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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-29
Those BO0tS.-We all know uncle

Those Boots. all know uncle
Keyle j; he's the son of his father, old
Keyle. Old Keyle's boy. Keyle Jun>
ior is not 50 much noted for his beauty
as for his faculty for making a beauti-
ful boot. Uncle KeyIe wears fine
boot, a pretty boot he feels that it il
necessary to maintain successful aver
age, for the other end of him isn't
what would be called success at the
Vienna Exposition. But, Uncle Key
lie can just set out the forked end of a
man SO the grass will feel fattered by
his stepping on it, Keyle made our
boots, and when we first put 'e1n on we
didn't put 'em on. We turned ourself
into capital K. trying to. After
we did get 'em on. we tried to find
Keyle, for we did feel like communities
ting with him,-we wanted to present
him with boot, but he was wise. be
hid himself till We and the boots were
thoroughly acquainted, and now it
boots but little whether VIC find him At
all only to thank his old soul, for We
are happy. We are extremely happy.
key!e works for Bolette, where you are
invited to stop in and have your ihstep
measured for just such pair as We
ar,-frcnch ca'f,--thats we, half
sold,- paid half down, and CON-
fortably tight,-thats Uncle keyle.
DrOWned.-A sad case Of drowning
occurred on Beron's dam last Tuesday
afternoon. 4 company of log drivers
had reached The dam with the drive,
and were getting nicely along with no
apprehension Of accident. 1t become
necessary to mako the passage Of the
slide, which was accomplished BY
means of batteau in which were Mr..
Eli Taylor and Mr.. Smith of Centrai!a
and one Or two others. But the battcau
by some mism engagement caught on one
of the fingers Of the slile and being
driven by the force Of the water. filled.
when Mr.. Smith jumped out. and
though an excellent swimmer and the
water but about four feet deep, drown
ed before he could receive assistance.
Another enc Of the party was very
mitch frightened and would have
drowned but for the earnest authorize
tive commands of Phil Ward to stand
erect and not get excitcl. He had
presence Of mind sufficient to heed Nr.
Wards advice and found the water on
| " mp to his breast No blame can
possibly attach to any one for it vas on
! ly through fear that q life was sacrificed.
! Mr.. Smith leaves wife and children
in Centralia. He is mentioned as be-
ing very Industrious man, and re-
spected by all who knew him.
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Peck's Sewing Machine.

A Mr.. Peck had long entertained the
idea that he could invent self-acting
sewing-machine, and he did. He pro
cured steel ribbon spring about twenty
feet long, and of sufficient power to run
horse car This he rugged on his
wife's sewing machine with II lot of
clockwork, and it appeared to him,
when he finished the job that evening,
that he had realized his hopes. If any
sewing machine ever would go that one
would, so he wound it up ready for use
in the morning, and went to bed. AT
At four o'clock Mrs. Peck aroused him
and told him to listen to the burglars in
the house. He listened and heard II
most terrific racket in the sitting-room.
1t appeared to him that there must be
million burglars refreshing themselves
with a prize-fght. SO he loaded his
gun, crept softly over, and peeped
through crack in the door. 1t was not
barelars, it was Mrs. Peck's sewing
machine. The peg had slipped out and
that spring was having full play. 1t
would rear the machine up on one end
and charge it three or four times like n
battering-ram against the glass front of
the book case then it would wheel
around and suddenly tear across the
room, and butt up against the mantel-
piece, and it would lie down and roll
over the floor, and hammer the sofa,
tear up the carpet, and boost the center
table and try and jam hole through
the wall, and then endeavor to leap up
on the chandelier. Then as Peck en-.
tered the room, it flew at him, and tore
in and out between his legs, the wheel
revolving like Lightning all the time,
and the spring gradually unwinding.
And then Peck rctrcated and the family
all got up and got mattress OIL the
he'd. with which they covered the ma
chime. and sat on it for while, but
finally pushed it out of the window into
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The Value of Things.

One of the most frequent errors we
all make in life is the valuing the thing
according to the difficulty of obtaining
it, and this error is universal We do
not believe anybody is free from it.
No doubt the desire of overcoming a
difficulty was implanted in the human
breast fer very good reasons, but we
have carried this desire to an extreme,
and it mostly renders us blind as to the
real value Of the object we pursue. In
love, for instance, the easiest conquest
is the best. We know that this is q
very daring remark, but We are pur-
suaded that it is true one. The love
which soonest responds to love, even
what we call love at first sight, is the
surest love, and for this reason, that it
does not depend upon any one merit or
quality, but embraces in its view the
whole being. That is the love which is
likely to last, incomprehensible, unde-
Unable, unarguable about. But this
love often fails to satisfy man or woman,
and he or she pursues that which is
difficult to obtain, but which, from that
very circumstance, is not the best for
him or her. The same thing occurs in
friendship. The friends that are the
easiest made are the best friends and
the most lasting. But often an i'll
conditioned or even a cantankerous
man offers some attraction, by reason of
difficulty to other men to gain his friend
ship. After much effort, what friend
ship this man can give is perhaps gained,
and is ultimately found out to be worth
but little. As an additional argument
for not being led away by the difficulty
of the pursuit, let us remember how
very short life is. In material things
the folly of pursuing them eagerly.
merely because the pursuit is difficult,
is very apparent. A man will seek af-
ter some almost hopeless honor, or
some station in society which he never
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GENERAL LNI.ELLiGENCE.

The secretary of the interior has decided
That under tho sixth section Of the act of con
Gress granting lands to aid in the construction
OF the Northern Pacific railroad, tho filing OF q
map of tho general route protects the COM
pany from pro-cmption settlements within the
granted limits which III the states is seventy
miles OH each side OF tho line.
Tho government has boen informed that
the list of losses ma 10 up by the committee
appointment to examine into tho condition of
affairs along tho Texas border is very greatly
exaggerated and in many cases loss is repre-
sontod Az ten times greater than the whole
valuation OF property destroyed.
Tho internal revenue receipts for tho cur.
rent fiscal year have reached 500, jO7, 1iS be-
ing within $500, 900 Of the complete estimates
of tho commissioner for entire year ending
with the present month.
or tho forty-fivo millions three per cent
certificates outstanding November, 1872, all
but thirty thousand have boen called in and
redeemed.
Tho supreme court Of the District of Co
uubia has just rondorol decision upon
question under the confscation act not horeto-
fore tried. A lawyer of this district joined the
rebellion early in the war. His property was
conliscatod and sold for $4,000. Upon his re-
turn the person who had purchased it paid the
former owner 100000 additional, and received
Il deed in foo simple. A short timo since the
owner died, and his heirs brought suit to re-
cover the property, holding that tho coniisca-
tiOn act deprived tho first owner OF all legal
right to tho property during his life, and con-
sequontly ho had no power to sell or give the
deed The court held that the first owner had
legal right during his life to dispose of re-
versionary interest, and consequently the sale
in tho present case was valid, and tho heirs had
no claims npon the property.
Annexation schemes abound. Washing
ton officials are now eager for tho absorption
OF Guatemala into tho Union, and no less than
two Guatomalans have waited upon the presi-
dent to assure him Of the yearning OF their
fellow-countrymen to be annexed. Another
annexation project is proposed as a preventive
for any trouble between this country and Mex
leo over such transgressions of the boundary
line as Mackenzies recent Indian raid. What
are known as the Mexican frontier states, are
to be transferred to our dominion. In this
way the boundary line would be shortened
the debatablo land where the Indian marauders
take refuge would be wholly under our SOW.
oreignty. and with the consideration which
Mexico would receive for the cession Of the
territory, she would be able to pay her debts.
Under the law sf the last congress, the
president has abolished the Indian superi1ten-
dcncies Of Montana, Oregon and Arizona, and
the northern supcrintondency, Dakota and
part Of Nebraska, and has appointed J. W.
Daniel of Minnesota, J. G. OConner OF New
York. ]. d. Bevief Of Michigan. E. c. Kimbls
of New York and William Yandeyer Of Iowa
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ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.-It is sinpula

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.-It is singular
to what an extent people believe hap
pincss depends on not being obliged to
work. Girls are considered wcll-mar-
ried if their husbands are wealthy, and
boys well-provided for if enough can be
left for them for support, and enough
surplus left for them to play business
with. Bosh Honest, hearty, contented
labor is the only source of happiness,
as well as a guarantee of life. The
gloom of misanthropy is not only a
great destroyer of the happiness VIC
might have, but it tends to destroy life
itself. Idleness and luxury produce
premature decay much faster than many
trades regarded as the most exhaustive
and fatal to longevity. Labor, in gen.
eral, instead of shortening the term of
life, actually increases it. 1t is the
lack of occupation that actually de-
stroys so many of the wealthy, who
have nothing to do but Play the part
of drones, and, like them, make a
speedy exit, while the busy bee fills out
its day Of usefulnes and honor.
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attains, or finds worthless when at
tanned, ahd all the time he neglects the
pleasant things in life which are around
him, and within reach OF his hand. The
daisies and the primroses and the vio-
lets he passes with an unheeding eye,
caring only for some plant that bios
SONS once in hundred years. We re-
peat our belief that the most frequent
error in life, is the placing an inordi-
nate value, merely on account OF its
difficulty, upon that which it is difficult
to attain; and we would have for II
motto one that has never yet been Sc
lected by mortal man, and which sho~ld
run thus "Choose the easiest" We
are not afraid of quelling mems efforts
in high endcaver by this motto. They
will always be prone enough to run af-
ter what is difficult. --Arthur Helps.
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Language the Image of the Soul

Language was long ago declared to be
the image of the soul. For truth and
beauty nothing can surpass this def
milton. There are arts that can catch
and detain the image of the face, and
upon the physical features we may look
with the eye and perceive the existing
beauty; but the soul is invisible III,
tangible, inaudiblc. Through the gate
of music only small fragment of the
spirit may be seen. Something of its
pensiveness or delicacy might be in
ferred, but reading the human soul by
its music alone would be the study of
cOlors in dim cavern, or of mankind
by limiting your research to the small
est habitable island in the South sea.
Wonderfully beautiful and powerful as
music is, it is astonishing how little of
the soul can be learned by its medi-
alton. When Beethoven calls 8 sym
phony PASTORAL" it is almost i'm
possible for us to distinguish the trip
out of the city from the dance in the
field, and the dance from the storm com
ing up in tho valley. 1t is not other
wise with all the other fine arts They
afford only glimpses of broad world
such as is enjoyed by the English mi
ners, who, from the bottom of IL shaft,
look up and see only n piece Of blue
sky, no larger than carriage wheel
Oh, what poor spectacle compared
with that great sweep of light and
shadow, peace and storm, granted the
heart which, from some old mountain,
overlooks a vast horizon Compared with
all the arts, language alone is worthy of
being called the image of the soul "
Out of this ivory gate march in beautl-
full procession the attributes of the
spirit. Ambition, patriotism, friend
ship, love, religion-all memory, all
hope, all sorrow, all disappointment,
all genius, all judgment, all sence of
honor and justice--emergo through
this portal of speech; and, with II
magnificense surprising the triumphal
pageants OF Caesars, the souls vast
army flies before us, no longer invisible,
but in the fields of light. What should
we know of the morals or love of the
Nazarenc, what of the wisdom of New
ton or Bacon, what of the soul of
Dante, of the moral beauty of Bea-
trice, what of the poetic nature of
what indeed of man or
God, if only music rolled its melody |
around us, or painting unveiled its pic
lures All arts are as nothing com
pared with the divine gift of language
1t is true creation and development
and visible unfoulding of the soul.
Our histories, our poems, our philos
ophies, our laws, our morals, are pho
tographs of souls truthful to an ex
treme degree, ind outlasting the souls
casket of dust. -DaUM SUing.
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What to Do in Case of Accidents.

Prof. Wilder of Cornell university,
gives the following short rules in case
of accident, which it will be found use
full to preserve and remember: For
dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing; dash
water into them remove cinders, ETC.,
with the round point OF Il lead pencil
Remove water from the ear by cold wa
ter never put hard instrument into
the ear. If choked, get upon all-fours
and cough. For slight burns, slip the
parts in cold water ii the skin is de-
stroyed, cover with varnish. Smother
a fire with carpets, etc; water will Of
ten spread burning oil and increase
danger. Before passing through smoke,
take full breath and then stoop low ;
but if carbonic acid gas is expected,
walk erect. In case OF poisoning, ex-
cite vomiting by tickling the throat, or
by warm water and mustard. For acid
poisons, give alkalies Tor alkaline
poisons, use acids-white of an egg is
good in most cases in case OF opium
poisoning, give strong coffee and keep
moving. Ii in water, float on the back,
with the nose and mouth projecting.
For apoplexy, raise the head aud body !;
for fainting, lay the person fiat.
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KATY's GUESS.
nH HEHEN ]. ANaKLL

with twelve white eggs in dOwny nest
The old hen sits in a box In the shed
And the children, yesterday, stood and guessed
OF the hopes that hid in her spcCked breast,
OF the dreams that danced through he red
crowned head.
"She thinks" said the labor-hating Ned,
"Of u land where the wcasols oil asleep,
Whore the hawks are blind and the dogs are dead
Where are heaps of corn AK high az the she'd
And plenty of carth-worms for her to eat
"Sho remembers the country fair" says Bcss,
"And the prize she took at Ilamptons town."
"No, no, she don't" cries James the less,
"She dreams Of her little ducks, guess
She is wondering yet why they didn't DROWN
Aud what say you, little curley pate?
see thought in your merry eye,
"She fink" says the bright-cyed baby Kate
Az she left the latch Of the gardcn gate,
"vcre'll be tickens to skatch for by and by
Thrco cheers for the wisdom of three years old
Who told You the secret, little pet
Plat love is better than ease or gold,
That labor for love pays thousand fOld2
900 fnkcd il oOrself?" We'll, don't forget.
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"Come with me aud we will go
Where tho rocks Of coral grow"

An almanac for 1858 gravely told its
readers, "Near the place where the fa-
nous Dee payeth its tribute to the Ger
man ocean, if curious observers of won
derful things in nature, will be pleased
to resort thither on the 1st, 18th and
Goth of May, and in divers other times
in the ensuing summer, as also in the
harvest time to the 7th and 14th of Oc.
tober, they will undoubtedly see pret-
ty company of Mar Maids, creatures Of
admirable beauty, and likewise hear
their charming, sweet, melodious
voices" The prognosticator kindly
tells us the exact song which these
Scottish mcrmaids would sing; 1t was
nothing less than new version Of "God
save the king" but, as the year 1888
was rather a critical one in matters dy-
nastic, we are left somewhat in doubt
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-06-26
FOREIGN LN7ELLIGENC

Hamburg Tho band of Prince George
regiment of tho Saxon army has sailed iron
this portfor New York. Tho band has Bixt,
members and proposes to make concert lou
through tho United States.
--Paris-The government has decided i'm
mediately transport Henri Rochofort to Nov
Caledonia.
--Advices from Rio Janeiro are received
The conflict between ihe clergy and tho secret
societies continued to agtate Brazil The
ministry had taken strong ground on tho sub
ect and were gaining support for their policy
In the lower house the premier made u spoecl
defending the FREQ masons, and promised that
energetic measures would DO taken to prevent
the bishops and josuits interfering with the
society.
london is a serious dispute in the
building trade in this city. Tho journeymen
ask an advance OF wages Of q half penny Gone
cent? per hour, which tho master builders re-
fuse to give. 1t is feared the dispute will lend
to the groate't lockout ever known in the city.
-Constantinopls THE Sultan has issued a
frman granting ito the khedive of Egypt an
Independent internal government, and author
izing him to augment his army and conclude
foreign treaties.
Austria has broken thrsugh the etiquette
usually observed towards a vassal Of tho Porte
by receiving Prince Nicholas Of Montenegro
without his having been presented by the
Turkish ambassador Az this stop appears to
Indicate a changed attitude towards tho gov
crnmont OF tho sultan, it has excited atten-
ton in diplomatic circles at Vienna
-London-A special to tho News from
Rome says many Of the monks belonging to
tho monasteries which are to be suppressed.
will go to Bolivia and Chill.
The ex-Empross Eugene has tskon hor do
parture from England for the continent by
way Of Ostond.
The bank Of France has paid into tho
many on account Of the war indemnity. A
report that there had been successful negotia-
tions to accelerate the departure OF the Cor
man troops is not verified.
-Eighty-two heads OF religious orders in
Rome have signed document protesting
against the bill for the suppression Of religious
corporations, and appealing to.the Pope, the
law OF tho nation, and to God.
Tine Texas Legislature positively refused to
ratify the act Of the last legislature giving
subsidy OF 10000 per mile OH six hundred
miles of tho international railroad company
1t is reported thst persons Of known carist
proclivties in Santiago dc Cuba, have sent
coo, 900 to the carlist committee at London to
assist the in.urrection in Spain.
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inspectors Of Indian affairs The supernten.
doncies OF Washington Territory, California
and New Mexico, and the southern superinten-
dency having jurisdiction over numerous
tribes in the Indian territory and Texas are re-
tanned.
There have been further and more decisive
conferences among railroad managers, and the
agreement is very generally accepted by rail-
roads, and by the public at largo, for a sweep
ing abolition of free passes after July LIST. To
make it complete it il proposed that railroad
men shall themselves pay fares, and, OF
course, charge up for travelling expenses, 30
that no free passes OF any description may be
in existence. The Newspaper press says amen,
--Up'to date twelve senators and thirty-two
representatives have covered their back pay
into the treasury; or, one in six Of the soma
tors and little more than one in seven of the
members of the house. The total amount re-
tnrned is 3183,321. This shows the back pay
deducting mileage, to average about "a, lGG.
Tho secretary Of war has submitted to the
department OF justice statement Of the con-
dition Of affairs found by the war department
to exist in tho division Of the late freodmen's
bureau charged with tho settlement OF boun-
ties to colored soldiers. The statement sets
forth that claimants for whom treasury ccrtii-
Gates have been issued and sent to tho freed
mems bureau for payment have never received
their money, although they were marked on
tho records Of the buroau AZ paid and reported
to tho treasury by the dsbursng officer of the
bureau as paid, and 30 credited in tho settle
ment Of his account. For this fraud the sec
retary Of war wishes to know the degree of re-
sponsbility and relative responsibility under
the law of General Howard and his disbuping
officer General BalIoch. When the war depart
mont took possession of tho bureau unpaid
claims were found amounting to $3.50, 900, and
$780, 600 were found unpaid, although entered
on the records and reported to tho treasury,
and there credited AZ paid.
Tho most important change i'll tho rules
recommended by tho civil service advisory
board, is in relation to the examination of can
didates for Office in various parts Of tho coun-
try and not subject them to the expense of
travelling to Washington for this purpose 1t
il recommended that tho country be divided
into four or more districts, each to have u
chief examiner, and he is to have associated |
with him certain officials or others qualification |
tho work.
Tho attorney general has decided that vel
vet ribbons made of silk and cotton arc not |
subject to the duty of GO per cent under the
eighth section OF the tariff act of 1864, and |
that they are only subject to tho duty Of 50
per cent. under that act.
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" Thou remembered

Since once sat upon prOmOntery,
Aud heard mermaid on q dOlphin's back,
Uttcring such dulcet and harmonious breath
And certain stars shot madly from their spheres
To hear the sea-maid's music"
We well know that Shakespeare made
many of his characters talk about mer-
maids and sea-sirens-" I'll draw more
sailors than the mermaids shall; ;" "I'll
stop mine ear against the mermaid's 5
song;" "At the helm "A seeming mer-
maid steers" "Oh, train me not, sweet
mermaid, with Il motel" "Her clothes
spread wide, and, mcrmaid-like, awhile
they bore her up" are passages we'll
known to readers of Shakespeare. Nor
are musical folk less acquainted with
the charming air which Haydn gave to
the mermaid's song, where the siren of
the sea says to some enchanted mortal