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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

poor fell0wf" and as she muttered
these last words Madge sighed.
"Why poor fellow?'" asked Bertie,
quickly turning to look at her sister.
because he will never marry"
'How do you know that?" cried
BERTHE, coloring vividly. 'Has he
told you so?"
''No, but I happen to know; he
loved some one long ago, and will
never forget her."
what can you know about Will
fred LIE Roy?'-incredulously. owe
have only known him few weeks.
IT knew him before poor father
died." said Madge, playing with her
ring to avoid her sisters steady gaze.
'SAnd you let George think you had
never met before" said BERTHE, slow
ly. "You never loved him." opening
her blue eyes. "If you had loved
him you would have been true, in
spite of his poverty"
Months passed on, and, taking up
the Times one morning, Wilfred came
upon his friends name In the list OF
the slain.
It was terrible blow for him, as he
had loved George with quite broth
erly affection.
Madge went into mysteries when she
heard the news. but soon calmed down,
showing admirable resignation to her
loss, Bertie, indeed, seemed to feel il
the most.
Wilfred came as usual to the cot
tage, and one day when he and Madge
were alone, rather abruptly alluded to
the past.
HE can't be going to propose al
ready" thought the pretty widow and
decided in her own mind to put him
off at least twelve month.
"Madge," said Wllfred earnestly,
"when I first came here and found
yea the wife of my friend, I thought
[ should go mad"
Madge murmured something about
it being too soon to talk of such
things, but he did not appeafsto heed
her.
Eyes" he went on, 81 loved you
still. Forgive met was wrong, and
I couldn't help it. And now"
He paused for a moment, and
Madge colored hotly, forgetting her
recent bereavement and knowing only
that the man she loved was metaphor
ically at her feet.
"And now?" she said, softly lifting
her eyes to his face.
"And now" he returned, in an agi-
tated voice, ''now love-I love your
sister,"
Mrs. Enfeld's complexion had never
looked more lovely-her cheeks were
like roses, but her eyes well they
had rather an angry sparkle, and
her lips were slightly co Mpressed.
IT am glad-very glad. indeed, !"
she said, with emphasis. eff I were
Bertie, | should not care for mans
second love; but, Of course, everybody
to their taste"
And with this parting taunt she
walked out of the room just as BERTHE
entered it. The girl could not under
stand the meaning of the angry look
her sister gave her.
She did understand it, though, a
moment later, when Wilfred caught
her in his arms and told her of his
love.
After all, it was fortunate for all
concerned that affairs had taken this
turn, for a short time later on it was
found that George Enfeld's name
should have been among the missing
not the killed.
Madge, to do her justice, was gen
timely glad when she heard that her
husband had turned up" safe and
sound, and welcomed him as warmly
as if she had never thought of being
his friends wife.
So all ends happily, and-for
George, at least-where ignorance is
bliss it is folly to be wise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

Proved its truth: Jones-''Ah, how
true it is that is more blessed to give
than to receive" Smith (meanly y
''That is a new discovery for you to
make" Jones Gnnocently-"Yes:
made poor man who lives in the
other end of the town present yes
terday, and never felt so happy In
my life" Sm1th-"Indeed? What
did you give him9" Jones-''My
wife's parrot"
Inquiring Child-''Pa, what is the
difference between sitting up and sit
ting down9" sPa (wlth perfect couf-
dence in his ability to explain)-Why,
my child, when somebody is standing
up, and he seats himself, he sits down
and when he doesn't go to bed, and
sits down, he sits up" Inquiring
child-"But pa, if he sits, how can he
sit without sitting down: end if he
sits down, how can he sit up?"
One of the largest salmon ever
known to have been taken from an
European river was netted few days
ago in the Tay, near the mouth of the
Almond, a few miles above Perth.
The weight was estimated at about
eighty pounds. The fish was five feet
in length and two feet five inches in
girth. It was male, fresh run, and
in splendid condition 1t was return
ed to the river.
The largest gold nuggets ever found
were the Sarah Sand nugget, at Bal
laret, weighing 130 pounds; the
Blanche Barkly nugget, at Kingower,
weighing 145 pounds, and the Wei
come nugget, at Ballaret, weighing
1S4 pounds, which was sold for s10,
900.
Sylvia Duboico, a negress, who cele
brated her 10th birthday last August,
lives in destitution on the bleak sum
nit of Lowland Mountain, in New
Jersey, and is believed to be the oldest
person Ia the United States.
At a fancy dress party some time
ago, q young lady was dressed in
marvellous dress of green aad red, in
which imaginative eyes were supposed
to discover some more Or less resem.
blance to lettuce and lobster. "What
do you represent, Mrs. NJ. 2" a gentle
man inquired as they took their
places IN seat. ''I'm salad" "Ohl"
was her partners retort, while he
flashed quick glance over the very
liberal exposure of her person, ''bub
haven't you forgot to put On the
dressing?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

limb of a lofty oak, his white epaulets
plainly visible in sharp contrast to
the glossy black plumage.
Probably for typical mountain
scenery the Pyrenees and the hill
region of Gallicia and the Austrias
are the finest in the peninsula. But
the great sierras of the south have a
character of their own which is not
wanting either ia beauty or grandeur.
The vast piles of limestone. of which
they are largely composed are blanch-
ed by ages of exposure till they shine
in the sunshine like white marble.
relieved and variegated by the dark
green of the brushwood, which grow
thick wherever among the rocks it
can find soil for its roots. Naturally
these ragged sierras are but i'll adapt
ed for cultivation. Here and there
the mountaineers have wrested from
the stony decivities little patch of
corn land. In this the hillmen com
pare favorably with the more listless
dwellers of the plains. A keener
sense for the struggle for existence no
doubt develops latent energies; but
these sometimes appear to increase in
proportion to the greater remoteness
from the baneful influence of the
priesthood. The staple industry of
the sierras. however, is the breeding
of goats. Ubiquitously audible is the
not unmusical tinkle of the little bell
which each goat carries on its neck, a
sound characteristic of the widest
and most remote glens of the noun
tains. Last thing at dusk, first thing
at dawn, resounds that little tinkle
round ones camp. The personal ap-
pearance of the Spanish serrano is
formidable. AS he suddenly appeared
on the scene, leather clad, shaggy,
and bronzed or copper color, with a
huge knife stuck In his belt, and his
long single barrel slung behind his
saddle, he looks the picture of dare
devil desperado. But despite his
appearance our friends is quite harm
less; nay, hospitable and hopeful.
With Spanish courtesy he assures you
that ''his house is your home" and if
his hospitality be accepted, nothing
will be lacking which lies in his power
to afford. Nevertheless there are rea-
sons-legions of reasons-which in !,
duce one to prefer an 0I fresco lodg-
ing. 1t should be added that in a
long series of rambles on horseback
through some of the wilest regions of
Spain no difficult from ma0E0 gente
was ever experienced, nor was anyone
met with more lawless than the SNUG
glers of Gibraltar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22
Sheep Notes.

Hold on to the sheep, remarks
the American Agriculturist. The de-
pressing tendency of the wool market
is apt to influence many sheep raisers
to get rid of their focks at any price
and go out of the business. We be-
lieve those who do this will miss it.
Every business has it's low tide, but it
will surely rise again, and they who
hold on to their sheep will be gamers
in the end. The farmer or stock raiser
should not be tickle.
Objections to the practice of
washing wool are multiplying and it
would seem that in many parts of the
country the custom would soon die
out. An Illinois exchange says: Mr..
Hileman sheared 25 head of Cots
wolds, and the clip as it came from
the sheep, weighed 244 pounds. It
was afterward thoroughly washed
and weighed 141 pounds, loss of 1O3
pounds. The unwashed, at the mid
dling ruling price-20 cents, would
have brought $48 80. The washed,
at the present highest price-32 cents,
would have brought $45.12 This
leaves a balance in favor of the un-
washed wool, to say nothing of the
loss of hard work IN washing.
More lambs are consumed for
food in England, in proportion to the
number of sheep growers, than in any
other country. And when a year
ago the Queen set the example of
abstaining from lamb during the sea-
son, in order to give an increase to
the f0cks of the United Kingdom, it
cost English epicures some selfdenial
to follow her IN this matter. How
ever, the number of lambs,
which had been rapidly declining,
has since greatly increased. The
official statement of live stock for
1884 shows that the proportion of
lambs to sheep is now ffty-nine per
cent. and there has been an increase
of nearly one million in the number
of both, Or about four per cent.
According to English papers the
sheep industry in Australia has
brought out variety Of the sheep dog
remarkable for sagacity, but differing
in many other particulars from those
them that they will hunt for straggIers
miles away from the hut and either
drive them la or watch them, if they
happen to be exhausted, until they
gather sufficient strength to walk. 1t
is a common thing ia traversing the
grazing country, to come upon one of
the sagacious dogs on guard over a
a strayed or broken-down sheep, and
while placable and gentle to remark
able degree, as rule. are then resent
full of interference with their charge,
and fierce in the extreme
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-22

Warren County, Kentucky, devel-
opes the most liberal man heard from
The Bowling Green Gazette says:
"Mr. Milton Francis requests us to
inform those in the city who are In
want of fuel that he has upward of
thousand cords of wood on his farm,
five miles out on Green Hill road,
and that whoever will come and cut
and cut the wood off is welcome to
it."
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24

secret session Of department relief corps
was S.ld in q. A. X. hall on the morning of
August 18th, attended by eighty members OF
department corps. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Mrs. Lotie l.. Myers, depart
ment president and was devoted to an exhi-
bition of the workings OF the order. Regu-
lar weekly meeting of the corps was held in
G. A. R. hall, Friday, August 2lst at } =. N.
tull report of the executive committee
could not be given until after the meeting of
that body next Tuesday evening A unan-
imous vote OF thanks wss given by the corps
to Mr.. Shewalter for the sale of tickets at
our dining hall and to all others who 80
kindly assisted us in our enterprise 1t was
moved and carried that the members of the
corps who did not in any way assist at the
dining hall be invited to make such monied
contributions in lieu of work as they feel
willing and able to do, and that such con-
tributions be paid to the treasurer. One ap-
plicant fg membership was reported on ia
vUrably. There being no further business
before the corps, the meeting was declared
ad burned.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24
PE hSON l..

Chase Stewart spent Sunday at Huntsville
Mr.. Ralph Bartholomew spent Sunday in
Detroit.
Mrs. Charles W. Constantine returned from
the East last evening.
Cha, H. Sweetzer leaves for Hagerstown
Nd, this afternoon.
Ex-Shertl James Foley took in the Cucin-
natl excursion yesterday.
Mr. H. p. Mason left for Memphis, Tenn,
this morning via Pan Handle.
Mr., and Mrs. Scowden left for Hopkins,
Mo. this morning via |. B. Il W.
Mrs. Tom Galgan, OF Piqua is the guest of
Mrs. Joseph White, of Monroe street.
Mr.. Nathaniel Nye left tor Harrisburg, Pa.,
this morning on visit to his parents.
VIII Ayers, Of Urbana, was the CUES, of
Wilbur Crane, of East High street, yesterday.
Messrs. Geo and Cha5 Pitson and John
Stevens left for Chicago this afternoon via !.
Il. II W.
DR.. and Mrs. p. R. Hengst, formerly OF
this city, are making great musical reputs-
ton in their new home at Waco, Texas
where they sing in the choir of the Austin
street Presbyterian church
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24
LOCJL ~ n pfTIES.

The wait found in the Mitchell block Sat
urday afternoon has been named Mitchell
Welsh.
FAIR weather, warm nights, moonlight
divine, and broken hammocks are the weather
indc&ons tor the present week.
The natural gas men are now making
negotiations with the Keystone Drilling Co..
an eastern firm, to purchase machinery, in
tending to do their own boring.
Among the immense crowd that took in
the Cincinnati excursion yesterday were more
than haIf the young bloods OF the town, who
attended the base ball game in the afternoon
aud took in the Mcado in the evening.
y. 7. Masts ,Npcrm,nial well on Mitch
ellis meadow, near The pumping house, has
been sunk u feet and no h ny but surface
water yet found The well will be sunk
ght feet further, unless the bed of rock
which rises to the surface at Lagonda is
struck in the meantime.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24

Mrs. Emma Carks Combined Medicine
and Hair Restorer removes all dandruti
tom the scalp and renders it perfectly
healthy. 1t will cure all diseases of the
scalp, also cures neuralgia headache, ner-
vous headache and removes pimples from the
face, restores gray hair to Its natural color
and produces luxuriant growth of the hair
This preparation is perfectly tree from pois-
onous drugs. Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded. This Hair Restorer is pre-
pared and sold by Mrs. Emma Clark, South
Charleston, Clark county, Ohio or her au-
thorized agents. Agents wanted. Give it a
trial. Price s per bottle.
For sale by Ad. Bakhaus h Co., Druggists,
% East Main street, and n. II. Wolfe, corner
Market and High streets, Theo. Troupe, T. J
Casper, Montanus h Garwood and NJ. W.
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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24

The first resolution OF the democratic plat
form, adopted at Columbus, the Goth inst
says;
"The revival of prosperity and the IN
crease in the value of property already begun
Demonstrates the benifcence Of democratic
principles, even before any session of congress
enabled the country to realize the full irui-
ton of their application by legislation"
II we are living under the "benicence Of
democratic principles and have not reached
their "full trution," Great Jehovah, | pray
thee, keep back democratic "applicstion by
legislation On Saturday, the 22d inst,
valuable real estate, located in this
city, was offered by the sheriff at public auc-
ton. Only part OF the property was sold No
bidders. local paper, edited by rock
ribbed democrat, says:
"ln the sales made thsre is not one piece
but which would have been eagerly snapped
up II, double the prlce Obtained, il offered two
years ago"
This 'prosperity" has been accommodating
with us since the fall of 1882, when this party,
which now promises "ful iruition," captured
the lower house OF congress, and now with
the impudence OF the devil himself, threatens
to make the "application by legislation"
Now, if we are in possession of your
"prosperity" and "full fruition," please
caucus on the question of administering n
dose OF "application by legislation" Don't
misunderstood the temper OF the American
people-they are lopg-sufiering but remem.
Der, the ides of November, 1888, are coming,
when you will he ordered to step down aud
out, without the realization of the "iult
fruition" of "prosperity," brought about by
the "applicatioD" OF the general cussedness OF
the democratic party.
The eighth resolution makes the hypocriti-
cal declaration that the democratic party has
always been "the friend OF labor" Shoel !
The very thunderbolts of the skies will rattle
that assertion down the ages MS the giant lie
of the latter part Of the nineteenth century.
For fifty years the democratic party in con-
gress was pelitioned for home stead law tor
the benefit Of the laboring classes, for the
purpose OF enabling them to secure homes in
the west, For fifty years that party denied
labor that boon. That party opposed home
stead laws because 1t wished TO and did de-
grade labor by so doing. II was allied with
and wrapped mp in American slavery,
whereby il degraded four millions
OF laborers - Gods children kept
in ahect servtude and ignorance. "The
friend OF iabor"--if that is so, then hell is
the home OF morality and religion.
la the 18th resolution the resolute makers
vomit forth hypocritical expressions OF regret
at the death OF the lamented General Grant.
Miserable political shystersl How dare they
desecrate the name Of our countrys great de
trnder--the man who suppressed the demo-
cratic rebellion brought upon the people by
the very party that now lauds his name
That party has never passed resolution
either state or naiions l. condemning their
(,ra - n.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24
COPPERS' CLIPpINGS,
Minor Arrests OF Yesterday and Today,
with Their Causes.

Minor Arrests OF Yesterday and Today,
with Their Causes.
The Dickey family and colored woman
named Lie Underwood INDUCED in war of
words at kinney's arcade Yesterday alter
noon, and were soon engaged in regular
face-scra,ching, hair-pullng melee. Mrs
Dickey, her famous daughter, Viola Dickey,
aud the Underwood woman we're all ar
rested by Officers Norton, Mast aud Nlcklas,
and given free ride in the patrol wagon
Lize Underwood is wanted on au old warrant
for disorderly conduct.
John Scurry, well-known denizen
OF kinneys arcade, came up to mayors
court this morning and wanted to file an ahi-
dayit against another resident of the Arcade
for receiving carpet which his daughter
sold. He WAS told that he could not make
case against the receiver of stolen goods
without duplicating the thief, and allowed
the case to drop.
Last night Mrs. Stratton, of Center street,
arrested II few days ago for keeping bouse
OF Ill fame, made complaint to Officer Norton
against DR.. Cain, at the corner of Washington
and Center streets for committing an indie
cent act. A warrant was issued and the doc
tor was arrested by the marshal this morning
Mrs. Maggie Buckner of York street, WAS
arrested yesterday afternoon on a warrant
issued las. week Tor keeping house of Ill
fame.
Before daylight yesterday morning COM
pIaint was made at the patrol house that three
white men were drunk and making the air
blue with their maudlin racket in front OF the
A. NJ. +. church on North street. The wagon
went down for them and they were arrested
by Officer Walker. At the station house they
gave their names as Jack higgins, Jim Cary
and Tom Redden.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24
CURES FOK PILES.

Piles are frequently preceded by sense OF
weight in the back, lons and lower part OF
the abdomen, causing the patient to suppose
he has some etfecton OF the kidneys or
neighboring organs. At times, symptoms OF
Indigestion are present, faiulency, uueasness
OF the stomach, etc. A moisture, like per-
spiratiOn, producing very disigreeabe Itch
ing, after getting warm, is common at
tendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles
yield at once to the application OF DR..
Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts directly
upon the parts affected, absorbing the
Tumors, allaying the intense itching, and
edecting permanent cure. Price SO cents.
Sold by Ad. Bskhaus h Go.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24
A no RRTBLE NfGHr.
A Man Caught by in,iing Lumber spends
III. Night IN WriggiinI out.

| A Man taush, by iaiiiog Iumhrr spends
III. Night IN Weighing Out.
When Dave Caps, at the Central engine
house, got up about 6 o'clock yesterday
morning he heard man moaning and calling
for help. II was some time before he could
locate the cries, but finally found that they
came from Simpsons lumber yard in the rear
Of the house. lie Immediately hastened
thither and found Eugene Johnson, commonly
known as "Hod" Johnson, lying on pile OF
pine siding in the shed with his left leg
broken between the hip aud knee and his
clothing all spa,cred with mud. He is
the Oldest son OF James johnson, ST., and
is carpenter by trade, though he
sometimes works at moulding aud other jobs.
As his relations with his family are not the
most cougenial, he is not always very partic-
uIar about going home at night and frequent
ly sleeps out In the summer time. He said
that he had crept into the shed abou, mid
night with the intention Of sleeping there
He had gotten in behind the lumber and was
attempting TO pull himself up between two
piles oi stacked siding one OF which was
taller than the other. As the lumber was
narrow and rather loosely stacked. the taller
pile fell over on him catching his leg and
pinning him between the piles of pine. He
called Tor help, but could attract the attention
oi nobody. lie then began to wrigge out and
iinaIly, after two hours Of agony, succeeded
in working out at the end of the timber and
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24
LOCAL NOTICES.

Testimonials OF the valne Of Mishler's Herb
BItters are SO numerous and so conspicuous,
that he who runs may read. Rev. Joseph n.
Magee, OF Philadelphia, is one OF thousan3 9
who have had experience with this wonder
tul medicine, and who are living witnesses to
its valuable properties. He writes: 81 suf-
ierei severely Tor many years with chronic
dyspepsia. AN now entirely cured, and my
only remedy has been your wonderful and
etlicacious Mishler's Herb Bitters. heartily
recommend it to every dyspep,ic in the land. y
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24

Five hundred business men have recently
given their written opinions on this important
question. Only n few OF them have anything
to say about health in connection with it.
Health has more to do with success than most
folks suppose. Many men have been wrecked
by dyspep'c stomachs and impoverished blood.
What n pity. Don't make failure OF your
lite. Take Browns Iron Btters. DR.. J. b.
Morgan. Joplin. Mo, says,"I find Browns
Iron Btters gives entire ats'acton to all who
use it, So do hundreds of others.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24

The following is H dramatic criticism in an
afH'na paper; a company OF buffers gave n
show ihst night AT Barney Hills. They played
d'hzy snap called "l!amlet." We never
beard OF the drama before, and we never want
to see 1t again. 1t is the snidest thing in tn.
way Of show that we ever fell up agains,
ihere amt no horses, singing, fighting or
dancing in the whole blamed shebaug. There
was lively dog fight iu the middle OF the
the play that was great success. The actors
were not killed, but the duck that played
Hamlet was tarred and teaihered
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24
An undoubted BIcssiny

ABOUT thlIty years ago prominent physi.
cIan by the name OF DR.. William Hall discoy.
cred, or produced, after long experimental re.
search, remedy for diseases OF the throat
chest and lungs, which was of such wonder
iul efficacy that it soon gained wide reputa-
ton in this country. The name of the nedi-
cine is DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs.
and may be safely relied on as a speedy and
positive cure Tor coughs, colds, sore throat,