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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23
Cloth Made of Glass.

A GLASS SPINNER of Vienna manufac-
lures glass which he spins into thread finer
than cotton fiber or that spun by the silk
worm. Great dexterity and constant care
are required, and it is very trying to the
sight of the spinner. The wheel he uses
is five Austrian yards in diameter, and he
runs off three thousand yards minute.
The glass yarn is sold for one dollar and
thirty-six cents in gold an ounce. This
thread is nearly as fine as silk lint. 1t is
used as a substitute for wool wrappings
by patients suffering from govt, and also
by chemists and apothecaries for filtering,
as it resists acids and heat. The thread
has lately been woven into cushions, car
pets, table. cloths, shawls, neckties, and
other garmnets. also for weaving figures in
brocaded silk and velvet. AS material
for fancy dresses, embroidery, tapestry,
laces, and dressing for the hair, it is par
ticularly brilliant and attractive. 1t is al
most as soft as silk, and to the touch like
the finest wool or cotton. tits remark
ably strong, remains unchanged by light,
heat, moisture, or acids; will wash, and
does not fade or burn. The Austrian
Minister of Commerce has already organ
lied schools for glass spinning in various
places in Bohemia, and quite number of
articles made from the material are for
sale in the shops of that country. There
are beautiful Bedouin tassels to be had
for about fifty cents each; perfect imita-
tons of ostrich feathers ranging in price
from half dollar to three dollars each;
ladies' cuffs and neckties; cravats for gen.
tlemen's wear; hats and bonnets of all col
ors, and trimmings of every sort, all very
beautiful, and exactly like the fabrics they
are designed to initiate. The exact COM
position of the glass used is kept pro-
found secret among the workmen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23

A BosToN youth dreamed the other
night that there was another fire and that
he was in it. He leaped from the bed,
and, without stoppoing to think, went
through third story window and took
the sash with him. It was not necessary
for him to take the sash along, but he
took it. After tnrning over several times
in the air he lodged in the boughs of q
friendly tree. The sash fell heavily on
the pavement below. The young man
now sleeps with the wardrobe against the
window
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23

WHEN WHITING TO ADVERTISERS,
W please say You saw the advertisement
In this piper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23
THE INDEPENDENT FARMER.
py HENRY w. HERBERT.

.y HENRY W. HERBERT.
How pleasant it seems to , i've on iarm'
Al sit meath the shade OF the old locust tree,
IA "a the sun is just sinking to rest;
1T not half so pleasant to hoe in the field,
Where the witch grass is six inches high,
Win the hot, screening sun pouring down Oh YOU
back
80 pleasant to sit in the cool porch door,
z phie you smoke, half reclined at your ease,
H%0king out o er your beautiful fields OF grass,
mai sway to and fro in the breeze;
Ewknot quite pleasant to start with your scythe
re the morning sun smiles DER the lana'
~ work till your clothes completely wet
through,
n Keeping dairy there's surely delight,
And it speaks of contentment and plenty
10 zee LARGE stable well filled with choice cows
Say numbering from fifteen to twenty! @
And yet it seems hard, when you've worked from
TN the sun disappears from your sight,
TO think of the cows You have yet got to milk.
Before you retire for the night
mt he task fairly over, you cheer up once more,
And ioyfully seek your repose,
10 dream of the cream-pOts with luxury filed,
- 4nd mil pans in numberless rows;
But the sweet dream Is broken when, early next
day,
And for three weary hours, with strength ebbing
The victim despondingly turns.
1tin raising young pigs is surely charm,
When they sell at the present high price,
And Of all the young stock which a farmer can
raise,
There's nothing that looks half so nice.
How cheerful feels as he leaves them at nlghi,
The ncouraging number of eleven!
But his joys slightly wane when he goes ont next
day,
And of live ones can count only seven
SJ5e pleasant to sit by warm winter fire
when night draws her curtain around
win both wife and children to make home COM
plete,
4 nd peace and contentment abound;
0qt ecsracy fades when you shoulder your ak,
And trudge off mile through the snow.
While the cutting west wind drives the snow in
your face,
So you scarcely where you go.
But no disputes that the farmer is blessed
With true independence and labor
Whose food don't depend on the whlms OF man
kind
Like that of his mercantile nEighbor;
For God, in His mercy, looks down from above
And paternally gives him his bread,
3rOvided-he works eighteen hours every day,
And devotes only six to his bed!
-Neac England Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23

The Railacay Gazette figures the num-
Der of railroad accidents for ten months
ending with November at 4S9, killing PAS
persons and injuring 799. This is at the
rate of about II accidents and deaths
every week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23
schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Seaweed
Tonic and Mandrake Pills.

These are the only medicines that will cure Pumon-
airy Consumption. DR.. Schenck, of PHILADELPHIA has
been in constant practice for thirty contin
ually examining lungs, and knows his medicines. if
properly taken. will cure Consumption. His Man
drake Pills cleanse the liver and stomach: his Seaweed
Tonic dissOves the food stimulates the coating the
stomach. and aids digestion. His Pumonic Syrup
rpens the matter. and nature throws it off without
any exertion. For sale by all druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23

IT is a curious fact, that if the same
letters of the same size precisely are paint
ed on two boards, the one white on a
black ground, and the other black on a
white ground, the white letters will appear
larger, and be read at a greater distance,
than the black. This is owing to what is
called the irradiation of light. 1t depends
on this. that the impression made on the
bottom Of the eye by bright objects ex-
tends little wider than the actual por-
ton of the organ struck by the light, and,
invading the space occupied by the dark
er objects, makes the brighter appear
larger than they really are.-Industrial
Monthlu,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23
The Wheat Field Of America !
uEALTIIFUL CLIMATE, FREE HOMES,
GOOD MARKETS.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL

THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL-
ROA ID offers for sale its Lands in Central and
Western Minnesota. embracing: l. The best OF
Wheat Land 2. Excellent Timber for the Mil, the
Farm and the Fire; g. Rich Prairie PasturaGe and
Natural Meadow, watered by clear lakes and running,
strcams-in Healthful Climate, aChere Fer ana
Ague is uakRolCa.
Grain can be shipped hence by lake to market as
chcaply as from Eastern Iowa or Central Illinois,
Cars now run through these Lands from Lake superb
or to Dakota Price of land close to track $iJ3 10
$500 per acre. further away $50 TO 500. seven
Years Credit Warrantce Deeds; Northern Pa
ciic 7-3O Bonds. now selling at par, received for
land at 81 10. No other uuoCcupicd Lands present
such advantages to settlers.
SOLDIERS under the New Law March, 1S-21
get 60 acres Rec, the railroad by and o.
years residence.
TRANSPORTATION AT REDUCED
RATES furnished from all principal points East 10
Purchasers of Railroad Lands, and to Settlers On
Government Homcsteads. Purchasers, their wives
and children carried free the Northern Pacific
Road. Now is the time for Settlers and Colonies to
get Railroad Lands and Government Homestead>s
close to the track.
Send for Pamphlet containg tull Information.
map, and copy of new Homestead Law. Address
LAND DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD. ST. PAUL, MINI,
Or23 Fifth Ave, cor. Ninth ST., NEW YORK.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-24
New Schedule.

At6 o'clock tomorrow morning
new schedule on the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad goes into operation
which was made necessary BY their ar.
rangemeuts with the Union railroad
com papy of Baltimore, and the Phia'
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad, by which three through lines
to New York city are run daily.
Decision I'm the License OF Steamers
A license for a steamer, purchased al
a sale under the direction OF a Register
Of Banruptcy. was recently refused, be-
cause the bill OF sale had been lost OF
mislaid, and the Register declined to
give copy OF it, but in it's stead fur
nished the owner with a certificate for
record. In reporting the matter to the
Treasury Department a Collector OF
Customs stated that there saemed to be
no danger OF prejudice from accepting
the less formal and full document. In
view of the circumstances Of the case,
the Treasury Department authorized
the Collector to accept the document
presented, and to issuea license to the
vessel. This is the first case OF the
kind on record.
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Tell.Tale Umbrella.

One morning, not long since, West
Side man rose from breakfast, and dis
covered, as he stepped out Of doors, to
20 to his place Of business, that It va;
raining. Turning to the wife OF h;
boeom, he inquired whether the family
umbrella could be found. In a some
what embarrassed manner, she re'
piled that she had loaned it to her sIs-
ter the night before, and it had not ye'
been returned. In not the best OF hui
NOR the husband muffled himself a:
best he could, and trudged OF doTr
town through the rain. -.
The next scene opens with the wife
sending her nine year old soE 10 man
NOT her "sister with note request
iug him TO Immediately return the un'
brella che had loaned him the night be
fore, while he was making a re.y lst:
csll before her husband had returned
from some business that had detained
him till midnight.
The third scene is where the bluuder'
ibg boy, instead OF bringing the tell-ta!'
umbrella home, as he had been espec-
tally epjoiued, takes it to the Plac" d
business of his paternal ancestor, and
on being questioned, tells where he go
Il A first,class row followed and tat
husband thinks his wife WAS ore
careful OF the other fellow than OF him
which the same isn't rigbt-From III
! Zopa Stats Registsr
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-24
Creole Women.

The Creole woman is pretticr than
the French woman. There is cllma
attic influence in America which reiines
features and gives delicacy to The COM
plexion. This is especially the case in
Louisiana, where finely formed women
are often found 10 be the descendants Of
ignoble looking ancestors. The light
olive tint OF the woman seems 10 have
been painted over a ground color OF
blushiug lake, and this pinkish creami-
ness OF the skin saves it from duIiness
and sallowness. In a word, there is
something OF that transparency for
which painters are always seekng
She inherits from her mother over the
sea the physical characteristics ofround
limbs and delicate extremities, with q
figure something sligbter-another e'-
feet OF climate; also that sense OF art
with which people are born. but can
never entirely acquire. From the same
source come her coquetry and her grace
OF speech and action, but modified.
She does not wear crude colors or awry
shapes; nor does che express herselt
with unseemly gestures or discordant
tones. Her dress is rather sombre than
gay, and her carriage simple and con-
ventional, for they al walk alike.
Smoothness and graceful proprIety are
hers. In a word there is "a absence OF
angles in her general conduct t-Augu's
GdLarH
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-24
Chasing n Horse Thief--Excitins
times in ST. CIairsyiIIe.

Our village was greatly disturbed on
Saturday morning last by the exit in
haste of horse thief. About 10 o'clock
A. NJ, common looking man entered
town leading gray horse, and endeav-
ored to sell him to several persons,
dropping from a hundred to seventy
five dollars in price. The last person
he sought to cell to was the proprietor
of the National Hotel, who WAS not
satisfied with the answer he gave as to
why the horse was not shod, &c. Simp
sons suspicious being aroused, he was
) 'rmined to learn more about it, and
tO..owed the gentlemen down street, un-
til Mr.. Horse.thief came to the first al
ley, when he dropped the bridle' and
took down the alley TO the north, with
lightning speed. Simpson shouted at
the top OF his voice 10 catch the horse-
thief. The noise brought everybody to
the street, and seeing persons running
10 the direction of the alley, the first
impression with great many was that
house was on fire. Ia 3 few minutes
the back alley from the jail to Mariet-
ia street was lined with men, women
and children, and Mr.. Horse-thlef with
the speed OF greyhound, was MAXIM.
tracks across the meadows 10 full
view, with abont twenty men and
boys after him. They kept in sight I'm
til he lodged into q cornfeld beyond
Overbaugh's when they lost him.
1t is said he could have been caught,
but those nearest to him did not know
for what they were running the man,
and came back to town to learn what he
had done--they only ran after him be-
cause they saw others running.
In a few hours after the owner Of the
horse-Mr. John McMillan-in conn
pauy with Mr.. Burley, OF Bur!ey's
Mills, arrived, proved his property and
took him home. The horse had been
stolen from the pasture, at Round Bot-
tom, fifteen miles below Wheeling, the
night before. The thief endeavored TO
sell him in Wheeling and Bridgeport,
which enabled the owner to track him
80 closely.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-24
An Arab Tradition.

A writer in the Overland Monthly re-
lates the following: This tradition
which I tell you" .sid Refs Hasssn, "is
many centuries old. 1t states that there
was in Paradise a temple built up Of
precious stones. Man dare not utter
its splendors. Deep in the midst Of the
plain OF Eden it stood, angel built-a
dazzling sanctuary. Our first parents
sang their vesper songs in the twilight
shadows Of its courts for there were
pillared halls and cloisters Of emerald
and pearl, where fountains sprang aIoit
in the silent noon; and the long, luml-
nous vistas, where, hand in hand, these
two lovers walked in sinless beauty.
Then there were pinacles and domes Of
sapphire, blazing in the sunlight by day
-elittering in the starlight by night,
From court ard terrace, waters welIed
out and the iris crested cascades fell
down 10 cool shady dells OF asphodeI
below; for the temple was placed far
within the privacies Of that valley o.
Eden, whence the four rivers flowed
eastward. However, sad to relate, up
on the day that Adam fell, this glorious
temple was shattered into million OF
fragments, and sowu broadcast over the
earth. These fragments We now light
upon and gather up with cost and care,
aud call them rubies, emeralds sap
phires and diamonds, but they are, after
all, only that primeval palace. The
sunset splendors and the diadems ,oI
Princes, the Milky Way in the Hea-
veps and the spray that sParkles in the
entanglements OF a maiden's hair, are
alike, but the costly dus: OF that lost
sauc,uary-the sad remembrances OF
departed Eden"
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Af'hee'm9 Ge9'5ter.
RESIGNAlION.

The Iatslligcncer of yesterday morn
ing, in all the pomp and circumstance
OF double leads, called upon Gouernoi
JACOB to resign. We would have felt
some delicacy about suggesting this
course ourselves, but now that the ad'
vice has been rendered by the Govern
or's political friends we have no hesi'
tation in giv,ngit our endorsement 1t
is seldom that we are go perfectly in ac-
cord with our Fourteenth street neigh
Dor on any political question as on this
and we beg leave to add to the INTEL
liqfncer's recommendation whatever oil
Influence the REGISTER may have upon
the gubernstorial mind. The I"te!'
ligtncer says Resign So do We!
In fact it would be almost cruel to
ask the Governor to retain his present
place after the very ridiculous biunder
into which he has been betrayed by
those who professed to be his friends.
lie will find it difficult to forget the
ireams OF empire which have been SO
rudely broken By the Supreme Court OF
Appeals, and he will never be able TO
meet JiMswEENEv, SLIPPERYANDY, ct a.,
without feeling some embarrassment by
reason OF their baffled hopes, and some
resentment because OF the i'll advice
they gave. By all means let
him resign. His sell respect
demands it, end, (lf it is a mat
ter of any consequence 10 hlm,) we
may assure him that the Interests o.
the State will not suffer by reason Of
his resigra;ion. Colonel DAN JoHN-
SON has a grea: deal Of familiarity with
public affairs, and would discharge the
duties OF Governor very credita5ly in
deed; and then, he is q scholar, q gentle
man, and Democrat.
We hope the MtelRgsacer will p:ees
this matter with its accustomed vlgor.
The idea is an excellent one, and, when
the Governor learns that his political
friends are earnestly desirous OF his
resignation, there may be some hope OF
his following their advice in this regard.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-24
BROOKLYN,
The Trust Company.

BROOKLYN, July 23.-The Directors
of the Trust Company met this evening
to consider the situation and decide on
the best course of action. The stock.
holders are also agitating a meeting
and will to-day fix time and place
The general impression among the
stockholders appears to be that by
prompt action OF the ldirectors in sus'
pending and stopping run, the COM
pany may yet be enabled, not only to
pay depositors, but to save a large por
ton OF the capital.
Roscoe.
The detectives on the Jack of Ros.
coe, the supposed aAomplice in the
Goodrich murder, are still at fault. II
is reported that, yesterday, Lizzie King
received letter from Roscoe saying:
"Do not tell them Of me; will give
you more than anybody; watch Fanny
HYDE.
TSigned1 Roscoe"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-24
Contradiction.
CHICAGO.
Railroad Conference.

CHICAGO, June 23.-J. c. McMullin
Superintendent, and C. Beckwith. At.
torney OF the C. e. A. R. R. Co., have
been in conference with the railroad
commissioners all morning. The con.
ference consisted simply in an inter
change Of opinions on the freight tariff
and carrying trade generally in the
State. The commissioners have lnvl-
ted Col. J. H., Carter, an old and ex-
perienced railroad man, who was con-
nected with the early management oil
the T. w. & St. L railroad, to give
them his experience. He will probably
assist them this week. A number OF
freight agents from the leading railroads
IN Chicago will, it is thought, be invited
before the board during it's session.
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rHERANC.CAssAGNAC BVEL.
Another Version-CassasEac Sirtu
ally the Victor.

Another NerSfOn-CSSSSSENC shtu'
ally the Victor.
Paris July 9th) Correspondence New York
Graphic.
need lot tell you the story Of the
Quarrel which led to the duel-and It's
result you already know but some o.
the incidents OF the combat itself will
Interest you. Ranc ard Cssssgnac, lob
pupils Of the same tencing-master, were
reputed 10 be the best swcrdsmen in
Paris, and it was an open question
which OF the two was the most skill-
tul. The meeting took place in 8
meadow near Ebbetembourg, close to
the Luxenburg frontier, sttbree O'Clock
Monday afternoon. The weapons
were small swords with covered hits,
and the com batants wore fencing gaun'.
,rts They tossed up for the selection OF
swords and Cassagpac won. Rapc had
wished to fight with the shortest posi-
hle swords, aud had brought pair OF
these with him; but Cassagnsc chose
his own pair, which were ordinary
lenr,h. Ranc next won the choice OF
positions, and assumed one that threw
the rays Of the sun in Cassagnac's eyes
1t had been arranged tina, the fight
should continue until one Of the parties
was disabled. The combatauts threw
OF their coats and wastcoats, and re-
mained in Their trousers and SHIRTS
They were placed fifteen yards apart,
the word was given aud then each wat
left to his own devices. C2ssagnac Sd
vanced quickly for thirty feet; Rauc
walked slowly for half that distance !;
there was q ringing clash OF the swords
aud the fight began. Both of the men
are strong. Casssgnac is the taller; he
is very supple and quick as lightning IN
his movements. Ranc is somewhat
short sighted; he is the stronger
of the two, stands very firmly,
and is always cool. There was merry
unkle of the swords for some minutes,
and then Ranc made q thrust, which
ripped open the skin on Cassagnac 5
arm for some inches. The fight went
90, growing more fierce every second ;
at the end Of twenty minutes, Kane :
guard failed. Instead OF receiving Cas-
eagnac's thrust on his own sword. It tell
pow er!eas to his side. The conditions
o! the duel had been fulliled-one o,
the comba,ants wac disabled-aUd all
was over. The gentlemen had rot ex'
char ged single word during the fight
nor did they now do more thau silently
salute each other as they lett the field
OF honor"-Rsnc 10 return to his exile
in Belgium, Cassaguac to 60 back tn
umphantlv to Paris. Rancs wound II
severe, and it may cost him his arm.
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Personal.

Anna E. Dickinson is at SwsmpscOtt,
Mass.
Fernando Wood and family are at
their Saratoga cottage.
Upton is cultivating his apple or
charls in Nebraska. He wishes to
be known by his fruits.
Miss Jennie Sewell will, as q lecturer
this fall, put in a claim as being the
"gem OF the platform"
Wilkie Collins made his debut as a
reader in London recently. The Times
prizes him very highly.
John Brougham has been engaged
by the American Literary Bureau TO
give lyceum readings from his plays.
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett has been re-
leased from his FIVE years lease OF the
New Orleans Varieties, owing TO heavy
losses.
Charles Bradlaugh will give his first
lecture in America next September.
Subject: "The Impeachment OF the
House OF brunswick.
The distinguished French surgeon,
Nelaton, has been seriously Ill with
heart disease, and but little hope lie en-.
tertained OF his recovery.
Prof Richard A. Proctor, the English
astronomer, has been engaged TO give
course OF twelve lectures before III?
Lowell Institute, Of Boston.
Beecher's friends are still urging him
to sue Bowen for libel, declaring that
to be the only proper way TO deal with
the slander and slanderer.
Senator Conkling has just purchased
a new aud elegant house in Washington
for which he can have, It is said, no use
exc ept as Chief Justice.
Chicago printers are in a huff be-
cause the Chicago Relief Society have
sent their report to Boston to be print
ed. They consider it typographical
error.
Gerald Massey vii nc, ouIy vead from
his own works, hut also PROFOUND aud
answer from the platform this conur-
drum: why doesn't God kill the
devil ?"
NJ. Raac has taken up his residence
in Switzerland, Ills offence is Rank,
it smells to heaven" says the Right.
"He has done nothing Rong," says the
Left.
Preston Powers, q son OF the late
Hiram Powers, arrived in Boston few
days ago from Florence. He is visiting
friends, and intends staying some
weeks.
There is politician in Nova Scotia
named Gouge. There are good many
politicians in this country whose names
are not Gouge, but that il exactly what
they are.
Hon. Asa Pocker has co a.ed TO the
Lehigh University fifty"six acres OF
land and 81 ,000, 900 to build and eudow
it. For the whole course in this insti-
tuition the tuition is absolutely free.
Charles Bradlaugh, the British Rad
cal and infidel who is coming to the
United States next fall to lecture, is
writing a series OF letters 10 the Bishop
of Lincoln against the inspiration OF
the Bible.