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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16
THE LAND OF LAKES.
Strange Sights That Are to Be Seen in Fen
land.
Liasu e Hours.

Liasue Hours
Finland is in the language of the coun-
try, soumesima, -sthe land of lakes" and
this is in reality the truth, as no less than
One-third is under water. Much Of this
is, however, marsh land, though the lakes
Saima, LOdOga, Enare, ETC., cover some
thousands of square miles. The surface
face of the country is fiat, with a chain
of low hills about the center, the highest
of these being the mountain 'Aavasaksa."
The coasts are deeply indented and pic
turesque. with bold granite standing
clear out against the deep blue sky, and
many islands belonging to the Archipel
ago of Aaland dot the surface of its
western waters. Inland there are dense
forests of pine, fir and birch which have
= stronge and enthralling influence on the
imagination.
Notwithstanding their usually somber as
pect, there are innumerable pleasant
glades in the recesses of these woods,
where the tall and white-stemmed birch
and great powders covered with lichen
crop up from the the grass and form
pleasant picture; besides this the lakes
have beauty-solemn and romantic
which can scarcely be found elsewhere.
The landscape, too, dotted with numer
Gus windmills' and the church towers
built apart from the places of worship,
present strange pictures.
From these towers the night watchmeE
sound their horns or play upon triangles
as an alarm of fire. Often in the dead of
the night a great blaze on the horizon
tells OF some great forest fire. Th3se are
mainly owing to the carelessness or the
peasantry, and, combined with the great
expectation of timber and it's lavish use
for frewood and for building purposes,
have caused rise in its value within the
last few years.
Travelling in the country, though cheap
is not always pleasant. Many Of the
roads are as what would be described as
''corduroy''-th is having rough logs
laid across, over which ones vehicle bumps
and jumps in a manner calculated to
make the bones sore for a considerable
time after a journey. The velocity with
which the natives send the carriages down
hills is also likely to try the nerves of any
not to the manner born. Most persons
posting through Finland have their own
vehicles-Mheeled ones for the summer
and sledges for the winter-and they
change horses at each stage of Is versts,
(ten English miles,. Should you have to
trust to the post-house for conveyance
you are more likely than not condemned
to travel in cart without springs and
hard seat with no back to it or an ordin
airy working sledge. The charge for
posting is little enough, being 10 Finnish
pennies I'D. English) per verst, and the
driver iG required by law to take you at
the rate of one Swedish or English miles
per hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16

got bullet sent into him. No ODE regard
| ed the incident as extraordinary, but
pending the arrival of q new man some
one was wanted to teach school, and with
my proverbial good nature I agreed to
| step IN and fill the bench. l got on very
well until In one of the reading books we
came across the word ''Hezekiah,' which
seemed an impossible barrier. / told the
first boy to spell it, when to my surprise
he called the letter 'szee." In England
and Wales, and indeed everywhere where l
had been, the last letter of the alphabet
was called szed," and l attributed the new
nomenclature to southern ignorance. All
down the class went that fatal letter, and
as passed each boy began to grow dim
ly conscious of the fact that I was being
regarded as a lunatic.
During the recess I expressed surprise,
at the boarding house where was staying,
at the ignorance of boys of II and Is who
didn't know their alphabet. The laughter
which greeted the recital rather discomfit-
ted me, and when I was finally enlightened
[ felt smaller than ever, either before or
since. The school-hsuse had to remain
closed till the new school master arrived,
for regiment of soldiers could not have
induced me to enter it again.
The nickname of "Zed" had chung
to me until I shook the dust of that
little town off my feet and came further
North.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16
Libraries Of the World.

The largest library in the world is that
of the French, at Paris, which contains
to-day upward of 100000 printed books
and 100000 manuscripts. Between the
Imperial Library at st. Petersburg and
the British Museum, it is difficult to say
which is the larger. Neither will vary
much from 100000 Volumes The
Royal Library of Munich has now some
thing over 100000, but this includes $780,
900 pamphlets; the Royal Library at Ber-
lin contains 100000; the library at Cop
enhagen $4,000; the library at Dresden
100000; library at Vienna 100000; Uni
versity library at Gottingen, Germany,
100000. The Vatican at Rome has about
100000 printed books, and commenced
IN 1879. There are about 60 other Iibrar-
les IN Europe larger than the Vatican
Library. The National Library of Paris,
Is one of the very Oldest in Europe, hav-
ing been founded in 1850 though the Uni
verslty Library at Prague is reported
founded in the same year. The British
Museum dates commencement about 400
years later-1753. Of the large libraries
in the United Slater, the Boston Public
Library comes next to the Congressional,
with about $4,000 volumes INCLUDING
duplicates in its z branches); the Har-
ward University collection comes next
with 100000. The Astor and Mercantile,
of New York, have each about 10000:
Yale College has about 115,00O; Dart
mouth about $4,000; Cornell University,
with $4,000; the University of Virginia,
$4,000: Bowdoin with $4,000; the Univer-
slty of South Carolina with $4,000, Mich
lgan State, 10000; Amherst, 44,5OO;
Princeton, $4,000; Pennsylvania Mercan-
tile, l26,OOOO; and Columbia University
of South Carolina, $4,000.
1t will thus be seen that our National
Library, as 1t should be called, exceeds all
but eight, or possibly nine of all the
ancient libraries of Europe, and all in
America.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16
A Fall and a Rise.
Detroit Free Press.

farmer who had been doing business
with some one on the second floor of a
building near the market made a slip at
| the top of the stairs and came down
in spread eagle fashion, and was for a
moment rendered unconscious. He was
taken into the office of a livery stable for
temporary examination and as they open
ed his coat and vest and chafed his hands
he opened his eyes and,said:
Boys, I'm done for!,"
''Oh no, youn soon be all right" they
replied.
Boys" he said as he tried to rise up,
zone of you go over on tho stand to my
old woman"
''Who is she?"
''Her name is Potter. There's a white
boss in the team. You'll know the team.
You'll know the wagon by a barrel of cider
in the back end. There's also crock of
butter"
''We are to find Mrs. Potter and tell her
you are hart and"
Gone of the horses is blind and the old
woman has a red feather in her hat"
eyes, we know we are to tell her that
you are hurt, and"
"And one of the fore wheels of the wag-
in has got two new spokes in it," said the
man.
'All right; and we are to bring your
wife?"
mo sir. You jest tell her that I've
broken both legs and forty other homes
in my body, but not to sell one burned
ounce of that butter for Iess'n 20 cents
a pound. Butter has riz. and the old wom-
an sets there chawin' gum and don't know
i'll"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16
John Chinaman and the Fourth
San Francisco Call.

Very amusing answers are sometimes
given by Chinese when examined in court
as to their knowledge of American affairs.
Yesterday United Statss district Judge
Hoffman was trying habeas corpus case,
and hearing the petitioner, Yong Don,
mention the month of July in his answer
to question asked the Cinnamon what
he knew about July.
me sabe July belley WE'LL" was the re-
ply. me sabe Fourth of July"
"Well, what do you know about Fourth
of July?" asked the Judge. 'What Nell
can man do thenr
"Melican man he heap hoist flag, heap
fire big guns, and heap drink liquor heap
whisky"
At this lucid description of America S
greatest holiday the court relaxed it's
judicial frown, and ripple of laughter
tioated through the room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16
1887.
HARPER'S MAGAZINE
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Simnle Major est

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16
A Misfit Compliment.
San Francisco Chronicle.


what a beautiful child! What an
extremely handsome felIow!' says the
visitor to the lady of the house.
eyes, he is handsome boy, think"
"Oh, indeed he is. He is the perfect
image of his father-the perfect image
Don't you think so?"
''Well, don't know. I never saw his
father. We adopted him"
Tsaeher-What is your fathers ocoupa-
ton? New pupil mustn't tell. T.-But
you must tell. N. P. latter much hesita-
ton He is the bearded woman at the
museum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16
Zee or led.
St Louis Globe Democrat.

am WelshE1an by birth and educa-
ton, and when I landed in America I
thought of making my fortune IN the
South. l didn't succeed. That. however.
doesn't matter. Bnt I remember an Incl
dent at which [ didn't laugh at the time,
but which | can laugh at now as often as
you like. While l was waiting for some
thing to turn mp, the local schoolmaster
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-16
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-20
General Terry's Nomination.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 15.-
AS the facts relating to the nomin; =
ton of General Terry to be Major
General come out they reveal some
interesting points. One is that the
President hladetthe nomination with
out consulting anyone. 1t is reported
on good authority that General Sher
idan made no recommendation, and
while he has his preference, who was
understood to be General Crook, he
did not offer unasKed suggestions. II
was reported too, that the night be-
iOre the Presidential election, General
Terry made an ultra-political speech
at st. Paul, MIMI, in which he said
some very ugly things-to the effect
that the Confederacy would he again
in the saddle if Cleveland should I've
elected. and many other things of the
same character. Though they were
conveyed to the President the ihfOr-
nation did not effect him in the least
and he gave the position to Terry In
spite of them.
1t is reliably reported that the
President was of the opinion that
General Terry's nomination to his
original position of Brigadier General
was made prior to that of General
Howard. the former should have been
the ranking Brigadier Generalsnot
withstanding the fact that General
Howard was confirmed first. General
Howard takes rank from December
q, 1861. and General Terry from Jan.
uary 10, 1865. General Howard's
friends sly they believe the Presi-
dent will send him in for the next
vacancy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-20
Uneasy Democrats.
Yaca
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
The Democrats in the House are
not at all easy about the election to be
held next fall, which will decide the
complexion Of the next House. The
party is very much demoralized on
account of the disagreement with the
executive and the internal disputes
upon the tariff and the silver ques.
tions. The leading members in the
House look upon the situation as
very threatening. One member
spoke with great deal of warmth
to Star reporter. He said:
II don't know what's to come of
it. He" (meaning Cleyeland) "knew
we were irritated almost beyond en-
durance by the civil service law.
Why did he force his silver theory
upon us. He knew. or could have
known if he had cared to confer with
his party, that we were pledged to
silver and had made our campaign
on that line."
This feeling is echoed throughout
the party rs far as it is represented
in Congress-. Members say they try
to counteract what they consider the
evil effect of the Presidents silver
declara lions by making speeches and
otherwise declaring their loyalty to
the dollar of the daddies. but they
are met at once by good speech
from some member of their own par
ty and by q reiteraiiOn by the Secre-
iary of the Treasury of the admins
tratlon's championship Of gold. Some
look upon the Senate's fight upon the
President and the partisan fight that
has opened up with such warmth in
the House as the salvation of the
party-if 1t Is to have any. They
have to fight the enemy to keep from
fighting among themselves, and they
feel that they have recovered some
ground in the fight they have had
over the pension bill. They unite
also, in opposing the position of the
Senate with relation to removals, and
while this attracts their attention
they can keep from qusrreIIing ovel
other matters. A Southern member
said that he considered that the Re
publicans had done the party great
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-20
Mr.. BrydOn Wins His Case.

Tue court of appeals has affirmed
the judgment of the Superior court
of Baltimore City, which gave Mr..
Brydon $4,000 damages against the
b. & o. railroad company. The &C
tim WAS brought in the AlIegany cir
cult court December q, 1876. Ivy Bry-
don to recover damages from the rail-
road company for alleged violation of
an agreement under which he was to
furnish the company with $50 to 800
tons of coal daily for a period of three
years. The coal was to he taken from
small vein at Bloomington and WAS
to he used in cOaling the company en-
gines. After a certain quantity of the
fuel had been delivered the company
ri cted the coal on the ground that
il WAS not of proper quality and re
fused to receive it. Hence the suit.
TIE damages were laid at SI00, 900,
and the original counsel in the case
were Hon. VIM. Walsh, A. HI. Black.
iston and M. A. Healey. In April,
1877, the case was removed from Allie
gany circuit court to the circuit court
for Howard county. 1t was tried
there in March. 1873, and the jury
tailed to agree. The case was then
removed To the Superior court for
Baltimore City. where on March 90
1885, Il verdict for S75, 200, with inter
est, WAS given the plaintiff. The
judgment WAS entered up April g.
1855, the interest beginning from that
llme.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-20

service by making the Democrats feel
1t their duty to defend the President
against their attacks.
1t Is considered now to be quite
likely that the silver question will
waste itself away in speeches. and
Will never come to a vote in the
House. The party leaders think this
course must be followed if they
would avoid disruption, But when
the tariff question comes up on the
floor it will not be possible to silence
the notes of discord. And it seems
quite likely, too, that the civil SER
vice spectre will not Keep down.
There are many in the House who
still look forward to some change
that they imagine wonld benefit the
party, and forces are silently at work
now which will open after Mr..
Eaton's successor is appointed.
The political situation is anoma-
Ious, and no member pretends to
know how it will work itself out.
The Democratic majority in the
House is not so large but that it
might not drop to a minority, and
there is considerable uneasiness in
he party.