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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-08

THE fate Of kentucky, one OF the
most fertile fields for missionaries
in the world, still rests with the
upper crust. They are the indi.
vlduals who call themselves gentle
men and who do the killing when
necessary, to remove their oppo-
nents. 1t was said of William Goc.
bel that be never allowed friend
to stand in the wayof his ambition;
he would sacrifice him as soon as
an enemy,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-08

THE contract Of the Street and
Sewer Department with the Will
mington City Electric Light Com
pany is not such an irrn clad affair
as has been supposed. The city
department can break the contract
any time, if the Company fails to
live up totheir contract as specified
and use whatever illumination they
see fit There is no trouble for any
citizen to see any public document
in this department il he goes the
right way about doing it.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-08

ARE the Republicans oil this
State prepared to defeat the party
and place Democrats in every office
merely to defeat AddickeF Ii 50,
they should pursue the course
mapped out Tor them TO follow,
"Blessed are they who expect
nothing from the party under its
present management tor they shall
not be disappointed. " When they
get tired OF living on the crumbs
that fall from the Democratic table,
they may be willing to seize any
hand that promises 10 pull them out
OF the slough OF despondency into
which ttey Voluntarily plunged.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-08

DFJIJH. w HlVIJ III ICTON.
For New Castle, S'3 a. M, 2.35 All anl
6,b8 q. M, week days.
For Lcwes. s.1S a. n.: AT p. M. weeh
days Rysr Dover, Harrington and u.,m.r
2 49, 1104 a. M; Az. 6.5S and l2.ll p. m
Sundays, Eli p. m.
For Wyoming and way stations. 2.35 D
Fl Express for Cape Charles, Old Poin,
Comfort and No. FOLK, ll0a a. m. wsel
days, and I'll might, daily.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-08

Schedule in effect November 10, 1899
All trains illuminated with PmlAcA
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

ton its area, conforming this to the
height intended to be reached.
This fixed, the problem of weight is
next solved By this the aeronaut
means not alone the carrying capacity
as far as meteorological instruments
anchors, etc, are concerned but the
possibility of bearing aloft at least one
light gun and bomb or two. The
gun foreshadows a midair battle, such
as has thus far figured only in the i'm
aginatiOnS Of writer's of lurid fiction.
Today. should war be declared by one
European nation against another. il
would prove a fact, and we might pos
sibly have thrilling story of the two
minute battle between the Kaiser
Wilhelm II. and a French balloon over
Metz and Strasburg.
Military aeronauts, as a matter of
fact, believe that a battle Of this na-
ture might last an hour. Only recent
ly peculiar experiment was tried by
the French army. which tends to
strengthen the aeronauts in the above
view A balloon was sent up a mile
and half distant from an imaginary
army and rapidfire guns were aimed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

strengthens the balloon greatly am
adds to the power of expansion.
After the sewing is completed var
nishes are applied along the seams
and the work OF adjusting the ne
and the basket begins. The ventilat
ing apparatus is applied to the bottom
Of the balloon, and this takes I'D full
two weeks of the practical aeronaut
time The dead weight carried by tn
famous Humboldt balloon, not includ
mig ballast, was 1850 pounds. Thos
now being made carry a dead weigh
of over ton, and including ballasl
aeronauts, ETC., over double this.
The fitting out Of a balloon baske
is a task requiring great ingenuity. L
addition to meteorological instrument
there is a complete supply of instru
ments for the inhalation of oxygen
This is, however, only necessary wher
balloons are intended TO be carried in
to an atmospheric zone of very rarefie
air. The military aeronaut watche.
and carefully supervises every phase o
balloOn-making. Even while the mon
ster is being filled he will take his
place inside it, and by the deft toucl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

at it the moment it hove in sight. Two
OF the shots struck it but glanced off
A third shot pierced the outer cover
ing, but did not impair the inner coat
in the least, and the balloon reached a
height of something over 1000 feet
The material used in the German
army for the making of balloons is the
costliest pongee silk obtaina'ble. For
cheaper balloons percale is used, but
this is undesirable where great dis
tances are to be reached and where the
observations will consume consider
able time. Germans still have on eX-
hibftion, however, parts of the famous
something like 10000 pieces OF very
thin kid, all pasted together. Another
material used in the experiments two
years ago was thin plate made of an
alloy Of tin and copper. But this
proved as unsatisfactory as did an al
minimum balloon test.
The pongee silk having been select
ed, every inch of it's surface is tested
and this proving successful the sec
tons are cut out and turned over to
about 800 girls, who sew it together by
hand, no machines being used
The finest Of silk thread is given the
workers, and every portion of their
work undergoes the most careful scru-
tiny. Sewing machines are not used
for the reason that it is almost i'm
possible to work them on the seams
near the end. Some of the French
aeronauts insist on having the balloon
cloth sewed in what are called zones, 4"
from side to side. Germans prefer
sewing longitudinally, claiming that it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
DIDN'T KNOW THE WIFE.
Had He Been Acquainted the Agent
Would Have Been Less Certain.

1t happened in an insurance Office
The caller, who was large man
with very red whiskers. came in and
introduced himself as Mr.. So-and-so
who had taken out a life policy for
$4,000 about four years before.
Il remember said the man at the
window.
4 had the policy made payable to
my wife, That is, had it made pay
able to her. Well, want it changed.
We've had a falling out and she's gone
back home, and so, of course, / don't
want to carry that policy in her name
any longer
In that case the thing you want to
do is to have her formally transfer
the policy to YOU
What's she got to do with it? You
know that l took out that policy and
that I've made all the payments. |
carried it in her name just to make it
easy for her to collect in case l died.
Now | want TO take it out of her name.
We've dissolved partnership"
What you want her to do is to have
She wouldn't sign over anything.
Why can't you just change this policy
and put it in my name?"
She is the policy holder, and so far
as the face Of the policy shows you
have no rights whatever. So far as
the reading of the policy goes to show
you have no interest in the policy eX-
the payment of the policy is conting-
emit"
THAT is, the only thing can do on
the premises is to go and die?"
That is the only thing you can do
which will in any way affect the oper-
alton of this policy"
If l die, I suppose she gets the
money!"
Yes, if she can produce the policy"
We'll, she can't because I've got it
locked up. But it amt worth any
thing TO me as it reads now, is it?"
Nothing whatever"
IF | stop paying on it, though, l lose
all that l put in
You lose all except a small sur
render value. But you can't collect
that. The policy holder is the only
one who may claim that"
What in thunder can | do?"
Go and make an arrangement with
your wife"
do you know my wife,"
mo"
Then you don't know what you're
suggesting. 1t seems to me the only
thing / can do at present is to guard
my health and keep her out of that
ten thousand until my lawyer can
tame her down enough to have a talk
with her."-New York Telegraph
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
OFFICE CHAIRS FOR. BORES.
Its Owner Declares It Saves Him
Thousands of Dollars.

"The time Of almost every man in
active life is terribly taxed by useless
visitors" said busy New Orleans
shipper. II mean people who come on
foolish errands, tedious friends who
drop in to chat and don't know when
to go, and the small army Of agents,
canvassers, solicitors and the like.
who in the aggregate consume many
precious hours every day. I have a
scheme for disposing of such bores
that works to charm.
''The whole secret lies in that chair
beside my roll-top desk. It is very in
nocent-looking, as you will observe,
but it has some marked peculiarities.
To begin with, it is firmly attached to
the floor, and is so placed that whoever
sits in it faces a flood of light while l
myself am in the shadow. Then, again.
the back is very straight and very mar
row; it has no arms, and the seat
pitches slightly forward, the front be-
ing half an inch lower than the rear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

of the hands make tests of the strength
of the inner surface.
At present there are four of these
balloons in use in the German army.
All of them are made on the general
plan of the Humboldt, except in the
material used, which is, as stated above
the best pongee silk obtainable. The
apparatus for emitting gas is alto
gether much improved and no difficult
ty whatever is experienced in reaching
the ground.
The training of the military aero
maui is not complete until he knows
how to roll up the empty balloon. This
is work requiring weeks Of practice,
and when it is thoroughly understood
ed balloon is just about the area of
the basket, in which it is placed and
carted to the nearest military station.
The balloon maneuvers in the Eng
ish and Russian armies have been con-
Quoted much more secretly than those
of Germany and France, and there
are those who assert that the advances
Ih1uC NY CuC I<HSllSH del OudulS DOIuGI
on the marvellous.
In America the aeronaut has, till
very recently, no blood-thirsty ideas
in his work. At present, aside from
Inventing flying machines, he is de-
voting most of his time to perfect
ing a balloon which will be able to
improve the signal service. In fact
the day is no far distant when we
will have air stations for nfeteorolog-
zeal observations, and these will en-
able us, so Weather Prophet Moore
thinks, to forecast storms much fur
Their ahead than rs at present the case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

1t is utterly Impossible for any bore
to sit in that chair four consecutive
minutes. With female book agents it
is peculiarly efffcaeious, for the simple
reason that such callers are generally
30 or over, and no woman of that age
can sit quiet in the glazing daylight
under the calm scrutiny Of a man in
the shadow. The coolest Of them lose
their self-possession, twist, wriggle
and soon fly the spot. Then, again, the
straight back and absence Of arm pre-
vent graceful sidelong attitude with
out which no woman is able to con-
verse
with male bores it is equally
deadly. All garrulous men either tilt
back when they are talking or lean for
ward impressively with their elbows
on their arms. The two poses seem to
De essential to flow of language, and
neither of them is possible here. When
they find that the legs are attached to
the floor and search in vain for rest
for their elbows, they lose the thread
OF their story, look miserable for
moment, and then beat a retreat The
pitch of the seat simply adds to the
general discomfort of the machine.
One finds ones self continually sliding
OFF without knowing Why It is very
disconcerting. l wouldn't take any
thing for that chair. 1t has saved me
thousands of dollars."-New Orleans
Times Democrat,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
CCBAnS CELEBRATE.

The Cuban colony of Tampa, Fla,
recently celebrated the thidty-first an
niversary of raising the Cuban flag in
Cuba. A monster open-air meeting
was held. A brass band was in attend
ance and called the crowd together
with the sad refrain of "There'll Be a
Hot Time Tonight" Speeches were
made by eloquent and fiery Cubans,
and the flags of the woulu-be country
were unfurled from every point about
the place. Enthusiasm was at fever
heat, and the patriotic r:usic added to
the stirring scene Though there were
more than 2,0Oo present, the police had
no trouble with them-Jacksonvil
Metropolis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
BOOK-LOVING CHILDREN.
\ Taste for Literature Should be En-
cOuraged and Wisely Guided.

To the child who opens his mind to
the deep truths of poetry, the forerun-
ner Of science, life looks simple and
easy, and he learns to attach himself
to duty before duty assumes that hard,
complicated aspect which it usually
presents later on. 1t is the child
ayerse from the first to books, mimi
cal in every fiber to study, who is the
intraetable child, rebellious against
order because his nature is inharmoni-
Gus with its own laws. Books them
selves-mere print and paper-are only
trash except as they are symbols of
the life of thought and Imagination
n :st inseparable from it. And so the
child who naturally forms an early
friendship for books shows that the
trend of his mind is upward, along the
higher paths Of life. Let the advanced
educationists say their say; we who
nave followed them with anxiety
through all their experimenting have
learned that our faith in literature
science and philosophy as a trinity was
a faith founded on a rock. Science di-
vorced from her mates is a skeleton,
and bereaved and defrauded is that
child who is kept so closely to facts
that he comes to despise poetry and
remains stranger to romance. A
child's literary life is a secret no adult
can ever wholly penetrate. But when
an enthusiastic temperament takes
books as intimate companions there is
reason for watching the result with
anxiety. What is read and thought by
day enters into dreams, works into
the deepest recesses of our being, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

Santiago fell. In the realm of the fly
ing machine all that has been done
from Chanute to Lillienthal has been
very thoroughly exploited Suffice it
to say that we are still perhaps a cen
fury behind the perfect flying appara-
tus.
But in the field of ballooning the last
decade OF the century can claim the
distinction of being the epoch-making
period. While the eyes of the lay OBJ
servers have been fixed upon flying
machines the aeronaut has quietly de-
voted himself to his task, and what
was but experimental work during the
FrancO-Prussian war has changed sud
denly into an exact science. Europe
has made aerostatics a supplement to
the study Of war, and the Russian,
French, German and English armies
are today fitted out completely with
perfectly adjusted balloon machinery.
1t was my good fortune to visit the
camp just outside of Berlin a few
weeks ago and to observe not alone
the testing of balloons but the actual
making Of them.
GermanyS first notable experiments
were with the Humboldt balloon to
the making of which the present en-
perOr gave the sum of $4,000 marks.
The explosion and complete destruc
ton OF this air-f1ier taught aeronauts
of all countries a valuable lesson, and
they have changed not alone the ma
terial out of which war balloons are
made. but even the method of making
them.
The first problem that confronts
the military aeronaut in the making
of his balloon is to estimate to a frac
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
MEN TO DO SEWING.
Employed as Operators in Place of
Girls and Women.

Owing to the scarcity of female sew
ing machine operators, Wise Brothers
of Baltimore have decided to employ
more men in their factories. Already
the firm employs about $50 men. Men
are said to be better adapted to hand
ling some of the heavy articles Of
clothing made in the factories. Boys
over Is years of age soon acquire, it
is said, the ability to operate sewing
machine and make various ornaments
1t has been observed that the men
make good operators, and not infre-
quently their weekly wages exceed
those paid the women and girls. All
the employees are paid according to the
number of pieces made The girls and
women average, it is stated, from s. to
$40 a week, while the men and boys
average from Sc to $40. There are
about ] $50 girls and women employed
in the Wise factories, which are oper-
ated 10 hours a day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
To be Continued.
BANNER YEAR FOR SCHOOLS.

The splendid number Of 1887 pupils
has been enrolled in the public schools
for the week ending October T. against
26,450 for the first two years of the
school year of 1898. The increase for
the first week this term is 937 above
the admissions for the first two weeks
of last year. Superintendent Easton
said recently that the seating capacity
of the schools had been reached 1t
was expected to have additional build
ings for school purposes, but the lack
Of appropriations precludes the posi-
bility of carrying out the plans pro-
posed by the board for the accomoda-
ton of children knocking at the doors
Of the schools for admission-New
Orleans Picayune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

becomes part of our brain itself. If a
child talks seldom of what he reads,
he thinks the more. Secretiveness
sometimes hides a turbulent mental
activity, and a shy exterior San conceal
strange broodings. But an omnivor-
Gus taste, which is very common,
should not be left without some subtle,
unobtrusive guidance. Most of us
who have lived much with books are
influenced today more than we should
probably like to acknowledge by rem
iniscences of our childish literary
life.-Florence Hull Winterburn in Wo-
mans Home Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
HONORED BY LAMP-pOSTS.

There are several curious features
in the local government Of Edinburgh,
not the least strange being the lamp
post dignity conferred On the leading
civic officials. In order to impress
upon the public the Importance of the
lord provost two lamp-posts, each
within the city arms, are erected out
side his residence. The bailies. the
dean of guild, the covener and the
treasurer are only "a little lover" than
for they each have one
special lamp-post to tighten up the
precincts of their residence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
PRISONERS MAKE A BREAK.
Overpower the Turnkey and Shoot the
Sheriff.

Belleville, Ill, Jan. 14-Thirty
prisoners in St Claire county Jail
made a break for liberty Saturday
night. One of them was MORALLY
wounded and the sheriff was wound
ed Turnkey Fred Phillips opened
the door to the cage to give the
prisoners their supper A trusty
pinned his arms and the others rushed
out of the cage. The turnkey was
handcuffed and his revolver and keys
were taken from him. When Sheriff
Barniskal arrived Ed Reverly, a pris-
oner, shot him in the arm, while ne
shot the prisoner twice; one bullet
entered the abdomen and he is dying
When the police arrived in answer to
a riot call they could not get into the
Jail until the doors had been broken
down with sledge hammers. The
prisoners were then driven back into
the cells.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
AUTOMOBILES OF VARIOUS KINDS

In regard to automobiles, France
in steam vehicles, while America, as
was to be expected, is far in the lead
in electrical conveyances of all kinds.
Six different motive powers are now
actually employed in this country
electricity, steam, compressed air,
carbonic acid gas and alcohol.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

The interest Of the world in bal
looming has been greatly stimulated
by the practical uses TO which the ar
tlticial air birds are being put. In
south Africa they are serving the Brit
Ism most acceptably for observation
purposes, and our own people en-
ployed them advantageously before
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
A MIND READER.

Proprietor-If you don't get right
out of here something will happen to
you that has never happened to you
before.
Peddler-Huhi How do you know
it's never happened to me before?-
Fliegende Batter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

A medical man prophesies that if for
the next 10 years the present relative
death rates ara maintained, in 1909
there will be more deaths in the state
OF New York ii ON cancer than from
consumption smallpox and typhoid
fever combined
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

In San Francisco, Cal. Elizabeth
Gladstone, aged s., was awarded a
heavy verdict against Joseph Board
man, millionaire. aged 70. whom she
sued for 100000 for breach of prom
ise
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18
BALLOON BUILDING
DELICATE TASK REQUIRING
MANY SKILLED WORKERS.
FINEST MATERIALS USED

All Sewing Done by Hand to Guard
Against Breaks in the Seams
British Just Now Employing These
Aerial Maryels for accommodating
Purposes in South Africa.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-02
THE SUNDAY MORNING TIMES.

This issue Of The Times is
printed with new type on new
press and is presented to our
readers Sunday morning. We do
not claim to rival metropolitan
Sunday daihes,- we are not try
ing to even initiate them.
The Times is still a weekly pa
per, and will make no large preten-
slohs, nor boasts of being anything
else. We have merely changed
the time of going to press from
Friday afternoon to Saturday
night. and have added some new
features to the paper which we
trust may render it more attrac-
tive to our readers, and useful to
our advertisers.
Going to press Saturday light
we shall try to furnish on Sun-
day morning in synoptical shape,
the news of events occurring
throughout the country, up to 10
). m. Saturday, earller than it can
,e had from any paper published
way from GreenviIle, by from
We TONNE hours. This news SER
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-02
LAND ASSESSMENTS.

There SCENE &c, be a general de-
mand 10 the county for q feddcs
,ion of land assessments. As this
seems 10 be based upon the values
asseszs.l II other Delta counties.
The Times has ascertained the ex.
act figures from some Of these
Open land is put at eight, ten and
atwclve.lollarsln Eoahoma and Is
saquena, ten in Bolivar and Sum
aower, while the Sheriff of Ledore
nuts twelve and a half as their
average. II Washington stands
at fifteen, then her land will pay
from tIiirty-three and a third to-
fifty per cent more per acre for
state and leyee purposes than the
average Of this district, "a mani
test Injustice to our taxpayers. !