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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Two Giant Telescopes.

A Boston correspondent of the New
York Tribune writes to that paper as
follows: When Galileo's first telescope
was made, which enlarged an object less
than five diameters, it astonished the
world. And when he finally succeeded
in making one that magnifed about
thirty diameters it was said that the
highest magnifying power had been
reached, and plausible reasons were
given to substantiate the statement.
When, somewhat later, Franenhofer
made the celebrated Dorpat telescope of
Russia, with an object glass of nine and
half inches IN aperture, its enormous
power was the cause of great excitement
among astronomers throughout the
world The famous Chicago telescope,
with its 104-inch aperture, made by Clark
& Sons, at cost of $4,000, has till late
~ been at the head of great instruments
of this class. At Gateshead, near New
castle, England, Mr.. r. S. Newall's tele-
scope, made by Cooke & Sons, of York,
with % inch aperture, has for several
though of inferior quality and power.
At present the instrument in the Naval
Observatory at Washington, and now in
active operation there, gives to the
United States the distinction of having
the largest and most effective refracting
telescope that was ever constructed. This,
too, was made by Messrs. Clark, who
have now nearly completed another of
similar caliber, ordered by L. J. McCor-
mick, of Chicago, Of Mccormick reaper
fame. This, it is understood, will be
given to one of the Virginia universities
These twin "monsters of the deep
sky, not sea-will, in every important
particular, be the Counterparts of each
other. The only noticeable differences
are: The Washington instrument has an
aperture of twenty-six inches, while the
Mccormick has one Of little over
twenty-six, but only enough to have it
said that it is the largest in the world :;
the compound objective, or object, glass
in the latter weighs 10 pounds, while
that of the former weighs $50 pounds. In
each the glass with the tube in which it
is inserted weighs about a ton, and the
whole weight may be roughly estimated
at four or five tons. Each has a focal
length of about thirty-three feet. The
cost of the Government telescope was
$4,000 in currency. That of the Nc
Cormick will be $4,000 in gold. The
contract was made for both at the same
time, about four years ago, and at the
same price, gold being estimated as it
then stood. Mr.. Mccormick chose to
pay the amount in gold when mis- instru-
ment should be completed The object
ives alone when completed are worth
$50, 900 each, and are capable of mag
nifying power Of 1000 diameters, though,
owing to the interference of the atmos
phere, power of over 1900 will seldom
be used; but even this will increase the
surface of the object viewed to 2,250O00
times its natural size.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
I" No Mother"

THE other day when stern and digni-
fed Judge ordered prisoner to stand up
and offer objections, if he had any, to be-
ing sentenced TO prison for a long term
of years, the prisoner rose and said:
g never had mother to shed tears
over mer
His words entered every heart in the
great courtroom. He was rough, bad
man, in the middle age of life, and he
had been convicted of burglary, but
every heart softened toward him as his
lips uttered the words. He felt what he
said, and tears rolled down his cheeks as
he continued:
"If had had a mothers love and
mothers tears-some one to plead with
me and pray for mel should not be
what | amp
All! that's it! There is a power in
mothers love, and in her tears, and
pleadings, and prayers, whose influence
is hardly to be realized. God pity the
lad who has nc home to go to-no
mother to whom he can tell his troubles
and griefs-no one to put her arms
around his neck and whisper to Heaven
to keep him in right paths! There is no
heart like a mothers heart. Her child
may wound it again and again, and pierce
it with sword, and yet it has only love
and affection for him. 1t is the first to
excuse his faults-the last to condemn.
There is no. love like mothers love-so
enduring, so tender, SO far-reaching. 1t
is layished upon the. child in the cradle,
and it follows the boy over the ocean. 1t
calls up the wanderer the first thing in
the morning, and it stays with him until
sleep closes the eyes. When mothers
love for her offspring dies out he may be
called too wicked and too wretched to
live among men.
There are no tears like a mothers
tears. Nothing can so tighten the sor-
row of a child-nothing so restrain a
mind wandering into evil paths The
man who looks back over his childhood
and youth regrets nothing so much as
that he brought tears of sorrow and sad
ness to a fond mothers eyes. Every
tear a mother sheds over hayward
child is recorded in the great book, and
he shall answer for it.
There are no prayers like mothers
prayers-none that reach so far and are
so earnest. The wanderer on foreign
shores feels this in his heart, and he is
thankful to heaven that he can feel it.
Kneeling at her bedside and asking the
angels to guide the feet of her children
in right paths, who doubts that moth
er's prayers are heard in heaven?
81 never had mother to shed tears
over mer'
The words of the robber might be the
words of many evil-doers. " No mother"
means aching hearts, burdened minds,
daily woes, and paths which lead down
to ruin. Heaven be kind to the lad who
must battle the world without mothers
tears, prayers, and boundless love to give
him courage!-" II. Quad" IN Our Fire
side Friend
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
9or ponttg Readtrs.
4" OBBIE-DOBBTE."

BY MRS. HATTIE f. BELL.
"OBBIE-DoBBIE" was baby
Funny name, think, don't you?
This is what her papa called her,
And she had another too.
Funny name and funny baby,
With cunning little face;
And the other name they called her
Was the prettier one of Grace.
One day little Obbie-Dobbien
Laughed and laughed with all her might
Looking up into her dress-sleeye,
Eyes and nose all lid from sight
Mamma said, why, what's the matter?
Is it real or make-believe
All this fun?" The baby answered.
81 am 'aughin' in my sleeve"
In moment / remembered
had said those words one day,
Little thinking baby prattle
Would repeat them DER in play
With such literal translation.
what an impress our words leaveD
Papa's little " Obbie-Dobbie"
Laughing in her baby sleeve!
Rural Ne,U Yorker
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18

When the mold is taken of you see a
sleigh-bell, but it will not ring, as it is
full of dirt The hot metal dries the
dirt that the ball is made of so it can be
all shaken out. After the dirt is all
shaken out of the holes in the bell the
little iron jinglet will still be in the bell
and it will ring all right.
1t took good many years to think out
how to make a sleigh-bell. - Congregation
dlist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18

The girl at the age of three who is
bored by grimacing aunts and uncles
with the stereotyped query: Tell me
whom you love best?" probably hasn't
the dimmest prescience that the question
will be repeated to her by the light of
the moon or in coy sitting-room in
far more impassioned manner a dozen
years or so later. ....-..s
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09
VIRGINIA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER #9 ls75.s NOD.
more absolutely possessed the respeetand con

more absolutely possessed the respeetand cons
fdenee nfsallIthans shesdid.
s 4 met him after We separated at West Point
in the autumn of 1916 at Camargo, Mexico,
He had come down from Monterey to take up
SOME SIEGE GUNS TO GEN. TAYLOR,
and the squadron of mounted rifles (Which
sI belonged was ordered to escort thoSs guns:
The route, was pretty rough the guns were
very heavy, aad the energy, the resource, the
concentration on the arduous duty, before
him, which jackson eyipced, impressed US all
with the fact that he was q great .duty of>'
ficer.'' ~. -
Some years afterwards Jackson came up to
West Point from his station at Gsvernor's a
Island to-yisit several of us, his classmates, !,
who had been ordered to duty at the academy
after the<close of the. Mexican. war. Nc.
Clellan was of our plumber. We had a very
large and pleasant mess, aud Jackson So
journed several days with US. lHe. had then
become hypocondriacul. he had queer ideas
about bis health he thought one side of him
was heavier than tho other, and sometimes
would raise ono hand up to the arms length
to let tho blood 1ow downwards. and tighten
that arm. lie told mo then that he was about
to accepta professorship at Lexington, whittier
he soon after went. So @
next saw him, at distance, in
5i HIS DAMP AT MANASSAS,
two days after the first battle, and never again
has it been. my privilege to- see him.
Ills was pure and simple character. He
had the true afflatus of war; and thore was
no seisseeking in an his greater career, thore
was that inevitable expansion Of character,
and Of consciousness of his capacity, which
grew by whstit fed on, aud pointed out to
him the great destiny before him.
A distinguished general Office. of Jacksou's
corps has related a remarkable illustration Of.
this expanding consciousness of power.
General y = says ihattwo or three days
before Jackson was shot near Clancelor's, he
went late in the evening to his tent to see him
on business. lie found the great soldier
alone. They we're friends of long standing,
aud Jackson cordially invited him to come in
and sit down and have chat, saying he was
tired and did not like talking about business.
10 a mnladroit way jackson Explained that
he desired to have 9ss tst
81 IAN INDEPENDENT COMMAND,
GeneralrJ Il **iuquircd if ho desired ia.
dependent command of the Valley. ooh no,"4
Jackson replied 'there is but littlo to be
dono there But the Army of Tennessee is a
fine army, and can accomplish much would
like to have command of it."
Had he not been cut down, as hc was few
nights later, Hooker would have surrendered
his army, and jackson could have had the
army OF Tennessee. 1t is vainand sad new to
speculate upon the changes which mighthave
ensued from that. a Y.
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NEWS IN BRIBF,

To do business man must have dollars
and spnse. l.a
New York pays $3.50. 900 per year for
church music. .fs- -
- LESS than ono>fourth of the lands Of
Louisiana are under cultivation.
g - Will Settle is the name of q Wisconsin
bankrupt. His creditors hope he will.
= The first of feet of iron clad vessels
built by the Chinese Government has been
finished.
The yield of oranges in Louisiana for
the present season is placed above that of any
previous year.
- 1t is said that nearly one>half of the
surplus hard woods of the country are to be
found in West Virginia.
= DR.. LindermaD, Director of the U. S.
Mint, estimates the gold and silver product
for next year at Sl0O 100000. =.
= California will this year hatch out g..
100000 of young salmon, Z ;000, 900 of which
are to come to the Eastern States.
= Sixty-soven Journals are now published
in Rome, Of which only five are religious
Before 1870 only two wero published.
At Conservative meeting in Holly
Springs, Miss, few nights sincs, twenty
AT recent sale of real estate in New
York, the prices received indicated falling
off in values of from one third to one half.
"A German prophet of the Professor Tice
order predicts warm winter, and advises the
laying up of ice at the earliest opportunity.
= The corn crop,ut this year is reported,
in all the States, to be 850,148 600 bushels,
or percent, larger than the crop of 1874.
A number of ex officers of the Prussiau
army are travelling through Georgia. pros
pecting for a location for a large colony of
German artisans.
- The oue>half interest in the Rocking
ham Register, owned by j. H Wsrtmah, has
been purchased by Giles DeVier, who is now
sole proprietor of the Register.
At Waco, Texas, a man rode sixty miles
in two hours and. forty. nine minutes, dis
mounting forty>two times for fresh horses -
This is the fastest sixty miles ever ridden
= A lazy mans churn has been inyeuted
in Vermont. tits adjusted to wagon, and
all man has TO do is to drive down for the
mail, and when be gets back the butter has
como.
The population of Massachusetts, sc.
cording to the lato census, is 1,652,652,
against ,457 ,302 in 1870. The female ma
jori.y is &c, ,oS4, and yet there is Law against
bigamy.
= Tho question of establishing the head
quarters of the State Grange on farm, and
having in connection a school for the yonne
farmers. is being received with favor in the
State of Indiana.
The London Times says that Manches,
ter firm. has begun to import cslicoes from the.
United States and it is said the goods are of
those Of English mahufacture. g Fss
The story that Grant used two lead
pencils wien he wrote his Dss Moinos speech,
is a true Faber-rication. There is hardly SO
much as one point in it. and the idea of two
is absurd.--lSt.tL Times.
- Dir. Oarrnth,, WHO was shot by lands
at Vinelsnd, N j., IN SIareh last, and has
since that time lived with bullet in his brain,
died on the night of the 24th ult. lands
bondsmea delivered him up TO the legal ar>
thorities. Z
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09

= ~ 4 = ~
The last words of the great jackson were
Let us cross over tho river aud rest under the
shade of the trees,n
Bear me gently. boys. over the river. ta,
And let me quietly rest in the shade;
But this parting shall not be forever
OF your leader and his gallant brigade
You have covered my name, boys, with glory.
And soon for me willlthe conflict be DER;
But by the fields you have won. grand and CORY,
You must follow your leader once more.
BY your glorious campaign in the Valley,
You have made immortal your valorous band
But, soldiers, once again your must rally;
Obey once again your leaders command.
In painful night watches-long and dresrv.
After watching. boys, and fasting all day,
1ou have pressed forward, wavworn and wea,y Y,
And you have always been first ias the FRAY
In our dread war-path we have left lying
Some of our comrades, like soldiers asleep,
Aud to-day hath its wounded ond dying
May God pity the poor women who weep
The shadows Of death darken o'or me,
And my strength is ebbing slowly away;
The last battle of life is before me-.
And the victry will be won before day.
INC ihOAO ushIh ISlNeE TO CT OSS over,
Aud another Valley still to pa SIS through, 81
Aud then' boys I.will resi-, under cover 4a.,
OF the bulwarks that remain for the true.
n,this hour of parting. still and solemn, II
The last order of yonr leader is made:
Soldiers! "pTegent' in.unbroken column,
10 our High Captain. the stonewall Brigade
When our Master His muster roll calleth,
O!letcvery warrior be at his post,
And whenione of my countrymen falletl,.
- Heaven, + will gain what our army hath lost.
leave with soldiers firm affection t
The brigade that hath followed mo thus far
To the great and powerful protection
OF my Commander in peace and in War.
Bear me'geutIy then over tue River.
Aud let me Quietly rest in the shade;
Aud this parting shall not be forever
iOf your Leader andihis gallant Brigade.
1"- b 40 5.fE .s.1rf FSom the Blitirno,ean
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09

1 Two barber shops in Charleston, Ka-
nawba county. They make between them
about7O cents. or IS cents each per week
So says the Courier.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09

-Itvas yoItaire who said: at is moro
easy to write about money than to have II !;
and those who have 1t laugh at those who cam
only write about it.D
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09
The Game of Shadow Buff.

The old English game of blind mans buff
is so well known, that tho mere mention Of its
name will be suthcicntto convince our reas
ders that it is the origin of Shadow Buff,
much played on the Continent: and from the
fun it affords, well worthy of taking prons
iDcnt place among our family Christmas
sports. The game is as follows: First of all,
VIC hang up sheet or tablecloth against the
wall, whereon to "cast the shadow" In front
Of tho sheet aud eight or ten feet from it, we
are to place lamp or one good light upon
table, in order that the shadow or profile Of
any person standing between the light and
sheet, may fall thereon. The COMPANY being
assembled, "Buff" Is chosen either by vote or
lot, or is, peradVenture, volunteer. Buff
has now to sit upon very low stool, about,
Jour or fve feet from the wall and look stead.
fastiy for the coming shadow" The merry
company now pass in procession between the
light upon the table and Buff, who forfeits if
be turns his bead in the least degree. AS tho,
Prohies pass before him he must name sue.
cessigely the person to whom the image be-
longs. The mistakes he makes occasion much
merriment, especially if each person whose
turn tits to "cast shadow endeayors in
every way to disguise his identity by stoop-
ing if tall, tiP>toeing if short, by grimace or
centortIon putting on q long mask nose, and
doing other funny things. However, as
some persons invariably "cast their shadows
before" Buff guesses right at last; and he
who till Eow helped to mako the fun, must
take his turn upon tfe stool, to be made fun of.
RE- Germany, With = population of 49,.
600, 600, last ysar graduated six hundred and
sixty physicians, rejecting one hundred and
eight applicants. In the same time the
United States with a population of 4o,ooo,r'
600, graduated three thousand physicians.
~T Two barber shops in Charleston, Ka.
naMba county. They make between them
aBout7O cents. or s5 cents each per week
So says the Courier.
-ItVas yoItaire who said ut is more;
easy. to write about money than to have ii 4
and those who have it laugh at those who can
only write sboutit it"
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a u HiIs & is i II g RA TEs.
.TRANsIRNT BIILs-oAsH.

8 tgsTRANsIENT Bulls CASH.
soaesaasts iihsh or y 10 sweeks..- slssos
Each subsequent insertien,... ). so $
one square, three mon 400
one square, ak mon 500
One squ=res 1000
SAsninAztss a ASSopscnMxsTs.--FerC County OF.
heerss S 500 state or Con gressional, $1,000.
IogAl RdreF Ftise men ts al tha pubiished raten
: Obituary Notices exceeding hye iinel, ten cents
per line. ~ s. II % q, fEf 81
lltrRnsient nd eftisernents due an d colleot-
able stter The frst insertion. =
= Liberal deductions made for Quarter, Hall and (
Whole Colamns for AnRpsl, ssmi-Annasl and
QuATteriy Adveftiserss ~ rs ,as!taf ~
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UPHOLSTERING. O..
COAL AND WOOD YARD.

hN'7 WASHINGTON & LIPPITT
WILL keep on banda constant supply of COAL
w ofaall kindSs and Sawed and Split WOOD,
VIII hich they will furnish ind deliver in quantities
suit CUSTOMERS for Cash. Orders left at Yard. COR
ner Samuel street and B. & o. r. r. na..
apt- Cash paid for Boncs. ..r.s
June 10, lS73-ly
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RESUMED BUSINESS -!

IJATINi purchased the STOCK UF GOODS of
the late W. &. Sheerer. (fprmcrIy KearsIey &
sheererD 20 whi;h have made additions Of
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. 5gpi1lt Of yeifrfsollI,.
] jamestown. JEFFERSON County. Veal Va;
TUESDAY hoRSING. NoYEMBERs. 1873.
PoEir5IcAls.
HIS LAST CHARGE TO THE OLD
STONEWALL BRIGADE.

ny M. S. M
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09

CMlTH's whooping Cough Cordial-s certain
= cure Cherry Psct6ral Troches-for coughs
colds, sore throat, bronchitis, &c.- Also Wells &
Eddy Car6olic Troches, for sale by
Charlestown. ~ = C.E. BELLER.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09
CANCERS
on, YES! OH, YES!

lust received a large and varied assortment of
y Lamp Coods consisting in part, of all kinds
and sizes OF md and Stand Lamps beA utiful Par
lor, Studeet, Hall and Bracket Lamps, Reiectors,
Lanterns, Burners, Chimneys, Wicks. Shades,
Holders, sc. We have also received the celebra.
ted Drummund Burners md Chimneys which give
almost twice the amount OF light of ordinary Bur.
ners. N. F. HENDERSON & CO.
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TO TIE PUBLIC.

1J,HAT BEAUTIFUL RANGE.--Be sure and call
- to SEQ the Celebrated Sovereign Range, it is
ing that has ever. been in CharIestowu finished
with silver plated knobs nice enough for the par
lor. Dontfsl to call and see it. .Also Cook Stoves
all patterns and sizes, cheap. Foraaiebv
-. n: EAsTERDAY,
asApril 2l, 1873. .. = - -H.-.-iS Main Street.
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T2DIESESHAwLs, \
LIZ -E-Pn,uis LADIES HAIR BRAIDs, as
.:'TrI9H7Gt tf'E LADIES' KID CLOVES
all coiors; everything worn by ladies, te found
at Goldsmith'sTwin Fronts. Best material, latest
style and lowest prices. - -, -f.f.ss
October Z. 1873.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09

4 LADDIN Security Oil, best in uss will no. ex-
~ pode 1902 Fire test best quality Coal Oil for
ssle by n. N.F.RENDERSON & CO. -
GROUND orCake. for Cattle and other stoc
" for sale by N. F. HENDERSON COX.
NEATSFOOT. Fish, Lard. Castor and Black
~ Strap Oils, for Harness, Mach inery, &c. at
Nov. u, 1874. 80, HENDERSON'S.
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Dry" GoOds,
GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE,

and such articles are generally needed by the
people, respectfully ask onil- from former cue
and the public generally, at the old stand
where they ca judge for Themselves to quality
and prices of my goods.
- GEO.w. T. KEARSLEY
December o 1873.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-11-09

ElENSoN'S Celery and ChamomiIe Pills They
- are prepared expressly to cure Headache
Neuralgia and Nervousness. For sale by d = q
Jan. ~ 1879. -Ea' e. f.. BELLER,
nCRANI's Rheumatic Remedy is a sure cure
- for rheumatism in all its forms-chronic in
numatory, muscular. articular, seattle &c II
ia purely vegetable and is give relief give
lta trial. C. E. BELLER.
fNOAL Oil 1902 fire test warranted non,expIosiye.
~ Coal Oil Lamps the best assortment in town.
cheap for sale by G. 7. LIGHT
T>RY HA1SEs' Five Cent Havana Cigars, If YOU
i wish good smoke. a' = ll5iIs-f-
June 20, 1874. ..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-03
BRISTOL.

On Sunday Of last week young
man got drunk and lay fat on the steps
of a noted saloon for some time and the
authorities took no notice of it.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-03
SALISBURY

Mr., l.. S. Warehouse has been seri.
ously i'll for some time and is still low.
-.Amongthe notables at Lake Dunmore
House are Rev. Drs. Ting, and Haight of
New York and d. A. Dodge of Brooklyn.
There are now nearly one hundred
boarders at the Lake House in Salisbury
who think this about the incest
place under the sun to spend the hot
weather in.
Mr.. Albert Boardman is erecting an
elegant dwelling house on the street to-
ward East Middlebury. His fine barn is
completed and when the house is done
the place will be one of the most desira.
BILE ones in town.
Recently while Mrs. Henry Gipson,
of Brandon, was on a visit to this village,
with her children, one of them, a fine
little boy, three years of age, was playing
in the shed, and was severely injured by
a mare belonging to Mr.. John Burns.
The head and face of the child were much
mutilated, and several pieces of bone
were taken from its nose.
Capt. Samuel H. Kelley, principal
OF the Rutland military school, is camp
ing out with number of his pupils on
the shore of the lake they will probably
remain there through August. He il
visited by large number of ladies and
gentlemen from Rutland, Brandon
Middlebury and elsewhere many of whom
stop day or two to enjoy the pleasures
Of camp life,