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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-01-23
AYES.

The senate then took recess until
z: As for the purpose of attending Prof.
Henry's memorial service in the house
at o'clock. After that adjourned.
THURSDAY, Jan. 16-House bill
to facilitate the funding of the national
debt passed without division. Memo
rial services in honor of the late Prof.
Henry were held in the hall of repre-
sentatives in the evening.
FRIDAY, Jan. 17-.Sendte. Allison,
from the committee ON finance, report
ed adversely on the senate bill to au-
therize the killing of fur-seal and other
fur bearing animals within the limits of
Alaska Territory, and it was indefinitely
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-01-23

A PITTsBURG physician has been sued
for $4,000 damages for negligence in
the care of patient. The patient, the
plaintiffs wife, died.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
Drinking on the Increase in France:

The consumption Of beer, wine and
spirits has materially increased in
France, especially within a few years,
some persons accounting for it, in part,
by the national disappointment and NOR
tification at the result Of the German
war. The annual quantity of wine
drank is declared to be equal to thirty
gallons to each inhabitant of the coun-
try, while in 1888 it was not more than
fifteen gallons. The consumption of
beer in the last twenty years has in
creased three-fcld, and OF liduor fully
fifty per cent. France is no longer a
wine-drinking country merely. In many
OF the northern departments, particu-
larly among the workingmen, cheap and
very bad brandy has come into common
use, as it has also in Paris and other
large cities. The close connection be"
tween alcohol and health and vice is
shown by the increase of accidental and
violent deaths, of mortality generally,
and likewise of crime. Ia the districts
where alcohol is freely drank there are
FIVE times as many arrests As in the dis.
tricts in which the inhabitants confne
themselves to wine. A number OF cases
of insanity, directly traceable toalcohol,
have declared themselves IN different
parts of the country, and these, until re-
Gently, were almost unknown. The re-
mark, once SO frequent, You never see
q drunken man in France can no longer
be made with truth. Drunken men,
though still very rare compared with
Great Britain and the United States, are
now quite common; so common, indeed,
as to attract no attention. Americans
who have been there within three or
four years have noticed this, and, ifthey
have been abroad before, have been
struck by the difference between what
is aud what has been. Perhaps France,
in gaining more political freedom, ia
gaining freedom in certain bad habits
which che has hitherto avoided.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
Turkey in nesnernte strnlts.

Nine months have elapsed since the
treaty Of Berlin, and Turkey seems
scarcely better oh than when Russia
was laundering at her gates. The cures
Of an irredeemable paper currency have
come upon her, and in the effort TO re-
lieye itself the government has tried one
financial e~xpedient after another, only
after each to find itself more deeply in
the mire than before. Paper money has
been partly driven ont Of circulation by
a proclamation that virtually amounted
to eonlscation, the condition Of the peo-
pie seems no better than before, and we
may expect that even after it has wholly
disappeared it viii be many years before
the country will entirely recover from
the effects Of the wild financial policy
that has prevailed so long.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
An OId Adage suecessluIIy CANNED Out.

Pouring oil on troubled waters gener.
ally is regarded by sea captains more as
a ine sentiment than as q practical hint
10 be observed in times OF danger; but
as far back as 1910, a Dateh East Indian
trader claimed 10 have been saved from
shipwreck on q treacherous reel, by pour
ing on the sea a jar Of olive Gil. Later,
another instance is recorded in which a
vessel having been wrecked in a hurri-
cane, a cask Of lamp oil, which vas kept
in a small boat, became broken, and 30
Quoted the sea in the immediate vicini-
~, hat most Of the crew succeeded in
getting to an island near by.
Captain Jarman, Of the four-masted
ship Romsdal, stated to a reporter re.
Gently, that although he had long known
ci the wonderful effects Of oil poured
upon a rough sea, yet he never had put
his knowledge into practice until his
last voyage. The subject having been
recalled TO his mind lately by a little ar.
ticle in n Of the seaman's tracts, he
decided TO test the recipe. He caused
TO be made two canva sacks, shaped
like a bottle, each having a capacity Of
about three gallons Of oil. These he
filed with common lamp oil. Soon at
ter, in the middle Of the Atlantic, he en-
countered a violent hurricane with ter
rife seas, which lasted about twenty
hours. The broke over the stern
and threatened TO swamp the vessel
Remembering his oil, he puncLured the
canvas bags, and caused n to be towed
owe each quarter. The effect, he said,
was magical. The waves, although re-
naming at the same height, no longer
broke ver the stern; but for several
yards around, where the oil had spread
upon the water, there was apparently a
calm. The ship was thus relieved from
the tremendous shocks of heavy seas
DICdEluB OfCE AOlS anu IlO udubcT Nbb
considerably lessened. Captain Jarman
thinks that the use of oil in the case of
a ship hove-to in o storm, would be q
very good thing. He says that although
this was the first time he had ever tried
the experiment, it was not novel by any
means. He had known cases in which
crews had escaped from vessels when it
would have been impossible to lower n
boat without its being swamped, except
that oil was thrown over the ships side,
and the sea thus sufficiently Gained to
allow the boats to be lowered without
danger. He has also seen whaling YES
sells lying quietly whiio near by them
other vessels were violently tossed about.
The whaling vessels were so thoroughly
saturated with oil, hat the water re.
manned calm about them. He says that
the method is SO simple, and go mex
pensive, that he intends to have oil bags
always ready for use hereafter.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
A Fortune Discovered,

An old tin box stored in an attic has
made n woman's heart leap for 10y
Asthe Detroit Free Prcss tells the story,
a prominent manufacturer died in Gin.
cinnati nine years ago, leaving bis affairs
30 badly involved that his widow was
forced to 60 10 Michigan and keep a
clearinghouse. In about two months
she became convinced that che could not
make both endsmeet, but must do come.
thing Immediately to relieve herself from
actual want. Her relatives, who had
often helped her, were called in consul.
tation, and it was decided hat they
should provide her with a modest, COM
Portable home and set apart for her a
small annuity. Although during her
nine long years Of widowhood and trials
the widow had often visited Cincinnati
to look after her interests, each time be.
ing put or with promises and explana.
tons, she begged her relatives TO send
her thither once more to see if there
might not be something left Of her hus.
bands estate. The relatives consented,
and two months ago she went to Cincin.
natl, when she learned that her hus-
bands estate bad been entirely swallow
cd up. The disappointment brought on
an attack Of paralysis, and she was taken
back to Detroit. Her son suggested
that they might again look over his
fathers old trunks and boxes, and the
search began. They came upon q small
tin box which had been kicked about
tho attic from the time OF the fathers
death. When it was opened a package
Of railroad bonds was discovered. The
face value was $50, coo, but inasmuch as
thirteen years. interest was due on them,
and come of them were quoted at a pre-.
MUM, the widow is now worth $50, 600.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
Singular Names of Towns.

Among the odd names, Pennsylvania
gives us the novelty of Congruity, and
Virginia furnishes the euphonious title
of Nance's Shop, in the county known
by the singular name Of Charles City.
In Perry county, Kentucky, we find the
nice name Of Cut Shins, and North Caro-
lima gives us the town Of Democrat.
North Carolina, which has a monopoly
Of the odd names, is proud to own the
postolice OF Mutual Love. In Sampson
county, came State, is situated the cheer
full community of Dismal. Some set
tiers in Smith county, Tennessee, con
fessed their trials in searching for an
appropriate name for their place by
calling it Difficult. Georgia has q Dirt
Town, and North Carolina r%ejoices in a
Tar Heel,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
How L~ongfellow writes Hls Poems.

Longfellow's poems are as familiar to
all instructors as the language of the
schoolroom. Every echoolboy reads
and declaims them; every teacher, like
every preacher, quotes them.
The Psalm of Life is probably the
best known Of these numerous school
poems. II was written on q summer
morning in 1888. He was a young mar
then, full Of aspiration and hope, and
the poem was merely IN expression Of
his own feelings. He regarded it as o
personal matter-like an entry in ones
iournal-and for a long time refrained
from publishing it. Mr.. Longfellow
related that on returning from his visit
to the queen an English laborer stepped
up to the carriage and asked to shake
hands with the writer Of the Psalm Of
Life TT was one of the best compli-
ments I ever received said the demo-
cratic poet.
Longfellow's study is a repository of
the beautiful things of the past; souve-
Mrs, busts Of noble friends, mementoes
of departed poets-Tom Moore's waste
paper basket, Ooieridge's inkstand, a
piece of Dante's ccfin. In this study
stood an old clock, with the col1rings Of
age, rising from floor to ceiling. 1t
numbered the hours in which his best
poems were written. 1t was the old
clock oil the stairs.
The Wreck of the Hesperus' was
written in 1889, at midnight. A violent
storm had occurred the night before;
the distress and disasters at sea had been
great, especially along the capes of the
New England coast. The Papers of the
day were full OF the news of the disaster.
The poet wat sitting alone in his study
late at night, when the vision of the
wrecked Hesperus came drifting upon
the disturbed tides of thought into his
mind. He went to bed, but could not
sleep. He arose and wrote the poem,
which came into his mindby whole stan
zas, finishing them just as the clock
the old clock on the stairs-was striking
three.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
Little Elsie.

Two small white hands, with fingers mselly
folded
Upon her quiet breast;
Asweet pale face that seems in marble nodded.
IL she at rest?
DID she grow weary at hef happy play,
And will she wake again at close Of day?
MOI little Elsie never mere will Wahen
To smile or play;
Til angels (scarco more pure) have como and
taken
Oar pet away
Aud yet We think this spirit cannot be
More lovely than this little form We zee.
On The der lips a tint OF rose still fingers,
Reluctant to depart;
And as we press the dimplsd ice-cold fingers
In anguish TO our heart,
We cannot find II in our hesrts to spare
To the dark grave a thing 60 bright and fair.
Oh blind and weak let us returnito heaven
What was but lent awhile,
Knowing how soon again she will be given
Back, with her sunny smile
Back, with strange lore within her baby mind,
And knowledge which no sage Of earth could
find.
Sleep, darling Elsie-in Gods sheltered garden
We lay thee-little flower
Lifting once more our weary earthly burden,
Til the blessed hour
when death, the healer bounteous and mild,
Shall give 10 us once more our fairest child.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
Brain Work and SINH GroMth.

The London Medical Record sums up
as follows the results Of some very in.
terestlng measurements Of heads by two
French physicians:
Having the patients, doctors, attend.
ants, and officers Of the Val de Grace at
their disposal, they measured the heads
Of 100 doctors Of medicine, 1913 soldiers
who had received an elementary instruc-
ton, ninety soldiers who could neither
read nor write, and n~inety-one soldiers
who were prisoners. The instrument
used wal tho same which hatters employ
in measuring the heads Of their custom
ers; it is called the conformation, and
gives a very correct idea Of the proper
tons and dimensions Of the heads in
question. The results were in favor Of
the doctors; the frontal diameter was
also much more considerable than that
OF the soldiers, etc. Nor are both halves
of the head symmetrically developed: in
students, the left frontal region is moro
developed than the right; in illiterate
individuals, the right.occipital region is
larger than the left. The authors have
derived the following conclusions from
their experiments: 1. The heads Of
students who have worked much with
their brains are much more developed
than those OF illiterate individuals, or
such as have allowed their brains TO re-
main inactive. 2. In students the front
al region is more developed than tie
occipital region, or, if there should be
any difference in favor of the latter, it is
very small; while in illiterate people the
latter region is the largest.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
nenth in Gr0nt Englneerlng Feats.

During the ten years Of work upon
the Sutro tunnel, in Nebraska, the lives
of the operators have been carefully
guarded, and but five or six deaths by
accident have taken place. During the
boring of the Hoosac funnel, in Massa.
cbusetts, 1856 men we're killed, and the
accidental deaths in the st. Gothardtun
mel have averaged one q day, and in the
Comstock one a week. During the
progress Of the tunnel at the Baltimore
water works about twenty deaths by 40
cident have taken place. The low rate
OF accidents in cutting the Sutro is at
tributed to the strict system uuder
which the work has been carried on.
The contempt which is bred OF familiar
ity is the real cause Of most accidents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
A War Incident,

a short distance in front of the Con-
federate position at Gold Harbor we're
rifie-pits, occupied by mon sent into
them by night, since by day no one
dared show his head above the works
unless he wished TO get q shot in it,
One OF these pits was occupied by o lieu
tenant Of Edgar's battalion at the time
of the charge. When the enemy re-
turned repulsed, one of their l~ieutenants
jumped into the pit occupied by the
Confederate. you are my prisonerl'
cried the latter. Il don't know about
that, replied the Yankee; Il guess you
are mine Hardly, said the Confeder-
ate. We'll, how shall we settle itP'-
WELL replied Edgar's lieutenant, we
can wait till night, and see who holds
the line then. In the meanwhile, have
you got a pack of cards2'
And so the two suspended hostilities
over euoher and seven up till at night
the C~onfederates charged the rihe-pits
and recaptured the whole line. Edgar's
lieutenant brought in his man in tri
umDh.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
II Won't Work.

An agricultural Journal tells how to
make q very pretty window ornament.
Take n good sized sponge, it says, SOW
il full OF rice, oats or grass seed, and
place il in a dish of water. The sponge
will absorb the water and when the seeds
begin to sprout, attach a cord to the
sponge and suspend il in q window. We
should like to serve some Of the good
sized 'sponges' in this n~eighborhood in
the name described, but the difficulty
Is they are already very seedy, and will
not absorb water worth q oent,-Er.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
A Mississippi farmer plowed up a
Spanish coin dated 1900.

PERsoNAL.-Quacks and unprincipled adven-
turers are flooding the country with their worth
less nostrums for the cure Of Catarrh and
other diseases, notwithstanding il is an estab-
lished fact that Prof. Paine's Oatarrh Vapor is
the only remedy known to be a positive cure,
and in more than 10, 900 cases treated by it. not
one has failed to be cured. Office, $50 s. Ninth
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
Very Delicate Instruments.

The New Orleans Times describes the
fine gold-weighing scales which we're
made in Philadelphia for the New Or
leans mint, and have lately been placed
in position. They are marvels of me-
chanical ingenuity and accurate work
manship. The larger Of the two has a
capacity Of ten thousand ounces Troy,
or about six hundred and e~ighty-six
pounds avoirdupois, and when loaded to
its full weight will indicate q variation
of ne.thousandth part of on ounce, or
the millionth part of its weighing ca
pacity. The other pair Of scales is in
tended for Weighing gold only. 1t has
bearings composed of the finest agates,
which have been ground with wonderful
precision. So delicate is this machine
that il will give the precise weight Of a
human hair, and is susceptible to the
slightest atmospheric changes. Millions
of dollars worth Of precious metals will
be weighed annually upon these scales.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
OF an Ancient Family.

Concerning old families, there died in
England o few days ago a country gen.
tleman whose pedigree runs SO far back
as to make most of British dukes and
earls and such mere parVenuS. This
gentleman was the nineteenth John Har-
vey of Suffolk. He was descended from
the family of Nerves, in France, and
still possessed a small property. which
had come down to him from q date ante
rior to the conquest, in Normandy, be-
ing probably the sole Englishman hold
ing such a relic. One of the family,
Bishop Harvey, founded in 1889 tho see
Of Ely. In England n family of this
kind has a prestige far higher than that
OF a new lord.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17

OF the leading candidates for the pre-
sidency Grant is 81, Hayes 81, Sherman
Sc, Conkling 81 and Blaine 48. On the
Democratic side, Thurman is &C, Tilden
65, Davis Ga, Hendricks 60, Bayard 81.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
Trying to Ovcrturn The Laws of Nature.

The inventor Of shoes for walking on
the water gave an exhibition at Mem
phis. he stepped boldly off The levee,
but the buoyancy of the shoes WAS not
equal to expectation, and he immediate.
" sank into the river. He was so near
" drowned when rescued hat they
rolled him on a barrel. No more sue.
cessrul was the trial Of a flying machine
Mt San Francisco. The inventor started
from O housetop, Huttered briefly in the
air, and fell into q stream, where the
apparatus nearly caused his death by
sinking him.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
Eden Coleman.
Jeffersonvlllo, Co., March Q, 1879,

JeHtftOnYlI0, Gu, WNfcD o. IoTUs
Dear Sir - Words arc inadequate to express
my thanks TO tho Glver Of all Good, for hay
ing placed in my way tho Indian Blood Syrup,
which has relieved meof pain ia my back which
1 suffered since childhood. Three years agoI
was said TO be in the last stego OF Oonsump-
ton. but since / have taken your Syrup am
perfectly restored TO hoalth. II. O. Methvln.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17

The carrot requires light soil, ground
worked deep and fine. The rows may
be twenty inches apart. The long orange
and white Belgian are the varieties most
grown. The former is preferred for
feeding horses, which may be substituted
for half the grain seed, with working
teams. The seed is prepared by mixing
with earth and rubbing il we'll together
to break off the fine boards; then
sprinkle with water and lot it remain for
o week, occasionally stirring to produce
an equal development Of the seed. II
then planted it will come soon enough to
allow working before the weeds get too
much start. Two pounds of seed is
enough, giving plants six inches apart.
The harvesting of the carrot ia greatly
facilitated by running a subsoil pillow
near each row, when they can easily be
lifted by hand. We have found the
crop much benefited by running a one.
horse subsoil pillow between the rows Of
ter wedding. This slightly raises the
soil some inches, and leaves q hollow
space for the circulation Of the air and
the deposit Of moisture.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-17
s1EEP. A D SLEEP.

Sleep, babe, s%loep;--the south wind blows,
Rocking tho bee in the thornless rosei
The baby-birds have gone TO bed,
The drowsy blae-bell hangs It's head.
Blue-bell and baby, 4bee and rose,
sloepi-.-the south wind. softly blows
The tide ebbs,--and the tide hows,-
Night comes, but night goes
Sleep, babe, sloepl
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OnsLiHnnnsa nnd pnina Crrod.

Jefforsonvillo, Tnigg o., da, Fab. 3, 1879.
Dear Sir IL have been ~tlllo.ed for many
yeara with psinB IN my Back and Side, and 9
severe Cough. | tried yorr indian Blood
syrup. and by taking one bottle l Was entirely
onrod. / would therefore recpnmend 1t TO al
who may By like aFl oted. i. a. WimborlD
ItioA Good Modioite for All Diseases.
LutberSylllc, MerriFother Co., CD
'Doar Sir IL have used your medicine for
some time for Bok uoGdacho and all General
Diseases, sud l6dit good for all, Nc far as I
have tried 10, 7 thihk 81 o eood medicine and
would recommended tc I'll who ere nany way
afflicted. JsJ. York.