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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
How to Act When a Dress is i'm Flames.

1t may not be inappropriate to give a
few hints as to the best method OF eXtln-
gushing the flames, when wOman's or
child's dress has unfortunately caught
fire. If the sufferer has presence OF mind
enough to throw herself on the ground and
roll over and over again until the by
ISLANDERS can envelop her in some thick
and non-int1ammable covering, her
chances of escape from serious I'M jury
will be much increased; but, unfortunate
ly, the terror of the moment ordinarily
Overcomes every other feeling, and the
sufferer rushes into the open air-the very
worst thing she could do. The first thing
for a bystander to do is to provide him
self with some non-infiammable article
with which to envelop the patient, and a
coat or clOak-or, better, a tableclOth or
drugget-will answer the purpose. Throw
ing this around the suff rer, he should, If
possible, lay her on the ground and then
rapidly cover over and beat out all the
fire, keeping on the covering until every
spark is extinguished. To attempt TO ex-
tinguish fire by water is useless, unless
the whole body of flame can be put out at
one blow; and for one lightly-clad female
to attempt tC succor another when other
persons are at hand is simply to imperll
two lives instead of one. In the case or a
house on fire, il is TO be remembered that
death is more frequently the result OF SUI
location from smoke than from contact
from fame, and every effort should be
made 10 reach the open air by crawling
along the floor (where there is usually
breathing space so as TO reach window,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
Hard Times Among Nevada Miners.

The shadow of hard times seems to be
slowly creeping over the Comstock, and
the man who stands in the sunshine to-
day may be under the cloud tomorrow.
Hundreds of miners who have been out
of employment for months go about will
ing to perform any kind of work for any
thing in the shape of money. A few
months ago they were striving to see their
wives and children presentably clothed
and supplied with the little Injuries of
life. To-day they think only of keeping
them fed. They have no longer credit at
the grocer's and the butcher will not fur
nish them meat without the ready cash.
Scores of these men are walking the
streets aimlessly, or lingering about the
mines begging for work, A miner falls
down shaft and is dashed to pieces. A
hundred rush to fill the place, content to
have their faces famed by the ill-wind
that has blown him into eternity. They
stand about the gambling tables watching
the ebb and flow of other peoples for
tunes A man with dollar in his pocket
is deliberating whether to buy flour for
his family or put the money on the board
TO double up. He pushes it over on the
card and sees it make its way into the
dealers till. Then he walks away with
teeth tightly clenched. You may see
such sights nightly at any of the gambling
houses. Strong, able-bodied men call
daily at the dwellings of citizens, asking
for food and the chance of a nights lodg
ing. The funds Of the Relief Committee
are exhausted. = VirginiG city Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
Flre-PrOOf Walls.

The report of a committee of the Ma
tiOnal Board of Underwriters. giving the
palm to the f1re-proof quality of brick as
material for buildings, is strikingly con-
tirmed by our own experience. The walls
of the Journal Of Commerce building,
though exposed in the upper parts to an
extremely intense heat for nearly two
hours, prove to be but slightly injured.
A few trit1ing cracks, readily repaired,
near the roof, are the only signs in the
walls of the ordeal through which they
have passed. The walls were strongly
constructed, intended to last, and they
have served their purpose. Had the
structure been made of granite or marble
or iron, we can guess what would be its
present condition from the fate that has
overtaken so many buildings composed
of those materials. The report of the
Fire Underwriters Committee makes no
new points; but it presents again in a
very convincing manner some of the eYi-
dence, which ought to be needed, as to
the superiority of brick over stone or iron
for building purposes. One of the most
impressive proofs given is that offered by
the great fire in Boston in 1872, when the
rear brick wall of the new Postoffice
Building in that city was exposed to a
terrible direct heat for hours without sus-
tanning crack or blemish of any kind !;
whereas, the granite side of the structure,
not facing the fire, was seriously dam
aged, AID it was necessary to take down
portions Of it. The report strongly con-
demns the use of iron in architecture,
declaring it g undesirable for such pur-
poses, and unsafe in a fire point of view"
The recent destruction of large iron edi.
fees in New York and St. Louis is cited
as testimony on this head. The wreck of
the iron building burned in Bond street
Of this city last winter was quick piece
Of work; but st. Louis beat it at fire
last month, when one of the largest iron
structures in that city lay fiat on the
ground within twenty minutes after the
fire was discovered in it, The committee
say that wooden columns, pillars or sup
ports of proper dimensions will stand fire
better than iron. They recommend, for
fire proof doors or shutters, wood clad
with sheet iron or tin. These are all
practical suggestions worthy to be needed
by architects and owners of buildings
And they will have almost the force of
law in the community if they are made
the basis of discrimination in insurance
rates adopted by the companies.-N. Y.
Journal of Commerce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
How Russians Learn English.

The Russian method of acquiring for
eign languages is more methodical than
that of any other nation. In the first
place a foreign nurse, usually English, is
secured for the baby. The Russians are
very careful in choosing this parsonage,
because, as she is not on any account to
breathe into the infants ears an accent of
plebeian Russ, her speech must be free
from those colloquialisms in which la
dies like Sairev Camp are apt to indulge
When the child is about nine years old
foreign playmates are sought for it. Dur
ing the summer months the children of
the English and French residents in Rus
sia are at premium. 1t is a regular
practice for them to spend their holidays
on the estates of Russian nobility Be
side the pleasure which the trip into the
interior affords them, they mostly return
home laden with presents, and if boy is
sharp enough to be able to add little
grammatical instruction to his practice as
conversationalist," he may pick up
enough pocket-mOney to last him the re-
mainder of the twelve months. Lastly, a
tutor or governess is engaged for the child
until it can converse in a foreign Ian
guage as freely and fauitIessly as a ma
tive. Language masters make fine lIv-
inc in Russia. In spite Of their numbers
English teachers may be counted by
the hundreds-they charge high price
for their instruction. and are held in great
esteem by the Russians, who often retain
their service for years.-EGchGnge
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24

cepted with the exception of those of the
Ministers of War and Foreign Affairs. a
new Cabinet was announced, drawn from
the Imperial and Legitimate factions, and
headed by Due de Bro2lie. Great excite
ment prevailed in Paris, the action of Presi-
dent MacMahon being considered in the light
of coup Getat In the Chamber of Depu-
ties a resolution of want OF confidence in the
new Cabinet was adopted by a vote of 355 to
15i.
A FIRE in Woodstock, \. B., on the 18th,
destroyed the greater part of the business
portion of. the town. Loss estimated at
$500 900.
On the 11th, Persia announced that she
would not join Russia in her operations
against Turkey.
THE reported capture of Sukum Kaleh
was confirmed by dispatches received in
London, on the 18th. The Circassian NAL
contents massacred the garrison and burned
the town.
UP to the 18th, the Turks had captured
200 RUssian vessels in the Danube, contain
ing over 10000 hectolters of wheat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
About the Return of "Good Times.v

Those who are anticipating a sudden or
rapid revival of trade, industry and COM
merce, are destined to disappointment.
The process will, on the contrary, be
"slow but sure.'' And the more that
every individual citizen shall do to pro-
datce aoealth, by making or producing that
which he can exchange for money, the
sooner will the "hard times" disappear,
and the sooner will the cOuntry's general
condition be restored TO prosperity and
thrift E
Confidence, as has been often said, Is
. a child of slow growth. !" Like a tree
that has been abbreviated of its fair pro-
portions by the pruning knife and the
saw, it can be restored to its former wide
spreading condition only by giving ittime
to draw from its roots the nourishment
necessary for new growth of twigs and
branches; for the roots of public conf
dence, like those of the tree, are sunk in
the earth, and thence must come the need
ed nourishment for its development and
restoration. 1t must come of aoork, whence
comes all wealth, from the mines, the
titled fields, the factory and the workshop.
1t is not thing of chance or speculation,
or anything intangible or unreal "Good
times" will not come again without the
production and the diffusion of that
wealth which is the very basis of conf
dence and the very motive power of trade
and commerce.
Hence we suggest to that large class
of easy going souls who are still hugging
the ragged edge of hope, expecting the
early return of the era of remunerative
speculation in real estate, stocks or pro-
duce, that they might as well abandon
their baseIess dreams first as last. The
trade and finances of the country-we
may say of the entire civilized world
have reached "hard- d-pan"-the very bed
rock. The era of kite-fying, of lucky
ventures, of getting rich easily and sud
denly; in short, the era of "living by
ones wis., has departed and every man
who expects to break the hard times"
either for himself or the general public,
must go to a00rk and produce his own
wealth, if wealth he aspires to. The
"games of chance" in the. avenues of
trade are "played out" Every man
must henceforth earn his own prosperity
by honest effort, for he will not be able to
90 it by luck. The sooner everybody
especially the great army of hoping and
do-nothing adventurers and speculators-
shall see, understand and act upon this
stubborn and indubitable fact, the better
for themselves and the public generally.
I-Chicdg0 Journal. -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
Webster's House in Washington.

Vixen Mr.. Webster became Secretary
of State under President Harrison he bar
gained for the Swami House, (now owned
by w. W. Corcoran), and the money was,
it was said, raised for its purchase, but he
preferred to spend it at Marshfield, and
on a settlement of accounts Mr.. Corcoran
became the proprietor Of the house. Mr..
Webster afterward lived in a less preten-
tious mansion, next to the old Unitarian
Church. 1t was but short distance to
the old " Marsh Market" and three
mornings in the, week the Great Ex-
FOUNDER used to 90 there, with his market
basket carried by man behind him, to
purvey for his table. "Come and dine
with me- he would say in his CHEEKY,
deep voice, !" will give you some Goldfish
from Boston, and slice of glorious
saddle of mutton from the valley of Vir-
ginia that bought last week in the mar
ket." Monica, his cook, was one of the
last of the old Virginia aunties who cooked
so well, and Mr.. Webster used always to
comment upon her culinary skill as he
carved and helped what was before him.
Nowadays French cooking is the fash
ion. and dinners are carved at side-taOles
and served in courses.-PerLey, IN Boston
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
Character and Habits of the Grass
hopper. a5E

We have received a circular. from the
publisher of the New York Graphic ask
ing us for information as to the character,
habits, movements and depredations Of
the Iocusts of the West, to be embodied
in an illustrated supplement they are
about to issue. We much dislike to dis
appoint any one who appeals to US IN
candid spirit for information, and we,
therefore, cheerully contribute from our
abundance:
1. As to the character of the grasshop-
per, it is bad. Like the dead beat that he
is, he eats his landlord out Of house and
home and then skips. He is thief,
poacher, robber, glutton and an unmiti-
gated nuisance.
2. The grasshopper has three habits
which it adheres to faithfully. In fact,
if ANYTHING is the creature of habit it is
the grasshopper. The first is to hatch
under any and all circumstances; this is
point of honor and duty that it faithfully
observes. The second is to eat and eat
continuously. From the rising of the sun
until the going down thereof, it Grams It's
abdomen with victuals, and its digestion
is equal to its appetite. 1t always eats at
the first table, for it clears it 50 clean that
there is no chance for second. Its third
lldDIG is 10 lay eggs, anu all Tic uLlc HOI
devoted to eating is improved in this recre
alton. How many eggs well-developed,
healthy grasshopper will lay has never
been accurately stated, but the Govern
ment has lightning calculator now at
work upon the problem.
3. With respect to its movements, we
are enabled to state that it moves frequent
lv and takes all its baggage with 1t except
the aforesaid eggs. 1t moves hastily,
g gets up and gets so to speak, on very
short notice, and the simple provocation
of lack of sustenance. No habit of the
prasshopper excites so much interest in
the farmer as its movement, and the in
terest is concentrated in the point whether
the hopper is moving toward or away
from his farm.
A. His depredations: This is a pro-
found mathematical problem, Of which
the total number of grasshoppers. the
amount each will consume on tie average
per day, their rate Of progress and the
amount of forage 10 be found in The
counties where they stop, are essential
elements in the calculation. We would
respectfully refer the Graphic to the Gov
ernment Commission for information up
on this branch of lis inquiry fari6auh
(Hiitns.) Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
Thirty.fOur Hours OD Duty.

William Littler, an engineeZ in the en-
ploy of the Great Western, was summoned
for being drunk on the railway, 1t ap-
peared that quarter past one a. m, on
Christmas Day, he was found by two con-
stables lying on the railway near Union
street, Tranmere, just outside the rails.
Of course, the police took it for granted
as they always do, that the man was
drunk. If he had been dying we know
they would, in all probability, have said
the same. However, they were forced to
admit that he stood up when called upon,
and said he was waiting for 1886 train,
and gave his name. Moreover, he turned
upon his accusers, and told them that
they had no business on the line. How
ever, the police were unconvinced, and
the company were informed that their
servant has been foun1 drunk But Will
lam Littler had very sufficient answer to
make to that charge. He had been work
ing for three shifts, or thirty -four hours,
and was on duty when spoken to by the
police. 1t is, certainly, not very salts
factory method of being on duty, to be
asleep by the side of the line; but the
fault, as we have said above, assuredly
belongs to those who put such an impossi-
bic burden on a mans shoulders. Evi-
depce was forthcoming in support of Lit
tiers statement. Two other men, a
shunter and stoker, testified that he was
sober, and that he had been working the
time stated. When the Magistrate asked
one of these men, +" How often do you
work so long?' the answer was, I" Now
and then, when we are busy" But, as
the Liverpool Mercury, in commenting
strongly on this case, observes, it is Just
when we are busy" that engine drivers
should be wide awake, and on the alert TO
avoid danger. William Littler was dis
missed, unpunished, but when the public
hear that men are kept thirty-four hours
on duty at times of extra pressure, and
that they cannot help-being mortal
doing on the engine" or lying down
beside the rails, travellers will cease to
wonder at the frequency and severity of
holiday accidents RailaoGy SerU-
zee Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
WEST AND SOUTH.

The inner walls of the new Court House,
being built at Rockford, H., fell in on the
forenoon OF the 11th, and buried several
workmen IN the ruins Ten or twelve men
were fearfully mangled and killed, and sew
eral others were injured, some of them fatal
ly. Great excitement was caused by this &C
cident, many blaming the architect of the
building who, it is said, had surmounted the
walls with burden, in the shape of orna-
ments, which they were too weak to sup
port. The names of the killed, as far as
known, up to midnight of the 18th, are
Fred Haugh, A. Haugh, j. Pipe, A. II. Hol-
lenbeck, J. Warren, George Gloss, Timothy
Flanagan, Linholm J. Lawson and j. Peck.
c. Harris could not live through the night
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
The New York Trade i'm FlOwering
and Foliage Plants.

The spring trade in plants, in and
around New York, is enormous. It is es-
timated that within a radius of thirty
miles about the City Hall, professional
gardeners have invested so 600, 900 in the
growing of plants. Their annual sales.
exclusive of cut-howers, reach 50, ,000. 900,
half of which belongs to the spring trade.
Between April 10 and June 80, the aver
age of 200 wagon-loads per diem of flow
ering and foliage plants, worth about
thirty dollars per load, are brought to the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24

MORTGAGE on church is Satan in the
front row of pews.-Dstroft Free Press,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24

or, if necessary, by enveloping the head in
thick shawl to exclude the smoke while
making rush along passagesor down
Enthusiastically Household Guide
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-24
Heriied the dog, annoyed the cat,
And scared the goIdhnch into fits;
He butted through my newest hat,
And tore nv manuscript to bits

Mrs. Burton. with pretty good grace, con
fesses her husband had fair cause for say
ing his happy family reminded him of the
house that Jack built; for the fowls and
pigeons ate the seeds and destroyed the
flowers: the cat fed upon the pigeons, the
dog worried the cat; while the idol Of the
household harried the goats until one OF
them drowned itself ir sheer disgust, and
frightened the donkey and camel by jump
ing upon their backs, and indrlging n a
slTieking solo, horrible enough to scare
any animal of a well-regulated mind into
madness. ss.-Chanl5ers' Journal,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-08-10
NOTICE TO LlENnOLDEns.

NOTICE IS HERERY GIVEN TO ALL
persons holding mechanics liens against the property
VIM H D. c. Corbett described as follows to wit
Lots Nos l. T. and Of block &c. OF Proctor Green's
division of Carson City Ornby County Nevada that the
undersigned have commenced action in the Justices
Court OF Carson Township Ornsby County, Nevada, be-
fore c. A Withere Justice of the Peace, to foreclose
mechanics lien held against said property and all persons
holding liens said premises under and by virtue OF an
Act Of the Legislature of the State OF Nevada entitled
can Act TO liens to mechanics and Others and to
repeal all other in relation thereto approved March
1876 hereby notified to be and appear before said
Court the 7th day Of August 1877 at 10 o'clock OF
said day aud 10 exhibit then and there the proof OF the
said liens. -..- P. A. WAGNER l. CO,
By T. CoEFE their Attorney.
Carson, Sev., July 1s, 1s77 a t.- iy17-lawsw
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-08-10

San Francisco time the c. P r. r. Carson time
the V. & T. R. R.
Dinner the boat from San Francisco and Breakfast
Reno going East.
Breakfast on the boat from Vallejo, going West
SLEEPING CAR daily between Carson and Vallejo.
II. NJ. YERINGTON,
General Superintendent V. & T. R. R.
A. NJ. TOWNE,
agld General Superintendent C. p r. r.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-08-10

United States, for the District Of Nevada In the mat
ter of George W. Chedic, bankrupt In Bankruptcy.
District OF Nevada ss-Notice hereby given that George
W Chedc of Carson City, Ornsby county in said District
duly adjudged bankrupt according to law has filed in
this Court petition for discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provable under Title 6l
Of the Revised Statutes OF the United States and that
TUESDAY, THE 10th DAY OF JULY, A ID. 1877, at 10
O'Clock NJ. OF said day, in open Court in Carson City
OrmSby county State Of Nevada and District aforesaid
have been appointed the time and place for hearing the
when and where the creditors who have proved their
debts and any in interest may appear and show
cause any they have, why the prayer ot the petitioner
Should not be granted. 7. J. EDWARDS, Clerk.
Carsoo City, June 20, 1877 +-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-15
rnG sAcRlFicE AND PRAYER.

Elijah finds on Carmel an old aud
broken down altar, originally erected
70 God W. 80. Ibis he repairs. to
teach a lesson that the worship 5f the
true God il, in some measure, at least
to be restored. The Baalites have had
every advantage, and everything their
own way, in the arrangement Of their
sacrifice. Elijah now Of bis own choice
puts himself at tremendous disadvan-
tage By drencbing his whole sacrifice
with water, aud filling with water the
trench which be digs around the altar
Fire which would consume wet offer.
ing like this must be indeed genuine
The prophet is confident OF success,
and leaves no room for any follower Of
Baal to say that he performed trick
Of magic. His prayer power is greater
than the power Of any Of the icantations
Of the heathan priest At the hour Of
evening sacrifice, most appropriate Of
all sublime prayer; a prayer lacking
nothing aud yet without a needless
word Ia it. God hears. and answers.
and Elijah's victory il complete.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-15
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