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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-01

Mr., Solomon Bond, member OF " Society
az Friends. OF Darlington, Ind, says: II have
used twelve bottles OF The Great South Amert-
can Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure,
and consider that every bottle did Tor me ono
hundred dollars worth OF good, because nnvo
not had good nights sleep for twenty yearn
ON account vi irritation, pain, horrible creams.
and general nervous prostitution, whicn mas
boon caused by cbronic indigestion ana dys-
pepsia OF the stomach and by broken down
condition ofny nervous system. But now lc0h
lie down and sleep all night as sweetly as BABY,
and feel like sound man. ! do not tnlnK
there has ever been a medicine introduced into
this country which will at all compare with
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-01

Harriet r. Hall, OF Waynetown, Ind, shys
sT owe my life to The Great South American
Neryire. had been in bed for FIVE month";
from the effects OF an exhausted stomach
ar al al ttered condition OF my whole syg-
tom Had given up 81 hopes OF getting we'll
had tried three doctors with no relief The
me 40 much that was able to walk about,
and q few bottles cured mo entirely. be.
lleye /. Is tho best medicine In the world.
can NOS recor1mend 10 too highly"
Mra. NJ. Russell, Sugar Creek Valley, Ind,
writes: IL have used several bottles OF The
south American Neryfne Tonic, and Will sny
| I consider 10 the best medicine In the world.
/ believe IL saved the lives of two OF my
children. They ware down and nothing ap-
| this remedy. IL was very surprising how
rapidly they both improved ON It's use. &
recommend tho medicine 70 all my nolgn'
bors.r
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
QUEER TABLE MANNERS.
In Argentina the Natives Have Notions
OF Etiquet.

Probably there is no people in the
world 50 unciviIized as not to have
among themselves code Of manners,
more or less strictly defined. Mr.
Bishop, while on his thousand-miIe
walk across South America, was i'm
pressed with this fact. He describes
a rude meal which he shared with a
company of cart-drivers- almost saw
age gauchos"-in whose company he
was then travelling.
eve camped near a swamp, and
supped upon sliced pumpkins, boiled
with bits of meat, and seasoned with
salt. The meal was served in genuine
pampa fashion; one iron spoon and
two cows horns, split in halves, were
passed around the group, the mem
bers of which squatted upon their
launches, and freely helped them
selves from the kettle.
Even in this most uncivilized form
OF satisfying hunger there is a peculiar
etiquet which the most Iowly peon in
yariably observes. Each member of
the company in turn dips his spoon, or
horn, into the center Of the stew, and
draws it in a direct line toward him,
never allowing it to deyiate to the
right or left.
"By observing this rule, each per-
son eats without interfering with his
neighbor. Being ignorant of the GUS
tom, dipped my horn into the mess
at random, and fished about for some
nice bits
my companions regarded this hor-
rid breach of politenesS with scowls of
Impotence. They declared, with some
warmth, to the cook that gringos did
not know how to eat, and, as they
lived upon dogs in their own distant
country, they came to the great
Argentine Republic to get food and
grow fat on the gauchos.'
Il apologized as well as could, and
endeayored thereafter to eat according
to gauchs etiquet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
IN HIS WlFE's CLOTHES
The Sorry Plight Of Railway Cficfal i
Belgium.

The Sorry Plight OF Railway CI1icial in
Belgium.
A goat has often put a man at dis
advantage, but seldom SO effectually as
in a case recently reported by a foreign
correspondent of a New York news
paper.
Station Master Marchand, at the little
village of Godaryville, in Belgium, has a
goat which has the popularity of al
lowing only Nine. Marchand to milk
her.
A short time ago Nine, Marchand
went to market before breakfast. The
station master was in haste to begin
his daily duties, and there was moth
ing in the house to eat. He approached
the goat with pail on his arm, and the
goat, as usual, began to kick and back.
In C1spair, he decided to masquerade as
his wife, and humbug the goat into be-
ing MIXED
He put on his wife's skirts, waist and
bonnet, and returned to the shed The
goat was docile, and he began milking
her. His preparations, however, had
consumed more time than he realized,
and before the pail was half full he was
astonished to hear the whistle of the
first morning express, which it was his
most important duty to meet.
He dropped the pail, ran to the house,
exchanged his wife's bonnet for his red
and blue cap Of Office, and with flying
skirts hurried to the station platform.
The sight of an individual with full
beard and flowing skirts and a station
masters cap dazed everybody on the
train, and gave the porters at the sta
ton the idea that Marchand had gone
crazy. A policeman was summoned,
and the station master was marched
off to jail.
To the railway authorities, who be-
gan an investigation of his conduct,
Marchand explained the responsibility
of the obstreperous goat for his I'M
precedented performance. He was
punished by temporary removal from
Office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
PiOuS Little Mary.

The Boston transcripts Listener
tell story of a pious little girl who
had been taught to keep the Sabbath
strictly, and went down with her
parents to spend the summer at house
which overlooked broad stretch Of
salt water. The very first Sunday after
the arrival there the family were setting
out for Sunday school when it was dis
covered that dear little Mary was not
present Her older sister went back
after her and found her seated by the
window which looked out on the water.
Her countenance was very solemn.
Mary" said the sister, why don't you
come along to Sunday SCHOOL," I'm
not going to Sunday school to-day"
said little Mary. why not, please?"
"'Cause I'm going to sit here and see
those wicked people in that salbcat
out there tip over and get drowned"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
How Mutes Make Love.

A gentleman who enjoys wide &C
quaintance among the deaf of Phila-
delphia told a Record reporter that the
courtship of pair of mutes was one
Of the most singular things on rec
ord. Il know young man who is
now deep in the tolls of a fair and
speeches. girl" he said, "and he has
taken me into his confidence. he is
perfectly happy in his infrmity, for
from conversations held with ordinary
lovers he has come to the conclusion
that silence, after ali, is the best form
for lovers. During the progress of his
affaif de cgur he experienced but one
difficulty, and that in a short time he
surmounted. The thorn that Law in
his bed Of roses was a gas jet, which,
as he, of course, cOnyersed with his
adored one in the sign language, it was
always necessary to keep ablaze-a
WOefully embarrassing thing for low
ers. Finally they discovered that, like
Laura Bridgman, they could utilize the
sense Of touch in deciphering their
sign language. By holding one an
others hands they found that they
could carry on conversation with toll
cradle facility, and in about a week
were adopts Thus deaf, dumb and
practically blind, they enjoyed all the
pleasure of love. They have spread
their discovery among their friends,
and | believe that the idea has taken
fast hol% npon deaf lovers and has be-
come quite fad. "
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
NOT ALWAYS PRETTY.
Idolizing Notorious Women a Fault of
Reporters.

When a woman becomes involved in
any escapade that renders her suddenly
notorious she is invariably referred to
as beautiful, and generally a descrip-
ton more or less fanciful Of her various
charms is given, This enterprise On the
part of correspondents, says the Chica-
go Herald, is entirely unnecessary, be-
canse it is not always the handsome
woman who proves most attractive to
the opposite sex or is capable of doing
the most mischief il the world. This
truth is well illustrated in the case of
Mrs. Hetherington. She was variously
described as ''ravishingly beautiful"
as having doll face with a baby's
complexion" and as vainly conscious
Of her own charms. She passed through
Chicago the other day, and a truthful
reporter of the Herald describes her as
plain. She is short and slightly built
and has a salow complexion and dark
rings around the eyes. Perhaps such
description accords with the popular
notions Of beauty in Japan, that land
of sallow compilations and little wom-
en-, but we have different ideas here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
RAZOR INSTEAD OF STlLFTo
The italian Learning Lesson from the
Negro of the South.

Newly arrived Italians saws the Y
Y. san, are beginning to discard the
stiletto for the razor, and in several
recent Italian ARRAYS the latter weapon
was used instead of the former. The
Italian has learned a lesson of the
negro, and the reason for the adoption
OF the razor as a weapon is curiously
similar in the case of both In the
days when a slaveholding South was
periodically in fear of servile insurrec-
tlon there was strong effort made TO
dlsarm the slaves. 1t was pretty sue
ceSstuI so far as firearms and ordinary
offensive weapons went, but the negro
could not reasonably be deprived of so
useful, necessary, and apparently in
nOcent an instrument as the razor. so
he adapted that to offensive uses bv
learning to turn the blade we'll back
into the handle in reverse direction
from the position of the blade when it
is closed, to grasp the handle and the
back of the blade in the closed palm.
and thus to present a long cutting edge
to the enemy. A razor thus welded
does not readily intiict very deep
wound. and this may account for the
fact that while negro cutting afrays
are attended with great loss of blood
they seldom result fatally.
The public prejudice against the
stiletto and the effort of the courts to
enforce against bearers of that instru-
ment the law forbidding the carrying
of concealed deadly weapons have led
the Italians to get educated in Ameri-
can ways, to adopt the razor as a
Wao9O0O of pff md 4 h+1ogz 70 100
it negro fashion, since it is a dangerous
instrument to its master if welded in
any other way.
The habit OF carrying the razor or
some other cutting weapon in the boot
is still not uncommon with negroes in
the country. where long boots are vet
worn. Sometimes 4 pocket is made
just inside the leg of the boot, and to
reach for a razor" means simply to
stoop a little and draw forth the
weapon. Another favoute weapon
with the negro of the South is a knife
with a sort OF spring that makes blade
and handle temporarily one Some
times this is managed by means of
notch in the blade, to which is fitted a
little metallic PEG IN the handle. Notch
and PEG are brought together bv mere
ly shaking the knife with a hard, sud-
den jerk, such as one gives to rid a pen
of superHuous ink.
The Southern negro carried his razor
much less with thought of instruction
than as a weapon Of offence and de-
fence against private enemies of his
own race or against the dreaded
"stoodents." The enslaved negro had
a natural horror of being seized by
medical students and murdered in
order that his body might adorn the
dissecting table. This superstitious
fear was once strong upon the negroes
of Maryland, and perhaps still has
some hold among them. "Stoodents
git'cher" was an effective threat With
negro mothers in managing picllanin-
mics, and what was vague terror to
children was a solemn fear to parents.
The belief in such danger may have
come to the negro through some dis
torted rumor of Burke's crimes in
Edinburgh.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
HER REAL OPINION.
What Pretty Girl Was Heard to Observe
Feelingly.

Eeenn5iy.
Most of us have not the courage of
our own convictions or opinions, but
follow blindly in the wake of others
who have set the pace for us, says the
Philadelphia Times. We always adj
mire the outspol1en sentiments, but are
afraid to venture ourselves for fear of
wounding public opinion. A pretty girl
who is considered one of Philadelphia's
most charming buds, with d Madonna
face and an air of sanctity that is much
at variance with her real nature,
shocked but at the same time stirred up
party of young folks who make So
ciety fads their laws by announcing in
public that she despised German opera.
81 know it is very bad form to say so,
but I do. I think there is ten times
more harmony in one line of the 'Mika-
do than in the whole opera of Lohen-
grin always excepting the wedding
march. | think the fashionable hand
shake is silly and unnatural, and | love
peanuts" With these three terrible
announcements she gazed calmly on
the astonished hearers, and expected a
right royal drubbing until, to her sur
prise, the most punctilious one of the
lot said in half-frightened way, as if
startled by her own temerity: Il quite
agree with you, but I would never have
dared to breathe it to a living soul if
you had not spoken first"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
How Horse Flesh Tas 5es.

"You never ate horse flesh, | sup
posew said Lieut.. Russell, of the Sew
enth United States Cayalry, at the
Southern. 81 have seen the time
when I ate it with genuine relish.
and that, too, without any salt. 1t
was in 1877 during Gen Miles's Nez
Perces campaign. We had followed
the renegades up the Missouri to its
confluence with the Yellowstone, and
the chase was SO fast and exciting that
we didn't realize how low our Iarder
was getting until it was drained, and
we were getting too far away from the
base of supplies to replenish it. The
game had all been driven out Of the
country ahead of us by the fleeing In
dams, and when we finally caught up
with the redskins and forced them to
fight we had almost nothing to eat for
several days. We captured about
seven hundred ponies from the Indians,
some Of them so round and sleek and
tat as to appear to us the finest meat
in the world. Our butchers killed the
youngest and fattest of the ponies that
night after the battle, and as soon as
they were skinned and dressed we had
a feast that would have made Lucullus
turn green with envy. We lived on
this pony meat several days It was
cooked without salt and roasted over a
spit like a barbecued beef The meat
had q peculiar sweet taste, not at all
palatabIe when ! think Of it now, and
it was so tibrOus that we could pull it
apart in great strings. Bat it Kept US
from starving, and !, therefore, can
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
,JaDaueSe OatIlS.

A japanese journal, describing the
manner of swearing witnesses in native
courts, says that the Japanese hold a
mans seal much more sacred than his
word Hence his oath is written out
and read to him in open court, after
which he afixes his seal to it. Like
wise his testimony, after it is in, is re-
duced to writing by the clerk, read to
the witness, who makes any corrections
in it that he sees fit, after which he is
requested to put his seal to it before he
leaves the court. This method Of taking
evidence consumes some time, but it
leaves noroom for stenographers errors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30

or binary. s2oGs.5o oranges. California;
s2gS; lemons, s250Gi bananas, 81 500
Lfo per punch; pineapples sL51 az 80
per doz; Illinois cherries. T5cgS2 80 per 24-at
case; peaches, clingstones. 40g60 per = bu box
fancy 4-basket crates. sI.S71 Is. anricots
S1.25Q1.00 per k-crate: cherries. black y 5oa
aOO per box; white, $3.50; Musknelons.
Slgl0O per doz; watermeIons, Georgias, 500
G2e5 per car; S2O930 per 100.
BUTTER-Fancy Elgin stock, 1sITsIac per ID;
faEry creameries 17G18e; fancy limitations is
ylt,: Western goods, lie; fancy dairies, l6aI7c;
No. i !4Gl5; No ,. 1201Se; selects, l6GI7c; fne
iaoIas' .V-I2c; fresh packing stock, loo; grease
POTATOES -Burbanlls sc: Hebrons, 15G20c;
rose I2..115c; tell 12l,aI5c; peerless
l5c; mixed l2l4015-. Empire state i5c: new
potatoes, 81 .25ls1 81 reg SIX
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
Live Stock.

CHICAGO June 7.-CATTLE-R eceipts, 49,
900. Texas cattle and common grades of ma
t1Ves active and firm. Extra ,450 to 1 ZOO ID
steers were quoted at $4,000 IS, and common
TO choice 1000 to 1,4OO ID steers at So .25G94 49,
Not many of the offerings were good enough to
bring more than S4.4 40. Cows and heifers were
quoted a. 8lGg3 .25 and bulls at 81 .2503 Calves
were in light supply and we're firm at last
weeks advance.
Receipt, $4,000. There were sales at
about Saturdays prices, and in other instances
reduction Of 5010C was APPARENT. The average
was about sc lower than the opening, From 5
to IS. 30 was the range OF values for common to
choice grades. There was a sd e or two of ex-
ira at $40, and culls sold anywhere below
475
ESHEEP-Receipts ?, 400; holders unloaded at
about steady prices. The better qualities were
firmly held and those of low degree were weak,
but there not a QuotabIe variation in any
grade. From s. 750325 for inferior stuff
prices range to S606 % for extras. There have
been few recent sales at over 80, the popular
price being $3.75Q5, 80. Lambs were weaker
at 81 5O07.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30

so much Importance to the country at
large that do not regret the time or
labor required, and viii ieej abundantiy
rewarded if | shall have contributed to
progress in this direction. | hope the
pubic will in every way encourage the
promoters of the Mendoza drive project,
and ell unite in aiding Mr.. Pope in his
efforts to establish department of roads
at the Columbian exposition which will
tend TO produce legislation so that we
may be able to build roads when and
where we need them.
JOHN NADER, Civ. Eng.
Madison. June 27
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, June 27.-The following quotations
are large lots only Smaller quantities are
usually sold at advanced rates:
VEG ETABLEs-Cahhage. 75c0s2.5O per crate;
garhc,bG7c per Id; onions, yellow, choice per bu,
s5490c; reds, S5Q9Oc per bu; Spanish, 81 per
box; rntabaga turnips, 25G3Oc per bu; whites
'oc9Sl per bu; parsnips $50; caulifower,
southern stock, Sl25G1.50 per doz; beans
new hand-picked navies, S16O91. IS; mediums,
sl'ooGl."5; Lima, 45sc per ID and 259S5c per ct
asparagus, 15cGGs1 per bu box; beets,
2OG2oc per doz; carrots, new. 75c per box;
old, Sl7592 90 per brl; cucum bers, 5OG75c
per ooz; green onions, 1OG15c per box; let
tuce 81 25 per case: head lettuce 5O@
75c per tub: oyster plant 40G50c per doz
punches; parsley, 12ks9l5c per doz; pie
plant, ooc per box; radiShes, 10Il5c per doz
lunches spinach, sl.oOG1 rs per brl; tomatoeA
a.2a1l 80 per Blu box, green peas. SCOTS
per box.
FRUrTs-AppleA choice S+0S Der brAs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
History of a Phrase.

The phrase, ''Robbing Peter to pay
Paul" is supposed to have originated in
an incident which occurred in London
during the sixteenth century. About
the year $40 the abbey Of St. Peter, in
Westminster, was elevated to the digni-
ty Of a cathedral, but ten years later
was again joined to the diocese of Lon
don and its property appropriated to
pay the expenses Of some necessary re-
pairs to the cathedral of St. Paul 1t
was evident that to do honor to ST. Paul
the estate of Peter had to suffer, and
hence the expression which has become
r1rnverhial
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
Casabianca.

The boy was on deck at the office
door, and he was yigilant, says the De-
troit Free Press. "Wheres the editor?"
asked big, ugly looking visitor. up
stairs" responded the boy. well, I
want to see him" What for?" Il
want to lick him for something he said
in his paper about me-" you can't see
him." and the boy braced himself.
"Why can't II" "Cause you can't
that's why. If let every duffer in
that wanted to lick the boss we never
would have time to get the paper cut,
and the papers got to come out if we
have to hire a man to come down and
stand guard with kittle of hot water.
See?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
Dead Peoples Clothes.

Sometimes families who desire to
bury their dead in the clothing worn in
life-in evening or wedding dress, for
instance-substitute less costly imita-
tons for the jewelry worn in life, part
" from motives of thrift and partly
from superstitious fear that anything
taken off body when it is ready for
the tomb will bring i'll luck to future
wearerA
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
New York.

WHEAT-July, 86la086 I3-l6c; August, $3.50
86Bc: September, 86A@86%c; October, 871a0
8755; November, 884088Hc; December, 89lQ
80 13 16c; May 9409418c
RYE-West tern, $50 $50.
Corn No. 2, 5906lc.
OATs--No. 2, quiet, frmer, State 38a47ot
western 370471z.
-Beef-Quiet, steady; extra mess.
s6590750 family $901O Pork-Qmet, firm,
old mess Sl00t1; extra prime Sll. Lard
Dull, nominal; steam rendered S6.75
BUTTBR-W estern dairy, l31a0l6c; Elgins
zoe; Western creamery. I51a020c; imitation
creamery, l4017c
EGGS Western 141a@5hc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
CLOSED TIL K RANK,

A Concern at Erie, Kans is Closed by
Federal Officer
ERIE, Kans., June 25. United States
Bank Examiner Stone closed the First
National bank of this place today The
extent Of the assets aud liabilities is not
yet known The heaviest loser is Noesho
county, the texes for June having just
been deposited to the amount of $4,000
or $4,000.
The failure is supposed to have been
brought about by the Ewing failure at
Thayer few weeks ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
No Special Feature Develops in the
Market for Spcur-
tiles
Wheat Rises d Fraction OF Cent,
aDd Corn aud Provisions
20 Likewise.
FetcrS and Figures tTleaned From the
Lead NJ enters of the
3 orl6.

NEW YORK, j .ne = There was no special
feature deyelol "a IL to-day's opening trans
actions in the laG.1g railway shares on the
stock eNchunE,, speculutionS A~ving been
quiet, with ,,-y little if ally ~hange in quota
uCLs from tGosc current at the end of last
week EOtwi hstauding the limited trading
the Inur-eLs was firm in tone.
Cl..LL-- ..Lntat .nus .Nare:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
LINDERFELT TOOK $4,000.
An Expert Ordered to Make a Full Rep'
In the Librarians Case

Milwaukee, June 25.-The special COM
mittee On counts of city departments
called on expert Jackwitz this morning and
instructed MIN to make report in de.
tail Of the defaIcatjons by Librarian Lin
derfelt, to be submitted to them az meet
ing to be held early next week. The
defalcations discovered now amount to al
most $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30
Liverpool.

PRoVIsIONs-Close-P ork-Demand fair, I'M
changed Lard-Demand fair; spot and June,
firm. 34s Cd; July and August, firm, 34s Cd.
Wheat-Demand poor unchanged. Corn-De.
mand fair: spot, firm, As 10d; June, firm, IS
eAd: July, firm, IS Sd; August, As 61ad. Re
ce1pts wheat past week faom all Atlantic ports,
e7,300 quarters Pacific ports, 5000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-30

PEORIA ILL.,, June 27.--CoRN-No. 3, 410
A1o No. 4, 36936hc; receipts, IS, 400 bu; ship
ments 10000 bu; OATs-No. 2 white, 1870
$500 No. 8, white, 32AQ32Hc receipts 81, coo
bu; shipments. I25 600 bu. RYE-Scarce nomi.
nal WRIsKY-Steady on the basis of S115 foY
highwines; shipments, 48O brls.