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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
Turkish Brides.
North American Review,

The writer, being of the ruder sex, has
never been admitted as yet to admire any
bride in Turkey but his own. He is I'M
able to say how the Turkish bride looks
or acts in her elegant toilet; but, on
veracious hearsay, he undertakes to re-
produce something of the graphic and
vivaciOus hilarities and scenes of the
Homecoming" of the welded in this
oriental land. Let the reader, therefore.
enter into fancy into the harem lik, where
the writer cannot go. The room to which
the bride is taken is decorated with flowers
hung on the walls and on the ceiling.
These are intermingled with silk stuffs
of bright and variegated color. The
divan is covered with a richly embroider-
ed cloth. In one corner there is a special
seat for the bride. It has the appearance
of a throne. Why not? Is not the bride
to be a queen here-until dethroned?
Next to this room is the bridal chamber.
1t is shown to the visitors. The bed is
magnificently made up with embroidered
silk hangings and velvet coverlets, that
would make the old homemade quilts of
our grandmothers in America ''crazy."
Every convenience to begin comfortable
housekeeping appears. On one side of
the couch are the might gowns" of the
bride and the bridegroom. On the divan
is the morning gown of each. On the
table there are two small vases. They
contain oriental perfumes. These are
the usual objects in the oriental bridal
chamber AS to the general furnishing
of the bedroom, it depends on the pc
cuniary and social position of families
There is third room shown to visitors,
where every convenience and comfort
which belong to house are provided.
Here are elegant dresses and toilets, mir
rors, table services, linen, tables, chairs,
etc., down to the most mental kitchen
utensil. The Turks do not make much
use of stoves; but there are braziers for
warmth by charcoal, called mangals.
They are of metal-silver, bronze or
copper. They give shining beauty to
the room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
Balled Bees.
PraiI lie Farmer.

In walking among the hives, I noticed
in front of one of them a ball of bees as
large as walnut. l con- ectured that a
queen was the center of this nucleus, and
poking off the bees, and thereby getting
several stlngs, found [ was correct I
caught the queen, held her in my closed
hands, and procuring a queen cage to
put her IN, went into a closed room be-
fore window, so if she got away, she
could be caught upon the glass. I did
not discover the colony to which she be-
longed, as all the bees offered her to re-
jected her; so introduced her into a
queenless colony.
To save queen when balled, throw the
entire mass into water; then self-preserva-
ton will occupy the attention of each bee,
and she can be picked out without danger
from stings or of injuring the queen
1t is risky to pick off the bees from a
balled queen, as they in the excitement
are liable to sting her. Queens do not
sting, but the sensation of holding one
in the closed hands is peculiar.
The first swarm of this year issued May
p. There would probably have been
earlier ones if brood had not been taken
from the strong to build up the weaker.
This swarm issued about noon and clus-
tered upon small peach tree. I took a
hive full of frames of comb and put it
near the cluster, with broad cover in
front of it, and scraped off some of the
cluster with my hands upon the cover in
front of the hive, and drove them in with
a little smoke. When they had all en-
tered the hive, placed it upon its sun :
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
Some Points on Corn

A cOmmendable strife is witnessed eV-
cry spring among live farmers, to see who
shall plant the first crops, but the too
early planting of corn is not to be re-
membered. The New York agriculture
experiment station has shown that in this
case ''haste makes waste" and that the
corn that is planted the earliest is the
latest to terminate, if it terminates at
all, owing to the low temperature of the
ground. The wise planter will wait for
the ground to be reasonably warm before
putting in corn.
The careful selection of seed free from
mould is another point they emphasize,
proving by an extensive series of expert
ments that corn with the least speck of
mould on it, or taken from cob in the
least affected, was often hindered IN ger
minating, and sometimes rotted in the
ground when temperature and other con-
ditions were favorable. In some instan-
ces the mould plant developed so rapidly
as to envelop the grain.
The cOmpacting of soil about the seed,
often overlooked as a trivial process, is
one of the most important parts of plant
ing, not only for corn but for all seeds.
Soil left loose, and especially if it is dry
or lumpy, frequently will not sprout the
seeds until weeks after the proper time
and if it then comes, the plants are too
late and too weak to catch up with the
rest of the field. Peter Henderson, who
has probably had as much experience
with seed and its termination as any man
in this country, in one of his late works
on agriculture gives particular stress to
the subject of frming the soil about the
seed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
The Breeding Mare.

There is no work especially devoted to
is said to be about it could be put in half
dozen pages. Common sense, or, as it
is often called, 'horse sense" is all that
is needed. Breed to good healthy mares.
Age is not complete objection if the
animal is sound. Avoid breeding to
mares that show congenital defects, among
which may be mentioned ring bone,
SPAWN, flat OF shelly feet. A sound,
roomy body, with short legs, is a good
breeders form. Let the stallion be sound.
good tempered, and either of good size
or from a family known to be large in
bone and standing over Is hands high. It
will not pay to breed to small horses. Use
your mare freely and carefully until about
the time of foaling. In winter be careful
about slipping on ice. Let her foal in a
loose box or yard; be present if you can,
but don't NEEDLE unless it is obvious that
help is needed, and then get someone of
Judgment and experience. A mare rarely
needs help. When delivered see that the
foal's face and nostrils are clear, and help
it to suck if there is slowness or weakness.
The same care is due mare that farmers
give a COW. Give tepid water in which
bran is mixed fer drink at first, and pro-
tect both mare and fOal from exposure
to cold. Let them run together, feeding
the mare WE'LL you can work your mare,
letting the foal run by her side, or you
can chut up your foal and take the mare
away to work two or three hours at a
time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
The Cultivation of Tomatoes.
Country Gentleman.

lD the first place, the ground must be
well prepared thoroughly plowed OF
spaded, and literally MANFRED. The ma
nure should be spread thick upon the sur
face before the blowing or spading is
done. Whether you plant your seed il
beds, and afterwards transplant to rows
or SOW your seed in drill, and afterwards
thin out you should, in either case, have
your ground well MANFRED, but deeply
plowed or spaded. Spading is better for
imal bed. The tomato is not as vora-
clous as some other plants, but it will not
do much without liberal feed" Any ma
nure, such as stable, COW lot, fowl house,
or compost of all these will answer, or
any commercial fertilizer will doubtless
do, though [ have never had occasion to
use the latter, always being able to get
plenty of homemade manure. HAVING
been literally spread upon the surface
before the ground is spaded or plowed. if
becomes we'll mixed with the soil when il
Is being prepared for planting.
A very common error is made nv youno
ana lnexper1enc ed farmers and gardeners
in supposing that manure viii do the
most good if applied directly to the
plant. When this is done, it canses the
plant to ''fire'' or ''burn'' when hot d-1
weather sets in. If you stick your spade
into the ground soon after a hard rain.
you will find the earth is quite moist for
several inches down. Try the same ex-
pertinent on heap of manure. and Won
will, in all probability, discover that the
water has not moistened it an inch.
Hence, the necessity of having your ma
nure thoroughly incorporated with the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
Didn't Want to Die Quietly.
Chicago Herald.

You cannot make Chicago man admit
that any custom or habit of any other To-
cality is better than his own. For in
stance. [ was talking with one of our
restless citizens the other day and I said
that Chicago man never had time to
take rest as others do. I cited the
Eastern man as an example. How he
left his office in the morning and went
down to Coney Island or Rockaway Beach
with his family and spent pleasant af-
ternoon, forgetting every care which bus
mess entails. How he went up into the
mountains and dallied with the trout for
weeks and weeks and never lost an hours
sleep if the ticker didn't turn out the sort
of tape he wanted. How he spent his
evenings home with his family; how his
days were days of peacefulness and-here
toned down solemnly-how at last, when
the fluctuations and the vast concerns
were over, he laid down in the home which
his industry had built, and died peace
fully and quietly.
eyes," responded the Chicago man in a
sort of petulant way, ''that's just what I
don't like. I don't want to die peacefully
and quiet. I say keep up noise to the
last"
Ill of nv warmth was lost
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
A Cinder From the Chicago Fire.
Chicago News.

Emory Storrs had Spartan way of ex-
pressing himself when some pretension
invited his contempt. He hated shams,
and could expose the inward meanness of
deceit in a manner forcible if not always
elegant. The fund that was placed at the
disposal of the relief committee after
the fire had many claimants whose de-
mands were out of proportion to their
losses, and who sought from fraudulent
computations to build fortunes out of the
charity of their countrymen. One law
firm, which no one had ever heard of be-
fore, had demanded of the committee
$4,000. They admitted they had neither
furniture or library to approximate that
figure, but had lost, they said vast lot of
valuable briefs, the accumulation of their
professional lifetimes. The committee
demurred and Storrs heard of the claim
His remark: Good, They'd better
throw in an inkstand and call it million"
effectually broke its back.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08

soil before planting, because the soil
most soils at least-readily absorb moist
ure, and when the naturally dry manure
is well mixed with the SOIL it, too, be-
comes moist. and is then available as
plant food.
[ SOW tomato seed both in beds, for
transplanting, and also in rows or drills.
The reason | SOW in bed is to insure
against bad stand in the drills. An
other reason is, that when the plants in
the bed are up four or five inches, pick
out the most robust and plant III my Sc
lect rows. / plant, generally from three
to four kinds. The next largest and best
plant3 [ use in filling up any vacancies
that may occur in my drilled plants. Not
many vacancies occur usually, unless the
plants are badly eaten by insects, and |
have never been troubled to any great
extent by them. In fact the large green
tomato worm is the only enemy my
plants have ever had, and he has never
been numerous enough to do much dam
age.
The select row above mentioned are
those from which I pick my table toma
toes, i. e., those for slicing and eating
raw. I also select the best specimens
from these rows for seed. For various
reasons which I can not now give, pre-
fer saving my own tomato seed. From
the other rows [ gather such as we use for
cooking up into stews, putting up in
jars for winter use, pickeling, etc., though
1 sometimes gather our pickle tomotoes
from the selects when they are abundant.
From the ordinary rows Igather a great
many for the chickens.
Some tomato amateurs trim their vines
down to only two or three limbs, thus
forcing the entire strength of the plant
into these limbs. This method gives few
tomatoes, but very large and luscious. [
trim my select plants little, but not to
the extent that have seen others do. I
cut off from one-third to one-half of the
limbs, perhaps, and do not let the plants
grow much over two feet high. This plan
gives me very large and fine fruit though
not quite so large, probably, as where
very close pruning is followed. Yet the
greater number of tomatoes more than
compensate for the slight difference in
size.
Tomato seed, like all small seed, should
be covered very shallow, and not sown too
thick. Trans planting should be done, if
possible, on the afternoon of rainy day;
the nearer night, the better. The plants
should stand from two and a half to three
feet apart, in rows of that width. Like
most other vegetables, they should be kept
clear of weeds and grass, and the ground
should be stirred frequently with a hoe,
garden pillow or small horse pillow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
TranSnlantin~.

When boy we were taught to set out
plants just after rain, We followed up
the plan for years, and in many instances
1t i; not a bad one. Many of our Mime
apolis gardeners recommend this plan
now, but for some varieties of plants we
have learned better. Take cabbages, to-
matoes, or anything that is transplanted
having the ground loose and mellow,
place the plants in basket, then take a
pail of water along, and taking the plant
in the left hand, put in the water; after
taking it out give the hand quick turn,
throwing the roots of the plant up to
prevent them sticking together, and i'm
mediately with the right hand sprinkle
dry dirt upon the roots, and then see
them in the ground to the seed leaves.
In this way the ground remains loose
about the plants, and the young roots
quickly take hold of the soil and need no
shading. In setting after rain many
press the earth so tight about the roots
that it always remains hard, and being so
close to the roots it cannot be loosened
by the hoe. On sandy land the soil does
not pack so hard as it does on clay, but
still, to some extent, too much pressure
damages the plants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
Origin of the Word Doodle"
Reading Times.

The origin of the word 'boodle," which
has obtained such nOtoriety of late, is
giving rise to considerable amount of
discussion, but there is little doubt that it
is simply slang Western term, implying
money IN bulk. The Chicago News sug-
gests that it may be a corruption of
''bodIe," a small Scotch coin, in value
about one-third of a penny. In New En-
gland the word Doodle" is in common
use, signifying the whole or all-the
entirety of anything. Ingenious philolo-
gists might speculate on the connection
between doodle and the Gothic 'botan,' y
meaning plumber or profit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
III of my warmth was lost.
Contemptuous Zach and the Britisher.
Boston Budget.


Senator Zach Chandler has no love for
Great Britain. Soon after the civil war he
was one day conversing with an English
man about American affairs, and he quite
shocked Mr.. Bull by the irreverent man
ner in which he alluded to international
affairs. "How? You don't mean that the
sword of England would not have turned
the scale?" cried the amazed Mr.. Bull.
'Why, look here" retorted the senator,
show large an army has England got, any
how? How many troops could England
put into the field?" perhaps sixty thous-
and regulars" 'Sixty thousand! Why,
General Grant in one battle at the Wild
erness killed sixty thousand men in four
days, sir, and in week we filled the ranks
full again. If the whole British army had
been there they would have Kindred one
of our half dozen armies just four days;
that's all, SIR
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08

There is cave about four miles from
Houston, Tex, about 200 feet long, go
broad, from 4 to 16 feet in height, where
numberless bats roost by day. 1t is said
there are so many that it takes them an
hour to get into the cave each morning
and in the rush hundreds are killed. 1t is
proposed to form a company and collect
and utilize batskins.
The Chinese Government declares that
it will build no more railroads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
He was a Doodle.
New York Times.

''Are you boodle?" asked a small boy
of his sisters new husband
II don't know what that isl responded
the happy man, patting the boy on the
head.
"You must be-" persisted the small
boy.
4 do not know what you mean, exact
ly."
''You are my sisters husband, are you
not?''
Eyes, of course"
swell, then you are Doodle, cause sis
ter said Doodle husband would catch her
every time"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
Diseases from Bicycle Riding.
st. Louis GIobe-Democrat.

Bicycle riding, like roller skating, has
produced new class of disease. 1t is an
affection of the spine and kidneys, result
ing from the continual jar of the ma
chine. / know of six or eight cases of it
that cannot be classified by their symp-
toms with any heretofore known ailment.
In every instance it can be traced to the
of feeble organizations and non-elastic
constitution. They have no business
taking violent exercise of any kind, and
I don't know of any evil results following
where the subject is active and strong.
In fact, we frequently recommend bicycle
riding as exercise, and in most cases the
result is good.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
FARM NOTES,

The pig-pen is always the best place
to dispose of imperfect and small fruit
and potatoes.
After the strawberry picking season is
over, set fire to the whole patch anb burn
it over. 1t will do it good.
A New England poultry raiser keeps
lice from his fowls and their house by the
free use of powdered sulphur about the
nests and in the dust bath.
A remedy for the maggot which infects
cabbage is to make hole with dibble
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
THE LAST SAD RITES.
Burial of the Late David Davis at Blooming.
ton.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, June 29.-The obse-
quies of David Davis occurred here this
afternoon. The services were arranged
by the family in strict accordance with
the last wishes of the deceased. Never
theless so general was the mourning and
so universal the desire to accord to the
distinguished dead the last poor honors
Of earth that the funeral assumed impos-
ing proportions. The day was perfect
with bright sunshine and a cool breeze
and the city was thronged with people,
Business was practically suspended all
day and entirely during the funeral SER
vices.
special train at noon brought Gov
Oglesby and staff and hundred lawyers
from Springfield, Decatur and Clinton
This morning Judge Gresham telegraphed
from Indianapolis thathe could not come,
owing to the serious sickness of his wife,
and Col. r. B. Latham, Of Lincoln, was
substituted as pall-bearer. The remains
lay in state in the west parlor of the
Davis mansion from 8 a. m. to 2 D. M
There was a constant steam of visitors to
take last look at the dead features, which
were calm and peaceful and much less
wasted than had been generally expected.
The casket was of cedar, draped with
black cloth and fringe. There were eight
heavy silver handles and massive plate
bearing the inscription:
David Davis,
Born March 9, 1915,
Died June 26, 1885,
Resting on the casket were wreath
and star from the family, and at the head
a floral pillow with the word Grand
father" traced across it in purple immor-
telles. There were many other beautiful
offerings, including lovely combination
Of feather palm, from Mrs. Justice Hunt,
and basket from the children of the
State Soldiers Orphans Home. At 3
o'clock, the services commenced at the
house. The officiating Clergyman was
Rev. W. G.. Pierce, of Champaign, a
cousin of the first Mrs. Davis, who read
the Episcopal services; Rev. f. S. Bruste
of Bloomington, offered prayer, and
quartette sang, Abide with Me, and Lead
Kindly Light. The procession to the
grave was the most imposing one ever
witnessed here. In the first carriage,
along with the honorary pail bearers were:
Judge Scott Jesse W. Fell, Leonard SWEET,
Judge Blodgett, Judge Cation, Judge Wei
den, General McNulta, General Singleton
of Quincy, Robert t. Lincoln, E. A. Sven
son, and D. T. Littler.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08
Some June Insects and How to Fight Them.

Some June Insects and How to Fight Them.
Currant worms are driven off by dust
ing the bushes while the dew is on with
Pyrethrum (Buhach, Persian or Dalma-
ton insect powder), hellebore, plaster,
lime, coal ashes, or earth. Cutting out
and burning all stalks which by their
sickly appearance indicate the rayages of
the currant borer, is the only remedy.
Apple tree bOrers whose presence at the
base of the tree is shown by their cast
ings should be dug out by a sharp-point-
ed knife, or run wire up the holes;
ditto with the ounce bOrer. Fruit drops
from the trees because infected with in
Sects, and If pigs are allowed to run here
IN they will kill millions Of pests. Paris
green water poured about asparagus
roots remedies the asparagus beetle. The
more thrifty plant or animal, the less
susceptible is it to insect pests or dis
eases-a point to be remembered in ma
nurlng and feeding. London purple is
equally as good as Paris green as an in
Secticide, and much cheaper; it can be
applied in the same manner. ''Wig-
glers" and other vermin in cisterns may
be destroyed by keeping minnOws there
IN. The white grub that eats strawberry
and other roots is driven away by soak
ing the roots in Paris green Il OF. to 3
galons) before setting or by soaking the
ground with the water. Perhaps the best
wash for tree trunks, to kill eggs and
keep off insects, is a solution of soft soap
IN which has been mixed a teaspoonful
of crude petroleum or kerosese to the
gallod, or teaspoonful of carbolic acid
or coal tar; apply with a stiff brush. A
teaspoonful Of sulphur in each hill
produced potatoes not infected with
bugs. Rats and mice may be caught by
placing the ordinary steel trap Careful
ly adjusted to spring easily near their
runs, covering with piece of muslin two
feet square upon which are carelessly
scattered a few crumbs of bread or
cheese; put on a clean cloth when the
other is soiled
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08

mer stand. Some bee-keepers recon-
mend putting a frame of unsealed brood
into the hive of a swarm to prevent its
leaving, as bees do not desert an uncapped
brood. / have never found this necessary,
as bees will seldom desert a clean, cool
hive, placed in the shade as soon as put
in it. If old hives are used. they have
heretofore been thoroughly cleansed; if
new ones, rinsed with cold water to re-
move dust and freshen them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08

Three years ago woodchucks became SO
abundant and so destructive in La Porte
county, Indiana. that the authorities Of
fered bounty of 20 cents for each wood
chuck scalp. The first year 1875 scalps
were presented; the second 5,640; the
third 1871, total of 1886 scalps, on
which was paid S3,177.20. Some men
make regular business of hunting wood
chucks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-08

The experiment of growing jute in
Nevada soil is likely to prove successful.