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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-19
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-19

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
Knots United.

Or Ways and By.ways in the Hidden Life Of
AMERICAN DETECTIVES.
We want agents for this book. 1t discloses all
the mysteries Of the Detective System. It i a
record for the past 20 years of the most skilliul
detectives of this country in which the crafts of
Bank Robbers, Thieves. Pickpockets, Lottery
Men, Counterfeit Money Dealers, and swindlcrs
Of all classes, are exposed and brought to justice.
Price, S2.75. Send for circulars and terms to
agents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
Prices Range from 80 to SS5.
The Victor M achine,
And the Wilcox & Gibbs.

Ifyou want to make your la y present that
Will make her face look like picture,
Just bend down and whisper in her Ear that you
have bought her Wilcox or Victor.
| sell the Victor, because it Is the best.
| have used it, and know it, for | have used
the rest.
Some men there are engaged in trade,
Ane think that they know full we'll
The virtues of the Sewing Machine, they have
on hand to SELL
Have fortunes in their business made, they talk
e,l so much and we'll
That there was the only place good Machine
would sell
They made their customers believe the place to
trade was there.
And ii they bargains would receive, they must
net trade elsewhere.
They have "Domestic' that is some, A Davis
that Is more.
Some cheap machine they are offering, And
some we have had before
that lasted Just about two years, two years
and nothing more.
We have had test of all Machines, that sews
with the lock stitches
And the lctor beats The best Of them to make
a pair of (anything)
1t has the movement OF the Howe; the Singer
for its feed.
There is no better known Machine / don't ex
cept the Weed.
And you will lind the best single thread Ma.
chine in the w 9rli
The Wilcox and Gibbs Mahcine Sold at,
MRS. JAS. HAMlLTON'S.
Grand Rapids. Wis.
Call and see them before you buy 2l-m6.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
TIE WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.

l have received the agency for this superior
Machine, for Grand Rapids and Centralia. The
merits of the Wheeler aud Wilson Machines
are to vel, known to require display Of their
merits, other than through their workings. L
am prepared to supply uemmers, rutfies fuckers.
needles ana machine oil TO all parties desiring
these things. Persons DESTROYS of procuring
sewing machine are requested 70 cali and exam
the heelcr X Wilson before purchasing, at my
residence just uorth OF the Roche House.
MRS KIRK PATRICK.
Grand Rapids June 10Th 1S73 ono
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
The Octogenarian Youth.

There is an old gentleman in Berk-
shire, VT, who is doing his best to both
er the Psychologists. His years are four
score, and for some time he has been
bald at the top, with neat fringe of
perfectly white hair. He has used no
restoratives, or katharions, or invigor-
aters, but beautiful black crop of hair
has sprung from the smooth surface Of
his Uranium. This alone would consti-
tute him one of the principal phenom-
ena of the nineteenth century; but this
is by no means all. Though he had
been long molirless and incisorless, he
has lately cut three elegant teeth, so
that "redolent of joy and youth" the
gales of the Green Mountain seem to
have breathed for him "a second spring"
But now comes the most astounding
part of the story; and we are sure we
don't know what the teetotalers will
say when they hear it. For We are 60
ing to announce that the rejuyenated
Labelle has all his long life been a reck-
less imbiber, regular hard drinker, a
yotary of the morning cocktail and of
the evening night-cap. This may ac-
count for his having become hairless
and toothless, but what is to account for
his miraculous new locks and recent
ivories? It's a mystery; and in the
present dark state of the case we are
not prepared to say that bitters are good
for badness or "tods" for toothlessness.
In fact, we are not prepared to say any
thing more about it.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
violets as Preachers.

There is something more than their
fragrance that makes US love violets. IL
is very sweet to be drawn by their sub
e,yet powerful odor to search for them
under the dark leaf shelters where they
love to hide.
They seem to have chosen for their
text, BE ye humble;" and the dainty
little preachers not only preach by pre-
cept, but by example, to those who, like
themselves, are appointed to lowly
places in life.
There is something particularly attrac-
tive in their habit of blooming Just
when other flowers are beginning to re-
treat before the advance Of the ffosS
king. This is surely lesson to those
who are willing to bloom through the
summer days Of prosperity, but wither
at the first approach of adversely. Let
us emulate the brave spirit of the little
purple-robed preachers. Let Us breath
out fragrance-that is, our general in
huence--as all times remembering who
hath appointed alike the cold winds and
the soft airs of summer.
wandered in the garden in the early
Sabbath morning,and 1 found some vio-
lets cloaked in brown elm leaves,and the
little purple darling nestled In them As
violets only can. And l found that
they loved the sunshine as much as some
of us do, and are glad when the Father
appoints them to place in It. So 1
learned another lesson from them, it is
best to grow where and how tho Father
chooses. If he puts : us In sunshine, let
us joyfully praise him; If he places Us
In the shade, let ..us breathe forth fra-
GRANGE and p11ss him there.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
An Arab Tradition.

A writer in the Oqerland Monthly re-
lates the following:
"This tradition which 1 tell you, "said
Refs Hassan, ais many centuries old. 1t
states that there was in Paradise tenn
pie built up of precious stones. Man
dare not utter its splendors. Deep in the
midst of Eden is stood, angel-built-a
dazzling sanctuary. Our parents sang
their vesper songs in the twilight shad-
ows of its courts; for there were pillar
ed halls and cloisters Of emerald and
pearl, where fountains sprang aloft in
the silent moon; and long, luminous
vistas, where, hand in hand, these two
lovers walked in sinless beauty. Then
there were pinnacles and domes Of sap
hire, blazing in the sunlight BY day, and
glitter:ng in the starlight by night.
From court and terrace waters welled
out, and the iris-crested cascades tell
down to cool shady dells Of asphodel be-
low for the temple was placed far with
in the privacies OF that valley OF Eden
whence the four rivers flowed eastward.
However, sad to relate, upon the day
that Adam fell this glorious temple was
scattered into a million of fragments,
and thrown; broadcast over the earth.
These fragments we now light upon,sn
gather up with cost and care, and call
them rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and
diamonds, bu: they are, after all, only
the primeval palace. The sunset splen-
dors and the diadems of princes, the
milky way in heavens. and the spray
that sparkles in the ENHANCEMENT Of .
maiden's hair, are alike, but the costly
dust of that lost sanctury-the sad re-
membranes of departed Eden"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
Dinner Etiquette at the Persi-
an Court.

There are some funny customs OBJ
served at the Persian Court. When the
celebrated Futteh Ali Shah dined he
first seated himself and tasted the dish
es; then on q given signal his wives
came in and stood around the room. At
the same time the princes, his sons and
daughters were summoned, and stood
around the table without a word. At
a given signal from the Shah they squat
ted. When superior dimes with an in
ferior in Persia the latter brings the first
dish himself. 1t must be carried hori-
zontally at arms length, and placed
precisely in the right place. On the
Shah entering the throne-room and
seating himself, an official roars out:
ale has passed." and all presently bow
by STOPPING and placing the hands up
on the knees. The rage of state then
walks backward from the Shah, and ,
pacing down the assembly, gives hand
fuls of silver coin from gold salver.
A prayer is then recited by mulo, and
the. affair winds up with an ode spo-
ken by the poet laureate. The Shah
wears all the jewels.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
Contributions to a Scalp.

Ayoung lady who had her scalp torn
off by an accident in New Haven re-
Gently is reported to be doing finely.
The Journal and Courier says:
=" The physicians have found thirteen
persons willing to part with small
piece of their cuticle, and the medical
gentlemen have placed the contribu-
lions. on the head Of the patient with
gratifying results, As one after anoth-
er volunteers to let the doctors clip or
a piece of skill, the number Of those
willing to do likewise. increases, and it
looks as if the girl would have scalp
and head of hair again. The young
er physician attending first set the laud-
able example," Aa ~
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
How 5risssi B4by 2wassl
Treated

Thomas Brggs, Of Twelfth street, has
a-bcy Bsby about ten months old, who
is admitted at the beginning of this ar
ticle to look Just like his father, and to
be the. smartest boy baby OF, his age in
Qstdt. Neserdsy morning ths child
was sitting on the floor, playing with
five or six big coat buttons on q string,
and taking an occasional nibble at au
apple to bring out his first cropof teeth.
Mrs. Briggs and neighbor we're talk
ing away as only women can gossip
when the baby hid the buttons under a
mat andstartA 10 hhish tlleapple. A
bit of the skin got in his throat and he
gave a cough and whoop and paved
the air and rolled over on his head.
"ehs them buttons !! he has swallowed
them buttons!" cried the mother as
she yanked him up and shook him.
''Pound him on the back - yelled the.
other woman, trying to hold the baby's
legs still. "Run for the lneighbors!"
cried Mrs. Briggs. "Oh, he'll die, he'll
die! ~ screamed the other as she ran
out And the neighbors came in and
made him lie on his stomach and cough,
and then turned him on his back and
rubbed his stomach, and joggled him
about all sorts of ways until he got
mad and he went to howlingo Then a
boy ran for Briggs, and Briggs ran for
a, doctor, and the doctor came and
choked the baby, and ordered sweet oil
and mustard plaster, and told them to
hold him on his back. Everybody
knew that those six big buttons were
lodged in that baby's throat, because he
was red in the face, and because he
as he howled and wept. They
poured down sweet oil, and put mus
tard across him, and wept over him, and
the mother said she could never forgive
herself. Boys drove by calling out:
sssSlab wood for sale =" andrhe scissors
man went by shouting: "Sharp!
sharp!" but that distressed crowd held
the baby down and shed their tears
over his whole length. The doctor was
looking serious, and Briggs was think
ing that he hadn't done anything to de-
serve such blow, when one of the wo-
men pushed the mat and discovered the
buttons. Then everyb body laughed and
danced, and they kicked the sweet oil
bottle under the bed, threw the mustard
plaster at the doctor, and Mrs. Briggs
hugged the howling angel to her bosom
and called him her "wopsy topsy hopsy
dropsy popsy little cherubim." Detroit
Free Press
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
Sad Case of Poetry.

One of. the. saddest cases of poetry
which we have heard is that of yeung g
lady in. Missouri, A short time ago she
found it impossible either to eat or
sleep, and for ten days remained in that
unpleasant state. Strange to say, the
moment she was attacked she began to
speak in rhyme. Every sentence ut
tered by those afflicted lips was rich
with sweetest melody and measure.
Ordinary affairs she turned into extra
ordinary verse-for instance: dearest
ma, list your daughter, Give her, o give
a drink of waughter;;" and so on.
These sortof rhymes were made with
no sort of effort at all, but just tumbled
out, as it were, with startling rapidly
and precision. Some of them, we are
told, were extremely beautiful. Alarm
ed by SO dreadful an illness, all the
nearest physicians were summoned by
her heart-broken parents; each pre-
seribed different opiate, and by this
means poetry was conquered; she slept
her life was saved. Less serious cases
of this fearful disease have been known
Zone so persistent and absorbing as
this.-N. Y. Tribune. sf
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
home rsrtinent Questions.

One of the Ladies Of Mansfield sends
the following ds cid dly vigorous and re-
sresliing counterblast 70 an article enti-
ieda Has she call to be : wife ~ which
appeared in previo1s issue Of that pa
per, and which -has ben a subject of
general interestto the fair sex. Read it.
It is entitled:
HAS he A CALL 10 BE A HUSBAND.
Ifthe boot flts any of onr. gentlemen
readers 1--WE hope he viii. put it on and
wear it.y
Has he call to he q husband who
thinks more of his horse than of his
wife.
Has he cab to Be q husband who
spends six eyeninEs ent Of the week
away from home, and complains because
his wife will go to Thursday evening
prayermeeting? AtGlA
Has he call to be husband who
speeds 50 week for cigars and an oc-
casional glas, but can't afford to take
a newspape.Afor his family ?-Ss 4 -
Has tb.l man a call to be a husband
who comes home with > face as sour as
the last ofthe pickles, and expects his
better half to be sweetness persona
fed? = r--
HAS he a call to be husband Who
makes elegant presents to other ladies
and grumblss if his wife wants new
dress? - -
Has he can to be a husband who
swears if the one hundreth button is
missing and never speaks a word in
commendation of the ninety and nine
that remain immovable?
Has he a call to be husband who |
never buys book or picture to make |
home attractive and still wonders why |
a woman can't be contented to stay at
home seven days ont of the week and |
ever singing. "There's no place like
home:" ass
Has be call to be husband who
comes to the table with tobacce-stalned |
lips (those lips for which sweet kisses
should ever be in waiting) and turns
away in disgust from grease spot on
his wifes apron?
Has he call to be a husband who
loses money by betting on elections and
horse races and when he becomes involv-
ed attributes it to his wife's extrava-
LibesM. |
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
An Old Darky .Pressman

u
sway down South," when . paper
was printed on Ramage by an old
darky pressman named Sam, the forms
were always put on the bed and made
ready for him; and so,with wsll train
ed negro boy, the working Of the paper
progressed satisfactorily. But it hap
pened one day that Sam, who could not
read, was thrown on his own resoul ees.
He put the forms to press and pulled q
sheet, looked at it intently. turned i
round, and turned it over; something
was the matter he looked again, felt the
tympan, held the sheet up to the light,
and looking over his spectacles at thet
grinning roller-boy exclaimed: sLook
hear boy, why for yer don't 'stribbit
yer rollah ?''l The. form was bottom
up. rr.-.ra t.-7 rar-f.si ~.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
The Difference Between the
al Genuine sHando9 Counterfeit
$500 Note. taaE LIZ rla LII

The following is a description of the
difference between the genuine and
counterfeit $500 legal tender note, issue
of 1859: The upright that holds the
balance scales held in the right hand of
the female figure shows white line in
the counterfeit on the lower part of the
palm of the hand to the second finger.
In the genuine note the upright is quite
black and lost in the shadow. The low
er part of the right lapel of the coat in
the portrait of Adams in the counter
felt forms an angle; in the genuine it is
a distinct curved line. Also the but
tons in the counterfeit are irregular in
shape, while in the genuine they are de-
cidedly round and dark in color. Par
ticular attention is called to button on
the left side of the coat in the counter
felt. In the word "Washingtonn in the
counterfeit note the black shade form
ing the first stroke of the letter "W"
forms an angle at the bottom. In the
genuine note it forms curve in ruled
shading under the right hand stroke of
the letter "W /" and one over the letters
"a'' and IS" There are four ruled lines
in the counterfeit. There are but three
in the genuine note. Under the letters
''a" and "s''' in the word "WashingtonY
in the counterfeit there are five ruled
lines; in the genuine four; also under
the letter "he' in the same word. There
are four ruled lines in the counterfeit; ;
in the genuine three. At the bottom of
the letter ''F'' in the denomination
title there are five ruled lines in the
counterfeit; in the genuine six. The
localized fibre on the left of the portrait
is blue in tile genuine, without color in
the counterfeit The red seal in the
genuine is printed in delicate carmine
color; in the counterfeit it is more of a
brick color, and has heavy appearance,
more especially the rays which form the
outside of the seal. Attention is called
to the blurred and scrdtchy appearance
of the lathe work and lettering on
the back of the counterfeit, which
upon comparison with the gem
uine, will be readily perceived.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
Wonderful Scientific Facts.

lnSlgnlncanC rs Is Lne Spot we lnnaDlL
the zone of life-the area which not
only all that live and breathe and move
and inhabit but in which all vegetation
is contained-is still more limited. From
the submarine forest in the lowest
depths of the sea to the highest altitude
to which the condor scars above per-
petpal snow, is but twelve miles! With
in those scanty limits, six miles of air
above us, six miles of water beneath,
everything that has vitality is confined.
If the salamander lives in the central
fire, the exception is so small as scarce
ly 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
weight of fifteen tons, which only
does not quash us fiat as pancakes, be-
cause the air surrounds us on all sides,
including our insides, and thereby the
weight is balanced. - at u
To most of us, nature is one vast mir
age suggesting infinite delusions; and
even to the learned, many things still
remain to be cleared up by slow-mov-
ing science in future ages. Who would
imagine, upon the face of the matter,
for instance, that, in an airless world,
not sound could ever be heard! On
the contrary, 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 clock under the
receiver of an air-pump, in such way
that the striking of the clapper would
continue after the air had been exhaust
ed; 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 fee
BILE sound, growing in intensity as the
air grew denser. -aae t7.
At the top of Mount Blanc, the re-
port of pistol is no louder than that
of a common cracker let off at the level
of the sea. "Above two miles," says
Mr.. Glaisher, who, as everybody knows,
is an aronaut of considerable expert
ence, "all noise ceases. l never en-
countered a silence more complete and
solemn than in the heights of the at
mosphere-in those chilling solitudes
in which no terrestrial sound reaches. -
On tile other hand, clouds absolutely
facilitate the transmission of sound.
Above great city, to a height Of from
1000 to 1,5OO feet, there Is always a
noise, ''immense, colossal and indescrib-
able" The whistle of a steam engine
is heard at 10000 feet, the noise of q
train at $500, says NJ. Flammaricn
but Mr.. Glaisher testifies to have heard
this matter when $4,000 feet up in the
air; the barking OF a dog and the re-
port of gun rise each to 5000 feet; the
shouts of crowd of people, the crow
ing of cock, the tolling of a bell to
5000; and the shout Of human being
to $500 feet.-Chdm5er' Journal.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
That Inevitable Boy.

The Peoria Reuieao says: "In vigor-
GUS chase after rats, Friday afternoon; "a
boy an Jefferson street broke down a
shelf in the cellar and inundated six
jars of preserves. lie gazed on the
ruins without sigh, caught and killed
the rat, laid it among the debris, and
daubing his faithful dogs n ose and legs
with the fruit, sent him up stairs, while
the boy hid in the coal shed. He heard
feminine shrieks of dismay, he heard
the wrathfrl objections of his sire, he
heard the unsuspecting dog led into the
yard and shot. and, spreading bis hands
said solemnly, Another victim of cir
cumstantial evidence
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18
A Fact.

Where do most men find their great
est help or their greatest hindrance to
success in their businessl At homel
Frugality there commonly means pros
perity. Extravaganza there commonly
means vexation, temptation to business
gambling, and to eventual ruin. Half
the married men who practice swindling
are pushed on to it by an extravagant
wife and family. A mans wife is either
his best friend or his worst enemy.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-09-18

A farmer who was sympathizing with
Il neighbor on the death of his son: You
should recollect, Neighbor Jones, there
is no loss without some gain. John,you
remember, was always monstrous ea-
ter" 81 know he was" responded the
bereaved parent, "bus to think he was
laid up with rheumatism all winter and
died just in haying time is pretty
rough"
The wife of a roofer, being asked II
she was not afraid to have her husband
exposed to such danger, trustfully re-
piled, "Oh, he's insured