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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15
DIG Maids.

The old maid has become an honor
able institution. Not that celbacv is
particularly honorable, for the day
will never come when that will rank
above marriage, above the family OF
husband and wife and son and daugh-
ter The time was when an Old maid
was blighted being. There was
then but slight disproportion between
the sexes in number. and the popuia-
ton being sparse, every unmarried
woman was conspicuous among so few
of her kind. SAe then had no excuse
for her state of singIeness, or, ut least,
none that the public recognized.
There was Il man to every woman
and if she did not marry, the inference
was drawn that no man would ''have
her. The opinion of the day was that
woman was in haste to marry and
not at all particular about the man she
accepted, so that the acceptance was
regarded as virtually by the man in
stead of by the woman. Hence the old
maid was reproached with being unat-
tractiva, with having a sour temper,
with being sc repulsive that no man
would live with her.
But old maidhood is not now, p7i3110
facie, a reproach. In the East there
are not enough men to go around-they
have gone to subdue the West, to
search for filthy lucre, or to chase the
bubble, reputation, in new country.
The average age at which marriage
takes place is becoming later in life
and the size OF the average family is
falling away, so that it now has two
members less than it had two years
ago. Women were entirely dependent
then, but now they have become the
possessors of probably q fifth to a
third of the wealth of the community
in which they live, so that such of them
as are unmarried now have among
them q smaller proportion of Deepen
dents than ever before.
Then again women know more than
they used to, along with the rest of the
race; they have finer and more cult
waited feelings, they are more discrim.
mating, and have more of a choice
about home and the man that shall
dwell in it. They appreciate higher
state of happiness than their great
| grandmothers did and marriage must
offer higher state Of qualification
than it once did, before they will en-
| brace it.
The old maid now has an excuse for
her existence and is quite commonly q
lovable person and an Intelligent one.
Who has not often seen a handsome
old maid? To be sure, she may have
had the wrinkles which some persons
cannot appreciate as an element Of
beauty, but she may nevertheless be
beautiful. The beauty of the mind
is the sublimest of all human beauty,
and an old maid who has lived life
of goodness, of self sacrifice, or chart.
table disposition towards others and OF
intellectual cultivation, will have /
countenance and information of voice
and a manner that will bear the I'M.
print of that life.
The day has gone by when the old
maid is to be spoken of disrespectfully
or slightingly, OF when she is to be
looked upon as one disappointed III
life, and a misanthrope. Old maids
are more likely of the salt of the earth,
endeared to many friends happy in
helping others and radiating upon
those around them a cheerful geniality.
Good Housekeeping.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15

ssSir, if we were in India, should
probably have you thrown out of the
window, or, perhaps, placed in a lun-
attic asylum; at Paris l have only the
right to turn you out of doors, and |
request you to get out.
Il comprehend; my presence irri-
tates you"
mo, sir; it annoys me"
The young man left the room; but
scarcely had he passed the door-sill
when a white hand clasped his, and a
sweet voice said:
"Well doneI You have repeated the
lesson exactly; now you write the let
ter | am about to dictate to YOU.
The establishment had happy effect
on the nabob's health, and that day he
was much better than usual.
The next day at breakfast time, his
daughter not having appeared. he gave
orders to the servants to go and call
her.
At the same moment a letter was
handed him, which he opened with in
dolent fingers and cast upon it look
which, at first absent, became riVeted
as soon as he had read the first word
of the missive. The letter was very
laconic and ran thus:
"MonSieur: | love your daughter
and she loves me. You would not
give her to me- have carried her off. u
These lines were signed with a vul-
gar name which had been pronounced
so humbly the day before. The domes-
tic who had been directed to inform
his daughter that the nab0b was
waiting her returned with the informa-
ton that mademoiselle was not in her
apartment; that she had left that
morning in a carriage, as if for a
| journey, for she had taken her trunks
and band-boxes.
The nabOb remained a moment mo-
tionless; then, all at once, he uttered a
sort of terrible roar and, springin9
| from his easy chair, with one kick OF
| his foot he overturned the breakfast
table. The domestics rushed in at the
noise. He threw himself upon them,
beating and striking them right and
left; then, left alone, he mashed all the
furniture in the apartment, and never
stopped until, exhausted with rage and
fatigue, he fell senseless upon the car
pet of the devasted room.
When he came to himself the most
healthy reaction had taken place in hi;
system; the crisis had produced an in
Simultaneous and immense result.
1t was the emotion so long prayed
for which had come at last to save him
A messenger arrived from hi:
daughter to open negotiations for re-
Cancellation.
Let her come. Let her come, and
I'll marry her to the man she loves"
! The couple were not far off and soor
made their appearance.
Monsieur" said the nabob to The
young man, ''you have neither fortune
rank. nor title; but yesterday yor
caused me establishment, and to-day
you have given me an emotion; il
other words you have saved my life
and that is a favor which well deserve!
one in return. Thanks to you. NJ
heart is so 1indled within me that
who was but now indifferent to ever,
earthly thing, experience delight u
the thought of procuring my daughter
happiness by giving her the HUSBAND
of her choice. Thanks, my dear son
and it is l vino am still your debtor.
If this story has an air of romance i
is not our fault; it is none the less tru
| as whole and in all its details.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15
Postoffices in Mexico.

Speaking of postotlices, if you go
into one almost anywhere in the land
of .'Dios Of Libertad" and ask in Eng
lish for letter the obliging postmaster
or one of his deputies will toss out q
whole stock addressed to foreign
names, whether it be q peek or a
bushel. and allow you to select for
yourself, quite Indifferent as to wheth-
er you confine yourself to your own
or other peoples mail. Although my
countrymen are proverbially honest,
that is allowing too much latitude, as
has sometimes TRANSFERRED. both in mat
tiers of love and lucre. | notice that
they never do that way with any but
foreigners letters. the Mexicans them
selves being more carefully served
from pigeon-holes alphabetically ar
ranged. Whether this distinction is
made because they are unwilling to
take extra trouble for 'soutside bar
barians," or because they know too
well their own little pecularities, is 4
matter of conjecture. The laws
against opening other peoples letters
are even more severe in Mexico than
in the United States. but they are en-
forced only among those of Mexican
birth, and Americans need expect no
redress here for wrongs of any kind
Troy Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15
What DOMAIN Has Eaten.

In a recent interview Col. Pat DOMAIN
the noted Dakotan, says: Il have
eaten with the Chinese in China, !
have eaten with the President of the
United States in the White House. !
have eaten with nearly every nation
on earth. In many cases l don't know
what | have eaten, for / have always
regarded it as bad taste to ask ques-
tions about the dishes that are pro-
vided in your honor by hospitable
people. In China | may have eaten
rats, but [ didn't know it; and what
you don't know does you no harm.
When the Sioux want to do you honor
they will serve you up roast dog. In
Spanish Honduras the dish of honor is
baked monkey, and sweeter meat you
could not imagine. These monkeys
live up in the branches of trees and on
the vines; their feet never touch the
earth beneath them. and they live on
the choicest nuts and fruit. No chick
ell was ever so sweet and tender as a
baked monkey. [ do confess, though,
shat on one of the last occasions Of nv
dining in Spanish Honduras I did not
feel that ali was well when at the end
of the meal | found I had stuffed my
self with baked lied Ofcourse there
is nothing wrong with the lizard ex-
cept our petty prejudices. 1t tasted
splendidIy, but when at last | saw the
big scaly leg and the claw of the lizard
| didn't think | liked II"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15

tens when frozen stiff given by a hus-
band TO his wife or daughter to thaw
out. this result being accomplished bv
the poor creature placing the article
inside the bosom of her dress next to
her bare skin. With all the abuse and
harGships endured by Esquimau wom-
en- they still appear to be always con-
tented With their lot. and l cannot
now call to mind a single instance oc-
curing during my northern trip
where complaint was made of even an
act OF cruelty that in the United States
would have resulted in the perpetra-
tors being sentenced to imprisonment
for life Correspondence Boston CUf:-
gleyciuk Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15
The Old Cobbler.

The poor old cobbler was weary, lonely, and
sad,
With no comforts around him to make his
heart glad;
For his home was his shop,-'twas dis
NAL back room,-
Where, pounding the leather on the
The music that echoed from the darkness
and gloom =, =.
clap, clap, clap!
He twisted his thread and made strong his
when anT one brought boots and shoes there
to mend.
Seeming cheerful and happy in this dismal
He perged firm and strong, and he
stitched with q snap:
But the music that echoed from the dark
was the ring of his Iap-stone, with its
clap clap, clap!
He hummed, soft and low, the songs OF his
As he heard them in childhood round the
bright, blazing fire.
Twas music 70 his soul, in this cherries
back ROOM
And the rhythm of the songs marked
by his rap,
Was the music that echoed from the dark
ness and gloom
In the ring Of his Iap-stone, with its clap,
clap, clap!
Day after day, year after year, he came and
he went
His eyes growing dim and his form growing
He plodded to and fro, but his home was
this room;
And he polished the stone he held in his
While the music that echoed from the
darkness and gloom
Was the ring of his lap-stone, with It's
clap clap, clap!
When the summer sun shone bright and warm
on the street.
And the little brown sparrOws were twittering
The sun did not shine in this upper back
There was sunshine in his heart, and
song in the rap
OF his hammer; and, echong still from the
gloom,
Came the ring of his Iap-stone with his
clap, Clap clap!
But the long winter came, with its frost and
And the Old cobbler sighed: "Ah! this is my
last;
For ! never shall see the May flowers in
Or live till the life-giving flow of the
sapi"
And the weird face smiled in the darkness
Then came, soft and low, the ring of the
clap, clap, clap!
There were burrying feet on the street far
below
Men and women wrapped in furs, with checks
all aglow.
None heard the moaning of the cobbler
weak and old,
AS he whspered-faintly whispered:
Hungry and cOld!'
Then, shiyering on his bench, he heard q
low rap.
Was it the ring of his Iap-stone, with its
clap, clap clap?
All, mol He was dreaming that friend would
come in
From the street far below,-from its clattel
and din,-
Make him warm, bring him food and plenty
of cheer.
Then, ringing in his ear came again the
low rap,
And he saw in his dream, through the
darkness and gloom,
An angel of mercy; then ceased forever
the clap, clap, clap!
The old cobber stared wild, vacant stare;
Eraspng his hammer with the strength Of
despair
The angel bent low.-and Uhe story is told
Gasping, his lips tried to whisper
Hungry and cOld!'
This angel of mercy brought neither
warmth nor bread,
But relief-for the poor old cobbler was
deadl
Good Housekeeping
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15
She Thought He Did Wrong.

The pedagog at one of our suburban
schools gave a young lady Il severe
whipping the other day and then said:
CHOW. if you think l did wrong in
publishing you thus YOU may take the
rod and serve me in like manner" To
his astoniSbment the contrite and re-
pentant girl took him at his word and
gave him such a lambasting as he had
never dreamed -Ptnrsutawaey
(Pa.) SPIRIT.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15
i Lesson for the Hostess.

Little Fanny was making a visit
with her mother, and as Il guest was
permitted to have pretty much her own
way. One day she was doing all the
mischief she could in the dining-room
when something fell to the floor with
a loud crash. ''Do you think mother
heard that?" she asked the hostess.
.'Nhat if she did?" was asked in re-
turn. ''I'll tell you, replied the child,
''she done let me do as | please. and
guess she thinks you're foolish for spoil
ing me-" There was severe discipline
in the house after that.-Salt Lake
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15

Recently Gen. Sherman ana his wIIe
succumbed to the destinations of a
nickel weighing machine and recorded
their respective weights on the dial
before the eyes of a small crowd gath
cred at railroad station in Washing
ton. Mrs. Sheridan, who does not
look as though she weighed more than
$50 pounds, tipped the recording finger
of the machine until it registered 100
Her famous husband, who wore a
heavy military overcoat, was found to
weigh 1S4 pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15

A troupe Of Persian female dancers,
the best ever seen in Teheran, are now
en- route for Paris.
A mans temper is one of the few
Things which improve by disEse.-
RostOn transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15

Mrs James Brown Potter will essay
the role of Juliet in the near future.
Ignatius Donnelly, therefore, is not
the only party who is trying to make
a laughing-stock of Shakespeare. Ohio
State Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15

\ white raccoon has been caught by
hunter of Paris, Mo.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-09-24
DissoIu1ion OF Copay.ncTship.
July ,, 1883.

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing under
The firm nHmc of. Hybschmnn & Co .,
Brewers. EIko, Nevada, is this day dis
solved, teal steps to that effect having
beru taken.
The business will bc continued No
heretofore by the Undersigned who will
pny all debts iucured 10y said finn nnd
rclicct oil bills dap the snme. bT. he
will not TO responsible for any debts
contracted by A. J. 1ybschmnn, lGto Of
said firm, md the public is hereby emu
toned TO make DO pnymchts tp the sad
Fl , bschnau, ns his authority tn collect
the same has been legally auDuilvd.
a. LrICuTER.
Proprietor GInmb"ldt brewery.
Elko, New, Aug, 20, 1885,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-09-24
Dissolution Of CopartncrsnIp.

TO whom it may conccrn: Be it
known that tic copartporship exiting
EtWGen Thomas Foster md }. II. Hard
InsSll nn dor the firm name Of Foster &
ltnhinah, Dealers in Liquors and
Cigars, bnsthis day been dissolved by
MUTUAL consent, J. r. 1Iardnan retir-
ing. The business will be continued by
Thos Foster who will pay al debts con.
trnctLd by the late firm and collect all
accounts due the same.
Tuos. Foster,
j. Il. HARDMAN.
Carlin, Rev, Sept. 5, 1858. 2w.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-09-24
EQUALIZATION NOTICE.
STATE OF NEVADA
County IF ElkO. "''

Sag Office Il HEREBY GIVEN THAT
Us have this day received from the Assess.
or Of Elko county, tho Assessment Roll for tho
year 1888, togethtr with tho maps and original
lists, and the same are low in my oEico for in
spPction by tho public, and that tho Beard of
County Commissioners Of raid county and
state will meet Oh Monday. the l7th day Of Sep
te;nber, f8as, as Board Of Equalization, and
Will continue in session from time to time
until md including The lst dny Of October,
1893.
a. G.. DAWLEY,
County Ci"rl; and Clerk Of
Beard Of Equalization.
Dated, Elko, Sept, 10, 1853.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-09-24
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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Delivered by carrier i'll Elko at p cents q week
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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

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ADVERTISING RATES.
Will be made as low ~ IL consistent with
ound business principles. Apply at tho vf-
Ace for terms.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-10-12
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ABOUT BALD HEADS.
A Popular Theory as to tho Case of Bald
ness vigorously Attacked.

ness Vigorously Attacked
During seven years residence in
Hong Kong in my professional duties
| had to do with goodly number of
persons, representing large variety
of nationalites, and in my study of
these people found that many theories
deduced from local experiences mt
home were, in some cases Mt least,
hardly broad enough to cover all
facts found at large in nature bearing
upon the specific points of investiga-
tion. Familiar with some OF the pop
ular theories as to the cause OF bald
ness, | was surprised to find men who
always wore covering to their heads,
and during business hours and always
when out of doors wore n very tight
hat, We're never bald, and possessed a
wonderfully strong, thick head of hair.
refer to the Parsees (Persians). There
is sacred, religious law among them
that no man shall go with his head un-
covered. When the Mohammedans in
vaded Persia the major part OF the ma
tive Persians that were not exter-
minated fed farther east into
India found protection and n
welcome homo among the Hin
docs, n people of castles. and, in order
that these strangers should always be
identified, also knowing that their re-
ligion Obliged them to wear a hoad-
cover, law was passed TO compel all
Parsees Persians) to wear certain
style of hat whenever exposed outside
OF their own private home. The hat
prescribed is as tall as an American
silk hat with no brimi it truly might
be called ''stove-pipe. This hat is
worn inclining backward on the head
from thirty-fve to forty degrees, and,
in order to keep it on its place, the rim
is made to cling very close to the head;
being so tight and so constantly worn,
quite deep impression is caused sub
stantially around the head; it seemed
as if the skull might be involved, but,
not having the opportunity of examin-
ing one, l was not able to fully deter
mine. Whenever this hat is removed
skull cap Immediately takes its place.
In my professional duties, these hats
often had to be removed, and itappeared
to me as curious fact--if some OF the
popular theories were altogether true
that these people should never be
bald. Therefore. instituted n series
OF strict inquiries. Many of these gen.
tlemen spoke English intelligently, also
French, German, Persian and their
local Hindoo dialect, some OF whom
kindly allowed an examination of their
heads, and also assured me that they
had never known one of their race that
was bald.--Prof q. o. Rogers, in Popn-
lar Science.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-10-12
A BRAZILIAN FESTIVAL.

,. .,t,, t,-r.,.., . A., r.
Celebrated mt the Present Day.
Among the numerous churches in
the City of Para is one called Nazareth
Chapel, dedicated to Mary, the patron
saint of the country, whose image is
said to have been found in tree on the
spot where the building now stands,
Our Lady's" method of indicating her
choice of this place for the erection of
this chapel.
Our Lady of Nazareth is also remark
able for miracle performed in the elev-
enth century, when the devil in the form
of deer was leading noble hunter
over prccipice. Every year there is
grand festival in her honor; the City
of Para is thronged with visitors from
towns 800 or 100 miles away. The fes-
tival or fiesta, begins with great cheer
ing. combined with religious hallelu-
jnhs, which are the characteristics Of n
feast day in Brazil, and a procession on
Sunday in which nearly 5000 partici-
pate; great enthusiasm prevails MS they
fall into line, marching, with heads and
feet bare, in the scorching sun and stiff
ling dust. There are hundreds OF
small boys, followed by box wagon
that are loaded with rockets, that are
fired mt every crossing: then there are
little boats filled with dainty child an
gels with spanrled dresses and gauze
wings, carried on the heads of strong
men. But the greatest attraction 10
these simple-minded people is the BE
linda" n small carriage in which Our
Lady rides. Our Lady isa figure about
twelve inches in height, wearing white
satin cape embroidered with gold and a
golden crown. To this carriage two
long ropes are attached, and five hun
drel or moro persons, mostly women,
rush and crowd, at times even quarrel
ing, for the privilege of grasping the
rope and being near the belinda, that
being the place of honor. Numerous
bands, attended by red and green
coated brotherhoods, also the chief Off
GERS of the city riding in their carriages
follow after the 'belinda;" then there
are thousands of men, women and chill
dren, many of them carrying high above
their heads some representation of n
portion of the human body modelled in
wax, or it may be coffin carried on
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-10-12
To Prevent Eenthor Pulling.

This Is n pure habit, which is brought
on In 1ocks that have not enough tc
occupy their timo and attention. When
they once get taste Of the meaty end
OF the feather they are liable to extend
their picking to something moro than
feathers, taking advantage of tho naked
condition of their companions by nip
ping at all exposed bloody parts, and
allowing tho poor hens no peace till
they or their suffering mates are taken
out OF tho pen. During the winter con-
finement Of fowls they should be kept
as busy as possible by scattering their
grain among leaves or chaff, so that
hard scratching will be necessary on
their part in order TO get enough to eat.
This will take their time and be liable
to keep them out OF mischief. As n
further prevention, some trim the
edges OF their bealis, so that when they
attempt to pull feather it will slip
through and they can not hold it.
Another remedy is to put on the fowl
an appliance called n poultry bit, which
can be obtained of almost any dealer in
poultry supplies. and Home.