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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-30

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rate" have not materially changed Vessels have With
fair demand and 6eag scarce commsnds9 tai rae ne
1900 boxes Cheese at 7Os 6 at go. by A 10000
bush o." S.aS % Nv a were ISaiSaG 70 Lonop ~ sail
5000 bush Grain At 13 By steam 900 bo Flour 70 G IS "h
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for orders vita $500 Gran at los For dTect
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with 700 qr 3D. ami suober WITH 800 DO ct los
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with $500 bis Refnei Petroleum at a. "a GsTmsn bark WIN
lean ship with 500 5b Refined 90 10 A9t"sTD a. g. S aaa
FsH-Dry Cod .e ia good demand prices have advanced and The
ss7f rs S S P ere do ~ 259 90 New Maese are & oye
for No io sl6G sl7 for 10 Bay; slS0sl4 for No do and
$40 5Odsl @ NO Heqs ss dra and in fair 5eanesi al o
FEGTRRsCTc aT1ei very au sell to
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& All active MHe nSd the Extreme prices asked cheek he
inquiry which chiefly to eonp. eaTEoe Winter Is scare and
op shippers to operate r the future The offerings
iacuie No Milwaukee seller Ooler At u - 81 4s; do eI
Srt e5 ay in Segten5ef at 81 So and 100 900
bush 10 Milwaukee seller oober st 81 "a o$l s., and $4,000
are Is5 900 bush at 81 3Odsl - Rejected spuug ~ sea
81 56l2 Chcago spring. 81 4j0tl 46 for No. Chicago
Spring 81 5Gal$l 81 for No. AiHsusee part to arrive ,oon
81 So Mwe1ke Ocober 81 80 81 O6 for REQ West
er 70 for White Mich 900 New Red Western at
81 65i2 SPOT AMI 900 arrive last half September
mr. ys,e terns 10 Chicago September CAST night
al 81 AZ; 10000 bush. No. Milwaukee last nigh at 81 452
10000 bush No. Chicago last night 81 10 for September
100 900 bush No MTanee last El Of September aud a bali
October and 100000 bush do October a. ~ a.
BARLEY * ae the Folr-rowel State offered
to-oay T. the quality tine, from Iioien Nj,
Donald onia y. active and tue sales
Al 600 Ohio Mixed al 4320i4c White at 46a4sci
Black 43a43L Western Mixed at - 20If 4c White at 4G0
4Sc Ryes Grnly held bat Is que.; $4,000 BUSH
ye in October a. 95c; 5000 bush Inferior do 03
Corn is mer export the the sales
$50 FROM Damp and un9ead AZ 5O956ci West
57d5S and 59dOO2c for sail; do
White AZ 6G1j7c: do Yellow 81 d62c s8i Kiln Dried soc
GUNNEShere has been only limited demand In jobbng
1ic for OF Domestic
Goth and 10 9s Light Cloth Oc, and Bags lie
GINSENG-The firm, with fair demand; quote at
81 2Odsl 25 for Prime snd Al 30 for Selected
GOANO-ih mlTket Jul and Unchanged we qnoe at
40 for Guanape and $50 ior ChDcha both currency.
limited with
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-30

I OST.-The following Certificates of Phila-
Reading Railroad Company stock Nos Ella 1877
share. each The public cautioned
sgnst NEGOTIATING the same transfer stopped
HI eates for New YOrk. JulV %. 1873.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
A Smart Dog that Can Do Every
thing but Make Money.

a GENTLEMAN who lives Just round the
corner has dog by the name of ''Nig,'
| called so because he is black. "Nig' is
probably one of the cutest animals that
has ever walked on four legs, or two, for
| that matter, for it makes really little diff.
ference to him how he travels He will
Sit up and hold a penny on his nose by
the hour; bring his cwn tail in his mouth
to you on the slightest bidding; opens
and shuts doors with the noiselessness of
q sneak thief; brings up the newspaper
from the door-steps in the morning;
| watches the letter carrier as he passes.
opens the gate for him, and brings in the
mIsslves; goes out in the yard and fetches
half scuttle of coal, himself filling the
scuttle; plays base ball in the position of
catcher against the best of them; would
beat ''Shorty" Force as short stop, and
does hundred other things too numer-
Gus to mention. But there is Just one
thing he won't learn, and the attempt to
get the idea into his noddle has cost the
owner many nickels and shinplasters.
A dog, as everybody knows, has Won
derful scent, and as everybody likewise
knows, most people having had expert
ence in that way, a great deal of money
is lost by accident upon the street. Now,
argued the owner, if can teach "Nig''
to go round and pick up stray stamps he'll
make my eternal fortune, and so he set
about experimenting. Whenever he and
Mig go out together, he will make it a
point to drop a shinplaster, and if his
canine sagacity does not observe the
treasure himself the master calls his at
tention to it. "Nig' then goes for it, and
in moment reduces it to pulp. When a
nickel is dropped, he makes short work
by swallowing it. This thing has been
going on for some time now, and the habit
acquired in an incipient stage of the
practice has become so rooted that it will
probably never be eradicated. But it is
ever thus our fondest hopes are dashed
to the ground: Here is good-for-nothing,
rollicking "Nig," who can do almost
anything under the sun, that is difficult
and Improbable, but the moment you at
tempt to turn his talent to value it
vanishes in thin sir.-Chicago Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

How many delightful places in the
woods, how many cool spots beside the
murmurlng river, would have been moro
pleasant to Billy than the place he then
occupied.
"Oh, me! Oh, mer yelled the lad.
sun the dust rose and danced in the
standing jet of sunlight that fell across
the room, and the hens out at the harm
cackled and sang for JOY over new eggs
laid in choice places.
At one time during the falling of the
rod, the girl quit washing the dishes, and.
thrusting her head into the kitchen. said,
in subdued tone:
one?"
YOU'RE mighty right" replied the
mother, solemnly.
Along toward the last, Mr.. Coulter tip
toed at every stroke. The switch actual
ly screamed through the air as it fell.
Billy danced.
CHOW go, SIR cried the man, tossing
the frizzled stump of the CAD out through
the window go, now, and the next
time you water them pigs. ;"
And while the finch poured 3 cataract
of melody from the locust, he went.
Poor boy! that was terrific thrash
and, to make it worse, it had been prom
lsed to him on the evening before, SO that
he had been dreading it, and shivering
over it all night. Now, as he walked
through the breakfast-room, his sister
looked at him IN cOmlniserating wav.
but, on passing through the kitchen, he
could not catch the eye of his mother.
Finally he stood in the free, open air.
in front of the saddle-closet. 1t was lust
then speckled rooster, on the barn yard
fence, Topped his wings and crowed vo-
ciferously. A turkey cock was strutting
on the grass by the old cherry tree.
Billy opened the door of the closet.
"a boys will is the winds will, and the
thoughts Of youth are long, long
thoughts"
Billy peeped in the closet and then cast
glance about him, as if to see if any
body was near.
At length, during pleasant lull in the
morning wind, and while the low, tender
ly mellow flowing of the river was dis
dlnctiy audible, and the song of the finch
increased in volume, and the bleating of
the new lambs in the meadow died in
hutterlng echoes under the barn, and
While the fragrance of apple blooms grew
tAnter, and while the sun, now flaming
inst above the eastern tree-tops, launched
shower over him from head to foot, he
took from under his jacket behind dou-
bic sheepskin which, with an ineffable
smile, he tossed into the coset. Then,
as the yellow flicker rose rapidly from the
grass, Billy walked off, whistling the air
of that once popular ballad:
90 give me back my fifteen cents"
Literary Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Almost Buried Alive.

ONE Of the most remarkable episodes
that has ever occurred in the life of
Frank Muhlbesch happened on yeste--
day.
A few days ago Mr.. Muhlbesch was
taken suddenly i'll at his residence His
disease was of a very acute nature, and in
spite of all the efforts of his physicians,
he died after a brief illness, and his sor-
rowing friends made ready for the funer-
al. An undertaken was summoned aud
the body properly laid out, and on yester-
day the funeral services took place from
his late residence After the customary
services had been performed and the sor-
rowing relatives had take their last look
of the deceased, the coffin-lid was screwed
down, and the funeral cortege moved
slowly toward the quiet confines of Grace
land cemetery, where the body was finally
lowered sadly into the grave which had
been prepared for it. The last prayer
had been offered and the last solemn SER
vice repeated, when just as the sexton
seized his spade and was about to drop
the first shovelful of earth upon the
coffin, a sound, something like a stiied
| groan, followed by scratching noise, IS
| if the dead man was trying to release
| himself from the confines of his narrow
! house, was heard proceeding from the
| Stlll Open grave. OF al luStdnL every
heart stood still, and the blood of every
| listener seemed to curdle in his veins
| The women screamed and hastened to-
ward the carriage, while the men were
not slow IN following them. In an in
slant the sexton was the only man
left at the grave, and he too trembled at
hearing what he had never heard
! before. Finally he recovered
presence of mind enough to descend into
| the grave and break open the rough box
which the coffin was encased. Then the
noise was repeated, and he knew that the
occupant of that grave, who in a few mo-
ments more would have been consigned
to horrible death, and whom his friends
had already mOurned IS dead, was still
| alive and anxious to be setfrce a screw
driver was soon procured from the I'M
dertaker present, and the coffin lid re-
moved. when its occupant, instead of be-
ing cold and dead, as he had appeared
when last seen. was found tc be once
more alive. His friends, who had by this
time recovered courage enough to return
to the grave, were Of course almost over
| loved at this sudden and unexpected turn
of affairs, and fastened to rescue the late
deceased from his unpleasant quarters and
remove him to one of the carriages in
waiting, where he was rolled up in q
plentiful supply of blankets and lap
robes, and the friends who had lately fol-
lowed him sorrowingly to the grave, now
fastened joyfully toward their homes.
The rescued man was SO overcome, on
being rescued from his periiols position,
that he was for a long time unable to
speak, and what his feelings were while
undergoing burial, or whether he was
conscious at all or not until the last mo-
ment, when he managed to signify that
he was still alive, is not known.-Chacaga
Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Profitable Farming.

There are too many men who put their
all in single venture, and if that fails are
utterly used up. There is perhaps no
business wherein 1.-TWO strings to ones
bow is SO important. In almost all other
pursuits there are certain rules which
have heen founded on experience, and
which the shrewd man of business can
take advantage of with an almost assured
certainty of success. But we cannot do
this. We cannot tell what will happen to
our crops. Sometimes it will be over
dry, sometimes over wet; sometimes we
are plagued with swarms of insects, At
other times we are afflicted with blights
and mould. Against none of these things
do we ever get the slightest hint.
But we have dwelt on this recently, in
speaking Of the value of diversifying our
products. Trouble never strikes every
thing alike. Some will succeed. But,
independently of all this, the young
farmer should never be cast down by mis-
fortune. 1t is here where SO many fail
We knew one, once, who had made by
city work some eight thousand dollars.
He had originally been brought up on a
farm, and had always made up his mind
to return to it as soon as he had accumu-
lated enough to warrant him in making
start. But he put away two thousand
dollars, and invested only six in the farm
and stock. 1t so happened that the next
two years found him in terrible losses;
but they brought experience, and he fell
back On his small reserve, and this, with
his new experience, gave him new and
good start. 1t is not so long ago; but he
now considers himself worth about TWEEN
ty-tive thousand dollars and is one of the
most ardent advocates of the proposition
that farming will pay.-Germant0eon TEL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
river his wife stood, the central figure of
q crowd of hYStandera fears nliStoninn

river his wife stood, the central figure of
crowd of bystanders, tears glisteninp
on her cheeks as she gazed alternately at
her husband and child in dumb emotion.
M Leod took aim, but his BODY shook
ike an aspen leaf in the evening breeze.
ms was trial for him far harder than
death. Again he placed himself in posi-
ton; but he trembled to such a degree
that ne could not shoot, and, turning to
the King, who stood near, he said in a
voice scarcely articulate in its suppressed
agony: This is hardp But the King re-
tented not; SO the third time he fell into
the attitude, and as he did so almost
roared: This is hardp Then, as if all his
nervousness had escaped through the
cry, he let the arrow fly; it struck the
mark. The mother seized her child. and
IN transport of joy seemed to devour it
with kisses; while the pent-up emotion
of the crowd found vent through
loud cry Of wonder and tri-
umph, which repeated itself again
and again, as the echoes rolled SLOWLY
away among the neighboring hills. The
hlng now approached M'Leod, and, after
asking his pardon, inquired why he, so
hrm or hand and keen of sight, had asked
two arrows? Because replied M'Leod,
mao missed the mark, or hurt my wife
or child, l was determined not to miss
you The King grew pale, and turned
away as if undecided what to do. His
better nature prevailed, so he again ap-
preached M'Leod, and, with kindly voice
and manner, told him that he would re-
celve him into his body guard, and he
would be well provided for. 'Never!' an
sWered the undaunted Celt. After the
painful proof to which you have just put
my heart' l could never love you enough
to serve you faithfully The King, in
cried out, Thou art Hardy!
and as Hardy thou art, SO Hardy thou
shalt be'" From that time MLeod
went under the appellation of Hardy,
while his descendants were termed the
nj Hardys, Mac being the Gaelic word
for son. The date of the above is the
eleventh century, when the legend burst
forth in several parts of the world. Here
we have it in Scotland. Like many other
legends, it probably came originally from
and Queries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

ed Master Tom. he gave low whistle
of surprise as he glanced at the unusual
disorder, and at Nellie, sitting ca mly in
the midst with her crochet work, and then
came into the room.
''House cleaning, Nell?" he asked.
ooh, no. Why?" said Nellie, looking
up in sweet Inconsistencies.
81 thought maybe you had been, that
ALL" remarked Tom dryly, as he looked
for place to sit down.
Nellie quietly pursued her work.
Presently Tom said:
paper come this EVENING""
'Not yet" answered Nellie.
Tom gave half sigh.
Nellie, met Granger up town, and he
said he would call around this evening"
"Very well; probably he won't come be-
fore tea. 1t will be ready soon," said Mel
lie, working away in demure innocence.
Hadn't you better pick up things lit
tie before he comes?" said Tom, glanc1ng
around the room.
ooh, no. Just let 'em lie," answered
Nellie sweetly.
"But they look so badr' said Tom.
ooh, no, they DON'T" said Nellie, as
sweety as before. "a thing looks as
| well in one place as another"
Toms face REDEEMED.
81 never saw your room look like this
before, he said, hesitatingly 81 shouldn't
like to have any one to step inn
"Why not" said Nellie. owe might as
well keep things handy. whats the use
of having house if you can't keep things
where you want to-"
Toms face grew redder and redder He
tried to look sober, and then broke into
laugh; ooh, that's your game, is it?" he
said; trying to beat me with my own
weapon, little woman?"
"Well, don't you like the plan," said
Nellie, demurely.
''No, by George, I don't" cried Tom.
"Well, then, I'll make a bargain with
you. AS long as you will keep your things
in their places, I'll do the same with
mine, and whenever you don't"
ooh, l will, interrupted Tom. Come,
Nellie, I'll own up like man-you've
beat me this time. Only just straighten
up this awful room, and IN never throw
anything down again. There, now, let's
kiss and make up, as the children say"
Nellie rose, and laughingly held up her
sweet mouth for kiss of peace. And
then, under the magic influence of her
deft fingers, confusion was suddenly ban
shed, and when Granger came around to
spend the evening, he decided that no.
body had prettier wife or tider home
than his friend Tom Garter.
Wise little Nellie, having once gained
possession of the matrimonial field, took
good care to keep it until Tom was quite
cured of his careless habits
Sometimes he seemed threatened with a
relapse, bat Nellie, instead of scolding,
only had quietly to bring something of
her own and lay it down beside whatever
Tom had tossed down, and it was sure to
be put away Immediately, for Tom sell
dom failed to take the hint.
And if some other little woman, as
wise and tidy as Nellie, tax = hint also,
this story will have served its purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Selected Miscellany.
HERES DANGER IN THE TOWN.
BY JOHN M. YATES.

By JOHN M. YATES.
T,h1eal John, hitch Dobbin to the post; come near
he and sit down;
Yen mother wants to talk to you before You
s#lrve to town;
M hsirs are gray, 1 soon shall be at rest within
the grave;
not Ing will mother pilot you Ger life's TEN
rve xatched Ter yoa from infancy till now you
IRE man,
And Ihave always loved you mother only
AT morning and at evening have prayed the God
10 bless ana gaide my darling boy to the bright
home above.
A mothers eye is searching, John; old age can't
when Vatching O er an only child to if he does
And very lately have seen what has aroused my
Ard made my pillow hard at night, and moistened
twith tears
I've seen light within your eye, upon your checks
That .ol gGw s you were on the road that leads to
eEame and woe;
Obi JohI, don't turn away your head and on
- my counsel frown,
Stay more upon the dear old farm; there's danger
In the town.
Remember what the poet says-long years have
That isaiah finds. some mischief still for idle
hands to dO;''
II you live in idleness, with those who love the
bowl,
You'll dig Yourself drunkard's grave, and wreck
your dcathless soul.
Your father, John, is growing old; his days
nearly through;
OF he has abored very hard to save the farm for
you;
But twill 90 TO ruin soon, and poverty will frown,
II ycc Keep hltching Dobbin up to drive into the
town.
Your prospects for the future are very bright, my
Not many have your start in life when they are
twenty one;
Your star, that shines so brightly now, in dark
ness will decline,
II you forget your mothers words, and tarry at
the wine
Turn back, my boy now, in your youth; stay by
the dear old farm;
The Lord of Hosts Will save you with His power
full right
Not long viii mother pilot you DER life's tenn
pestnOus wave
Then light her pathway with your love down to
the silent grave.
-Rochester Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

THE Palatka (Fla) Herald says the re-
cent cold weather has injured the banana
crop in thatsdistrict.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16
Sure Test of Death.

To LEARN with absolute certainty
whether person is dead or not, DR.. Hugo
Magnus suggests the following simple
method Tie a strong ligature around
finger or toe Of the supposed corpse, and
If life is still present a reddening, which
grows gradually darker until it becomes
a blush red, will occur in that portion of
the member beyond the CONSTRUCTED point
Where, from exposure or toll the skin of
the finger has become very much thick
ened, a toe may be selected. On the
in color will ensue. The blush colora-
ton of the nails so often seen on the
dead body, and also in certain cases of
blood disease, need not be regarded as any
source of fallacy; for after the applica-
ton of the ligature, as long as life re-
mains in the body, the whole of the limb,
from the place OF construction to the ex-
tremitv, will be uniformly blue-red but
if the coloration do not take place, or
only occurs at circumscribed spot, it
can with certainty be concluded that the
spark Of life has vanished.
The deep seated arteries carry blood to
the extremities; the veins, which are
more superficial, return the blood to the
heart. BY the ligature the backward
flow of blood is arrested, when, if still
circulating, it continues to pass into the
CONSTRUCTED extremity through the arteries,
and there accommodating gives rise to the
peculiar color described. The object Of
the above proceeding is simply to ascer-
tain whether the blood still circulates, as
the complete stoppage of this function,
according to Mr.. Magnus, is positive
proof of death.
Il is recommended in the application
of this method that the large limbs, such
as the arms or thigh, be not chosen, be-
cause the necessary amount Of constric-
ton cannot be so readily obtained, the
numerous large, deep-lying veins of the
muscles not being sufficiently compressed
by the ligature. In case the fingers or
toes are not available, the lobe Of the ear
may be employed.-Scienttc Miscellany IN
Galary for January.
How TO MAKE MoNEY.-There was re-
ceived recently at the Treasury Depart
ment a note purportlng to be United
States legal-tender note Of the denomina-
ton of five hundred dollars. 1t is com
posed Of parts of different genuine notes
of various denominations. The center is
| a part of one hundred dollar note, with
the zone" taken out Of the center and
upper border and five neatly inserted.
| The left hand lower end contains a por-
trait of Andrew Jackson taken from a
tive-dollar note; the right hand lower end
a vignette from a tcn-dolar note. The
scroll work containing the figures five
! hundred has been taken from a national
bank note The back Of the note is from
a ten dollar United States note, the "ten"
having been cut and replaced by the ovals
| from the back of five Although this
note is not calculated to deceive bankers
and brokers, it would readily be taken by
| those not accustomed to handle much
money, as the engraving is all genuine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

THE Delaware Indians live in frame
houses, wear cut-away coats and stand-up
collars, fail in business and compromise
at fifty cents on the dollar, and are get
ting quite civilized.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

Miner Hilliard, of Rutland, Vt,
killed two bears. They were tame ones
and belonged to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

A MEDICAL-sURGICAL club has been or
ganized among the regular physicians in
Burlington, Vt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

Docs addicted to mutton are catching
the shotgun complaint in several local.
ties. They never get over it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

A CUSTOM HOUSE officer in Maine seiz-
ed one nutmeg, and it was sold in due
form Of law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-16

Pinch illustrates the odiousness of COM
parsons: Mrs. CT really must give
cook warning, Charles. She does use
such very bad words" Mr.. Officially,
deari What sort of words are they?"
Mrs. G.-"O-well-the same as you
usetn