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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28

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Paris, June 4tn.-The most i'm
portant event during the last ten days
In American circles at the EXPOSE
ton was the Inauguration of the
United States publishers building
which occurred on May 31st. This
building is an annex to the depart
ment of liberal arts and is situated
right in the midst of a group of trees
just back of buildings in the Esplanade
des 1nvalides. The construction pre-
sented curious problem to the archi-
tects in charge and to the director, A.
S. Capehart. The latter felt that
more space was needed than had al
ready been assigned in the large
palaces and SO made application to the
French commissioner. The latter was
willing enough to let the Americans
have all the space they wanted but
there was none to give them, so he
said that they could have the space
if they could find it. This appeared to
settle the matter, for all the space
available for buildings had long ago
been disposed of. The Americans
noticed however, that the trees in
grove just back of the large palace in
the Invalides section were regularly
placed and the idea occurred to them
to encase the trees in columns which
would support the roof of the building.
This idea was carried out and the
building was built with about 20 full
grown trees growing up through it.
The building is only one story in
height, so there is plenty of room for
the spreading branches. In this
building are placed the exhibits of
used in publishing and other machinery
used in publishing an up-to-date news
paper. The press used is of the Goss
pattern, made in Chicago, which can
turn out $4,000 16-page papers per
hour. The press will be used to print
a daily Paris exposition edition of the
New York Times. The first issue of
this paper was printed Immediately
after the inauguration and copies
fresh from the press were distributed
among those present.
The ceremonies of the Inauguration
were commenced by Mr.. Peck, who
made short speech which was fol-
lowed by others, by Gen. Horace
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
TIDBITS.

JPmaica has tooth brush" plant.
1t is species of creeper, and by cut
ting pieces a suitable length and fray
Zig the ends the natives convert 1t in
to tooth brush; and tooth powder
to accompany the use of the brush is
also prepared by pulverizing the dead
stems.
An Organist who has just died In
Sweden had held the position of choir
master and organist in one church for
seventy-tWo years without missing a
service. He and his ancestors had
played the organ in the same church
for 200 years.
Emperor William of Germany has a
list of 1900 employees, including $50
women servants, who are engaged in
looking after the twenty-five royal
palaces and castles that belong to the
crown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
STORY OF THE MILKY WAY.

Always the seventh day Of the
seventh month should be blessed by
fair and radiant weather The reason
fot this is found in a story dear to the
Japanese, who always looks for blue
skies and fair omens on this day. For
at this time-July THE shepherd boy
star, Capricornus, and the spinning
maiden star, Lyra, cross the Milky
Way to meet each other.
In the Japanese story the Milky Way
is called the Silver River of Heaven
On the banks once lived Shokujo, the
beautiful daughter of King Sun, who
spent Der time weaving the rosy
shades of morning and the silvery
hues Of twilight
Disturbed because the lovely prin-
tes1 was so serious, the king, her
father, chose for her a bridegroom,
Kingin, who guarded his focks on the
river banks. Then the princess forgot
her work and learned to smile. The
Sun King thought the shepherd had
succeeded in making his daughter
merry, and to separate them, ordered
| the young husband to cross the river,
With the privilege of seeing his bride
henceforth but once every year, on the
| seventh day Of the seventh month
And the Sun King, having summoned
myrlads Of doves. thu shepnerd was
Obliged to cross the river on their
wings.
The only comfort of the lovers was
to stand on the opposite banks and
gaze at each other longingly.
At last came the seventh night oil
the seventh month. What if it should
| rain? thought the lovers. For the
river was filed and an extra drop
would sweep away the bird bridge
But the night was fair and no rain
fell, and the birds made a broad bridge
for the spInning-maiden" to cross to
| her lover. And since then On every
seventh night of the seventh month
when no rain has fallen the birds
have flown to spread their wings
across the Silver River Of Heaven and
the happy lovers have met.-New York
| Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
FOR EXPOSITION VISITORS

In view Of the recent accidents on
the exposition grounds in Paris 1t
would be well to bear several simple
rules in mind that might, II carried
out faithfully, have a tendency to
prevent serious mishaps. For instance:
Do not walk under anything. This
applies not only to ladders, but to
bridges and roofs.
Do not step on any structure that
might fall. Keep out of galleries and
off of bridges.
Do not lean against seemingly
sci:d walls. They may be paper
mache.
Do not stray too far from the en-
trance gates. In case OF panic you
would want to be among the first out.
Do not eat anything on the grounds.
You will stand much better chancs
OF squeezing through the crowd on an
empty stomach.
Always carry life-preserver with
you so that In case of fire you can put
1t on quickly and paddle yourself out
into the river.
II you are determined to show your
recklessness by venturing into any OF
the big exhibit halls, be sure to note
where the nearest exit doorway is, and
then go and stand in it.
By observing these simple rules you
will undoubtedly be able to prolong
your life, even if you don't see much.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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compressed air escapes into the at
become frost covered. This is due to
nothing but the expansion of the air
In the Paris system the air starts with
only sixty pounds of pressure. Sup
posing we start with 1000 pounds of
pressure, the expansion would pro-
duce cold perhaps thirty times rs in
tense, or a temperature low enough
to liquefy the last portion of the thus
expanding air. This is the system en-
plOyed at present in continuous COM
pressions and expansions. The pipes
are finally cooled to such a degree that
air, simply from passing through
them, becomes a liquid.
1T was not until two years ago that
scientists, even with this powerful
cooling, succeeded in liquefying hydro
gen. This liquid hydrogen has thrown
down another scientific ghost-the So
| called absolute zero of cold. Earlier
| physicists figured that at -459 degrees
F. all gases would become solids, and
all heat and chemical action would be
destroyed. Liquid hydrogen boils even
| below that -459 degrees F., absolute
| Zero showing that it must be cooled
| to a temperature probably 100 degrees
| F. lower to act like common water.
| Hydrogen and helion may be said 10
so much greater cold that in it even
| i 900 degrees F. represents only what
to us is zero Fahrenheit.
ITO revert to the subject of liquefed
| air as a motive power In practice We
will liquefy only 80 per cent. of the air
which we compress, and the liQuefied
air will only return 80 per cent of its
total possible power. This means that
we can get back as motive power only
| 80 per cent. of so per cent, or per
cent, of the power used to liquefy the
air. 1t would cost, therefore, eleven
times as much to drive a machine by
! liQuefied air as it costs by direct steam
powef,
One gallon of liquefied air weighs
1919 pounds. 1t yields eighty cubic
feet OF common air. In a good steam
engine to maintain one horse power re-
Quires the evaporation of thirty pounds
Of water an hour. Water vapor is al.
most twice as great in volume as the
same weight Of air. Applied in the
cylinder OF an engine, it would take
sixty pounds of liquid air, or nearly
six gallons, to maintain a force of one
horsepower for an hour. An explana
ton of this point was asked from Mr.
Tripler directly, clearly, and emphati
cally, and he answered with a general
ity, not to the point. With ideal ma
chinery utilizing all possible pressure
to maintain force Of one horse-powe,
might require only two and a half gal
; Ions Of liquid air an hour, but no sucl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28

cold. It takes only 500 degrees to go,
so to speak, to the end of the cold ex-
IRENE, but we are not within $4,000
degrees of the heat of a Sirius, or dog
star-Cynosure Now, again, as to Mr..
Tripler and his public lectures on
liquid air: Ever since Paradise man
has wanted to know what is behind
each latest discovery, and clever ex-
perimenter at limits of heat and cold is
therefore sure of popular approval, if
his disinterestedness and sincerity are
unQuestioned.
ITO facilitate the appreciation of in
tense colds l will mention the tempera-
| lures at which several well known
gases become liquid without pressure.
They are:
Helion (probably) -. 900 degrees F.
Hydrogen 800 degrees F.
Nitrogen ............. -olo degrees r.
All ................ -o1o ueSleeS I .
oxygen ........-..... -zlO degrees r.
Ozone 200 degrees F.
Illuminating gas ......-330 degrees f.
| supposed thus far to be -459 dgreeS F.,
or the so-called absolute zero This
! is now well proved to be erroneous. It
is probably much lower. This explains
! the theory advanced, and quite well
proved, that what we see as water on
the panel Mars is probably liquid air;
and in the winter, when Mars shows
snow caps, frozen air or frozen nitro
gen. Mars must be much colder than
our earth. 1t is only one-seventh the
size of the earth, and therefore has
cooled to the same degree which the
earth will reach after the lapse of a
period seven times as long as the whole
| duration Of our solar system up to the
| present.
Now comes another important
! point. The question may be properly
! asked: What use can we make Of
| such intense colds and of liquid air.?
| Many persons who ask such questions
| belong to the same class as the old
! time Prussian secretary Of the interior,
who said when railroads were first
suggested: Why we have an excellent
/ system Of post horses and relay
coaches; also fine roads. We need no
railway
In a similar manner, all discoveries
first pass through the child age, where
they excite marvel and wonder, Or
ridicule, as silly dreams. When
Ampere hung a magnet on a silk
thread and watched it for days, his
friends considered him insane. Today
every incandescent light consumes
Eamperes' testifying 10 the value Of
those silly experiments. The mass Of
humanity progresses far more slowly
than the sciences. 1t takes years to
introduce new scientific discovery
into daily life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
COTTON CROPS FUTURE PROMISE
Largest Acreage on Record Likely to
be Planted This Season

The most remarkable advance in
cotton for quarter of a century has
been made this winter, and our south
ern cotton belt is in the process Of a
transformation that can hardly be COM
pretended by those not directly in
terested in the business. For the past
three years cotton has been selling at
6 and 61a cents per pound, and at that
price there was little profit in the
staple crop Of the south; but right on
top Of the pessimistic predictions that
cotton would never again prove pay
ing crop in this country, that price
advances to and 10 cents per pound
This advance does not represent a
prOpOrtiOnate gain to the grower, for
much of the crops were harvested and
sold before the high prices were
realized. It is estimated, however.
that 100000 bales of the crop sold at
a average of IL cents per pound. or s35
per bale, and 100000 bales at nine
cents, or s45 per bale. This gain rep
resents an enormous amount Of wealth
that has gone to the southern cotton
farmers this winter.
But the future of this industry is
even more promising that the present.
The sudden increase in the cotton
valuation naturally attracted the atten-
ton of thousands Of farmers who had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28

machinery was ever built, nor does Mr..
Tripler know of any.
Another question asked of Mr.. Trip
Ter which he did not answer was, How
much does one gallon Of liquid air
COST President l. w. Litchfield, a
graduate of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, has said that he paid S.
gallon to Mr.. Tripler for liquefied air,
and still Mr.. Tripler claims he can
make it for Is cents a gallon. Is there
any better business opportunity in the
world? Take your air, which costs
nothing, add Is cents worth of steam
power, and get S..
1T is easy to figure that 80 horse
power engine can produce in a day
from five to ten gallons of liquid air
This makes the minimum cost about 81
a gallon, and to operate an engine driv-
en- by liquid air would cost about S. an
hour.
This liquid air scheme seems to
have no connection with a large New
! Jersey corporation recently formed to
make what is called air power The
| latter aims merely to distribute COM
pressed ar through city by pipes
with taps at convenient corners, so that
motor vehicles could be charged by
| them. That this is practicable
scheme is demonstrated in our own
city by the North Clark street night
cars, which run four miles with only
one charge of the reservoir.
MIR. Triplers work is original only
in the details Of his experiments. II
must be most fascinating to produce
temperatures foreign to the natural
conditions of our earth. Nowhere does
the earth naturally produce tempera-
lures approXimating those Of liquid
air. The coolest spot on our globe
Verchojausk, in Siberia, one winter
! in about 70 degrees F.; Fort Franklin
| in about 20 degrees latitude. in the far
northern Canadian region, had so de-
| grees F. as its lowest temperature
, Such degrees are boiling hot as COM
pared with liqueied air at $50 degrees
F. below them.
| Man goes beyond nature, so e
speak, and, like the wizard Of old. he
shows the marvels of such mystic cold
in flowers, fragile like china; rubber
transformed into glass; tin, which
breaks like eggshells; icicles made OF
alcohol, and similar wonders, the sigh
Of which was denied to even our father:
in science, who would have given theil
lifeblood to see such experimentation
to us commonplace. That is all Mr.
ITripler is doing.
Near an Absolute Zero.
Man, in these experiments with in
tense cold, knocks at one end Of oul
universe, which ranges from absolut;
zero to absolute heat. We are nea
lthis one end. We live in a world o
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
"BENEATH HIS FLAG"

No costly shaft stands DER the head
OF him who fought and fell;
No rose is planted DER the dead
To breathe a perfumed knell.
no words describe, in marble tongue,
His death upon the crag;
His only praise in wood is sung
'tHe died beneath his flag"
No costly shaft could fill the place
Of that small board of pine;
No grander words can letters trace
Than those that form the line.
He may be friend, he may be foe,
Who fell upon the crag,
It matters not, we only know
He died beneath his flag.
-Bide Dudley.
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hibitors. A short article appeared
some time ago in the Paris edition of
the New York Herald which said that
American exhibitors had been sys-
tematically bled by being forced to pay
high sums for their exhibit spaces.
This charge has also been denied and
Mr.. Peck says that it probably original
ed from some Americans who were dis,
appointed at not being able to secure
space. The number of applications
for space was so great that there was
not enough space to go around and
thus some were left out.
The political atmosphere has again
become a little clearer after the dis
turbances resulting from the municipal
elections and the attempts to over
throw the cabinet The nationalist Or
opposition party gained a decided vic
tory in the municipal elections but not
enough to give them majority in the
city council. Encouraged by their
partial success they made an attempt
! to vote down the cabinet in connection
with discussion on the revival of the
Dreyfus affair. Some letters have
been written which claimed that
Cernuschi. the expert who gave such
sensational testimony on the last day
of the Dreyfus trial, was a fraud
These letters are somewhat shrouded
in mystery but at any rate the opposi-
ton accused the government of know
ing of their existance and in this way
trying to revive the affair. Count Bont
de Castellane made speech inter-
pellating the government on these and
other subjects and in the vote which
followed the cabinet was upheld by a
comfortable majority. That is to say,
the chamber voted that it was satisfied
with the war minister's reply to the
Interpolation. Since then the minister
of war, General de Galiffet, has resign
ed owing to ill-health, and the
nationalist are now claiming A
victory. However, it appears that the
cabinet, which has now reached the
ripe old age of over a year, will con-
tinue to age and ripen until the close Of
the exposition. 1t is futile to predict
what will occur after that. O. l..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
A SLIGHT ERROR.

Col. Bludd-Majah, what do the
papuhs mean when they speak of
claihvoyants, mediums and esoteric
fo'ce?
Major Mudd-That refuhs to people
who produce spirits, Kunnel
Col. Bludd-Humph! In the oil days
bartender was BARTENDER but
sence s'loon now calls itself cafay,
l s'pose bahtenders want to throw on
style, too.-Baltimore American.
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SURPRISES.

o little bulb, uncouth
Ragged and rusty brown,
Have you some dew of youth?
Have you crimson gown?
Plant me and see
What | shall be-
Gods fine surprise
Before your eyes,
. fuzzy ugliness.
Poor helpless, crawling worm,
Can any loneliness
Be in that sluggish form?
Hide me and see
What I shall be
Gods bright surprise
Before your eyes!
A body wearing out,
A crumbling house of clay?
o agony of doubt
And darkness and dismay!
Trust God and see
What I shall be
His best surprise
Before your eyes,!
DIR. Maltbie D. Babcock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
NEWSPAPER NOTORIETY.

Il see those friends Of yours, the
Rustlers, have their names in the pa
per again." said the lady who is in
terested in social topics
Have they, indeed?" responded
Miss Cayenne, languidly. Il didn't
know the delinquent tax list has been
published again" -Washing Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28

Jones latter listening to Smiths ac-
count of what his baby could do) said:
ooh, that's nothing; my little Eleanor
can speak French and German as well
as she speaks English" Smith-How
old is your little Eleanor? Jones'
Six months. Smith-Good day.-Buff-
alo News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28

First Chlcken-My father came from
Shanghai.
Second Chicken-Hub. That's moth
ing. My mother was an oil stove from
Paris.-Leslie's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
THE ONLY WAY.

This mineral water is charged with
carbonic acid gas, is it not?" asked
Mr.. Ardup, insinuatingly.
yes, sir" coolly replied the grocer.
But that's the only way we charge
it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28

l rter and Mr.. A. :. Capehart, di-
speeches the invited guests adjourned
to the buffet for refreshments. During
this interval the linotypers were busy
casting into type the speeches which
had just been made and in a few min
utes the press was turning out To-
crowd all that had happened less than
an hour before. The first three copies
Of the paper were sealed in envelopes
and, each accompanied by an affidavit,
we're taken to the officers of the COM
mission from where they will be sent
to the United States.
Another inauguration which occur
led later in the week was that of the
section of liberal arts in general, of
which section A. S. Capehart is also
the director. This contains the ex-
hibits of pianos, typewriters, surgical
instruments, etc, and was inaugurated
Saturday, June 2, in the usual man
ner. After the speeches the guests
walked down to the other end OF the
same building where the exhibit of
chemical industries is located. Here
they stopped and the usual speech
making followed. This completed the
days inaugurating. But that does not
mean that everything is finished. Far
from it. The electrical and machinery
exhibits at the Champs de Mars will be
launched next Wednesday.
Last night occurred the first official
fete de mutt which consisted of a grand
illumination of all the buildings and
of the electrical fountain or Chateau
d'Eau. This is to celebrate the latest
official completion" of the exposition.
At conservative estimate this makes
the eleventh official completion and
there is plenty of excuse for more as
some nations are not really under
way with their exhibits yet In the
palace Of machines Great Britain is
installing three heavy engines but as
yet none of them is ready to have the
steam turned on and it is q cinch that
they will not be ready before July. 1t
is really quite wonderful the way the
whole affair has leisurely dragged
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
LIQUID AIR VERY OLD
TRIPLER HAS THROWN NO NEW
LIGHT ON SUBJECT.
ITS VALUE is DOUBTFUL

Arguments to Show 1t Is Impracticable
for Power or Coollng-Tests Made
Many Years Since-Question OF
Cost a Most Important o-e-Some-
thing Of Its History.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Mrs. Dennis Mccarthy drowned her
self in March Creek at Greneva, N. Y,
today, A fortnight ago her daughter
committed suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. Mrs. Mccarthy visited her daugh'
,er's grave today and while returning
home she jumped into tho creek, Mary
sullivan who furnished Miss Mccarthy
the acid that killed her, also attempted
to commit suicide today.
Mgr. sbarretti, the new bishop Of Cuba, ar
ri, ed &c Havana today. There was no hoe
tile dem onstrAtion when the bishop landed
although tie authorities had feared there
might be, particularly as today is cuban
holiday. A mass meeting which was to have
been held today at the Palace to protest
against Sbarretti's coming WAS stopped oS
Gen. Maxine Gomez.
Gov. Roosevelt, OF New York, today for thf
irst time publicly approved the campaign oe,
ing made by Lieutensnt- Governor Woodrut
for the republican nomination for vice pres
dent to further which Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff is now making tour OF the west
An armed mob of citizens has prevented
officials of the board Of health from establish
ing q smallpox pest.house in the heart OF 10
coma, Washington Incendisry msteriaI wa
| hesped near tbs structure and the omcei
\ abandoned their plans.