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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

their heads and torrent, the noise of which
was brought to them at intervals by the
blast roared near at hand
From this eliminating point. they saw. as
it were behind.a suddenly raised curtain,
the imposing chain of mountains stretching
as far as the eye could reach, its axis run
ming towards its frozen pole, amid vast soli-
tudes that could readily be imagined It
was IS if the gigantic waves of an ocC-l N
lashe1 by a tempest had been suddenly
petrifei and the vertigo of a troubled
gaze had all at once put them again in mo-
ton.
The aspect Of these massive portions of a
tremendous frame. black with northern
trees, with their lofty SUBMITS loaded down
with snow. their crystal glaciers packed be-
tween high slopes. their sombre def1les
often torn by the lightning and their steep.
inaccessible wdlls-all this saddened the
heart froze the senses and troubled the
mind.
And beneath the dark sky stretching to
i1linity, the parallel chains and their lateral
extensions with their few grassy plains. the
ran1ific3tions of desOl2te valleys di-2ly saIn
through narro-y gorges, the unfathomable
raE-ines, the = Fps from which assembled ID
blush vapor the fo.sm of waterfalls, the i'm
measurable circular basins, tnc blInehed
elevations and the sharp peaks.
The spot Was lugubrious, desoiate and
sad-more than sad-sinister. It seemed
chosen Tor the accomplishment of a crime.
Suddenly, from this pest of observation,
the Yd,loute discovered, upon the western
side of the m0uHtLin over which the travel.
ers had passed, Il nan on horseback, ad.
vancing with difficulty and struggling obsti.
nately against the wind which poured fur
iously from the ravine. He described him
to the two Europeans.
Mon Dieu!7 CT u. La1leur 1T is the
chief of ..y--~y."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21
AbSent-Minded.

An amusing circumstance occurred a
the Continental hotel the other day, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer. when a promi-
nent railroad official, who resides in the
interior of the state, stepped to the clerk
desk and wrote John Blank land wife"
us yourwife In the ladies parIor?" asked
the clerk, with view If sending an es-
cort to show her to the apartment he had
assigned them
My wife," said the arrival, with be-
wildered air. as he stood as if lost in
reverie. why. my wife, Then he
aroused and glanced about as if he was
looking tor her. Why. my wife" he
finally remarked. recovering himself
why, declare, | left her at Atlanta City.
We have been travelling together and |
became So accustomed to registering her
that entirely forgot that she was to stay
at the shore.
There was hearty laugh all around at
the expense of the railroad man. In which
he joined
Gracious. l would no. let her know of
this for anything be remarked as he
darted away to the elevator.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21
It was Ben Johnson. we be-

It was Ben Johnson, we be-
licve, who, when asked Nal
locks question, 81 Is life worth
living ;" replied THAT de-
pends on the h0er." And Ben
Johnson doubtless saw the
double point TO the pun.
The liver active-quick
10, Is 4osy, eve.y thing bright,
mountains of trouble melt like
mountains of snow.
The liver sluggish-life dull,
everything blue, molehills of
worry rise into mountains of
anxiety, and as a result-sick
headache, dizziness, constipa-
ton.
Two ways are open. Cure
permanently, or relieve tenn
porarily. Take pill and suf
fer, or take a pill and get well.
Shock the system by an over
dose, OR coax it by a rlild,
pleasant way.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are the mild means. They
work effectively, without pain,
and leave the system strong.
One, little, sugar coated pei
let is enough, although a
whole vial costs but Is cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21
MIR. EDWARD MITCHELL'S BIG
DRAW.
He Got His $4,000 and Sailed Across the
Sea.

For a man who can talk so eloquently
when he chooses, Mr.. Edward Mitchell,
whose office is at IA Main street east, is a
reticent man. He did mention to few in
innate friends that he was going away for a
trip to Europe for his health, but he had
nothing at all to say about having held one
twentieth of ticket No. SO, S43 which drew
line first capital prize of $780, 900 in the draw
ing of the Louisiana State Lottery Co. on
June II, and there were very few who knew
he had got the money. HE never told his
luck, but let concealment, like a worm,''
etc, etc, etc. Not until Mr.. Mitchell had
got as far as New York was the fact of the
big prize of $4,000 coming to Hamilton
noiscd abroad. But truth, like murder, will
out, and when Ned comes marching home
again he will have to do the honors. MIR.
Mitchell is a great favorite in Hamilton,
particularly in business circles and among
his Masonic brethren, where his oratorical
achievements have made him famous. No
one will begrudge him his good fortune, nor
insist that he shall 'endow a college or q
cat" with the proceeds. If lie had given
the snap away" before he left town, he
might have got the offer of a private sccre-
tary to accompany him to Europe 10 help
blow in the $4,000. Why he neglected %
chance like that will remain mystery until
his return home Hamilton (Ont.) Times,
July s.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21
10 be continued. J
STUNNED By A SCRATCH.
The SinsuIa Experience of a Man on tn

The singular Experience of Man on the
Field of Battle.
Il have read of men being paralyzed
by wound and unable to move" said a
well-known prominent Maine office
holder to a Lewiston Journal writ
er, land | believe it, I know that
there have been many cases Of the kind,
and one of them In particular has such a
personal twist that have good reason to
remember:
1T was at the battle of Chantilly, in
the ear Y part of the fight. We had APP
preached a low, rambling fence-a Vir-
ginia fence as they were called and had
my gun through it and was doing what
service | could | saw the splinter fly
from a piece of that fence under the impe-
tus cf ball from the enemy. In the
lightning flash of the flying wood I seem
ed to find time to dodge, and there was a
quick pain like the soaring of hot iron,
and the splinter was through my hat ,banu
and along my scalp. penetrating it, but
not injuring the skull. The blow was Sc
we're and stunned me, and | remember as
we'll my last look at the scene-the fight
ing troops, the smoke, the battle, and the
trampling men. | fell back, my legs
half doubled up beneath me, and in mo-
ment my strength was gone and [ was
powerless. | saw every thing. Men fell
upon me. Men tramped upon ME. Horses
reared around me. The battle was on all
sides Ny wits were clear, my brain I'M
clouded but there was l. dying, a death
momentorily, alive, yet dead and suffering
more fortunes than | thought life
could have. lay there perhaps half an
q
when | felt some ones hand on my collar,
and I was dragged out and turned on my
face, where [ lay for moment as some
one riHed my cartridge-box. The motion
saved me. My pulse seemed to stir, my
will to re-exert itself, and in a few min
utes was myself. The wound was SC
small that stanched it with my handker-
chief, and in half an hour [ was ls well as
avar -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

A pretty sight often seen on St. Charles
avenue, New Orleans, is a little by riding
his bicycle with his black-and-tan dog
standing behind him. The dog holds on
by resting his front paws on his master s
neck, and appears to have no fear no mat
ter how rapidly they travel. The
Picayune says that the other day the dog
grew weary of the sport before the boy;
so, without any ado, he tucked his head
down on the boys shoulder and went to
Sleep
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21
Center of Population.
ST T ,ouiS Panuh1ic

OF LOUIS IIeDuDllC.
In 1890 the center of population was %
miles west of Baltimore; since that time
it has moved westward at an average rate
of about 81 miles to each decade, never
deviating degree north or south of the
39th parallel. The greatest progress was
between 1850 and 1860, when it travelled
81 miles, from point in Virginia to 20
miles south of Chillicothe Ohio. This, of
course, was caused by the gold excitement
and consequent settlement of the Pacific
coast. In 1870 the center of population
was 40 miles northeast of Cincinnati, 0.
The census of 1880 showed that it had adj
vanced So miles in the decade and had de-
fected to the south, and being near Tay-
louisville, Ky. 1t is anticipated that the
present census will find it somewhere in
Jennings county, Ind. If this westward
movement continues at the present rate
it will cross the Mississippi near st. Louis
in the wear 1850,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

The popularity of Dobbins' Electric Soap
Is that it acts right on the dirt and stains in
clothes and makes them pure as sno1o, at the
same time it preserves the clothes, and makes
them keep clean longer. Have your grocer
order if
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21
BEEenAa, sPn1s act like magic on a Weak sto.a .s

A bookbinder in Vienna was called upon
to bind a volume of 100 leaves worth 100, UUJ
gulden. Each leaf was a bond for l,0UU
gulden, the book being the owners gift 10
his only daughter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

The true physician is not only tinker
and renovator Of useless and decayed bu-
mainly; he is a teacher in the highest and
broadest sense of the term. He is to So
instruct the mind and aid the develops
ment of the body, that the highest aspira
tons Of a longing and eager soul may not
be unattainable. - DR.. Foote's HEATH
Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

A yo-ag woman at Parsons, Kan, who
pays large tax, claims the right to pasture
her cows in the school house grounds be-
cause she never had any children to send to
the school. That woman was built for a
LAWYER
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

Mild, gentle, soothing and
healing is DR.. Sage's Catarrli
Remedy. Only 50 cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

An English medical writer asserts that
cancer is not hereditary in the vast majority
of cases, no less than SO per cent. being
caused BY external influences upon the suf-
ferers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

Seyres ware has so fallen in public estima-
ton that the annual sale scarcely exceeds
500, 000 The works receive Il yearly sub
sidy of 100000, but Tic quahty Of tal
wares produced has deteriorated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

ALBERT BURCH, West Toledo, Ohio,
says: Halls Catarrh Cure saved my life
Write him for particulars. Sold by Drug
gists, Zoe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

The ladies of st. Louis make life burden
to the gripmen on the cable cars by punch
ing them In the bac'1 with their parasols
when they want the cars stODDed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

At L'Orient Arsenal, in France a great
ironcIad war vessel Of II coo ions is nearly
completed. 1t is strongly armed with i'm
mense cannon in revolving towers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

y LADY said she had hard work 10 get her
druggist to keep DIR. Bulls Worm Destroy
RS, he was anxious to sell another kind.
But she made him get them for her. Go,
mother and do likewise
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

THE older one grows the more one
knows" Don't get !, day older before you
use SAPOLIO. II is 4 solid cake of Scour-
ing Soap. Try it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

Senator Davis, of Minnesota, was former
ly an expert telegraph operator, and was
for long time employed in the office at
Waukesha. He was one of the first four
men in the country to read telegraph by
sound
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

LONDON, Eng. - One hundred and
seventy-fvs deaths are reported from
cholera in Mecca.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21
Gratifying to Al.

The high position attained and the uni
versal acceptance and approval ofthe pleas
ant liquid fruit remedy. Syrup Of Figs. az
the most excellent la1 alive known Illus
trate he value Of the qualities on which its
success is based. and are abundantly -rati.
tying to the California FIG Syrup CompanI.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

It is said that there are coo vacant houses
in Kansas City, Mo, and that it has lost
many thousands of population the past two
years since its boom" collapsed.
No opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
WIN ntJ fo,l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21
HAS HIGH AMBITION.

Sunol Will Try to Break the Record of
Maud S.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-On Septem-
Der 4th Robert Bonner's mare, Sunol,
2:101a, will trot at Belmont Park against
the record of Maud S., 2:0S24, and on
the same day and place Senator Stanford s
Palo Alto will trot against the stallion
record of 2.12 held nv A Xtall
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

The Italian minister of agriculture has re-
Gently purchased in England a splendid stall
lion named Melton for $4,000. 1t is ill.,
tended for the royal stables at Vaneria and
PiSce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sellit. -25c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

A Pocket Cigar Case and five of ''TansIl-
Punch all for &c
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-21

Mr.. Murray, of the Pittsburg mine.
near Grass Valley. split open large log.
He found muzzIe-loading shotgun that
appeared to be all right, but when he tried
to pull it from the hole the stock arumbled
to pieces The barrels are of fine make
and the gun was evidently stolen and hid
den many years ago
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29
MARCHING ALONG.
Rapid Progress of the New Town of Is.
calante, in Capay Valley.

Rapid Progress of the New Town of Is
calante, in Capay Valley.
An occasional correspondent at Esca-
iante formerly Esperanza) writes as fol-
lows of what is transporting there:
With the approach of spring and nice
weather comes the usual stir and activity
of our town. Two new dwelling houses
have just been completed, and are already
occupied. Town and acreage lots are being
rapidly sold and orchards planted, in spite
of the discouraging weather.
Nearly 1000 fruit and ornamental trees
have arrived already this spring, and are
being set out.
acres with almonds and French prunes,
and Mr.. Moses, of San Francisco, who owns
twenty acres adjoining, is setting out diff
ferent varieties of fruit trees.
printing Office is to be started in the
Slavin block as soon as the latter is COM
pleted.
Our enterprising blacksmith Mr.. Shuttle,
OF Madison, gives US daily anvil chorus,
and has all he can attend TO.
The Hotel Barnes is crowded with regu-
lar and transient guests, and in fact every
thing is moving with steady increase.
The railroad company is soon to set out
600 trees and other shrubbery along the
railroad reservation, and orders have been
given to plant trees and flowers III the town
plaza.
On or about the LIST of April both trains
will lay over here at night, bringing at
least six or eight families to the town, but
as yet with no houses to accommodate
them.
Since the railroad company has proven
its willingness to make the town a success,
by making this the chief fuel supply sta
ton and bringing people here, where are
the mossbacks that stood around and guyed
the place with their hands in their pockets?
Let them get in and put up some houses
for families, and do something toward
making the town what it will be in less
than two years, place of 1000 population.
Levy q Schwab's daily sales since they
came here run from $3.50 to $3.50. Last
week they received one car of barbed wire,
one car of -four and one of potatoes. The
week before they received two carloads of
furniture. besides the regular supplies of
groceries and hardware.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29
Work of Plants.

The amount of work which plants do in
breaking up the rocks and forming soil is
not understood by careless observers, and
by those who do not observe at ALL A
single instance will lead readers to reflect
upon the forces which are operating
wherever a root or fiber can penetrate a
seam in a rock. The power is as secret as
that of frost and ice, and as resistless.
Prof. Ansted describes what he saw going
on in the Ionian islands.
A curious instance of the effect OF vegeta-
ton in lifting stones is seen in one of the
fragments of the Cyclopean wall of Leu
cadia. An olive tree has planted itself, or
has been planted, close to the wall, and its
roots and two of the principal branches
have pushed their way through some little
creYice, or through the grouting between
the stones
In growing they have succeeded in dis.
placing the gigantic stones of which the
wall was built, and one stone, about 8 feet
long, 80 inches wide and as much deep. is
altogether removed from It's original posi-
ton in the wall, and in the course of years,
has become built into the tree, and raised
at least foot higher than it was originally
placed.
Nature has here shown that the sub
tie influences OF life, long continued,
and inappreciable within the period of a
few scores of years, may vet in time bring
about results which affect and destroy the
combined efforts of multitude of human
beings who have endeavored in vain to
produce an abiding monument of their
skill and labor.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29

success, both socially and financially. The
upper hall was devoted 10 dancing and the
lower rooms 10 card-playing. The success
of the entertainment was due TO the untir-
ing efforts of the management. The COM
mittees were as follows Arrangemen;s-
Miss Lizzie Plat Chairman, Miss Lizzie
Aiken, Miss PhGbe Ekstruni. J. T. Adams,
Miss Emma Garrison, C. " Post. o ".
Erlewine. Floor Director - DR.. W. f.
Wizard. Floor Msnagers-R Pedler Dr. F.
Metcalf, W. Thomas. ]. t Adams. Rscep-
ton Committee. H. Miller, Miss Lizzie
Bernard, Mrs NJ A. Jones. Mrs E. Christ.
Miss Mary Griffin. T. Il. Berkey, Albert
Hart, Mrs. J. c. PieTson, j. +. Mitchell, A.
c. Tufts, Lincoln White, J. c. Pierson.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29

dren," GllustIated), by Clara c. Edmunds,
MD The kindergarten on the Farm, y
first of a series by Adele OberDdorf;
Elementary Training of Infsn's," by
William E Leonard, NJ. D, and ''Instruc-
ton for Blind Children" The other de-
partments of the magazine contain the
usnal variety of interesting and instructive
matter.
"Macmillan's Magazine for March Mac
milan & Co, London and New York }
presents this table of contents: Kristen"
(serial). by Mrs. Oliphant: Twenty Years
of Political Satire by George Saintsbury;
Facts for the Fabian Socialists" Aus
tralia From Another Point OF View The
Illustrious Dead" by Z. G. Howard; ION
the Naming OF Novels The Counting Of
Dinah Shadd,' by Rudyard hipling; I'm
side the House BY spectator.
''Littelrs Living Age now issued
weekly by Littell & Co., Boston, is the
only weekly magazine of which we have
knowledge of a purely literary character.
It presents each week the choicest articles
from the English and Scottish reviews and
cream OF foreign current literature for a
comparatively small sum.
"Belford's Magazine" for April (Belford
& Coz has a complete novel Dy Homer
Green, and poems. stories. essays, criticisms
and reviews, from some of the best pens of
the day, including Julian Hawthorne, Rev.
Edward and Everett Hale, NJ. L. Scudder,
Jr., Louise C. Moulton aud others.
From the author, Harold P. Brown,
New York, we have compact pamphlet
with illustrations on The Comparative
Danger to Life of the Alternating and Con-
tinuous Electrical Currents
The SANITARY Era for March William
c. Conant, New York; is up to the high
! standard of that journal as progressive
periodical. Ii fills its part in broad field
of usefulness well.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

W. f. Doan, the stenographer, left for Auburn
yesterday.
Albert Gallatin came I'd from san francisco
yesterday.
Miss Minnie Snead. Of Dixon, was visiting
friends here yesterday.
Misses Mamie and Ella Deming, Of this city.
LEFT for visit 10 san Francisco and vicinity
yesterday.
Miss Daisy Deming entertained the High
school Club al her residence last evening on
the Ridge. There were about fifty young people
present, and the evening was most eDjoyably
spent.
Arrivals st the Capital Hotel yesterday: H. T.
Hugglus Clarkshurg: !. FogeIty, Ed. Holiday,
4. Fudger, F. swan. Chas. Charl, L. Dallas, G.
Kelley, J. Firehurst, Chas. Selma, NJ. Depaugher,
stockton; ChaS Aubury, Mrs. J. Z. Prewett
Ms. Mccullough. Auburn: Mrs. W H. Murray,
Rcseville: Mrs. l. Rose. BiggS; J. Sheridan. 4.
L. Sanborn. san Francisco: J. W. Hughes city:
n. p. Holland Rockford, H.: John C. Shelley,
Stockton; E. ". Powck, LOOMS; f. Brubaker,
Boston.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yesterday:
J. Frank, De Lancey stone A. Peabody, c. +.
Case. New York; u. F. Williams Boston; T. J..
Heilison. Philadelphia; George Forman, Louis.
vile; J. W. Mcdonald, Chicago; W. H Wood,
Rochester, y. y; J. d. McCammun, Bozeman,
Mont; E D. smith and wife, Wisconsin; Mrs.
sol Otis BeckWlth, Pumas county: +. .. Cra-
yens, city: d. P. Tarpey, Salt Lake: A. F.
sehurer, ". VI. Napier, Pleasauton: s NJ last
land anu wife, W. y. Dimmick, A. :. Rix, H. NJ.
Read, c. Linkenbach, &. Il. Franeoeur, san
Francisco.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Metropolitan Theater this even
ing Cleveland's Haverly Minstrels, also
known as the Magnificent Ministries, will
appear. Extended notice of the coming of
the organization has already been given.
One of its novelties is 1.-The first part," in
which the entire company is discovered
robed as Venetians in holiday time at
court, and in tapes ried chamber,
with elegant surroundings. The cos
tumery is said to be exceedingly
fine and the stage dressing exceptionally
rich. In the troupe are FIVE very fine bal
ladists, a troupe of ROYAL Japanese Jug
glers and acrobats; Sweatnam and Billy
Rice, the widely known Ministries; Frazer
and Burnell, musical specialists; drill
corps, in Egyptian costumery; athletes,
soloists and other speciality performers.
The manner Of introducing the company
as the curtain goes up is represented as
something very effective and brilliant, in a
spectacular sense. The tt Upe is very
large one, and carries with much scenery
and great variety of stage fittings.