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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
Perfectly Amazed.

In the San Francisco Evening Bulletin,
we observe that Mr.. Rosenthal, of the
we'll known printing firm, Rosenthal
& Roesch, 538 California street, that
city, said to one of their reporters
Eve all know of St. Jacobs Oil, and are
perfectly amazed at the suddcnness of
the relief it affords. If you know of
any one who is suffering with rheuma-
tism, bruise or sprain, tell them to use
St. Jacobs Oil"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

Ter ana the waited over the fence snd the
IouSht. Inc tarrler proved too rnuch for Tod
dies, ana aiore they could haul him or tho hot
tie ground he had made good SoT1sTa roao1 90 81
MS hlue. iom was IN despair. A kind looking
gentleman in q broad briTn hat told hin, to ~ :
bottle OfST. JACOBS OIL and rub him with - So
1t would cure him in TO time. What does tn
do but steal into the chapel at YeSper limo e515
slide into Father Jacobs confessional hoy sni
beg of him bottle of his oil with which To mi
his dOrg. The Father felt of Toms head II Wa
hot an afore Tom could utter prayer, two mon
were luggin' him home followed by great crowd
who kept at 8 safe distance, thinking he had
been bit by a mad dorg. The more he kicked
and screamed TO be let free, the tighter they held
Chicago Western Catholic recently wrote: Mr.
Joel ID. Harvey, L. S. Collector of Internal Reve-
nue., OF this city, has spent over two thousand
dollars on medicine for his wife who was suffer
ing dreadfully from rheumatism, and without
deriving any benefit whatever; yet two bottles
OF ST. JACOBS OIL accomplished what the most
skillful medical men failed in doing. We could
give the names of hundreds who have been cured
by this wonderful remedy did space permit us
The latest man who has been made harry
through the use of this valuable liniment Is Mi
James A. Conlan, librarian ofthe Union Catholic
Library of this city. The following is Mr.. Con.
Ian's Endorsement:
UNION CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
204 Dearborn Street
CHICAGO, Sept. 16, 1880.
l wish to add my testimony 10 the merits of ST
JACOBS OIL as a cure for rheumatism One bot
tie has cured me of this troublesome disease
which gave me great deal of bother for long
time; but, thanks to the remedy am cured This
statement is unsolicited by any one in its inter
est. Very respectfully,
JAMES y, CONAN. Librarian
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
sgH EEW ATE&TE

There has been no medicine for Rheumatism
ever introduced that equals Durang's Rheumatic
Remedy. 1t is as sure to cure as the seasons are
to follow one another. Many of our prominent
men here in public life have used it with great
success. We unhesitatingly recommend it,
Washington City Republican.
SOLD at all drug stores. Price one dollar. Six
bottles for five dollars Write for free circular t.
the proprietor, Mr.. K. Helpstine, druggist
Washington, D. c..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

regretted that she was so colourless and cold.
Her face was too white, and her hands and feet
felt as though the blood did not circulate After
one bottle of Hop Bitters had been taken she was
the rosie8t and healthiest girl in the town with
vivacity and cheerfulness of mind gratifying tc
her friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

"Do you ever use glasses?" politely
asked on old lady of an elderly English
gentleman who was seated beside her
in the railway car. Hi never does, u
answered the phlegmatic Briton. "Hi
Railways takes mine hin pewter
mug"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

IN order to keep pace with the large
Dry Goods Houses in New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia, St. Louis, ETC., JANE;
MORGAN, $50 and 388 East Water ST..
Milwaukee, has opened a Ladies'
Misses, Children's, Boys'' Youths Shoe
Department. The prices will be the
lowest in the northwest and the goods
the best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
Asu OF Lincoln.
Toioaship p, Range ?, Z

Dr. Pieree's pellets, or sugar-coated gran
ules-the original little liver pills" beware of
imitations)--cure sick and bilious headache,
cleanse Fhe stomach and bowels and purify the
blood. To get genuine, see DR.. Pierces sigma
ture and portrait on Government stamp. % cents
per vial by druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
DELINQUENT TAXLIST.
rREAsuRER's OFFICE, Wood Co, wis. j

TREAsURER's OFFICE, Wood Co, Wis.
April Is, 1852. =.
Noicejs herebygyen that the following described lands
ee been returned to me by the treasrers and city
shas of the several towns and cities of said county
for delinquent taxes the for the year 1881 and
that much of each tract or parcel of an@ herein de-
scrided as may necessary for that purpose, Will on
the third Tuesday Of May, being the 18th day
Of May, A. D. 1882, and next succeeding
days be s1li by me al public auction at my
office at the court house in the city Of Grand
Rapids for the payment taxes, interest and charges
thereon, unless said taxes interest and charges there
ia shall be paid before said day Of sale;
I. L M0SHER.
OT7r4tE- TrnzS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

Pure CoD-LIvER on, made from selected iVers
on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New
York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer it to all others
Physicians have decided it superior to any of the
other oils in market.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
Ut SSi-ts'
LIZ g u q

Miss Lenora Horn, of Beru, Neb.,
has head of hair sixty eight inches in
length. She has refused $500 for the
treasure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

logs all flourish at the
time and are chargeable
the maleic influence OF
lie Dog Star. Speaking Of
dogs and the Dog Starre-
minds us ola boys story
of dog and the comet.
land which we here give
in a short extract from
the boy S letter: "Golly,
Bob, you ought TO ha'
been there last night To
a-Seen the fun. Tom
Winkins' dorg ToddlcS
>WaS a-Settin' at the gate
a-galI' at the CONT.
when along comes old
NNEnZ 49, IL - ~au
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

"My wife and L am one," explained
the colored gentleman; adding, with q
smile that was childlike and bland
"and am de one"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

Advice to wives-Man is very much
like an egg keep him in hot water,
and he is bound to become hardened.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

Aliens ''Iron Tonic Bitters' is the finest blood
purifier in existence, and it at the same time in
yigorates the liver, aids digestion, enriches the
blood, and builds up and tones the whole system.
It's the best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

"Short but sweet" as the old maid
said when she kissed the dwarf who
was on exhibition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

In China they punish the adultera-
ton Of food with death. Death often
results from the same cause in this
country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
American and EurODean Doctors

1t is said by some of the celebrated physicians
in Europe and America that German Hop Bitters
are one of the best remedies now in use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
TORMENT. INDEED.

,Life's yexations do not generally come on ons
IKE a storm descending the mountain or like a
HhlrlWind; they come as the rain does in some
secuons OF the world-gently, but every day.
Ohe OF Lies dlscomfOrts is presented herewith:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

J. 2. ALLEN, st. Paul:
The six cases of Aliens Iron Tonic Bitter;
which L ordered May Sd, arrived in due time and
are selling as usual on their merits.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
SvmntomS of ParaIvsis

A twitching of the eyes, numbness of the
hands and feet, with more or less pain and throb-
bing at base Of the brain, are some of the pre-
monitory symptoms of this rapidly increasing
disease. German Hop Bitters should be taken
when you are warned by any of these symptoms.
A little boy remarked, 81 like grand
pa because he is such a gentlemanly
man; he always tells me to help my
self to sugar"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
Village of MarshffcId.
Town of Rock.
roa0nshtp ., Range . Z.

und part NV 81 which is not included in lots
und part NV 8 : and blocks
md part Sc NV -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25
OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1852.

gleam in her face, and before her,
slowly retreating, I passed out at the
door. / have never seen her since.
II knew then how much these two had
intended sacrificing for me. I felt how
had repaid their devotion; and sadly,
with bowed head, unheedful of the
crowd, I went to my lonely home, more
lonely now than ever.
''Since that day my remorse has
driven me from one place to another in
the search for Henry Strafford Vain
search! And my heart is ashes, my
brain is ice! have never seen or heard
of him since that night when watched
him pass away, laden with my curse
pass away forever from my sight with
that appealing look on his face A bitter,
bitter world, my dear, when remorseful
memories haunt the vacant chambers of
the hearth
The fire had burned low; my Cousin
John sat with bowed head upon his
breast, and the diamond in his hand,
clutched tightly, shone like the eye of a
basilisk. The shadows danced fam
tastically on the wall. bent down qui-
etly to stir the waning fire, and that
done l rose to go; but something in the
attitude of the recumbent figure caused
me to pause. / crept reverently up to
him and touched his arm; no movement
A wild fear leaped to my heart; I raised
his head, but the gray eyes opened not;
he slept-but it was the sleep of death
The story of the diamond ring was ended !;
my cousin was dead!
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25
Retaing Horses.

One OF the most senseless, and yet a
very common habit OF the American peo-
pie, is the refining of driving horses so
tight as to infict upon them a great deal
of pain, under the mistaken idea that it
adds to the stylish appearance of the ami
NAL. When people see horses head
drawn up by the bearing rein, and see
him stepping short and champing the
bit, tossing his head and rafting the
harness, they assume that he is acting in
the pride of his strength and fullness of
spirit, whereas the animal is really suf-
fering agonies of pain, aad is trying to
gain by these movements momentary re-
lief To our view, horse looks better,
and we know he feels better, when pur-
suing natural, leisurely, swinging gait.
1t is as necessary for his head to oscllate
in response to the motions of his body
as it is for mans hand to do the same
thing. A horse allowed his head will
work easier and last longer than one on
which check is used.
Blinds are another popular absurdity
in the us5aof horses. They collect dust,
blind the eye and are in every way q
nuisance. horse that cannot be
driven with safety without them should
be sold to railroad grader. No colt
should be broken to them.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25
The man Who Was warned.

During the uncertain days following
the close of the war there were certain
localities in the South where man who
had grudge against neighbor got rid
of him by writing him an anonymous
letter warning him TO leave the State
inside of ten days or prepare to fill a
grave over which no one would feel
particularly interested in keeping the
grass green. One day Colonel Blank,
who had removed to Arkansas from
Southern Michigan and was attending
strictly to his business, received such q
missive ItMas the rule to turn pale as
death, rush home and pack up, sell out
or nothing and skedaddle on the wings
of chain Lightning, but the Colonel did
not follow it. It struck him that he knew
the handwriting and he went home and
buckled on knife and revolver and took
o ride of three miles into the country.
He dismounted at the cabin of long
haired, long-legged old swamp owl,
named Patterson, who was in the back
yard mending harness. The Colonel
approached him within three feet, and
after they had seated and discussed the
state of the weather, the Michigander re-
marked:
Patterson, / am going to leave Ar
kansas. y
.'Shoo! Anything wrong?"
q I've been warned away. I"
"You don't sayw
I've been given five days to leave the
State
.'And you calkerlate you win go?.'
Yes, I'll have to go or be waylaid or
hung up"
Yes, Ireckon that's so, chuekled the
old man.
.'But I want to take something with
me to remember Arkansas by, continued
the Colonel, ..and ] came out after your
scaipf
'Mywhat?''
ssSit still, old man, or I'll bore You
through! That's it--up with your
handsl If I go back to Michigan and tell
en- I was warned out of Arkansas, and
that got up and busted without firing q
shot, they'll call me coward. If carry
your scalp back I've got something TO
show for the two years I've put in here
and the $1,000 I've laid out. Old man, if
You know the Lords prayer you'd better
repeat it quick, for I'm In . dreadful
hurry to get back.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25
Bismarck as a Patient.

It may be interesting to many of our
readers, says the Berliner Tagblatt, to
take look at the most powerful states
man of the age, the "Iron" Chancellor,
on his weak side, namely as q patient.
The Princes chief trouble, as is well
known, is a painful nervous affection,
which the physicians call sssciatica, and
which they greatly dread on account OF
its obstinacy. Besides this, the Chan
cellor suffers at times from an inhamma
tory swelling of the veins in the feet, and
like all other mortals, occasionally from
lighter indisposition and indi-
gestion Ii seems that the patient is as
inconsistent regarding the methods of
his treatment as he is in other matters.
With the same feeling of absolute in
difference" which, according to his own
words, no manifests IN certain political
topics, he also deals with the exigencies
of the medical science. Homeopathy or
allopathy-it is all one to him as long as
he believes one or the other win cure
him. It has even happened that he al
lowed himself to be treated by an allopa-
thic physician and soon after by q homu-
pathist. When at Friedrichsruh he
sends for Privy Sanitary Councillor DIR.
4(OAAft VI AAellt WA1C 10 III AaSytg1tus
At Varzia, when medical attendance is
needed, the physician, also an allopath,
in the adjacent town of Schlawe is ap-
piled to. When at Kissengen the Prince
consults the well known Diruf, also an
adherent of the old school At Berlin, how
ever, he inclines to homeopathic
treatment. Since 1870 the Chancellor,
as well as the whole of his family, are
1...3x n4& n1 Hrv k1A
Councillor. DIR. Swingenberg, one of the
opathy in Berlin. Nevertheless cat all
also frequently consulted the present
reau, DR.. Struck (allopath). At pres
Chancellor's only medical adviser, who
visits the patient twice day, aud has
frequently been sent for from Varzin as
Prince Bismarck had put himself in the
hands of the late DR.. Yehsmeyer, and
before him in those Of DIR. Kleinsch-
nlfdt, Occasionally Also DIR. Martens. 81
of them hom9opathists. The Prince has
frequently expressed the opinion that he
is less concerned about the mode of treat
ment than about the result of the same.
At times he goes SO far as to insist upon
being restored to thealth and activity
within specified time; if his physician
succeeds in this the Prince is content +
but rarely ever has word of apprecia-
ton for the brilliant achievements of his
medical attendants. Thus it viii be
seen that the Iron Chancellor, even in
private life, stands on as completely
realistic a ground, and calculates as
realistically concerning his health, as he
does in his peculiar policy. VI Ameri-
can Register of Paris.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25
Kind Words.

81 saw in de papers de odder day, =
began Brother Gardner, after carefully
wiping the top of his head, "a leetle
item bout speakin' kind words to our
feller men as we trabble de highway of
life. OATS easy 'nuff to do, an mighty
cheap way of scrIbb long, but doan'
want nobody to practice it on me. If
use men right dey will use me right, an
we kin trade kind words. If you meet a
man in de gutter, doan' stand on de
sidewalk an tell him dat you are ready
to bust wild sorrow, an dat you solemnly
him on his feet an start him for his
home to his pore wife an chil'ren; or
hunt for a purleecemen and have him
boosted for sixty days. If you meet a
pore man whose wife am lyin' dead
in de house, doan' wipe yer eyes
an rattle yer chin an tell him you d
iine de funeral purceshun if you
only had mule. Walk right down inter
yer west pocket fur half er weeks wages
to help pay fur the coffin an odder ex-
penses. Ii you meet feller man who
am out of wood an -four an has broken
arm to excuse it, doan' pucker yer mouth
an tell him dat de Lawd will purvide.
De Lawd doan' furnish purvisions fur
dis market. Instead of droppin' tear
of sorrow on the doahstep, step aroun
to the woodward an de grocer's and lay
down de cash for de feed an warm de
family fur a fortnight. When l meet q
leetle gal who has lost her dollbaby, or q
leetle boy who has stubbed his toe, I
take 'em up in my ANS an wipe their
little noses and sot EN- down wild a hand
full of peanuts. When I meet widder
who am out OF wood, an old man who has
bin turned out doahs, or workin' man
who's home am under de shaoder of
death, I doan lean on de fence an look
to heaben for relief. If I'ze got dollar
han it out. lend it or give it or make
'em take it, an if heaben does anything
further dats extra When you read dat
it am easy to speak kind words, jist re-
feet dat it am de cheapest way in de
world to help a nsybur. Turnips am
quoted at forty cents bushel kind
words have no value in de market. htt
us now attack the reg lar order of bizs
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25
Japan Marriages.

Marriages in Japan is an institution
unknown as q religious sacrament, or as
legal contract, pronounced or ratified
by any civil officer of the court. It is the
simplest form of matrimonial union
that can be conceived under the name
of marriage. 1t is simply this: When
the child is born and named in Japan,
it is registered in the official register of
the district where the parents live. If
at any time the person removes to an
other Province he takes his registration
from where he is leaving and is register
at his new home. There is no Japan
ese living unregistered. When the
man wishes to take q wife, and the con-
sent of the selected one is obtained,
or that of her parents, the husband,
that Is to be, appears at the Office of the
registration, and there registers the
name of the woman as his wife, and
the woman is then known and consid-
cred as his sacred property, to have
and to hold SO long he likes. and
no longer. If this man wishes for
more female companionship than his
wife affords him, he contracts for and
registers another woman as his mistress,
and she is thus known and regarded as q
member of his household The manner
of divorce is just as easy as the marriage;
that is, if the man desires, as he only can
divorce. All that is done is for the man
to give the woman what is known as the
three lines and half paper" stating
that she is no longer considered by him
as his wife. She is then unmarried and
can take her maiden name. The registry
is made to show this fact, and the two
are quits" On the other hand there is
no power that can divorce the husband
from the wife-the woman is powerless
to act as against the man. Divorce is
the prerogative of the husband, uncon-
trolled by any power whatever; he alone
binds and he alone can loose.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25
killing q Catamoun

The Frenchtown, n. j., correspondent
of the New York Sun, has been inter-
viewing local hunter, with tie follow
ing result:
.'I don't mind tellingyifoN Isdid it ," I"
said John o. Smith, who recently shot
a catamount near heres You see, my
barn is only a short distance from a
stretch of woods which lies. between
here and Stockton. The other morning
I went into the barn to get robe for n
wagon. My shotgun rested against the
wall in the harness room. Just as / went
in for the robe, saw a head at the back
window which wasn't an ordinary head
Grabbing my gun, I started around the
barn. The animal got to the corner be-
fore / did, and jumped out at me- had
no time to shoot, for the catamount, that's
what it was, had its claws on me before
could do anything. yelled like q
a trooper, and reversing my gun struck
the critter on the head with the butt.
The critter was stunned for a
moment and then sort of let go its
hold, giving me chance to move back
few yards and bring the gun to my
shoulder. just then my wife appeared
upon the scene. and / yelled to her to
run ana Drlng out pail Ol not water
the hottest she had. Then | fired, and
hit the cuss square between the eyes. 1t
ought to have settled him, but it didn't.
It only made him mad, and he crouched
down to jump on me. / lodged, and
got in another blow on the animal S
head, laying him on his back, but not
killing him. My wife had then returned
with pail of boiling hot water, and she
threw it at the catamount. Part of it
scalded the animal, but the most of it
struck me, and took the skin clean off of
one of my legs frcm the knee down. /
danced around with pain, and the cata
mount raised up as though he meant to
fight again. I gave him another blow
on the head, which settled him. This is
the first day I've been out since.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25
Cricket on the Hearth.

A Galliopolis dispatch to the Cincin-
matt Enquirer says that an amusing cir
cumstance happened in that city one
night recently, about III o'clock, and is
now the town talk. A couple of we'll
known gentlemen were passing the
First National Bank of the hour named,
and were attracted by q strange noise
within. Putting their ears TO the key
hole of the door, they became satisfied
they heard burglars ratchet-drill at
work on the vault or safe door. An
alarm was given, and police and citizens
gathered to the number of forty or fifty,
all armed IS best they could with shot
guns, revolvers, corn-sythes and brick
bats. The bank was surrounded on all
sides, a signal given, and q grand rush
made for the door, which was opened
and the gas lighted, when it vas discoy-
cred that the noise heard was that Of the
song of the "cricket on the hearth. No
burglars, but drinks all round for the
crowd.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-02-25

They are always discovering some
thing new in California. The latest
thing IN wonders is canary who refuses
TO sing unless mouse. for whom the
bird has been struck with consuming
passion, is with him in tha cage.