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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
Taking and Giving Advice.

Taking good advice is quite different
from giving good advice. Almost every
body knows how to do the second; next to
nobody knows how to 90 the first. Yet
taking good advice is, normally, at least
quite as important as giving good advice;
and in the present state of the world, it is
much more important. What sudden
change there would be III this laundering
old world, if the taking of good advice
were as easy and as pleasant as its Civ
ing.
1t was a favorite thought and conceit
of the classical writer's that men were di
vided into three classes: Men, who,
themselves, knew what they ought to do;
men, who did not, themselves know, but
who were willing to learn from others
what they should do; and men who neither
knew nor would learn from others, what
was best for them to do. IF one can't join
the choice few who form the first of
these three classes, he ought atleast to see
that he does not belong to the ignoble
many who form the third.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
He Had Them.
Boston Post,

A wag, sauntering along a Boston street
the other day, was accosted by man who
stammered. as follows:
"Can you t-t-tell me where I may g-get
some g-g-g-good t-t-tin TIT tacks?"
Certainly" replied the wag; ''you turn
down this street on your left two blocks,
then turn again two blocks to your left,
and again two blocks to your left and that
will bring you to the best hardware shop
in town, where you will be sure to find
them"
The stammerer continued his way. The
wag, walking down the street two blocks,
entered the aforesaid hardware shop, and
proceeded as follows:
'Have you any g-g-good t-t-tin TT TT
tacks?"
''Yes, SIR" said the obliging shopman,
producing his best after some rummag
ing.
''Are you s-shure th-th-these are g-g
good ones?"
eyes sir; the best that are made"
care th-th-the heads g-g-good and
strong?"
eyes, sir"
"Have they g-g-got egg good s-s-s-s-
sharp p-p-p-points?"
eyes, sir"
''Well, you p-p-p-please s-s-s-sit on
them till | come back, will you"
Exit rapidly. Presently the unlucky
stammerer, having described a square of
two blocks, arrived at the hardware shop,
and entering, asked innocently:
"Have you any g-g-good t-t-t-tin TIT
tacks?"
sect out of here!" ETC., etc., etc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

slate one side gets fattened. Put another
close to it and the contiguous walls be-
come quite fat, owing to the equal ten
sion on the two sides. Now add five more
bubbles, so that the first occupies the
center; cross section of this central
bubble will now be perfectly hexagonal,
all the contiguous walls of the seven
bubbles being fat, the free ones curved.
This is the case in the hive; the free
walls of the comb always running in a
sweep, and the hexagonalty being simply
due to the pressure of one bee against
another as they are working.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
The Bees Eye.
All The Year Round .
Cincinnati Times Star.

There Is bees eye, with its hundreds
# facets, each presenting the same image.
his Is proved by separating the many
ided corners and looking through it
it'll microscope at a candIe-fame. The
ee, moreover, besides its pair of simple
yes, very convex, for distance Wis
IN. Then there are its antenna, where
J 1t feels its way in the dark hive and
inch give 1t, moreover, its equestic pow
Of smell. Bees can hear, too, through
" John Lubbock thinks not. They
sem deaf, because like wise people, they
oly attend to such sounds as concern
EN-: their own hives ''rOar" the strao-
.ers can hear very long way off. and
IT. Cheshire thinks that the old kew and
arming pan music at swarming time is
no means exploded. Their imnassive-
ess under many kinds Of sound he com
res with that of the most human beinps
thunder storm: we are as if we heard
whereas, if child cries for helm we
Ike into activity. Bees clearly are not
zen to waste emotion or nerve force.
,ey have q nervous system, with sgangli-
81. e, knots or Jumps where the nerve
reads meet. A bees brain is a bigger
1glion placed in its head, divided-like
-rs-into two lobes. In queens and
ones the brain is small. The worker
proportionally twice as much brain
the ant, and more than twenty times as
uch as the cockchafer. Intelligent
ugh it Is, we need not suppose it to be
nlgh-class mathematician because its
IS are hexagonal. Mr.. Cheshire says
u II you put soap-bubble on a bit of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
sNo Dead Wood In thi, Offer

AMONG THE $50 kinds of Cloth Bound Dollar
Volumes given away by the Rochester On. W
American Rural Home for every 81 subscription
to that Great SPACE, IS COL, is year cid weekly,
Gall SKI inches, from 800 to 900 pages, bound in
CLOTH, sre:
Law Without LawyerA Danelsons( MsdicaO Coun
Family CyclopediA selor.
Farm Cyclopedia. Boys Useful eastimes.
Farmers and Stockbreed- FfveYears Before the Mast
ers' Guide. Peoples History Of United
Common Sense Ia Poultry States.
Yard. Universal His. of all Ma
World CyclopediA tfens.
What Amy One Should Popular History Civil War
Know. (both sidesl
Any one book and paper one year, postpaid,
Sis onlyl Satisfaction guaranteed. Refer
ence: Hon. G. R. PARSONS, Mayor Rochester.
Samples 2 cents RURAL HONE Co., LTD, Roch-
ester, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
Too Many Cheap Books.

The literary pirates of this city have
so saVagely cut one anothers threats that
the loss of blood seems likely to kill most
of them, writes a New York CORES pondent
of The Baltimore American. Alarming
weakness is exhibited in several instances.
Each concern has been eager to slash into
its competitor and has done SO in man
ner to infict self-injury. Every foreign
novel, no matter whethdr there was a
reasonable chance or not that it would
have any sale, has been grabbed at the
earliest wossiblt momest by three to six
of the Library" publishing firms and
hastily thrown upon the overstocked
market on terms that allowed the retail
ers to return unsold copies. SO complete
have the mechanical resources of the
pirates become that in three establish
ments the entire work, including typesett-
ing, printing, and binding, is done by
machines. The stolen matter can be
rushed through in ten hours when driven
at the quickest. The celebrity of the pro-
cess has tempted the publishers to vast
overproducCion. A member of one firm
declares that not more than one book in
twenty in the cheap Libraries repays the
cost of issue and that, even with the most
popular noyelists' stories, duplicate piracy
divides the profit iuto small portions.
Heavy capital is required, because all the
stock in the hands of the retailers through
out the country If owned by the publisher
during the six months that it is left on
sale. Within month the returns of cop
les have been enormously increased.
While the aggregate sales have lessened,
the stock issued has multiplied through
hot rivalry. Intellectual efforts have been
made to bring about compact under
which the foreign novels should be appor-
toned among the libraries, in the way
the regular wublishers used to do, but
nothing has come out of it. Now, rumors
are afoat of insolvencies and impending
bankruptcies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
The Bush was Full of EN-.
DetI oft Free Press.

In the--regiment Indiana volunteers,
during the late war was an unusually &C.
centric native of Grin Go Bragh," who
had the fortune while on picket duty to
capture confederate soldier and take
him to camp.
In the same company was lazy and far
from courageous comrade, who, seeing
Dan with prisoner to be turned over to
the colonel said:
"Dan, you are obliged to go back on
duty; let NE take the prisoner up to head
quarters"
"Bedad, an not a bit of it. If you want
a rebel go out and catch ore for your
self! The bush is full of 'em," was Dams
reply.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
important.

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage, Expressage and So Carriage Hire, and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Grand Central Depot.
612 elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost of one
million dollars, ST. and upwards per day. Eur
opean plan. Elevator Restaurant supplied with
tho best Horse cars stages and elevated rail
road to all depots Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than al
arv orha~ first hotel in the cjtV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
The Ruling Passion.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph

A 14-pear-old Pittsburgh boy spending
his vacation in Columbus. Ohio, promised
to write to his father faithful accounts of
what he saw and what was of interest to
him in Columbus. He did SO, and it is
easily seen by his letter where his mind is
at present:
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July Is, 1886.
DEAR PAPA:
got here safe and sound last evening
about dark. 1t was splendid trip and
according to promise | will write you all
about it. The only thing regretted in
leaving is that I missed seeing the last
game of the series between the Allegheny's
and the Mets, but we got telegram last
night that the game went all right. What
dandy pitcher that Morris is. Pa, you
should go to see some of the games. You
don't know what you miss. You might
take take ma, too, on Thursdays, no
charge for ladies on that day. [ general
ly sit on the right, where | can see the
fellows put out on first. If you had been
there the other cay and seen Shomberg's
third-baser, you'd gone home wild. Shom-
berg is the new man-new first baser for
the Alleghenys. But [ forgot that you
don't know anything about baseball.
Iu6 uESG pace We SGOppc db was dG
Rochester, about % miles out. I don't
think they have a club there-though d
boy on the platform told me there was
one at Beaver and another at New Brigh-
ton, towns near by. am sorry [ could
could not find out how they stood; they
are not in the association anyhow. After
a while we got out in the hills and when
we got past Dennison, and from that all
hnx fn h11G I q
baseball country. You may not believe
me but there is just one field after an
other-only most of them were allowed
to grow in corn and wheat this year. This
is the country where the Sunday school
excursions should run to-plenty of room
for all the boys to play, and no such thing
as allowing only two bags for a three
baser when the balls hit the rocks, as they
are at Rock Point, and all those other
places.
[ suppose that before the Columbus
club was sold to Pittsburg all these corn
fields were diamonds. 1t certainly looks
desolate to see all these cattle roaming
and nothing but harvest hands trudgIng
along.
like Columbus, but | don't want to
stay here long. Next vacation please
send me to Cleveland or some other town
where they have a live club. Columbus is
the capital of Ohio-the proprietor of the
place told me that it was named after
Christopher Columbus, who discovered
America in 1892. You see [ have done as
[ said-got the history of the place the
first thing.
The Columbus people are most as proud
of the Allies as we are; guess they must
be sorry they sold out.
am going to New York on an excur-
sion to see the Newarks va. Zainesvilles
this afternoon and will write you a de-
scription of that place also, as soon as [
get back.
Love to ma, Willie, Sadie and to j ohm
ny.
| Your aft. Son.
r. S.-Don't let Johnny have my pro-
fessional dead league to play with. The
water in the gutter is terrible on horse
hide.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

other progeny. The babe looked quite
comic sitting up there all by itself and
occasionally straining at the pins in its
foolish desire to fall down. But it seem
ed to enjoy its novel position, and sat
that way playing and cooling an hour at
a time. It was simple thing, but it
pleased US boys immensely"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
CROTCH ON CATARRH /.

corTects offensive odors at once. Complete cure
of worst chronic cases; also unequaled as gargle
for diphtheria, sore throat foul breath soc.
The aggregate population of Brooklyn and New
York is nearly 2 100000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
The Testimony of a Physician.

James Beecher, NJ D., of Sigourney, Iowa, says:
For several years have been using Cough
Balsara, called DIR. VIM. HALLS BALSAM FOR
THE LUNGS and in almost every case through
out my practice have had entire success. have
used and prescribed hundreds of bottles since
the days OF my army practice C1863, when 1 was
a surgeon OF Hospital No. z, Louisville, KY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
WELLS HAIR BAISAM.

II gray, restores to original color. An elegant
dressing, Softens and beauties No oil nor
grease. Tonic Restorative Stops hair COM
ing out; strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp.
Crude carbolic acid is said to be an effective
remedy for rattlesnake bite
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Estates grow big ia Mexico. One on the line
OF the Mexican Central, hacienda, contains
nearly two million acres.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Why suffer piles? Immediate relief and COM
plete cure guaranteed. Ask for Rough on Piles :"
Sure cure for itching, protruding, bleeding
any form of Piles. SOC. At druggists or mailed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Clegg's Combined Letter, Bill, Circular,
Or Statement Sheet and Envelope is rec
commended by q. s. Postofice Depart
ment as ''the BEST" and retail everywhere
cheap as an envelone
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
New Way to Take Care of a Babe on the Cars

Saw rather odd thing in a drawing
room car out in Iowa the other day."
said a commercial traveller: ''there was
young mother aboard and she only had
three children to look after. The two
older ones were lively little rats, who
kept skipping all over the car, getting
into all sorts of mischief and leading the
poor mother a lively race. The puzzle
with her was what to do with the young
est, well-behaved fat babe Of six months
OF course, the child was too small to sit
up by itself, and just large enough to
squirm around and fall to the floor if
laid down. The mother couldn't very
well run after her older rogues and car
ry the babe with her, and she was in
great quandary as too how to manage
her troublesome brood. Finally happy
thought struck her. She took two large
safety pins, pinned the infant by its
short clothes to the upholstering of the
seat, and thus had her hands free for her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its eTrtTr
nutritious properties 1t contains blood-making,
force-generatfng and life sustaining properties;
invaluable for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general debility;
also enfeebied conditions whether the result OF
nervous prostration, over-work or acute disease,
particularly II resulting from pulmonary COM
plants. CAsWELL, HAZARD & Co., proprietors,
New York. Sold by druggists
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Five dollars can be saved every year in boots
and shoes by using Lyons Heel Stffeners, costs
only
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
+. ROUGH ON ITCH -

Rough on Itch'' cures skin humors, eruptions,
ring worm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chill
blains, itch ivy poison, BARRIERS itch. Soc. jars.
At San Francisco floral decorations at funer-
ais are becoming unpopular. The expense is the
cause
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
CROUCH ON BILEn PILLS

Start the bile, relieve the bilious stomach, thick
aching hsad and overloaded bowels. Small gran
ules small dose, big results, pleasant in oper
alton, don't disturb the stomach. CSC.
The average yearly expense Of this year
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12
ROUGH ON PILES.

Cherries and milk viii have the same effec
on you as cucumbers. Physicians approve of both
a elicacy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Company D, Of the Louisville legion, is soon
to give an exhibition of the manual with Chinese
lanterns after dark
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Ex-Gov. kirkwood, of Iowa, is candi-
date for congress in the I'd district.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

A tuTnip with three heads is the latest vege-
table curiosity in California
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

3 months treatment for soc. Piso's Remedy
for Catarrh. Sold by druggists
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

An elevator is being constructed at Pittsburgh
that will run $50 feet in one minute. A New York
elevator makes 300 feet in one minute.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

As a stimulant to the stomach liver and bow
els, the safest remedy is Ayers Pills.
Colusa county Californian proposes to raise
foxes fer their peits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Hairs Hair Remover always gives satisfaction,
and is endorsed by our best physicians.
Boys 25-cent pantsE' are advertised in New
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Rough on Cornsn hard or soft corns, bunions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

"Rough on Rats" clears out mice 15c
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

Rough on Toothache'' Instant relief. 15c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-12

A 14-pear-old Pittsburgh boy spending
his vacation in Columbus. Ohio, promised
to write to his father faithful accounts of
what he saw and what was of interest to
him in Columbus. He did so, and it is
easily seen by his letter where his mind is
at present:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-12
THE DIZZY STATUETTES.

General Barton, Business Manager John
Donnely and the rest of the Buou Opera House stan
having fully recovered from the effect OF the Dixey ball
dev otng their energies to the task OF dstribut
ing the Dxey statuettes given away on the 5O0th
night Unfortunately the making OF statuettes and the
cCorng thereof is work OF time, and though sculptor
sheehan a tribe OF dusky Italians hard work get
ting the figures ready, II will be days before the
1000 or are finished They carefully colored -
as to stand washing General Barton was betnoaning
the delay yesterday. He said that every day hundreds
OF applications for the figures made ana the ap
picants seemed TO receive the with something
Ike suspicion. "Wheu IL comes from the mould" said
ne each figure contains about two gallons OF water
which has to be slowly cvaporated so you we
are helpless To add to onr troubles some OF the men
employed carry the figures TO tho theatre have been
helping them selves them and selling them TO store.
keepers for 80 apiece. Two were arrested to-day
and Mr. Sheehan has lodged complaint against them.
and think this will act warning. About sixty In
all arc missing."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-12
ORGANIZING FOR TEMPERANCE.
THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL MErRoPoLIrAS TEN
PERANCE BOARD FORMED.

THE PROTESTANT Episcopal METBoPoHrAS TEN
PERANCE BOARD FORMED
The earnest work begun by clergyncn and
lay OF the Protestant Episcopal Church advan ,ed
another step last evening by the organization under the
auspices OF the Church Temperance Society OF The
METROPOLITAN Temperance Board OF the City OF New
York affiliated with tho Church Temperance Society o
the Protestant Episcopal Church u tho United States
meeting OF clerical and lay representatives OF the
different parishes OF the city WAS held la Annex Hall
No 10 Fourth ave, AT which many leading members oil
the church present including tne Rev. Dr. Henry
q. Satterlce who presided Robert Graham, who
recorded tho proceedings; the Rev. Drs. Randolph II.
McKIm W. II. Huntington, G. @. Tiffany, Wilbur +.
Watkins Arthur Brooks and Henry Mottet and General
Wager Swayne.
The president briefly stated the object Of the meeting.
Mr. Graham read constitution OF the Board prepared
by committee appointed at previous meeting, and
altar some amendments IL was unanimously adopted. ID
nrrsOnal rescue work, the personal influence OF mem
hers of the society by all means In their power srch
the voluntary assumption their part OF the partial OF
total abstinence pledge OF the Church Temperance
Dociety and the holding OF RELIGIOUS services aud other
meetings 70 promote tho OF tempe II pro-
loses efforts 10 regulate the liquor traffic by promoting
restriotIye legislation by collecting statistics Of the
nature and extent OF incompetence OF violations Of
sting laws seeking their better Improvement ana de-
vng means Whereby the llquor trade shall not exercise
undue influence tho city government Paroohal and
general extension Ii sought by Lectures giving lnIOruh
on 70 The pni e aud OBJ aiming tho OF needed
laws II IA declared that lhe society shall have aa
ton with any political party The basis whi,h is
founded Ia thus set forth:
Recognizing temperance the law OF the Gospel and
total abstinence rulo Of conduct essential In some
cases and highly desirable IN many others and ny and
resy according every the right To decide In tho
exercise OF his conscience whether or not ho VIII
ADOPT shid rule this society lays down, rs the basis on
which It rests and from which Its work shall bo con
Quoted union aud operation equal terms for tho
promotion Of temperance between those who use nOder
atey and those who entirely abstain from intoxicating
drinks rs beverages"
The membership is to consist Of the Bishop. who ia to
entitled Visitor the clcrgynen OF the parishes ana
chosen the parochal societies appointed
by the rectOrs OF the parishes. ,
Anobcf meeting Ia 20 called within three weeks by
the charm that OF last eyonng; officers VIII then DC
chosen and tho Board will entei upon its work