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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

The city of Charleston, in its corpor-
ate capacity, is about to undertake the
driving of the deepest we'll in the world.
1t will be driven in the main part of the
city, and, as it is expected TO furnish
100000 gallons of water per day, it is
calculated, with the two similar wells
already down. to furnish sufficient
supply Of water for the whole city for
many years. The new well viii be
1000 feet deep, will be at least six
inches in diameter at the bottom and is
10 be completed by next August.
1t is estimated that there are one
thousand Chinese children in San Fran
cisco eligible to the public schools
under Judge Maguire's recent decis-
ion. If this decision be sustained by
the supreme court. separate schools
will have to be provided for them, as
white children will not 90 to school
with the little pagans. In fact, the
caste of feeling between the two races
is fully as strong as between whites
and blacks in the South before the war.
James Morris Morgan, who is now
engaged IN writing up some of the in
side naval history of the late confeder-
acy, particularly in regard to the cruis-
ers, has had pretty wide military ex-
perience for so young man. He serv-
ed in the confederate navy all through
the war. Later he went to Egypt,
where he was made captain of artil-
lery, and served under Ratib Pasha in
the region now made famous by Cor
don and the mehdi. Mr.. Morgan is es-
pecially popular among the club men
of Now York, as well as among his old
companions in arms. He married Miss
Trenholm, daughter of the secretary of
the confederate treasury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
Then He Heard a Voice.

''Pa," asked little Hyson of his mel
ancholy parent, ''why don't children
get married." Because, my son, -
replied old Hyson, 1.-The law, the state,
recognizing their helplessness, their in
ability to take care of themselves, their
innocent ignorance of the wiles and
snares laid for their feet by designing
wo-persons, throws about their help
lessness the strong arm of its protec-
ton and keeps them from the clutches
of --'' Keeps 'em from what?'
a strident voice remarked from the isl
mediate vicinity of the kitchen door, as
a tall, womanly figure appeared, wip-
ing the dough from a pair of gaunt
arms with sharp elbows, '.keeps 'em
from what?n And old Tyson Just sal
there, swallowed and breathed hard,
and thought and thought and thought,
and for the life of him he couldn't
think what it was he was going to say,
or rather what it was he wanted tc
substitute for what he was going to say
Bob B1trGette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
ODiateS.

The first indulgence is in some sense
legitimate; is almost enforced, either
by acute pain or by chronic insomnia.
The latter is perhaps the most danger
Gus. The pain, if it last for weeks,
forces recourse to the doctor before
the habit has become incurable. Sleep
| lessness is q more persistent, and to
most people a much less alarming
thing; and it is moreover one with
which the doctors can seldom deal save
through the very agents OF mischief.
Neuralgia, relieved for q time by chic
reform or morphia, may be cured by
quinine; sleeplessness admits of hardly
any cure but such complete change of
life as is rarely possible, at least to its
working victims. And the narcotist
habit once formed, neither pain nor
sleepsessness is all that its remuneration
would involve.
The drunkard, it must be remem-
bered, gets drunk, as a rule, but oc-
casionally Save in the last stages of
dipsomania he can do, if not without
drink, yet without Intoxicating quanti-
titles of drink, for days together. The
narcotist who attempts to 90 for
whole day without his accustomed dose
suffers in "a hours far more cruelty
tnan the drunkard deprived of alcohol
in as many days. The effect upon the
stomach and other organs, upon the
nerves as well as on the brain, is one
of indescribable, unspeakable discOm-
fort amounting to torture; a disorder
of the digestive system more. trying
than sea sickness. Reorganization of
I'll, -
unspeakable misery eliminates in con-
vulsive twitchings, in mental and
physical distress, simply Understandable
to those who have not felt it.
Where attempts have been made for
chilly and suddenly to withhold the ac-
customed sedative they have not I'M
frequently ended within a few days in
madness or death. In other cases the
victim has sought and obtained relief
by efforts and through hardships which,
in his or her best days, would have
seemed impossible or uncomfortable.
One woman thus restrained escaped in
deshabille from her bedroom on a win
ter night of arctic severity; ran for
miles through the snow, and was fortu-
nate enough to find a chemist who
knew something of the fearful effect of
such privation, and had the sense and
courage to give in adequate quantity
the poison that had now become the
first necessary of life. In word, mar
cotics, one and all, are, to those who
have fallen under their power, tyrants
whose hold can hardly ever be shaken
off, which punish rebellion with the
rack, and with all those devices of tor
ture which medieval and ecclesiastical
cruelty found even more terrible than
the rack itself; while the most abso-
lutte submission is rewarded with suf-
ferings only less uncomfortable than the
punishment of revolt. De Quinceys
dreams under the influence of opium
were to the tortures of resistance what
the highest circle of purgatory may be
to the lowest pit of the inferno.-Th6
| National pp7,ip7y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

Young Lawbrief was in confidential
mood. He was getting on famously
well, had been taken into partnership
with reliable firm, and was doing the
Junior" drudgery under the impress
sion that he really was q good deal of a
lawyer for young one.
eyes, I'm getting on nicely" hesaid
to a friend. I'm about ready to settle
down into a married man with fixed
habits eft TX
EFT ux?" musingly inquired his
friend. ''Who is to be the delightful
ct ux?''
"Oh, l haven't got so far as that yet.
[ suppose there are young ladies will
ing to make the sacrifice"
ssWhat's the matter with the senior
pard' S daughter?"
Every agreeable; decidedly pretty,
all but her teeth-they are false.
whats that? False teeth are the
rule nowadays"
'.Falsum in uno, falsum in omnibus. .
Hartford Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
land I'd tell ANYBODY.

| land I'd tell anybody.
Hardened young womant' said [.
''But | am no longer deceived that is
one comfort. / will send that woman
back to her parents with you"
Jane stared at me.
Il think you're crazy, Mr.. Palmer
she said. 80 much better-lookine
and younger as she is than you, now.
believe. SO there now'' She stopped
and laughed. Il believe you're misled
somehow" she said. you don't
think that letter was from one of mis-
sus's old beaux?"
Il have read a portion of the letter"
| said fiercely. L have it here"
''Oh," said Jane, 1--WE got the other
two bits in my pocket. I tucked them
out of your way in hurry. I'll show
you the whole together here"
She took from her pocket two pieces
of pink paper.
you'll feel better when you've
pieced that out" she said with a ma
licious grin. ''Old bachelors do beat
all"
sat down at a table with an empty
inkstand and a water cooler upon it,
pieced the letter together, and read
this:
MY DEAR Miss PEARL,-I was called
away to extract a tooth from the mouth of
a gentleman too i'll to leave his house. [
thought l should be back in time. I am
sorry the plate does not fit. Ibid not think
1t would give you pain, but | can hardly eX-
pect you to forgive me for breaking my en-
gagement with you. | am sorry that Team
not see you before you go, but your husband
can certainly find some good dentist that
will dO the little that is necessary. Why
need you make two false teeth secret?
Everybody has them nowadays. re-
gretfuly, ''''
The epistle ended with the name of
the old family dentist.
''You thought it was beaux, didn't
you?" asked Jane. |'It only shows
what fools gentlemen is. Well, shall I
pack up and go? 'Twasn't my advice
not to tell you. I said: Tell and over
with it. They'll come out some day,
like enough at breakfast.
''Jane," said Il retain your services
Here is little present" And [ hand
ed her sovereign. Don't mention
this to Mrs. Palmer"
Then | went away to make peace
with my poor, snubbed, heart-broken
little wife, who was crying her heart
out; and as [ said before, [ have never
been jealous since.
P. 81 think Jane played me false,
after all, and told the story.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
Annoyances of Flat Life.

my DEAR" he said as he entered the
house, ''who is that gentleman across
the street,"
81 am not sure, but l think he is an
old beau of mine"
How long has he been waving his
handkerchief
ooh, more than half an hour"
SIS he trying to f1irt with you?"
That's just what annoys me. He
may mean it for me or for the lady in
the bay-window above If it's for me
[ ought to know it, and if it's for her
I'll never speak to the shame-faced
thing again as long as l live! Oh,
George, you don't know how Vexatious
and uncertain it is to have roomers
above you. [ wish we had little cot
tage of our own. ''-Detro5t Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

They do have some queer girls
down in Boston that fact observed
a traveller from New England; 1.-The
last time was in Boston, at the house
of a friend, | met a young lady there
who struck me as a type of her kind.
We were to have chicken for dinner,
and my friends wife asked the young
lady to step into the kitchen to see
what nice fat fowl she had. Would
you believe it? That Boston girl in
quired: SIS it dressed?' and on being
told that it was not she modestly re-
fused to go into the kitchen. That
very night that girl, who is a medical
student, went to the dissecting-room
and helped in the work. These Boston
girls break me all up
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
LYON & HEALY, Chicago.
OLIVER DITsON 81 CO., Boston.
minnesota Farrns.

l4O acres on Anderson Lake, in Bloomington
township, about eighty miles from the city; So
acres broken, 30 acres in timber, small house,
fine place for a truck or poultry farm; viii eX-
change for house and lot Price So 500 clear. ia
"a acres on Rush Lake, in town of Bloomington,
quarter mile lake 'front.' some timber; $4,000 per
acre. 69-a
50 acres on south shore Of Rush Lake; a good
place for vineyard or truck farm, being on the
south shore; STE. 90 per acre, 49-a
so acres within mile of hIinnetOnka Mills: suit
able for dairy farm; $4,000 per acre. 54-a
160 acres north Of Minnetonka Mills; would
make q fine stock farm; 5000 per acre. 53-a
240 acres in Minnetonka township; $500 per
acre. 55-a
100 acres timber, within half mile of Lake Min
netonka; land high and dry; $75 per acre. 34a
24O acres near the village of Long Lake, two
miles from Hotel Lafayette; 225 acres cultivated,
good houses large barn, good orchard, 30 head
OF cattle, 40 hogs, 30 horses machinery. This is
a fine property and will make an excellent stock
farm; price, $500 per acre. 93-a
100 acres within lille of Medicine Lake;
$4,000 per acre. 5l-a
All of the above described farms are in Henne-
pin Co., and near Minneapolis. We also efer the
following farms:
Earth Co. This is one Of the finest stock or dairy
farms In the N. w. Ample buildings, good water,
tirst,class land. Fully stocked with grade cattle
and horses
$50 acres near Marshall, Lyon Co. Mimi, good
buildings, A. l., land only S2,500.
10 farms in Noble Co. Mimi. ranging from so
to 400 acres each; liberal terms. We have farms
IN Minnesota and Dakota, all the way from 100
TO 30UO acres each. If you want q farm stock
ranch, or unimproved lands in Minnesota, Dakota,
or Montana write us stating just what you want.
We handle Minneapolis property and can salt
you in any class of property you wish.
FARNSWORTH & WOLCOTT
Real Estate Dealers Minneapolis MINI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
lie Had Heard Them Before.

On one occasion d rather cheeky in
dividual was Fostering Gen. Grant
with q lestioDs about some Of his cam
paigns, and the results not Being to
his taste, finally told the General that
it was a common criticism passed upon
him that he ad tho soldiers, the
money and the power, and that any
man Of ordinary capabilities would
have succeeded with the same oppor~
tunlties. GRAFT slowly rolled his
cigar from one side of his mouth to
the other, and replied quietly: have
heard Of these csiIcism before. There
is only one answer that can make.
Gen. Lee surrendered 10 me- He
didn't surrender osany other Union
General, though I believe there were
several efforts made in that direction
aefore | assumed commander Of the
fsY.YY1Iy .
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
ladies Weaknesses,

Mr.. T. II. dafford of Church Hill, Md, is so
pet beab fha 9s 0 of his wife to
fact and manner of her cure. To Mrs. Lydia E.
Pinkham. This is to certify to the grand affects
of yeurr Vegetable Compound. My wife was suf-
fering from terrible disease which seemed to
battle the skill of the best medical men. She
was in poor, languid, depressed, nervous condi-
ton. We finally concluded to try your Vegeta-
of one bottle had not been taken before there
seemed to be thorough change IN her 1rI0le con-
dttion, and now to-day she is in good health and
entirely relieved from all former depressed feel-
ings- T. H. Gafford and wife
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
A MERCHANTS PAL ace.
an Opening which Set Fair Shop =
keepers, Hearts A-Fiurry.

keepers Hearts A-Fiurrys
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April A. [Special.
T. A. Chapman's elegant new store
was opened to the public Monday,
April 6. This is undoubtedly the most
elegantly fur nished dry-goods estab-
lishment in the world. 1t is, in fact, g
veritable palace. From the lower story
to the roof it is simply magnificent in
its beauty and perfect in its details.
Mr.. Chapman made arrangements wita
the railroads running into Milwaukee
to sell round-trip tickets at reduced
rates to all who desired to attend the
opening which lasted three days. Your
correspondent, who spent an hour in
#the building this afternoon, is able to
affirm that the crowds who came from
d distance to be present at the opening
Monday were well repaid for the jour
ney. The highest artistic skill has beer
lavished and no expense has beer
spared to render the appointments
perfect. Commencing at the very
threshold Of the store, beauties meet the
eye of the spectator wherever he turn
The carriage entrance on Milwaukee
street is ornaHaented by a Doric portico,
supported by columns of polished red
granite. Passing under this, the visitor
finds himself il vestibule On the level
Of street, containing stairs which lead
to the first story. The floor OF the
vestibule is paved with coIored tiles; Q
richly upholstered seat is built along
the sides; the walls Of the apartment
are Of red birch, wrought in baskt t
work and panel designs, and finished in
oil. The lights at the top are formed
out Of small plates of beyeled plate
glass, with c0IOred Jewels set j. the
= i LIT
which will be enhanced at night when
the store is lighted up. Appointments
Of polished brass increase the richness
of the effect. The first story constitutes
one vast apartment, the ceiling Of which
is supported by fifty-four richly orna-
mented columns. Light Streams IN
from windows on three sides and from
three skylights above. The crown OF
the artistic embellishments Of the etO &
is the series Of paintings under the
large skylIghts by Tojetti of New YORK.
There will be four Of these paintings,
each having enc of the spa
sons for its theme AS yet Only
two, "Sumaner" and Autumn are N
place. The paintings are upon canvas,
which is attached to the wall with glue.
Each contains nine ife-size figures. In
drawing, cololing and composition they
lnQlcate that the artist whose work they
are is saturated with the spirit Of tn
school of Italian art of which Raphael
stood at the head. Competent critic,
rank these pictures among the finest
specimens of decorative painting in tie
country. The grand stairway In mod
flied Queen Anne style is another of
the noteworthy artistic features OF tAe
store. In fact it is nothing but a vision
Of beauty from one enc Of the vast
structure to the other 4 special in
vitation is extended to Chicago people
and the residents Of the suburban towns
between Chicago and Milwaukee to
come and sec the hands0me55 dry goods
store in the world From ChiCRc 0
Tribune Of April 6.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
GLEAEfNGS.

Short skirts are to be the rule this
summer, it seems, and those who care
for comfort will be thankful, says q
feminine correspondent.
New Jersey has q woman IN the
person Of Mrs. Mary Cook who eats
once every two weeks, and yet con
tlnues in good health.
The Philadelphia Bulletin the old
est afternoon paper in the City of
Brotherly Love, has entered upon its
thirty-ninth year.
The Organ fur OaihandeI gives an
account of some experiments lately
made in ST. Petersburg with pyron-
aphtha, al illuminating oil which
Beilstein, the celebrates Russian
chemist, things will supersede kero-
sene. Il is said to be wholly free
irons danger of fire, and burning
kerosene is easily extip guished by it.
Pyronaphtha itself can be readily gut
out by water. It burns with bright
light and gives off no smoke or vapor,
while the fact that it is q residual pro
duct Of the B&kU distilIatiOn of petro-
leum makes it cost less than zero
sene.
The Family Doctor Is the latest
specimen Of English medical itera-
ture, and is published weekly at a
penny copy. Such a journal might
do great harm if the public could
comprehend it, but anxious mothers
and fathers will not be likely to look
up such phrases as ''diffuse h8mato-
ma, divergent strabismus," ETC.,
which occur in It. It has an amusing
way Of telling us what to DO In emer-
gencies, e. e.: When there is any
difficulty III judging betwixt arteriai
and venCus hemorrhage, there may
be both. Treat accordingly
Last years income of the Girard
estate III PhilaGe phia was $3.50, 900.
It's real estate alone is valued at
s., 346, 900, besides the college build
ings and grounds. The collieries of
the estate produced 1, 10000 tons of
coal during the year.
The claimant to the Lovat Scottish
peerage, gentleman Of high respec>
liability, alleges that his ancestor fed
from Scotland and worked in the
Welsh mines of Lord Anglesey and
Powers (who befriended him) to avoid
punishment for having in a fit of rage
killed a piper The signature of the
fugitive miner on the pay~rolls is said
to correspond exactly with that of the
missing heir. Meantime the existing
Lord Lovat has an English peerage
conferred on his father, TO which the
claimant to the Scotch peerage can
prefer no claim.
IN France "the nobility and the
bourgeois y, said Cardinal Pie few
years ago, give fewer and fewer of
their offspring TO our holy order which
no longer finds its sustenance save
among the children of the people. :"
While In Ireland the fact that the
priests are not OF and from the people
has been q potent source OF their infa-
ence, it does not seem in France to
conciliste popular good will The
French proletariat never seems to have
GOT over the intense hatred of the
priesthood which showed itself In 1889.
They regard it as the friend of the
aristocracy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
The AristOel acy Of the Soil.
Carolina IS a. Snartar

SeSL oIIlld w. ~ 5EdI tan
The young man who knows how to
lay off corn and cotton rows, ana to
regulate the distance OF the same SO
as to get the largest crops, is worth 2
c0w-pen full OF nice, kid gloved, fancy
overloaded fellows who may know
how to lead the german or caper
around at fashionable waltz. Siding
cotton, setting pillow just right, and
adjusting gears 50 that shoulders and
back Of horses will never hurt, are
worth ) thousand fol- more to the
country than knowing how to pose in
a parlor or how TO adjust the shade of
the cravat to the complexion Of the
WeSrer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
Maryland, My Maryland"
pretty Wives.

maryland, MY Marylaud."
Pretty Wives,
Lovely daughters AMI noble men,
Ny farm lies in rather low and a.
asmatic situation, and
MY wifer'
''Who?"
fWas very pretty blonder'
Twenty years ago, became
''Sallow!"
''Hollow-eyedr'
"Withered and agedr'
Before her time, from
''Malarial vapors, though she made no
particular complaint, not being of the
grumpy kind, yet causing me great I'M
easiness.
"a short time ago ! purchased your
remedy for one of the children, who had
a very severe attack Of biliousness, and
1t occurred to me that the remedy might
help my wife, as found that our little
girl, upon recovery had
''Lostw
11G1 cctlAOWh Soo, d1Lu 1OOhco DIS lI0Su
as new blown daisy. Well the story
is soon told. My wife, to-day, has
gained her old-time beauty with COM
pound interest, and is now as handsome
a matron Gf do say it myself as can
be found ia this county, which is noted
for pretty women. And I have only
Han Ri+torC +O +bo1T- Gov -
''The dear creature just looked over
my shoulder, and says Z can hatter equal
to the days of our courtship,' and that
reminds me there might be more orettg
1ciUes If my brother farmers would do
as I have DONE"
Hoping you May long be spared to do
good, l thankfully remain.
@. Z. JAMES.
BELTsyILLE, Prince George Co., Nd, J
May 26th, 1888.
ssg~None genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun al the vile, poison
GUS stuff with Hop or Hops in Cheir name,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07

An aged lady named McLane. who
belongs somewhere in New York,
has called at the White House nearly
every day since President Cleveland
has been its occupant. She is known
to the attaches as''The Fairy" and
contents herself by leaving letter
for 1.-The President" which contains
all kinds Of suggestions about run
ming the various branches Of the gov
ernment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
Caught by an Ocfonus.

A diver who was trying to find pearls off the
Alaska coast found none but found himself all
of sudden, in the grasp of an ugly octopus with
arms twenty seven feet long. Such an experience
caught by dyspepsia, which is quite as bad An
octopus hates to let go. So does dyspepsia.
Browns Iron Bitters settles dyspepsia and makes
it loose its cruel grip. Mrs. Schmidt and her
daughter of 136 Conway street. Baltimore. were
both cured Of dyspepsia by the use of Browns
Iron Ritters
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
Butter Buyers.

everywhere are refusing to take white, lardy
looking butter except at grease y prices. Con.
sumers want nothing but gilt-edge butter, and
buyers therefore recommend their patrons to
keep a uniform color throughout the year by
using the Improved Butter Color, made by Wells
Richardson & Co., Burlington Vt 1t is the only
color that can be relied on to never injure the
butter, and TO always give the perfect color Sold
by druggists and merchants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-07
a Sad Case of PoIse nfng.

is that of any man or woman afflicted with dis
ease or arrangement of the liver, resulting in
poisonous accommodations in the blood, scrofulous
affections Sickheadaches and diseases of the kid
neys, lungs or heart. These troubles can be cur
ed only by going to the primary cause and put
ting the liver in healthy condition. To accom-
plish this result speedily and effectualy nothing
Golden Medical Discovery" which has never
failed to do the work claimed for it, and never
will.