Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25
OUR FREE LUNCH.
The frenzy of nations is the states
Of fate. - Anon.

In time of anarchy one may seem
a despot i'll order to be savior. Mira
beau,
No heroes at all for rs irtheir he.
roism ia to eonsls, in being not men. -
Kngsly.
The animosties are mortal, hnt
the hnmaniues live forever. - Christie.
pher North.
There is no definite life exeep'
unto death; no death except unto
higher life. - Baasoa
--Thesapreme self indulgence Is
to submit the will to n spiritua! direc,
tor. Holmes.
If mau makes himself a worm he
mnst not complain when he is trodden
on.-immanuel Kunt
Leaning hast gained most by
those ho"ks by which the printers have
lost. Thomas fuiicr
A word unspoken is word III
the scabbard; a sword uttered is u
sword in another's hand. Quarles.
So This is the method cf genius, to
ripen fruit for the crowd by those
rays OF whose heat they complain, 49,
Murgdret Falicr.
He thnt does a base thing ia zeal
for his friend, burns the golden lhrrad
! that lies their hearts together .Icge
| my 7ayi0r
HAPPINESS - Help others, and
you relieve yourself Gro ont and
drive away the cloud from that dis.
tr"Ssed friends bvow, aud you will
return with lighter heart.
1t was y fine Thought and most
beautifully ex ressed wb!ch calfc
from the lips of htle girl friend Of
ours the other day during the recen,
storm which clothed everything ont
OF doors in a canopy Of ice, Look,
! mg out Of the wiulow she excl incd
with childish rapture Mamma, it
looks as Though nature was having
her Crystal Wedding"
--lr sheet Of paper on which n
key has been lald be exposed for
some minutes in the sunshine and in
simultaneously viewed in the dark, the
key removed, n iaded spectre Of the
| key will he visible Let this paper
be laid aside fpr many months wherr
nothing can disturb it, and then IN
darkness laid on plate of hot metal,
a,td lhe speeire u che krs wtfi appear.
Tnis * equally trnc OF our minds.
Every man We meet, every o * We
read, every picture or landscape We
ste, every word or tone we hear,
leaves its image IN our brain. These
traces, which under ordinary circum
stances are inviSil lc, never fade, bat
in the intense light Of cerebral excite.
ment start into prominence f,St as The
spcctrel image oi the key started t
sight on ,he application ot heat. II
il lhus with all the influence 10 which
we are subject
Heaven help the man who i,nagncs
be ear dodge enemies by trying 4"
please everybody! If snch an iudivid,
aal succeeded, we should he glih Of
it. not that ore should be Roi "
through the world trying to find
beams to knock aud thump Ills head
against, dispn'ing every mans option,
fighting and clhowlne, and crowding
hall who differ from him. That, again,
is another extreme. Other people
have their opinion, so have you; don't
ia | into the error Of snpposing they
will respect you more for turning your
coat every day to match the color Of
theirs. Wear yonr own cclors in
spite Of wind and weather, storm AMI
snnshlue. IL costs the rreSolnic and
yaccilatng ten times the trouble t6
wind and shuttle and twist ,han honest,
manly independence to stand i's
gound.
"Don't write thpro," sail a father to
a sou who was writing with diamond
on thu yinduw.
why nN ~
"Brchuse you can tfnb 1t ont.
| Did 1t ever "cGnr to you, my child
lthat you arc daily writing that which
you cant rub out .....
Yon mada a cruel speech to yourl
mother the other day. IL wrote ItscIi'
ON her loving heart, aud gave her
great pain II is ihrre Uog, aud hmts,
her every TIM, she tlliuks of It. In
can't rub II ont
You wished wicked Thought The
other das iu the ear of your playmate.
II wrote itscIt on his mind, ani he'd
him to do a wicked act. IL Is there
now, yon cant rub 1t ont.
All your thoughts, al your words,
All your acts are written il the book
Of God. The record j. It very sad
one. You caii't rub IL ont.
Bat, there are two ways you can
make the light as good as pew-iirrt o.
pen debit and credit account with
your Father, you already have a iei'i',
and don't lei any more go',ds charged,
but jnst till up column Of credit liz.
ares in good actions, loving words,
generous impulses, nn~elii-h desires
aud holy ASPIRATIONS, a,Jd make it 50
large that rbe debit column will siuk