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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-02
from running at largo In those coun-
ties which, by majority vote, may
decide 10 agree thereto,

from running at largo In those coun-
ties which, by majority vote, may
decide TO agree thereto.
An act to amend Oh act approved
March 10, 1870, entitled "An act to
provide for tho reorganization AMI
support Of public schools, and to re-
wise and amend laws relative thereto
and to repeal certain acts and parts Of
acts"
An act to amend section of.an ac:
approved March 10, 1870, entitled
"An act to establish State Normal
schools"
An act to protect contractors and
sub-contractors and iaborers in their
claims against railroad companies or
corporations, etc.
An act to lease the State penitentia-
ry for tho period of tcn years.
An act to amen;l section IL of chap
ter Sc Of General statutes, relating to
bonds for purchase of public school
lands.
An act TO amend chaptcr69 ofGcn-
| erai statutes relating to rIannfuctnr-
ing and business companies.
An act 10 amend section 10 ofchap.
ter 81 of General statutes, relating
TO pay of railroad laborcrs.
Annct to amend section 5 of ckap.
ter 143 of General statutes, relating
TO certified copies Of evidence.
An act to establish the Southcas,
Normal school.
An act to authorize the establish
mcnt of a morguc in st. Louis.
An act amcndatory Of all act abol
ishing the Office of public printer
increases pay of compositors.)
MEMORIAL.
Memorial of the General Assembly
to Congress regarding the improve
ment of the Usage.
| CONCURRENT REVOLUTIONS.
| Concurrent resolution asking Con
srcss to improve the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers.
| Concurrent resolution in relation
to St Louis international Industria
exposition.
Memoralizins Congress to pension
soldiers who. served in the Mexican
war.
Requesting an appropriation b.
Congress for the purpose of erectin:
at Kansas City Il custom house au'
pos:ofIice bnilding.
Proposing an amendment to tn
constitution in regard to registration
To adjourn March "a, 1873.
| Mcmora1iziTg Congress 10 improv
White river and james Fork.
| Concurrent resolution concerning
the Missouri Valley society.
For distributing 4colos ici! reports
Instructing The attorney general t
institute suits against the Missoul
Pacific and North Missouri Raiiroa
companies.
! Resolution authorizing the secret;
ry of States to print 1000 copies {
: the township organization law.
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posite the court house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
A Love Story.

A FEW years ago the Archduke Henry
fell SO desperately in love with Miss
Hoffman, girl Of modest beauty, sweet
temper and gentle, winning manners, but
possessing no other rank Of beauty,
simple citizens daughter, that no
prayers and representations could win
him from his attachment. He mar
ried her, however, like man, openly be-
fore all the world, fulfilling publicly all
the requirements made by State and
Church, and willingly abandoned all the
prestige of his high position. His name
was struck from the army list, where he
ranked as Field Marshal, his high orders
were taken from him, and the wrath of
the Archduchess Sophia-then the ruling
spirit of the imperial family-went so far
as to cause a serious reduction of his al
lowance. With rare fortitude and noble
constancy he bore it all, and enjoyed true
happiness by the side of his loving wife,
and in the midst of his numerous chill
dren. At last warm friends, fired with
admiration for his courage, and convince
ed of the general merit of his wife's char
acter, renewed their intercessions, and
finally saw their efforts crowned with
success. During the last week his digni-
ties have been all restored to him, and
the Emperor himself is said to have been
delighted with his new kinswoman, the
Archduchess Heinrich, nee Hoffman,
Vienna Letter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

able or all natural events or conditions
| the moon in its movements and relations
TO the earth is the emblem of precision
and punctuality; yet large part of man.
kind persist in believing there is a con.
| nection between the most unvarying of
possible causes and the most variable of
supposed) resultsi
AS to vegetation, there is the same in
congruity between cause and effect-the
extremes of certainty and uncertainty:
the same teachings of individual expert
ence and the same perennial faith, which
In It's details tends more to the absurd.
There is another popular belief, very
much IN conflict with the teachings of
science, which still retains-though seem
lngly with failing strength-a hold on the
rural mind; it is that of the transmuta-
ton OF plants-noW, in this country, mar
rowed down to the change of wheat into
cheat or chess. Though unsustained by a
single established instance, and in CON
iiict with all the known laws of vegetable
life, u is not logically so preposterous as
the decisions regarding the moon-it fails
for want of affirmative proof; but as it
lacks the absurdity, go it wants the vital.
lty OF other beliefs, and the moon will
hold her sway over the ignorant mind
long after transmutatlon has gone into
obllvlon. A certain mystery surround
ing the moon, with the uneducated, will
aid greatly in perpetuating the supersti
tions beliefs in regard 10 its influence.
There is, or was, rather, one popular
belief prevalent at the opening of the
present century, which Is now dead it
was in the Information of swallows IN the
mud Of swamps like snakes. This was
too tangible matter, however, to long
stand the test of observation, and it had
no element of superstition Or mystery to
give it vitality. Hence its early disap-
pearance into limbo!
The study of the natural sciences is
the best antidote to superstition, and will
better aid in protecting the mind from an
inherited tendency to delusive beliefs
than any other branch of education 1t
inculcates and requires habits of close OBJ
servation, careful comparison and eau
tious deduction. There is no better way
of strengthening and developing the
reasoning and perceptive faculties than
by pursuing these studies, which are
closely connected with, and in fact form
part Of, the wide scope of agricultural
science. Country Gentleman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
A Lesson in Emphasis.

SOME years ago there was student at
theological seminary at Andover, who
had an excellent opinion of his own tai
ents. On one occasion he asked the Pro-
fessor who taught elocution at the time.
"What do | especially need to learn in
this departments" ''You ought to learn
to read" said the Professor ooh; l can
read now" replied the student. The
Professor handed the man Testament
and pointed to the twenty-ffth verse Of
the twenty fourth chapter Of Luke's Cos
pei, and asked him to read that. The stu
dent read, "Then he said unto them, o
the prophets have spoken" ''Ah," said
the Professor, "they were fools for be-
tseoing the prophets, We're they?" Of
course that was not right, and so the
young man tried again. 80 fools, and
slow of heart to believe all that the pro-
phets have spoken "The prophets,
then, were sometimes iars?" asked the
Professor. ''No-O fools and slow of
heart to believe all that the prophets have
spoken According to this reading"
the Professor suggested, "the prophets
were notorious liars This was not g.
satisfactory conclusion, and so another
trial was made. go, fools and slow of
heart to believe all the prophets have
Spoken" 81 see now," said the Professor,
the prophets wrote the truth, but thew
spoke lies" This last criticism dis
couraged the student, and he acknowl-
edged that he did not know how to read.
The difficulty lies in the fact that the
words "slow of heart to believe" apply
to the whole of the latter part of the SEN
tence and emphasis on any particular
word entirely destroys the meaning
Neasjuryp01t Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
Tenac1ty of Popular Beliefs.

THE tenacity of popular belief, in the
absence of any established facts on which
it can be based, and in opposition to all
the teachings of learning, science, and in
dlvidual experience, has long been the
wonder of philosophers. The explana-
tlon perhaps is, that it is an inherited
habit or instinct, and perpetuates itself
through successive generations as other
habits do. Thus we see the dog on his
masters carpet before the fire. turn
around before lying down, in obedience
to an inherited habit acquired ages ago
by his progenitors when obliged to make
tLeir own beds in their native wilds.
And SO of many habits in man and the
domestic animals, which are still con-
tinued, though the occasion for them
ceased to exist countless generations ago.
The belief which seems to have the firm
est hold on the popular mind, and to be
the most widely disseminated, is in the
influence OF the moon on vegetation and
the weather. This has long resisted the
accumulated contradictions of experience
as to the facts, and the teachings of
science as to the theory. But it shows
the marvellous power of the human mind
in thrusting aside phenomena which in.
terfere with cherished convictions and
established habits of thought. No indi
vidual of mature age who holds this be-
! ief but has seen it fail in his own expert
ence thousand times. But all observa
ton shows that the result of such failure
is only to fix the delusion still more deep
| ly. Such belief does not depend on the
efficacy of trial, but on the strength Of
| faith. A believer in these decisions viii
believe anything rather than that his
faith is in the wrong.
AS to the weather, the experience Of
every adult will require him to admit thai
there can be nothing more variable anc
uncertain than the condition of TIT
weather at any given time and place-ol
more certain than that there will be con
slant variation in the weather at sucl
place as compared with any other poin
either on the same latitude, longitude, O.
in the same hemisphere. And while tn,
| weather is the most uncertain and yari
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
Improbable Acquaintances.

THERE is not the least necessity of frit
tering away much time On people who arc
neither profitable, congenial, or in any
way companionable, although there is an
immense amount of time wasted in that
manner, and deal of scolding done in
consequence.
Those who have nothing to do but
chatter, lounge about in easy chairs, eat
bon bons, and conjure about their neigh
bors, will soon seek more welcome quar-
tiers if one continues the duties and la
bors of the day regardless of their pres.
ence. The atmosphere of industry does
not harmonic with chronic idleness.
How often it occurs that entire plans
for the day are frustrated by an untimely
visit from the last person one would care
to see Important matters are neglected
merely to ha civil and hospitable, purely
from cannot-help-yourself feeling.
Entertaining people without being at
most stupid, thankless task one can as.
sumo. There is absolutely nothing to be
gained from it in the end
The only true, successful and lasting
basis for sociability and aompanionship
is sympathy of thought Or similarity OF
pursuits
1t is unwise to have Or permit &C.
quaintanceships which cannot prove
pleasurable or beneficial
Now and then it may be pardonable in
man or woman to treat consummate
"bore" with consideration because he has
money, and can be induced to lend few
dollars IN an emergency, but the obeis-
ance and sacrifice made to money are
generally too low, frequent and fawning.
Money and clothes are not recommends
tons to the friendship of those who
amount to anything Intellectually, still
they are too apt to win soft smiles, gentle
words and fattery from the masses, and
pass for much that exists only in dazzled
imaginations.
Such twaddle as people endure because
glded with money is almost enough to
discourage the poor from seeking after
knowledge. Rich ignorance and vulgar
ity snub impecunious culture and refine
ment, and the people bow in submission.
She is an heiress," or che is rich,' set
tie all questions of equality and merit,
and the poor are discounted at once
There are few eccentric individuals
who do not regard money above all else,
and they will not bend the knee to that
which is tasteless and uncongenial. Such
persons are not popular; but they enjoy
freedom from the trammel of unwelcome
guests, and cringing to the unworthy is to
them unknown. Blessed be such eccen.
tricity.-Eapna Orlou.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
EsOp's Fable of the Lion in Love.
FREE TRANSLATION By "aR1s 1"

FREE TRANSLATION By "GRIs."
A LION once fell in love with a wood
| mans daughter. Pleased at first with
her appearance, he at length was enam.
ored of her skill on the sewing machine,
and fascinated with her engaging way of
doing general homework. He offered
her his paw in marriage, but she referred
him to the old mans who spurned his
| offer, not desiring to have his family lion
| lied in any such manner. But the lion
| insisted, threatening to make sausage
meat of the entire family unless they pre-
| pared at once for the marriage ceremony.
| (No cards
The woodman, seeing that SO formida-
| BILE an addition to travelling menagerie
was not to be trifled with, pretended to
accede to the demand. He really felt
| fiattered, he said, by the proposal. 1t
was an opportunity to transform his
premises into geological garden that
might never occur again in lifetime.
"But what great teeth! and what great
claws you have got" said the woodman.
"Where is the damsel that would not be
| frightened at such things as these in a
young husband. You must have your
teeth drawn and your claws pared off be-
| fore you can be suitable bridegroom for
my daughter. Awhile after marriage you
can show your teeth and claws as much
as you please. Other husbands do"
The lion agreed to the proposition. for
le-e ..,as'Acs l.cha,oes of lions as well as
men. A skillful dentist was sent for who
| administered chloroform to the lion, and
extracted his teeth. by the aid OF nitro-
glycerine. His claws were then pared
| by chiropodist, who afterwards had
them silver mounted and placed on exhi-
bition in velvet-lined case, together with
numerous eminent corns and distin-
guished bunions, removed with his patent
corn-sheller.
Minus teeth and claws the lion called
| upon the woodman to accept hun as
a son-in-law. But the woodman, no
longer afraid of the tanned and disarmed
bully, seized PROSTATE sapling and be-
labored him soundly, regardless of his
entreaties
"Woodman. spare that tree,
Touch not single-bow- wow-wow."
He skunk away into the thicket never
again to undertake the task of making a
woodlands daughter play the part of
Pawlean, the Lady of Lions to his
Claw'd
MoRAL.-This fable teaches the adj
vantages of chloroform in affairs of the
heart, and the important part the chiropo-
dist plays in our modern civilization
"Fdt C0ntrl5utor's" Saturday Night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

clients"
Are your
eyes"
And then there was brief silence.
| Are you acquainted with Mr. Carter.
Mrs. Alvern's brother?" asked the widow.
| presently.
eyes," answered, with little GRIM
ace. "A self-conceited, disagreeabIe
puppy" -,
doubtfully.
"Of course, as does every body else. So
will you, when you meet him."
"Shall l ?"
ga man who thinks because he's got q
handsome face ard smooth tongue, that
nobody else has any business in crea-
ton"
Dear, dear!" twittered my companion
s'thats very bad indeed"
"Of course, he will pay a good deal of
attention to you, if you are to be his SIS
ter's guest" l pursued; ''but it won't do
to encourage him"
"Now
"By no means He's a professional
flirt''
"Is it possible?" lisped the widow.
And mentally shook hands With myself
for having thus deity put a spoke in
Bob's wheel
First impressions are everything, and I
certainly had been beforehand with the
pretty widow. Neither had | any COM
FUNCTIONS OF conscience, for hadn't Bob
been playing practical jokes of all styles
and compilations on me, ever since we en-
tered the bar side by side?
Stupid Tom" that had been his pet
name for ALWAYS. lint fhic u-oc,ft
very stupid" game, after all.
While was thus metaphoricallv hug
ging myself, the conductor bawled out,
GLENDALE" and [ sprang up to assist my
lovely companion out of the car, cheerful
~ burdenfng myself with bags, baskets.
parasols, and bulky wraps.
AS we stepped upon the platform, I
nearly tumbled into the arms of-Bob
Carter.
"Hullo, Toni" was his inelegant greet
ing. You don't grow any lighter as you
grow older
was about to retort bitterly, when q
sudden change came over his face, as he
beheld the pretty widow behind me.
"Gertier' he exclaimed, clasping both
her hands in his.
eyes, Robert" she answered, with
sparkling eyes and flushed cheeks "That
gentleman has got my parcels; he has
been very kind to me-
"Oh, has he, though? Well, we won't
trouble him any further. l am much
obliged to you, Tom, and Well send you
cards to the wedding"
"To what wedding?' gasped
Didn't you tell him, Gertie? Why, to
our wedding, the tenth Of next month, to
be sure. IA reuoir. Tom, be careful of
yourself for my sake"
Nd hat IL Y
daisy-faced widow. For if you think I
was mean-spirited enough to go to that
wedding, you are mistaken in my char
acter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

TIE Virginian of the future will marry
his uncle's widow or his nephew's widow
as much as he has mind to-that is, if
the widow is willing. Heretofore this re-
lationship has been . legal bar to mar
rage under very Old statute of the State;
but the present Legislature has passed a
law expressly excepting this degree of
consequently from the inhibition.
The immediate cause of the exception was
rather singular. A very respectable
gentleman then residing in another State,
married the widow of his nephew. Subse-
quently they removed to Prince Edward,
in Virginia, where they found that they
without being guilty of adultery. 1t was
to relive this obvious hardship that the
law was passed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
BEST.

BY ROSE TERRY.
. Is2Ec Pr . kine9 I nYnqHsfsa@ l1tlHf 9hee'
0uf6k 6ps where the courser stands,
kings to the saddle-tree.
Loxo IA &f1oe than kith or kim
6ocaqo6 nlte chung and so close clasped he
They heaa12Ho sob of the bitter wind,
Nor the noW that shuddered along the lea.
:. LozeiSb< khan life Or breath!
~ ~ - 3 over the horses knee;
Softly fh64 Ink In the soft, cold death.
And The low -shroud folds them silently.
Houses and lands are gone for aye,
Kith and lin hike the wild wind flee;
Life and Hreofh have futtered away,
But loyo 18th blossomed eternally.
Atlantic Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

BILLS are pending in several of the
State Legislatures which are designed to
put On end to the business of dead-head-
ing on the railroads. Some of these go
SO far as to make it a criminal offense for
State officer or member of the Legisla-
ture to accept free pass over any rail-
road. The legislators of Maine, however,
look at the subject from another point of
view, and instead of furnishing dead
heads, propose to provide for their better
protection, by making the companies
more surely responsible in case of injury,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

the genuine nobleman, compared with his
f1ippancy, and those advances to Olivia.
which we in our blindness set down as
"uncouthp
The whole party went away that night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
Very Excusable.

A COLLECTOR of Internal Revenue not
far from the Ohio River, being little be-
hind time in forwarding reports for the
month of December to the Department at
Washington, submitted the following ex-
PLANTATION as to the cause of the delay
Left home ON the 18th to attend to
official business Ohio River blocked
with ice, and was detained away until the
22d. Got married, as per previous ar
rangement, On 32d, to very handsome,
young, Christian lady land She's proud of
me yeti. Froli:ked on the 24th, and
pitched into office work ON the 25th-
Hence. please conclude that some DELAY
was unavoidable. Don't let it count
against my office. Our bride joins in the
request"
The kind hearted Commissioner decides
that the excuse is admissible VASE
s7soto7a Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
rRE LAST lullaby

BIZ MRS. 4. O. KENDRIcK.
- sleep, sweetly sleep. baby ny,
81 q feep, sweetly sleep, close your eye,
mether, pale and young,
~ The smiled, and smiled, ana SUM
And she tr3ed to WOO the while,
10 the pal1s faint lips smile;
But the lowell in its eye,
Through - death shades maze repay
the mi6kt of mother-loEe,
Rising n In etrength above
NuN6irM oBy of pain,
9lnrafls Mat low refrain.
ThfoG& epirt's dark eclipse
In 3 49, @6calypse,
ReefH 8. dark unknown,
T~oiI1{ her little one.
She X a II on her breast
T9re1 INTO rest;
She ~ We'd 1t to sleep
That {fxer wake to weep.
On tn - of another,
Tend1E(k1af than father, mother,
) f3e1tel n cradle-bed,
sThe Nz1e1rs says, 81 was last summer with a
young mother, when her baby, which she most ten
derry loved. died. When it was dying, she soothed
the4fegtlee1ncssof desth by singing in cheerful,
16Qfhf nne, over and over, Sweetly sleep etc.
N t16n1 ne vexy deeply as it did the Others VINO
listened t6 her Bhe literally soothed it 10 Its last
sleep. - A66heN journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

DR.. REvILLoD, of Geneva, for prevent
ing the development of smallpox pus-
tules IN the face, recommends glycerine,
which diminishes the intensity Of the
eruption, and he cautions against the use
OF washes with water or any other liquid,
which increases the eruption. His favor
lite formula is: Soap, ten parts; glycerine,
four parts; triturate, and add merourial
ointment, twenty parts. 1t must be ap--
piled before the pustules have been trans-
formed into vesicles.