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

The readiness with which society
comprehends' the suffering contingent
on the relentless displacement of
labor by more economical and effect
i've methods OF production and distri-
button, and over-mastering feelings
of sympathy for individual distress
thereby occasioned. causes it to gen
orally overlook another exceedingly
interesting and important involved
factor, and that is the relentless i'm
Partially with which the destructive
influences of material progress coin
cidently affect capital property as
well as labor. 1t seems to be in the
nature of natural law that no adj
vanced stage of civilization can be
reached except at the expense of de-
stroylng IN greater or less degree the
value OF the Instrumentalities by which
all previous attachments have been
effected. Society proffers its highest
honors and rewards to its inventors
and discoveries; but as a matter of
fact, what each inventor or discoverer
is unconsciously trying to do is to de-
stroy property, and his measure of
success and reward is always proper
toned to the degree to which he effects
such destruction. If tomorrow 1t
should be announced that some one
had so improved the machinery of
cotton-manufacture that ten per cent
more of fiber could be spun and woven
in a given time with no greater, or a
less expenditure of labor and capital
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

heat of a political campaign. Excite
ment ran high, but | was keeping my
temper right along, and never got
angry at the frequent interruptions.
In the crowd was man who was
power in the community, and be was
just drunk enough to be offensive. BE
had interrupted me several times, and
l passed it off good naturally. until at
last he said something that stung me.
Well, am Virginiau born and bred,
and l answered back that when he
was made his mouth was put in the
wrong place, that it should have been
astened on the top of his head and
Tiled with hogs lard and sawdust.
There was no wit in the reply-it was
brutal, but 1t turned the laugh on the
fellow, and l knew | was in for it.
The next day he sent me 4 challenge.
and | accepted, naming pistols at ten
PAGES. He was a good shot. and I
know that l am. We were both ex-
cited, and when we got the word to
fire both pistols cracked at the same
instant. shot him throhgh the lungs.
and the bali from his pistol struck me
on the forehead, plowed this ear and
glanced upward. / had aimed to shoot
him through the leg, but the pistol
jerked up with the pressure on the
trigger, and my ball went through his
body. He had aimed to shoot me
throught the breast, but his pistol
went up from the same cause and
struck me on the forehead. I'm glad
to say he did not die. and | haven't
better friend in the world"
Then my Southern friend explained
to me that a short-armed man fired
quicker than Il long-armed man be-
cause the distance from the brain to
the finger tip was less; and he also
said that the better class of people in
the South were bent on eXtinguishing
the duello, and its death was only a
matter Of time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

shame for his past conduct, and an
unmistakable determination to atone
for it if possible, on the part of Frank
believe in his sincerity.
And. better than all, it began to tell
upon the hard wall of reserve that had
grown up between Helen's unquenched
love and her pride till it finally crum-
bled away.
You forgive me at last, Helen, but
| can never forgive myself for being
so stupidity blind, and for having
caused you years of pain besides, +"
said Frank.
LET the dead bury their dead,
Frank; but let us who now live again
live only in the present, and hope for
compensation for our past sorrows in
the future"
''And l thank God that [ did not
have to WOO you as an heiress. [ will
work for you, and we will be happy"
Helen colOred, and was silent for a
moment. Steps were heard in the
hall, and Mir. Somers was announced.
Cut off without Il cent, and yet
happy, apparently" said the lawyer
brusquely. taking out legal document,
and reading: And if Frank Duncan
forsake his foolish object and marry
my adopted daughter, Helen Morley,
within three years and six months
from the date Of this testament, | do
bequeath to him. ETC., etc"
Better than you deserved young
man."
Helen blushed as Frank caught her
in his arms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
The Honest Farmers Reward.

4 party of eastern capitalists were
riding along a lonely wood in Wild
district Of Alabama. Suddenly, upon
turning in the road, they saw woman
wringing her hands. One of them
ordered the driver to stop.
whats the matter, nv good
Woman?" some one called.
20, Lordy! 0. Lordy! They have
hung my poor husbandw Then, point
ing, she showed the strangers the body
of a man hanging from tree.
90, Lordy! they come to our house
an TUX him out an hung him jest be-
cause he told the deputy marshals
when they axed him that the Phillips
boys was maxim NV whisky 0, l
don't know what I'm goin' to do.
Thar amt nothin' in the house fur the
children to eat, am" here she broke
down.
Let us cut him DOWN. exclaimed
one of the capitalists springing out of
the wagon. ''perhaps he is not dead"
20, yes, he is" the woman mourn
ed. They hung him this mawnin'
about daylight and swore they'd shoot
any body that cut him down"
wagon.
my mother has gone airter a JUS
tice av the Peace" said the woman.
''but l don't know what he ken do. O.,
Lordy, what'n become Nv my po' child
rem. Gentlemen, amt you got nothin'
ter eat in yo' wagin? Eff you amt got
notnin' but piece of bread, for the
Lawd's sake let me have it."
Madam" said man who seemed
to be the leader of the party, 1--WE
brought lunch with US, BIT unfortu-
nately ate it few miles baSl; but we
will see that you don't suffer- Here,
boys, I'll start the ball with $40. Chip
in and help this poor woman"
Pocketbooks flew open. Each man
contributed something, and the woman,
with many tears of gratitude, accepted
the contributions. The capitalists
drove away, when their wagon was out
of sight lank man poked his head
from behind a tree and said:
"How's the haul, Lize?"
"Frst rate" the woman replied.
"Lemme see," he said. approaching
her. "Bled like stuck pig, didn't
they?" he added, as he took the money.
Times is improvin' slow, but sure"
s'Sam, [ hated to take this we're
money. Them men 'peared to he
teched."
''Oughter be teched ter see q pore
man hangin' in the woods thiser way.
Hate ter take the money! Wy, it's
my pension, gal. The Government
oughter give q man a pension, no
matter what side he fout on, an eff
the Cover ment won't do it, wy, a
man jest haster collect the best way he
ken. Reckon we'd better take down
the gentleman" nodding at the figure
that hung from the tree ''an' move
him away. o, tell you a par NV ole
boots, some old clothes, an little
wheat straw pans out putty well some
times"
Sam, I still think we oughtn't ter
TUX it,
"W'y. gal, don't yer know they feel
jest ez good ez eff that thing hangin'
thar wuz me, an know that l am
better off, so the thing has turned out
al right. Eff they wuz so teched they
mout be glad to know that yore POI
husband amt dead. It don't make no
ditfu ice ter a mans feelin's whether
he's done good ur not, jes so he thinks
he has. They think they've done good,
an we know we have. My. daddy
ulster say so, an Pm beginnin' to
b'leeve it, that this here thing NV enter
prise mighty nigh allus wins" -ArbG11-
Sd20 Traveller
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
Brutal Sport in Florida.

There was gander-pulling here on
Wednesday last. Perhaps some of
your readers do not know what a
gander-pulling means. Well, l will
try and describe it. A large gander is
produced and grain sack drawn
over its body. neck and wings left
loose. Mr.. Gander is hung, head
down, to pole, which is placed across
fence, so that man on horseback
can reach and take hold of the gander's
neck. Now comes the laugh. Any
person wishing to get the gander pays
% cents for three rides. He starts his
horse, few rods away, at a high
speed, and when he passes the gander
he catches him by the neck and pulls
his head off, if he can. Some friend
of the gander has creased his neck
we'll with lard, and it seems that no
one can hold on to it. We had extra
scenes at this show. First, the horse
that JohnDavis rode stumbled, threw
Davis over his head, and turned a
somersault. This created a great deal
of sport. The second scene was G. B.
Pelton riding mule. When he
passed the gander he caught him by
the neck with both hands, but he
could not pull his head off. He hung
on for dear life. His mule left him
and he found himself sitting on the
ground. think everybody laughed
until they cried. The poor old gander
was taken down and sent home as well
as usual. from all appearances De
Land Eta. Ne0s.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
Inherited Diseases.

In the realm of disease, the facts of
inheritance are most numerous, and
are daily accommodating. Here they
are no longer, alas, curious and anus
ing, but terrible, fateful, Overwhelm
ing. No fact of Nature is more preg-
nant with awful meaning than the
fact of the Inheritance of disease. 1t
meets the physician on his daily
rounds, paralyzing his art, and Cling
him with sadness. The legend of the
ancient Greeks pictured the malig-
nant Furies purs uing families from
generation to generation, and render
ing them desolate. The Furies still
ply their work of terror and death;
but we have stripped them of the garb
which superstition threw around them,
and they now appear to our eyes in
the more ineligible but not less awful
form of hereditary disease. Modern
science, which has cast illumination
into so many dark corners of Nature,
has shed new and still more lurid
light on the words of the Hebrew
Scripture: 1.-The sins of the father
shall be visited upon the children unto
the third and fourth generation. In
stances of hereditary disease abound
on every hand. Full y SO per cent of
cases of govt are inherited. The pro-
portion is not much less IN that fell
destroyer of families, our national
scourge, consumption. Cancer and
scrofula run strongly in families. In
sanity is hereditary to a marked de-
gree; but fortunately, like many other
hereditary diseases, tends to wear it
self out, the stock becoming extinct.
Nearly all defects of sight are occa-
sionally inherited. Sir Henry Holland
says truly that mo organ or texture
of the body is exempt from the chance
of being the subject of hereditary dis
ease" Probably most chronic dis
eases which permanently modify the
structure and functions of the body
are more or less liable to be inherited.
The important and far-reaching
practical deductions from such facts
affecting so powerfully the happiness
of individuals and families and the
collective welfare of the nation-will
be obvious to reflective minds, but can
not be dwelt upon in the present arti-
cle.-PopuEar Science Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
Two Surprises.

A workman piled his clumsy spade
As the sun was going down;
The German King, with cavalcade,
On his way to Berlin Town,
Refining up his steed at the old mans side.
MY toiling FRIEND" said he
"Why not cease work at eventide
When the labOrer should be free?
81 do not slave" the old man said;
"And ] am always free;
Though l work from the time leave my bed.
Till can hardly see.'
slow much" said the King, sis thy gain in a
Eight groschen," the man replied.
"And thou canst live on this meager pay!
Like king" he said with pride.
''Two- groschen for me and my wife, good
And two lgt5 for debt owe;
Two groschen to lend, and two to spend.
For those who can't labor, you know"
'Thy debt?" said the King; said the toiler,
To my mother with age oppressed,
Who cared for me, toied for me, many day,
And now hath need of rest
TO whom dost lend Of thy daily storeI''
''To my bOys-for their schooling; you see,
When l am too feeble to toll any more,
They will take care of their mother and
me,
sand thy last two groschen?" the monarch
said.
"My sisters are old and lame;
/ give them two groschen for raiment and
bread,
All in the Fathers name
Tears welled up to the good Kings eyes.
"Thou knowest me not" said he;
"As thou hast given me one surprise,
Here is another for thee.
Il am thy King: give me thy hand, =
And he heaped it high with gold
when more thou needest command
That at once be told.
"FOr ] would bless with rich reward
The man who can proudly say
That eight souls doth he keep and guard
On eight poor grOschen day."
r. w. McAlpine, in st. Nicholas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
Knocked Out by McGIynn.

A correspondent writing from New
York says: There was a crowd of
noisy, pushing. boys, men. women and
girls on the platform of the Third
Avenue Elevated Railway station one
night this week. 1t was a few
minutes after 6 o'clock. The big
shops had turned out their white
slaves. There was a scramble for an
incoming train. Men showed and
pushed, boys yelled and iostled, and
girls we're pinioned in the crowd It
was an ordinary night scene As
usual, the strongest pushed the weak
est aside. In the crowd was a stout
built man with 4 clean-shaven face.
Don't push" shouted the guard.
easy, friends, shouted the clean
shaven man; 81 beg Of you be easy"
By this time the train had stopped.
The gates flew open and a narrow
passage was cleared for those on the
train to leave it. Before the last per-
son, a young and paie-faced woman
with a year-old child in her thin arms,
had stepped off, rush was made bv
those on the platform for the car.
Take your time, there!" yelled the
guard and he slung his burly BODY
against the throng to prevent
them squeezing the woman's child.
But no attention was paid to his
words. On came the rushing, roar
ing army of men, boys, women and
girls, and down went mother and
child in the crush like soldiers before
Napoleon's Old Guard There was
momentary panic. A stified ooh;
save my baby! My God, don't kill
mel" from the fallen women, and then
the clean shaven man swinging his
big arms over his head, yelled Stand
back all of you!" in a tone of COM
mand and pushed his way through the
crowd. He reached the woman just
as strapping big ill-natured brute of
a workingman tried to step over the
PROSTATE form into the car.
Back, sir, yelled the clean-shaven
man.
go to -" returned the burly
brute.
Then big fist shot out into the air.
1t was aimed by the man with the
clean-shaven face. 1t landed squarely
on the brute's jaw with whack that
made the platform tremble. Another
anu duOUucI WudCh 1OllOWCu III,
and six feet of so-called manhood
lay sprawling on the platform,
There was plenty of room then. The
crowd had fallen back. The clean
shaven man stopped down and tender
ly picked up the trembling child. The
guard helped th> mother to rise, and
slowly and with the utmost caution a
passage way was opened for the party.
The big man picked himself up, VOW
ing vengeance in explosives that
would have made a pirate blush with
envy.
who hit me?" he shrieked Il can
kill the man, an I'll do it, too. And
he pranced up and down like a wild
horse.
II did," said the clean-shaven man
as lie returned after leaving the
mother and child in place of safety,
land it's the best job I've done in many
day"
The big brute covered before the
speaker, who stepped inside the car
and pulled out an evening newspaper,
and the train ratified on.
His name?
Oh, yes. 1t was Rev. Father Edward
McGlynn, who was deposed from St.
Stephens Church for espousing Henry
Georges land theory, and as soon as
the passengers saw his face by the
light of the car lamps they gave him Il
tremendous cheer. The burly brute got
out at the next station.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

than heretofore, all the existing ma
chinery in all the cotton-mills of the
world, representing an investment of
millions upon millions of dollars,
would be worth little more than so
much old iron, steel, and copper; and
the man who should endeavor to resist
that change would, in face of the
fierce competition of the world, soon
find himself bankrupt and without
capital. In short, all material pro-
gress is effected by displacement of
capital equally with that of labor;
and nothing marks the rate of pro-
gress more clearly than the rapitiity
with which such dlsplacements occur.
There is however, this difference be-
tween the two factors involved.
Labor displaced, as q condition of pro-
gress, will be eventually absorbed in
other occupations; but capital dis
placed, in the sense of substituting
the new for what is old. is practically
destroyed. 4. Wells, IN PoD9-
lar Science Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
A Fine Point in DueIinZ.

My Virginia friend-I was going TO
say my old Virginia friend, but he is
only IS, and doesn't live in old Vir-
ginia, but in West Virginia-was tell
ing me, says a writer in the Harris
burg Telegraph, of the code of duello
in the South. He raised his hat, and,
with his forefnger, traced deep scar
on his forehead just at the roots of his
hair. If looked as if made by red
hot brand.
That" said he, "was received in a
duel. The duel is going out of fashion
in Virginia, but there are still some
hotheaded men who think that their
wounded honor can only be satisfied
with blood"
Said l: 'How did you get that
SCARF"
Said he: "Ill tell you. was max
ing stump speech one night in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03
Tricks of SmugGIerS.

Smugglers must lie awake nights
trying to evolve new schemes to evade
the payments of duties; at least, i'm
agine they must from the number of
new schemes | am obliged to look out
for. No sooner do we begin to watch
for passengers with the thick-soled
shoes made by the European shoe
makers to accommodate the diamond
smugglers, than we have to keep our
eyes open to detect the woman with
the bonnetful of jewelry. We seize
enough, heaven knows, but not a
fiftieth part of the contrabrand goods
brought into this country are ever de-
tected. The articles which seem to be
the most favored by the smugglers are
diamonds, jewelry, and watches, al
though silks and costly dress goods
are by no means despised. Diamonds,
however, hold first rank, because of
their portability and the small space
which they occupy. Search in the
most unlikely places has often revealed
mine of wealth. Only few days
ago, in the travelling bag of tourist
just arrived, was a very innocent
looking piece of toilet soap, which
would never have been given second
glance by the inspector if il had not
been for the evident anxiety displayed
by the owner of the bag to get it back.
Almost ashamed of himself the officer
pulled out his pocket-knife and at
tempted to pierce the cake of soap.
The travellers jaw fell, and the officer S
knife-blade met an obstruction at
about the same time. There were
just $4,000 worth of rubies and dia-
monds inside of that partly used cake.
-Je1OeterS' Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

One reason why cooked feed for
stock of all kinds is not as nutritious
as uncooked is because it is not sub
jected to the process of thorough mas
tication. This is essential to digestion
and assimilation both in man and
beast. nature having provided that the
food eaten must be incorporated with
the saliva in order to insure the full
action of the gastric juice. With
cooked food much of it is swallowed
without maStication.
Attendant Ito railroad President)-
A committee is outside, sir. Railroad
President-Tell the committee that we
propose to fight this strike to the bit
ter end. No admittance, no compro-
mise. Attendant-It's a committee
from the Pullman car porters, sir.
President-O, show the gentlemen in
at once,--NeW York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-03

A German carp weighing more than
ten pounds was caught in mill dam
near Oringsburg, Pa
National Republican., 1888-02-27
THE COURT RECORD.

Court in General Term-Chief Justice Bing-
ham and Justices James and Cox.-Assign.
ment-Nos. AZ, 81, 90, Sc. a., rs,
Circuit Court, Division No. l.-Justice Has-
ner-Gross ct al VS.. steinlee ct ali motion for
security OF costs granted. Cook, use OF, vs.
MCBairj fiat on sci. ia. Dodge VS.. Jones, ad-
minislrGtor; demurrer 10 replication over
demnation. Cross VS.. Fendall, administrator
motion 10 set aside Judgment overruled. Dun.
canson vs.. Brown; order 10 file additional bill
of partition and plead i've days after. Wilson
VI. HeGttord demurrer to declaration over
ruled; ordered TO plead in ten days. Camden
furniture Company vs. @ CIonlei Judgment by by
i23, i22, d2l, i2I 4?s, i29, i3O, i3l 1872 i33 i3i
1876, 1876.
Circuit Court, Division No 2.--Jus.Ice NIcr.
TiCk.-Wyyill vs.. Adams motion by defendant
for new trial oveTuled. Jones VS.. Pennsylva
MA Railroad Company; exceptions OF defend
ant 10 interrogations sustained. Murdock VS..
Evans, administrator; motion by plaintiH to
produce books and papers at trial ordered
amendedby Monday. Stewart VS.. Pennsyiva-
mia Railroad Company exceptions of deend-
ant to inteIogHions su'tained. AssiGnment-
NOs So, S6 &C. 20, 1855, lSd, 49, li5, liS, l5l l53
l5i, 100 1885, lGs, ljj, 100, 1853, l6j, los.
EQUITY COurt--Jusice CoX.-Hnl ys, Ker;
Job Barnard appointed guardian ad Item.
Hust US. Hurst receiver ordered 70 pay so %
defendant auditors report confirmed aud sale
ard conveyance ordered.
Criminal Court -- Justice MOntgOmery.-
unlicensed bar! sentenced 70 pay a fine o! i 05
and costs, and be committed until paid; exc
CutiOn suspended for four months from date.
Ellen Matthews, convicted Of keeping an un-
licensed bar; sCnlcLCld 10 my n tine Of SlUj
and CoAs, ana D. committed 10 jail until paid;
execution suspeuCcd Tor two months from
date Of conviction. jasper Jackson, convicted
Of sssRult win iptCu. to ElG motion tor new
ulal argued, aud eight HIdOylts filed. Wm.
Myers aud lEOs S.aGS, convicted Of robbery
n ion for new trial us'puued until saturday
Lt&t Jho. H. Lys!c, false pretensesi Rrreigned
and pleaded not guilty, VIM, Green, convicted
If hOEfChIct ki lg: motion for new GIill post
pOped until saturday GeSt, Lawrence Murphy,
forgery; demurrer Withdrawn unl plea 0f not
guilly y.en!cIcd james II, Thornton, house
bicrkiug; plea Of guilty wllhITnwn and pea
| Of NOT guilty entered. Asslpnment-CHses lie i
over ana United states VS.. James Z DAVIS and
Wm. Davis igr fa,se prstenses, Priscilla
SMOKERS Tor larceny and receiving stolen
property. Vim. Huuter for u lilRy, Joseph Caster
ior assault with intent 10 KIN. Michael Meaney
for larceny from person, George Jackson Tor
Larceny, Frank Wicks for assault with Intent
10 XIII, John stafford for assault with utent 10
Kill, and Roberta, Robertson for forgery.