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Vain street. opposite Post -ofso..
JAsPEP, IRDIANA.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24
PfmpIes, EruptiOns. Rough Skin.

The system being put under the influence
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
few weeks, the skin becomes smooth,
clear, soft and velvety, and being Illuminated
with the glow of perfect health from within,
true beauty stands forth in all its glory.
The effects Of all medicines which operate
upon the system through the medium of the
blood are necessarily somewhat slow, no
matter how good the remedy employed.
While one to three bottles clear the skin Of
pimples, blotches, eruptions, yellow spots,
come dones, or "grubs, a dozen may possibly
be required to cure some cases where the
system is rotten with scrofulous or virulent
blood poi>Ons. The cure of all these dis
eases, however, from the common pimple to
the worst scrofula is, with the use Of this
most potent agent, only a matter of time.
Sold by dealers in medicines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24
Two Ways of Teaching at Home.

ONE of the most perpleXing hours of
the day to the mother is when the children
cometo be helped with their lessons" 1t
IS useless for her to acknowledge that she
has not kept pace with geography and
history, and has torgot,.c her grammar
and arithmetic. She knows that she
ought to have kept pace with them; that
now and here the mothers duty calls her
to work, and not to matters of frills, pet
ticoats, or new hats. 1t is Just as useless,
too, for her to count the sums paid for the
children's schooling, and declare that,
after all, she is their teacher. There is no
doubling that fact. In all the public
schools, and the majority of private ones,
the children's lessons are simply recited
in school, and must be studied and ex-
planned to them at home. The secret of
this is that very few teachers are in love
with teaching. 1t is the worst paid of all
professions; so ill-paid that it usually
serves in the lower grades as a make
SHIFT, stepping-stone to young men and
women with other aims inview. As long
as we pay to our teachers lower wares
than to our skilled cooks and seamstresses.
we cannot blame them if they cram the
children's heads with chaff of words and
leave US to give them the ideas AS we
have their work 10 do, how are we to
do it?
There are two ways. Little Mrs. B., a
veritable descendant of Gradgrind, drills
the children every night in their next
days lessons, She keeps them at work
until they can repeat ser5Gtim Latin. and
defiEitions and Bible texts. She will not
bate jot, neither irregular infection nor
river in Africa. Their eyes ache, and
their heads bob, and so do hers. but She
holds them down to it, as she would .
knife to grindstone. Phil, who is a dull
fellow in ordinary matters, rattles Off the
words as if they were marbles dronninr
out OF the mill; but that sharp little Bob
is at tie foot of his class. The words pass
through his head like water through a
sieve; he declares there is no sense in
them. Mrs. B. prognosticates a miserable
failure in life for Bob; he is the black
sheep Of the B. family, and of the school.
Whereas the boy is simply lacking in the
lowest kind of memory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24
Watering House Plants.

THE English Garden is inclined to dis
pute the rule that "water should be given
in moderately small quantities, and sup
piled frequently" If the causes Of failure
where plants were cultivated in windows
were miEutely investigated, the system of
watering would be found to be the princi-
pal cause. A plant ought not to be
watered until it is in fit condition to re-
ceive liberal supply of that clement,
having previously secured a coed drain
age, IN order that all superabundant
water may be quickly carried off Those
who are constantly dribbling moderately
small quantity of water upon their plants
will not have them in a fiourishing condi
ton for any length of time. This must
be obvious to all, for it is quite evident
that the moderately small quantity of
water frequently given would keep the
surface OF the soil moist, while at the same
time, from the effects of the good drain
age, which is essential to the well being of
all plants in an artificial state, all the
lower roots would perish for want of
water, and the plant would become sickly
and eventually die. In many instances
when the contents of flower pots are
sprlnkled daily with water, the soil in the
middle will become hard and drv When
the all of earth becomes dry it takes
water long time to penetrate it, and sur
face waterings do not accomplish the OBJ
ject. In this case set the top in pail of
water, and let it soak until the earth is
thoroughly wetted through If proper
care in the respects above mentioned fails
to induce a proper growth, then the plant
must be repOtted with fresh earth. and
have portion of its top cut back Irreg-
ulari ties in shape must be corrected from
time to time by pinching off the shoots
which may start to grow out of place
The red spider is quite adverse to
moisture; the green fly, however, likes it,
but may be destroyed soreadily by tobacco
smoke that only neglected plants will
suffer from this cause. The mealy bug
so large that it may be easily picked off.
Watering must be properly attended to,
and while the plant must not suffer from
lack of moisture, the roots must not be
kept saturated with water. The sound of
the pot when struck by the knuckles is
quite different from what it is when dry.
This and the tagging look Of the plant.
will indicate that water is needed. A
little practice will soon enable one to an
ticipate the wants of the plant and to sup
ply water at the proper time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24

His cousins, the Dodd boys, do not rank
very much above him. Their mother
holds them back; will not let them be
promoted" or dragged through at high
pressure speed from class to class, Fair
and softlyr' she says to the principal
+" Let US lay the foundations first" The
principal thinks Mrs. Dodd nuisance.
He does not like women with opinions
of their own. She insisted that the boys
should be turned back to simple rules
of arithmetic, instead Of passing on to
algebra. Meanwhile, in the evening she
keeps shop with them, or market, or
bank, provides them with quantities OF
home made money, makes them buy, sell,
make change, compute accounts, reckon
interest, draw checks. She does not call
it play; they know it is work you never
can hide pill by sugar from boy. But
it is pleasanter than meaningless rules.
And by and by the Specification of the
thing flashes on them, the reality, precis-
ion, infexibility of figures, and the modes
of handling them.
When they are studying their geogra-
ply, their mother usually is reminded of
some odd incident or story which hap
pened in the country to which the lesson
relates. 1t is very live story; the peo-
pie wear their native costume; they are
busted with their peculiar work You
see the scenery, buildings, feel the eli.
mate, as she talks; the boys are with the
Tartar on his plain, the lazzaroni in Rome,
the 'Polaris" drifting over the Arctic
Sea. Perhaps they quite fail in naming
the peaks of the Andes next day, or the
capes on the Pacific coast; but they know
a new country it is not patch of vel
low on the map; they have talked with
the people there, and they feel that the
winds blowing on their faces come
from it.
Mrs. DOdd cOntrived queer occupa-
ton for the boys when they began En-
glish history. For Joe, who has a pas
sion for drawing and daubing in paints,
she provided mammoth blank book,
each enormous page labeled century.
On these Joe drew figures, giving his
idea of the people, houses and state OF
civilization in that century. You may be
sure that Druids and oaks; Boadicea,
with her spear and yellow hair; wolves,
Alfred and his burned cakes, filled up the
first pages with magnificent blotches OF
color We confess that his zeal slack
ened as he came down IT, civilized times
there were but two or three figures in a
century, but their histories were as fixed
in his head by his mothers repetition as
those of Cinderella, or the great ack him
self. For Will, who had an odd skill in
costume and dramatic effect, Mrs. Dodd
contrived paper boxes, with the name of
the century in great gilt letters. There, by
the help of little figures, the Black Prince
played his part, and Richard was himself
again. The plan, with Mrs. Dodd's
other plans, may seem trivial to our read
ers, as they did to the teacher. "Your
facts are nails" she used to say, "Iron
nails. I only silver them over, and drive
them in. '-tScr5bner's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

IF any family will, for season, keep
an account of the value of the products
used from their garden, at the price at
which they are furnished at the nearest
grocery, they will certainly be astonished
at the amount they have saved, aside from
their increased freshness and quality
Roots Garden Manual.
MINUTE SPONGE CAKE.-Three eggs.
one and half cups white sugar, beat
eggs two minutes and add sugar. Beat
two minutes. One cup of flour, one tea
spoon cream tartar; beat one minute; one
half cup cold water, one-half teaspoon
soda. Beat one minute. Add teaspoon
lemon and cup of flour. Beat one min
ute
How TO MAKE THE TEA Go FURTHER.
"A method has been discovered for max
ing more than the usual quantity of tea
from any given quantity of the leaf The
whole secret consists in steaming the leaf
before STEPPING By this process, it is
said, fourteen pints of good quality may
he breWed from one ounce Of tea.
TwO-HoUR PUDDING cup
butter, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup
(smallJ molasses, one cup milk, two cups
flour one and quarter cups raisins hard
sauce; grease the tin well with butter and
let it boil two hours. Put this mixture in
one Of those little empty tin lard pails,
then into a pot partly filled with water.
Everybody likes this pudding
WHAT a fountain of blessing is a GOVT
She is the mother Of beef, the source Of
butter, the original cause of cheese, to
say nothing Of shoe-horns, hair-cOmbs
and upper leather. A gentle, amiable,
eyer-yielding creature, who has no Joy in
her family affairs which she does not
share with man. We rob her of her chill
dren that we may rob her Of her milk, and
we only care for her that the robbing may
be perpetuated.- H0useh0ld Words
THE comparative solitude of home in
new and sparsely-settled country de
presses the spirits Of those fond Of society.
The contracted house, the scant supply of
fruit, the raging of the winds, make the
first years in new home at the West Tar
from desirable, and those who cannot
bear these ills had best not venture out
1t takes sturdy and determined wills to
carry pioneers through the trials and la
bors incident to that manner of life
Western RurdI
AN excellent furniture polish is thus
made: Take of olive oil one pound, of
rectifed oil Of amber one pound, spirits
OF turpentlne one pound, oil of lavender
one ounce, tincture of alkanet root one
half ounce. Saturate piece of cotton
batting with this polish, apply it to the
wood, then, with soft and dry cotton rags,
rub well and wipe off dry This will
make old furniture in private dwellings,
or that which has been shopworn in
warerOoms, look as we'll as when first fin
ished. The articles should be put into a
jar or jug we'll mixed, and afterward kept
tightly cOrked. This is valuable recipe
Western RurdL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24

CoNsUMPTrvEs, TAKE NoTIcE.-Every moment
OF delay makes your cure more hopeless. and much
depends on the judicious choice of remedy The
amount of testimony in favor of Dr. Schenck's Pull
monte Syrup, a cure for consumption far ex-
ceeds all that can be brought to support the preten
slons OF any other medicine. See Dr. Schenck's
Almanac, containing the certificates of many per-
sons of the highest responsibility, who have been
restored to health after being pronounced incurable
by physicians of acknowledged ability Schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many. as these
evidences viii show; but tie cure is often promoted
by the employment of two other remedies which
DR.. Schenck provides for the purpose. These ad-
ditional remedies are Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills By the timely use of these
medicines, according to directions, Dr. Schenck
certifes that most any case of Consumption may
be cured.
DR. Schenck is professionally at his principal
office corner Sixth and Arch streets, PHILADELPHIA
every Monday, where all letters for advice must be
addressed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24
FRENCH CHROMOS.E E,

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err. pedder and eUerybOdy needs some OF our beauti
full chromos. 80 kinds, size 9x11 inches, genuine
French chromos perfect in every tint and color. We
have Juvenile Subjects, Landscapes Fruit Pieces,
Charming Crosses, in all 80 styles. One lady agent
sells IS daily and clears $40 cash. Another sold
LOO in Dec. and made prQft of S24S.10 You can
do as well. Every home needs them. Every lady tax
TO H. They pay 500 per cent profit Retail at - to
80 cents. Send for samples Tell style you prefer,
We send prepaid ia fit securely packed. Order
pies and sell them at three times cost. Sample Cross
eS Landscapes, etc, etc. sent FREE follows: Any
two for 5c for soc 10 for i5c II deGgbtfl beau
ties sent for only 81 s. 100 by express You MISS
this if you pass it by.
CHARMTNG Large Size CoLoEED En-
OfKA Ia w A1S We cravings, 1000 kinds
These SXlS inches in size, ne plate paper and
cOlOred true nature. We have Beautiful GiTs-any
name you wish. Landscapes. Portraits. Puzzle Pict
ures, Comic Sporting Hunting, Fruits, Flowers. Bon
quets, Love Scenes. Memorial Family Registers, Mar
rage Certificates, Religious, and in all a hOIsGn@
styles. Send for one, or 100. All GANTLS co.,
oRRD, maedTree, single 15c, tor soc, 10 for 81, O
for So EVERYBODY needs these. Every agent ana
peddler can sell thousands. We will send fun
catalogues for stamp. Established 1860. SEND NOW
avoid traudS-and send 0Uly the old reliable ARA
of HUNTER 81 CO.. Hinsdale. n. H
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24

WHITE STEwED FIsH.-Take three and
half pounds of haddock, or the flank
of halibut, place in stew-pan, with just
enough water to cover it, then sprinkle
well with ginger and little salt, a thinly-
sliced onion; stew it slowly; when done
take it off the fire, add the sauce-fve
eggs well beaten, the juice Of three lem
ons, a tablespoonful of inely-chopped
parsely; these stirred together, and very
gently thrown over the fish, shaking the
pan little while SO doing, so that it
mixes smoothly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24
Rheumatism a Symptom of Other Dis
eases.

The alarming extent of chronic rheuma-
tism in the country has led to persistent in
yestigation. 1t has lately been ascertained
that the disease is The result of other com
plicated diseases of the liver, kidneys, pan
creas, blood, absorbents, etc. In other
words, that rheumatism is a symptom. 1t is
also found that, by the removal of the com
pljcated disease, the rheumatism disappears,
as result which seems to substantiate
the theory. We all know, to our sorrow,
how frllitless the ordinary treatment of this
disease has been, and we now hail with joy
the dawn of this new discovery. We all
know that the symptoms of these diseases
are generally present in cases of chronic
rheumatism, but few have supposed the
disease to be an effect.
To remove these diseases the surest rem
edy can be found in the SHAKER EXTRACT
OF Roofs OR CURATIVE SYRUP; it appears
to be working many cures. We refer to
the article sold by Druggists and a. j..
White, New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24
Marriage Contracts, When Prohibited.

In England it is unlawful to marry a
deceased wifes sister, To avoid that
statute, the Rev. Morley Punshon, one of
the most eminent of living Methodist
clergymen, came to this country to live.
Much effort has been put forth to secure
the repeal of that prohibition. 1t is con-
coded to be irrational. Such marriages
are frequent in this country. But it is
very hard to secure any reform in con-
sentative old England.
The general subject Of legal restrictions
upon marriages has been brought promi
nently forward in this country by the mar
riage, or attempted marriage, of James
Parton to Miss Eldridge, the daughter by
former marriage, of the late Mrs. Par
ton, known in literature as Fanny
Fern" The parties reside in Massachu-
sets. The ceremony had been performed
before they knew Of any legal objections.
Mr.. Parton applied to the Legislature of
that State for modification of the law,
and, without waiting for the result of his
application, he was quietly married over
aGoin in the study Of DR.. Tying, the rector
of st. Georges Church, New York. But
even now the law is not satisfied. On the
contrary, the otfense is aggravated, or at
least void, in the eyes of Massachusetts,
After giving the connubial prohibitions,
the law adds that ''when persons resident
in this State, in order to evade the pre-
ceding provisions, and with an intention
OF returning to reside in this State, go into
their marriage solemnized, and afterward
return and reside here, the marriage shat
be deemed cold IN this State" The prohi-
billions are as follows:
SEC l. No man shall marry his mother grand
mother, daughter, granddaughter step-mother
sister, grandfather's wife, sons wife, grandsons
wife, wife's mother, wite's grandmother, Cife 8
daughter, wife's grand-daughte brother
daughter, sisters daughter, fathers sister, or
mothers sister.
The provision on this subject in Illinois
is much more sensible. The list of pro-
hibitions includes parents and children,
including grandparents and grandchildren
of every degree; brothers and sisters of
the half as well as the whole blood
uncles, nieces, aunts and nephews. Be
sides this illegality list is tie incapability
list, namely: idiots, lunatics, boys under
seventeen and girls under fourteen wears
of age.
In. Illinois no attempt is made to reg
ulate or invalidate in any way marriage
contracts entered into beyond its own
border. 1t may well be doubted if that
part of the Massachusetts law is constitu-
tional. In law, marriage is a contract,
viewed in business light, like bargain
to supply so much lumber at a specified
price per foot. The Constitution of the
United States declares that no State shall
pass any law " impairing the obligations
of contracts" Under the egis of this
clause of the organic law of the United
States, Mr. and Mrs Parton can safely re-
turn to their home in Newburyport, Mass.
Chicago Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24
Care of Stock.

MEN who own thoroughbred stock of
any breed usually give them that careful
attention which success in the undertake
ing requires. To such men advice upon
the subject under consideration is of little
value; but if plain, straightforward
counsel will have any visible influence
with many stock owners in the great dairy
regions of Ohio and adjoining States, it
ought to be set before them with lavish
hand. A single days journey through
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24

MODERN chemistry is a great power for
good in all departments of industry and art.
Nowhere has this power been used to bet
ter purpose than in the druggists labora-
tory. Through its aid, The Forest Tar Co.,
of Portland, Me-, are able to present to the
medical profession ard the public, pure tar,
in such forms that the most delicate can
take it with pleasure and benefit. Ask
your druggist about the Forest Tar prepara-
tiOns
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24

ECoNoMY.-You will save money by using
Proctor E CANDLES Original Notified German
Soap. 1t will not waste nor become soft
like ordinary yellow soap when used in warm
water, nor is it cheapened with articles in, d.
rious to clothes. Remember, you obtain a full
o'ae-pou'ad bar if you purchase their brand.
To protect their brand from imtators
Proctor 81 Gamble patented It, and the patent
was sustained iii the United States Courts.
Examine the stamp on the bars aOhera you
b4p Take their SOAP OnlY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24

MAJ n A MONTH.-Agents wanted every
SeAtAIE where. Business honorable and first
MHIIVE class Particulars sent free. Address
bVA~V JOHN WORTH Il CO.. ST Louis, Mo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24

PRUssING'S White Wine Vinegar Works, es-
tablished in 1S4S are the largest in the world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-24

EVERY lover Of flowers and of garden
should read adv. " All About Gardening"