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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
The Smith FnmiIx.

The Smiths are everywhere. In
Italy they are called Smith, in HOl-
land, Schmidt; in Russia, Smitowski;
in Spain, Smithus; in Poland, Schmiti-
weiski and in Mexico Smitri In Eng
land the Smiths are the most numer-
GUS Of all families. but in Ireland they
are content to rank fifth, after Murphy,
Kelly, Sullivan and Walsh.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
His SimnIe SHsfS41.

''ROw were you able" S4id the poor
man; ito acquire such an Immense for
tune!Y'
BY a very simple method" replied
the wealthy citizen 'When l was
poor l made out was rich, and when
l got rich 1 made out 1 i as poOr.''-
Columbus co. State JOurndl.
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Public Opinion.

The single snOwf1ake-whO cares for
it? But a whole day of snOwfakeS-
who does not care for that? Private
opinion is weak. but public opinion Is
almost omniDOtent
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
What She Does.

First Lady Clerk-There goes the
meanest woman in town.
Second Lady Clerk-Who is she?
First Lady ClerkAI don't know, but
she is always coming in here and want
ing something we haven't got-CAica-
90 Record.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
Ignorance Everywhere.

Ignorance is everywhere. In Boston
there are persons who don't know Q
symphony from a sonata and in Chi
cago persons who don't know prime
OK from q canner.-Detroit Journal
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
NJ. WOOD, a. M., N. o. iPresIdent
Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute,

CHlCHgU Me0EdI ana SufgEdl InSLlLuEe,
t6i7 LasaIIe Avenue, Chicago, IIIs
EstabIished in Chicago overitwenty years.
Regularly chartered under Set of Illinois
Legislature. Capital fully p3id) 81 100000.
The oldest, largest, most reliable and sue
cessftl Medical Institute in the U. s.
PrfSate rooms for -'atients with facilities
for ssny emergency. X-Ray, sTiCrOscOpical
and ErIscOpical Examinations are made In
all c$ses whenever diagnosis. L. doubtful.
Wr3te for free Book on D@fOrmities and
BRACES, Club Feet. Curvature OF the Spine,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Cancer, FqmOrS, Piles,
Paralysis, Epilepsy, Kidney, Bladder, Eye,
Ear, Skin and Blood Disease; and all Sur
gicaH Operations. Best facilities, apparatus
and remedies for the succesSful treatment
and lure Of all Obscure or ChisOnic Diseases.
We absolutely guarantee 80 cure every
case of Nervous Debility AMI diseases re-
sult1hg from abuses and iddiscrettOns of
You'd and Manhood; SpermstOrrhea, Sem
inal Weakness might losses 3nd vital drain
in usine), ImpOtency, VaElcpcele, HydrO-
eele, Structure, PhtmOsis, etc. etc. Charges
Reasonable. No incurable cases accepted
No p. o. D." or" deposit" schemes. Failure
is un3 known to Us; 1O,OOO testimonial letters
on a b from cured patients. Many cured at
hornk. Consultation free ana confidential,
pers1naIy or by letter. WHtte rs to-day.
16O-bage Book on all ChrOnik and Surgical
Oisekses sod list Of 1So queaS Ions sent freAi
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13

Pethaps you have NOTICED that the
man with five grown up daughters new
er brings home a fashion magazine Of
his own volition.-Somervi1e Journal
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13

"A TOOL can ask more questions than
a wise man can answer. Amt that sop
81 can't answer you" indianapolis
Journal.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
Everybody Says SO.

Cascarets Candy Cathatic, the most
wonderful medical dIscOV &y of the age,
pleasant and refreshing I'd The taste, act
gently and positively on Kidneys, liver
and bowels, cleansing the entire system,
dispel colds, cure headache, fever, hab-
itual constipation and biliOusness,
Please buy and try box Iof G. G. C. to-
day; 10, 25, 80 cents. Sold and guaran-
teed to cure by all druggisls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25

specimens the impressions of teeth.
Detectives were set to work on the
case and the theft was traced to a
negress who scrubbed the marble floors
of the museum. She confessed that
she was a regular clay-eater, and hav-
ing been tempted TO taste the argillace-
Gus specimens ranged on the shelves,
she found them so smooth and rich in
flavor as to be irresistible. In this
country the clayeater is usually per-
son of wretched complexion and miser-
able physique; capable of little self
control, and despised by his fellows,
but in some parts Of the world earth
deposits occupy an important part in
the dietary list.
A traveller in Sweden tells that food
had begun to be very scarce in a dis
trict through which he was passing,
when a poor woodman noticed some
white stuff in the roots of tree he had
fclled. 1t looked so clean and nice
that he carried home a basketful,
mixed it with rye and bark and baked
it. So the Woodmen told his neighbors,
and a rush set in. The magistrates.
who were told of the new craze of the
villagers, forbad the use Of the alb
normal provender, but the peasantry
went on eating it. They were not to be
persuaded or coerced into rejecting
food which they soon became convinc-
ed was both wholesome and nourish-
ing. 1t was not long before they were
using the material both for soup and
bread
The stuff when analysed was found
to consist of finely pulverized flint
and feldspar, lime, clay, oxide Of iron
and a residuum of some organic mat
ter, possibly of an animal nature,
which yielded ammonia and an oil. 1t
is the organic matter which yields the
nourishment said to be derived from
many clays. There are clay-eaters all
over the world. German quarrymen,
Swedes, Russian soldiers, and even
some beers are included in the class.
A boer family has been heard to COM
plain that it could nowhere get good
water when absent from home on the
banks Of the Orange. The water of
the Orange is simply ''puree" of mud.
Among the weekly expenses of the
household of Scinde potter is an al
lowance for the quantity of "chaniah,"
white unctuous earth used for glaz-
ing pottery, consumed by the wives
and children.
The sea Dyaks always took a supply
Of red ochre on their piratical expedi-
tons as a reserve in case stores should
run out. In Java little cakes of earth
are sold in the market; women buy
and eat them to retain the shapeliness
of their figures. In one way the treat
ment may Sc said to be successful for
they lose all appetite. It is recorded
that two French travellers in New
Caledonia who had been without food
for three days came upon some green
laminate tale and ate five ounces each.
Their strength returned and they
never felt any inconvenience.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25

than the time il takes. In this re-
spect, the Siberian railroad will not be
able to compete with the sea. In 1897
the cost of transporting freight from
Shanghai to London was AIS francs
($9.12) per ton. In February, 1898, the
understanding between the steamship
companies was broken up, and the tar
if fell to % francs $3.50. Although
such low rates for transportation can
not continue long, and even if it
reaches the normal sum of 40 francs
(s7T2) per ton, the Siberian railroad
will not be able TO attract to itself the
freight-carriage trade, for in order to
do so it will have to take not more
than One-four hundredth Of a copeck
per pood for each verst, and with such
a tariff no railroad can cover its run
ming expenses. Thus we cannot expect
to have the freight-carrying trade be-
tween China and western Europe, but
the trade the Siberian railroad will de-
velop between China and Russia is
quite another thing Of the total sum
of Chinese foreign trade, amounting to
l 1875, 900, 900 francs (S265, 375 ,000), Rus
STA has per cent; the Siberian rail-
road will undoubtedly increase this
proportion. For the rest of Europe.
the Siberian line will be of great i'm
portance as a means of quick and
cheap passenger and mail communica-
ton between the different points Of the
old and new world, which alone is suf-
ficient to make it play a great role in
international affairs"
The Siberski Lostok also sriticises
severely the cheap construction on
certain parts Of the line, saying:
I'm the haste of construction and the
anxiety to get everything cheap, on
both the Siberian and the Trans-Baikal
lines, a special kind of light rails,
weighing II pounds to the foot, instead
Of the usual "a pounds to the foot, was
used. Wooden bridges were built
wherever it was possible and CROSSINGS
were made far apart Under such con-
ditions quick travelling on the road is
almost an impossibility, and more than
twenty miles an hour cannot be made
Only one passenger and two freight
trains a day are run. To add to the
danger they have put on the line one
of the heaviest engines in existence
the compound system The light
weight rails, the steep inclines, and the
high gradings combined make travel
ing risky. On steep inclines, the COM
pound runs at a rate of fifty versts
(thirty-three miles, an hour, turning
the rails out, and there is no way of
stopping it. At the station of Polovi-
noy eleven cars were thus destroyed.
In such condition do we find the ST.
berian railroad at the present time.
Fast travelling is impossible, as the
rails are too light, while, on the other
hand, slow travelling cannot always be
controlled, as the heavy engines can
not be held back on the inclines. The
committee of Michalovski have come to
the conclusion that everything must
lie reconstructed"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25
LEFT HIS BABY IN A HOTEL.
Forgot All About Her After He had
Taken a Few Drinks.

A chambermaid at Spitzer's hotel,
Exchange Place, Jersey City, was sur
prised yesterday morning at finding a
2-year-old girl in one of the rooms.
The child, fully dressed, was sitting
in a chair sound asleep and the gas
in the room was burning brightly. An
Overcoat was found in the room. The
night clerk remembered that the child
was in the company of man who
engaged the room on Friday evening
and who left the hotel after supper.
Detective Larkins got a description Of
the man from the night clerk and
started out to look for him, after
leaving the child at police headquar-
ters and reporting the case to Chief
Murphy.
About 2 p. m. scared-looking man,
greatly agitated, entered the Gregory
Street Police Station and asked il a
lost child had been found. He was
told that she had, and was much re-
lieved. When the child was brought
downstairs from headquarters, the
man picked her up in his arms and
kissed her repeatedly. He said he
was Henry HENSON, of Belvidere, N.
]. After leaving the child, who is
his daughter. in the room he went out
and took few drinks. Then he for
got where he had left her. He spent
the whole morning looking for her
New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25
QUEER RITES OF RAOCOONS.
Immense Infant Coons and Wash the
Food Before Eating.

You have missed two singular events
If you never saw coon christening or
coon food cleaning out at the ZOO The
home at the ZOO consists simply of
plot of ground about as large as a barn
door of extra generous size would
cover. This is surrounded by a wire
fence four feet high, topped with
broad upcurVed tin rail which prevents
the little clownlike creatures from es-
Gaping. In the center of this yard is
a tree twenty feet high and having
many heavy limbs. Near the base of
the tree is a several-foot square pool
of water. This pool marks two very
exclusive, very notable characteristics
that distinguish the coon from any
other animal. The pool is the coon's
christening and food-cleansing place.
When a coon gives birth to young
almost the first thing she does is to ac-
companied by the father coon, proceed
slowly and solemnly to the pool. Ar
irving at it's brink, and while the dad
coon stands thoughtfully by, the
mother baptizes the little ones beneath
the wave with all the decorum and
solicitade that a Baptist clergyman
immerses a candidate for church mem
bership. After lowering it gently
down Mrs Coon and her husband
wend their way back again to their
family corner in the yard. This SER
vice, solemn and staid is continued by
Mr.. and Mrs. Coon until every
Of hnir i,,14 Of
spring has been duly christened.
Viewed soberly, it is really one Of the
most unique, impressive professional
performances imaginable. But the in
describable drollness of the picture
made by the wee husband and wife as
they go through with the performance
is inimitahle, and smiles, if not laugh
ter, come to almost every one who
witnesses the serio-comic bit Of
drama.
Almost any hour any day in the
year you can find a group of people
tossing bits Of goodies to the coons
Upon picking up one of these Mr.. and
Mrs. Coon instantly, with the "goody"
held daintily in it's teeth, trots over
W Tic pun anu dSuCo Tic 1iIOI oOI
back and forth in the water two or
three times. Then returning to it's
favorite cor. er, or up to its favor1te
crotch in the tree, the little chap sets
to devouring in a way so dainty and
sedate as to put food-gulping humans
to blush. But, of course, YOU wouldn't
blush at Clown Coon's etiquette. There
is so much original comedy in every
move he makes in this food-clensing
and eating process that you laugh in
spite of yourself. His very appearance,
particularly in motion, his judglike
sedateness, and his display Of ex-
traordinary neatness, his exquisiteness
in all things, form a subtle and sure
ticker for anybody's laugh spot. It
beats the funniest man the stage can
show.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25
SHARES WORTH 5000, 900.
History of the Rise in Price of Lon
don Water Supply Stock

In the reign of James I. water was
supplied by two or three conduits in
the principal streets of London, and
the river and suburban springs were
the sources of supply. Large buildings
were furnished with water by tapping
these conduits with leaden pipes, but
other buildings and houses were sup
piled by 'tankard bearers" who
brought water daily. A jeweler of
believed something better could be
done, and he proposed to bring water
from Hertfordshire by new river"
He embarked in the undertaking,
sank his fortune in it's conduit and
appealed to the king for assistance
James granted this aid, taking one
half CT the shares Of the company
thirty-six out of the seventy-two
shares into which it was divided. The
shares that remained received the
name of "adventurer's moiety" The
work was completed in 1913 and water
was then let into the city.
SO little was the measure appre-
ciated that its first years were
troublous ones for the shareholders.
The squires objected to the river, be-
lieving it would overflow their lands
or reduce them to swamps and destroy
the roads. The city residents adopted
the use of the water slowly. The
shares were nominally worth G10O
apiece, but for nearly twenty years
the income was only II shillings, or
So, per share. In 1876 a share was
valued at f115 los, and by 1900 it had
risen to G431 IS. With the first
years Of this century the company
prospered and it's benefits were widely
applied rejecting this change in the
value of it's capital. In 1920 a share
was worth Eli 500, and in 1873 the
fraction Of a share was sold at
rate which made a full share worth
e 81 900. In 1888 the dividend dis
tributed to each share was G2,610.
Eleven years later. in July, 1889,
single share was sold for G122,800, or
nearly 100000. The nominal capital
Of the company in 1884 was 1880
900, and besides it's water franchise it
holds large estates and valuable prop
erties.-Sceince Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25
HE'LL WAS IN BUSINESS.

Brandon Times: -Ripon has troubles
Of her own. Some time ago the citizens
Of that conservative little city were
shocked on coming down town one day
to find one of the buildings On Main
street decorated with the startling sign
John He'll, Horseshoeing," and later
one of the local papers advertised their
readers to eco to He'll for horseshoe
ing" In the march of improvements
the land was needed for a more preten-
tious building and He'll has moved. But
their Affections have not ceased. In
stead Of The ordinary combination OF
flesh, blood, bone and sinew they have
steel and wooden children. Our
authority for the statement is the local
ad below, taken from last weeks
Press: "a full line Of steel and wooden
children's sleds can be found at Etc,
Etc"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25

1872, when Commander Meade of the
United States navy made treaty with
Maunga, the great chief of the island
of Tutulia by which the port Of Pango
Pango was TO become the property of
the United States on condition that a
friendly alliance be made between the
island and this government. President
Grant, in message sending the treaty
to the United States senate in that
year, said:
THE advantages of the concessions
which the treaty processes to make are
so great in view of the advantageous
position of Tutulia seaport as coaling
station for steamers between San
Francisco and Australia, that should
not hesitate to recommend it's adoption
but for the obligation of protection on
the part of tie United States, which it
seems TO imply"
This 'obligaion of protection" was
afterward modified by the senate,
which then ratified the treaty, which
IN turn was accepted by the Samoan
cklef, the final treaty was signed on
Jan. Z, 1878, and their Publications ex-
changed on Feb. Is by which the right
to establish at Pango Pango a station
for coaling, naval supplies, freedom of
trade, commercial treatment as a fas
vored nation, and eXtraterritorial
consular jurisdiction were secured to
the United States. The extension OF
United States control over the entire
island, according to the plan proposed
by Germany and Great Britain, would
consummate the wishes expressed by
the chief of the island in the draft of
the treaty forwarded to the United
States in 1872, and thus bring the peo-
pie of the island into closer relations
with this government for which they
asked on that occasion.
Commercially, as already indicated.
the island is extremely important in
its reltion to transportation between the
United States and Asia and Oceanica.
though unimportant as to local produc-
ton or consumption, the entire impor-
tation of the Samoan group being
about a half-million. dollars annually,
the bulk coming from the Australian
colonies, the nearest sources of sup
ply, while the United States and Ger
many divide about equally the re-
mainder of the trade
The port of Pango Pango was, short
ly after the treaty, surveyed by the
United States government and a coal
ing station was established last year.
In considering the value of Tutulia and
it's harbor of Pango Pango, it is proper
to add that the Samoan naval disaster
of 1889, in which number of naval
vessels were wrecked during a severe
storm, occurred in the roadstead OF
Apia on the island Of Upplu, and not in
the land-locked and well-protected
harbor of Pango Pango.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25
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Continued.

Continued.
What are my faults, papa? You
seem to have found them out all at
once. What are they?'
You are proud Ethel-proud, I'M
bending, independent. You have no
self-discipline, no self-control.
Those are all Gordon characters
tics" she objected, mot faults
They are both" returned Sir Leon
ard "You must do battle with them
and overcome them, or you will never
be an amiable woman, Ethel.
az am sure that l do not wish to be
one. papa. Amiable people, as a rule
are weak. l dislike weakness. may
be proud as you say, but never said a
false word nor did a mean action.
That I am sure of; but, Ethel, l
have spoiled you. You have grown up
to have your own way entirely; you
have no idea of submission. l have
been thinking very much of it lately.
7 have read the words Of some wise
men with great pride can be subdued
only by great trouble, and ! cannot
bear to think Of my EthePs bright face
Swallowed with care. I want you to
correct this pride yourself, to learn
submission to wise and gentle guld-
ance. so that woman's greatest orna-
ment. a meek and gentle spirit, may
be yours"
Ethel laughed.
"You make me think myself very
wicked. papa When you change the
color of a flower, turn night into day,
make thistles grow on rose-trees, then
you may hope to change proud, will
full girl into q meek, submissive Wo-
man; but not till then"
Take care, Ethel What cannot
do, mightier Hand may effect. This
is the crisis of your life. Think well
before you decide that your disposition
is immutable."
If either father or daughter could
have seen to what this was to lead,
they would have prayed that the May
sunbeams might fall on her dead face
rather than that she should suffer what
was in store for her.
Ethel made no reply, and Sir Leon
ard, whose relief at having unbur-
dened himself of his communication
was great, rose from his chair.
II shall drive over to Lady Daven-
cdrt's this afternoon. You had better
go with me, Ethel; Miss Digby is stay
ing there, and | should like to intro
duce you to her. | shall be ready at
two"
And then Sir Leonard quilted the Ii
brary, and his daughter passed through
the open glass door into the garden.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25

much better it would be if he had
some lady to chaperon his daughter
how much better it would be If she
had some lady companion. When the
offer came from the Austrian ambassa-
dor the matter seemed pressing upon
him; it was impossible that he should
take her with him, yet it seemed equal
" impossible that he should leave her
at home. There was nothing for it but
finding a chaperon for her; and who
would be so unexceptional in every
way as the lady he was hoping to
marry?
He shrank at first from telling Ethel
his resolve, but there was no escape;
and her reception of it was more ia
yorable than he had dared to hope.