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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
A Lawyer BaffIed.
Texas Sitting.

Jim McSnifter was being tried in
San Antonio for trying to bride col
ored witness, Sam Johnsing, to testify
falsely.
"You say this defendant offered
you bride of $50 to testify in his be-
half2" said Lawyer Gouge to Sam
Johnsing.
Eyes, sab"
''Now, repeat precisely what he said,
using his own words"
''He said he would git me $50ifI-"
'He can't have used those words.
He didn't speak as third person"
mo san; he tuck good keer dat dar
was no third pusson present. Oar was
only us two. De PENDANT am too smart
ter hab anybody listenin' when he am
talking about his own reskelity."
ST know that we'll enough, but he
spoke to you In the first person, didn't
he?"
II was de fust pusson myself"
"You don't understand me. When
he was talking to you did he use the
words, I will pay you $780,"
mo, boss; ne didn't say muffin about
you payin' me $50. Yore name
wasn't mentioned, ceptin' dat he tele
me eff eber got inter a scrape dat you
was de best lawyer in San Antoine to
fool de judge and jury"
You can step down"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

ed the bank note from an uncle in
Bombay, whose address he gave me.
This information I forwarded TO the
postal authorities in England, on
whom, of course devolvsd the duty of
pursuing all further injuries with
respect TO the matter; and for some
little time thereafter | heard nothing
more about the business. However,
subsequtly learned the sequel of it.
The Mr.. Blenkiron resident In Bonn
bay, when communicated with stated
that the note had been sent to him by
"a merchant in Glasgow. That mer-
chant had received it from trades
man In the same place; that indivieu
al, in his turn, had taken it from a
clerk In one of the branch postoffices
in that city, in payment of his &C
count. Thus, finally, the theft of the
money have been brought home to the
clerk in question, he was duly tried
and convicted of the otfense."
This was the consuls story, which
struck me as rather curious one 1t
Is said, with justice. that the strength
of a chain is siml ly the strength of its
weakest link. la this case some of the
links of the chain of circumstances
which had rendered it possible to trace
the people through whose hands the
stolen bank note had passed, had been
Of the slightest, and had threatened on
more than one occasion to part. Yet,
by concurrence of purely fortuitous
events, they had not done so; but, On
the contrary, the chain had held to-
gether so strongly as to bring, an
offender to justice, after so long
period had elapsed since the commits
sion of the crime that the criminal
doubtless supposed himself quite SAT-
from detection.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
Care of Animals fu Wiuter.

The American Humane Association
offers the following suggestions rela-
tive to fowls, horses and cattle to per-
sons having these La charge, in the
northern latitudes, during the Winter
months:
Do not compel domestic fowls to
roost in trees. Aside from danger of
being captured by owls and other
enemies, the swaying of the branches
upon which they are sitting will pre-
vent thena from getting rest; while in
the severely cold weather, thus expos
ed, feet and combs are frozen and the
bird is SO benumbed as to make it in
possible for it TO be of much profit on
the farm. Securely sheltered from
wind and storm, and allowed to sit on
a broad roost, feet are thus kept warm,
refreshing rest is obtained, and the
fowl is much stronger, healthier and
more profitable to it's owner,
Do not clip horses during the Win
ter months. With the same propriety
we might cut the hair from a dog or
shear a sheep at this season of the
year. The argument in behalf of the
practice is that the horse in perspira-
ton will dry more quickly if the hair
is short. IT the animal is thoroughly
blanketed and kept In sheltered or
warm place, after being driven, no
danger results from perspiration,
whatever the lenght of hair; while
the horse that has been deprived of it's
coat in the Winter time suffers per-
petually while being exposed to the
cold.
It is cruelty inflicted upon beauti-
full carriage horses for the purpose of
style. Blessed is the ordinary work
horse. in the Winter time, for, how
ever much it may perspire, it is allow
ed to carry It's full growth of hair
during the cold weather.
Do not leave cattle to stand SILVER
iGg, while extremities often freeze, in
the snowsstorms and severe winds of
Winter, when little time would SUI
fee to construct of boards, rails or
poles a support upon and around
which may be placed hay, straw. or
weeds, thus making shelter that
may comfortably protect them. Cattle
kept IN fairly warm condition through
out the Winter will, as mixers, give
larger and better yield of milk, and
as keeves will take on flesh much
more rapidly than If left exposed to
Indictment weather.
Aside from a question of humanity,
the more attention and care that is
bestowed upon animals, with view
to their comfort, the more will they
be of service and q source of profit to
their owners.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
Poultry Notes.

It is claimed that eggs at Is cents
per dozen are as economical for food
as beef steak at 10 cents pound.
Meal fed to poultry should always
be mixed with boiling water, which
partially cooks the food. A common
error is to make the food too wet and
soft, in which state it becomes injur
ieus to the fowls, compelling them
to take more water than their nature
requires.
A correspondent of the California
Rural Press says he cleared his Poul-
try house of mites, with which it was
overrun, by sprinKling the inside
with the water in which the potatoes
for the household dinner had been
boiled. Two applications cleared them
all out.
When any contagious disease is act
ing present among the fowls. and 1t
becomes necessary to thoroughly
cleanse and dislnfect the poultry
house, instead of mixing the white
wash in the usual way, dissolve half
pound of copperas (sulphste of irony
in a pallful of hot water, and use
that to mix the wash with.
The average number of eggs laid
by an ordinary flock of hens is eight
and one-half dozen to fowl, yet in
stances have been recorded where
hen has laid two hundred and fifty
eggs ia one year, and from sixteen
to seventeen dozen is considered by
poultry men remarkable yield.
House scraps, that is the waste
from the family table, will keep a
small brood of towels, who will sup
ply the household with fresh eggs all
the year. The profits of poultry keep
ing, though not large, are satisfactory.
Don't forget that all the fowls BE-
tween the age Of two days and twenty
one years are without teeth, and must
be supplied with sand and gravel in
order to carry on the work of grinding
the food. To relieve them of this
work by feeding them exclusively on
cooked food is to defeat one of their
natural faculties, and to give them
the grain without the means of grind
ing it is sure to result in disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
FARM AND HOME.
IN A KITCHEN WEIR.
FROM NOTES AND QUERIES

A small box of matches, a packet of mint,
An inch of wax taper, a small piece OF lint,
An empty thread paper, and blue in bag,
Some cloves and nutmeg tied up in rag;
The core of an apple, cap and a frtli
needle two buttons, mousetrap, and
quill
A card to tell fortunes an old sponge, and
can;
A zen without a handle and a small patty tin
pan;
An old rusty penknife, a milestone, and piece
Of string;
The rind of lemon and new curtain ring:
An apron two old busters, large piece Of
mace;
A dirty jack towel, an old cigar case:
Z comb and a thimblc, the key of the jack;
A number of pieces of ribbon quite black;
A tin crater, an old skewer and two ounces or
more
OF mixed spice in a paper; and the lock of
door;
An onioA a ladle crimp for the PASTE
An cd pair of slippers, a belt for the waist;
-Four tablespoons of old metal large piece OF
resin,
A bali of white cotton, and corks by the doz-
ems;
An old pair of scissors, pill-box, a crust,
A saveall pepper-box eaten with rust;
A fork and teacup without handle,
A print for the butter, the wick of a candle:
A rolling pin pasted; besides many more
Things of infinite value were found in the
drawn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

IT is still mooted scientific ques.
ton whether dogs are ever troubled
with rabies at all; or if they are,
whether they can communicate the
disease to mankind by biting. Many
eminent physicians are strongly of
the opinion that the malady called
hydrophobia in man, is an magma
tive disease melted by fear of the con-
sequence of the bite. 1t is remark
ably seldom that one ever hears of
what we term mad dog. Very
few people ever saw one. We have
all seen CANNES with distemprr or
an epileptic fit, but the traditional,
open-mouthed, frothing, frenzied ami
NAL that goes in bee line over tree
and fences and nips sideways at every
that he may be deemed remarkable
phenomenon. AS we'll shut up al
mankind, because occasionally per-
son suddenly becomes insane and
kills another, as to Kill or impound
all dogs because some body's wife's
uncle once saw an animal with the
rabies. The mad-dog craze now rag
ing in New York and other American
cities is an evidence of very weak
human nature, that is frightened at
ITS shadow on the wall. In New York
city alone, 300 dogs are daily killed
by the poundmaster, who in all his
years of experience never saw one
that exhibited the slightest indication
of hydrophobia. Were the police and
poupdmasters to kill off only the
NANCY ours who harass many of the
by-streets of our cities, there would
be no complaint, but the wholesale
killing Of valuable animals that have
homes and many qualities that en-
dear them greatly to mankind, is in
deed a slaughter of the innocents
that any dog lover must resent as a
cruel shame.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

A long sheep pen facing the south
and divided into at least two parts is
an excellent arrangement. The yards
into which they open should also be
separated. A long rack may form the
division of this yard, which may be
accessible from both sides and serve
as common feed rack. Sheep should
never be turned iato a yard with
other stock. Their timid nature makes
them a prey to all other animals.
They are hooked about by the cattle
and playfully chased and stamped
upon by the horses and colts. Give
them their own particular domain,
and separate the ewes with lamb. that
they may receive extra care and feed.
Sheep Breeder and Wool Grower
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
Indoor dresses are now made SOM

Indoor dresses are now made some
what in the style Of monks dress.
Fancy a morning dress of brown
wooden material, open in front over a
plastron and tablier of white yelling.
gathered at the neck, and frightened
round it with a gimp cord, either
white or brown, finished with thick
tassals! The collar is very large, in
the from of sailor Fcollar, and the
sleeve facings are very deep; both col
lar and facings are OF white yelling.
Jackets are very fashionable. They
are generally made of wooden mater
ial, trimmed with galloon, or chenille
or MORE round the edge, the collar,
sleeves, and front. The simplest of
these jackets have the fronts cut into
square lappels. The vest is fastened
by means of very small buttons put
on very close together. Others have
basque slit open at all the seams,
with revers and three points In front !;
the back finished with small postillion
The collar is turned either up or down
square or rounded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
Left.
Detroit Free Press.

Pat-Soy, how soon will train be
here going east.
Station Agent at Albion--The
through freight passes in thirty minu-
tes. but won't stop.
Pat-Will it 60 slow so can jump
on?
Albion Station Agent don't know
bat it will slack down there at the
crossing SO you can get on.
Pat-What crossings
Albion Station Agent-Oh, the one
about half mile west of here.
Pat (relieved)-Well, if don't get on
here I will go down and meet It and
get on at the bridge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

A part of dish washing thorough
~ enjoyed = hanging away the dish
pan.
, 1886-06-04
CITIZEN GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
Something About tho Queer Old Man
Who Talks Only to Children.

something ABOUT tho queer Oiu "h"
Who Talks Only to Children.
Up among the spring greenery OF
| Madison Square park, where the flowers
| and the birds and the children grow
best. a white-haired man has made his
home in the open air. The children all
know him and come to him for stories Of
fairyland and for candy, and all the
birds, from the aggressive little fighter,
the brown sparrow, down to the timid
bluejay, come fearlessly up to his seat to
peck up the crumbs that they find scat
tered about for them. i had almost said
even the flowers know him for being
with them so much and for the interest
he takes in them. But here his circle of
friends stops, Beyond the children and
birds and flowers he knows no one to
speak to, though all the town knows the
still handsome enthusiast Of the park
Citizen George Francis Train.
Eleven years ago, after travelling all
over the world and crossing the ocean
forty times, he came into Madison Square
one bright spring morning and said he
would make it his home. On every side
about the little block of green freshness
the full tide of city life swirled and
roared. The tumult of Broadway came
to him, softened to a murmur through
the trees, and the hustle Of Twenty-third
street and Fifth avenue beat against the
wall of verdure and lost itself in the
tinkle of the fountain without disturbing
the bronzed philosopher.
At first he allowed himself to talk to
men for two minutes at a time, but soon
he gave this up, and closed his lips to all
who had grown old enough to think of
self. Children and fools speak the
truth" he said, and so his communica-
tons would thereafter be with only those
who were instinctively innocent. Speak
to him as you pass and ask an interest
ing question, and if tins citizen Of the
world likes your address out comes a lit
tie pad Of paper and n lead pencil, blue
at one end and red at the other. With
this he answers pertinent inquiries,
writing in a kind of illuminated text,
somewhat after the fashion of the old
Bibles people read when Luther was a
boy. The chances are about even that
that one out Of every three words will be
understood. But the writing will touch
at the DOT of the matter, and will show
a keen knowledge Of human nature.
So the daily life of this man runs
away-talking to children, feeding birds,
reading newspapers and telegraphing
two columns a day of wonderful
psyche" news to The Tacoma puget
SouI-d) Ledger. No man in America
keeps more thoroughly abreast of the
news of the day or is n closer reader of
the country's newspapers. The casual
stroller through the park and the aver
age New Yorker knows little more of the
genius of this man than the birds and
children about him do.-New York
World.
, 1886-06-04

Our ways are essentially and exaspecat-
ingly provincial. Take IA community OF
Englishmen, knowing that they are as suoh
the chosen OF the Lord; place them in n
country OF boundless our and con
stantly increasing prosperity; locate said
country forty odd days by steam from civ
ilization america don't count as civilized
except for courtesy, their only news OF
the world being scanty cablegrams in the
proportion OF ten ines to Gladstone new
policy, fou to the sore throat OF the queen
God bless herr and one to the death Of
Grant; said news supplemented by corre-
spondence whose only interest to Austral-
ians is in its bearing on Australian affairs,
and it car be easily understood how the
universe revolves around Australia and
the actions OF the rest OF the world are
guided by their probable effect on Austral-
Ian interests. You may not think so, but
we know they are. Result. we are the
finest people on the globe. Sydney Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1886-06-04

Col W. Il. Steele, formerly member of
congress from this territory, and now one
OF the l,ading Democratic politicians Of
Dakota, has the following to say in lie
gard Ia Dakota's chances for admission
into the union:
This fight for admission, he SAYS.
is very much mixed and many elements
ct dlssorl enter into it. The main quest
ION Is as 10 whether the territory shall be
admitted a. a whole or whether il shall be
divided. There is strong party predil-
ection on the bart Of the Republicans to
make two states of it, In this they have
the SUPPORT of a faction of the Democratic
party. This faction seems to he c
nizcd by the administration. but the main
body OF the Democrats of the territory are
in favor of admitting the state as it is
without division The Springer bill is
satisfactory to them in mos, respects. The
Republicans, with the aid ofthe Demo-
cratic contingent. seem 70 have captured
the chairman Of the house committee on
territories, but | do not think he can ear.
ry with him enough votes to pass any
measure dividing the territory. The
Democrats who favor division are few in
number, but unfortunately they seem to
have carried off the spoils so far as the off.
ces are concerned, Sooner OF later Dako.
IA will have 10 be admitted Thu Ro,nL-
, 1886-06-04
MRS. JAMES BROWN POTTER.

The success of the Amateur Eiocutionist
Before an AudIence-Country Critics.
Every audience has to be won over,
and an amateur does not always nave the
time or chance. / find my own frame
of mind more or less reflected by the
audience, in the shape of GOODNESS, if i
am tired or nervous. Constant habit and
practice and knowledge of stage methods
enable a professional to play a part
evenly and well, however little he may
fancy it; but l find / must feel the beauty
of the lines or the lesson they teach tc
do good work, and, at any rate, after re-
citing or acting | feel discouraged and
disappointed. The theatrical managers
and professionals have always treated
me with unvarying courtesy and kind
ness, and wen encouragement. To Mr..
David Belasco especially l am indebted
for much valuable advice and friendly
counsel.
The success of recitation naturally do
ponds much upon the choice of the piece,
and l rarely decide upon my selection
until the last moment, when | am on the
spot and nave made my estimate of the
Btiltldl tlldIdCttT VI lnt auultutt. OuI
judgment on a question of this sort is
anything but infallible, and at times,
when trusting to my wv instincts, ]
have arrived at very unfortunate results
But if a piece touches me inc l feel it'd
pathos, it is very natural to suppose it
will affect others in the same way if
properly interpreted. | am only a be-
ginner, however, and my experiences
are almost all experiments.
l find it far easier to interest an audi
ence by "A story with a moral than by
something abstract, however superior
the versification of the latter may be,
and | have generally found country audi
ences more a%ppreciative of serious pieces
than those in the city. City people want
something gayer and more amusing,
that will not make them think. Nor am
l ashamed to confess that my most en-
thusiastic and generous critics nave been
workingmen and shop girls and news
boys. For if they have had fewer adj
vantages in education and refining asso-
Citations than those in a more fortunate
position, their wits have been sharpened
by practical trials and adversely, and the
absence of affectasion in themselves
makes them quick to see through false
sentiment and appreciate what is true
Cora Urquhart Potter, in Lippincott's.
, 1886-06-04

IT sEENls strange that the provision for
Irish representation in the imperial parlia-
men, in addition to local home rule. should
be considered a concession by the friends
Of the home rule bill. 1t is really a step
in advance, and a move toward a fedora
ton similar to that Of the United States.
Home rule as before proposed was a good
thing for Ireland in giving it control of
its purely local affairs, but the new pro-
vision gives it a voice in the consideration
of army and navy estimates, war appro-
priaiions, foreign treaties and such other
matters of national interest.
, 1886-06-04
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.

When Chloe sweetly calls me friend
The presage bids me pause and ponder
| feel all love is at an end;
And ! had hope for something fonder.
Still Pm elate
That smiling Fate
What though that smile be half sardonio-
Has answered love,
So far above
All friendship, with regard Platonic.
IT'S something that she lets me hold
Her lily hand when none are present;
That |, when | am bold,
May kiss that hand Is still more pleas
ant,
'Tis something sure
That she'll endure
My timorsome but fond caresses;
And more, l vow,
That she'd allow
The arm hat round her bodice presses.
My Chloe's eyes are black as sloes;
My Chloe's lips like roses petals;
My Chloe's throat like driven SHOWS;
My Chloc's wit like singing nettles.
Those eyes of hers
My heart prefers;
| love sweet lips, and | must mud hers.
dearly dote
Upon her throat,
But, ahl her wit prevents marauders.
But rest content, thou stubborn churl,
BE not so clamorous and greedy,
Thou yet canst have some other girl;
OF Chloe sure thou art not needy.
But then some boor
May her secure
(Beshrew the thought, it grieves Inc
sadly.
May me eclipse
To kiss her lips;
May win her heart and wear it badly.
The Rambler.
, 1886-06-04


SPEAKING Of the pride of the genuine
veterans of the war exhibited when talk
ing of the battles they fought and the
trials and tribulations through which
they passed in the service of their coun-
try, a young man who was born since the
war, remarked to the writer yesterday.
Il don't blame them for feeling that
way. 1t is thing to be proud OF. if any
thing in this world. We Young Ameri-
cans all feel alike about it, and. once give
us a chance, We will show you that the
sons and the grandsons Of the old soldiers
will f. Just as hard for their country as
they did. There is a young patriot for
you-the stuff that heroes and great men
are made Of. We trust that the emer-
gency for a trial of their metal may never
come, but fit should. and a foreign foe
should throw down the gauntlet to Uncle
Sam, we could count upon young
America, sure.
, 1886-06-04

1t is a colorless gas, having a rather
pungent odor and possesses the peculiari-
ties of oxygen, but in a more marked de-
gree. SO powerful is it, indeed, that it
will perform many of the feats of fire
without the phenomenon of flame. AS
a bleaching agent it is very effective. 1t
is especially made use of in this connec-
ton by dealers in pictures as a means of
erasing the yellow time stains that are
found on old %engravings and prints.
This is accomplished by bending the
picture around in the form of a cylinder
so that the two ends meet with the face
inside, and suspending a piece of white
phosphorus within it. The phosphorus
oxidizes slowly, and as this is one of the
chemical reactions that is attended with
the production of zone, sufficient is
formed to completely renovate the most
time-defaced picture. Since, however,
"A very little friction causes the phos-
phorus to ignite, great care must be
taken in performing this operation
Detroit Free Press.
, 1886-06-04

"RosEpALE' is the name of the prop
erty recently purchased by President
Cleveland IN The vicinity of Washington.
He has done Il wise thing to purchase a
homestead. The American people love
to associate their leaders with places Of
mark. Who forgcts Mount Vernon, the
Hermitage, Monticello? What Southern
nan will ever forget Arlington or Beau
voir? All the older states are dotted
with mansions held equally sacred to
respected names When we have not
the man. We worship the memory of the
place. Especially should cur presidents
give Us an opportunity to know their
place Of earthly rest. The present gen
Grafton will not forget the Democrat,
triumph of 1854, President Cleveland :
marriage or Rosedale.