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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
W 0nderful Plants.

Plant-life conceals facts and wonders
perhaps equal to those Of animal life
if they were as well known and under
stood. None have ever fashioned the
secret Of the shirking mimosa, and
men Of science will long be puzzled
over the resurrection plant, , that
rolls dry for months over hot deserts
before the wind, 20 sprout again as
soon az it touches water
In thavest Of India are found thorny
plants or trees nearly destitute of YER
dure, except what appears to be long,
shaggy hair, which derives its nourish-
ment from the atmosphere, rather than
moisture from the earth.
The moving plant" is native of
the basin of the Ganges. It's leaves
revoIve in various directions during the
day and night, except occasionally, on
a very hot day, when the plant seems
to desist from its habitual motion-a
leaf, or perhaps a branch and it sell
dom occurs that some portions Of it
are not quite motionless, while the re-
mainder is active.
Near the Irrawaddy grows the Bor-
assus Flabelliformis, which bears leaf
Of wonderful dimensions, and which is
said to be Of sulhcients size to cover
twelve men standing upright.
At Timor, near the island Of Java,
a plant is found, the leaf Of which, be-
ing Of thorny nature, possesses Il fa-
tai sting when penetrating the flesh
The victim, if not fatally poisoned,
Frequently suffers protracted illness
This plant is welt called "deyiI' 5
leaf"
Bulb mosses' grow in these islands
to length of several feet, among
which the Ratfiesia Arnold, a floral,
giant parasiticaI plant, is prominent.
IL is peculiar for its carrion-scentea
flower Of brick-red color, which it bears,
and which measures between three and
four feet in diameter, weighing abo.t
fifteen pounds, and bearing a natural
cup in the centre, which often contains
several pints of water, ,-.-4ppieton' 5
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
Religious Nature, Religious Char
aGtpr.

Count Yourself no Christian because
you like thoughts and discourses about
God. Be jealous Of any gospel that
merely pleases you, and puts your nat
ural senses aglow. See God in the
flowers if you will; but ask no gospel
made up Of flowers. Look after sim
ner's gospel, one that brings YOU God
himself. Doubtless You are hungry /;
therefore you want bread and not mere
feeling after it. Understand the trag-
ic perils of your sin, and think moth
ing strong enough for you bat tragic
salvation. Requiring a transforming
religion, not pleasing. Be enticed
by no fattering sentimentalities which
the children of nature are everywhere
taking for religion. Refuse to aid 10
the shadows of the sea ; strike out in
to the deep waters where the surges
roll heavily. as in God majesty, and
the gales of the Spirit blow. Man
your piety as a great expedition against
Gods enemies and yours, and hope for
no delicate salvation, not to be won by
great sacrifices and periIs. Let me
add in this connection. also, word Of
necessasy caution, respecting a partic-
ular form of unbelief that is now com
mon. How many are beginning to say,
and have it for fine discovery, that
there is no such thing as a distinction
of some kind among men. Are we not
all religious, all good? Some q little,
some more, and some very good? Even
where there is no pretense Of piety,
where there is great wrong, corrup-
ton, brutality of life, is there not still
a little sense of God that only wants
to be increased; Some tender yearning
after God, however suppressed? :?
What have we, then, but distinctions
of degrees, and no distinctions of kind :?
Where then is the footing for heaven
and hell? Let this fiction go; it is
now time to be clear of it. No great
gulf fixed was ever thought Of that is
wider, or deeper, or more absolute. 1t
is the distinction between a religious
nature and a religious character We
all have religious sentiments, desires,
yearnings; but how many never choose
a religious end How many, in fact,
who never did anything in thai practi-
cal life but trample the sentiments, de-
sires, yea! uinos Of their natures, in
J L 4
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

The Jewish Tines, which. ~ the
way, is an interesting and able paper,
utters itself in the following very sen,
sible and liberal strain:
"Not as jews, but as citizens of an
enlightened age; as men who feel in
accord with the aspirations of humani-
t. at large; who stand above the mar,
row psnt Of churches that hold forth
one dogma or other rs the shibboleth of
admission to Gods presence, must we
beml our energies to help pull down
the sectarian barriers. We must con-
fine sect and creed to the church, the
temple, the mosque; we must assist
in delivering art, science, culture, from
the chains Of sectarianism we must
proclaim again and again that society
deals only, and can deal only, with the
moral man, not with the member OF
t his or that church"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

Conscience is like those detectives
| meet. l know them, although they
have no shield on their coats. They
come into a car or a steamboat. and at
q glance they measure everybody in
the place. There are people with con-
sciences just like that. You canno.
thrive under conscience. Conscience
IS step-mother. that knows how to
wash, how to dress, how to whip, and
she gives lessons, lessons, bat vary lit
tie bosom. Love is like mother, and
many mother takes her child to her
bosom and melts its deprayity out OF
it; and there is more in one love crush
to make child feel guilty than there
is IN all the spanking ia the world
daughter though the arm be strong
and the will good. Men that are at
tempting to build up the kingdom Of
God by more conscience, might as we'll
t.y 20 organize summer in Westminster
County take the whole county as a.
job, aud see that everything comes up.
at the right time. Stay at home; on
ly let the arr be warm enough and
everything will come of its own accord
at the proper time.--Hsary WarI
Beecher,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

ABoRTIvE RELIGIOUS EMOTIoN.-
Men, oftener women, may have great
warmth Of feeling, love Of God, trust
in God, reverence for God, delight IN
God, prayer to God, thought of God,
which yet has no influence on the
life 1t bends the knees, keeps Sun
day idle. crowds the meeting house ),
makes a market-place for religious
books at home, to mingle with other
fnery, where on the same table YOU
shall see ''puf8, powders, patches, Bi-
bles, billet-doUx. It never opens the
purse toward the poor, nor turns the
capitalists money to build reasonable
tenements for them. When men seek
religion as means Of pleasure, to cul-
tivate emotions Of trust and love OF
God for their own selfish delight, il
becomes as f tai to them as the gaming
house, the drinking shop, or the broth
el. There is literature which feeds
this mode of action. There arc other
libraries besides that Of Don Qaixotte
which ought to 90 the same way as his
went. The very inquisition itself was
built up and is sustained By men who
riot in mere voluptuoasaess of religious
emotion, and stop there. These are
the dangers Of wrong cultivation OF
the feelings -Theodor6 PuFher.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
Religion on the Rail.

The steamboat train from Boston
reaches Stonington between nine and
ten O clock in the evening, where pas
sengers take the boat for New York.
about two o clock at night the boat
from New York arrives, and the train
leaves with the passengers for Boston.
During the four hours the train men
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

How TO KEEP GOLD FIsu.-Seth
Green gives the following Instructions
as to the manner of keeping gold fish
Use any well, creek or river water that
is not impregnated with mineral. -
Change the water when the Esh come
to the top and stay there, aud breathe
part water and part air. Tske out
nearly all the water, leaving enough
for the fish TO swim in, and fill the
vessel with fresh water Never take
the fish in your hand. If the .qusri-
um needs cleaning make net of mos
quito netting and take the fish out in
1t. There are many Gold fish killed
by handling. Keep your acquarium
clean so that the water looks as clear
as crystal. Watch the fish little ana
you will find out when they are all
right Feed them all they will eat
aud anything they will eat, worms,
meat, fish water, or fish spawn. Take
great care that you take all that they
do not eat out of the acquarium. =
Any decayed meat or vegetable IN the
water has the same smell to fish that
it does to you in air. If your gold
fsa de it is attributable, AS rule, to
one of three causes handling, starva-
ton or bad water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

The useful encourages itself; for
the multitude produce it, and no one
can dispense with it; the beautiful
must be encouraged for few can set
II forth, and many need it.-Goethe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

Mature has her language. and she
is not unyeracious ; but we don't know
all the intricacies Of her syntax just
yet, and in a hasty reading we may
happen to extract the very opposite Of
her real meaning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

The effect Of minglins with new
people, who have new methods Of
thought, IS very salutary. Always to
see the same people, do the same
things, feel the same way, produces a
stagnant condition of the mind and
heart that is very distressing to be-
hold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

1T is not worth while to think too
much about being good. Doing the
best We know, minute by minute, hour
By hour, We insensibly grow to good
ness as fruit grows to ripeness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

THE religious sentiment is
deathless sentiment when something
like hope, trust, and desire for some
thing outside Of ourselves, makes them
hungry for perfection or for the ideal.
But certainly we cannot forsee the
time when this is coming. A thousand
things will trample it down IN the dust;
but sooner or later it will show itself
again and break the soil. It will show
itself in thirst after good things, in
respect for character, in reference for
pure principles, in generosity and de-
votion to the grand concerns Of life.
It will also show itself in hatred of
evil, in the hope of reform, and in
gratitude for infinite"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

-"He that hath trade, hath an es-
tate and he that hath calling. hath
place of profit and honor. 4 plow-
man on his legs is higher than a gem
tleman on his knees"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

GEN. SHERMAN AT \ CIRCUs.-
Let me tell what [ saw net leng ago at
a circus. Sitting in front Of Us was
General Sherman, and with him quite
number Of children whom he had
gathered from the "bv-ways and
helees." We saw him look down un-
der the seat, and then haul out dirte
ragged little darkey, who had crent h.
under the tent, and then seat hs7.a, at,
his feet, where, by crowding, was made.
a place for the little rascal. ssSog."
said the general, s.sit there ny. boy
and see everything. Bless m6,! many.
a time | have done just the same thing
and many a thrasning iaveI had.
lie seemed ike a chil.z; everything.
pleased him, and we wondered. vhere
vas the vanity Of which people talked
50 loudly. Who had letter, hight to
be vain than Sheraani:--gaisl Ut his
yalor, rain of lA5s deeds. vain OF his
wife vain Of his ehildreRN and vain of
the love Of his o0untpys people ?-Cor>
gespondence Cincinnati c'oap1ssrnial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
Our Free Lunch.

Some one expresses that Flowers
are the sweetest things God ever made
and forgot to put a soul within"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

"a handsome person is q good in
PRODUCTION to female favor, but unless
the mind correspond with the outward
man, sensible woman will soon cease
to regard the latter. .
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

-"Never seek to be intrusted with
your friends secret, for, no matter
how faithfully you may keep it, you
may be liable in a thousand contingent
ces tc the suspicion of having betray-
ed it,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

-"Christianity is now the mightiest
force Oh the face of the globe and the
grandest intellects God ever made are
to- day sitting at the feet of the des-
pissed Nazarene and Gallilean fisher
man"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

There is no despair so absolute as
that which comes with the first mo-
ments of our first great sorrow, when
we have not yet known what it is to
have suffered and be healed, to have
despaired and to have recovered hope.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

eve did not believe in Christ TO-
day because Of his miracles, but rath-
er because Of his character. life and
teachings and their influence through
the centuries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

CoyscIENcE.-Men conceive they
can manage their sins with secrecy +;
bat they carry about them letter, or
book rather written BY Gods finger,
their conscience bearing witness to all
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

Life has pleasure, life has pain,
Pa sing. not to come again.
Blackest hours and brightest.
Time takes all things, all mustgo;
BTgoues vauish-is il 50 ?
Gone aad lost forever. NOi
Not the least and iigAIest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

THE JOURNEY OF LIFE.-Tcn
thousand human beings set forth to-
gether on their journey. After ten
years, one third, at least, have dissp-
peared, At the middle point of the
common measure of life, but half arc
still upon the road. Faster and faster.
as the ranks become thinner, they that
remain till now become weary, and lie
down and rise no more. At threescora
and ten, band of some four hundred
yet struggle on. vt ninety, these
have been reduced to a handful of
thirty trembling patriarehs. Year af-
ter year they fall III diminishing numb
ers, One fingers, perhaps. a lonely
marvel, till the century is over. Wa
look again, and the work Of death ID
finished. Bishop Burgess.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

The company manners Of some are
intense stupidity. 1t is fact that
many people are really bright and
charming at home who are mere dumb
clothes-borses when abroad.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
w. w. KIMBALL,
State & Adams SITS.

A Large assortment of new Pianos and Organs
to RENT.
Parties wishing to pay by instaIIments can be
accommodate ed.
PHfLLE0 Il CO., Agents, Wood and Adams
Cos Wisconsin.
Z CONWAY. Genl Travelling Agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

--"Were we 20 take as much pains
to be what we ought to be as we do t.
disguise what we really are, we might
appear like ourselves, without being
at the trouble of any disguise at all. :"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

-s'Look at the future. This is the
field for hope and labor. Only regard
the past for the lessons it teaches
Say to yourself, disaster may come /;
despair, never"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

The grandest and strongest natures
are ever the calmest. A fiery rest
Iessness is the symbol of frailties not
yet outgrown. The repose Of power
is its richest phase aud its clearest tes-
timony.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
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their actions. But sinners being often
detected and accused, hereby grow
weary at last, and to prevent this
speaking paper from telling any tales.
do smother, stiAe, and suppress it when
they 60 about the committing of any
wickedness. Yet coscience (though
buried for time in silence), hath
resurrection, and discovers all to their
greater shame and heavier punishment
Thomas Fuller.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-20

be ready to furnish pure mountain
water. This is a want long desired,
for the limited means heretofore fur
nished has not been of character to
ensure safety from fire, or supply
reliable in the dry season for family
requirements.
Some little gossip was INDUCED in
the other evening respecting the va
rious candidates named for President
pro tenn of the Senate. Your Senator
Stevenson seems to have the inside
track, tho Lockwood from this
county is favorably spoken of. Va
rian and Thompson are named, but
have little or no show, the latter
particularly. The usual scramble
for the various offices has already
commenced, and pilgrims from all
portions of the State are daily arriv-
ing. You would be disguised to
note the pretensions of many of
these aspirants-only the sublimest
cheek can carry them through.
/ Ormsby county, too, comes III tor
her share of these positions. Men
who are here, established in lucra-
! tive business, are candidates for va
riouS offices within the gift OF the
Legislature. They should be known
! to all. and such claims ignored upon
the ground of "you are in good
business, why not attend to it, and
let some one who really needs the
emoluments perhaps to assist
needy family, receive the appoint
ment?" But, Mr.. Editor, do you
suppose such considerations enter
into the minds of our legislators gem
orally? Deserving, modest and ca
pable men stand but little chance to
receive such appointments. It's the
wire-working, seedy politician and
illilerate that generally succeed.
CVpO.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-20

RETRIEVED. = At the eleventh
hour John Murphy, who was to
have been hung in Carson, on Fri
day last for the murder of John X.
McCallum in May last, was repriev-
ed bv Governor Booth. The prison.
err had arrived at the foot OF the
scaffold when the document that
was to give him fresh lease OF lie
was handed to Sheriff Swift. lie
was about as little affected as any OF
the spectators. 1t is supposed that
the ground for the respite are affida-
Wits setting forth that Murphy had,
at various times, shown symptoms
of insanity, and this Notwithstanding
that the Board of Pardons-of whom
the Governor is member-had
passed on the case only the day be
fore. We doubt if the prisoner
suffers the extreme penalty OF the
law on Thursday next, yet that IS
the day set provided the Governor
does not interest himself in his be-
half. 1t is thought that his sentence
will now be COMMITTED to imprison-
ment for life.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-20
KING TiALARAgA.

4 Washington dispatch of the
18th saws that punctual at 1915 the
Senators entered the House and took
the seats assigned them. Ten min
utes afterwards the King was an
nounced, and, supported by Senators
Cameron and Representative Ortiz,
Chairman of the Committee on For
eign Affairs. walked down the main
aisle to the front Of the Speakers
chair, senators and Representatives
standing meantime. Senator Came
ron then said: II have the honor to
present to the Speaker the King OF
Hawaii"
The Speaker said: "Your Majesty,
on behalf of the American Congress
I welcome you to these halls, and
with the Senators from our States
and Representatives of our people
unite in cordial congratulations upon
your suspicious journey and express
the qualification and pleasure afford
ed by your presence in the Capital
of the nation as the nations guest.
Your Majesty's appearance among
us is the first instance in which a
reirning sovereign has set foot upon
the soil of the United States, and it
is a significant circumstance that the
visit comes to us from the West and
not from the East. Probably no
single event could strikingly typity
the progress i'll your Majesty's coun-
try and in our own than the scene
here and now transporting. The
rapid growth of the Republic on its
western coast has greatly enlarged
our intercourse with your insular
Kingdom, and has led us all to ac-
knowledge your wisdom and beneti-
cence as a ruler and your exalted
virtues as man. Our whole people
cherish for you and your subjects
the most friendly regard; they trust
and believe that the relations of the
two countries will always be as
peaceful as the great sea which rolls
between us, uniting and not divid-
ing u.s.
The King had mOmcntary cor
ference with Judge Allen, when the
latter, expressing regret that the
King was SO afflicted with cold and
hoar>cnesS that he was unable to
read his reply, read 1t for him, as
follows: MIR. Speaker-For your
/ kind words of welcome l most cor
daily thank you. For this great
mark of confidence | tender to the
! honorable Senate and House of Rep
rcSentatives my highest sentiments
and regard; it is in accord with the
courteous and generous treatment
which l have received from the
Executive Department of the Gov
eminent and from all the people
whom / have had the pleasure to
meet since | have landed on the
/ shores OF the Pacific. ! appreciate
/ the complimentary terms in which
/ the Speaker has referred to me per-
4 sOnallN. For our success in govern
/ ment and for our progress in higher
civilization we are very much in
debtcd to the Government and peo-
E}8s 9int" %ouF' ftaIfHii22aali66tnr have been
in a great degree our model. | re
/ ciprocate most cordially the hope for
the continuanceand growth of friend
~ relations between the two coun-
tries. / ann most happy, gentlemen,
to meet you on this OCCASION"
The Speaker was then Introduced
to the King, and, after an exchange
OF courteSies, returned to the chair
and knocked with his gavcl to the
members.
The King retired, followed by the
Senators, and the Spectators dis
perSed.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-20

NEW MONTHLY The GrGnqcr'S
GUIDE, published monthly by j.
Earl, agent of the Changers Immi-
grant Aid Bureau of the State Grange
OF California, 24-page document,
has come to hand. 1t is a paper
that commends itself to the public.
and is furnished at the extremely
low price OF 81 per annum, therefore
all should be possessed of it at once.
Commence with the volume.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-20

CONFIRMED. Hon. James Craw-
ford, who was appointed Superln-
tendent of the Carson Mint, some
three months since, we are pleased
to state, has been confirmed by the
Senate. The many friends OF the
Superintendent in Lyon county
will be glad to hear of the con
tinued good fortune of one OF then
number. one who has had many
ups and downs in life since beeom-
ing a resident of the oagebrush
State. Mr.. Crawford will make
one of the best executive officers
ever placed in charge Of an estab-
lishment of the kind. When the
term of his appointment shall have
expired, it will be found that he
has done his whole duty. We con
graduate the Government on secur-
ing so efficient an officer; and we
congratulate Mr.. Crawford on be
ing that man.