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MYERS OPERA 1I0UsE-Dlonroo etreotr bot"ees
etn,n and Dearborn, Arlington, Cotton Ketnblot
alnstro and Bnsesquo Troupe. Ethiopian Comeaut1ef
, 1873-02-24

GLOBE THEATRE -Dosp1aincs atroot botwccn hladt-
so, and Wn,hiurtou, 'Neck and Neck"
, 1873-02-24

m'y1oKER,s Ti1EATnE-Aladison street, botwsen
Etate and Dearborn. HnEaae'neos Ok %o"'a ooo'o'
'+Lsdy OF LyonA."
, 1873-02-24
BUSINESS NOTICES.

ROYAL HAVANA L0TTERY-WHoLE 1sGKXEI.
ssS Circulars sent; Information giyon. !. " At
INEZ Co. Bankesp, IL Wall.st.p r. O. Box 468, NO"
, 1873-02-24

11OOI,EY's OPERA HOUSE-Randolph street, DO
1voan Clark and I.aSat1o. - Falsc Shamo."
, 1873-02-24

ACADEMY OF MUSIC Hslstod street, sonth OF
Madison, ~ Countorfet."
, 1873-02-24

Moncuro D. Conway, writing to the Cincinnati
Commercial from London, aftor d visit to tho
Geological Gardens, acknowledges himself to
have boon moro than half converted to Darwin
ism by what he saw and heard thore among the
animals, and narrates many curious facts. One
| of tho bears closely rcaomblod Theodore parlcr,
| who, aB ovory ono knowa, had special fondneBs
| for boars. An old fox bore close resemblance,
| also, to Mr. Seward, and q walrus to tho Tloh-
T! horne claimant. Ha saw singing mon
koy and a fearful ohimpauzce. Ho saw,
also somo humble invalIds who were
constantly unhappy unlcsa thoy had the
sympatl,y Of tho Superintendent. ona old bab'
con gave q look and made motion ut 4 trouble
somo hoy proosoly Tin tho style Of tho gout9
old uncle on the stage who Bhahos lis crutoh a1
tho offender, and cries, "Qdaa boddlklns
Gramnorcy! Zounds Egnd!" Two bears 70
comfy had cataract on tho oyo, and, after tA
administration Of chlorofor1n, to which tho.
submitted in human fashion, were operated upol
with succoss, and recovered, Many OF the mon
koys are suffering from hereditary consumption
hIr. Conway alao saw n1aternal hlppotamus az
minister castigation to hor orring child in til
manner which has boon patent among womc
sinco Eyea time. Tho most conclusive proc
OF humanity which ho observed, however. wa
tho following. There was very plou
man in tho Gardens distributing tracts to til
: visitors. A boy who had ono OF tho tsact'
which invited him to Pause" put 1t into th
, paws Of big apo, who sat down with IT, oye
it upside down, fore and aft, every way-the
used it to tioklo tie nose OF alumberiu
baboou, Whoroupon, Mr.. Conway remarks
t "Ouo would give something to hare chin
= nauzeo commentary upon the dogmatic thoolof
| 41,,o ,fYarea him hofore any rnyiynl Inns OccurTf
, 1873-02-24
sE'Ihg NCbtuIa III 0ri0fts

Tho Nov York Tribune contains tho following,
rs part OF a report Of a lecture delivered last
week, at tho Cooper Union Institute, by Prot
George T. Barker, Of Ya1o College:
tho nesuar hypokesis Of L. rlace oe Of tho randest
1t from La Place 1t only theory accounting,
1t s true for tho facts. Men, however, asE sor proof
10 Of thls nature. Tho spcctra given ~ tho nob.m
nog og Of Sc1s esg
show the process Of the creation Of tho uniyese ans
verify tho theory Of L. plnce. Nobum wcrs Thought
aolvabo BY tho telescope Tho aroctroeeorsnas sh1w1
this to be false. Tho e0ua II Orion, ho,gh reeovea
oscopo to 30 mas Of iars, gives, Trough the spsc.
troacope, truo gaseous specssn. 9na story Oh LILO
telescope ia therefore not truo.
Eithor the report does great njustico to Prof.
Dnrkcr, or ho has betrayed q pmentablo want OF
acquaintance With tho subject; which is all tho
moro dangerous, aa It tsnds to throw un"ar-
rantcl discrodit upon tie value OF tho telescope
rs mn aid in the Btudyof phenomenal astronomy
Tho nebula Of Orioa appears, IN tho beet tele-
scopes, M d nobuloas mass, which "contains
about forty eight Btars; and 1t WAS simply s'g-
gested, several years ago, TINT an instrument OF
sufficient power might bo constructed to resolve
| tho whole nebula into separate stara. But this
las uo'oH peoA uouoI "n" AHo 0P1~s'o3f
| proveB to US that the guess WIS 1nfoundod
in this caao, though, correct aa regards
aoao other clusters thon called nebulm. Tho
nobula Of Orion hos not been resolved Unto
atars) by tho telescope. Tho forty-oight stars
allowed alluded to soem to be surrounded by tho
| cloudy MACS which tho speotroacope shows us II
vast aggregation Of glowing gas. We do not
| got know whether these stars arc pnrs OF Inc
nebula, or whethor they are much farther away
or much nearer to ua snan tho gas; tho lette
rooition is tho most probable. The story O
the telescope is not, therefore, contradictcd b.
tho spectroscopo, notwithstanding tho assertion
OF Prof. Barker. On tho contrary, tho tn
storioa aro complementary and consistent, a
truth should be; and, taken togother, they fur
nish us with q much greater yolnmo OF trut
than is contained separately in either atory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Do Lewis Advice to COld-FOOted
Lady,

MADAME, allow me to prescribe for you
have had long experience in the man
agement of delicate women, and believe
can give you some important advice.
For the present prescribe only for your
feet.
LIST, Procure a quantity of wooden
stocklngs-not such as you buy at the
stores nnder the name of lambs wool,
that you can read a paper through, but
the kind that your Aunt Jerusha in the
country knits for you, thick as board,
that will keep your feet dry and warm in
spite of wind and weather.
I'd. If you want to be really thorough,
change them every morning, hanging the
fresh ones by the fire during the night.
Sd. Procure thick calf-skin boots,
double-uppers and triple soles, and wear
them from the first of October till the
first of May. Make frequent applications
OF some good oil backing.
4th. Avoid rubbers altogether, except a
pair of large rubber boots, which may be
worn for little time through snow-drifts
or flood of water
5th. Hold the bottoms of your feet in
cold water half an inch deep, just before
going to bed, two or three minutes, and
then rub them hard with rough towels
and your naked hands.
9th. Now, madame, go out frequently
in all weathers, and, believe me, not only
will your feet enjoy good circulation
but as a consequence of the good circula
ton in the lower extremities, your head
will be relieved of all It's fullness and your
heart of its palpitations. Your complex
ion will be greatly improved and you,
health made better ia every respect.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Domestic Experience.

PUTTING hoop on the family -four bar
rel is an operation that will hardly bear
an encore. The woman generally attempts
1t before the man comes home to dinner
She sets the hoop up on the end of the
slaves, takes a deliberate aim with the
rolling pin, and then shutting both eyes,
brings the pin down with all the force of
one arm, while the other instlnctively
shields her face. Then she makes dive
for the camphor and unbleached muslin,
and when the man comes home she is sit
ting back of the stove, thinking of st.
Stephen and the other martyrs, while a
burnt dinner and the camphor are strug-
Cling heroically for the mastery. HIS says
that if she had kept her temper she
wouldn't have got hurt. And he visits
the barrel himself, and puts the hoop on
very carefully, and adjusts it so nicely to
the top of every stave, that only a few
smart knocks apparently are needed to
bring it down all right; then he laughs to
himself to think what fuss his wife
kicked up over a simple matter that only
needed little patience to adjust itself,
and then he gets the hammer, and fetches
the hoop sharp rap on one side and the
other flies up and catches him On the
bridge of the nose, filling his soul with
wrath and his eyes with tears, and the
next instant that barrel is flying across
the room accompanied by the hammer,
and another candidate for camphor and
rag is enrolled in the great army that is
increasingly marching toward the grave.
-DGnb1tTu Ne2rs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Lanterns In China.

A Chinaman and his lantern are insep.
arabic. Let him start ON any Grand
which is likely to occupy him until sun
set, and his lantern will be the first arti.
Gle that he lays hands on to carry with
him. Even on the brightest moonlight
night he considers it his duty to provide
himself with artificial light; and it is a
Curious sight at a arge fire at night to
see the crowds which fill the streets, every
man with his lantern held aloft. Although
the practice owes its rise, no doubt, to
the absence of any system of public
lighting for the streets and highways,
the lantern has, none the less, it's uses
in daylight; suspended over doorways
and along the fronts of shops, it declares
the sirname of the proprietor within in
huge characters, and no respectable do
micile is without one Indeed all Ian
terms, whether carried in the hand or
otherwise, are inscribed with the sir
names of their owners; so that while
walking the street of night man can
always discern that his friend Jones OR
Robinson is approaching long before his
figure is dlscernible Official persons
show their titles on their lanterns, not
their names, rule which is frequently
abused by vagabonds, who have only to
show lantern inscribed "The Magis-
trate" to be able to extract money from
the weak or unwary. Wealthy families
and officials affect the large globular
lantern; the common classes, a smaller
one of cylindrical shape. The charac-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
A Dinner Excuse.

APOLOGIES for poor dinners are general
ly out of place. But when a lady has a
forgetfui husband, who, without warn.
ing, brings home dozen guests to sit
down to plain family dinner for three
or four, it is not in human nature to keep
absolute silence. What to say, and how
to say it, form the problem. Mrs Tuck
er, the wife of Judge Tucker, of Williams
burg, solved this problem many years
ago. She was the daughter or niece q am
uncertain which) OF Sir Peyton Skipwith,
and celebrated for her beauty, wit, ease
and grace of manner. Her temper and
tact were put to the proof one court-day,
when the Judge brought with him the &C
customed half-score or more of lawyers,
for whom not the slightest preparation
had been made, the Judge having quite
forgotten to remind his wife that it was
court-day, and she herself, strange to tell,
having overlooked the fact.
The dinner was served with elegance,
and Mrs. T. made herself very charming.
Upon rising to leave the guests to their
wine, she said: Gentlemen, you have
dlned today with Judge Tucker; prom
Use me now that you will all dine to-mor-
row with me-"
This was all her apology, whereupon
the gentlemen swore that such wife
was beyond price. The Judge then ex-
planned the situation, and the next day
there was noble banquet.
Moral.-Never worry guest with
Ogies.-Lipincot,'s Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
POLITICAL.

The Illinois Senate has passed bill fixing
the le gal rate of interest at per cent; al
lowing 10 per cent to be taken under writ
ten contract; and Furnishing any one who
charges higher rates by making him forfeit
all his interest. The bill making women eli
gble as school officers has passed both
branches of the Legislature.
By vote of nearly two to one, the Ohio
Senate has refused to abolish capital pun
ishment.
The municipal election in st. Louis on the
LIST resulted in the success Of the Democratic
ticket by an average majority Of 1000. OF
the fifteen Aldermen elected, nine are Demo
Gratis.
The Liberal Democratic ticket was elected
in Madison, Wis, on the LIST.
A Trenton, n. j., dispatch of the I'd says
the Governor had signed the Anti Monopoly
Railroad bill passed by tho Legislature, and
that flags were flying in honor of the release
of New Jersey from railroad monopoly.
Full returns of the recent election in
Rhode Island give Howard, Republican. for
Governor, 1851; Chace, Democrat, 3,799
Van Zandt, Republican, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, 6, 4S2; Ballou, Temperance and Repub-
lican, 1888; Wales, Democrat, 1920; scat
tering, 1888; Van Zandt lacks 400 votes of an
election.
A Washington dispatch of the Sd says
General Grant has no intention of abandon
ing the Civil-Service Commission.
A Madison ONis.) dispatch of the Sd says
the election returns from various parts of
the State show that the Republicans have
about their usual majorities
The officers of the Treasury Department
and members Of the Examining Board OF
that Department left Washington on the 4th
for St. Louis and the Southwest, to apply
the civil-service rules and regulations to such
Offices of customs and the independent
Treasury service as fall within their opera
ton.
The Lower House of the Kentucky Legis-
lature has passed law allowing juries to
award either Imprisonment for life or hang
ing as the punishment for those whom they
convict of murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
A Novel Runaway Match.

A singular incident happened on the
L., c. & L. train the other cay. An old
gentleman and his hopeful son of about
nineteen summers got on the cars at
Choppers Station, in company with two
blooming lasses. Their appearance and
actions excited some suspicious, and upon
inquiry it was ascertained that the two gen
tlemen were runaway lovers and the two
ladies cousins, who were going to become
Of one flesh with the father and son re-
spectively. The father, discreet man
that he was, had chosen the elder of the
two maidens, who was about twenty, and
the son had taken the younger, bloom
ing miss of eighteen. They accomplish
ed their journey IN safety, were married
in Jacksonville, and returned by Capt.
Clohessy's train again. 1t was quite
amusing to see them as they chuckled
over their success in outwitting the stern
parents Of the girls-leaning across the
aisle to whisper to each other, and re-
Stunning their erect attitude to give an
atfectionate squeeze to the fair ones by
their sides. We never before heard of
father and son running off on the same
train to get married, but presume it is
well to have that kind of confidence ex-
listing in the same family.-Lerington
(Ru.) ReDorter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
PuZzling Questions.

To SHOW how easily the mind is puz-
Zled by any complication of statement,
we once propounded the following to a
gentleman: A owes B $500 and admits
the debt. AS father dies interstate and
BIS father takes the benefit Of the bank
rupt act Does this discharge AS obi
cation to r? After no little considera-
ton of the problem several of the com
pany decided that it didi 1t seemed to
the friend, with whom we were arguing,
perfectly easy for any intelligent person
to throw out all the later items of the
statement as having no possible connec-
ton with the first, but the test establish
ed the point for which we were contend
ing, that this could only be a mental
effort to which some men were not equal
at the moment the question was asked. If
we had not witnessed such exhibitions
we should suppose that a question pro-
posed by our friend at Morris, New York,
was designed as quiz. He supposes the
case of hunter pursuing squirrel who
lodges around a tree, and as the man
with the gun follows around to get shot,
the nimble game he is seeking keeps al
ways exactly on the opposite side of the
trunk. Now comes the all important
query: Has the gunner, having thus
gone around the tree, also gone around
the squirrel? The town from which the
question comes seems to have divided as
to the answer. With as much gravity as
we can command we reply that, as the
greater includes the lesser, and the squir-
rel is on the tree, and the gunner has
been around the tree, he has also been
around the squirrel. " Y. Journal Of
Commerce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
How Lead Pencils are Made.

lead-pencil has two parts. Within
the wooden cover is the material popu-
larIy called black lead-a name Wltnout
meaning. since no lead enters into It's com
position. Its true name is graphite, ana
it slumbers in genesis, mica, slaYe, quartz
or greensboro, until disinterred for use.
Valuable graphite mines were dlscov-
cred at Borrowdale, county OF Cumoerlano'
England, 1864, but these mines were long
since exhausted. John Peter ALBERT dis
covered and opened a mine In Eastern
Siberia, in 1847, and after seven years OF
labor, disclosed an unbroken layer or the
best graphite the world has ever seen.
The wooden cover is made of cedar
wood, the best of which is brought from
Florida.
The year after the Cumberland mines
were opened, lead pencils were manufac-
tured differing but little from those of the
present day. The Cumberland graphite
was, however, sawn into thin slabs, and
these into strips, which were glued into
the wood. But after the yield was ex-
hausted, and only impure refuse could be
obtained, attempts were made to utilize
this waste material.
In France, in the year 1895, the process
was invented of mixing the powdered and
purified graphite with clay. 1t was en-
tirely successful, and was found adapted
to manufacturing a material of different
degrees of hardness impossible before.
This process is as follows: The graph
tie is sorted, crushed, and, by washing or
sluicing, purified About the same treat
ment is applied to the clay; after which
these two materials are spread out in
shallow pans, and dried at low temper
allure. They are then mixed in the prop
er proportions, and the mixture again
wetted and ground in iron mills for a
number of hours, the mills working day
and night. This process of drying and
grinding is repeated until the mass attains
the proper degree of t1neness and even
ness, when workmen kncad it into cake
This cake is placed in a cast-iron cylin-
der, and, by a slow process, squeezed
through small hole at the bottom, from
which it issues, falling in serpentine coils
On board below. It is Strengthened out,
cut off the desired lengths, laid close to-
gether in layers, prevented from warping
by slight pressure. After being dried
in a moderate temperature it is packed in
Theoretically sealed crucibles, and sub
mitted to high heat in peculiarly con-
structed ovens. The lead--for SO it is
called-is now finished, and ready to be
tested by the manufacturers.
Blocks Of cedar are cut up into strips
of the length, and little more than half
the thickness, of the pencil. These are
grooved the size of the lead, the lead glued
in and a similar strip Of wood glued over
it for covering.
So far as the use Of the pencil goes it is
finished; but for the sake Of appearance,
the exterior must be rounded, smOOthed
and polished, and then tits ready for sale
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
PERSONAL.

Out of the three hundred Postmastess
whose terms of office expired on March 4,
1873, all but about twelve have been renomi-
mated by the President. These will be re-
appointed by the President, and acted upon
by the Senate next winter.
Cakes Ames has written to the Attorney
General that the Credit Mobilier Company
does not intend to give up its books to the
United States, but will offer them for in
spection. He questions kelley's right to
rive away stock he did not own, and he has
asked his lawyers whether Kelley's dis
claimer does not entitle him (Ames) to hold
it for the Credit Mobilier Company.
John Thompson Mason, Secretary of State
of Maryland, died suddenly at Elkton, Md,
on the 18th.
Judge Brady, of New York, on the 2Sth
decided to admit George Francis Train in
$1,000 bail, bat the prisoner declined to fur,
nish it, and he was thereupon remanded to
the TombS.
The Marquis Dechasseloup Lambat, an emf
nent French statesman, is dead. He was 6e
years of age.
Announcement was made in New York on
the 3lst that George William Curtis had re.
signed from the Advisory Civil-Service Board
and his resignation had been accepted.
Judge Anthony Thornton, of the Supreme
Court of Illinois, has resigned. His resig.
nation is accepted, and the election to fill
the vacancy has been ordered for June 2.
a Washington special of the I'd says one
of the reasons given by Mr.. Curtis for his
resignation from the Civil-Service Board is
that he regarded several important appoint
ments recently made as a virtual abandon
ment of ciyil-service reform. The difference
with Mr.. Curtis arose over the appointment
of the Surveyor of Customs at New York, to
which position he had recommended Mr.
Benedict, a deputy.
Judge Woodruff, New York, on the 4th
granted writ of habeas corpus, returnable
on the 18th, in the case of George Melon
nell, of the Bank of England forgery noto
| riety on the ground that the otfense charged
-"conspiracy to defraud''-is not covered
by the Extradition Treaty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Spiders Travelling by Balloon.

A correspondent of the Scientific Anaeri-
can relates a singular incident. In COM
pany with other persons he was crossing
Seneca Lake on the 10th of October, when
a small wake was seen near the center OF
the lake, caused by the moving of some
insects. Upon investigating the matter it
was found that three spiders were Gid
ing over the surface of the water, and at
tached to them was a single thread, the
size of knitting needle, extending in
the air to the height Of thirty feet, at an
angle Of sixty degrees, and terminating
with an enormous balloon shaped web.
This latter was judged to be eight feet
long and five feet wide, with stays fasten-
ed to the main thread, something similar
to those of balloon, and it was managed,
apparently, by an innumerable number of
insects stationed at proper intervals The
party attempted to obtain a closer view,
but when within few feet of the web it
began to rise, though the last spider,
which proved to be about the size of a
house fly. was brought back by the stroke
of an oar. The balloon went onward and
upward until lost to sight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10

urging the State to sustain their defense;
that no public officer should accept passes,
and to do SO should be made INSIDE
meanor, etc.
While passenger train on the st. Louis
g. Southeastern Railway was standing at
French Village, seven miles from East St..
Louis, on the Sd, construction train ran
into the rear coach, killing Mrs. John B.
Lusk and John III. Watts, terribly scalding
a young daughter of Mr.. Watts, and more
or less injuring five or six other persons.
Miss Patty Wright, daughter of Colonel
Samuel Wright, of Brown County, ILL.,, was
horribly burned by the explosion of coal
oil lamp few nights ago. Her recovery
was doubtful.
Three post offices have been established by
the Government in the territory awarded to
the United States by the San Juan boundary
arbitration.
The attendance at the Illinois Farmers
Convention on the Sd was not SO large as the
day before. A resolution was offered and
adopted recommending TO the farmers OF
Illinois the keeping of farm expense &C
count during the present and succeeding
seasons, in order that the actual cost Of pro-
duction may be estimated and made
public, for the purpose of reaching
fair and equitable remunera-
ton therefor to the farmers of the
State. The votes adopting the resolution
fayoring a repeal of certain tariff duties, and
the resolution condemning the President for
signing the increased salary bill, were re-
considered, and motion was carried that
both these resolutions be laid upon the table
until the 4th day of july next. The Conven-
ton adjourned sue die on the Sd.
Michael Nixon has been sentenced to be
hung on the 10th of May, for the murder in
New York, in January last, of Charles
Pfeifer.
The advance sheets of new directory of
st. Louis give the population of twelve of
the thirteen wards of that city at 42S, 126-
an advance of 1929 over the census of
1870.
Parker's Landing, Pa, has been visited by
very destructive fire, the business part of
the town being almost entirely burned.
Loss over 100000.