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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02
Special Religious Services.

At the Appleton district confe renee
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
held at Clintonville, Nov. 8th and 9th
arrangements we're made for system
attic evangelistic work. By this plan
the Rev. R. ". Bosworth of Stevens
Point, and Rev. Thos. Sharp of Plover
will assist Pastor Smith for eight days
special services, commencing on Sun
day Dec. 5th. On that day Rev.
Bosworth will preach at 10:3O AN.
and 1880 p NJ. Services will be held
each day through the week at 2:3O &
1880 P. NJ. A cordial invitation is
extended to all who desire the moral
and religious interests of the commun-
ity. and the cooperation of all christ
ian people is earnestly solicited.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

See change of time on the G. NJ. &
st. Paul r. r. in the first column of
the local page. The passenger train
goes north 13 minutes later, and arri-
YES from the north IS minutes earlier.
Keep in mind the change or you may
get left.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

Next Sabbath evening the 5th of
December the Congregational Church
Society expect to have their church
edi6ce lighted with electric light.
This will be delightful change from
the use or kerosene oil.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

SO sets of road sleds are in the
course of construction at j. +. Moore S
wagon manufacturing establis hment in
Centralia, Is sets Of which are already
sold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

Remember that you can buy legal
blanks at the REPORTER Office. Par
ties outside the city can get small or
large quantities on short notice BY
addressing A. L. Fontaine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

Miss Clara Rablin was the subject
of a surprise party Saturday evening
Her schoolmates were all there and q
joyful time was had.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

While in Centralia the past week
We called at j. f. More's shops and
found the entire force busy as bees.
The blacksmith shop was full of horses
and "Loveless was getting there in
great shape" For frst-class work at
fair profits call at this shop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

Mr.. E. s. Smith, ,lDr. C. D. Smith,
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Smith, of
Oshkosh, sons and daughter of Rev.
Smith and wife of this city. held .
family reunion at the NJ. E. Parsonage
on Thanksgiving day. It was heartily
enjoyed by all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

Capt. c. W. Briggs is in the city pre-
pairing law matters that will come up
before the circuit court at its next ses-
sion. He is registered at the Central
House.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

The late SHOWS have given logging
operations great boom. Loggers
have taken advantage of the present
snow and are pushing the work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02
published

The Scientific American, published
by Mum & Co.. New York, presents
weekly to its readers the best and
most reliable record of various improv-
ments in machinery, while!the scieuti-
fc prog ress of the county can in no
way be CLEANED so we'll as by the reg
ular persual of its pages.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

For SALE-A pair of good work.
ing cattle, heavy and in excellent con-
dition for logging purposes. For
particulars enquire at the REPORTER
Office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
US. LAND OFFICE, WAUsAU, WIS.

Oct. 22d, 1886.
Complaint having been entered at this Office
by William Bulgrin against Joseph Mcconnell
for abandoning his homestead entry No. 444S,
dated April lst, 1884 upon the ER SEA sR4 SEX
and SEX sw4. Section &c. Township q Y,
Range4 East IN Wood County, Wisconsin, with
view to tbe cancellation of said entry: the
said parties are hereby summoned to appear
before the Clerk of the Circuit Court at Grand
Rapids. Wisconsin. on the 24th day of Decem-
Der 1886. at o'clock P. NJ. to respond and
furnish testimony concerning said alleged
abandonment.
S. E. THAYER Register
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

Call on DR.. Raber for all kinds OF
6rst-class dental work. Vitalized air
administered. Office over First Ma
tional Bank. tt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CastoKia,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

STRAYED-The undersigned has in
his possession at his farm in the town
of Grant Portage Co., A red yearling
steer with his tail and left ear partial
ly cut. The owner is requested to
prove property, pay charges and take
the same away,
VIM. KNOLL,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02
HERE AND THERE.

H~W. L. Wood & Co. take
pleasure in inviting everybody to
call and examine their mamouth
stock of Holiday goods.
The Grand Rapids FIGURING mills
are in full operation. See add above
w. w. Kline the jeweler. Shop
in T. A. Barnes confectionery store.
About four inches of the beautiful
snow" fell Sunday.
Edmond Arpin is doing some log.
ging on his own hook at Rudolph.
Pleasure cutters for sale cheap at
J. E. Moore Centralia.
Canning & Ingraham have three
logging camps in town PA,
The circuit court convenes in this
county Monday December the 9th.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02
LOANS & INVESTMENTS,

10 4 Per cent FER anVnDz
So will secure one Brunswick 20-Ihale Ell Bond
and one Italian Red Cross Bond the next
redemption OF which soon takes place. Every
Bond participates in FOUR REDEMPTION DRAM
INGs sannually-more than one chance 20 obtain
a Premium $4,000 to 100000. Bonds at all
times are worth heir face yalue.
Remit So by Money O-der. Draft. Registered
Letter 0 r Express. Balance payable in month :
ly enstalments. Z. S. Government Bond. ol d
on monthly payments. Address for Circulars
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

F. ]. Wood left Tuesday evening
for Milwaukee to attend the State
Sabbath Sch ool convention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

Be sure and see NOah's
Ark filled to Over-fOWing
with wonders just received
from Babyland- 5000 dolls,
at W. L. Wood &CO's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

dG W. La WUUu q w 81
Mrs. FL. Hayden has rented part of
the G. o. Baker residence and will re-
side in this city so as to give her three
promising young daughters the benefit
of our schools. She is to be employed
part of each week in the Pittsville &
Superior r. r. Office at Dexterville.
Her many friends will be glad to learn
of her decision to live in our city.
Mike Bogoger of Centralia, but who
has been residing in this city for sever
al months, has purchased business pro-
perty at Grand Rapids and intends to
make that city his future home. Just
what business he will engage in, has n OF
been defnately determ mined. Stevens
Point Gazette.
E1r Bogoser has purch ased the
property just south of r. Farrish& Bro.
store known as the |. l.. Mosher store
of DAILY Brothers. He expects to
start in the mercantile trade. The
building will be re modelled and improv-
ed. We are pleased to know that Mr..
Bogoger and wife will become resi-
dents of Grand Rapids.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-02

Has Complete Line of Fall and
Winter Suitings. Also a well
assorted stock of goods. Shop in
CHAS. BRIERE' s BUILDING,
WHERE HE STANDS READY
To fill All Orders on Short Notice
IN the latest styles and fashions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-28

The basin outlined by the letters q q @
is of rock, or clay, or hard-pan soil,
with a bed of gravel between the two
LAYERS, and the water which flows from
the rim of it sinks down between these
layers and gradually fills it. At the
verge of the outcrOp the overflow es-
capes in the form of springs; lower
down a well or pipe sunk Gas shown at
b into the gravel bed taps the reser-
voir, and the water rises in it TO the
level or the source at the rim, or if the
well is below this level the water flows
over and may be carried by pipes to
any height not above the level of the
source. This is an artesian well, and
in some localities such water supplies
extend over hundreds of square miles.
Wells are the safest source of water
because the water percOlates through
a large extent of sand or gravel and is
purified; springs are the next best, and
streams are almost always suspicious.
1t is easy to see how wells even may be
polluted by surface drainage, and as
there is no difficulty in understanding
the manner in which this may be doue,
no special reference to it is required.
It is well, however, to call particular
notice to the imminent danger of such
pollution when cesspOols or manure
yards are adjacent to wells.
The method of conveyance of water
is by pipes of various materials-wood,
lead and iron. Wood easily decays,
and decaying wood soon makes the
water impure and unwholesOme. Lead
is not only unwhOlesOme, but danger
Ously poisonous, and the more nearly
pure the water is the more dangerous
the lead pipe becomes, because lead is
most soluble in pure water. When
water is impregnated with lime or
other salts a deposit is gradually
formed upon the lead and protects it
from the solvent action of the water.
Iron pipe is rapidly cOrroded both by
the oxygen and the carbonic acid, so
abundantly held in solution by water.
When the water contains free sulphuric
acid, which is frequently the case, this
acts upon the iron, and the combina-
ton OF water, sulphuric acid and iron
produces the excessively unpleasant
sulphuretted hydrogen gas which is
dissolved by the water and gives to it
the odOr and flavor of stale eggs.
Sometimes the water contains so much
carbOnic acid or oxygen as to cause a
large deposit of carbonate or oxide of
iron inside the pipe, and this some
times closes the pipe in few months.
All of these pipes are Objectionable.
A new chemical process has, however,
been applied to iron pipes by which
the surface of the iron has been rem
dered perfectly insoluble even by boil
ing hot acids, and when thus prepared
the pipes are practically indestructible,
lasting indefinitely, being wholly I'M
acted upon by the water. For wells
and cisterns such pipe is indispensa-
BILE, and for conveying water from
springs is exceeding useful and desir-
able. Indeed it is the only pipe for
the conveyance of water which is
wholly free from objection. Earthen
pipes serve a good purpose, but are
not durable, and cement pipes make
the water hard from the lime which is
dissolved from them by the water
~ y Times
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-28

streets sudden issue Of an extra. Tho
newspapers were all out in hurried
editions, and flaming headlines an
nounced. ''Great Robbery! Lacasse
q DurillO, the Bankers, Robbed of
$500, 900, ETC."
Some will recall the Investigations
of the affair and the failure of the pO-
hce to arrest the dishonest cashier, a
Mr.. Delatour. This individual was
never seen after leaving the bank that
Saturday evening, and singular to say,
neither was Mr.. Duroy, who lived in
the suburbs of the city. NJ. Goddard,
when questioned by the police, said he
knew Duroy, who was an enthusiast
about aerial navigation and paid him
for lessons in the art of handling bal
looms. He thought the man a warm
amateur, and showed him how to con-
struct very large balloon; that was
all.
Where that balloon landed was never
known, but it was reported a gentle
man from America purchased the La
Boca estate near Cienfuegos, Cuba,
shortly afterward for two hundred and
fifty dollars cash. How he had
reached the Ever Faithful. Isle no one
ever learned.-Ch Charles E. Whitney, f71
N. o. Times Democrat.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-28
CHALDEAN TOWERS.
The SplendOrs of the Lofty, Staged Struc-
lures of the Euphrates Valley.

The SpIendOrs of the Lofty, Staged StruC-
lures of the Euphrates Valley.
There was a prodigious difference
between the architectural triumphs of
Egypt and those of Chaldea, apart
from generic divergences of the forms
and materials employed by each. The
basalts, GRANTEES and green-stones of
the Nile were essentially monOchrO-
matte, and, however rich in the local
tones, sober, if not austere in their
majesty, and distinguished by their
horizontal lines. On the other hand,
the lofty, staged towers of the Eu-
pirates valley, huge as they were, and
in that respect resembling Egyptian
structures, glowed with all the splen-
dor of highlY-colored bricks, the enam-
eled surfaces of which reflected azure,
indigo, red, olive and other hues of
great fulness and beauty, and must
have been glorious to behold The
abundant use of these colored enam-
els on their buildings was character
istic of the Chaldeans, and was we'll
suited to their climate. The violent
storms and flOod-like rains peculiar to
this climate may have suggested the
use of imperviOus coverings to their
great buildings. The discovery that
these splendid enamel were freely en-
pIOyed in Chaldea is, 4rtistically speak
ing, one of the best fruits of modern
research, and it is ethnographically
not less than pictOrially important.
Arch@ologically it is hardly less so.
Meanwhile let us quote the statement
repeated here from Philostratus' ac-
count of ApOllonius of Tyana. The
sophist founded his description of Baby
Ion on good information, and spoke of
a "great brick edifce plated with
bronze, which had a dome represent
ing the armament, and shining with
gold and sapphires." Strabo averred
from hear-say, perhaps, but without
great xaggeration-that Xerxes over
threw a square pyramid of burnt
brick 6062 feet high and the same in
diameter. All the writers of antiquity
agree in saying that the remains they
describe were works of prodigiOus al
titude, much taller than the Gizeh py-
ramids. By building these many
stored towers the Chaldeans, so to
say, consoled themselves for the alb
sence of mountains in their country.
just as the Flemings and Dutch piled
lofty spires on lofty towers to overlook
their plains. The stages of these
square towers of Chaldea were, ac-
cOrding to Herodotus, of different coll
ors. The well-knOwn restoration by
M. Chipiez of these edifices is practic-
able from a constructionable point of
view, but the crude development of
his idea presented in his book and else
where is very hideous, and would have
needed much glory of colors and shin
ing metals to make it tolerable even to
Chaldean eyes, which seemed to have
cared little for form or proportion.
Color sense in the higher development
may have been given to them as con-
ISOLATION for this defect. With the
Egyptians, Assyrians and Greeks it
was otherwise. The Assyrians reVeled
in beauty of architectural detail, their
artists carved stones like so many jew
elers at work on gold or silver
Christian at Work.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-28
THE FOREIGN LEGION.

The Most Remarkable Regiment of Sole
diers Ever Organized.
The foreign legion was decidedly the
mOstremarkable regimentin the French
army. For nearly half a century it did
as much hard fighting and marching as
any regiment in the world. and figured
in some of the most famous battles of
the period. 1t was never allowed to
enjoy any rest, and when not fighting
or marching it was working. The regi-
ment has done as much to build up q
flourishing colony in Algeria as to win
battles for France, and the roads and
other public works which have trans
formed a wilderness created by MOslem
sloth and barbarism into a rich garden
are largely the work of its sturdy
hands. Notwithstanding its life of con-
slant privation, bad pay and poor food,
the regiment attracted men from every
corner of Europe. They were of all
races and nations and represented
every grade of social life. There were
among them political refugees, social
outcasts, hard cases, men of refine
ment bowed down by misfortune, dis
graced officers, impoverished ''nobles"
and bright youths full of soldierly
spirit, drawn thither by the glamour
of the French name or seeking a life
of adventure. Most of the officers and
a sprinkling among the ranks were
Frenchmen, but the presence of hum
dreds of Belgians, French-speaking
Swiss and Germans from near the
Rhine gave the regiment the appear
ance of being less French than foreign.
Yet this heterogeneous gathering Of
~ ISHov.ont CnaoKIn@r a
rious languages, held together only by
the bond of discipline and love for sol
diering, had an esprit de corps as strong
as that of any regiment in any Euro
pean army and was Just as proud of its
record. The regiment played con-
spicuous part in the conquest of AL
geria and the suppression of the insur-
rections which followed it, gave good
account of itself in the Crimea, won
fresh laurels at Magenta, came out of
the inglorious Mexican adventure with
out loss of prestige, and by the exam
pie of its courage and discipline helped
Co inspire confidence and steadiness
in the raw levies with which Gambetta
vainly sought to stem the torrent of
invasion after the disasters of Sedan
and Metz.
Many soldiers of the legion have
settled down in Algeria, obtaining
free grants of land, and make good
colonists. The population is very
mixed, and has some of the best ele-
ments of the French, German, Span
ish and italian races. The country
has most fertile soil, although there
is a scarcity of water, which is gradu-
ally being remedied, and for much Of
it's prosperity the Outcasts and adven-
turers from every land who formed
the foreign legion have prepared the
way bv hard work and harder fighting.
N Y Times
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-28
TIE WATER SUPPLY.
TIA Purity One of the Most Important
Features of Farm-zl6e.

Features of Farm-zi6e.
The water supply is one of the most
important parts of well-ordered farm.
An adequate quantity of pure water is
indispensable to the welfare of the
livestock and the household, and the
absence of it is q prevailing cause of
disease and loss. In the majority Of
cases of prevailing disease among ami
mails the want of pure water in suf-
ficient quantity will be found the sole
or the most active cause. In nearly
every instance the prevailing malarial
and febrIle disorders IN rural homes are
due to it. The body of an animal con-
tains seventy-five per cent. of water.
For every pound of live weight added
to a person or an animal twelve ounces
of water is required. Not only this,
but the excretory organs, the skin, the
bowels and the kidneys carry off large
quantity of water, in which the waste
matter of the system produced by the
action of the vital functions is dissolved
or washed and conveyed out. If this
large quantity of water is impure,
nearly all the impurity in it goes into
and is left in the blood; because all the
added weight of flesh retains its share,
and as the greater part of the Watery
excretion from the body passes off in
vapor from the skin, the Impurities in
this amount of water are retained in
the blood. Knowing how frequently
the water supply of farms is tainted
more or less, it is by no means a matter
for surprise that diseases caused by
blood poisoning should be so frequent
and SO fatal.
II ],
present themselves most conspicuously,
viz, the source of the water and the
method of conveyance to it. The COM
mon sources of the farm supply of
water are springs, streams and wells.
All of these are in the easiest kind of
danger of pollution. Springs are
drawn from the surface. The common
idea that they come from below, from
some deep source, is not correct
Water falling upon the surface sinks
in the soil until it meets a surface
of hard-pan or clay or rock or some
underground basin from which a
channel of escape is found and the
stream flows through the soil or steam
in the rock until it is discharged.
Streams are made up of water from
springs and from surface washings,
and are usually of suspicious charac-
ter. Wells get their supply from large
underground reservoirs which are
filled by the settling of the surface
water and is filtered through many feet
of sand or gravel. Usually these res
ervOirs are shaped like a broad basin,
and when this is very extensive and of
considerable depth the well or pipe
which taps it flows over and the we'll is
called artesian. 1t may be well to
make this clear by the following dia-
gram, which is a section of the water
basin:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-28
MEADOW LILIES IN WINTER.


Es / wus loiterin' ct the barn, a feedin' nv
the cows
AwisP ny biue-jint jist ter see m MUNICH n
] fell afoui a circumstance tibet made the
very mOws
twas a stalk NV meader lilies a lynn in the
Cut N dried along the blue-jint, draw'd in n
slowed away.
The wind wus tearin' round the barn, the
Atwixt the cracks n s din n a film up
Nv the swaiiers on the rafters-a sneakin'
Whilst tbeys gone upon ther froiio n takin'
M felt so sort o. homesck-a longin kind
Fer something till seen the posies lynn in
the hay.
They made me think O. summer when the
wind tiptOes along
Like twas stealth up behind fer ter give
1het it sot blythe sceuty air a soa.kin' fun O.
song,
The tunes so nice ye wouldn't like single
The clover standin' knee-high a blushin' all
N waitin' fer the yeller bees to steal its heart
away.
They made me think o haydn n workin' in
IN the cat-birds nervous hittin' from willer
m beard es plain es talkin' the blarey din
ner horn,
M seen the boys a washin' n scubbin ct
the pump.
N seen the lilies BLOWN n reachjn' up
like they
Wus torches fer ter light us while we cut n
made the hay.
N higher then the howlin' Nv the iawin'
wind without,
] heard the reaper singin es it waded
through the wheat
N marked its shinin passage with sheaves
thrown thick about,
Thet lay like golden trofys ct the conquer
Or's clangin feet
] seen the men a nOOnin' underneath the
locus trees,
N heard the lullin hummin' Nv the honey
drippin' bees.
] rether guess Use silly ter be standin' Their
like this
IN gain n thinkin' NV tibet bit NV yeller
weed.
But il brought me straight frum somewhere
little spec o. bliss,
M somehow I rether calculate 'twus what
] stood in need.
It set nv thoughts ter lafHn' N brushed frum
out o. sight
All the winter fer minute, n thets worth q
mighty sight.
$. b. MeManus, In Detroit Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-28
vouched For by a Preacher.

One day last week Mr.. Bob Griffin, re-
siding near Smiths Mhls, made the best
shot at wild turkeys we have ever yet
chronicled. We had better state how
he killed them before we give the number.
He had made a blind and baited for the
birds. When they discovered their morn
ing meal they punched, and were eagerly
devouring it when Mr.. Griffin turned loose
both barrels of his gun on them. Seven
turkeys were left on the field, only four Of
the drove flying off. Even with his fine
chance for a shot Mr.. Griffin says he was
surprised himself when he found
he had killed SO many. At the auspi
cious moment he was so feverish with
excitement he could scarcely keep his gun
in range of the turkeys. All of this is
vouched for by a well-known Baptist
preacher who lives in the neighborhood.