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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

as far beyond, but my canoe men had
stolen the canoe, and they got a hint that
the real owners were in pursuit, and got
into furry TO return home. Oh! that
they would, but had only my coverlet
/ left To hire another craft, and the lake
being four hundred feet above TIE sea il
was very cold, so | gave in aud went
back, hut believe the breadth to be be
| tween sixty and seventy miles. Bang
wolo, Moero and kamolondo are looked
/ on as one great riverine lake, and is one
of Ptolemy's The other is 1anganyika's.
| which found steadily flowing TO the
north. This geographer's predecessors
must have CLEANED their geography from
men who visited this very region. The
reason why his genuine geography was
rejected was the extreme modeSty of
modern map. makers. One idle person in
London published :, pamphlet, which,
with killing muAesty, he entitled, elmer
AtrlOa laid open" and the newspapers,
even the Times, rail ut anyone who travels
and dares to find a country different from
that drawn in his twaddle am great
sinner in the poor fellows opinion, and
the Times published his rawlings, even
when was most unwiSely be,
lieved to be dead Nobody but
Lord Brougham and | know what
people will saw after we are gone The
work of irving to follow the central lines
of drainage down has taken me away
from the mails or postage The Manye.
ma are undoubtedly canuibals. but it was
long before could get conclusive evil
dence thereon. | was sorely let and hin
dered by having baIf.cast MosIrm NJ.
pendants unmitiraled towards and f,Iso
oe ,h,;r ,,,o,,,o, = 49,, rolr;.,, a..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12
Too Much Water.

There is nothing which at first thought
seems more startling than the proposition
that water is not the food Of plants, and
that in "A general sense ii IL rather an enemy
than an aid to vegetation. True, some
plants grow in water but these plants
seem TO require little. If we cut a water
plant across, much less juice is found in
it than in those which grow on arid
plains, Indeed, we see at once that this
must be so in the nature Of things. A plant
exposed on every side TO arid atmos-
phercs, must eyaporate largely, and need
great supply, A plant under water can
not evaporate, and hence water in its
structure is useless to it,
Plants take up the matter which forms
their Jul es in the form of vapur, not as
water The soil in which plants grow
during simmer is damp, not wet We
may take this soil and subject it 10 ee.
we're pressure, but not drop Of water
can we squeeze out; yet the plant takes
the elements Of water from it, and as
water we find these elements in the stem
structure.
The rapid carrying away Of water from
the soil IL the foundation Of the modern
practice Of under draining; and the re
moving Of the roots from all contact with
water. and the preserving them from its
deleteriOus influence, il always an aim
with the good cultiyator
While life il dormant, water docs not
seem 10 iniure it, The seed Of the water
plant will die for long time in the cool
mud at the bottom Of the pond But AS
soon az the breath Of spring warns il
into life, il sends up its leaf stalk rapidly
to the surface, there unfolding ts blade
above the Watery element. The seeds Of
plants have not this rapidly UPWARD
growth The little germ meeting v alter
a. it unfOlds, Is sure TO rot at once, IN esq
the water passes away as rapidly a. IL
falls Myriada of seeds sOwn In the ear h,
never come 70 the surface 4 little water
standing about the germ for an hour or 81
as il pushes, rots IT, This is one of the
secrets Of light sandy soil, In which to
SOW seeds The water rapidly passes
away Also is il the secret Of success
with those who Cow seed- on The surface,
rather than below the level OF the ground
The earth between the row. or in the al
icy ways, employed TO cover the ,Grfa"c
g0wn seeds, alWays leaves them above
the water line They are damp bui
never wet, and they usually grow.
! So also with those who plant trees. Il
/ is well known that trees must not be SCI
/ deep. II the roots are deep, they are II
water no longer than when they are nea
the surface The heavier the soil, tbt
worse it IL for the deep planted tree; ant
the finer AMI more delicate the roots
the worse they are when deep planted
Trees with fnrky roots, such as the oal
and the standard pear, suffer very litti
by deep planting, unless the SOIL be yer
vet. They may be at the bottom Of
hill. where the waghiugs Of the bin wi
make an annual deposit, covering tn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12
LahOr.Sa,i ing Recipes for Warm
Weather.

ArARry who proposes TO publish new
lIousrkcrpcts' Guido, sends to the Boston
GgDtmegchd B4NohH the following extracts
from the forthcoming work
Plain saucC--an interview with Il sara
topt hotel clerk
TO make good JIM ask my horse car
conductor
To boil tongue drink scalding cof-
fee
To make good broil--leavc letter
from one of your old swoethcmts where
your wife can find IT,
How to make an Indian loaf-~Eive him
yallon Of whisky.
How to make good puils--send the pub
Usher City cents line for them.
A plain loaf--a visit TO the pfairies.
How 10 make pl~~iostle printers OIL
bow
70 "bonc" a turkey Il take it when the
poulfcrcr Is not looking.
To corn bceF--iccd your cattle at Il
brewery.
How ~ select foul AK tho umpire Of
base ball match
A plain stcw---a trip 10 an old fashioned
street railway car on warm day.
( Ilnw to dress beats "A horsC"hip is
good thing to dress beats with, especially
I If he be dead beat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

surface.roots several inches year, with.
out any injury, while finer rooted plants,
like an arborvite or hemlock spruce,
would soon die under these annual indc-
tons.
In fact the finer the roots, the nearer
the SUFFICE should ali things be planted
and some of them, indeed, should be like
some seeds, placed entirely ON the surface,
and the earth drawn up over the roots,
instead Of the roots being placed beneath
the surface Of the level soil, as in ordi-
nary planting, People often say that the
beautiful ,pung flower the trailing
arhutus, cannot be made to grow when
cultivated, but this is simply because in
replAnttng we set the roots beneath the
level instead of above the natural sur
face. The kamia and rhododendron,
also Of this fine rooted character, require
to be planted above the natural level, in
order to guard against too much water
Let every planter Of trees or fruits be
ware of too much water. 49, Gardeners
Hlgflby
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12
An Ungrateful Railroad.

Jones had heard about n widow whc
saved train of cars from destruction by
warning the engineer, rs the train ap
preached, that certain bridge had been
washed away, and who had been literally
rewarded by receiving n free pass tor life
on nearly all the railroads in the country.
and a present of ten thousand dollars
from the company whose train she had
saved, SO Jones thought ii pretty protta
bic business and concluded he'd try 1t.
He lived near a railroad bridge, and he
anxiously watched and waited for il 10
wash away, feeling sure 1t must go some
time. Every rainy night he GOT up and
paced the floor by spells, and then took
his umbrella and went out to see il the
bridge was beginning to go; but was no
go
Al last he concluded that If an accident
would not happen of its own accord, he
would make one to order; SO he got upon
a high bank at the side of the track one
afternoon, and rolled big rock down
upon the rails.
Ii was Just few minutes before the
lightning express was due, snd throwing
Oft his coat and hat, SO rs 10 appear as eX.
cited as possible, he went forth TO meet it.
He saw itcomlug in the distance, SO he tied
a red cotton handkerchief to a hoe handle
and waved it above his head ina wild, ex
cited manner, rs signal of danger, But
he presented such a singular appearance
that the engineer thought him crazy
man escaped from neighboring muatic
asylum, and so paid no heed 10 him, and
the train Numbered on
There was II sudden whistle of down
brakes, - Il rapid reversing of the engine,
then a terrible crash The train was
the engineer and fireman in.
stantly killed; the conductor and all the
brakeman dangerously If not fatally
and about ten per cent. Of the
passengers horribly mangled.
Jones didn't get pass for life on the
principal railroads of the country, and Il
purse of $4,000; but he got ten years in
the penitontary for manslaughter, having
been seen by a neighbor when in the act
of rolling the big rock on the track which
caused the calamity
And now he is learning to manufacture
shoes by the original process, and is of
the opinion that railroads are a curse to
the country
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12
The Great Bank Robbery in BaIti-
more.

Yesterday morning there was discov-
cred at the Third National Bank, 30 South
street, one of the most daring and artistic
bank rObberies recorded in modern times.
Mr.. n. b Medairy, the Receiving Teller,
was the first prominent officer to reach
the bank, and was applied to by two
ladies for the payment of small check.
He tried to open the vault, but the lock
of the outer door, with a combination
knob, would not work. First one, then
another, of the clerks was called TO try
the lock, but all in vain The teller final
" went to the Merchants and Farmers
Bank. near by, for the amount required,
AID then returned to the vault, but
still the door would not yield. All efforts
proving unavailing, a locksmith was sum.
moned, and the outer door was forced,
when the same trouble was encountered
with the inner door. Here the lock
worked, but still the door would not open,
and the suspicious of the bank clerks
were fully aroused.
After trying in vain to open the door
the lock WAS removed. A glance at the
interior of the vault explained the whole
matter The doors of three of the safes
within the vault were open, papers were
lying scattered about the vault, an enor-
nous jack.screW, large enough to mt
steam engine, and large chunk Of cast
iron about foot square, broken from one
of the inner safes, were first seen, ana IN
the rear corner, Immediately over the safe,
was seen hole through the wrought-iron
side OF the vault large enough TO admit
the body OF a man: A glance through
this hole by Mr.. Medary exposed the
scene OF operations through the ragged
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12
Winter Preservation OF Vegetables.

ACTING on knowledge Of the harden.
ing effects Of autumn transplantinR, gar.
denefs have from time immcmoriaI prac-
tiCed il with winter lettuces IA well AZ
caulislOwcr. and Gin cold districts even
with cabbage plants intended for early
spring planting, well knowing that, II
left in the seed beds, they have little or
no chance 81 enduring throughout the
winter. In very cold upland localities
the trangplanting 81 full grown broccoli
in November Is regularly practiscd, as be-
ing the only economical mode Of securing
supply Of that best Of spring culinary
brassicH; and in still more Indictment high.
country districts, the same models adopt.
ed for preserving saY0ys, cabbages,
sprouts, the fine yellow but somewhat
delicate varieties Of German greens, and
~ m "lang kalc," which, by being ~
treated, are preserved almost az certainly
- the untrausplanted crops OF the SAME
kinds are IN the least inGiemcnl low ,Coun
try districts. In extremely severe sea
CONS, low country gardeners, who may
have entirely iOst their crops from no
having adopted the prpcaution Of trans
planting At least portion OF them, arr
scarcely excusable when they offer to tlfciI
employers, as the reason for the loss, tina
the awfully severe frost did il, and theJ
could not possibly have prevented It. "
For the benefit of inexperienced anna
tours and oilers the mode Of procedur
/ in iransplahting full grown broccoli ant
o.hcr vegetables in November Is her
/ given Having selected the ground 10
I them, which may either be that in whiCi
they have grown, or some other more ar
L..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12
Selected Miscellany.
so THE STORY GOES"

Twas upon a summer day
So the story goes,
That Franklin's daughter chsnced to stray
Where the mill stream flows.
And a. the rustic bridge she crossed
so the story goes
Over the rail she stopped, and lost
From out her breast q rose.
The stream ran fast. the stream ran strong
So the story goes
And on its waters bore along
The careless maiden'srose.
The miller's son stood by the bank
So the story goes
lie stopped the wheel, and ere it sank,
Caught up the maiden's rose.
Then In his cap he placed the flower
So the story goes
And boldly TO the maden's bower
He hied at daylight's close.
. Is this thy flower, sweetheart p he cried
So the story goes
The maiden blushed the maiden sighed,
"oh, give me back my rose"
The flowers" he said, $50 sweet and fair
So the story goes
5Twere shame to part-one breast should bear
Thysclf and this red rose
Whist more the youth and maiden said
That summer eve, who knows
But he kept the flower, and won the maid.
So the story goes, ~HdIpeF,s Ba2dr,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

Coop TEMPER No trait Of character
IL more valuable than good temper Home
can never be made happy without II i
is like flowers sprnging up IN our path.
way. reviving and cheering us. Kind
words and looks are the outward signs;
patience and fofbearance the sentineis
within
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

"A little girl about seven years Of age,
riding with her father, who wasa very easy
driver. becoming impatient at the witch
ing of the horses legs, at last exclaimed,
"What d0es all that old horsey' "0h he
has the spriu9haH,' "as the answer The
witty youngsIcr replied, 81 should think
it was all hmt, and not much '7"7ng'
about itN'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

THERE il curious freak Of nature near
Cayuga Lake. II is an oak and pine tree
growing together, so closely connected AZ
10 present the appearance OF one tree, and
in fact they might he SO called, for at the
root no division line can be seen, and the
bark has nearly the appearance Of that Of
nine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

Ir IL impossible to say how many dog
days there are in year, because etety
dog has his day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

HERD crass f. not II good article for
hum1D food Il IL very slow Of diges-
ton. A Connecticut paper declares that
u man at Mou'yi'!e has conghed up a
head Of this paat which he swallowed
seventeen yrars ago II WAS hard as
stone. and retained its form and fiber per
fpgtIy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

Colonel Warmly thinks it helps the
growth OF beet ~ nip of the end Of it's
taproot at the time Of transplanting and
make it throw out more ibers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

CutwFsE physicians In San Francisco
use medicines that one would naturally
prefer to take in homeopathic doses:
Hundreds Of packages containing drled
lizards and vcnomous scrpcnts are I'M
ported from China ard con Ngned TO
Chinese doe -, who use them in their
practice
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

TEE other day little boy who had cut
his finger ran 10 his mother and cried:
"Tie it up, ma; tie it up quick, for the
juice is all running out" The same ur-
chin, on one Of the late excessively hot
days, appealed to his mother for help,
saying Ma, do fix me, for I'm leaking
all over
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-12

A YOUNG man who allows himself 70
use one vulgar or profane word has not
only shown that there is foul spot upon
his mind but by the appearance OF that
word he extends that spot and inilames II
till, by indulgence, it will pollute and
ruin the soul BE careful Of your words
and your thoughts.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-12

A PHYSICIAN WHO HEALED ITmsELr.-If
a railroad director were dashed to every
locomotive, there would be fewer railroad
accidents, and if doctors had to take their
own physic before administering it to their
patients, fewer people would be poisoned.
DR.. Joseph Walker, of California, took
this course when he first compounded the
famous Vinegar Btters which now rank
as an inestimable household remedy in all
parts Of the United States. He healed
himself with this specific before he offered
it to the world. lie introduced it with A
simple statement Of the manner in which
he had discovered its vegetable ingredi-
ents and been cured, while wandering.
sick and poor, among the California tribes.
He stated what the preparation had done
for himself and a few sufferers from dys-
pepsia biliousness rheumatism, lung dis,
eases, and many other prevalent disorders,
many believed him, tried the new restor-
alive and were more than satisfied with
tho results. In this way the sale of the
Vinegar Bitters began, and we mention
the fact as an evidence that in this age of
intelligence and inquiry nothing that is
really valuable to mankind can prove a
pecuniary failure-even though it nav
lack the help of capital, and have to fight
its way against powerful opposing inter
ests. Within two or three months after
its introduction, the article became self
and it now yields q magnif
cent annual revenue.-Con.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-12
IN Agricultural Strike.

No fewer than two thousaud men have
joined the Agricultural Laborers' Lcague
of England but lnasmuch as it has only
recently been formed, the funds were
not sufficient for a general strike, so it
was decided, for some reason, that War
wickshire should take the lead, and there
the strike of farm laborers has been
general. Many laborers have gone from
Hereford and. Dorset, where they were
getting 1925 a week. to Yorkshire,
where they receive $3.50.
The Warwickshire ttrikcrs are said to
have chosen particularly elective Pc
riod for their operations. The ground
was in just that state in which the labor.
err is most worth his hire, aud many
farmers are reported to have at once
consented to give fourth of the nddi-
tional sum demanded weekly. The War.
wickshire demand IS that wages should
be raised dollar week. The present
rate is 50 a week.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-12
Bilious.

II you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated,
have frequent Headache,
mouth tastes badly in morning, irregu-
lar appetite and tongue coated you are
suffering from Torpid Licr or "Bilio"s'
ness" In many cases of "Liver Com
plant" only part of these symptoms
are experienced AS n remedy for all
such cases, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery has no equal, as it effects per
feet cures, leaving the liver strengthened
and healthy. Sold by all iirst-class drug
oisia 592.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-12
An ELisli Story.

Athor Majesty QucenVictoria's draw.
ing-room, 1903 of tho most elegant
ladies presented the Queen was Lady
rwiss, bride Of lQuocn's Advocate sir
Travers Twiss, ~ understood TO be the
daughter Of an enont general Of Saxony,
where her husba had recently married
her. Again, six Ms later, In ls09, the
same lady ATTENDED royal drawing-room,
so that in the utyal she must have re-
manned unimpeacd in her social dignity.
Indeed, II was MONTH the spring OF last
year that rumors egan circulating ~ the
clubs and among wyers respecting GER
tain strange stois OF the early lie OF
Lady Twiss, whic an old and nomnally
respectable soliur named Alexander
Chaflins was sadb tell with unqualified
boldnoss. Not hy did Chatiins tell
these stories to llwho chose to question
him on the subRclbut he repeated them
far and wide with evidently maleyolent
intention, and fnly took the trouble to
warn the Quotngdnst receiving Lady
Twiss again by siding written copy of
his aocusationsn Ill to the Lord Cham
berain. EngishabIe news of recent date
showed Sir Travis breaking his strangely
protracted forbeanco at last by causing
the arrest Of th daring deiamer Of his
wife on charge oma,icous SANDER; but,
alas, in day orwo thereafter came the
report that,at hisreliminary examination,
Chafiin's revelaons had been of such
sustained and dnagiug character as to
induce hast discrimination of the
prosecution. Te next word was that the
lady had hurley left London, and prob
ably England; I'D the next that her hus-
band had resiged his Office Of Queens
advocate and rered heart-broken to some
obscure refuge. From the affidavit Of the
man who has wrought all this sudden and
hopeless ruin appears that Lady Twiss
was known + the dissipated younger
London Of dzen years ago as a foreign
mder the name, real or as
sumed, of Mana Geas Hatiins. In COM
pany with eQully suspicious members Of
her own sex twas her custom to frequent
Cremorne GaIlens, the IIolborn Casino,
the music halltin the llaymarket, the Ar
gyle Rooms md other resorts Of low
eas.e' W Hyr re- pie ualiceu III 1ne mos eA-
with the rabne, and sometimes drank.
1t was in lSD that Chatiins became &C
lualhtea WINNER ana soon thereafter he
learned That Fayls lwiss, a rising lawyer,
had fallen inb her tolls. From this last
event the eide lawyer seems to have seen
little more otAaria, and 1t may be lnferr-
"a that lnalinant jealousy actuated HIM
t,ward both herself and her
new friend. The feeling of Twiss must
nave been of tn, strongest and most devo-
ed kind; for, after an acquaintance of
hree wears with the woman. he boldly
to Gown his work of reclaim
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-12

The History Of National Remedy. -Herc
is the history of the most celebrated tonic Of the
in a nutshell. In 1860 it announced that GER
tain combination OF vegetable ingredients, with a
pure difusive stimulant working wonders in
the cure OF chrome dyspepsia nervous debility liver
con plant, periodical fevers, rheumatism and con-
stitutonal weakness The unpretending name given
to the specific PLANTATION BITrERs. The state
ment attracted the attention of nv4ids everywhere.
The remedy received fair trial. and the results
more than confirmed all that had been aid in its
praise. Thenceforward it was grand success. The
business columns Of the press spread the glorious
far and wide, and the martyrs to Indigestion.
if by common consent, sought relief from the new
vegetable restorative, They found what they sought.
From that time to the present the increase i'll the
demand for Plantation Biters has been one OF the
most striking events in this age.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-12
How TO Ornament the Hair.

Al Mct art can accomplish in beauti-
flying, strengthening, thickening, and
perpetuating the human hair, is effected
by the use OF BURNETT's COCAINE. There
is a stimulating property in this prepa.
ration, which literally compels rapid
growth of the fibres, while its emollient
action renders them silky and elastic.
II is he best and cheapest hair-dresSing
and inrigorator in the ,rOrld. SO say the
masses who use it. Your druggist has it.