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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07

spot in the world is, however, the Budd-
hist cloister of Hanle in Thibet, where
twenty-one priests live at an altitude of
10000 feet. The Brothers Schlagintweit,
when they explored the glaciers of the
lbi-G amln, in the same country, encamp-
ed at q 900 feet, the highest altitude at
which European ever passed the night
Even at the top of Mont Blanc, Prof
IyndalIs guides found it very unpleasant
to do this, though the Professor himself
did not confess to feeling as bad as they.
The highest mountain in the world is
Mount Everest (Himalaya), 29,OO3 feet,
and the condor has been seen ''winging
the blue air'' 500 feet higher. The air, by
the by, is not "blue,' or else, as De Saus-
sure pointed out, ''the distant mountains,
which are covered with snow, would APP
pear blue also," its apparent color being
due to the reflection of light. What
light can do, and does, is simply marvel
Gus; and not the least is its power of at
traction anity.-C hambers' Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07

ria ordered her wedding lace, composed
of sprigs, to be made in Devonshire, and
paid for it $1,000 The bridal dress of
each of her married daughters has been
made also of Honiton point, the patterns
being the national flowers. This encour-
agement, together with the new business
of restoring old lace, has once again set
Devonshire industry on its legs.
Of the value of old laces it is impossi-
BILE to speak with accuracy. The bed fur
niture, made of point d'Alencon for the
Empress Marie Louise, cost Napoleon I.
100000 francs. The flounce which Eu-
genie wore at her wedding, which had
taken thirtysix women eighteen months
to complete, cost $4,000 francs. The EN-
peror gave her dress also, for which he
paid 10000 francs In the Exhibition of
1867 was dress of this lace, which it had
taken forty women seven years to COM
plete, and which was valued at $4,000
francs There is a Brussels lace stole,
worn only by the Archbishop in the Ma
lines Cathedral, that is said to be the
largest and finest specimen in the world
1t cost the labor of seventy-three nuns
fourteen years. "What may be the worth
of that stole?" asked a lady who had been
admiring its marvellous beauty "In
money, madame, do you mean" asked a
the verger, in reply. eyes, monsieur -
'The Church, madame" said the verger,
"reckons the value of the gifts it receives
by love, and not money."-N. s. Dodge, IN
Hearth and Home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07
The Poor Rich Man.

LOOK at him! he is just getting out of
his carriage! He steps with difficulty
his face is scanned with care; his coat is
rusty-you would not know him in the
street from any hard working business man.
Yet he owns whole streets full of houses
and miles of unimproved property He
keeps an army of servants in his great
house uptown, and an army of clerks in
his buiness houses downtown He has
neither chick nor child, and he lives on a
bowl of cruel for his breakfast and the
wing of a chicken for his dinner-he
dare not eat supper. What does he get
out of his money?
His house, it is true, cost him hun
dred thousand dollars, but he occupies
the smallest room, sits on the plainest
chair, eats the simplest food, and sleeps
the least of any one in it. While he was
saving the money, he thought he was do
ing it for himself, and the thought stimu-
lated him to save more. While he was
building the house he thought he was
building it for himself, and he consulted
architects, and had plan after plan
drawn out, until he believed that he had
found one that was perfection.
But he knows now that it was mistake
all the way through; he did not save the
money for himself for there is nothing
that he wants of it now he has got it. He
did not build the house for himself, for
he cannot occupy it; it is simply small
hotel, which offers luxurious accomoda-
ton free, and a round sum for pocket
money to dozen male and female domes-
tics, who enjoy it infinitely more than he
dOes who give him as much or as little
as they choose of everything that he has,
and who consider him only valuable as a
money bag, from which their supplies are
drawn.
AS lad, how he envied the rich man
how he dreamed of what he would do
when he became possessed of wealth how
greedily he looked at fine house, at a
handsome equipage, at the insignia of
money, and social position!
And now he is rich, but he does
not realize it; he thinks of nothing
but the twinges of his rheumatism, the
complainings or delinquencies of his
tenants, or the "tricks' of his 'rascally"
servants. He does not really live in his
house or ride in his carriage, for in the
one he does little but sit and think upon
the happy times when he was a poor boy
at home upon the farm, and in the other,
wish that by giving it, with his fine
horses, to the manly young fellow whom
it passes in the street, he could buy his
health, activity and power Of enjoyment.
1t is not what a man has, but what he
is, that makes him rich.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07

sirs," and subscribe themselves 'Your
very attentive" or Your very obedient
servants
1t seems to me that in this busy age the
letter-writers of all the world would do
well to amend their style of address, and
revert to the simple phraseology employed
by the ancient Romans. How truly cOur-
teous was the Roman method. If Lucius
Verus wished to write to Scipio Africanus
he did not begin "My dear Scipio," and
end with yours very truly" but went
straight to the point, and said, "Lucius
Verus to Scipio Africanus, greeting;"
after which, without further palaver, he
would proceed to business. Would it not
be saving of time if we were to initiate
this excellent old fashion? And why
should not Smith minimize trouble by adj
dressing Brown after the classical method:
Smith to Brown, greeting Send me ten
tons of your best coal-lowest price," or
Zones to Robinson, greeting Will you
dine with me next Thursday at the Me
gatherium, at six precisely" The one
word greeting" includes all that is neces-
sary in the way either of friendship or
politeness, and would answer every pur-
pose IN the ordinary intercourse of life
But 1t would never do for love letters
These always did, and always will, stand
apart as literature by themselves, gov
erned by their own laws, by their own i'm
pulses. Had Roman lover simply sent
greeting" to his Lesbia or his Aspasia
Lesbia or Aspasia, if able to read, which
in all probability she was not, would have
had fair cause to complain of his cold
ness. So l except the love-letters.-AN
the Year Round.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07
The Altitude at Which Men Can Live.

THERE has been a great deal of discus
sion as to the altitude at which human
beings can exist, and Mr. Glaisher himself
can tell us as much about it as anybody.
In July, 1872, he and Mr. Coxwell ascend
ed in balloon to the enormous elevation
of 81, 900 feet. Previous to the start Mr.
Glaisher's pulse stood at IS beats min
ute, Coxwell's at "A. At 1900 feet the
pulse of the former was 81, that of the
latter at 100. At 10000 feet Glaisher's
hands and lips were quite blue, but not
his face At 81 900 feet he heard his heart
beating, and his breathing became op-
pressed at 10000 he became senseless,
Notwithstanding which the aeronaut, in
the interest Of science, went up another
5000 feet, till he could no longer use his
hands, and had to pull the strings of the
valve with his teeth. Aeronauts, who
have to make no exertions, have, of
course, a great advantage over members
of the Alpine Club and those who trust
their legs even at 1900 feet these climb.
ers feel very uncomfortable, more so in
the Alps, 1t seems, than elsewhere.
At the monastery of st. Bernard. SLY
feet high, the monks become asthmatic,
and are compelled frequently to descend
into the Valley of the Rhone for-anv-
thing but "a breath of fresh air." and at
the end OF ten years service are obliged
to give up their high living, and come
down to the usual level. At the same time,
IN South America there are towns such as
Potosl, placed as high as the top of Mont
Blanc, the inhabitants Of which feel no
inconvenience. The highest inhabited
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07
The Plot to Rob the Shah of Persia.

THE Correspondent publishes the story
of a conspiracy to rob the Shah of Persia
of his jewels. The party consisted of
three remarkable men criminals of the first
water, yet who were totally unknown to
the London police, and indeed though
often arrested, had never been convicted
of any felony. They were Colonel AL
gernon Bigner Hawkins, the leader of the
party and organizer of the conspiracy;
Serafina, his other name not known-a
Jew diamond broker of Marseilles, and
Baron Narses Migraditch Dadian, former
ly seraff, or money-lender, of Aleppo,
but lately Of London and Paris, an En-
tichian Armenian, and said to be con-
nected with the eminent Oglon-Dadian
family which so long has managed the
finances of the Sublime Porte The
fourth and last actor in the conspiracy
was Toby Spring, first-class burglar and
sate-blower Toby Spring was left in
London while the others went to Moscow
and managed to get Narses attached in
some capacity to the Shah's suite. Haw-
kins then FASTENED to London, rented a
handsome, furnished house in the neigh
borhood of POrtman Square, hired reti-
nue. of t1unkies, and gave himself out for
an American nabOb, who had come to
spend few weeks in the great city, and
especially to give some recreation to his
daughter, just finishing her educa-
ton at a fashionable pension on the
Loire. 1t had been designed to commit
the robbery while the Shah was surround
ed oy his retinue and guards in Bucking-
ham Palace, but this idea was given up
for the safer one of inducing the Shah to
visit the house, and while there to get
possession of his jewels. According to
the story, an appointment was made for
the Shah to visit Hawkins at his house,
his so-called daughter being the attrac
ton. When Narses was made aware of
his success, he got intoxicated by smok-
ing opium and was seen in that condition
on the street A detective followed that
the Persian might not come to harm and
saw him 90 to Hawkins office, knock for
admittance, and that the door was opened
by Toby Spring, whom he recognized
Thinking that Narses had fallen among
thieves, the detective GOT assistance and
forced his way into the house. Toby
was secured, also Serafino. Hawkins
made his escape, but Narses in his fright
and delirium made straight for the river
and was drowned.
Seratino made partial confession, and
surrendered quantity of burglars tools
and the plot was disclosed
The heaviest burden of the cheat fell
upon poor Gen. Hadji Dschellalleddin,
who has been permanently disgraced, and
was sent home to Persia by the next
steamer of the Peninsular & Oriental
Line.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07
THEY have practical way of rightin!

THEY have practical way Of righting
things up in Canterbury, N. H. A Man
chester man who had unfairly obtained a
farm of dying man, to the detriment of
the widow and children, recently visited
it to cut the hay, got his moving machine
ready for use the next morning, and re-
tired. That night about twenty men and
women turned out, prepared the hay by
moonlight, sold the crop, and placed the
money in keeping for the rightful heirs,
all before daylight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07
A Literary Discussion and Its Dole
full Consequences.

MR. ROGERS, of Winchester street,
thought he would surprise his wife and a
few of her friends with an ice-cream treat,
dreadful hot SO he went into the con-
fectionery, and ordered quart, and had
it put up in several thicknesses Of paper,
sugar-loaf style. The confectioner told
him how to carry it, and Mr. Rogers
gripped it and fastened toward home.
About three blocks from the house he met
nelghbOr who was going home on the
same mission, and both of them stopped to
remark on the coincidence. They then fell
to talking about "Betsey and | are Out"
and trying to compromise on the author
ship, but didn't make much Roadway
Rogers, who was a personal friend Of
Miss Emerson, claimed that she did not
write the poem, and tried to throw the
odium of the authorship upon Carleton.
The neighbor was indignant at this as he
favored Carleton, and made the rather
strong assertion that Miss E was none too
good to write it. Here Rogers lost his
temper, and his neighbor missed his, and
both of them were laying themselves out
for one the grandest intellectual tussels
ever seen in that ward, when a sudden
and severe chill along his left leg started
Rogers into recollection of his errand,
and looking down, the unhappy friend of
Miss Emerson was shocked be-
You'd description to see pair of doe
skin pants blighted in the bud, and to
find that the entire contents Of the paper
package, with the exception of trif1e
caught in one shoe, had noiselessly disap-
peared "Godfornitus!" said Mr.. Rogers,
and Immediately started for home. The
neighbor was appropriately panied by the
accident, but was Of the private opinion
that it was sort of judgment from Heaven
on Rogers, but whether for stopping to
talk when carrying ice-cream, or for his
literary views, he could not tell. When
he got home he told his wife about it, and
sat down to pull off his boots. Then he
bounded up and shot one hand behind
him, and howled; and shot the other hand
back there and howled again. Then he
jumped around and tore away at his coat,
which was a new dress pattern, and hurled
in remarks about religion and business,
and all the while that coat wept great
tears of vanilla, and dropped them on the
furniture and wall paper, and buried them
in the carpet, and dashed them against
the blanched cheeks of the astonished
wife. 1t was some fifteen minutes before
she found out that in his zeal for Carleton
he had unconsciously damned has pack
age of cream into one of his coat-tail
pockets. The next morning he hunted up
Rogers and divided with him the express
charge on package of clothing to the
Howard Mission.-Danbalry Meas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07

Boston jewelers. and fancy-goodse deal
paving customers who live extensively,
p prom n to give V dates and descriptions Of
articles bought, and intimate that recipi-
ents will thus be enabled to know to
whom they are really indebted for the
presents received at weddings or holiday
times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07
n DAISES.

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hi, zeal %siilIingly make, NAV ache,
5 { i tbo9s q the To PSI' for the sake
| /. Tsrs Of ; Inc "'
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| b. ea y = chase Ra BY night
| .,de p afs oIr race is run,
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q. a3s b. the doing ,.s
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h. ss9 bat few s'S' may read
,.,s,e mazes, -onc
|, / hsR' anr brave and strong
/ 5sar5 o o,o.t earnestly long
-Isr the daisies'
p Mod heart can say, -,,,x
r-'a'.S5-- ~ iife's rough way
!. ovt haven -. !. in brighter array
-2 i l ds With our praises; .ao
!. a,rs done and the wages paid
4 {. ,,.2, : S'J' The laborer ialo
.Dier TIE 1''-7 July GdlGry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07

A ST. LOUIS judge has decided that
man cannot lawfully bequeath money to
nave masses said for the repose OF his
soul.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-04-17

WASHINGTON never made a speech. In
the zenith ofhis fame he once attempted it,
failed, and gavs 1t up confused and abashcd.
In framing the Constitution of the United
States, the labor was almost wholly perform
ed in Committee of the Whole, of which
George Washington was, day after day, the
chairman, but he made two speeches during
the Convention, of very few words each,
something like one of Grants speeches. The
Convention, however. acknowledged tbe mas
ter spirit, and historians affirm that had 1t
not been for his personal popularity, and the
thirty words Of his first speech, pronounclnrg
it the best that could be united upon, the
Constitution would have been rejected oy the
people. Thomas Jefferson never made a
spessb. Hs couldn't do IL Napoleon,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-04-17

. Loss OF LIFE BY LIGHTNING 1864
Boudin presented to the French Academy
q report, showing that in France, during
period of twenty-nine years, 2,238 persons
were killed by lightning, and 6,7l4 struck
without being killed.
From a similar table Of Poey it appears
that in the United States, during period
of twelve years, 262 persons were killed by
lightning, and 43O more or less injured.
In England 103 persons were thus killed,
within . space of five years In Prussia
about ssventy-two individuals. on AZ average,
are kill Jed by lightning every year. In France
the average is little higher.
From the Investigations of DR.. Ball, in 70.
ference to the province of Mecklenberg, in
the kingdom Of Prussia, extending through
. period Of eleven years, it appears that one
person is killed by lightning out of every
247 200 and one struck out Of every l21,.
300 of the entire population. In Saxony,
every year, ono person out of every 200,.
900 loses his life by lightning. In Europe
the danger ofbeing killed by lightning is
far greater than the danger Of being killed
by railroad accident.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-04-17

A BOYS LOVE FOB HIS MorHKR.--fOf al
the love affairs in the world, none can sur.
pass the true love of q big boy for his moth.
or. It is pure and noble, honorable in the
highest degree to both. I do not mean
merely dutiful affection. mean . love that
makes boy gallant, courteous to his mother,
saying to everybody plainly that he il fairly
in love with her. Next to the love Of her
husband, nothing 80 crowns . woman's life
NTH honor as this second love, this devotion Of
a son to her. And never yet knew aboy to
turn out bad. who began BY falling ip love
with his mother. ANY man may fall in love
with fresh-faced girl, and the man who is
gallant with the girl may cruelty neglect the
worn and weary wife. But the boy who il
lover to his mother in her middle age 10 .
true knight, who will love a wife As much in
the sear-leaved autumn as he did in the
dasied spring time
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-04-17

for the county of Williamsburg. on the first
Wednesday after the first Monday after the
fauth Monday of January, May and Octo-
Der.
The Court of General Sessions, at Con-
wayboro', for the county of Horny, on the
first Monday after the fourth Monday Of
February, June and October; and the Court
of Common Pleas, at Conwayboro', for the
county of Horny, on the first Wednesday
after the fourth Monday of February, juno
and October.
!. Section 4. The Circuit Courts in the
seventh circuit shall be held as follows:
l. The Court of General Sessions, at New
berry, for the county of fNewberry, on the
third Monday of January, May and Novom-
Der; and the Court of Common Pleas, at
Newberry, on first Wednesday after the third
Monday of January, May and Novembe.
2. The Court of General Sessions, at Lau-
rensville, for the county of Laurens, on the
third Monday of February and June, and
the first Monday after the fourth Monday in
November; aud the Court of Common Pleas,
at Laurensville, for the county of Laurens,
on the first Wednesday after the the third
Monday February and Juno, and on the first
Wednesday after the first Monday after the
fourth Monday in November.
g. The Court of General Sessions, at
.UnionvilIe, for the county of Union. on the
third Monday of March, June and Septem-
ber; and the Court of Common Pleas, at
Unionville, for the county of Union, on the
first Wednesday after the third Monday in
March, June and September.
4. The Court of General Sessions, at
Spartanburg, for the county of Spartanburg,
on the first Monday after the fourth Monday
in March and July, and on the third Mon.
day in October; and the Court of Common
Pleas, at Spartanburg, for the county of
Spartanburg, on the first Wednesday after
the first Monday after the fouath Monday
in March and July, and on the first Wednes-
day after the third Monday in October.
Section 5. That all writs, summons, re-
cognizances and other processes, of what.
ever kind, returnable to the Courts of Gen
sral Sessions and Common Pleas, in the
counties above nameds be, and the same is
hereby, made returnable to the courts held
in pursuance of the provisions of this act in
The same manner as if they had been issued
Or taken in reference thereto.
Section 6. That all acts or parts of acts
with this act or repugnant
hereto, be, and the same are hereby, repeal
I'd. as
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-04-17

WHERE TO GET A W1Fl.-To those who
are bent on matrimony, but have not found
a suitable partner. we offer urgent advice.
Let them pack up all their property and
start Immediately for the mountainous dis
tricts to the extreme east Of Hungary.
They will find that this season Of the year .
fair is held Of manageable young msh and
women. From all quarters long trains Of
chariots wind their way to the plain OF
Kalinosa. They srs laden with household
furniture, and followed by the cattle. Of the
family. In the midst of these goods may be
seen the young lady whom her family has
brought here to seek husband at the fair.
She Is dressed in her best, with brilliant silk
scarf and scarlet pstticoat. These caravans
take up their positions one after tho other on
one side Of the plain, while on the other side
cavalcade Of young men approaches and
deploys along the whole line. The men
young W Wallachians, for tho most part-are
dressed in their best goatskins and make
what show of horsemanship they can. After
both parties have taken up their respective
quarters opposite each other, the fathers step
forward and begin to negotiate marriages for
their children. The questions asked On
these occasions are, We fear, Of q somewhat
sordid character. "How many bullocksp
GLOW much money! "Your dsughtsrs
furniture loooks rather old; that chest Of
drawers does not shut properly. I must hnd
something better than that for my SON."
Such would doubtless be correct report Of
the conversations held in this primitive, if
not poetical, arcadia previous 70 clinching
the matrimonial bargain. The business is,
however, carried out with q promptitude
equal to its frankness. As soon as the par
ents are agreed priest, who is always ready
at hand, is summoned. He chants a.hymn
and gives his benediction, the bride then
kisses her parents, mounts the chariot, and
starts for some unknown village with hus-
band whom she has never seen before, the
furniture and cattle which her parents have
allowed her as marriage portion following
in the rear. Thus every year many unieus
are contracted by this primitive people, and
there is, We must confess, plain honesty and
absence of sham in this style of proceeding.
One is apt to compare it with the deceptions
and arti6ces employed in civilized society by
those who, pretending to love, only seek TO
marry fortunes.-PaN Mall Gazette.
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whose executive ability is almost without
parallel, said that his greatest difficulty was
in finding men of deeds rather than words.
When asked how he maintained his influence
over his superiors in age and experience
when commanderin.chief Of an army in Italy,
he said by reverse, the greatness Of man
i. not measured BY the length Of his speeches
and their number.