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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
of sixteen feet high. The giant is q

Of sixteen feet high. The giant is a
genial son of Anak, who likes to take
his ease in his inn and talk over his
manifold experiences in this world of
wonders. Unlike most giants, he is we'll
proportioned, firmly knit, with no SUI
pertiuous flesh upon him,-although
he weighs AS pounds,-and with an
open, intelligent countenance. He says
that when he visited the tower of Lon
don, he tried on the suit Of armor worn
by the famous Og, who is claimed
couldn't stand up in 1.-THE helmet and
foot pieces only being too large for him.
He also had his suspicion about the real
dimensions of Murphy, the Irish giant
after measuring himself against the
skeleton in the British museum, and
the armor of Guy of Warwick, who was
said to be nine feet three inches, was
found to be several inches short of the
measure of our Kentucky champion
Neither Murphy nor Guy are on hand
to contest these points, and it may be
as we'll not to raise controversy. 1t Is
enough to say that the captain is way
head of Long John. He is not posted
as to the cause of his elongation. He is
one of twelve children, who are all of
ordinary height. In a general way, he
is inclined to think the lime water Of
Kentucky has something to do with it.
but he did not give his opinion with
the assurance of a scientist, so the in
terviewer did not press the point, but
turned to look up to his amiable wife.
She rose, and kept on rising, on being
introduced until the visitor began to
ask internally, VIII the line stretch
out till the crack of DOOM" This is the
tallest woman who ever travelled in
railroad car. The first impression is al
most bewildering, giving the impression
that you are looking at being through
a magnifying glass. And yet She is not
a monstrosity, but quite shapely, and
withal most ladyike and we'll bred in
manner and conversation. At the age
of she was as tall as her mother
something over five feet-and she did
not attain her full height till the age of
q. This remarkable couple appear to
live very happily, and they mean to re-
tire from public life in short time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09

THE Texans have been amusing them
selves with lion and bull fight, and re-
joice that their native bull Ito make a
bslD COWS two lions. But the combat
ants are not fairly matched. The lions
have long been deprived of those condi-
tons necessary to develope all their
native vigor, and ferocity probably long
shut up in cages and fed at regular in
tervals, and have grown clumsy through
lack of exercise. The bull, on the con-
trary, is on his native heath, full of bo-
vine fury and vigor. And long, sharp
horned Texas bull is a formidable an
tagonist for man or beast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
4 Giant and Wife.

The largest couple in the world are
Mr., and Mrs. Bates who passed through
Chicago a few days ago. Mrs. Bates is
seven feet eleven inches high, and her
husband, the captain, is within half an
inch of eight feet. They have been
travelling together for seven years. Mr.
Bates is a native of Kentucky, and his
wife was born in Novia Scotia of Scotch
parents. The exact height of giant is
about as hard to ascertain as the exact
age of Henry Jenkins, Old Parr, or the
numerous body-servants of George
Washington few inches or a few
years more or less will not be closely
scrutinized by the reader, and the
claimant for pre-eminence in age or
height usually gets the benefit of
doubt. There is no doubt about the
height of Mr. and Mrs. Bates. They
are the longest couple on record. United
they stand within one inch and half
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
Why Young Men Remain Single.
Chicago Tribune.

1t is said that the extravaganza of
girls is the chief reason why so many
young men remain single rather than
marry girls whom they could not sup
port in their ante-marriage style. There
never was more absurd charge made
than this. The average young man is
more eXtravagant than the average
young woman. and the young man who
is afraid to marry because girls are ex-
travagant is usually the most extrava-
giant Of his class, and does not desire to
marry, because, in order to support
wife and children, he would have to cut
off his own extravagances. In the ma
jority of cases, the wife is the cause of
actual saving to the husband. Before
marriage he lived clear up to his in
come, saved nothing and owned moth
ing. After marriage he saves money.
because he Is compelled to, and usually
owns the house he lives in. Before
marriage he was not obliged to econ
omize, because he did not look beyond
the present, with its enjoyments. After
marriage he is required to economic,
because be has to regard the future with
its responsibilities. With regard to the
question of expenses. this writer very
well says: " Girls expenses are confined
almost wholly to their dress; young
mems expenses are confined-no, they
are not confined to anything; they run
wild. A young man of the class al
luded to will frequently spend as much
in one night among his companions, as
would support a wife for week.
Franklin said that One vice will bring
up two children Then, two vices
should certainly support one wife, and
most of the young men of the day could
easily give up two, and still have large
variety on hand"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
LOVES CALENDAR.

A young years freshness in the air,
A Spring-tide color to the wood;
The flowers in Spring-time most are fair.
And life in Spring-tlme most is good
For why?-I will not let you hear
Until the Summer is near.
A Summer al of burning lights,
With crimson roses, passion red,
And moonlight for the hot white nights,
And jasmine flowers, sweet, dew-fed,
Why has each rose a double scent?
You may divine when it is spent.
Autumn, with shining yellow sheaves,
And garnered fruit; and half regret
To watch the dreary falling leaves
And leaden skies above them set
Aid why cen Autumn can seem dear
Perchance you'll guess, when Winters here,
Winter, in wide snOw-covered plains,
And drifting sleet. and piercing wind,
That chills the blood within our veins.
But our warm hearts can never find
All, little love. you guess, | know,
What warns our hearts in spite Of snow.
The AT0OSu
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
HulllOr.
A neat foot-a cows.

- AASdb iOOt- IL ION -
! Good name for a wood-cutter.
Hugh.
Every dove has cote, and every dog
pants.- Whitehall Times.
In what place are two heads better
than one? In a barrel.
A French wit says that friendship be-
tween women Is only suspension of
hostilities.
Why call her girl of the period when
she refuses to come to a full stop p
Rome Sentinel.
The fat girl of Iowa is dead. She
measured seven feet around the waist.
and was never completely Rugged.
England may be mistress of the
Cs," but she has never been able to
fairly master the Hs.-N Y. Mail.
Charitable lady" Poor man! if it
were possible to procure work what
situation would suit you best?" Tramp
=" Ladies' companion num-"
Twenty-Five thousand Russians have
arrived at Tehataldia. We don't pro
nounce this a canard, for we can'ardly
pronounce it at all.-N. 7. Neacs.
A facetious old gentleman, who
thought his two sons consumed too
much time in hunting and shooting,
styled them Nimrod and Ramrod
Marriage Pooh don't men-shun
it p exclaimed the maiden aunt. In
deed they DON'T" replied her lovely
niece.
The Worcester Press says there is
some sort of reason in Rhode Islands
opposition to the silver dollar of our
daddies. The coin takes up room.
An English donkey mot man, but
Il real donkey had a fight with ram.
The donkey killed the ram. This
shows that the finis" of donkey is
more powerful than the preface of a
ram" -..-
We saw Il young man with two heads
on his shoulder the other day, but
didn't consider it much of curiosity.
| One belonged to his girl.-Berkstile
Courier.
The tendency of clubs in all times
has been to destroy our youth. Hardly
had our first ancestors been driven from
Eden before Abel, young man, was
killed by club.
/ A clever minister recently said: "The
time is surely coming when stealing
will be a thing of the past" The ex-
planation of this to the inquiring Cali
fornian was, Because there will be
nothing left to steal"
A paper recently published the fol-
lowing item: A deaf man, named
Taft, was recently run down by pas
senger train and killed on Wednesday
way about a year ago"
Science Made Easy-Friend to scien-
tific authority: Doctor, now is man
to tell a mushroom from a toadstool 2"
Scientific authority: "By eating it.
If you live, it is a mushroom; if you
die, it is Il toadstool"
An exchange makes this pathetic
appeal:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
Honest and Dishonest Profanity.

Some one in crowd took ocoasio,
to mildly rebuke old Ben. Wada for
his profanity. He turned on his self IL.
constituted moral instructor. and
asked: tsL aIo 'iio
" Don't you swear sometinaesg"9
:" No, sir"
Don't you say darn it, or con-
denim it sometimes in your heats
of passion?"
Yes, l may say that sometimes
But that amt swearing" +H
Eyes it is" said Ben, at is the
meanest kind of swearing. It's mean
because cowardly and dishonest. I
have studied this subject a good deal,
and my observation goes to show that q
man that will say darn it when he
means damn it is not fit to be trust
ed. Give me the man whose oatbs
come yelling up from the bottom of
his soul, full. round, and distinct.-wbo
says what he thinks and don't try TO
beat the devil round the stump-that
man Is an honest man every time.
But the base towards who try do de-
ceive their Maker by their darn it's
and their durn its'-hen is full of
such fellows" i..f ss..-.s -5.~
1t must be borne in mind that he
his point as he went along
with " full, round, and distinct" oaths.
which came yelling up from the bot
tom of his soul.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09

found on examination by the micros-
cope to-have one or more adhering to
i'll One wonders in the face of facts
such asthese that our golden grain-felds
waive with such healthful abundance.
But God has mercifully provided that
only IN damp, i'll drained soils, and in
damp, warm seasons, can these hosts
commit to any serious extent their de-
vastations.-Ch Christian Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09

AMONG the signs of the times is re-
vlved business on the American Pana-
ma Railroad, which earned Is per cent,
III 1877 and had nearly 100000 of
business, clearing full million, not
outstanding it relaid 500 tons of steel
rail and thousands of lignum vitae ties.
This railroad carries $4,000 passengers
between the two oceans e7ery year.
The coffee and sugar business is now
first rate in Central America, amount
ing IN freights over the isthmns to
234 1000 bags of coffee and $4,000 bags
of sugar, wholly from Central America,
general increase of $50 per cent.
They carried 10000 bags of cocoa
from Ecuador and 1900 tons ef,dry
goods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
" Iceman, spare our purse;
You're making matters worse,
Thus freezing ont each buyer -


A news item says that an English
traveller in the Holy Land has discov-
cred Jacobs WELL The Oil City Der
rick says: owe are glad to hear it. A
rumor has been atloat for some time
that Jacob was dead"
A lady said that this was the finest
compliment which she had ever re-
ceived: She was on horseback, and as
she rode past an Irishman, who was
standing by the roadside, she heard him
say: &c wishP was in prison for thu
stating ov ye"
When reproved for failing to keep all
engagement with another gentleman,
a brave but devoted Utica husband re-
piled: "My dear sir, my intentions
were excellent, but man with red
haired wife is liable to break many an
engagement against his WILT Utica
Herald.
A boy came along to one of our
neighbor's houses holding a very dirty
dog, and asked the gentleman of the
house: Don't you want to buy dog,
Mister p What kind of a dog is it
asked the gentleman. The boy looked
puzzled. Well" said he, it is part
terrier" "And what's the rest ?"
asked the gentleman. The rest"
answered the boy, "why, the rest isis
just dog"
During a dinner the conversation
happened to fall on household affairs.
A. gentleman said carelessly: at is
very disagreeable to be obliged to dis
miss an old servant, but still | must get
rid of my valet de chambre." "Why?
II have been looking for a foot bat
for the last eight years. He has neve
thought of it, and really [ cannot d
without one any longer"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate,
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait

We know not how soon the sands Of
life shall run out; we know not that we
shall ever stand again upon the verge
of another year. The fancy that now
pens these lines may be soaring in some
high scene of existence; and many an
eye that will read them. may be view
ing more glorious visions than the hui
man imagination can bring forth, be-
fore this time next year. None OF us
can read the closed page of the future,
therefore We must do our best now, and
leave all the rest with God; hanging
with the fate of a little child upon our
Fathers love. knowing that His promise
will be fulfilled. ...
We trust we shall mount up with re-
newed strength to do battle to our
enemies, these passions of ours that SO
clog at every step we take. The world
tries to teach US very injurious lesson.
1t is to be hoped none OF us will learn
to be selfish. utterly lost in self. We
hope self-lnterest may never gain the
supremacy over our love for 4" one an
other"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09
Life.

We do not think the thought Of death
is half so sad even to the most life
loving and Misunderstanding, as the
thought of passing out of the minds Of
men, and above all, out of the hearts
of those we love. 1t is dreadful beyond
a doubt, and from such contempla-
ton it is most natural we should shrink.
We do not consider that we need dread
such an oblivion, if we take pains to
engraft ourselves upon the hearts and
minds of those with whom me mingle
There is scarcely a heart that is SO I'M
grateful as TO forget one who quickened
its throbs by deeds of kindness. The
echo of kind words, they fall back upon
the heart like showers that bless the
earth from which they came. All, yes,
in after years they return over and over
again, when perhaps the lips that
breathed them are far away or silent in
the grave. Has any one felt the pain,
too, that kind word or tone may con-
tain, when they are felt to be deserved?
The power of a reproving, depreciating
glance, how like an arrow its poisoned
fang seems to tester in the heart that
refuses to forgive itself, though others
have forgiven it. This teaches the worth
of kindness, the very pain its absence
costs.
We stand in the present, the island
that lies between two vast oceans of
time. We think, as we look into the
future, we hear the muttered threats of
storms unborn, Of griefs that are to try
us, and of Disappointing that are to
vex us. Through the cloudy mantle,
however, we discern the halo of bright
dreams, that perhaps may be realized;
therefore, as we pass our feet upon the
shores Of that future we take delight in
the beauty of the scenery around us,
and forget the sad experiences and
warnings of bygone years. Pity it
is so. -t
What good does it do us even though
we are able to trace Our paths backs
across the ocean Of days and hours be-
longing to the past? Does the view of
that deviating track, and the remem-
brance of the mad winds and waves,
make us more timid and prayerful,
more anxious for strength higher than
our own? We fear not. If we could
but be induced to make steps of our
past falls, to lead upward, how happy
would we be. What is before us? We
know not; this we know: That there will
be the same need for courage and la
Dor, the same need for faith and PRAYER.
that the cardinal points of every year
are precisely the same, that the needle
always points toward excellence, to-
wards perfection. Although we know
not all the future has in reserve for us,
yet we know 1t has the demands 10 make
on us that the past has made, and that
we shall have no time for idleness or
any less lack of opportunity for the dis
Dlay of ambition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09

The Snow FLAKE-The poets and
writer's of romance often refer to the
snow flake as an emblem of purity.
When we see the snow falling gently TO
the ground we think of d. B. Del1and
Y Co.'S Best Chemical Salerat,ts, which we
think Is quite as pure, and produces
biscuit nearly as light.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09

THE Hessian fly only fourishes in
damp or wet seasons, while the chinch
bugs f1ourishes in dry years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09

THE editor of southern exchange
presents the following picture of TIE
pleasures of house-cleaning:
The housekeeper giveth cheerful hop
And we hear the musical hippertyhOp
Of the moisty, misty, maddening mop
And 10 the ma ddening horrors rush
Athwart our souls at the soapy gnsh
Of the slippery, Shiny scrubbing-brush.
From early morn till evening gloom
We hear the scratching in hall and room
OF the boisterous, busily bObbing broom.
/" And now there cometh a woesome wall
That augurs a gen rally gusty gale
From man with his leg ia the scIubbing- pail"
Undoubtedly the above is a very
graphic and truthful description of the
processes going on in many houses at
this season. We might further add
that we never happened to know of a
man-although such anomaly may exist
who thought there was the slightest
need of ever cleaning house. Why"
said a gentleman the other day, as he
perceived indications of the spring
cleaning, " used to sweep my room
under my bed all through my college
course, and / never had any trouble
about it," We suppose he meant that
he brushed the accumulations from his
room under his bed, and innocently
supposed that no further care was given
to his premises during the entire four
years course. If ladies could only
abandon all housekeeping for few
years, gentlemen would become thor
ough converts to the necessity of it.
At present they have a firm conviction
that all women enjoy the hustle and
confusion of having carpets up, floors
scrubbed, walls blushed, and all the
details of a regular housekeeping.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09

THE editor of southern exchange
presents the following picture of the
pleasures of house-cleaning:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-09

And me all alone!'
L can't help that, either" returned
Hetty, little impaitiently But don't
fret, Sib-I'll not be long"
And out the brave little girl walked
INTO the temptestuous twilight, with her
pockets full of medicine and the water
proof cloak buttoned snug around her.
Not until she had left the friendly
lights of home far behind, was lost in
the black, rustling depths of the forest.
where the dark boughs met over her
head, and ghostly, whispering sounds
went through the dry leaves, did
Hetty's valiant heart begin to quail.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-01-17
nISuELLANEOus N0rL-

FLORIDA weather is beautiful. aud
travel from the north i setting IN : rong-
~.
Gov. Vance. OF North Carolina, has
appointed W. \. II. Smith, of Murirees-
boro, chict justice. vice Pearson, de-
ceased.
First Lieutenant William \. Din>
widdie, second cavalry, has been detailed
as professor OF military science and tics
lies at lie Illinois Industrial University
Eli Striker, former freight conductor
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has
recovered $4,000 damages for permanent
injuries by being knocked from his train
by bridge.
reported lost, with the entire crew OF
thirteen men, all of South Boston. BY
this disaster seven women are made
widows ana twenty-One children orphans
Mason Long, q professional gambler
of had emincnee in Indiana, was last
Sunday evening immersed at the First
Baptist church, at Fort Wayne. Numer
Gus saloon>keepers and sporting .mer
witnessed this commencement of new
Cisal.
William Cobbett, well known tor thu
strenuous efforts he made in behalf of tn,
Tichb0rne claimant, fell dead in West
minister Hall, London. Saturday morn
ing. he was = son OF William Cobbett
the celebrated English radical politician
and writer, who died in 1885.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-01-17
Grain in Elevators.
Chicago journal.

Chicago elevators, as per official fig
res, contain l,4i0,lsl bushels OF wheat {;
.l55 bushels OF corn las, llS bushels
oats l07 .5S7 bushels ofrye. and $50. l5s
lshcls Of barley, making a grand total
| 2.S3S.200 bushels, against 2.722,S72
hshels u week ago, and Z, l60, 09S bushels
this period last year. Vessels in the
.rbor are loaded with 25G,74l bushels OF
heat 325,S97 bushels OF corn, and 81 =
n bushels of oats. making the total
lshels of grain In store and afloat here
Az. S25 bushels.
Milwaukee warehouses contain AS
b bushels " wheat; G,Si8 bushels OF
brn; 2l,23j bushels OF oats 75,lli
ishels Of rye, and 3s0,545 bushels Of
brley.
New York and BROOKLYN warehouses
Re stored with 2.l70.00O bushels o
heat, l,049. 900 bushels OF corn. l,6G0,o0t
Iishels OF oats, PSI, 900 bushels OF rye
b. 900 bushels OF barley, and '3l9,O N
Bushels OF malt.
anada January 8, 1878: Wheat, 1851,
10 bushels; corn, @. l2S. $50 bushels; oats
ESQ 600 bushels; rye, 100000 bushels
hrley, 4 46t, 900.
Exports last week from seaboard port
hciude: Wheat, $4,000 bushels: corn
b. 900 bushels; oats. 6,CO0 bushels: rye
900 bushels; barley, 5000 bushels
our. 66. 600 barrels; pork, 6,lOO barrels
lrd, 8,502, 600 pounds; bacon, 4,3s6 90
bounds.