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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02
The Sea Serpent.

The London Graphic contains sketch
by Lieut. W. P Haynes, of her Males
tvs ship Osborne, of the sea monster
seen by the officers and crew of that
vessel off the north coast of Sicily on the
I'd of June.
In letter accompanying the sketch
he says My attention was first called
by seeing long row of fins appearing
above the surface of the water at dis
lance of about two hundred yards from
the ship, and away on our BEAM They
were of irregular heights, extending
about thirty to forty feet in line (the
former number is the length gave, the
latter the other officers J in a few sec
onds they disappeared, giving place to
the fore part of the monster. By this
time it had passed astern, swimming in
an opposite direction to that we were
steering and as We were passing through
the water at ten and half knots, | could
only get Il view of it end on which [
have shown in the sketch.
"The head was bullet-shaped, and
quite six feet thick, the neck narrow,
and its head was occasionally thrown
back out of the water, remaining there
for a few seconds at a time. 1t was
very broad across the back or shoulders,
about fifteen or twenty feet, and the
flappers seemed to have a semi-revolv-
ing motion, which seemed to paddle the
monster along. Theywer about fifteen
feet in length. From the top of the
head to the part of the back where it
became immersed | should consider
about fifty feet and that seemed about
a third of the whole length All this
part was smooth, resembling a seal. |
cannot account for the fins unless they
were on the back below where it was
imersed."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02
Dom Pedro and the Don,

The emperor of Brazil is not safe
person on whom to try display of
suddenly acquired learning. During
his recent stay here he intimated a
wish to visit one of the universities, and
he accepted an invitation to breakfast
from a learned Don at one of them
The learned Don, not content with his
own genuine learning, must look out
for something with which to make
special impression on the emperor.
He, therefore, hunted out what he
thought to be the very newest branch
of archaeological study in which the
emperor was supposed not to dabble.
This was fearfully exhaustive and
profound work by German, of which
only one copy was believed to have
reached this country. He crammed"
with this, and when his imperial guest
arrived he made immense parade of
his possession of it and his intimacy
with its contents. The emperor listened
so attentiyely that the owner of all this
portentious learning felt assured his
lllustrlous guest was regarding him with
positive reverence. When he had done
his exposition the emperor told him he
was glad he showed such an interest in
the subject, but advised him not to
waste much time on the German book
as it was not really new to men who
cared about such studies, was got up
partly under inaccurate information,
and had been quite superseded by the
work of an accomplished Hungarian,
written in Latin which was now the de-
light of all scholars. The emperor's
host listened during the remainder of
the interview without making any
further contribution to theimperial edu-
CATION London Examiner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02
The Mississippi Channel.

Gen, Beauregard has written very
interesting letter concerning the Missis-
sippi jetty system, by means of which
Mr.. James B. Eads is attempting to
render more facile navigation of the
South Pass. But for the panic of 1873
Gen. Beauregard thinks Mr.. Eads would
now have Il 25-foot channel in the pass
and be reaping the material benefits of
his labors The fears of competent
engineers that the river lacked the
force necessary to eXcavate the chan
mel through the shoal and that another
bar would be forced in the gulf outside
of the jetties have been proved ground
less. Last November there was chan
mel 200 feet wide with twenty feet of
water, where formerly there was eight
feet depth. In February, with the spring
rise, the channel began to be enlarged,
till finally in some places where the
chart gave thirteen feet soundings the
extraordinary depth of eighty feet was
attained OF the 100000 cubic yards
secured by the action of the current
since April but fourteen per cent has
been deposited temporarily between
the lower portion of the jetties, while
eighty-six per cent. has been carried
into the gulf beyond present sound
ings With regard to the probability of
new bar being soon formed in front
of the jetties, accurate soundings made
during the last two years prove that no
apprehension of that sort need pres
emily be entertained. Nor need there
be any fear of the jetty structures not
withstanding the ravages of the toredo,
so fatal to all modern structures in the
waters of the gulf. So copious is the
alluvial deposits upon the willow mat
tfesses of which the jetties are COM
posed, that the wood is protected by a
thick coat of mud and the toredO, which
requires free access of salt water to
thrive, is baked of its opportunity. De
Pas, it never attacks a fibrous, spOngy
wood. In conclusion Gen. Beauregard,
with as much reasonableness as earn
estness, suggest to all persons interest
ed i'll having ample water for CONNER
cial purposes at the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi to bear with patience an occa-
siOnal cOntretemps, instead of lending
willing ear to all the unfavorable rul-
mors which are afioat concerning the
work. Morally, if not materially, they
should encourage the great engineer
who has staked his reputation and the
means of himself and friends on the
of an undertaking
which is ere long to make of New Or
leans the greatest grain shipping port in
the world"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02
The New AriStOcracY.

The following colloquy comes from an
unknown source:
Ephrem, come to yer mudder boy.
Whar you been%
Playin' wild de white folks, chilum."
You is, Ell? See hyar, chile, you will
broke yer old mudder's heart, an brung
her gray hairs in the grave wild yer reck-
lumness an carryns wild evil assoyashons.
Hadn't l raised you up i'll de way you
should ought to go?"
Gethum."
Hadn't | bin kline an tender wild YOU
an treated you like my own chile?
Which you is"
"Yethum"
"Hebn't | reezned wild you, an pray
ed wild you, an deplored de good Lord
to wrap you up in His buzzum?"
"Yethum"
"An' isn't | yer natrl detector an
gardeen fo' de law?"
"Yethum"
"Well, den, do you s'pose Use a gwine
to hav yer morals ruptured by de white
trash? No sab! Get in de house dis
instep; an if cher cotch you 'muni-
catin' wild de white trash any mo-, fo' de
Lord, niger, will broke yer black head
wild a brick"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02
Saratoga Society.

A correspondent of the Providence
Journal writes OF late years hotel So
ciety at Saratoga seems always the same.
The pater-familiases, old, gray-haired,
with long frOck coat fresh from the
tailor, gold headed cane and high, white
hat, the seemingly youthful and adipose
wife, the inevitable and often innumer-
able jaunty daughters, this year with
intensely yellow, black lined hats, cooked
up on one side, so tightly bound up
the daug hters, not the hats-as to make
their hitching walk resemble that of fet-
tered hens, and blazing all over with
cream colored ribbons and roses-they
all are here as usual. The very last
fashionable thing for the aforesaid young
lady to do, when the piazzas of the great
hotel are full of guests and visitors from
the smaller houses lolling in the chairs,
is to start and amble along in front,
suddenly give her head a toss over her
left shoulder, as if expecting some one,
proceed Il few steps further, stop, look
down i'll a rejecting manner, then turn
and go back as fast as her pull back will
permit, looking as busy and as abstract
ed us if she had two minutes to pay a
note at the bank. Here and there, but
"awfully scarce" as the young ladies
say, turns up a beau, or more correctly
speaking young man, who plays bill
lizards, smokes cigars, drinks mint juleps,
and drives fast horse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02
The Cause Cannot Now be Considered.

We will take it for granted that the
strikers have just cause of complaint,
though while they are violating the
laws this cannot be considered We do
not pretend to say that in the beginning
all the wrong was on the part of the
strikers; we will not even say that their
strike was not entirely justifiable But
nothing justifies their misconduct, their
lawlessness, their violence their at
tempts to prevent other men from ac-
cepting the wages they reject and filling
the places they have abandoned.
Whatever, therefore, may have been
the right of the strikers, we urge, in the
interest of all honest and law-respecting
workingmen, that violence shall be
crushed out with a stern hand There
should be no parleying with men who
defy the laws. Wherever company
can hire men to run its trains those
trains must be run at once, if to ac-
complish this requires the whole force
of the State.-Nea0 York World
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02
Splitting a "Damned Monopoly"
Pittsburg Commercial, July "a.


A reporter of this paper had CON
versation with Mr. Rodgers, Secretary
of the Grain Elevator Company, and
obtained from him statement as to
the manner in which the building was
destroyed. 1t was not fired, in the first
place, by incendiaries, but caught from
the burning cars on the Panhandle
tracks alongside. 1t burned very slowly
at first, and a single stream from one of
the engines would have saved it. Chief
Evans was appealed to, and was very
anxious to put out the fire, but was told
by one of the rioters that he would be
shot down if he attempted to play on
it. Mr. Rodgers begged of the men to
allow the building to be saved, and as
sured them that not a railroad official
owned dollar in it. He even told them
he was willing to go before a magistrate
with them, and swear that it was not
railroad property. One man, who
That's all right. | believe what that
man says" The good effect produced
by these remarks was instantly dissipa-
ted when blatant ringleader yelled
out: It's owned by a damned mo-
nopoly-let it burn" Others joined in
the cry, down with the monopoly"
and the Elevator was doomed. 1t
burned too slowly to suit the eager VEN
geance of the mob, and several of them
broke into the building and deliberately
kindled fires inside. One of these, who
was quite drunk. was seen to fall into
one of the bins, which was about ten
feet deep, and there is strong proba-
bility that he persisted in the fire he
helped to kindle. He was not seen
about there afterward. Mr.. Rodgers
expressed the belief that the Elevator
would be rebuilt, on a smaller scale. The
directors had not yet held a meeting,
and he was unable to say definitely
what would be done. The engineer of
the works displayed great presence OF
mind, and in doing SO saved his boil
ers. Finding that the building would
be destroyed, he entered and removed
the safety valve, SO that the steam
would escape without straining the
boilers, which are found but little in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02
SUMMER THOUGHTS.
BIZ D. e. POSTER.

Upon a messy knoll in the forest
Lay looking upward at the eternal blue
OF the infinite and quiet heavens, through
The oak-leaf and the hemlock's canopy.
And now and then cloud went drifting by,
Listless and SLOW and changing to the Wow.
How like my feeting summer thoughts to you,
Calm peaceful clouds! And now the evening sky
deeper, darker lovelier azure hath,
The birds have ceased their singing and the breeze
Is filled with hum of insects: darkness saith
With the first few stars twinkling through the
trees
That night has come. A little while, and death,
Like night, will end Iifcs summer reveries
Midsummer Holiday ScTibneF.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02

" ALWAYS did love to gaze on the
children in their sports, said Potter, as
he pensively contemplated a crowd
urchins; "I'm carried back to.
Just then the base ball came over his
way and tried to get in his vest pocket
and doubled him up. When his breath
came back he shouted "You young
ragmuffins, you, if | catch you playing
ball on the street again I'll get the
police after you" And he moved
away and forgot all about his youthful
days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02

WHILE a compositor on the Montreal
Witness was setting up an advertisement
of a lost canary, a few days ago, the bird
flew in at the office window. This shows
the value Of advertising.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02

jured. Had he not done so, they
would have been ruptured and rem
dered useless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-02

A MONTREAL dispatch says: No
longer any doubt remains that some
time ago a large number of the in
famous fraternity of the coal regions of
Pennsylvania, who had seriously COM
promised themselves, made their way
across the borders into Canada, in order
to escape the halter, and not few are
located in Montreal With the presence
of such characters in our midst it is easy
accounting for the riots that disgraced
the city on the 10Th"
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An Iowa proof-reader lets his paner
say that a certain insurance comma nv
promptly pays its lasses.
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B0 Hssyy Gale and with n Has Il
or suss Sasscu gers or sIsc steam1sh,p
Leo az -ayed from DVath by wave
and Pr.
NEW YORK, April 3d. .er wedman,
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aft another gang. under the command OF
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SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.


TIIE countenancc is pale and
! leaden-colored, with occasional
flushcs, or 4 circumscribcd spot on
one or both cheeks; the eyes become
dull the pupils dilate an azure semi
circle runs along the lower eye-lid;
the nose is irritatcd, swcll5, and some
times blceds; a swelling of the upper
lip; occasional headache, with hum
ming or throbbing Of the ears; an
unua ial secretion Of saliva; Shiny or
furreLtonguc; breath very foul, par
tlcularly in the morning; appetite
variable, sometimes vOracious, with a
gnawing sensation Of the mach, at
Others, entirely gone ileeting pains
in the stomach; occasional nausea
and vomiting; violent pains through
out the 'abdonsa; bowels irregular,
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cough sometinesdrYand conYlsive;
uneasy and disturbed slcer5 with
grinding OF the teeth; temper varia-
bic, but geneially irritable, sc.
Whenever the above symptoms
are iound to exist,
DR.. c. M.LANE' S NERMIFUGE
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