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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
The Pura In Heart.

The pure in heart, the 2rss IN thought,
Shall learn the law the 1z=.er taught,
Shall turn from i'll ana earthly strife,
And seek the SUBMITS high in life.
The pure in heart, the pure in decd,
Shall sow each hour some fruitful seed.
Which, falling here and falling there
Shall plant for harvest rich and rarel
The pure in heart, the pure in word,
Make music, sweetest ever heard,
And wake the tones of grocious good,
The tones of peace and brotherhood
The pure in heart, the pure in prayer,
Shall feel Gods presence everywhere;
Shall see His work on every side,
And know that life is glorified.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
Correcting a Mule.

'If," said the driver, 'you will con-
slider the implacable obstinacy of a
mule, don't think it will appear that
/ took an unfair advantage of him. 1
built a wagon so strong that no mule
could kick it to pieces. In the dash
board fixed a magnet SO powerful that
the next time the mule kicked, it held
his feet up. I had good deal OF trou-
BILE getting him away from the magnet,
but stopped his kicking"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
Western EIOoHcHce.

To some puEgent remarks of pro-
essional brother, western l~wyer oe-
gan his reply as follows: MAY it
'lease this court resting upon the
.ouch OF republican equality as do,
severed with the blanket of constitu-
ional panoply as I am, and protected
~ the acgis of American liberty as l
eel myself to be, l despise the buzzing
If the professional insect who has just
at down and defy his futile attemps
o penetrate, with his puny sting, the
nterstices of my impervious cover
mo-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
No Occasion for His Services.

MADAM" s;tid the caller in SUBJ
dued, respectful voice, Il have been
informed by one OF your neighbors that
you have met with a bereavement, and
I have ventured TO-"
II have had no recent bereavement. -"
interrupted the lady somewhat stiffiy.
81 was told you had lost your hus-
band, " he rejoined apoIogetically.,
"Yes-more than two years ago."
"May ask if you have placed a
monument as yet over his re"
'sHe was blown up in a powder mill"
The tombstone agent took his hat
and went away without another word
Portland Oregonian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
One Question Too MANY,

Wife-Such dream as I had last
night dear!''
Husband-May Ihear about it?
Wen-yes. | dreamed that | was
in a great establishment where they
sold husbands. They were beauties,
some in glass cases and marked at
fearful prices, and others were sold at
less figures. Girls were paying out
fortunes and getting the handsomest
men | ever saw. 1t was wonderful.
Did you see any like me there, dearP
Yes. Just as 1 was leaving 1 saw a
whole lot like you on the remnant
counter Pittsburg Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08

San Francisco Chronicle: Marshall
Wheeler began q mighty series OF lect-
ures on Science VS. Supernaturalism"
N Irving hall last evening. He claims
to have discovered third principal
motion of the earth and the other
planets which he says is more impor-
tant than the discoveries Of Newton or
Calico.
After study of fifty years he has
learned that every 20, 9o3 years the
earth changes its north au3 south poles
on account of the magnetism of The
earth. The sun so strongly attracts
one of the poles and repels the other
that in every 20,9O3 years the earth
becomes SO heavily charged that it
turns 80 degrees.
The speaker said that about 5000
years ago the world made this turn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
= ss-lG TsotaiSke.

The American I:agister describes the
store of a ''dog modiste" in Paris. The
sights were vel1 amusing. The place
was not so much Of store as an estab-
ishment. with halls and rooms richly
furnished. Ladies tripped in and out
all day long. most Of the visitors hay-
ing with them pugs or terriers. The
pet dogs were scattered through the
cooms, each awaiting his turn. Many
small mats and rugs were around
the waxed floors and every bit Of car
oeting of the kind was occupied by
some pretty little creature. These
logs have various dresses. The robe
lsed in t7;e 'r,.cniDg is a garment of
lark bl'le clo@1. 1t is called paletot
md is led win red t'aaae, From a
Gather co;iar littlo bel ;ia9le as it's
TeaIer We along. Sometimes a
punch of violosS is fastenai on the left
shoulder of dog. On very cold DAYS
he pet is clad in sealskln Of the same
pattern, the collar being in fur,
mounted in silver.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
I'D a Tree.

A Russian c.eil official reports TO 10
government that in January he saw a
pack of wolves estimated to number
9, COO and that a half IN l.our ia.cr he
saw another pack about 500 strong, all
seemingly in good condition and pre-
pared to devour anything eatable which
might come handy. He adds, as a sort
of an apology for making the report,
that he was up tree when he saw the
wolves
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
He Could Explain 1t.

Pastor Ito applicant for church men,
oership)-We shall be glad to welcome
you among us, brother. but in order to
become a member of this denomination
you will have to be kept On probation,
as we call it, for six months.
Applicant-Six months? What for?
ITO prove your fitness for being re-
ceived into full membership"
(Struck by a sudden thought)-Mr.
Goodman, six months won't make any
difference at all in this redness at the
end Of my nose. It's erysipelas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
EQUAL TO AMERICANS.
How Servants In the Monaghan Empls
Make Extra Money.

How Servants In the Monaghan Empire
Make Extra Money.
The Chinese squeeze is not exactly
the thug" of affection. nor the close
grasp of hands joined in friendship.
1t is a commercial term. and refers to
q pressure exerted upon money, in
any form, by the fingers of every man
through whose hands it may pass and
to whom 1t does not be,ong-a pressure
which causes portion Of the money
to remain in his possession.
1t is the XXI in the algebraic formula
of every purchase you make, the value
OF which you can never discover. The
problem is something like this: Ill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
Had TO Have sEnr.

In the palmy days of Rome the num-
Der of lions brought from Africa aver
aged 400 per year for nine years, and
with these were leopards, tigers. hye-
mas, elephants. buffaloes and serpents
almost without number. For several
years there were 5000 men employed
in Africa in trapping wild animals to
make sport for the people of Rome.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
singular Coincidence.

In thu death of a Mississippi man
ingular coincidence arose. He died on
he anniversary of the death of his
grandfather, and the same three men
Who performed the last offices for the
grandfather and kept lonely vigil with
he corpse did the same for the grand
on.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
A SMUGGLER'S PARADISE.
How Cinnamon Often GA Access to tho
United States.

Looking at the map one may see
that the northwest corner of the State
of Washington is torn of, and the
space that is left is filed with water.
dotted with an archipelago. The
island of Vancouver fits partially into
the gaping corner as if it had been
torn out by some gigantic CONFUSION.
The tatters and debris of the rent form
the archipelago. Our national interest
that portion of the boundary was in
dispute, and the tension of a war feel
ing was only relieved when foreign
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
CALLING ON THE QUEEN.
Ceremonies Attendant Upon Presents
ton to Fer Britannia Majesty.

Court customs now in England are
much simplified. owing. it is said, to
Queen Victoria's and Prince Albert's
arrangements; but they would still
seem extreme in our unceremonious
land. says the New York Ledyo-. To
be received at court one must have an
invitation in the lord chamberlain 5
name, who is the head of the queens
household. This officer walks before
her majesty in state procession. and
stands next to her at a levee or draw
ing-room, where be announces the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08
Only a Cub.

A miserable cub Of son cannot be
expected to do anything to help his
mother keep the wolf from the door,
Jew Orleans Picayune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08

TWENTY ONE poll e officers were requir-
ed to prevent the editors of rival New
Orleans papers from meeting On the field
of honor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08

PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued full
pardon for Robert Sige, son Of Gen.
Sigel, convicted of forgery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-08

George Bancroft published book Of
,oerns in his youth, and later in life bought
Up every copy of the work he could lay
is hands on
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-25
CITY BULLETIN.

First-class meal, embracing i've differ
ent meat dishes, at divers Saloon, 27
Salem avenue, for IS cents. j. T.
Spencer, Proprietor. july24-1m
Go to "Orchcstrion Hall Guessing
School" Every white man wants to
guess the weight of the pig. The win
ncr gets the pig. 1t is fat and lucious.
Try your luck. july23-tf
Van Miller & Co., have opened a
cheap store on r. r. ave, near Roam
oke Machine Works jul22-2mo
81 have analysed the whisky known
under the brand of"B Select, controlled
by Julien Binford, Richmond, and find
it free from fusil oil and other impuri-
ties, and recommend its use for medici-
nal and family purposes"
j. b. McCAw, M. D.,
Late professor Medical College, Va.
For sale by j. L. Marshall & Co.
Sl.00 to $500 saved on railroad tickets
bought of S. A. Wick, 10 Jefferson street.
june "a
Car load of Old Hickory Wagons lust
received by Evans 6 Chalmers.
Jennings, Body & Co. are selling Fur
niture cheap and on easy terms at II
Salem avenue. apr26-3mo
N"i iouV Vi Halls JuSt rcCGlNGu DY
Evans TS Chalmers.
For anything in the hardware line
call on Evans x Chalmers.
Call on Evans e Chalmers for pure
sisal and manila binder Irvine.
Jennings, Body & Co. have the pref
tiest designs in wall paper, all entirely
new. apr26-3mo
The reason why Repass, Davis & Co.,
3O7 Salem avenue S. w., sell SO many
monuments, headstoncs and iron fences
is because their work and prices suit the
times and the people. They will furn-
ish designs and prices on application,
and guarantee satisfaction. Mr.. w. D.
Heaynes is with this firm and would be
glad to serve his friends. may3o-3m
Sec the celebrated Charcoal Sheath
Refrigerator that saves over others one
third of the melting OF ice. Jennings,
Body & Co. apr26-3mo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-25
A WRECK NEAR vINTON.
Two Cars Loaded With Wheat Smashed
and Others Damaged.

Two Cars Loaded With Wheat Smashed
and Others Damaged.
wreck occurred last night about 0
o'clock at the crossing just this side of
Vinton. A double-header. consisting of
engines o39 and ITO, going east and
hauling coal train and several box
cars, struck COW, knocking her under
the engine and breaking a rail.
Both engines remained on the track
and the car next to them, but fifteen
other cars were derailed and several
broken up.
Two carloads Of wheat were wrecked
and the rest of the freight that suffered
was coal, several cars of which were
turned over and piled in ruinous heap
over the tack.
Engineer John Nyland, of 232, blew
the whistle for the COW, but instead of
getting out of the way, ran directly in
front of the engine and was killed.
The wrecking car went to the scene
Of the accident shortly after it occurred
and began moving the debris, but traffic
was delayed several hours.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-25
LOCAL BREvIT,Es.

Miss Lille Robertson, an attractive
young lady of Richmond, Va, is visit
ing at the residence of Mr.. +. r. Hocka-
day, Second street 8. w.
Richard McGrann, one of the railroad
contractors on the Ohio extension Of the
Norfolk and Western railroad, is in the
city.
The contract for the roofing Of the
Duval Engine Works has been awarded
to the Canton Steel Roofing Company,
of Canton, Ohio,
Amos Rafsnyder is very i'll at his resi-
dence on Fourth avenue n. Q.
Colonel Brooke, who has been quite
i'll since his return from Lexington, is
somewhat better.
at the residence of his cousin, A. p.
Staples.
J. E. Thomas, q member of tho Roam
oke Machine Works Band, left yesterday
to spend three weeks with relatives and
friends at his old home in keedySville,
Maryland.
II. S. Roberts, who is spending the
summer at the Montgomery White Sui
phur Springs, was in the city on a visit
yesterday.
AL lQo unlOr OTucr OulCcQ N ncTlCdu
Mechanics festival last night the lady's
the elegant silk umbrella by Miss Carrie
Griffin and the pin-cushion by Miss
Bessie Griffin.
trip to Norfolk.
George Leavy, the popular clerk OF
Hotel Brunswick, left for Washington
last night. The many friends of Mr..
Leavy will regret to hear that he has
severed his connection with the Bruins
wick and will not return to Roanoke.
Miss Annie Smith, of Floyd Court
House, and Miss Annie Dinwiddies, of
Leesburg, are visiting Mrs. George
Wright, of West Campbell street.
Mrs. VIM. Ii. Wilcox, of Suffolk, Va,
is visiting Mrs. John II. Wright, of this
city.
Miss Lucy Breckenridge, of Fincastle,
is the guest Of her cousin, Mrs. Judge
Robertson.
Judge Robertson has arrived, after
considerable delay, at Hot Springs,
Ark. He writes Mrs. Robertson that he
is much pleased, and thinks he will i'm
prove rapidly.
Mr.. Il. c. Oakley and daughter, Miss
Eda, returned yesterday from Durham,
N. c., where they have been visiting
friends and relatives for the last month.
Miss Maggie and Miss Alice Turren-
tine, two of Durham's most charming
young ladies, accompanied them home
to spend month or so in Roanoke.
The festival of the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics was we'll
attended last night. Dancing was the
chief feature of the evening, and the
ladies in charge of the tables did a good
business. The festival will close to-
night, and several novel features will be
introduced
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-25

7 OOK AT THIS. THESE ARE
IL hard times. Everybody is press cd
for money The banks are unable to
afford relief. Then the best thing that
can be done is to join the National
Mutual building and Loan Associa-
tiop of New York, which is the leading
and most reliable institution OF the
kind in the country. Office, los Jeffer.
son street, s.
iulys-1m EDWARD WHITE, Agent.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-25
No More Lame Horses

have opened first.class horseshoe
y ing shop for the trea tmcnt of all diseases
that horses feet are subject to- All
work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
III HALEY,
9Th avenue, between Jefferson and
HLi-imo Horny streets, Roanoke, Va
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-25

AL the delicacies of the season.
Grabs, Holsters, shrimps and game in
9eason. Virginia Brewing Company's
beer drawn through wood. The bar
stocked with the best foreign and do
mestic wines, liquors. ales and beer.
Try our cool beer in imported German
stone mugs. feb14-6m
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-06
THE RAILROADS.
The Railway Age on Foreclosure
Sales and Receiverships.
FOUR NARROW GAUGE ROADS,
Out of sixteen Sold, Which viii Probably
he Widened-A RumOr that the
Santa Fe has Absorbed the Rio
Grande-OJher Matters.
That Rumored Absorption.

The San Angelo Standard is authority for
the statement that controlling interest IN
the Fort Worth and Rio Grande railroad
has been purchased by the Santa he, and
says its information is reliable. SAYS the
BrOwnwoOd Bulletin. While the Bulletin
has never heard of any such sale. 1t Is
reasonable TO suppose the Santa Fc will get
this road if it can be bought at a reasonable
price. If such is the case, the Rio Grande
road will not be of any material benefit to
BrOwnwood or to Western Texas, except in
the matter of shortening passenger travel
to the North. ana if the report be true,
there is no other alternative than for
Brentwood to begin the agitation OF a new
road to an Eastern connection, either at
Cisco or al Waco. BrownwOod had hoped,
and still hopes. that the Rio Grande Will
give US 4 competing line. and on no other
hypothesis would our citizens have sub
Scribcd 50 literally for It's building
to this place If the Santa F'e gets
il. we will certainly be in the
soup" for the Santa F'e has never been
known 10 extend Us favor or 10 do any
thin" for the good of the town. 1t IS SIM
ply lcech that sucks all the blood posi-
bic from the people. and then drops OFF,
leaving them to recover from the shock as
best they can We trust for the good of
Brownwood and all West Texas, that this
report is without foundation, but il il is
found to be true, rest assured that Brown
wood will take immediate steps to secure
some other eastern connection, ana Will
not rest until that is accomplished. Brown
wood does not propose TO be left at the
mercy of Il railroad corporation that has
shown itself 50 entirely unworthy of pub
lie favor as the Santa E'e system. With
active competition the Santa Fe Is ali
right, but without it, the Santa te is all
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-06

Electricity as a motive power for car
and locomotive transfer tables has been in
successful use for several years past. Until
recently, however, the designs have been
for machines of moderate capacity and
length of table. intended for freight or pas
senger car work However. a new table of
225, 900 pounds capacity has been con-
structed for the use of the Union Pacific at
Denver, and another will be put in at Chey-
enne. These machines are equipped with q
fifteen horsepower motor, steel gearing,
and framework entirely of iron and steel
The tables are seventy feet long and suited
to locomotive or passenger car service
Their use during the past few months has
demonstrated the efficiency and superiority
of electricity as motive power over the
older form of propulsion. These tables
were designed in the mechanical depart
ment of the Industrial works, as were two
others of similar capacity and design for
the Chicago and Northwestern for the new
Hudson shops, and two for the Union Pa
citic at Tacoma Railroad Gazette.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-06
On to 4ibuQueruue.

Judging from the following interview in
the Rocky Mountain News, Fort Worth has
let an obscure little line get ahead of her
and Weatherford gets the road to Albu-
querque instead Of Fort Worth. Still in
the present condition of the money market
If Fort Worth can't build the Albuquerque
no other Texas town can. The News SAYS
Mr.. L. N.Fouts, formerly superintendent
of the Burlington in this city and at
present general manager of the Weather
ford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern in
Texas, was in the city yesterday greeting
old friends The road he represents has
twenty-five miles in operation from Wealth
erford to Mineral Wells and is extending
the line into the Panhandle country, about
100 miles south of the Denver, Texas and
Fort Worth. As projected the line will not
touch Fort Worth and run north to Albu-
querque, n. NJ, passing through the Pecos
and White Oaks country by way of RoS-
well Mr. FoutS, in speaking of the road
said: We are building from the junction
OF the Santa te and Texas Pacific in a
northweSterly direction in order to tap the
Panhandle country and get into New
Mexico, our objective point being Albu-
querque We are developing great deal
of splendid coal properties about eighteen
miles northwest of Weatherford and ex-
pect to find other minerals. The present
terminus is at Mineral Wells, which we be-
IleVe will become Il great health resort in a
few years, as the water is similar to the
Carlsbad of Germany. At present the crys-
tails are made by evaporation and shipped
all over the country, also condansed water
A $50, 900 hotel is being built there. It is
tifty-tive miles from Fort Worth, in Parker
county, which is the richest in the state
Two cotton compressors have just been
erected there and arrangements are being
made for more. Texas is rapidly develop
lug as an agricultural region--that is por-
tions of the state formerly used only for
grazing purposes. We have had the ex-
tension surveyed as far as Roswell, and ex-
pecU to begin work before long"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-06
HPartly estimated.

Three other companies the Orangeburg and
Liewiedale, which had spent some money on
proposed road in South Carolina. the Paines-
vile, Wooster and Ohio, owning partly
graded line. and the Birmingham, POwderly
and BeSsemer, which recently completed q
small local road from BesSener, Ala, were also
placed in the hands OF receivers
All the important lines in this list were
newly completed or still under Construc-
ton. The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi
Cago, a very extended and promising under
taking of which li5 miles were completed,
was compelled to suspend payment with
bond and stock obligations amounting to
nearly $4,000, 600. The Georgia Southern
and Florida. Macon aud Birmingham, and
Macon and Atlantic, the first an important
completed line of 2S6 miles, and the other
two still under construction with a conSld
cradle mileage in operation, are all owned
by the Macon construction company, and
this corporation becoming involved. its
properties. including these roads, were
turned over to a receiver-a fact, however,
which does not necessarily prove that the
railways are not already, or likely 10 be,
paving enterprises. but indicate that the
builders lacked sufficient capital to carry
through their great undertaking without
embarrassment. The Atlantic and Danville.
with about three hundred miles and over
81, 100. 600 of capital. the Marietta and North
Georgia, pa miles and over 5000, 600 of Sc
curities, the Baltimore and Eastern Shore,
eighty-seven miles and over > coo, 600 cap
ital, and the Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie
aud Boston, representing seventy-threc
miles and $3.50, 000 are other important
newly completed roads which became i'll
VOWED.
In respect 10 the number of roads, mile
age and capital the receiverships in the past
six months shows about oue-half the cor
responding figures for the year 1890, and it
may be inferred that the complete record
for the year 1891 will not present any i'm
cesSors. although it is an encouraging fact
that none OF the principal railway COM
panies of the country have become insolv-
ent or are likely to be added to the list OF
roads in the hands of receivers this year.