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Wichita eagle., 1888-12-04

Gentemens Handkerchief Mulers and Ties An immense
line OF holiday gear.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-04

Winfield don't want q sugar plant; il
wlll be satisfied with nothing iess pre-
teutious than 10 plant the stale capital
n lis midst.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-04

We see it stated in the public prints,
though not aUthoritatively. that Speaker
Carlisle will contest Senator Joe Black
burns reelection to the senate from
Kentucky. Our notion is if the Ken
tuckians decide the question upon the
basis of fitness, they viii give the prefer
ment to the speaker. lie might have
had the place four years ago if he had
consented to the use of his name before
the legislature. and if he is no better he
is no less fitted now than he was then,
while the way is clearer of hlndrances.
Nevertheless il must be allowed that the
bourbon senator is q very clever political
manipulation down in Old Kaintuck, and
the speaker viii not have a walk-oYer
If he should decide to enter the field.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-04

We will open Monday Great Bargain Sale in Gentemens
sc, 13c 1oc 15c poe 25c 40c These are all worth onb
the money.
Wealsoopen new line Of extreme novelties in Ladies' Hand
kerchefs an immense selection of exquisite designs at % Cents
all linen; worth 30 cents
An odd lot 5c worth Doe these are neonallel barairs
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-04

surprise in Black Dress Goods department; bargain week
IN this department. Black Henrietta Broadcoh silk warp b
pieces of assorted styles in fancy weves checks stripes obr
wills serges, cords, etc. This department can't be surpassed
in quality price
French Robes, Regardless of Cost We have too many of
these high novelties and they be sold Every one is rare
work of
New Dress Goods-IIortense Cloths whip Cords Broad
cloths Flannes and Paid These goods purchased the
late closing sale in New York and beat the world on
prices and qualities
line of Felts Table Scar Table Covers very cheap
Every department contains its own special bargains and o
pOrtuntieS to money
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-04
Furs, MuHs, Boas. Capes. Seal Caps, Fur Trimming.

these are the latest and acceptable articles that can
fered to lady for Christmas
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
sQUIBS.

The Medical Record says that expired
air is OFFICIALLY pure and contains no mi
crobes. Respiration, therefore, PARTIES
air rs far as microbes are concerned.
Seven varieties of fishes examined by
naturalists OF the Challenger expedition
are found totally blind in the deep sea,
but have eyes when inhabiting shallow
water.
It requires more labor to engage in
gardening as compared with farming, but
less land is required. The most profit
able crops are not those that give the
largest yields, but which bring the highest
prices compared with the cost.
The Boston Journal of Commerce gives
the following as a perventiave of cold,
feet. "Stand erect and very gradually
lift ones self up on the tips of the toes,
so as to put all the tendons of the foot at
full strain. This il not to hop or to jump
up and down, but simply to rise, the
slower the better upon tlptos."
Belts conveying power are very apt to
slip on pullies, bat a new pulley has been
devised to prevent this. The pully ia
covered with perforated sheet iron ona-
sixteenth of al inch thick, which is rivet-
ed to the pully. The tension on the belt
causes it to slightly guip the holes and
thus slipping Is avoided, white at the
same time the pulley is strengthened.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
Simplified Forms Of the SilO.

Expensive receptacles for preserving
ensilage are now considered needless.
Treating of simplifed forms of the silo,
the New Hampshire Mirror SAYS: "From
expensive pits of masonary it came to
wooden structures above ground or
smooth excavations in dry soil without
walls, and from the costly process of
cutting by machinery, which kept the
benefits of the silo out of the reach of
small farmers, to putting the fodder in
whole, in which condition it keeps as
we'll or better. And now that the fact is
understood that the exclusion of air by
tight packing and close covering is all
theirs is to the mysterious process which
has caused so much discussion, we
can see why farmers failed to keep their
clover that was put in green. They lack
ed faith and knowledge of the principles
involved. They let their clover dry so
much that it would not pack so as TO keep
out the air, and they were afraid to tread
it down because they knew it was not dry
enough to keep. They left air-hplas at
the bottom and cracks at the sides, and
covered the NOW with loose straw TO catch
the steam. All these were wrong, while
the main idea, as we can now see, was
right. But the process has been still
farther simplifed. Green fodder has
been stacked in the open air and pre-
served in good condition, with the loss of
only about foot in depth on the sur
face. But for this treatment the fodder
should be very green, as it will pack
more densely."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
THAT NIGHT.
JAMES wHITCoMB RILEY

You and l, and that night, with it perfume and
glory
The scent of the Iocusts-the light of the moon;
And the yiolins weaving the walters a story,
Enmeshng their feet in the weft of the tune.
Till their shadows uncertain
ReeIed round on the curtain,
While under the trelliS we drank in the June.
Soaked through with the midnight the cedars
were sleeping,
Their shadoWy treSSes outlined in the bright
Crystal, moon-smitten mists where the foun-
tain's heart leaping
Forever.
Forever, forever burst. full with delight;
And its lisp on my spirit
Fell faint as that near it
Whose love ike a lily bIoomed out in the night
Q, your glove was an odorous sachet Of blisses!
The breath Of your fan was breeze OF
Cathay!
And the rose at your threat was nest Of spilled
kisses!
And the music-in fancy, l hear it to-day,
As sit here, confesSing
Our secret and blessing
Ny rival who found us, and WaItzed you away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
MISS ALCOTT'S GIRLHOOD.
The Beautiful Record of Youth of Fancy ant
EndeaYOr

The Beautiful Record of a Youth of Fancy and
EndeaYOr.
Louisa Nj. Aloott's recoIlections of her
childhood and girlhood in the current is
sue of the Youths Companion, are 50 fill
ed with life and good cheer that it seems
as if the author must still be alive and do
ing her hopeful and helpful work. One
OF her earliest memories is of playing
with books in her fathers study, building
towers and bridges of the big dictionaries,
looking at pictures, pretending to read
and scribbling or. blank pages whenever
pen or pencil could be found. "Many of
these first attempts at authorship still ex-
list, and I often wonder if these childish
plays did not influence my after life since
books have been my greatest comfort,
castle building a never-failing delight,
and scribbling very profitable ampse-
amusement" Her fathers school was
the only one she ever attended. She
never liked arithmetic or grammar, bat
reveled in reading, composition, history,
and geography. and in the stories which
Mr.. Alcott used to read his children. At
Concord tie Alcott girls had most charm
ing playmates and diversions. They
dramatized the old fairy tales, and acted
them in the barn, beside engaging in all
manner of fantastic pageants and imper-
sonations. On one occasion Emerson
and Margaret Fuller were visiting the
Alcotts, and Margaret expressed wish to
see the model children developed by Mr..
Alcott's educational methods. And she
did see them IN few moments, "for, as
the guests stood on the door steps a wild
uproar approached, and round the corner
L. }.
baoy Nag arranged as queen; L was the
horse, bitted and br1dIed, and driven by
my elder sister Anna, while Lizzie played
dog and barked as loud as her gentle
voice permitted"
Her sentimental period began at Is,
when she fell to writing romances, poems,
a 'heart Journal" and dreaming of a
splendid future. Browsing over Mr..
Emerson's library she found "Goeth's
Correspondence with Child" and was at
once fired with the desire TO be a second
Bettine, making her fathers friend her
Goethe. $50 wrote letters to him, but
was wise enough never to send them, left
wild flowers on the door step of my mas
ter sung Mignon's song in very bad
German under his window, and was fond
of wandering by moonlight, or sitting in
a cherrv- tree at midnight till the owls
scared me to bed" This happy nonsense
gas soon over, however, the family moved
from Concord to Boston, and Louisa
washed dishes and cooked while her oldest
sister went out to teach. After work vas
over the girls adjourned to the kitchen
and acted series of remarkable plays,
in one of which Miss Alcott recalls that
she took five parts and her sister four
with lightning changes Of costume and
character, varying from Greek prince
in silver armor to convict in chains"
At 16 she began to teach 20 children and
for 10 years learned to know and love
them. The story writing went on all the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19

and in their garments; horses have them
attached to the band passing across their
chest to protect them against the evil
eye. Those worn By the women of the
higher and wealthier classes are enclosed
in richly engraved cases of gold and sill
yer and suspended to chains slung over
the shoulder and passing around the
waist. They add greatly to the richness
of their costume, and form part of
their wealth.
''Teu me, Baia, what do you do when
you fall i'll? I suppose yo1 call in doc
tort"
''Oh, no, the men may do so when they
are sick, for our Arab doctors are far su-
perior TO the French, but we women go
the marabout; he writes-a few words from
certain chapters n the Koran, such as
these: God is the best protector He is
the most most mercifuI OF those who
show Mercy or, A guard against every
rebelIious DEVIL etc. This paper We
chew ana swallow, and with little water
which he gives Us from the sacred well OF
the mosque Sid Abd-el-Rhaman we need
no more, and in few days we recover
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
WHY AMULETS ARE WORN.
Curious SuperStitions of the Arabs of Alsiers
A Charm for Every Evil.
HarDar'S MAGAZINE

Curious SupeTStiu0nS of the ARABS OF AlSlefS
A Charm for Every Evil.
Harper's Magazine.
Next to the commercial grandee, you
will find patriarch versed in the Koran,
and possessing the power of writing ex-
tracts from the Book of the Prophet, and
through them and his own venerated me-
diatiop of insuring the individual-mad
happv possessor of the valuable docu-
ment by paying few sous-against dis
ease, bad luck, the evil eye, and innumer-
able misfortunes.
A charming old acquaintance of mine,
near whose sancti6ed abode l made sew
eraI studies and took refuge when it rain
ed, seemed to have an extensive practice
in writing these charms on eggs, psrhaps
three times week, at one sou each.
These charms are more frequently
written on paper to be folded and inclos-
ed in amulets, which are generally square
or triangular in shape, and made OF SIZE
leather and tin. As they believe IN the
efficacy of these scraps of paper, SO are
they superstitious about paper generally
they object, for instance, to going before
French authorities to settle their grew
apces against each other, preferring yer
bal discussions of their case in presence
of thei- cadi, for they fear that all sort:
of harmful words may be writtten-be
sides the name of God-and subsequent
" used to their condemnation. Children
wear them around the neck or Tied tt
their cap; men and women wear them OF
their person, sometimes above the elbow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
ALITTIE LESSON IN GRAMMAR.

What to Say Instead of What is Not to be
Said.
Careless habits of speech are among
the prominent faults of our young
people, even those young people who
have advantages of schools and intelIi-
gent nome surroundings, says the Boston
Transcript. Recognizing this, the pro-
fesssr of English literature at Wellesley
college has prepared list Of swords,
phrases, and expressions to be avoided"
from which the young land old) readers
receive many serViceable hints:
Guess, for suppose or think.
Fix; arrange or prepare.
Ride and drive, interchangeable.
(Americanism.l
Real, as an adverb, in expressions real
good, for really or very good, etc.
Some or any, in an adverbial sense; G.
g., Il have studied some," for somewhat.
II have not studied any," for at all.
Some ten days, for about ten days.
Not as I know, for not that L know.
Storms, for it rains or SHOWS moderate
ly.
Try an experiment., for make an ex-
pertinent.
Singular subject with contracted plural
Plural pronoun with singular antece
dent: "Every man or woman should do
their duty;" or, eff you look any one
straight in the face they will finch"
Expect, for suspect.
First rate, as an adverb.
Nice indiscriminately. (Reai nice may
be doubly fauIty.)
Had rather, for would rather.
Had better, for would better.
Right away, for Immediately.
Party, for person.
Promise, for assure.
Posted, for informed.
Post graduate, for graduate.
Depot, for station.
Stopping for staying.
Try and do, for try TO do.
Try and go, for try to go.
Cunning for small, dainty
Cute, for acute.
Funny, for odd or unusual.
Above, for foregoing, more than or
beyond.
Does it look good enough, for well
enough.
Somebody else's, for somebody's else.
Like do, for as l do.
Not as good as, for not SO good as.
Feel badly, for feel bad.
Feel good, for feel well.
Between seven, for among seven.
Seldom or ever, for seldom if ever, or
seldom or never.
Taste and smell of when used transiti-
vely, Illustration: We taste a dish which
tastes of pepper.
More than you think for, for more
than you think.
These kind, for this kind.
Nicely, in response to an inquiry for
health.
Kind of, to indicate moderate degree.
The matter of. for the matter with.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19

while with the usual trials of beginners.
Fairy tales told the Emersons made the
first printed book, and Hospital Sketch
es' the first successful one. Every ex-
perience, concludes Miss Alcott, went into
the caldron TO come out es froth, or evap-
crate in smoke, till time and suffering
strengthened and clarified the mixture of
truth and fancy, and wholesome draught
for children began to flow pleasantly and
proftabIy. So the omen proved q true
one, AID the wheel of fortune turned
slowly, till the girl OF Is found herself
woman of so, with her prophetic dream
beautifully realized, her duty done, her
reward far greater than she deserved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19

crossing with tbs large mutton breeds, in
order to fit it for the butcher, was an ad-
vantage gained at the expense of a diff
ference in the texture of the wool
Selections among the flock can not be
maze Tor The superiority of wool aud ex.
cellence of quality and size for mutton.
for the result is usually ruiuoxs, as the
cross can not compete with either parent
or for the purposes desired. The breeds
of swine have also bsen divided in regard
to merit. The large prominent rams of
the Berkshire are not improved when
they are crossed with some other breed
and the early maturity, adsptabiIity to
fdtten and rapid growth of the small
Yorkshire are lost when it is united with
the slow growing Cheshire or Jersey red.
1t IS known to nearly all farmers that q
wide difference exists between the Jer-
sey and Ayrshire COWS, the one producing
large quantities of butter and the other
excelllng in the yield of milk. No AMI.
nal Of value has ever been produced by.
crossing these breeds, bus. on the con
trary, the greatest care has been taken to
breed close TO established lines OF pedi-
gree, where experience has shown that
the nearer the approach to certain chan
nels of purity the more inherent the
qualities of the breed A few breeds.
such as the Holsteins, Will combine more
than a single quality, but they are bred
strictly for purity, and are destroyed in
characteristics desired when crossed
But crossing, or, as now termed, grading
can be done with advantage when a pure
breed of fixed characteristics is used
with breeds that possess no remarkable
merit, as the superior animal always as
serts dominating influence, and in this
manner, at but little expense, with the
use of pure-bred males, the farmer can
gradually change his stock to higher de-
gree of excellence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
The HOlstein as a Butter Cow.

Only three dairies within nv own
immediate knowledge are made up of
Jersey grades. They are all situated so
far from cheese factory that it is in
convenient to draw the milk, and their
owners, being good butter makers, OBJ
tanned Jersey blood with the intention
of making permanent business of that
branch of dairying. Two out of the
three had just changed their stock when
a change in the condition of their fami-
lies made it necessary to give up butter
making, and their milk is now drawn a
long distance to the cheese factory.
They have since obtained Holsteins. In
neither of these diaries did the Jersey
cross result in as great Improvement in
butter production as the HOlstein has in
my own. L have one half blooded Jersey.
beautiful COW z years old, that has
taken first premium at our country fair
every year of her life. She gives a little
more than half as much milk as the s.
yearold HoIstein grades, and her milk
will show only 0ne-fourth OF an inch more
cream on Cooley can than the average
Of the dairy. She eats as much as any
of them, and can be bought for much
less than the others. The truth is, not
all Jerseys are great butter producers,
and some families of Holsteins are ex
celient for that purpose. The dam of
the first Holstein bull that I bought
weighed 1,160 pounds, and had a record
or S715 pounds of milk in day, and
her daughter a record of from 10 TO 20
14-16 pounds butter in week, and the
dam of the second bull, recently pur-
chased a record 10 1916 pounds in a
week when years and L month old. The
first cross with the Holstein added so
per cent to the value of my dairy for
butter production. What the second
will do remains to be tested.
have no confidence in the argument
based on the cost of keeping a large COW
above that of a small one. When COWS
of the same weight not giving milk are
fed alike some will gain while others lose
flesh. OF two pigs of like weight, but of
different breeding, one will thrive and
the other eat and grow thin with the
same amount of food. Of two horses
standing idle in winter and fed alike one
will gain and the other lose, although of
the same weight. The doctrine is no
more true in relation TO COWS than to
men. Some small men require much
more food than larger ones. So much
depends upon the constitution and dispo
sition that the argument based on size
alone is of little value. The largest ra-
ton on record, believe, is charged to a
Jersey COW. If any Holstein, large or
small, has eaten as much have not seer
the account Of it. 1 am satisfied with
the Holstein COW, as her ''fexibiIity'' is
such that she can be very profitably used
for the Especial purpose" of butter dairy
ing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
THE FARM AND FIRESIDE
MOTHERS GIRL.

She sits securely by my side,
My bonny little laSsi
The world is cold. the world is wide.
l let the cold world pass;
With Mary smiling up at me.
1 care not what the world may be.
She looks into my faded face,
Ny bonny little laSSl
But does not see the wriRkled place
Where Times rough footsteps pass.
She measures me by Loves own rule.
And thinks Mamma is beautiful
She asks me many curious things,
My bonny little lass!
Be angels shaking out their wings?''
She says, when snow showers. pass
1 kiss her happy face and say.
Angels have surely passed this way
She looks at me with serious ewes
My bonny little lassl
Right up TO mine the sweet thoughts rise
That through her lashes pass.
She pats my cheek. with smile and nod.
And softly asks: Does you know GodE
Aud though cannot answer her.
My bonny little lass.
Queer little questions quantity stir
The ripping words that pass
Is God q Quaker? cause you know,
he theeS and thouS the verses SO. -
She holds her head against my heart,
My bonny little lass!
Her eyelidS droop, her tired lips part,
Her thoughts to dreamland pass:
While, bending down to kiss that curl,
lhear her whisper, Mothers girl!''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
SQUIBS.

1t is said that no one can arrest the
flight of time; but who is there who is not
able to stop minute?
Women are naturally truthful, especial
ly when they are talking about another
woman that they don't like.
Talk about strength of mind in adults.
It does not begin to compare with
strength not to mind in children.
She sang soprano sweetly,
Her voice was like Tyre;
But on Sunday she ate onions,
And busted up the choir.
Our Democrat friends may adopt q
pocket handkerchief as a campaign en-
bem, but they will continue to use the
back of the hand when coming out of a
beer saloon.
The Judges are now nearly as well paid
as the baseball players, but the game is
not nearly so interesting.
He-"It is strange, dear, we cannot
speak without quarreling." She-"And
yet when we quarrel we don't speak"
Dondt plant more kraut as you can
shtuff your oUtsites IN.
Id vas more goot TO make 5 cents to
told der trooth as to got so to say lie.
Dot besser you got infammations from
some odder fellers' brain when you want
to got ackwainted nit intelligence.
McQuilIen-Do you know, Curtis, that
Miss Penn is the most modest girl ever
met.
Curtis-I didn't know it; but am will
ing to take your word.
McQuillen Well, you may. Why, she
is so modest that she even retires to an
other room to change her mind.
''How is it, old fellow, that ever since
you were married you come to the club
so hungry, and yet your wife has a really
excellent cook?" sol, yes; but just as
soon as 1 relish anything she becomes
iealous.n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
A Burglars Assistant.

"How did that burglar alarm turn outr
''Great."
worked very well, eh?'
''Yes, when it went off it alarmed every
body in the house so badly that the bur
glars got off with everything before We
were over being rattled.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
Enough on Hand.
New York Sun

"My friend he said solemnly, "do you
ever look forward to the time when you
will occupy 2 mansion in the skies?"
'.Well-er-nc, sir; don't believe [ do,
I haven't the time. at present it keeps
me busy to pay rent for seven-room fat
in Harlan -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19
Why Pure Breeds Should Never Be Crossed
Philadelphia Record

Philadelphia Record.
Pure breeds should never be crossed. If
it be desired to cross Cor grade up the
foundation should be the native stock.
Each breed has certain characteristics
of its own, and in the endeavor to units
the qualities of two breeds it often hap,
pens that nothing Is gained, and that the
qualities are lessened. The merino sheep
for instance, has been bred almost ex
clusiyely for its wool, and in connection
with the wool fneness is considered g
desirable quality. The breed is in no
sense adaptad for mutton, for, in the en-
deavor to secure the fine grade of wool on
the merino, no attention whatever was
given the breed as to the value of its car
cass for the butcher, and every attempt
TO increase the size of the merino, by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-07-19

The seventh convention of societies of
Christian En6eevor is IL session at Chi
cago, four thousand delegates are in at
tendance.