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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-31
A New Swindle.

YOUNG men who think they would
"look nice' photographed in a uniform
should take warning by the fate which
has just betallen an unsuspecting youth at
Kingston. While crossing Wimbledon
common few days ago, he met another
young man in an artillery uniform, and,
after some conversation, the latter suggested
to him that he would look nice" photo
graphed as an artilleryman, and pro-
posed to lend him his uniform to be
gratefully consented, changed clothes, and
went to Oe photographed While the
artist was engaged in posing him in an
attitude sufficiently military to suit his
warlike aspirations, his accommodating
acquaintance had disappeared with his
civilians dress. The sitter, however, paid
ton being completed, walked on to
Kingston, proud and happy in the pos
session of a military photograph ain this
style, only Is" On arriving at Kingston
his citation was suddenly checked by his
being apprehended as a deserter, and
taken before the magistrates. He sue
ceeded without much difficulty in prov
ing his innocence, on relating the trick
which had been played upon him, but the
clothes were, of course, claimed on be-
half of Her Majesty, and the man was ac-
cordingly detained until he could pro-
cure other clothing from his friends. He
then returned home with his photograph,
sadder and a wiser young man, and will
for the future probably mistrust the dis
interested anxiety of a deserter to see how
he looks in unform.-PaU Mall Gazette.
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Wonderful Scientific Facts.

INSIGNIFICANT as is the spot we inhabit
the zone Of life-the area which not only
all that live and breathe and move inhab-
1t, but in which all vegetation is contained
is still more limited. From the subma-
rne forest in the lowest depths of the sea
to the highest altitude to which the con-
dor scars, above perpetual snow, is but
twelve miles! Within those scanty limits,
six miles of air above US, six miles of
water beneath, everything that has vitali-
ty is confined If the salamander lives in
the central fire, the exception is so small
as scarcely to be worth mentioning. The
air presses upon the earth with a force
equal to thirty-three feet Of water, and
upon every average human body with a
weight of fifteen tons, which only does
not quash US flat as pancakes, because the
air surrounds us on all sides, including
our insides, and thereby the weight is bal
anced
To most of us, nature is one vast
mirage, suggesting infinite delusiOns; and
even to the learned many things still re-
main to be cleared up by slow-moving
science in future ages. Who would imag-
inc, upon the face of the matter for in
stance, that, in an airless world, not a
sound could ever be heard On the con-
trary, in still and silent space, one would
conceive that we might hear pin drop
from the moon. Hawkshee demonstrated
the contrary of this fact in memorable
experiment before the Royal Society, one
hundred and eighty years ago. He placed
a clock under the receiver OF an alr-pump,
in such way that the striking Of the
clapper would continue after the air had
been exhausted while the receiver was
full of air, the sound was quite audible;
when it was empty, all was silent. Again,
when the air was introduced, there was a
feeble sound, growing in intensity as the
air grew denser.
At the top of Mont Blanc, the report of
a pistol is no louder than that of com
mon cracker let off at the level of the sea.
"Above two miles," says Mr.. Glaisher
who, as everybody knows, is an aeronaut
of considerable experience, ''all noise
ceases. / never encountered a silence
more complete and solemn than in the
heights of the atmosphere-in those chill
ing solitudes to which no terrestrial sound
reaches"
On the other hand, clouds absolutely
facilitate the transmission OF sound
Above a great city, to a height OF from
/ 900 to 1900 feet, there is always noise,
Immense, colossal and indescribable. y
The whistle of a team-eng1ne Is heard al
10 600 feet. the noise OF train at S,20O,
saws M. Flammarion but Mr. Glalsher
testifies to have heard this latter when y,
600 feet up in the air; the barking OF a
dog and the report of gun rise each TO
6, 600 feet; the shouts of crowd OF people,
the Growing of a cock, the tolllng OF a
bell. to 5000: and the shout OF a human
being to $500 feet.-Chan.bers's Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-31
A Horse Burglar.

AN alderman in Dubuque has very
knowing horse, quite famous for his ex
ploits. The latest act that has gained him
notoriety took place Monday. In the
evening the horse picked the latch of the
stable door, promenaded the yard till mid
night and then proceeded to his owners
residence, walked down stairway and
forced his way into the basement kitchen.
Once there, he commenced to make pre-
paratlons for getting the family breakfast,
by overhauling the cook stove and all of
the pots, pans and spiders in the scullery
From there he walked into the dining
room, and commenced the Encouragement
OF the chairs, table, and crockery on the
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Discovering the Thief.

NICK BOWERS was a member Of the
original Christy Minstrels, and in his day
was the greatest middle man and inter
rogator" known in the profession. Nick
used to tell, with great merriment, an in
cident Of his boyhood. To preserve the
flavor of the relation, we will record it in
Nick's own language, and only regret that
we cannot accompany it with his inimita
BILE gesticulation.
My old man." said Nick, "as general
thing, was pretty steady old gent, but
once in a while he would get oblivious.
and water was not the cause of it. / recol-
lect certain holiday was approaching,
and had been skinning around to get
little money to have a time with on that
day. But the fates and purses were against
me. 1t was but two days prior to the an
| ticipated holiday, and | hadn't nary a
red. Remember this, boys, when l add
| that on the same afternoon I came into
| the house, when 10! there on the floor,
totally overcome by the libations, lay my
| respected daddy, and beside him lay six
shining half-dollars which had rolled
from his pocket. Boys, I've been an hon
| est man all my life, but once when boy I
committed theft. hooked one of those
half-dollars. Thinks to myself, the old
mans been on a jamboree, and won't
miss it. But mark you, the next morning,
| and my two brothers were summoned
into our fathers presence. The old mans
face lowered. / thought of the halfdol-
lar, and knew that a storm was brewing
Boys" said he, "last night when T
came home had six half-dollars One
of ems gone. Your mother didn't take
it. There's been no one else in the house
Which one of you took it?'
We all protested our innocence.
Boys said the old man. that half
dollar never walked off, and I'm going to
find out which one Of you took it!''
Turning around he took down from the
wall an old fint-loci1 blunderbuss. This
he deliberately loaded with powder and
buckshot in our presence; then fastening
it upon the table, cooked it, took seat be-
hind it, holding the string in his hand,
and in solemn tones addressed us thusly:
Boys, I'm going to discover the thief
and punish him at the same time You
must each of you blow into the muzzle of
that gun. When the guilty one blows, off
goes his head Now then, you have a
chance; will you own up or blow up?'
Ben" said the old man to my oldest
brother, 'have you got that half-dollar?"
mo, sir'
"Take blow"
Ren did so in safety
mick" (eh, boys, l tell you the chills
began to crawl down my back, got that
halfdollar?''
No, sir" said I with a defiant swagger.
elbow in that gun"
| walked up bravely and gave a blow,
and-dodged!
Mick" said the old man, in voice of
thunder, "where is that half-dollar?"
He had me. The truth lodged out of
me. Said | "Out in the barn, pap"
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sideboard., AS he had to do the work in
the dark, he necessarily had to make con-
siderable noise, more particularly when
he came to handle the crockery. 1t was
the noise attendant on this labor. that
aroused the family from their slumbers,
and sent the alderman out to his neigh
bors in his night garments in quest of aid
to help him eject the burglars.
Fortified by the presence of the male
neighborhood, he discovered the real
cause of the rumpus as we have related.
Tuesday morning gang of stone
masons, with derrick, made a hole in
!, the basement wall, and hoisted his horse
ship on terra .f,ma once more, as it was
impossible to get him out the way he got
in.-Des Motnes (Ioaoa) Republican,.
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JOHN RowLEY, of Henderson County,
H., had been feeding his hogs arsenic to
prevent them taking cholera, The heavy
rains washed it out of the trough into the
pasture, where the cattle were eating.
They licked it up, and thirteen died from
the effects of the poison.
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SOME women are so delicate that they
are afraid to ride, for fear OF the morse
running away; afraid to walk lor iear u. .le e
dew night fall; afraid to sail, tor lear tne
boat might upset; but they are never
afraid to get married which IS more rish-
ful than all the others put together.
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SINCE the marriage of Nillson her voice
is said to have gained in volume. even
ness and richness" Caudle noliceo 'le
same sort of gain in his wife, ana ne
didn't like it.
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saiG. I'll Try anu 90
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20. ssa-anssls can do
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Co. "PER c."
Ian. half Of the firm
IN in the country as
fsnt to tell YOU how |
tLis position. At the
IlT tree CONSENT, NY
which bound me to
l.. c45inetmaker, the
Ii lieu Of board,
r,l niyaIent given, |
.ar per week, and at
three years, fifty
home, in the mean
-,ler, who boarded
over those three years
! suppose many
partnership ! longed
leisure, and more
jiferent from what
Us have been an ay-
but in the main |
l.
The heir of an En-
npy day when he
could hardly, l
1.er than |. Upon
when my linden
NJ Lee came to me
have 10 tell you that
.l upon your time
rnr of independence
a-I drew a sigh of
after hours" he
| met my father,
writing cancelled. |
liars, shook hands
.lrned to leave the
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Cheer for it was |
s-ol occasions to |
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and l hesita- |
Any,. said to me,
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| think they call them, though | feel sure
l have eaten creature of that name, or
seen it in an aquarium, or a menagerie, or
III q picture, or SOmewhere-are thrift
ty, industrious race, and are as CONNER
cially wise and far-sighted as they were in
Edward the Thirds time, and as enduring
and patient under adversely as they were
in Charles the Bold's They are prolific
in the matter of children; in some of the
narrow streets every house seemed to have
freshet of children, which had burst
through and overflowed into the roadway.
One could hardly get along for the pack
OF Juveniles, and they were all soiled and
all healthy. They all wore wooden shoes
which clattered noisily on the stone pave
ments. All the women were hard at
work; there were no idlers about the
houses. The men were away at labor, no
doubt. In nearly every door wemen sat
at needle-wOrk or something Of that mar
ketable nature-they were knitting prin-
cipally. Many groups of women sat in the
streets, in the shade of walls, making
point lace. The lace-maker holds sort
OF pillow on her knees with a strip of
cardboard fastened on it, on which the
lace pattern has been punctured She
sticks punches of pins in the punctures,
and about them weaves her web of
threads. The numberless threads diverge
from the bunch of pins like the
spokes of a wheel, and the spools
from which the threads are being
unwound form the outer circle of the
wheel. The woman throws these spools
about her with flying fingers, in and out,
| over and under each other, and so fast
! that you can hardly follow the evolutions
with your eyes. In the chaos and confus-
ion of skipping spools, you wonder how
she can possibly pick up the right one
every time, and especially how she can go
on gossiping with her friends all the time,
and yet never seem to miss stitch. The
! laces these ingenious Founders were
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t.tfn f7 janosroou, y. Y, ard connect
with \. &C, ". trairs Gust sud west. Connect
Warren with trains >ss, and vest on Ih- rIS ~
a. r. NATER GcNN SUI,
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PETlPOLFlVAu.E.EX ".

On and rrcr N,l day, y w.. 1875 raips VIII
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-06-14

DYING WORDS OE IsAAC.-When dis
city vas a shmall villages, Isaac vas
keeb a glOting shtOre by Shate street
out. Isaac vas goot fe1ler, und make
plenty pishness, so much so dot he vas
cOmbelled to moot out into a bigger
place, cOuble blocks higher down der
shtreet. Now Yacub Rung vas a shmard.
shrewd feller, und he right away moOfed
into Isaac's old shtOre, und done efert-
ing he could to attract all of Isaac's old
customers. One day dhere coined on
Yacub's shdOre shendlemans. YaCub
goes for him, saiding:
How you vas, my friend? You like
to look of my gOOts, aind itW
"Nine I dOnd wish some gOots.n
"Shure ting, | sells yOu so cheab as
no Odder blace,n said Yacub.
4" dell you dond want some gOOts'
I keebs me lifery shtable by Kenducky
out, und got no use for go0ts. yOOst
shtobed in to saw mine old friend.
Mister Isaacs," said der stranger.
"Vell. vas sorry for dot" said va
cob. "You see, my friend, Mister Isaac
he vas my brodder, und he gone dead"
" Ish dot SO? am sorry for dot.
liked Mister Isaac" said der stranger.
"Vell, I vas sorry of dot, too. But
vas on his blace, when he vas diving
his last, und he called me on his side.
und making his hands tOgedder of mine
he said, 'Yae0b, (YacOb vas my name),
YaeOb, Ofer dhere come from Kenducky
out a mans mit,ret hair Hooking at his
hairl und blue eyes, sell him cheaDw md
he lay Ofer und died his last. NV friend.
you Yant to look of my gOOts, aind itY'1
[By Carl Pretzel.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-06-14
The TichbOrme Story.

AS the TichbOrne claimant, otherwise
Arthur OrtOn, is once more the sensa-
ton Of the English law courts, the fol-
lowing summary of his famous case,
from the English letter of the Boston
Post, is OF general interest: Roger T1ch-
borne, oldest son of Sir Sames Tich-
borne, after being educated in France
and at StOnyhurst, and serving for a
while in the army as an officer of car
bineers, set sail for South America in
1861, after which he was never seen
again in England. His travels and his
life ended, or was supposed to have
ended, when the ship Bella, on which he
set sail at Rio de JaneirO for New York,
fOundered at sea.
His mother refused to believe him
dead, and advertised for him for several
years. At last she was rewarded by
hearing from Australia that her son was
alive and we'll; and she got letters pur-
porting to be from him, in which he
stated that he had been picked up at
the would-be Sir Roger, in the person of
the claimant, reached England. Ro-
bert's father was dead; the claimant
was recognised by Lady TichbOrne as
her son. In a year or two she died, be-
fore the case came for trial; meanwhile
almost every other member of the fam
lily denied his identity.
The trial ensued and lasted nearly a
year; witnesses by the score identified
claimant as Sir Roger; witnesses by the
score declared him to be an imp0ster.
Finally, the testimony of Lord Bellew,
that he had tattOoed Roger when at
school, taken with the fact that the
claimant could show no tattoo marks
whatever, induced the jury to say they
had heard enough, whereupOn the claim
a5 2ffG5c2y To "tnafeM pons hs bepenoy cnse Oy
he was at once arrested as an impostor,
detained at Newgate, bailed ont by en-
thusiastic partisans, and during the
year which has interviewed, has been
going up and down the country making
speec hes and trying to raise money to
sustain his defense.-[N. Y. Graphic.
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Canning and BOttlimg Fruit.

Every intelligent housewife who has
had amy experience in bottling and can
nIng fruit, understands the superiority
OF glass, vessels for such purposes over
elCllef TIN or stone ware. 1t is true, glass
Jars are a little more expensive and
somewhat liable to crack when filing in
the warm fruit. On the other hand
trult III glass jars is at all times in a con-
Utl0n tor inspection, so that the slight
est fermentation, which sometimes Oc-
ours, may at once be detected: and, rs
tor the cracking, that has been overcome.
Glass IS more easily washed and cleans
ed than either stone or tin ware. and
proof against COrrOsi0n-a very seriOus
objection to tin. A lady correspondent
OF GGfIeneF'S Monthly gives the follow
ing as her experience and views on the
use OF glass and tin vessels:
1t used to be customary and is for that
customary yet, to put the glass
eS IN cold WATER and gradually heat
tilem up to near boiling point, when the
ne4ted Ifuut Is put in and closed up.
DuC e Wlth all my greatest care glasses
9lten Dtoke. Now L get a wet towel,
double 1T four or five times, and set the
jar on this while pouring in the warm
fruit. | adopted this plan all the last
season, and did not have one glass to
crack. l saw the hint in some newspa-
per, but cannot recOllect where. It
seemed so unreasonable to cool them,
that | was at first afraid to try it, and
very reluctantly experimental with two.
AS they succeeded well, did all that
way, last :sum7Wer, and shall continue to
90 them in the same way. This obicc-
ton against my favOrite glasses is thus
removed, and there remains nothing
in favor Of tin but the first cost. / use sc
many different patterns of jars all of
which have elastic bands around the
shoppers, some tightened by screwing,
others by Il clasp. All is soon done, and
the bottles soon opened when wanted,
which is an advantage over tin, for
winch cement has to be prepared, and
which takes time to open-and then the
superior cleanliness Of the process in the
jars, is [ think much in their favor over
tin.
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size, splendidly furnished and lit Zip
with wax tapers. A sofa, covered with
crimson satin, and Ornamented with
guilt nails, occupied one of the sides of
the room.
On this sofa reclined, en- dishabile,
the Princess JabirOuska. At the sight
OF the stranger she greeted the young
man, and with a word, dismissed the
duenna: Wide-aWake, in spite of his
sharpness, lost his presence of mind.
The sight Of this lovely person fascinated
him he could not move; the young spy
in an instant forgot his role.
The goddess descended from her
throne and offered her hand to Wide
awake, who kissed it. This kiss heated
his blood and restored his boldness.
Most certainly he was in a bad place );
but close to Il charming woman. He
became pressing, lost his head, felt a
hand abstracting his purse, but said
| nothing.
His father was in the street with his
agents, impatiently awaiting the signal
for them to enter the house. But the
signal was not given, and so LecOq pere
| whistled even in the arms of the prin-
| cess, his son started at it, and this
whistle recalled him to himself. Two
| minutes after, the princess retired to
! her cabinet. Wide-aWake took adVan-
tage Of her absence to examine the room :;
he tried to unfold IL screen, and could
not succeed, for the leaves seemed
nailed to each other. Wid6-awake
shook them smartly; one Of them fell
and disclosed a cupboard, in which
tWenty-six mems heads, admirably pre-
served, were displayed on silver dishes.
Such a scene was certainly a strange
awakening from pleasure, and young
Lecoq, whose lips were still warm with
| the strangers kisses, opened them to
utter a cry of horror. But worse re-
manned behind. On approaching the
window he faneied he could see, through
ing eyes upon him. Paler than the
deaths heads, unable to speak, he fell
on his knees and clasped his hands.
At this momentthe window was burst
in, and his father followed by the whole
squad, entered the apartment. Startled
by his sons silence, and fancying him,
probably, ,assasssinated, LecoQ had
bravely taken the accused house by
storm. This lucky temerity saved
Wide-awake's life ; for, at the noise
made by LecOq and his men in entering
| the room, the princess, accompanied by
| her four bandits armed to the teeth,
emerged from the cabinet. The kings
men were in force, resistance was use
less and the four ruffians, with the girl,
their accomplice, were led away in irons.
| A strict examination of the house led
| to no further discovery.
1t was found afterward that the girl
was English, and employed to entrap
young men, who were killed, and their
heads cut off. The bodies were sold to
students Of anatomy, while the heads,
splendidly prepared, were sent in
patches to Germany for the purpose of
the science of phrenology. The Gov
ernment, afraid Of such series of fcrimes
becoming known, punished the culprits
secretly. They were all hanged.
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SHEEP MANAGEMENT-A correspon-
dent of the Monroe, Michigan, Com
merciaI says: "The inquiry is often
made of me how I manage my sheen,
to obtain so large yield of wool from
year to year. Some say, You must
feed large amount of grain ; and when
| tell them fed no grain to my sheep
in the last three or four years, they
seem surprised; but such is the fact. If
grain is fed, corn is best, and should be
fed in the months of November and
December, assisting nature, {the ami
maD in it's efforts to clothe itself with a
heavy, warm coat, preparatory for win
ter. It is in these months that wool
grows the fastest, for the reason above
stated.
My sheep are pure bred Spanish Me-
rino, and ! raise no ticks. A sheep that
is infested with ticks cannot produce
a heavy fleece Of wool. A sure and
cheap preventive is to feed once in
two weeks One-twentieth part of sui
phur with their salt; it not only pre-
vents ticks, but also the various skin
Diseases