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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
Crooked Teats in Cows.
Interstate Farmer.

Much trouble is sometimes had in the
herd, during spring, from cracked teats
These should be attended to at once, for
when neglected they often turn into ugly
sores, from the daily irratation of milk
ing, putting the animal in much pain and
not unfrequently resulting in making the
COW confirmed kicker"
On the first appearance of crack on
the teat, it should be clensed from dirt by
washing in suds made with CASTLE soap
and tepid rain water, and then oiling with
a little whey butter, or fresh butter con-
tanning no salt. better way is to battle
the effected parts in suds from CASTLE
soap as above, and then thoroughly an
nOint with glycerine twice a day, or i'm
mediately after milking. This will often
cure stubborn cases in few days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03

The other day a block of auriferous
quartz of the estimated value OF $780,
600 was taken out in the galleries of the
Oscar gold mine, Bonnet Island, on the
west coast of Norway.
According to the Santa Ann (Cal.)
Standard, bees are overrunn1ng the whole
of that part of the country. School
houses, churches, and even private dwell
ings have been captured by immense
swarms of bees, and in some districts tn
people are utterly unable tn make any
head against them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03

In Great Britain system of insurance
for letters and parcels is to be inaugural
ed. For an unregistered parcel lost in
the post, compensation will be given to
the extent of 81, and for a registered
letter to the extent of e2. Both register
ed letters and parcels will, however, also
be insured to the value of IS for fee of
1 pence, and to the value of $40 for fee
of pence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
The Wife's Share.


No class of men are more indebted to
their wives for the success that comes to
them, than are farmers. The wife and
mother who has the courage to go out
with the husband of her choice and com
mence the struggle of life with him on
the prairies, or on new farm, with but
little capital. except that boundless CAPT
tai of head and heart, is worthy to stand
by the side of the Spartan woman Of
whom the poets have exhausted their
words of praise. Upon her falls the
brunt of the strife, no matter how hard
the husband may toll; his work closes
with the day, but hers continues long
after, and with children, and many of the
beginners look after, her lot is not one
to be envied. And when, after years of
struggle, success, with reluctant feet,
comes to crown the husband with honor,
the brightest wreath should adorn the
brow of the noble wife, who was the stay
and anchor, the comfort and the source
of hope in the stormy days of trial. The
The wealth should crown her queen.
We hear much Of the men. We hear
that so-andso is making money, and he
gets the credit of being a forehandcd
man but it is twice as often that the no.
BILE little woman who has toiled and COM
planned not, who has pinched, and saved
and murmured not, is the one to whom
the state and nation is most greatly in
debted. These are the women who lead
men up to that higher and nobler
manhood, to that shrine, where, like
knights Of old, they bend the knee of hom-
age, not to beauty, but to worth and royal
manhood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
Bogus Butter,

Recent dispatches from Washington an
nounced that the chairman of the COM
mittee of agriculture, Mr.. Hatch, of Mis-
souri,, has reported bill in regard to
bogus butter, which was referred to a
committee of the whole. The dispatch de-
scrlbes 1t as a bill defining butter and
imposing tax upon and regulating the
manufacture, sale, expectation, and i'm
portatlon OF oleomargarine. As there was
referred to the committee on WAYS and
means three bills on this subject and three
bills on the same subject were referred to
the committee on agriculture. makes no
less than six bills on this subject intro
duced at this session, the indefinite char
acter of the dispatch makes it impossible
to state exactly what legislation is report-
ed for action by the House. All the bill.
referred to have some features in common
some of them, however, being extremely
brief and others extremely lengthy. Par
ticular attention has been called to the
Scott bill. one Mr.. Real, an ardent antaq-
onist of the butterine before the commit
tee, having called special attention to it
by circular and otherwise. There are
many features in this bill worthy of ap-
proval, but we are inclined to doubt
whether this heavy tax imposed upon imi-
tatlon butter and the high license exacted
from the dealers will not in the end defeat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
Bows. Helm!

Boys when you come into the house for
your meals and find the dinner or supper
not quit ready and your mother and sister
hurrying around warm and tired instead
of standing about in the way leaning
against the sink or fitting back in your
chair against the buttery door you should
take hold and help the women folks At
first may be you won't see any way that
you can help them unless you were
brought up to work occasionally in the
house. Try an experiment. to morrow.
Come in a few minutes perore dinner
time and watch the steps your mother
takes in putting the finishing touches to
to the meal. See her lifting the heavy
kettle of potatoes from the stove and
holding it with great effort at nearly arms
length carry it to the sink and then lift
1T again to drain off the water. Certainly
you could do that for her You can take
the pan of meat or beans from the oven
and thus save much of her strength You
can set the chairs up and run down to
the cellar for the butter or bread you can
glance over the table and see if a knife
or spoon has been misplaced in dishinQ
up the dinner and if so quietly replace
1T. Wouldn't this be a better way than
after the family are all comfortable seat
ed at the table to loudly announce Marin
my knife and forks gone guess you mean
for me to eat with my fingers to day
and then mother has to apring up no
matter how stiff and tired she may feel
and run to the cupboard and bring her
great boy his knife. When you notice
the vinegar cruet, the pepper and salt box,
or any dish has been forgotten, get up
quietly and get the same before your moth
CT has a chance. See if she can't sit in
peace at meal time, and not be continual
ly getting up for articles. Things will be
forgotten in the best regulated families.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
California a Great State.
San Francisco Chronicle.

The Californian was discoursing in
glowing terms of the greatness and the
largeness of the state and San Francisco.
The gray haired uncle was from east
at cut rates and was listening.
'Wal, the fact isl said the eastern man
slowly, ''this is great country, and it's
gone ahead considerable. Since your
father left home in 40 there's been some
thin of an improvement in the east. Two
or three new families have come to New
York, and I see some new houses in Bos-
ton the other day. I met some folks in
Chicago as [ left, and they've
built mile or two more of railroad in
New England l think your father would
see some improvements in the eastern
states if he could go back. But Califor-
MAS great state"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03

i Prussian botanists claim to hive dis
covered the different species of trees from
which the various kinds of amber once
ooZed From their researches it would
appear that once upon a time the land
which is now the Baltic sea was superb
forest Of conifers, some of them those
giant trees that are to-day the pride of
California, others the cedars which still
tower supreme in the east, together with
the frs, spruce, and cypress of England
and other countries.
A report on the newspapers of the world
has recently been laid before the imperial
German diet. 1t would appear that there
exist $4,000 newspapers, the total issue
of which during the year amount to 592,
100000. Of these 10000 papers appear
in Europe. $4,000 in North America, $50
in Asia, and 500 in South America. Six
teen thousand five hundred are in the
English language. 1900 in German, 1875
in French, and about 100 in Spanish.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15
The Arab Soldier.

The Arab looks very we'll on horseback,
though he might not altogether suit the
taste of the shires. His saddle is gener.
ally red, peaked before and behind, and
placed upon several colored felt saddle
cloths; the stlrrup broadens out so as to
give wide space for the foot to rest on !;
it is pointed at the corners, thereby en-.
abling the rider to tear the horses ribs
even without the aid CT a pointed stick
or steel spear-like spur which he often
pushes in between his slipper and the
stirrup side. The Arab soldier, with his
white burnous tluttering behind him, his
high red saddle and saddle cloths, his
knees high and body bent forward, with
his long silver m ounted gun tlourshing
in the air, looks, as he gallops forward
in a cloud of dust, the very embodiment
of the picturesque exultant war spirit
of past ages, not sobered down by scien-
titic formulas TOR murder, but free to
carry out his own bloodthirsty purposes
with as much swagger and ostentation
as possible. AS horseman, | believe
the Arab to have an excellent seat but
an execrablc hand he loves to keep his
beast head high in the air, and so he
ceaselessly ioggles at the bit, upon which
he always rides, until one wonders how
the wretched brute can put his feet safely
down; yet he does somehow.
No one rides camels in this country,
but the Sultan is said to have some very
fleet dromedaries capable OF doing mar
velous journeys, aud, of course, in those
parts Of Morocco which merge into the
Sahara the camel is indispensable. The
Barbary donkey is short-legged, long
suffering, indispensable beast. 1t is easy
to comprehend the ass existing without
Tangier, but it is impossible to conceive
Tangier existing without the ass; hts
patient little body bears every possible
burden, from the foreign Minister'S wife,
for example, who sits upon the pack
with great dignity, and, preceded 10y
her Moorish soldier, pays calls upon
other Ministers wives, TO the latest thing
in iron bedsteads TO be sold in the public
CorahW.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15
Japanese Marriages.

A marriage in Japan is preceded by
the ceremony of betrothal, at which all
the members of the two families are
present. 1t often happens that the par
ties concerned then for the first time are
informed of the intentions of their pa
rents with regard to them. From this
time the couple are allowed to see each
other on every opportunity. Visits, in
vitations, presents, preparations for fur
nishing their future home, aud the be-
trothed are soon satisfied with their APP
preaching future. The wedding gener-
ally takes place when the bridegroom is
over twenty years old, and the bride in
her seventeenth year or over. The morn
ing of fhe appointed day the groom
dresses, and the toilet articles of the
bride are carried to the bridegroom's
house and arranged in the room appoint
ed for the ceremony. Among many dec
orations the small table supports figures
representing long life, such as the stork
and turtle, supposed to live longer than
any other creatures.
In the evening splendid procession
enters the hall, headed by the young
wife, clothed and yelled in white silk,
escorted by two bridemaids and followed
by crowd of relatives and neighbors
also friends in full costume, all glittering
with brocaded scarlet and embroidery.
The two bridesmaids and two or three
young girls who are friends of the bride
volunteer for the service, perform the
honors of the house, arrange the guests,
and tlutter from one place to another to
see that all are made comfortable.
Among the objects displayed in the
middle of the circle of guests there is a
deep saucer of soft ware made for the
occasion. 1t has a metal vase which is
furnished with two spouts and elegantly
adorned with artificial flowers. At a
given signal one of the bridesmaids fills
the vase with shake" queer liquid
poured into the saucer. The bride
drinks one-half of the liquid and the
bridegroom drinks the other half. After
this everybody is invited to the dining
ROOM where the "best man" sings the
happy song and serves out the great
dinner to all. With the exception of
certain Buddhist sects and Christians, a
priest or clergyman never takes part In
the celebration. The person known as
the 'best man" acts as priest and per-
forms the marriage ceremony. The next
day after the marriage follows a festival
given by the police officer who has given
permission for the nuptials. He then
places the newly-married couple on his
Isof
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

When woman "knits her brows" il
is probably because she is out of yarn
LosoeU Courier.
An artist once painted the picture of "a
gun so naturally that it went of-the
Sheriff took it. .-Pucb.
''I'll Just give you few points" re-
marked the paper of pins as the man sat
on it.-MerchGat ZrdDeier.
Teacher-"Whati is the hottest place
in the United States" Pupil ia
hornets nest. y Pennmdn's Jout7adI
There was time when a man thought
twice before marrying. Now he thinks
three times after marrying. Detroit Frcs
Press.
General Lew Wallace says that when
he is travelling he writes on the cars"
Next he'll take to whiting them with
his penknife. PhiiddelphiG Call
Fogg says that when he asked the fu-
ture Mrs. f. for her hand he had no
idea it was going to cost him so much to
keep it in gloves. II Boston Transcript.
Drummer Gust arrived)-'I this
real wide-awake townW Hotel Keeper
-''You bet it is! Wait till you hear
the cats tonight. y Burlington Free
Press.
Oysters have only been an article of
diet for a hundred years, says an au-
thority. We know better than that.
Why, the joke about the church fair oys-
ter is over 1000 years old if it is day.
Graphic.
''The loss of my husband completely
unnerved me, 4" said lady to neighbor
who had been recently afflicted herself.
"Yes, dear, and the loss of my husband
completely un-man ed me- - Carl Pret-
zeps Weekly.
"You know something about music,
don't you, Joggins2" "a little, Snoop-
er." "Then what does this paper mean
when it speaks of the higher kinds of
musicP" "NIust mean upper-attlc,
think. "-PatSburg Telegraph.
A magazine writer asks; 'What is
true joyi" True Joy is what a woman
feels when a committee at country fair
declares that her crazy quilt is prettier
than all the assembled crazy quilts of
her neighbors. Baltimore American.
Military discipline at West Point is so
strict that beetle may crawl down a
private's back when he is in the ranks,
and he must not indulge in the slightest
evidence of perturbation. He must
simply hope that the beetle will crawlup
again.-DetrOt Free Press.
A contemporary says: "We consumed
much more pig iron the first six months
of this year than during the correspond
ing period of last year" Whatever may
be said about our esteemed eontempo-
rary's taste, nothing can justly be urged
against his digestion. Graphic.
When you tell her she's the sweetest,
The prettiest and neatest
Maid you've met and that the ground she
walks on you adore,
II you hear her murmur "ratsn
Then be very sure that that's
A sign that she's no neophyte but has been
there before.
-RnSkon Comrier
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15
An Aerial Cat Fight.

In front of my cabin, at Marble Gap,
on a high mountain side of the Cheoah
range, are some tall trees with thick
clusters of underground, in which an
old brindle cat makes her habitation, and
where she has raised family of kittens.
Yesterday three large hawks were seen
flying over the trees, evidently looking
for prey. Presently one was seen to dash
suddenly to the ground, seize kitten
and make haste for her nest in the top
of a tall poplar. The crying of the kit
ten in its aerial flight was distressing and
pitiful, and the mother, now frantic with
grief, watched the hawk with vigilance
that only an angry cat could command
When the hawk went to its nest with a
feast for her young the cat Immediately
ran up the tree, which was fully forty
feet to the first limb, and in her desper-
ate rage sprang at the hawk, when a
fearful fight ensued, during which the
cat, hawk, kitten and young hawks were
precipitated to the ground, fighting and
squalling as they fell. The sudden con-
tact with the earth caused each to break
its hold, when the hawk flew up, only
to be shot down by guard on post near
by, the old cat being mistress of the
situation with badly lacerated and
broken-legged kitten and the young
hawks on which to feast her little fam
ily.-Raleigh IN CO. Ners and Observer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15
Leather From Catfish SKIN.

'When / was shooting on the st.
Francis River in Arkansas, some years
ago, discovered that catfish skin made
good leather" said Jacob Trungenwalt,
the fishing tackle maker, "and l have
manufactured it ever since. / heard
a story when l was there about n
big catfish which had broken all the
nets in the neighborhoOd, and laid for
him with my gun beside a pool which
he frequented. l stayed there all day
aud was leaving at moonrise, when l
threw the remnants of some canned
salmon on which had lunched into the
river. Suddenly 1 saw a huge black
shining object roll half out of the water.
My heart leaped to my mouth. I pulled
myself together and held my gun in
readiness. There was another splash,
then bang went my gun, and floating in
the pool saw the big catfish. He was
dead, the bullet having gone through
his head. He weighed 100 pounds.
Well, sir, l had him skinned in no time,
intending to stuff the skin, but the fell
low l gave the job to made botch of it,
and brought me the skin beautifully
tanned instead. A happy thought struck
me that might profit by the accident,
and started and have since successful
ly carried out catfish skin tannery. We
make use of it for everything, from shoe
laces to slippers, cabas, pocket-b books
and fancy pocket-case covers" The
leather is light in color, very soft, and
MIR. Trungenwalt says: Tougher than
the hide of a badger. "-PhiLadelphid
Times
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15

hippogrif, and, if she can't, we'll get
married anyhow and 90 abroad"
Clem had carried the war into Africa,
and meant to stay there all the time, he
said. He had forGotten all about mega
theriums and prehistorlcs, and had no
more symptoms and tendencies to
suicide. In fact he was completely
cured, and, stranger still, Miss Megrims
had become as robust as prize-fghter,
and not word ever came out of her
mouth about pains or aches, though she
would not give up daily calls, but al
ways filled them up with denunciations
of Glen and declarations that if Lillian
married him, she should never touch a
cent of her money.
Doctor" she said one day, az never
knew a runaway marriage to turn out well
in my life."
ooh that's mistake, Miss Megrims, "
| said. 81 have known many, Mr.. AL
bcrtis's own parents were a runaway
match. She was a great belle, a Miss
Ellis Clark and"
"What" screamed Miss Megrims, I"
Jumping to her feet. "His mother my
Ellice, my darling Ellicel 1t can't be
Why didn't you say so before, doctor9
The dearest girl friend | ever had in my
life, and I've treated her son SO badly.
It's shameful in you, doctor. Go and
bring the dear fellow here directly" +"
L did, and when he came she scriptur-
ally fell upon his neck and wept, and
then they fell to talking about Clem's
mother until Glen cried in concert.
Well, they did not have runaway,
but did up the affair in style, and all
went to Europe together, and the last
letter have from Glen declares the
hippogriff to be one of the most charm
ing old maids the world ever produced.
-Neoo York Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15
Farming in the Gas Region.

1t is said that the man who lives or
the Kagy farm in Northwestern Ohio is
making arrangements to continue farm
ing all winter, on account of the immense
heat from the big natural gas we'll there.
He is now preparing to put in spring
crops Who knows what possibilities
are bound up in natural gasl With a
system of pipes underlying the soil, and
several wells so situated as to take ad van
tage of the prevailing winds, and giving
forth their heat to the air, why may we
not have in the gas region farms that
shall yield all the products of the tropics
and pun lkins and oranges, white beans
and spices grow together in harmonyl
In word, why may we not look to see
the garden of Eden renewed along the
gas belt2-Jamesto'ea (N ~ Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15
Old.FashiOned Beds.

Two hundred years and more ago the
beds in England were bags filed with
straw or leaves, but not upholstered or
squared with modern neatness The bag
could be opened and the litter remade
daily. There were few bedrooms in the
houses of ancient England. The master
and mistress of the Anglo-Saxon house
had chamber or shed built against the
wall that inclosed the mansion and its
dependencies; their daughters had the
same. Young men and guests slept in
the great hall, which was the only no
tioeable room in the house, on tables or
benches. Woolen coyerlids were pro-
vided for warmth; poles OF hooks on
which they could hang their clothes pro-
jected from the WALL perches were pro-
vided for their hawks Attendants and
servants slept upon the floor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15

A calf was killed and the hide taken
off in Zionsville, Penn, in the morning.
The skin was taken to Charles Burkhal-
ters's tannery at noon. BY evening of
the same day Mr.. Burkhalter had it all
tanned and promptly handed to a shoe
maker. BY next morning pair of boots
was completed and put on by the owner,
so that what was on living flesh of calf
one day was pair of boots the next. 1t
was, without doubt the quickest tanning
on record. Mr.. B. is able to tan any
sheep SKIN in fifteen minutes, leaving the
wool all on. This is his own invention,
and he says there is no other man living
that knows how to do it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-12-15

Few persons have an idea of the enor-
NOUS consumption of twine in this coun-
try. One of the greatest demands for
the article comes from the farmers, who
consume thirty-fve thousand tons an
pually upon the self-binding harvesters.
Allowing five pounds to the mile, this
would be equal to string long enough
to go more than six times around the
garth. 1t takes a length of about three
feet of twine to tie a bundle of straw.
THE farmer sits on his machine, drives
alone through the grain field, and with
out any assistance cuts, bundles, and
ties twelve acres of wheat grain per
day The twine must be carefully made,
free from swells or nots, or it will not
run smoothly through the knotting device
of the binder. The average consumption
of twine on binder harvester is two
pounds per acre About twelve hun
dred feet of twine per acre are required.
1t costs the farmer about twenty i've
cents an acre for his twne.