
then, after having cooled, the spirit is
decanted into another vessel holding
the same quantity of fragrant oil, and
the digesting process is repeated. After
being thus digested three times the
spirit is found to have taken up enough
of the perfume, and it is then decanted
from the oil for the third and last time
through a tube, one end of which is
filled with cotton wool to serve as a
filter. The fluid thus prepared is called
triple extract. philadelphia Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

[. S. Department OF Agriculture,
Climate and Crop Bulletin of the
Weather Bureau, Wisconsin Section,
for the week ending June Z, 1888:
Tie past week has been partly cloudy
with frequent light and scattered
showers, except in the extreme north
western counties, including Douglass,
BAYFIELD,, Brunette, SAWYER and Polk,
where the rainfall has ranged from two
to three inches In some localities in
the southern and eastern portions Of
the State there has leen practically no
rain, and the soil is becoming dry, but
taking The State as a whole there is
ample moisture for present needs.
The average temperature for the
state during the week was sc&sonable,
being about degrees higher than last
week. During the early part of the
week the nights were cool and a few
light frosts occurred in exposed locali-
ties, but with little or no damage. The
remainder of the week was very warm,
the midday temperature reaching 80
degrees or above in many portions of
the State on Thursday and Friday and
again on Sunday. All growing crops
have made excellent progress during
the week. Winter wheat is heading
out we'll. Winter rye is lightning to
blossom. The weather conditions dur
ing the week and spring have been
exceptionally favorable for these crops
and good crop is practically assured.
Clover is beginning to blossoms and the
crop is reported as fair. .
Corn planting is completed assl the
termination has been good, so that
there has been very little replanjing to
do, except on sod, where the cutworms
have done some damage. Early planted
corn is being cultivated. Spring grain
is looking well, oats and barley
espC C.ally. Buckwheat seeding is
progressing. Grass is generally good
Early planted potatoes are coming up
well. Tobacco plants have been back
ward but the warm, growing weather
during the past week has given them an
excellent start The fruit prospect is
excellent. The trees are we'll loaded
with young fruit. strawberries in some
Of the western counties were injured to
some extent by frost but generally the
crop is good. They are beginning to
ripen and picking will begin in week
or ten days.
w. NJ. WILSON, Section Director.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
EXCURSION Rates.

The CnIcigo. Milwaukee & St Paul
~ WI. sell excursion tickets as follows:
foF the milwaukee Carnival at Mil
"aukee. jane p to July ,, on June y,
with return coupons good until July ,,
VIII sell tickets at rate of one cent per
mile III each direction, or s.. IS for round
TIP. From June % TO July ,. inclusive
With return coupons good until July s.
rate OF one regular fare for round trip,
or s. s..
For convention of National Electric
Light association IN Chicago. June : to
10, Wi!t sci! at fare and one-third for
ronid trip, or 1854.
For Grand Lodge of Masons in Mil
Waukt, June II To Is. rate of fare and
oHe-thjrd Tor round trip.
For the benefit Of those desiring to
visit The detIs of the " iSconsin river al
hlIbourn City, C. II. x St p. Rv. will
sell excursion tickets cverv FRIDAY and
Saturday with return coupon good until
the Monday following date of sale al
fare and One-lhird with 80 cents added
for steamer coupon, or s. - for round
trip lnCiuding steamer. These rates
viii continue untsI Sept. so. Sold daily
10 parties II zen nr more going and
returning ia one body as rate of one
fare for round "trip, with 80 cents added
Tor each person for steamer coupon, OF
3. so for round trip including steamer
coupon.
For the Fourth Of July the c. NJ. &
st. t. Ry. Will sell excursion tiche cts al
a fare and One-third for the round trip
No tickets sold for less than % cents
Date Of sale July ?, 3 and f. Good for
return until July ).
A. J. FRIES, Agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
Free Pills.

Send your address to II. E. Bncklen
4 Co., Chicago, and get free sample of
box Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince YOU Of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of Con-
situation and Sick Headache. For Ma
laTia and Liver troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are guaranteed
to be perfectly free from every deeter-
lous substance and to be purely vege-
table. They do not weaken by their
action, but by giving tone to the stom-
ach and bowels greatly invigorate the
system. Regular size 25c. per box.
Sold by John Z. DAILY, druggist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
Conditions of Trade.

May having been the first full month
of actual war, the fact that failures in
that month were smaller, even though
but little, than in the corresponding
month last year, and nearly 10 per cent
smaller than in May, 1896, is somewhat
encouraging, the more because a year
ago the remarkable decrease in Nav
gave proof of the heavy Improvement
in business which made the year so
gratifying in general results. Details
given show that large failures were
eight in manufacturing for S2.5S5, O0O
this year, against thirteen for s. ,965 ,OOC
last year, and in trading five for $500 OOC
against ten for 81, 572, or IN 1897. Hest
tation in extending usual credits soon
after war began naturally affected weak
more than strong concerns, but it soon
gave place TO steady and increasing con-
fdence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
BORING FOR RABBITS.
a Wire Cable and "a BitstocE1 the Out
fit-SpcaIzinG Tubes Used.

"A Wire Cable and "a 8itStOcE1 the Out
Gt-SDcal1inG Tubes Used.
1t has remained for a La Crosse
sportsman Of an inventive turn Of mind
to provide rabbit hunters with an in
animate substitute for ferret, the use
of which is prohibited by the game laws
of Wisconsin, a bitstock and flexible
wire cable attached to perforated iron
bulb being capable of driving bunny
out Of his subterranean home.
AT this season Of the year rabbits are
in their prime, and within a small radius
Of Milwaukee they are extremely plen-
tiful, but the weather is unfayorabIe
for hunting. In Waukesha county, and
particularly in the immediate vicinity
of Pewaukee lake, between Watertown
and Madison, west Of Racine and in
Dodge county, Milwaukee hunters en-
joy their best sport in December and
January, and with the first fall of snow
great many rabbits were killed by
local sportsmen. In spite of the laws
forbidding the use Of ferrets, hunters
have eyaded the vigilance Of the game
wardens, but unless they are securely
muzzled the rodents seize the rabbits
in their burrows and enjoy feast while
the hunter impatiently waits above for
the temperance of his quarry.
With the new hunting apparatus,
however, the hunter is equipped with a
device which is sure to drive the game
to the surface and give him shot. The
cable is flexible, but sufficiently rigid
to cause the iron bulb attached to it
to rotate positively throughout the en-
tire length OF the burrow, followin G
each ramifcation with lateral, snake
like motion, and does not become en-
tangled in the roots of bushes or trees
A depth of 20 feet can be reached sue
cessfulIy, and those who have used the
device say it is infallibIe. The bulb
should first be placed in the burrow
where the rabbit has taken refuge and
then the bit brace revolved to the
right, pushing on the cable at the same
time. The bulb will follow all the de-
viations il the hole until it strikes the
animal, which becomes sufficiently
alarmed to leave its refuge and take
to the open. To withdraw the apparat-
us the operator should continue to re-
volve the brace TO the right. but pull on
the cable. The threads on the bulb and
coupling are made right-handed, as are
the strands of the cable
If a hunter desires to smoke rab-
bit out Of his hole he can fill the iron
bulb with cotton waste saturated with
kerosene or powdered sulphur, and then
heat the metal until the filing begins
to smoke. After inserting the cable in
the burrow one Of the holes should be
closed, and the rest is easy. providing
the hunter is proficient in the use Of a
gun.
This winter a number of hunters have
also used a section of garden hose. which
they insert into the rabbits burrow
and then use the hose for a speaking
tube. A horrible racket is created BY
this method, and the game is scared out.
but the cable and bulb is said to be
much more Observation-Disclosures Sen
tinel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
LEGALS.
SHERiFF'S SALE.

State of Wisconsin-In Circuit
Court for Wood County.
B. Heinemanu, Plaintiff. VS. W. C. Kenelty P B.
Williams, Jessie G. Stump, 5. Heinemann,
Charles ". Fuller and \. Heinemann, De-
PENDANTS.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
Judgment of foreclosure and sale, rendered in
the above entitled action on the 14th dav of
April, 1897, and entered in the office of the clerk
of the Circuit court of Wood county and puTSu-
ant 10 the statute in such case made and pro-
yided, the subscriber, as sheriff fWood county,
mentioned in said judgment and order of sale,
Tor that purpose duly appointed, will sell at
public vendue at the front door of the court
house in the city of Grand Rapids Wood county,
Wisconsin, on the Goth day of July, \. d. 1898,
at nine clock in the forenoon, of that day, the
real estate and mortgaged premises described in
said Judgment and directed to be Sold to wit:
The East Half of the North East quarter of Sec
ton No. Thirty-one (S1), in Township No.
Twenty-Five (25l North, of Range No Four a.
East, situated in Wood county, state of Wis
consin.
That said moTtga ged premises will be sold for
the purpose of raising the amount due at the
time OF sale upon said Judgment, together with
the costs and disbursements in said action, Solit-
itor's fees and the expenses of sale
Dated Sheriff's office, " God County WiScon-
sin, June 9, A. D. 1898
GEO. II. SMITH,
Sheriff of Wood Co. Wis,
BUMP, KREUTZER & RoSENBERRY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff Juna9w7
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09

A War Atlas

With sixteen pages of coored maps in
one book, containing new and correct
maps of Cuba, the Philippine Islands,
the West Indies, North America,
Europe, etc, each map 2lx14 inches,
has just been issued and can be obtained
from the agent of the Chicago, MiIwau,
kee d st. Paul railway at the depot fol
% cents. These maps are published by
Rand, McNaIly Il Co, one of the mos
reliable map publishing houses in thiy
country and can be relied upon. Ar
atlas such as this is Indispensable if one
desires TO keep track of current events
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