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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
SpendthriIts of Time.

The incident, the careless, and the
mere pleasure seekers are the spend
thrifts of time. They wastefully
throw away the opportunities of in
creasing the true happiness and value
Of life. They are the beck and call of
other ldlers, and congratulate them
selves that they do not grudge every
moment spent with friend or in IN
nOcent amusement. They think they
are liberal, while in truth they are
only wasteiul. On the other hand,
there are some who pride themselves
on never wasting minute, who rush
from one thing 10 another without
pause, who can find no leisure to be-
stow on their families or friends, who
consider amusement a waste of time
and sleep necessary evil, who injure
their health and narrow their man
hood by continuous round Of labor
that is ever depreciating in value from
receiving no infusion of fresh vitality
from outside sources. These people
think that they are frugal ia their use
of time, when in truth they are only
penurlous. Time, like money, is val
liable as it contributes to the worth
and happiness of life; and 10 this
end there must be system IN its man
agement and no waste.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31

American Revolution, consisting
mostly of refugees who adhered to the
British side, and who infested the So
called neutral ground" lying be-
tween the American and British
lines, plundering all those who had
taken the oath of allegiance to the
con tinental congress.
Father of His Conutry-George
Washington, the defender and pa
ternal counselor of the American
states, was not the first to whom the
name was applied. History records
that Cicero was so entitled by the
Roman senate. They offered the
same title to Marius, but he refused
TO accept 1t. Several of the Cee sars
were SO called-JuIIuf, after quelIing
the insurrection of Spain; Augustus,
etc. The name was likewise applied
to Cosmo de Medici 1389-1404), and
to Andre Dorea Q468-156O, his
countrymen of Genoa inscribing it on
the base of his statute, Joab, the
Iudean, is called the Father of the
Valley of Chrashim" q. Chronicles,
| iv., 15).
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
Feeding FIaxaeed to Stock.

Ia an article on this subject the
Live Stock Journal says: Ii is not
safe to feed faxseed Ia the straw to
cows ia calf, unless in very small
quantity. And it is not prudent to
feed this seed IN much quantity to cat
tie, horses, sheep or pigs. It is too
laxative as a common feed, but at the
same time it is one of the best means
at the feeders command to insure
good health to his animals. Our cor
respondent can use it most proftably
by Smelling the seed and then grind
ing one bushel Of flaxseed with fifteen
bushels of oats, or oats or corn; or he
can boil the flaxseed and then mix it,
IN small proportion, with the oats or
oats and corn, This ration has so
small a proportion of faxseed that
there is no danger or injury, and
there is still faxseed enough for the
health OF the cow. If the faxseed is
boiled, one pint of seed boiled, will be
enough to mix In the feed for two
cows. II the seed is ground with oats,
as mentioned, the cow would eat
little more than the half pint here
given for boiled seed, but after boiling
III mas stronger erect, and 1t would
not be safe to feed more per COW, if IN
calf. This ground feed, in this pre-
portion, is admirable for horses,
mules, sheep or pigs, and the amount
Of feed per day would be the usual
weight of oats fed to such animals.
With this combined ground ration
horses will always have a slick, soft,
coat, and this also indicates good dl-
gestiOn. 1t is true that small guam
tity, as here indicated, of f2xseed will
enable animals to digest and assimi-
late more straw than when no seed is
given. This combination with fax
seed will be found effective ia fatten-
ing cattle, pigs or sheep. The danger
in feeding in the straw is that too
much viii be eaten of the faxseed,
causing too great Iooseness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
The Courts Without Jurisdiction
San Francisco Call.

She had quarreled with him, and
he left her and married somebody
else after the engagement had been
pending some time. He was wealthy
and she was mad and indicative.
She consulted a lawyer.
''Did you tell him to get out2" asked
the lawyer.
mo, I only told him I never wane-
ed to see him again"
odd you say the engagement was
at an end?"
"No; I only said that I would not
marry him."
Hum. Did he ever promise you
should be his wife?"
GA million times. He plighted his
faith to me- three times a week for a
year. He stole my young affections
I tell yon, l am his wife in the sight
of beavan."
"Humph. I'm afraid, mademoisel-
le, the courts below have no jurisdic-
ton in that case. "
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
Statistics Of The Liquor Traffic.

Some statistics as to the retail liquor
trade of the United States are interest
ing and instructive. There are in all
the States 201, 435 persons selling ar
dent spirits at retail, under United
States licenses. The proportion of
saloons to inhabitants IN some OF the
States forras curious study. In Cal-
ifornia, there is saloon to each sew
enty inhabitants, or to each sever teen
voters In Illinois, there is a saloon
to each $50 persons, Or about one to
each sixty voters. Ia New York, the
proportion is one to $50 in Ohio, one
to 204: in Pennsylvania, one TO 205.
Illinois stands ahead in whisky pro-
duction, with 26, 488, S36 gallons of
ardent spirits annually. It's annual
malt-liquor product is q, 339, 1858 gal
Ions. In whisky, Kentucky, Indiana
And Ohio follows next after Illinois.
New 7 ork is the Empire State in beer
as in other things, except whisky,
with the enormous production of 300
100000 gallons a year.
The revenue derived by the Govern
ment from the manufacture Of spirits
and malt liquors in $85, 742, 042
year, of which about IS per cent. is
from spirits and % per cent. from
malt liquors. Illinois pays one-quar-
ter OF this total tax.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

Naples has now plenty of excellent
water.
Fresh discoveries of gold are con
stantly being made in Japan.
The late Bishop Of Manchester owed
his extraordinary mastery over his
voice to having lived for years with a
deaf mother and aunt.
The earthquakes in Andalusia last
winter mi ured over 1900 buildings,
of which 4 400 were ruined, killed 745
persons and wounded ], 485.
A pet deer belonging to W. II.
Payne, of Spencerville, Cal, has
voluntarily returned to captivity at
ter year of freedom spent in the
forest In company with it's kind.
The Emperor of Russia grows stout
or more deep-chested and broad
shouldered. His light gray eyes,
which resemble more those of his
mothers relatives at Hesse Darmstadt
than his fathers the late Emperor,
which were dark blue, or what the
French call black blue, are losing
their vivaclty.
The British Medical Journal states
that the Baron de Lenval, of Nice,
has offered prize of $500 TO the per
son who shall invent an easily port
able instrument for improving the
hearing, Only completed instru-
meats are received, and they must be
sent in before Dec. 81 1887. The prize
will be awarded in September, 1888.
at Brussels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
SOME FINANCIAL FACTS.

The postal receipts at the 2,23s
Presidential Postoffices is more than
three-quarters of the revenue of the
Postoffice Department.
During the last year the govern
ment lost nearly 81, ZOO on defcien
yardage Ia the Irvine purchased for
use In the Postofice Department.
1t cost the people of this country
So 500, 600 to feed and blanket the In
dams last year, In 1881 the cost OF
these wards reached nearly SO, GOO
900.
The Government now maintains
1900 lighthouses, lightships and stake
lights On coasts and rivers, besides
lnnumarable fog signals and whistl-
ing and other buoys.
Pensions is the one item Of public
expenditure which seems to have 40
peace basis. The pension estimate for
the year beginning July 1 next Is
SIS, 900, 600.
Since 1916 the government has
spent the snug sum of 1925, 900, 900 in
taking care of the noble red man, not
counting the cost of killing or hunt
ing him with the military.
During the last year the govern
ment's expenses were SIG 900, 900
greater than Ia 1884, and the recei pts
S25, 900, 600 less. There was, neverthe-
less, surplus of s17, 100000
Exclusive of Alaska, about three
ffths OF the national domain has been
sold or been subjected to contract or
grant. Of the remaining two-6fths a
considerable portion is either noun
tain Or desert,
The United States army now con-
sists of 2,150 officers and "a 700 men.
Most of the big nations of the effate
East support armies containing more
officers than there are privates in our
little band
The sinking fund is L per cent. of
the entire public debt. This must be
set aside each year and used IN the re-
demption Of bonds. To this is added
all the fractional currency redeemed
by the treasury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
Text of the Bill Passed by the United
States Senate.

The following is the presidential
succession bill as it passed the senate ::
A BILL to provide for the performance of the du-
ties of the office of president in case of the re-
the president and vice president.
Be 1t enacted by the senate and
house Of representatives of the Unit
ed States of America IN congress as-
Senl6ted, That in case of removal,
death, resignation or inability of both
the president and vice-president of the
United States, the secretary of state
or If there be none, Or Ia case of his
removal, death. resignation, or ina
bilIty, then the secretary Of the treas
ury; or if there be none, or in case Of
his removal, death, resignation, or in
ability, then the secretary Of war; or
If there be none, Or in case of his re-
m0val, death, resignation, or inabil-
ity, then the attorney general; or if
there be none, or in case of his remov-
al, death, resignation, or inability
then the postmaster general; or if
there be none, Or in case of his remov-
al, death, resig nation or inability, then
the Secretary OF tie Navy; or IL there
be none, or IN case of his removal,
death, resignation or inability, then
the Secretary of the Interior shall act
as President until the disability of the
President or Vice President is remov,
ed or President shall be elected
Provided, that whenever the powers
and duties of the Office of President OF
the United States shall devolve upon
any of the persons named herein, il
Congress be not then in session, or il
it would not meet in accordance with
law within twenty days thereafter, il
shall be the duty Of the person pom
whom the said powers and duties shall
devolve to issue a proclamation con
vening Congress in extraordinary ses
sion, giving twenty days notice of toe
time of meeting.
Sec. 2. That the proceeding section
shall Only be held 10 ascribe and ap,
ply to such officers as shall have been
appointed by the advice and consent
of the Senate to the Offices therein
named, and such as are eligible to the
Office of President under the consti-
tuition, and not under impeachment
by the House OF Representatives of the
United States at the time the powers
and duties shall devoive upon them
respectfully.
SEC 3. That sections 146, 147, 148,
149 and $50 of the Revised Statutes
are hereby repealed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31

A mixture OF camphor and laudS-
NUM- is most excellent to allay the
toothache. Never use a pin or any
metal, under any circumstances to
insert cotton batting in the aching
void "a wooden toothpick shonld
always be resorted to. One may
aye ones self long siege of tooth
ache by the simple expedient of
breathing through the nose, and never
inhaling cold air directly into the
mouth.
The editor of a Dakota paper offers
to give bis paper for one year to every
couple married In the country before
July 1, 1885, and another public
spirited editor of the vicinity will
send his paper for a year to every
child born within twelve months, and
send two and three years for twins
and triplets.
For ffty-eight years past some yer
son has found it worth his or her
while TO pay the annual interest on a
green umbrella pledged IN the Paris
Mont de Petite for the SUM of 8 francs,
so cents.
Government receipts during the last
year were exactly the same as IN 1865,
excluding loans. But in 1865 the ex-
penditures were 81, 217 600, 600, against
only $3.50, 900, 600 in 1886.
Ralph Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfeld's
only surviving brother, has been
made Clerk of Parliament, to succeed
Sir William Rose. The salary is SIS
600. Duty, nil
A man appeared on the streets of
Denver recently driving a spanking
team of fully developed elks werth
81, 500 and capable of travelling 100
miles a day. The children thought
Santa Claus had come to town.
DR.. George L. Fitch, in charge o
the hospital at Honolulu, says leprosy
is hereditary, and cannot be commun-
lcated by enc person to another under
any combination Of circumstances.
The delegate who goes to Washing
ton with the electoral vote OF Oregon
gets something over 81, 500 for his fare
both ways, though 1t does not cost
him tenth part of that sum. for he
travels on pass.
Mr.. Shaw-Lefevre, ex-Postmaster
General, said lately that there are
1,0O0, 900 children in Englaad who do
not attend school by reason of the
poverty OF their parents. It may be
added that in half of these cases drink
is the cause Of it.
A horse thief who had secreted him-
self and horse in a school house near
Dustin, Neb., was routed out of his
hiding place by people going to the
building to hold prayer meeting.
An obelisk has been unveiled at
Birmingham, Eng, to the memory of
the late Colonel Barnaby. The me-
mortal is so feet high, and is adorned
by significant symbols, including a
molding of primroses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
FARM AND HOME.
A New Style of Hot-Beds.
Prairie FGrmes.

There are many places where stable
manure for an ordinary hot-bed is
hard to obtain, and others where the
smell of the fermentIng material is
not pleasant, and yet a person might
want to avail himself OF the benefit Of
an early hot-bed. The following ext
ceIlent method is described by a cor
respondent of the American Florist,
who saw 1t in use in a Milwaukee
amateurs garden: The bed is situated
about thirty feet north OF the house,
and is forty feet long by four in
width; the basement of his house is
heated by a coal stove. For this stove
he had made small coil of gas pipe,
which be can put in or take out as
easily as he could tea kettle. From
this coil he ran two 1-inch pipes under
the ground, well covered, to the hot
bed, and then branched each pipe INTO
two, running them the whole length
of the bed, and connecting them at
the upper end, where he placed an ex-
panslon tank, consisting of a common
wooden pail. It is simply a perfect
hOt-Water system on small scale,
consisting OF two flows and two return
pipes all one inch. These pipes are
all sunk one foot deep. In the fall the
sash were put on, and then it was left
to freeze, the pipes of course being
empty. On the LIST of March he made
connections and starting firing, and,
though the frost was four feet deep,
in four days the bed was all ready for
seed. The result was that Mr.. @. had
crop of early vegetables that could
not easily be beaten.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
FATTENING HOGS.

In 1attening good, strong, vigorous
hogs, over a year old, corn and water
make a good food. We do not say there
is nothing better; but if we lived in the
great corn-growing sections we should
not look for anything cheaper or more
fattening
In fattening younger pigs, however, a
greater variety of food is desirable. We
want the pigs to grow and fatten at the
same time. For this purpose we need
good breed or good grade of hogs.
We need warm, dry, comfortable
quarters, and plenty of good, easily
digested food. The best and most easily
digested food is milk. The Stops from
the house, or the refuse from an hotel,
including scraps Of meat and fat, and
bread and vegetables, are proverbially
excellent. On the farm any food we do
not know what else to do with, goes to
the pigs. This is right. But if we want
to fatte1a the pigs, We must see that they
have some kind of grain, in addition to
such food as cabbage leaves, beets,
mangels, sweet apples, small and par
tally rotted potatoes, etc. The secret of
economical feeding consists in giving the
pigs all the grain they can eat, without
weakening their appetite for the mixed
and cheaper food and vegetables.
When corn is the principal food for
young fattening pigs, a little bran, Or,
rather, what we call cline feed, is very
desirable If the corn is fed whole, a
good plan is to mix the fine feed with the
water-say a pint to each gallon OF
water-and let the pigs have all they
will drink of it. If the pigs have all the
vegetables they viii eat, they viii not
drink much water, and more fine feed
say quart to a gallon of WATERWAY
be used. If the pigs do not take to the
fine feed and water, mix in a little corn
meal till they get in the habit of drink
ing it.--477e21cal5 14griculturiSt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
FARM IMPLEMENTS.

The Chicago Times says: Few i'm
elements will be used again on the farm
till next spring. Still on many farms
machines and tools may be seen exposed
to the action of the elements. If they
are not in the fields where they were las
used they are in the doOr-yard or OF
some unOccupied portion of land abou
the farm-buildings. In some cases they
are in the hands of neighbors who Dor
rOwed and used, but forgot OF neglected
to return them. If they are not on the
premises Of the owner they are quite
certain to be out of doors. The neigh.
Dor who forgets OF neglects to return
the tools he borrowed is not the man to
give them protection in his own build
ings. Farmers who forget to return i'm
plements they borrowed are the ones who
neglect to take suitable care Of them
when they are in use, or to give them
any protection when they are through
with them. They will leave them where
they used them last
1t is generally admitted that nipple
ments used on farms are injured more
by exposure than by use in the kind of
work they were designed for. They rot
out and rust out in more cases than they
wear out. Especially is this the case
with fnely-finished and somewhat COM
plicated machines. The persons who
make and repair them all admit that this
is the case. If a farmer has neglected to
collect his tools and to put them in a
place where they will be secure from the
action Of dampness, he should delay the
matter no longer. They should be
placed where they will become thorough
~ dried. They should then be cleaned
of all the soil that adheres to them. The
gum and the substances that have col
lected on the oil used as lubricants
should be carefully removed by the use
of benzine or kerosene. The surface of
the metal should then be covered with
talloW, paraffine, OF some nOn-drying
oil. An application of crude petroleum
to the wooden portions of most nipple
ments will do much toward protracting
their period of service. The fall is the
best time to apply paint to farming tools,
as it will become dry and hard before
they are used again.
If a farmer has no building specially
designed for storing implements, he
should put them in his barn if there is
room for them. 1t is better to put them
on a scafold at some distance from the
floor than near the ground. as the upper
air in the building contains the least
moisture. Animals sometimes get loose
in barn, and if tools are on the ground
floor injuries are likely to occur. If a
farmer has no building in which he can
store his tools, he will find it to his ad
vantage to take them to the nearest
town, where he can ordinarily place
them IN some warehouse. In some
places the dealers in agricultural nipple
ments will store those bought by farmers
for small consideration. In the event
that no suitable building can be found in
which to store farming implements, some
cheap and primitive protection should
be secured. Every farmer is presumed
to have large supply of hay and straw
on his place, and with either of them he
Il He
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
He Described the instrument
Yonkers States.

"Do you recognize this instru-
ment9" said the lawyer to the prison
er at the bar, pointing TO a written
contract.
Z think I do" calmly responded
the man.
will you be kind enough to inform
the court what the nature of this in
strument is?n
You drew the instrument up, 7 be
lieve?" asked the prisoner.
II did"
'Then | should say it was a wind
instrument
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31

can form a protection tor MS uooIs.
can erect platform of rails, raised
few feet from the ground, place the i'm
plements on it, and cover them with hay
or straw so as to shed the raid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
Their EtymoIOgisf
st. Louis Republican.

Cowboys-The name now so COM
monty applied to cattle-herders on
the plains, was originally given to
band of marauders in the time of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31

Confederate veterans in Georgia sa,
that the law giving artificial limbs inter
feres with their chances Of securing EN-
ployment. When they apply for a jol
they are told: '.Oh, YOU are all RICH,
the state helps you along" They wan
the law repealed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31

The governments receipts during
the year ending June 80, 1885, were
1922 600, 000-a little more than mil
lion for each working day. Uncle
Sam is still aheae Of any plumber or
coal dealer in the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31

If man wants a handle to his name he
should 90 to Germany and discover a new
microbe. Before he came across the
cholera nicrobe Dr.. Koch was simply
Dr. Koch; and now he is Herr Geheimer
Medicinal-rath Prof DR.. Robert Koch.
with several counties to hear from,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31

Some worknen engaged in digging u
well at Bristol, Pa, found petrified
Uood twenty-five feet below the surface.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
The Household.
WHEAT MUFFINS,

No. 1. Two cups wheat meal, one
cup of -four, two cups of cold water,
two teaspo0nsful cream of tartar, one
teaspoonful soda, one egg. No. 2.
Two cups wheat meal, cne cup of
flour one cup of milk, one egg, two
tablespoonfuls melted butter, little
salt, one teaspoonful soda, two tea
spoOnfuls cream of tartar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
TREACLE MUFFINS.

One and one-fourth cups oatmeal,
one cup -four, one-half cup brown
sugar, one half cup butter worked in
to the sugar, one egg, a small cup of
milk, teaspoonful soda dissolved in
less than half cup of molasses, one
egg, a little nutmeE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
SUGAR COOKIES.

Two eggs, two cups of sugar, one
cup of milk, one half cup butter. tea
spoonful soda, two teaspoonfuls of
cream of tartar, five cups of flour.
Mix the sugar and butter together,
add the eggs beaten, then the milk
with the soda dissolved in it. Add
one cup of -four, with the cream of
tartar mixed. Then add favoring-
nutmeg, lemon or vanilla-and the
other four cups of -four. Roll out
with as little flour as possible.