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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13

One reason why Leadville has no
schools is because all the schoolma'ams
who go there find husbands between the
depot and the hotels, and don't care a
cent whether schools keeps or not.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13

If "1oung Housekeeper" will buy
some strips Of oil-cloth (not Llnoleumj,
say six inches wide, and sew it firmly
with linen thread across the ends of her
tapestry rug, taking care that the stitches
do not show through on the right side,
she will find that the rug will not turn
up, but lie fiat as long as the oil-cloth
lasts. n Y. Times.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
Attention, Workingmen !!

Before beginning work III the spring after a
winter OF relaxation You need something cleanse
and lnvlgorate the system and thereby save You
from possible attack Of ague or spring fever
The Peoples Fayoute Tonic Bitters is the best
remedy YOU can use See advertisement. 2wl9
The glazer who was cheated out of his pay
complained that he got only his trouble for his
panes-
Constipation invariably follows Liver Complaint;
but it is easily overcome by the timely use of
BAXrEK's MANDRAKE BITTEEs. Dyspepsia also
readily yields to this potent remedy.
Gaps made in the flesh by cuts, speedily disap
pear without leaving scar, when HENRY JoHN-
sons AKNICA AND OIL LINIMEN1 is used.
Downs ELlXlR will cure all lung diseases The
best medicine known for whooping cough.
When man cant keep his head above water, he
may console himself by having large floating
debt
Walking made very easy with Lyons Heel Stf
teI eTs they keep your boots and shoes straight
The older the tree the thicker the bark : but
the older the dog the thinner The bark.
A New Operation for Piles.
ifter repeated solicitations from the many pa
tients | have treated | am now induced to an
Dounce to the public. my new antiseptic treatment
Of Hemorrhoids (Piles); and | do it not in the
sense of an ordinary advertising physician, but
rather as a conviction Of duty | owe to the suffer
ing 1t is well known that hemorrhods is one of
the most common, distressing and wasting diseases
now met with in the daily practice Of every phy
slcian furthermore, that the heroic and painful
operations usually performed for their relief with
out any satisfactory results permanent cure
have deferred thousands from seeking professional
advice. Having treated one hundred and sixteen
patients by my new process, all Of which speedily
andpermanently recovered, | am prepared to report
the following advantages of the operation all
others that have preceded it.
FIRST, the operation consists in single, painless
application OF 'Antiseptic Solution Second it
avoids all hgatlon, cutting and cauterization.
Third, it permits the patients to come from any
distance, receive treatment and return at once to
their homes. Fourth, it does not necessarily con
fine patients to their bed or take them from their
avocatons. Fifth, the cure is perfected III ten or
twelve days Sixth, in no instance has there ever
been return Of the disease
| an permitted to refer TO the following well
known citizens of Bangor and vicinity, who have
been personally treated by my operation.
| hrxvI GODS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
AnecdOfe OF Dr.. Mott.

On an evening proceeding Thanks
giving, many years ago, two students
left the college, with the most foul in
tent of procuring some of the doctors
fine fat chickens that roasted in a tree
adjoining the house. When they az
rived at the spot one assembled the tree
while the other stood with the bag
ready to receive the plumber. 1t so
happened that the doctor himself had
just left his house with the view of Sc
curing the same chickens for his
Thanksgiving dinner. The rogue I'M
der the tree hearing some one APP
preaching, Immediately crept away
without notifying his companion
among the branches. The doctor came
up silently, and was Immediately salut-
ed from above as follows: Are you
ready" eyes" responded the doctors
assembling his voice as much as posi-,
bic. The other Immediately laying hi
hands on the old rooster. exclaimed,
"Here's old Prex-will you have him?"
Pass him along" was the reply, and
he was soon in the doctors bag. Here's
Marin Prex," said the all unconscious
student, grabbing fine old hen; will
you have her" Eyes" again responded
the doctor Here's son John-will
you have him?" Here's daughter Sal
take herr" and SO on until he had
gone regularly through the doctors
family and chickens.
The old man then walked off in one
direction with the. plumber, while the
student, well satisfied with his nights
work came down and streaked it for
the college. Great was his astonish-
ment to learn from his companion that
he had not got any chickens, and if he
gave them to any one it must have
been to Dr. Mott. Expulsions, fines and
disgrace were uppermOst III their
thoughts until the next forenoon, when
both received polite invitation from
the president, requesting the presence
of their company to q Thanksgiving
dinner. To decline was impossible, so
with hearts full of anxiety for the re-
suit they wendell their way to the
house. where they were pleasantly re-
ceived by the old gentleman, and with
q large party, were soon seated around
the festive board After askinga bless
ing, the doctor rose from his seat, and
taking the carving knife turned with a
smile to the rOgues and said, Young
gentlemen, here's Old Prex and Marin
Prex, son John and daughter Sal" at
the same time touching successfully
the respective chickens-;'to which will
you be hclped?" The modification of
his students may be imagined.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
Fashion in NOah's Tine.

MadruS Missionary Record.
Aprons of grass form to this day the
only clothing of the daughters of Eve
who are found in a district near the
baclwater. The leaves of
a certain water plant are cut into
lengths foot long and tied in such
fashion that the strings unwoven hang
down in bushy tail behind and pre-
sent the same appearance in front,
reaching nearly to the knees. This is
accounted for by q tradition that III for
mer DAYS a certain high caste man in
that region had been sowing various
grains and planting vegetables in his
field, but had found out that his daily
work was in some unknown way frus-
trated, for whatever he planted or SOW
ed in the day was carefully picked up
and taken when men slept. So he set
a watch, and one night he saw coming
out Of hole hitherto unknown to him,
certain beings like men, but naked,
who set to work destroying his hopes
of Il crop, Pursuing them, he succeed
ed in catching a man and woman, and
he was so Impressed with shame at
their condition, that he gave the man
his upper cloth, which was hanging on
his shoulder, and made him put it on,
but not having one to spare for the
woman, she made herself an apron of
grass, as described.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

Suddenly, out of the midst of the
deep silence of the night, sounded the
voice loved so dearly, raised, not in
tear, but in stern warning and menace.
The ground was soft and my gallant
FIeetfoot's hoofs fell noiselessly on the
turf, and so it was that, turning a sharp
corner l came at once upon a group
totally unaware of my pproaCh-Mary
standing erect and unfinchingly; John
barton recoiling before her appraised
poniard.
VILLAIN. scounSrel." l shouted, de
fend YOURSELF"
My finger was on the trigger of nv
pistol, but he was quicker than I, and
even as [ spoke Il bullet whistled
through my cap, casting it to the
ground; and then, before | had time
to fire, [ learned that it had been no
vain boast of Fleetfoot's former mas
ter, captain of cavalry, that che was
as good as a man III close fight"
Already excited by my voice. the
sound of Barton's' pistol seemed to rouse
him to sudden fury, and even as the
ball whistled by he made one leap to
Barton'S side, and then, rearing, struck
at him with his forelegs.
There was a fierce, half-stifed oath,
dull, crushing sound, and then, as
though stricken by Il lightning flash,
John Barton lay prone on the ground,
dead, his skull shattered and broken,
and tIeetfoOt stood over him with di-
lated nostrils and flaming eyes, as if
triumphing over his fallen foe
And |, as [ leaped to the ground, and
clasped my beloved one in my arms,
safe and Uninjured, thanked God most
fervently, not alone that her sworn foe
was pOwerless to harm her forever
more, but that my hands had been
spared the stain of his blood Nor, SO
full Of peace and thankfulness was my
heart, did I much regret that our
treacherOus driver, awaiting himself of
our self-absorptiOn in that blissful re-
union, had stolen away and escaped I'M
harmed, as [ supposed; but when
Mary's father joined us he told u differ
ent tale.
THE fellow was in such 4 hurry to
escape you," said he, that he nearly
rode over me before he saw me at all;
then he fired ahasty shot, and [ re-
turned the compliment, and saw his
left drop helpless at his side, SO he has
broken arm as payment for his ras-
cality. He deserved more, but visit
srs can afford to be forgiving."
That night, while the moon looked
down bright and glorious from the
calm sky, we dug grave in the lone.
ly valley, and reverently laid therein
the ring man, whose evil passions had
wrought his doom.
And then, when the sun rose again,
and our horses and dog were rested and
refreshed, Rover once more became
our guide. and after three days of
moderate riding, we joined our COM
rades of the emigrant train, amidst
hearty cheers and cordial expressions of
delight at the happy issue Of our wild
ride over the prairies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
HYgeia in the Household.
London Truth.

Perhaps the very cleanest of all
English dwellings are her Majesty's
jails. The cells, corridors, and yards
are being perpetually swept, scrubbed,
hOlystOned or blackieaded; and tn e
culinary utensils, with the plates, dishes,
knives and spoons of the prisoners are
perpetually secured and polished.
Now, physicians contend that the pres
ence Of any living thing in house in
which it ought not to exist renders that
house in a degree uninhabitable for
health. Let us turn to the prison. Can
all the scrubbing and securing, the
polishing and holystoning prevent
flies from swarming about the jail
yard in summer time. | knew q lady
once, who died from blood-pOisoniDg
after being stung by a horsefiy, prob
ably from thu news behind her house,
and which had flown in at the window
of her Immediately" swept and busted
draWing-rOOm. Where flies go they
leave their traces behind them. Then
there are the insects from the trees
and bushes of the governors garden,
and the black beetles, which the
warmth of the kitchen and the heating
6tp pax Jus 10 Sll1G W IOoIGI, SOu1GIOh.
Whenever large quantities of bread are
used rats and mice are sure to congre-
gate; in fact, vermin and insect life are
not to be, and will not be, entirely
eradicated for all the doctors in Hy-
geia. So it is with disease. will say
nothing about disease caused by I'M
wholesome milk or impure water, be-
cause by the time the immaculate"
house-keeper is fully matured, SAINT
airy science and sapient legislation Will
have rendered the sale of unwholsome
milk and the supply Of unwholesome
water an impossibility. But there are
hundred and one forms of maladies.
from biliousness to bronchitis, and
from seirrhus to sciatica, to which, in
the present generation, at least, the
dwellers in the most immaculate"
houses would and must be liable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
4 Heroine of 1912

Miss Rebecca ". Bates, of Scituate
harbOr, one of the heroines of 1872,
celebrated her S7th anniversary at the
old homestead. Two sisters. Rebecca
and Abigail, daughters of the light
house keeper at Scituate, played a part
IN the revolutionary period as notewor-
thy as that Of Barbara Freitche The
story, although presented to the public
years ago, is worthy of revival The
lighthouse at the above period was
made the scene Of a fife and drum vic
tory over an English blockade in Scit-
uate harbor Two American vessels
We're coming into the harbor laden with
flour. As 1t was shallow the man-Of-
war was afraid to venture, and manned
two boats to pursue them. They were
fast gaining on them when seen by Re
becca and Abbie Bates when going out
to pick up chips to boil the tea-Eettle
for the evening meal. The place was
under the protection of the Home
Guards" who, not experimenting any
danger, were on forage to a buckle
berry patch. The girls had become ia
mlliar with ammunition and military
music. Perceiying the danger, one Ct
the sisters proposed to face the enemy
with guns, but quickly taking in the
fearful odds, had recourse to a strata
gem. They fled to a side of the light
house, so Is to be concealed from the
enemy, and one of them with stentori-
al voice called the roll In an instant
after Rebecca struck up martial air
on 4 fife, and Abbie hammered on the
drum Justify. The music reached the
British, flag was hoisted, and the two
boats wheeled about, and in the act
seaman fell overheard, but was seized
neck and heels and hauled in. The
music also alarmed the absent guards.
who returned in time to raise tumultu-
Gus cheers as the enemy were depart
ing, the ladies playing Yankee Doodle.
These two sisters never married al
though they had several proposals.
They were very industrious, and
could ply the needle and thread on
any KIND of garment for male or fe-
male. Their family is remarkable for
their longevity. Their father died
when very aged, and their mother 81,
and their paternal grandfather more
than 100. One sister, Mrs. Jane Curtis.
Is in her Goth year, and another Mrs
Hawthorne, in her 10Th. The house
occupied by these two celebrities was
built by their grandfather, 40 years
ago, and is in wonderful state of pres
ervatiOn. Another maiden lady, q
friend Of the two sisters, had occupied
part Of the house for thirty years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

A YOUNG lady who says she is young
and handsome, writes: "The man for
me to love is vastly my superior;
: : man who will compel my
spirit to bend its knee to his; who will
command my soul to stand still and
shine on him, as Joshua commanded
the sun; who can trample my will to
the dust" etc. She should have no
difficulty in finding such a man-one
who will not only command her soul
to stand still, but who will also COM
mand its owner to get up first thing in
the morning to build the fire, split
kindlings, and carry up the coal, and
whose language will make her hair
stand on end when he comes home and
finds dinner fifteen minutes late. There
are lots Of men who will bend her spirit
for her, and also make her back bend
over q wash-tub while they go down to
the saloon and discuss the best method
of saving the country from the hands of
its political enemies.-NoTist0Wn Pa J
Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
Nothing is More Important.

Essential, in fact, to the preservation of bodily
health than to restore the activity of the kidneys
and bladder, when they perform their functions
imperfectly, since when they do, a large proper
ton of the debris or waste matter of the system,
for which they are one of the chief outlets, re-
mains in and poisons it. Furthermore the organs
themselves become diseased, as a consequence of
their inactivity. That fine inYigorant, Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, possesses duretic properties Of
high order, and without unduly stimulating these
organs promotes a vigorous and regular perform
ance of the duty assigned to them by nature. BIT
the same time, this time-honored medicine acts as
a regulator of the stomach, liver and bowels, and
az a renovant of vital energy and nerve tranquil
ity A suitable trial cannot fail to establish the
truth of these statements.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
SCI An All PLAYED Out"

is g common complaint. If you feel
so, get a package of Kidney-Wort and
take it and you will at once feel its tonic
power. 1t renews the healthy action
of the kidneys, bowels and liver, and
thus restores the natural life and
strength to the weary body. 1t can
now be had in either dry or liquid
form, and in either way is always
prompt and efficient in action.-Neae
Bedford Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
The Popular Demand.

So great has been the popular demand
for the celebrated remedy Kidney-W ort,
that it is having an immense sale from
Maine tosCalifornia. Some have found
it inconvenient to prepare it from the
dry compound. For such the propri-
etors now prepare it in liquid form.
This can be procured at the druggists
1t has precisely the same effect as the
dry, but is very concentrated so that
the dose is much smaller.-LolgeHM dH.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
An exchange,makes this suggestit

An exchangeimakeS this suggestion
for business men: In all towns where
a newspaper is published, every bust
ness man ought to advertise in it, even
if it is nothing more than a card stating
his name and the kind ofbusiness he is
engaged in. 1t helps sustain a paper,
lets The people out at distance know
that the town'is full Of business men.
The paper finds its way into thousands
of places where handbills cannot reach.
A card in paper is a travelling sign
board, and can be seen by every
reader. Think of these things and let
your light shine"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

Elijah Lengel, Philadelphia car
penter, believed that he had power
OF fascinating beasts. He turned this
real or fancied quality to account by
becoming an exhibitor of lions and IL
gers in a menagerie. While in a caoe
of savage tigers in San Domingo he ac-
cidentally fell. They flew at him fur
ously on seeing him PROSTATE. and
killed him, though they were them
selves quickly slain with revolvers by
the emnIoyes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
MORNING AND EVENING By THE
BY JAMES r. FIELDS.

At dawn the feet stretched miles away.
On ocean plains asleep
Trim vessels waiting for the day
To move across the deep.
So still the sails, they seemed to be
White lilies growing in the sea.
When evening touched the cape's low rim.
And dark fell on the waves.
We only saw professions dim
Of clouds from shadowy caves.
These were the ghosts of burned ships.
Gone down in one brief hours eclipse
-Hdrper's Mrqazinc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
4 Wise Deacon.

" Deacon Wilder, 1 want you to tell
me how you kept yourself and family
well the past season when all the rest
OF us have been sick so much and have
had the doctors visiting US so often"
" Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy.
| used Hop Bitters in time; kept my
family well and saved the doctor bills.
Three dollars worth of it kept US we'll
and able to work all the time. I'll war
rant 1t has cost you and the neighbors
one or two hundred dollars apiece to
keep sick the same time"
" Deacon, I'll use your medicine
hereafter"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
IT HAY BE WORTH KNOWING

That one of the most certain remedies known for
the cure of Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, and all
forms of Bowel Diseases, is CARRIERS COMPOUND
EXTRACT OF SMART WEED. 4 little nutmeg gra-
ted on a teaspoonfull OF the above mediciRe, Is
sure cure for Diarrhea.
q NOBLE d co. Proprietors, Erie. Pa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
Cincinnati I,ish Citizen.

Mr.. Thomas Lewis, 50 Butler street,
informs US that for seven years he was
afflicted with that dreadful malady,
Sciatica, and being induced to try St.
Jacobs Oil, found almost immediate re-
lief therefrom, and is now perfectly
cured,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

Sir Fitzroy Kelly, late Chief Barron
of England, enjoyed for fifteen years a
professional income of S125,000. Sir
Rounded Palmer reached the unpre-
cedented figure of $4,000. The top
most point ever attained by an Eng
fish physician was Sir Benjamin Bro
dies income of S65, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

Emperor William lately sent by a
special messenger as a present to the
sultan 100 Of the largest trout out of his
imperial fishing pond; small trout and
eggs also were forwarded by the field
jaeger The sultan in return sent the
emperor twelve Arabian horses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

Women that have been bedridden for
years have been entirely cured of fe-
male weakness by the use of LYDIA f.
PINKHAM's VEGETABLE COAGPOUND. Send
to Mrs. Lydia Z. Pinkham, 233 Western
Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

Happiness and prosperity are SO in
dissolubly linked with good health, that
all those suffering with Hoarseness,
Coughs, Colds, etc, should try DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup and be cured. Price 25c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
- -

Two Roman Catholic colleges are to
be established, by direction of the Pope,
in the island of Malta, under the con
troll Of the Bishop of Algiers. They are
to educate missionaries for Africa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

No remedy for kidney diseases hereto
fore discovered can be held for one mo-
ment in comparison with Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure.-C. 4. Harvey,
D. D.. Washington, D. c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

The first Chinese steamer that re-
Gently crossed the Pacific to San Fran
cisco is the largest and most elegant
craft that ever floated the dragon ban
ner. The Chinese in California were
very much elated on its arrival in port.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

Is there a man with soul so dead" whe hath
suffered the miseIies of cough cold, yet neg
lected to try = Sellers Cough Syrup?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

An officer at fair, at Bridgeville,
Ind, caught a man climbing over the
fence,and deliberately killed him with q
pistol
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
sent Irrse af Expense.

Send to James Morgan, 386 and 38S East Water
St. Milwaukee, Wis, for his Price List of Winter
Dr. Goods; it viii assist you in making purchases
even If you Do not buy from him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

The contract for digging the Cape
Cod canal has been awarded to A. L.
Fisher, of NewYork, for 50, 100000, but
the work will probably cost more.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28

There has never been found person who tried
Dobbins' Electric Soap, (made by Cragin & Co.,
Philadelphia that did not say at once il the
best soap ever used. Try it once, you'll always
use it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
The Friend Of Delicate ladies

Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is the
remedy that will cure the many diseases peculiar
to women. Headaches neural gia, disordered
nerves, weakness, mental shocks and kindred
ailments aEs efectually removed by its use
The Motders Magazine.