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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28
Lucretia Mott Removed Temptation.

An elderly woman who for years
has lived out on the old York road
tells characteristic anecdote of the
late Lucretia Mott, who was formerly
neighbor and whom she knew very
well. ''Lucretia had a fine apple Or
chard," she said. Her apples were
the best grown anywhere around. The
orchard was separated from the road
by stone wall, and people in passing
would often climb over the wall and
take some Of the fruit. This was
source of great distress to Lucretia,
who was one Of the best women that
ever lived. That she should place
temptation in the way of others
troubled her greatly. Finally she de-
cided upon a plan to ease her con-
science. At intervals along the top of
the wall she had baskets placed
filled with choice apples. On each
basket was a sign which read: Thou
shalt not steal" Then, underneath
was another sign reading: Help thy
self. philadelphia Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28
COMMON-LAW MARRIAGES,
Plan in the New York Legislature
AboIiShinc Them

A bill has been introduced into the
legislature Of New York abolishing
common-law marriages and providing
that the marriage contract must be
in writing. Strange as it may seem,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Maximite, g high explosive invented
by Mr.. Hudson Maxim, was tested at
Sandy Hook last week. According to
accounts, a 1,0O0-pound Pinch shell
was filed with 70 pounds of Maximite
and fired through a seven-inch plate
without explosion, thus making it
equal to wet compressed gun-cotton in
this respect. By exploding the Maxi
mite a 12-inch shell was broken into
about 10000 fragments, as at least
1000 pieces were recovered.-En-
gineering News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Aluminium is, at the present price,
the cheapest metal in the market,
with the exception of iron, zinc and
lead, says the London Electrical Re
view This metal is now extensively
used in the place of copper, brass, tin,
and in some cases even iron, es-
peciailv when the reduction of dead
weight is a question of great impOr-
lance. Aluminium is also beginning
to be very largely used in connection
with electricity, as electrical con-
ductors Of this metal, giving the same
Conductance as copper, weigh only
half as much and cost less. 1t is inn
possible to foresee the ultimate eE-
tent Of the use to which this metal
can be put, but the progress made IN
aluminium during late years justifies
the most sanguine expectations
Twenty years ago the total output
in the world did not exceed four or
five tons. and its price was about
$4,000 per ton; 10 years ago its
price was reduced to about $4,000
per ton, and the output increased to
about 80 tons per annum; now the
price is from about 3130 to G140 per
ton, and the output during the last II
months is reckoned at 5000 tons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

The arrangements for the British
and German south polar expeditions,
which sail from Europe in August
1901, are nearly completed. 1t is OK
pected that the English boat, the Dis.
covery, will be launched in March al
Dundee. She is a good, strong boat,
built on different lines from the Fran,
for the latter was planned to resist,
OF rather escape, tremendous ice
pressure, while the Discovery was
modelled to withstand the attacks Of a
bOisterOus sea. The German boat,
building at KieI, is smaller and lighter
than the Discovery and follows some
what the lines of the Fran. The two
ships sail for Europe together. When
they reach the far south they will
separate with carefully arranged
plan of work for each. The Antarctic
regions have been divided into four
quadrants-frst, the Victoria quad
rants, which extends from 80 degrees
east to $50 degrees, and includes
Victoria Land; second, the Ross quad
rant, from $50 degrees to 80 degrees
west, south of the Pacific ocean;
third, the Weddell quadrant, from 90
degrees west to 0 degrees Green
witch meridian. the Weddell sea; and
fourth, the Enderby quadrant, from
o degrees to 80 degrees each, which
includes Enderby Land. Two quad
rants have been assigned for eX-
Dloration and research to each ex-
petition, the British taking the
Victoria and Ross and the German
the Weddell and Enderby. Both ex-
petitions hope to be able to spend
three years in the work Captain
Drygalski, the famed explorer of
Greenland, leads the German party,
while Captain Scott, of the British
navy. young, hardy and level-headed,
directs the English-National Geo
graphic Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28
FIELD OF SCIENCE
LINES OF PROGRESS IN MODERN
THOUGHT AND INVENTION,
DISCOVERIES
RECENT

British and German South Polar
Observation-Disclosures, a New Ex-
plosIVe of High Power, Is Tested
Business of Butcherng Now An
Exact Science.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Modern knowledge and appliance
have reduced the business of butcher
ing to an exact science. Every part
of the animal is put TO the best pos
siblo use and nothing is wasted. Be-
sides the different cuts and cures of
beef mutton and pork, including
tall0W stearine and lard, every other
portion of the different animals has
its use Horns and hOOfs are made
into tortoise shell combs, buttons and
Other ornaments. From the bones of
the feet, neatsfoOt oil is extracted.
Han and the finer bristles are worked
into uphOlstering materials and the
different kinds of felting This is an
extensive line of manufacture which
comprises many interesting and com
plic&tcd processes in making the
different grades which range from
saddle and harness pads to the finer
and more expensive grades. Car
tilaginouS substances are made into
gelatine and the bones are steamed to
extract the glue, after which process
they are ground into meal for chicken
foods and fertilizing purposes. Blood
is used in a variety of ways, but is
principally valuable for its albumen,
which is extracted and the residue
made into different kinds of animal
foods. The offal is dried in furnaces
especially constructed for the purpose.
1t is then mixed with certain mineral
constituents and ground into a
powder which is used for fertilizing
purposes, the composition depending
upon the kind of soil on which it is
intended to be used. Bristles are
made into every variety of brush
known to the trade, from the finest
hat brush to the coarse heavy polish
ing brushes used for smoothing and
cleaning rough surfaces.-Baltimo
Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

1t will be somewhat startling news
to most people in this country to
know that Bengal pig iron is being
sold on equal terms with Middles-
borough iron in Sydney and in Mel
bourne, in Hongkong and in Shanghai,
says the Iron and Coal Trades Re
view, Of London. Yet such is the
case, and it is said that the Bengal
iron is much liked and has come to
stay. To the Bengal Iron and Steel
Company, Limited, belongs the credit
Of such enterprise The company is
of English origin.-The Engineering
and Mining Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

mitted over land telephone lines Of
any length. 1t is the invention of DR..
M. l. Pupin, of Columbia College,
New York
Dr. Pupin last week sold his in
vention TO the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company Bell inter
ests). The figure paid was $780, 900
cash and a salary of $500 per annum
during the II years of the life of the
patent-The Electrical Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

The closing year of the nineteenth
century gave to the world an inven-
ton which, in the minds of those most
capable of judging, solved the
problem of ocean telephony and per-
NTs the spoken words to be trans
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Of the power developed at Niaraga
about 10000 horsepower is trans
mitted to Buffalo, a distance of about
% miles. We speak easily of large
amounts of power, but how few of us
realize what is meant by the ex.
preston 10000 horsepower. An
army of 100000 men, performing the
hardest kind of physical labor, could
not maintain rate of working
equivalent to 10000 hors power for a
single day. The power which is
transmitted silently and invisihly
along six conductors less than one
inch in diameter would easily break
six steel cables of equal diameter
moving at a rate of 10 miles an hour
This is accomplished by the now very
moderate potential of II 900 volts
and when this potential is doubled
as it soon will be, the power trans
mitted will, of course, be doubled
Electrical Review.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
FASHIONS MIRROR.

Tiny Dresden roses are very much
used in millinery.
Flowers carefully wired are made
into bow effects for the side and back
of hats.
Panne mousseline in colors, with
black satin polka dots, makes pretty
blouse waists.
Brooches, so popular in olden days,
have returned to favor, and almost
every woman now possesses at least
one.
Parasols in plain white and tinted
silks show two groups of narrow tucks
with a band of gold embroidery be-
tween.
The latest evening coiffure shows
a soft puff around the face, broken by
a few little curls at one side and loose
knots arranged low at the nape of the
neck One large rose is worn at one
side of the front.
Charming waists are made entirely
of ribbon of two widths, with about
half an inch of space between the
rows, which is partially filled with the
fancy gold stitching connecting them.
These waists are worn over bOdlceS
of any color desired.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
LITERARY LITTER.

Zola's income from his books for
1000 is said to have amounted to some
thing over $4,000.
Bret Harte generally writes out of
doors, but always while smoking. He
said the first line always took cigar
and sometimes two cigars.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the poet,
detests all manner of publicity and
only upon one or two occasions has he
been prevailed upon TO read any of his
verse in public.
In the city of Atlanta, in a homelike
little cottage embowered in rosebush-
es and apple trees, Joel Chandler Har-
ris writes his inimitable tales of I'm
Gle Remus and Br'er Rabbit"
When Henry Ibsen was in his teens
he took up the study of medicine and
read for examination in Christiania.
In the course OF his study he read
"Sallust," and the character of Cat
aline so took his fancy that he wrote
a little play, introducing him. 1t was
so successful from a literary stand
point that the young authors life cur
rent was changed at once.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

complete teaching renovation and will
open In september with an entire new
corps OF instructors. The school baard
seeing the success with which the sep
crate school system IS meeting in the
cosmopolitan cities, has decided 10 trv
the same IN the city schools of Balti-
more. About three hundred teachers
VIII be needed and if the resources of
Maryland are unable TO meet the de-
mand, cruSadeinto the States will be
made. Only the very best will be en-
ployed, atfording an excellent opDor.
tunity TO the young Normal graduates.
who come out in June. The change
VIII greatly prove, that the white
teacher OF today cannot teach colored
children. 1t IS contrary to her interest
and equally as hurtful TO her pride 10
allot the few hours prescribed 10, a
Juvlnlle race, whose condition and
genera may be q lite up with the times.
lhe proposed movement is hailed with
happy anticipation. A reform of this
nature has its financial elevation as
we'll as its intellectual one. The local
graduates OF the Normal School will
no longer emigrate to fields unknown,
but Will be recognized at home and
gwen chance to gather some of the
bread, that their pan entS have ransom
ed, IN the universal struggle for future
llvl!hoodS. The change will be Ger
tainly a wise one.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
NEWSPAPER CLIPS.

One pickle may make many pessi-
mists.-Ram's Horn.
Some nice girls have mighty worth
less steady mpany.-Atchison Globe.
1t is sometimes the case that a mans
ANTE is what sends him to his ''un-
Gle. ."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The best way to contract debts is
to pay them-but somehow this plan
is unpopular with a great many peO-
ple.--Chicago Daily News.
About half the years of a college
course are spent in teaching the boy
to talk, and after he graduates he has
to spend two or three times as many
years learning to keep still.-Wash-
ingtOn Capital.
You have no right to say: "He is a
nice man, but there are some things
do not like about him." There are
things about you which others do not
like, and besides, every one is more or
less ejudiced.-Atchison Globe.
Unselfsh goodness is seldom appre-
ciated in this world of ours. There
was that man in the electric car, for
instance. Having rung up three fares
in his efforts to stop the car for the
woman that sat on the opposite side,
he tossed after her the umbrella that
belonged to the little gray-whiskered
man on his right. Neither the gray
whiskered man nor the conductor
liked the thoughtful Samaritan for
his altruistic efforts.-BOstOn Tran
ScriDt
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
EUROPEAN ECHOES.

Twenty-six hundred Belgians live in
England.
Forty-one thousand visits a day are
paid to London pawn-brokers.
The quill pens now used in England
come from Germany and the Neither
lands.
Five tons of beet is the usual crop
to the acre in Russia, nine in Germany,
and ten to twelve in England.
Hollands trade is the heaviest per
head of any European nation. 1t
amounts to e As for each person.
Every man in England who occupies
a house with not fewer than Is win
.dows is liable to be called upon to serve
on jury.
The Russian government opened 625
new savings banks last year, mostly
at railway stations. The total number
is now 5,4O6.
In England and Wales there are
1871 fishing boats and 10000 fishermen
engaged in sea fishery. In year they
catch nearly 100000 hundredweight
of fish.
Seventy-eight per cent. Of English
electors vote on an average. In France
81 come TO the polls, but in Switzer-
land and in Sweden the usual average
is only 40.
Letters written by Queen Victoria
are already increasing in value in
London and the other day a brief
three-line note of hers, written in her
own hand, sold for 1925.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
Announces Change OF Policy,

''NOw that the warm weather is
upon u.s." wrote the editor of the Hick-
ory Ridge Missourian, 1--WE take occa-
sion TO say we don't need no more
corncobs on subscription. But we do
need something to pacify our temper
It's pretty ugly just now, for we have
got our regular spring bile. It's on
the back of the neck this time, and it's
a blamed bad one. When we are in
this condition nothing but real money
ever does US any good. and if our best
friend should walk into the office and
try to get Us to take garden truck OF
salt pork on subscription he'd get int
trouble. Bring in the cash, and bring
it right now, or we won't be RESPONSE
BILE for anything that happens in thit
community for the next ten days"
% 49, -
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
BRO. DICKEY'S PHILOSOPHY.

By de way dat good men sends fer
de doctor hit do look lax mighty few
er dem is in a hurry ter go ter Heaven.
Charity orter begin at home; bat
she won't have good health onless she
gifts out en- takes de air sometimes.
De sayin' dat hits never, too late ter
mend is de cause er some sinners hold
in out 'tITelI dey amt nothin' left tel
put a patch on.
l don't want poverty, en- don't want
riches. All 1 wants is eloze dat's com
Portable, food dat's film en- peace in
de family-Atlanta Constitution.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
American DeItll Association
818 lTH ST.. NORTHWEST.

813 1ITH ST. NORTHWEST.
The Best Dental Work at the Lowest
Prices.
Full Upper or Lower Set Of Teeth
guaranteed in every particular 300
Good set of teeth, we'll made, good
material $500.
Partial sets $500
Repairing IS cents
Gold crowns $500
White crowns $500
Gold Filings SI.Oo
Platinum Filings IS cents
Cement Filings so cents
Cleaning teeth $I.oo
If you have a set of teeth that do
not fit perfectly We will take the teeth
and make new plate (useing the same
teeth perfect in every respect for 81.
10 per cent Reduction on all work Of
S3.oO more for the next s. days.
Arrangements have been made by
which invalids or others unable TO
come to the Office can be Wis ted at their
homes and the dental work done
there. Write to US for particulars.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
Well In

Parson Goodman suppose you
know "the grave is not the goal" Rob
ert?
Robert-Yes, sir.
ParsOn Goodman-And what is the
goal, Robert?
Robert-Two posts with a wire
stretched between them, sir.-Judge.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
No Snake Then

Murphy-Saint Pathrick wuz a foine
gintlemon, but it's a thousand pities
he wuzn't BORN ages afore.
Giles-HOw do you make that out?
Murphy-Shure, eff he'd bin in the
garden ay Adm poor divil loike me
wudn't be wur-kin' his Wills Cwt iviry
day in the gashOuse, all on account av
the curse av Adam.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

,,- lanes Skinner, of the Bureau
s.--,y,ng .,,. and Printing is smiling these
I-1 I-1. II Is a baby. Mother and baby
doing well.
P.yT Bowen, of Atlanta, Ga is
..aooirg .,T.t al the Mckinley House.
nr l. Frank Webb, died at the
r,.tdmeas Hospital last Monday
I.ghL.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
In md Ont

Ida-Ever since Barry asked for your
nand he has been drinking heavily.
Aren't you worried about his outcome q?
May-Yes; but I'm more worried
about his income. - Chicago Daily
News.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
PhfIOsOnhic Pam.

What joy one little baby brings!
When he his nightly squall begins
l hug him to my breast and bless
My lucky stars he isn't twins.
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
Ensinc Her Burden.

Mrs. Polkadot-She is a fine nurse,
isn't she?
Mrs. Pahducah-Tdeal! Why. I can
go for days without even seeing the
.bildren.-Rrooklyn Life.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

First PoEtician-Dru you 80 -
Weisaksr has been announced 70 dis
cuss a few public questions from
high moral plane?
Second Politician-Yes. / wonder
what the old geezeF is sore about?-
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

me Inc Odd Fellows of Marion and
DfWnain aT ,hn III. had their sermon preach
CD Ihe 2nd Sunday in Nav.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

,a froi. Q. NJ. Wood. SO has been ap-
BBoilIleu 10 a prominent position a,
OTTO klCo (San Juan.) The Prof is
0lle oi the leading Craftmen Of Missour
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

n Grand Director. George E. Temple
". =. .. Of o. F. of St. Louis
mo mo. mas been appointed as clerk in the
once OF water Commissioners.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

Inc 2oth reunion of the A. A. 6. R.
valley OF Little Rock, was held in that
CITY, large numbers Of the rite from
St. Louis, Cincinnati and: Memphis
were present.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

II9-I2e Ist Stree, Foot L. S. Capitol
Grounds.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

In the United States and Canada
mere are 600: o94 Odd Fellows and 837
39S. Free Masons. '|
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-07
TRIAL OF MRS. BONNIE.
Physician Testified That Pistol Was Within
Two Inches of Body When Fired.
H. .As,oc1atcd PYez

-
WASHINGTON D, aC..,Dec. S-Durins
the examinat ton of DIR. W P. Carr. who
was called as an expert by the defense
to-day in the case Of Mrs. Lola Ida Bo-
nine, on trial for the murder Of James
Seymour AyTes. Jr., counsel asked him
10 give an opinion as to the relative po-
sitions OF Mrs. Bonine and Ayres when
the shots were fired. District Attorney
Gould claimed that the only person IDLE
to give such information WAS Mrs. Bonnie
herself Counsel for the defense ans
wered that the detectives and the District
Attorney and his assistant, with their
.kill and experience, had ELECTED from
the defendant, at police headquarters, a
detailed statement Of every fact and cir
cumstance and that placing her upon the
stand would adduce nothing new.
Upon this statement, he said. counsel
based their defense. The court held tina
the question could be asked as to the ef-
feet of firing produced by a. pistol at a
certain distance from the object and
also within what distance the person US
ing the weapon might have stood in or
der to irt1ict wounds such as found upon
Ayres body.
The witness answered that from the
nature OF the wounds on .Ayres' body the
pistol could not have been held at dis
lance greater than from "a to . inches
from the body.
Court at this point adjourned until to-
morrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-07
ADJUSTMENTS.

= 4 - . &1,;-
The attraction at the Academy for TINS
afternoon and tonight VIII pc CiicIe
Josh Spruceby' This celebrated re"
England comedy-drana has .tscome very
popular. The scenes Of the play were
+.isre fron, Vermont. The principal
character in the play is Uncle Josh"
an old down East farmer. and an op-
portunity is presented for some very
strong dramatic situations. as wen as
nure comedy and wholesome fun. A car
ioad ~ snecia1 scenery. is used, and the
great s saw-mill scene is; presented. Songs.
dances. and many specialties abound.
srhe company carries twenty people. A
big street parade is given at noon. The The.
musical features include band and an
orchestra OF eight pieces.
IA Day and a Night,' the, attraction
the sBijou Musical Comedy Company has
been presenting all the week at the BIZ
ion win close with a matinee and night
snerfer7nance to-day, and tonight q large
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-07
NURSE PLEAD NOT GUILTY.
Is Charged With Murder Of Three Patients.
PLEAD Not Guilty.
tBv Associated Press.

BARNsTABLE. MASS. Dec. 6.-Miss
Jane Toppan, of Lowell. stood UP in the
Superior Cour; room late th. afternoon
and heard the grand jury's Indictment
charging her with the murder Of three
persons whom she had been engaged 70
nurse back to health, but who had died
under her charge and, according TO the
Indictment, by her hand.
The Indictments charge her with the
death Of Mrs. Mary D. Gibbs. a. P.
Davis, both OF Cataumet, and Mrs. Cen
cyieve A. Gordon, of Chicago.
All alleged that tho cause was the ad-
1ninistratlon Of poisonous drugs.
Three times she was asked if She wa.
guilty OF the murder, and three times she
replied in a low voice. Not guilty.
After the woman had entered her Plea
her counsel asked that the State appoint
counsel for her. and Chief Justice Ma
son, who presided, said that he would
take the matter under ADJUSTMENT Miss
Toppan was then led away to her cell,
where she will remain until some time
early next spring, when She wiilfhe given
a trial by jury.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-07
Crescent City Races.
lev Associated Prc,s.l

NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec. 6.-Cadet,
Semicoion and Serpent were the winning
favorites to-day. II the first race Ere.
State soon after the start caught his foot
in the track railing and fell. OBIien,
who rode Free State. had his collar bone
and two ribs broken. Lynn, who had the
mount on Slab. had one rib broken. Sum
nlarics:
First race-fivet furlonss-Cadet 6 to
s. first, Crescent City g to y second,
Fade Mcny &c to - third. Time, 1:m 1-2.
Second race-selling, six furlonEs-Serai-
rolon Is to 81 first. -Oleka Is to y second,
Prince EShcr Gao to u third. Time. 1:l5.
Third race-six furlongs-Serpent u1
to lW first, Pyrrho G. to y second, Mar
COS Is to y third. Time. 1:l4 L..
Fourth race-sellias, six furlongs-
Hoomerack q to - first. Lady Kent t2o
TO y second, Kohnwreath 90 to u third.
Time, 1:lt.
Fifth race-selling one and a quarter
rniles-Asim Go to u first. Little Eil1in
C to j second, Barbe Q6 TO y third.
Time, 2:oe l-2.
Sixth race-mile and seventy yards
Natita GO to ID first Waterhouse Is to u