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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08

IMPRESSIONS of prehistoric fingers
have been found on the bottom of a
vase discovered in Lake Neuchatel,
Switzerland, and belonging to the age
Of bronze. Prof. Florel, who made the
discovery. pronounces the maker of the
vase to have been woman. There are
two impressions of the thumb and three
of the forefnger. The prints of the
nails are perfect.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08
Indigestion.

The main cause of nervousness is in
digestion, and that is caused by weak
ness of the stomach. No one can have
sound nerves and good health without
using Hop Bitters to strengthen the
stomach, purify the blood, and keep the
liver and kidneys active, to carry off all
the poisonous and waste matter of the
sygtem. See other column.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08

TIE rice fields on the Cape Fear river
near Wilmington, which have lain Idle
and grown up with weeds since the war,
have been reclaimed and planted this
season by several energetic parties, who
expect to raise at least two hundred
thousand bushels of rice the next five
yaars
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08

THE old elm at Schuylerviile, under
which General Burgoyne surrendered,
was seriously damaged by a recent fire,
but with proper care it can be preserved
in good condition. It was a narrow
escape for the old revolutionary relic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08

A SCIENTIFIC gentle eman, who has
given the subject much thought. says
that when a man knowingly faces death
he thinks Of everything that ever hap
pened to him. The delinquent sub
scriber never knowingly faces death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08

THE mixture OF religious beliefs in
New Mexico causes some trouble in the
courts. Chief Justice Bradford l..
Prince has ordered that the bible shall
be used in his court for swearing wit
nesses and jurors, and quarrel is in
progress as to what kind of bible shall
be used.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08

THERE is a genuine patriot in the
Massachusetts house of representatives.
During iCng debate last Thursday he
resigned his allowance of ten minutes.
saying that he would give his time to
the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08

WHAT is supposed to be the largest
tree in the southern states is tulip
bearing poplar near Augusta, Ga, is
155 feet high and 9 feet in diameter, its
lowest branches being 80 feet from the
yr51lnd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08

THE Missouri legislature has novel
proposition before it, to punish voters
who stay away from the polls three
elections in succession with forfeiture
Of their right to hold any office in the
state
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08
CURRENT COMMENTS.

CALIFORNIA papers report a migration
from Southern California into Oregon,
the emigrants wishing to find land
where more than an inch Of rain falls
in q wear
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08
Public Debt Statement.

The following is statement of the
condition of the treasury. Anril 30.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

OF ALL the evils prevalent amor

OF ALL the evils prevalent among
young men, we know Of none more
blighting in It's moral effects than
to speak lightly Of the virtue OF wo-
man. Nor is there anything in which
young men are so thoroughly mistaken
as to the low estimate they form as to
the integrity Of woman. Not of their
own mothers and sisters, but Of others,
who, they forget, are somebody else S
mother ana sisters. As a rule no per-
son who sQrrenders to this debasing
habit is to be trusted with an enter
prise irequiring integrity of character.
Plain words should be spoken on this
subject. for the evil is a general one
and deep rooted. If young man are
sometimes thrown into the society OF
thoughtless or depraved women. they
have no more right to measure all 9th
er women by what they have seen OF
those, than they have to estimate the
character of honest and respectable CT
tizens by the Development Of crime in
our police courts Let our young men
remember that their chief happiness in
life depends upon utter faith in wo-
man, No worldly wisdom, 20 nissan
thropic philosophy, no generalization,
can cover or weaken truth It stands
like a record Of itself for it is nothing
less than thi5-and should put an ev-
erlasting seal npon lips that are wont
to speak lightly Of woman. : &c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

%Dinner.
D-~ NrTS

DEAN CHS:
From Green Eap New London, 80 miles
Ployer, 81 N; Gil Rapids, SO IN; MERRIAM
Junction, 14S m: adia, 1872 m; Yinona 2l4 m:
LaCrosse, 259 St.nl, Isl; Minneapolis, 292.
CdECTI0NS.
AtGreen Bay W Chicago & Northwestern
and Wisconsin Ceal Railways for Milwaukee
and Chicago, and all points, North, East and
South and with lon Steamboat Co. for De-
troit, Cleveland, falo an the east.
At New Loldoiith the Milwaukee. Luke
Shore q WesArng for ShaYano and Manit0-
woe.
At Amherst Juion and FIover. with Wis
consin Centra Z for Ashland Stevens Point
Portage and IaCn.
At Mcmillan wChicago, St Paul & Min
neapolis LING fortck River Falls, Eau Claire
St Paul and MinpoIis
At Winona witlicago Milwaukee St. Paul
Ry. for St Paul aMinneaaolis, with winena
u st Peter Rairo(C. Il. n. w.) for Rochester
MARSHAL, Sioux CYankton, AMI points west.
At La Crosse v Southern minnesota L r.
and with Chicagnton. Dubuque and mime
sofa z r.
tease Receiold General Manager
II Z NATHAN
Asst Cent PdSs'r Agt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

Elk GOVERNOR ALLEN, of Ohio,
more widely known by the sobriquet OF
"foghorn" Allen, died at his home in
Chillecothe, last Friday morning, OF
disease of the heart. Mr.. Allen was
On uncle of Allen G. Thurman, and a
noted man in the political history OF
the nation forty years ago. He was a
self-made man, rising from obscurity
and poverty to the distinguished posi-
tons of Governor of Ohio, congress
man and United States senator. Mr.
Allen was bullionist in the days OF
Tom Benton, but recently he espoused
She soft money theory. He was an
able man, and universally respected
In his social life he was genial and
courteous, and not less so in his politi-
cal life. which seemingly has been full
Of contradictions. A good man and a
great, has gone home. The obsequies
were attended by larger assemblage
Of citizens than ever before met to pay
the last tribute of respect, to citizen
of Ohio.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17
Manhood: low lost! How
R6tOrod!

n9-Just publish4, q new edition of DR.. Gull
vcrwelPs Celebrate Essay on the radical care
with out medicin eGf Spermatorrhoca or Sem
inal Weakness, voluntary Seminal lose
ImDotency, MenH and Physical Incapacii5.
llnpediments to Mirage, etc: also Ccnsump-
ton, Epilepsy an Fits, induced by sclf-inIuI-
gencc or sexual atravagance, &c.
TlPrlce, IN Ealcd enyel0p, only six cents
= The celebracei author, in this admirable
Essay, clearly tmonstrates, from thirty
years successful ractice, that the alarming
consequences ofHf-abuse may be radically
cured without ts dangerous use Of internal
medicine or thsapplication of the knife:
pointing out a ode of cure at once simple
certain and effecal. by means of which every
sufferer, no matt what his. condition may be,
may cure himSf cheaply, privately, and
radically.
aSA-This Lectp should be in the hands of
every youth andYery man in the land.
Sent under sd, i'll q pl lin envelop, to any
address, PoSt-Pdi, on receipt OF six SCENTS OF
two postage STAINS.
Address the Publishers,
THE CuLVEMELl MEDICAL CO..
al Al ST., New York.
may1y1 p. o. Bcx 1885
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

this redeemed Republic in coming
years monumental vindication of the
righteousness of Our Cause'-not
lost then. but found, glerifed, and
made immortal. New England, moral
ly and politically. the land of darkness
and the shadow of death may then
see a great light, as truth EFFORTS from
her fanatlcal heart the admission that
our dead. by their heroic resistance Of
wrongs, concentrated principles which
| alone are able to rescue the Union
from threatened DOOM
The Rev. n I. Raylin delivered a
notable sermon in Chicago on recent
Sunday evening taking for his subject:
1.-The Rebellion not Dead, but its
Spirit still seeking the Destruction of
the United States Government" His
text was:-''We looked for peace but
no good came, and for time OF health
and beheld trouble" After viewing
the great events Of the last twenty in
our history and drawing appropriate
lessons Of warning from them be
said: I'm my opinion it is an hour
fraught with greater peril to our coun-
try than the darkest days of the rebel
lion. The hydra-headed monster Sc
cessioA grows like a cancer in our body
polite. Every day it becomes more
and more manifest. In return for the
sympathy and aid from the North,
poured in upon the southern cities
during the epidemic like a mighty
food, only hate, derision and scorn
are given by the states-rights element
of the south. Their children are
taught to hate the Northern people.
The Stars and Stripes are scorned and
outraged as the ensign Of the Federal
Union, while the Confederate flag of
treason is again flung to the breeze.
At the dedication Of Southern SOL
dlers monument recently-I think at
Winchester, Wa hundred rebel
flags were unfurled, while but one soil
tary Union flag was seen, and that
was upon Government building.
Tell me the Rebellion is dead that
its accused spirit is exterminated;
that the bloody chasm is closed that
traitors have repented of their treason;
That Rebels are Rebels no longer; That
they love the Union that they re-
spect the authority of the Federal
Government that they are good loyal
citizens; tell you not so. Be not
deceived The monster spirit is even
now clutching at the vitals Of the Ma
ton" The reverend gentleman clos
ed his powerful discourse BY a thrilling
appeal to all patriotic men to be up
and doing for the preservation and
continuation Of this great and glorious
Union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

THE YELLOW FEVER has again
broken out at Memphis. Fourteen
eases thus far are reported. Strict
sanitary regulations may prevent It's
spread f; in fact it seems already to
have been checked as late reports
scarcely mention it. Still, this silence
may be the result of stringent quarin-
tine regulations. The citizens are re-
ported as fleeing by thousands
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

THE REPUBLICAN Convention on
the sd inst. promises to call together
a larger crowd than ever before con-
vened at a political meeting in the
State. FSenator Chandler and Hon.
J. G. Burrows of Michigan, and Matt.
Carpenter, together with others of
note. will positively be present. If no
blunders are made in the nominations,
Wisconsin will go Republican this fall
by good 10000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

THE GREAT San Francisco excur-
sion to welcome Grant on his return
has been given up. The why is,
Grant heard what the fools were doing.
and has decided to return home only
after the presidential nomination has
been made, hence the collapse. The
whole business was broad political
farce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17
Republican, state Convention
Wednesday, July 2sd. AID. 1879.

Il State Convention ofdeIegates representing
the Republican party of Wisconsin is hereby
called to meet "a Madison at TO o'clo OK A. NJ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

state convention OF delegates representing
the Republican party of Wisconsin is hereby
called to meet a. Madison at 10 o'clo OK A. NJ.
Wednesday, July 23d, A. ID. 1879.
for the purpose of nominating candidates for
state officers to be elected at the next general
election and to transact such other business as
may be deemed approp riate.
Each Senate and each Assembly dis trict of the
state is entitled to two delegates in the Conven-
ton.
We also invite the Republicans of the State
and all who are in sympathy with the principles
ana polcy OF the Republican party, to attend a
mass meeting to be held in the Capitol Park, in
Madison, at . O'Clock P. NJ, on Wednesday,
July I'D, for the purpose Of appropriately cele-
bratlng the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the
organization of the Republican party of Wis
eonsin. 1t is especially desired that as many
meeting IN July, 1851, will be present. Dis
tlnguished speakers from this and other States
viii be secured to address the meeting.
HORACE RUBLEE, Chairman.
X. I'll. BAKER, CHAs. LULING.
CHAS. PALMER, q. w. CARTEL,
II. O. JONES, j. ii. FOSTER,
T.. E. WooDMAN, J., Il. SALE,
J. il. AGGoNER, A, A, ARNOLD,
Il. BOWEN, II. A. TAYLOR,
j r, BRIGHAM, J. Q. RAYMOND,
j.. f. FRIsBY, II. s. VAUGHN,
Republican State Central Committee
Madison, July 18th, 1879,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, tet-
ter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns,
and all kinds of skin eruptions. This
salve is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction IN every case or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Garrison & Whittlesy, Contra
liza, Wis. feb27mS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17
Republican, County GOnver'n

A Republican Mass Convention for the Coun-
ty OF Wood will be held at the Council Roen
IN City CT Grand Rapids, on the 18th day OF
July, 1879: at o'clock P. NJ. for the purpose Of
alecting four delegates to represent said coun-
ty IN the Senatorial Convention and four dele
gates to represent said county in the Assembly
Convention to be held at the Rablin House in
the city of Grand Rapids on the 18th day OF
July, 1879, at I o'clock 2. NJ
GEo. r. GARDNER,
L.. A. HoUSToN.
r, CoNNoR.
Republican Co. Com.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17
TH20JCE SLEEPING cIRS
from STEVENS Porxr to
Milwaukee & Chicago

laily.aX@cnt sun lay On 10 p. IN. train from
Stcgens Point, E.,in@ ErS ana south. arri, /. g
"a f@foh befet, Cor. y a.:Iso and tal ri Stfcst
C'icI-';. ri $50 a. lit. Passengers for MILUss
EEE.aay transfer 1T h;Iber without leaving no
tram, int Milwaukee sleeper from Green bay,
ana rest un,listuIbeG till morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17
Republican Assembly C0n'tn.

Republican Convention for the Assembly
District comprising the Counties of Clark, Tay-
4or, Lincoln and Wood, will be held at the Rab-
I'm House in the city Of Grand Rapids on the
18th day of July 1879, at o'clock p NJ for the
purpose OF eiecting two delegates to represent
slid district at the Republican State COnven-
tioR to be held at Madison, July 23d, 1879 The
several counties comprising said district are
entitled to the following representation, viz:
GiaTk ...---...--. 4
Lincoln. .......l
VI O0u- ................. 4
Dated July Cd, 1879.
Gro. R. GARDNER, Chm,
VIZ. SEEGAR,
c. X. YoUMANs,
w. IL. SWINEHART,
Republican Assembly Com.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

FIfHE EEtrhie-S Grains Tiyns.Ssyi1s.
aEa demonstrating Thre,hars this day and xausrs'
eon Beyoat All rivaiy f1r Ast Wofs Perfect Csaainz
Gnt foE Saving Grain frori HG-lrze.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-17

TALMADGE has addressed some
thing like half million people since
he struck cold England
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18

The idea Of subjcCtlng this remarkable
plant to the action Of auWshetics was nat
ural, and several experiments of the kind
are recorded, the plants having been put i'm
YapOrs OF ether or ChlOrOfOrm Recently
VI. Arloing has made some interesting oh
scrvations of the effects of chloral, chloro-
form and ether presented for absorption hy
the roots. The pots were sprinklod with
aqueous solutions of these substances, then
covered with care to prevent escape of the
yapors. After absorption Of chlOroform or
ether, one notes primary and secondary cf-
iects the former arc phenomena of excl
taton, similar TO those arising from me
chaniCal irritation, and comparable TO those
M animals when anwsthctiZcd They occur
successfully from the bottom tO the top Of
the stem. In thirty to sixty minutes the
common pcticlcs (or leaf stcms) straightcn
and the leaflets separate, beginning from
the top OF the stem; but the plant il now
found 10 have lost It's scnsibility. The sec
ondary effects consist OF elimination Of the
an@sthctic. The scnslbllty often does not
return Tor ono and n half on two hours
Chloral does not act anmshctically on the
sensitive plant. These observations af-
iordcd VI. Arlolng an opportunity OF asccr-
tanning the velocity OF Liquids i'm the stem
and branches Of plants under strictly physi-
illogical conditions, whereas past expert
mcnte on the subject have been made with
withercd or mutilatcd plants. If the leaves
are in good state, the common pctiolcs
bend down suddenly and succcssivcly from
below upward in the plant as the absorbed
chloroiorn reaches them. Hence know
ing the dimensions Of the the plant the We
locity Of the chlorOfOrmizcd water in the
stem and primary pctiOlcs can be easily cal
culatcd. Within the stem, the velocity is
modified by the state Of the tissues and foli-
age, the temperature, etc. il was found i'm
different cases, at the rate of OgO metres,
= 22m., 2.4Om., 27Gm. per hour The We
locity increases from the base to thc top of
the stem in The ratio Of to I.2j or go,
and IL is times 10 twice ns great in the
pctiOlcs az in the stem. The time Of alb
sorpior by the roots Was found 10 vary
from 10 81 minutes
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
wives of the Presidents

James Parton tell us that Martha Wash
ingtOn was plump, pretty sprightly little
woman i'm her youth but settled down into
plain, domestic wife, who looked sharply
after the servants She was far from an
educated woman, and though she kept her
own accounts, was a very poor spcllcr
Parton quotes Mrs Bremen, the authorcss.
who relates a "Curlain lecture" Of the proaf
man by Martha, which she overheard i'm the
sleeping Martha was angry. and
scoldcd "a long time. The General listened
in silence tin she was done, and then mild
ly closed the scene with 'sNOw, good sIccp
10 you, my dear" General Washington
was very rich, Mrs Washington was very
rich, and her three children by her FIRST
husband were heirs 90 great wealth Wash
ingtOn's mother was plain, illitcratc, en-
crgetic, strOng-wiIlcd lady, who preferred
her own broad acres and declined 20 go
and live with her great sou. 81 thank YOU.
George, said she, ''but desire 20 be in
dependent And when General Lafayette
called, see was at work in her garden, with
her old sun-bOnuct ON go She came to him.
saying II could NOT pay you so poor "a
compliment, Marquis as 10 stop to change
my dress Thomas jefferson. like Wash
ingtOn married o widow Mrs Maria skcl-
ton, who had considerable property. but
that did not save hcr great husband. who
died deeply boz debt, owing io his s'avsh
devotion tD IBIS country. Shcwas ladyof
extraordinary beauty of face and form. and
siugularIy comp0cdt 90 adoru and conduct
great household s little above the me
dom height fair complexion, eyes large.
dark and expressive, auburn hair, and "a
daring houcwOman, and fun of talent.
She played, danced, and sung well, and
had literary tastes. When jefferson court
cd her hc was twenty y-cight, and sine nine.
teen. Tie played the violin and sung well.
and as Doc had money then, and "a high 30.
siton, he dsianccd aIl rivals They had "a
great wedding She bad au immense re
sponsibiliiy managing her husbands great
estate, had six children, Of whom only two
survived aud died before hc rose to Dis
great rcnOwn, mourncd by bin t0 thc ug'.
lie remained 20 wid9wcr f0r'y.f1ur years
down To- bis death OF course She never
saw him in Che White House Dolly Payne
was Quakcr. and "a widow when shc mar
ricd James Madison. and the daughter of 81
Virginia planter, born in North Carolina.
Her father and mother set their slaves free
and moved to Philadelphia, and there Dolly
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18

married lawyer named Todd She was
twenty, and lac died three years after lcav-
ing her with son and No wealth. Her
mother kept hoNrlcrs while Congress sat
here, and she hc,pcd her mother to keep
the establishment. Among these hoar,lrrs
were Aaron Burr then a Senator from New
York, and James Madison, a Member of
Congress from Virginia. Dolly was very
beautiful and accomplished. and whcu she
married Madison lac was 43 and sh" %.
They had no children. When hc became
President i'm 1909, the White House re
CcivCd its lovely mistress, who cnioVcd its
attractions for eight years She died i'm
Washington in 1912, aged 81 years, survi-
wing her husband thirteen years | have
spoken of Mrs. Andrew jackson more than
once. She was the wife of another man.
Lewis Richards of Kentucky, when young
Jackson saw and loved her. Her mother.
Mrs, Donclson, WAS keeping a boarding
house at the time, having returned to Ten
uvss,c with MIR and Mrs Rphards, and
Jackson lived i'm her house Result, a ical-
Gus husband and a separation A ruinor
came that "a divorce had been granted, and
then jackson married the grass widow "
but the rumor proving false, they lived to-
gcthCr two years before divorce could
bc really granted, and then they were mar
rlcd again. The first husband left carly.
and those peculiar circumstances led 10
many bitter quarrcls between Jackson,
Who grew INTO great reputation and his
many enemies. She was short and stout.
a great housckrcp"r and manager, very re
ligous very illiloratc, kind to her slaves.
and full of UusCddc and fun. She had no
children, and died in December, lS2S, Just
after her great husband was elected Prcsi-
dent She was the "Auut Rachel " of
Nashville, and regularly smoked a pipe
with the General. When the news of his
election as President came TO her dying
couch, she simply said: Gwen, for Mr..
Jackson's sake (shc always called him Mr..
Jackson) ] am glad; for my own part,
never wished It." Mr., Polk was in his
iiitieth year when lac was nauguratcd Pres
idcnt, ON the ith of March, 1919 and his
stately wife could not have been less than
forty when ! saw her at the succeeding in
augumuon ball. She was splendid au-
tumnm beauty, and her creamy complexion
and glossy raven hair gave her sort of
Spanish lovclincss At present her snowy
curls and fine presence indicate that she is
over seventy, and her handwriting reveals
lady of fine physical and mental health.