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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-25

they parted he was heard to say: " Moth
er, may God forgive your The fate of
this young man made deep impression
on me, till time and passing events effaced
the occurrence from my mind. 1t was
several years afterward that l one day
received letter from lady Ga very old
and intimate acquaintance entreating
that would Immediately hasten down
to the assistance of a Roman Catholic
priest who was lying dangerously i'll at
her house and the symptoms Of whose
malady she described. Her description
left me doubtful whether the mind or
the body CT the patient was affected.
Being unable to leave Dublin | wrote to
say that if the disease was bodily the
case was hopeless, but if mental | should
recommend certain lenitives, for which
added prescription. The priest died, and
shortly after his death the lady conf1ded to
me an extraordinary and dreadful story.
He had been her confessor and intimate
friend, and in moments of agony and
doubt produced by horrible recollections
TIC udI 1cftdlcu 10 nGI Il StCIGG WuICA udu
been impaired to him in confession. He
had received the dying confession of
MacLoughlin, who, as it turned out, was
not the murderer of his father-in-law,
but had died TO save the life and honor
Of his mother, by whom the crime had
been really committed. She was woman
of violent passions; she had quarreled
with her husband in the middle of the
night, and after throwing him from the
bed had dispatched him by repeated
blows. When she found he was dead
she was seized with terror, and fastening
to the apartment Of her son called him
to witness the shocking spectacle and to
save her from the consequences of her
crime. 1t was at this moment, when he
was lifting the body and preparing to re-
move the bloody evidence of his mothers
guilt, that the soldier passed by and saw
him in the performance of his dreadful
task. To the priest alone he acknowl-
edged the truth, but his last words to his
mother were now xplained.-Gre0Gle's
NfTnOiTS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-25

EVANS, the author of "Beulah," "St.
Elmo" and other similar novels has given
up literary work and is living with her hus-.
band, an elderly gentleman by the name
of Wilson, twelve miles from Mobile,
Ala She devotes her energies to farm
ing and house pursuits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-25

IT is difficult TO tell how much fish
will weigh by looking at the scales.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-25

"A sailors wife had just received in
telligence that her husband had pc Fished
at sea- She was visited by neighbor
who sympathized with her on her loss.
and expressed fear that she would be
poorly off. ".'Deed will l." said the
widow; "but he did all he could for
inches saved me the expense of his
buryin'."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-25

TO have fine tuberoses choose bulbs
that have a clear skin, and are firm, and
not long at the top. Bake box of sand
to have it dry, and keep your bulbs in it in
a cool, dry, dark place, where they will
not freeze. For early Towering, start
the bulbs next March in pots, in warm
dark place, and set out after all danger
of frost is passed.-TOledo Blade.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-15
NEW CONSTIT
Election. Saturday, October 30th, 1879.
NEW

NEW CONSTLTUTICN-NO.
The Patron Of last week in an arti-
Gle of three and a half columns Ell
aCav0rcd TO rcfutc what we have
been saving for the last few weeks
AGAINST the new constitution. II
there be an item in the whole article
that can weaken the belief of a friend
of general education 81 the fact that
the new constitution is hostile to the
public school system We failed to dis
cover it; fit adduced Il single point
competent to reconcile loyal men TO
the alteration in the articles defining
the relations Of Missouri TO the Fed
eral Union. we failed to discover it.
The Patron publishes Sections ,
and 3 Of the Bill of Rights of the new
constitution. and says what any M
can see in these two sections that in
any way recognizes the right Of Sc
c~csSion i beyond ouS comprehend
SioH. Ell. MAI - TIC t""'t VI Us
comprehension. It also fails to pub
Ii>h the corresponding sections Of the
C....
I''"' C"'0'''"'i'i VI" ~ 0'"'
same subject, 50 that Its readers
might draw d comparison between
tham for themselves That wouId
~ t,. pI..
va -" ~ 60,
couId nave seen ooth sizes ana JuuS-
ed fairly Of the merits of each. Al
tbouuh WE have heretofore DuhIj.hri
'o'"' E'''
uiaF attention 10 eaCii. iHc cIcCtloH
being ncar at hand. we again do SO,
and bespnak = candid and unbiased
~ v;u ITO
y : nv o
constitution;
ARTICLE l. - DECLAEAwION OF
RIGHTS.
That tbo nnonIc OF this STATE
have thc inherent. sole and exclusive
1n,o ~ ,nJ;%77 han,at a"L -,
tcriMg and aboli~hjn@ their Constitu-
ton and form of government when
ever it may be necessary Ia thCi" slfr-
II and happiness: bat every such
RIGHT should he exercised in pur>u-
an"e of law. and consistently with
the Constitution Of the United
STATES.
6.Ihat thlS State shalt ever remain a
member Of the american Union: lhat
the people thereof are q part Of the
American Nation: aud that all al
tcmpts. from whatever source or up
on whatever p"cteIt, to dissolve said
Union, or 10 sad Nation, ought
to be resisted with the whole power
OF the state.
Z. That every citizen of his State !
owes paramount allegiance 10 The
Constitution and Government of The !
United States, and that no law or OF
dinauce Of This State in ~cOn:ravcn-
ton or subvcrsiou thereof. can have
any binding force.
Newt fine substitute Of tbo nov
constitution.
,n~,c,ro
=,
ctotH toro thn 'no IEoI't % iHis
elusive rioif to rcoulatcthc i~n,crnoI
government and police thereof. and
10 3IieS II ABOLISH there onSitution
+hor "'lici' HnciIG'tr
satciy and hann,nnsS. Er5rii', sr,h
change be not rcpugnant TO the Con-
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Loleyy Leans Negotiated
The following comprises a par. of the propcc-

The following comprises 4 par! of III" pr"pcc-
y / have for saIr:
81. \ choice fam o. iaf acres; l3oin c~ui:iva-
ton; Il good huu-r '"tEi1 lrcl, we'll water, II
apple ircc~, In't Il variety of uiIcT IRAN: one ami
a-hali miles t.nIl i,rchr>tvr.
10. y vcry ic>irahi>Slna latm of macrcs, ;
miles northeast at ~aNanI"H good urN frame
house of three rooms and cellar, log stable and
corn crib; - bcarr- "pp,c trees, - bearing
peach Grc'-, amt other truth trees. Price s.! 500;
81 900 cash, hg,.ucr on reasonable timr.
40 81 t. aCrCs, - un'lrr CUltiTat."n, good
frame HuU-r. liv" r.puIIIS Iud cellar. sable, GTd-
mar! sIu"A, house, Zee house, vel! and spring,
i:a apple tees, los peach u"r-. i Nar.rjF ut
small iruit: TWO miles from G,got, half IL mile
from school house. Price - ESQ. Terms easy.
NIITrAE T-ALIAC1T2T
Re05 ESiqiC Ageut, S0r0nnah, 10.
September ,, IS7I-tr
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-15
political party he may belong.
The Patron asks:


"Does my Il pretend to say that
the people of the State of Missouri
hare not 1.-The inherent, sole and = clu-
siyc right to regulate the internal
government and police thereof, and
to alter and abolish Their COnstitu-
ton and form of government when
ever they see proper, provided the
change lis not repu@nant to the Con-
stitulion of the United States?"
Is this an improvement over the
present Constitution? Refer to the
selection from it above, and mark the
almost identical language,-the latter
clause only Of the sentence being al
tered in the new, and then for the
worse. Yet the Patron deyOtes near
Il column of its article in defending
this section. when the same thing is
already better provided for in the
present Constitution.
The masked ~disloyalty, the covert
CalhouniSm, Of the new instrument,
is more fully brought to light i'll the
3rd section. Consider these words:
And as the preservation of the
9t"ltS, ana the maintenance Vi Nt"
governments. are necessary to All nue.
street.-The Union. and werc intcndcd to
c0-CriH wiM Il, the Legislature is not
authorized TO adopt. nor will the pc0-
PFC OF MS ota'e e'e "S|tH 70 an?
amendment or change of the Con>ti-
NAV in anv wise impair the riuht OF
local Scli-govcrnmCnt belonging to
''le people Oh 'ii' o'''c'
Here the declaration is made that
in case of a change being made in the
national constitution that may IN
pair 1.-THE right of local Sclf-"ovcrn-
ment, the legislature OF the state IS
not authorized 20 adopt, ana, after
wards, nor viii TEE PEOPLE EVER
wa" are 10 DC Judges
whether OF not II Is an l!ir"c'loh OF
local Scii-@oVcriIileht: Ii people
OF Missouri, OF course. lof the pal
aicc have decided otherwise. ~
change III The CONSTITUTION OF II
n't'd STATES requires lW"-'Aif's Oh
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w.
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n''''''oN-o the "'''"'"''o" 'I"'' "'S
'o''''$ al" '"e i'"'''e'l'l'ce o. "s"
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The Lock Stitch invented hv ME-.
HOWE Il. and made on this Machine, Is
the most popular and durable. Is alike
on both sides. andwiil NEITHER RI?
NORRAEEL.a and al Sewing Machines
are subject to the principle inycntei ~
him.
\ Machine was needed possessing
Simplicity and Durability. and "'ap,cl
toa great rance ofwork: cne easily I'M
derstood and comprchendel By all. To
produce such Il Machine has been the
study Of Elias Howe. Jr., who gave to
the world the first Sewing Naciiuc,nare
than twenty years ago; and now We oter
his last production Machine cnhrac-
ing all cssentia! qualities, and pronounc-
oil
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Eternity has no gray hairs.
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Terms Of Advertising.

FRIDAY MORNING, ocroBER1 Is, 80.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-15
Ayers Ague Cure,

For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fe.
yer, Chill Fever, Remittent Fever,
Dumb Ague, Periodical or Bilious F'e-
yer, &c, and indeed all the affections
which arise from malarious, marsh, or
miaSmatic poiSOns.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-14

Some of our exchanges are
poisoning the community with
spurious pictures of Miss Bessie
Turner, of scandal fame, in
nearly every case utilizing pat
o,t ,,,oJioinn onto lVo oDpo
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-14
farmers' Column.
speed the PiOC.o
Why Horses Break In TrottIng.

have read the theories and experiences
OF your various correspondents with close
attention, and when the paper is read, I,
ike Oliver Twist always want more.
But there is one point which appears to
DE overlooked by your correspondents,
namely, the cause Of some horses breaking
so badly and how to prevent it.
l have considered this subject for long
time and have observed horses of all ages,
and have arrived at theory which l am
almost satisfied is the true one.
Some experienced horsemen say that a
horse in his effort to respond to the whip
oyerbalances himself and is forced to break
to keep himself from falling. am salts
neo that this cannot be true, Tor if it were
horse would very often stumble when he
broke; and horse in the act of breaking
does not stumble; on the contrary, he flares
up with plunge and seems to lose control
OF the movements of his legs for few mo-
ments
Somt first class trainers, again, will tell
you that q horse when trotting very fast
loses confidence in himself and breaks from
fear of striking himself Now if this were
the case, the horse would hitch and go
awkwardly from the moment he was forced
into a fast gait.
My theory is that the power of fast trot-
ting lies more in the brain than in the
muscle. And, when horse under the ex-
cltement of the whip increases his speed
above certain point, his brain becomes
unable to keep up with the rapid continu-
Gus motion of the muscles. He loses con-
troll of himself He is unable to put his
legs where he wants them, and he goes into
a gallop because that gait requires little or
no eXertion of the brain. am almost sat
ished in my own mind that l have hit
upon the true theory, and that horse
should be so handled as not to lose conf.
dence in his ability to do the work requir-
cd OF him. l should like very much to
hear from some of your correspondents on
this subject. Theories in Turt, Field and
Farm.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-14

In japan wheat is sown in November
in drills sixteen inches apart, and one and
a quarter bushels of seed to the acre,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-14

RUSSIAN HOUSES IN WlNTEn.-The win
dows are invariably double, and the space
between the sashes covered with q layer
Of fine sand, designed to absorb moisture,
and prevent the frost from silvering the
panes. Twisted horns ofpaper containing
salt arc set in it, and sometimes the sand
is concealed by bed of moss. There are
no outside shutters or blinds for they would
be useless, since the windows remain closed
all winter, being carefully filed in around
the edges with cement. Heavy curtains of
rich materials still further deadcn the eff
feet Of the cold upon the glass, substance
much more permeable than is generally
believed. Open tire-places are rare; when
they do exist, they are only used in spring
and autumn. They arc closed and filled
with flowers-tlowers, which are truly
Russian luxury. The houses overflow with
them; flowers receive you at the door, and
go with you up the stairway. Irish ivies
testoon balusters jardinieres adom the
landings on every floor. In the embrasures
of the windows bananas spread out their
broad silken leaves; TALBOT palms, mag
nolias, camelias growing like trees, mingle
their blossoms with the gilded volutes of
the cornices. From horn shaped glasses
placed in the centre of table at the cor
ner of sideboard, spring sheaves of SUI
peru eXotics, and all this floral splendor
thrives as in dollhouse in the street you
are at the pole; within doors you might
believe yourself in the tropics.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-14
Mules and Women.

Some unknown party writes me as fol-
lows:
"Mr. M. Quad please advise me in your
next folumn what to do with kicking
muaE Shall I pound him or not
'My wife is also trcacherous rs the mual
believe her tongue is hung on the middle
and flies at both ends.
az. /. P"
No, sir; don't pound your mule. l know
it Is customary for owners of mules to com
mence on the animal at sunrise with a
crowbar and pound him until bedtime, but
have always found kindness more success
full. Seek to gain the friendship of your
mule, and as you succeed you can do any
thing with him. When you go into the
barn in the morning have a kind word
for him, instead of knocking him down
with the neck-yoke. Ask after the health
of his tamily-show him that you are in
terested in his welfare--be civil and yet
| dignified, and as soon az that mule finds
out that some one in this cold world loves
him he will be different mule.
All mules kick, my dear sir, just as all
men love to hold a fat office; but there's a
remedy for it. Get an old stove boiler and
fill it with bricks, and hang it by rope
so that it will just swing against the ami
mails heels. Every time he kicks it
will fly back, like the pendulum of clock
and the patience of the enduring mule will
in time wear out. tried this once, and
the enduring mule kicked twenty. four
days and nights before he surrendered,
but after that you might run steamboat
on his heels and he wouldn't raise
hoof
Feed your mule well. | know of far
mers who throw key Of nails or an old
sap-pan into the manager, and expect
mule to grow fat on such forage. Ofcourse
l don't say you must feed a mule on fried
eggs, currant jelly, raisin cake and the like
of that, but don't expect he can feed on
rails and feel enthusiastic all the time
About your wife. Don't try to stop her
from talking unless you wish to kill her.
It's natural for woman as air. My first
wife used to nearly kill me, but remem-
Der with strict grief how / deliberately
planned her death. / bet $40 that she
couldn't keep talking for three weeks, and
she commenced. had to go from home,
but she was woman who wouldn't lie,
and trusted her honor. l returned home
at the end of three weeks. There was no
one around the house, but on chair
where left my dear wife sitting were
a corset, dress, dozen buttons and
back comb-the last sad relics of my low
ing partner. She had talked herself to
death, and as l began to weep the corsets
spoke up and said:
"Come down with that $40 ifyou please"
NJ. QUAD.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-14

Throughout Europe, even in England
% years ago they used sickles to cut wheat
To them the cradle scythe was an expert.
ment When M'Cormicks reaper was exhi-
bited at the Crystal Palace it was ridicul-
ed by leading London periodical as "an
ugly cross between flying machine and
wind mill" When Jethro Woods cast
iron plough. which has saved to the far
mers of this country ten millions of dol
lars, was first introduced, it met unsparing
ridicule The first man who budded a
fruit tree was doubtless regarded as a
greater fool than the subscriber few years
ago to an agricultural paper; and the man
who first "ploughed in" clover to renovate
the soil was doubtless advised by his
neighbors to go to the lunatic asylum or
join the agricultural society. The first at
tempt to place an iron shoe on a horses
hoof was doubtless ridiculed as an attempt
to improve limb rightly fashioned by the
Creator. 1t is less than century since
people were mobbed in England, for at
tempting the introduction Of saw mill,
insisting on the prescriptive right of the
laborer to the employment of cleaving
lumber with wedges, and it is said that
no physicians who had reached the age Of
forty embraced at its announcement, or
ever admitted, Harvey's discovery of the
circulation of the blood.
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Poe tic al.
WHEN /?

If were told that must die tomorrow,
That the next sun
Which sinks must bear me past all fear and sor
row
For any one,
All the fight fought, all theshort journey through
What should / do?
do not think that should shrink or fater
But just go on,
Doing my work, nor change nor seek to alter
Aught that is gone; .-..F.
But rise and move and love and smile and pray
For one more day.
And lying down at night for last sleeping,
Say in that ear
Which hearkens ever: "Iord, within thy keeping
How should fear?
And, when tomorrow brings thee nearer still,
Do thou thy will"
might not sleep for awe; but peaceful tender
My soul would lie
All the night long, andwhen the morning splen,
dor
Flushed DER the sky,
think that ! could smile-could calmly say,
at is His day."
But, ifa wondrous hand from the blue yonder
Held out scroll
On which my life was writ, and With, wonder
Beheld unroll
To long century's end its mystic clue,
What should do?
What could do, OH blessed Guide and Master,
Other than this:
Still to go on as now, not slower, faster,
Nor fear to miss
The road, although so very long it be,
While led by Thee?
Step after step, feeling Thee close beside me,
Although unseen,
Through thorns and flowers, whether the TEN.
pest hide Thee,
Or heavens serene,
Assured thy faithfulness cannot betray,
Thy love decay.
l may not know, my God, no hand rcvcalcth
Thy counsels wise;
Along the path deepening shadow stealeth,
No voice replies
To all my questioning thought, the time to tell,
And it is we'll.
Let me keep on, abiding and unfearing
Thy will always,
Through long century's ripening fruition,
Or short days.
Thou canst not come too soon; and | can wait,
If thou come late.
Susan Coolidge.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-14

The fault of many who desire good
asparagus is that they set the plants too
thick. To get mammoth grass. the roots
should be set not closer than two feet
apart. A very rich soil is essential to good
asparagus, but this may be near the sur
face and above the roots. The common
practice of digging deep down into clay
soil is an injury, and many plantations fail
from just this extra labor in doing things
"well." The asparagus is a seaside plant
naturally, and grows in sand or sandy soil,
in which the water passes rapidly away.
The necessity ofhaving the roots high and
dry instead of deep down in well is we'll
understood by the English, who generally
plant the asparagus in raised beds four
feet wide, and often as much as eighteen
inches above the surrounding surface
Ger. Telegraph.
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Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ny
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Terms--S so a Year, in Advance,
Otherwise $500 VIII he charged

TRANSIENT ADvERTIsEMENTs.-0ne Square, two inser-
tions SLIGO. Each subsequent insertion 20 cents Lon
ger advertisements in the same proportion space
equal to six lines makes a square.
aS- Yearly advertisements al special rates
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An old farmer says: "When married
1 told my wife she was never to board
hired laborer. Thirty-five years have
elapsed and have stuck to my agreement.
l get st.class men by selecting those who
have families, and give them comforta-
bles homes to live in. They can board
themselves much cheaper than can do it.
1t would seem absurd for my wife to make
a slave of herself to feed laborers and do
the work of providing them three meals
day, sick or well, and do the innumerable
tasks of drudgery connected with it, in Or
der that my mans wife should escape and
have good time of it. Yet there are
thousands of farmers, well to do in the
world, who are wearing out and killing
their wives with this very thing
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-14
VARIETIES.

Questions of the day-one | or two
2, or able or ible Il i'll or Il outs
What word is always pronounced
wrong, even by the best Of scholars p
Wrong.
What is it which has mouth and
never speaks, and bed and never sleeps
A river
When Detroiter was asked the Other
day by traveller if he had ever been in
Brooklyn he FASTENED to reply: "Do | look
like one of that sort of men, sir?"
While witnessing game of base ball
out West boy was struck on the back
OF his head, the bawl coming out of his
mouth.
"A conductor on the Union Pacific
railroad put "dead beat" off the train po-
litely once; kicked him off three times
then, finding the impecunious wretch in
the car again inquired: "Where in blazes
are you going, any way 2" "Well," said
the MOTTO be- got-rid-of, I'm going to
Chicago if my pants hold out; but if I'm
going to be kicked every five minutes
don't believe I'll make the trip" The
conductor let him ride Il little way.
The impudence Of an interviewer was
well rebuked the other day, when q min;
lister offered prayer at the laying of cor.
ner stone. A brisk young reporter hustled
up and said: ~ wish you would give me
the manuscript of that prayer" II never
write out my prayers" replied the preach
or. "Well," said the reporter, II couldn't
hear n word you said.' ~ wasn't praying
to YOU" quickly responded the parson.
Her SOMA letter bearing the direc-
ton of "My Son"-arrived one day at the
post office of seaport town. The diff.
Guilty of the postal officials was great as
to whom they should deliver the letter
until the perplexity was solved by sailor
arriving and asking, rs there letter from
my motherG'