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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

renee as Rave Io---- ---- do not put
of other remedial agencies. They have
60 monopoly over disease and / person
ally know that many of them would far
prefer that their patients should go to
Heaven direct from their powerless hands
than that they should be saved to earth
by the use of any unauthorized means"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

The vices OF old age have the stiffness
of it, too; and as it is the unfttest time
to learn in, so the unfitness of it to I'M
learn will be found much grester.-South.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

LYoN's Patent Heel Stiffeners is the only in
vention that will make old boots strait hit as new
Opinion is kind of halfway house, where
people meet to exchange lies and guess at whaI
they don't understand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

AN how's your husband, Mrs. Maloney?
All the long While that I've been away
I've heard not 8 wuTrud about him.
Sure he wint out for the Il st time to-day
In three months, for he's been very bad"
is that so?'' Faith it is, Mrs. Ryan;
An an IliganE funeral h. had -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
Jack and Jill each took a pill.
Jacks went down-but with a frown
Jill died from "cauSa minimum -

"
Jill died from cause unknown
Smiles will supersede many frowns and many
discomforts will be unknown, when Dr. Pierce's
Peasant Purgative Pellets entirely supersede as
they bid fair do, the large and less efficient pill
of our forefathers. Every day they gain new
laurels! Most popular when most ills aboundl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

AMf.rn Treated and cured without The kuire
III H X Book on treatment sent free. Adnr"s
IN II w lie .LPOND. MD Aurora. Kane 90. III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

Mortgages signed by two witnesses the
same last year, and are folded so as to fit the
side coat pocket. The back taxes are combed
forward and parted on the side nearest the
mortgage In this climate mortgages generally
malurN In the winter season
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
Hoods SarsapariIla

is proven to be vastly superior any other
paria. or blood purifier that has well said; Its
heslthgivng effects upon the blood and entire human
organism are as much more positive than the rene
dies of quarter of century ago the steam power
Of to-day is in advance of the slow and laborous
drudgery OF years ago."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
Make the Weak Strong

MY appetite was poor. could rot sleep. had head
ache great deal pains in my back, my bowels did
not move regularly. Hoods Sarssparila IN a short
time did me much good that I feel like a new
nan. My pains and aches are relieved, my appetite
improved. 1 say to Others try Hoods Sarsapalilla'
F. JACKSON, Roxbury Station, Conn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

well. linen ne turned ana walked on.
could not help laughing at the poor old
fellow at the time, he was so separately
serious about it all. However, the sun
may do the same to me some day, and |
really pity him, for he's very good chap
when he's all right
80, capital fellow" replied the 9th er
"and can tell very good story. It's
really very sad. = suppose it must have
been touch of the sun, though [ never
heard of his being odd before"
"He seems ell right now, anyway" said
Werner, looking up the table to where
Col. Punter was sitting.
"Oh yes, he's all right now. I'll tell
you what, Werner; 1 have an explanation.
The old boy came down from town by a
midday train, and I dare say missed his
lunch, and what you took for a mailman
was only fellow in want of his dinner
And the two young men laughingly
changed the subject.
A few days after this the colonel was
back Ia town, and found himself dread
ing considerably the coming interview
with the widow. He would have to con-
firm her worst fears, he was afraid; also,
that there would be a scene, and he did
not like the idea of 1t at all. He felt
, moreover, that he must appear IN the
| light of a bearer of bad news-a melan-
choly character which he did not by any
means wish to assume in Mrs. Verner's
eyes. "However," thought he, 81 shall al
any rate have an opportunity afterward:
of playing the part of comforter and ad
viser." And this reflection seemed to
cause him good deal of satisfaction. Il
will be seen, therefore, that the colonel
had been somewhat shaken Ito use the
word which he employed in confessing il
to hiRself), or smitten, with Mrs. Werner
on the one occasion on which he had seer
her, and during the few days that inter
vened between his return to town and the
day on which they had appointed tc have
their second meeting he found himself
| constantly regarding that future date with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

sworn out" run down." debilitated
teachers millineEs, ddressm1akers, seam
ing mothers, and feeble women generally,
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as
an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic.
1t promotes digestion and assimilation Of
food, cures nausea, weakness of stomach,
indigestion, bloating and eructations of gas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
APicIrpOel,et,s Handy Tool.

Among the curiOsities which Chief
Speers keeps In his desk at the central
police station, says the Kansas City
Times, Is a little pastebOard box filed
with pieces of greenbacks. They were
once parts of FIVE, ten, twenty, fifty and
one hundred dollar bills. At the time
they were mutilated they were part Of
a roll of 50, 900 in the pistol pocket of 3
wealthy stOckman. 1t was on a train
coming in Kansas City, and when he got
OF at the Union depot the pieces In the
little box at the station were all that
were left of the S., 600. A pickpOcket
had cut his pocket and In so doing had
cut some of the bills, but he got all the
rest When Chief Speers shows the
scraps of greenbacks he also shows q
sample of the instrument used by the
pickpOcket who secured the 50, 900
minus the bills which had been mutt
lated. 1t is a curious little round steel
affair, about six inches in length. The
knife end of it is turned at right angles
to the handle and is only about one
half an inch long. 1t is hammered as
thin as paper and sharpened until it
cuts cloth as nOiselessly as it would but
ter. Then a pickpOoket locates "a roll"
he watches his opportunity and cuts the
pocket. With an expert it Is the work
of a moment. The instruments, the pO-
lice say, are made exclusively for the
profession, and are of the very best
quality of steel.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
Believes ButtermiIk cured Her

A woman Of this city, who had been
pronounced by her physician fatally
Ill with consumption, and who was
apparently dying as fast as that slow
pacing disease could carry her of, was
told by a neighbOr that she had been
assisting q lady at churning and had
much enjoyed q drink Of buttermilk.
"Buttermilkl'' fairly screamed the
invalid, 'hOWI wish that I could
have q drink'' And from that time
until her friend could go to the house
where the Churning had taken place
and bring the iOnged for draught she
raved and cried for it. She drank it
and felt better. Then another churn-
ms was hurried up, and she drank
again. The lady made her churnings
more frequent and small to please
the dying woman
In q little while the news was
brought that she was improving. A
few days later she was out Of danger.
A week elasped and she was on her
feet and about the house. And now
she Is again g busting, busy woman,
not strong. but in apparently good
health with no symptoms OF q deadly
disease lurking around There IS no
doubt, she says, the buttermilk cured
her. AS physicians say, "It went
right to the spot" 1t nourished her
poor, famished body, filed up the
dried out tissues, and gave her strength
and courage. Neighbors say that she
is careful Of her money, and that
probably much of her illness was due
to her reluctance to pay for palatable
and noUrisbing food. The butter
milk was given to her.-Kingston
Freeman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
[ | I

Three months alter the mortal re-
mains OF James Dayton had been re-
signed to the earth from which they
came, Jack Dayton presented himself
at the 9th avenue residence Of Gussie
VandOrn. His head was in a fearful
state OF agitation.
After a short time, which seemed an
age to him, the young woman entered
the parlOr.
miss Vandorn, will you pardon
the liberty take in calling upon
your"
''N1r. Dayton, you have been free to
call upon me, by invitation, for the
past two years"
But I thought you may have for
gotten"
al have not forgotten"
Jack gaZed into her eyes q moment
with all the earnestness Of the days
since they had parted. Her eyes
dropped beneath his, and her face
was suffused with bushes She had
not forgotten. He said with simple
eloquence:
81 have not forgotten. I never
could forget. Your face has been
with me; I have heard your voice ever
since we parted two years ago.
have come here tonight to tell you
that life IS no longer endurable if you
don't share it with me. 1 have waited
two years to tell you this"
you need not have waited two
years, Mr.. Dayton" she said with q
rOguish smile.
And Jacks fortune was not In the
money his grandfather left him, but
in the love of the woman that money
had secured to him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
SILVER DOLLARS.
Some Valuable Information About
Them

{
Them.
A correspondent asks us to give In the
Companion the facts relating to the
silver dollar. We comply so far as to
exhibit the history of the coinage, with
out expressing any opinion upon mat
ters which are the subject Of political
controversy.
The silver dollar was made the unit Of
money by the act establishing q mint,
which was passed in 1892. From that
time until 1903 there was coined not
quite 81, 500, O0O-an average Of little
more than 800, 600 a year-after which
no more was coined until 1885.
From 1885 until 1860 the coinage was
81, 200, 900, the average being about the
same as that 1905. From 1860 to 1873
the coinage was s., 900, 900. and the
average was about twice that of either
OF the former periods mentioned.
The exact number of silver dollars
coined before 1873 was 81, O25, 238, an
average of $87, 800 a year for etghty-One
years. In 1873 the silver dollar was
dropped from the coinage. The value
OF the silver it contained was then about
S1.O3, and the only money IN circulation
was paper.
An agitation soon began for the res
tOratlOn OF the dollar to the coinage. 1t
was successful IN 1873. On February
IL OF that year, congress passed over the
veto of President Hayes an act prOVid-
ing that not less than 81, 900, 600 each
month should be expended in the pur-
chase of silver bullion, and that this
bullion should be coined into dollars Of
full legal tender value.
This act has now been in force ten
years, and there have been coined II ac-
cOrdance with its provisions very nearly
300, 900, 600 silver dollars. The average
has been something more than %, 000,0
a year.
A very large part of these dollars re-
main IN the treasury, but are represent
ed by paper certificates, " which are in
circulation. 1t will interest some of the
boys who are mechanically inclined
to know that 1000, 600 silver dollars
weigh about SO, 900 pounds avOirdupOis,
$500 tOns.-Youth's Companion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

his fathers lawye rs y hich you SID uld
know
''Well, mother what's the news? [
have never taken any stock in my
father. because you never told me
anything about him, and I concluded
no must have wrOnged you very deep
~"
He did, Jack. He thought he low
ed me, but he did not. He married
me. and when he found that his rich
father would not sanction the mar
rage he deserted me. He drank very
hard, so / have heard. He never
wrote to me, but his lawyers have
paid me a small sum every quarter,
as you know"
''Well, yes" said Jack: al knew
you drew the money. but I didn' {
know he was living and that he Is
rich. i shall institute action to re-
cover your rightful snare Of his
money"
But he is now dead. Jack"
'Dead7''
eyes; he died in Paris a month
ago"
When Jack entered his Office the
next morning his head was full of the
news his mother had told him and
projects to look into his fathers az
fairs to protect his own and his
mothers interests. He had hardly
got settled down to his work before a
spruce young man In a fOOtman' s
livery presented himself and handed
him q sealed letter. He read the let
ter with mingled emotions. He put
on his coat and hat and followed the
servant to the pavement and entered
the magnificent carriage in waiting.
The carriage stopped before a rich
house in one Of the fashionable up
towns street, and the doors few
open as Jack approached them.
He was led to a large bedroom. he
walked to the side of the bed, around
which two physicians and one or two
servants were congregated. Every
body made way for him. A shrunken
hand was extended to him, and he
grasped it.
''Young man." said a faint voice, ''I
am your grandfather. Wronged
your mother when she was young.
Your father is now dead. He was q
rascal. I have kept track of you
through the years since you were born.
I have not long to live. I want you
to forgive me before die. I will not
ask your mother to forgive me, be-
cause have oCcasiOned her too much
sorrow. All my wealth Is yours. You
have only to see my lawyers, jerks &
jerks. You will find everything in
shape, for my house has been in order
a great many years against this
hour"
Jack sank down by the side OF the
bed thoroughly unnerved. He was a
strong man, but in this hour when the
past was to be atOned for and death
lowered around the grandfather who
had WrOnged him, but whom he had
never seen before, he was weak as a
child.
"Forgive-" and the spirit of
James Dayton left the frail and vast
ed body where 1t had lodged for sew
enty years before he could finish the
sentence.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
/

All this passed through Jack Day
ton mind two years after it had
occurred. he had had ahard struggle.
With all his brilliant talents he had
a time Of it to make ends meet. He
was brave and hopeful, and he nur-
tured these by thinking of the brilliant
woman he had not met since he had
parted with her at Saratoga. He
heard Of her often but he purpOsely
avoided meeting her.
WHATS the use3" he would ask
himself.
''Jack," said his mother as he went
home one night ''I have never spoken
to you about your father, because
the subject is a painful one to me.
Butt have heard news to-day through
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

The Experience OF mrs. Rseorgs
Mrs. Peters had ills,
Mrs. Peters had ehills.
Mrs. Peters WIS sure she was going Go die.
They dOsed her with pills,
With powders and squflls,
With remedies wet, and with remedies dry.
Many medicines lurod her,
But none Of them cured her.
Their names and their number nobody
could tell;
And she soon might have died,
But some pellets" she tried
That acted like magic. and then she got
we'll
The magic Pellets were DR.. Pisrcs's
Pleasant Purgativs Pellets (the original
Little Liver Pills). They cured Mrs. Peters.
and now she wOuld't be without them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

A mathematical student: ''Why are
clock and watch dials divided into
twelve divisions of five minutes each?
We have sixty divisions on the dials of
our clocks and watches because the old
Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who
lived in the second century, B. O., ac-
cepted the BabylOnian system of reck-
Oning time, that system being sexagesi-
nal. The BabylOnians were acquainted
with the decimal system, but for com
mon or practical purposes they counted
by sossi and sari, the sossOs represent
ing sixty and the sarOs sixty times six
800. From Hipparchus that mode Of
reckoning found its way into the works
of PtOlemy, about $50, A. D., and
thence was carried down the stream of
science and civilization and found its
way to the dial plates of our clocks and
watches. j ewelers' Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

1T . y --eSA--S7lAa D . Ut 3SLLloEs
For years I have had a chest trouble
amounting to nothing short Of consump-
ton. 1 saw how others in like condition
had been cured by the use Of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and resolved to
test it's merits in my own case. The re-
suits are so plane as hardly to require a
bitstOck or any auger-msnt "a favor OF this
CRATE remedy. 1t does aWl it claimsl -
builds up the system, supports and
strengthens where others fail" He adz:
my recovery, which is now on q sure
foundation, hinges entirely on the compass
OF this wonderful Restorative, having tried
other remedies without bit OF relief"
Yes, John L. Sullivan is back. BE
brnr1rhE his month r,skE Lin,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

Suffer dizziness, Indigestion, Inflammation
OF the eyes, headache, lassitude, inability
to perform mental work and ipdisposition
Tor bodily labor and annoy and disgust
your friends and acquaintance with your
nasal tWang and offensive breath and con-
slant efforts to clean your nose and
throat, when DR.. Sage's ''Catarrh Remedy
will promptly relieve you oidiscomforb and
suffering and your friends OF the digusting
and needless infections Of your lOathsome
disease2
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

Via the Wabash Western Ry. as follows:
To the National Democratic Convention
and Derby Races at ST. Louis. Tickets
viii be sold June 2, 3, 4 and 3 at half fare.
Session Supreme Lodge Knights OF Pyth-
las at Cincinnati. o. Tickets viii be sold
June g, 8, 10 and II at half fare.
North American Ssenger-Bund Festival
st st. Louis. Tickets will be sold June
II, ~, ID and IA at half fare.
Full particulars by calling at the Wabash
ticket Office or addressing
q. n. CLAYTON,
Pass. and Tk't. Agent, 1902 Farnam st.,
Omaha.
It's the sense OF the meating that Spring
lamb shonld make Iaa-al ten1ar
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
q RLtter ELght Reaore tle 0. S. Court.

The great bOttling interests Of New Eng.
land have united to crush the MOZie from
the threatened monopoly of the beverage
market. Crowds of people are rushing to
the rescue, many OF them fully recovered by
the MOGie after having been helpless par
alytics for years. MOxie, so far, is tri-
umphant. The Company put 75c bottle
OF syrup on the market, that with ice water
makes sevsnty-five half tumblers of rich
nerve food beverage, giving double powers
Of endurance to the nerve weary. nervous,
weakly, tired and OverwOrked, for paltry
three cents per day. Eminent chemists
tell the Court 1t is harmless and rich.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

As love easteth out fear so does fear cast
out love-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

Let US honor and respect the bee. Once
full he makes straight for home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
a square statemens by 8 CarDenter.

Does the printers devil darn his socks
with a devils darning needle?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

God may have use for towards, but has
never yet 50 advertised.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

~ q EEvoafhoas and ToEEzs aFl.taaa
az anything else u she VorId EithoF CosLy sut11
Tss5 EEHE. Addro--s TEUE = Co. Augu,as 49,.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

Sold BY Druggists aaa Dealers Everywhere EifyCs9ts
Ehe Charlss a. VoEsIsr Co, BaIto.s ia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01

Yes, John L. Sullivan is back. 81
brought his mouth with him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
Education Among the Chinese.

As apeople the Chinese males are bet
ter educated than any other race OF peo-
pie in the world, Education to a certain
extent is compulsory fer all Chinese
males, although the mass cannot do much
more than read asd write; still to that
extent they are we'll educated. 1t has
been the policy of the Chinese govern
ment for hundreds of years to select a
certain number of boys from each dis.
trict and educate them for historians and
writers. Their work is never completed,
for as long as they live and are able 10
do anything they continue to write and
study. Every five years they pass an ex-
animation, and, according to their pro-
ficiency they are promoted to office or
rank. As rule no Chinese can hope TO
attain prominence in any civil or military
office pertaining to the Government un-
less he has succeeded as scholar for the
Chinese Eelieve no man can succeed as a
scholar unless he has ability, and if he
possesses ability, why then, as a matter
of course, he is suitable person to hold
office; but no matter how high the office
may be, he must continue his studies,
the duties of his Office being generally
performed by deputy Chicago HeraAt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
Smarter than the PaWnbr0ker.

A firm of gun dealers downtown got a
consignment of beautiful cast iron shott
guns from England. They were Of tha-
Singular pattern which you can sell at
about $l and make profit, the govern
ment test mark thrown in. They look
we'll. but it is better not to fire them.
The barrel may fall off Or the charge
come cut the wrong way. But they look
beautiful and solid. A scedy looking in
dividual came in one day and Eought
one. He came back next day and bought
another. He kept coming and buying
them one at a time, and still he did not
seem to look any less scedy or have much
more capital. The gun dealer began to
wonder what he was doing with all those
guns. He might be preparing u rcvolu;,
ton or riot or something. He followed
him one day. The fellow took the gun
to a pawnb:oker and got % on it. 1t cost
81 and he kept on buying those guns un-
til he had loaded up all the pawnbrokers
in town with them and almost drank
himself to death with the profits.
Francisco Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
Will 1888 be q Year Of War?

The present year is the fifth year of
modern times in which the aggregate OF
the figures is twenty-five, and there will
be but five more years in which such
combination is possible prior to the year
1900. Probably but few have ever
heard of the old prophecy, which runs as
follows:
In every future year of our Lord,
When the sum Of the figures is twenty five,
Some warlike kingdom will draw the sword,
But peaceful nations in peace shall thrive.
Students of modern history will rea IL
ly recall how faithfully this prophecy
has been fulfilled in the four previous
years to which it applied.
In 1609 Russia. Denmark, and Poland
formed the coalition against Sweden
which inaugurated the great war that
ended in the diastrous defeat of Charles
XII., at Pultowa.
The year 1889 will ever he memorable
on account of the breaking out of the
French Pevo!ution.
The year 1893 witnessed the campaign
of Bonaparte in Egypt and the forma-
ton of the second European coalition
against France.
In 1879 war broke out between Eng
land and Afghanistan, followed by the
invasion of the latter country by British
troops.
In what manner the prediction is to be
verified in 1858 remains yet to be seen,
but the present condition of Europe
seems to promise an abundant fulfllment
of the prophecy.-Philadelphia Inquirer.