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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14
AMUsEJEGTs.
SoUAy AGAIysT WOMAN.

That popular actrsss, Miss Eiie EIlsler,
will appear ct the Opera House on Non.
dsy and Tuesday evenings in new and
powerful drama, entitled Woman Against
Woman" The press sll over the country
speaks Of the play in the highest terms Of
praise, and the star, Miss Ellsler, "a too we'll
known in Wheeling to Iced Introduction.
Although she ksd not appeared here
for several aeasons she is q prime fayorite
With our theatres goers aud will undoubtedly
receive . grand ovation. Speaking
OF the play and company the New York
Mail aud Express ssys A large audi
ence assembled in the Peoples Theatre
last evening TO witness the frEt pesiorm.
ance in this city 81 Woman Against Wo.
Eao, sd greeted the play and Mas Ellie
FL sler with earnest and repeated evidences
of pleasure. Woman Against Woman
is 9 strong domestic drama. Ths cat vas
excellent, especially Eih.er, NJ. Frank
Weston, Mrs. Z. / Dsven port and Ar.
Charles Foster. The play appeals TO the
sympathy Of an audience, Ia the fourth
oct the situations are very dramatic a nd
in the meeting in the fifth act between the
husband and wife Mrs Ellsler showed
strong dramatic ability"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14

DE-. PIEECE's "Favorite Prescription" is
everywhere acknowledged to be the stand.
ard remedy for female complaints and
vsakssesss, lis snld by druggists,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14
: gousrAIY plSE.

That popular little sctress Bella
Moore. and splendid COM
psuy will produce a Mountain
Pink" at the Opera House next Fndsy
and Saturday evenings aud SATURDAY mat.
inee. The Louisville Courier-Journ says
OF tks piece The story Of the plot is
very pretty little romance, With the usual
amount Of love and dramatic situations
There are moonshiners and abducted girls
and Southern planters, With q vi!!siR and
q hero. The play runs s.OSE very smooth
ly and is full 0, interest irou beginning 20
en5. Miss Bella Moore, the pretty little
star, won every heart By her beauty and
her acting"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14
faE BgEADwIyXrV;

4 6np ccElany viii opsn 8 Eeeks en-
sAgsment tomorro1 night st Charley
Shs,s Academy OF Music, in that excel
lent drama, The BrssiEinnsrs," tLL2 ssorI
Of which created srch 9 EsansAiioI in EteTa.
p circ.az- This engagement promises to
be an especially successful one,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14
THE PoTcMAC I

WAsHxGrCY, d. G February l3.-The
Potomac is still rising and the ice is gorged
at many places between here and Harper s
Ferry. There is some hope tonight that
the gorge below the city can be broken
through and that serious damage BY aoode
may be thus a7erted.
rHE SHENANDOAH BOOMING.
HARRIsoxBURG, Va, February "a
Rain and warm weather are carrying oil
thu imm anse SNOW in the mountains and
ba, caused a great rise in all the tribu'
tsries OF the Snensdosb river, and dam
aging food is imminent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14

j, Sss precisely 10 o'clock when Trinity
Ch1TcL as reqcosd by the carriages con-
lhininR sss AL bearers, who followed the
1sarse iG,o tls s-cred edifce in this order
Joe. TGouas L. BAyard. Secretary Of
6ks.s, Gen William 7. Eserman, Lieuten'
ant.GeLesal Pnlip q ShehiEn. Major
9sneral Sclofrli, Gen ". B. Franklin,
9eu. " smith, Brigsdier-General
.Ames F. Fry. Bngs5ier-Geuersl A. Il
4errg, E-,gadier.Geuerai y. A. Miles,
sFl gs3.er-. ..-assal John Newton, BriEsdier'
2e0sSai d. Z T,lcoz, General Francis
Nslkes, Il r. Haytshorne, Col. ". P,
NilsoU and ". D. ". Miller.
As esrt7 as : clock dense crowds had
zpihered IN The neighborhoOd Of Trinity
6Srch, aud q; N almost every sesi
y tie church. except those which had beer
HpecishJ reserved, vas occupied. The
Ehhce bore 10 Traces Of mourning, save {
nhlts cFcs5 % black border which EesssC
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
The Florists Tulip.
Vick'S Magazine.

The tulip is perhaps one of the most
precious of flowers in the estimation of
the florist, because of the extraordinary
transformations through which it passes,
as well as on account of its possession of
other qualities of a not less fascinating
character. One singular popularity Of
the tulip is the extraordinary change which
takes place when the Seeding breeder
'breaks," or, in other words, assumes its
proper and permanent character. That a
flower, which, on its first blooming from
the seed, and probably for series of
years afterward. should Ito take the case
of fine byblcemen) present but one dull
slate color with a circle of white at the
base; that this flower, so unattractive in
its appearance, should all at once, without
any apparent cause, completely alter its
nature; that the dull slate color should
disappear entirely, giving place to
delicate feathering, of rich purple or vio-
let, while the pure white which was
confined to a narrow circle at the
base, should spread all over and be-
come the ground color of the petal; and
that the latter and true character should
be maintained during the whole of the
after-existence of the plant, is surely so
remarkable fact in vegetable physiology
as to deserve at the hands of the scientific
and practical botanist the closest investi-
cation.
Many persons, though well acquainted
with flower, are unaware of the changes
torugh which the Seeding htulip passes.
1t is four or five years before it flowers.
then it takes on the self-colored or breed
er's form; but in the breeder state it is
easy to class it with the bizarres, roses or
bybloemens, according as it may belong
to either of these three divisions. Then,
at the expiration of sometimes one or
two years up to six and seven years, it
breaks into its true character, and becomes
what is termed "rectifed." Why the tu-
lip should be an exception to the univer-
sal law observed in seeding flowers, and
have an almost exceptionally intermedi-
ate state, passeth knowledge. The prac-
tical florist asks of the bota1ist the why
and wherefor of this, and no reply is
forthcoming. It is said that in the whole
range and history of plants there is no
analogy to this phenomenon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
The Scrub Cows SOlilOQuy.
Field, Farm and Stockman.

The scrub COW looked over the fence
that divided the raw prairie from the
clover patch, and her mouth watered as
she saw the improved aristocratic COW
in clover six inches high, eating a bran
mash and some choice pumpkins, chop
ped and made palatable with brown
bread. 'It seems to me-" she said, ''that
things are not going right IN this world
of fate. Here am the standby Of this
family for years, furnishing a healthy
calf each year for the last five, and last
year keeping the family in milk and
cream and helping to keep down the
grocery bill with butter, left to feed on
this miserable dry prairie grass in Octob-
er, while this upstart, with her fine pedi-
grees, as they call it, and blue blood, gets
the incest young clover and all the good
things that the farm affords. And then
we shall hear about her astonishing milk
records. Give rue that feed and will
make record that will count.
"But then, am only a scrub and it is
not fashionable to speak of the merits of
scrubs. And this is why it seems to me
| the world is going all wrong. Even the
black man has his defenders who would
die for him, and every boy will fight for
his yellow dog, bat there is no man, even
though his children were raised on her
milk, that will fight the hard battle for
the scrub COW.
POSSIBLY when I am dead and gone
when the ace of the scrub is nearly ex-
tinct, somebody will experiment by Civ
ing the scrub COW the same feed and care
with the improved cow, and find out that
whilst she is not much for beef she fills
the pail.
''Then he will give her new name
the Jersey red with the dimpled horn,
perhaps, and time will bring its revenge
but that does not make this October prai-
RE grass taste any BETTER
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23

not attempt to make them fat. Fat in
summer should be avoided. A good mod
crate condition is best.
When soft eggs are laid by fowls they
indicate usually that the egg organs are
infamed. This state is occasioned by the
fowls being over-fed or too fat. Spare
diet and plenty of green food, especially
lettuce in the summer and cabbage in
winter, is the best treatment for fowls in
this condition.
A Canada bee-keeper uses chloroform
instead of tobacco in managing his bees.
He finds it very valuable aid in removing
old queens or introducing new ones.
These operations are very perplexing to
a novice, but few Whiffs of chlOrOform
blown into the hive enables them to be
performed without difficulty
Much is said at present about using the
roller on which is being fitted for wheat.
The roller is good to pulyerize and firm
the soil, but harrow after rolling. That is
our experience.
It is the same with an animal as with a
steam boiler-the more complete the
combustion of the food or fuelit gets the
more. satisfactory the result, because
there is less waste.
If the bolts of wagons and farm nipple
ments are occasionally frightened during
the dry season very many breakages
will be avoided. The tools should al
ways be carefully examined before using
them.
In trimming trees always try to get
one leader straight, allowing the bran
ches to grow from it, so as to avoid
crotches. which sometimes split off from
the tree whtn too heavily loaded with
fruit.
All chicks that feather very rapidly
when they are young are more difficult
to raise than are those that remain near
ly naked until quite we'll advanced in
growth as the rapid feathering weakens
and debilitates them.
The farmer should aim to grow every
thing for his use that can be produced on
the farm. Many of them devote their
attention to stock and cereal crops, neg
Letting the garden, from which should
come many of their luxuries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
Look for Seed Corn Now.

1t is no exaggeration to say that mil
lions of dollars are lost every year from
planting seed corn that will not grow. We
tested a number of samples of corn of
our own growing and from some of the
best farmers in the neighbOrhood, and
did not find one that was uniformly good.
Some of the ears from the outside Of the
crib would be good, but those from tn
inside would be poor. Farmers would
say:
''[ know seed corn when [ see it, and
will warrant this to grow"
But on testing it more than one half
would not terminate.
The trouble is not due so much to i'm
maturity as to the careless method Of
gathering and keeping the corn. II the
corn is thoroughly dry when put in the
crib, and afterward kept dry, the chances
are that it will prove good. The grow
ers of seed sweetcOrn, the late varieties
of which are exceedingly difficult
to cure properly, build narrow
racks on which the ears are spread out
for several days or weeks. There is a
general impression that corn for seed
should be left growing I'LL it is thorough
Iy matured. This is a mistake. Practic-
ally, it is far safer to cut corn for seed
very early and let it ripen in the shock,
than to run the risk of having it nipped
by an early frost, or Of having the curing
delayed by the shorter days and damp
weather of the late season. The first
point is to get the corn thoroughly dry
before putting in the crib. And then the
crib should be vey narrow and with open
Stats at bottom and sides and good wide
roof, to keep off driving rains. If all
these conditions cannot be secured the
only way we can be sure of good seed
corn is to select the best ears and leave
the husks attached to the butts and tie
them up in traces and hang the traces in
an airy barn or room for the winter. The
few farmers who had such corn last
spring could get their own price for it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
Didn't Like to Disturbe the Harmony.

The stories of the drinking of old are
something we can not equal now. In the
old days the judges in Scotland never
thought of going to bed. On the circuit
they drink all night, or as long as they
could sit up, and then they fell under the
table. Yet they gave wise decisions, and
many of these same men have laid down
the law in abstruse cases that holds to-
day beyond dispute. l think it is Dean
Ramsey who tells the story of a drinking
party at which it was noticed that one
man was very quiet. ''Kilscadden" call
ed out the presiding genious; "Kilscad-
den, you're no. drinkin'." There was no
answer, but the man on the right of him
looked up and said quietly: Its nae
use cain on Kilscadden. He's dead. He
passed away about twa oors sin, but.I didna
like tae disturbe the harmony O. the oc-
casSiOn.n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
Why Milk SOurS.
Toronto Globe.

By observing, taking note of the phe-
nOmena and occurrences of life, and
studying or inquiring into their causes,
we gain knowledge. Most people have
a kind of vague notion that milk sours
from an inherent tendency in its nature
or composition, or, in other words, from
natural depravity; but this is a mistake.
We're there no external causes of change
and decay there is no reason why milk
should not keep sweet for an indefinite
period. Others suppose its sOuring and
decay is caused by the atmosphere; but
there is nothing in the pure, unadulter-
ated atmosphere to cause anything to de-
compose and decay. The atmosphere
pervades all nature and is the great sus-
tainer of life. Milk is a perfect food,
containing all the materials for the de-
velopment of all the various organs and
compounds of a young animal. Let US
see what it is composed of: 100 parts of
fresh cows milk contain - water, Sc. 80:
caseine, 4.S2; milk sugar, $50; butter,
3; salts, O.49. By standing, the globules
of butter, enveloped in thin membrane
of caseine, rise to the surface, forming
the cream, but there is no reason why the
water, sugar, caseine, and salts should not
remain pure forever in contact with pure
air only. Whence comes, then, the insid-
uous foe that brings decay and putrefac-
ton to this DEMONSTRATING compound?
1t comes from the air but not of it. 1t is
vegetable substance, fungus whose min
ute invisible seeds or spores are floating
IN the atmosphere. Some of these enter
the milk, probably, as soon as drawn
from the COW, and the milk, and the pres
ence of nitrogen in the caseine furnish
the necessary conditions, for the
growth of these germs or ferments
and fermentation ensues. The fer
mentation causes the disbursement
of the3 constituents of the sugar, chang
ing in its alchohol and Tactic acid, and
this in sour milk. That it is the Absorb
ton of spores from the atmosphere which
causes the milk to sour, may be proved
by heating the milk TO boiling point,
thus killing the germs, and then canning
it, excluding the air, when it will keep for
an indefnete period. That it is the fun
gus spores floating in the air, and not
the air itself, that causes the souring of
the milk, has been proved by connecting
long tube filled with cotton with the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
Opposed to Running Streams.

The editor of the Chicago paper called
''The Hog" declares that in selecting a
farm for og-raising he would avoid one
with running stream. He argues that
such farms with su h streams havq
wrought great havoc among the most
careful farmers, and their dangers far
w1tWeigh all other advantages. During
gary seasons their stagnant waters arc
pollution, and during wet seasons their
backwaters from cess-pOOls of filth that
are tempting but deadly to the hog. Dur
ing epidemics they become mere arteries
of desease, befOuling the air and spread
ing cOntagiOn. If you are without such
a intercourse do not seek one, and if
you have one keep the hogs away from
it. The hog needs an abundance of wa
ter but he must have pure, and, being
naturally lazy beast and not very dis
eliminating in his tastes, he will not seek
far for it in its purity, provided cess
pools are more accessible. During the
epidemic last fall hundreds, who were
careful in every other particular regard
ing the welfare of their hogs, were ex-
ceedingly lax in allowing hogs free &C
cess to streams stagnant and foul. and
which could not fail to be contaminated
by carcasscs above stream. Their wal
lows were to be found wherever the soil
was inviting, and nine times out of ten
the waddling, fat-burdened beasts would
Stake their fevered thirst in such pOllu-
ton. Many look upon such death traps
with indifference, and yet this Is an age
when a few acres of corn will purchase a
windmill that will supply the purest water
of the soil.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
Why He STAYED.
WASHINGTON Critic

Don't you think it is about time you
were going homer" said a fond East
Washington mother the other evening to
her daughters company, who was not
wasting much gas, but occupying a good
deal of sofa; ''the clock in my room is
striking midnight, and l think you had
better leave the house,.
Toher surprise, the bashful swain broke
out crying and said:
L cannot leave tonight, for I am mar
ried to your daughter, and surely you
would not drive me away from my wife?"
Then there was a scene, and, in the ex-
PLANTATION that ensued, it transpired that
the young couple had been married two
months previously, but had been AFRAID
to let the mother know of the affair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
His Honeymoon.
Baltimore Sun.

The colored female cook Of a family
living at the south end came up stairs the
other afternoon. and twisting up the cor
ners of her apron with considerable en-
barrassment said to her mistress:
you see, missus, thoughr it mought
be bes' to be tellin' you dat dat done
get married las weekl''
"Ah indeed! And what is your name
now, Hannah"
"Mis' Williams, ma'am. You see, my
husband he am cook, too. He am what
dey calls chef in a hotel
"a chef, Ell? That's very nice. And
SO you expect to leave Us directly, Han
nah?"
Not d'rechy, mum. I'll stay wild ye
for the present. You see, my husban
he's done gone to New York an Wash
ington on his honeymoon, an it'll be nigh
onto six weeks befo' he comes back!'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

Ensilage is said to be excellent for
sheep in winter, mereno sheep having
been wintered on it with advantage, the
wool being heavy and the sheep keeping
in health.
Professor Shaler says there are $4,000
square miles of territory east of the Mis-
sissippi now covered with swamps, which
might easily be drained and turned into
fertile lands.
Do not overfeed the young pigs. Let
them make all the growth possible, but do
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
How to grow the Best Beef.
Rural New Yorker.

Farmers in general hardly realize the
extent to which their future success with
cattle depends upon grading up to high
point. | refer now to feeding cattle,
that is, such as are bred mainly for meat
production. Stock growing and general
farming are by many said not to to be as
remunerative as formerly. OVer-produc-
ton is said to be the cause of this. If
this applied to cattle, it is certainly not
to the higher grades, but to the lower,
for. no matter how hard the times, or
how depl essed the industries in general
are, the higher classes of steers always
sell quickly at good figures. Since the
discOVery-for it should take rank as one
of the discoveries of the age-that it is
more profitable to feed cattle for meat
production from early calfhOod up to the
period when they rate as long yearlings,
or at most as 2-year- or q little past
it is indispensable that high grading up
be practiced, as we cannot have market
able steers at the ages named unless they
are Ored from thorough bred, or at least
high grade stock.
The notion entertained by many that
young beef Chat is, of the age named) is
to such degree immature-called, de-
risiveIy, ''baby beef"-as to be innutri-
tlous, is a very palpable error. After the
calf ceases to suckle its dam, depending
thereafter upon food like that given
to grown-up cattle, the meat ceases to be
veal, and in every sense of the word, is
beef, as nutritious from a long yearling
as from a 4-year-old. 1t contains the
same .fibrine and the meat juices are the
same, though, of course, the fibrei is more
tender than that of the OK, without being
less nutritious. In fact, it is a question
not yet settled at just what age meat of
any kind begins to lose ground, in point
of nutritiOusness, by reason of having
too much age, becoming, as it is quite Ii
able to, too hard in its fiber to be easily
acted upon by the human stomach.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
THE TURN OF THE TIDE.
BOSTON ADVERTISER g.

The harbor lights are dim with smoke
Which hangs about the under sky,
And wraps IL @ simple fisherfolk
In lIlrid mist as they go by.
Along the shore the wind blows free,
Keen twilight kisses the wan sea
Far out; steer thither, watch with me
The tender stars come out on high.
The sky is deepening overhead;
The sail flaps loose; the wind has did;
The water laps the boat like lead;
Faint ripples plash against the side,
And simmer with uneart hIy light,
The harbor lights are out Of sight;
We drift into starleSs night
Together on the ebbins tide
How still-how strauge-the tide is slack,
We eddy round-we drift no more
What swell is this which sweeps US back
To where the gathering breakers roar,
about the pale udlighted land?
Can any tell if 20 shall stand
Safe in the morning hand in hand
Upon the steep and rock bound shore?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
He Had Him.

brakes Travellers Magazine.
Of course it was in Texas.
Ticket please!'
"Ain't got emmy"
Then your fare please"
Mary led"
Then what did you get on this train
for?"
''To ride, you bet.
"I'll bet you DON'T
Take yer
For how much?"
every ten"
''Showlp
Here you are. Who'll hold the
stakes -
II WILL
"Say, kernal, its what I calls playin'
it BANKED low down to pull a pop on'r
gentleman. in a square game
''Only the brave collect the fare
And the conductor handed $40 in
change and check to the passenger who
had mary a red"
James R. Osgood is coming to America
for brief vacation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23

canned milk. The air will find its way
through the cotton and enter the milk,
but the spores will be arrested, and the
milk remain sweet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-23
BLACK CAKE.

Two cups of sugar, one cup of moIasses
one cup of milk, one cup of butter, three
eggs, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one
teaspoonful of cloves, one nutmeg, five
cups of -four, one pound of raisins, one
pound of currants, one-quarter pound of
citron. This cake will keep good several
months.