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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23
CURED AT HOME. =.

Persons Of a defiance msv Ic CURED Al
HONE, 10y sddrtHsinga letter TO Dk, GlBBON,
stating case, symptoms, length OF time the dis.
ase has continued, ANA have medicine prompt
y forwarded. free irun damage and curiosity,
TO any part of the country, witb isl and PLAIN
directions. by Inserting len Dollars coin, ~
registered letter, through the Iosioiiico or
through Wells, Fargo Co.i apAcbass 81 inedi'
cine will be forwarded to any Part oi the Y MON.
Correspondents viii please inform Dr. cibbon
Address, DIR. j. =. stbbON'
ie23ly 80 Box 1857, San Francisco,
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23

The TuuATER was filed to overlooking
last night. The performance was well
worthy of the audience. This is quite
enough to say. Miss Amy Stone was
greeted with frequent and hearty APP
plause. The company left on last night 5
train for Stockton.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23

An ISDCeTEY we'll worth the mention-
ing, is the manufacture of willow bas-
kets in Washoe Valley. An old German,
whose exact whereabouts we don't know,
utilizes the native willow to the purposes
of his trade. and he makes some very
workmanlike and strong baskets, and
finds ready sale for the same. We no.
ticed lot yesterday at Davis Il Free
mans
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23

w. ,,--rr- 4r5.t.I ~ Crn,71y =. : -
~'-'-.'' 80 ',,'-
I9oN ''---I l'--'-i : 10 seine sparse of"l :
4 rain and giimpses along the skiTnIsh
line Of an attack Of electricity. Now
and then We cot rrite = deci,ied LOOM
from ,Ipritrr ron,Is. There seemed to
b. heavy sboverj,In in the direction Of
W4sLoe Valley and mn oIonr tha Inns If
M,unt Davidson. IS wen. We have
often noticed the tendency of storms 10
-aes over this immediate yirinecn and
1v,eni themselves in Wasboe Tbj,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
Richest Men III Ameriga.

The New York correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial writes: ''The
three richest men in America are VIM.
B. Astor, 4. T. Stewart and Commo-
doro Vanderbilt. all residents Of New
York city. Astor's wealth is mainly
in real estate and It's revenues ; Van
derbilt's is mainly in railway stocks
and their dividends; Stewart 5 in
goods, houses, stores, factories, lands
and stocks. The aggregate wealth Of
each one Of them IS supposed to be
somewhere between S75.000.00O and
500, 900, 600 which looks rather heavy.
Nobody knows exactly; they cannot
tell themselves within million or two.
Those who know most about their at
fairs put the figures highest, and they
say that the income tax return OF Il
few wears ago, which showed each Of
them to be worth between twenty and
thirty millions, gave no proper idea OF
their real wealth. Astor lives un0steu-
tatfousIv: Vanderbilt lives IN three
story brick house on a third-cl4sss street;
and Stewart lives in a marble palace
in Fifth Avenue, more magnificent than
anv other residence on tie American
continent. and equaled by few in any
Of the great cities of Europe. Astor
and Vanderbilt are New Workers by
birth: Stewart is native of the north
Of ireland. Astor is q large, heavy
man of 70, with strong features and a
rubicund face like a parchment, and
gives the impression of being hard up;
Vanderbilt is tall, slim, handsome,
proud looking man Of nearly So,
Straight as an arrow. Astor has heirs
70 his estate: Vanderbilt has children
to whom he can leave his fortune; but
Stewart is childless. Astors puoilc
benefactions are confined to something
like a couple Of hundred thousand
dollars, which he gave to the Astor
Library. and the two golden candle
sticks, nine feet high, which ne recent
Iv cave to the Trinity Church. an
derbilt has never made any pubic ben
efacti2ns, excepting steamship to the
Government during the war, TIL very
recently, when he gave million oGt.arS
for educational purposes-oo9 nan u
this sum 20 found university III
Tennessee, and the other half to an-
other educational institution. stewart
has always had the reputation OF be-
inc close-fsted; but he must be cred
tied with his milliUn-dollar Home Tor
! Women which will be completed next
wear. Astor IS an independent Aetbo-
dist, and Stewart is said to be inclined
to thinking for himself. Stewart IS a
scholarly man; Vanderbilt IS not +;
! Astor is an accomplished man Of the
world. -RaraI New TorIser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
How Mr. Summers Speeches Were
Prepared.

Those who have heard any Of the
great speeches Of Mr.. Sumner will be
curious to know how these were com
posed. After listening to his mastery
speech of 1855 on the Slave Oligarchy
"A speech which he delivered first at
Faneuil Hall, Boston, and repeated in
all the chief cities Of the North i
said to him: 81 have listened with
unfagging attention for an hour and a
half, while you, Mr.. Sumner, without
note of any kind, have poured forth
this majestic stream Of elo0ucncer with
out once pausing for a word, making
each point more telling than the last,
until, after eighteen strong indictments
of the Slave OTgarchy, it reached that
climax, worthy Of Domosthones, Of
PROSTATE the Slave Oligerchy, seven
times repeated with cumulative power.
Now [ beg you to tell me, did you
write this cut and commit it to memo
rv?' He answered : NO. none Of it
was written till l had delivered the
speech some fifteen times; but / had
elaborated it all mentally, even to the
words. - The only other orator / have
ever known having this power Of pre-
composing verbally a great speech n
the laboratory Of his brain, and there
inscribing it on the tablets Of his
memory. without recourse to writing.
IS DIR. Storr5 Of Brooklyn. Mr.. SUM
ners statement Of his method was
soon after confirmed to me by this
aneodote: 4 friend calling at his
rooms in Washington was told by his
Young negro servant; "Mdssa Summer
be cone to the Senate to make him
speech." ''What speech :" asked the
friend, with surprise ''Why, dat ar
speech he's been holIering out in bed
cherry mornin' desc tree weeks. =
Here is a hint that young orators may
improve upon; but they should either
secure quiet quarters or servants that
wont blab. This is only another add
ed to the long list Of witnesses that a
really Good speech IS the product of
much hard labor, and that seldom any
shino worth listening to Is strictly eX-
temDoraneous. Whatever the form of
Drenaration, he who would command
the attention of others must first do
his own thinking thoroughly.-Rcc.
j. B. Too,psoa in the Lo<tepeodeld.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
What Causes Hard Times.

We are last becoming a nation Of
schemers to live without work.
Oar boys are not learning trades;
our farmers sons are crowding into
the cities, looking for clerkships and
places in post-offices hardly one
American girl in q hEndred viii do
housework for WAGES. however urgent
the need. So We are sending to. Eu-
rope Tor workman, and buying of her
artisans millions of dollars worth that
we ought to make for ourselves.
Though our crop Of rascajs is heavy,
we do not grow our own hemp: though
we are oyerrun with rascals that need
fageiation, we import our willows
Our women (unless deceivedl wear
Europeat taarIcs; cur men dress in
foreign c}othes; the toy that amuses
our Youngest children reaches Us from
over the sea. Hence it is that we
plunge deeper and deeper into debt to
the old world. We are like the farm
er who hires his neighbor's sons to cut
his wood, feed his stock and run er-
rands, while his sons lounge at the
grog-shops, playing billiards, and then
Wondering why in spite Of all his eff
forts, he sinks deeper into debt until
the sheriff cleans him out, and he
starts west TO BEGIN again.
We must turn over i new leaf. Our
r;rls end l0y.S ultfSt hE f4vmnt to labor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
GRAND RAPIDS WIS. THURSDAY, JUNE Is 1874

An old diver is as comfortable under
water as above. and can do eight hours,
work day in seven or eight fathoms.
As the business IS precarious, however,
the men are pad 9I5Q a month, and
supplied with board and lodging. DO
they serve an apprenticeship? Not
exactly that, but most CT them have
been attendants to other divers, and
have picked up the secrets in that way,
i waited on man myself, and didn t
get promoted until I knew the service
ike book, SAYS the diver, as he rises
and calls for his boy. ''All ready,
Tom? Excuse ne nov. sir; 1t 5 time
to 60 down" And so he leaves Us.
Two other men accompany him in
his next descent, and after they have
been down for an hour or two, they
signal to the men in the boat, aud the
heavy cable that we have seen is low
cred to them. In their curious dress,
theq work together with a will, and
drag the massive links from under
meath tie hall Of the ship-one length
anidsAips. a second length astern, and
a third length forward. This is slow
work, anI before it is complete night
has set in, and the divers are brought
to the surface. Betimes next day it IS
resumed, and when the centre Of each
great chain is righ5 under the keel, the
pontooDs are towed over the wreck.
Meanwhile, constant communication IS
established between the men below end
the men in the boats, by means Of the
signal line. Once in about four hours
the divers come to the surface for fresh
air and food. But these pontoons--
what are they? Let US pause a moment
and look at them. They are built
of wood and painted black. The larg-
est measures 120 feet in length, is
feet in width, and IL feet in depth
Those selected for the present case are
much smaller, and three are stationed
at each side of the wreck to buoy her.
In each pontoon there are several
wells, or holes, running through the
centre, from deck to bottom. Into
these the divers insert she ends Of
three cables, which are drawn upward
by hydraulic power This part Of the
work costs severe effort AMI much time,
and when it is done the injured vessel,
as a doctor would say is on the fair
way to recovery. The cables are
drawn mn throuuh the wells. link bv
ink, and are tightened gradually, un-
til the wreck lifts. She rises slowly,
and the pontoons groan from the
weight bearing upon them as they are
drawn nearer to her For some time
yet she is out of sight; but, at last,
her deck. is seen dimly through the
waves, and soou afterwards it is above
water. The wrcckers, as we observed,
arc impas8ive in their manner; but
they cannot repress their enthusiasm
over the success, and two or three OF
the most excitable burst into cheers
St. Ntchcjas for June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
An Eve ID Business.

Recently a jehu in Philadelphia,
learning that a delegation Of Qaakers
was expected on the midnight train at
ths West Philadelphia depot, made
good use Of his native ingenuity by as
suming the role Of one Of the order in
wearing a broad-brim hat, hoping
thereby to secure their patronage when
the delegation made its appearance
Jehu, with an eye to business, and an
elongated couhtenance gotten up eX-
pressly Tor the occasion, acco8ted them'
when the following colIoquy between
the iehu and one Of the elders aston
ished che by-standers Jehu-sDoes
thou want to ride?' Quaker - Ni%ht
we ride with thee!" Jehu-lhy
moute8t-jump in" he secured a full
load, and vita his broad-brlm hat ana
the dialect he mastered. is ready at all
times to accomolate all like deiega-
tions who may make their appearance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

-Distrust IS the death of the soal.
belief is the life. The just shall i've
by faith. Ihfdelity is the abandon
ment Of life suicide Of the spiris.
-Pry. Sning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

In a natural state tears and laugh
ter 90 hand in hand, for they are twin
born. Like two children N one cradle,
when one stirs and wakes, the other
wakes also.-B2echsr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

A little explained, a little en-
dured. ana a little passed over in ST.
lence, and 10 . the rugged atoms fit
like smooth mosaic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

:" The mere lapse of years IS not
life. Love, knowledge, truth, beauty,
goodness, faith. alone can give vitality
tc the mechanism Of existeuce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

lit IS Will our thoughts as ~ith
our fo@ers-tGo-6 that are simple in,
expression carry their seeds with them;
those that are double charm the mind,
but produce nothing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

livery column of newspaper
contains from ten to twenty thousand
distinct pieces Of type. The displace-
ment Of single one makes an error.
Is it strange that errors occur?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

OF permanent griefs there are
none for they are but clouds. The,
swifter they move through the sky the
more follow after them and even the
immovable ones are absorbed by the
others, and become smaller till they
vanish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

The New York Tribune, speaking.
of Ralph Waldo Emerson, says "ln
this swarming American life, made up.
Of every race, creed, aud habit under,
the sun, he sits apart AMI q'liet, and
now and then gives US his message. :
It reaches the profoundest depths of
each mans consciousness it touches
every practical detail Of his every
day life. y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

A chap sought shelter Ct, a Bo--
ton Office. See cap'n first my father
died and my mother married again ;.
an then my mother died an my father
married again; an somehow or other,
some way [ don t seems to have no pa
rent at all, nor no home, nor no noth-
ing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

1t is easy in the world to live sf-
ter the worlds opinion; 1t is easy in
solitude to live after your own; but
tie great man is he who, in tn. midst
Of a crowd, keeps with perfect sweet
ness the independence of solitude.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

The setting Of great hope is
like the setting Of the sun. The
brightness Of our life is gone, shadows
Of the evening fall behind us, and the
world seems but dim reflection, itself
"a broader shadow, We look for
ward into the coming lonely right J
the soul withdraws Itself. Then stars
ari.e, and the niskt is hcly.-Lony-
fe5LoW.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

Love one human being purely and
warmly, and you will love all. The
heart in this heaven. like the wander
ing sun, sees nothing from the dew
drop to the ocean, but mirrcf Which
il warns and fills.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

=" Where did you learn wisdom f.
inquired Didgenes cf man. esteemed
wise. From the bfinl. 8 was the, re-.
bly,, "who always try their path with
a stick before they venture to tread ON
it"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

e Man often weeps. in his sleep.
When he awakes he scarcely remem-
bers that he has shed tears. So re-
garding life; in the second thou wilt,
no longer know that thou hast wept in
the first"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

a man who can have his corns
mashed without grum5ling is undqubt-
olly possessed of a tolerably good dis
position. One man being once at a
political meeting, said, ir. a pleasant
manner, to big burly fellow who was
standing upon his toe, MY dear Sir,
arc you not a miller? ?" "No Sir, why
do vou ask? "Why,. the fact is |
thought you were miller, and a very.
honest one too, because yQn have beer,
grinding my corns shis half hour with
out taking toll. ,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
.HALLET, DAVIS & CO.'S
TT = T&'9 -
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SEVENTE-FLVE first premiums awarded for
BEST PI AMOS,
2O,o00heve been manufactured and are now
in Use.
Franz List FIRST Of living Piauists, says it Is
the most admirable instrument ever made.
nE- These Pianos. both Grand and square.
ran bc seen in Chicaao in large nUmbcrs, "th
variety Of other manufactures, at the Piano and
Gr1an NarerOu.us Uf
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

On one occasion during t'1e rev.
olution "Old Put had received lot
Of new recruits, and as he had some,
fghtine which he wished to do before
long. and wanted none but willing men
he drew up his levies in rank before
him. Now boys said he, Il don't
wish to retain any Of You who wish to
leave therefore. if any one of you are
dissatisfied, and wishes to return home,
he may signify the same by stepping
six PAGES in front Of the line. Bat,
added the old war dog. 'I'll shoot
the first man that steps out"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

An historical curiosity has just
been placed in the Museum of the In
valide, Paris namely. the suit Of
armor which Charles VII. preseotet,
to Joan Of Are, and which the heroine
went to deposit at st. Denis after h"y;;' !,
ing been wounded under the walls OF
Paris. 1t is composed Of steel pl.Ites'
weighs about fifty poands'. and ~
every respect resembles the one IN the
pierretonds ColleeEons which the
Maid of Orleans wore at the moment
when she fell into the power vel 4 OF Il the
enemy in making a soFtie irom 0om-
picgne.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-21
Current Notes,

They no longer call them matinees in Wash
ington, but announce "a vespertine at two
o'clock to-day" Thank thee, National Repub-
lican, for that word.
John Miller asks the Democratic party in
Pennsylvania to rise up in favor of ''hard
money" In Ohio and Indiana they rose up
for what the World, the national Democratic
organ, calls "a rag currency
II is said that Gilbert c. Walker. Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in the Metropo-
Titan District of Virginia, was sutler in
Ben. Buffers army, who sold Whiskey to the
soldiers for five dollars bottle. ShaCe of
Pocahontas, think of it!
Classical epithets are flying around indis-
criminately in Georgia. The editor of the
Atlanta Neps denounces his contemporary OF
the Rome Commercial as "a Nero, Caligula,
an Attilla, Chedorlaomer, Salatis, Man
ehaleus, and an unmitigated Hieroglyphic.' -
Whew! boy, reach us that Anthon's diction-
ary.-N. Y. Commercial.
L. l.. Ainsworth, the Democrat elected to
Congress in the third Iowa district, had only
10 majority, which inspires the politicians
everywhere with the importance of "getting
OUT every vote" Occasional illusions are
making to the Massachusetts canvass some
thirty years ago, when Marcus Morton was
elected Governor of that state by a majority
of one in the popular vote. '
The Republican organs of Indiana seem 70
be getting reconciled to the Democratic vic.
tory, because it is interpreted as All endorse.
ment of the policy OF substituting sreenbacks
for national bank CURRENCY and of roo,,Io.:S
bond. Meanwhile the New York World pro-
claims redemption in coin." and 'currency
contraction" as the watchwords of the Dem
ocratic party here, and between the two the
intelligent nol-partisan comes to the conclu-
sion that the true definition of modern De-
mocracy is-something that looks like whale
In Indiana and like camel in New York.
Brooklyn Argus.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-21
NEW YORK.
Passengers VS.. railroads.

New YORK, Oct 20-Many passengers on
the line of railroads leading from this city have
concluded to sue the railroad company for
damages for their having been elected from the
company's cars for having refused to pay their
fares for distance passed over by the train, dur
ing which passage the claimants were not pro-
vided with seats. One of the suits for $4,000
has already been commenced and the parties
evidently mean business. The process of the
suit will open up nice question as to the ma
ture and extent of the accommodations to be
furnished passengers by railroad companies.
Foreign Trade Of New York.
The Custom House in this city has furnish.
ed the official returns of the foreign trade of the
port for the month of September. The pro-
portion OF the foreign trade of the whole coun-
try transacted here bears the relation of about
GA per cent. of foreign imports Of New York,
exclusive of specie, and about 46 per cent. of
domestic exports, exclusive of gold and silver
bullion.
An English NOtability Dined and Wined.
John Erickson of London, the eminent sur
geon and author of valuable works on surgery,
who has been making a tour through Canada
and the United States since last June. is at
present staying in this city. He was entertain
ed at a dinner at Delmonco's last evening by
the authorities of the universities of the city Of
New York. He sails for Europe in the Both.
MIA Tomorrow. .-s.,i..
seamen Rescued.
oCeamSnlp Oreece reports IN laG. 4l.0U, long.
50.07, they rescued two seamen, James Austin,
and j. nj. Roberts, who had been seven days
in small boat without provision of any de-
scription, having drifted from fishing schooner
Marathar of Gloucester, Mass, while fishing
on the southern edge of the Banks
Large Arrival of Cotton.
The steamship Rapidan, from Savannah, has
arrived off Staten Island and made the last de.
livery Of cotton, about HOO bales. on the docks
at TOmpkinsville for account of the New York
receivers of cotton. The event fairly inaugur-
ates the new arrangement of the cotton trade
for storing cotton, where it will be subject to
the smallest charges for handling COMPRISING
and lighterage, and the greatest possible facil-
itios for trans shipment to Europe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-21
SPORTING.
Tr0tting at Baltimore,

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2O.-Thc annual fall meet
ing OF the Maryland Jockey Club commenced
to day Mile dash, all ages, sixteen starters.
After several false starts all got off exceptStan-
ford, who su!ked and refused to run. Harry
BaSset came in winner, Gray Planet Good Sec
ond, and Lottie Morris third. Time 1.44b
For Dixie stakes, for three year olds valued
at 81 800, there were fifteen starters-Pecolu,
Rutherford. Brigand, Aaron, Pennington, Polu-
din, Vandalite, Dublin, Nose Primrose, Judge
Thurman, Madge, Josie B., Carolina, Bonaven-
Co: Vandalite took the lead and kept it to the
end, coming in six lengths ahead, MacDaniels
third, and Dennison & Crawford's Rutherford
fourth. During the "a ;e Chamberlin's Carolina
threw her rider, but he was not hurt. Time
$3.50.
The hurdle race, two miles was won by Lime
stone, Daylight second, Moonstone third and
Austrine fourth, who fell at the last hurdle of
the first mile Time $500