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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
Disposition of Ruskin Property,


The Ruskin colony is no more. Its
lands and most Of it's personal property
have been sold under the hammer. A
news dispatch, dated Nashville, Tenn,
introduces a detailed account of the
transaction with these words: "The
disruption of the Ruskin Co-Operative
association, the socialist colony located
at Ruskin, Tenn, which has attracted
worldwide attention, was complet ed
when the auctioneer for the receiver
ship sold the lands and buildings to a
small coterie of the members of the
colony, who had been instrumental in
causing the sale" In presenting some
reasons why, on strictly general princi-
pies, all enterprises of the "co-opera-
tive production" order must be more
or less misfits when considered in
their relation to prevailing laws and
ideas, / said "EXperience shows that
sooner or later such cooperative enter
prises go to smash. They endure as
long as they are poor. Men make a
sure living. Formerly they did not.
j Ivy diC SohtCAI. l)uI do W6dllu dc-
crues, this, that, or the other fellow
wants more than his share-wants all,
if he can get it-and then there's
trouble. Trouble makes it necessary
to go to law Then the end is at hand"
The first-quoted paragraph from the
Nashville dispatch says that this is
exactly what happened and precisely
the way it happened. Some one wanted
more than his share-wanted all-and
there was trouble. Then came resort
to law Then the end. 1t does not fol-
low from this that one should abandon
ideas of establishing enterprises of
such character. Far from it. What
does follow is this: 1t is not wise to
try to graft a more or less socialistic
twig onto strictly individualistic tree
and that's the kind of tree our pres
ent economic system is-the laws and
prevalent ideas make it such. Not a b.
solutely, because it contains capabili-
ties of development in directions that
will in future nourish the growth of
such enterprises. but yet so much so
that to attempt the graft before the
necessary development of law and
ideas is had, is to invite failure, and
failure generally at that moment when
the unremunerative work of preparing
the ground has been so far accom-
plshed that valuable results are begin
ming to appear
The sale at Ruskin took place in the
big cave. The Rogers tract, the Smith
tract and the Adams tract, being the
land upon which the colony was locat
ed and containing about 784 acres, were
sold to Mr. Ransom Leech for s1l 600
The first location of the colony was
near Tennessee City, where the asso-
ciates still had 1000 acres of land and
a storehouse. All this was purchased
for $1,473 by Mr.. George Wright,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
Electric Lifters.

In some steel manufactures electro
OF hooks for lifting plates and bars
The magnet being put into contact
with the center of a bar or plate, the
current is turned on, and instantly the
magnetic grip becomes effective The
crane then carrying the magnet then
swings its load to the required posi-
ton, when the current being turned
off the magnet Immediately releases
its hold.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
Power of the Mauulicber Rifle

The power of the Mannlicher rifle
was recently demonstrated in an acci-
dent near Prague, the Bohemian capi-
tai. Two gendarmes entered a room
in an inn and closed the door, putting
their rifles in the corner. One rifle
fell and discharged itself, the bullet
going through the door into the next
room, where a party was dancing,
passed through the body of a musician,
killing him, and then through the
bodies Of five other men, all of whom
were dangerously wounded.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
Labor Notes.

A cotton lyceum movement has been
inaugurated at Columbus, Ga, having
for it's object to encourage a higher
educational standard among the oper-
atives of the Southern cotton mills.
The latest Typographical aggregation
of national scope is the South African
Typographical union, which is COM
posed of the unions of East London,
Durham, Pietermaritzburg, Kimberley,
Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town,
Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein.
The Montreal Street Railway Com
pany has insured each of it's employees
for $1,000 against accident or total dis
ability; conductors and motormen who,
have been in its service for more than
two years receive an increase in wages,
and those who have served five years
or more receive their uniforms free,
from the company.
There are $4,000 women in the Unit
ed States employed in cotton mills TO-
700 in the carpet industry, 20,500 in ho-
sery and knitting mills, 56,1OO in
wooden mills, $4,000 in the manufacture
of tobacco and cigars, 5000 at paper
making, $500 on gloves, $1,000 on
shirts, collars and cuffs, 20,5OO in silk
mills, and 5000 are estimated to be
employed in the manufacture of shoes
ard leather goods.
That the iron and steel industry is
boOlning is evidenced by the Bulletin
of the American Iron and Steel As
sociation just issued. which gives
complete statistics of the production Of
all kinds of pig iron in the United
States in the first half OF 1899. The,
total production of pig iron in that
period was $3.50, ,167 gross tons, against
$500. 703 tons in the first half of 1898
and 5,9O4,231 tons in the second half,
the production Of Bessemer pig iron
was 3.7SS,9O7 gross tons, against g.
.5S4 tons in the first half of 1898
and $685. 800 tons in the second half.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29

city. The number of instances in
which the culprit dies slow death
from strangulation are well known, and
the device, a cut of which is here pub
lished. has worked admirably on dolls
and manakins. The contrivance does
away with the hangman's knot and
cannot slip. A bar of steel curved to
the shape Of human neck, has ropes
leading to the center of the inside of
the curve, which pass through a hole
in the middle of the bar. BY pulling
the ropes out a few inches and crossing
them one over the other perfect
moose is made, easy in slip, but when
once attached rigid in action. The in
ventor would have the condemned
stand on low platform, with no drop,
and the other end of the rope attached
to a weight heavier than the criminal.
When all is ready the weight is
dropped from a shelf and plunges
heavily to the ground, jerking the
criminal in the air with such force as
to surely break his neck with the doc
tors device. Having reached the
zenith of its flight the body would as
speedily descend, the neck being thus
given another killing wrench, which
would certainly cause a fracture if the
first movement failed.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
The Cry of the Little Peoples.


].
The Cry of the Little Peoples went up to
God in vain:
The Czech, and the Pole, and the Finn,
and the Schleswig Dane.
We ask but a little portion of the green
and ancient earth;
Only to SOW and sing and reap in the la nd
of our birth.
We ask not coaling stations, nor ports
in the China seas,
we leave to the big child-nations such
sriValries as these.
We have learned the lesson of time, and
we know three things of worth
Only to sow and sing and reap in the
land of our birth.
On, leave US our little margins, waste
ends of land and sea,
A little grass. and hill or two, and a
shadowing tree;
Oh, leave us our little rivers that sweet
ly catch the sky,
10 drive our mills, and to carry our
wood, and to ripple by.
once long ago, like you, with hollow
pursuit of fame,
We filled all the shaking world with the
sound of our name;
But now we are glad to rest, our bat
ties and boasting done,
Glad just to SOW and sing and reap in our
share of the sun.
And what shall you gain if you take us
and bind us and beat us with thongs,
And drive us to sing underground in a
whisper our sad little songs?
FORBID us the very use of our hearts
own nursery tongue
Is this to be strong, you nations is this
to be strong?
Your vulgar battle to fight, and your
shopman conquests to keep,
For this shall we break our hearts, for
this shall our old men weep?
What gain in the day of battle-to the
Russ, to the German, what gain,
The Czech, and the Pole, and the Finn,
and the Schleswig Dane?
Nv.
The Cry of the Little Peoples goes up to
God IN vain,
For the world is given over to the cruel
sons of Cain;
The hand that would bless us is weak,
and the hand that would break us
is strong,
And the power of pity is naught but the
power of song.
The dreams that our fathers dreamed to-
day are laughter and dust,
And nothing at all in the world is left for
man to trust.
Let us hope no more, or dream, or
prophesy, or pray,
For the iron world no less will crash on
its iron way;
And nothing is left but to watch, with a
helpless, plying eye,
The kind old aims for the world and the
kind old fashions die
LIE Galienne in London Chron-
ice.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
Failure of Oil-Euel Tests.

1t has been decided to abandon the
trials of oil fuel that have been made
on the torpedoboat destroyer Surly of
the British navy on the ground that it
is impracticable unless some special
arrangements are made for consuming
the smoke produced by the Oil. Inc
experiments have been in progress
about a year, and important results
were anticipated by believers in the
system, who argued that the liquid fuel
not only would be cheaper ana cleaner,
but would also save labor in stOking.
In the course Of the tests the Surly
went to sea but once, when it was
found that the speed and power de-
veloped were far less than when coal
was used, owing to the low evaporative
qualities of the oil fuel Various ap-
pliances were tried to prevent the es-
cape of heat with the smoke, but no
solution to the difficulty was found,
and owing to the density, dirtiness,
and nauseous smell of the smoke, it
became positive nuisance. The fail
ure of these tests is not entirely dis
appointment to British naval men in
view of the enormous changes that
would have to be made not only in
adopting the present machinery of war
vessels to new conditions, but also IN
securing and maintaining adequate
supplies of oil fuel at coaling stations
and naval depots in various quarters OF
the globe
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29

ments MADE at cornell university. IT
has been shown there that the strength
0f steel and wrought iron Is least at
y temperature of 20 degrees Fahren-
heit, and that it increases when the
temperature either rises or falls from
that point, At $50 degrees above zero
and 60 degrees below zero the strength
is increased about 90 per cent. The
elastic limit also rises slightly with
increase of cold
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
Paper at the IClenh

A desk or table convenient for jot-
ting down memoranda is regarded as
telephone essential. In the wall
telephone the battery box is made with
an inclined top suitable for this pur-
pose, and a recently patented device,
the invention of Daniel A. Moore of
st. Louis, Mo, combines with the bat
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

Dorothy Nande and the Terrible Thing
That Happened to Her-Playthings
That Can I;e Made from Acorns, Pop
pies and Daisies Cleveland Children.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORkMEN.

Ruskin Colony Disrupted and Its Prop
erty Sold-Bought in by Minority
Faction - Proposition to Eliminate
Some of the Socialism.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29

terry box desk roll of paper, which is
always convenient for the purpose of
making notes. The top consists of
two parts, hinged, and one folding
over the other. The top one forms the
ordinary desk top, but being lifted re-
veals sheet of paper. This sheet
forms the end of a reel, which is held
in the top of the battery box, and the
necessary notes being made the sheet
is drawn along by means of two rollers
and the used part severed by means of
q convenient knife edge
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29

Cold DOes Not Make Metal Brittle.
The common belief that steel and
iron become brittle and more liable to
break when subjected to great cold 10
eontradicted by the results of expert
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.

To Bring Death Ouickly-Paper at the
Failure of Oil-Fuel Test
Deadly Motor Quadricycle-Cold
Does Not Make Metal Brittle.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
To Bring Death Quickly.

A doctor of Baltimore is the inven-
tor of contrivance for hanging Grim
inals. which he claims will not fail to
break the neck, says the News of that
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29

Chance gives lis relations, but we
must make our own friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
THE OLD "WISCONSE" RIVER.
BY Mrs. 5. Burrows. I

By Mrs s Burrows.l
1t had flowed for ages, through forests wild and
dark,
And murmured to the song bird 5 note, and the
wolves loud bark,
And the swarthv warriors tread, (while hunting
with bow and quiver,)
Murmurings OF the waters of the old Wise onse
river.
There the pine forest lowered above it, vines
traied beside the calm stream,
There the Indian maid with nothing to do, but
sit on its banks and dream,
There in the cool shade, and beneath the suns
gIimmer,
Flowed the waters of the old Wisconse river.
The beautiful deer would quench his thirst at
the clear and flowing waters,
And behind the trees with eyes alert, stood the
bold and dusky warriors;
Straight went the arrow! Il gasp and shiver,
While on flowed the waters of the old Wisconse
river
Time has wrought changes, and the Woodlands
AK has laid the forest low,
Minis now stand beside the stream, and depend
on the rivers TOW.
Upon the march Of industries, how fast the
green pines wither,
SIll on flows the waters OF the old Wisconse
river.
Il affords delight in winter (when the works OF
"Ning Frost glsten and BEAM
TO the merry skaters gliding along the ice
bound stream
While they glide to The light of the moon, and
the moonbeams CULVER,
And underneath flows the waters of the ole
Wsconse river.
1t helps swell the "Great Father of Waters,
which rises i'll Minnesota,
That for centuries has washed the bones of Tho
diseoyerer (Ferdinaud D. Sota,)
For into it the Spaniards buried their leader,
And into it flows the waters of the old NisconsC
river
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
SARATOGA.

Miss Viola Elliott. again surprised
her folks by visiting with them a few
days last week. The reason of this
visit was a severe sore throat. but
there is smile noticed on some of the
knowing ones faces which is hard to
tathOm. Her throat improved so rap
idly that she was able to return to her
school Monday morning.
We are not informed that couple
of young gentlemen, one from Ne
kOOSa and the other from this hard
scrabble, have been successful in their
diligent search for something stout.
The object of their search is more
commonly known as skunks.
| have been afflicted with rheuma-
tism for fourteen years and nothing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
BARNUM.

On Saturday evening Nat Applebee
and Gene Wilson took livery team
and went down to get Henry Georges
family to spend the evening with
them. They reached there, all got in
to sing, this yeXed the pretty livery
ponies and they stood perfectly still
Gene took them by the head and
cOaXed and cOaXed and cOaXed and
they would not 60. All the others
were out buSily pushing the sleigh,
both men and women, when all Of d
sudden the lantern they had exploded
and the excitement was increased.
The women returned home, Gene and
Nat unhitched the ponies, took them
home and returned with Il good farm
team, hitChed to the sleigh and turned
to gather up the scattered group
Fortunately it was showing hard and
next morning no tracts were seen.
Young men take Il livery team for a
good time of course. This team was
not balky. Oh. No. Just tired the
boys guessed.
II. George took load of pork up to
NekOOsa last week, anybody wants
any humping done he is the fellow to
call on.
Earnest St. Clair spent Saturday
and Sunday at home, He found his
father very sick.
The Misses Maud, Mabel and Lolita
BurrOugh visited at G. H. MOnroe'S
last week.
Several from here attended the
Quarterly meeting at Spring Creek on
Sunday.
Mr.. Thompson visited at Rev
Waste on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair visited at Will
son 5 last week.
G. B. Bnrhite is renorted quite sick.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
SDain'S Greatest Need.

Mr.. r. p. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain,
spent his winters at Aiken, S. Z. Weak
nerves had caused severe pans in the
back of his head. On using Electric
Bitters, Americas greatest Blood and
Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left him.
He says this grand medicine is what
his country needs. All America knows
that it cures liver and kidney trouble,
purifies the blood, tones up the stomach
strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigol
and new life into every muscle, nerve
and organ of the body. If weak, tired
o. ailing YOU need it. Every bottle
guaranteed, only so cents. Sold by
John +. DAILY, druggist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
VESPER.

thriving agricultural village OF several humid
redinhabitantS, ten miles northwest OfthetWin
cities located on the {. M. Il st. p and the NJ.
& Sc railroads. 1t has a creamery, and
planning mill and is surrounded by fertile
farming cOuntryd.
Rev. A. \. Martin moved to
Prentice where he will continue his
labOrS SO we'll begun here. We under
stand that he has d church building
which is all that can be desired.
Are you thin? Would you like to
get fat and plump? Tried ''laughing"
t'WOuldn't wOrk-now take Rocky
Mountain Tea-t'wiIl do the business.
50 cents. John E. DAILY.
Ben Hansen, the enterprising grocer
of Centralia, and J. @. ROte, bought d
carload of onions this past week. Mr..
Hansen went into Chicago with them.
Geo. Otto has resigned his position
as clerk in one of the large depart
ment stores and will be home now for
a few weeks resting up.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. J.
Moody, little girl weighing two and
half pounds. All concerned are
doing we'll.
VIII Cole has been on the sick list
but is somewhat better. Ed. Nelson
is working there while Will is sick.
Mat Povalok is moving to another
of his farms near PlainfieId. He has
sold his Vesper farm.
Monday morning Miss Minnie Reuss
went up to Arpin to work for Mr..
Newell.
Mrs. J. Q. Rote is still improving.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

seemed to give any relief. / was able
to be around all the time, but con-
Stantly suffering. / had tried every
thing | could hear Of and at last was
told to try Chamberlain Pain Balm,
which [ did, and was Immediately
relieved and in short time cured. L
am happy to say that it has not since
returned.-JOsh Edgar, Germantown,
Cal. For sale by f. L. Steib.
AS usual it is something of unusual
Occurance to see revision of the old
pioneer days in this up-to-date time,
but the people of this community
have been treated to such sight by
\. Hawkins who hauls wood TO Ne
koosa while his most devoted spouse
and a small drove eff the canine species
accompany him each day.
Not one child dies where ten for
merly died from Group. People have
learned the value of One Minute
Cough Cure and use it for severe lung
and throat troubles. 1t Immediately
stops coughing. 1t never fails. Wood
County Drug Co.
1t is with pleasure we inform the
people of the rapid progress made by
Arthur Gillett in his studies at the
Stevens Point normal. Art. is Il very
smart boy and is we'll liked by both
the faculty and students.
Edgar Elliot was somewhat sur
prised on presenting to his wife a
quarter of beef, as he termed it, which
he had found in the road on his way
from NekOOSa, to find the same was
only piece of wood.
''Give me a liver regulator and [ can
regulate the world" said a genius.
The druggist handed him a bottle of
DeWitt'S Little Early RiSers, the
famous little pills. Wood County
Drug Co.
Chas w. Christian departed Mon
day night for Glenalan, ILL.,, to attend
the funeral of his mother We are
informed deceased had nearly reached
the century mark.
Wesley Wakely has been confined to
the house for couple of weeks with
what is termed pneumonia. We are
not aware at this writing if he is i'm
proving or not.
Taken this month-keepS you well
all summer. Drives away impure
| blood. The greatest spring tonic ever
offered. Rocky Mountain Tea. John
E. DAILY.
VIM. SOrenSon returned last week
| from an extended stay in the DakOtaS,
where he took in harvesting and
| threShing.
Miss Jennie Berard of Grand Rapids
commences her second term of school
in the Keough district Monday.
NewboIt Wakely enjoys spending
his Sundays at the Rapids. What is
| the attraction?
I've Berry and Mr.. lesser of Plain
| field were guests of Ed Lakin few
| days last week.
Mrs. Matthews has been on the sick
list the past week, but at present is
much better.
The library is quite an attraction
this winter especially for some folks.
Miss Mary Mullen spent Thursday
with Lucy Wood and Emma Nutter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Nutter visited at
Grand Rapids, Tuesday.
NJ. L. Towsend and son were busy
last week putting up ice.
Vern Lakin returned Sunday from
his visit at Plainfield.
Mrs. Geo. Gillett has been very sick
for two weeks past.
Born, unto Mr.. and Mrs. Lee, a girl
few days since.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
Sunday, March 5tb.

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CATARRH in all its varied forms treated
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
New Asylum for TrempeaIeau,

Whitehall, Wis, March l. - The
Board of Supervisors appointed a COM
mittee of seven members to purchase
a site and proceed to build and equip
an insane asylum and county poor
honse and farm. The committee is
authorized to borrow $4,000 from the
trust funds of the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

Rev. f. Edwards, pastor of the
English Baptist church at Minersyille
Pa. when suffering with rheumatism,
was advised to try Chamberlain Pain
Balm. lie says: "A few applications
Of this liniment proved of great SER
vice TO me. 1t Subdued the inflamma-
ton and relieved the pain. Should
any sufferer profit by giving Pain Balm
a trial it will please me-" For sale by
f. l.: Steib.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
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