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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
The Prince of Walos.
London Society.

In alluding to few incidents in
the lives of the Prince of Wales, it
may be interesting to note, respecting
the birth of the first one, that. ''when
the messenger arrived at Raudian
Castle, where King Edward I. was
residing on political business, and
announced to him that his Queen had
given birth to boy on the preceding
day, the 25th of April, 1884, at Car
narvou. Edward, in his joy, made a
knight of the messenger, stuffed his
pouches with gold pieces, and gave
him house and lands to enable him to
support his new dignity becomingly p
Then follows the story, which every
school boy and girl knows, of the
baby's presentation to the Welsh
chieftains, who vowed allegiance to
him and accepted him as their Prince
Some historians assert this to have
been the occasion upon which Edward
was created PriHce of Wales. On the
other hand, it is stated that 1.-The
original letters patent by which he
was raised to the dignity of Prince of
Wales" bears the date of 1901. Be
that as it may, Speed saws, ''his cre-
alton SO contented the Welsh because
of his birthplace they held him as one
OF theirs, that when all friends after
ward forsook him. they always stuck
most Loyalty unto him, expressing
wonderful love and affection, and be-
wailing his heavy fortunes in woeful
songs, which neither the dread of his
enemies nor length of time could ever
make them forget" Heavy fortunes
indeed! for the first English Prince
of Wales was the FIRST of our Kings to
be deposed and murdered. Although
Edward III. is generally considered
as the second Prince OF the illustrious
line, he was never created such, but
he invested his son, Edward the Black
Prince, with the principality III 1343
after whom cameRichard of Bordeaux,
making the thiro of the House of
Plantagenet. Two Lancastrians fol
lowed, viz, Henry of Monmouth and
his grandson Edward of Westminister.
Henry VI. being but a few months
old at the death of lis father never
received the title) Then two Yorkists,
Edward of the Sanctuary and Edward
of Middleham; after whom two of the
House of Tudor, Arthur of Winches-
ter and Henry of Greenwich. Of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
4 WOman's Friendship.

It is wondrous advantage to a
man, In every pursuit or vocation, to
secure an adviser in a sensible woman.
In woman there is at once a. subtle
delicacy of tact, and a plain sound
ness of judgment which are rarely
combined to an equal degree in man.
A woman, If she be really your friend,
will have 3 sensitive regard for your
character, honor, repute. She will
seldom counsel you TO do a shabby
thing, for woman friend always de
sires to be proud OF you. At the same
time her constitutional timidity makes
Ter more cautious than your male
friend. She therefore seldom counsels
you to do an inprudent thing. The
friendship of 8 woman to a man the
bulwark, sweetness, ornament Of hi,
existence. -Housekeeper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Teach the Colt to Walk Fast.

One experienced in the manage
nent of horses tells us that any colt
may be taught TO be fast walker by
a little continued care in handling. A
fast walk IN a horse is the most valua-
bic gait that training can acquire. It
is valuable IN q plow horse, IN team
horse, and particularly so in driving
horse. Some horses will trot along
very well until they come to ascend
ing ground, when you wish to relieve
him By letting him walk up grade.
lie then falls into a slow. lazy walk,
that is very trying to the drivers pa
tience, bat a welI-trained walker will
step off briskly at the rate of four
miles an hour, and the driver feels
that he has been detained but very little
by letting his horse walk up the hill
as he starts off at his usual trotting
speed. being relieved by the change
of walking up the hill. Colts should
be trained to walk fast before there is
an attempt made to improve them in
any other gait. This may be accom~
pllshed by commencing very young
and leading at a walk by your side,
urging additional speed little by little
without letting it break into a trot
but this must not be continued long
at time, SO as to weary or tire. One
or two short lessons day will soon
show a wonderful improvement, but
after-lessons will be required to pre-
vent q relapse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Teach Your Bows.

Teach them that a true lady may
be found in calico as frequently as
in velvet.
Teach them that a common school
education, with common sense. is
better than college education with
out it.
Teach them that one good, honest
trade we'll mastered, is worth a dozen
beggarly professions.
Teach them to respect their elders
and themselves.
Teach them that, as they expect to
be men one daT, they cannot too sool
learn to protect the weak ones.
Teach them by your own example
that smoking in moderation, though
the least of vices to which men are
heirs, is disgusting to others and
hurtful 10 themselves.
Teach them that to wear patched
clothes is no disgrace, but to wear a
black eye is.
Teach them that by indulging their
depraved appetites in the worse forms
of dissipation. they are not fitting
themselves to become the husbands Of
pure girls
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Best Success With Small Trees.

Only occasionally, under favorable
circumstances, with the greatest care
and skill, are large trees successfully
removed, and the exceptional instances
are those IN which the little feeding
roots-the only ones of much benefit
in sustaining life-are retained But
a small. healthy tree may be dug
with all its roots undisturbed, SO that
with care in handling when out of the
ground, and with due attention to
planting, we may reasonably expect
it to grow vigorously, If not the first
season, assuredly the next. When a
tree is debilitated from any cause,
especially by loss of the feeding roots,
it requires long time to recover.
Even cutting off the tops to counter
balance loss of roots is only partial
remedy, as nothing can fully compen-
safe for the absence of these important
organs, During removal endeavor to
prevent the rapid evaporation which
is constantly taking place through
the branches. In large trees this is
so great that frequently all the sus-
tenance is drawn from the roots be-
fore the tree is planted. Wrapping
tops as well as roots in damp cloths,
when out OF the ground, and moisten-
ing them occasionally, is undoubtedly
of value. SMALL specimens, having
so few obstacles to overcome, rarely
fail If properly cared form. Y. Trib-
une.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
The Dance OF Death.
Pixey Winter in New York Graphic.

And now let US take the results of
two or three years of this confused and
exacting struggle. THE Dance of
Death, " which we had given us few
weeks ago in Life, tells a long story
and q sad one.
Late hours-''How is it that our
girls lose their freshness" In the
first little picture the men seem to be
bidding her good night-as she strays
ON till o'clock In the morning they
say good night at o'cIock-they are
men with business and professions,
The men or boys who can dance it out
with her till five are probably social
tramps, who carry no possibilities
not even the support of themselves.
In The Graphic, Miranda gave us a
drawing of the debutante and her
prospects-a poor lookout, Judging
from the physiognomys of her adorers.
Papa and mamma look very thought
full as thew introduce her to leave her
to their mercy.
From point of choice ia a girls
heart history what is 1t all?
A blank.
Are there marriages. Yes. Many
of them.
Are there divorces Yes. Many
of them.
Now I must close with the dancing
class" to which some mothers think
it q good act to let their daughters be-
long the year before they enter the
world. To these. dances, of course,
they go alone. Almost school girls,
they associate with the grown men
that they are going TO meet the follow
ing winter. | do not hesitate to say
that they do not know how to behave
themselves, and there is no one to tell
them. The young men laugh and find
it fun. These things, one and all,
come from the neglect of those who
are responsible. The girls have so
recently been children that much
which they do and say is hoydenish
girlhood. But before friends alone
should this be allowed to manifest
itself. It is surely misunderstood any
where else. These little creatures
have SO recently worn girls dresses
that they forgot the present privilege
of wearing them long, 50 that with
this negle cted privilege and the pre-
yailing ''busselle" (as I heard for~
eigner call it, black stockings are
best to wear either in dancing or sit
ting.
In speaking of these girls, whether
thep are out or ia" they are not
themselves. IF women are TO repres-
ent ideals to men the opportunity
must not be given to disenchant They
must not be ignorant of the ways to
be femininely attractive. Young
womanhood IS too important, their
uplifting power is too essential to men
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Turkish Proverbs About W0man.
From the London Spectator,

The references to woman are as
ungallant as they are unjust. She
is to be treated as child, and as such
contemptuously pardoned for her
shortcomings. t'You should lecture
neither child nor woman" it would
eb waste of time. Her intelligence, to
is underated, ''Her hair is long, and
her wits are short" It is she who as a
mother makes the house, and mars
it," and she is classed with good wine
as "a sweet poison" But 1t must be
admitted that In this e2ant Of gallan~
try the Turk is far surpassed by the
Persian, who says 1.-The dog is faith
full. but the woman never"
The lover is regarded as lunatic,
unfit for society of his fellows. If
you are in love, fly to the mountains. !"
for Lover and king brook no COM
panion," He is "blind, and distance
is nothing to him; for him "Bag&ad
is not far" and the only cures for his
malady are travel and patience.
A word of advice to those about to
marry. MARRY below you, bat do
not marry your daughter above you;"
and, choose cloth by its edge, and a
wife by her mother.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
The Chinese Giant to Get Married.
st. Louis Sunday Sayings

st. Louis Sunday Sayings.
81 understand you are to be married,
Chang, How is it?"
A slight smile passed over Chang's
FACET took quite while to get over
it-and blush was just perceptible.
Yes, I am to be married, though
expect to so home to China first.
"Who is the lady?"
II would rather not tell her name.
She lives in Kansas City. She is rich
and is worth over 100000. I am
worth about $3.50, 000, and [ think we
will not be IN need when our marriage
is consummated. The lady is large
in stature She is six feet six inches
in height, and her dress makes her
look much larger. She is an Ameris
can lady and lives with her parents
She first saw me on exhibition and
talked to me a long while. The next
day [ was sitting in a parlor 10 a no
tel, playing on the piano. can play
nicely on the piano, and would like
you to hear me- Well, I was playing
on the piano when [ heard the lady
enter the room. I turned and saw
her She looked rather timid at first,
and [ said, Come IN, lady, I will not
| charge you fifty cents to hear and see
me- She laughed and acted more at
ease. | played many pieces, which
seemed to please her not a little.
Finally got up and placed one hand
on her shoulder, said she was a nice
big woman. and / would like to have
her for my wife. She laughed and
ran merTily out of the room. A week
later I received q letter from her father
asking me if I really wanted bis
daughter in marriage, and asking ne
what [ intended to do if married.
said wanted his daughter, and would
become a tea merchant. The engage
ment was then made"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Transplant1ng in the Night.

A gentleman, anxious to ascertain
the effect OF transplanting at night
instead of by day, made an expert
ment with the following results: He
transplanted ten cherry trees while
in bloom, commencing at four o'clock
in the afternoon, and planting one
each hour until one o'clock in the
morning. Those transplanted during
the daylight shed their blossoms, pro
ducing little or no fruit, while those
planted Ia the dark maintained their
condition fully. He did the same with
ten dwarf trees, after the fruit was
one third grown.
Those transplanted during the day
shed their fruit, those transplanted
during the night perfected their crop,
and showed no injury from having
been removed With each of those
trees he removed some earth with the
roots. Tribune and Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

of 1925. It was not until she was In
her seventy-third year that Lady Bar
nard made known the secret OF the
authorship of this ballad An anus
ing story is told in connection with
lis production. On Lord Balearres'
estate was shepherd of the name of
Robin Gray, and for some act of his
Lady Anne resolved to immorialize
ais memory. Upon her little sister
entering her room one day. Lady
Anne said: II have been writing
ballad, my dear; and [ am opposing
my heroine with nany misfortunes.
| have already sent her Jamie 10 sea,
broken her fathers arm, made her
mother fall sick, and given her auld
Robin Gray for lover; but I wish to
load her with fifty sorrows in the last
four lines. Help me to one, l pray"
Steal the COW, sister Anne, said her
sister. Accordingly. we are told that
the COW was lifted"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

A certain Brooklyn gentleman, who
has successfully practiced an old
method Of extending his income by
borrowing, has been so annoyed by
dunns that his physician has been
called to his aid. The medical gen
tleman has cautioned him against dis
cussing business matters, Especially
with his creditors" Written advice
10 this effect is fauntingly waved in
the faces of the expecGant gentlemen
who call upon him to settle their
bills.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Cooperation in Butter-making.

In radius containing five hundred
little farHas, on chur9ing day, five
hundred women empty five hundred
cream jars at five hundred temporal
lures into five hundred churns, and
five hundred small boys are kept from
school or other work to continue
their hatred Of the farm by five hun
dred hours of labor at those five hum
dred churns. Then the five hundred
women work the five hundred lots of
butter into five thousand little dabs,
with five hundredadifferent favors,
colored five hundred different shades
of yellow and sold at groceries for
five hundred different prices, and vet
butter making don't pay. What is
the sensible way to do this work? Let
the farmers come together and start a
joint stock company. put up a factory,
with a good butter maker and two or
three men to help him, and then let
these five hundred lots of milk be
brought to their factory and be made
up into a kind of first class butter
that sells as uniform article at a
uniform price, and then let these five
hundred women 60 to work at some
thing they know more about.-Amer.
lean Dairyuan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Grant and the Kentucky Ladies'.
Globe-Denocrat


The Kentucky women are as enthu-
siastic about horses as the men. They
unhesitatingly place the horses be
fore themselves as the greaS attract
ions of the state | remember hearing
a conversation between General Grant
and Kentucky girl at the St. Louis
Merchants Exchange in 1875, when
President Grant was visiting the St.
Louis Fair A number of ladies were
introduced to the president, where
upon he spoke in very high terms of
st. Louis, the fair, etc. ''You are
mistaken, Mr.. President, we are not
from st. Louis, J" laughinglY said one
of the girls, I'VE are from Kentucky,
very fine state, you know, which
possesses three things all men of taste
must appreciate" Smilingly, the
President asked her what they were.
She answered: eve have The fastest
horses, the prettlest women and the
finest whisky In the world" The
President replied: your horses are
certainly justly renowned; I have
some on my farm near here; yourself
and party prove the correctness of
your sec@na observation, but whisky
is one of the things that require age,
and your men consame it SO fast that
it rarely has fair chance to become
good" The girls thought that if Gen
eral Grant could not make a long
speech he was apt at repartee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

for them to be allowed to spoil it be-
fore they know themselves about it.
1t is not through vanity and indelicate
pushing that they are to know how
valuable and precious to the well
being of the world they are-not as
butterflies, ito please, but often through
tears to hold up men who would utter
ly 90 under but for their belief in
them. However, taking that view of
it, perhaps we had better let them
nave as good time as they can
now,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
The Story Of "Auld Robin Gray.
British Ballads

This exquisite ballad was written by
Lady Anne Lindsay, daughter Of the
fifth Earl Of Balcarres. She was born
on n ov. q. 1850, and at the early
age Of t=7enty-one produced the ballad
which SIR Walter Scott says sis worth
all the dialogues which Corydon ard
Phyllis have had together, from the
days of Theocritus downward" In
1898 Lady A Lindsay married Mr.
Andrew Barnard, son Of the Bishop
of Limerick. with whom she went out
to the Cape, on his appointment as
Colonial Secretary under Lord Mac
CARNEY. Mr.. Barnard dying at the
Cape his widow returned to London,
where she enjoyed the friendship Of
Burke, Windham, and others, until
her death, which occurred in the year
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

German sea captains have filed in
Berlin reports from which it appears
that the glacial Labrador current is
annually protruding further and fur
Their south, crowding the gulf stream
out of its wonted spring course. So
great is the southwark sweep of the
heavy glacial current that when the
buoy attached to the broken end OF
the Atlantic cable of 1866 got adrift it
was found to have travelled nearly
due south a distance of 600 miles IN
seventy six days, Ia opposition to the
gulf stream.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
When the Girls WOnld Miss Lots of
FINN
New York Graphic

A famous woman sufragist asks
IF women were milk cans would they
be promptly protected?" and answers
her question: "They would" That
may all be so, but it IS safe to say that
if woEaen were milk cans they would
never be married; no young men
would ever buy them caramels or take
them to the opera. They would never
have silk dresses and new hats. They
might secure considerable protection,
but they would miss lots of fun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
A Wonderful Mountain.
San Francisco Post

In the heart of Wyoming territory
is P mountain OF solid hematite iron,
with 900 feet of it above ground. more
than mile wide, and over two miles
in length; q bed Of Ignite coal big
enough TO warm the world for centu-
ries; eight lakes OF. solid soda, one Of
them over 900 acres ia extent and not
less than 80 feet in depth, and a petro
leum basin which contains more oil
than Pennsylvania and West Virginia
combined, from which in places the OIL
is oczing Ia natural wells at the rate
of two barrels q day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

The following tough alligator story
comes from Newburn, S. @. While
out in skiff the other day padding
along the shore Sol Burgess caught
an alligator, which, after struggling
vainly to get free, astounded him by
INDUCING in a loud and prolonged
whistle. In a few minutes aligators,
to the number Of 40, assembled
around him from all directions, and
he had the greatest difficulty in escap-
ing them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

A bottle, to which large bunch OF
blyalves had grown, was fshed up
recently by Baltimore FISHERMAN.
Inside the bottle was a fish too large
to get out of it's mouth. It is suppos-
ed that the fish went into the bottle,
and either liked its quarters so well
that it tarried too long, or before it
could find its way out had grown SO
large as to nearly fill the bottle. The
bottled fish will be sent to the Smith
sonian Institution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

unlucky line Of Stuarts three have
borne the title-Henry of Sterling,
Charles of Dumfermline, and Charles
OF st. James. Next came the House
of Hanover. of which there have been
four-George Augustus, Frederick
LOUIS, George William Frederick and
George Augustus Frederick, the latter
being uncle to Queen Victoria.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
A member Of the Wisconsin D

4 member Of the Wisconsin D
mems Association has been ma ng
experiments 10 test the value Of corn
fodder, which has matured crop of
corn, in comparison with hay. He
found two pounds of stock equal in
feeding value to one pound of hay.
The corn yielded fifty bushels of
shelled corn and one and three
quarter tons of cured corn stalks,
nearly equal in value to ton of hay.
His experiments were in feeding the
stalks uncut, and he estimated it at
40 per cent. If they had been finely
cut the waste would have been much
less He states that enough corn
stalks are wasted ia his State annually
to keep all the four footed animals
without the use of hay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Apaches on the War Path.

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, April 24.-The
Apaches are again on the war path IN
the Sierra Madre mountains. 4 band
of so attacked a few Mexicans at
Pena Blame day or two ago. Two
Mexicans were killed. The entire
surrounding country IS up IN arms
against the Apaches, and the COVER
nor has been asked for troops. A
large number of cattle have been
stolen by the Indians.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

The Kansas Southern, Kansas City
& Emporia and the Southern Kansas
roads have been consolidated under
the name OF the Southern Kansas
railway.