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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28

hely require all your SubordinateS to recog-
ME and obey it. The rebels are every
where using the anti-negro riots in the
North-aS they have long used your Off
GERS treatment of negroes IN the South
to convince the slaves that they have moth
ing to hope from Union suecess-that
we mean In that case to sell them In a
bitter bondage to defray the cost of the
war. Let them impress this as a,truth on
the mass of their ignorant and Rredulous
bondmen, and the Union viii never be re-
stored-never.
President Lincoln replied to Mr.. Greerey's
letter by telegraph under the date of Aug.
y. The following is his reply as it ap-
pears in Greeley's American Conflict. y
IF there be In it (Mr. Greeley's letter.
any statements or assumptions of fact
which | may know to be erroneous, / do
not now and here controvert them.
IF there be any differences which | may
believe to be falsely drawn | do not now
and here argue against them.
IF there be perceptible in it an impa-
tient and dictatorial tone, waive it in def
erence to an old friend whose heart have
always supposed to be right.
LAS to the policy | seem to be pursu-
ing, as you say. | have not meant to leave
any one in doubt. would save the Union,
| would save it In the shortest way under
the constitution.
The sooner the national authority can
be restored the nearer the Union will be
the Union it was
IF there be those who would not save
the Union unless they could at the same
time save slavery l do not agree with
them
IF there be those who would not save
; the Union unless they could at the same
time destroy slavery l do not agree with
them.
My paramount object is to save the
| Union, and not either to save or destroy
slavery.
IF could save the Union without free
ing any slave | would do tiff | could save
it by freeing all the slaves / would do it
and if could do it by freeing some and
leaving others alone | would also do that.
''What l do about slavery and the
colored race [ do because | believe it helps
to save the Union; and what I forbear
forbear because | do not believe it would
help to save the Union.
Il shall do less whenever | shall believe
what | am doing hurts the cause; and !
shall do more whenever [ believe doing
more will help the cause.
Il shall try to correct errors when shown
to be errors; and shall adopt new views
so fast as they shall appear to be true
views.
81 have here stated my purpose accord
ing to my views of official duty; and | in
tend no modification of my oft-expressed
personal wish that all men everywhere
could be free
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
Potatoes With Shallow Ewes.

No variety of potato, however good in
quality, or excelling in production, will
long remain popular if it has deep-sunken
eyes. The best part of the potato lies next
the skin. so that the deep pearing that
sunken eyes necessitate is doubly wasteful.
The deep eye is deceptive in planting, as
the farmer can not know in advance wheth-
er it will grow or not. Under different
circumstances he may have a much great
er or less stand of plants from a similar
seeding. Where the potato eyes stand out
prominently on the surface nearly all will
grow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
How Turkish Harerns are Filled.

The Polygamous Turkish beys and agas,
whose hitherto regular supply of Circassian
girls from the Caucasus has been cut off
from them since the annexation of the
province by Russia, have recourse now to
a bold system of rape. The swoop down
upon the Armenian village, with their
armed acoytes and carry off to their
harems, by main force, as many cookbook
ing girls and women as they can lay hands
on This is permitted to them, and the
modus operandi by which tie abduction of
Armenian girls is rendered legal by the
Moslem judges may be summed up as fol-
lows: When the relatives present them
selves in court to claim the abducted vic
tim. the ravishers are ready with a brace
of Moslem witnesses lone hundred could
be produced If wanted), who declare on
oath that the kidnapped woman pronounced
in their presence the regular formula of
Moslem faith: There is no God but God,
and Mohammed is his prophet" The
Judge thereupon disnisses the case on the
ground that the stolen and ravished girl
has by that profession abiurcd her former
faith and embraced Mohammedanism.
And the verdict of these upright judges is
not to be set aside-New Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
ILLITERACY
Most Widespread in Russia, but Little
known in Sweden.

Statistics of illiteracy show that the
United States are outstripped by some of
Europe In the percentage of persons who
are able to read and write. This country
is, however, far ahead of most countries of
the globe.
The highest per cent. of illiteracy, says
the Denver Republican, is In Russia, Ser
via, and Roumania, where about so per
cent. of the population is unable to read
and write. In Spain 63 per cent, and In
Italy 48 per cent. of the people are unable
to read and write. In England about Is
per cent, and in the United States per
cent. of the population is illiterate- confn-
ing the calculation to the white population
in the United States Taking the entire
population of the United States the per-
centage of those over 10 years of age who
cannot read is 1914 per cent and of those
who cannot write is II per cent.
In the German empire only about per
cent. of the population is illiterate. In
Sweden and Denmark there is practically,
it is said, no one who is unable to write.
The superiority of Germany and the
Scandinavian nation in this respect is
doubtless due to the maintenance during
many years of efficient public schools. This
conclusion is strengthened by the fact that
in Spain and Italy, where there are few
public schools, the percentage of llllteracy
is very high.
This view of the relation between illit-
eracy and the public schools is also sup
ported by the fact that in New Mexico,
where until recently but little attention
was paid to public schools, the percentage
of illiteracy is higher than in any other
mart of the United States. In New Next
co 50 per cent. of the population is unable
to read.
In Colorado only 50 per cent. ard in
Massachusetts So per cent, of the popo-
lation is unable to read
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
THE DEAR OLD SONGS OF HOME.
CHICAGO CURRENT.

O wheel sublime Of tireless 1Ime,
Turn backward in your hight.
Ring out the chime IN taify rhyme
OF boyhood's music bright:
Like bells of JOY outringing,
Those memories and clinging,
Now faint. now near, again l hear,
In accents clear where'er l roam,
nv mother sweetly singing,
THE dear old songs of home.
Make me a boy, with boyhood's oy,
- in the days of old,
When ruddy blaze before your gaze
Went out in sparks of gold.
/ see the kettle swinging,
The shadows round it clinging,
Till once again in sweet refrain,
On land or main where'er I roam,
/ hear my mother singing,
Singing, sweetly singing,
The dear old songs OF home
At set of sun when day was done,
Like silver Ginning bell,
Rose on the air with evening prayer.
The songs we loved so well;
Still in my ear they re ringing,
Anu memories old are bringing,
Like gentle shower of boyhOOd's hour,
With subtle power where'er l roam,
OF mother sweetly singing,
Singing, sweetly singing,
The dear old songs of home.
No time can blot this fragrant spot,
This chime of silver bells;
But of my heart, with sudden start
The secret surely tells.
Then mid the glad bells ringing
With holy thoughts upspringlng,
Now faint, then clear, again | hear,
In accents dear, whereer / roam,
My mother sweetly singing,
Singing, sweetly singing,
The dear, old songs of home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
THE BOATNIAN OF BREE.
DAVID GRAHAM ADEE.

On the gray sands there ara sadly sitting,
Heavy their hearts as the rocks OF Bree,
Clumsy the fingers so busIly knitting
Or finging round pebbles into the sea;
Flinging smooth pebbles into the sea
That surges and foaIIis on the coasts of Bree.
80. wasting waters! o. wandering waters,
O. Wild white surf of the shores of Bree.
Tell us, puir bodies of boatmen's daughters,
Where are our gudemen upon the sea?
Where are our fishermen upon the sea?
Our bonny brave lads of the isles o'Bree.'
Cold comes the spray from the stormy waters.
Hoarse fall the voices of wind and sea,
CRYING: '1Sad tidings We bring puir daughters,
From the salt waves of the raging sea,
Your sailors are drowned in the rough of the
sea,
In the pillows that break the shores of
Bree.''
On the wet sands they are idly sitting,
Far off their thoughts as they gaze out to sea,
Listless the hands once so busily Hitting,
Broken their hearts on the reefs of Bree,
Shipwrecked their lives in the wash of the sea,
The breakers that buried the boatmen of Bree.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY.

A man with a he'd phull of branes kan
afford ew be kareless once in a while, for
even his blunders are brilliant
Experience increases our wizdom, but
don t reduse our phollys.
Buty IL power; but the most treacherous
one l kno ov.
The man who haz got into the habit ov
never making eny blunders, IL altogether
too good to liv in this world.
Humanity is a good thing tew hav, pro-
vided a man IL sure he haz got the right
kind. Thare never il a time in kat
life when she IL so humble az Just before
she makes up her mind to pounce unto
a chicken, or just after she haz caught and
ct it.
l hav no doubt that the human hart kon-
tains all the single attributes that the
angels possess, but no single human hart
kontains even a moity ov them.
Sosiety IL made up ov the good, bad,
and indifferent: and what makes so much
trouble IL, the indifferents are In the ma
jority.
A man who Il neither good nor bad IL
like an old musket laid away without any
lock, but heavy charge in 1t.
When a man haz dun a charitable
thing without letting the world kno it, he
haz dun all that an angel kould do in the
premises.
Too much ov the religion in this world
konsiSts In konfessing our sins to ourselfS
and to each other.
1 don't suppose thare haz ever lived a
man without a single virtew. Even Judas
Iskariot went and hanged himself =
The vanity ov most men IL so mutch
more than match for their experience
that they seldom learn ennything bi expert
ence.
The pashuns are like the wick ov a light
ed HANDLE they don't die out until they
are burnt out.
Thare IL lots ov folks who are in SIGH a
CRATE hurry tew git religion that they con-
fess sins they ain t guilty ov, and overlook
those that they are
New York Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
Commemorative Their Death.

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-Two public meet
ings were held IN Chicago tonight to COM
mem0rate the twenty-sec0nd anniversary
of the execution of Allen. LarEin and
G'Brien. Ex-Congressman John T. Fin
erty, of Chicago, Hon. G: E. Gallagher
of Minneapolis, and Hon. Matthew
P. Brady. of Chicago, were speakers at the
Central Music hall. P. w. Dunn, of
Peoria. Ills: Rev. D. B. Toomey, of Polo,
Ills.; Pat Grant, E. 0. NJ Condor, of
Philadelphia; and John Dewey, of New
York, spoke at Battery D armory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
Returned to His Father.

New YORK. Nov. 20.-Charles Bruer,
the boy who Is a witness against Postmas-
ter General Wanamaller In a SO. GOO dam
age suit. and who ran away from home IN
Philadelphia. was given over to his father
by the court this morning. Both returned
0 Philadelphia.
John R. Williams, aged %, after suf-
fering untold agonies died of hydrophobia
at Marblehead, Mass. young boy named
Bell has also received an attack and cam
not recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
THREE OCEAN CLIMATES.
Something About Madeira, the Azores, and
the Canaries.

It is nigh upon a century since England
began. IN any public sense, to make ac-
quaintances with an ocean climate to
which, with some fluctuations, she has
remained faithful ever since. Doctors
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28

The native races along the southern
coast of South America are described as
professional wreckers and thieves. Their
practices are thus mentioned by the author
of 1.-The Cruise of the Falcon One sail
or is sitting half asleep on his sea-chest. A
gauchio comes up and taps him on the back
of the neck. ''Bueno, Johnny; bueno,
Johnny" eff you are not off, I'll send a
bullet into you says Jack. ''Bueno,
Johnny; bueno; till tomorrow, and off
skulks the gauchio to his horse, which he
mounts. With a sardonic smile he takes
off his hat to Jack, bids him farewell, and
digging his spurs into the hanks Of his
wiry little horse, leans over his neck and
soft at full gallop over the short grass of
the sandy plains. At the first stride of the
horse, to Jacks intense surprise, his box
is wrenched violently from under him. He
jumps up, rubs his eyes, sees his property
rolling and humping away over the sand
hills at the heels of the gauchio' s steed; for
this clever gentleman has managed to
make one end of his lasso fast to the handle
of Jack box while engaged in conversation
with him.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-16
SAPOLIO.

1t Is soid cake Of Securing Soap. Try 1t in your
next house cleaning.
Even king can secure cheap comfort and easy
relief from the cares of houer-cleAnng by the in
vestment Of n few cents in cake of Sapolio. With
IL wonders can I've accomplished in cleaning and
recurring, far which purposes IL has no equal.
''Dirt dcfcs the King" but II abdicatcs wherever
sapolio niakesit appearance and quickly. too; Try
= cake, Nc. 30.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-16
HE THAT WORKS

without tools is twice tired"
1t sho conquers dirt and adds to the appearance of
her house by keeping clean Don't be foolish
aud try to clean nog,o withou. sApoLIo. Quick
work can DO done with sAroLro. Common soap
and elbow service belong TO he past generation
b IN fashlva aud use RAPoLIo. 30, 9T.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-16
Leave Honolulu:
European Billiard ParlOrs.

rNHE Handsomest Billiard Parlors in
i the city, and fitted up in the mos,
approved style Four tables with all tn,
latest Improvements.
j. p. BOWEN 6 CO.,
40 tt Proprieiors
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-16
DAVID KAAIHUE

HAS the best and cheapest Black
Ii Rock, Coral, Sand and Soil for
sale in any quantity. Apply at the law
office of William G. Achi, No. SO Mer
chant street, Honolulu, ii. l. 30l 3m
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-16


RECORD 2:221a, Sacramento, Sept. 10,
1887.
PEDIGREE: - Marin was sired by
Quinn's Patchen, he by Geo. M. Pat.
chen, Jr. Marin's dam by Emigrant, he
by Billy McCracken; Billy McCracken
by McCraeken'S Black Hawk, 7G7, (the
sire of Lady Dooley, and of the dam of
Overman, 2l94), McCracken's Black
Hawk, 1857, by Vermont Black Hawk, 5;
End dam by Marshalls Black Hawk, he
Ivy Easton's Black Hawk. The dam of
Quinn's Patchen by S'ockbridge Chief,
he by Vermont Black Hawk, 8.
R. #. Carroll of San Francisco, the
former owner of Marin, vouches, that
out Of thir,y.six mares served by this
horse during his last season in Cali
fornia, thirty-fve proved with foal
PAUL IL. ISENBERG.
jly.29.89
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-24
GEO. w. LINCOLN.

THE WELL BUILDER IS STILL IN THE FIELD AS CON-
Il tractor and better
still
hearing mind that what a
Thanking the public for
l respectfully
65 w.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-24
PRICE 5 CENTS.
THE MERRY HEART.

"The merry heart goes all the day."
1t goes and never tires,
Free to bestow
Much warmth and glow
From out its hidden fires.
Though days are long
And nights are drear
And all around it sadness,
The merry heart
With songs of cheer
Restores the light of gladness.
When other hearts are out of tune,
And tinged with melancholy,
Tired of the strife
And toll of life
And quick to frown at folly;
The merry heart,
With courage still,
Goes on, and is not weary,
And every day,
In every i'll,
Sees something bright and CHEEKY.
0 rather than crown OF gold,
And rank and honors great
Than jewels rare
Beyond compare,
And rich and vast estate
I'd much prefer
A merry heart,
With laughter all audible,
That strives it's joy
And hope t. impart,
And sings its way through trouble.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-18

the policeman who had come too late
advised him:
''Say, old man, you'd better 60 home.
1ou've had i've OF six rows within an
hour. and / shall have to run you in Il
you don leave. You are evidently a
desperate character.
Mr. Bowser beckoned to me and led
the way to the boat. On the way down
lie was pointed out as Sullivan and Kill
rain, and every lady had gibe at him.
At the wharf he hired a hack TO take
US home, and not one word would lie
speak TO me all the way up. When we
finally got into the house he lockel the
door of the sittlng-rOOm and sat down
IN front Of me and said:
Mrs. Bowser. look at me,''
Yes, it's awful. l was afraid it
would turn out this way
And yet nothing would do but you
must gol"
why, 1 didn't want to go one
step!'
Take carel You are to blame for
this whole businessI l have borne and
borne, but the worm has finally turned
at last. Make out list Of what furni-
ture you want to keep and let US settle
ON the amount of the alimony."
We didn't settle, however. He felt
better next day, and l don't think he
will refer TO the matter again unless
bring II up.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-18
The Deceptive Handbag.

Would you mind going into Silk u
Satteen's store with me "A few mo-
ments, dear?' asked Mrs. Younglove,
sweetly, of her husband the other
afternoon after they had started out for
Il hatf-ffoiiday. I just want to get ii
few little things-only what can carry
in my handbag
The handbag was such a fiat,
dimmutive affair, seemingly capable of
holding so very little, that Youngloye
cheerfully complied with his wife's re-
quest,
When they emerged from the store,
two hours and a half Later, the hand
bag contained:
Two yards orange ribbon, l yard
dress lining, 4 yards Torchon lace, l
card hooks and eyes, 3 spoOls sewing
silk, l spool twist. l spool basting
thread, a card pearl buttons, 3 var IS
cardinal ribbon, 3 hanlkerchlefs, pair
kid gloves, l yard tulle, yard naiu-
sock, ? pairs hose, = papers Of pins, L
cut-steel buckle, l yard watered ribbon,
3 fancy-work ornaments, l skein EN-
uroidery silk. l pair dress shields, 2
yards Hamburg, l yard insertion, l box
button box hair-pins, l
pair hosiery supporters, l hair net
There, dear said Mrs. \ 1ounglove,
sweetly, as they came out; you see L
kept my word, and got only what L
could carry in my haud-bag- You were
a dear good boy TO go In with me at all,
and l wouldn't have asked you If I'd
been a regular shopping round; L know
how men dislike shopping
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-18

When He Comes
BY SUSAN COOLIDGE.


II 1 were told that must die Tomorrow
That the next sun
Which sinks should bear me past all fear and
For any one:
All the hight fought, all the short journey
What should doP
do not think that should shrink or falter,
But just go on
Doing my work, nor seek to change, nor alter
Aught that is gone.
But rise and move, and love and smile and pray
For one more day
And lying down at night for a last sleeping.
say in that ear
Which hearkens ever: Lord, within Thy keep
How should fear?
And when tomorrow brings Thee nearer still,
Do Thou Thy Will
might not sleep for awe but peaceful. tender,
My soul would lie
Al the night long; and when the morning
Flashed Ger the sky.
i think that / could smile-cOuld calmly say.
1t Is His day.
But if a wondrous hand from the blue yonder
Held out scroll,
On which my life was WI I, and with wonder
Beheld unrolI
To long century's end its mystic clue,
What should do?
What could do. o blessed Guide and Master,
Other than thise-
Still TO go on as now. not slower, faster,
Nor fear 10 miss
The road although 50 very long it be,
While led by Thee2
Step after step. feeling Thee close beside me.
Although unseen:
Through thOrns. through flowers. whether the
tempest hide Thee.
Or heavens serene
Assured Thy faithfulneSs cannot betTay
Nor love decay.
Let me keep on. abiding and unfearing
Thy VIII always,
Through long century's ripe fruition,
or a short days;
Thou canst not come too soon; and can wait
If Thou come late.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-18
americans and Money.

The American is constantly accused
by Europeans Of worshippiug the al
mighty dollar and great WAS my
curiosity to judge for myself of tine jus
tice of this charge. After calm Obser-
yatiOn of the ways of men in America,
/ came to the conclusion that the dollar
was certainly not only the unit Of the
monetary system, but that it was also
the unit Of the metrca system. How
ever, l soon saw that, if the dollar was
coveted and held in great respect, It was
not 50 much for itself as for the luxury
II was tile key to; III other words, that
avarice WAS a wee almost unknown in
the land. There is a lavishness in the
Americans way Of expending his money
that redeems his trick of taking off his
hat to it whenever he sees it.-MQL
O Bell,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-18

NEW YORK has started with a com
mittee of Finance for the Worlds Fair
Of 1892 which IS fully capable of car
ryiug it on successfully. and as the
members have accepted service tn
hearty spirit, the success of the enter
prise seemed almost assured. If the
selection of the site can be made to the
general satisfaction of the members OF
the Finance Committee and the public,
every other difficulty, including that OF
raising the necessary money, appears TO
be easily surunountable. There Is
gOO1 deal of talk of erecting perma-
ueut buildings and maintaining per-
maueut exhibition. 1t would simplify
matters to abandon this idea at once,
and it ought to be abandoned, for the
experience of the Crystal Palace and OF
the Philadelphia Permanent Exhibi-
ton sufficiently demonstrated that
neither exhibitors nor the public care
for a permanent OF continuous exhibit
ton. The expense to exhibitors If they
undertake to freshen up their displays
from time to time is prohibltory, whlle,
il they neglect to do so, the exhibition
loses all charms for the public Ihus-
trations in small way may he found
in tie small attendance at permaneh'
free museums, although the collections
in these II brought together for a snort
Season only would draw crowds 10 eA-
anime them. III the Idea of perma-
nence should be abandoned, theie
would be less trouble about choosing
site, aud the estimates Of cost coui'
De reduced
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-18

MARINE engineers and constructors
IN the Eastern coast would doubtless
ike TO look 1T the machinery of the
cruiser Charlestown, with which the
Pacific coast mechanics have been pot
tering for several months with dubious
results. Her latest trial trip was Inter
mitted, after u two-hours run, by the
slipping Of an eccentric. 1t Is costing
the contractors a pretty SUM to learn
how To put together a marine engine;
but ir thew should get another similar
job from Uncle sam they may be ena-
bled to do better work by reason of
their costly experience with the Charles
toms machinery.