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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
A Famous Indian Chief.

Chief Joseph, the famous chief of the
Nez Perces Indians. who defed the
United States few years ago, is fully
six feet in his moccasins, and weighs
200 pounds. His features are fine and
denote decided character; his forehead
is broad and high, slightly sloping from
a pair of heavy, beetling eyebrows,
above piercing black eyes. His hair.
black and straight, is remarkably fine
for an Indians, and is glossy without
any bears grease. His hands and feet
are small and well-shaped; of the former
be is proud, and spends much time in
manicuring them. His skin is of a
light copper color, and in the sunlight
takes on a beautiful reddish hue.-Is-
did7zdDOLis Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Do the Dying Suffer Pain?

The rule is that Inconsistencies, not
pain. attends the final act. A natural
death is not more painful than birth.
Paihlessly we come; whence we know
not. Painlessly we go; where we
know not. Nature kindly provides an
aesthetic for the body when the spirit
leaves it. Previous to that moment,
and in preparation for it, respiration
becomes feeble, generally slow and
short, often accompanied by long in
SEPARATIONS, and short, sudden expira-
tons, so that the blood is steadily less
and less oxygenated. AT the same time
the heart acts with corresponding de-
bility. producing a slow, feeble, and often
irregular pulse. AS this process goes
ON the blood is not only driven to the
head in diminished force and in less
quantity, but what flows there is load
ed with carbonic acid gas, a powerful
an@sthetic, the same as derived from
charcoal. Subjected to the influence of
this gas the nerve centers lose con-
seriousness and sensibility, apparent
sleep creeps over the system; then
comes stupor and then the end.-St.
Louis Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Sam Jones As a Peace-Maker.

A good story is told on Rev. Sam
Jones, an incident that happened when
the well-known preacher first started
in evangelistic work. He went to a
small town and was told that he would
have hard time in the church, as
there were numerous feuds existing be-
tween the members. and two brothers,
who both belonged to the church, never
spoke to each other, nor did their
families.
The night for opening the meeting
arrived. Mr.. Jones entered the church
while the choir and congregation were
singing:
Come, angel band;
Come, and around me stand.
o, bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home.
When the center of the church was
reached Mr.. Jones stopped in the aisle,
waved his hat at the choir and shouted:
"Stop! stop that singingm
The music ceased at once, and Mr..
Jones continued:
That's not fit song to be singing
in this church. l am told there are
brothers and cousins who belong here
and yet don't speak to each other. Now
do you think there is any danger of
hearing the rustling of angels wings
beneath the roof with such a state of
affairs? You won't hear any kind of
wings rustic so long as that sort of
thing keeps up, unless it's a buzzard's
wings"
The two brothers made friends be-
fore the meeting broke up.-AtIGrsta
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
The Hardest Worker I'm Jamaica.

Everywhere, where the water is quiet
in bays and harbors, one sees the man
grove at its silent, ceaseless work. The
parent trunk, growing from a little
pink stem, shoots up into a low shrub
with wide-spreading branches, clothed
perpetually with glossy green leaves.
From these branches long slender roots
drop into the water beneath, where, in
the muddy soil at the bottom, they
themselves take root, and in turn be-
come trunks and trees. And every
where under the snake-like network of
roots which rise out of the muddy SOIL
and in a tangle of branches above, life
is pulsing and rustling. Innumerable
crabs, with long red legs and black
bodies peppered with white spots,
scurry and crawl in and out upon the
rank mud beneath the arching roots,
and droll hermit-crabs draw them
selves with click into the burrowed
houses strange-looking shells with
long spines, curious spirals, notified
with blue and gray and yellow.
In the days of the Spaniards vessels
used to sail up the Rio Cobra to
Spanish Town; now it is wellnigh
choked with the wash of centuries. To
enter it you pass around long spur of
sand that stretches far out into the bay,
a roosting-place for sleepy pelicans
resting from their fishing -''old Joes, y"
as the islanders call them. The channel,
barely deep enough for the light canoes
of the fishermen, is tortuous and wind
ing, and further up along its course is
nearly rooted in by overarching trees,
and bordered by impenetrable thickets
that now forever shut out the life that
used to come and go between the har-
Dor and San Jago de la Vega.-Hoa0ard
PILE, IN Hdrper'S Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
How to Sit a Horse.

Apropos Of an article on riding Mr..
William A. McGibben, an expert,
writes as follows to the n. Y. Herald
TO say how woman should sit horse:
The body should be balanced ex-
actly in the middle of the saddle, and
far enough back to grasp the second
pommel with the right knee comforta-
bly,, while the left one is just spanned
by the third pommel or leaping- horn.
The rider is now sitting upon that
part of the animal which is the center
of motion; the head erect, turning
easily without involving the body, eyes
looking over the horses head in the di-
rection he is going; shoulders well
thrown back so as to expand the chest,
taking care to keep them in line and
not to raise one higher than the other;
the small of the back slightly bent for
ward, upper part of the arms hanging
straight down from the shoulders and
held loosely. but close to the sides;
the forearm straight out from the ell
bows; wrists rounded inward and on a
level with the elbow; each hand hold
ing rein, fingers closed. knuckles to
the front, thumbs extended on the end
Oh Ino TelnS anu pointed across the
body; hands held five or six inches
apart, according to the width of the
horses neck in front of the body.
From the knee to the foot the right
leg must be held close to the forelap of
the saddle, the heel raised and inclined
backward little. The right side of
the upper part of the right leg from the
knee to the hip joint should be turned
on its outer side and held close to the
saddle, and the inside of the upper part
of the left leg should be in contact with
the saddle. The left knee should be
placed just below the third pommel,
and the lower part of the leg should
hang straight down from the knee and
close to the side flap of the saddle, the
upper part of the legs only to leave the
saddle at the rising trot.
The foot should be placed evenly in
the stirrup as far as the ball, the
heel being little lower and pointed
toward the shoulders of the horse. The
body should be plant and accompany
the movement of the horse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
DR.. TALMAcE's MOTHER.
An Eloquent Tribute to Her Memory by
the Famous Preacher.

/ never write or speak to woman,
says DR.. Talmage in the Ladies Home
JoatrHlal, but my mind wanders off to
one model-the aged one who, twenty
four years ago, we put away for the
resurrection.
About eighty years ago, and just be-
fore their marriage day, my father and
mother stood up in the old meeting
house at Somerville, n. j., and took
upon them the vows of the Christian.
Through long life of vicissitude nv
mother lived harmlessly and usefully
and came to her end in peace. No
child of want ever came to her door
and was turned away empty. No one
in sorrow came to her but was COM
forted. No one asked her the way to
be saved but she pointed him to the
cross. When the angel of life came to
a neighbor's dwelling she was there to
rejoice at the starting of another i'm
mortal spirit. When the angel of death
came to that dwelling she was there to
robe the departed for the burial.
We had often heard her, when lead
ing family prayers in the absence of
my father, say: 20 Lord, l ask not for
my children wealth or honor, but do
ask that they may all be the subjects of
thy comforting gracer Her eleven
children brought into the kingdom of
God she had but one more wish, and
that was that she might see her long
absent missionary son, and when the
ship from China anchored in New York
harbor and the long-absent one passed
over the threshold of the paternal home
she said: Now, Lord, lettest thou thy
servant depart in peace, for my eyes
have seen thy salvation"
The prayer was soon answered.!
1t was an autumnal day when we.
gathered from afar, and found only the
house from which the soul had fed for
ever She looked very natural, the
hands very much as when they were
employed in kindness for the children.
Whatever else we forget, we never
forget the look of mothers hands. As
we stood by the casket we could not
help but say: Doesn't she look beau
tifulp" 1t was cloudless day when,
with heavy hearts, we carried her out
to the last resting place. The wither-
ed leaves crumbled under hoof and
wheel as we passed, and the sun shone
on the Raritan river until it looked
like fire; but more calm, and beautiful,
and radiant was the setting sun o. that
aged pilgrims life. No more toll, no
more tears, no more Sickness no more
death. Dear mother! Beautiful mother!
Sweet is the slumber beneath the sod.
While the pure spirit rests with God
With such mother as an example,
is it strange that should always have
cherished the most exalted estimate of
woman and womankind?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
A Message.
Chicago Times

How little the left hand knoweth
The deeds that are done by the right,
How little the night time showeth
His sorrowful shades to the lighti
How few of the hearts that are broken
Betray to the breaker their grief;
How many harsh words that are spoken
Are the crushed souls only relief
Alas for the childish gladness
We never may know again;
And alas, and alas, for the sadness
That broods like spirit of paini
Like some spirit of pain, that will hover
Still nearer when sunlight is fed,
Until youth aud youths last changeful lover
Grow old, and grow cold as the deadl
1t is strange that the hands that might lead us
To heaven, refuse us their hold;
That the dear lips that whisper GOD speed
u.s."
Are the lips that are first to grow coldi
But love, we are nearer the dawning,
Just there is the heavenly light,
And how like the glorious morning
Knows the sorrowful shades of the night
Lola Marshall Dean in the Atlanta Constitu.
ton
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
At the Ball.

She stands tonight as fair as any dream,
All in her sheen of snowy satin drest;
The thousand lamps upon her beauty CLEAN
And on the fragrant lilies at her breast.
Ny lilies THAT brought her hours ago
And begged that she would wear for my
sake,
And all my being burned with joyous glow
To see her fairy hands my blossoms take.
The throng of SWANS abjectly crowd around
And sue for her regard with eager gaze;
And yet not one of them / trow, has found
The blessed prize for which he fondly prays.
On speeds the dance; and II stand apart
And watch my queen whose love my rivals
crave;
And, as / feel It's who have her heart,
gloat upon the lilies that gave.
The dancers pause; start, in mad surprise,
A flush ilumines her rounded cheek and
throat
She's pinning there, before my very eyes,
One of my lilies on her partners coatl
A curse upon the maid who thus can strike
This blow in this, my happiest of hours,
And curse the day l squandered, gilly-like,
Ten dollars on that wretched bunch of
fowersi
-Chicapo Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

''You ought to be glad that you VIII
oe electrified instead of hanged" said
a prison, visitor to a convicted muir
derer ''Why?" asked the felon in sur
prise. you suffer greatly from rheu-
matism. don't youP" Yes" ''Wen,
electricity is the best known remedy
for that. Epoch.
''Where is the place to find a good
talking parrot?" writes a subscriber.
In the newspapers, son; in the news
papers. You'll find wonderful parrots
saying things in the miscellaneous
columns of the papers that are never,
never, never heard from the bills of
living parrots anywhere else. Go to
the same place for trained and saga
cious dogs.-Burdette.
Visitor-''Do you like going to school,
my little dear?" Little Fauntleroy-
Eyes, indeed" Visitor-''Of course.
You love your school, don't you, my
pet? and you like your teacher, too,
don't you?" Little Fauntleroy-"O
yes, / wouldn't want any other teacher
Visitor = ''Of course not" Little
Fauntleroy-"No,i indeed. She's awful
Rearsighted. IN. Y WeekEg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Bargaining in AIgiers.

You select your goods with slow de-
liberation, pile them together casually
in little heap, eye them askance with
an inquiring glance, and take a con-
templative pull or two at the inspiring
weed in solemn silence, says a writer
in the GentIe11aae'S Magazine. Mo-
manned Ali responds with puff from
his cigarette in grave concert. Then
you walk once or twice up and down
the piazza slowly, and, Jerking your
head with careless ease in the direction
of your selected pile, you inquire, as if
for abstract reasons merely, in an off
hand tone, your Moslem friends lowest
cash quotation for the lot as it stands.
Two hundred francs is the smallest
price. Mohammed Ali paid far more
than that himself for them. He sells
simply for occupation it would seem.
Look at the work, monsieur. All
craven brass, not mere repousse metal,
or real old chain-stitch, alike on both
sides-none of your wretched, COM
mon-place, modern, machine-nlade en-
broidery.
You smile incredulously, and remark
with a wise nod that your Moslem
friend must surely be in error. A mis-
take of the press. For 200 francs read
so francs.
Mohammed Ali assumes an express
sive attitude of virtuous indignation
and resumes his tobacco. Fifty francs
for all that lot! Monsieur jests. He
shows himself very poor judge, in
deed, of values.
Half an hours debate and ten sue
cessive attachments reduce the lot at
last to fair average price of70 francs
Mohammed Ali declares you have rob-
bed him of his profit, and pockets his
cash with inarticulate grumblings in
the Arab tongue. Next day you see in
the Rue Bab-Azzoun that you have paid
him at least so francs too much for
Nnnr SunnnSed har0ain
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Enough to Puzzle Anybody.

We heard darky say recently that
he owned pig, and one day gave it a
bucket of mush. Said the darky: He
eats de whole bucketful of mush, and
den l put de darn little cuss in de
bucket and he didn't fill it up half FULL
The question for philosophers to settle
is, what became of the mush?- MadiS-
OMAN
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Three-Story Wagon.

A three-story wagon was captured
at Martinsville, Nd, a few days since.
The first story under the running gear
was coop of live chickens; the sec
ond. sandwiched between the first and
third and hidden from view, was de-
voted to ''moonshine spirits; the third
was laden with tobacco and fodder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

To the small boy who has to wear his
fathers made-oyer apparel, life seems
one dreary expants.
The statement is made that more
than $4,000 elephants are killed in
Africa every year. Their ivory in the
raw state is worth 81, 000,0 600.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

Don't carry money in the pocket on
the right-handed side of your trousers;
pickpockets expect to find money there.
Don't forget that you are just as like
" as anybody else to be the victim of
Disqualification Transcript.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-10-02
A TRUE TONIC

Week and enfeebled constitutions
need good tonic occasionally. Now
there ii one tonic which a great
many delicate and weak folks have
used to good advantage. 1t restores
the appetite and improves the d.
gestion. 1t drives out malaria. It
prevents colds and influenza. 1t
makes one feel better and stronger
every way. 1t will also cure chills
and tevel, even after all other treat
ment tails. Do you want to feel
strong and we'll? Then give it a
trial. 1t is called Smiths Tonic
Syrup, and is the discovery of that
eminent physician, DR.. John Bull,
of Louisville, Ky. 1t is rapidly
taking the place of quinine, as it
has all the good qualities Of that
drug and none of its hurtful ten
denotes. 1t will not harm the most
delicate individuals, is very pleasant
to take, and never fails to do good.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-10-02
Llano, Texas. Nav 13. 1890.

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Building Material.
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-10-02

The progressive man is sure to
be accused of inconsistency. But
the inconsistency OF progress can
only be injurious to any individual.
AS we'll might the tree be inconsist-
ent that produces leaves only last.
year and leaves and fruit this year,
as to say that the man is inconsist-
ent whose increased knowledge of
facts causes him to change his meth
DDS of thought and action.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-10-02
IT'S OBJECT.

Everybody who knows anything
of the history of the Alliance or
ganization are aware of the fact that
when it first started in the State of
Texas, that politics killed it. It
! killed the Grange movement, and if
reaction takes place It will kill
the Alliance.
The Alliance (Ala) Journal says
On this subject:
''The Farmers Alliance was or
ganized for agricultural purposes; at
least large majority of the farmers
of Alabama when they joined the
Alliance believed it existed for the
purpose of building up the agricul-
tural interest, and nothing else /;
but instead of being directed for this
purpose, we have permitted a few
narrow minded men and Office seek
ers to direct it for purposes other
than agriculture, and it is our duty
to take the organization out from
under the influence Of this class of
people and place it in charge of
men WAC have agricultural interest,
whose administration will subserve
the puapose of the organization.
We need broad guage, progressive
men as leaders, who will command
the respect of every member of the
! Alliance AID all classes in Alabama.
We do not want men as leaders who
are going to run the Alliance for
the purpose OF boosting themselves
into Office.
The Alliance should not be used
or directed in the interest of any
man for anything, but for the whole
organization; and no member should
be permitted to use it for private
gain or political preferment, and
when this becomes the rule of the
order we will rid the organization
of that class Of men who are in the
Alliance for private gain and politi-
cal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
The farmers of Alabama need an
organization, not to tear down other
interests, but to build up our own;
and whatever grievances we may
have we will present them in an in
telligent and logical manner, and
we will have the influence of every
man in Alabama who loves right
and fair play. A few members of
the Alliance that have done most
of the speaking and writing Cor the
last three or four months have i'm
pressed the public with the idea
that the Alliance is opposed to every
other interest in the State and re-
CARDS every other class as enemies.
Now, whether there is any founda-
ton in this impression or not, it
does exist, and it is the duty of the
Alliance to remove it in fact, our
success as an organization demanps
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-10-02
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