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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-07-10
Come and See Us.

HEADQUARTERS REP. STATE CENTRAL Com, !
MILWAUKEE, June Is, 1884.
The Republican State Central Committee has
opened convenient and comodious Headquarters
on Wisconsin street, near the post-ofice, in
Milwaukee. All Republicans, and especially
those Of our own State, are cordially invited to
call when in the city. All Republican papers
published in the State, al / many Of tn e lead
ing journals Of the country, will be kept on file
Come and see US. III. A. TAYLOR, Chm.
i'll. c. PAYNE, Sec.
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Republican State Convention.

The Republican electors Of the state OF Wis
consin are requested to elect delegates to a
State Convention to lie held at Madison, We'd
nesday, September Sd, 1884, at y O'Clock noon
for the purpose Of placing in nomination can
didates of the Republican Party for the sever
al state offices.
The last Republican State Convention
having changed the basis Of representation for
future conventions, delegates will be elected
not by Assembly and Senatorial districts as
heretofore but by Counties The convention
will consist Of 800 delegates, of which number
Wood County is entitled to 2 delegates
II. A. TAYLOR, Chairman.
II. G. PAYNE, Secretary.
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A WATKTNc SEETrTa< A.

A WALKING SKELEToN.-Mr. E.
Springer. of fredericksburg. Pa,
writes : Il was afflicted with lung
fever and abscess on lungs, and re-
duced to a walking skeleton Got
free trial bottle of DR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which did
me so much good that / bought
dollar bottle. After using three
bottles, found myself once more a
man, completely restored to health,
with hearty appetite, and a gain in
flesh of As lbs" Call at T. j. Wood
& Bros Drug Store and get free
trial bottle of this certain cure for all
Lung Diseases. Large bottles S1.00.
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Special Notice.

Rs Those who reside at distance desiring
receive prompt attention through the mail bv
writing, stating symptoms, etc. enclosing STAMP
when printed list Of questions will b . sent.
Address.
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Correspondence.
HEIDELBERG. Germany


EDITORS REPORTER.-In travelling
through Germany the cities are found
very close together, There are all
grades of appearances. Heidelberg is
one of the most beautiful cities in the
land and probably more Of the Eng
fish tongue resort in it than any other
of relative size. It is snuggly nestled
between the large, high, orange shaped
hills of Bodenland on the banks of the
Necker River. The main city is
some 500 years old and extends for
two miles along the banks of this love-
~ stream. 1t is city of stone, stone
paved streets, walls, roofs and
sidewalks. Scarcely single wooden
house or roof exists. The building is
done from hard red sand stone quar-
ried near by. The streets are
generally narrow and crooked with
many narrow alleys. The buildings
are generally 4 storied and numbered.
The streets are swept twice week and
the larger debris is gathered daily.
The buildings are much adorned with
art, in the form of stone statuary
placed in the walls or on the roof. 1t
is eminently city Of art, taste and
culture. Lovely little gardens with
nicely arranged and variousIy colored
flowers exist in all parts of the city
hemmed in with well ke pit shrubbery.
There is long wide oulage where the
people resort for pleasure walks lined
in on each side with numerous shade
trees which has some similarity to
our city parks. There are many ar
fists whe photograph all parts of the CT
ty and hang their innumerable pictures
out to entice purchase by the daily
hosts of travellers. The city contains
abont %, 900 inhabitants, but no street
cars. Few horses are employed ex-
cept draught horses and those used to
carry the travellers and business men
around the city. Dogs, cows, (not
oxen) and donkeys are the other
draft animals. Single draught hors-
es are mostly used but no fills or shafts.
The horse is hitched along side of the
tongue which holds itself up. A
piece of chain extends from the end
Of the tongue to the horses collar.
The horse is thus generally driven
through the streets with out any lines.
The COW being more economical than
the OK is used in drawing loads. She
is capable of working reproduction and
production, and the dutchman has
demonstrated that the OK cannot fill
all these functions. They do not
yoke the COW but place a piece of iron
across the forehead just below the
horns and hitch traces to each end
she thus pulls with the head. The
cattle are of small breed. A fine
breed of large dogs exist here which
are eften used to work, many are as
large as an ordinary sized lioness.
Scarcity of convayences necessitate
much carrying, and this is mainly
done by the women drawn in a little
cart or carried on the head. A cush-
Toned ring is put on the head and the
vessel or material is carried on this.
A basket of glass or pail of water is as
safe as in the hand. No hand is
required to keep it steadied on the
head and she can walk with as much
apparent ease as staight collared mil
itary inspector. Thus can often be
seen among this class many a young
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PARTICULAR NOTICE!

DIR. f. addesses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indulgence and solita-
ry habits. which ruins both mind and body,
uniting them for business, study, society,
choly effects produced by the early habits Of
youth, namely: Weakness in the back and
limbs pain in the head, dimness of sight, loss
of musical power, palpitation of the heart,
dyspepsia, nervous irritability, arrangement
of the digestive functions, debility, consump-
ton, etc.
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YOUNG MEN

Who have become victims Of solitary vice, that
dreadful and destructive habit which annually
sweeps to an untlmely grave thousands of young
men OF exalted talent and brilliant intellect,
who might, if otherwise, entrance listening
senates with the thunder of their eloquense, or
wake to estacy the living Tyre, may call with
full confidence.
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A Cure Warranted

Persons ruined in health By unlearned pre-
tenders who keep them trifing month after
month, taking poisonous and injurious cora
pounds, should apply Immediately.
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Graduated at one of the most eminent Colleges
Of the United States has effected some of the
most astonishing cures that were ever known
many troubled with ringing in the head and
ears when asleep, great nervous ness, being
alarmed at certain sounds, with frequent blush
ing, attending somewhat with derangement Of
the mind, were cured Immediately.
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II q. e. RIA a. &c.

Married persons, or young men eontemplat-
ing marriage, aware Of physical weakness Qoss
OF procreatlVe power, impotencyD nervous
debility or any other Disqualification speedily
relieved. lie who places himself under tn
care OF Dr. Fishblatt may religiously eenfde
in his honor as a gentleman, and confidently
rely upon his skill a physician.
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d.. Fish blatt

Has discovered the greatest cure in the world
for weakness Of the back and limbs, invoIun~
tary discharges, impotency, general debility,
ness of sightor giddiness, diseases of the throat
nose or skin, affections of the liver, lnngs
stomach or bowels,-those terrible disorders
arising. from solitary practice more fatal to
Mariners OF Ulysses, blightiug their most ra~
dlant hopes or anticipations. rendering mar
riage impossible
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ORGANIC
w 0ak.neSS
ORGANIC

Immediately cured aud full vigor restored.
This atHiction-which renders life burden
by the victim Of improper indulgence. YousE
persons are apt to commit excuses FROM net
belns aware OF the dreadful consequences th at
subject will deny that procreation is lost soopsr
by those falling into improper habits than by
the prudent? Besides being deprived of tho
pleasures o. healthy offspring, the most serious
and body arise. The system becomes deranged
the physical and mental functions Weakened,
loss OF provocative power, nervous irritability
dyspepsia, palpitation of the heart, Digestion
constitutional debility, wasting of the frame,
cough, consumption and death.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1884-10-02

A bad misg take--Marrying high.
tempered girl.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1884-10-02
MISS PIPER's PUPIL.

Miss Pandora Piper, teacher of mu-
sic, who had hard work to keep soul
and body together. but was not un-
happy, because, as she said, she was
never left without new bonnet for
Easter Sunday, and one black silk,
somehow, always lasted until she man
aged to get a new one, received a
very singular note one morning-a
note which had been handed in at the
door, the landlady's girl said, by an
elderly gentleman"
The epistle was enveloped in the
costliest and most richly decorated
envelope to be procured for love or
or money anywhere. The paper, near
ly az thick as cardboard, was to match.
A coat. Of arms was in the corner, and
the words below were as follows
Miss PIPER: A Person of negluckted ed
ercashun is wishful to be undertook Will
kali at 3. MISTER SLTGER."
"My gracious" calculated Miss
Pandora; "he must have been neg
lected, that's certain. never saw
anything like that before in all my
life i Fatally forgotten, | should say.
Well, l wonder what he can be like.
He must be rich, 1 suppose. Poor
people cant afford such stationery as
this. And coat-of-arms too Shod-
dy, I suppose; but 80 that he's re-
pectful why should l care for that ?
He will probably pay well, and I've
lost Ann Eliza Griggs by marriage,
just as she was beginning to take va
riations.
Mora, shall be in if new pupil
"A gentleman-calls at 8 o'clock.
Nora, who liked Miss Piper, who
often gave her little presents, and
who kept on an upper shelf of her
closet some soothing balsam which
she was always ready to apply to the
poor girls awkward fingers, which
were always being cut or burnt or
pinched in something, gave an amia-
BILE grin and offered to polish up the
CRATE when she had minute, Seeing
stranger was coming,
The morning wore away. Two lit
tie girls had gone through their ex-
ercises, and a heavy lady, who took
lessons in vocal music, had nearly
burst a blood vessel in endeavorine
to gain certain high note, which
was the object of her ambition.
Miss Piper had been around the
corner To giye lesson there, and
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long whlb, sIIIaH q TaT - - 3.
mo, Miss Piper, you haven't. YOU
couldn't expect me to call after such
carvings OH, said Mrs. Grimms, with
emphasis.
"Why, what do you mean, Mrs.
Grimm p calculated Miss Piper.
"Can you ask, Pandora Piper? The
whole neighborhood is talking about
you" answered the landlady in her
deepest chest note.
about mel" screamed Miss Piper.
"You and that man." said the land
lady.
my pupil, Mr.. sliger2" sobbed
Miss Piper, now in tears.
"Your pupil. Don't tell me. Miss
Pandora Piper, shall be obliged to
put up bill for my second floor.
You gotto go, replied Mrs. Grimm.
ooh oh oh !" cried Pandora.
Can you think any harm Of me2 Why,
you could come IN at any moment.
Nora is in and out every now and
then. Such a respectable elderly gen.
tleman, and such a correct person as
| am ?"
ut isn't me, Pandora it's the
neigbborhood. The church-going (if
it is church, finished EN-. You re Of
age this long while, my dear; you
ought to know how to behave but
can't countenance this. shall put
up the bill. Oil oh oh ! Pandora
that itshould come to this T. said Mrs.
Grimm, quite melted.
Poor Miss Pandora
As her friend and landlady walked
out Of the door with her handkerchief
to her eyes, she stood motionless as
though turned to a pillar Of salt.
She saw just how this repair Of neg
lected education must appear to her
small circle of discarded pupils, and
felt strong desire to drown herself
or jump out Of the window, or turn on
the gas, or take box of matches in
her tea, aud it seemed to her after
ward, she might actually, have died
of modification, but that the gong at
the front door, pulled violently at this
moment, startled her, and Nora, run
ming up, wrapped in a waterproof
cloak, for she had been making prep
arations to go to bed, announced
"Mr. Sliger /"
"He can't come up, said Pandora,
Eat this hour of the night"
"No, miss; but he asks for you to
come down" said Nora.
Pandora went down.
Mr.. Sliger was at the door.
There's telescope at the corner,
he said; something going on in some
star or other, | believe. Get bon
net and shawl and come and have a
peep. 1t will be lesson in astrono-
my for me. You can explain it, you
know-same terms as the other les
SONS.
Pandora without~a word obeyed.
The door closed after the two, leav-
ing Mrs. Grimm staring at Nora.
"That's the cap-sheaf5" said the lady.
"Shall sit up for them ?" asked
Nora.
"No," said MIRA Grimm. II will. "
Meanwhile Miss Pandora and Mr..
S1iger peeped through the telescope
and saw the rings Of Saturn, which
Mr.. Sliger supposed to be phenome-
nal and temporary, and which were
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1884-10-02

CoNUNDRUMs.-What sort ola drum
is it that is best when it can be beat
en- ? A conundrum.
If you were to ride on a donkey
what fruit would you resemble2 A
pear (pair.)
Why is the letter E like the end Of
time? Because it is the beginning Of
eternity.
What did the spider do when he
came out Of the ark? He took a fly
and went home.
1t has been asked when rain falls
does it ever get up again? OF course
it does, in dew time.
Why ii the bridegroom worth more
than the bride? Because she is given
away and he is sold.
Why was the whale who swallowed
Jonah like a retired milkman2 Be-
cause he got profit (prophet) out Of
the water.
What is the difference between a
pound Of meat and drummer boy
One weighs pound and the other
pounds away.
what il the difference between
charity and'a tailor? The first COW
ers a multitude Of sins, the second a
multitude Of sinners.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1884-10-02

pun uL9qlnoS " s567ng I7It
bloody imprint OF human hand on
the stable door. Every hoe, or rake,
or other farm implement that the man
picked up had blood on it. When
nightfall came the murderer was 20
paralyzsd with fear that his teeth
were chattering and he was afraid to
90 to bed. He believed that the spirit
Of his victim was haunting him.
1.-THE detective and his assistant
noted these symptoms, and were con-
fdent that the right plan had been
struck at last. 1t had been after a
fashion, and there was q horrible
proof given the next day. johnson
was found in the barn with his throat
cut from ear to ear. He had killed
himself rather than endure the tor
lures Of a guilty conscience. / need
not explain that the blood marks
which frightened the murderers gull
ty soul were the work Of the detec-
tives, and not OF spirits.
ut was in that kind Of detective
work that Maj. Pinkerton excelled.
He could change his tactics 30 that
the man or men he was seeking would
be led into trap when they thought
they were getting out Of one. There
are scores and scores Of such instances,
but they have all been published from
time to time as they occurred, and |
do not suppose would interest you.
It WAS one Of Maj. Pinkerton's rules
TO conceal nothing from the public Of
public interest, after the work was
done; and it was another infexible
rule to tell the public nothing before
the job was finished or while It was in
progress. From this he never de-
parted, and his sons, William and
Robert, who are their fathers success
sors, will adhere to it as rigidly AZ tho
founder Of the agency did. "-PhtLa-
dolphin Press.
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explained by Miss Pandora to be fix
lures, and then adjourned to an ice
cream saloon of much elegance.
This indeed, was desperate dissi-
patton, Miss Pandora SAID to herself,
as she sat before the cut-glass gobets
on the damask cloth, and 81 W the water
splash from the little fountain in the
center into the aquarium and over the
glossy plants, all reflected into the
long mirrors. However, what did it
matter? She was already talked
about" turned out of her lodgings as
a person who had gone wrong. She
would keep this merry moment to re-
member when she had put an end to
all by saying to the neglected pupil
that she could no longer impart in
struction to him.
He was ordering every indigestible
luxury on the bill of fare, the dia-
mond on his little finger flashing like
a small sun, obsequious walters bob
ing about behind them. He looked
kindly at her, and asked her if she
liked this or that. He was as simple
as an old baby, as kind as an old lady;
and he was a nice, pleasant-looking
man
"All over All over f. she said to
herself. II might have known what
wicked world this is and how i'll it
thinks Of innocent things. Why might
not | go on teaching him forever with
out harm p
People were coming in from con-
certs; from the theaters; tables were
filling, but theirs, between two COL
umns beyond the fountain, was very
quiet.
The walters were gone to execute
Mr.. Sliger's behests. Suddenly he
turned to her, and took letter from
his pocket.
miss Piper" he said, Tread that. "
Pandora opened the missive and
perused it.
1t was from a firm Of lawyers, speak
ing in plain terms of Mr.. st. Leger as
a gentleman, and man of honor and
fortune.
II got EN- to give it to me-" he
said, ito show you.
II did not need it, indeed" said
Pandora, sadly. "And this 10 the way
your name is really spelt2" st.
Lsger It's indeed beautiful name?''
at sounds little curious to me, u
he said. Mother wrote it Sliger. |
never knew, but, you see, I'm all
right. They never took me without
character when went for place
In the poor times and oouldnt ex-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1884-10-02

D@. Every paper in the United
States should occasionally keep the
fact before It's readers that burnt corn
is certain and speedy cure for hog
cholera. The best way is TO make a
pile Of corn on the cobs, efectually
scorch it, and then give the diseased
hogs free access TO it. This remedy
was discovered by Mr. Docks, at the
time his distillery was burned, in Full
ton county, I'll. A lot Of stored corn
was in the distillery at the time of
the fire and was 80 injured as to be
rendered unfit for use, and was hanled
out and given to the hogs, that de-
voured it greedily. Before they had
partaken OF this corn several had died,
but after the second days partaking
not single hog was lost. and the dis
ease entirely disappeared. The rem
edy has been tried in number Of cases
and has never failed.
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over the wal lHe!s.,fa 90 a.
she came home in htsry, arrang-
ing her hair, saw that the little par
lo@s .,.---. ..vot ~nd awaited her guest
with feverish anxiety.
At last he came.
Nora showed some one up stairs
and there entered at the door an ell
derby gentleman of benign appearance,
dressed in the latest fashion, but not
without regard to his age, who, bow
ing low, remarked:
II hope am not too late, mum.
| know your time must be valuable. "
II am sure | only wish everybody
was as punctual," said Miss Piper.
at is exactly 8 o'clock
You're very kind, mum" said the
gentleman, seating himself as Miss
Piper motioned him to a chair. I'm
an oldish pupil, I suppose you think ;
but I'll explain. think I've ex-
planned in my note, but I'll explain
again. I've been neglected, not from
any unkindness-for my poor mother
did the best she could for me-but
we were very poor. | don't wish to
mention the humble position I've al
ways occupied until a year ago, when
somebody came from England and
hunted me up. Mother was dead.
poor dear But this is how it was,
Father was very rich and up in the
world mother was housemaid. He
married her and his mother was furi-
GUS, aud mother couldn't stand it.
She ran away; she came here and
lived an honest, Woodworking life.
1t was only when she died she told
me my name was not Noggins, but
Sliger, and that she had written to
my father, or got some lawyer to
write, and he was dead too, and |
came into the property and left the
humble position | won't allude to,
and--well, I'm rich, but | don't know
anything, and before | 60 to England
want TO be educated. You under
stand?"
{" It's very laudable ambition, I'm
sure" said Miss Piper. II usually
teach music, but, of course, / can I'M
dertake the English branches. .
Eyes, mum, replied the gentleman,
hastily. II want to begin with music
the pyanner. have never known
any one in high life who could not
play upon the pyanner. Begin with
that and go on to spelling, which |
am conscious that l sadly need"
1t was not the usual course, but
there was serious and dignifed man
ner about this neglected" person that
made it impossible for Miss Piper to
say so. She mentioned her terms and
set the hours for the lessons, and so
skilfully emphasized the name Of the
instrument that Mr.. Sliger before his
departure had begun to call it the
"peearno' instead Of the "pyanner. :
At the door, however, he gave her
dreadful shock.
II wish, num-" he remarked, ito
begin with tunes.
Miss Piper was conscientious little
teacher, but she felt that there were
people in this world who must have
their own way and Mr.. Sligers first
lesson consisted Of the white Coo
kade."
He had very good ear; he was
anxious to learn. From the "White