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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
Cure for Malaria.

AS there is a good deal of malaria
fever about at present, the following
item may be of some use:
Now and then | ride uptown on the
front platform of street car to smoke
my cigar in comfort, and very often
hear instructive things. The other day.
while engaged in this pleasing occupa-
ton, young man, evidently naval
officer, jumped on the platform, and
engaged in conversation with the driv-
er. The driver was complaining of
suffering from melaria, and the Young
man. who, it turned out, was a navy
surgeon, said, as he blew Wifi of
smoke from his mouth:
Malaria, Ell? Why, man alive, that
is cured easily enough"
ooh, yes, | know" said the man of
horses and brakes. Il have taken
quinine until am drenched with it, and
IS has done me no good
''Of course it hasn't But when You
take your 'swig' 90 to the nearest drug
giSt and buy ten cents worth each of
ground cloves, Peruvian bark and
cream tartar, mix them in a quart of
gin and take wineglassful four times
a day. That mixture has knocked
malaria out of every man in the navy,
and it will do the same for you.
As about every tenth man or woman
you meet has the malaria, I made a
note of the remedy and give it to suffer-
ing humanity. What is the use of
riding on the front platform and getting
covered with mud if you cannot benefit
your fellOW-men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
The Bed of an Eastern Prince.

Sometime last year there was a wood
en- bedstead manufactured which was
intended for the use of the King of
Siam. 1t was fourteen feet wide and
divided into three parts, the center
part being raised about eighteen inches.
This piece of furniture being of such
unusual dimensions, caused a slight
sensation among all those who were
permitted to examine it. But the bed
stead made in Paris lately for an Indian
prince would draw thousands to see it
were it exhibited in New York, even if
fancy prices were charged for admis-
sion. The bedstead is partly made of
real silver, and cost many thousands
of dollars. At each corner stands a
beautifully modelled nude female figure
(ife size) holding a delicately construct
ed fan. Each figure. it is said, wears
wig of real hair. This is to be .regu-
larly ''dressed' by the court barber
once week. On the great potentate
getting into bed the weight of his body
sets certain machinery in motion, the
effect of which is that so long as his
Royal Highness enjoys his horizontal
refreshment the silver maidens gently
fan the sleeper. Ii the figures at the
foot of the bed are required to exert
themselves in a like manner. this can
be accomplished by the aid OF clock
like apparatus. Moreover, should the
dusky owner of the bed wish to be lull-
ed to slumber bv the dulcet sounds of
soft music, this can be done by touch
ing a spring. The bottom of the bed
contains a large musical box which is
so arranged that the tunes can be loud
or soft rs desired.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
No Boudoir for Her.

A young lady in St. Louis sent the
following application for position as
bookkeeper: ''Sir-Having noticed
your advertisement in yesterdays pa
per hasten to reply. am % years
of age; have had four years experience
in book keeping, and for two years past
have been receiving $75 month. [
should expect an office nicely carpeted,
with two or three easy chairs, morning
and evening paper, and not to 60 to
work before $3.50 a. M, have an hour
and half at noon and quit work at 5
p. m. My figures are unexcelled, and
never made mistake in my books
yet. Can give all the references you
can read. Hoping that | will suit, and
in the expectation of being engaged by
you, 1remain, most respectfully yours.
We regret to say that the brute OF a
business man replied: Il cant afford
to fit up boudoir just yet Have en-
gagged a young man who is willing to
sit on a high stool, resting on bare
floor, ten hours day at $50 month.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

1t is announced that George c. Min
played Hamlet" at Emporia, Kan,
to 1.-THE largest and most fashionable
audience of the season." 1t did not
seem TO detract from the merit of the
performance when, ''at the close Of the
second act, there were vociferous calls
for the author of the piece.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20
Cities Warmer Than the Country,

Those who happen to live at little
distance from the heart of the city
must frequently have noticed a lack of
accord between readings of their own
standard thermometers and the publish
ed observations of the Signal Service
observers of their locality. The reason
of the discord is plain, viz, the per-
turbing action of the heat which the
city emits; and however gratifying it
may be to the outsider to find himself
superior to the government observers,
it is very little credit to the Weather
Bureau that this particular source of
error was not long since recognized
and avoided. The remarks of Prof.
Whitney on this subject as applied to
observations made at London, are per-
tinent and convincing. He says: at
is q Well-knOWn fact that cities are con-
siderably warmer than the more thinly
inhabited country, otherwise under
similar climatic conditions. Statistics
should prove this to be true; and there
could be no doubt that such would be
the effect OF an immediate aggregation
of population within limited space,
even if there were no statistics bearing
on this question. Many millions of
tons of coal are burned in and about
big cities during every year, and the
whole mass OF brick OF which the city
is built is heated during the entire
winter, and more or less in the summer,
many degrees above the natural tenn
perature. There can be no question
that conditions such as here indicated
vitiate all observations made in or near
large cities with view to the deter
mination of any possible secular varia-
ton of the temperature.
We are going to have hard winter.
The frost is already in the ground in
many places. Turnips left in the field
are frozen hard. The temperature of
the haystacks is lower than it was ever
known to be before at this season of
the year. The bark is thick on the
north side of the railroad ties. These
reports may be regarded as trustworthy,
as they have been collected with great
care from the members of comic opera
company that disbanded at Waukegan,
Mich, in August. The members have
had ample opportunity for observation,
on their way back to this city.-PucE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-20

On state occasions the Emperor Dom
Pedro wears a long cape made entirely
of the breast feathers of rare South
American bird
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14
Ca,arrh of the sSladder.

Singing, smarting, irritation of
the urinary passages, diseased DIS
charges cured by Buchupaiba. 81, at
druggists. Prepaid by express, 81 %,
6 for s.. L. S. WELLS, Jersey
CITY, n. j.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14

It was stated in one of the local
Sunday papers, on the authority of a
representative of one of the great
European powers, that a very serious
event is impending in England, which
is the qbdication of the Queen. The
reasons given for this most unexpect-
ed course are Her Majesty's fast-tail-
ing health and increasing unwilling
ness and sometimes an inability on
her part to perform the duties Incl
dent to government. The diplomatic
person quoted as authority processes
to have his information from his home
government, to whom the news was
telegraphed last week by their Lon
don ambassador. On the strength of
these assertions, The Americum cor
respondent tried to get correlation
of the rumor from the British minis.
ter. Mr.. West said he had no official
or personal knowledge of a proposed
abdication, but he admitted that
such an announcement would not
greatly surprise him on account of
the Queens health and years.-Balto.
Amenlc0n
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14

Theatre on account of hls inability tt
meet a note of 1913, 900 made to Ed
Gilmore and Mr.. Colville. Had he
left mining stocks alone and stuck to
theatrical matters his dream of Gre
atiRe corner, or rather monopoliz,
ING theatrical attractions night have
succeeded, but one cannot have two
irons like these in the fire. People
say that Haverlys star is about to be
eclipsed.
Thus it is with almost every sue
cessful man. He makes money In
one thing and spends it faster on
some wild scheme. Mr.. Henry Ward
Beechcr has, and for many years has
had, all income of at least $4,000 a
year, yet it is known to his intlmates
that he has saved but little money.
His farming experience at Peersklll
cost him a great deal of money and
run him into debt, and now he frit-
tiers away his earnings Oh rare books,
pictures and costly curiosities. Will
liam Henry Hurlbert's experience is
a similar one. He got $4,000 a year
as editor of the World, and made
money outside, yet they say that his
liabilities outnumber his assets. |
know another gentleman who holds
an influential position in the news
paper world. He is hard worker,
and although a good liver is not ex-
travagant. He provides his family
W it'll every comfort, as he can we'll
do, as he has Il weekly income Of
about $500. Yet he is always in
debt His passion is for race horses.
He would sooner see race than en-
Joy almost any other pleasure on the
list, and as he is free better, and at
the same time unlucky, his money
goes constantly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14

.""Better bear present evils than
fly to those unknown. Better still,
use Kidney Wort and make your
present evils fly to parts unknown.
If you find yourself getting bilious,
head heavy, mouth foul, eyes yellow
kidneys disordered, symptoms of piles
tormenting you, take 1t once few
doses of Kidney-Wort- Use it as an
advance guard-either in dry or Ii
.ould form--it is efficient.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14
Mr.. Charles G. Fulton, proprietor

Mr.. Charles G. Fulton, proprietor
of the Baltimore american, died on
Thursday, at his residence, on Eutaw
Place. He had FOR some time last
heen in failing health, and had sought
on several occasions the relief that he
hoped to find in foreign travel. His
career as a newspaper manager tor
the past thirty years is SO we'll known
to our citizens that it is scarcely nee
,essary for us to discuss it.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14
Gotham Gossip.

Tie RusA for Earope. Eancy
Bonuses Paid for Nateooms.- Bath
yubs fitted eYas Berths.-Horerly' $
Temporary Collapse Hoa0 Successful
Men waste Their Incomes. Henry
Ward Bseclsey and other Instances.
New York June 9th, 1888.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14

Business called me to the Office of
the White Star Steamship Line one
day this week. Clerks and messen-
gers were perspiring as they rushed
on with their work, while at the
booking desk there was a line of peo-
pie engaging passage for Europe. One
gentleman was examining diagram
of etateroome on a particular vessel
and finally selected two. "Will you
re serve them Tor me fifteen minutes,
be asked, Il want to ask my compan-
ion whether the location of the room
suits him" No sir," replied the
clerk; Il couldn't hold them for YOU
for fifteen seconds. Either you
want them or you do not. If not
please stand aside and let the other
people have chance
The rush to Europe is simply ire
mendous this spring, and now that
the hot weather has set in, it is al
most trehled. Single men who can
get off for vacation of three weeks
or a month, come to the conclusion
that it is more pleasant and at the
same time cheaper to take trip across
the Atlantic than to swelter away at
some fashionable watering place or
other summer resort. The Pavonla
which left this week was full to over
flowing, and said the agent of the
Cunnard Line, 1--WE had enough ap-
plicants for berths to have filled and
sent out another vessel of the same
size. AS it is, think We will have
to put on extra vessels, in a few
weeks. This is thing W hich several
lines have already done to meet the
demand, AS always, when the sup
ply of certain commodity is limited
the demand becomes greater and
hence people who are anxious to be
in the swim at present are ready tH
pay almost any price for passage
The Duke of Athol, who sailed this
week paid a man $500 for his ticket
which is a bonus of nearly $500
There is not passenger vessel leav-
ing port now on which the rooms o
the officers are not all let to passen
gers for good stiff figures. On ont
steamer all the bath tubs were ftteo
mp as berths at uight and rented on
topeople on condition that they wonl'
rise at six o'clock. 1t is not at al
uncommon for people to 60 in tn
Storage, paying saloon prices, SO tina
they really belong to the saloon list
Said a gentleman to me the othe
day, 81 bet you any amount that yo'
want, that Jay Gould makes his tril
around the world in his own zach
ut less cost than Vanderbilt can trav
Fl to Europe in passenger steame
and stay in Paris for month"
replied that this was not a legitlmat
subject for a wager as he wanted +
bet on sure thing.
Poor Haverlyl His mammoth theat
rical combinations will receive Sc
we're blow from the fact that he hat
TO give up the Fourteenth Snee
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14
CA-ocr'-N CLAR1oN
Chas. (. Cassel|. A. N.
Editor aaa Publisher. 60
Thursday, June IA, 1888.
Newspaper Law Decisions.

7. ANY person who takes paper regularly from
me os,,,ficc whether directed to his name OF an
thers or whether he has subscribed or not -7ss re-
sp,,sihle for the payment
=, II any person orders his paper discontinued
he or she must pay all the arrearages or the pub
A,sher NAV continue to send 1t until payment IS
-, ,ie and collect the whole amount, whether the
oaoer IS taken from the Office not
No paper will be discontinued until paid up.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14
General News.
RRAIN and VEKVE.

Wells Health Remover, greatest
remedy on earth for impotence, lean
ness, sexual debility, &c, 81, at drug
gists Prepaid by express, $l.e5. E
for SIS. E. S. WELLS, Jersey City,
n. J.
In about one month marble stat
lie of General Zachary Taylor will be
unveiled at his grave, eight miles
from Louisville, Ky. All the survl-
vors of the Mexican war are to be IN.
vited to attend the ceremonies. Cen
eral Thomas L. Crittendon, Tho serv-
ed on the staff of General Zachary
TAYLOR in Mexico. has been invited to
deliver an grafton, but no response
has yet been received. On Sunday
General Taylor, who is a near rela-
tive of President Taylor, invited Gen
eral Grant, to attend the unwilling
The ex- President said he would be
present, if possible.
Insurance Commissioner Hines,
in his annual report, says that fire
and marine insurance companies do
ing business in Maryland for the year
1882, received 1857 ,95S IS in pre-
miums, and paid losses to the amount
of $149, 500; life insurance companies
received in premiums $l,l0H,225 IS
and paid 1854 GOA So for losses.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14
no. 1889 Equity.

laHe CHcUt touf J0r fredertch ohnEY
sitting IN Equi'y
MAY TENN, 1883.
John RouZer
Susan Birelv, Widow and Susan Birelv,
adm'x. OF John Birely, decd john NJ.
Birely and wifi, and others,
ORDERED This Both day of May 1888,
that on the 10Th day of June 1898 the
Court will proceed to act upon the Audi
tors Report this day filed in the above
case, unless cause to the contrary be shown
before aaid day provided copy OF this
order be inserted in some newspaper pub
ished in Frederick County, for two sue
ccssNc weeks prior to said day.
ADOLpHUS FEARiAkE, Jr.
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Fred'k Co.
True Conv:
Test, Adolphus Fearhake lr,
nlne 73t Clerk
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14
Don't DIEM the House.


Ask druggists for Rough on Rats"
1t clears out rats, mice. bedbugs,
reaches, vermin, flies, ants, insects,
16c. per box.
Blue Mountain House, the new
summer resort, is located a little
west of PEN Mar, Is miles from Ha-
gerstown and Il from Baltimore, H.
800 feet above tide. The hotel is four
stories high, 304 feet long by AZ feet
wide. 1t is to have water, gas and
all modern improvements and to be
nicely furnished. A roadway is be
ing made to Mt. Misery, two miles
distant upon the summit Of which is
to be erected tower sixty feet high.
Mt. Misery is to be changed to Qui-
rauk, the Indian name for the Blue
Ridge Mountains, and is pronounced
as though spelled Keerock. 1t is g.
400 feet above tide, and commands a
view of 5000 square miles in Mary
land, Pennsylvania and the two Vir-
ginias.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14

In stating the amount of Carroll
county's debt per capita last week,
we put it too high. The county's
debt does not exceed $3S, or
about 81 30 PER head. But it is prob
able the county's assets Outstanding
taxes are nearly sufficient to offset
this, and in reality we have no debt
The forthcoming statement Of the
County Commissioners will give tie
exact figures on this point, however
-Ady0cate.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-23

Hoods Sarsaparilla Is compound concentrated
extract, skillfully prepared by process peculiar
to itself. Of the active medicinal properties Of the
most approved Alternative, tonic and bood-purfy-
ing remedies Of the vegetable kingdom, known to
medical science as Alternatives, Blood Purifiers,
Diuretics, Toncs,and Stomachics. These articles
have been used for years, and their medicinal
value is appreciated by every mother in the land.
81 have suffered with milk leg for eleven
years. ! have been taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
for about one year, and have experienced a
steady gain since l commenced using 1t. Have
taken six bottles; 1t has done wonders for me. -
Mrs j. BENTLEY, Dexter, Maine.
:" cordially attest my faith. backed by actual
trial, in the efficacy Of Hoods Sarsaparilla as a
curative for headache biliousness, and that con-
dition which at times pervades us all, commonly
called the blues ~. ]. LOWELL, GreeDpoint
New York.
A searching investigation resulted in the com.
bination Of Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar
to ITSELF is vastly superior to other preparations
and is much more positive in It's effects upon the
blood and organs OF the body. Time and con.
slant use have proved its efficacy beyond a ques
ton. The wonderful results from its use prove
more than was ever claimed for it.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-23
Beecher on Temperance.

Henry Ward Beecher desired us to ask
questions, and mine was upon the twenty
first verse: 1T is good neither to eat flesh
nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby
thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is
made weak Mr.. Beecher was very earnest
in his reply at seems to me like this" he
said "suppose that out here in the noun
tains there is precipice near to school
house where many children are assembled.
Suppose that halfway down that precipice
there is spring whose water | specially en-
Joy, and, strong man that | am, think
l can 60 down there safely by a narrow path,
dangerous to many, but not to me. Suppose
that the children are determined to scramble
down there, and won't believe that it is dan
gerous, since they see me going and coming
with apparent impunity. Indeed, some of
them try the path, and fall and break their
necks, while others are manned for life.
Now, what sort Of man, much more what
sort of Christian should | be if per-
sisted in going down that dangerous path
If have one particle of magnanimity of
soul, if have been at all taught of Christ, 1
shall put good strong, high fence across
that path, and never tread it any more.
That's my position on the total abstinence
question. That is why am myself total
abstainer, and shall always be, unless by the
prescription of conscientious physician l
take alcoholics as a medicine. For why
should insist on drinking wine even il
were fond of it, which am not 1t would
do me no special good; and what gain in
character by that habit of preferring the
good of Others, is an incalculsble and eter,
nal gain" Mr.. Beecher added that on the
theatre question he occupied similar grounds
-Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-23
Tobacco and Blindness.

At the annual commencement of the Hos
pital College of Medicine, of Louisville, KY,
Professor Dudley Reynolds delivered an adj
dress to the graduating students, in which
he took strong ground against the use Of to-
bacco. 1t is well-known fact that tobacco
deranges the digestion and poisons the nerve
centers of majority of the male members
of the human family. A species of blind.
ness, not complete but partial blindness,
sufficiently great in extent to destroy the
reading of ordinary type, results from the
continued and excessive use OF tobacco.
Careful investigations have led to the dis
covery that that form of habit known as
smoking produces the so-called amblyopia.
This form of amblyopia is precisely identi-
cal with that produced from the excessive
use of alcohol. Both are incurable. l know
a number of persons in Louisville who are
now practically blind from the excessive use
of tobacco. A lady in Portland was forced
to admit that she had been secret smoker
of tobacco for thirty years. On abandoning
the habit, the further progress of her dim.
ness of vision ceased, though there is little
hope of her regaining that power of percep
ton which she had already lost. She may
be considered fortunate in the possession OF
enough vision to go about and attend her
ordinary household duties. Smoking to-
bscco has never been known to result ben.
eficially to any person in the world. 1t al
ways lessons the sense of smell and taste; il
always contaminates the breath it always
creates an unsteadiness of the muscles
through its irritating effect upon the nerves
and | know from personal experience that
it dimipishes the capacity for mental la
Dor. If the money destroyed by
burning cigars and tobacco in Louisville
could be paid into the city treasury, it would
support all our charitable institutions, and
pay the entire expense of the street cleaning
department besides. This would reduce
taxation nearly or quite one-half, and pro
duce corresponding improvement in public
health.-Luheran Evangelist