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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
1t is Hard to Understand.

Why an endless procession of drink
ers from public dipper will, with
out exception, drink close to the han
de-
Why people will go into society to be
bored when they can get bored just as
well at home.
Why the young lady who will eager
iy chew boarding house mince pie will
carefully eschew boarding house mince
meat.
Why woman will make excuses for
her bread when she knows it is the best
she ever made, and knows her compa-
ny knows it.
Why a ''yoang gentleman" wears so
much louder and more copiously when
stranger ladies are within ear shot; or
in other words
Why the desire to make a fool of
ones self springs eternal into the hui
man breast.
Why we are so much angricr against
him who shows us our error than him
who leads us therein.
Why people will get married when
counting is so sweet.
Why man who claims to have
found marriage delusion, will again
embrace that delusion upon the first
convenient opportunity.
p. Whycold weather comes during the
season when it is least agreeable.
WHY'S it so much easier to be polite
to people whom we shall probably
never see again than to those whose
good opinion We have every reason to
cultivate.
Why boys should run after the girls,
when there is a whole houseful at
home.
Why Jane finds Sarah's hateful broth
er so attractive, and why the hateful
brother of Jane finds favor with Sarah.
Boston transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
THE TRESHERs.


This Is the wheat
The wheat well grown, mans lawful spoil
The new-plucked fruit of patient toll:
Pledge me the farmers sinewy hand
His goodly acres waiting stand;
Pledge me the hands his force can WELD
To pillow, to sow to reap the field
Bruise the bright heads and break them sore.
Scatter the chaff from door to door.
Show me the kernal sound and sweet
The nations bread the winnoWed wheat
This is the fail
The noisy fail, whose loud uproar
Wears the oaken threshing-fOor:
A measured beat ringing round
A hardened resonance of sound
The long, low scaffold wax and wane.
Drop Down the sheaves of garnered grain,
And empty careless laughter-wild.
The yellow straw is loosely piled.
Those yellow crashings tell the tale
Swing round the fail, the mighty fail
These are the men
The men who cleave with sturdy stroke.
The fallen giants heart of oak,
Now build for life and life's demands
And fill with bread the waiting lands.
Clash rhyme with rhyme. the threshers song
Deal blows on blows, strike loud and long;
The wrench Of hunger drives at length
The iron of unyielding strength:
Weld the bent blade-again, again.
And serve the puny race of men
-Elane GoOdale, an the Critic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

Hahnemann, the founder of the ho-
meopathic school, was one day con-
suited by a wealthy English Earl The
doctor listened to the patient. He took
a small phial, openedi it, and held it I'M
der his lordship's nose. Smell Well,
you are cured" Glow much do I owe
your" said the Earl in surprise. ga
thousand francs" was the reply. The
Earl Immediately pulled out a check
book and held it under the doctors
nose. Smell ~ he cried, and then add
ed, "Well you are paid !"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

OUR girls: An observer has taken
1000 notes of the conversation Of pass
ing young women. Out of that number
$50 begin with either "And I said to
him." Or HE said to me-" or "She
told me that he said;" 100 referred to
dresses or hats that We're either ."per,
fectly lovely" or 'just splendid" and
the remainder were pretty evenly di-
vided between comments on other
girls, who were "horrid" or stuck up
and hateful" new novels, studies, the
summer vacation, and the latest scien-
tiic discoveries. -LouisUiHe Courier
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

The size attained by icebergs is some
times prodigious. From measurements
made upon one, DR.. Hayes estimated
it to contain about 100000 feet
while its weight must have been not
less than 100000 tons. It was ground
ed in water nearly half mile in depth,
What, then, must have been the thick
ness of the glacier from which this mass
had become detached?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
Why Wear Plasters =

They may relieve, but they can't cure
that lame back, for the kidneys are
the trouble and you want remedy tc
act directly on their secretions, to puri-
fly and restore their healthy condition
Kidney Wort has the specific action
and at the same time it regulates the
bowels perfectly. Don't wait to get sick,
but get package to-day, and cure
yourself. Liquid and dry sold by all
druggists. Gernad7toaU1, Telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

Their Statements Endorsed
Pittsburg Catholic.

A strong statement unqualifedly in
dorsed must induce confidence. In
this connection we note the following
from DIR. Louis Rock & Son, Sheboy,
gan, Wis. We have been handling
St. Jacobs Oil and are pleased with the
large demand. Hardly day goes by
without hearing from some one or an
other of our patrons having used it
with entire satisfaction, saying it is the
best thing they ever tried, and we join
them in so saving
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
Grieyed.

1t is well known that George Wash
ington, when lad of 16, was employed
to survey a large tract of land west OIL
the Blue Ridge, in Virginia, which
Lord Fairfax had received from the
British crown. He did his work so well
and displayed such manly qualities,
that Lord Fairfax became his warm
friend, and did much to promote his
interests.
When the revolution severed the re-
lation of the colonies to the mother
country, the two friends parted. Lord
Fairfax, as was natural to one educated
as an English nobleman, remained 10y
al to the crown. He had no faith in
the success of the colonies, or sympa-
thy with their cause. As the war went
on,Ihe withdrew more and more from
society, and lived quietly on his ele-
giant estate.
Passing one day through Winchester,
he heard the people shouting, and in
dulging in riotous Joy. On asking the
reason for the public tumult, he was
told that news had just arrived of the
surrender of Lord Corvallis with his
army to Gen. Washington. The proud
heart was broken, and the blow was the
heavier because it came from one he
had befriended in boyhood. In a de-
spairing voice he called to his servant,
''Talle me home, Joe, to bed. 1t is
time for me to die"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

At a fancy ball the mistress Of the
house stations a servant at the door to
announce the guests by their costumes,
as ''Three mousquetairesp' "a devil
and Hebe" and so on.
At last arrived two ladies in plain
walking costume, who have only come
to glance at the gay and dazzling
scene.
What costume shall I announce,
LADIES'" says the servant courteous
ly.
"Oh none-mercy, we haven't on any
thing at all!' is the response.
1.-TWO ladied without anything on at
all" bellows the faithful domestic.
Sensation!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
AS a Cure for Piles

Kidney Wort acts first by overcoming
in the mildest manner all tendency 10
constipation; then by its great tonic and
invigorating properties, it restores to
health the debilitated and weakened
parts. We have hundreds of certified
cures, where all else had failed. Use it
and suffer no longer.-E1chonqe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
Aim! Ready! Ffre--But Fast!
Write for illustrated catalogue to Great
Western Gun Works, Pittsburgh, Pa.

LIsLE-THREAD Gloves Silk Gloves, ara zee
Mitts in all the seasonable colors just opened at
James Morgan's Dry Goods and Millinery House,
386 & 38S East Water street, Milwaukee, Wis.
His great sale of Summer Dress Goods continues.
Mr.. Morgan never had such large trade in Silks,
Cashmeres Table Linens and. in fact, in all the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

LYDIN E. PINKHANI's VEGETABLE Com
POUND is a remarkable remedy for al
those painful complaints and weakness
es so common to our best female pop
ulation. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pink,
ham, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn
Mass, for pamphlets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
Rescued from Death.

William J. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass, says:
/" In the fall of 1876 1 was taken with a violent
bleeding of the lungs, followed by severe cough,
1 was admitted to the Cily Hospital. The doctors
said I had hole in my left lung. [ gave up
lope, but friend told me of DIR. VIM. Halls Bal
sam for the Lungs L got bottle, to my sur
prise commenced to feel better, and to day 1
feel in better spirits than [ have the past three
years; [ hope that every one afflicted with dis
eased lungs will take DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam, and be
convinced that Consumption can be cured"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
homeopathic Medicines as 7

homeopathic Medicines as a rule
are not amenable to the chemical tests
and analyses used in testing drugs gen,
orally. Their reliability therefore de-
ponds solely on the character and repu-
tation as to probity of those preparing
and putting them up. tits therefore Of
paramount Importance that the public
satisfy themselves that the homeopa-
THO medicines they buy are obtained
from house of recognized standing
and reliability. Boericke & Tafels
Homeopathic Pharmacy is established
since 1885. Send for their descriptive
price current of family and Of Veteri-
nary Medicine cases and books to 81
Clark ST., Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

THE digging of the Panama canal
does not progress in very satisfactory
manner. The stations have been
abandoned, brigades of workingmen
have been disbanded, engineers have
given up and gone home, and affairs
generally are in a very mixed condi-
ton. In Paris, however, everything is
represented as going on with remarka-
ble success. On which the Panama
Star add Herald remarks: eve would
like to see a little accomplished on the
ismus, and less blowing in Paris about
the business"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
Haunted Me.

A workingman says: debt, poverty
and suffering haunted me for years
caused by a sick family and large bills
for doctoring, which did no good. ]
was completely discouraged, until one
year ago, by the advice of my pastor, ]
procured Hop Bitters and COM
menced their use, and in one month
we were al well, and none of us have
been sick day since; and I want tc
say to all poor men, you can keep yom
families well year with Hop Bitters
for less than one doctors visit will
cost. Christian Advocate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

NJ. Lionel Sackville West, who is
said to be the coming British minister
to Washington, is widower with sew
eral daughters too young for society.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
Boston, (Mass.) Cultivator.

Mr.. M. F. Morse, Westboro, Mass,
mentions to us the gratifying informa-
a very severe attack of Sciatic Rheu-
matism and is an excellent thing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

Female complaints" are the result OF
impure blood. Use "Lindsey's Blood
Searcher."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

Give hens constant access to lime in
some form. Hens must have the raw
material in order to manufacture shells;
they cannot make them out of nothing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

A MILLION bottles OF CAROLINE. a deodorized
extract of petroleum, viii produce new hair ona
million bald heads. which is something that no
other preparation ever discovered will do
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

St. Louis has decided not to have
married school marms. This is well.
4 married school teacher, especially if
she has children, is liable to bring a
pocketful of measels to the school.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

Why is grass like a penknife? Be
cause the spring brings out the
blades.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30

Good Watches at Low Prices.
Write for illustrated catalogue to Stand
ard American Watch Co., Pittsburgh. Pa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-06-30
Something Almost NEaryeIous

is the steadily increasing power and popularity
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24
THE PRESIDENT.


WASHINGTON, August %. - The
Presidents condition is unchanged from
yesterday. He appears to be at the halt
between life and death. Yesterdays
bulletins instituted no comparison with
any previous conditions. Such COM
PARSONS have been marked peculiar
ity of the official utterances and have
been entirely misleading. Their alb
sence shows that the true condition of
the patient is apparent to a majority of
those who sign the bulletins. The
slight variations of the pulse and tenn
perature have been unimportant fac
tors in the Presidents case. He has
been sinking slowly, but surely-slip-
ping away from the tender and shillful
hands which have sought to hold him
back. That those who see him every
hour as weeks roll away should fail to
note the signs of his diminished hold
on life is but repeating the experience Of
tens of thousands of loving households
bereaved in the midst Ofhope. For sew
eral weeks one member Of the Cabinet
has been under taboo at the White
House for holding and expressing Il
belief, that Guiteau had succeeded in
his wicked work-that the wound was a
death wound, and that his heart was
full of pity for useless suffering. This
taboo must now certainly be extended
to all the Cabinet. Mr.. Blaine's dis
patch of last night disclosed to the world
what has been known for several days;
that the Secretary of State abandoned
hope when he returned here and saw
the condition of affairs.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. August %
1890 P. M.-[Oficial Bulletin. The
President continues to take by mouth
and retain an increased quantity of
liquid food. At the morning dressing
the wound was well and the pus was Of
a healthy character The mucus ac-
cumulating in the back of the mou tn
on account of the parotid swelling, is
less viscid and now gives but little
trouble. At present the pulse is 104,
98.i, respiration IS.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24
GEORGE DAILY.
How he was Killed by Indians in New
Mexico.

The San Francisco Post gives further
particulars of the death of George
DAILY He finally turned up in New
Mexico, where he was in charge of a
mine owned by G. d. Roberts. Here
the Indians on the 18th attacked the
Fort Bliss garrison under Lieutenant
Schaffer, and were repulsed. Daily, in
company with Lieutenant G. w.
Smith, Of Virginia., seventeen soldiers
and some citizens, followed the Indians.
DAILY and the Lieutenant took the lead.
About fifteen miles from the mines
they ran on to the Indians, who had
caused their horses to pass through a
snail canyon while they took the hills.
George and the Lieutenant, coming up,
rushed through the canyon, and were
killed almost instantly by the Indians
on the hills. They shot Daily five
times They took Lieutenant Smiths
clothing from him, piled it up about
his face and set it on fire, but did not
do anything with Daily other than take
his gun and pistol. Daly's body was
taken by the soldiers and turned over
to Mr. Macdonald, who took it to the
valley. The remains were buried in
the valley. Daily was SO years Of age |
md leaves a wife, three children and a
brother in this city.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24
Gen. &. G. Batterman Dead

The news was received in Carson
yesterday that Gen. c.. c. Batterman
had died in Tombstone, Arizona, of
heart disease. His death was a great
surprise to his friends in this State, as
he was man apparently in the prime
of good health and as hearty and vigor-
Gus as if he was man of thirty instead
of siXty-twO. Gen. Batterman was a
pioneer of the coast and native of New
York State. He held the position of
General of the 1st Brigade of Nevada
Militia, served four years as Warden of
the Penitentiary aud was Superinten-
dent of the Imperial and Crown Point
mines. He was man of fine personal
presence, was finely educated, and al
though somewhat reserved in his man
ner, esteemed for his noble and honor
able qualities by those who came in
personal contact with him. His name
has been inseparably connected with
the history of Nevada, and he was one
of the best known men in the State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24
HARD To AVOID.
The sierra Nevada Bonanza Very Much
in the Way.

1t begins to look as if the bonanza in
Sierra Nevada could no longer be-
avoided by the management. For two
years the drifts which have been run
have in nine eases out of ten run bang
up against an ore body. These drifts
have been abandoned a. fast rs they
have encountered indications. Miners
who have worked in the Sierra NeSada
are constantly purchasing stock for
their faith in the outlook of the mine *
unbonded. Those who have been dis
charged from the mine tell queer stories
of how things have been worked. II
has been the custom for year past To-
stop working on drift the instant any
thing like kindly formation was en-
countered. The moment blast is fred
the foreman is on hand to sec what sort
of rock is thrown out. On one occasion
a blast disclosed mass OF ore so rich
that the two men who fred the blast
secreted pieces Of the rock AMI they
barely had time to do 80 before the
foreman was on the spot. He ordered
them to stop work on the drift and it
was filed up at once. The rock a>sayed
$4,000. The drifts have been run to
such an extent Of late that it j. hard 10
make another move without striking
ore. The public are beginning to think
that it is about time this sort of Il gam.
was stopped.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24
Death OF Captain Il. -. Mcder.

At : o'clock yesterday morning
Captain b. II. Meder, one of the oldest
residents of this city, died of a disease
of the kidneys which had been troub-
ling him for the past three years. Mr.
Meder was siXty-nine years of age at
the time of his death and had been an
active man of business all his life. He
was born in New Salem, New Hamp-
chire, in 1912, and when quite young
learned the printing business. lie
came to this Coast in 1850 and wOrke Ell
in the early gold eXcitements. He
came to Carson in 1868 ran the Orm-
shy House for five years and built the
first planning mill ever operated in the
State. He served as County Commits
sioner of Ormsby, and represented the
County in the State Senate. He leaves
a family of seven children. The fun
eral will take place from the Presby-
terrain church this afternoon at two
O'Clock.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24

The contract for grading the first
twenty-five miles of the Eureka & Col
orado River Railr DAD has been awarded.
Senator d. w. Perley, of White Pine,
was the successful bidder. There was
sharp competition among the contrac-
tors. Perley was the author of the bill
in the Senate last winter under which
the road is being constructed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24
The Market.

The Post takes this view of the
market as it looks On Pine street: The
whole Comstock market seems to be
subservient to the movements Of Sierra
Nevada and UnionEonsolida1ed. When
these stocks weakened last Saturday
there was corresponding weakness
along the line. This morning prices on
the street and in the Pacific Exchange
were still weak. Sierra Nevada being
offered at s14@13s. This showed the
natural beat of afiairs, there being as
yet no exciting news from the mines.
At the $3.50 session, heTever, the hand
of the manipulation was plainly seen, and
the leading stocks recovered as if by
magic under his touch. Sierra Nevada
rose from Sl4 to Isl and Union from
I24 to 12s. Thrnbull was prominent
buyer of both stocks, and it was reported
in the center that his orders came di-
case it is hard to reconcile the Senator's
purchases with his open statements
that he knows of no improvement in
the mines, unless he has started in to
make little turn at the expenses CT
mystery loving persons. While there
is no reliable or definite news to ac-
count for the antics of Sierra Nevada
and Union, it is possible that the COM
ing resumption of work on the 200
level and the hope that something val
liable will be found, is causing the rise.
opments are in sight tefore venturing
blindly into the speculation.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24
Danger in the Wash House

It is a common thing for families
who patronizs Chinese wash houses to
send children for the clothes and fire.
quently a little girl will be deputized.
A few nights since some parties pass
ing wash house in the rear of the
Mint saw little girl enter the house
with a basket Of clothes. The door
closed and few minutes later they
heard the child screaming. The men
fastened to the spot and when they
opened the door they saw the little girl
being held by Chlnaman. He liberated
her when the men entered and rushed
away by back door. The little girl
who appeared very much frightend
seeing the door open also darted out
and ran away in the darkness. Parents
should never send young child to
Chinese wash house.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-24
Light for All.

Mrs. August Mayer of San Francisco,
trance speaker, test, healing and bust
ness medium, is stopping at the Airing
ton House. The public is invited to
test her wonderful powers. Consulta-
lions daily circle every Wednesday
and Friday evenings at eight o'clock. "