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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
The Two-DoIlar Dog.

GEN. GARFIELD, in his article on The
Currency Conflict" published in the
February number of the atlantic Monthly,
tells the story of a "lad who sold his
two-dollar dog for fifty dollars, and took
his pay in pups at ten dollars each, and
never doubted that he had made profit
| of forty light dollars until he found how
small sum the whole litter would sell
for in the market" He called the pups
ten-dollar pups, and by getting five of
them for two-dollar dog he figured out a
profit of forty eight dollars as the result
of the trade
The object of Gen. Garfield was to IL
IuStrate themagic charm of the three-siXty-
five "interconvertibility" by which paper
dollars and ee-sixty five bonds, being
eXchangeable for each other, according to
the Butler-Kelley tinanciers, are to main
tain permanent equipose of value. ''The
alternate ebb and flow of bond into paper
dollar and paper dollar into bond will
| preserve an equilibrium. See how adj
| mirably the thing works. The paper
| dollar, being, at the option of the holder,
convertible into the three-siXty bond,
will, OF course, circulate at the value of
| the latter; and so the bond, being at all
times convertible into the paper dollar,
Will have the same value in the market.
Each will be at the level of the other.
1t was precisely so with the lads two
dollar dog and ten-dollar pups.
So three-sixty-tive bond, computed in
paper dollars, for which it is exchange
able, is worth its face in such dollars, and
the dollars are worth their face value in
the bond. What would either be worth in
gold? The paper dollar certainly would
not rise above the gold value of the bond
Does any one suppose that a bond paying
interest at the rate OF three sixty five per
cent. would be at par with gold? Taking
our five per cent. bonds as a standard of
measurement, and supposing the three
siXty-five bonds to have the same time to
run and to be payable, principal and in
terest, in gold, the latter would be worth
about seventy-five cents on the dollar in
gold, and this would be the value of the
paper dollar. That is to say, both would
be deprecated twenty-five per cent, as
compared with the gold dollar. The
bond and the paper dollar, as COM
pared with each other, would be at the
same level; but neither would be at
the level of the gold dollar, which would
commercially be regarded as the true
standard Of value Their equilibrium
would be simply that of the lads dog and
he pups for which the dog was exchanged.
N. Y. independent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20

OF air and exercise he runs down to
Ferrieres for a little shooting. Meanwhile
Nine. de Rothschild is making the rounds
OF her hospitals, carrying relief and COM
fort to hundreds of those who suffer. These
people have enormous fortunes, but they
make good use of them, and live really
noble lives. Envy is, therefore, out of the
question. Few men would like to change
his hours of labor with those of Baron Al
phonse. And little Mile Bettina, now
another Barronne de Rothschild, has
made good use of her fortune and time
also. From the time she was a little Girl
she has had her separate establishment in
the Hotel Talleyrand, Rue Saint Florentin,
her own agent, doctor, business man,
gOverness, teachers, servants and stables,
| and had her own table, to which she in
vited her own relatives when she wished.
She pursued her studies actively, and two
years ago went before the Board of City
Examiners and obtained certificate en-
titling her to the position Of teacher in
the public schools, Or to exercise the pro-
fessiOn of governess. In case of loss of
fortune, therefore "a remark which
sounds absurd in her case-she is capable
of earning her own living. She carries a
dot of twelve millions to her husband
not counting her Jewels Relatively
speaking this is not much, but since it is
all in the family, the sum Of the doWry
makes no difference. If the young Baron
Albert were in want of four or five hun
dred millions, his father-in-law would
furnish them with pleasure. On the
morning of her marriage Mile Bettina
wanted to pay a parting visit to her own
asylum, to see her proteges, and was
greatly annoyed to be told that on this
day she belonged to her family. The
gala carriages and the blue and gold
Rothschild livery made very grand
show. The harness was ordered for the
occasion, and as some of the horses ap-
peared too small for the harness, Baron
Alphonse sent over to England for several
pairs OF magnificent animals
The service in the temple, attended bv
the Marshal and Nine. MacMahon, the
Orleans Princes, and all the high arts
tocracy Of the city, is represented as very
impressive, 1t was conducted by Laddoc
Khan, Grand Rabbi of Paris, assisted by
Mgr. Isadore, Grand Rabbi of France.
Faure and Levi sang magnifcently in
Hebrew The bride came in a carriage
with her mother and father, entering upon
the BarOn's arm, and went away in the
carriage with her husband. That night
the young couple started for Italy on their
wedding tour. The appearance of the
procession in the streets reminded me of
the marriage of the Princess Gisella, at
Vienna, but OF the two, the marriage of
Mile. Bettina de Rothschild was the more
d5st51agate and elegant. | need scarcely
say that the Baron and Baroness adore
their daughter, and that neither can vet
find consolation for her necessary loss.
Nine. De Rothschild regrets more than all
else the necessity of having the distance
between her and her little Bettina that
which separates Vienna and Paris.-P0ras
Cor. N. 7. Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
Marshal Stalk-A Shakesperean Char.
acter.

ADRlEN DE MONTFORT says in his rem
iniscences of actors in TFG2kes' Spirit: 1t
was very generally known in the COM
munity, particularly among scholars and
the journalistic profession, that the cele-
brated comedian, VIM. e. Burton, had one
of the finest Shakesperean libraries in the
country, and it was not an unusual thing
for him to receive applications for the
privilege to examine some particular
work, 0pr0p0S Of some question of con-
struction or debatable point of peculiar
meanings Of phrases, etc. These privi-
leges were generally accorded, as they
fiattered the very pardonable pride of the
owner Of such valuable textbooks. On
one occasion young gentleman was ad-
mitted with an introduction from we'll
known legal practitioner at the New York
bar, who desired to 6 read up'' on certain
points about which wager had been
made.
The bearer" the letter went on to say,
& IS student at Columbia College, and
to him has ceen left the decision of the
moot question. You will permit him, l
feel assured, to examine the authorities. :"
The comedian introduced the stranger
to his library, and as he had "business
abroad" left him among the precious vol
umes. Later in the day, when Burton re-
turned to his house, he found the stu
dent still occupied in his researches. He
judged, from the number of displaced
volumes, that he had been busily en-
gagged in the search. At last, thinking he
might be of service to the young gentle
man, an offer of assistance was made and
accepted.
"What particular passage do you
seek ?" inquired Burton.
g | am looking for one of the dranaat5s
Ders0n@," was the reply; but thus far I
have been unsuccessful. The assertion
has been made that there is one character
mentioned in some one of Shakespeare's
plays that is never cast; indeed, that
although it is always named, no one has
ever been known to perform it,
And what may the character be-"
Marshal Stalk" replied the verdant
youth.
The Governor at once perceived
that practical joke had been perpetrated
upon the student, and so he came to his
relief
You will find it in Hamlet" he said {;
" but you will perceive that, although he
accompanies the Ghost to the wings, and
even to the spot from which he is seen by
other characters, he never comes upon the
stage"
Then" inquired the victim, how dc
we know that he really exists?"
Simply because those who see him
record the fact. Here is the line:
See where he comes with martial stalk
Of course, did they not see him, they
could not mention him."
The argument was convincing, and the
young man went away to settle the wager
according to the light that had been given
him. Burton used to relate the incident
with keen appreciation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
The Sciences Among the Hound Build
erS.

THE Mound builders possessed some
knowledge Of astronomy, and at least had
practical knowledge Of geometry and
engineering. Their structures are ALWAYS
found in places which would now be Sc
'lected by engineers for works designed to
subserVe similar purposes. 1t is a re
markable fact that the pyramidal mounds
of the South have their faces to the cardi-
nal points Of the compass. In enclosed
spaces 1t IS found that the gates are always
at the side looking toward the east The
pyramidal mound near Florence, Ala,
though for years subjected to the disinte-
grating influence of the farmers plow-
share, is still seventy feet high, and covers
at Its base about one acre Of ground. In
Chickasaw County. Miss, there is line
of five mounds, extending from north to
south. These are all of the pyramidal
form. The largest Of these is that in the
center of the line. 1t is siXty-seven feet
high, 100 wide from north to south and
260 feet from east to west at the base. The
others are smaller, the smallest being at
the north and south. These mounds
were surrounded by a wall Of earth en-
closing thirty-siX acres Of land The re-
mains of the walls are still distinct The
lines are straight, north, south, east and
west. The gateway to the enclosure was
directly in front of the great mound, at the
east side. These mounds were evidently,
at one time, crowned by temples
As another evidence that the Mound
builders had some knowledge Of practical
engineering, the highways, whose general
direction may still be traced for many
miles, may be cited. There are two some
what remarkable groups Of mounds in
Upton County, Tenn. These mounds
are not OF large size, except in one or two
instances, but on some other accounts
they possess an interest which does not
often attack to these memorials of an ex-
tinct race. The first is situated some
three or four miles to the southwest of
Mason's depot, on ridge dividing the
waters of the East Beaver from those of
the Middle Beaver creeks. There are
about eleven of these mounds in the group,
but they are of the small conical sort, and
would not be likely TO attract very much
attention from the casual observer.
About ten miles little south of west
from the tirst-named group on the margin
Of small stream, an atfluent of the West
Beaver, there is another group of mounds
somewhat larger than those above de
scribed. Those mounds are pyramidal,
and SEINE of them are of large size. They
are evidently very ancient works. On
one OF these, which was about ten feet
high above the surrounding level, about
800 feet long and 200 feet wide, Dr.. Chris
topher Dickson formerly resided, having
crowned the mound with a neat country
resideDc e.
Between these two groups there is a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
INDUSTRIAL, STATISTICAL AND
TECHNICAL.

MISSOURI has paid this year SIS, 1922 as
bounty for wolf scalps,
In the Russian Medical College are 122
girls of titled birth.
UNDER the baImy influences of new
directory, San Francisco has increased her
population to 100000.
CONCORD meeting house in Chester,
Pa, was erected in the wear 1875, a still
older one, which was erected in 1893,
having been demolished about that Pc
Rod. The bricks of the present building
are said to have been brought from the
mother country.
IF sc, 900 articles are on exhibition al
the Centennial, and the visitor devotes
five hours of each day to the Exhibition
giving one-half minute to the examina-
ton of each article, it will take him five
months to go through" says the Philadel-
phia Star.
THE London Eng) Board of Trade
statistics for March show, as compared
with the corresponding month of 1874 and
1875, decline of ten and four per cent.
respectively in the value Of exports, and
eight and ten per cent respectively in the
value Of imports.
VIENNA uses 720, 900 pounds of genuine
meerschaum, worth over 81 900, 900, year
ly, and 4, 100000 pounds of meerschaum
chips, which are ground and compressed
and made into imitation pipes and cigar
holders. The imitation is carried to such
perfection that the best judges are otten
puzzled to distinguish it from the real
article
THE removal of sand, ETC., adhering
from the molds 10 iron castings, generally
accomplished by filing, is said to be eff
fected far better by means of steel brushes.
They are made of thin strips of steel, in
the form Of ordinary scrubbers, and also
in that of WhiteWash brushes, and are re-
ported to remain sharp for a lo1g time,
and to be faT more convenient in use than
the tile.-E1change.
To GIVE black walnut fine polish so
as to resemble rich old wood, apply coat
of shellaC varnish, and then rub it with
piece Of smooth purlicestone until dry.
Another coat may be given and the rub
bing repeated. After this coat Of polish,
made of linseed oil, beeswax and turpen-
tine, may be well rubbed in with dauber
made of a piece Of sponge tightly wrapped
in piece of fine flannel several times
folded and moistened with the polish
Scientific american.
THE Cou1t Journal, of London, SAYS
that an American professor has devised a
veryformidablea apparatus. It consists of a
small drum, with avery delicatelv sensitive
elastic skin stretched over it. A stream of
gas passed through this drum will burn as
usual till some one begins to sing near it ,
when the flame, under the influence Of
the vibrating skin, commences to shake
IN manner which is varied indefinitely,
according to the notes Of the tune, so
that, under certain conditions, it will be
possible to photograph these movements
of the flame, and this, of course, will be
equivalent to photographing the tune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20

ence. In many parts, says DR.. Favrer
the natives will avoid mentioning his
name, save by variety Of periphrases or
euphemisms, and will not kill him even
when they have fair opportunity to do
so, for fear that his spirit will haunt them
o. do them mischief after death. But
when the tiger has once tasted human
flesh, the spell of mans supremacy is
broken, and ever after that, it is said, he
prefers it to any other.-Frazer's Maqa-
zine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
How Stranger FIeeced a Hotel.
Keeper.

WEDNESDAY afternoon a man entered
one of the billiard rooms in this city and
| engaged in a game of billiards. He wore
"a long and stylish Ulster overcoat, while
his pants were tucked inside of his boot
| legs. He played about two hours, and
| when settling time arrived his bill
amounted to two dollars and seventy-five
cents. Cautiously approaching the pro-
prietOr, he said that he didn't have a cent,
but was willing to leave anything as Sc
curity, promising to redeem it in the
morning. In reply the proprietor told
him to leave anything he wished, whereat
the stranger asked to be shown to a private
room. His request was complied with,
and in about five minutes he returned,
carrying upon his arm pair of pants
nearly new and Of very stylish make.
He handed them to the saloon keeper,
saying: "Take 'em; they cost me
eighteen dollars last week, but I'll redeem
'em tomorrow morning."
But what will you wear home ?" said
the proprietor. q don't wish to strip
you"
"That's all right" said the stranger.
My Ulster and top boots easily make up
for the lack Of trousers, and I'll redeem
the pledge in the morning." Thus the
account was settled, and the stranger de
parted.
Then the stranger went to Gilman
Brothers Oyster Ocean Hotel, and calling
for room retired. Yesterday morning
he appeared at the hotel office and said to
the clerk: Last night | engaged room
here and retired. This morning I awoke
to find that during the night had lost my
pants, which contained all the money |
had-abOut twenty-five dollars. It's an
unfortunate transaction for me, and while
| have no wish to appear hard to suit, |
do wish that it may not reflect upon the
management of this hotel Therefore |
leave if with you to settle as you see fit,
promising to abide by your decision with
out complaint"
h. II. Gilman was called, and after the
case had been stated he retired to room,
when he became convinced that the
stranger was without trousers, and thor
ough search and inquiry failed to reveal
their whereabouts, and soon a new pair Of
pants had been charged to Gilman
Brothers and given to the stranger, who
was also given twenty five dollars in cash.
Yesterday afternoon the keeper of the
billiard establishment visited the Oyster
Ocean and related as " a funny story'' the
| episode of man leaving pair of pants
worth eighteen dollars as security for
billiard bill Of two dollars and seventy
five cents, adding "but he came back
| this morning with plenty of money and
redeemed them
E. II. Gilman, who had listened to the
story, thought he saw some connection
between his own experience and the story
just related, and told the proprietor of
the billiard room about :" the stolen pants
and twenty-five dollars,' and they began
TO compare notes. The result was that
they unanimously agreed that the man
with an Ulster overcoat and top boots had,
by shrewd deception, come out winner of a
nights lodging, several games of billiards,
a pair OF twelve dollar pants and twenty
five dollars in cash.-Detr0it Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20

A GIRL in Richmond On a recent Sun
day recited the whole of the PSlams and
part Of the Ecclesiastes, 1000 verses in
all, which she had committed during the
week previous. The Sunday before she
recited 1000 verses, comprising the epis-
ties to the Romans, Galatians, Philip
plans, and one or two others. She is
bound 10 have the prize, but is more like
II to have a brain fever.-N. Y. CONNER
ciaZ ddgertiser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20

THIS life is not long enough for man
to learn how little he knows.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20

What miserable pieces of Mecca nlsm
those Persian pilgrim ships must be!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
Not Very Flattering.

Both the Republican and Democratic
Conventions OF Connecticut passed en-
phatiC and uneqUivocal hard money reSO-
lutions. This enraged the Greenback in
tlationists, who called a convention and
nominated ticket Of their own, which
was to swamp both the Old parties and
sweep the field. The advocates of the
currency watering folly stamped the State,
and nightly held forth in behalf
OF cheap money, big money, nom
exportable money, scrip which was to be
received for duties, shinplasters that were
to be made "equal to the wants of trade''
and the needs of the poor man, paper dol
lars which were to have no redeemable
nonsense about them, but were to
be intercOnvertible into 3.65 per cent.
bonds, and the bonds were not to have
the smell Of gold on their garments
Everybody was to be made rich and happy
by those patent methods of making moth
ing worth more than something. Finally
the canvass closed, the election was held,
and the votes counted Here is the re-
suit:
For the Democratic hard-money ticket and
resumption Northumberland. go. ION
For the Republican hard-money ticket and
resumption. ................... 1857
For the Prohibition ticket ............... -. 1871
For the Greenback soft ticket and no resump-
tlOn-.-.-.. .--..-...-- ....-..-. $50
The prospect Of the currency dilution-
lists who dub themselves Independents
sweeping the country for President is not
very tlattering .-Ch5cagO Tribune.
IN anticipation Of the visit of several
European princes to this country, this
summer, preparations have been made Tor
/. grand buffalo hunt in honor of our dis
tinguished guests. A four-story house
modelled after the one from which the
Prince of Wales hunted tigers will be
built, in the fourth story Of which the
royal sportsmen will be safely ensconced.
The buffaloes will be driven into the lower
story, where they will be knocked down
and butchered, and then sent up to the
fourth story on elevators. a servant in
livery will then hand round revolvers on
q salver, and the royal sportsmen will
shoot the buffaloes, and the news will be
transmitted by telegraph to the several
European capitals. -BurEl11gton HaNh-
Eye
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-28
widely Distributed Animals.

The family of rats Is found in nearly
every quarter, and bats in every quarter Of
the globe. None of the larger land ami
mails are so widely distributed. Among
birds, the most extensively found are swal-
lows, kingfshers, pigeons, falcons, owls,
rails, snipes, plovers, herons, ducks, gulls,
petrels, pelicans and grebes. ALI of these
are found in each of Mr.. Wallace's regions,
and also in each of their sub divisions.
Crows and swifts are universal except in
New Zealand, and cuckoos except in the
north of North America. Among reptiles,
snakes may be mentioned as nearly cosmo-
politics. being found every where except in
New Zealand and the tropical islands of
the Pacific; while geckoes, or wall lizards,
are absent only from the north of North
America. Toads are dispersed over the
whole world except Madagascar, New Zea-
land, and Pacific Islands; and frogs have
the same area with the addition of NADIA
gasoar.- Chambers Journal.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-28
eugene and Her SON.

A Paris letter says The ex-Empress
Eugene and her son are now sojourning in
Florence. friend who recently saw them
there writes me word that the Empress has
aged very much in the past year or two !;
she has grown very fat and no longer dyes
her hair, which has become of u respectable
pepper, and-salt hue. The Prince Imperial
Las grown into fine looking young man,
with very 1ourishing monstache and a
pair of soft blue eyes that much resemble
those OF his mother in shape and express
sion. His ears, that used to stick ouG so
prominently and awaken 80 many malicious
comments from the Republican journalists,
though still of somewhat undue size, have
lost 'their bad pre-eminence" to great de-
gree.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-28
Special Auttres.
Hernia or Rupture,

According to the common acc ept alton of the term
is disease consisting in the prOtrusion of any part
or parts naturally contained in the abdomen out of
that cavity. 1t is affection so common that every
seventh person is d, suffers from it more or
less Among the principal predsposing causes of it
might be cassed debility; yiolent action OF the alb
dominal muscles as in jumping coughing, straining
by lifting heavy weights which strongly exerts these
muscles at the time the body is BENT aged persons
laboring beyond their strength. 1t often results
firm blow or kick upon the abdomen, while IN
many cases it would appear to be, in measure,
hereditary The most common forms OF it in.
guinal, lin the .grOinl fermoral (upper part OF
thigh); umbilica (at the naveD; anu scrotal b, r
mia, usually pearlng soft protuber nee which
may be compressed and which becomes smaller oil
disappears when the patient lies down. In either
variety of Rupture the remedy is a well adjusted
TRUSS,
Which shall retain the rupture in its proper posi-
tion with comparative ease and com ort
A large stock in extensive variety of all the mos
desirable Styles and ad ipted to patients of all size
from t. nallest infant to the stoutest adult to
sale and applied by .....-..., -..,
APoTHECARIEs.
N.W. Cor Sixth and Market Sts.. Wilmington.