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Dissolution Notice.

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provisions, IL hereby Dissolved By psufssi eoR-
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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-13

Capt. Jack left three widows, one
grown daughter, n sister, aud host of
little children.
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Gold was down to 6 Is on Friday
the lowest il has been for a dozen years
or more.
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Of the rotate of RntA Williams, 6se'd.
wichits, Oct. xEd ls7s.
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District court 18th Judicial District
Scdgwick county, Kansas.
Jos. s. MeCully1
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Total state. eodnty and bond tax ~
Township tax ON oi0O valuation.
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Proceedings Of the Board Of County
Commissioner.

good to justify its existence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

A well-to-do farmer of our acqnaint-
ance had the misfortune to rear a really
fine horse The action of the animal
gave him great delight, and nothing
would do bnt an exhibition Of him among
the professionals. He put up his money
and won. This gave higher fight to
his ambition, and induced bolder opera
ton. Success rewarded his ventures
He neglected his farm, imperceptibly
acquired habits to which he had before
been stranger, and, spurred by his past
success and the machinatious Of the Graf
ty, whose aim it is to fleece the green and
unwary, placed his farm in jeopardy for
the purpose of raising money to stake on
the result of race in which his pet horse
was to contend for the prize and mastery.
The professionals had now got the over
confident farmer in the precise position
they desired and the result was, as they
intended it should be, the defeat of the
farmers horse and the ruin Of his owner
The animal Changed hands and so did
the farm. 1t was all down-hill with the
farmer after this. His family was broken
up and destroyed while he, reckless and
maddened by disappointment and re-
morse, found premature graye.-RuTaI
Nelc Yorker.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
How to Save Your Eyes.

When will those working by lamp
light have the sense to understand the use
of shades TO protect the eyes? We see
persons sitting holding their sewing or
other work before and near to lamp,
while the light is blazing full into their
eyes. 1t is plain that the object that they
work upon cannot be seen with so great
distinctness while the field Of their retina
is already occupied by blaze. But they
work on for hours, and though the next
morning their visual organs tell of the
abuses by redness and inflammation, the
workers are too dull to learn the lesson
Of experience offered them. Circular pa
cents, and these not only protect the
eyes from the excess Of light, but serve as
a reflector behind the blaze, increasing
the illumination onehalf. Besides the
above mentioned evil, there is that of the
varying quantity Of light thrown into the
eye by its being suddenly and alternately
directed toward the blaze or obliquely
away from it, by which the pupil has not
time to adapt itself to the increase of
glare; whereas, with the use of the shade,
the illumination would be uniform. The
number Of persons in the community hav-
ing spots, light or dark, in their field Of
vision, arising from the injury to the re-
tina by the i'll usages which we are men
tiOning, is greater than is commonly i'm
agined. It must be borne in mind that
these spots are a serious step toward am
aurosis and gutta-serena. such as plunged
in darkness The latter years of the great
Milton, and many others more eminent
for their talents than their caution.-Er.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Keep Stock Warm.

TIE advice which makes the heading
of this article might almost be said to be
a stereotyped maxim for farmers, so fire.
quently does it appear in all the papers Of
the country, both agricultural and those
which have an agricultural column. The
philosophy Of the advice is that stock is
much more comfortable when protected
from severe cold, that it takes less food
to keep them, and that they do better,
and now is the time TO prepare for win
ter OF course it does not imply that
we should build our barns so that they
can be warmed by fires. AS generally
understood by farmers, it means batten
your stables tight and keep out all the
cold.
Where this is done and no arrangement
is made for supplying them with fresh air
by ventilation, it is as bad or worse than
allowing them to be exposed to consider
able cold. We want to advise our farmers
who keep stock warm in this way to
study physiology enough to know the
value of fresh air to animals as we'll as
men. There is scarcely farmer in the
country who keeps his stock warm who
does not run into a worse extreme by
making them breathe air loaded with
effiuvia for hours every day. Observe the
character Of the air in the stables when
you open the door in the morning, and
YOU will be convinced of it.
We once heard sheep farmer say that
the best place to stable sheep in
winter was in dry ten-acre lot, sheltered
from driving winds. The only advantage
in this was that they could have plenty Of
fresh, pure air. We heard another farm
er say that, in wintering twenty steers,
he stabbed ten and let ten go to the stack
all winter, and the ten outside did the
best. It was easy to see, on examining
the stables, that ten of them had been
deprived Of good air, and of course this
would keep them from during well.
It is common remark among farmers
that cattle running out all winter, if well
fed, come out in the spring strong and in
better condition to grow than those too
carefully housed. This appears to argue
against stabling them at all, but when we
look at The matter closely, we find it an
argument in favor Of fresh air, clean!i-
ness, and exercise; and if we take suffi-
cient pains to supply this condition to our
stock that is stabbed we will then learn
the true value of the maxim. Keep your
stock warm "-Oljo Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Eating Frogs.

IT seems odd that people who relish
the meat Of the lobster, a creature that
lives on dead and refuse matter, should
refuse to eat frogs, whose food is more
cleanly-and taken, too, in surprising
quantities.
The characteristic Of all species Of the
frog is vOracity; they eat flies, insects,
worms and even smaller frogs; but, sin
gular to relate, they do not touch these
unless they are alive and in notion Prof
Doremus used to relate an anecd0te about
some frogs he was keeping in a box for
experimental purposes, which shows their
vOracious prOpensities. There We're about
a dozen of the frogs, and among the num-
Der were two unusually large ones. He
had kept them for several weeks, but the
attendants had neglected to feed them for
a number Of days, and upon going to the
box he was astOnished to find only one
frog left, which was dead and greatly
swollen. Upon a closer inspection, he
found that the two large frogs had eaten
al the smaller ones, and when they could
obtain no more food the larger of these
two had swallowed the smaller, but had
died in the effort.
OF the dozen or more varieties COM
mon TO this country and Europe, only
two or three are considered edible, and
used as food by man. The celebrated
edible frog, or green frog of Europe,
which the naturalists call rama -escU7entd,
! is the greatest favorite and the most
sought after in the European countries.
In the United States, the species called
bull-frOgs, or shad-frogs, are about the
only kinds that are used for culinary pur-
poses. The European edible frog is Of a
bright green color above, with black
spots, three yellow stripes along the back
and Of a yellOwish color underneath
Our bull-frog is familiar to every body,
and somewhat resembles the common
European frog.
In many of the large European cities
it is common thing to see the women
fishmonCers with a barrel or tub on each
side of them-one containing the live
frogs, and the other to hold the portions
that are unfit to be eaten. When a pur-
chaser buys the frogs, the fshmonger
plunges her hand III the barrel holding
the frogs, pulls out frog by its hind
legs, places it on the edge of the other
barrel, and, with dextrous stroke of the
knife, sewers the hind legs from the rest
of the body, which falls into the barrel
The legs are then skinned carefully, and
are ready for cooking. The operation is
repeated until the order is filled.
Dr.. Livingstone sppeaks of large
African frog, called the m0demetlo, Of
which his children partook with eager
ness and delight. After a thunder show
CT the pools of the African desert are
alive with them, and the natives believe
that they are born of the thunder-cloud
and descend to the earth with the rain
The natives eat them constantly, and
also the common toad, which is con-
sidered by most persons in this country
as unfit to be eaten.-N 7. Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

4 CORRESPONDENT furnishes Us with a
slip cut from an old number Of the
Courier containing a remedy for the viru-
lent smallpox, scarlatina and measles,
which we gladly republish, thinking it
may be Of interest to many, now that the
first-named disease is generally prevalent
throughout the country. 1t is rs follows:
a merchant and ship-owner Of this civ
has had the following recipe sent him
from England, where it was furnished
by Mr.. l.. Larkin, member of the Royal
College Of Surgeons, and who vouches
for it las a medicine that will effect a
revolution in the healing art as regards
the prevention and cure Of smallpox,
and also of measles and scarlatina, how
ever malignant the type, in a manner
more efficient and extraordinary than
could ever have been hitherto anticipat-
ed even by the most ardent philanthro-
pist." On the first appearance OF fever or
irritation ushering in attack, whether oc-
curing in families or large communi-
ties, the subjoined mode of treat
ment should at once be entered
on: Take one grain each Of
powdered xgloves or digitalis valuable
in the ratio Of its greenness-the dark
should be reiected) and one of sulphate
w LILit \tiiiS al llItG IL CtuliIiDDit Known
as white vitrioD. These should be rubbed
thoroughly in a mortar or other convcn.
lent vessel with four or five drops of
water; this done, a noggin Tor about four
ounces more, with some syrup or sugar,
should be added. OF this mixture q
tablespoonful should be given an adult,
and TWO teaspoonfuls to a child every
second hour, until symptoms of disease
vanish. Thus conducted, convalesence,
as if by magic, will result The rapiditv
of an event So suspicious will eqnally de-
light and astonish. 1t may, however, be
necessary further to note, that should the
bowels become INSTRUCTED in progress Of
the disease, an evil by no means common
then drachm of the compound powder
of jalap formed Of two parts cream Of
tartar with one of jalap) and one grain
of the herb, treated as above, formed
into paste with syrup or sugar. should
be given to an admit, and half the
quantity to child. This simple medi-
cine shuts out every other form or article
whatever, as totally unnecessary, if not
pernicious. The nethodus medend; Of
these medicines capable of effecting re-
suits so gigantic remain now only to he
given, and appear to be as follows The
herb, by its anti-febrle properties, laws
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
A Memorial Gift.

The round of gifts for holiday so.
is soon exhausted. Books, and i Ieas9a
and trifies repeat themselves with ItJl"eli
turn of every Christmas and New WE
SO that We are weary of CHOOSING IA
them. We want to find rememh. IRON
for our friends, having something ,a alce
than that temporary value which TIlofe
customary gifts possess. '1eSe
There is a new gift more graceful o.,
useful than anything that is to be foS Sl9
in the shops. Its possession is not 'I nr3
a benefit for life, but it keeps its give guy
perpetual remembrance 1t is Iife ! !
surance policy, presented on New w q
day by the husband to his wife; bv a.
parish to their pastor.
Can there be better commemoras,.
of this joyful season of the year H..
such a gift? 1t will bear fruit long Al,
all other offerings are lost and forgott<
and it is one which the giyer can ne
regret
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Epistolary Effort of Rapid Youth
to His Sister.

DEAR SUE: The horses is all got the
epigramic very badly. Us boys had so
much fun the other day! Little Frank s
hobby horse had glue runnin' out of his
nose, so we knew he had it, and we took
him into the bath room and got some of
mas fine towels and wrapped his legs up
in hot water, and burned sulphur matches
under his throat, and swinged his name
of, and the paint came off his legs, and
the glue all come unstuck, and Frank
can't ride him any more. Wasn't it iollv?
Then the matches pat us in mind Of
havin' a Boston fire, SO we cOaXed sister
Sadie TO give Us her box Of Swiss houses
you brought her from "Trip; and We set
'en up and touched 'em off, and let her
rip. The town went like blazes, and we
throwed some of sis's dolls in for dead
bodies, and then saved the arms and legs
Tor trOfys.
But You bet we got scared when the
flames went so high, so we turned on the
hose, and that fool Jim Blain let the
water run all over the floor and down the
kitchen on 20 the cooks head, and she
thought the pipes had busted, and run for
man to fix EN-, so ma caught Us in there,
and the boys run home, but got thrash
ing. 1t didn't hurt much, cause | had
on thick clothes. Our Frank is in pants.
He went in last Sunday. I've got a new
girl. | don't like Jennie Bird any more,
or guess she don't like me any more,
cause when give her handful of pea
nuts she throwed 'em in my face, and I
expect Jim Blain told lies about me.
I'd lick him, only his father keeps candy
store, and git all the candy want for
nothin'
Your affpctionsta brother CHARLES
?. S.-Please bring me GOAT.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Buried by q Bear.

A GENTLEMAN who arrived few days
ago, from the lower country, where griz-
Fly bears help the herders to take care Of
the sheep, relates curious bear adven-
ture which occurred to an Indian herd
man in his employ. He sent the man to
a distant portion of large rancho, to
look after herd of sheep. The Indian,
at nightfall, got under shed with roof
of branches, but open on all sides, and
lay down in his blankets after few
hours sleep, he was awakened by feeling
the hot breath of some animal on his face.
He moved his arms, and at once under
stood the situation-a huge bear was
snuffing him. The man, with great pres
ence of mind, determined to keep perfect
1y still, for he knew if he moved or cried
out, one blow of those huge paws would
break his skull like a walnut. Bruin
scratched off the blankets and seized the
Indian by the leg. Though suffering ter
Sibly, the brave fellow did not allow a
groan or cry to escape him. The bear
dragged him from the hut for some dis
lance, and then commenced to dig hole
to lay the Indian in and cover him up
from the coyotes. After the grave had
been dug deep enough, the bear content
ing himself with about pound of flesh
from the victims thigh moved the body
to the hole and covered it up. The In
dian managed to keep the earth over his
face loose enough to allow him to breathe,
and when the bear retired, he crawled
out toward the mustang, which was pick
eted some yards outside of the hut. With
great difficulty he mounted, and then
rode toward the rancho house. A doctor
was sent for, who pronounced the wounds,
though severe and painful, not likely to
prove fatal. The next day hunt was
organized, and the grizzly was killed in
the neighborhood Of the spot where he
had slowed away his intended meal
San Francisco Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Magnjfying Eyes.

A BOY with microscopic eyes is the
latest scientific wonder in England. He
possesses the faculty Of seeing minute
objects magniied to marvellous degree.
His eyes were diseased when he was
young, and he came near losing his
sight, which, however, he gradually re-
covered. 1t was found, however, that
the internal structure of the eye had been
changed, the cornea being greatly en-
larged, the crystalline lens being divided
into three different parts, each part being
surrounded with light blue circle; and
in the center of each appears the iris, di-
n,inished to the size of a pins head.
The patient cannot distinguish objects at
a distance, they appearing blurred and
misshapen. The magnifying power of
vision is stated at 500 diameters. A curl
Gus fact is that he will never examine
water, having once discovered the vast
number of infusoria contained in some
which he was drinking, and the sight of
which thoroughly frightened him. The
lad, it should be mentioned, has Won
derful talent for drawing and coloring
with great accuracy the objects which
come beneath bis inspection. The case
is under the particular attention of Sir
Charles Madden, F. R. s., and Of DR..
Crowder, the eminent oculist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

reached in gardening. Every farmer
should have good garden. We have
stated this score of times, bat it will
bear repeating: for from this may be
made to come one half Of the living of
the family; at least, SO far as the produce
of the soil is concerned. If, therefore,
you have not already prepared for this
important branch of agriculture, it will
be policy to begin at once.
To do this select the proper spot and
manure it thoroughly, with not less than
forty loads of the best manure you have.
Thus you will be in readiness to take adj
vantage Of the first suitable weather in the
spring, for blowing it into the soil. De-
vote time enough for one season to the
cultivation of a garden ample for the
wants of the household, ana thereafter
you will neither regret it, nor be inclined
to go without this most necessary adjunct
to good farming. - Western Rural.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

Two MEN in st. Louis have resorted 10
new dodge in cheating store-keepers out
of money. They go into store and ask
to exchange two fve-dollar bills for one
ten-dollaT for the purpose of sending it
of in letter. On receiving the bill they
retire from the store, but soon return
again claiming that the bill is not good,
and on demanding the two fiyes receive
them, but do not return the ten dollar bill.
The store-keeper and the men argue about
the missing ten-dollar bill until the former
IS convinced Of having received the ten
dollars back. Both men have very re-
spectacle and gentlemanly appearance,
and thus are not liable to be suspected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

The huge, drastic, gripping, sickenine pills,
constructed Of crude, coarse and bulky in
gradients, are fast being superseded by DR..
fIerce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Sugar
Juice, Ambitious Granules-tbe "TittIe
Giant" Cathartic or muIt,em in parvo Pbysic,
Modern chemical science enables DR.. Pierce
TO extract from the juices of the most valu
able roots and herbs their active medical
principles, which, when worked into little
feilets or Granules, scarcely larger than mus
fard seeds, renders each little Pellet as active
and powerful as large pill, while thew are
much more palatable and pleasant in effect
- cents Il rial, by druggists. go
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

hold at once of the fever, the prolific
source of woe, which it Immediately
strangles, while the zinc acts the part of
tonic, instantly restoring the equilibrium.
Mr.. Larkin adds No emigrant or Gov
eminent vessel should hereafter be al
lowed to put to sea without few pence
worth of these protectors; and it is fur
ther ardently hoped that as the dearest
interest of our common humanity are SO
vitality involved in this discovery, the
press Of all countries will give publicity
to this announcement BOston Courier.