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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-28

Neurai.in and indigo tirN for
nine years cured by rss Lat o. Dis.
Qulin's Condition Pals. Dys-
pepsia so bad that he could NOT
bear the SIN ell Of food, Changed
to n relish.
MONTPELIER, VT. July 26, lo74.
Mr.. THOMAS w. LANE-Dcar cir - For nine
wears have been troubled with Neuralgia and ln-
digestion, and have taken every medicine that
could hear of for the relief OF my complaints to 10
permanent relief. until received pack agc of sCur
Condition Pills, for which thank God and you, inr
feel ms well l ever did IN my life, and have only
taken eight OF the Pills. coud OF even tn ar the
smell OF any kind OF food would urn my >Io'i'arh
but now can cat anything that any "aa 81
and it relshes God bless the inventor oil the Z ~
cltion Pills and their agents all over the world.
81. WHEELER
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APPRECIATION.

CHARLEsTOwN, MASS, March 10, 1869.
Mr.. Ii. r. STEVENS:
This is to Gritty that have used your BLOOD
Preparation" (Vegetine) in my family for several
years, and think that for scrofula or CankerOus
Humors or Rheumatic affections, il cannot be ex.
celled and as a blood purifier and spring medicine
it is the best thing ever used and have ed al
most everything. can cheerfnlly rec. mmend it
to any one in need of such medicine.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. A. A. DlNSMORE,
10 Russell street.
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GOOD EVIDENCE.

CINCINNATI, Nov. e, Io12.
Nix. II. X. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-rhe Two bottles of Vegetine furnished
me by your agent my wife has used with great ben
eft. For q long time she has been troubled with
dizziness and costiveness; these troubles are now
removed by the use OF Vegetine.
She was also troubled with dyspepsia and gen.
eral debility, and has been greatly benefited.
THOMAS GILMORE,
2291s Walnut Street.
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RELIABLE EVIDENCE.

Mn, IT, X. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-I will most cheeriully add my testi.
mony to the great number you have already le-
Vegetine. for do not think enough can be said in
its praise Tor WIS troubled over thirty years with
that dreadful disease, Catarrh, and had such bad
coughing spells that it would seem though |
could never breath any more, and Vegetine has
cared me; and do feel 10 thank God all the time
that there 10 so good medicine as Vegetne and al
think it one OF the best medicines for coughs and
weak, sinking feelings at the stomach, and advise
every body to take the Negetne, for | can assure
them it is one Of the best medicines that ever was.
MRS. l.. GORE,
Corner Magazine and Walnut streets, Cambridge,
Mass.
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concluded from first page

here he bound him to a small. ced,u sap
ling, pushed him from the shore, and
looked on with satisfied smile. as he saw
him drifting every moment bearer death.
As hi. last piercing shrek rends the air.
Leloup turns. and reiraces his steps to the
little clearing
a He looks, ior n moment, about nun
looks at the bright flowers, the trailing
vines, the still unbroken forest, the ma
iestic hills rising in long lines, one above
srsother, turns, and without a wora'
pluuges into the still, clear water lie
does not rise again; a few ripples mar
for moment. the quiet surface OF inc
stream, and all is Sill again
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-28
Neuralgia an d Rheum a tisIS, Liv-
err and Kidney Complaint for
twenty five years Cured by DR..
QuniM's Condition Pills.

DANVERS, MASS, July 10 $50.
MIR. LANE-Dear Sir-:For the last twenty five
years have suffered terribly with Neuralgia and
rheumatism, also Liver and Kidney Complaints,
causing severe pain in the back and hips, otu
able months to soop TO pick up any small ar.i-
Gle from the floor. l have had several doctors,
spent a great deal Tor medicine, which did no rod
and finally concluded must suffer the rest Of my
life. happened one day to see your advertisement
in the Congregatonalist. l thought the medicine
was just what needed and sent to you last April
for a package OF Pills BEFORE had taken eight |
felt like new person. Can sleep well nights, eat
well, and have no Neuralgia PAIN can stoop as
well as ever. My friends as.onished at the
change in me, and think it will not last. My sister
has suffered from Inflammation OF the Bowels, and
Constipation, and wishes to try your medicines, |
intend still to take them, and would not be without
them if money would buy them. think they must
prove blessing to thousands who will be induced
10 try them. Enclosed you will find SlO0. please
send me two packages. Yours respectfully,
MRS. b. T. LANE.
The same lady writes again July 80 ls75:-"Your
Pills doing wonders here. / am taking the Sec
ond package. My son wishes you to send him a
package. Enclosed find fifty cents" etc.
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ID advertisements.
Nem aDberttSements.
DR.. QUAlN'S
MAGIC
CONDITION Pulls,

little more than a ve3r ~ AK. RUAIN'S MAC
&c CONDITION PILLS were brought before The
American public for the first time hy al advertise
ment in a single newspaper published in this city.
The medicine il purely vegetable ADD entr-ly
harmless, but lis magical power over II dis eases Ia
which flesh is neir truly would rful If thew re- nil
from bad blood. Biliousness, b spepsia Neural
gia, Rheumatism, Nervousness Headache, Heav.
ness, Heartburn, Nil fee before it. 1aik is cheap
Facts are stubborn things aud every day We aie
receiving voluntary testimonials, complimentng
in the highest toms these fls, and giving "a
counts OF most astonishing cures. Following use
samples
ScrOfulOu~ IlusnOrs aud Ulcers
for twenty-five years Bilious,
Sore = hrOaI Ba OK and Kidneys
and COsttve at the snsne time.
One package Or Quatn's
Condition Pills makes her feel
as wen AT fOrty-sevcn as when
only twenty.
GoFFsrow>, y. H.. Dec. "a a.
MR.. THOMAS w. LANE purr' "seh II package
of DR.. Quain's Condition Pills of YOU ab.ut hree
months ago, and concluded not /" give my ftsti-
mony until tad given them Il lar trial. Over
twenty five years ago had an aitsck of Scroiul
IIumor on The glands OF my meek: also. an ulcer Ga
NY nose, which disc hafged daily for over yc ~.
Since that time have taken n great deal of nc.ii
cine bit still "as troubled with bronchitis in III,
throat every TIM took The least cold; besic,
was very Bilious lwd one Biilons frver); III o
had Inn t,nEat ON IN my back and kidncls II good
deal OF The lhue, b.l,ie- bs'ituai Co tivehcs., &c.
have taken over iitv boxes Of v1iuH, LIN OF
pits be ides yera BOTTLES OF medical Bteis ANA
Sylups, for the blood Bal ain happy 10 state 'hai
the Pills lnli chased Il you have done ",h''rrS.
am now a. years OF age, aEtt Peel H. Young uli
at 20. Ny hront bae y ikuouhl'J iat; "a ~ -"
since conn .ne,d taking DIR. Q ans Cohdi ion
PHI. neither am iro.hcJ with ii oitsn..ss; the
pain and iufamu.alionfn my lpne>s have Ell:
and n.y Bowcl- are WI, regular. Indeed, I must
give all the praise TO Dr. Quain', Cun'i'u III PMS,
for they have done inor.. for than all the ne'ii
cine ever used. Therefore, take pleasure in rec
omnent!ipg DR.. Quain's Condition Pills 10 all who
may need Them; also I thank You, Mr.. anr Tor
their Introduction do not intend 10 he without
them, If money Will purchase them. Please send
int another package at nnce
MRS. THOMA, II. JONES
=. S.-Plt asc direct to AmO skcag, ~ II.
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Dyspepuc.
SYMPTOMS-Want of appetite, rising OF TO ID
and wind IRON the stomach, acidity of the stomach
heartburn, dryness and whteness of the tongue In
the morning. sense OF distensi0n in the so mach and
bowels, sometimes runbling and pain c0stiv eness
which is occasionally interrupted by diarrhea
paIeness Of the urine The mouth is clammy, OF
has sour or litter TASTE. Other frequent symp
toms are waterbrash, palpitation Of the heart
headache, and disorders of the senses, as seeing
DOUBLE etc. There lie general debility, langHor and
aversion 10 motion: detection OF the spirits. dis
turbed sleep, and frightiul dreams.
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The Lives Insured by the Society are carefully
selected in different parts Of North America and
Europe, furnishing, by this broad field of opera.
tions an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy holders. The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
What Gen. Henderson Said.

The following extracts are taken from
ex-senator Henderson's speech before the
jury in the Avery case at St. Louis, and
contain the language which gave offense
to the President and for which the latter,
supported by his entire Cabinet, ordered
his discharge as assistant in prosecuting
the whisky cases at st. Louis:
What right had Babcock to 90 to Douglas
to induce him to withdraw his agents :?
Douglas was placed In his position to
see that the revenue laws of the Gov
eminent were properly enforced. What
business, then, had Douglas with him?
When an official goes into office
he should be free and independent of all in
fiuences except that of law, and if he recog-
Eizes any otE er master then this Government
is tumbling down. What right has the Pres
ident to interfere with Commissioner Doug
lass in the proper discharge of his duties, or
with the Treasurer? None; and Douglass
showed lamentable weakness of character
when he listened to Babcocks dictates He
should either have insisted that his orders, as
they existed, be carried out, or should have
resigned his Office. Now why did Douglass
bend the supple hinges of the knee and permit
any interference by the President? This was
Douglass own business, and he stood re-
sponsible for it under his official oath He
was bound to listen to no dictation from the
President, Babcock, or any other officer, and
it was his duty to see that the order was
carried out or to resign. Would that we had
officials who possessed more of that sterner
stuff of which the office-holders of oIGen times
were made. Why do they not leave their Of
fee when they cannot remain there honora
bly,? Is it to continue that because a man
holds an office at the hands of another he is
to be a bonded sIayeS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

providing for the appointment of COM
mlttee " to convene an advising council
OF Congregational churches and ministers
to be held at the earliest practicable dav,
for the purpose OF advising this church
whether there is anything in its order
and discipline which requires correction,
or which could constitute any just ground
OF complaint or remonstrance on the part
ofsister churches, - such committee to take
no action which could supersede or inter-
fere with the calling of the mutual coun-
Gil to which the church had already as
sented.
IN the United States Circuit Court at
Covington, KY, on the 10Th, J. NJ.
Schintker, F. r. Rineskamp, F. Macke
and - Steimiede, rectifers, pleaded
guilty of violations of the Revenue laws.
On the 10Th the Democratic caucus of
the Virginia Legislature nominated John
W. Johnston for reelection to the United
States Senate, and on the 10th the Legis-
lature elected him.
THE United States Court at Indianapo-
lis, on the 10Th, in the case of Deputy.
Collector Hill, charged with conspiring to
defraud the Government, rendered a yer.
dict of guilty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
A Tall Chimney Strengthened in O
Novel Way.

The lofty chimney stack at Messrs.
Peter Mathews s Sons chemical works.
at Pitchcombe, Worcestershire, says the
London Building Ne,cs, has lately become
very much out of perpendicular, but, al
most without any building or engineering
works being carried out, the stack has
been brought back to its orlglral position.
The stack is 1872 feet hiTh, and was built
in 1882 by Mr.. Gideon Morris. 1t had
gradually fallen from its upright position,
and Mr.. Augustus Matthews consulted
Mr.. II. J. Taylor, electric engineer, of
Nailsworth, who tested its position, and
found it to be three feet ten inches out of
perpendicular, but undertook TO restore it
10 its original position by q process re-
curing no scafolding. The terms were
agreed upon and accordingly Mr.. Taylor
commenced operations a few weeks ago,
assisted by three workmen The chin
ney is Of an octagonal shape. and the
operations of Mr. Taylor consisted IL cut
ting out one course of bricks from five If the
sides and inserting thinner course, aud
then letting the chimney fall upon the
latter and so pull itself upright, For this
purpose he erected platform about forty
feet from the base and with hammers and
chisels he and his men cut through the
chimney, which at this point was of
the thickness of about two feet. As
the bricks were removed from each
side, thinner course was substituted
and the intervening spaces were filled with
iron wedges. This work lasted tor about
three weeks, and unfortunately the wealth
er was most unfavorable, being frequently
very boisterous, and naturally causing
considerable alarm, both TO MIR. Mathews
and the ventureSome engineer himself.
However, the chimney stood through it
all, and when everything was in readiness
the wedges were withdrawn by Mr. TAYLOR
and his three men, and the stack was
brought within an inch or two of its per-
pendicular position. 1t required nice
calculation to carry out this work, and
Mr.. Taylor is complimented Of the ex-
actncss with which he did it. He estimat-
ed that quarter Of an inch would bring
wv 'iA0 S''oh oS'oh iAiSiico az ing top, Sp
that he had to let il down about an inch
and a half, and had he exceeded his cal
culation by one-eighth of an inch the
stack would have been brought too far
over, and there is little doubt that it would
have completely collapsed, and killed
those on the spot who were removing the
wedges, as the weight above where the
work was being carried on was estimated
at $50 tons. The erection of new stack
would probably cost something like $500,
whereas this has been Strengthened at
about tenth of the cost, and is now
stated to be in as good a condition as
new one
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

%. Rye-Western and State, sS@95c. Bar
ley-$1.a50l.12 Corn-Mixed western, 40
75c. Oats-Mixed Western, 44@45c.
PRoVIsIoNs.-Pork-Mess, $2L75921 so. Lard
Prime Steam. 1as613c. Cheese-64121sc.
WooL--Domestic Fleece, 3S162c.
CHICAGO.
LIVE K--Beeves-Choice, S550Q160 90;
good, 81. 5OG5.25; medium, $500 a. so; butch
ers' stock, $2.6s03.75; stock cattle, S2.759
s.75. Hogs-Live. s6.90D7.a5. Sheep--Good to
choice, S4s00525
(PRovIsIoNs.-Butter-Ch 25G1c2e, Eggs
Fresh, D 125c. Pork-Mess, S19 251l9.30.
s12.35d512.37h.
BREADsTUFFs.-Flour-W Winter Extra.
S5.25G7.50; spring extra, $45O05.75. Wheat
Spring, No. ,. 97@97Ac. Corn--No. 2, 4sh@
4S4 Oats-No. ,, 301s@3Oc. Rye-No. =, 6S
@6S1ac. Barley-No. 2, S6@S6kc.
LUMBER.-First and Second Clear. $4,000
G42. 0; Common Boards, S11OO012 90; Fencing,
s12. 00D13.0o; a. Shingles, S2.7503.0O; Lath,
Sl.75@2.l0.
EAST LIBERTY
LIVE STOCK -Beeves-Best, S6.O0@6 so; me-
dunn, S4.25@5.00. Hogs-YorkeIs, S660@6 so:
Philadelphias S7.25@7.5O. Sheep-Best, 5000
SIS; medium, S4.50@4.75.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
Early Use of Iron and Steel.

IT has sometimes been questioned
whether the Egyptians had knowledge
of steel. 1t seems unreasonable to deny
them this knowledge Iron was known
at the earliest times of which we have any
record. 1t is often mentioned in the Bible,
and in Homer; it is shown in the early
paintings on the walls of the tombs at
Thebes, it has been found in quantity in
the ruined palaces of Assyria; and in the
inscriptions of that country letters are
spoken Of as having been made Of iron,
which is also mentioned in connection
with other metals so as to lead to the suppo-
sitiOn that it was regarded as a base and
common metal The quality of iron
which is now made by the native races Of
Africa and India is that which is known
as wrought-iron. DR.. Percy says the ex-
traction of good malleable iron, directly
from the ore, requires a degree of skill
very far inferior to that which is implied
in the manufacture of bronze" The sup
ply of iron in India as early as the fourth
and fifth centuries seems to have been I'M
limited. In the temples of Orissa iron
was used in large masses as beams or
girders in roof-WOrk in the thirteenth
century, and India well repaid any advan-
tage which she may have derived from
the early civilized communities of the
West if she were the first to supply them
with iron and steel. If we look still
farther to the East, China had probably
knowledge of the use of metals as soon as
India, and, moreover, had q boundlcss
store of iron and coal. A great future is
undoubtedly in store for that country; but
can the race who now dwell there develop
its resources, or must they await the aid
of an Aryan race? The art Of extracting
metals from the ore was practiced at
very early date in this country. The Ro-
mans worked iron extensively in the
Weald Of Kent, as we assume from the
large heaps of Stag containing Roman
coins which still remain there Coal,
which was used for ordinary purposes in
England as early as the ninth century,
does not appear to have been largely used
for iron-smelting until the eighteenth CEN
fury, though patent was granted for
smelling iron with coal in the wear 1911.
The use of charcoal for that purpose was
not given up until the beginning of this
century, since which period an enormous
increase in the mining and metallurgical
industries has taken place; the quantity
of coal raised in the United Kingdom III
1873 having amounted to 127 900, 900 tons.
and the quantity of pig-i to upward OF
6 $500, 900 tons.-PopuEar Science Monthly
for N0Uen.ber.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
A Sad Romance i'm Real Life.

JESSE SPENCER is one of our colored
citizens. Born in slavery, he was, through
the kindness of his master, manumitted
at the age of tWenty-One But Jesse mar
ried slave girl, and here was the source
of his trouble. Three children were born
Of this marriage, and the condition of the
children following that Of the mother they
were held as slaves. Jesse worked and
purchased the freedom of the eldest, and
bargained for the freedom Of the other two
and his wife. The sum demanded ($1, 500
looked like mountain of money to poor
Jesse, and he turned his eyes to California
with the same hope of sudden wealth
which has lured so many hither. Jesse
crossed the plains in 1862, and the year
following received letter from his wife
stating that she had escaped from the
house Of bondage, and with her two
Youngest children had reached that haven
of the colored race, the Canadas. Shortly
after receiving the letter Jesse's cabin
with its contents were destroyed by fire
and the address from which the letter was
written in Canada was lost. Nor from
that day to this has Jesse been able to
find clew to the whereabouts of his wife
or children.-lShasta (Cal.) Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

AMONG the new model hats for ladies
which are described in the French fashion
journals are the following: One (for a
young girD ofwhite felt with raised brins
the lower part ornamented with blue bows
and two small blue feathers, and the upper
part with bows of white ribbon, blue bird
and a white feather; one Of black velvet
with a diadem Of white blond and cream
white daisies, trimmed with a cream
white damasked scarf and a white feather
one of black felt "a +" chdpeau tron6Lon'')
trimmed with a grayish blue damasked
scarf, together with few feathers of the
same tint and large blue wing; velvet
hat of delicate blue Shade, with a we'll
raised front, ornamented with blue thistles
and a large blue feather; and one of
apricot-shaded velvet, the front of which
is ornamented with bows to match the hat,
red geranium flowers, black wing and
small green bird. Of course these hats
are all intended for young women.-N.Y.
EreJsing Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

II. D. Perkins narrowly escaped death
in the tubeTunk, six feet in diameter, at
Mr.. Cones new works at Housatonic,
Mass. He was seventy feet from the en-
trance when boy told him that the gates
at the head of the 1ume were raised, and
race for life brought Mr. Perkins out
just as the water caught him.-SprinGield
(NQSs) Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
The United States and Spain.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ID.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ia.
THE present distinctive point at issue
between the United States and Spain is
stated in non-otficial, unusually well-in-
formed, circles to be as follows:
The United States ask: 1. That in flu
ture all American citizens in Cuba &C
cused of violation of law shall be tried by
civil courts, and not by military tribunals,
with all the rights in such cases as are
secured by the seventh article of the
treaty of 1895; and g That all sentences,
where American citizens have heretofore
been tried by military tribunals, shall be
annulled. Spain in some degree comedies
the claim of the United States to the first
proposition, agreeing that in future Ameri-
can citizens accused of violation Of law
shall be tried by the ordinary tribunals,
with the right to be heard by counsel, to
summon witnesses, and employ all other
necessary safeguards TO the accused, tut
with the reservation that all such trials shall
be according to the law of 1921, which
provides for more expeditions proceed
ings than those of civil courts for COM
mon crimes in time of peace. She also
offers to revise all sentences passed by
court martial on American citizens, where
it shall be satisfactorily shown that such
sentences were in violation of established
law. This reply is unsatisfactory to the
United States, which takes the ground
that American citizens accused of crime
cannot be tried by court-martial, but are
entitled to trial before the civil tribunals
only, as secured by treaty stipulation, with
out such reservation as is proposed by
Spain. ''.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

LIVE SToCK.-Beef Cattle -s100O013.40. Hogs
Live, 81 25t7 6215. Sheep-Live, S4.50G6.75.
BREADsTUFFs.-Flour-Go TO choice, S5.45G
500; white wheat extra, S6.h5I7.75 Wheat-No.
Chicago, 81 .22@1.23; No. 2 Northwestern.
s1.23G1.24; No. Milwaukee spring, S1240
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

BERTHE (vho has difference with his
sister about story): You are wrong,
Katie. But won't argue with you, be-
cause papa says it's wrong to argue with
a woman; and can't call you fool be-
cause that would be below the dignity of
a gentleman"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

JACOB OTTo, of Lancaster County, Pa,
laid down to sleep beside lime-kiln,
which he had been running for twenty
five years, and awoke to find his clothing
on fire. He ran for a stream Of water
about 200 yards distant, where he was
found badly burned. He died next day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

Quite recently short-sighted husband
saw large bouquet of flowers on chair,
and wishing to preserve them from fading
placed them in a basin of water. When
his wife saw the bouquet half an hour
atterward she gave one piercing scream
and tainted on the spot Her defective
visioned husband had mistaken her new
bonnet, with its abundance of flowers, for
a freshly -culled bouquet