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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23
opportunity a good one, commenced to

opportunity good one, commenced to
blaze away at them, with deadly effect no
| less than four falling in answer to seven
shots. This destructive fire did not abate
their fury In the least, and proceeded to
draw my second revolver, when, unfor
tunately, it caught in twig and was
jerked out of my hand to the ground. |
now felt my predicament to be worse
one than ever, fearing that they wonld re-
main and starve me out, or until | should
become benumbed with the cold and fall
an easy prey to the ravenous pack. NV
buffalo coat | had left in the cutter, and.
being very thinly clad, / began very soon
to experience the effects of the cold The
wolves, [ believe, realized my helpless
ness, and became bold accordingly. They
walked up to the foot of the tree, which
was a small one, and as they could not
reach me by leaping they began to gnaw
it down. / had been in many a tight
place before, in whale fishing and other
perilOus positions, and fatter myself l
have never been much Of coward but
on the present occasion, with hungry
pack of wolves methodically at work, one
after the other, gnawing away the tree on
which had taken refuge, | began to feel
loose about the jaw, and my spirit went
down to fOrty-tive degrees Fahrenheit
However, an idea occurred to me: I de-
cided upon plan. Taking out my knife
cut the longest limb could reach, and
leaving hook on the end of it [ caught
hold Of long cedar tree about ten feet
off, and as the wolves continued gnaw-
ing, and my perch got more and more un-
steady, pulled on the pole and drew the
Tree over toward the cedar With des-
perate exertion and after several minutes
of deep anxiety, l succeeded in gaining
the cedar and took up a safe position
among the branches. The wolves uttered
a fierce howl and took their departure,
but did not venture to descend from my
perch until the last sound from them was
family heard from the distant hills. On
reaching the place where I had left nv
horse | found that he had got frightened
and had gone. / was about striking out
in pursuit when espied the two Indians,
who were endeavoring to secure two
young moose, which they had got into
kind Of crevasse at the base of a high
rock. turned in with them, and we
succeeded in taking them alive and un-
hurt. We carried them to Mr. Valent's
shanty, where they will remain until we
can get them down to Ottawa The In
dians had courage enough to go back and
skin the wolves. My horse l found at the
jobber's shanty, about seven miles dis
tant.-Jolm 4. Gusn, IN Ott0t00 (Caaada)
Free Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

THE huge, drastic, gripping, sickening pills,
constructed OF crude, coarse and bulky in
gradients, are fast being superseded by DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Sugar
Coated, Concentrated Root and Herbal
Juice, Anti-Bilious Granules-the Little
Giant" Cathartic or Multuna IN ParUo Physic.
Modern Chemical Science enables DR.. Pierce
to extract from the juices of the most valua-
bic roots and herbs their active medicinal
principles, which, when worked into little
Pellets or Granules, scarcely larger than mas
tGrd seed, renders each little Pellet as active
and powerful as a large pill, while they are
much more palatable and pleasant in effect.
DIR. IRA A. THAYER, of Baconsburg, Ohio,
writes: q regard your Pellets as the best
remedy for the conditions for which you
prescribe them of anything have ever used,
so mild and certain in effect, and leaving the
bowels in an excellent condition. 1t seems
to me they must take the place of all other
cathartic pills and medicines"
LYON & MAcoMBER, druggists, vermillion
ID. T., say: eve think they are going to
sell like hot cakes as soon as people get ac-
quainted with them and will spoil the pill
trade, as those that have used them like them
much better than large pills"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23
An Adventure with Wolves.

BEING cutler il the employ Of Messrs.
McLaren & Co., on the Gatineau River, |
set out on the morning of the 29th of Feb
ruary, in company with two Indians, to
ascertain if any trespaSses had been com
mitted on limit owned by that firm, the
said limit being northeast of the Gatineau
River, and running parallel with the Dui-
eyre. The district is remarkable only for
Its mountainous character, the range being
called Mont Diable, or Devils Mountain.
| took my horse along with me so long as
Il beaten track enabled me to do so, when
| tied him up and continued the Journey
on snOW-shoes. We had gone only about
four miles when one of the Indians, a
very cunning and experienced hunter, sol
EMMY warned me to turn back, rs there
were unmistakable indications of wolves
being IN close proximity, but, not heed ing
the voice of the dusky son of the forest,
made up my mind to keep on my way, as
1t Is principle Of mine never to look
back until my work is accomplished On
the present occasion, however, my con-
tempt for the prophetic words of the
Indian came near costing nae dearly. APP
preaching the foot of the mountain, [ be-
held full in view, and only a short dis
lance away on small eminence. a pack
of wolves, twenty seven in number, de-
vouring the remains of a deer. This was
rather an unpleasant position to be in, and
TIE only recourse for safety was retreat or
TO climb a tree. The former | decided on
without much delay, but on turning about
| found that the two Indians had gone. !
saw to my revolvers, as my best friends,
Immediately, and found all right. | de-
termined to live as long as | could and TO
sell my life as dearly as possible.
| began the retreat, however, with
all the haste that my physical
powers were capable of, but was soon
alarmed by hearing the bowling of the
wolves in pursuit. [ have always prided
myself on my heeuess of foot, as | have
seldom met my equal, but in this race
with wolves | lost ground very fast. ]
quickly realized chat the attempt to escape
was vain, for at the rate of going | could
not hold out long, and therefore believ.
ing that prudence was the better part OF
Faior, concluded to climb tree, and
thouSh IL TOOK me but very few moments
10 reacn convenient bough was none
100 quick, Tor the pack was nigh on hand
anxious for fresh dish after disposing OF
deer. They drew up in line about fer
feet from the tree, and, considering the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23
How Gas is Made.

THE Marlboro Mass Mirror publishes
sort of gas catechism, which conveys a
good deal Of important &" light to the jul
venile mind on this subject:
=" How do they make gas ?''
" First they put some bituminous coal
in a long, alright retort. This retort is
heated red-hot, when the gas bursts out
like that from Jumps of soft coal when on
the parlor fire. The gas passes off through
the pipes. A ton of coal will make 1O, 600
cubic feet of gas. The gas as it leaves
the coal is very impure"
" How do they purify it,"
6 First, while hot, it is run off into an
other building, then it is forced through
long, perpendicular pipes, surrounded
with cold water This cools the gas, when
a good deal Of tar condenses from it, and
runs down to the bottom of the perpendic-
ular pipes. This tar is the ordinary tar
which you see boiling in the streets for
walks and roofs
They now wash the gas. They call it
scrubbing it.
This is next done by filling large
vessel, which looks like perpendicular
steam boiler, half full of wood, laid cross
wise. Ten thousand streams of cold water
are spurted through the boiler. Through
the mist and rain, and between the wet
sticks of wood, the gas passes, coming out
washed and cleansed The ammonia con-
densed, joins the water, and falls to the
bottom
What next?"
"Well, after it is purified, it is passed
through the big station meter, then
through the mains and pipes, till it reach
es the gas-jet in your room. Then it burns,
while you all scold because it don't burn
better"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

MR.. W. MCINTosH, of Portland, Maine,
writes: "For long time | have been a
great sufferer from Bronchitis, for which I
resolved to try your Forest Tar. The first
bottle brought no apparent relief After
using the second, my cough was very much
relieved and my sleep was free from that
choking sensation which made breathing
difficult and distressing, Now, after using
fe W bottles, 1 AM PERFECTLY FREE FROM
EVERY TRACE OF MY TROUBLE I believe it
TO be all you claim for it and much more"
Your Druggist will show YOU these prepare
tiOns
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23
DIR. Schenck,a Standard Remedies.

THE standard remedies for all diseases of the
lungs are ScHENcK's PULMoNIC SYRUP, SCHENcK's
SEA WEED Tonic and SCHENCK's MANDRAKE
PILLS. and. if taken before the lungs destroyed
speedy cure is effected.
To these three medicines DR.. j. 81. Schenck of
Philadelphia. owes his unrivaled success in the
treatment of pulmonary diseases.
The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter
in the lungs; nature throws it off by an easy
pectoration, for when the phlegm matter is ripe
slight cough will throw it off, the patient has rest
and the lungs begin to heal.
TO enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this,
Scnencks Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea
Weed Tonic must be freely used to cleanse the
stomach and liver. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act
on the liver, removing all distractions, relax the
gallbladder the bile starts freely and the liver is
soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is gentle stirlulant
and Alternative; the alkali of which it is composed
mixes with the food and prevents sourng 1t as
sists the digestion by tonilg up the stomach to a
healthy condition, that the food and the Pull
monic Syrup will make good blood; then tn lungs
heal and the patient will surely get well if IRE is
taken to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult DIR. Schenck eitl rper-
sonally or by letter, do so at his prnci d of
fee, corner of SIXTH and ARCH Sis, Philadelphia
every Monday.
Schencks medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

For picking or table use Prussing's White
Wine Vinegar is unrivaled. Try it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

We are sure our readers will thank us for
calling their attention to the very handsome
advertisement of the Excelsior Manufacture
ing Co, of St Louis, as it would be useless
for US to try to say anything in favor,of their
great Charter Oak Cooking Stove. The very
word suggests the thought of a we'll cooked
meal followed by easy digestion, vigorous
health, and desire to have and to do plenty
of real work, to say nothing of the comfort Of
happy, contented household
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23
What disease HIVE II

HCx often do we hear this question asked
by lersons suffering from dizziness and pain
IN the head, with duh, stupid feeling, pain
in the side, back or shoulder, q heavy load
on the stomach after eating, faint, all-gone
sensation at the pit of The stomach that food
does not satisfy, col I, clammy feeling in
the hands and feet, with hot flashes at times,
bad taste in the mouth, with foul breath
attended with great depression of the nerv-
Gus system and evil forebodings, and with q
tired weakness that sleep don'trelieve, urine
scanty ut times, with a sediment after stand
ing. One physician calls the disease liver
complaint another kidney disease, another
dyspepsia, and still another impurity of the
blood. But none succeed in effectirg a cure
The 1acC = that these symptoms indicate
that all of these diseases arc present to-
gether, and to remove these symptoms we
must take a rem edy that will act upon all OF
these organs at once. The best article that
we know of is made by the Shakers, and is
called SHAKER EXTRACT OF RooTs OR CURA-
TIVE SYRUP mot a patent medicine). Sold
by Druggists and A. ). White, New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

A CAN of nitro glycerine has been lost
in the water at the entrance to Port Col
borne harbor, and the owner doesn't care
enough about it to dive for it. Vessel
owners are little anxious about it, how
ever, and have offered 500 reward for
its recovery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

Mr.. Winslow says that all he wants is
to go home. 1t is tolerably certain that
he can't 90 anywhere else, anyhow; so
the horns of his dilemma are unpl easant-
ly limited
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

ECCToMY.-You will save money by using
Procter d; Candles Original Notified Gerraaf,
Soap. 1t will not waste nor become soft
like ordinary yellow soap when used in warm
water, lor is it cheapened with articles inju-
rious to clothes. Remember, you obtain full
one pound bar if you purchase their brand.
To project their brand from imitators
Proctor & Gamble patented it, and the patent
was sustained in the United States Courts.
Examine the stamp the ba,s auhen you
bag. Take their Soap onlu.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

IT is leap year, and the old piece of ad
vice is just as good as ever: "Look before
you leap"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

The finest furniture brouGhtto our market
Is from the well-known house of HoIton
& Hildreth, 225 and 227 State street, Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

Headquarters Northwestern Claim Collection and Pen
sion Agency Bountes, Back Pay Prize Money, Pensions
Increase Pensions and Claims of all kinds promptly col
lected Every soldier disabled Though but slightly by
wounds injuries disease is entitled to Pension Where
soldier dead the widow child is entitled Most pen
sions can be increased Apply Have had year
experience at the front soldier 10 years experience
III collecting these claims. All letters cheerfully and
promptly answered return postage inoosed Send
cents for Bounty and Pension laws. Address E. s.
WEEDEN, CHICAGO, ILL. EE No charge unless claim
is collected Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23

A RING which no one will object TO-
the ring of silver dollar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-20

III and finds you at the wash .tub--you'can
be and are as much of lady in the kitch-
en- as in the parlor.
Arrange your work Systematically: by
SO doing you will accomplish mere, have
time for visiting, receiving visitors, etc. Of
two women whom we know, of equal
means and time, one accomplishes one
third more than the other-never seems in
hurry, her house is neat as pin, herself
likewise, while the other-how shall we
describe her. home?-go in with me, every
chair full: go my! excuse the looks of
the house; | am washing, baking and try
ing to get some cleaning done, and had
not time to make the bed and rid up"
No system there, you mentally exclaim.
IT'S better to take Monday, if possible,
for your washing; you are less lable to
be interrupted. Tuesday, ironing; Wednes-
day, sweeping, cleaning-up, etc.; Thurs
day, sewing; Friday, same; Saturday,
baking, cleaning, etc.; Sabbath, rest; do
not spend it in cooking all the time, visit
ing or receiving visitors.
As we urged you to be neat in your
dress and house and be particularly so in
arranging your table, it is not necessary
to have the finest linen, china or silver
OF course they are something to be desired,
and we do not undervalue either their
beauty CT worth, but with table covered
with a fine white cloth, of course, neat
stoneware (white and perfectly plain),
good wholesome victuals, we'll cooked
you can raise yourself greatly in the es-
TEEN of a hungry man; no matter if you
are not as handsome as you would like,
you will get better looking in his eyes
every day. Be cheerful, welcome your
husband with not only a neat house and
person, but a smile. He may have had
many annoyances through the day; try
and drive the thoughts of them away, and,
if it is tea, have an easy chair and a news
paper or favorite book where it will catch
his eye on rising from the table. Tempt
him to spend the long autumn and winter
evenings at home with you, improving
yourself with useful reading, music, if
you have the talent, etc. Get him pair
of slippers and make him a dressing
gown. These will cost money and labor,
but they will pay. Put the gown on the
chair, slippers near by, and if he puts
these on, picks up his paper or book, you
will have your husband safe for the even
ing. He will feel so thoroughly comfort
able that it would take a good deal to get
him out; and if business compels him to
go be assured he will soon return; and it
behooyes every good woman to do all she
can to make her home attractive. The
saloon-keepers understand this power of
attraction perfectly, and they are always
ready to WIN your husband away from his
home. They care not for the lonely, suf
fering wife and children.-St. Louis Re
publican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-20

VIII violate, are in the very genius of per-
verslty. While these escapades pass for
lnconslderateness they irritate the imme-
dlate sufferer, but in time they accumu-
late into treasury of anecdote and con-
stltute character. The people, however,
VINO really suffer under a man who fla
gravity wants tact, are not his immediate
victims so much as those closely belong
ing to him, who sit by and listen and
wonder with tingling ears and flushed
cheeks; and, in fact, he often becomes
rather favorite with society. Deficiency
OF perception, Joined with good nature, is
always making demands for indulgence
and puts the pardoner in superior posi-
ton We are always telling good stories
OF such people behind their backs; their
sayings and awkwardnesses are a stock
subject in their own circle and so promote
talk and good neighborhood.
Sidney Smith has given many of the
traits which describe consideration and its
opposite in his definitions Of "a nice per
son" and " hardness Of character" GA
nice person." he says, "makes no diff
culties, is never misplaced, is willing to
sit bodkin, and is never foolishly affront-
ed. A nice person helps you well at din
ner and understands you. A nice person
respects all mems rights, never stops the
bottle, is never long and never wrong; al
ways knows the day of the month, the
names OF everybody at table, and never
gives pain to any human being. All the
joys of life are communicated to nice peo-
pie; the hand of dying man is always
held out to nice person" And now for
the reverse picture: GA hard person
thinks he has done enough if he does not
speak i'll of your relations, your children,
your country; and then, with the greatest
good humor and volubility and with a
total inattention to your individual state
and position, gallops over thousand fine
feelings, and leaves in every step the mark
of his hoofs upon your heart. The hard
person brushes little sensibilities, violates
little proprieties and overlooks little dis
examinations, all from wanting that fine
vision which needs little things, that del
icate touch which handles them, and that
fine sympathy which superior moral or
ganization always bestows." In all this
he describes men as he finds them; we
have touched on the causes which make
one person mice" to those about him,
and the other "hard" and apt to annoy
or wound.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-20
in the Wrong Store.

WE'RE going to be married now in
bout a week, stranger" said a country
man, with slouched hat on one side of
his head, as lie entered a jewelers. on
Market street last week, leading by the
hand bashful-looking girl with red
face and white teeth, end I want set of
jewelry to match that ERE ring on her
inger'
Something pretty nice, I presume:"
said the jeweler, examining the ring.
BEST you've got, [ reckon, - was the
reply.
Some twenty different sets were shown
them, varying in price from thirty to
ninety dollars, and finally they decided to-
take one, the price Of which was sixty
dollars
"Do her up in rag" said the country
man, pressing himself up closely against
the girl.
The shopkeeper artistically wrapped up
the jewelry and handed it to the be-
trothed.
"There's your spondulix," said the
purchaser, as he ran his hands deep down
into his pockets and threw two big hand
fuls of hard money on the showcase
AS the merchant had not been asked the
price of his goods he looked a little sur
prised, especially when the countryman
added:
C. It's all right, stranger, for she and l
counted it over more'n twenty times fore
we left hOme.'
Glow much IS there here?'' inquired
the ieweler, having counted twenty-five
cents all in coppers.
Ninety cents, I reckon; not
cent short"
"Ninetynine cents! Why, that set of
jewelry issixty dollars we don sell brass
here" exclaimed the jeweler, his face be-
coming scarlet, and, taking the set from
the girl, he replaced it III the showcase.
P-h-e-w," whistled the countryman,
looking with establishment, first at the
man and and then into the street. "Why,
a boy out here told me and my gal that
we could get anything in this 'er store for
ninety nine .cents,' and they went out to
look for the boy.-Danbu1y Neaos.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-20
HindOO Ghosts and Devils.

AT a recent meeting of the English An
thropological Institute Mr.. NJ. J. Wal
house read a most interesting paper "On
the Belief in Bhutas-Devil and Ghost
Worship in Western India" He said
that although the lower castles and classes
III India acknowledge and reverence the
Brahminical gods their familiar house
hold cultus is much more especially adj
dressed to inferior supernatural beings
analogous to the evil spirits, devils,
ghosts and COLLINS of European supersti-
tion According to Hindoo doctrines there
are ten classes Of such beings, the first
seven of which are demons created abo-
riginally with the world, or by acts of the
higher gods, on whom they wait as at
PENDANTS or servants, receiving some share
Of their worship and avenging any omis-
sion or neglect of ceremonies due.
Though not Individually, they are for the
most part evilly disposed toward human
kind. But the last three classes, of
whom the paper more particularly treat
ed, are exclusively of human origin, De
wandering in an intermediate state be-
tween heaven and a hell, intent upon
mischief and annoyance to mOrtals, chiefly
by means Of possession and wicked in
spiration, every aspect of which ancient
ideas, as we'll as of the old doctrine of
transmigratiOn, they exemplify and illus.
trate. They are known by the name of
Bhuta. The author went on to show how
most of the evils and misfortunes of life
were attributable 10 the Bhuta Influence;
deaths from violence, evil possession
diseases in families and in cattle, stone
throwing, etc, He then described the
priestly use Of those supposed powers, the
cure of diseases, the conduct of festivals
and dances. 1t was also pointed out how
close was the similarity between the oc-
currences under Bhuta influence and the
prevalence of a belief among European
nations in Witchcraft, demoniacal posses
sion, " ievitations," ghosts, invisible
powers, dancing manias and the like.
The Bhuta temples and ceremonies were
also described and compared with those
of the Todas and other Hill tribes. The
paper contained accounts of several we'll
authenticated trials consequent on Bhuta
interference and punishment. A series
of Bhuta (Turanian) gods were exhibited
by the author as illustrative of the wide
difference between Turanian and Aryan
art