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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31
Beecher as he Now Is.

The Christian Leader describes q
recent visit of its editor to Plymouth
Church and writes of it's pastor In the
following strain:
Mr.. Beecher's manner in these days
is quiet but earnest. He depends on
the finer and higher clements of at
traction-on ideas, art, dramatic
groupings, humor and tenderness.
The freshness ofthinking and of state
ments which has been SO remarkable
in his pulpit work for half q century,
is the chief charm stiIl. Fertile, YER
satile, unspent, he seems as q man
of forty. It is not altogether clear
to us what constitutes the attrac-
ton which still draws to Mr.. Beech
er that immese congregation
Many other preachers are IS able.
facile interesting, magnetic as he.
We were not greatly moved by him,
on this occasion; no one appeared to
be. His sentiments werenot novel.
While it was plain that this was not
an ordinary man, it was not plain
that this was an extraordinary man.
We suspect, however, that the spec
tacle Of man who has passed the
traditional bound Of earthly life, s
tanning yet ny vigor ofthought and art
of expression and freshness of treat
ment the frame earned iElShe period OF
his most exuberant enthusiasm and
fiery eloquence. affects the Imagination
and touches the pride OF his country
men somewhat rs Victor Hugo, In
his ~vivacious old age, held in thrall
the hearts OF Frenchmen.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31
is LIFE woRT LIYIsGi

"Is life worth liying?'' Ask OF him
Who tolls both day and night
To make a little home for those
So dear unto his sight.
ala life worth living?" Ask OF her
Who, crowned with widows weeds,
Doth find supremest happiness
In kind and noble deeds.
"Is life worth living?" Ask again
or those whose highest aim
"a TO assist their fellow man,
Without one thought OF fame.
oIs life worth living?" All! dear friend,
Let these good people tell;
A better question far is this
Is life worth living well?
Columbus Dispatch.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31

William b. Smith. cotton factor Of
Charleston, s. O., is worth 81,
600. and is the richest man. In the
state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19

is no way to freshen the hay when it is
wanted to feed; therefore no more salt
should be put on than the cattle can
safely use. How much they will stand
without injury has never been ascer-
tanned with exactness, but from my ex-
perience [ should say that less than a
peck to ton is enough. Probably four
quarts is plenty.
Sometimes 1T is practicable to use
very salt hay, as an occasional feed, to
good advantage. We had few acres of
second growth clover that was cut while
very green and juicy. Several days of
of sun and repeated turnings at last re-
duced it to something like hay. and when
big rain could be seen coming up, we
stacked it. It weight showed it to be
far from dry, and several buckets of salt
were used. The stack acted very strange
ly, settling down to half its original size,
and we feared it was spoiled. But it kept
first-rate, and packed as solid as plug
tobacco, though it was very salty. We
put it before the cattle, and they ate
what they wanted of it, having plenty of
other feed all the while. 1t supplied
them with salt as well as with part of
their food. But [ prefer to give salt by
itself, and feed by itself, when possible.
eve tried the plan, so often recon-
mended, of putting stratas of dry straw
in the NOW of green clover, only we used
some very poor blue grass hay, several
years old. 1t is apparently success:
and 1 think also the dry material alb
serbs some of the flavor of the green
hay, and so becomes palatable, has some
thing of truth. At any rate it was all
eaten up close, which I think would
hardly have been the case had the blue
grass been fed before its use in the Glow
er. Yet the clover was in places slightly
musty; probably too small proportion
of dry material was used.
''In making clover hay, be not deceived
by any apparent dryness when they may
contain moisture enough to injure the
hay. There is more danger of this while
the sun is hot, when the hay may be dry
enough to rustic, and yet if put in cock
a while, will appear as it is-damp."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
Preserved Potato Fruit.

a German contemporary, as new idea,
states that potato culture is likely to re-
ceive a new impetus there, sence the plan
of selling them peeled, sliced and dried,
like certain fruits, seem to hit the tastes
of the export market. The drying of the
potatoes can follow the period of the des-
location of fruit. The method ObVicates
decay and termination OF the tuber, and
occupying a less volume, transport will / 9
cheaper and less difficult. The potatoes
are peeled by machinery, next carefully
twenty minutes in a strong solution of
salt. The BRINE induces firmness in the
slices and prevents their changing color
thus securing what sulphur does for
fruits. Later the cuttings are left to
drain, placed in the drying apparatus on
hurdle shelves, and submitted to tenn
perature varying from 1862 to 1910 Fab
renheit. They must remain little lon
ger in this hot bath than fruit. Before
using, the slices have to be stepped twelve
to fifteen hours in water, when they will
become as fresh and favory as new po-
tatoes.
1t seems strange that so practical a
people as the Germans should saturate
with salt before drying, necessitatlng
soaking before cooking. If they had our
best Yankee evaporators the drying could
be successfully carried out without salt
ing. Salt-saturated vegetables or fruits,
and the salt again soaked out of them, no
longer retain their flavor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
FARM NOTES.

Milk sold at three cents a quart pays
about the same net as butter sold for
twenty eight cents pound, says an East
tern expert.
Let your onions grow until the tops fall
then pull thom up. They should be al
lowed to become dry and be stored in a
cool place.
crop of buckwheat may be sown now
1t will make excellent food for fowls,
while the bees will secure late honey from
the blossoms.
AS soon as the ears have been taken
from the sweet corn the stalks should be
cut up and fed to the COWS in as green a
condition as possible.
To kill moles, an Illinois farmer puts
strychnine in pieces of liver the size of
hickory nut, placing the pieces at differ
ent points in their runs.
Sheep will eat nearly all kinds of weeds
and may BE made to do good service in
some fields. They should, however,
always be given feeding of grain at
night.
Destroying beetle is equal to killing
fifty grubs. When meadows become in
Tested, it is well to turn in the hogs and
leu U1CIL1 1OoUs Lucy WILL oCOblOJ Unou-
sands of grubs.
A few trees, evergreens and Towering
shrubs planted among the hives help to
removed the sameness of the scene, and
in summer give a gateful shade to the
bees.
In the care of eggs while waiting for
Matching place is preferred that is
neither hot nor cold, damp nor dry. If
the eggs are to be kept but little while
turning them every day will answer, box
being sufficient.
For erect growing trees the head should
be formed at abont three feet from the
ground; but spreading trees should have
the head five feet high. A tree with
low head is less likely to be broken down
by the wind, and the branches will then
be able to keep off the scorching rays of
the sun from the trunks.
/. The brown leaves on strawberry plants
are caused by fungus growth and are
evidence of disease. This fungus, IN
like most others, thrives in hot temper
allure, and therefore some means of shad-
ing the plants is advised to prevent it.
The spread of the fungus may be arrest
ed by picking off the leaves and burning
them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
A Remedy for the Cabbage Worm.
Rural Record.

An experiment tried by G. G. Young, of
Henry County, o., results in the discovery
that unleached wood ashes prevent the
raVages of the cabbage-worm and the de-
posit of eggs by millers. He, says: II
took dry, unleached wood ashes, full
strength and splashed right on top of
each plant, from half to a full shovelful,
determined to kill the worms if it killed
the cabbage (which was sure of total de-
struction in any way, if no better remedy
could be found than was applied), and, to
my satisfaction and almost astonish-
ment, the first application proved a ra-
dical cure, killing almost every worm
touched by the ashes. I took pains to jar
the plants lightly by hitting it with my
foot, TO shake the ashes thoroughly be-
tween the leaves, to be sure to make soa o
of every worm. The plants were not only
uninjured by the ashes, but started with
new life and energy. The swarm of
millers which had constantly lowered over
the patch seemed to leave in disgust, and
no further trouble was experienced for
several weeks, but rapid and unmolest-
ed of the plant ensued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19

varieties were known, peach and pear
trees were hardy, and lived quite long
period, but with grating and budding
the conditions necessary for success seem
to have been changed. The blight with
the pear and the yellOws with the peach
are the great obstacles in the way, while
the borer also does his share of the work
of obstruction.
Compared with the pear the peach
requires clean cultivation. The orchard
should first be plowed and well worked
with the harrow before planting the trees
and the ground kept clean of grass and
weeds. No manure should be used unless
it is in the shape of well-rotted compost,
but mari and muck, that has been used as
absorbent material, is of advantage. The
best fertilizer is either muriate Or sui
phate of potash, about 200 pounds per
acre, using, at the same time, about 100
pounds of superphosphate. No nitrogen
Gus fertilizer is necessary the first two
years, but after the trees begin to fear 100
pounds of nitrate of soda may be applied
in the spring, while the quantity of pot
ash and superphOrphate may be doubled.
The mode of application should be to
broadcast the fertilizer over the entire
surface instead of around the trees.
Something depends, however, upon the
character of the soil and climate. The
bOrer must be watched and never allowed
to effect Judgement in the tree, and the
first signs of decay in and portion of the
tree should at once call for the use of the
knife, and as the peach tree responds
well to careful pruning it may be easily
trained to proper shape. Coal oil or
kerosene will almost instantly kill the
peach trees, and should never be used in
the orchard against insects on the peach
trees. Wood ashes and ground bone also
make excellent fertilizers.
While it may be said that peach trees
req uire nearly the same cultivation as corn,
the pear trees do best when keptin grass.
If cultivated and fertilized they grow too
rapidly, which seems to bring on blight.
The yellows in peaches are caused by
starvation. but the pear trees should not
be forced. If the orchard is in grass it
should receive fertilizers or manure, but
not in sufficient quantity to more than
nour1sh the grass. The grass crop should
be plowed under when sod has become
thick, and a crop of rye sown on the sod.
The ground should then be seeded to
grass again. The most important matter
in connection with the growing of pears
and peaches is in avoiding disease.
Striking a solution of blue vitriol around
the trees and spraying it in the branches
and leaves is an excellent preventive.
The trees should not be induced to bear
early, as it is much better to allow them
to mature the wood and become firmly
established before being taxed for fruit.
Then, with due precautions against in
sects, and proper care, they will be less
liable to disease and will yield better.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
An Attractive Tower.
Electric World.

When the great iron tower, one thous-
and feet high, was proposed some time
ago for the Paris exhibition of 1889, many
engineers doubted the feasibility of the
project, judged from their point of view.
However, M. Eiffel went at the problem
and evolved a design which was chosen
and which it is proposed to execute. On
the eve of accomplishment, however, a
French "savant' comes forward with a
timely warning of the fearful consequence
es which the building of the iron tower
will entail. He says that the enormous
block of iron running north and south
would become pOlarized, and that this
polarization will soon invade the whole
column. Then who knows whether the
four lifts, with their continual friction,
will not increase the magnetic influence
hundred fold? In this case all articles
for mile around will be attracted to the
tower, and will adhere to it as a needle
does to magnet. If the troops quar-
tered in the Ecole Militaire hard by be
called out to drill, it will be all in vain for
the commanding officer to shout "En
avantw if they are paraded with the col
umn behind them. Then all the houses
in Paris will suffer from ST. Vitus'
dance, and, being gradually drawn toward
the Champ de Mars, will finally find them
selves stuck to the tower. As for loco
motives entering Paris, it will be found
impossible to stop them at the various
termini; they will rush through the city
and dash themselves to pieces against the
center of attraction. These and other
evils, we are told, will follow the erection
of the great Eiffel tower, which might,
indeed, be called the Teufel tower.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
Brush in the Pastures.


To think of going into the woods to
cut brush or timber during the hot wealth
er of August is not inviting. It is, how
ever, conceded that it is the best part of
the year to cut brush and prevent its
coming up again. Timber cut when in
full leaf is thought to dry out and season
better. Some advocate cutting the trees
down and letting lay untrimmed, claim
ing that the leaves continue to perform
their functions of eNaporating the mois-
ture in the cells of the wood, and by this
means more completely remove the water
than will be done in much longer time if
the leaves are removed.
If possible, after the threshing is done
and other work out of the way, try and do
some clearing of land where it is needed.
Doubtless many of the farms OF our read
ers have some acres of valuable land if
cleared of the brush and put under cult
Walton or seeded to grass, which now is a
source of no revenue. Many are the
pastures, too, in which there is altogether
too much brush and shade. Not only
does this growth prevent much grass from
growing, but what does grow is not as
nutritious as it would be if all useless
Vegetation would be removed. We be-
ieve we are entirely within bounds when
we say that the pasture land of Missouri
is not affording one-half the amount of
pasturage it is capable Of affording If
put in the right condition.
BY choosing the earlier and the later
parts of the day, and the less oppressive
DAYS, much of this work can be done at a
time when it will do the most good, and
without much difficulty. 1t needs a little
nerve and Yankee grit, but so does work
of all kinds in hot weather.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
Why He Hesitated.
San Francisco Chronicle.

The signal service is no good. What is
the use of signal service that not only
can't predict storms, but can't even give
the faintest indication of thunder storms :?
Those fellows know perfectly well we're
not accustomed to this salvo from ina
lures artillery" How the reporters de-
light in this simile for the use of which
no good opportunity has been offered in
California for twenty-five years. One Of
the few grievances newspapers have had
here is that they could not write about
natures artillery. But such sudden and
unexpected development of climate
should not be permitted without its Civ
ing some kind of Indication beforehand.
He is one of our most prominent citizens.
He has not been accustomed to thunder
and lightning, and consequently when the
shock awoke him early on Friday morn
ing the first clear recollection he had was
that he had been indulging freely at the
club, and being in California the whisky
must have got in the drum of his ear and
be rolling around promiscuously.
1T may be thunder" he said. to him
self. "I'd better wake my wife. But no,
1t may not be thunder-and-weu, guess
I'll let it go.'
So he said nothing. His wife heard
nothing, and he got down town to the
club before it was necessary to make and
allusion to the phenomenon. He nosed
around the club, but apparently the sub
ject had been talked out, for nobody said
anything.
"Thats funny" he was saying, sit
must have been the effects of''-when a
new conner slapped him on the back.
"Well, that was something new, wasn't
it?"
'sWhat?"
"That lively old thunderstorm this
morning!" g.
"You bet. Aside. 1t was thunder
storm after all. Aloud. Come and
take a drink. Aside. Now I daren't
tell my wife I heard it, or she'll want to
know why I did't speak about it this
morning. It's. too bad, and it's the first
thunder storm we've had in twenty-five
gears, too!n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
Selecting a Horse.
Prairie Farmer.

Mr.. o. R. Gleason, "ProfessOr of Horse
training" who certainly has shown great
skill in subduing and breaking the most
obdurate animals, gives the following ad-
vice:
The question may arise: For steady
hard work at moderate speed, will not
heavy framed, strong muscle animal, with
slight intelligence, like the mule, return
more work for the food, than the one
with higher mental faculties and more
active nerves? Is not there waste of
force, of the power desired, from the
nutriment consumed in the horse with a
highly developed nervous constitution
Mr.. Gleason advises to never select a
horse having long ears, lined inside with
long, straight hair. Do not buy one that
is narrow between the ears, and between
the eyes; or that has fiat, round eyes, in
sunken orbits, and whose nostrils are
small and thick; for he will certainly
prove to be a beast of small intelligence,
hard to teach, incapable of remembering,
and liable to be obstinate, just as stupid
persons are. And do not buy the horse
that is narrow at the top of the head,
bullying between the eyes, and has a
sunken, dish-like face between them; for
he is sure to be vicious and treacherOus.
But take the horse that has short ears,
with short, curly hair beside them; that
is broad between the ears and eyes, with a
regular, straight face, and large thin
nostrils; for in him you will find an in
telligent, spirited, yet willing servant,
and faithful friend, if treated rightly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
IN HANDSOME HOMES.

Lamp shades of plated silk are border
ed by fine Valenciennes lace.
Cut glass is now seen in all the old
English cuttings, which are very fine.
Do1lles are now most fashiOnably
worked in white linen thread or floss.
Japanese curtains in figured silks are
used for work aprons by young ladies.
A large pocket holds the work and
crewels, while bows of ribbon finish the
apron.
Beautiful work for summer is in max
ing the luxurious bed furniture from
Dresden linen, the entire surface of which
is wrought of fagotting and Kensington
stitch in fosette.
Pretty work-baskets are made of deli
cate sort of wicker in shape of a three
legged stand and basket tray. This may
be made as pretty as good taste can
dictate with ribbon, silk, and lace.
Pretty curtains for a Ch1ppendale bed
are made of Madras muslin outlined IN
gold thread. This would be pretty sum-
mer work, and something which will
amply repay one for the trouble ex-
pended.
Charming o'clock tea cloths may be
made of colored Japanese silk into which
fancy fringe is tied. If the fringe is
made of washing silk the cloths wash per-
fectly. These fancy fringes are very
easily made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
When Animals Roar.
Justice.


There is an almost universal belief that
the lion roars when he is hungry, and in
a wild state when in search of prey, but
the writer ventures to assert that, like the
bears hug, and other almost proverbial
expressions of the kind, the idea is alto
gether erroneous. Probably certain
verses in the Bible, more especially in
the Psalms, such as "The lions roar
ing after their prey" etc., and
passages of similar nature, have
given rise to this impression. But,
let it be asked, would so cunning
an animal as the lion, when hungry
and in search of his dinner, betray his
approach and put every living creature
within miles of the spot thoroughly on
the qui viVe by making the forest echo
again with his roaring? Assuredly not;
for more certain method of soaring his,
prey he could not possibly adopt. All
quadrupeds, more especially the deer
tribe, well know and dread the voice of
their natural enemy. Even domestic an
finals instinctively recognize and show
fear on hearing the cry of a wild beast.
In India the sportsman when out
in camp during the hot weather
months often finds himself far
away from towns and villages in
some wild spot in the depths of the jun
gle. Here the stiffness of the night is
constantly broken by the call of various
creatures inhabiting the neighboring for
est-the deep, solemn boot of the horned
owl, the sharp call of the spotted deer, or
the louder bell Of the sambur. But these
familiar sounds attract no notice from
the domestic animals included in the
camp circle. But should a panther on
the opposite hill call his mate, or Prov
ling tiger pass along the river bank
muttering his complaining night
moan, they one and all imme-
diately show by their demeanor that
they recognize the cry of a beast
of prey. The old elephant chained up be-
Meath the tamarined tree stays for a mo-
ment swaying his great body backward
and forward and listens attentively. His
neighbor, gray Arab horse, with pricked
ears, gazes uneasily in the direction the
sound apperred to come from, while the
dogs, just before lying painting and
motionless in the moonlight, spring to
their feet with bristling back and lowered
tail, and with growls of fear disappear
under the tent fly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-19
Feeding Hogs.

An Iowa farmer put up twenty 1-year-
old hogs for fattening, and for the first
twenty days fed them on shelled corn, of
which they ate 50 bushels. During this
period they gained 337 pounds or upwards
of 10 pounds to the busheF of corn. He
then fed the same hogs on dry cornmeal,
during which time they consumed AZ
bushels, and gained 535 pounds or 11& to
the bushel. The same hogs next fed four
teen days on cornmeal and water mixed,
consumed 553 bushels and gained 731
pounds, or 131a pounds of pork to the
bushel. He then fed them fourteen days
on cOrnmeal cooked, and after consuming
45 bushels of the cooked cornmeal, the
hogs gained 799 pounds or very nearly
fifteen pounds of pork to the bushel of
meal.