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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-03
Destructive Wind-Storm at Tuscumbia
Ala.---RppeaI for Aid.
TCSCUMBIA, Ala. Nov.

lsCUMBlA, Ala, NOV. n.
A TORNADO struck Tuscumbia about
seven o'clock last Sunday evening 1t
extended over about two-thirds of the
town, doing its greatest damage in the
western and northern portions. Eleven
lives were lost. Miss Bette Sherod,
daughter of John Sherod, living four
miles southwest from here, was killed,
their house being blown down. Mrs.
Ella Moore, wife of State Senator J. B.
Moore, and two children were killed. T.
D. Hodglns, editor of the Tuscumbia
Chronicle, his wife, and four children,
were killed instantly, and their house
was entirely destroyed. Mrs Judith
Winston was killed by the falling in of
the roof and upper walls of her house.
Mr.. Martin D. Patterson was dangerous
ly injured, his house being blown away
Mrs. Thomas Gibbs was badly hurt, and
her house blown away. She was blown
across the street
The railroad bridge was blown away,
and the eastern-b bound train from Mem
phis, which was due at about 7: 80 o'clock,
was wrecked at the bridge, but no lives
were lost.
An appeal for aid has been made, as
follows:
At meeting of the citizens of Tuscumbia,
Ala, at the Court House, on Monday, Nov.
%, the undersigned were appointed COM
mittee to publish an address and to make an
appeal to the public with reference to the
terrible calamity which has befallen our COM
munity. On Sunday evening, Nov. D. a fear
full tornado passed over our city, destroying
many houses, and putting to instant death
number of our citizens. Over one-third of
our town is laid in ruins. The Deshlar Fee
male Institute, just completed at cost of
some $4,000, the Catholic Church, several
large and elegant brick mansions, and large
number Of frame buildings were totally de-
stroyed. Many buildings are also more or
less injured. The fairs ground buildings and
two mills were also destroyed In one house
the parents and four children, composing the
entire family, were instantly killed. The wife
and four children of J. Burns Moore were
buried beneath the ruins of his fallen house
But two of the number children, were taken
out alive.
The amount of property destroyed is esti-
mated at 100000 to $15O,OOO This calamity
has necessarily brought grief, great distress,
and restitution upon our community. More
than fifty houses being wrecked, many fami-
lies are homeless and penniless, and need i'm
mediate aid The citizens will do all in their
power to relieve the suffering and needy, but
help is earnestly solicited from abroad, as the
town is so Impoverished it cannot possibly
supply the needed help. God has brought
this desolation upon US, and we confidently
appeal to all persons throughout the country
to aid us in this our hour of calamity Dona-
tons from any source Will be thankfully re-
ceived, and may be forwarded to Joseph Hill
man, Tuscumbia, Ala.
Signed, in behalf of the citizens:
JOSEPH HILLMAN,
HORACE 2. SMITH,
7. H. DAVENPORT,
JOHN d. INMAN,
LEWIS B. THORNTON.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-03

soc. Rye-No. l, 93G94c Barley-No. ,, s1.S1
G1.32.
DETROIT.
Observation-Disclosures = Extra, S1.1S01.19
Corn-SlG8 Osts-54G541ac.
TOLEDO.
BREADsTUFFs. heat-Amber Mich, s1.09
G1.O9l4; No. 2 Red, S1.07G1. o715. Corn-Mixed,
6e470c. Oats-5494Ic.
CLEVELAND.
BREA .-Whest-No. 1 Red, s1.111
liz; No. ? Red, S1.0+G1.05. Corn-New. Sol
967c. Oats-561lQ 57c.
BUFFALO.
LIVE sTock.-Beeves = "a $4,000. Hogs
Live, S6.50G7.50. Sheep-LiYe, S3.50G5.O0.
EAST LIBERTY
LIVE STocK.-Beeves - Best, s6.609.6. rs ;
medium, S5.50G6.25. Hogs-Ysrkers, $4,000
80; Philadelphia, S7.25G7.5O. Sheep-Best,
"a 5OG5O good, g noG4.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-03

The Salt Lake Meas computes the
number of polygamists in the Territory
at 1000 men, 5000 women and 5000
children, and the cost and loss by the
punishment of all at $4,000, and that the
courts would have around them 1000,
crying women and 5000 crying children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-03

The average car horse sndurss four.
years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-03

JOSEPH HILLMAN,
HORACE 2. SMITH,
T. II. DAVENPORT,
JOHN d. INMAN,
LEWIS B. THORNTON.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Flower Gardens for Children.

1T is desirable on many accounts that
children should cultivate flowers rather
than fruits or vegetables. Most children
are fond of flowers, and all can be taught
to love them, and the harder and COM
mOner sorts at least do not tax the ener-
gies so heavily as other fruits or vegeta-
bles in cultivation. Besides, since flow
ers appeal solely to the moral sense, they
facilitate the inculcation of generous hab-
its. As children acquire strength and
skill, they may gradually be intrusted
with the care of vegetables and fruits but
they must be taught to use the products
of their little gardens as means of con-
ferring happiness on Others; for thus can
their own happiness be most effectually
attained, since that which is seltishly en-
joyed must ultimately result in discon-
tent. But of all the lessons to be learned
in a garden the most valuable is the art of
observing; for SO varied, so delicate, so
minute, and yet so unerring, are the oper-
atoms of nature, that though the closest
study may fail to fathom her mysteries,
the rewards of such study are so rich and
so surprising that even the student of ten
der years is perpetually stimulated to
fresh researches. This interest in natural
objects, once awakened, will prove an in
exhaustible source of pleasure while life
lasts; for it is an interest that the COM
monest heath can crafty; and he that has
made good use of his powers of observa-
ton, he that has trained his senses to
bring him accurate information, cannot
travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry,
"'Tis all barren. ~ Home and School.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
An Interesting Railway Decision.

An important case was tried in the SOM
erset County Court, New Jersey, recently,
the result of which will be of particular
interest to railroad companies and to
passengers who may meet with accidents.
John Knable, the plaintiff, received in
juries on Dec. 81, 1871, while riding
in the rear car of a train on the Councils
vile Railroad, a bruised rail having
thrown the car down an embankment into
the river 1t was shown to the court that
the repair master of the division on which
the accident occurred had been notified
of the defective rail. In the instruction to
the jury the Court held that when an acct
dent happens and a passenger is injured,
the presumption is against the carrier
and that the defendant must remove it by
showing that there was no negligence. On
the question as to what the law requires
in regard to the structure of railroads, the
Court substantially charged as follows:
The road must be constructed of the
best materials in the best known manner.
1t must be safe and sufficient beyond
question, in view of the business to be
done upon it. The ties must be sound
and strong, well laid and well fastened.
The road in its structure must
be up to the standard. The ut
most care and vigilance is required of
the company in keeping it in repair. It
uuSt UC hCpt III bcSt SoHultlou. II
must not be suffered to be out of repair
for a moment longer than the utmost di.a
gence requires. 1t must be always is
good as new, as good as the best. The
railroad company is bound to keep hands
enough and of such quality as to keep the
road in the best order. Not to have the
road up to the standard indicated is neg
ligence. The slightest neglect to keep il
in this condition, if hurt or loss occurs tC
any one, will render the company liable
If injury results from defect in the road
the carrier can relieve himself from re
possibility only by showing that the de
| feet was one which could not be discov
cred or cured by any attainable skill, fore
sight or intelligence.
On the question of damage the Cour
affirmed the point of counsel to plaintiff
in this regard, which is to the effect thai
the plaintiff can only recover such com
pensation for loss and. damage as the evi
dence clearly proves him to have sus
tanned, not exceeding $4,000. The jury
rendered a verdict for the plaintiff fo
| 81 400
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

works, who most frequently exhibit the
symptoms of cerebral exhaustion. Mental
cares accompanied with suppressed emo
ton, occupations liable to great vicissi-
tudes of fortune, and those which involve
the bearing on the mind multiplicity of
intricate details, eventually break down
the lives of the strongest
1t will appear, then, from what we have
said, that brain-work, even hard brain
work, does not necessarily conduce to dis
ease. If, in a given case, ii is produc-
tive of this result, it will invariably be
found, on investigation, that the work has
been done under injurious emotional con-
ditions, such as the distractions arising
from anxiety, hurry, or the pressing sense
| of responsibility. OF all the organs of
the body, the brain is the hardest, the
most capable of exceeding its ordinary
duties with impunity. Any extraordinary
exertion thrown on the other organs is
sooner or later emphatically resented.
The quality of the brain which is most
conservative of its health is its versatility.
! One part of the organ may be fresh,
while another is iaded, and it has the
/ power of resting in parts that are ex-
/ hausted while it continues active in those
/ parts that are still vigorous One of the
secrets of safe continued brain-werk is to
vary frequently the kind of mental occu-
patton. This is species of mental gym
nastics by which all parts of the organ of
/ thought are exercised in turn. Even in
many cases of cerebral exhaustion change
of work is probably preferable to complete
cessation from mental toll. The mind
| cannot lie long fallow without bringing
| forth weeds. Through want of employ
ment it becomes relaxed in tone, less
amenable to discipline, and less fitted Tor
| steady work.-Christian Weekly.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

In commencing to make an orchard
bear in mind that it is not for a day or a
year, but for lifetime, and if we make
mistakes it may take years to find them
out and many years more to correct them.
We should, therefore, consider carefully
what we will plant, and where and how
we will plant to bring the best returns.
A small orchard well tended is worth
more than a large one that is neglected,
and no one should plant more than he can
care for.
Select, if possible, the highest ground
on the farm for your orchard site and have
it naturally or artificially drained so that
water will never stand about the roots.
The soil should be well prepared by a
thorough and deep blowing the fall be-
fore planting.
Having the ground selected and pre-
pared for the orchard, 90 to the nearest
reliable nursery and get the trees fresh
from the ground. If not convenient to go
to the nursery, make up a club with your
neighbors, and select the trees or send
your order to some reliable man. If you
cannot find any better way to get your
trees buy of a peddler rather than &c
without, though it is much the better way
to buy direct from the man who grows
them.
Do not expose the roots to sun or air,
and as soon as you get them bury them
in moist earth, taking out only as wanted
for planting. Never dig large, deep holes
for water to stand in under the trees, but
have the ground all well worked. Throw
out enough earth to give the roots ample
room to set your trees in and fill up care
fully with fine mellow earth, pressing il
firmly about the roots. The planting
should be done when the ground is in
good order for working and not too wet
if dry, water when the earth is nearly
filed in, and then fill up with dry earth
to prevent baking.
On good soil, not too light but well
drained, plant two or three inches deeper
than the trees grew in the nursery. II
the soil is tenacious and not well drained
plant almost on top and ridge up to them
leaving dead burrows for drains between
the rows, and raise the earth about the
trees three or four inches, so they will
stand deeper than they grew.
In light, sandy, weil-drained soil
plant five to six in hes deeper than the
trees grew.
My experience teaches me that the best
time to plant is in the spring before the
growth starts, but it will do to plant unit
the buds are fairly opened.-KansaI
FdJDler.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
The Patent Combination Lock.

Mr.. Rafferty,, of Darby, has less faith in
the Patent Combination Lock" than he
formerly had. He bought one a few weeks
ago and placed it upon the front door of
his store. He chuckled as he went to bed
that night, to think how he had check
mated the fraternity of burglars. But in
the morning he forgot the combination
by which the key was to be fixed, and
when he tried to open the lock he couldn't.
He worked at it all that day, and during
the entire week he had locksmiths down
from the city endeavoring to pick the
lock; and meanwhile his business was
entirely suspended and his customers all
went to the rival store over the way.
Finally he got fence rail, and, leveling
it like a battering ram, he broke the door
to splinters. When he got in he found
that burglars had had one of the back
windows open for four nights, and had
nearly cleaned the place out while he was
agonizing over that lock. There have
been madden men in Darby than Rafferty,,
but very few who have felt so mad all
over, from toe nails to hair, as Rafferty,
does now.-lMaf Adeler.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Watering Stock.

If animals when in wild state are
guided by an infalIible instinct In regard
TO eating and drinking, they lose this
instinct after few generations of domes-
ticaiion. We are disposed to believe,
however, that Innumerabie wild horses
and cattle perish from imprudence in this
respect Certainly our domestic live
stock cannot be trusted TO select its own
hours if we expect to bring it to a high
state OF perfection. Especially is this true
in regard to drinking cod water in the
winter. 1t is too often the practice to
turn a stable-full of cattle out into the
yard on IA cold morning, and allow them
To crowd by turns to the trough, the weak
being of course kept away to the last, all
standing about chilled and uncomfortable,
to their direct disadvantage in loss of
flesh and appetite An animal will often
refuse to drink the ice-cold water of II
trough early in the morning, and this is
possibly bit of prudence. taught it by
that instinct 10 which we have just, rather
incredulously, referred The fact is that
animals whose whole systems are in har-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Warts may be removed with kerosen
oil. Apply it daily with camelhair
pencil They will generally disappear in
about two weeks.
Asthma is sometimes cured with a
mixture of two ounces of the best honey
and one ounce of castor-oil. Take a tea
spoonful night and morning.
Alum water is good for frosted feet.
Batne with it every night before going to
bed. 1t will generally remove all pain
and soreness in three or four days.
Plain Tea Cake--Two eggs; beat
whites and yolks separately; one cup
sugar; one half cup butter; one cup milk
one large teaspoonful baking powder
-four to stifien. Lemon one teaspoon
bake in a quick oven.
-Isinglass Jelly-Boil one ounce of
isinglass shavings with slice of brown
bread crust and handful of Jamaica
peppers, in one quart of water, until it
is reduced to n pint Strain into a
mold A tablespoonful of this jelly
taken in milk is good tonic for dys,
pepsia.
Pain Killer.-Alcohol, one quart
| gum guaiac, one ounce; gum myrrh, one
half ounce; gum camphor, one-halt ounce
| pulverized Cayenne pepper, one-hali
| ounce. Mix. Shake occasionally for ten
days. and filter or let settle tor use
L
| Apply freely to surface pains. Dose, one
teaspoonful for internal pains, and repeat
according to necessities.
| Genuine Erasive Soap.-Two pounds
of good CASTLE soap; half pound OF
carbonate of potash, dissolved in half g
pint of hot water. Cut the soap in thin
slices, boil the soap with the potash unit
it is thick enough to mold in cakes; also
add alcohol, half an ounce; camphor, hal
an ounce; hartshorn, half an ounce color
with half an ounce of pulverized char
coal This is excellent for removing
grease, etc, from clothing.
| "A Favorite Sauce for Puddings OF
Rolls-Cream six ounces of butter unit
light and white as possible; then stir il
| gradually the same weight of tinely-pul
verified white sugar. 1t looks very invit
ing made up into the shape of little pyr
amid, thickly strewn with grated nutmeg
In addition you may use at pleasure
vanilla or any other seasoning you prefer
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
The Correct Length of Whiflietrees.

A horse cannot draw as well with
whiffletree twelve feet long as with one
two feet six inches in length, because the
line of draught is not in the proper direc-
ton to be most effective. Nor can two
horses harnessed abreast draw well with
whitfletrees ten feet long, while their
heads are coupled close together, because
they must travel sideways more or less,
in which position no animal can exert all
his strength to the best advantage in haul
ing a load.
Horses draw best with the double Whit
fietree just long enough to allow them to
stand close to each other, having the sim
gle whiffletree attached directly behind
them, and just long enough to meet in the
middle. When the double-tree is very
long, each horse must draw more or less
sideways if the coupling lines and the
neck -yoke are not made long enough to
allow them to move directly forward
without having their heads turned toward
each other. In order to determine the
correct length of whiffletrees, let two
horses stand side by side with their sides
three inches apart; then measure from
the center of one horse to the other on
their backs. This will give the length
for IA neck-yoke and the correct length for
the double whiffletree between the joints
where the single trees are to be attached.
Wnen neck-yOke is only eighteen iHCHeS
long, and the double-tree of the proper
length, horses will be required to move
more or less sideways. For the same
reason oxen often get in the habit of haul
ing sidewise, because the yoke is too
short. Neither oxen nor horses can travel
easily and freely when their heads are
turned toward and their buttocks from
each other.
Whitfletrees for blowing should always
be as short as they can be made, without
bringing the traces against the legs of the
team. A very long double whiffletres
tends to make a plowshare take too wide
furrow slice. If the clevis be adjusted
to take a narrow furrow slice, when The
double-tree is too long the pillow will no,
run at all satisfactorily. The horse in tho
furrow will not be able to walk squarely
in his place, because the line of draugh
is such as to keep crowding his hind fee
out of the furrow on the plowed ground
The length of the double whitiletree ant
the neck yoke for sleigh should be jus
as long as the sleigh is wide from the cen
| ter of one runner to the other.--Udnufdc
| fiyre, and R1yIIf7er
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

MODERN MEDICAL DIsCovERY.-It is
claimed that disease, with "a few eXcep-
tons, has been conquered by the research
and intellect of enlightened men; and yet
a noted professor of New York admits
that of all SCIENCES, medicine is the most
uncertain and that thousands are an
nually slaughtered in the sick room"
Certain "schcols" of medicine are in eX-
istence, one of which "makes the patient
ill.," in order to claim cure; and another
administers "sugar- coated bread pills.
relying upon nature to effect her own
cures. DIR. j. WALKER, of California, an
old and respected physician, tried both
modes of treatment and both failed. He
then appealed to natures curative-herbs
and now enjoys rugged health. He has
given the benefit of his discovery to the
world, in the shape of VINEGAR BITTERs
and since its introduction has sold q
quantity almost large enough to make a
small harbOr, or to float the "Great East
ern." Its curative properties are attested
by grateful thousands. 81
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

The annual legislative expenses before
the war were about $4,000; now they
are near $30O00O.
The annual stationery bill of the Legis-
lature before the war was about $500;
now it is over $50
The public printing before the war did
not exceed $1,000; now it reaches the APP
palling figure of $4,000
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Triumph Of American Pianos.

George Steck ~ Co., of New York, Re-
ceive the Gold Medal at the Vienna
Exposition.
The Imperial Commission at Vienna
have decided the question of merit in
piano forte manufacture by awarding the
only Gold Medal within their gift to
Messrs. George Steck & Co, of n. Y.
This is a magnificent testimonial to the
wonderful beauties of tone and work
manship in the Steck instruments, and
will unquestionably add to their already
wellestablished prestjge.-N. Y. Tribune.
The official letter is as follows:
VIENNA, Dec. II, 1873.
"GEo. STICK, Fsq.-SR: have the pleas
ure of informing you that this day received
from the Baron Schwarz- Senborn a Gold Medal
awarded To you for the Pianos exhibited by
you at the Vienna Exposition"
THOMAS MCEIRATH. u. S Com'sncr."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

The National Surgical Institution, of In
dianapolis, Indiana, after fifteen years of
the kind in America, and has been remarkably
successful in the treatment of Paralysis,
Human Deformities, Piles, Catarrh, Fistula,
and Chronic diseases. We understand they
treat none but durable cases, and that they are
reasonable i'll their charges Send to the In
stitute for their new general circular.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

THERE are probably hundred or more per-
SONS in this and neighboring towns, who daily
suffer from the distressing effects of kidney
troubles, who do not know that JohnsOr.'s
4sodyne Lisain.ent is almost certain cure.
In severe cases, great relief may be obtained,
if not Il perfect cure.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

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