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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-12-04
FROM THE CAPITAL.

THE tug Phoenix, owned in Detroit,
was entirely destroyed by fire Monday
at Amherstburg, causing loss of 49,
900, fully insured.
THREE blocks of BUSINESS houses at
Millbank, D. T., burned Monday morn
ing, resulted ia $3.50, 900 loss, with
about S75, 900 insurance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-12-04
CRIME E.

JAMES L. PUGH was re-elscted United
States Senator Tuesday by the Alabama
legislature.
Mrs. BoUTEL, the Quebec murderess,
will not he hanged her sentence hav-
ing been commuted to imprisonment
for life.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
HOME AND FARM.

in I !. cup, 81 S}P30 my Cake: Beat two egg.
~ .eacup OF sugar, one and one-haf
u nour.-1He Household.
bands on fruit trees make GOOD
oleealng places for the moths if not
gSamined every seven or nine davs-
ny all means do not them Nv
ne$$iectingg tho bands if they are used.
~ -.Cookerv is, above all others, a ira.
dltlonal and practical art, and unless
recipes have stood the test of time and
experience ny and general approval, they
IRE little worthy. tt Times.
-heep q few sheets of fine sandpaper
at tne barn, and when the handle of
noe rake, or pillow gets roughened by
getting wet, it may be made smooth
aSaln IN a minutes time.
"A nice way to cook fish is to steam
tlll tender, remove the bones and scat
Ter pepper over it,. Serve with a sauce
made or milk thickened with flour,
With one or two hard boiled eggs chip
PED and mixed with it, and a little pars-
10y TOR t1avoriny.-Iroy Times.
"A farmer, speaking of growing
squashes, melons and cucumbers, SAYS
he has had best success in planting
them in his potato plot. They were
planted in separate hills, of course,
and as they ran and needed more room,
the potatoes were duy, making clean,
fresh soil for the vines to extend over.
Chicago Times.
-Spiced gingcrnuts: one cupful OF
molasses, half q ciupful of brown sugar.
n cupful of butter, half a cupfuf of
sour milk, one teaspoonful of ginger,
n teaspoonful each of cinnamon,
Glove and nutmeg, two tcaspoonfuls of
soda, flour to roll. Cut out with q
small cutter. The molasses is improved
by 5oiling.-Bostom Budget.
Ginger drops, which children can
be allowed to make for themselves, af-
ford more pleasure than the occasion
seems to warrant. Take half a pound
OF sugar. sift a tablespoonful, or more
If you wish a strong flavor, of ginger,
add Il little water; let this come to a
boil, then drop On paper, and let them
stand in a cool oven till they are dry.
Only enough water should be added to
moisten the sugar.-M. Y. Post.
The inefliciency of the common prac-
tice of spading small circles about
trees standing in grass is lot well un-
derstood. The roots run rs far on each
side rs the height of the tree USUALLY
farther), and a ten-year-old tree, fifteen
feet high, stands in q circle OF its own
roots thirty feet in diameter. A three
feet circle, rs often seen, occupies there
fore only a hundredth part Of the
roots.-ANony Journal.
-Live-forever is q weed that requires
thorough treatment to subdue it. The
best remedy is to pillow the land in the
dryest time in the summer, rather shall.
low, and let The surface ground be
thoroughly dried, by which the plants
will be killed. To cultivate the GROUND
only spreads this pest, as broken leaves
OF it will root and make plants. Blu,
when it is merely turned and Their
baked in the hot sun it has no chance
The land might be replowed crosswist
late in the fall, which would again turr
over any roots that had escaped th'
previous blowing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Rapid Growth Demanded.

An OK, s. pig. or any other animal in
tended for meat, to give the most profit
able results, must not be allowed to
cease growing rapidly-the steer, say
until two years of age. and the pig I'M
til nine moths old. The old and er-
roneous impression that an animal
must be developed before being fattened
has given way, and it has been the eff
fort OF breeders for several years past
to breed stock that VIII carry fat, and
hence be suitable to kill at any period
of their growth. 1t is q law Of physio'
logical growth that the time lost by in
sufficient feeding, or the absence of
sanitary care in the development OF an
imals, "a lever be re ,overed. In the
first two years growth of q steer the
assimilation of the food and the forma-
ton Of the tissues proceed.the most ac-
lively. No food is thus lost in the sys-
tenn: all is applied to build up; nothing
is demanded for repairs. After two
years OF age, when the period of devel-
| opment has terminated, the animal has
not only to feed to keep up life, but to
repair the daily waste Of tissues. Then,
| OF course. after development, more food
is required to produce a pound of flesh
than before and up to that period, when
all vitality isused in developing growth.
| Messrs. Gayot and Bowley are admit
| ted authorities on all that relates to
horse breeding. The former has re-
championed the plan of giving foals
shout one dessertspoonful per day
of bone powder, mixed in the
| oats or bran. He t~estifies
to having received from three depart
ments in France the most satisfactory
accounts OF the efficacy of this ad unct
to the rapid and strong development q
the bony system in young horses. The
effect has been very marked in the case
of farmers rearing colts on granite or
schistose soils. Other breeders give
the phosphate in its precipitate, or
chemical form, q good quarter OF an
ounce daily for animals between one
and two years of age: one-half more
for two or three wears, and double the
quantity for horses three or four>years.
Professor Pyro advocates the perma-
nent supply OF water in cattle-sheds,
SO that tho animals can drink at Will.
Ordinarily, when stock do not have ac-
cess to water, they are watered only
twice Il day; the animal takes too much
at a time, and perhaps at he improper
moment. If left free with its trough,
the animal may often p%atronlze 1t a
dozen times during the twenty-four
hours, and in suitable draughts. All
breeders OF young stock should con,
stantly bear in mind that it is good
policy and economy to keep all young
animals in a good thrifty growing con,
dition, and for such as are Intended
for meat no fear need be entertained of
their taking on too much fat; Ani,
mails that are intended tor stock need
not be kept fat, but be sure to keep
them rapidly growing until fully ma
..,,ed.-,Su7l Francisc0 CHRONICLE.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Westminster Hall.

Although a surprising change mas
lately passed over Westminster Hall,
both inside and out, it is an error to
suppose that the glory of the venerable
place has departed for ever. 1t is, no
longer the meeting-ground for wigged
barristers and the solicitors and clients
who used to throng it before the course
OF judicial reform transferred them all,
bag and baggage, to the Royal Courts
in the Strand. An end has certainly
been put to its history as a vast cham
Der for the practice of the law, and no
State trial will eve again take place
under it's roof of Spanish pine. Origi-
nally the hall is said to have been built
as a b%anqueting chamber; but if Rufus
so designed it, the purposes to which it
has actually been put have been widely
different. Here Lord Chancellor Moore's
trial took place, and hence occurred that
touching scene when his son, after the
death sentence had been pronounced,
rushed forward, and on Blended knees
besought his doomed father last bless
ing. The Duke of Norfolk, STAFFORD
and Charles L. were also tried for theie
lives between these massive walls. Thr
Seven Bishops were acquitted here in
James lis time; and, to come to more
modern days, this was the scene of the
famous impeachment Of Warren Hast
ings, and of Burke's oratorical displays.
In Nelson's report Of the trial of his
sainted Majesty, King Charles of unhap-
py memory, a picture is presented of
the scene in Westminster Hall, from
which it is plain that in the olden time
there was a sort Of gallery for distin-
guisheG strangers perched in each of
the southern corners of the building; in
the center, beneath the arms Of the
Commonwealth, sits the Lord Presi-
dent Bradshaw" and on his right had
none other than Oliver Cromwell. The
King himself has his back turned to the
audience, and is seated fronting the
a and sword of State, with his royal
hat on, in a comfortable chair, with ink
and paper before him on u table. Even
more quaint is the representation of the
trial of Lambert by King Henry VIII.
in person, wherein his Majesty is rep
resented as sitting beneath a canopy
closely resembling that erected yer a
modern bedstead, and is evidently en-
gagged busily in ordering everybody
about-for his royal hand is outstretched
in an attitude of command.-London
I~cZcOr0Dh.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
The COW.Tree.

Humboldt has given accounts of a
singular forest growth seenin his South
American travels. 1t is there called
the "Palo Sc vaca.' 1t has long, point
ed leaves. with somewhat tleshy fruit,
containing one o. two nuts. From an
lncision made in the trunk out flows
abundance of q thick, glutinous. milky
1iuid, free from bitterness OF taste and
having an agreeable odor.
l.aborers make free use of it, and
Humboldt and his party took it without
III effects. If exposed 10 the air, a vel
lowish. creamy substance appears IN
m~embrancous layers, quite elastic, but
which in a few days turns sour.
This wonderful tree is found near
Lake Maracaibo, and ION the parched
site Of a rock i1ourishes plentifully, its
large, woody roots hardly penetrating
The ground.' For months every year
IT. develops only dry and lealhery TO-
li$ge, for no showers fall in grateful
S.len e." but when the trunk is bored
"a bland and nourishing milk 1!ows
QUIZ" at sunrise this stream OF delicious
drink is most abundant, and from all
quarters may be seen the thirsty ma
yves, holding large bowls to receive
the milk, and after an ample refresh
ment themselves. filling them anew to
larry to the mothers and Little ones 81
Aone.-Good CAeer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
..umval and Modern Punishment.

striking and significant Indication
,hs remarkable change that has
o. oar,c over the spirit of Legislation, and
cove c'nre especially of criminal j%urispru-
n aanre. in comparatively recent times, is
.M, fact that whereas, a few genera
l l!Nns 400. lawgivers and courts of ius-
,1o stiil continued to treat brutes as
ly ', responsible for their misdeeds
l"nJ TO punish them capitally as male
sartors, the tendency nowadays is to
.a,,rd men as brutes, acting automati-
as7ly or under an insane and irresista-
.s impulse to evil. and to plead this
u,oc],vitv, in prosecutions for murder.
an cXtenuating circumstance, and
ayen as a ground of wquittal.
Medieval %jurists and judges did not
s,op to solve intricate problems of psvchi-
airy. The pulling knots which we
GEEK painfully to unite, and often sue
cced only in hopelessly tangling, they
Ho]dlv cut with tie eNcutioner's sword.
Tbcy dealt directly with overt acts and
mrted Justice with a rude and retalia-
five hand, more accustomed and better
.daptcd to clinch q fist and strike a
! hlow than to weigh motives nicely in a
balance, to measure gradations Of Gull
nabilitv, or to detect delicate differ
aances in the psychical texture and
%splritual quality of deeds. They nut
implicit f 18th in jack Cade's prescrip-
ton OF ''hempen caudle" and .pap of
hatchct'' as radio al remedies for all
forms and degrees of criminal aliena-
ton and murderous aberrat on of mind.
Phlebotomania wa epidemic; blood
letting was re, arded as the infallible
cure for all ills that afflicted the human
and social body. Doctors of physic and
of law We'd with one another in apply
ine this panacea. The red-streaked
pole of the barber-surgeon and the
recking scalfold, symbols of venesec-
ton, were the appropriate signs OF
medicine and Jurisprudence. Hvyeia
and Justitia, instead of being repre-
scntcd by graceful females feeding the
emblematic serpent of cooperation or
holding the we'll adjusted scales, would
have been fifty typitied by two cnor-
nous and Unsuitable leeches oorged
with blood.
The overt act alone was assumed to
constitute the crime, so that the mental
condition OF the criminal was never
taken into account. 1t is remarkable
how long this crude and superficial con
ceplion prevailed, and how very re-
Gently even the first attempts were
made to establish penal codes on q
philosophical basis. The punishable
ness of an offense is now generally rec
ognized as depending solely upon the
sanity of the offender. Crime, morally
and legally considered, presupposes
per ect freedom of will on the part of
the agent. Where this element is
wanting there is no %culpability. what
ever may have been the consequences
of the act. Modern criminal law
looks primarily to the psychial origin
of q deed. and only secondarily to its
physical effects; medieval criminal law
ignored the origin altogether, and re-
garded exclusively the effects. which it
dealt with or the HON Iopenal principle
O similia similibus puniuntur, for the
most part blindly and brutality applied.
-.4tluntac Monthly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Danger in Cooking Utensils.

Apart from the danger which, ac-
cordiag to doctors, we u of being
poisoned by nearly every description OF
food we eat, there is another risk quito
as serious involved by the consumption
OF cooked food, however wholesome OF
itself, which has not yet received the
attention it deserves. 1t is to be feared
that a thorough cverhauling OF kitchen
utensils, even in well-regulated house,
holds, would lead to some alarming
revelations from q sanitary point Of
view as to the condition of these arti-
point which may be of value to those
who are anxious to preserve life and
health are to lie found in the report of
the Inland Revenue Laboratory for the
past wear, Just issued. Speaking of
samples received at the laboratory for
analysis from the Admiralty, the report
says that special attention appears to
have been directed by That department
10 the character of the enamel Innings
of cooking utensils. 1t is we'll known
that most of the enamels con-
tain considerable quantities OF lead and
arsenic in a condition easily acted on bv
vegetable acids, and many of the speci-
mems analyze.e consisted Of the enamel
and glaze OF dishes suspected to contain
those metals. The results of the analy-
sis showed the necessity of the eNami-
nation; for many Of the enamels con-
tanned dangerous quantities of lead and
arsenic. and proved that most OF the
utensils could not be recommended to
be used with safety. while a few showed
thatlt was practicable to prepare an
enamel and glaze free from hlrttul
substances. The moral to be drawn
from these observations IS: Look not
only to the food you eat, but also to
the vessel in which 1t is cooked.-St.
J0mCS' Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Some summer oarders from New

Some summer boarders from New
York, passing the summer on the
Shawangunk Mountain, back OF Ellen
Vile. \. Y, entered a cave the other
day. where SNOW is always to he found,
and ladies and gentlemen ootn IN
dulged in a SNOWFALL carni'al.--1'0a"y
.JouyIqul. -----
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

I have been q Hay
Fever sufferer three
years; have often heard
Ely's Cream Balm spo-
ken of in the highest
terms. did not take
much stock in It be-
cause Of the many
quack medicines. A
friend persuaded me to
try the Balm. and with
the most wondcrfulsuc'
cess.-E. s. GEER, SYRIA
cuse, N. Y.
EIy's Cream Balm
is a remedy based upon
q correct diagnosis of
this disease and can be
depended upon. 50 cts.
Sample bottle by mail
OWegO. N. n.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

A PRETTY girl up town says the cholera
is like a travelling man, because it never
goes n where without its grip.-NercAaH'
Trnueler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

There is reported to be nearly 49,
nu',oop barrels of petroleum stored IN
MhNs IN Pennsylvania.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

ARE you nervous, or languid, or weak?
Take Hops and Malt Bitters. Have you
rheumatism? Hops and Malt Bitters will
cure you. Does dyspepsia or indigestion
harass you? Be relieved by Hops and Malt
Bitters. You require a tonic, perhaps
(how few do notN Hops and Malt Bitters
IRE unsurpassed. Ali dealers sell them.
Manufactured by Hops IL Malt Bitters
90. Detroit. Mich,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
ct Have Suffered !"

With every disease imaginable for the last
three years. Our
Druggist, T. j. Anderson, recommending
Hop Bitters" to me,
1 used two bottles! :
Am entirely cured, and heartily recon-
mend Hop Bitters to every one. j. D.
Walker, Buckner, Mo.
I write this as a
Token of the great appreciation I have of
your Hop
4 4 = Bitters. Twas afflicted
With inf1ammatory rheumatism | !l11
For nearly
Seven years, and no medicine seemed to
do ME any
Good ! !
Until tried two bottles of your Hop Bit
tiers, and to my surprise l am as we'll to-day
as ever l was. l hope
"You may have abundant success"
"In this great and" :
Valuable medicine:
Anyone! y X wishing to know more
about my cure?
Can learn by addressing me, E. NJ.
Williams, HOB 10th street. Washington,
D. G.
-! consider your
Remedy the best remedy in existence
For Indigestion, kidney
Complaint
"And nervous debility. I have just"
Returned
''From the south in a fruitless search for
health, and find that your Bitters are doing
me more
Goodl
Than anything else;
A month ago l was extremely
"Emaciated ! ! p
And scarcely able tn walk. Now 7 am
Gaining strength /! and
'tFlesh"
And hardly a day passes but what I am
complimented on my improved appearance,
and it is all due to Hop
Bitters! j. Wicklitfe Jackson,
-Vj1mingto1,, Del
~ None genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, poi
sonous stuff with Hop or Hops" in their
name.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

r FROZEN mutton is sold in England, and
it is no uncommo thing there for a butch.
er to give a customer the cold shoulder
Som ervi1Le Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

IL you want a fine looking Face,
And q Skin rosy and clear,
Use blossoms" Sulphur Soap; all Trace
OF disease will disappear.
elgrSold by druggists, ETC., everywhere
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Old Fashioned Furniture.

Quaint ''bits" of old-fashioned furni-
ture have for q long time past been
much sought after, and pretty examples
are now to be met with in almost every
house of refinement and taste. One
occasionally meets with old-fashioned
things which from change of circum-
stances can no longer be used for their
original purpose. The silver-handled
steel knives and double-pronged or
tined forks-which most members of
the present generation have never even
seen-were, when not in use, stored
away in a specially made satin-wood
or mahogany box, often beautifully
decorated with inlaid marqueterie
work, and in the better examples the
mountings were Of chased silver. The
interior of the box was apparently
solid, with q separate slit for each knife
and fork, which, handle uppermost,
stood upright. Until recently these
beautiful specimens of the cabinet
work of a bygone age could be pur-
chased for a few shiliings each. Some
one has lately discovered that by
removing the interior false top and
adding divisions for paper and envel-
opes. these old knife boxes can be easily
transformed into choice and covetable
stationary cabinets, and dealers are o
buying them up, and when transformed
are asking almost as many pounds as
they gave shillings. Another ingenious
person. lady well known in society
has discovered that the highly-polished.
old-fashioned double-handlcd plethoric
copper or brass tea urns, wherewith our
Observation-Disclosures delighted to adorn
the table when their friends asse mbled
to discuss a dish of tea, can easily be
transformed into a noble table lamp of
striking proportions. The urn proper
forms the body, and a paratfine lamp,
with its ordinary glass receptacle for
oil, is fitted into the space formerly oc-
cupied by the heater, which with the
lid is, of course, discarded. The pro-
jecting spout is likewise banished, and
a simple metal boss, with a correspond
ing one for uniformity on the other
side. 10 complete, an extra large
shade is fitted over an octagon-shaped
wire framework of ordinary construc-
tion.-Mam6crs' Journal.
The London Times regards the re-
ported discovery of the bones of St.
James at Santiago as a "pious fraud"
and says that no Roman Catholic writer
of any eminence can be found to COM
nit himself to a belief that James, the
son of Zebedee, ever was in Spain. The
discovery was necessary, it intimates,
to excite a revival in pilgrimages, which
have fallen off since the days of the
French revolution. when the long delay
in finding the sacred relies could not be
accounted for by their alleged conceal
ment from Moorish invaders.
The late Junius Brutus Booth built
the Masconome House at Manchester
by the Sea, ear Boston, for q summer
residence for himself and his family,
but was forced by numerous applica-
tons for board to convert it into a hotel,
which his widow, Mrs. Agnes Booth,
now keeps and is making more money
in the business than she can ever On the
stage.-B0st0'z J0urn0L
j. c. GRAY, of Dadeville, Ala, writes us:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

WHO of us ever united a knot in q cord
of woodf@Lumbermdn's Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

If carbolic acid doesn't suit you as q
disinfectant, then bi-chloride of mercury.
81, Louis Critic,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

"Rough on Corns." 15c. AsE,fori it. Com
plete re,hard or soft corns, warts, bunlons'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

AN d-fashioned neutrality-suspicious..
IN. T. Null and Express.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

J. G. GRAY, of Dadeville, Ala. writes us:
'Ihave been using DR.. WIN. HALLS BALsAM
FOR THE LUNGS; it is far superior to any
other lung preparation. My mother was
confined to her bed four weeks with a cough;
when 1 got one bottle of DR. WIN. HALLS
BALsAM, she began to mend right away. l
can say in truth hat IT WAS THE MEANS
OF SAVING her LIFE"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

"Buchu-paiba.' Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, IL.
BURNT offerings-Cigsr stumps.-Mer-
chant Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

Smother Swans Worm Syrup,'' for few.
erishness, worms, constipation, tasteless. 25c
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

LEAN young man who fell in love
with a very 1eshy young woman con-
fessed that he was infatuated.-CoureT-
Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

JENNIE: "My doggie has a twenty-dol'
lar blanket" "Tommie: sThat's muffin;
my doggie has feas."-Golden Days.