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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11
GREAT SALT LAKE CRY, L. T.,
Snturlau LII

To CURE THE APPETITE FOR ToBAc-
CA clergyman who for many years
was addicted to the chewing and smok-
ING of tobacco, but who has entirely
abstaincd from the weed for over thirty
years, communicates to the 27depeJ2d-
ent the method of cure which he adopt
ed. We copy it, hoping it will prove
etiectual in many other cases.
81 had deep well Of very cold wa
ter, and whenever that evil appetite
craved Indulgence, resorted immedi-
ately to fresh drawn water. OF this 1
drank what | desired, and then eontn-
ued to hold water in my mouth, throw
ing out and taking in successive mouth.
tuls, until the craving ceased. Bya faith
full adherence to this practice for about
a month, I was cured; and from that
time to this have been as free from any
appetite for tobacco as a nursing infant.
| loathc the use Of the weed i'll every
form, far more than | did before | con
tractcd habits Of indulgence"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

* The Judges Of the English
courts have decided that railroad pas
scngers are not bound to take care OF
any portion Of their baggage, the com
papy beng legally responsible for its
safety.
Our railroad companies may be e.
golly, but not Financially responsible,
and we advise people 20 watch thoSr
own BAGGAGE"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

MELONS have appeared in market
They are Of monstrOus size.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

r55 The English swindle is defeat
ed by overwhelming majolities in Kan
SAG,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

oY The Central Wisconsin, pub
lished at Wausau, has tobacconiSts
sign for vignette. 1t represents wa
suppose that the paper is intended
principally for pufmg.-Xorricon .4,-
IlkS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

4 DIRTY Box FULL OF DIAMONDS
In Aliens indian }fajl, a writer, dat,
ing from Lucknow, says:
"Y cstcrday april 27,) in a small
corner was discovered a dirty box,
after an hours digging, and when
opened behold Il collection Of rubles,
diamonds, pearls, &c, Of the value OF
100000 rupees. The soil of Lucknow
is mint Of money!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

FrRE.-The house of y. S. Pepper
on the Galena road; five miles west of
GAINESVILLE, in the town OF Rock, and
occupied by H. IL. Miller, was burned
on Monday night last, Ivy an in"endia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

s5 Judge Cotton, Of the 10th Cir
cult, has declared the Mortgage Stay
Law to be constitutional
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

n3 Francis p. Blair has been de-
feated in the ST. Louis district for mem
Der of Congress by about 700 votes; he
received four hundred and thirty-fve
votes more in the city of 81. Louis, at
their late election in which he was de-
feated, than on the occasion ofhis cleo
ton two years ago. This does not in
dictate any falling off in the free soil
and emancipation sentiment of that
City.
The Democracy haslargely increased
its vote, in some manner--the Democrat
says by fraudulent and double voting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

u a child of Mr.. Samuel Ncff, of
Menasha, aged about fifteen months,
fell into 4 we'll and was drowned, last
week
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

s1 The tax list appears i'll this is
sue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

- Anthony Burns, the fugitive
SlaYe who was taken out Of Boston ut
the point Of the bayonet and afterwards
purchased from his master, is now com
pleting u theological course at Oberlin,
Ohio.
Some of the Democratic papers are
publishing statement that he is now
in the Massachusetts penitentiary for
robbery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11
News from all Parts of the Couiitry

Washington, July 3l.-Dr. Forney,
Superintendent Of Indian Affairs for
Utah, informs the Interior Department
that the fifteen children belonging to
the train of emigrants who were muir
dercd at Sweet Water, had been found
and ransomed by the whites from the
Indians, early in June.
-Four Germans were murdered eighty
miles from Salt Lake, it is supposed by
the Indians, who, it was reported, were
creating difficulties on the southern
route to California. DIR. +. intended
to visit them, with a view to their pac-
iication.
Boston, July 3l.-The whale ship
Ner0l1 at New Bedford brought as
passengers Capt. Laneman late of the
ship Cortes, before reported burned at
sea, about the 3rd or 4th, mate and
two scamen charged with setting fire
to the C0rteS. They were brought to
this city this morning by the U. S. Mar
shall. Two witnesses also arrived on
the same ship,
Washington, August S.-The num-
Der of bids for the ten million loan,
which will be decided on Monday next,
is expected to realize large amount
of favorable premium to the Govern
mcnt. 1t will also be bid for by for
eign capitalists.
The receipts into the treasury from
customs are regarded as. indicative of
general revival of business, and will
more than realize the expectations of
the Government, as communicated to
Congress- towards the close of the late
session. Should the Improvement con
tlnue at the same ratio, the remaining
10 or II million loan will not be called
for, during the first 2 quarters Of the
present fiscal year.
Leavenworth, July 30.--Governot
Denver arrived in this city yesterday
evening, and will remain day or two
at the Fort. Gen. Lane is also in
town.
Aug. 2.-Rer u s. Express to Boom
ellie 4th.--The whole vote in this city
on the proposition for the admission Of
Kansas as State was /, 749, of which
1879 were for proposition accepted, and
1910 for proposition rejected. This
is the largest vote ever polled in this
city.
The election, with the exception Of
a slight disturbance in the Second
Ward, passed off with the utmost pro,
priety, and without notable incident.
At Kickapoo precinct there were sc
votes cast for the proposition, and So
against it.
New York, Aug. 5.-Stephen II
Branch, editor of the alligator, was
yesterday convicted Of libel on Mayor
Tiemann, and sentenced to one years
imprisonment and fine Of $3.50.
Madison, Aug. Last nj ght eel
ebration came off here, in honor of the
arrival Of the Niagara at Trinity Bay
The offices of the Journal and A'y1;
and the telegraph Office, were brilliant
ly illuminated. Bon fires blazed in sew
eral parts of the city, and festiva
took place in honor of the occasion, a
the Concert Garden. Appropriate
speeches were made-by several of oul
prominent citizens. Bands Of music
paraded the streets and the rejoicing
continued far into the night, and every
thing passed off satisfactorily.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

New York, Aug. 5.-Stephen II,
Branch, editor of the alligator, was
yesterday convicted of libel on Mayor
Tiemann, and sentenced to one years
imprisonment and q fine Of $3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11
A Sweet, Juicy and Luscious Cores.
ponCenCe.
LETTER FROM A la CROSSE II. Il. MAN
AGER TO EX-SENATOR BARNES.
New York, July -, 1853
81 William St.
). w. BARNES, ESQ.,:

S. W. BARNES, Esq:
Demr tSir::-A committee has been
appointed by the Board ofDircctors OF
the La Crosse q Milwaukee Railroad
Company, for the purpose of settling
it's financial affaiGs. You were a reel
pient of portion of those bonds
while a Senator-known as "Corrup-
ton Bonds" You will perceive the
Importance and necessity Of returning
those Bonds to the Company. Your
immediate attention will much please
your
Obe1ipnt servant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

Leavenworth, July 30.--Governot
Denver arrived in this city yesterday
evening, and will remain day or two
at the Fort. Gen. Lane is also in
town.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11


Nearly all the suicides in this
country are by foreigners. Yankees
rarely, if ever, make away with them
selves, for nearly every one thinks he
has a chance of becoming President
at any rate, his curiosity lets him live
on, just to see what he will come to.
The crops in New England never
promised better at this season. Indian
corn is in fae condition of a deep, dark
green and luxurlant, and quite IS for
ward as usual. Potatoes are thrifty,
and an abundant supply Of fine quality
is now daily coming into market. If
the rot keeps of, the yield of this escu-
lent will be very large. The crop of
grass is abundant, and is likely to be
secured in good condition,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-08-11

The increase Of female writer's of
the first rank is one of the most marked
features Of the times. No less than
four of the learned papers in a late
number Of one Of the venerable Guar
terlies were written by females.
The death of Gen. Quitman is at
tributed to disease contracted at the
National Hotel. lie dined there when
so many were supposed to have been
poisoned, and had not seen well day
since up to the time of his death.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

A correspondent Of the Hydraulic
Press writes ably on the subject of
cruelty to animals. We are glad to
see this subject treated on. Cruelty
to animals is quite too common a thing
at the present day, and We wish that
many voices might be lifted up in de-
fence Of the poor dumb animals, until
the brute in human form, who has
not sufficient kindness in his nature
to prevent his cruelty treating poor
dumb animal, shall be prevented by
the fear Of man. We have always
that q man who would cruelty treat
an OK or a horse, or indeed any ami.
NAL, would beat his wife and starve
his babes; and We think so still. IF
he has not enough human feeling in
his bosom to heed the patient, implo>
ring look Of the beast that has no
power to express itself in words, he
has no right to tho name Of MAN, and
it were insult to the noble animal to
call him BRUTE Hespersan.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

No ToBAoco.-Under this title
"Bubbles," in the Golden Era,makes
the following plea for the convict de-
prived Of the weed:
1t is cruel to deprive a convict of
his tobacco, who, for q long term of
years, has become so identified with
the article as not to be separated wi
thout many severe pang. Justice
should ever be tempered with mercy.
1t surely is sufficient punishment to
be doomed to hard labor in the State
Prison, without being deprived of that
which can possibly be Of no harm to
others, but is sometimes more than
meat and drink to the habitual chew
er. Every prisoner has Bible in
his cell, and why not q little of the
"weed," if he desire it? The Bible,
tobacco and enlightenment 60 hand
in-hand, and have for centuries. If
after his daily wearisoms task, the
poor convict can derive solace from
the consultations Of the Gospel, how
much better would he feel were they
garnished with the comforts of nice
chew o'tobacco Lot Us be msrciful.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13
Nm. P. Willis attended the

~N. P. Willis attended the
Springfield, Mass, Horse Show, and
says that quite the finest horseman on
the ground, upon certain day, twas
q white~haired gentleman, apparently
Of seventy yedrs Of age, mounted
upon a very handsome bay and sitting
as upright and riding about the field
a. actively and securely as a man Of
twenty. He was a fine picture to
look ct, and tho admiration of him,
among the crowd, Was universal"
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

SHUT Your MoUrH.-That sounds
like very rough advice, and folks who
are afflicted with q propensity to talk
on all occasions may think it is meant
for them. But these remarks have
no reference to the cacoetses log ua1-
d.; they are intended ~ . useful
hint to those who are troubled with
that shell Of all Diseases" the tooth
ache. The immediate cause of this
painful complaint, in most instances,
is exposure of the nerve in decayed
teeth to tho cold air, owing to the
habit most persons have Of breathing
through the open mouth. This prac-
tice subjects the delicate nerve to
sudden inaamation-and hence the
toothache, for if the swollen nerve
were not confined on all sides by tho
interior walls, 70 to speak, Of the tooth
there would be no pain. Now, if the
mouth is kept closed, and breathing
performed through the nostrils, the
atmosphere We inhale becomes warm
by the time it reaches the teeth, and
produces no irritation, thus largely
decreasing the liability to toothache.
Particularly on leaving heated rooms
and going forth into the cool atmos-
phere should the mouth be kept
closed, and also during tho hours Of
sleep. We know by experience that
keeping the mouth shut will do more
to prevent toothache than any thing
else except dentists forcepe. The
writer of this was formerly afflicted
terribly on every recurrence Of cold
weather, until he CHANGED to read a
hint such as is given above, and which
he at once took. Since then, for
nearly three years, hs has been per-
fectly free from any serious attack
Of his old enemy. Try it, 70 suffer-
ers.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13
p%How much air We breathe is
thus told in Blackwood's Magazine +:

D%How much air We breathe is
thus told in Blackwood's Magazine
"Whsn we breathe, We draw in the
air by our nostrils, which penetrate
the trachea, or windpipe, from thence
passing into the bronchial tubes and
tubelets, and from thence into the air
cells. Here it yields part of its oxy-
gen to the blood, receiving carbonic
acid in exchange. It was drawn in
by dilation Of the chest, and Is driv-
en- out again BY a contraction Of the
chest. Science has actually meas
ured the amount Of air inspired and
expired-namely, about 20 or rs GU
bic inches each time. But We never
empty our lungs BY an expiration !;
there is always much larger guam
tity of air remaining in the air~cells !;
this quantity varying Of course with
the force of the effort. Herbst found
that, while Is cubic inches was the
quantity expelled in ordinary quiet
breathing. the quanty would rise to
80, and even 900 cubic inches by
very energetic efforts. It is there
fore calculated that an adult man
with well developed chest, will re-
tain about ITO cubic inches of air in
bis lungs, after each expiration, du>
ring ordinary breathing; and as Is
inches viii be added at the next In
SEPARATION, there will be alternately
about It's and 200 cubic inches Of
air acting on tho blood which rushes
over the vast area Of the lungs. The
phrase vast area is no exagsration 5
for small az tho bulk Of those organs
truly is, the amount Of surface on
which blood il exposed to the air in
them, has been calculated By Linds>
neau at not less than 2642 square
feet. Il it not wonderful to reflect
that, ID the course Of : single year,
100, 900 cubic feet Of air have been
drawn in and expelled, BY something
like 9, 000, 600 Of separate and COM
plicated actions Of breathing, to aerate
more than $500 tons Of blood :"
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

The EARTH WORKS FOR MAN.-It
is a machine which yields new service
to every application of intellect. Ev-
cry plant is mandatory of soil. In
the stem of. the plant development
begins. The tree can draw on the
whole air, or the whole earth, or the
rolling main. The tree is all suction
pipe, imbibing from the ground by its
roots, from the air by its twigs, with
all its might. The atmosphere is an
immense distillery, drinking in the
oxygen and the carbon from plants,
and absorbing the essence of every
solid on the globe. 1t Is the recep-
tacle from which all things spring and
into which all return. The invisible
air takes form and solid mass. Our
senses are sceptics, and only believe
the Impressions of the moment
They do not believe what is demon
strated to them-that these vast
mountain chains are made of gases
and rolling wind. They do not believe
what Is true, that one half the rocks
winch compose the great globe, every
solid substance, the soil we cultivate,
are made up Of animals, and plants,
and invisible oxygen. Nature is as
subtle as she is strong. Her process
ses Of decomposition and reconstruct
tion might be followed out in higher
grades Of existence, rank into rank,
to ssntient beings. They burn With
internal FIRE which wastes while it
works. The great agencies work in
man as in all.-Emerson.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

D1The real secret Of preserving
beauty lies in three simple things
temperance, exercise, and cleanliness.
$50 Lola Montes.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

The moro any one speaks Of him
self the less he likes to hear another
talked Of.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13
DGThe Poet Lariat Of San Juar
gets off the following:
STREET POETRY

Long cues, short cues,
And no cues at all;
lat men, lean men,
Short men and tall;
White skins, red skins,
Yellow skin too;
Diggers rubbing shoulders
With fankeedoodle-dol
See them crowd along the street.
What motley rabblei
! How unanimous they are,
Scratching after gravell
What . blessed sight to see
Men Of every kind agree,
Even If the thing they afoller"
Be the great almighty dollarln
49,. GHuDnaAs.
Z
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13
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An ASYLUM FOR INEBRIATES.-
The State Of New York has at last
done what should have been done ev.
'erywhere long ago. She has laid the
corner stone Of State Asylum for
insbriates. The building is to be 265
feet long, and will be completed in
about two years. Nearly $4,000
has already been subscribed to the
institution. The town of Binghamp-
ton, where it is to be built, has given
ESQ acres Of land for its site, and the
State is expected to make handsome
appropriation to it at the next Legis-
lature. It will be a home for the
confirmed drunkard, who will thus be
kept from crime and prevented from
indicting misery and shame upon his
family, while at the same time he
may learn to control his horrible ap-
petite and be restored to virtue and
usefulness. If there were such an
institution as this in every State, there
would be less need for prisons and
poor houses, less domestic unhappi>
ness, and less social corruption.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

QUIoKsILvER.-Dimes in the hands
Of . spendthrift - Golden Era.
The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

GAB.-Stephenson, the great rail-
road inventor, was once worsened in
an argument BY gentleman whose
advantage over him consisted in a
fluent command of language. Salts
fed that be was right, he mentioned
the circumstance to legal friend
who agreed to vanquish Stephenson's
wordy opponent if he, Stephenson,
would acquaint him with his positions
and arguments. This Stephenson
did, and had the pleasure of Witness
ing the total discontinue Of his oppo-
nent by the lawyer; whereupon he
exclaimed: "Great is the gift of
gab!"
Mr.. Hubbell, an eminent Philadel-
phia lawyer, seems to think otherwise.
He is a graduate of Yale College,
and having been twice appealed to
by a committee of Alma Mater for a
five dollar subscription to aid in pay
ing off q debt incurred in the con-
struction Of a new hall for one Of the
literary societies connected with the
college, he replied in terms not very
complimentary to colleges, and de-
clined to contribute as requested be-
cause he is opposed upon principle to
the " cultivation Of the gift of CAB"
Upon this subject he writes as fol-
lows:
"You ask for assistance for a So
ciety or club instituted to train young
men to premeditated or extempora-
nsous speaking or discussion. Gen
tlemen, what madness has seized upon
you? Do you not know of all the
besetting sins of this shining nation,
the most innate and original is this
propensity for CAB; that by it we
have wasted more time, spent more
money, and paralyzed more decision
than can be rightly estimated? In
stead Of being encouraged it should
be repressed. Do you not know that
under the influence Of this mania,
tinkers, rowdies and snobs throughout
the land are rushing to the bar, the
pulpit, the stage, and the halls of le-
gislation And that these windy
sons of Eolus, under a supposed in-
,, spiration, are bowling like midnight
wolves from one end of the continent
to the other, sClamor ibad ad celumr
It is the fatal epidemic of republics.
What distracted Greece Cab.
What fctionized Rome 7? Cab |!
What anarchized France Cab i!
What will dismember this Union ?
Cab! This eternal propensity of
Cabling, upon all occasions and at
all times, is the curse of our country.
Ask me to subscribe to support the
dead languages; to raise a deaf and
dumb institution; to build a Quaker
meeting house to erect some monu-
mental stone; in short, to do any
thing that implies or promotes silence,
and nv purse strings will probably be
opened. But do not ask me to COM
NIT q breach Of conscience. I am
true disciple Of Pythagoras. 1 be-
]ieve in silence; I hold it as the true
mother of meditation and wisdom.
have great contempt for the eff
cheney of all orators from Dan. to
Demosthenes. The perfection to
which eloquence was carried by the
the latter justi6es my assertion. In
the majority Of his glorious efforts he
failed and when at length he sue
ceeded, he brought upon his country
men the fatal efforts Of Cheronea.
A correspondent Of the Hydraulic
Press writes ably on the subject of
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-06-11

POWDER Mill EXPLOSION. At Barre, Mass
on Friday of last week, the iron mixing mill ,
the kernelling and glazing mill and press
house of the Massachusetts, powder works of
Fay, Potter Il Cilley, exploded, a spark from
a copper hammer with which man named
Bickford was cleaning the mixing wheel,
having ignited the dust. Bickford was found
naked, black with powder and shockingly
burned in the wheel-pit, and his recovery is
doubtful. The heavy metallic rollers of the
kernellng mill, of 800 to 400 pounds weight
each, were carried in different directions,
some Of them ten or twelve rods. The dry
house in which were 400 kegs ofpowder, was
perforated by one of the flying timbers, and
the g lass Of the windows broken, but it es-
capped explosion. Pine trees near the mixing
and kernclling mills from six to twelve inch
es in diameter, were taken off and Frustrated
and the heavy timbers of the mill splintered
and thrown in every direction. There were
seven workmen upon and about the premises
at the time of the explosion, and most fortu-
nate as well as wonderful is it that no more
wcro injured About 100 kegs of powder
were destroyed, and the total loss is from
8 5000 to $4,000.