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A young fellow of our acquaintance
declares that he overheard the follow
ing conversation, lately. Two young
ladies were chatting in happy mood,
the other day, when the conversation
turned on the subject of dress. Said
one lady, in reply to tactious remark
from the other: sim in no mood for
trifing, to-day, and I'm backed up in
my good resolutions by the presence of
lions Herald in my panier." VERY
WELL replied the other, ''there is no
reason for your feeling so particularly
good over that, I've the Christian at
Work in nine
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WoULDNT.-lt is now claimed that
the architect Of the great "Chinese
WALL was a woman; but woman
wouldn't do anything to keep men out
in that way.
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\ MOTHER AND 4 MUL .. AN Off
Ger attached to the staff of General
Custer, having his wife and child with
him, just before sharp fight with the
Indians, gave them in charge to a
friendly Indian to take beyond the
line Of the enemy. The Indian pro-
cured a mule and started. On reach
ING the river he proposed to the moth
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the mule suddenly stopped, and began
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Skin Diseases.

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SrorpING \ Hen FROM SETrING.-J.
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some days since by IN old setting hen.
Having tried all the usual ways to in
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two humps Of ice in the nest after tax
ing her off. The old critter,' as usual
in such cases, soon returned and took
a seat, which seemed to disagree with
her: after a few hours Mrs. Hen con
cluded to associate with her fellows"
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-11
What to Do in an Emergency.

IT is good thing to know what to do
when man faints away and falls down
on the street. A pedestrian fell down on
Monroe avenue yesterday, being just off
sick bed, and it was wonderful how
many men in the crowd knew exactly
what was the best thing to do One
called for brandy; another waved the
crowd back; another shouted "police"
and ''cOroner;" a fourth brought bucket
of water from saloon, and all the others
crowded in as closely as possible and be
gan wondering if the man had his life in
sured. Some wanted to throw water on
the victim, and others thought that his
boots ought to be removed, and the man
with the slop pail fell down in it and
jumped up and kicked at lame boy.
Two boys were sent for a doctor, but
didn't 90, and market woman crowded
in and told them to raise the mans head.
Some one put brick under his neck,
and another general call was made for
whisky, camphor, gin, soda, pop, root
beer, ginger ale, vinegar, water and lager.
Nothing was brought, and after a few
minutes the man opened his eyes, gave
his name and asked to be taken home
After he had departed doctor arrived, a
coroner came putting along, and the
crowd came near having a fight as to who
was entitled to the honor of saving the
mans lifc.-Detr05t Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-11
The Health of Farmers.

Farmers have unequaled natural adj
vantages for health, strength and
longevity The statistics of disease and
the tables of mortality, however, are
against them. This is due, not to their
vocation, but to their misuses of it. No
class, as a whole, is probably so utterly
reckless of health conditions So far as
our acquaintance with the habits of
farmers is cOncerned-and it has been ex-
tensive-it compels the conclusion, as a
rule, that the dietetic habits of farmers are
worse than those of any other class who
have the means of choosing for them
selves Fried dishes several times dav,
with several fried articles at each of the
three meals, is one of their common abom-
nations, dried beef, old cheese and
pickles are among the common relishes,
while lard and saleratus make their richer
dainties indigestible and caustic. We
have seen on a farmers table, fried pork,
fried potatoes and fried grlddle cakes for
breakfast; fried ham, fried hOminy and
fried parsnips for dinner, and fried saus-
ages and fried doughnuts for supper-all
the frying done in lard. No class is SO
troubled with canker, erysipelas, tumOrs,
cancers and humors as farmers; and the
excessive use of pork, lard, fine flour, rich
cakes ana greasy pastry, are enough 10 ac-
count for it. In dietetic habits, our
farmers are sadly misled by the agricul-
tural journals, nearly all of which pander
to their prejudices, and tlatter their NOR
bid appetites by recommending and COM
mending swine breeders and pork-eating,
while they fill their kitchen column with
recipes for making rich and palatable"
buildings, pies, cakes, and other compli-
Gated dishes, which no stomach ever car
ried inside human body could long toll
crate without death or dyspepsia. The es
sential need of our farmers is plain, whole
some food, properly cooked. This would
give them much more available strength
for work, relieve them of many of the dis
tresses and expenses of Sickness add
many years to their lives, and render old
age green and normal, instead of dry
and decrepit, as it is in most cases under
existing habits.-Science Of HeaLth
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lem are too numerous and complex to be
taken into account here. The apparent
position OF the planet on the suns face at
any given moment of her transit necessa-
rlly depends upon the position of the OBJ
server. The amount of such displace-
ment is the essential term for calculating
the distance of the planet, and from that
the distance of the sun.
The observations made during the tran
SIT OF 1851 were interpreted as giving a
solar parallaX of S'65 min, corresponding
TO a mean distance of about 81, 100000
miles More elaborate preparations were
made for the observation of the transit of
1909; but the conditions were less favor
aple, the observers were unprepared to
meet grave difficulty which arose, and
me results were exceedingly discordant
some made the suns distance nearly 100,
ooo,000 miles, others less than 8S,000,000
ABOUT fifty years ago, Encke re-examined
'he observations made on both transits
ana, combining results, deduced the dis
lance 95,174,00O miles-an estimate which
was accepted as the best that could be
hoped for until the transit of 1874 should
furnish data for a new determination. 1t
could not hold its ground, however, in
me light OF modern science.
From study of the perturbations of the
moon depending upon the position Of the
sun, Laplace had deduced a solar parallax
closely corresponding with that subse-
quently obtained by Encke from the tran
sits OF VEINS. But in 1854 Hansen ap-
plled the same method to larger number
Oh more exact observations, and obtained
III boO,oOO miles for the suns distance
by another method, depending on the
apparent motions of the sun, Lcverrier
calculated solar distance of 81 1870, 900
miles. Mr. Stone, of Cambridge, Eng,
discovered a numerical error in Leverrier's
Work, and on correcting it, made the suns
distance 91,739,O 900 miles. BY the same
method, our own Professor Newcomb OBJ
tains 925O000O miles Foucault, by an
experimental study of light, obtained re
suits which would make the suns dis
lance 81 100000 miles Applying i'm
proved methods to the study of Mars, sew
eral astronomers, including Newcomb,
Stone, and Winnecke, obtained between
1860 and 1864, slightly varying figures
approxlmata1g 92,O0O00O 1t was clear
that Encke's estimate was too great.
Ihereupon the observations of 1869 were
subjected to another scrutiny with results
50 clearly confirming the later and small
er estimates that the distance, 1000 900
mlles-Wlth margin of possible error OF
oOO,O0O mllcs-was Professionally adopted.
The finer instrumental and other appli-
ances, which will be brought to bear on
the transits of 1874 and 1882, will no doubt
establish an eXacter estimate, which it
may take centuries to improve upon
Scientific 1mer5cGn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-11
FaIl-Seeding Grass.

GOOD farmers are becoming, year by
year, in the West, more convinced of the
inutility of spring seeding to get a good
stand Of grass when sOWn with another
crop, particularly if that crop be oats.
The reasons are simple, the principal one
being that the young grass, being smoth-
cred by the crop, grows spindling and
with but little root, and the usual drouth
of summer, after the grain crop is gath
cred, often kills it entirely; or, if it do
not, it is so weakened that the subse-
quent freezing and thawing of winter
heaves it, or freezes it to such an extent
that it takes sometimes years to fully re-
cover
This is obviated if the seed be sown
after the crop Of grain has been harvested.
The land should be lightly piowed, har-
rOwed and rolled until perfectly smooth.
Upon this SOW the seed at the rate OF
twelve quarts of timothy, unless clover
be used on the field in which case eight
quarts will be about the quantity for
ordinary seeding 1t is true many good
farmers SOW less, but experience has
shown that ample seeding gives the bet
Ter and more equal stand. The seed being
sOwn, harrow again with a light smooth
ing harrow or some other implement that
will not clog, but will leave what trash
may be brought to the surface equally
distributed over the field.
The seeding for grass should be made
in the latter part of August or beginning
of September; indeed, the earlier the bet
ter, if seasOnable rains occur, so that the
grass may get a good roothold before the
ground freezes. If it be intended to SOW
clover as part of the meadow or pas
ture, six to eight pounds should be
seeded the following spring just as the
frost is coming out Of the ground; ana
this need not be narrowed in. When the
land becomes settled it is good practice
to roll it with moderately light section
roller, to compress the earth about the
roots OF the grass and clover.
If clover be sown alone, either tor
swine or seed, not less than fifteen pounds
should be sOWn twenty would be Detter)
on perfectly smooth surface, as before
directed, and without any other crop.
The ground should be rolled flat, when
in condition, and pastured when the crop
gets sufficiently large if the sou be Irm;
Do not allow stock to occupy the land
when there is any danger OF Its being
poached.
1t is perhaps necessary to say that
grass or clover seed should be very lightly
covered; but in fall-seeding OF grass 1t
may be covered deeper than II soWn IN
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nave stopped the engine if I'd only had
sense enough to know what to take hold
OF TO reverse her! But | was too drunk
Anu that grand little angel stood up to it,
trying to warn us in time, and we just
swept right ahead into pile of ties some
wretch had laid on the ck!-Oh, my
baby!-Go away, George.
There! And do you want me to tell
you how the sight of that mangled little
mass killed her mother? And do you
want me to tell you to walk alive today
the murderer of my own child, who
stood up to save me? And do you want
me to tell you the goodfellowship you
were drinkin' awhile ago brought all this
on me?
You'll let this pass by maxim up your
mind to be moderate Hope you will.
was moderate 'un.
COh God! Oh my babyD
i can knock down auy man twice my
size for q good reason. George Burks,
but my heart just melts to water for that
little girl."-Wood's Household Magazine.
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LADIES' LUGGAGE.
BY A. BRUTE.

y.
How happy is the single life
~ all the priests and monks.
Nat one of whom has got wife
10 bother him with trunks
And bandboxes, a load too great
Enr man OF horse to bear,
which railways charge for overweight,
And cabs ask double fare.
paII care, a. when your bride you post,
Disrracts your anxious mind,
rnst thia portmanteau should be lost,
Or that be left behind;
Her baggage as you travel down
Iifc's hill. weighs more and more,
And still, rs balder grows your crown,
BECOMES greater bore.
ou,stretched by fashion vile and vain.
Hoops. pctiicoats, and vests,
Nav British females to contain
Require no end of chests;
To which bags, baskets, bundles add
Too numerous 10 name,
Enough to drive a poor man mad,
Job with rage intiame.
Tins does your wife each journey spoil
OF y,G-s that she partakes:
Thus keeps you on the fret and broil,
Your peace aud comfort breaks.
With ali these boxes. all her things,
iH6w mdny!) 10 inCl0se,
The fair umbrance on you brings
wagon load of woes.
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DIR. j. Walkers California Vim

Dr. j. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BIT
TERS?' Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and q life giving principle,
perfect Renovation and InvigOratOr
of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities Of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir 20. They
are gentle PurgatiVe as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Nisceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic;
Carmnative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudoritic, Altera-
tive, and Ambitious.
Grateful Thousands proclaim VIM
EGAR BITTERS the most wonderful In
vigorant that ever sustained the sinking
system.
No Person can take these BitterS
according to directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their bones are not de-
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
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spring; never, however, more than an
inch. Experience has shown that rather
deep sowing in the fall is better than
more superficial sowing If the seeding
OF timothy, from any cause, have to be
made in the spring, it should be without
other crops.-Western Rurnl
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w HEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
~ please say you Saw the advertisement
In this paper.
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FOFNkln UESeaSHS. ETUptIOns. Tet-
ter, Salt-Rheum, BloteheS, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils, Carhuncles, Ring worms,
Scald-head, Sore Eyes Eryspelas Itch,
Scurts, Discolorations OF the Skin, Humors
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug Mp aud carried
out OF the system in 4 short time by the use
of hose Rittnrc