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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19

Hartford has, however, recently taken
step in advance of improving it's
block system through New York and
Connecticut by placing telephones in
the signal towers, while in the north
ard the south terminal stations in Bos-
ton the telephone has been used as an
auxiliary of the telegraph and the au-
tomato signal from the start. In the
north station the tower telephones,
taken in conjunction with the starting
of the trains and relating wholly to
the trains and tracks, constitute a
system of themselves, which is prac-
tically Independent of the special ex-
change through which the Boston and
Maine connects it's Offices. A special
telephone at the head of every track in
the station connects directly with the
crows nest" from which all the
track signals are given and bells
sounded, and the instruments are scat
tered throughout the yard as far as
the tower on the railroad bridge, no
less than thirty being used. In time
Of fog the telephone is of indispensable
value, and a chief reason why the
trains slide into the station so prompt
ly in thick weather is that an indus
trious use of the telephone by the sig
nal men in the towers has kept the
central office informed of every train
movement outside. There is limit
to the information the automobile
dials can convey, but the voice is I'M
der no restriction.
In the south station the telephone is
used in the same manner, with such
Improvements as experience has sug-
gested, for example, should train pass
tower ), which is at Columbus avenue,
on the Albany. the signal man would
move the clocklike hands Of dial
and an announcement of the train
would appear in the station. He would
then telephone to tower 4, which is al
Broadway, and tower 4 would tele-
Iohone to the terminal office in the sta
ition such information as might aid in
the handling Of the train when ii
reached that section. So complete
and well ordered, indeed, is the system
Of telephone approach at each Of the
terminal stations that it's operation is
as if the engineer of every incoming
train leaned out of his cab and shouted
to the officials in the station every par.
ticle of information they could desire
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19
WHILE THE HEARTBEATS YOUNG.

While the heart beats young and our
pulses leap and dance,
With every day holiday and life a
glad romance,
We hear the birds with wonder, and
with wonder watch their flight,
Standing still the more enchanted, both
of hearing or of sight,
When they have vanished wholly, for
infancy, wing to wing
We fly to heaven with them; and, re-
turning still we sing
The praise Of this lower heaven with
tireIess voice and tongue,
Even as the Master sanctions-while
the heart beats young.
While the heart beats youngl While
the heart beats young!
Oh, green and gold old earth of ours
with azure overnung
And Topped with rainbows, grant US
yet this grassy lap Of thine;
We would be still thy children. through
the shower and the shine!
SO pray we, lisping, whispering, il
childish love and trust,
With our beseeching hands and face;
lifted from the dust,
By fervor of the poem, all unwrittel
and unsung,
Thou givest us an answer, while TIL
heart beats young.
james Whitcomb Riley
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19

, Such is the case with the KhlystOv-
stchina, fouLded during the reign of
Alexander l. These people are usually
called khlysty, corruption of the
word Christ. Ever since the incep-
ton of the sect it's followers have been
pursued with relentless energy by the
government. Its founder was burned
at the stake, at Moscow, and many
generations of it's leading disciples
have suffered severe punishment. At
times it's growth was alarmingly rapid,
particularly at the beginning of the
present century, when the Russian
court was dominated by perverted re-
lgious fervor. Notwithstanding gov
ernmental distractions of the most
stringent kind, the sect today numbers
about 10000 believers.
The Khlysty doctrine is founded
upon a legend that during the reign of
Peter the Great a peasant serf named
Danilo Philippovitch was God the
Father and that he had a son by a 100
year-old woman. The son was named
Ivan Timotheeovitch Sooslof. From
ILLS IdCHel anu sui ueSCeHueu IldlAS
generations of Christs.
Marriage is regarded by the Khly-
sly as impure and is, therefore, repu-
dated. They are ascetics, and insist
on the celibacy of their members, with
the exception of one family, the de-
scendants of Sooslof, who must marry
to perpetuate the blood of "the living
Cod Others are elected Christs and
mothers of God.
Seemingly the Khlysty sect is not so
terribly harmful, but the fact that all
restrictions to the qualification of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19
ABOUT THE ANT AND THE BEE.

The ant is a pattern of industry and
thrift, though very much oVerrated,
but he was a cold unitarian when he
outraged the laws of hospitality and
recommended the poor happy-go-lucky
grasshopper, as he bad sung all sum-
mer'' to dance all winter" One
can fancy the careful, prim, narrow
little householder, with an odious air
of virtue, freezing out the improvident
suppliant. Thrift for its own sake is
not virtue, though it may be prudence.
If we garner up the grain, it should
be that we may scatter it again to
| bring forth a good harvest. And if
any man, even the thriftless, come to
US beseeching bread, shall we deny him
and ask, after the label, "Why did you
not treasure up food during the sum-
mer?' 1t is gray day, indeed, which
| has in it no grain Of pleasure, no OPP
portunity for doing good, no sweet
moment of rest. The future is a sort
of rapacious Moloch demanding hui
manity to sacrifice to him the present.
! The miser spends his hearts blood and
his SOULS peace to pay tribute to the
monster; the fool laughs at his claims;
but the wise man pays him a just
1.-THE.
| Take time to rest. A much-traveled
foreigner, when asked whether he had
observed any particular characteristic
as representative of the whole human
race, replied: "Me tink all men love
lazy" And this must be true if, as
they say, axioms are the distilled wis
dem of nations. for there has never
| been any demand for proverbs or
fables illustrating the pleasure Of lei
sure and exhorting men to enjoy them
selves, while the wise saws on the
subject Of work are numberless. Near
! ly all our aXions are commendatory
of perseverance, toll, economy and
accumulation. There's room at the
top" Rome was not built in a day."
"A fool and his money are soon part
ed,' "a stitch in times saves nine,"
Economy is wealth." There are a few
which bespeak caution in these direc-
tions, as Make haste slowly" Penny
wise and pound foolish" "All work
and no play makes Jack dull boy"
etc. But usually the interchangeable
ant and the little busy bee" are held
up to us in some form for emulation.
Now, as Eugene Wrayburn says, speak
ing of bees: They work, but don't you
think they overdo it? They work so
much more than they need-they make
so much more than they can eat-they
are necessarily boring and buzzing at
their one idea-that don't you think
they overdo it? and are human Ia
borers to have no holidays because OF
!, the ?"-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19

! The arrest Of the fanatic Feodore
Kovaleff at Odessa for following the
| strange doctrine of salvation by self
immolation, attracts attention anew 10
the prOneness of the Russian for re-
| ligious mysticism and martyrdom.
| The new sect, of which Kovaleff is the
chief, would be considered a congra-
| cation Of lunatics in any country but
Russia. The believers voluntarily per-
mitted their priests to bury them in
specially eXcavated pits, where they
remained until death ended their sui
| ferings. Their absolute faith in the
holiness of the doctrine was shown in
one case, where a father buried his
wife and nine children, all of the vic
Tins being willing martyrs to the sac
rifce. Kovaleff immured his wife and
children, on different days, and the
bones of all have been recovered. 1t
is believed that in the vicinity OF
Tirespol, the pivotal point of the sect,
the bones Of hundreds of victims are
| lying in concealed pits.
The sect is known as the Raskolniki,
after the great dissenter of that name,
but it is only one branch of many
curious faiths, composed of the oppon-
ents of the Established Church of Rus
STA. Not in all cases are these sects
made up of the ignorant and peasant
| classes. Members of the higher So
ciety of St. Petersburg, Moscow and
other large cities have in several in
stances become affected with artificial
religious ecstacy, and it is a notable
| fact that the sects composed in part Of
the educated and cultured have rites
of the most abhorrent form.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19

/ flesh are removed during their reIi-
gious exercises makes of these latter
nothing more than wild debaucheries
and orgies.
Their meetings are called radenias
and, Of course, are held secretly. They
work themselves into wild frenzy by
dances, whippings and movements OF
the body similar to the dervishes. To
bring about religious intoxication is
one of their aims, and the most COM
mon method is to keep Whirling around
until attacked by mental vertigo
Some hypnotic themselves by gazing
steadily at bright objects. Then their
things which are regarded as prophe-
, cieS.
In one instance the police broke into
! a radenia and found all the Worship
pers lying huddled on the floor in the
deep sleep following mental and physi-
cal collapse. 1t is unnecessary 70
mention the vile feature Of these gath
erings and the mischief they work to
the social fabric of the community.
The Jumpers are a branch Of the
Khlysty, and they are considered not
so much as religious fanatics as de-
bauchees, who employ mystical ex
altation a cloak to hide their real viii
lainy. Grave crimes are credited to
them. They are accused of drinking
the blood of infants. The woman be
came fairly insane in the Intoxicating
excitement of their religious dances.
Their hair flows free and their drapery
the mad swirl.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19

Industrial displays in connection
with huge worlds fair schemes have
heretofore suffered somewhat by rea-
son of the inevitable diffusion Of in
terest among rowing mass Of sight
seers. Where there is so much on
view but little is rightly compre-
hended. The national export expo
sition, with it's lavish provision for the
utmost possible requirements of in
ternational traffic, will mark the be-
ginning Of an era of specialized ex-
hibitions, each having for its object
some clearly defined sphere of indus
trial, civic or artistic effort. 1t prom
Uses to be, in addition, the most sig
nal success in the field Of industrial
exploitation that has been recorded in
the annals Of American exhibitions
philadelphia Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19
EXPORTS AND THE EXPOSITION.
Time to Bring American Energy and
Enterprise to the Front.

Not reckoning exports of mineral
oils and copper ingots in the account,
American exports of the domestic man
ufactures for the fiscal year 1899 were
valued in round numbers at $685. OO,-
900. In 1889 with petroleum and cop
per bars omitted, our national export
account footed up only $50, 100000. The
vast expansion of trade thus indicated
has been on lines admitting Of in
creasing and extensive Development
machinery and tools, cotton and wooden
fabrics, chemicals, leather goods and
all the minutae Of perishable products
that enter into the scheme of modern
civilization. To meet fully the worlds
requirements in these commodities,
and to create and firmly establish
system of trade interchange based
upon them, would be to achieve in
dustrial supremacy at the critical time
when the great international markets
are trembling in the balance. Now is
| the appointed season and the rare op-
porsunity to bring American enter
prise and energy to the forefront in the
never-ending contest for primacy in
material progress.
To this end the national export ex-
| position. the realization Of which IS
near at hand in the new White City
by the Schuylkill, has been adapted
with wondrous skill and unusual good
fortune. Just as the people OF the
United States have become fairly con-
vinced of the vast extent and immense
value of the new industrial empire
spread out before them, the exposition
is presented as aconspicuous center and
international rallying point OF the
multifarious productive interests which
all unconsciously hold the keys Of fu-
ture American prosperity. 1t is in re-
vealing to these their true strength
and in affording a comprehensive view
of the possibilities Of future American
enterprise in the worlds great markets
that the forthcoming exposition viii
prove most advantageous to our gian'
young industries in their rapid pro
, gress to commercial control through
out the channels Of international dis
tribution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19
To be Continued.
TELEPHOTOGRAPHY.

Not only does this apply to noun
tain subjects but to many others
alike. What remarkable pictures of
the naval battle of Santiago, the chase
of the Christobel Colon, or the gal
liant rescue of the despairing Spaniards
from their burning ships, might have
been obtained from the battle-ship
New York, with a lens of this descrip-
ton even at long range! I believe it
will be of inestimable value for the
purpose of securing views of the bat
teries and Notifications of an enc
my's harbor, which might be done at
safe distance from their guns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19
CHAPTER II.

Martin Schofeld, Esquire, was Lord
OF the Manor of West Dene. He was
wealthy man, and one who enjoyed
life to its full extent. He had great
aversion to all kinds of responsibility
and trouble; he had landagent who
managed one portion of his estate
The woods of Dene and the farms be-
yond them were under the care of
Paul Waldron. BY courtesy Paul
was called the Squire's steward, but in
reality his duties were more those OF
head keeper than anything else.
He was the son of poor parents. His
father had been the head game keeper
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19

At Portland, Ore, William Wallace
Thayer. formerly governor and chief
Justice of Oregon, is dead, aged Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19

Rear-Admiral Howison was placed
on the retired list Of the navy, after
As years active service.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-19

10 know to enable them to take his
train safely in, and, if necessary, send
it out again.-Boston Transcript.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-03
BRISTOL.

Fifteen persons from here who arc
fond Of athletic sports left last evening
for New York for the purpose of at
Tending tho fight between Jeffrfes and
Sharkey
Much satisfaction was expressed yes
terday when il was learned that the BY
field Rubber Company was TO resume
operations as the general impression
was that the plant had been or was to
be absorbed by the trust. If that oc-
Cured II was believed several hundred
employees would be thrown out OF
work
At the Business Mems Association
meeting last evening no business of i'm
portance was transacted.
The records at the town clerks office
shows that the attachment levied on the
William l.. Taylor property by Michael
Jelin has been discharged by l.. s Hoff-
man, attorney for the plaintiff
A large bellows fish got stranded
yesterday on the beach at the entrance
OF Mile-glrt Those who saw him
thought he would weigh about ~
pounds This specie Of fish years ago
was quite often caught here.
Eddie Morris, son OF Patrick Morris.
who fen and broke his collar bone, Is
comfortable and slowly improving.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-03
AT THE NORTH END.

The local merchants say that busl-
ness Is now better with them. than II
has been for years. and they look for
even bigger increase i'm ttade than has
yet resulted from the manufacturing
boom. Mechanics who had experienced
hard times were at first slow to spend
their increasing incomes even on the
necessaries, but now having become
assured that the good times have come
TO stay the circulation Of their earn
lngs has begun and Il means much To
the small as well as the large dealer.
The Christian workers Of the city
will meet at the Union Gospel Mission
this evening. \ large delegation from
this vicinity VIII attend and "a cordial
invitation is extended the public tO at
tend this meeting.
There was "a lively runaway on ths
upper part of Douglas avenue early
this morning. No damage Of any ac-
count was done.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-03
PAWTUXET VALLEY

The meeting of the Coventry Wo-
mans Club at Odd Fellows Hall yestcr-
day was we'll attended and Of much in
terest' IL being "members' aItcrnOon
the Man With the Hoe was the chief
poem discussed. Criticisms upon the
poem were made by Mrs. Manchester
ara Mrs. Bracket and the discussion
Wnlch Followed was of much interest.
Mlzpah Circle, Kings Daughters OF
Fhenlx will meet tomorrow afternoon
az the residence Of Mrs. George Corey,
Fiskeville
The Forty-five Club OF Hope met with
Mf. benjamin Fisk last evening ana
partook OF an elaborats supper
MIs. George a. Colyin of Harris Is
seriously III at ner home with an acute
attack OF pleurisy.
councilman Joseph Archamb3ult ot
Arctic Centre is visiting fri uds In cam
ada
The Falstaff Club viii met in GAR.
HAN Phon'x. Saturday evening.
ihe Following delegates f1 tho annual
convention OF the Kings Daughters 10
NeWport were appointed hv Ngl10ieer
circle Of Arkwright. Mrs Th1mas
smith, Mrs. Albert whitman Mrs. mn
iowth. Mrs. Olive Kingsley and Mrs.
Mary Potter
Mr.. Charles F0rcicr Is seriously lll M
MS residence In Arctic
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-03
EAST PROVIDENCE.

The fact that the bond Of Town
Treasurer Carpenter has not been filed
is causing considerable comment for
taxpayers from other towns call at the
town hall under the impression that
there is some one there TO receive the
cash, but they are politely informed
that the tax collector has not COM
menced 60 receive taxes yet. The tax
payers have the balance OF the month
10 pay I'm before they VIII be called up
on to pay Interest but one old gentle
man who has made his third call SAYS
that he ~ going cut OF the state and
as he has made an effort to nav his
taxes he Will decline IN pay any inter-
est when he pays his taxes ON his re-
turn. The fault is said 10 be with the
company that is furnishing the bond.
The Ray building Is decorated with a
handsome new sign that reads watch
CmOkct Fire Distrlct-ROom o"
The case OF George Garfield CHARGED
with revclling, will come up I'm tho sew
erth district court this afternoon Mr.
Garfield Is credited with saving tbat
he would fight the case to The bitter
end
Town Clerk Peck is preparing his an
uual report
a Hebrew peddler was fined SO ana
costs this morning for doing business
without "a license.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-03
AN ALASKAN HOME.

An Alaskan hut is not the worst
place i'm the world,-far from il. It's
interior consists OF a square floor OF
earth, flanked on all sides by two wide
ledges rising one above The other like
terrace On the lower one rest the
cooking, weaving. and fishing utensils,
the knives and needles. pots and pans.
on the upper ledge with much display
of wonderfully woven baskets. are the
beds. In the centre OF the room glows
the fire, the smoke groping i;s way
out Of hole i'm the roof, After the
days work is done and the stomachs
Of both people and dogs are tull, the
family gathers around the fire. Facing
the door sits the father, nexb him the
mother -eEa-ene hand the sons, and on
the other the daughters, even TO the
third and fourth generation, il may
be. Beyond these are the servants or
slaves. Each has his place and takes
il as a matter OF course. Without, in
the darkness, the dogs clutter around
the door and howl. The mysterious
and implacable sea keeps UP It's thun-
| der The sn0w-capped mountains. with
! their illimitable glaciers lie Just be-
Lights dart through the sky, like the
! hafpoons Of Titan, with incredible
celerity. Is IL strange that, amid scenes
! so wild and fearful. supersttons also
! wild and fearful spring INTO existence?
/ Or can one be surprised that in an un-
| lettered country the story telers are of
mighty power and tell tales that af-
! fright the children till they scramble TO
/ the safe shelter Of their mothers arms?
| When the family sings I'm strange brok-
/ en yet rhythm al measures. the dogs
/ howl louder than before, end the wo-
! men sway their squat bodies back ami
/ forth increasingly, keeping their hands
! occupied meanwhile at their tasks of
| weaving or bradIng. The men carve
! their spoons or cut curious figures ON
! the black slate. The suitor for the hand
! Of one of the daughters enters syly
! and takes a seat with the sons. No
! protest is made. The father and moth
! or got on with their Attle tasks. the
( young girls giggle after the fashion Of
| girls the world over And the sdltor
| thus unrepulsed contents himself
! thinking his case won. The older
! among them chants some old fOlk-sons
! and the father rises. II is the signal
/ for good nights. The ashes are spread
| over the fire. and by the light Of a
! few fishes tails. cried for the lighting
the family goes go bed, forgetful Of
| crashing bergs. Of the mysterious au-
rora Of the mountains whore the snow
| lies forever and alway. So is home made
! anywhere. whore the spirit OF home eX-
| ists.--Self- Culture Magazine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-03
SOME lITTLE-KN0WN FACTS.

Only eighteen per cent, Of all the
families in America employ domestic
help. leaving eighty-two per cent. with
out even one servent.
II all the dressmakers known TO ex-
list I'm America worked twenty-four
hours of each day for a whole year.
without stopping for sleep or meals,
they would still be able to make only
one dress apiece for less than seven
eights Of the women Of America.
Not per cent. ~ al the womca IN
America spend as much money as $50
per year on their clothes.
out # 1900 600 American families
the income of 1000 900 Of these families
rs less than $500 per year, and the in
comes of nearly so per cent OF the en-
tire number are less than $1,000 each per
year.
There are scores Of places I'm this
country where only one mail comes ev-
cry fourteen days.
Ask the average person where the
central point OF area IS IN the United
states and he will fix IL somewhere i'm
Illinois. Tell him 70 Us nearer San Fran
cisco and he viii be incredulous unit
be remembers that Alaska is within tn.
boundaries of Uncle Sam.-Edward Bol
In Ladies Home Journal