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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-13

WATCHES. .JEWELRY. DE.
GPECIAL NOTICE.-Haying dis
- continued the business OF lending money E1A
on coilaseraIs, h1ye determined 20 sell ALL fSftHM
the forfeited pledges on band at tho nd dyancss niad
same, which IL In every case much below original
cost. The goods consist OF
! Magnificent DIAMOND RINGS,
E VEST, GUARD, OPERA, and CHATELAiNEs
ElegsM ASifTHYsT, CAMEO, aud other SET
RINGS, BUTTONS, &c.
shall continue 20 sell until an the articles are dfs
lnents Will be offered 10 purchasers. Gc come early
and often 10 - b. A. wlNST0CksS,Ss
jy lI.lm No. Ia north fosifseenth street
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-13

VXTANTED, MY FRIENDS AND PAT
w @RONS to know that have moved my place OF
street, to No. l42I FRANKLIN STREET, two doors
below the Exchange Hotel, and that am, rs usual,
prepared to put up FIRST-CLASS BOOTS, SHOES,
and CATERS ut the shortest notice. and ut aS rel-
sonablc prices as tirst-class work can be sold
N. G. D0HERTY,
No. 1921 Franklin street.
iyll-lw two doors below Exchange Hotel.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-13

~r',,aH -.''. tsr,, mil information, address
r--r.'..lo.ics S''"" Il. PURIE EAR.
Chairman Of Faculty
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-13

TOR RENT.-THEN NICE AND COM. :a
&c PORTABLE BRICK DWELLING No No.. oIyss- 80
u sor rent The house contains seven roons aitcneL
in the yard good Size lot, aud ample SHADE ,ron ,,
To good tenant the rent Will be mace 'o". Apply
20 me ut Bank of Commerce - ,yrrII.,,s
! jy 7-6t 7V'N ~ '" "D''>,-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
Latest from the Icebergs.


THE opinion prevails that the late
| British Polar Expedition has been q
practical failure. DR.. Isaac HAYES
stops in the midst of his busy life, in
New York, to say that such is the case,
| and as a veteran Arctic explorer he
should know whereof he speaks. The
commander of the expedition. CAPTAIN
Mares, is also ready to confess his in
ability to prove his belief in an open
polar sea, although his expeditionary
campaign succeeded in passing the
farthest points reached by either Hall,
Hayes, or any other explorer of the re-
giOn. sg as't h. -s~aa IS ..sg Ha,8.g
The expedition of Captain Mares
was supported by all that money and
scientific ingenuity could suggest.
Men, vessels, equipments, provisions,
and all the apparatus fer pushing
against the obstacles surrounding the
way, were of the best quality. No
Polar expedition, ever started out so
well equipped, and in consideration of
these things the work, done would
seem to be little as compared with that
achieved by the earlier explorers, who
prosecuted their tasks surrounded by
such obstacles as scanty Equipments.
weak vessels, and want of pecuniary
assistance at the outset. q ala -
The chief benefit which promises to
arise from Captain Mares recent
effort to discover the great Northern
Passage" is the contribution Of the
coast-linei knowledge which he will
make for the use of geographers and
future expeditions, the tracing of these
coast-lines for 220 miles to the west of
Greenland, and considerable distance
to the east, in all probability one-ffth
of the circumference of the rim of the
Polar Unknown, being especially valu-
able 'rs7''
Captain Mares also discovered that
at the eighty-second parallel all ami
NAL life and the migration of birds
ceased, thus proving, as he says, the
"inIpracticability of continuing an
effort to reach the Pole" .t
So the Frozen Zone still holds its Sc
cret. Seventy years of Arctic naviga-
ton and the expenditure of millions of
dollars and hundreds of lives, have
resulted in total advance of only ITO
miles in the desired direction, leaving
the coveted North Pole nearly 500
miles away; and the latest expedition
is pronounced a failure. Why, then,
not resign the worlds great ice-house
to it's own cold-hearted self 2-Chjcaqo
Journal a-l a.. Il 81 81
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
ColorIng Human Hair by Eating
Eggs.

THE much-veXed question, How to
get gold hair. is solved at last. While
the Germans shrink from being held a
fair-haired Nation, who knows, but
the sufferers, what other Nations have
gone through to win the hair despised
by Prussia? Ladies have borne I'M
heard-of torments in pursuit of this
fictitious gold. One who had to be
turned round IN the sun for hours
during the process, bore with stole
fortitude the terrible headaches in
volVed each week, nor ever complained
of what she had to pay, though after
all, she was. scarcely ever electro-plat-
ed. Some run other risks in robbing
Teuton corpses of their long fair locks /;
and all is Intellectual while eyes and
skin remain to give the lie to hair.
Now, no more dyes, migraines or wigs
will be necessary. Everybody may
sport the "glad gold halfway, blue
eyes, too, and snowy skins. All you
have to do is to go and live on an
island and eat penguins eggs-and the
more you eat the fairer you will get.
None need despair, for hair too dark to
turn to gold turns red, and red hair,
being more the rage than faxen, taiat
mieatC. The isle in question is one of
the Crozet group, on which the sur
yivsrs of the unfortunate Strathmore
were wrecked last year, and only res
cued after six months durance vile.
They had little to eat but penguins'
eggs (and doubtless the eggs without
the island would be of no avail, but
the slight inconvenience of Sameness
in food would be readily encountered
by the votaries of fashion. A survivor
writes: 1.-THE eggs did every one
great deal of good. a most
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16

THE San Francisco Post says
There are now 143 wheat vessels en-
route to Europe from this port, all
cleared since July /. This is a much
larger feet than was ever known to be
en- route to Europe from the Pacific
States at this season of the year. The
wheat fleet in port comprises seventy
three vessels, representing 95, 200 tons
Of tonnage, with carrying capacity
for 140, 900 tons, or 2, 500, 900 centals Of
wheat, all of which must be loaded by
the 1st of January. There are also
seventeen ships and barks in port
awaiting charter, most of which arc
suitable to carry wheat. These YES
sells represent 10000 tons of tonnage,
and there are 10000 tons more fully
due"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
Drapery for Dresses.

THERE is new idea in 6rapery foI
the back of skirts, approved by ladies
who do not like the fiatness of the new
dresses nor the looping up of older
ones. This is to take a whole width
| of the silk or yelvet-a scarf, the
French modistes call it-and arrange
it in a soft bow having one immense
knot with a loop above and too loops
below, or perhaps one loop and an end,
| and place it below the belt so as to al
most cover the back breadths of the
lower skirt, and to meet in an irregu-
lar way the regular sides of Boiteuse
drapery. Now if anything like set
bow Of this exaggerated size is made,
it will be simply ludicrous, but soft
bow OF rich goods arranged in this way
is very handsome, and, moreover. does
not cut up or wrinkle the materials.
At least three yards of brocaded silk or
of velvet are required. The erect loop
at the top is quarter of a yard deep,
which takes half a yard, and the two
loops below are still deeper; the strap
or knot across is Of the whole width of
the silk, and the hanging end is three
fourths long, or even more if the train
is deep; this end is fringed. Another
way of arranging this scarf width is to
sew it in with the belt at the top of
the back breadths of the lower skirt,
and attach it to these widths in three
or four large deep, irregular loops and
one square hanging end. The loops
are partly turned toward the right, and
part toward the left. The sides and
bend OF the breadth are w -dely hemmed.
faced or perhaps trimmed with a broad
galloon or a bias band of velvet. This
is stylish way of arranging the backs
OF. dresses that have two scarf draper
les across the front. Thus, for in
stance, black silk dress has two dag
onal scarfs covering the front, and
these in their turn are almost covered
by chenille fringe and velvet bands.
The scarf width behind has three large
loops with three-fourths of yard of
silk. in, each loop, and a single square
end trimmed across with velvet and
fringe. The dressy basque with
square tails behind has square plas-
tron of figured black thread lace laid
in folds in the open neck, and edged
with lace. Above this is a standing
Medicis collar of velvet, with a higher
silk collar at the back. Bows of black
velvet are low down on the basque be-
hind, and chenille fringe edges the
front. To make this basque still more
dressy for dinner parties, the sleeves
Of the silk may be'removed, and others
of figured black lace be set in. Black
brocaded silk, basques with black fig
ured lace sleeves are especially hand
some.-Haapea's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16

Now, it happened that there was
| Just one single ant left upon that YES
sci. The lady thought she had swept
| them all off before she hung it up: but
this little fellow had escaped her no.
tice. When he found himself alone
with that ocean of sweetmeats, he ate
as much as he wanted. Then he
mounted the rope; climbed ND to the
ceiling; crossed the ceiling: marched
down the wall, and made straight for
home.
As soon as he arrived. he told his
friends he knew how to find the honey.
and was willing to show them the way.
Directly a great company of them were
ready to follow him. They formed in
a line of march. He headed the line.
and led them down that cord into the
happy valley" at the foot of it. At
once they attacked the treasure. Each
one took load and started for home.
Soon there were two lines of ants tn
be seen along that cord; one was 90
ing up full-the other was coming
down empty. They never stopped till
they had left the vessel perfectly clean
OF honey; and when the good lady
came to take down her jar-behold, it
was emptyl ,er1
VI course ants never heard the
eighth commandment. They know
nothing about stealing, but lay their
hands on everything they find that
suits them. They are noble little fell
lows; they are always ready to help
one another; and to share with others
all the good things they get. % Let US
learn from the ants lesson of kind
messy. Y. Observer. RI. f..-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16

AT the first meeting of the session
Of the Liverpool Geological Society, on
the 10th inst, the retiring President,
Mr.. I. Mellard Reade, C.. E., delivered
the annual address. The subject was
an interesting one, being calculation
of the amount of solid matter re-
moved annually from the surface of
England and Wales in solution in rain
or rather river water. The result of
the calculations, which we've of an
elaborate nature, founded upon the
analysis of water given by the Rivers
Pollution Commission in their sixth
report, and upon the rainfall chart pre-
pared by Mr. Symons, showed that it
would take 5000 years to remove in
this manner one foot in depth of solid
matter over the entire surface of En-
gland and Wales. This calculation
was compared with others. As throw
ing light upon the age of sedimentary
deposits, the calculations taken, to-
gether with the amount of matter an
nually brought down in river water in
Suspension in the form of mud, are
extremely interesting. and NJ. Reade
-deduced from them that the minimum
amount of time which must have
elapsed since the first sedimentary
rocks We know of were laid down, is.
in round .umbers, 500.000.0oO years,
thus supporting the views of Lyell,
Hutto' and other biologists as to the
immense age OF the world. -BuiLder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
Johnny's Dreadful Punishment,

JOHNNY had been naughty. It's
astonishing how naughty two-year-old
babies can be when they try; and
Johnny had tried. His blue eyes didn' t
look as usual. and his hair wasn't as
golden, and instead of q bright smile
a cunning-oh! dear, what am I say
ing ?-an ugly pout rested on his pretty
little mouth. There he stood in the
middle of the floor, baby fists on baby
hips, feet very wide apart, the sweet
est mean the mightiest-wee rebel
that ever defed mamma. Just think
OF it, only two years old, and defying
mamma! "Will you be good?" asked
mamma, sternly. a"No, mammal
replied Johnny. Mamma opened her
eyes-they were not as blue as j ohm
ny's-very wide. s'You won't?" she
said. "No, ma am,". repeated John
ny. "Then,". said she, solemnly,
'you must be punished. Go into the
store-room and stay in there until you
can say, Yes, ma'am.'" Johnny
went, and mamma closed the door, ex-
pecting to hear the iwished-for i" Yes
shouted forth instantly. But, to her
great surprise, she heard not word
or cry. Five minutes passed; utter
silence. Ten minutes went by; not
the slightest sound; and mamma be-
gan to grow impatient-for, after the
manner of mammas,F she was longing
to kiss and forgive her boy. ooh!
the blessed darling" she said to her
self, as the twelfth minute stole away ::
1.-the punishment is too dreadful for
him. How could l have been so hard
hearted? To shut a merry little thing
like that in a dark place; a baby, that
should never be out Of sunshine ex-
pect when he's asleep;' it's too bad.
And she few TO open the closet door,
'tJohn," as his father calls him, looked
up at her, his whole face sparkling
with fun. The blue had come back to
his eyes and the gold to his hair and
the smile to his lips. In his chubby
hand he held the last piece of what,
just fourteen minutes before, had been
a fine, brown, fragrant, fresh-baked
loaf of cake. Crumbs covered his
face from chin to eyes, his cheeks
shone, and sundry crisp fragments
chung to his neck and bib. Good
graciousP' said msmma "Dood
takeP' said Johnny.-Aadge Elliot,
in BaldeUin's Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
TURNING GRAY.

? 4
LFE's sands are running fast away.
The bueyant step Of youth has gone,
Tie falling hair is turning gray
And time seems now to hurry on
Noe aeetly than in days OF yore,
Before tbe heart became its prey,
Before twas sadness to the core,
Before the hair was turning gray.
Yes, turning grayi age comes like snow,
etE As still. and carves each careworn line;
It's wrinkles on the brow will grow,
The hair with si1yefy streaks will shine.
The eyes their brightness lose, the hand
Grow and trea ulous and thin;
For Ii g. alas, is gu ckly spanned, ..r.#
And death it's gates soon closes in
Ahi turning grayi we vain would hide
This sign how long with time we've been
These deepened wrinkles side by side
Cut by the sorrows we have seen
For feeble beats the heart as years
More thickly cluster on our head,
AS an umn raindrops hang like tears
On seme fair flower that's nearly dead;
Like persbed petals from the flower
Our hopes and widest joys are lais
Born only for day or hour,
Sweet gambols by the fancy played.
AS age comes on we long for rest,
Assaints near shrines will long to pray;
But still we 10 that time the best
Before the hair was turning grayi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
INDUSTRIAL, STATISTICAL
and TECHNICAL.

THE Chinese are the only civilized
people who, being possessed of an
topographic system of writing, and
who, having become acquainted with
the alphabetical and syllable systems,
have deliberately chosen to maintain
their own Geographic characters. a
AT THE Social Science Congress, re-
Gently held at Liverpool, Mr.. W. II.
James, M. p, spoke very forcibly to
the question of Incorporating a pro-
fessional and technical training with
a sound system of general education.
He traced the history of the City
Guilds of London, showed how enor-
mously wealthy they must be, how
this wealth is totally misspent, and
maintained that the country had per-
feet right to ask an account of their
stewardship, and appropriate the
funds, if necessary, for educational
purposes.
The traffic receipts on the railways
in the United Kingdom for the week
ended Oct. 1, amounted, on 1912
miles, to 81, 225, 156, and for the cor
responding week il 1875, on 15,e95&
miles, to e1,215, 1870, showing an in
crease of 2461 miles, and an increase
of 1922 The gross receipts on17 of
the principal railways in the United
Kingdom amounted for the week. on
11,953a miles, to 81, 1OO,o6S, and for
the corresponding week in 1875, on
II, 1924 miles, to e1,092, 922, showing
an increase of 211 miles, and an in
crease of St, 141.-RGjgeoqy Age. b
PRINCIPAL DAWSON, of Montreal,
says that we $ do not usually give the
child credit for the very complex and
difficult task in learning to read. First,
there are twenty-six different letters
to become familiar with: then the
pupil is told that these letters merely
represent certain sounds, and some of
the letters several sounds; these let
ters are afterward grouped and words
are formed, but words do not gener-
ally represent more than sounds, and
they have to be again grouped before
they represent our ideas. It should
be the aim of the teacher to break up
as fine as he can this complex task,
and give it in very little bits to the
children"
New YORK is the most cosmopoli-
tan city on the Western Continent.
Probably few readers have any con-
oeption Of the character of it's popula-
tion.a Since Sept. 1. nearly 5000 voters
have been made in New York. The
following table will give them better
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16

remarkable thing was that every one
had fair skins and light hair, dark
faces and hair being quite changed,
black hair turning brown or red, and
fairer people quite fiaxen.'' If some
enterprising Englishman does not inn
medlately set up a hotel on this en-
chasted spot, we shall never give John
Bull credit for knowing how to make
his fortune. -Loasdon Echo. .T. .Rq
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
GEORGE STEP HEN BROWN

"A LOUD scream came from the next
room, then another and another. fol-
lowed by loud crying, which grew
louder and louder. Suddenly there
burst into my room little boy of five
years, his face covered with tears, and
his mouth wide open, as he screamed
and sobbed, and ran toward me, cry
ing, f''AuntieI auntiePnral + fst
L had seen him in this way more
than once, and SO knew he was not
hurt. / sat still, and he threw his
arms around me, hid his face in nv
neck, and cried till the tears made nv
collar quite wet. hfT'o ~. faott ~. r5
-" What is the matter, George 2"
SAID L. -ti vi bLJoa s aa "a rs $685. +,
- Mamma won't let me go to town
IN the carriage with her to-day" be
said. with SO many sobs / could scarce
~ understand him. '''- .. -"
"Mamma knows BEST" said ;";and
it must be for some good reason that
she does not take you" 81 .rar .aF =
"But l want to go-I want to go :: I
shall haze to cry if / don't go; | cam t
help it. Oh, mamma might let me 90
just as well as notr'' and he cried
louder than ever.
waited till he began to be calm,
and then said, gently, ''Georgie, dom
you love your mamma ?" ....., ..,...I. ,
Yes, I do" he said; 81 love her
very much.'' ~ =.
"Then why don't you like to do as
she says?" l asked. ,,.. .....:. Il, q
81 don't know" said George.
81 know" said /, "and | will tell
you; it is because you love somebody
else better -..rsr.s.t-..t ..=: -. s.. 3.
"No; / love mamma better than
anyone in the whole world" he said.
"WeD, [ know some one you love
much BETTER" said IL - aa.. ... 81.
'.Who is it 20 said George. So
SIT is boy about your size, named
George Stephen Brown. 'H' "7 p
George stopped sobbing, stood UP,
and looked at me in surprise; for that
was his own name. ~
Yes | said; "you love that boy
better than anyone in the world. You
are always thinking Of what he wants,
and what will please him. Now this
George Stephen Brown does not know
What a simpleton he is, and has a very
bad habit of crying and screaming
when told to do or not to do anything
against his own will. He often an
noys your mamma in this wa, and
you let him do it, when you cvuld stop
him at once if you chose. Your mann
ma loves you and you know it; but
you do not care to make her happy.
You care only for your precious
George Stephen Brown. Every time.
| hear you crying l know you are fol-
lowing the example of George Stephen
Brown. You love him very, much,
and your mamma very little" ..r
/ said all this with such sober face,
that George dial not know at first
what to make Of it. He looked very
thoughtful for a few minutes; then
his. face frightened up, and he said:
:" L IL go and help mamma get ready
for town. Ill.do all can to please
her; and you shall see that | do love
her a great deal better than that
naughty George Stephen Brown."
-Nurseru. aIt 8ef -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
eTor Houng blenders.
THE LITTLE BOY DREAMED
fEHt EHEs 3 4BOUT EIs Il

'1'lt EH1s ABOUT. ~
THIS is the only world know;
gs 1t is in this same world. no doubt sa.
All mel but could love him SO,
If could only find him out,
S The Little Boy dreamed abouti =
eY This Little Boy who never takes tA
The prettiest orange he can see,
The reddest apple, all the cakes
El (When there are ttcice enough for threel-
Where can the darling ever be? 81.
He does not tease and storm and pout
To climb the roof in rain and sun,
And pull the pigeons feathers out
To see how it will look with none,
Or fight he hornets, one by one
He does not hide, and cut his hair,
And wind the watches wrong, and try
To throw the kitten down the stair
To see how often it can die.
Otis strange that you can wonder WHY
He never wakes too late 10 know ..s
A bird is singing near his bed;
He tells the tired moon, I" You may 60 "a
To sleep YOURSELF He never SAID,
When told TO do thing, "Tell Fred
Al sdIu UO. ne WOulQ not stay
To lose his hat or break d toy, 5
Then hurry like the wind away,
And whistle like the wind for 10Y,
Ia To please himself-this Little Bow. T.
4 Let any stranger come wheca S.. .IIsr
He will Tot say if it is true
old Lady Cor :" Old Gentleman')
81. II wish you would go home, do, MAI.
think my mamma wants you tot"
NO, FairylsnG is far and dim:
He does not play in silver sand.
But if could believe in him, asis.r9.F
could believe in Fairyland,,
Because-do you not understands
Dead? dead? Somehow do net know.
$3.50 The sweetes children die Wemay rta
Hiss some poor footprint from the snow
That was his very own to-day-' $3.50
Gods will" is what the Christians saw,
Like you, or you, or you can be, -s9
" hen you are good, he looks, no doubt.
I'd giye-the go denest star see "
In all the dark, to find him out,
The Little Boy dreamed about
Mrs. s. IL. B. Piatt. IN R0rper's Bazar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16
The Ants and the Honey.

A LADY once had a pot of honey,
which she found often visited by ants.
She tried various ways to keep them
from getting at it, but all in vain. At
last she fastened cord round the YES
sci which held it. and let it hang down
from hook in TIE ceiling.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-11-16

ALONG the Virgin River in Nevada
are some of the most remarkable salt
formations in the world. They are
IN fact mountains Of crystal, extend
ing for more than thirty miles. The
salt lies under shallow covering of
earth, and is raised by blasting. Most
of it is perfectly pure, and so clear
that fine print can be read through a
foot of it.