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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
APPLIED SCIENCE.

SUBSTITUTE FOR INK.-A substitute for ink has
been devised by DR.. jacobsen of Berlin which con-
sists of points like the leads of ordinary pencils
thacan be fitted into holders. The writing at first
very much resembles lead pencil marks, but when
moistcned Immediately assumes a violet tint, ana
then adheres TO the paper IKE INK. AS many s SIN
GOOD copies can he taken from it by means OF an
ordinary cOpylng press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25

HEAT AND PRODUCTs OF GUSPowDER EXpLo-
sIONs.-According to recent experiments by Capt.
Noble and Mr.. Abel the temperature Of the explosion
of gunpowier, by means of platinum wire or tim
foil is about 1900 c. The products of explosion
consist of about ffty-seven parts, by weight OF
solids, to forty-three Of permanent gas. When the
powder fills the space in which it is fred the pressure
is about 6.iOO atmosphcrcs or ~ tons per square
inch. The products of explosion generally are the
same il gun and in completely closed vessel,
while the work the procctlc is due to the elastic
pressure of the permanent gases.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
nlr5ieal Instruments.

A NEW PIANO of one Of the best factories
n with patent agres carved legs, taken for debts
and shall be bargain for 800 at IA Marketst up
At.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
Countrn Real estate for Sale.

A II SOMERS, Westchester COunty-Charming
N home Gothic house IL rooms all
acres; fruit; shade; fine garden; price $4,000. j. ID.
CONDICT, l45 Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25

IRVINGTON INSTITUTE,
i IRvINGTOS, ESSEX COUNTY, y j.
DAY and BOAKDI No SCHOOL. according 70 PcstAiofzrs
and Froebe's principles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
Memory in the Study of Language.

OF all the exercises which most favor
ignorance in teachers who are not duly
prepared, and which inspire most eanui
in students, the worst are those mnc-
monte exercises in which the master acts
a purely passive part and the pupil an
automatic one. 1t is said that by such
means we develop the memory of chill
dren, but for this no special effort is
needed, as the culture of memory, like
that Of attention, is secured by the activ-
ity Of the other faculties. 1t is more
particularly in exercising the judgment
that we enrich the memory with useful
things. The knowledge we gather in the
first years of life we owe to observation
and xperience-the best of masters
and it is more profoundly engraved
upon the memory than all the memo
rized lessons Of college. The mother
tongue is acquired without learn ing any
thing by heart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
a WiIifuI Y0rkshireman.

S. Barring GOULD has recently pub
lshed couple of volumes filed with
" Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and
Strange Events" The collection fully
bears out the assertion of the Able of
York, who wrote to Cromwell, in 1866
" There be such company of willful
gentlemen within Yorkshire as there be
not in all England beside" Among the
obstinate and eccentric characters illus
trating this truth Mr. Gould gives an
account of one William Sharp, aftsrward
known as "Old Three Laps" At the
age of thirty William was unfortunately
crossed in love. The blow broke his
heart, out not his will, and he took to
his bed with the logged resolution never
to leave it again. And he did not. For
forty nine years he lay like an invalid or
an imbecile On the couch from which he
was finally borne to his grave. During
all that long, dreary term he never.spoke
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
A Lost Father.

SAYS the Portland (Oregon) Bulletin.
" About twenty-five years ago a man
named William Blair left St. Stephens
parish, in the Province of New Bruins
wick, leaving two of his children behind
him. No one knew whittier he had wan
dered or seemed to care. The little
children, both girls, were cared for by
friends until they wearied, and next went
as parish charges, where they remained
until able to earn their own living by
labor, which they did. For nearly TWEEN
ty-tive years not a word was heard by
them of their father, whose remembrance
had almost faded by the lapse of years.
During that time MIR. Blair wandered
throughout almost every State in the
Union, at last coming to halt on the
banks of the Willamette, near the
setting sun. He was an old man, his
sun was low, and a year ago it set to rise
again on the morn of that great day of
Judgment. His daughters had passed
into WOmanhoOd, the eldest marrying a
gentleman named Warters, taking up
home in Hainesville, Mass. During the
past year Judge Hurley of Lafayette and
?. A. Wood Of this city succeeded in as
certaining the whereabouts Of these chill
dren, to whom the old man had willed
all of his property, if they could be found
and informing them. of the fact. About
two days ago Mr.. Warters and wife ar
rived in this city en- route to their new
home up the valley, The other sister is
soon TO follow, and thus by strange
affair in the tide of time they will assem-
BILE beneath roof around which clings
strange memories of the past-their girl
hood lives and the presence of father
whose spirit has passed beyond the
clouds"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04

with a human being; nor were the win
dows Of his room once opened for the
last thirty-eight years of his life. His
legs gradually contracted until they were
bent as if in the attitude of prayer. He
never had an illness; his appetite was
unfailing, and when he died, at the age
of seventy-nine, his flesh was firm. fair
and unwrinkled, and his weight was
seventeen stone. He was averse to be-
ing seen and, if anyone intruded upon
his solitude except his niece, he instant
" concealed himself under the bed
clothes. \ gentleman who once visited
him out of curiosity says: "He had
white hair and handsome head well set
on strong chest. His body and all
about him was scrupulously clean, and
his condition healthy, as his nurse proud
ly pointed out, digging her fists furious
ly into his ribs. He gave no signs of JOY
or pain but lay like mass of inanimate
matter. 1t struck me at the time that
his limbs were stiff; but neighbor of
his, who after his dinner stole peep in
to his bedroom-window, told me that he
saw him playing with his plate in the
manner of Chinese juggler, and with
considerable ability. On my informant
tapping the window he vanished under
the clothes"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
How He Is Reused.

The average Detroit youth sits up late,
and when six o'clock in the morning
comes he is in his soundest sleep. The
father depends on him to make fire,
and he turns over in bed and calls out:
Solomon, it's six o'clock"
Boy dreams Of chasing a rabbit into a
hollow log, and while he is hunting
around for an ak the old man calls out:
Come, Solomon
Boys dream changes, and he thinks he
is husking corn to get money to go to
Dan Rice's circus. He is making the
ears fly when the old man rips out:
Solomon Spring brooke
Boy moves uneasily and dreams that
he is playing baseball, and he sees a
crowd of admiring spectators seated on
the top rails of the fences.
off that boy don't rouse I'll make him
think he's sent for!' mutters the old
man, as he looks at the clock; and then,
sitting up in bed, he shouts:
ooh, Sol! Oh, Soil"
The boy dreams that he is loafng
around the opera-house door and boring
people for checks" and he is about to
get one when the old man slips up, pulls
the quilts of, hammers away at him with
the hair brush, and chuckles:
"There! l guess you won't want me to
wake you up more than fourteen times
morem
As the boy pulls on his pants and gets
into his vest he mentally declares that
he'll run away that very day and become
pirate. Detroit Free Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
Those who, in teaching their pupils to

Those who, in teaching their pupils to
speak foreign language, give them
words to learn, to form into phrases,
commit a triple error. In the first
place, the child does not learn to talk by
passing from words to phrases. In the
second place, in order to speak, he learns
TO understand what is said to him. In
the third place, no mother ever at
tempted such a proceeding; the instinct
of imitation alone suffices the child in
learning to speak.
The expression of thought is not aided
by learning extracts from authors, be-
cause, for the most part, these extracts
contain not a phrase or an idea that
would aid in conversation. In this work
the attention is directed exclusively 10
words, and the memory is aided by their
juxtaposition. By means of repetition
they are revived in the mind in their or
der Of succession, each word suggesting
that which follows. The more we repeat
the lesson in order to retain it, the more
easy and rapid the recitation, the more
the text escapes analysis and the will.
Excellent as the exercise may be in pro-
nunciation and oratory, it is inefficacious
as means of learning to speak. To
learn a model by heart no more teaches
to speak than tracing a drawing-mode'
teaches to draw.-Ck0ude Marcel, IN Pop
iltIr Science Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
Mind Your Own Business.

WHEN you begin life make two resolu-
tiOns and stick to them:
First, to mind your own business.
Second, to let the business of other
people alone.
These people who are always med
ding with the affairs of others are a
nuisance, and ought to be legally
"abated," like any other nuisance.
We would as lief live near soap-fat
boiling establishment, or a petroleum
refinery, as near one Of them.
II you belong to that class of nuisances
we pity you, for your life is an uneasy
and unsatisfactory one. You can never
be happy, because it is utterly impossi-
BILE that you can find out everything
which is going on in your vicinity.
What is it to you If your neighbor does
bring home brown paper package and
a covered basket? You will live just as
long if you never know what they con-
tain. It is none of your business.
Suppose Mrs. B. has got new bonnet?
How does it concern you? Your life,
liberty and sacred honor are in no way
imperiled by the fact. Suppose she did
pay ten dollars for it? The money does
not come out of your purse, and conse-
quently it is none of your business.
II the minister does call on Ann Eliza
Smith twice week, why exercise your
brain over it? What if he is counting
her? Let him court away. Suppose
she has got an awful temper and pow
ders her face, as you say she does? Her
temper will not trouble you; and as for
the powder-Why, just you find us a
woman who doesn't powder!
Don't be forever poking your nose into
other peoples business! If one young
lady "cuts out" another young lady, it is
nothing to you. That is for the young
ladies themselves to settle.
If neighbor Small keeps two cats, and
feeds them on beefsteak, don't let it har
row up your feelings. That is SmalIs
affair, not yours If Mrs. Small throws
her dish-water out of the front door, let
her do it, and enjoy it; it doesn't concern
you.
Don't sit up nights to see how long
there is light in Miss Bells parlor when
the young lawyer is there. If Miss Bell
thinks him worth the oil burned, it is
nothing to you. He isn't making love to
you or any of your folks.
What if they do have three pairs of
stockings apiece every week over to
Squire Hills? Haven't they a right to?
AS long as you don't do the washing it
need not trouble you at all. And if HilPs
shirts are three inches longer than COM
mon, don't excite yourself about it! If
you hadn't been watching the clothes
line you never would have known any
thing about it, and "where ignorance is
bliss, it's folly to be wise"
Mind your own business thoroughly,
and you will find little leisure to attend
to the affairs of others. When you feel
as if you mast learn what they are hav-
ing for dinner next door, take the Alma
nae, or the Presidents message, and read
it through faithfully, and by that time
you will feel as if you didn't care
picayune about anything-not even the
affairs of your neighbors. Thorn,
an ". T. WeetIY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
Religious Views of The American Indians.

The religious ideas of the aborigines
were in the main Of two kinds: those
which clothed natural phenomena with
mystical meaning, and those which in
dictate theory Of the soul The Jndi-
ans expectation of q future life in the
happy hunting grounds, under the gov
eminent OF the Great Father, is well
known. But it is not so commonly
known that he recognized in the phe-
nomena Of human development 4 myste-
rious significance, which was celebrated
by peculiar customs. A girls arrival at
maturity was III many tribes observed bv
religious ceremonies, fact which re-
ceives additional significance from the
degraded condition of women among
them. Though the man was absolute
lord of the woman, who worked for him
as a slave works for master, and could
be beaten at his pleasure or discarded at
his will, yet his maturity passed unre-
garded, while hers was made the occa-
sion of proceedings which not only ap-
pear to have sometimes embodied nearly
all that the tribe had Of religion, but in a
few cases are supposed to have had a
powerful effect IN the development of
particular tribes-GaIary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04

CATION except at the ends of the new
wood. The story of the filbert tree grow
ing up through the center of milestone,
and finally, by its growth, suspending
the stone several inches in the air, was
not generally credited. Our investiga-
tons prove that similar effects are pro-
duced every year by every tree which
grows, and that this rising of the tree is
necessary to its own preservation. Under
the influence of winds which sway our
trees to and fro during their growth the
roots must be loosened in the soil and
partially prevented from holding the
tree securely in its place
Now for the remedy. Each year, as
the tree grows, it lays on ring of new
wood entirely around every part, not only
of the top but of the roots also. 1t can
not build on the under side of all these
roots unless it lifts the tree from its bed,
or crowds the soil away from underneath
to make room for the new cells it is
bound to carry there. Finding it easier
to lift the tree than to sink the world
the tree is accordingly raised every year
by just so much as the thickness OF the
new wood which is laid upon the under
side of the roots. And now the beauty
of the arrangement is seen, when we
discover that this added yearly growth
is just sufficient to take up the slack in
the roots caused by the rocking of the
tree during storms and winds. The
tree is thus securely frightened and
anchored in the soil every year anew.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
A ResurreCted Fortune.

SOME time ago a well-known miner in
this vicinity, who has very shaky idea
of the security Of the banking system
believing more faithfully in the old
fashioned injunction, When you get a
good thing keep it," pulled up stakes and
set off for a prolonged absence on for
eign shores. Before leaving, however,
he dug hole in a sequestered part of
his land and there deposited the boarded
gains of many years hard toll, to the
amount of $1,000 OF $4,000 in gold, and
went his way meditatjng on the fraility
Of all banks except clay banks as the
receptacles Of golden treasures. IN the
long absence of our friend the premises
were occupied by his son, who continued
to make various changes and improve
ments thereon, until finally many of the
old landmarks were obliterated, and the
burial-place of the hidden treasure desc
Grated by being overtrodden by a prolific
family OF pigs, comfortably domiciled
above it. The old gentleman returned
to his native meath and went in search of
his buried gold. Every trace by which
he had hoped to locate it had disappeared,
and all efforts al resurrection seemed
hopeless, and the search was finally
abandoned, when it was found that the
maternal swine in her borrowings and
rootings had unearthed several $40 gold
pieces Of the golden coin. She had
found the open sesame, and the long-hid-
den treasure was revealed intact.-Da1-
buque Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
Who Are Rich =?

The man with good, firm health is
rich.
So is the man with a clear conscience.
So is the parent of vigorous children.
So is the editor Of a good paper with
a big subscription list.
So is the clergyman whose coat the
children pluck as he passes them by in
their play.
So is the wife who has the whole of
the heart of good husband.
So is the child who goes to sleep
with kiss on its lips and for whose
waking blessing awaits.
So is the maiden whose horizon is not
bounded by the coming man, but who
has purpose in life, whether she meets
him or not.
So is the young man who, laying his
hand on his heart, can say: Il have
treated every woman l ever met as l
should wish my sister treated by other
men"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
A Nice Man TO Ride With.

The London correspondent of the
Graphic tells this story: lone of the
most popular notions in England is that
our system of railway travelling sur
passes yours in comfort from the fact
that with our small carriages it is easy
to get a compartment to oneself, or. at
worst, a carriage with only one or two
occupants. There are drawbacks how
ever, even TO this summit of earthly
felicity, as the adventures of worthy
director who recently travelled from one
Midland station to another NAV show
The train he had to catch was very full
and he was rather late, and in hurrving
TO and fro he observed d carriage ten
anted by two men, one of whom was
leaning out of the window while No. 2
was asleep in the corner. No. endeav-
ored to assert that the carriage was
taken, but the director would stand no
such nonsense and hustled into the car
riage, followed by the solicitor 60 the
company. The train started immediate
ly, ana tenant No. l proceeded to explain
0AA0~O mo oiSSpy lACIlI W dH q luudJlC, ana
that he was his keeper, and that as his
patient was excitable all that was to be
hoped was that he might not wake. I'm
luckily this hope proved vain, and til
invalid, being aroused, required the di-
rector TO sit opposite to him while he ex-
planned the theory of the connection be-
tween tish-ponds and frogs, the directors
open mouth doing duty for the former
and the rd7oatHcutj being represented by
little pellets Ofpaper, which were hurled
down the aperture with great precision
by the lunatic. This interesting invalid
next insisted on the directors daubing
his face with ink which was produced
from traveling-b bag, and the entertain
ment wound up with a screaming farce
called Hot Pancakes in which the
fun consisted in the insane gentleman's
slapping each of his companions faces
in turn, and exclaiming: There's an
other hot pancake This finally resulted
IN Tree fight, and the capture of the
lunatic; but the director takes care now
whom he travels with"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04

A GooD-LooKING house-girl employed
in a family on Congress street received
a present Of a muff the other day, and
in day or two after the lady of the
house discovered a receipt ed bill in her
husbands desk, reading: For one muf
$50" She hadn't had new muf, and
when the man came home to supper that
night the old girl was gone and new
one was wrestling the dishes about
Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04

How TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE. u
will give my mode, the result being very
satisfactory: First of all get good ar
tlcle-that is, coffee that will brown well
this can be tested easily, as the grains
should swell almost twice the eize when
Drowned than when green; brown it
evenly; never leave the stove when once
the coffee has commenced to brown, or
you will burn it, and good coffee cannot
be made out of charcoal. / have an old
fashioned mill, the kind that are nailed
upon the wall; that mill three-fourths
full makes sufficient coffee for four per
sons After grinding it L put it in a
bowl, pour some white of egg to clarity,
then dampen thoroughly with cold water.
stirring we'll to mix the egg through com
pletely, then pour into the boiler, and to
this add three pints of cold water, instead
OF hot, as MANY use. Set the boiler upon
the fire and, as the coffee heats, stir il
two or three times before 1t arrives at the
boiling point. Let it boil for twenty-five
minutes, set it of, pouring in the spout
OF the boiler about one tablespoonful Of
cold water, which will clear away any
grounds that may be there. In five min
utes it will settle; pour off then into the
coffee-pot for the table. If your meal is
not quite ready set the coffee where it
will keep hot, but not boil. Never serve
coffee that is half cold; on the contrary,
take pains to have it piping hot.-Oor
Cincinnati Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04

- The Chinese have names which cor
respond in frequency with the Browns
and Smiths of Anglo-Saxon Christendom.
Those most frequently occurring are
Ching, Chang, Wang and Shih, which
are the equivalents of gold" "Iong,n
|" prince" and "stone''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04

IN an inland town of California is an
individual who seems to have a secret
cure for diphtheria, to the sale of which
he devotes his energies The man lately
protested to have become religious At
a church meeting lie is reported to have
made speech, as follows. 81 have
made up my mind to give my property
10 the service of the Lord. / have sew
eral thousand dollars in money, all Of
which / bestow on the church [ have
some fire blooded stock, especially some
Black Hawk horses, all of which | give
tc the church | have also a lot of
grain and farm produce, which in like
manner / bestow on the church. There
is but one thing in all my possessions
which I reserve for myself, and that is
my celebrated medicine for the cure of
diphtheria, which | will continue to sell
as heretofore for the moderate price of
So a bottle"