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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

Rio Grandc Western train No. I.
westbound, due here at $3.50 yesterday
morning. did not reach this city until
1880 o'clock last night The cause OF
the delay was wreck near Belden.
Colo.
Az near as can be learned the details
are that the passenger train was
tagged at Belden on account OF bro-
ken frog. One OF the brakcmen went
back and stopped two light engines
which were following the passenger
train. The brakeman then started fur
thcr back TO stop freight train which
was following the light engines, but
before he had proceeded far enough the
freight came around u curve and struck
the light engines. The engines were
driven into the rear OF the passenger
train. crushing the ends Of the last
sleeper and throwing the mail coach
aud baggage ear at the head OF the
train OF their trucks. The engines aud
the freight cars were badly damaged.
wrecking crew cleared the track, al
lowing the train TO renew its run at
$50 yesterday morning.
The sleeper OF No. l was partially
telescoped. says Mr.. Riley l.. Dixon,
who WINS ON the train returning from a
mission to the Southern States. The
mail car. baggage car and smoker were
80 badly DAMAGED that .hey had to be
left One engine was badly used up.
the tender being thrown up on the cab
OF tho locomotive. Two freight cars
were cut In two and thrown into the
river and there were candy. sewing ma
chimes and various other articles OF
merchandise scattered far and
wide. Mr.. Dixon says that when tho
engineer OF one OF the engines stand
ing on the track saw that the freight
train was running away he started hia
locomotive towards the approaching
train. and this action partially broke
the blow for the passenger. otherwise
terrible story would have been re-
corded. The presence OF mind OF the
engineer was much commended.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

HOODS PILLS are non-IrrltatIns. mix
effective.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31

also OF the cheapest grade, and is
made in the locality where used. 1t
costs $3.50 to SITS per catty, or six to
seven cents gold per pound. For the
fuse, paper called leather" in
shanghai is used, which is imported
from Japan, and is made from the in
ner lining Of the bamboo. In other
places a fine rice paper is used, gen.
orally stifened slightly with buck
wheat flour paste which the Chinese
say adds 20 its inflammabiIity. A
strip OF this paper one-third of an
inch wide by IA inches Ga Chinese
toot( long is laid on the table. and a
very little powder put down the mid
die Of it with hollow bamboo stick.
\ quick twist of the paper makes the
LuSe ready for use. Considering the
distance they come and all things con-
nected with the trade, the fre-crackers
with US are remarkably cheap. What
ever the American small boy may
think about it, this cheapness is hard
~ an unmixed blessing. It makes
an American citizen almost ashamed
of himself when he learns of the hours
OF labor and miserable wages paid the
hre-cracker makers. The hours of
labor are from 6 a. N. to II p. m, and
there are seven working days in
each week. Of the paid work. very
large proportion is done by women
and children, who are paid by the
piece. 1t is estimated that 80 women
and ten men can make 100000 crack
ers per day, for which work the women
receive five cents each and the men
about seven cents each. An appren-
tice is bound for four years. and dur
ing that time receives only his board,
At the end Of that period he will re-
ceive, if he is a fairly good workman,
$50 cash per day or seven cents in
United States money. An expert at
the trade receives 200 cash" per day.
or ten cents gold. But the worst of it
is that the pay is not only meagre, but
the business is unhealthy and danger
Gus to high degree. The fumes of
the powder and other things used in
the makeup of the cracker bring on
dread diseases, which soon end the ca
reer of the poor creatures engaged in
the work.-Leslie's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
CAUSE OF PHILIPPINE REBELLION

The direct cause Of the rebellion was
not excessive taxati N, priestcraft, in
dCstrial dissent. or military conscrip-
ton, but all OF these working thrOugl
what Spanish writer's call raiitiquisclo,
and describe as the root OF all evil in
the colonies PolitiquisnlO is political
discussion with q view to TefGrm, and
demands for political ard personal lib
critics. Before Magellan reached the
Pacific, the Tagalos had laws, letters,
and foreign commerce; for thIs2e nun
Gred years they have pr2 ctised forms
Of religion established by Philip Il,
and have been as good Christians as
can be produced by conpUIsoin. The
Tagalo language is spoken by some
millions of the most active and pro-
gresive inhabitants, and is fit for mod
ern uses, both in literature and bGsi-
ness. Spanish is not understood by
one-tenth Of the civilized natives. The
slow progress OF education, however,
and the admission OF natives to
academic standing as advocates and
doctors, or even as notaries, pharma-
cists, and schoolmasters, let in some
light from the modern world Many OF
the reforms demanded were covered
by liberal laws enacted in Spain.-Har-
per's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
CHAPTER NXZNIl.

Great and sorrowful changes had
happened to Lady Florence Wyvern
since she stood on the sunlit lawn of
Severnoke Castle, feeding the white
doves that fiuttered round her
Never was any fate more full of
startling contrasts than hers. Brought
up in the midst of unbounded extrav-
agance and unlimited indulgence, she
had never known a wish ungratifed
The late earl had been prodigal all
his life The establishment he kept
up at the castle was magnificent.
There were whole troops of domestic
servants. and carriages, and horses al
most without number; and profusion
reigned alike in the hall and kitchen !:
no one ever looked after anything:
and of this extravagant and unlimited
household Lady Florence had been
sole mistress almost from the time she
had been able to walk
True, there was a stately old house
keeper, even as there were butler
and steward: but the chief occupa-
ton of the servants at Severnoke
Castle seemed to be, in plain and per.
haps somewhat vulgar English. wha-
is generally known as "featherins
their own nest"
The earl himself seldom, if ever
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31

men for six months. It's thousands of
pearls are strung on silk and horse
hair and the design is most elaborate.
Mr.. Myers home was in Carthage,
Tenn, and the early discovery of pearls
in a stream near the town attracted his
attention while he was attending Har-
ward university. He took many pearls
North with him at the end of each va
cation as gifts to his friends and class
mates. This led him to 4ook into the
commercial possibilities of the pearl
industry. Immediately on leaving the
university he began to develop the
fresh-water pearl interests OF America
and has visited nearly all the sections
of this country and of the old world
from which pearls have been taken
He believes the west and south will
soon rank pearl gathering among their
important ndustries.-Chicago Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31

the latter case actuating the stylus
magnet at the receiving end, which
leaves mark on the paper of the re-
ceiVing cylinder in the form of a line
corresponding 10 the width of the in
sulation over which the transmitting
stylus is passing. The stylus at each
end Of the line is simultaneously ad-
vanced at the end OF each revolution of
the cylinders by screw OF small pitch
From the description il will be seen
that if the surface of the foil on the
transmitting cylinder were entirely in
sulated, the receiving stylus would
merely draw number OF parallel lines
on the paper corresponding to the
turns of the screw, and separated a dis
lance corresponding to the pitch Of the
screw and the angle through which it
is turned at each operation. The Hum
nell apparatus is said to be entirely
practicable, the simplicity of its syn
chronizing mechanism giving it great
advantage over former types of Caselli
picture telegraphs. The apparatus has
been worked duplex with success. In
one instance, a picture was sent from
New York to st. Louis while one was
being received from the same place in
New York, the latter picture in addi-
ton being received simultaneously at
Boston. Here, again. sober science re-
allies poetic metaphor, transmit ling
not words only, but forms, much after
the fancy of "The Three Jolly Hunt
ers,' who saw "a bobbin' bunnfe cot
tontail that vanished from their gaze"
One said it was a hot baseball,
Zippt through the brambly thatch,
But the others said twas a note by
post,
Or n FOL NH, 4o,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
NOISY LITTLE FIRECRACKERS.

So far as the manufacture and use
world seems to be divided into two
parts-China and the United States
The Chinese make the crackers and we
attend to the other end of the bust
ness. They do the work and we have
the fun, mostly. No other nation,
outside Of China itself, seems to have
walked up yet to the possibilities of the
joy and bloodshed that is in these lit
tle-red-coated terrors from the Celes-
tia1 kingdom. According to a recent
report from Consul General Goodnow,
Of Shanghai, out of 26,705,733 pounds
OF fire-crackers exported from China
during 1897, over 100000 pounds
came to the United States. A small
quantity went to England Other coun-
tries took only infnitesimal amounts.
The value Of our patriotism thus ex-
ported IN the concrete was over 81 ,00O,-
900 in gold as valued in China. How
much more money was involved in it
by the time it got down to the small
boy and its final destiny, deponent
saith not. In making crackers only
the cheapest kind Of straw paper which
can be produced in the immediate To-
cality where the crackers are made is
used for the body Of the cracker. A
little finer paper is used for the wrap
per. A piece Of straw paper by 80
inches will make p crackers, one and
one-half inches long and one-fourth
OF an inch in diameter. The powder is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
STORY OF THE REBELLION.

At the time of the TAPPING rebellion
that is to say, in 1S54-a shrewd and
ambitious "house-boy," named Alnig,
employed by one of the foreign bust
ness houses of Shanghai, being fired
by the prospect of unlimited loot, Or
ganized a very successful rebellion
against the imperial authority. He
proclaimed himself General, and all of
his assistants officers OF high degree:
and one night he took possession of the
walled Chinese city in the name of Tai
pingWang. The capture was not with
out bloOdshed; few out of the multi
tude of Cinnamon made some resist
ance, but they were promptly slain, and
their heads hung on hooks as orna-
ments to the gate of entrance. The
capture, or rather change of ownership.
Of the city was reported to the Emner-
or, who dispatched an army to recap
ture it. In laying siege to the city the
army selected the site for it's forts with
great Judgment, for between the points
OF the extreme ranges of the guns OF
both sides there was a safetyzone about
half mile wide, in which battles were
frequent and fierce-looking, with much
firing of guns and crackers, beating OF
gongs, and a, great noise of shouts. At
this time I was very young and small
nfdshipman on the United States cor
vette Plymouth, at anchor in the har-
Dor of Shanghai. | managed to see
more or less of what was going OF,
and, among other things, one shot that
was more eHective than the usual run.
There was battle on. | had strolled
over to the front OF the TAPPING troops,
where, resting on his gun, stood Col
onel Reynolds, Familiarity known as
Pirate Reynolds, burly English SOL
der Of fortune, who, for a considera-
ton, had Joined Alings army TO or
ganize and drill it. He had a Minnie
rife, the first Of the make l mad ever
seen, and he was very proud of it.
After descanting on it's merits, he
asked me if | should like to try a shot,
l said | should He pointed toward the
enemy, and said, ''Do you see that chap
with the red shirt-that fellow Jumping
up and DOWN." I could see him dis
tinctly. well, take a crack at him,
and if you hold little high, you'll
fetch him" l recoiled at the offer,
hardly caring to commit a murder.
Gimme the gum" he said seeing you
are so damned squeamish, III try him
myself" and he did. He fired, and the
red-shrited Chinaman fell dead. This
ended the battle; the Imperialists, who
had not dreamed of such heavy losses,
beat rapid retreat.-Harper's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
FISHING ON THE SNOWBANKS
Unusual Sort of SnowsIide Among
Norwegian Mountains.

4 snow avalanche with very I'M
usual results is reported from Norway.
1t gave the people of Christiania some
thing to talk about for a week The
unique phenomenon occurred among
the low mountains back Of the capital
March IS. There had been an ex-
traordinary fall Of snow, and then
came a big thaw, which melted great
deal Of the ice in the little Lilledal
River. A very large number of fish
had their home in this stream and
what happened to them is the unusual
feature of this avalance.
In the night a large mass of snow on
the hills on one side of the stream slip
ped from the slopes and gIided with
great velocity down into the river
The face of the avalanche was about
mile in length, and for that distance
it slid into the river, not sharing the
river bed with the water, but violently
ejecting the stream and the fish living
in it.
The force of that conclusion must
have been very great, for the water
and fish were hurled hundreds of feet
Next morning the people were very
much surprised to find, high on the
slopes of the hills bordering the other
side of the valley, great number of
fish scattered over the snow. For some
days there was a most unusual sort of
fishing in progress. Men, women and
children were foundering about in the
snow gathering the fish in baskets, and
the people living along the valley had
all the fish they could eat without
batting a hook.-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
THE STORY.

When tired limbs and restless feet
Are close in comfort huddled,
When, all relaxed, in loving arms
The precious form is cuddled
Where may -be-worId is well revealed
Rich-hued and touched with glory
There's no place like these shelt'ring
arms
And naught else like the story.
When all that frets a little heart
IS lost in worlds enhancing,
Where wonder brings his chariots,
With all his hosts advancing,
Deep eyes dilate with interest
While breath is held suspended;
Reality may not intrude
Until the story's ended.
When tiny sullen-brownes
May have chased the smiles aside,
When temper or injustice
Shall tempt naughtiness to biGe,
When restlessness and longing
Bring the lambki to the fold,
There is healing in the soft caress
And balm in story told.
Lillian H. Picken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31

Last spring one OF the New York pa
pers experimental with the Hummell
apparatus, in connection with papers in
Chicago, st. Louis, Philadelphia and
Boston. The apparatus, as illustrated
and described IN the Electrical World
and reproduced by Modern Machinery,
consists Of a receiver and transmitter,
similar in appearance and in nechan-
ism. The transmitter is here shown.
The picture to be transmitted is drawn
on a heavy piece OF metal foil, the lines
Of the drawing being made with an in
sulating ink. The foil is then secured
on the circumference Of a horizontal
cylinder on the transmitter, the cylin-
der being of about the size of a type
writer rubber roller. There is a sim
liar cylinder on the receiver, on whose
surface is clamped the paper upon
which the drawing is to be reproduced;
over this is superposed carbon paper,
which is covered in turn by a sheet of
thin paper. A stylus actuated by an
electromagnetic is adjusted close to the
surface of the latter, and each time a
current is passed through the electro
magnet the stylus is forcibIy pressed
against the moving surface of the cyl
inder, and a corresponding mark is
made on the two sheets in contact with
the carbon paper; the outer sheet
serves merely to offer smooth surface
to the stylus and to enable the oper-
ator to see that the picture is being
properly reproduced. The transmit
ting cylinder passes under a similar
stylus, which latter closes the circuit
between the receiving and transmitting
ends when it rests upon the foil, and
opens the circuit when it passes over
tho limos u-11 10 ;,,Iy in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
FILLING THE GAP.

The bright boy of fiction is playing
with his Noah's ark.
What are these two chips Of wood?"
asks the bright boys father.
1t is necessary for the bright boy Of
fiction to have father, you know;
there has to be somebody to draw him
out
Them" replied the bright boy,
without hesitation, sis the microbes!"
OF course, if we think minute, we
perceive that there must have been a
pair Of microbes on the ark.-Detroit
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
FROM HAND TO MOUTH.

I'll never speak to him again!" ex-
claimed the young woman in the pale
blue jacket. He called me his queen
and asked if he might kiss my hand.
| said yes, and-an-d after that he
kissed me on the lips without asking"
Il suppose said the young woman in
the yellow buskins, 'she follows along
the line Of least resistance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
PEARLS in THE CLAM
TRY OF GATHERING THE GEMS.
FROM NATIVE STREAMS

Sugar River in Wisconsin Said 10 Con-
tain Costliest Specimens-Wealth in
State of enneSSee-Gathering CT
the Gems May Be Promoted Arti-
ficially
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31

Dewey landed at Nice, Italy, and
took long drive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31

Or a telegraph dispatch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-02-10

stitutiOn iSgreat and admirable"
yet that there is a higher sane
ton and a surer protection to
life and liberty, to- the right OF
speech and trial by jury, to jus
tice and humanity, in the tradi-
tons, the beliefs, the habits OF
mind and the character of the
American people than any which
can be afforded by any constitu
ton however wisely drawn"
when such declarations are made
in one of the three departments
OF the government it is as fit oc-
casion for alarm asever was pro-
duced by any condition of war.
That such language could ever
be used in the halls of an Ameri.
can Congress, and that too in a
line OF argument i'll avoidance OF
the provisions of our consti.
tuition is, to say the least, a mat,
ter of surprise.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-02-10
Jacob Stern'S
special hour sales,

commencing Saturday February
+ at 8 o'clock. Each hour will see
something new. The following
bargains will go on sale.
From 8 to 10
100 doz. Fancy wings and quilts
regular price 25 to 35c at Acc.
From 10 to II
All our % and 35c hose at 15c.
From II to 10
200 prs. 1914 Blankets at 29c.
From 2 to 8
81 inch Gray flannel Tee usually
sold at 15c.
From 3 to 4
Silk Velvets worth up to 50, SOC
yard while they last.
From 4 to B
Ladies and children's white and
COlOred HandkerChletS &c eaCn.
From 5 to 8
10 pcs. double fold Scotch tweed
dress goods worth Acc at tic.
From Z to 8
25 boys suits, odds and broken
lots SEC each.
From 8 to 8
About 20 pairs ladies Slippers
Price 81, $1.25, $3.50 at SIC.
Each of the above lots will be
designated by a Special Red
Ticket each hour.
Respectfully,
JACOB STERN.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-02-10
NOTICE.

The ou-residrnt uroprirtnrs Of the town Of
Concord. IN the county ui hs>rN and State Of
Vermont arr hereby notified that the taxes
a,srssed hy said town within the year next
4. rrc-ding this date. rranain either la whole
81 IN part unpaid on the following described
IaniS In ssiid town. tuNit;
part uf bot No. II IN The ist range, 4th
division drawn To- the original night u Steele
smith, owned ny Lena Higgins,
Also the X. n. Graves farm 80 called ound-
ei and described "a follows. commencing at
a Spruce tree marked for corner standing
Hu the line ut the Richardson lot 80 called,
Icing the northwest corner Of said farm and
running Ca-lCTig To the southwest corner Of
luru Formerly owned 10y J. IL. Wa!hridge.
tHguCc south an the west hne 81 land owned
ng a. -. FRYE, and land owned hy u. Is.
Lindsey TO the brook OF northwest corner 81
the krmersou lot, thence south on the west
line ut the kcnrrSou lot To near the upper
dam, thence east on the south line 81 INC
kruersun lot to beech tree marked tor q
corner standing at the oil county ROAD
thence west ON said county ruad to the north
east corner ui piece 81 land decided by y. >
Graves tn ]. Z. barker october Slst, ln'S'
thence south ON said Bankers west inc 70
land owned by JAMES y Frye. thcECe west
ON sail FTye's north line to line OF land form
rTly owned 10y John NJ. Darling, thrsce n"i w
on said Daring east line To his northeas'
corner, thence ON said barling's north line "a
line Of land owned by Harvey Iudevinc, Ihenct
north ON said IudevIEe's east line to the old
county ROAD, thence west on said IudeNinc
nultn Ntc To the kitililNenA ipl mt AHN
north ON the East line OF the Richardson lo'
To the bound begun at, except the buria
I ground included within SAID bouuus, togeth
| rr with a part of lot No. i Ia the sth range
I 4th DIVISION OF lots drawn TO the urigiua
/ right OF Walter White, said above described
/ land owned by Maud A. McDOualI.
And 80 muCn OF said lands will he sold a
public auction at tine town clerks oincC II
! said town OF Concord on the 9Th day u
March. a. u. 1899. AT 8 O'Clock a. m. as shall
| ne requisite to discharge said taxes VIII
| costs unless previously paId.
! Dated at COrcurd, Vt, this 4th day of Fet
ruary A. ID. 1899.
/ +. A. BREWER, Collector of Town Taxes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-02-10
Maine Central R. R,
Boston & Maine R. R,
Time Table,

Trains leave Newport:
For St. Johnsbury at 1910 and 700 a II,
.O5 and IL. 40 p. m. Return at ? 2O-3I5
a m. 3. 3--4. ~ and ISL p. m.
For Wells River at 12.10--7.OO a m, l.O5
and TO- 40 p. m. Return at 1852 25 a. m
= .35--3 80 and 7.O5 p. M
For White River Jet at 700 a. m, and 10.
40 p. m. Return, 2.55 a. m, .45--4 2Op.n
For Plymouth at 12.1O--7.O0 a. m, los
p. m. Return at l2.55--5.15 and 11.5f y. N
For Concord at ~ i OF 90, n. m. / Oslo
40 p. m. Return at IL .15--11. 20 a. m, IS
3.1O--9.55--1OlO p. m.
For Manchester. y. H, at 12.1O-7.O Oam
l .O5-lO 40 p. m. Return at SO a. IN. ! 90
.. 4I--9 10 and @. 30 p. IN.
For Lowell at 1907 90 a. m, Oslo.
40 p. m. Return at $40 a m. 2O9.l 30
S.13 40 p. m.
For Springfield. Mass. at 700 a m. and
1910 p. m. Return at 9.15 a. m, 1915 and
For Nashua Jet. at l 2 / OF a. M. l O5 and
1O.4O p. m. Return at 1905 a. m. ! . 49,
O5- SIS and 600 p. m.
For Boston at 1907 a. m. 1.o5-10,40 D.
m. Return at 80 a. m, II. 3o-sOOp. N
Trains leave GrovetOn for
Lancaster at 40 n. m. 12.2O-6 so p. N
Return at 6.l5-1l.37 a. m. and 5.25 p. m,
Littleton at 10 a. m. 12.2O-6.5O p. n
Return at / G. ~ n. m. and 4:31 p. m.
Wells River at 7:1o a. m. 12:2O.6:50 p,
Return at 9:55 n. m, $50 p. m.
Plymouth at 7:1O a. M, 12:2O-6:50 p.
Return at sos a. m, - p, m.
Concord at 7:1O a. m, 12:2O-6:5O p. m
Return at and 1870 a. IN.
Manchester at 7:1O a. m. 12:2O-6:5O p. II.
Return at $40 and 1899 a. m.
Nashua Jet, at 7:1O a. m. 12:2O-6:j0 .. NJ.
Return ut 1908 a. IN.
Springfield at 7:lO a. m $50 p. M Return
AT rs a. m.
aston at 7:1U a. M. ~ 2O-6:5O p. m. Re
turn at 900 a. m.
DANA J. FLANDERS,
Gen Pass q Ticket Agt