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, 1877-06-02
THE LATE FLETCHER HARPER.
70 sht Editor " The Tribune.

CH1cAon, MnY Jt.-seycntccn ycars agn, the
writer 0f this wna on hoartl tho New York clipper.
ship Palestine, rantc for Europe. The passengers
were not alose than twenty Gso In number. Among
them several members bf tho Harper family.
The late Fletcher Iiarpct Was ono Of these. Also
among The passengers wceo family from a town
not many miles from, New York. Tho father Of tho
family twlom will call Mr.. Morgan, had been d
iail0s and at that Ting had quito largo establish.
was man of wealth. and Of nos little conse-
aacnca in lts n.sh cyce,. The family attracted a
Rooa deal Of notcs by lhefr attempts to imprcAs
these facts upon thu attention Of tho other taasen.
gers. When tbs time came. Just before landing,
Tor taking Hat OF pofsenRcrs names. their resi-.
aeces, oeeara,.ons: &C.; Which Wa fe9nised Of
and directly under 1t Iii. Harper wrots hls name,
~ ihat they stood thus:
John T. Morgan, Gentleman.
Fletcher llafpef, printas.
, 1877-06-02

cloth aroun! tue head 10 keen II In p'acc. think
.on will fnt relief wiil bn almo't lnstnn 1ncors.
tie with strained hnnoY, .plaec between two ioarcs
81 bread, and bake w, them: & TT !,y drorp!ns
Del1c Beach, wnnt to give yon my nbt1,er'h
recipe for rcni old English plam pndt!fn9: hne
ponnd Of snet ehopned hnc, ono pound of donr.
nntn,cg, ono cup Of gratcl bread crumbs one ten.
eponn Of eatt. wntGr enough to make yc;y tstf
I,e eiIrc thnt It does not atop oiiing one moment
Keep water milling 70 add a. tho wacr on the pud.
ding hollis nwny:, Eat With any very rich rnnee.
cups carr. .mea1. ono cnr RIO t1our, nne cup uhcat
hons or NFallan1. three chpa rweet milk. one cup
Hicas1 fottt honrs c set tn liz nrcn III afecn Mn.
utea 10 dry and brown. Dxyonersnx.
, 1877-06-02

JASEsviLIt, Wis.,, MaJ 30.-I hate poruscd Tho
I1onu department Of Yoar valuable paper for a
long timc, and derived thetctFom 4 great deal OF
e0lid comfort aad vast amount Of useful infosma.
t1on. can no longer rcslss tho temptation, and
muet aak for rmall space in your columns. am
ycrr anxlunH to exc!langn so1nu patterns that /
hayc for others: hopc your readers won't deem
,no greedy. VIII bryan please send MO tho win"
l,lue lilo cross and crown! 81. T.. M., w!I you
10 kind enough to send tne pattotn Of hatr:pln aud
paten tf ] for window I'D % ornacnis n; m II K. viii .cn %
inates pattu1n will 10 yety grateful; mi! last of
al. has nny one pink oxalls bulb tosparet will
named abose: An olori.tnt, small l!fo.1lke bird,
rcFfcct beauty ottoman. match md burht.tatc1
safe combined. tcwoiEy boat. and two card hrack.
cts. Address r. o. uox 140.. $. II. II.
, 1877-06-02
INFORMATION WANTED.
70 the Editor m JAs tribune.

1HnsAsAroLfa, MAY a8.-Wtl1 some Of tho many
contributors Of Tho Homo gtve mo somo informa.
t[on in rcRard to the following: About two months
ago. my mother twho lives In tic old romantic
Town Of Woodstock Conn.} discovered what
seemed TO bc from MI appearances pimplc on her
ankle about tho sixo Of pin.hcad shc paid hHt
iftllo attention tn It until day or ewo aRo, when
II commenced patulng her when shc walked. Since
Then It hae con.tanty sptrad. until 1t has reached
the sEze Of silver dollar, and very paiNfnl. Tho
ha. been At 1t Iii weeks, ind still It shows align
q 1mrsose,nent. Nov; NJ. Edltes. ! hore yoA
tho next lesao of THO 1ioc for this, and rtnccre
ly trurt my many frIcnis whose letters arc read
each week will deem It thes duty ~ furnish me
LACLAin4
, 1877-06-02
CHINESE DEru4LATO1t1ES.
IN SAS EHttaYs eF TAa TeSbtsbt

Jottkr. May 10. .--A party signing himself Motto
asks for directions to tho Chinese deptI1atory.
In answer, ! won1t say TINT tho hair mnat bc
shnsc aff without 1athcr, the neck washed without
aoap and dried With soft towel witltnut rabb1nR;
be careful 10 not irrtatc tho skin. Thon amply tho
paste ~ directed In my rrcyous attic'o. Tho hair
on tho neck IL ut,Inlly very harti to remnvc. cn.
peclalty II u II black o. red. Apply the paste onco
10 tcM applications nre snfieicnt. II Inc hair IL
aid etf1 It will take motc perhaps ~ many
as twenty. II any Indy fhon!1 nse tho tcpLllntory
not advise her to apply It moro than srom four to
stx tin1cs. Take pair Of tweesers, md pull tho
llnfrs out. then apply the rnstc, and tTo dr thEcu
applications arc enough. rNoFkB6pN
, 1877-06-02

70 4A4 hICF a. AAf 1f79uHss
PaA,n1x IIoxE, May .S.-1 can keep still no
nnges. lscc 10 many useful hints a. we'll rs rccE-
pes In Tho liome that fecl lko scnding out
word OF thanks from ono who fully appreciates
lhc good parts, and can tnd but Iitto TINT Ii not
gona. 0racs described hcr curtains 80 plainly
that lascnd 10 follow her pattern when am set
ted
Gill. am afraid your advice to Inquirer will not
heappfecate, for, considering shc ixwiiing to Try
your remedy, II shc II like mysclf 1t will hnSo no
elect. haze been without your fnfailible rene.
DR. months at a time. and my hands hayu taken
deeper tint Of rod. For tho 1tss year ! iayu not
bten without them. but wear tslcm lontcly. and
put on an old PAIR OF kids every Might before
fetIfln4. Try that awhile, Inquirer, bofoFo pur.
chasing snhhaE 0laYee.
Ftsn.Lcaf, viii you pesso tell nc II should 10
apt 10 lose mir bcg0na II put 1t out o. doors this
srmmerf 1t VIVA a slip yeat Ago Inst MARCH,, now
Ii six feet two inches tall. and hhs been In blos.
ION continually since last JuRo: the bnssom - whlto
sad the Leaf IL large and smooth, but vcty br1ttie
aud dread " experiment On II by pntttnE It uus,
y the wind has good aWtAp ar1Hnd our hnnss
xhen It blows; and aRain, II keep 1t lnsds during
b. been my ptids tho last winter, although hare
had four ve plants In blossom all the tisno from
ittand Of thity.two p!ants. love howeTs and
nnsc Tery much, and would like 10 sce you at
Jour flowers anl plants. Won1uf Ii 1t didn't fonk
odd TO somo ono Desdc myself 10 SEQ OTIS .'Wnll
eltDdolcnco At Tho elose of 10 much work for tho
hdles.
.lIswkeYe, Will give you tho recipe for good old
Hen England cora bread bY next weak. I had to
t.k mamma for IT, aud II you don't like II ahall
b. bedkappointed. MtrTla Mar.
, 1877-06-02

Tho report that the anna Of tho Vienna Of Milo
hare bccn discovered II CONFIRMED By letter re-
cetyed nt tho State Department from Con. Meredith
Head, our Chargo d'AtIaircs al Athens. lie writes
that they werc fonnd on the Island Of Milo. Ut a
distance Of lcss than thlsty feet from tho piaca
says: ''Tho arm. nrc e1anistcly u,odu!cd, ono
holds kind of di.x or ahfcfd. Tho work.nanshsp
aud lhe locall.y compel syen the sktpteal % ac;
rulics {jcn: 1scaA adds: SIT II not lttlo an-
guar tat tho news gt tho death Of the fnher uf tho
famous Venus fletrtx Of Mifo, now IN tho Louvre,
tua Just reached Greece. at Tho t,an,rnt when tho
otheF portions o! tba great work Of art arc being
brought 10 light"
, 1877-06-02

70 fhS 1sIgoF a 1N4 TH6QN6.
CHICAGO. June l.-ladlcs, want yon nl1 10 try
my recipe tor G'nger.hr and, It ron uko II,
p!easo report: Ono scant cup butter. ons cup
sugar, ono cup Now Orleans tnolasscs tnano other
Will answer in tts ftcas). ono cup sour milk, ono
tablespoon each of cinnamon and ginger, two tea
spoons soda ttlsao,rrd In tablespoon OF water,
alld four cnp. of tifted nour. spscat ahout one.
half Inch thick IN your Irirrng-pan, aud bake In a
moderate oven about thirty minutes.
VIII Katie pruwn plcaeo sent nc htr pattern for
skirt tupporters II wilt reach II sent In care
Ol TIE TKGRukE. MEMlNu.
, 1877-06-02
4 DOCS l'ltECAuTION.

At hall. past II a'clock to-day ! hnc.looking
Engat "fetricyrr" dog. whltc going down
Washington street. ncas Macul!ar, Williams 4
Parkcrs. stopped to sesatcl1 h!a head, and while
doing 10 his mnsx1e cane oG. This sagacioas aDl.
nal Iuoked a moment. d though qucEYIng what 10
do with t,ls Hnzx,u, and then trtea tn get his head
into 1t avuEn Ana, falling tn make It atAy OIL, this
Intelligent creature picked i IN IN lts mouth. aud,
with rroAl4 air aud twinkle In its ryc, walked
away with thu hydtophobla preventive.
, 1877-06-02

N EAs Edt.oF af TAs 1rftnn<.
CHICAGO. May 3u.-Will Ethelfee! please tell ma
where can obtain knob for my oven, and what
they cost3 isauuid think they would, 10 Of much
nd to young bousekcepcss. Did Dox Da. Ot-
tulnwAs Ia.. rccufso Mf lstteF1 VIII sonu ono
please send nc pattern of cross and csownf wall
send a1alost anything In return.
Dss.n' thank.f0r 'am''fqa'n pie!ts5n; etna: n.,,,
, 1877-06-02


CuIcAon. May 81. -tomc readers Of Tho Home
might enjoy an oceasonal glanca at tho beat mAga.
xinu literature who cannot afford to buy all tho
muduEn pnhcasions. II r,4y interest sacA u learn
TINT full line OF tho bcst American ma2Axtues,
a1l same at tho EnRlkah oats, arc Always an alo
at tho AthcpHum. tt5 Washington street.
T. u. FaAHusu, Superintendent
, 1877-06-02

IN ~ Editor a 1As 1'gtsuas.
"a. ssas' Mich, MaY s.-is there room for
ta,. uote IN Tho l'omss II 10, would Ike ta
.es. "a sha gt'e Nortsn4s ny remedy Tor ear
sv... teks pleco Of salt fat pork about ~ inch
''' 'aaspsn ono end and put In tue car, tia 4
, 1877-06-02

70 th6 Editor AZ TAs Tribune.
CuicAao. May 3o.-lnqu1ros's hands will never
bo white 80 long as sho uses glycertne. Why,
bIcsa yonf ignorance, thats Ito vcty reason they
are ~ rcd a. duck k.padles. although ron do noth-
XII Him. Nj ,Istcr ascs IT, sn hSi a,,da afs ,muoah @
and while. TO make tho cye'lashes grow. clip
them ticlcately. T. r. G.
, 1877-06-02

ClasA4ox Nluuk, May :0.-W!Il Justc c. pleste
give roclpo sos eoughs Sky Dlue Cardinal, please
send patterns Of toothpEck holder aud card Eccctv4
CT; aul Flora Della, Won't you tako pity on poor
u,a aud send pstlerua Of tatlct- lag aud basket;
Alxo tell II Jou snccocded'ia y0us kcqaest for
dwarf poMcyf1uAts. / have wished for 70
long. ttic1 twu ys1rx xga ~ Eaiso one from .
, 1877-06-02


hADlsox, VITA, Mar .B.-1n the last number
Aans jcrima asked mo to designate tho quality Of
~ uanai'a 10 bo used for nnbiuasnel wiaiow.tut-
tsins. 1t tshould te quito heary. but care should
MAken 10 se1oct smooth plcco-oHo that II ftos
From knots and black specks. tbs material for
IN sost. be1levs. only 10 cents yard. tn.day
,s; Matd Of d!Refunt way Of trimming which 1shoAla
hks turkeJ rcd calico, tear Into strips thrso
,ataes wida, aud tutn tho cdgea down itistoad of
poknE Them. Then stitch on to tho curtain, On
hca edge, OF fcathcs.st!tch" tho pslEes down
slth Jellow stIk. This might. on eone accounts.
better thsn nanael. a. II can be washed with Tho
1Itn o9 whcu Wsahed>
! should think Katle Browns noos.mata wonit
1tcfy pretty. do not understand what n meant
z tatsn.stlleh;" can you explaint Instead Of
ms m,s..upporter pattern which .he offered to send,
tsfsifsd ,sts. circular ADVERTISING nndsss!oth!aR,
,Itsft'sappottefs, ctc., which Immediately con.
sneatd to the wastq. paper basket. 1seo another
iHses makcs hcr appcarance 10 these columns; 10.
aesasF to distinguish us, will sign mgself
GAApk 3.
, 1877-06-02

ELxnonx. Wis.,, Msy 30.-Ws have not taken
Taz TRIBUNE year yct, but liko It sery much,
~. very greatly Interested In Tho llo!no depart
mont especially = communication by Mrs. 4.
Cook. ii. T.. April 4. MIL Elo plsasa inform
me through The Ifoms whofo can st patterns for
t'prinCeases uudetgafmenis," aud confer great
fnv0s9 HR1. z. III, FlAsk,
, 1877-06-02

N sfs Efftof NJ rae tribune.
CrtcAnn ktny WIN aomc lovcr Of geology
exchange specimens With mo! hare specimens Of
tho Doyonfan Age, Hamilton rerlpA, coratt. fhcr,
foFsl1s, etc. gathered mostly 10 lowa. %ho speaks
hEgtl Fossil.
, 1877-06-02

ID Mt EH9s9F u TIA 1F1bAN.
Rock ISLAND. May 10. ~Wtl sor1o ono IN Tho
Homo who has tried tell u II II IL possible to TO.
coytr IN old fun fsamo ~ To make 1t look nice,
.1d. Il u y. what material 10 the bcat 10 usef
stat!o franc which II '')ust a. good II nrw." il
uoH,e ono will answoe lh's Al quick ~ posatblo
tiicy will confer great favor on uAxxL-
, 1877-06-02

a Girl screamed In lecture audience III Lafar-
cite. Ore. Then nll tho other girls screamed.
General condemnation easuet, and o rush was
t,lala for tho doors, people were bsuscd clothes
Torn, and the room at length was ctnpitcd. The
lrat acfeanlcr Ind aeon a rat.
, 1877-06-02
YsFFSt'TrftH.

Thtrc arc letters nt thin ollco ior 'l3ed, Wftttt
and Dtuc" 10, "Mfs. 8. n. 1lArtiett," "kato
Brown" to}, ,'.f3crtic Moore, - "lIranette, ""M.
u. e, ak. )" and ''Zoc."
, 1877-06-02

CnATawonrn, May 2H. WIN slJx md straas
please send Iuo patterns at castle and moss.
bracket and Mrs. Lonfsa =. "A directions fo1 making
afrcaslle from cigar fltghtcrst Box d.
III. MarE.
, 1877-06-02
CONDENSED MILK.

10 Ia Ea4toF ef TAs TTtsaxs.
CHICAGO, Asy 31.-Wlll sumo ut the mothers Of
The lone pleAss giro s1aat directions ~ 70 using
condensed milk for Iuf4uts, how to prepare for
different ages, etc.i giving Tito ny iltlls one,
and desfFe to !es1u al can A. to tho best way Of
MRs, ~. Ii, C.
, 1877-06-02
CURRENT GOSSIP.

SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE.
Shadow ard Substance, tangled 70 aro1
Ono from the other fatn would know,
1.cat. when Two choscn+ ind too fato
hare let tho real for The seeming 90.
0lancIng back DER tho road Of Life
That hare Travelled upon my way,
l sec saro jewels glini and gfcam
Whelc thought that only pebbles lay.
Ny hands are fn,' and my shonlders stopped
With tho naany thgngs lavo brought With mo:
Cold and s1lser-A1,l such storo
Or ghnstfy things IN memory:
Ambttt0n's crown, for which dropped
Tho wreath that Lovc had twtned for mo;
II spafklcd bright In Fame's right hand'-
1ts gema wore bubbles from the sea.
Locking forward wt,cro 1nuRt 20,
8hndnw and Substance a. tangled lts;
I cannot tell tho fni.e frum Tho Heal
Till tavo chosen and parsed by:
Duk rtndy now with closer care.
For tho iessuh tho fnst has tauEht To me-;
have learned that oftcn the Fni.e ncutns fair,
And nothing II all thatit scemh 10 te.
CnlcAu0. MILE e. ro4Knor.
, 1877-06-02
Tho Interior OF Africa.

Ata fosk TTE1tA.
meeting Of the Ani*tisen 1sogF:ph,es1 Society
idcnt, tae Nva. C4asIes 7. Da1y. pse4ldlax. tbs
, 1877-06-02

0en. ptntamin +. ,natler. Of Massaebntetta, sr.
gired 1t The Filth AvehIs Hotel Gu Monday night.
sna moat Of yesterday VIA engaged In thu casa of
the Atlantic + Psclde ". tho Western Union Tele.
graph Company, IN relation toa patent for duplex
tslegraphing claimed hy tho former Company IT
vaa tata In thu afternoon when, by permission OF
Mr. r. a, Major, The pirate secretary OF Gen.
Butter Of Massaehn4etaa. the reporter Vt the Atf-
a4 xas permitted to wait = couple VI houFs Ia
1tooul No. ! u the Fifth:Axenuu lotel to SEQ tho
General himself. Whrn ho did tho General
th0 following remarkable conversation cnsae1:
i,uttet with souulabout coat, sain'9n-culoEed
ger in his gait, walking about tho toom>-''Hhera
Il thls fellow Of tho press that ~ani4 10 Interview
lnst'
I3<raid Ncportcr taking the whole proceeding by
war Of 4 joke Vt ths Gsuctai's3-''G all ths fell
, 1877-06-02
II4ANGING-GAH IN FLORIDA.
Ia fhe EdttEf nj 1.he Tr4Annk

Observation-Disclosures IN FIAO1kluA.
=" the Edtssr Of 7he 7r4onnt.
CHICAGO, June !. l.-0n a pleasant day IN FnbYu.
asy, little schooner arrived at Cape sahlc and
sailing c1oso In bY tho group OF NuYal ratms that
tton stood on hch,l1and Ut tho tape. anchored
near tho shore. All hansls. except Ht1t, our col
orcd cook, discmlarkel and proceeded 10 explore
Tho mysteries of th1n wlldcrncss.rtgion that cx.
tends, In almost untr0kcn futGss. swamp, and
lagoor, tor 100 miles north. nnd reaches eastward
lnto The far famc.l Evcrs'ae.. whern the romnanss
:. ssine'e: s. w. y
derful productions sotn nowhere rlrr saso In tn.
s sbarasss rsssn ,ho i Srae ot !1. s H..
sc'as. much moro OF hotanst expect:
,ssetans IT, Frying tts atts1!isn s r. !" t1e hnse
rcccssen OF the fotcst. Our progtrss waa. how.
cser; somewhat tmpeded By the denea growth Of
groves, scenlod tn block np every avcnuc OF MP
spltc Of prtcking Cuctas and tnsl1,uns Of mos.
wonders. The ttecs IN eyesy assestsan were coz.
Hsws ws psq;s! sa,stSR Ssiofs @ ssn!af;
thought Of tho tanElng. Enrt,ens Of Babylon, and
honc; batt Who wants, oook. with t!e
Tnnt was ytslon worthy OF Him who produced
all thts 1osclinats. md ono to 10 joy foioyor
have ascettanss' @ the name ot thcsg curious air.
the sanlo genus M the gray moss. They simply
cling to tho bark. and scnd out. from long, ~curfY
cntct, onu ot more sia1ka surn'nunfe4 with the
sanls Of pretty Orchids of tho genus Eridcrilrum
tho North in greenhouses. Th1re that brought
omo hare e'o'somcd regularly Src,{ 'es:on ,,nec
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-10-04
INDIA.
An Abundant Fall of Rain.


We published yesterday from our
Calcutta correspondent the news for
which we had been watching and wait
ing anXiouslv. The rain has at length
come. Instead of the scanty and oc-
casional showers which have been re-
corded in due detail, but which have
done but little to improve the prospects
Of the next harvest, we hear now of a
general downpour over the districts
most in need of it. There has been
rain in Madras, and in other parts of
the country where the state of affairs
has been almost equally serious. In
many places the fall has already been
abundant. In most others there has
been enough to do great good, and there
Is, the appearance of more to come.
Here and there, indeed, the report is
less encouraging, but the news on the
whole leaves us IN no doubt that q real
change has occurred and that the long
expected rainy season is at least setting
in in earnest. 1t is difficult to over
state the Importance of such tidings.
Unless things alter for the worse-and
the latest accounts of all show no signs
of this-the next harvest will be saved.
We may thus fix with confidence the
time at which the famine will have run
its course In about four months the
crisis will be over. But in the mean
while, until the early crops are gathered
in, the distress will be as great as it has
ever been. The rain brings with it, not
food, but the promise of food by and
by. There is still dreary interval to
be passed, and there will be need of the
utmost exertions to alleviate the suffer-
ing which must attend it. We have
heard lately of millions of poor hunger
stricken creatures driven to the last ex-
trenlity by want of food, and dying
daily by thousands from famine and
the diseases which follow it. All this
will 60 on as yet unchanged, apart from
the relief which Government or private
benevolence may supply. During the
rest Of the year the utmost efforts will
be called for to save life. With next
year plenty may return, but for the
present year the question still is how
many can be pulled through into the
good time we are hoping for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-10-04

Ir seems that the people of the far
west are going to follow the good ex-
ample set before them by Minnesota,
and if they do train robbery and bank
robbery will soon become unfashionable
out west, as it did suddenly in Mime
sofa after the raid on the Mortified
bank. 4 dispatch from Kansas City
says that two of the gang that raided
the Pacific express train, a short time
ago, have been overtaken by stern JUS
tice and they are now consigned to
mother earth by having been shot
dead With the capture of these two
100000 of the stolen gold was re-
covered. The search for the rest OF
the gang is being pushed with vigor
and the prospect is good for further
captures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-10-04
Public Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-The public
debt was decreased during September
IS, $50, ,524 Currency in the treasury
s14206,417; special funds for the re-
demption of fractional currency, s6.-
835, 1853; special deposits of legal tenders
for the redemption of certificates of de
post, s43,110,000; coin in treasury,
S119, 152, ,043; including coin certificates,
s37 ,997 800; outstanding legal tenders,
1856, 81, ,932
Payments made from the treasury by
warrants during September, exclusive Of
the payments made on account of the
interest or principle of the public debt
of the United States were as follows
Civil and miscellaneous, s., ,993, ,678; war
S591 ,S67; navy, 81 ,3S9, ,377; interior-In-
dians and pensions, S3,S99,642. Total.
Sc, ,S73, SOC.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-10-04
4 DEAD SHOT.
Oregon Bill's Marksmanship----Sh
aPipe from Mans Mouth.

William Spencer. alias Oregon Bill, is
in many respects a remarkable man.
His birth-blace is Port Natal, South
Africa, and he has hardly yet reached
forty He was at sea for years, and
during the time distinguished himself
for bravery in the two engagements with
pirates on the coast OF Africa. He par
ticipated with credit to himself in the
last war with Russia, and was present at
the fall Of Balaklava
From 1860 to 1865 he was an Indian
fighter on the frontier of Kansas and
Texas, and In an engagement with the
red men on an occasion IN which the
whites were victorious, after a bloody
hand-to-hand fight, he is said to have
killed seven warriors with his pistol and
bowie-knife.
In Portland, Oregon, he had friend
John O'Madigan, now of this city.
While O'Madigan was walking along the
street smoking his pipe, and at dis
tance of ten feet, and at about right
angle, Bill suddenly drew his pistol and
fired, the ball taking the pipe from the
mouth of his friend, but dong him nc
harm. Again, last fall, Bill was in Lake
City with deer for sale, and, seeing his
old friend O'Madigan passing up the
same street on the opposite side. he
called to him to stop. When he had
drawn his revolver, John did so, facing
him at the time Bill fired, and the bal
passed through the top of the hat Of his
/ friend. O'Madigan, in the best Of humol
called out: Bill don't shoot any more
! its to close
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-10-04

EsIE relative grain producing capacity
of the chief countries of the world is
exhibited by the recent statistics COM
piled by order of the French govern
ment Here we have q total annual
average of all the cereal products of
Europe placed at 1894, 100000 bushels.
OF this Russia is credited with 1906
100000 bushels, Germany. 742,000.0 900
bushels. and Austria, 450,O00,000
In the United States the Bureau of
Statistics estimate the total product OF
all cereals for the year of 1877 at 1000
100000 bushels. From the same source
we learn that, for the last four years, we
have exported wheat, flour and Indian
corn to the average of more than $780,
100000 per annum. The exports OF
wheat from all United States ports to all
foreign countries increased from A.
5o7. .5S5 bushels in 1867 to 80, ,697 ,399
bushels in 1876.
The total exports of wheat and corn
tincluding flour and Indian meal) from
the United States, for the fiscal yeal
ending June 80, 1877, were as follows
Wheat, 40.325, Gil bushels; flour, S,342,
665 barrels; corn, 70,S60,9S3 bushels
corn meal; Az ,967 barrels. (reducing
the flour and corn meal to bushels,
making a grand total of 129,695, ,S47
bushels, against 125, ,959,6O1 for the yeal
ending June 80, 1876.
We produce forty bushels of grain PEI
head, estimating our population at 40,
100000, while Europe, with popula
tion of not quite 300,000,000, produce
only sixteen bushsls per head, Russis
producing twenty-six bushels per head
and Great Britain only four bushels pc
head. 1t being estimated that tht
average consumption of grain per heaC
is fifteen bushels, we produce nearl,
three times as much as we require, Rus
sia not twice its wants, and Great Britain
not much over one-fourth her require
ment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-10-04

THE governments of Austria and
Prussia have joined in request to the
Turkish government that it permit
Russia to transport across the Danube
logs to build huts for wounded soldiers.
The Porte has, in answer to the request.
asked for assurances that the logs will
not be used for any other purpose than
that of sheltering wounded This is a
reasonable demand on the part of the
Porte, and ought to be complied with.