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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-30

pover-houses that in an incredlply
short time it ''eats' through steel ana
iron plates, 3-inch planking and solid
masonry. After devising various
schemes of prevention the company
has been forced to keep large sup
ply Of 1h-inch castiron plates on hand
and to constantly renew those eaten
through The water leaves the nozzle
at a velocity of 1880 feet per minute
and travels at the rate Of over three
miles per minute in its sheer descent
Of 1000 feet. A leak, 10 larger than
cambria needle. at the Comstock
mines under a head Of 1000 feet went
through a pinch plank like bullet.
When the dynamos or any Of them are
not worked up to their full capacity
the needless water is shot out into
space above them. A log thrown into
the superfuous stream is shattered to
bits, and a rock as big as one can lift
cast into it is hurled across the canyon
like a shell from large gun.
Regulating the Supply.
So sensitive is the electric plant that
when a street car stops or starts in
Oakland, 1872 miles from the Colgate
power house, the electric governors re-
spond instantly to the added or re-
leased burden of the dynamos. The
turbine wheels receive only the exact
amount of water required by the ex-
igencies Of the system. The slightest
relaxation of demand for power throws
the superfuous water into the tail
races. When the full power of the
dynamos is required not drop Of
water escapes until it passes through
the turbines to fall gently out Of the
way, shorn OF all it's velocity. These
matters are governed by simple de-
vices. In the summer. if the storage
reservoirs get low the water which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-30
HISTORIC OLD BELFRY.
Where the Bell Hung that Rang the
First Alarm to Arms in ITS.

Where the Bell Hung that Rang the
First Alarm to Arms in ITS.
At Lexington, Mass, there Is historic
ground. 1t is there that the first blood
in the American revolution was shed,
April 10, 1875. 1t was the scene Of the
first armed encounter between the
British and the Americans in the rev.
dictionary struggle. On the night of
April Is, 1775, Paul Revere, of Boston,
eluding the British sentinels, escaped
into the country across the Charles R1V-
er from Boston, and spread information
Of the intended march Of detachment
Of British troops 800 strong, command
ed by Lieutenant Colonel Smith, to
seize the provincial stores and cannon
located at Concord Mass. About mid
night he reached the house Of the Rev.
Jonas CLARK, the minister of Lexington,
where Hancock and Adams lodged. The
town at that time contained about 700
inha bitants, and nearly all the able
bodied males had been trained to the
use of arms, and were enrolled as min
ute men. The alarm was gwen by ring
ing the bell in the old belfry, photo
graph of which is reproduced herewith
By Q o'clock in the morning about 100
militiamen had assembled under arms
on the common, commanded by Cap
tain John Parker, who ordered them
to load with powder and ball, but not
to be the first to fire. Messengers were
then sent toward Boston to look for the
British, but they returned, reporting
that there were no signs of their ap-
proach. A watch was set, and the mill
tia dismissed, with orders to assemble
again at beat of drum. Just at day
break, the advance guard Of the en-
envy, commanded by Major Pitcairn,
was discovered approaching the vii
lage. The alarm from the old belfry
rang out and between sixty and seven
ty of the militia assembled and were
paraded in two ranks on the common,
a few rods north Of the meeting house.
The British halted to load, and to allow
the rest of the detachment to come up.
They then advanced almost on run.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-30
CHAPTER TX.

The in upon Challacombe Green is a
small place and humble, though visitors
may get tea served in a neat and clean
parlor. The inn is licensed to Joseph
Exon. 1t is also the smoking divan of
the parish of Challacombe. The room is
paved with stone, and furnished with Il
long wooden table and benches, high
backed wooden settee to pull before the
fire in cold weather, and a broad, hos
pitable fireplace.
The room was about half full at nine
o'clock this Saturday evening, when the
latch was lifted. and an unknown per-
soma stranger-stood in the door, look
ing about the room. He looked about
the room as one who remembers it. But
his face was scared, and his eyes seemed
as if they saw nothing. Mrs. Exon, at
sight of him, spoke up:
Now, my man." she said, what do
you want? We don't encourage tramps
here. You must go as far as Bovey to
get bed tonight
Il am not tramp" he replied,
hoarsely. Il have got money. See
He pulled out handful of silver. LET
me come in"
He shut the door and sat down at the
lowest end of the table, taking off his
hat and shaking his long hair off his
forehead. Six years ago. all the men n
the room would have risen out of respect
to the owner of Berry Down. Now not
4 soul remembered him.
His eyes We're full of trouble, and with
a kind of trouble which the good woman
had never seen before. Not pain of Body
or grief. but yet trouble. He Dropped
his head upon his chest and began to
murmur aloud as if no one was in the
place but himself
Not dead! he is not dead! How can
that be? how can that be-"
Then he fixed his eyes upon the land
lady's and gazed upon her as if she
could read in them what allied him. Be
wilderment and amazement which beat
Upon his soul, as the old poet said, as a
mailman beats upon a drum-this was
the trouble which caused his eyes to
nave that terrifying glare and his limbs
to shake and tremble. Mrs. Exon watch
ed him, thinking he must have a fit OF
ague.
The poor man is ILL., she said. Here.
my man, drink this" She gave him half
tumblerful Of cordial, which he poured
down.
The dose had the effect of comp asing
him little. His legs ceased trembling,
though his hands shook
Yes" he said, Il am i'll. I was took
sudden just now. l am better now.
where may you have come from -
asked one of the men.
I've come from Southampton. WI ere
l was put ashore. I've come ali the way
| from Australia"
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In order further to extend the scope
of mechanical industry engineers in al
most every country are employed on
schemes for converting the power of
falling water into electrical energy. In
italy the control Of this valuable source
of energy is in the hands Of the gov
eminent, and undoubtedly the force Of
falling water is q source to which en-
gineers will always look with longing
eyes. Unfortunately, the spots where
the falling Of water occurs in nature
are generally spots Of extreme beauty,
and these are only too apt to be spoiled,
if not wholly destroyed, by the action
Of converting the water into electrical
energy. It should, however, be point
sity of the case. In many cases the
conversion Of part of flow Of water
over a fall into electrical energy Is
effected without perceptibly diminish
ing the flow over the natural fall and
at the same time not destroying the
beauty of the view by awkward, un-
slightly buildings such as disfgure the
gorge of Niagara in a highly distress
ing manner. In tapping a natural
waterfall for the purposes Of energy
production the fall itself is not &C
tually interfered with, but a certain
amount Of the water is conducted into
artificial channels alongside the fall
and then conducted to steel penstocks,
Or tubes, through which the water
drops to the turbines below. This need
not be done in the actual vicinity of
the waterfall itself, the canal leading
the water to the edge Of the gorge
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Sand where might YOU be going ncxt:"

"And where might you be going ncxt:"
I'm tell you that. my friend. rs soon
as know" Ragged and rough he look
ed. he spoke, somehow, as if he belong
ed to something better than would have
been judged by his appearance. IF you
had asked me this morning. | shoulr
have told you that l was going 10 Bo-
vey: now. l don't know
Mrs. Exon still looked at him with
curiosity which comes of a half uneasy
recollection.
"Old Dan Leghan, now" he Went on:
can any one give me news of Eim--I
mean Old Dan: him as had Gratnor first
and Foxworthy afterward. and then got
Berry Down. being crafty old fox. Is
he still alive? Somebody told me he
was dead"
Surely replied Mrs. Exon; ''hc is
alive and hearty, except for his legs.
poor man.
''Oh, he's alive-alive and hea "? l
thought. rerhap s-somebody tod me
that he died-.I forgot how-six years
ago come October it was. That's what
they told me; six years come Octcbcr."
He had an accident just about that
time-six years ago. Perhaps that is
what you are thinking Of
How" he asked. without taking any
notice of this reply ''can a live man
have a ghost? How can live man
send his own ghost to travel all round
the world? Won't he want bis own
ghost for himself sometimes?"
He's got touch Of fever said rhe
lsRdI1dy, "and it has gone to his head.
You had getter go home, my man. and
lie down, If you have got a bed any
where
Il want to know this" he repeated,
earnestly; ''did anybody ever hear Of j
living man sending his ghost OIL. on
errands, to keep people awake and
threaten things? 1t can't be- it isn't in
nature"
Nobody could explain this fact, which
was new to all.
How did he do it. then?" he asked,
impatiently, banging the table with his
fist; tell me that? How did he do it,
Then he pulled himself together and be-
came natural again. ''About his legs,
now. What's the matter with Dan
Leighan's legs?"
why, after his accident they bega;
to fail him." said Mrs. Exon, land now
he's paralyzed, and never leaves his
room unless he's wheeled out Of a fire
morning. But hearty in appetite, and as
for his head, it is as clear as ever"
Go be continued.l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-30
Ills Hearts Desire
By SIR WALTER BESANT
xSsSSsss
CHAPTER VII.-(Continued.l

ShAE IEh flI.-tCOntlnued.l
There! | have done what | Culd,
and | have told your uncle my mind
Let US talk of something else. Oh, |
forgot to say that Will has come down
We shall find him waiting for US at the
church.
Will? l am glad"
lie got away week before he ex-
pected"
de will cheer you up, George"
4es; he talks as if nothing mattered
much and everything was a game The
Londoners have that way, | suppose
1t is not our way"
They walked away through the mar
row lanes, holding each other by the
hand like two children, as they had al
ways done since they were children to-
gether, and George, who was three years
older, led little Mary by the hand to
keep her from falling.
This Will that George spoke of with
perseverance was none other than myself
the person who narrates this true history
OF country life for your amusement and
instruction. | am Will Nethercote, in
tact; and though of the same surname
as Mary, am no relation to Mary.
once endeavored, it is true, to remedy
this accident, and proposed to establish
very close relationship indeed with thai
dear girl, but | was too late. My father
was the rector, and when | left Oxford
L found L had no vocation for the life
OF the country clergyman. Therefore |
became journalist. 1t is a profession
which suits me we'll, and | suppose if
/ live another forty years and arrive at
seventy | shall have written 5000 more
Leading articles, and my countrymen will
then be saturated with wisdom. [ did
not wait for these young people in the
church yard. l walked down the lane
to meet them
| declare that my heart leaped up only
to see that sweet, fond girl walking
with her lover, only to see the glow upon
her cheeks and the soft light in her eyes.
Mary greeted me with her usual kind
ness, bearing no resentment on account
of that proposition of mine above re-
ferred to.
And how is George behaving, Mary ?
And has the Dragon relented?'
George always behaves WELL" she
said But as for the Dragon" She
shook her head.
See, now, Mary I said, 81 mean to
Hht Luc case DelOfb lawyer. i Will
do it directly | go back. In the will your
aunt leaves you 5000 pounds, to be paid
to you on the day that you marry with
your uncle's consent. If you marry with
out his consent, it is to go to David.
Well, David has gone away, no one
knows where, and perhaps he is dead, or
will never come back. Suppose you were
to marry now without your uncle's con-
sent, who is to have the money!"
My uncle says it will be his own
I'VE shall see to that. 1t is a case
for lawyers advice. And l viii get
that advice directly l go back"
| turned and walked toward the
church with them, in the narrow lanes
between the high hedges. We talked
of different subjects, of what had hap
pened since ! last came down.
But that subject of which we were all
thinking impending ruin-lay
like a lump of lead on our hearts. And
SO we walked through the darkening
lanes, our faces to the west, so that
Mary's gloWed in the golden light like
an angel face in q painted window, and
presently came to the church.
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CHAPTER VIII

In the church the choir were already
assembled, and as soon as we arrived the
practice began. They sung, right through,
first the chants and then the hymns,
both for morning and evening, so that
the practice took an hour and more.
| sat on the porch and listened, watch
ing the fading light in the windows, and
the shadows falling along the aisles,
while the voices of the choir, uplifted,
rang out clear and true and echoed
around the walls of the empty church,
and beat about among the rafters of the
roof
The black clouds hanging low made
the evening so dark that outside the
porch one could see nothing. But the
lightning began to play about, and lit
up the grave stones with sudden CLEANS
Presently, looking out into the black
ness, | discovered in one of these flashes
a man in the church yard walking about
among the graves. This was a strange
thing to sea man walking among the
graves after dark. / waited for the next
flash of lightning. When it came,
saw the man quite clearly; he was bend
ing over a headstone and peering into it.
as if trying to read the name of the per
son buried there.
Then the man left the grass. probably
because he could no longer read any OF
the names and began to walk along the
gravel walk toward the porch; perhaps
because he saw the lights and heard the
singing The choir were just beginning
the last of their hymns;
Lead, kindly light, amid the incrcling
gloom;
Lead thou me or"
That's the voice of George Sidcote,"
said the stranger, addressing himself.
He always sung the tenor. | remember
his voice we'll: and that's the voice of
Mary Nethercote; l remember her voice.
too. That's Harry Rabjahns. the black
smith, singing bass; very good bass he
always sung. Ay; they are all there
they are all there"
who are you?" l asked. "Who are
You to know all the people?"
A sudden fash of lightning showed me
a ragged man with a great beard, whom
| knew not by sight.
Il know you, too. | didn't see you at
first. You are Will Nethercote" His
voice was hoarse and husky You are
the son of the rector. l remember you
very we'll"
Il am; but the rector is dead; and who
are your
Before / so on" he said-''before l
go on" he repeated these words as if
they had some peculiar significance to
him, 81 thought | would come here first
and see his grave-his graye-the place
where they laid him; and l thought l
would read what they wrote over him
how he died. you know-just out of curl
osity, and for something to remember
Laid whom?"
Il should like to think that had seen
actually seen-his grave he went on.
But the night has turned dark. and
can't read the names. and haven't got d
match upon me. Will you tell me where
they've laid him?"
Laid whom, man? Who are you LOOK
ing for?"
Il am looking for the headstone of
Daniel Leighan. Old Dan. they used to
call him. Who died six years ago, or
whereabouts"
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Woman for Presidency.

David J. Brewer, associate justice OF
the United States supreme court, has
aroused much applause among the Vas
sar college seniors by an address in which
he referred to woman Suffrag and inti-
mated that at some future time woman
may occupy the presidential chair. In
this land" said the justice. I'VE have no
privileged class that comes to its oppor
tunities by Inheritance. You are a priv
LEGGED class, for you have had the priv
ilege of a college education. DO net
give yourselves entirely to the enjoyment
of Literature. leaving the republic to take
care of itself You owe to your country
the duty Of serving it with all the advan-
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CONVERTED ELECTRICAL ENERGY
the of
in
conducted to
speed The turbines
fed from the
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To Guard American Flag.

New legislation in four states for the
prevention Of the dissertation of the
American flag was the record of part Of
the years work reported at the annual
meeting of the American Flag associa-
ton In New York city. The four states
are North Dakota, Idaho, Kansas and
Wyoming. Similar laws have been
passed in thirty-two states since this as
Adams urged that steps be taken to Sc
cure legislation in all the states making
the display of the flag on schoolhouses
compulsory. Col. Ralph E. Prime OF
Yonkers was reelected president.
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Pitcairn rode In front, and when with
in five or six rods Of the Americans or
dered them to lay down their arms and
dispersc. They kept their ranks until
he discharged his pistol against them
and ordered his men to fire. That was
the start of the great war of the revo.
luton.
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CLOTHES OF MEN AND WOMEN.

Steiner Sex the Best Judge of Feminine
Attire.
It Is often said that women dress to
please each other, but men dress to
please themselves. On this point a
writer In the Lady's Pictorial says:
Nov and then one sees a woman
whose clothes are absolutely charac-
teristic of her, and bear the impress
Of having been carefully thought out
never wear garments fashioned like
others, but the majority Of women
do not desire, nor, indeed, would it be-
come them. to be individualistic in
their attire. They like to be in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-30

years, the only semblance of hair on his
head being a small growth near the
sessed a head of heavy hair. Instances
have been known of a persons hair turn
ing suddenly white when suffering FROM
fright or grief, but TIE present instance
is believed to be the first on record of
the kind. a physician whose attention
was called TO the matter states that he
could not account for it, but said it was
of great interest to medical science.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-30
Practical Exercise.

81 hear that your daughter is going
to take lessons in physical culture"
said the friend from town.
"Wa-all, yes," drawled Farmer 81
las, IAN I've been bus. getting her
the necessary articles
Indian clubs and dumbbells, l pre-
sume?"
mo, new washtub an patent
ironing board
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passes through the turbines is taken
back by the electricity genera ted-that
is, by electrically-worked pumps-into
the main storage reservoir whence it
came. The same water goes down and
up, down and up-down to produce
power and up by the power produced.
The overhead cables across the
Straits of Carquinez are one Of the
wonders Of engineering. So powerful
are the tides and currents of the straits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-30

tages of your education, for who shall
say that within the next decade the suf-
frage shall not be extended to men and
women as it has already been IN many
Of the states: who shall say that before
gray hair shall come to your heads q
woman like Queen Victoria shall not sit
in the white house to glorify this ma
ton as Victoria gloriied England
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-30
MISS ANTHONY'S GOOD HEALTH
She Ascribes Tt to Her Having Been
Always Occupied.

She Ascribes 1t to Her Having Been
Always Occupied.
Miss Susan B. Anthony, although
over 80 years Of age, has much of the
Vigor of youth, and scorns all pamper
ing. Her figure is not that Of the typi-
cal spinster, but is plump. The medi-
cal certificate on file with the com
pany in which Miss Anthony is in
sured states that she is feet 5 inches
in height, with full figure, her weight
being 1856 pounds.
Recently, when she and her sister,
Miss Mary Anthony, were dining out,
says the New York Times, one of the
h0stesses' family dropped a cushion in
the back of her chair as they sat down
to the table what is that for?" she
. asked rather sharply, but before her
somewhat discounted friend could re-
ply, Miss Anthony's sister said, very
significantly, Gracious, Susan never
lops," and the cushion was promptly
removed
The only important illness Of her
life was in 1895, when she was rs.
She tainted on the platform in the
course of Il long lecture tour, and re-
manned at home for a month after
ward i'll bed, but at the end Of the
month she got up, saying it was the
first real rest she had ever had in her
life
Unlike many refoTners of her time,
Miss Anthony has always worn cor
sets, and for years they have been
French corsets. She always either
drinks tea or coffee at every meal
and she takes three full meals per
diem, and the tea biscuits, made by
herself, are famous.
Two rules to which Miss Anthony
has adhered throughout her long life
have been to sleep with a win%w in
her room wide open, no matter what
the weather is, and the other is to
take a cold sponge bath on rising, and
though when on lecture tours she has
often been compelled to break ice in
her water pitcher to do it.
For year, in the sos, Miss An
thony essayed the bloomer costume,
and then gave it up, because, while
the costume was comfortable. she said
in letter to friend that she found
it mental crucifxion and mental slav-
cry, for she could never forget herself
in it, and her audiences were always
critical of it.
Miss Anthony, despite the bloomer
alteration, has always been fond Of
pretty clothes. but allows herself only
one new gown annually. She never
wears furs or fannels, as the touch of
either is disagreeable to her. Her silk
petticoats are marvels Of ruffies, but
she never piles on many wraps or
much clothing, even in the coolest
weather. She says that idle machin-
cry rusts and is worn out sooner than
the machinery kept in motion, but
with the mechanism we'll oiled, and
ascribes her health to her having been
always occupied.
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that the experiences with submarine
telegraph lines formed warning. The
cables are 6,4OO feet long. The steel
towers on elevations rise to 40 feet
above water, while the sag in the CEN
ter over the straits has a clearance Of
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The most costly inter in the United
Of jewels and precious stones, is worn
by Bishop Horstmann of the Cleveland
diocese Of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Turns Bald in Jail.

Clarence Maple was arrested at Con-
nersville. Ind, charged with a serious
crime. Maple is young married man
and has family. After his Incarceration
in Jail he slowly turned bald, and now
is as bald as the average man OF az