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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-07-07

7 DIES SHAVLS,
IL LADIES' HAIR BRAIDS.
LADIES' KID CLOVIS
all coIoTs everything worn by ladies' ca n I Q found
at GoIdsmi'h's Twin Fronts. Beet material, latest
style nd lowest prices.
October 7 1873
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
Absent Mindedn0Ss and Mental
Power.

It is worthy of notice that the
growth OF the mind is often acCompan-
led by an apparent loss of power in
particular respects and this fact IS
exceedingly important, especially to all
who desire to estimate the condition of
their own mind. The mental phenom-
enon called (not very correctly ab-
sence Of mind, is often regarded by the
person experiencing it, and still more
by the person observing it in him, as a
proof Of failing powers. But it often,
if not generally accompanies athe in
crease Of mental power. Newton fre-
quently and to a much more marked
degree when his powers were at their
highest than in his youth, and not on
" did instances become much less fire.
qtent when he was at an advanced age,
but the opposite quality; sensitive to
small annoyances, began to be display
ed. Even an apparent impairment,of
the memory is not necessarily indica-
tive of failing mental power an anal
ysls comparison, generalization, ana
judgment. I have always noticed that
profound thinkers often refrain from
exercising the memory, simply to avoid
the distraction Of their thonghts from
tile main subject Of their study. But
this statement may be extended into
the general remark that the most pro-
found students, whether Of physical
silence, mathematics, history, or in
fine, of any Indifferent subject Of re,
search, are apt to give the memory less
exercise than shallower thinkers. Of
course the memory is exerted to a con-
siderable degree, even in the mere mar
shaling of thoughts before theories can
be f'rmed or weighed. But the great
er part of the mental action devoted to
the formation or discussion Of theories
is only indirectly dependent upon the
exercise of memory.-Popalar Science
Monthhy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

The Flowers III the Coffin.

On the 10th of November last a
child was disintered from an old grave
yard at Claysyille, KY, which was
buried in metallic case, on the 9th Of
July. 1S55.--The child was two years
old at the time of It's death, and as it
had shown a great fondness for flowers,
its grandmother-when it was lying in
sort Of stupor, sought to rouse it to
consciousness by holding two freshly
plucked damask rosebuds before it.
The sinking child clutched these buds
and held them firmly in its little hand
until it died. When the shroud was
finished and the body put in the coffin,
no effort was made to take the rose
sweets from the cold clasp; and SO the
buds OF flowers were buried with the
bud of humanity, HIore than eigh-
teen years passed away when the coffin
was brought into the light The lid
was opened, and strange sight was
presented to those who looked within.
The flesh had not crumdled to dust, =
The child was in an almost perfect state
of preservation, and in It's hand it
it held two full-blown damask roses.
The leaves appeared fresh but they
emitted no fragrance. The case GER
tainly is remarkable one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
Newspapers.

Their value is by no means appre-
ciated, but the rapidity with which
people are waking up to their necessity
and usefulness is one Of the most sig
nifcant signs Of the times. Few fam
lies are now content with single news
paper. The thirst for knowledge is not
easily satiated, and books, though use
ful--yea. absolutely necessary in their
place, fail to meet the demands of
youth or age. The village newspaper
is eagerly sought and it's contents are
eagerly devoured. Then comes the de-
mand for the county news, State news,
national and foreign news. Next to
the political comes tie literary, and
then the scientific journals. This va
riety is demanded to satisfy the crav-
ings Of the active mind.
Newspapers are also valuable to ma
terial prosperity. They advertise the
village, county or locality. They
spread before the reader map on
which may be traced character, design,
progress. IF a stranger calls at d no
tel he first inquiries for the village
newspaper; if friend comes from a
distance, the very next thing after a
family greeting, he inquiries for your
village or county newspaper, and
yeu feel discomftted if you are unable
to find late copy, and confounded if
you are compelled to say you do not
take it.
Tue newspaper is just as necessary
to fit man for his true position in life
as food and raiment. Show. us a rag
ged, barefoot boy rather than an ig-
norant one. His head will cover his
feet in after life if he is well supplied
with newspapers. Show us the child
that is eager for newspapers. He will
make the man of mark iR after life II
you crafty that desire for knowledge.
Other things being equal, it is rule
that never fails. Give the children
newspapers.-Nepspaper Reporter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
Yourself a Bubble.

It is idle to imagine that your words
are all SO important that you cannot be
forgotten. There are persons who have
done their best wherever they have
worked. The school in which they
have labored has received an impetus
that years will not materially lessen :;
but their names are never spoken in its
walls, and their Iabors Of that are in
scribed only on the benches Of few
scholars who have gone out into the
world to carry and disseminate the IN
fuences Of school life.
There are those who have worked in
public charities, and to such good pur-
pose that it seems IS if their places
could never be filled, and yet public
men are dying every day, and the world
goes on and is improving. Let no man
fatter himself he cannot be spared,
and let him be glad that, when he has
been dead a twelve month, he cannot
come back TO see how like was his death
to the sinking Of a stone n the water
The living cut Of life-purpose, then,
is not for the appreciation f the crowd
about us-for they pass away with us !;
nor for the irnpressing d ourselves up
on the world s II memory-for it has none;
it is simply for its effect upon oursel-
ves-fo the steady moulding Of our
selves by a graad motive and growing
in character fer the great hereafter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
A Russian Dining Table.
A novel dining table is now in use

A novel dining table is now in use in
one of the palaces of the Emperor of
Russia. The table is circular, and is
placed on a weighted platform. At
the touch of a signal. like the rub of
Aladdin's lamp. down goes the table
through the floor, and a new table,
loaded with fresh dishes and supplies,
rises in It's place But this is not all
each plate stands on a weighted disk,
the table cloth being cut with circular
openings, one for each plate: If a
guest desires a change of plate, he
touches a signal at his side, when,
presto, his plate disappears and anoth-
er arises. These mechanical dining
tables render the presence of servants
quite superhnous. In this country, at
the Oneida Community, they employ
dining tables having the central part
made to revol3e. Here the goblets,
spoons. tea and coffee, castors, pitchers,
and other necessary articles of table
furniture, are replaced revolving the
centre piece, the sitter brings before
him whatever article may be desired,
without the intervention Of special
waiter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
A Triumph OF Architecture.

When the new St, Patrick's Cathe-
2raI in New York is completed it will
Undoubtedly be the most imposing and
attractive Of all the beautiful public
buildings that adorn the city. lis tow
ers rising $50 feet, and tapering to a
point crowned with a final cross, will
be the first object to strike the eye
from the park at the Fifth avenue gate.
Below these spires, under the crochet
ed gable, capped with its final cross,
is seen the great central portal, fifty
feet high, and, like all the others and
the windows, decorated with rich
mouldings, clustered columns, and 70
Hated capitals. Over this great door
is a grand rose or marigold window.
There are two ether portals, one on
Eiftieth and the other on Fifty-frst
street, each over forty feet high and
twenty. six wide. They are in the
transept, and over each is a grand win
dow, ornament with rich traceries, and
surmounted with panelled gable which
is to terminate in pinnacle 150 feet
high. There are sixty-eight large win
dows- thirteen on each side and thir-
teen IN the clear story.
In one Of the large towers it is said
there is to be great bell, and in the
other a fuller and larger set Of chime
bells than any that have yet been hung
in any temple of worship on this con-
tinent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
Some OF Eisgnarck's Maxims.
Taken From His Parliamentary
Speeches.

When pushed to extremes [ prefer
my shirt to my coat.-January %.
1864.
A question of right can be settled
only with the bayonet in our European
quarrels.-January p, 1864.
Parties and castles are mutable-they
perish and new ones arise.-June l.,
1866.
A great country cannot be governed
by partisans.-January -, 1867,
Put Germany into the saddle ana
you viii find that she knows how TO
ride.--Narch II, 1867.
Governments are Ike women-tne
youngest please, December y 1900
It is not possible to hasten the rlpen-
ing Of fruit by holding lamp under
neath.-April Is, 1869.
Capitalization is tyranny, more or
less.--April Is, 1869. :.
Whoever carries the money bag IS
the peoples master--April 70, 1868;
Every country knows that peace and
Security rest in the sword.-May y,
1869.
Liberty is a luxury which not every
one can aford.-May %, 1869.
People are a great deal more lavish
when they pay out of common treas
ury than when they pay out OF thell
own pockets. 2, 1871.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

There are lives devoid of all Incl
dent; there are people who will tell
YOU. "Well, well, this is a hard
world to live in. [ have dore moth
ing but drudge, drudge. for ten, TWEEN
ty, thirty years." as the case may be-
Where is the fault? Blame not this
planet Of ours, [ pray you, let 1t go
free and place the fault where 1t be-
longs. If your life is barren, 0, man,
or woman, it is you who are to blame
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
ERianpOnd speciacles.

rWyHESE SPECTACLE are manufactured from
..NINUTR CRYSTAL PEBBLES. melted teesta-
er. and are called DIAMOND on account o 'hei'
hardness and brilliancy: ,:-, a.
Having been tested with the polarlse9?pes.. e.. @ tae
liamond lenses have been found TO 4amI hsteen
,er cent less heated rays imam any ostiei
re free from chromatic alterations, and produce
bhfI,ass ana ,iistinctness of vision not before
tanned in spectacles.
&C., - ing Co., Nolo York.
For sale by responsible agents IN every c-'S n
le Union.
WI. KILN L.
,..o,l (lntican is sale agent for Grand Rap
Wis, from whom they can only be obtained'
80 notbuy pair unless you see the trade
ark<%
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
Terns-S2. 90 per gear
Single Copies, 5 Cents

Every man carries harp nnmor-
tai IN his nature. Law strings it law
IS the key. Conscience and memory
play it. All in tune, the song Of God
murmurs It's raptures in our nature.
Out Of tune, it is the grating discord,
is hell.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

GOOD friends, it is a great and
worthy thing to know when to keep
your mouts shut Some people live
to be GO years old without learning
that. Indeed, the older they grow the
wider their mouths open. Carlyle
somewhere says that what people have
need to learn is the art of silence A
man or woman who is a great gabbler
at 45 is horrid creature whether
the propensity is hereditary or acquired,
it is simply awful. This age shows an
unusual development of the tongue.
There are two things this generation
needs to learn-when to say nothing,
and when to say anything to say it
we'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

"A man industrious in his calling,
if without the fear Of God, becomes a
drudge to worldly ends vexed when
disappointed, overioyed in success.
Mingle but the fear of God with busi-
ness, it will not abate man industry,
but sweeten it t;-if he prosper, he is
thankful to God that gave him power
to get wealth if he 1nis-carry, he is
patient under the will and dispensation
of the God he fears 1t turns the very
employment of his calling to kind of
religious duty and exercise of his re-
ligion, without damage or detriment to
it:-Sir MattAe,o Hale.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

NEARNEss OF DEATH.-When we
walk near powerful machinery, we
know that one mis-step and those
mighty engines will tear us to ribbons
with their flying wheels, or grind US to
powder in their ponderous jaws. So,
when we are laundering across the
land in a railroad carriage, and there
is nothing but an inch of iron fange to
hold us on the line So, when we are
in a ship, and there is nothing but the
thickness Of plank between us and
eternity We imagine then that we
see how close we are to the edge of the
precipice. But we do not see it.
Whether on the sea or on the land,
the partition that divides us from eter-
nifty is something less than the oak
plank, or q half-inch iron fange. The
machinery Of life and death is within
us. The tissues that hold the beating
powers in their place are often not
thicher than a sheet of Daper, and if
that thin partition rupture, it would be
the same as if cannon ball had struck
US. Death is inseparabiy bound up
with life in the very structure Of our
bodies. Struggle as we would to widen
the space, no man can, at any time, go
further from death than the thickness
of sheet of paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

Wisdom is like electricity. There
is no permanently wise man, but men
capable of wisdom, who being put in
to certain company, or other favorable
conditions. become wise for short
time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric
power for a while.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12
Our Free Lunch.

Prosperity is blessing to the
good, but a curse to the evil.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

Better be upright with povert,
than be wicked with plenty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

-Lamartine was asked by friend
If he did not spend too much in adver-
tising. "No," was reply, advertise
ments are absolutely necessary Even
Divine worship Gle bon D:euJ needs to
be advertised. Else what is the mear-
ing of church bells
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

We want religion that not only
bears on the sinfulness of sin, but on
the rascalits Of lying-a religion that
banishes all small measures from the
counter, small baskets from the stalls,
pebbles from cotton bags and from su-
gar, chickory from coffee, alum from
bread, lard from butter, strychnine
from wine, and water from milk cars;
that will not put all the big strawber-
ries and peaches on the top, and all
the bad ones on the bottom, and sell
more baskets of wine than there are
bottles grown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

OLD LETTERS Never BURN kindly
written lStters it is so pleasant to read
them over when the ink is brown, the
paper yellow with age, and the hands
that traced the friendly words are fold
ed over the hearts that prompted them,
under the sod. Above all, never burn
love-letters To read them IN after
years, is like resurrection to ones
youth. The elderly spinister finds in
the impassi6ned offer she foolishly re-
iected twenty years ago, fountain of
reiuven-essence. Glancing over 1t, she
realizes that she was once belle and a
beauty, and beholds her former self in
a mirror much more congenial to her
taste than the one that confrOnts her
In her dressing room. The widow
indeed derives a sweet and solemn
consolation from the letters Of the be-
loved one who has journeyed before
her to the far-off land, from which
there comes no message, and whore
she hopes, one day, to Join him. No
photographs can so wildly recall to-
the memory Of the mother, the tender
ness and devotion of the children who
have left at the call of heaven, as the.
epistolary outpourings Of that love.
The letter of true son or daughter to-
a true mother, is something better than
an image of the features; it is reflex
of the writer's souf.-Keep all loving
letters. Burn only the harsh ones,
and in burning them: forgive and for
get them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

The tenderest heart loves best the
bold and courageous one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

oh, why is love so powerless so
vain Infinite in will yet how bounded
in power We would fain spread
world extended wings of shelter and
comfort over our beloved and yet IN
our helplessnees we may let them SINK
suffer, die alone Strange and sad II
is that we, who would brave alike
life's tolls and deaths agony-ay, lay
down body and soul at the feet OF our
dearest ones--cannot bring ease to the
ightest pain their humanity may en-
dure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

III . .c.s#.-JE1 in Prices
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

To be happy, the passions must
be cheerful and gay, not gloomy and
melancholy. a propensity to hope
and Joy is real riches one to fear and
sorrow, real poverty.-Huoae.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

If we seize too hastily we have tc
drop tdo hastily.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

A true history of human events
would show that far larger proper
ton of our acts are the result Of sud
den impulses and accidents, than of
reason of which we SO much boast.
Cooper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

"A little girl asked minister, "Do
you think my father will 90 to heav-
en?'' "Why, yes, my child. Why
do you ask ~ "Well, because if he
don't have his own way there he won't
stay long, l was thinking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

-"You cannot taste in the dark, ="
said lecturer mature has intended
US to see our food" ''Then," inquir-
ed q forward pupil, show about blind
man at dinner?" "Nature, sir, an
swered the professor, ''has provided
him with eye teeth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

Persons extremely reserved are
ike old enameled watches with paint
ed covers: that hindered your seeing
what time 1t was.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

Every man hath not talent of
time, but a talent Of opportunity to
improve his talent in some measure,
put into his hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

Gods image slumbers il our souls
till sharp edged grief cuts here and
there, then, 10 the semblance Of His
form appears sculptured by the woes
of time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

--Tngratitude is always kind of
weakness. [ have aever seen that Gle
yer men have been ungrateful.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

He that is we'll employed while
the SIN is in the sky, will most likely
sleep soundly when the stars are shin
ing above him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

Mankind loves mysteries. Hence
a hole in the ground excites more Won
der than a star in the heavens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

Which of us is there that can tell
how much vanity turks in our warmest
regard for others, and how selfish our
love is?
The New York herald., 1874-08-07

r AUCTION THIS DAY, BY
HokE SG e eaasiSn a6a6S San Tse Mart
FOURTH AvENuE.
sE rSgs5sY oE g2Fsys ggD ASR
Twenty four to forty eight hours given to
CATALOGUE or Tufs HsrfaHsss bAYs s5yR1DAY SALE.
Il Sa s4HsEens BROAD
orsr1nSAs wHy AS ss8SF THHF TEAM BAY
morsss E hands t hign Oa wen bred ana closely
fast Msys!lsrs ysry sy,sh any
soEA %ASD1GLT "fspef II fhRFhcr ORDER BUILT BY J.
,cTssISygf ~sSonREh MAZE, BAMBLEyoxrAN
s and rus f n Sa%ns re sa ha%%s S.
a s heS Ssf sy sS % Sa I n
record; be driven by one tears nothing and
'HS %xso ,st fine SnAHS NV M
'qs Tswitsy ssraSsESH sH s2s% fef hrfSr TEAM
sss u"s EI: ssS
o set soG ha1 ne
6bHAE1oa 1bs hIs ff d EEHRs OLD
al fs s @
can Tos Ss Syso MAS6y sy SnyaSfS SsS set Harness and
ParPla GRAY H6ssh, Is HANDS HIGH, YEARS
ysn and de 5S aua yaS
draysri Rork also sWny set Gs1nI, GaTnesS and apw
BAY HORSE, I5S HANDS HIGH, 10 YEARS OLD.
kind and true in all harness; free vice un excel
lent Horse for general and sold only account of
loss OF mate. "
TOP PONY PHAETON.
GRAY HORSE, ls,f HANDS. YEARS OLD; KIND
and true In all harness. tree from vice; good
q first class worker aud warranted ounkR
BARoCC CHE, IN GOOD ORDER, BUILT BY MINER
Stevens
TOP ROAD WAGON.
soRREL HORSE, lhs HANDS HIGH 9YEARs OLD.
traveller sroeers wagon and AZ goSH wsr
ranied sound Also set harness and -" "
NO TOP PLATFORM SPRING GROCER'S WAGON
soRREL HORSE, l51s HANDS HIGH, 10 YEARS DIN.
khd ana true IN all harness. free from vice. good ALL
gay traveller, and safe for any 10 drive. Also set
NO TOP BASKET PHAETON
BAY HORSE l6 HANDS HIGH, YEARS OLD; SOLD
to nay bill of keep. '
OF sale. " ''''
TOP AND NO TOP ROAD WAGONS
Rocknways PbaetoBs BaroRches
Top wagons, Harness. &c, &c.
SALE COMMENCES AT III O,CIOCE