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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26
In Answar to Typo.

No. Supreme Courts in several
States have held that the type known as
an interrogation-point (?) is not legal
''figure % in delinquent tax-list; that
a section-mark 60 viii not do for a
''fgure s." and that paragraph-mark
Cd is not permissible in place of a dol
Iar-mark ($). In printing-oficeS over
500 miles from type-foundry, how
ever, the court sustains the use of the
hoWling-mark @, the parallel CID, the
dagger Cd, and the double-dagger ID
in place Of the Figure IL 1t may be
of value to the editor in these terrible
emergencies to remember that the ex-
preston '.Ditto' (Which, with three
fonts of type, may be secured in at least
120 different ways) viii cover a multi
tude of unpaid taxes.-The Current.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26
Burdette in a Michigan Cemetery.

[ like to get away from the live men
and seek the companionship of the dead
ones. | believe | love the dead people.
It is good to stroll about among the
tombstOnes, and look down upon the
graves of them that sleep. You seem
to catch some of the sweet quiet of their
dreamless repoSe, and as you read their
names and think of them all this grim,
nameless fear of death passes away.
One day, away out in Rlissfield, Mich,
| left the little (and the town is usually
about all [ do leave after collecting my
fee)-I left the little town, doing away
the early March afternoon, and strolled
out to the acre where the sleepers await
the resurrection dawn. | glance at the
stones as [ pass along the little mounds
and wonder that people should live so
long. Most of the quiet ones-could
they hear me as | walked through the
dead grass and rustling leaves, L won
dered?- most of them seemed to have
dropped asleep in good old age, far
down the quiet afternoon Of life, like
an old man falling asleep in his arm
chair watching the fading sunlight die
away, and the creeping shadows falling
over the meadows and brown stubble
fields. How tenderly you feel toward
the dead you have never known as you
stand among them.-Br00bJy71 Eagle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26

The Supreme Court of Tennessee has
decided that a domestic canary bird is
property and may be subject of lar
cenY. The learned court was, of course,
not ignorant of the law; the court
erred as to the facts. Judging from his
sad bachelor condition, Judge Cooper
has never chased, at the bidding of fair
damSel, the yagrant canary through
field and forest. There are Benedicks
on the bench, however, and some one
of these ought to have known that there
is not bird or beast kept as a pet orfor
profit or use SO absolutely lacking in the
a5ai911ats reUerte7di. We have suspected
its small corpus of being moved and in
stigated by the devil. 1t is painful to
see a learned court fully up in the law
thus slipping up on matter of fact
Memphis tlsnas.) AUGIaache.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26
Loves Wane.

What if love grow weary with long waiting
Panied with the frequent lapsing of long
years
dissatisfied of love, that knows but tears,
And winter passion, but no spring time S mat
ing;
Till sick at heart at each long hopes abating
Seeking to find some soul not 50 remote,
To cling and Irvine soft arms about whose
throat
Is joy enough to drown whole worlds pratt
ing;-
Shall We condemn, who know not of the sor
row
Endured beyond endurance, and the pain
Of love unsatisfied, or shall we borrow
That which hereafter we may count as gain:
Loves flame burns bright to-day, and dies to
morrow;
And love, unfed with lOve,is but loves wane
}. AlmOn Richie in the Current.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26
Distribution of the Sense of Taste.

Taste, however, is not equally dis
tributed over the whole surface of the
tongue alike. There are three distinct
regions or tracts, each of which has to
perform its own special office and func-
ton. The tip of the tongue is concern
ed mainly with pungent and acrid
tastes; the middle portion is sensitive
chiefly to sweets and bitters; while the
back or lower portion confines itself al
most entirely to the favors of roast
meats, butter, oils, and other rich or
fatty substances. There are very good
reasons for this subdivision of faculties
in the tongue, the object being, as it
were, to make each piece of food under
go three separate examinations QIke
''smalls, - mods" and greats at
Oxford), which must be SUCCESSFULLY
passed before it is admitted into full
participation in the human economy.
The first examination, as we shall
shortly see. gets rid at once of sub
stances which would be actively and i'm
mediately destructive to the very It's
sues of the mouth and body: the seq
ond discriminates between poisonous
and chemically harmless, food-stuffs;
and the third merely decides the minor
question whether the particular food is
likely to prove then and there whole
some. or indigestible to the particular
person. The sense of taste proceeds,
in fact, upon the principle of gradual
selection and elimination; it refuses
first what is positively destructive, next
what is more remoteI y deleterious. and
finally what is only undesirable or over
luscious. Grant Allen, t11 Popular Sci
ence Monthly for February.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26

A preachers wife of three years
standing says that she would rather
have her husband go as foreign mis-
sionary than to be a pastor. She de-
clares that she could stand the heather
in foreign lands better than she can en-
dure the cranky men and oficious wo-
men in the churches. Since we come
to think of it, we must confess that we
do sometimes get some rather trouble
some people into our churches
na0nd VA Religious Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26

Perhaps no nation of the earth Is
more in need of little wholesome in
struction for the advantage of its civic
corporations than the United States,
Notwithstanding the fact that there is
no other nation that guarantees SO many
rights and secures so mary privileges
to its myriad factors. Chicago Inter
Ocean,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26

Benjamin Campbell, of Potsdam, n.
Y, after a long search, has found an
immense raft of timber which his faith
er allowed to sink in the St. Lawrence
river at the beginning of the war of
1912. 1t is expected to be worth from
$4,000 to 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26

Senator Vance is a tall, shambling-
figured, carelessly-dressed man in his
55th year. He was born in North Car
DINA and educated in that State and
Tennessee. He was a Colonel in the
Confederate service. He has a round,
full head, set low upon a short, thick
neck. 1t is surmounted by a mass of
straight, iron-gray hair. His red, fat,
double-chinned face is smooth sbaYen,
with the exception of thick mustache.
He is lawyer by profession, and has q
great local reputation as a wag. He is
what is called an alleged humorist. His
style Of wit and hUmor is much bettex
appreciated, however, upon the stump
than'in the Senate. To do him full JUS
tice, though, it should be said that he
makes few efforts in that direction in
the Senate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26
NOTED SENATOR'S.
Pen Pictures of Some of the Prominent
Men From the South.

A correspondent of the Chicago I1j-
01t71e, in recent letter thus describes
some Of the more prominent public men
of the South
Lamar has no desire to leave the Sen
ate, as has been stated before in this
correspondence, as his physical health
would not permit Of his undertaking
the labor Of any Cabinet position, He
IS obliged at the present time to avoid
everything in the way Of excitement.
He, through his great knowledge of
public affairs and his excellent iud0-
ment, has gradually grown into the
position of general counselor to his par
ty IN the South. His advice is not al
ways followed, but there are few men
in the South who would undertake any
political act Of Importance without con-
sulting with him. His health does not
permit the amount Of reading which
has hitherto occupied the leisure of his
Studious life. He therefore gives UP
more Of his time to talking with his
friends than he has ever done in his
more active days. In his rooms upon
First street he is nearly always sur
rounded by a crowd. He wraps him
self up in a red Oriental dressing-gown,
and with black silk Mandarin shoes
upon his feet for slippers this eccentric
looking man will sit as a teacher at the
head of a class in political philosophy.
was in his room one day last winter
when there We're a number OF Mississippi
plans about him The Senator sat with
great name Of hair falling thickIy
across his face, nearly hiding it, and
twisting his fierce long mustache as the
lower part of his face sunk down into his
long beard. He sat listening and talk
ing to those about him until the room
darkcned. Suddenly the Senator
paused in the midst Of his discourse,
jumped up, and said: why, really,
gentlemen, you must excuse me. Ihaye
an engagement TO dine. I have only
twenty minutes to dress and get up
town" He began tearing off his red
dressing-gown as ne flew across the
room and disappeared behind a curtain
which inclOsed a recess opening into
his front parlor. In exactly six min
utes by the watch the Senator returned
in full evening dress, and, with the sim
plicity of a very. much younger man,
called his negro servant to light the gas
so that the company could inspect him
in his resplendent attire and sec if he
would pass muster.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26

The common sense Of Cockrell
amounts almost to genius. He was one
OF the most successful cavalry officers
in the Confederacy He fought fairly
and honorably during the War, and
when it was over he accepted its results
without question. He has never asked
Congress to remove his political dis
abilities. He came here IN 1866 and
got Frank Blair 10 so up to the White
House and ask johnson to pardon him.
1t was done with the understanding that
there should be no mention Of it made
IN the newspapers. COckren came here
one morning and went home with his
pardon in his pocket the evening of the
same day without saving one word to
any one about it outside Of those I'M
mediately interested in procuring it.
Nothing IS better illustrative OF his
shreWduess and reserve than the fact
that he never mentioned the circUm-
stance at all until the opposition to re-
storation Of Southern men to their old
privileges was practically done away
with.
Senator Cockreu is in his 51st year.
He was born, bred, AMI educated in
Missouri. He is over six feet in height.
His figure is very broad and powerful.
He has large hook nose. which stands
out sweeping line in harmony with
the next curve which runs from the top
of the nose over his nearly bald head.
His hair is a blush gray, worn at mod
crate length about his thick neck. A
fierce cavalry mustache is twisted IN
der his hawk nose. A long attenuated
beard hangs as straight as so many
strings from the sharp chin Of his sal
low, high-cheek-boned face. His eyes
are pale gray blue, which can twinkle
with humor when he is pleased or can
be as cold as steel when he is in the
opposite mood. He IS a lawyer by pro-
fession and a prodigioUs worker. There
is no Senator who looks more carefully
after the interests of the Government
than he. He IS always in his seat il
the Senate chamber, and sllillfully dis
guised indeed must be the Job that can
pass his vigilantly-guarded desk. While
he is 4 chronic obiector to the thousand
and one jobs which are constantly
springing up under various forms, he is
q most liberal legislator in what really
relates to GOOD government. els very
democratic in his manners. and when
not at the Capitol can be found at his
house with his wife and children, to
whom he is thoroughly devoted.
Senator Harris is over 60 years of age.
He, like COckrel, was bred and edu-
Gated in his native State Of Tennessee.
He has had a large experience in public
life. He was 2 member of Congress at
one of the most stirring periods of our
history-in 1649-and was reelected in
1851. He was a figure in the debates
of that period which resulted, in the
Congress after his retirement, in the re-
peal of the Missouri Compromise. He
is man of slight figure and of medium
height. He is quite round-shouldered
His face is regular-featured and smooth
shaver with the exception of a LONG
white mustache, which he wakes il
military fashion. During the War he
served upon the staff of the Confeder.
ate commander of the Army of the Ten.
nessee. He is a man of moderate means
Senator Coke is a man of enormous
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-26

Senator Coke is man of enormous
figure. Everything about him appears
to have been constructed upon a large
scale. He is very large. !boned, and
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December, HARPER's MAGAZINE will
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Evening Capital.
THURSDAY. OCT. Is. 1885.
HERE and THERE.

Cool whether Is here.
The leaves now litter the pave
ment.
This is the month for Autumn
leaves.
The church revival season has
opened.
The daily record of homicides
is appalling.
The wheat fields are already
looking green.
i THE newest style of writing
paper is the color of blood.
The bare fact is becoming ap-
parent that summer is nearly
over.
Make 4 solemn VOW before
tackling the stove pipe not to
swear.
Our immediate delivery boy
1t the postofiice has lots of spare
time.
Horseback riding is becoming
more popular, its a healthy
amusement.
The orthodox silk hat will be
decidedly taller than the sum-
mer tile.
The farmer who failed to cut
the thistles growing upon his
farm has something to think of
on windy day.
The time is here when it is in
order for neighborly house wives
to pass their opinion on their
neighbours sweet meats.
Remember the ten-cent de-
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tage. The ten cents is for de-
livery charges, and postage is at
the usual two cent rate.
Wedding resulting from chance
acquaintance made during the
Summer vacations are now pub
lished under the head of casual
ties.
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TIME owner win offer for sale In the
L beautiful and healthful town of Ok
ford Talbot county, a neat and comforta-
bic two story frame COTTAGE, nearly
new containing parlor, hall DINING room
and kitching. and two nice bed-chambers:
has neat front yard and good garden at
tached. 1t is situated on the Main street,
within few hundred yards of the steam
boat wharf, and in fun view of the seau-
tiful Tired Avon and Choptank Rivers -
Two lines of steamers run to Baltimore
daily from the town; it is popular sum-
mer resort and has two fine hotels the
waters abound with fish. oysters and
crabs. and an extensive business is done
here during the season in this line. 1t
is tae turIninus of the Delaware and
Chesapeake Railway The property can
be bought for $1,000, including lot 26x15O
feet--a small amount cash and balance on
easy terms For particulars apply at this
Office, or address r. II. BUTLER,
iu1S-ts Trappe. Talbot Co.. Md,
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-09-11
CLEANED FROM THE MAILS.

Elk Gov. VIM. Smith, of Fauquier, entered
on his ninetieth year on the 9th inst, in per-
feet health He has 500 acre farm and gets
up every morning at dawn. He has been twice
Governor of Virginia, once member of Con-
gress, and at sixty-fve years of age went into
the Confederate army and was twice wounded.
J. P Imboden, the General Manager, Capt.
F. M. Imboden, and Frank Imboden, with
nineteen others, belonging to an American
company for the development of silver mines
in Honduras, Central America, under the pat
ronage of that government, arrived safely at
Yuscaran Aug. 18th. letter from one of
them to Gen. J. D. Imboden communicates
the fact, which ought to be important to the
Valley of Virginia, that American -four is
worth $12 q barrel there. Palmer & Bowman
of Virginia, are about sending 100 blooded
cattle there to start improved stock raising.
Fitz Lee graduated at West Point in 1856,
and was assigned to the Cd U. S. cavalry,
then differed by Albert Sidney Johnston,
Colonel; Robert E. Lee, 1t. Colonel Geo. Fl.
Thomas and Hardee, Majors, and Earl Van
Dorm, Senior Captain. In an attack on an In
dian village 1t. Fitz Lee was shot with an ar
row. The buglef of his company, Edward NJ.
Hayes, afterward brevet major in the Tenth
Ohio during the war, and now captain of
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-09-11

thirty three years old. She got about the
house when In health, as rapidly as ordinary
women.
J.F. Weed, of Ronceverte. W. Va, young
err brother of Mrs Dora Sprague, wife of Ex-
Gov. Sprague of r. l.. died Canonchet, r.
l., Sept 9Th, while on visit to his sister. An
overdose of morphine taken to allay pain,
was the cause.
Ice cream has become standard for judg-
ing of peoples social status At Newport
there isn't an ice cream saloon anywhere in
the region of cottages, and the same is true
| of the fashionable part of Long Branch; but
at Ocean Grove where nobody pretends to be
anybody in particular, ice cream saloons
abound, and 500 persons can be seen empty
ing saucers with spoons all at time in To-
| cally celebrated restaurant "And vet, :" says
q critic, "some of the girls looked quite re-
| fined and nice'
Mrs. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker of Maryland
has lost by death from inflammation of the
lungs, the world renowned COW, Princess Sec
ond, (valued at $25, 000) which astonshed the
world by giving i'll seven days yield of fort,
six pounds and ten and half ounces of but
ter. This test of her butter qualities wa
completed April 10, 1885.