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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14

A DEVICE has been brought forward
for protecting water pipes against
freezing, the arrangement being based
upon the fact that water in motion
will remain liquid at a lower tempera-
lure than water at rest. One end of
copper rod, placed outside OF the
building, is secured to bracket, and
the other end is attached to one arm
of weighted elbow lever; to the 9th
er arm Of the lever is secured rod,
which passes into the building and
operates valve in the water pipe. By
means OF turn buckles, the length OF
the copper rod can be adjusted SO
that before the temperature reaches
the point at which there would be
danger of the water in the pipes
freezing, the valves will be opened to
allow a flow of water; beyond this
point the valve opening viii increase
and the flow become more rapid as
the cold becomes more intense, and
SIS the temperature rises the valve is
closed. This plan sets up current
IN the pipes, which replaces the water
as it grows cold by the warmer water
from the main. Whether the valves
be opened Or closed, tlAe service pipes
are always is working order.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14

The governor of New York is paid
salary Of $4,000 q year. The same
salary is paid to the governor Of Cali
fornia, that amount having been fixed
during the gold era of high prices,
and the immense cost Of living
Pennsylvania also pays its governor
$40, 600 a year. Illinois has been
lucky IN getting a succession Of good
governors at So, 600 q year. Ohio pays
but 81, 600 a year to its governor, half
Of which goes for house rent at Col
umbus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14

IT has long been known that ship
pers are unwilling to carry large
quantities Of zinc dust in their vessels
owing to the danger Of its getting
moist aud becoming heated to a
dangerous extent. Mr. Greville VIII
liams, F. R. S., has recently made
some researches which throw light
on this matter. He finds that wetted
zinc.dust, after drying, gives off near
" double the hydrogen that unwetted
dust gives. Hydrogen is absorbed
from moist atmosphere at moder-
ate temperature by zinc dust. Ghas
IN fact, the power Of occluding by
drogen after the manner of spongy
platinum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14

BERLIN has a population of 1, 316,
382, a gain Of nearly 100000 since
1880. One OF the census takers re-
ports a family in his districr, where
the father IS a Jew, the mother is q
Catholic, the children are Evangelical,
the goyerness is a Swiss reformer, the
nurse an English high church woman,
and the cook ian aristocratic Luth-
ern f"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14

DULUTH, with population OF o.,
600, has erected q splendid building
for It's Board of Trade, and the same
was formally opened last week. Over
200 prominent people from different
cities Of tne northwest, including St.
Paul, Bismarck, Chicago and Mil
waukee, participated in the opening,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14
WA HINGTON,

SIX months ago the Postmaster Gen
eral appointed twenty-five postofice in
spectors for a probationary term of six
months. Their work having been salts
factory, they were to-day permanently
appointed.
TREASURER JORDAN has gone to New
York to assume charge of the United
States sub.freasury there. He says he
knows of no reason why he should not
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14
\ LARGE old-fashioned clock

a LARGE, old-fashioned clock at
Green Cove, Florida, which has kept
time for one hundred years, on being
set back to standard time refused to
run regularly. Finally it was set for
ward to sun time, when it returned to
IS senses. and has run regularly ever
since
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14

IT is said to be an exploded theory
that one ring grows upon tree every
year. The agricultural department at
Washington fnds that trees OF six
years showed twelve rings; of twelve,
twenty-one, OF five, eleven; and of
tventy-four, twenty; The trees being
respectively, locust, hickory, crabap-
ME and ok.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14
Everything Gees Wrong

In the bodily mechanism when the liver gets ont
of order. Constipation, Dyspepsia, eontamina-
ton Of the blood imperfect assimilation are Ger
tain TO ensue. But is is easy 10 prevent these con
sequences, and remove their cause, by course
the hillary organ and regulates it5 action The
direct results disappearance of the pains be-
meath the ribs and through the shoulder blade,
the nausea, headaches, yellowness of the skin,
furred look of the tongue, and sour cdor of the
breath, which characterize liver complaint.
Sound digestion and a regular habit OF body are
blessings also secured by the use of this celebrat-
ed restorative OF health, which imparts degree
of vigor to the body which is its best guarantee
or safety from malarial epidemics Nerve weak
ness and over-tension are relieved by II, and IL
improves both appetite and sleep
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14
GRAND RAPIDS

A SEVERE snow storm has blockad-
ed many trains throughout England,
and greatly impeded travel in Lon-
don
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14

Only twenty-five cents.
Red Star Congh Cure.
No opiates or poison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-14

"What is the man charged with?'
asked the Judge. with whiskey,
your honor, replied the sententious
policeman.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17

When planted in good soilgood thrifty
fruits will nearly always overload them.
selves, and in orderto secure the best
smoothest and largest fruit, considerable
thinning must be done; this is especially
the case with grapes and tree fruits
Choice apples, peaches, pears and
ounces: in fact. the best of all kinds of
fruit command the best prices and al
ways sell. Outlines the market becomes
glutted with poor fruits, and the prices
realized are really, below what it costs to
produce them and sometimes they can
not BE sold at any price. while at the
same time the choicest ana best are sell
ng at profitable price.
Too many fall into the error Of think
ing that by thinning they lessen the
quantity so much that they
prefer TO let the fruit an remain This
), a mistake, as well as to think that by
thinning they lessen the profit on the
fruit. When q tree is heavily loaded. the
fruit must necessarily be small end this
viii lessen the quantityi then the fruit be-
ing small will sell for a less price, and
really cost more to sell, and
you really lose rather than make by not
thinning. Then in addition. when a tree
OFT vine is allowed TO overload and mature
'he fruit it j. a strain upon the vitality Of
She tree So much that q rest must be
had and the next year the tree will fail to
bear.
Whenever tried judiciouSly thinning
fruit always pays but it requires 1onsid-
cradle curage when the trees are laden
with young fruit to 90 over and pull of
and throw away d considerable portion
Of the fruit. To one who has never tried
r. FL first il would seen like waste; yet
Il aas been tested sufficiently % prove its
yalue
The work OF course should be done
early. Is -oou after the fruit has set as
possible The longer tine fruit grows
after setting, the more waste of vitality
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17

Much may be done to beautify and
adorn the rural homestead by the setting
of shade trees and shrubbery about the
premises. There is no better time to do
this than III the spring, while waiting for
the land TO come into suitable condition
for working to put in the crops. The
work of setting trees, whether shade or
fruit, may be done as soon as the frost is
out of the ground sufficiently to enable
one to take up the trees and TO dig the
holes TO set them in.
] do not quite agree with the taste
which would always plant fruit-tree in
stead of shade or ornamental. Good
taste can and should be consulted in the
makeup and surroundings of the rural
home as well as around the village or city
residence. Fruit-trees are good in their
place, but shade trees the beautiful elms
and naples, and other deciduous as well
as evergreen trees should have prom
inent place on the roadside and on the
lawn. There are many places about the
premises where both shade and fruit
orees may be planted TO enhance the
looks comfort and value of the home.
Some people are great sticiler- for
utility, but the idea is beginning to pre-
vail that it is quite as necessary to feed
the eyes as the stomach. Man shall not
live by bread alone, is an utterance of
much significance. The finer perceptions
of the inner being have claims as well as
the pocket of the outer practical iden-
tity. Let us take the middle ground and
shape our ideal from the point where
these extremes meet. An apple tree
bordering the approach from the high
way or occupying the front yard may be
well enough for those who never lift
their gaze above the horizon Of the plow-
handle or the manure spreader; but
there are those scattered here and there
on New England farms whose souls drink
in inspiration from a higher ideal. For
them the lofty elms and wide-spreading
naples have a charm which the extreme
practical ideal Of the apple tree can ney-
er fill We say set both, and don't be
sparing about it. 1t is easier to cut
down a tree, if such Is found to be in the
way, than to supply q lack in after years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17
Curing Glover Hay.
Prairie Farmer.


| suppose at is hardly necessary for
me to say anything in regard TO red
clover rs a farm crop. All farmers ought
to know its value, both as a fertilizer and
as feed for nearly all kinds of farm stock
In this term | include hogs as well
as cattle, horses and sheep. AZ the
present low price of pork it can bemade
with profit only whom grown largely on
clover. Many farmers do not know its
feeding value. for the reason that theJ
have never saved it in a manner 20 Oh
tain the best results from it. 1t is usual
ly allowed TO get too ripe before cutting
and is then left in the sun and dew until
ii Is blackened, and when put in the b.. n
has but little feeding value than pea straw
Then comes the question, how shall we
save it: First if possible, by all means
build silO to put it in. Build IL inside
the barn. Put a grout bottom into the
bay. line the sides with tarred building
paper and matched flooring. and you
haze as perfect a silO as can be built. The
clover may be put into silo with less
expense, and much less time and
much less risk than it can be saved in the
ordinary way. But if it is not desired to
have silo. the next best thing Is ] have
practiced il for the last fifteen years to
cut the clover when il is green, wilt il in
the field, and do the rest of the curing in
the now My plan Is this: Cut before
the blossoms are all out say little more
than half Of theml; never commence the
moving in the morning until the dew is
off; run the mower until noon. After
dinner. and as soon as o'clock. rake.
and put up in large cocks; be sure that
ii is all done before the dew begins to
fall. A tedder is useful and should be
had if attainable. II put up while the
sun is shining ON it warm. the hay
will begin at once TO heat in the cock. and
by the next morning will be quite warm.
The next forenoon throw open to the sun
a short time ahd put into the barn as
fast as possible. / know some readers
viii be ready to ask if it will not heat and
spoil II will heat, and that is what we
want it to do; but if there is no moisture
in ii except the juice of the hay it Will
not spoil, provided the barn is reasonably
tight. An ordinary battened barn is
tight enough if the doors are kept closed,
save when necessary to be open for put
ting in hay. If one has a large amount
of clover to cut, the mower may be run
from say o'clock in the afternoon until
the dew begins to fall, and the clover
handled the next day. If the work goes
ON continuously from day to day, it will
be all right but if from bad weather or
any other cause, a break of two or three
days should occur the hay viii be wet as
it falls from the fork, and it Is a good
plan to pitch off some of the top to the
sides OF the NOW. When the clover is ali
in, it is well to put a load or two of dry
straw on the top, otherwise some of the
top viii be found spoiled. One word of
caution; Do not make the mistake Of
surprising il viii be the same TO put in
wet hay as green hay. If rain falls on
it. or if is cut when the due is on, it must
be dried, or it viii surely spoil
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17

1t matters not whether the seed corn
comes from tn, the butt, tip or middle
kernels of an ear of corn. Amy notion
to the contrary is but superstition or a
delusion.
Experiments are now in progress to
make an artificial crossing between wheat
and rye, SO as TO obtain a new and stand
ard cereal for breadstutfs So says the
New York Herald.
The orchard is good place in which to
SOW field peas. The pigs should be al
lowed to harvest the crop. The peas and
fallen apples will make excellent pork be
fore cold weather.
Manure is as necessary to successful
farming as an engine to a steamship, or
as fuel to locomotive; and the amount
of discussion on the saving and use of
manures shows that their Importance
is well understood by intelligent cultiya-
tors.
When there is full crop of fruit the
insects are not perceived, but the follow
ing year, when there is a light crop, the
insects injure no more fruit but 1t Is
more apparent, and all the fruit will APP
pear to be attacked.
It is a wasteful policy, that of exhaust
ing the soil SO il will no longer pay the
cost of cultivation. The feeding of
stock, carting the manure on the land,
and proper rotation will keep the soil in
tact Hence it is more profitable every
where to feed all the coarse grain on the
farm than to sell. Once the exhaustive
process is begun. it becomes every year
more diffcult to make change for the
better.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17

opened, and row of stakes covered with
canvas making fence upOn each side
leading TO it. Outside was quite a small
tent, trimmed with all kinds OF pretty
feathers, and over the door q wildcats
skin trimmed with beads ana porCupue
quilts. Ia the large tent, back the cen
ter. against verysay curtain. sat young
girl a half-breed not more than IL years
old, dressed in skirt and Jacket of bright
buttons ana boar's teeth, her hair long
and black and falling in front while a
wreath of feathers on her head completed
her wedding outfit. Allaround were orna-
ments, and yards of pink, red and yellow
calico as drGpery and, on a little green
trunk near the bride sat the old chief
wrapped in a buffalo robe. looking like a
great bear, Along ON one side of the tent
sat The women and girls, and upon the
other side the men, young and old They
were all painted frightfully, and wore
dreadful ornaments, bright blankets and
feathers, and most of the men had on but
little clothing. Near the middle of this
group were piled the provisions of the
feast pans and kettles of meat, bread and
boiled corn.
The ceremonies began with the old
chief drumming upon drum, and making
a shout and noise like an animal He
then rose and walked around the girl sew
eral times, got ON his knees and again
walked around her knocked her from side
to side, then smoothed her hair. gave her
something that he called medicine, then
took "a dish and placed it before her.
knelt down ana took sip OF what was in
il, as she did also. He thcn stood up,
went through with some mumblngs over
her head, and then began to pass the
feast, first TO the women, and then 60 the
mem The girl took of her outside gray
robe. and it was given 20 her mother as
we supposed Underneath She had 4
short blue bress, which was taken Oft; and
when the eating was concluded the poor
little girl" probably, as $50 often among
sayages, sold for "a price, and with NO
voice in her fate Slipped out of the tent
I'm little PLAIN pink calico Dakota dress.
and with bar, feet and legs, looking
frightened and cold, went TO her tent all
alone. Then they made ready for the
dance, but we di5 not stay To see that,
and had no wish TO tmfy.'
Such scenes need no comment 20 the
Christian heart, but make their own pa
thetic and solemn appeal to the Christian
women of this nation TO bring to these
aative Americans the knowledge of that
gospel which displaces such harbarism
andby the voluntary and intelligentc choice
of both bride and bridegroom, the ennob
ling influence ola mutual affection, and
the conservation and perpetuity of aChris.
tiau marriage.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17
4 Game of CheckcrsiDid it.
Philadelphia News.

David brooks was manager of the Pitts
arg Office when a boy named Andrew
Carnegie was messenger in it at a salary
of So a week. He had just arrived with
his father and mother from Scotland.
the land of his birth. That was very lit
tie more than thirty-six years ago, yet to-
day he is the famous millionaire iron
moger of Pittsburg. Andrew Carnegie
has said Il owe my rise in life to a game
of checkers" / will explain to you what
that remark means. The elder Carnegie
was a molder in "a pottery. Like many
Scotchmen he was very fond Of playing
checkers. In Pittsburg at that time
was a well known ale-hOuse, in one room
of which those who loved to play checkers
were wont to assemble. Among them
were Carnegie and Brooks, and in this
way the two men became acquainted.
Carnegie's son also came there at times
with his father, and he, too, tested David
Brooks prowesS at d-qughts. One day
the elder Carnegie remarked that he did
not know what to do with his son. Send
him down to my office and ! will make a
messenger boy out of him. said Dir.
Brooks. The next day he began his new
employment The lad was intelligent and
industrious. Manager Brooks had an old
telegraph instrument fitted up in the
office, and when the messenger boys We're
not engaged he showed them on this how
to tick out the Morse alphabet. With
this instruction young Carnegie soon be
came skillful operator.
Thomas A. Scott was at that time super
intendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
in Pittsburg. He had a telegram instru-
ment rugged up in his Office ana wanted
some one to manipulate the key. Manager
Brooks recommended young Carnegie,
and he was employed. He showed such
aptitude in managing the movement Of
trains by telegraph that he was transferr-
ed to the superintendent office at Al
toona. There he continued TO attract the
attention of Thomas A. Scott, and was
rapidly pushed along, He was given OPP
portunities 60 engage in coal and oil spec
ulatiOns that were successful, and after
ward made money from the first sleeping
cars that were built. Now, as | have said
he is the millionaire iron mongcr of Pitts
burg. and the same canny Scotchman,
Who when Colonel Scott vas financially
embarrassed. was, it is said the only man
requested to assist him who declined the
invitation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17

A Connecticut farmer cured a balky
horse in the following manner: He drove
him, attached to a rack wagon, to the
wodlot for small load of wood. The
animal would not pull pound. He did
not beat him, but tied him to tree and
let him stand. He,went to the lot at sun
set, and asked him to draw, but he would
not straighten a tuf. II made up my
mind, SAID the farmer, when that horse
went TO the barn, he would take that load
of wood. | went to the barn, got blankets
and covered the horse warm, and he
stood until morning. Then he refused to
draw AT noon Invent down, and he was
hungry and lonesome. He drew that
load of wood the first time Iasked him.
| returned, got another load before | fed
him. I have drawn several loads since.
Once he refused to draw but soon as he
saw me start for the house. he started
after me with the load.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17
NeM 80 Of RrIe.a- BID

An industrious, if somewhat eccentric.
gentleman at Berlin has succeeded after.
many years patient labor, in amassing no
fewer than / 1000 heels from various kinds
of boots and shoes worn by ladies and gen
Heman more or less eminent, These nov
81 articles Of vertu he has duly mounted IN
a handsome glass case. while q carefully
prepared catalogue gives the date Of their
acquisition and the names of their former
possessors. The origin Of this latest dew
elopment of the acquisitiye craze is said
to date from q yisitby the collector in 1861
10 the old castle of kinast, during which q
beautiful Swediah lady lost one of her
boot-heel-, and this identical heel forms
the most cherished object III the eyes Of
the ardent collector. lie is. it is perhaps
needless TO say, q bachelor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17
THE HOUSEHOLD

When using buttermilk for griddie-
cakes dilute it q third with cold water, so
that the cake viii not be sticky.
A shoyelful of hot Goals held over var
uished furniture will, it is said, take out
spots and stains. Rub the place while
warm with flannel
A drpping-pan half full of of cold wa
ter on the upper CRATE in the oven VIII
prevent pies or cakes from burning
The latest fancy in splashers are large
fans spread against the wall behind the
wash-stand.
A tallow candle or piece of tallow wrap
ped in tissue paper and laid among turs
or other garments will, it is said, prevent
the rayages of moths. 1t is also pre-
ventative of the BafIalo bug.
1t is said that white silk lace can be
cleaned by washinging in bedtime. 1t is
best to do this work out of doors away
from fires and lights.
The following cement Is said to be
perfectly efiicacious. II is SO simple that
is worth trying: Take some Old soft
cheese, and beat it well in mortar
washing it thoroughly in hot water After
the soluble matter is all washed away,
white mass of nearly pure caseine will
remain. This should be squeezed in a
cloth to express moisture, dried, reduced
to poweer and preserved in closely
stoppered bottle. When requised for
use, a small quantity should be ground
with a very little water, TO make "a thick
paste, which must be made at once, as it
hardens very quickly Mix only as much
as may be needed, for after II once hard
ems it will not dissolve. 1t is not affected
by heat or water.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17
Little Wastes.
~ n ~ ~ ~ NN"H
Farm ard Live STOCK.

Manure. the farmers bank stock, in
Bouid form flows away to the stream and
is lost. Old machinery, in which are
many good bolts and screws are allowed
TO rust out in the field. In an emergency
he drives an over worked horse TO the
nearest town or shop to duplicate an ar
ticle that should have been preserved
from the old one. He fails TO keep his
TOOL. in perfect order, and in haying time
when the weather is treatening. a tire
rolls off, a bolt is missing. And down
comes the rain and up goes the temper.
The missing shingle is never replaced,
and constant leak finds its way to the
Grain bin and then he growls because his
wheat is locked for dampness. Odds
and ends of lumber remain where the last
lob was finished, curling up and becom-
ing worthless in the hot sun. Good tools
often keep company with the perishing
boards. The weaklings of his herds and
Hocks are allowed to remain with the
strong until they droop away and die.
This man tells a continued story of bad
season. weather too hot or too cold, too
wet oI. too dry, taxes too high, No intel
lactual shadow falls across his pessimistic
path. and he never reaches the goal of the
successful farmer.