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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-03-13
How Starving Men Feel.


Starving reveals many caricas psy-
Geological facts. As a rule it develops
in an unnatural degree, the strongest
qualities that man possesses, but cir
cumstances modifes this much. Among
updiseiplined masses ferocity and de
morali2ation are certain results; but
when its approaches are gradual and
directed by the strong hand of author
ity, its effects are different. One phe-
nomenon in the expedition of Strain at
an early day in Darien, especially as it
WAS not confined to one, but vas ex-
hibited by all Che officers, not except
ing even Strain at the last. deserves
especial notice. From that the food
became scarcs, to the close and Just in
proportion as famine increased, they
did not gloat over visions of homely
fare. bnt reveled in gorgeous dinners.
Sc strongly did this wllim get possession
of their minds, that the hour of hating.
when they could indulge undisturbed
in these rich ceveries, became an
object of the deepest interest. While
hewing their way through the iungIes.
and wearied and overcome until they
were ready to sink, they would cheer
each oth5r by saying 20 Never mind
when We go into camp we'Il have =
splendid supper" meaning of course.
the imaginary one they designed to en-
Joy. Traxton and Many wouId pass
hours IN spreading tables loaded with
every luxury they had ever sean or
heard of. Over this imaginary feast
they would gloat with the pressure of
q gourmand, never seSing the ineongru-
ity of the thing, They would talk this
over a while within hearing Of the
means of the men, and one occasion dis
cussed the propriety of giving up in
the future all stimulating drinks. they
had been informed it weakened the ap-
petite. As hereafter they designed if
they ever got ont, to devote themselves
entirely and exclusively to eating. they
soberly concluded It was wrong to do
anything so lessen its pleasures or
amount
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There IL not remedial agent IN this world that
viii cuue fever aud aEue. and al other maieri0uS,
bi inus. scarlet typhoid yellow, ard other fevers
taldpd BIZ Radway's fills), So otliCS as IA D.
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Perfect PlrgaliFG anil Regulating Pills

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tive cure. Purely NegeJahle Ic9ntaiuing NO mel
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The Legislature of Illinois has been
debating on a resolution to pay $500 for
a set of surveying instruments once
used by Lincoln, to be placed in the
state library, until the time spent
amounts to several times the worth of
the set, and still it is unable to decide
whether it IS worth more than 500 or
not.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30
An American AutOcrat.

IT will surprise most of our readers to
be informed that we have king in
America, a monarch as absolute as the
Gar of Russia, though his name is not
found in the -Alnaanach de Got7ta, and his
dominions are not larger than some Of
the German princelings. He exists, and
his little realm forms the subject of an
interesting article in Lippjncott's Magazine
His name is William Keil. He was a
tailor at Bleichrode, Prussian Saxony,
but emigrated to the United States about
seventeen years ago, and founded Ger
man colony near Portland, Oregon. He
set up a so-called communistic rule in
his settlement, but as far as he himself is
concerned it is thoroughly monocratic
He obtained the land gratis from the
Government, cleared of the timber, built
a block-house for defense against the In
dians, planted orchards and built mills
and so laid the foundations of prosper
Gus community. He has some knowl-
edge of medicine. and therefore is physi-
clan to his subjects. He solemnizes all
the marriages. and thus is their priest.
Every man who comes to the village to
live must put all his money in Keips
hands, and is then taken on trial His
probation endures as long as the sover-
eign chooses. If IT, candidate is not
i found satisfactory, he gets back his CAPT
tai without interest, but with pro rata
share of his earnings, which are appraised
by Keil. The latter holds the common
purse, and buys all kinds of supplies
which are furnished free to the people
He desIgnates everybody's employment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30
A Tinlid Bridegroom.

NOT many days ago fashionable up
town rectory was visited by charming
young lady who, with face sutfused
with bushes, informed the reverend di-
vine that she contemplated entering into
the holy bonds of matrimony, and that,
as her .ti0ncee was somewhat retiring in
disposition, and especially sensitive to
any reference to their mutual affection,
she had called to arrange the prelimina-
ries of their marriage. The minister, it
is scarcely necessary to say, was some
what taken aback, but the confused fair
one presented license made out in due
form, and at once proceeded to discus
sion Of the all-important step.
The day and hour for the ceremony
was fixed, and promptly at the appointed
time the young couple arrived at the cler-
gyman's residence Rumors of the union
of course spread, and at the moment
agreed upon probably a dozen or two of
the curious had assembled in the taber-
nacle. The candidates for nuptial honors
remained in sitting room of the rectory,
which, by the by, is in the immediate vi
cinity of the church, until the final prep
arations were made. The minister don
ned his surplice, and, repairing to the
church, announced himself ready.
dI ihlAoeoo CldPoCO, bot tho WCu-
ding party did not appear The audi
ence became impatient, and at length
even the clergyman felt constrained to
repeat his admonition. What was the
surprise of all when the returning messen-
ger announced that the bridegroom posi-
lively declined to enter the church. The
minister visited him personally, and re-
buked him for his apparent lack of de-
cision, but expostulation was useless.
The unhappy youth had no objections
to the sllken bond, and were the fasten-
ings adjusted in the rectory, it might be
done instanter, but to appear in a church,
and before that crowd of people, was i'm
possible.
The minister was equally firm, and
stated positively that the ceremony must
take place in the temple or not at all,
After many tears on the part of the bride,
and earnest protestations from her timid
lover, the sorrowing pair departed, and,
If rumor is to be credited, they still re-
main in state of single blessedness.-
Nea0 Orleans Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30

quantities, is blessing or curse, accor
dlng to the use made of it; and it has
no power whatever for good which is not
| equally power for evil AS a means. it
is exceedingly valuable, but as an en- it
is worse than worthless In the hands of
man orlwoman who esteems it only for
Its uses, It's value can hardly be overesti-
mated; but to the man or woman to
whom it is an end, it is the worst of all
possible curses. Wealth, properly used.
greatly widen's the sphere of its posses
sor's usefulness. 1t enables him to help
others IN the life struggle; and there is no
happiness SO pure, so lasting, or so per-
feet as that which is born of benefits con-
ferredupon ones fellows. The possessor
OF wealth may give an education here, a
Gunner to hungry mouths there; he may
furnish work and wages to willing and
needy hands, and the doing of this alone
is worthy life-work. He may endow
scholarship in college or found
hospital, and thus extend
the worth Of his living to coming
generations of men and women. All
these and many other excellent things
one may 40 with money, but the money
ltself, undirected by generous impulse
or worthy purpose, can do nothing ex-
cept to make Of its possessor a rarro-
~vorshiner of self lo-or Of 1ucre for it's
own sake. Used, it widens and deepens
the channel Of it's owners life; it en-
mobiles him, and makes the fact of his
living benefit to his kind; but unused,
it dwarfs whatever of good there may be
in him, and makes of him something
which the world would have been far bet
ter without.
With anything like true culture, the
case is very different. The man who has
it cannot, if he would, help using it for
the benefit of others. Its influence goes
with him wherever he goes; and SO long
as he meets and talks with men and
women, of whatever station they may be,
just so long will his culture communicate
itself, in greater or less degree, to others,
while its influence upon himself cannot
possibly be other than an uplifting one.
There is no cOmmOner cant in our utili-
itarian age and country than this decry-
ing of liberal education, and certainly
there never was a more illogical one -
Hearth and Home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30
Thickness OF Mirrors.

METALLIC mirrors which have but one
rejecting surface produce only one image
GLASS mirrors, however, have two sf1r-
faces which reflect unequally, and conse-
quentIy produce two images, one being
less distinct than the other. If we apply
any object (the point of a pencil, for in
stance). to thick piece of polished sill.
ed-glass, and look at it obliauely. we
see at first very feeble image in conta ct
with it, and then, beyond it, another
and far more intense one. The first
image is produced by the light reflected
from the anterior surface of the plate
That is from the surface of the glass itself !;
While the second is due to the light which
penetrating into the glass, is reflected
from the layer of metal by which the
posterior face is covered. The difference
In intensity of the two images may be ex-
planned as follows: Glass being very
transparent, only small quantity of light
is reflected from the first face of the mir
ror, which give the least intense image:
while the greater part Of the incident
light, passing into the mass, is reflected
from the surface of the metal, and gives
the more luminous image.
This experiment furnishes us with a
simple means of measuring the thickness
age should appear behind the layer of
metal at tho came distance as the point of
the pencil in front; and hence it follows
that the distance between the point of
the pencil and the point of its
image is double the thickness of the
mirror. If this distance, for instance,
appears to be quarter Of an inch, we
conclude that the real thickness of the
mirror is the eighth of an inch.
The double reflection from mirrors in
terferes with the sharpness of the images
which they produce; so that in scientific
observations, metallic mirrors are prefer
red to glass ones. The rejecting tele-
scope, in which the image is formed by a
concave mirror, was virtually abandoned
for many years, owing to the difficulty of
working metal to the required shape.
The invention by NJ Foucault of a
method of silvering glass without injur-
ing it's polish has, however, obviated this
difficulty; and now retlectors for tele-
scopes are made of polished glass, silver
ed on the concaVe surface self.-Chris-
tan UnjOn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30
Ten per cent. Of Nothing.

A FUNNY case has been referred to the
Secretary of the Treasury from Savannah,
Ca, for settlement. 1t appears that a
firm down there have brought cotton
ships in with sand ballast, and dumped
the sand on the wharf. The Custom
House Appraiser came along and assessed
the sand ten per cent ad calorena, which
amount he demanded of the importer.
The importer at once appealed to the
Secretary of the Treasury. This morning
sealed bag, marked drop shot," was
ushered into the Treasury building.
There seemed to be a mystery about it.,
and thoughts of nitro lycerine, fulninat-
ing powder, and other explosive materials
suggested themselves when the weight of
the bag proved conclusively that its con-
tents were not shot. The bag was open
ed with great care, and its contents were
at once called saltpeter, dungsalt, and
rocksalt by different lockers on. But on
examining card attached to it, referenc e
was found to letter in regard to sand
ballast, and this crystally, dirty sand was
the article referred to as having been as
sessed ten per cent. duty. The importer
represented that the sand is of no value
whatever, and was only thrown in as
ballast. The Secretary, upon this infor-
nation, felt convinced that the duty of
ten per cent. would not hurt it, and
affirmed the decision of the Collector of
the Port of Savannah in the CASE Wash.
anston Cor. N. 7. Journal Of Commerce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30
Education and Money.Getting.

TEE people who decry academic cul-
ture have one invariable argument which
they use over and over again, putting it
forward with an assurance which serves
at least to show that they think it Hnan-
swerable. They find half dozen men
WHO have strikingly succeeded in bust
ness without any education beyond that
Of the common schools. and half dozen
others who, with the best of education,
have failed to make money-and imme-
diately their case against the colleges is
made out to their satisfaction. Some
times they go little further into the sub
iect, and scientifically ask how anybody is
to make Greek and Latin, and physical
science, and the higher mathematics and
intellectual philosophy pay, and they al
ways assume that such question answers
itself.
Now to all this there are Just two re-
plies to be made. First, that even in the
matter of moneymaking, the higher edu-
cation is of very great value and, Sec
ondly, that the culture of the colleges,
and the after culture for which it lays a
foundation, are worth infinitely more
than money. Half-a-dozen cases or half
a-hundred cases on one side, and as many
on the other, prove just nothing what
money is dependent upon many things
other than education, as anybody may
discover with very little trouble. One
man has keener desire for wealth than
another, and will sacrifice more of com
fort and convenience for it's acquisition.
Pure accident, in very many cases, forms
an important factor in the problem, and
there are rich men by the score, in this
country, whose wealth has come to them
in spite, rather than by reason of their
acts. A writer in a Chicago paper, a
year or two ago, traced the history of
that city's leading property holders, and
of the whole list there was but one who
had deliberately planned his success,
while one Of them, in personal inter
view, stated the fact that he had in for
mer years spent many a sleepless night
over his inability to sell for song the
marsh-land On which his hundred build
ings now stand. And there are many
other conditions to success in money
getting with which education or the lack
of it has nothing whatever to do.
But the fact is patent enough, that,
with other things equal, the man whose
intellect has been disciplined makes
money more easily and more surely than
his neighbor, who is without culture. We
oil huOW well enough ludt tue IdDOIlDg
class, the one most absolutely without ed.
ucation, is the one whose exertions yield
the smallest pecuniary returns. We
know perfectly we'll that both culture and
information-the two results of education
serve to open many avenues of bust
ness to their possessor, which, wanting
these, he could never enter.
| But the second answer is the higher
one. Money is not the only good. 1t i:
not even the chief good to be sought il
| life, Its possession, in considerable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30
About Newspapers.

Mr.. B. W. Williams, manager Of the
American Lecture Bureau, delivered an
interesting lecture last evening upon the
newspaper press. Mr. Williams was
formerly Connected with the Boston press
and familiar with all the details Of daily
newspaper Office. The lecturer com
menced with a sketch of the history of
printing, the youngest of the sisterhood
OF arts, tracing the progress from picture
writing, which led to hieroglyphics, then
20 on arbitrary character for a word I'M
TIL letters were used in Tic InIatluiI of
words, as at the present time. The
speaker also gave an interesting history
of the progress from manuscript to the
printed page until the era Of the news
paper. The first series of weekly news
papers was published in 1922, the first at
tempt at Parliamentary reporting was
made in 1641, the first advertisement was
inserted IN 1913, and the first paper pro-
duced in England was the English Kercu
RE, published in London on the 2Sth of
July, 1868. The first attempt at news
paper publishing in the United States
was in Boston, on the 25th of September,
1890; only one number appears to have
been issued, for the Colonial Legislature
declared its publication contrary to law,
and that it contained reflections of very
high nature. The first regular news
paper published in the city was the Bos-
ton Neaos Letter, the first number of which
appeared April "a, 1904 Four years
after the Office was destroyed by the great
fire in Boston, but the paper appeared
the following week as usual, though it
was sometimes fifteen months IN arrears
in the publication of foreign news. In
December, 1719, the publication of the
Boston Gazette was commenced, and con-
tinued for eighty years, expiring with the
century, and leaving a revereC and hon
ored name.
The first number of the Ne,7 England
Courant was published August II, 1721
Subsequently James Franklin was i'm
prlsoned for publishing paper in which
''the Holy Scriptures were profanely
abused" and the name of Benjamin
Franklin, then only fourteen years of age,
took its place at the head of the columns
Eight different weekly papers appeared
between the years 1927 and It'll, when
the first number of the Massachusetts, Spy
appeared, dated March Z. 1t is now the
oldest paper in the State. The first daily
newspaper in the world was the Daily
Courant, of London, published in 1902,
and the first daily in America was the
Pennsylvania Packet or General Adrerttser,
issued from 1884 to 1S37.-Boston Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30
Heating Sick.ROOms.

WHERE the entire dwelling is heated
by furnace, orby steam, it will probably
be unnecessary to have other means of
warming the sick-room; but the fireplace
should be alnays open, and kept ready
for wood or coal fire whenever the pa
tent shall express desire for one The
tireplaces are excellent ventilating fues
even without a fire, but are nearly perfect
when supplied with wood fire, the
brisk blaze of which creates a strong as
cending current, and continually carries
Oft the ever accommodating exhalations of
the sick-room.
If there is no fireplace, window OPEN
ed short distance from the bottom, in
the room in Hkich the patient is lying,
and one les down from the top IN the
other large room, with the doors opened
between the two, will form an etfectual
draught daring any but the warm days OF
summer, and will not be too strong for
the moss delicate patient who IS protect
ed frCIa the direct draught by the high
heaasoard of the bed. In cold weather
the window opened from the bottom will
often be found sufficient. On very cold
DAYS we NAV trust to an entire change of
air several times each day, effected ~
raising all the windows for few moments
at a time, during which the patient must
| be thoroughly protected by extra blankets,
and shawl about the head.
If stoves are the only means of heating
the apartments, a perpetual burner"
| (coaD may be used in one room to keep
both at an even temperature, during day
and night, but the sleeping room should
be provided with a wood stove; the
brisk blaze in this answering to some ex-
tent the purpose of fire in an open fire.
place.
Many lives have been cut short by ex-
aggerated notions in regard to fresh air.
Air must be pure, but it should also be
ua1m. To effect this there should be,
day and night, a steady but gentle heat
in the room of an invalid, accompanied
by an equally steady and gentle current OF
fresh air.-Scn5ner's Monthly.