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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24
Help for Farmers Wives.

With the increase of work on the farm
many farmers have added one or two, per-
haps more men to their forces. It is al
ways well to have plenty of help, enough
to keep the work well in hand, especially
at this season when days delay often
causes serious losses. But in en-
gaging the farm help has there been
any thought taken in regard to house
help? 1t is hard to say it, but we believe
that in ninety-nine cases out of one hun
dred where help has been engaged to as
sist in the outdoor work no thought has
been given to securing assistance for the
indoor work, much less has the assist
ance been secured. Spring and summer
bring their additional labors to the house
keeper, and if there are boys in the family
who in the less busy season were of some
little help usually very little) they are
now taken to the field. Then the addi-
tional hired men in the family add to the
labors.
Whatever may be said of the labors of
farmers as compared with that of other
classes, we believe it is true that no class
of wives in America are so hard worked as
the average farmers wife. Her day of
labor begins with her husbands and ends
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24

ments concerned wholly or in part with
agriculture:
France-For the Ministry of Aoricul-
ture the budget for 1886 provided. SIS. 1874
312, "a.
Austria-For the Ministry of Agricul-
ture the budget of 1885 provided S4,231.-
750.66.
Russia.-For the Ministry of the I'm
perial Dominions embracing the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and Agronomic In
dustry, the Department of Mines the De-
partment of Forests and certain other
offices, the budget for 1885 provided S14,-
204 1851.
Great Britain and Ireland the
Board of Trade, which has charge of the
inspection of railroads and number of
other matters, besides the collection OF
commercial and agricultural statistics
was expended in 1888, SS77. 541.SS.
Switzerland the agricultural di-
vision of the work of the Department OF
Commerce, Agriculture and Forests the
budget for 1885 provided SSO,722.25.
Brazil.-For the Department of Agri-
culture, Commerce and Public Works
the budget of 1885 and 1886 provided
S2OQ57, 513.11.
Japan or the MINISTRY OF Agrlcul-
ture and Commerce the budget for the
year ended June 80, 1885. provided 1926
1874
United States.-For the Department
of Agriculture there were appropriated
for the fiscal year 1885 and 1886 $685.
452.50.
1t will be seen by these figures, which
are accurate, that the United States is
far behind many nations in her appropri-
atlons for the support of agriculture. 1t
may be said this being a new country it
does not need the aid, that an old coun-
try with an exhausted agriculture re-
quires. But it is not wise to provide
every means to prevent such an exhaus-
ton, so as to avoid the heavy loss, as we'll
as expense of a restoration, or an attemp t
to restore what has been lost by a ruin
Gus system of cultivation? The people
need enlightment to prevent the misfort-
une which all old nations have expert
enced, for without successful agriculture
there can be no real national prosperity
manufactures and commerce depending
upon it to be prosperous.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24
FARM NOTES

The pig pen is always the best place to
dispose of imperfect and small fruit and
potatoes.
Aremedy for the maggot which infests
cabbage is to make hole with a dibbIe
near the stalk, insert ten drops of bi-sul-
phlde of carbon and quickly close the hole
again.
Clean out all the rose bushes by taking
away the old wood and then shortening
the stronger shoots one-third The
growth and appearance will be greatly
improved thereby.
To have beautiful bed of flowers try
Chinese pinks. They are of all colors,
and when bed of such pinks is made by
sowing seeds of all the varieties the con
trast of colors is very striking.
''Try the experiment this year of scat
tering hay or straw over the strawberry
bed and burning it over as soon as the
bearing season is over" says the Fruit
Recorder, ''as old beds can be made as
good as new in this way.n
An experienced horticulturist thus de-
scribes his mode of planting fruit trees
He makes holes eighteen inches deep and
three feet in diameter, fills in four inches
of strong, short horse manure, then two
or three inches of street dirt, sets the
trees and fills it with earth.
Potatoes do well on corn land that has
been MANFRED for the corn crop. Good
sod land can also be used. A deep. mel
low seed bed should be secured by deep
blowing and thorough pulverizing. Ma
nure and moisture are essentials. Old
manure can be plowed in. Some of the
best crops are raised with commercial fer
tiliZers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24

little scream of delight, she danced
back to the parlor, where breakfast was
ready.
Il can't wait for Uncle Cliffe,'' she cried
II know he will be here in minute, Aunt
Emily: still, 1 must go up to his room and
shout the news that our ship has come
home at last
As the words escaped her she was gone,
flying two steps at a time up the narrow
stairs. She knocked; she gave her news
but no answer came from within. When
at last, in awe and terror, Emily hurried
to her, and they yentured in together, one
glance at the motionless form on the bed
showed that the sudden death predicted
for Clifford Graham had overtaken him
in the night before the "ship came
home"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24

after he has gone to bed, and for many
of them to take q incoming is thing
unthought of. And when we compare
her labor, that which men are ant to
look on as trifiing, it is a question if it
does not actually require more muscu-
lar exertion than does that of the farmer
with his team and labor-saying ma
chinery. Homework has not been lessened
by machinery as has other work. Take
sewing machine, for instance: while it
does the sewing much more rapidly it
has not made the work any easier, and
as fashions DEGREES have made the seams
longer and added founces and furbelows
TO dress the sewing, If done at home,
actually demands more physical labor
than IN former year. Then consider
tor moment the washing, ironing, cook
ing, scrubblng, sweeping and making
oeds; 1t Is all work that calls for the out
lay of about as much muscular force as
the average work of the farmer if the
most modern machinery is used, and
while the man has to work, it may be,
IN the hot sun he has the breezes of
heaven to cool his brow but the woman
has to work in the sweltering heat of a
kitchen fire. Then in addition to the
Homework she usually has an infant in
arms and two or three others toddlers
about her feet which alone as mother
and nurse should be enough to take the
most of her time and care.
If our farmers wives could be pro-
NOTED from the position of domestic and
maid of-all-work to that of wife, nurse
and mother, there would be fewer cheer
less farmers homes, and fewer country
boys and girls anxious to leave the farm.
One of the first duties, then. of the farmer
is to see that his wife is as well pro-
vided with help as he is himself.-RuraI
World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24
Draft Horses in Illinois.
Campaign, H., Correspondence of the Country
Gentleman.

Gentleman.
Despite the half failure of crops for the
last three or four years. despite the low
price of corn aud the cereals generally; in
the face of the fact that hogs and cattle
are down to non-paying figures, or atleast
farmers and breeders SO consider them,
agricultural Illinois, or at any rate so
much of it as is embraced by the black
soil or corn and cattle counties, is in a
highly prosperous condition. The signs of
this prosperity are so many, the forms of
improvement are so numerous, the tenn
per of mems minds is so hearty, that
there is no mistaking the cause. No doubt
the future prospect for large crops is
having its influence, and farmers are dis
counting the .harvests, but still these
things do not account for ready money,
without which good times and agricultur-
al prosperity are never seen. When we
come to look into the causes of this pros
perity we are surprised to find how large
ly it is due to the breeding, feeding and
subsequent sale at great prices of grade
draft horses. I have spoken of the fact
that heavyweight grade horse costing,
in keep and care little more than the
grade steer, yet sells for nearly three
times as much at the same age; but have
common stock-work mare may realize an
annual income from her of fully $50,
while at the same time the beast does her
duty at the pillow or cultivator; that is,
the owners of full-blood stations will con-
tract with farmer to take his horses get
at weaving time and pay from SIS to $50
for the colt, less the discount for service,
which ranges from $15 to $50. Of course,
when there is so much profit in it, every
body is rushing into the business and
heavy weight horses are so fast taking the
place of all others in the black soil coun-
ties, that these very counties will soon be
good markets to sell light weight common
stock in. After the panic of 1878, this
part of Illinois was saved from going to
smash financially by the great wheat crops
of rs, 10, 80 and 49, and if it is now in
prosperous state agriculturally, great
share of the credit is due to the breeding
of heavy weight horses and their sale, for
two or three years in succession, at extra
ordinary prices compared with other ag
ricultursl products or commodities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24
Shaving with Bottle Gloss.
Atlanta. Constitution.

Yesterday Jailer Birdsong, ever on the
alert, discovered freshly shaven prison
ert and he set about finding the razor at
once. He does not allow his guests to
have even a piece of glass larger than a
paregoric bottle inside the cage and was
puzzled to know how they shave. Search
ing in all the hunks, in every nook and
corner, and even on the persons of the
prisoners, failed to reveal anything in
the shape of razor.
The boys watched the search and ask
ed Birdsong what he was looking for, but
he was too shrewd to intimate the object
of his search. But after a while his patti
ence became exhausted, and approach
ing the prisoner, remarked: 1T looks
like you have been getting a shave"
''Oh, yes. We shave regular
''What do you shave with?''
''Shave with bottle,''
''Let ne see it," said Mr.. Birdsong
whereupon the prisoner produced small
piece of a paregoric bottle with an ex-
ceedingly clean cut edge, and little IL
lustration served to show that it was as
steel for a razor. To-day all the boys
appeared at their peep holes cleanly
shaven, much to the wonderment of the
iailer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24
He Knew His Men.
New York Mail.

Western Desperate (who has killed ten
men and is being tried for murder, re-
marks to his counsel That's all right;
I couldn't have picknd better jury my
self.
Lawyer lin astonishment)-W man,
three of them are Christians. They will
vote to hang you every time.
w. D.-Don't be too sure of that.
have done lots Of favors for them that
they will not forget now. I've given them
lots of business.
business? Favors?
Dyes, business, and lots of it. Those.
three Christians are undertakers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24
THE BABY'S PRAYER.
LACIE NJ EDDY IN THE BALTIMORE TELEGRAM

She knelt with her neat hands folded;
Her fair little head bowed low,
While dead vines tapped at the window
And the air was thick with snow.
Without earth dumb with winter;
Within, hearts dumb with care;
And up through the leaden silence
Rose softly the baby'S prayer.
~BIess all whom / love, dear Father,
And help me be good,' she said,
Then stirred by sudden fancy,
She lifted the shining head.
Some hint of the April green,
Or the breath of the woodland blossoms,
The drift of the snow between?
''The beautiful trees she whispered,
Where the orioles used to sing,
They are tired of the cold, white winter
oh, help them to grow in the spring!
And the flowers that l loved to gather,
Lord, bring them again in May
The dear little violetS sleeping
Deep down in the ground to-day.
All, earth may be chill with snoWi1akeS,
And hearts may be- chill with care,
But wastes of a frozen silence
Are crossed by the baby's prayer,
And lips that were dumb with sorrow
In jubilant hopes may sing,
For when earth is wrapped in winter,
In the heart of the Lord it's spring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24
An English SwindIing way
London World

Swlndling has assumed a new form the
shape of young man who pays visits at
ladies' houses with patterns of dress ma
terials and obtains from the unwary checks
in payment of orders which are never ex-
ecuted. The young mans refusal to ac-
cept crossed check aroused suspicion and
led to the discovery of the swindle. A mar
chioness and future duchess are num-
bered among those already visited.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24

A Westchester county, n. Y, postmas-
ter is also a member of the town board,
supervisor, partner in an opera com
pany, runs an insurance Office, and is a
director of horse railway company
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24
Appropriations for Agriculture.

The following are the expenditures of
certain governments for official depart
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-24

100000 feet of lumber from Oregon
mills.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-03-14

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March i ~ The
discussion over thu boycott clause IN
the platform presented 10 the Antis
Chimes convention continued mp 10
O'Clock when. amid tremendous
cheering, ihe platform az 'rsseute,i
wsss adapted Ex-Ssnator Sargent,
who had strongly oppressed The boycott
ciaase, Immediately iufosned The
chairman Us lis withdrawal from the
The session opened al IL
O'Clock yesterday morning.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-03-14
cotton Burned.

LoNDoN, March IA IRE broke
out yesterday morning among large
quantity Of eo,,onin the railway sta.
ton at Oldham and destroyed $3.50, GOO
worth before the fl smcs were extin-
guished. 50 s
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-03-14

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fyIrY sTssAal SAW NilLIs
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sIIINGLE FACTOR
MONROE I.ouIsIANA.
CHARLES a. DOWNE

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the business will be continued In tho name
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-03-14
THE MARKETS.
NEW ORLEANS

QUOTATIONS.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-03-04
ESsct Of Z Boycott.

Tho lronmonger Of New York says
ssThe committe element that has beel
at times in various places in the Obi,
valley, intimidating storskeepers, mer
chants and dealers Of all kinds, is meet
ing with some unexpected opposition il
various places. The Steubenvills
Gazette, daily evening paper a,
6tsubenville, O., championed the cause
Of the nail manufacturers. A boycott
was issued against its proprietors, Messrs.
McFadden & Hunter, and all trades peo-
pls and advertisers generally were order.
ed 70 suspend their advertisements, and
10 stop their subscriptions. The good
psople Of the Ohio valley at ouce took up
- cudgel in behalf ofthe newspaper, and
= two weeks its subscription had trebled,
II columns would hardly hold the adver-
tisemsnts offered, and never in its history
III i display such signs Of prosperity.
To boomerang effect was such as to
lomosslizp tho opposition and TO give
lcycotting such setback as i had never
'eceived II the west.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-03-04
TIE u. s. ATTORNEY AS
SAULTED.

SALT LAKE, Feb. 22.-About seven
o'clock this evening, as U. S. Attorney
Dickson was leaving the dining room
at the Continental hotel, where he boards
with his family, three men asked to see
him at the outer door. He went, when
one struck him in the face, it is supposed
with stone, the other two aiding.
Judge Powers, thinking the action Of the
men peculiar, and Maj. Erb, landlord Of
the hotel, followed, and got to the door
just after Dickson had been struck
Frank J. Cannon, son of George q
Cannon, and Angus Cannon, were two
Of the assailants. The other is moi
known at this writing. The unknown
man ran. Judge Powers put the Other
two under arrest, as they apparently
were determined to help. Policeman
Smith took Frank j. Cannon away, con
srary to directions of Judge Powers, but
U. s. Marshal Ireland presently arrived
and took crarge of Angus Cannon, who
when searched, was found to have ;
sclf.cocking pistol, with all the chamber
loaded. A great crowd collected, among
them women, one Of whom was heart
to say: "Served Dickson right. l wisl
they had killed him, for he has almos
killed the father" Dickson was no
seriously hurt. There is considerable
excitement, and further trouble is no
improbable.
When Frank j. Cannon was arrested
u. 8. Commissioner Paddock heard hin
say: "The Id sou Of a b--h
Twill kill him YETI
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-03-04
! NORTHERN PACIFIC VIEW

A New York special Of late date re.
ports an interview with Vice. President
j. B. Williams, Of the Northern Pacific,
in which he has quoted as follows
"Some people call these men demagogues
Who are trying to enact a forfeiture OF
10000, 900 acres Of our land. We per-
for not to characterize them, but we have
no fear that such measure can succeed.
The land was donated to us in our
charter, aud tho grant was made for
FIXTURE only for the purpose Of compel
ling the completion Of the road. The
right lapsed on the formal acceptance Of
the road by the Government, as was ex-
plicitly decided by the Supreme Court in
the case Of Schudenberg VS.. Hartman.
IL fact We arc entrenched within Su-
prcmc Court decisions in this matter, and
We do not apprehend any seri',us danger.
The House Committee may report in
favor Of the forfeiture, as it has done
repeatedly Of late years, but We don't
think the House will attempt to execute
any such judgement"
us it not likely to make party
question:" be was asked.
ayes, il is possible" was the reply,
shut how can Democratic administra-
tion join battle ia favor Of despoiiing our
property when President Cleveland, on
y three months ago, accepted 25 miles
u road and confirmed our deed to hun
dreds Of thousands Of acres Of land
sBut there is some Of the road still
un6nishcd, believe
1Quite right; there is little incom-
plcte. For the little gap in the noun
tains and the fork down the Columbia
river. Congress has, so | suppose, still
the power to declare forfeited 1t may,
possibly, think it necessary to take that
step, but we hope not"
II reply to the question whether the
stories from Washington were not started
y 1t any rate originated by stock brok
1eRs, Mr.. Williams said "You are cor
1sct 10 your inference that telegraph
vine runs between Wall street and the
capital
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-03-04
THE INVENTOR OF THE CIR
CULAR SAW,

In lonely, secluded spot in the
northwest corner Of the cemetery, neal
the very beautiful little village of R'ch.
mond, Kalamazoo county, Michigan,
the reader can find, on pure white
marble slab, nearly concealed from view
by large cluster of lilac bushes, en-
graved the simple inscription, Ben
iamin Cummings, born 1872, died A. D.,
1913" And who was Benjamin Cum
mings? He was the inventor of the
circular saws now in use in this country
and in Europe. Nearly sixty years ago
at Burtonviile, New York and Anster-
dam, this man hammered out at his own
blacks,nith's anvil, the first circular
known to mankind. He was a noted
pioneer in Richmond; first cousin to
one Of the presidents of the United States
slave owner in New York State; d
leading mason in the days of Morgan, AT
whose table the very elect of the great
State of New York toasted, and drank
freely Of his choice liquors and wines
vessel owner on the North river before
the days Of steamboats,; a captain in tn,
war Of 1872, where, after having tire,
horses shot from under him, with one
stroke Of his sword he brought his su
perior officer to the ground for insult
and because he was traitor and coward
and after having been court. martialed
instead Of being shot he was appointed
colonel in his place. In this lionel,
grave are the ashes Of the man who
nearly seventy years ago, at Albany
New York, took up and moved bodi!
large brick buildings, and, to the wonde
structed mile and half of the Fri
Canal through bed of rocks, and VIII
also built, on contract, those first lon
bridges over tho came. He also aide,
in the construction of the first ten mile
Of railroad built in the United States
and founded both of the villages O
Experience and Bostonville, on the oil
Schoharie, near Amsterdam. The stud.
and aim of this mans life appeared t
be to do that which none other could &C
complish, andwhen the object sough
was secured, he passed it as quietly by a
he would the pebbles on the sea 1hore.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-03-04

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Dolph
said to-day that he hoped to bring up
his bill for the admission Of Washington
Terri ory as soon as the Blair education
bill is disposed Of He thinks the time
is ripe Tor consideration of the measure.
He is confident the bill will pass the sen
ate. Feeling about the Seattle riot has
subsidized, and is no longer considered an
obstacle to the passage of the BILL
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-03-04

From Union Feb. 25.-- CHICAGO,
Feb. % Railways from here are sell
ing frstclasc tickets to San Francisco
via the Union Pacific and the Rie
Grande roads, for $40; second clasa 1927
A force of men will begin work to day
to extend the railroad beyond Pomero,
to within few handred yards of Pa
taha. This will give the latter plac,
quite boom.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-03-04

We take the following from tn,
Onion Of Feb. 20:
10 drilling the big hole through thu
Cascades mountains the power will be
furnished by six or eight large boilers,
aggregating 400 horse power, to be
placed at the east end. The power to
run the drills at the western end will be
compressed air, conveyed in pipe to be
laid over the mountains, distance OF
about three miles.
Tunnel City, the new town at the east
portion Of the tunnel, now contains a
population of over one hundred inhabi-
tants. The principal business of the
place now consists Of building houses for
traffic that is expected with the active
prosecution of the boring.
The machinery forwarded to the site
Of the Cascade tunnel consists Of Ingersol
rock drills, air compressors, monster en-
giues aud boilers and an outfit Tor re
pair shop. The machinery is the same
that was used in the Mullan tunnel
work and has been housed at Ainsworth
since that time. Engineer j. V.
Dougherty, of the Ingersoll Rock Drill
Co., New York, will superintend the
setting up OF the machinery. The new
viii b Mr.. Bennett purchased
n the east is expected about the 18th
If next month.