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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
Writings.

ENERGY IL what wins; menny men fail
to reach the mark bekause the powder in
them amt proposhuned to the lead.
Talent, to be important, must be ex-
act; it il only men ov genius who are al
lowed to be kareless.
Wit makes very good gravy, but it
il too rich for a stiddy diet.
Men will plead guilty to rashness, and
even hatred, but the most diffikult thing
for them to admit liz blunder.
Virtew IL the same the world over; vice
il often ackordin to latitude and longi-
tude.
When i see very well behaved child
allwuss Civ the mother kredit for it
almost ant to kiss the mother for the
child's sake.
NY son, don't pattern after emmy boldly;
emulate virtew wherever yu kan find it,
and let yure own Conscience be the com
pass hi which yu steer yure canoe.
Good nature IL the only kind of an ex-
cuse kno ov for impudense.
The CRATE element in happiness il to
keep bizzy; the more irons in the fire the
better; it liz better that sum ov them
burn than none ov them git hot.
"YHe aOopZd oa0es me a tj0in1" Thare
never waz a more craven speech than
this; the world owes no man living I'M
less he earns it.
About the only satisfackshun ov old
age liz to dispize the pleazzures ov
youth,
Conscience il the purest thing in emmy
man, and alwuss liz safer to follow than
his judgment or the best ov hiz pashuns
The charity that no one knows the au-
thor ov has double power.
The pashuns ov man are jist az nee
essary for his suckcess az the works in a
watch, and like theze works are worse
than useless without a regulator.
Don't never fiji into a pashun, mi yung
friend; it IL true yu may be able to lift a
bigger rock when yu are good mad, but
yu will looze in judgement more than yu
will gain in strength.
Time flies fast to the bizzy and slo to
the lazy.
Blessings cum to us in all sorts ov
forms, quite often in the shape ov a
krack on the skull or rap upon the
knuckles.
Politeness IL both natral and arty,
| fishall when it is natr it IL the result ov
genuine kindness, when artyfishall il
may be only the result ov fastidiousness
The principal disadvantage in being
poor IL after all the mortifcashun We
! feel about it.
Necessity IL oftimes great blessing;
really think it haz made more people
| than it haz unmade
Nobody but an arrant fool receives
pleasure for being praized for emmy
thing that he don't possess.-Josb Ball
6rgs, IN ". 7. Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

JoHNsoN's Anodyne Lininaent may be ad-
ministered to children with perfect success
in cases of Group, whooping cough, infiu-
enza, and almost any OF the diseases to
which they are liable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

THERE could scarcely be better evidence
of the extraordinary excellence of the
Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs than the
fact that they are so largely exported to
Europe, where they are so highly appre-
ciated as to find large sales in competition
with instruments made there by labor
which does not cost half as much. These
are the only American organs largely
exported
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

PRUssING's White Wine Vinegar, purest
and cheapest, warranted to preserve pickles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

An Eastern railroad presented an en-
ploye with a diamond pin worth $500 fo1
some brave act, but he had to pawn it to
pay his rent and buy potatoes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

OPPRESSION after eating, headache, nerv.
Gus debility, are the effects of indigestion
One. or two at most, of Parsons Pargatiu.
Pills will give immediate relief
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

POmeroy 81 Co., make the best Elastic Truss
ever invented. Address IA Broadway, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

BURNETT's COCAINE is the best and cheap
est hair dressing in the world
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
DIR. Pierce,s Favorite Prescription

is very strongly recommended by the Medi-
cal Faculty and is largely prescribed among
their Female Patients. It is worthy OF all
confidence, as may be seen from the follow.
ing testimonials:
DR.. G. B. CHAPMAN, Portsmouth, Neb.,
writes: / have under treatment lady who
for the past seven years, has been afflicted
and, after trying several physicians without
receiving benefit, as gaining rapidly on you1
F0U0Tite Prescription.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:

Dear SRI have not words to express my
gratitude to you for your advice and assist
ance in my case. There is not one who has
used your medicines since they have been
been brought here but that can say with me
they have been greatly benefited. Since 1
have been so helped by its use six or
seven around me left off all doctors and
other medicines and now use it in their fam
lilies, after being cured of the same disease
as mine. You do not know what a wonder
ter Wrote You az about OF -, for she lad been
under the care of three of our best doctors
but could not sit up but for a few minutes
at one time. | begged of her to try your
medicines, and before she had used half the
bottles she could go all around the yard, and
has now just come home from a visit five
miles away.
NpS THOMAS McEA PI A ND
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

Mrs. THOMAS MCFARLAND.
DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription is sold
by dealers in medicines generally
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

EHOR SALE-State and County Rights OF valuabl
IL patent. Sells quick Profits large. Circulars Seer
stamp Sample 81. OSBORNE 81 DAVIS, Rockford. II
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04

A late dispatch from Havana says
The police are searching houses and
arresting persons presumed to be 10
connivance with Carlos Garcia's band OF
with the insurgents. Forty OF fifty per-
sons Of all classes in Guanabacoa and
Regia, and as many more in San Felipe
and Beiucal, and several in Guines and
other places, have been seized IN the
middle of the night, bound and marched
off to prison, among them some foreign
ers. This act of the authorities is the
basis of numberless canards.
The reinforcements from Spain are
being sent rapidly to the front and dis
tributed according to the Generals
plans, all but the cavalry regiment,
which is detained for lack of horses.
Only one squadron has yet been fur
nished with this element of equipment,
but it is said that second is nearly
supplied, and that great exertions will
be made until all are sent forward. The
difficulty, however, in finding horses. or
rather in getting money to pay for them,
is thorn in the side of the government.
The AI6o of Santa Clara reports that
the work of building forts goes on &C
lively in that region, and that several
new ones are projected. 1t also an
nounces the shooting of Don Rafael
Martinez for high treason, adding that
he met his fate with rare fortitude.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
Foreign Proverbs.

The well-known warning not to look a.
gift horse in the mouth has it's equiva-
lent in Badaga, one Of the Indian tongues,
g If any one offers you buffalo, do not
ask if she gives milk" And the May
layali rendering of ga burnt child breads
the fire" is identical with the correspond
ing French proverb, GA scalded cat
fears warm water;" while the Hindu YER
sion is very picturesque and characters
tic, "He whose father was killed by
bear is afraid of black stump" The
European proverbs that "No man
is hero to his v0Zet de ch0nabre," and
that Familiarity breeds contempt, "
are tersely and picturesquely combined
in tine Tamil adage, "The temple cat
does not fear the idol" The Maylayalis
reprove boaster who glories over the.
unfortunate with the pithy remark, "Any
one can leap fallen tree;" and their
proverb, Running up and down the
boat does not bring one sooner to land, -
is a keen rebuke to those who chafe and
fret under circumstances of forced mac
ton; while the sacred warning not to
cast pearls before swine is aptly para
phrased by the question, "What is the
use of reading the Vedas to wild but
fa1O 9"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
ROmence in Low Life.

In 1773 there died in Copenhagen an
eccentric merchant, once wealthy, but
whose fortune had, by unsuccessful
speculation been reduced to 5000 rix
dollars. Two-thirds of this he invested
''for the benefit of his descendants, .
and provided by will that neither princi-
pal nor interest should be drawn for 100
years. Long before the expiration of
that time the singular provision was for
gotten. About two years ago the will
was discovered by lawyer, in the Reg
isters office at Copenhagen. The lawyer
found the heirs scattered through all the
countries of Western Europe, and that
one had found her way to America. The.
latter was Mrs. julius Knochenduppel,
a native of Hamburg, who came to New
York about twelve years ago, where she
married in 1868. Knochenduppel is a
waiter employed in Monquin's restau
rant on Fulton street, or rather, he was
employed there until few days ago.,
when an official note from the Register
of Wills in Copenhagen informed his
wife that she was heir to $50, 900, and:
directing her to present her claim in per
son as soon as possible. Knochendup-
pei lived in INDECENT circumstances in
Hoboken, with his wife, two children
and his wife's mother, but he's gone af-
ter that $50, 900 now.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
How He Wanted His Picture Taken.

Yesterday a young man with wart on
his nose dropped in at the Sherman pho
tograph gallery, and remarked, that he
wanted some pictures taken.
"Will you haveit standing or abust?'
quer1ed the artist.
ssBust /" exclaimed the fellow, as he
picked up his hat. "Bust Mister, do
I look like man who would come into
a picture gallery to get on bust 70
They explained to him, and finally
persuaded him to sit long enough for a
negative. The picture was good one,
and the nose stood out like black cat In
a bay window.
The fellow looked at it, and as he
handed it back said, "Shoot again, old
pard, and see if you can't make the wart
look like piece of chewing gum. .
They told him that it couldn't be done.
"Well, see here, now, pard," he
pleaded, "my names Trufies, and I'm
engaged to girl back in Injiana. and
she wants my picture. She don't know
I've got this wart; it's growed since l
left there; and if you could just rub it
out of the picture and make it look like
something that she's familiar with-a
slice of bacon, for instance-I'd feel bet
ter" f3Lf
They fixed it up for him, and when he
went out he chuckled: =.
"That'n fetch her; she'll just natu-
rally think I'm foatin' round In solid
comforts, like bacon and string beans
and SIGH. fisherman Register.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
Frightful Fall and Miraculous Escape
of an AerOnaut.

Rockport Qnd.) correspondence of the
Cincinnati Commercial: GA terrible
accident occurred at the Mclean county
(Ky.) fair on Thursday last, the particu-
lars of which have just been received
here by parties witnessing the occur
renee. One T.. d. Atchison, who has
been making balloon ascensions at the
fairs of several counties in this vicinity,
was engaged to make a dolly ascension
at Calhoun, KY, and on Thursday, while
preparing to ascend, it was noticed that
the balloon was very frail, the cotton OF
which it was made being badly damaged
by the smoke and hot air used to initiate
it. In opposition to the warnings OF the
spectators the ascent was made, ana
while at height variously estimated at
between 500 and 1000 feet the charred
canvas took fire, the balloon collapsed,
and Atchison commenced the descent at
fearful rate of velocity. When he first
noticed the fire he made an effort to
swing the balloon SO as to fall among a
clump of trees near the fair grounds,
and partially succeeded. He struck the
limb Of a gum tree in his descent, break
ing off the limb, which arrested his
speed and fell with him to the ground.
"The spectators, some of whom were
SO horror stricken they could not follow
his descent, saw him as he came down
and disappeared behind the fence inclos-
ing the ground. The people made a
rush for the spot. and so great was the
rush that large portion OF the fence was
broken down. Atchison was found lying
insensible under the slowly-burn1ng
canvas of the balloon, ard the heavy
limb of the tree lying across his pros
trate body, which apparently struck the
earth with such force as to make deep
indentation. He was taken up and con-
veyed to hotel, where 1t was ascer-
tanned that his left thigh bone was badly
fractured, but no other bones were
found to be broken. He recovered con-
seriousness in short time, and told those
around him that when he discovered the
fire In the balloon he resigned himself
to death, but made the effort to guide
the balloon to the timber as a sort or
forlorn hope. He retained his presence
of mind until he struck the tree, when
the blow stunned him, and he lost con-
sciousness. The physicians. think ne
will be able to get about In q few weeks,
no internal injuries having been d1scov-
cred, but the external bruises are fear
full, under all of which the poor young
man, who is only about twenty three
years old, bears up with great cheerful
ness. :,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
THE VIRGINIA CITY FIRE.

The People Hopeful and Happy, and Pre-
pairing to Rebui1d-The Situation at the
Mines.
A press dispatch from Virginia City,
New, says:
Matters are much more cheerful. The
women are doing noble work In relieving
distress. Large numbers of men are al
ready at work clearing the ground and
rebuilding. Work has commenced on
the Ophir shaft. Men are clearing away
the ruins of the Consolidated Virginia
works. One engine is found tobe good.
The record vault of the Courthouse is
being dug out. The ruins of the Bank
of California are being cleared away, be-
sides great many workmen are engaged
for private parties. A number of firms
have resumed business. The insurance
adjusters are hard at work. Their LA
bilities, as far as can at present be ascer-
tanned, are about $l,500,000. The pris-
oners held for petty offenses are set free,
and others are removed to Carson and
Gold Hill. A meeting of the lawyers
was held to make such arrangements
as the necessities of the case demand.
A committee was appointed to call a
meeting of the county on next Thursday
to consult with regard to reconstructing
the county buildings, and petition foi
an extra session OF the Legislature to
provide for cases arising from destruction
of records and municipal institutions.
I have just had an interview with
John Mackey. He says he has been
through all the mines, and they are all
right. There is no gas or fire in any
way connected with the Gould & Curry
mine. When the old side shaft now
used as an air shaft for the Andes was
burned, the gas went through the La
trobe tunnel, and worked its way into
the mines. The gas is now all gone.
Work will be commenced in the way of
haisting ore in the Consolidated Virginia
within sixty days. Meanwhile about 800
tons will be hoisted daily through the
Gould & Curry shaft from the Consoi-
dated Virginia mine. About 800 men
will be employed Immediately. Four
hundred men, together with those en-
ployed at the Consolidated Virginia mill,
must remain idle. IL the Ophir mill
had not been burned the Virginia peo-
pie could have hoisted through their
shaft as well as the Gould & Curry.
Things look more cheerful to-day
than they did on yesterday, and by spring
everything will be running as well, If
not better, than it did before the fire.
Many mechanics and laborers will have
to go to California and return in the
spring. This they probably would have
done even if no fire had taken place.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
Let Us Give Thanks.

The following proclamation has been
issued by the President
In accordance with a practice at once wise
and beautiful, we have been accustomed,
as the year is drawing to close. to devote an
occasion to an humble expression of thanks to
Almighty God for ceaseless ana distinguished
benefits bestowed upon us as nation,
aud for His mercies and protection
during the coming year. Amid the rich and
free enjoyment OF all our advantages,
we should not forget the source from whence
they are derived, and extend our obligations to
the Father of All Mercies. We have full reason
to renew our thanks to Almighty God for favors
bestowed upon us during the past year. By
His continuing mercy civil and religious liberty
have been maintained !; peace has relgned
within our borders labor and enterprise have
produced their merited rewards, and to His
watchful providence we are indebted forsecur1-
ty from pestilence and other national calaml-
ties. Apart from the other national blessings,
each individual among us has occasion to
sthoughtfully recall and devoutly recognize the
favors and protection which he has enjoyed.
Now, therefore, / Ulysses s. Grant, Presl-
dent of the United States, do recommend that
on Thursday, the 25th day of November, the
people of the United States, abstain
ing from their accustomed vocations, do
assemble in their respective places of Wor-
ship, and in such form as may seem most APP
prop1iate in their own hearts, offer to Almighty
God 1heir acknowledgements and thanks for all
His mercies, and their humble prayers for the
continuance of His divine favor. In witness
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and
caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed
Done at the city Of Washington, this 9th
day Of October, In th Q year of our Lord 1875,
and of the independence of the United States
the one-hundreth.
q. s. GRANT, President.
HAHrrT rfoNr Ercxr Gocro&o,-r re G+otn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
A Mathematical Problem.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER announces that he'll "give a
big sum of money to see the man
smart enough . to work out the follow
ing:
ga and B go to butchers and buy
between them eighty pounds of meat,
which the butcher values at ten cents a
pound, and for which he therefore wants
So. Now, A takes fifty pounds of meat
and B thirty, and upon examination
they agree that AS meat is worth one
half a cent pound more than BIS.
Query How much did each pay the
butcher''2
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04

A SAN FRANCIsco REGULARITY. =
There are more bay windows in San
Francisco than in any other city in the
world. Bay windows constitute its
architectural specially. No family can
be without them. Every little cottage
has them. That wonderful hostelry, the
Palace Hotel, has over 900 front rooms
with bay windows. Every front room
on two sides ard for eleven stories IN
height has a bay window, and by one
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
Failures During the Year.

The following table shows the lumber
of failures that have occurred in the
United States and Canada during the.
first nine months of the present year..
together with the amount of liabilities :
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04

In 1889 Henry Damon was sent for
murder to the Vermont State Prison for
life. He was recently killed by falling
down stairs, at the age of SO.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04

correspondent it is described as pre-
senting the appearance of an enormous
collection of dove cotes arranged In ranks
and tiers one above another.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-11
MARKETS.
Domestic Markets.

EEw YoRs, February Io-Cotton closed ouie..
upiands las5c Orleans ioc; net receipts CAB bales
Futures closed firm; sales 5000 bales. as FIJI.
lows: Low middling for February l53; c. for March
10 10 - '32c for April is l606 732c; TOR NAV
10 i1RDl6,sc: for June is IS 320s I3l6c; for Juiy
II lN0l1 l.16c for August III 0lT 532c: for Ser
tember nominally 1886. AVA ''p
tra southern 3d -four quiet and eayy to fair
Wheat dull and heavy; $l 1901 % for winter red
western. Corn closed with holders little more
disposed a; to realize The difficulty in moving corn
IN the river IN consequence of the ice blOckads
1MaterEhy cnecks transactions; 80h 03lkc for
" estern Mixed Sizc for high mixed and yellow
Coffee dull and nominal Sugar firm; consdera-
BILE withdrawn from the market; ~ 5aI1c for fair
to good refining; re for PRIME: 7d74c for mo-
gal
Molasaes quiet; prime New Orleans 6Oa62hc.
Rice dull and unchanged TAllow dull; $40
l3l6c for prime city, ROsin quiet; So 1912 Is for
strained. Turpentine quiet. 3shc. Pork duh;
new mess in job lots sIs 25. Beef quiet. Lard
and unsettled, 81 Os0l 10. Freights to Liverpool
quiet; cotton by steam 5,i6d.
CHclssArr. February lo.-Oottor quiet; middnr
red red G oa Is cn rms1 sss Mhess auss
mand light; holders firm 59063c Pork-Demand
% hgns ss Rscoa astaSo9d kettle
81 s0aAc; clear rib-none ready; clear iISc.
Whisky unsettled; 81 O5.
oagsG si' steady and
g. 2oa. 90; extra wiEtef e4 3504 50; double extra
as '90t ca.S GS & Wheat M dull No red winter 81 oS0
no s60SShc. Whisky higher: 81 osa1 o.. Pork,
ntmer; M small lots sold ut 6ls so; round lots held
only small jobbng trade. Lard nominal at isEc..
Foreign Markets.
LIVERPOOL, February lo.-Cottsn- on ths
basis OF middling upiands nothing below aoed
ordinary. deliverable February. I'D. Lard s,s. ~
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-11
The St. PhiltD Canal.

The New Orleans REPUBLICAN of last
wednesday contains very able article in
favor of the canal and in opposition to
Captain Eads jetty system. The whole
subject has been heretofore so fully dis
cussed that no argument we could adduce
would give greater weight to the PROPOSE
ton that the canal alone will give satisfac.
tion to Louisiana, and the jetty scheme is
little more than the dream of visionary
enthusiast. Much stress has been laid on
the fact that number of scientific gentle.
men have signiied their approval of the
jetty plan; yet, on the other hand, twenty
out of the twenty-six of the most emi-
nent engineers in the country have
reported adversely to the project and
in favor of the canal, and number
OF them have declared the .jetties utterly
impracticable. If the canal is built, it will
prove a lasting source Of benefit to all our
commercial interests, while the jetty sys-
tenn will entail constantly recurring
expense from the necessity of repairing and
putting down new j., ties as the river
deposit increases on Al beyond the bars at
the passes. Besides this forcible objection,
by means of the canal great saving in
time and expense consequently will be made
by ~ vessels making the short cut to the
gulf instead of having TO double the delta.
We earnestly hope that the wishes and
interests of our people may be considered
before an ultimate decision is made, and we
may venture the assertion that were a vote
taken on the subject every thinking man in
Louisiana would cast it in favor Of the St.
Philip canal.-Plaque0sines Sentinel