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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-01-04
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We serve notice the great buying public that we have
arted the ball rolling and It is not to he stonned m
supplied with everything they in winter goods
Never has stock of general miscellany been as com
pete as ours this winter and have prices been lower
Special bargains in every distinct branch special prices
many varieties of goods Get prepared the long cold
winter that IS Just about upon Buy comfort blanket
puy warm servlceabe clothing dress goods oaks and boots
buy good caps and buy strong shoes buy something that will
give yeu service and In order do ths buy them of Sur
prise upon surprise awaits all who take careful scrutiny of our
store New kinds OF goods to be found upon counters
and shelves New prices upon all old goods and sc per
VIII not overrae the in quality unexceed
Let everyone come and let them come first SO as 10 bay
the, best sslectoI:
Holiday articles are already here and The assortment IS
quisite, elegant, enchanting. - o ~ ~ -, m
We here please and accommodate and are ou dto
do 'oa z I Rs.n.o,fu,,, i. ...
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
BLUE Eyes FOR BEAUTY.

Only Those Born With the Bright
Iris Able ID Be at the Tip-Top of
style.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
He Wanted a Drink, and He Got 1t.

A few evenings ago while half a
dozen gentlemen were standing at the
bar Of one Of the most fashionable US
town saloons a well-dressed, good-Iook-
ing stranger entered the room and
walked straight to the bar and address
ed the barkeeper in language like the
following:
stranger, am in q very, very bad
condition. I want drink; must have
g drink, but am compelled to make
the humiliating statement that [ am
unable at present to pay for it. If you
will be kind enough 10 favor me- IN my
extremity you shall be paid, SIR
''We don't keep whiskey to give away
here" was the blunt reply Of the bar
keeper. The stranger begged, brt the
barkeeper was memorable and even
rude. The mild-mannered stranger
turned to the gentlemen who had been
witnesses to the conversation and said:
Gentlemen, you are all strangers to
me, but would one of you be kind
enough to loan me the price of q drink.
I will pay it back"
One Of the party addressed handed
the stranger Is cents.
He stepped to the bar and said:
''Now, can I have drink?''
EYES," said the barkeeper, ''anybodv
can get drink for the money here"
81 thought So" said the stranger.
The bottle or ''red Ticker" was placed
on the bar. The stranger filed his
glass literally.
ga little bitters in there, if you
please, said the stranger. Then, when
the bitters were furnished, he asked for
larger glass Of water, which was also
set up. The stranger drank his beYer-
age and then turned to the man who
had loaned him the money and said:
stranger, I make it point of honor
to pay borrowed money before [ pay
whiskey bills; here is your Is cents; I
am greatly obliged for the loan" And
SO saying ne walked out. The dazed
barkeeper, seeing that he was sold, and
that the laugh was on him, ran to the
door and called to the stranger to come
back.
The stranger promptly returned and
inquired: "What do yeu want?" The
barkeeper replied: THAT was a cute
trick you played and own up that you
caught me. The drinks are on me.
What will you take?" Excuse me,
sir" replied the stranger, 81 drink only
with gentlemen; I cannot drink with
you" and the mysterious stranger
walked away, leaving the barkeeper to
wonder whether it would not have
been better to give a stranger one
drink than to be caught by trick and
have to "set them up" to whole
crowd.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
Sham Butter and Cheese.
Professor Sheldon, in low Homestead.

Can any one tell what dairying is
drifting to? We hear of all sorts of
queer monstrosities, from lard cheese
to cotton-butter. No man knows what
he eats if he buys it. Stimulation is the
spirit of the age, and no end of science
and skill is employed to deceive. A
clever imitation is what man prefer to
produce, and the public are lead to de-
YOUR. The simplicity of genuinenes is
out of the running, as things go in the
world. The public must eat what is
given them, asking no questions. The
oleomargarine men have done terrible
lot of mischief, and offal is the god
whom they delight to honor and exaIt.
At all points they aim to circumvent
the dairyman and swindle the public.
The taste of the people is degraded
by the sham butter and cheese which
seems to be real. Mems stomachs now
adays are sepulchres for strange abom-
nations which they ignorantly, rather
than innoccntly, swallow. This sort of
thing is leading them they know not
whither, and posterity will pay the piper.
It is no longer that which cometh out
of, but that which goeth into, the mouth
that defiles. Meats and drinks of many
kinds are what they pretend to be, and
there is q good deal of "tricks that are
dark" in what passes for dairy goods.
Whose falt is this? Well, in great
part the dairymen's, for they have spoil
ed good milk. They have given al
opening for the shoddy men of the dairy,
who are growing rich out of offal. The
law complacently lets men sell what
they like, and the sham is, often enough,
better than the real one. Shoddy sells
well enough to be carefully made, and
so the makers of counterfeit butter and
cheese do flourish. Dairymen who
make inferior butter and cheese, no
matter how real the goods may be, are
out Of the running entirely. If only
the plate Of the public is suited, it mat
ters not if the article be real or pretend
ed, so careless dairymen can hardly
"make ends meet and tie." But one
thing is clear: the makers of first-class
cheese and butter can hold their own
against the nefarious stuff that is made
IN any and every country. A wedding
out process IS going on. and goods
which are mere simulstions will take
the place so long occupied by the pro-
ducts of milk that was spoiled. II, then,
the oleomargarine business, the melted
tallow and other less creditable things,
shall result in bringing about thorough
reforna IN dairy methods, we shall have
reason after all to be grateful to men
for whom few of us entertain feelings
that approach to respect or affection.
But let the public have fair protection,
let them know what they buy; then the
dairymen will win-if they want to; and
if they don't the fault is their own.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
st. ,ouis Post-Dispatch.

Os. OuAS L OoG-DlSpdLCu
t'To be II the fashion to-day, YOU
must have dark hair, blue eyes, not a
particle of color and lips SIS red as the
Cherry" Thus speaks a prominent
writer on the fashions. The artificial
production of the black eye is a mat
ter of every day occurrence. The
best of friends occasionally do little
of this kind of tinting for one another,
but from black or dark brown, or gray,
or hazel, or green or blue, is horse,
that is to say an eye, of another color,
and at this stage of the new era in
beauty it does almost seem impossible
that the ingenuity of man would be
able ia accomplish the result.
Such was the opinion of DR.. A. D.
Williams, an oculist, to whom the sub
ject was preached this morning by a
Post-Dispatch reporter.
"There is no art by which the color
of the iris can be changed" said Dr..
Williams. "The iris consists of cur
tain which is on the inside of the eve
ond the back part Of which is supplied
with pigment which varies in color,
as we see daily, and is in characteristic
harmony with the hair and complexion
of the owner. The only change which
can be effected In the appearance OF
the eye is accomplished by the use of
belladonna. Ladies who have light
eyes, which they wish to darken, drop
into them q solution of belladonna,
which has the effect of largely dilating
the pupil. The light color of the iris
is thus displaced by the deep black of
the pupil and the appearance of the
eye is greatly changed. Many
ladies practice this habit, which is not
harmful, although it causes
considerable discomfort. After lady
has given her eyes dose Of belIadon-
ma, its immediate action is to dilate the
pupils and they remain so, no matter
how intense the light may be. Thus
| you see the ballroom beauty who has
increased her charms in this way suf-
fers considerably, her eyes admitting
such 81 quantity of brilliant light as fire.
quently to render her almost blind for
the time being"
CHOW long does this unnatural dila-
ton last?"
Generally about week. Where a
| very weak SOIuClOn mas peen employed
it will pass away IN g. couple of days.
Very few ladies, however, who employ
belladonna, use the weak solution"
"But blue eyes are positively unat-
| tainable?"
eyes, sir. There is no process by
which the natural color of the iris can
be changed. The pigment cannot be
reached in any way that is now known
TO science"
Gould not the ladies wear blue eyes
over their brown ones?"
eyes, they could-in q story, not 9th.
erwise. A healthy eye would not allow
of the wearing Of false one over It
There would not be room for it. Tue
artificial eye can only be placed over
one which has been shrunken by dis.
ease. No; there is no way by which
the colors of the eye can be changed
none whatever.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
Green Bay, Winona
81. Paul Railroad.
THE SHORTEST AND BEST ROUTE TO
st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Northern Pacific,
Canadian Pacific,
AND OTHER
NEW NORTHWESTERN POINTS.
THE DIRECT LINE TO
WESTERN and NORTHERN IOWA,
NEBRASKA, MINNESOTA and DAKOTA.
Close Connections at Mcmillan, reaching
St. Paul and Minneapolis the same day.
CONNIE CTTONS

CONNECTIONS
AT nERRILLAY-In Union Depot, with the Chi
cage, 81. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road for
all points North and Westr
At NEW LONDON JC-Close connection is made
with trains Of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore s.
: Western Railway TO and from all points on that
line.
AT GRAND RAPIDS With Wisconsin Valley
Division of Chicago, Mil Eaullee s. ST. Paul RV
AT WIN0NA AND Ia CR0SSE-With Chicago 81
Northwestern and Chicago, Milwaukee s. ST.
Paul roads for the West, as well as North and
South. Also with Mississippi River Steamers
for Hannibal, st. 10, st. Louis, and other river
points.
AT GREEN BkY-With Chicago & Northwestern
Railway for Oconto Escanaba, Crystal Falls,
and ali points in the Iron Districts Of Northern
Michigan and the Lake Superior region, also
Milwaukee, Chicago and all points East and
South With Milwaukee & Northern R'y for
Milwaukee and points on their line.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
a ROsalind of a Missouri Mine,
Potesi Independent.

The startling discovery was made
Saturday night at Mineral Point, which
confirmed the Suspicious of many that
James Lawson the "boy" st the miues,
was not boy, but girl in boys cloth
ing. Many amusing incidents are now
related regarding James," one of which
we will relate TO show how complete
was her disguise in the eyes of one, at
least: Shortly after her arrival atSum-
mitville she made the acquaintance of
Miss Blackwell. That lady became
enamored to the soft-voiced Games"
ald he gallantly returned her love, and
the couple were frequently seen in the
sweet pastime Of ve-making. Those
who did not know surmised that it
would all end in matrimony, but fate
decreed otherwise, and the deceived
young lady's family moved to another
part Of the world at time when her
love had grown so strong that separa-
ton seemed worse than pulling an eve
tooth. Sac shed bitter tears at having
to leave her gallant "James" behind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
Must Be Printed Every Year.
Fort Gaines Tribune.

A beautiful young lady tripped into
Mr.. Hatchett's drug store few days
ago and told young Mr.. Speight, who
presidcs there, that she wished some
castor oil, and asked him if he could
mix it up 50 as to disguise the taste
of it.
ooh, yes" says Speight. Presently
Speight said: Will you have glass
Of soda water, Miss -"
ooh, yes" says she. After drinking
the soda water the young lady waited
a while, and then asked Speight if the
castor oil was ready.
"Oh I" says Speight, " you have al
ready taken the castor oil IL the soda
water"
"Great heavens I" said the young
lady, Il wanted the oil for my
mother"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05

Our Ne,c Short Line to OcOnto IS NOic
Open for Business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
CONNECTIONS.

AT MILWAUKEE With Chicago. Milwaukee &
St Paul Railway for all points East, West and
Southwest.
at PLTMOUTH-With Sheboygan & Fond dn
Lac division G. & n. W. R'y for Sheboygan *
Fond du Lac
AT FOREST JUNCTION-With Milwaukee Lake
Shore & Western Railway.
CT BUTTON F. P. REGAIN,
General Sup't, Gen'l Tiki Agt
Milwaukee, Wiz Milwaukee Wis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05

the effect that Mr.. Robert @. Ingersoll
had died at long Beach is ascertained
to be without any foundation. Mr..
IngersoH Is alive and we'll at Long
Branch"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05

A remarkably honest doctor sent in
a certificate ofdeath the other day with
his name signed in the space reserved
for "cause of DEATH"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05

Chemistry has discovered no remedy ss,nerior
to Arnica for healing external erupfions pTope9.
~ prepared and combined, it has no equal as a
toilet preparation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05

Sole Proprietors aud Ianfrs., CAicogo.
The above articles are recommended
ard sold by E. J. Wood, the relish'e
druggist OF Grand Rapids.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
u ELY

of the skin, whether caused from climatic intiu-
ences or the use of HURTFUL COSMETICS.
VII cure pimpleS on face and neck, rendering
the SKIN soft and fair Invaluable in Salt
and sores. PRICE IN NEfEGAL TUBES. 25c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
AEnAHI0 TOILET S0AE

skim from chapping and imparts to it life and
Il healthy glow. UnrivalIed for cleaning the
scalp and eradicating dandruff. The most per-
sect toilet soan IN the world. PRICE. o. cenIs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-05
DAILY.
Elegant Sleeping Cars on all
Night Trains.

Passengers for MILWAUKEE can remain in
Sleeper destined for that point until seven O'Clock
in the morning, and thus secure full nights rest
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-09
Personal.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Davis arrived in
New York yesterday morning in the Gallia
from brief business trip to Europe.
The many friends of Mr.. Albert G. Dam, of
the Union Square Hotel, N. Y, were glad to
meet him mathis city yesterday
Miss Alta Pease, the we'll known contralto,
was in town yesterday.
Miss Helen M. Kimball, the assistant prinei
pal at the Gorham Normal school, whose death
was announced 10 yesterdays PRESS, died at
the Maine General Hospital where she has
been for the past three months.
Mr.. D. S. Rice, of the firm of Walter Corey
& Co., has just left on three weeks trip to
the South, combining business and pleasure.
Mr., George Flethor. of this city, and Mr..
Frank Staples. of Biddeford, left yesterday on
a cunning trip to Florida. We expect George
will send home quite collection of mammoth
alligators, besides the usual spoils of the "Sun
ny South" We wish the couple good luck
DR.. Sarah e. Deyoll, of this city, will read
a paper before the Diaz Union. Bddeford, to-
day.
At the City Hotel last evening we noticed
W. 81. Reed of Philadelphia, J. B. Shaw of
Augusta, Mr.. Manning of New York, A. G.
Hunt and wife, A. o. Burgess and J. Brad
bury of Houlton, besides G. Hubbard and wife
of Hiram, and G. d. Chapman and wife of Au-
gusta, of the Legislative committee TO visit the
Reform School
At the Preble House there was long list of
rivals yesterday, including G. G. Rounds, Of
Pennington.
At the Falmouth yesterday were Messrs, W.
W. Bolster of Augusta, g. @. Cornish of Wins
low, and A. B. Latham of Augusta. of tae Re-
form School Legislative committee, L. D.
Smith, E. G.. Richards and A. n. Baker of
Boston, d. N. Bird, Of the St. Nicholas Hotel,
Rockland
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-09
rhe Martba wasninqton society

The entertainment and annual sale of use
ful and fancy articles by this society, yester-
day afternoon and evening, in Reception Hall,
was well attended. The readings by Mrs
Thomas P. BeAls and Mr. David Moulton
gave much pleasure. A quartette Of members
of the Weber Club furnished excellent music.
and Miss Ida Tarbox, favorite singer, con-
tribuied to the success of theentertainment
Miss Nellie Holland was pianist. The
sale continues this afternoon, andsthis evening
we understand that Miss Helen Coo will give
ono Of her popular readings. The programm
OF music, vocal and instrumental, is an ad
mirable one. The excellence of the entertain
ment, aside from its praiseworrhy object, calls
for liberal patronage. a nice supper is pro-
vided for % cents from 6 O'Clock to 7.30.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-09
Brief Jottings.

Fine day yesterday, but colder. Mercury
100 at sunrise, % at noon; 200 at sunset; wind
west.
Williston church and society held their 10th
anniversary sociable and supper last evening.
The second annual banquet of the alumni of
Westbrook Seminary will be held at the Fal-
mouth Hotel, Friday evening Feb. 23d.
The steamer Sarnia, Capt. Lindali, Of the
Dominion line cleared for Liverpool yesterday
afternoon.
The steamer Sarmatian of the Allan line
has arrived at Halifax aud is now due here
The Boston Journal says; There are indica-
tions that move in the direction of CONSOLE
dating the Boston and Lowell and Boston and
Maine Railroads will show itself within few
days.
The board of trustees of Washington, D. c.,
have authorized the celebration, on the 9th
inst of the anniversary Of the birth Of the
poet Longfellow by appropriate exercises in all
the public schools in this district, and have
given the pupils permission to make contri-
buttons to the proposed Longfellow memorial.
The counting-room of this Office is closed at
D. M and therefore it IS useless to try to get
into the counting-room by the front door, after
that hour.
The legislative committee on the Reform
School visite that institution last evening, ar
irving in this city on the o'clock train.
During the month of January Al marriage
intentions were recorded at the Office of the
city clerk.
Mr.. Orestes Pierce of Saddle Back farm,
East Baldwin, has sold his Jersey bull "Count
of Sertuste" to gentleman in Tennessee for
$1,75O
A surprise party of ladies and gentlemen
called on DR.. Lamb and Mrs. Lamb last even
ing. Games were played, vocal and instu-
mental music was furnished, and an elegant
supper provided.
Last evening Hon. W. w. Thomas, Jr, de-
livered his lecture on ''The Founding of Port
land' to large and interested audience at
Vaughan street church.
Tonight Rev. Mr.. Hayden win lecture, in
the free Mechanics course, at Library Hall, on
eThe Home Life.''
There will be preaching corner May and
Danforih streets Friday evening, Feb. 9th,
also Sunday, Feb. 11th, at 10 IL a. m. aud p.
m, by George Garraty.
Fl. W. Gage win lecture on Partnership
before the Law Students Club tonight
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-09
sharp Criticism .

TO The Editor Of the Press:
Under the above heading Citizen makes
a fool of himself in yesterdays Argus lie
criticises the action of the Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen in ordering quarantine of vessels
from Baltimore, and quotes the failure Of
Philadelphia and Washington to do SO as an
argument in support of his criticism. Citizen"
however fails to state that the small pox is
epidemic in Baltimore; that alta meeting of
the City Government of Providence-a city
having fully as much business with Baltimore
as Portland and fully its equal in population
a communication was read from the health
officer, in which he gave the statement from
the Baltimore health authorities to the effect
that Baltimore was unable to protect herself,
or other cities, against the plague and that
they must protect themselves, and quaran-
tine was therefore voted by the Providence
City Council
it is also well known that the health of
Philadelphia, one OF the cities quoted bn "Citi-
zen, is by no means what it should DO, and
has been, and probably is now, matter of con-
siderable discussion, while, as to Washington,
it is well known that the revelations of last
year, and the year previous, as to its sanitary
condition were anything but complimentary to
the capital of the nation. Portland has been
very energetic and careful IN the past in its
care and forethought in regard to contagious
diseases, and will sustain its reputation.
"Citzen" moreover does not in his article
state facts as to the city meeting Mayor Lib
by read the order for quarantine which came,
like most other orders, in the usual form.
Alderman Winslow asked how long the vessels
would be quarantined. Mayor Libby said he
supposed the usual time; till the health officer
could visit them, ascertain if any disease pre-
vailed, and, if so have the vessels fumigated
Alderman Tukesbury said the usual time OF
quarantine was fourteen days. The Mayor
said if there we're no signs Of disease aboard
vessel, or indications that there had been,the Q
would be no objection TO the craft coming np
to her dock. COMMON SENSE.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-09

ingenious Attempt to Escape from jail
Clark, the horse thief, now in Kennebsc Jail
recently coneooted very ingenious scheme to
break from prison. Like many Of the. other
prisoners he was employed in the jail work.
shop pegging shoes. While unobserved CLARK,
with the aid Of a screw driver, contrived to re-
move the screw from the lock on the outside
door leading from the work shop. He then
substituted wooden screws for the iron ones, so
that he could remove the lock at moments
notice when wishing to escape He also, in
some manner procured skeleton key which
would unlock the door leading from the corri-
dor in the guard room, where the prisoners are
allowed to stay during the day, into the work
shop. 1t will be seen that Clark could open
the doors and escape whenever he pleased
But unfortunately for the horse thief's well
laid plans, just as ne was about to take his de-
parture an officer Of the Jail, in passing out Of
the work shop, took hold of the knob of the
outside door to open it, when the lock fell of,
thus revealing the scheme of the would be
He6r from justice to get free.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-09

The CONNECTICUT MUTUAL IN 1SS2--As
usual, the Connecticut Mutual comes out at
the end Of the year with flying colors. The
annual record Of this company has been SO
good during its long and useful existence that
its managers might well be allowed to rest
little from their labors But President Greene
and Secretary Taylor are never satisfied with
the past achievements of their institution.
They are always striving to improve upon their
previous excellent reports. This year they
have done it again. All the figures except
chose Of losses have rolled up wonderfully in
1882 The balance of net assets is low $780,
172S71 The profit item under this head is
$155,S53. The surplus by the New York stand
ard is S6,s50.OOO, showing an increase of nearly
100000.