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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13

give reason for your vote. want you
to go to the polls in good company. As
young man of progressive ideas, 1
want you to be abreast of the world and
shoulder to shoulder with the times when
you walk to the polls. l want you, on
entering politics, to align with the party
that has the purest, most progressive
record. l don't care a cent, my boy,
whether you are a republican or demo-
crat. There are honest men, patriotic
citizens. good christians in both parties.
Only don't want to see you walk up to
the polls and cast your first vote with
the party
That upheld human slavery as di-
vine institutions;
That bought and sold men, women,
and babies like SO many mules;
That fred on Fort Sumpter and the
American flag;
That for nearly five years fought to
destroy the union:
That opposed the issue Of greenbacks
when the government was fairly perish
ing for want Of them;
That organized mobs and riot to OPP
pose the draft:
That swept American commerce from
the seas with armed privateers:
That IS the party of Boss Tweed and
Jefferson Davis;
That polls its heaviest majorities in
the most vicious and ignorant precincts;
That is strongest in the states where
the percentage of illiteracy is greatest;
That has opposed every liberal and
progressive measure in legislation dur
ing the last quarter of a century;
That was the defender of slavery,
That is the defender of Mormonisn:
That slandered Garfield: and
That assassinated Lincoln!
Now, as I have said before, my son, I
don't care whether you are a republican
or a democrat. Choose for yourself.
Just keep away from the crowd whose
record [ have very briefly outlined. Find
the party to whom this record belongs,
and then forever keep away from it.
You need not be particular with which
party you unite, if you don't join that
one. Always vote against that party,
and you will always vote about right. I
am a republican. but I will shake hands
with fraternal love with any democrat
who votes against that record That
kind of democrat is always a good
enough republican for me.
P. 81 never found that kind of
democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13

With their grand opportunities for com
handing everything conducive to it.
Fresh air without stint, the delights OF
flower and fruit culture, milk and egg
producing facilities. poultry raising, to
gether with every thing -a6 hand which
tie earth yields N the several parts of
the country, with which 20 tempt che
palate and nourish the body. Why should
they nos attain the very highest standards
Of healse possible TO women who labor
with their hands? They should; but do
they? They do not. l have never seen
poorer examples of health than among
these self-same farmers wives.
As rule these women work like slaves
from mora till eve and from eve till bed
time. day in and day out. Dyspepsia is
their constant companion, not Infre-
quensly robbing life of the little cheer
there might be IN it for them. They seek
the table with wearied bodies, and into
stomachs weary aud worn deposit curl
ous melaDge of unsuitable food. oueerly
cooked, half masticated and fastened in
Its transit thereto as though goaded on
By the "all aboard cry Of wicked CON
ductor Fresh bread, usually three times
day, sailed meats-pork predominating
fried dishes, pie for breakfast, for din
ner and supper, together with untold
quantities OF sloppy tea any time of day,
make up the usual dietary. The pure,
sweet milk produced in rich abundance,
containing In itself all the elements of
nutrition, must remain uudisturbcd till
skim for brtter-masing, the residunm
finding its way to the porkiings, that they
may be ready for the market, and by aud
by fill the barrel reserved for home use
or, perchance, the milk is canned for
market, directly from the milking pail.
Is is altogether too precious for home
consum ption, because it will bring money,
poultry, eggs, butter, beef, lamb, fresh
vegetables, fruits, all represent market
value which must be realized. and the
best is disposed OF. 4 farming woman
VINO dispensed her farm products, from
door to door at Saratoga last summer,
told me that she never cooked peas for
her family while thy remained tender
enough TO sell! She could not afford to-
We find, then, up upon Investigation
that industrial woman are nearly alway s
overworked-ottimes through length of
hours employed, sometimes through
work dispro portionea to their strength
which Eot infrequentiy is voluntary on
their part.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
Beecherisnns.

have never seen anybody that didn't
make mistakes, except babies, and they
always died early.
When I was boy, nothing suited me
so we'll as to have my father whip me
when my clothes were on. Then L could
bear it with the most equanimity. 1t was
when he took me at advantage, in the
morning, before 1 was dressed, that 1 did
not like whipping.
We all say, blessed are tae poor;
and yet, if there be one blessing which we
would prefer not to have more than
another, it is that of poverty.
When I ridicule people, want to do it
in a good natured way. That takes off
the string. Bat l cannot help laUg hing at
Perfectionists. The idea of perfect
man or perfect woman in this world is
one of the s8eetest jests that L ever roll
under my toDgue
There is very little hope of fool; ano
if man who is conceIted is worse off
than that, he il badly off indeed.
Just as soon as we have got politics
settled, business reformed, and human
nature elevated, L am determined to form
q society for the reformation of botanical
names. Botany has been the Noah's Ark
of pedants. One might as we'll hang
dictionary around child's neck by way
of ornament, as to impose on flowers
such outrageous and outlandish names.
There are many who measure what
there are doing by what they can report.
They GO ont with guarulity IN the morn
ing, and come with statistics at
night. : "Bsacher as Humorist."l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
Keep the Gold and Silver at Home.

The amount of gold mined in the
United States, according to the director
of the United States Mint, since the dis
covery of gold in California in 104S, is
$1,000, 000,0 900. The same authority says
we had on hand July 1, 1886, about
5000, 1000: therefore we must have
exported a round billion within thirty
eight years. This, to say nothing of the
silver, which is probably 5000, 900, 900 or
$500, 900 more. 1t represents part
of our excess of imports over exports.
Probably as much more as this has been
paid in interest bearing securities, bonds,
etc. This sum is greater than all the
deposits in the savings banks of the Uni
ted States at the present time. 1t is
more than the total amount of money in
circulation in the United States at the
present time. Suppose this money had
remained here, by fostering new indus
tries, and the price of boots was $40 per
pair, wool 81 per pound and butter the
same. With labor at 81 per day who is
hurt?-and we would still have the ST.
600, 100000. Yes, and we would have
$4,000, 100000 more in real estate, linen,
silk and wooden mills, glass and chemi-
cal manufactures. 1t will be better
understood when it is known that all the
taxable property in the United States in
1886 was less than sec, 600, 000.-
Tariff League Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
THEIR FIRST RAILROAD.
Train Makes Its Appearance i'll Russia and
EXciteS General DiSmay
HarDpr'c Ma


When tbs railway was first opened be
tween Moscow and S.. Petersburg 1t was
an object of great terror TO the super
stitious peasantry of Northern Russia,
who thought there must certainly be some
witchcraft or magic in an invention which
could make train of heavy cars run
along without horses at the rate of twenty
miles an hour, when the speed of the
wagons to which they were accustomed
was only three miles an hour, or four at
the very outside.
Some of them would not even go with
in sight of train and made the sign OF
the cross whenever they heard one rattle
past. O5hers peeped timIdly over tina
palisade OF the railway station to catch a
glimpse of the fearful, smoke-breethjpg
creature, which they believed to be liv-
ing monster, and when the steam whistle
sounded they cried out: ''Hear him
screaming! He's hungry and wants to
eat somebodyw and took to their heels
at once.
But little by little this terror began TO
wear away. The village priests were seen
to go TO and fro by train, and the sim pie
country folk thought what they did could
not be wrong. By degrees the peasants
themselves began to try the '!smoke-
wagons" too, and one day an old man
named ivan Petrovitch Masloff, who had
never been out OF mis- own village till then,
made up his mind to go and have look at
-"Mother Moscow" which all Russian peas
ants reverence as the finest city in the
world and the real apitai of Russia.
Now it happened that the down ex-
press and the up ex press met each other
at the station of Bologoe, mid way be-
tween Moscow aud St. Petersburg, where
the passengers of both trains stopped
half an hour to take supper. Among the
crowd of people that got out or tRe other
train Ivan suddenly recOgnizs d an old
friend. The two went into the refresh
ment room together, had a chat over
their steanling tumblers of tea and lemon
juice, and thsn Ivan without thinking of
what he vas doing got into his friends
tram instead of his own and w.s soon
travelling back toward the spot whence
he had started.
Their talk went Cd merrily for awhile,
for Ivan's friend never thought of asking
the old man where he was going. Bat
presently Ivan began to grow silent and
grove, as if bordering something which
puzzled him very much, and at length,
after SIT ipg for nearly five minutes with
out saying a word, he suddenly broke
out:
''Ab, Pavel Yurivifch,'. paul, son of
George) "what wonderful Things these
railroads are to be sure! Here am [ 60
ing to Moscow, and here you are going TO
81. Petersburg, and yet are travelling in
the same CARP
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13

on three different occasions Joined hands
with foreign nation to crush the in
dustries of this fair land and while pur-
suing her political policy she has sat like
a Chinese god. blocking up the path of
human progress, trying to stop legisla-
ton in the interest of the working
masses. She persistently fought
the homestead law, which gave
every poor man a farm; the protective
tariff law, which gave every worker q
home and happy Saturday night; op-
posed the war. opposed the issue of the
greenback, the abolition OF slavery. the
endowment of citizenship on the black
man, the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments. In fact she stands before
you to-day, after 46 years of existence,
old and wrinkled, blear- eyed and painted
ike prostitute. to hide her history.
With the lash of the slave-driver around
her neck for a necklace; with black
blOtches of slavery covered by the Union
Jack, which she tries to hide with the
bandanna of anarchy; with the false teeth
of reform that set as hideous on her as
smile on q corpse; with indianrubber
breasts, cold as they are false, she holds
out her wrinkled free trade arms and in
vites you to her bosom with the hypo-
other hand, I invite you to examine the
history of the Republican party, that at
the call of higher Power arose like
morning star to perform a mission for
the human family, gave every man
farm through the American homestead
act, preserved the Union, established
and perpetuated the poor mans money.
the greenback; freed the slave, protected
the industries of the Nation, and gener-
ally speaking, did more for humanity
than any political party that ever existed.
The history of one party is blurred all
over with great crimes enacted against
the progress of mankind; the history of
the other is Illuminated with the great
deeds of its martyrs, statesmen, and
soldiers, whose labors in behalf of hu
mainly has given us our present high and
prosperous civilization. To you | submit
the history of both, and feel certain that
you, to whom the destinies of this Ma
ton will soon be entrusted, will turn
your back on the evil principle OF free
trade democracy, and look toward the
light of the future happy Saturday nights
by supporting Republican protective
tariff
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
The Moral Influence of Flowers.
Argosy for July.

That the love of flowers is mark of
social improvement, no one can for a
moment gainsay. There is humanizing
influence in a,sociating with flowers that,
wherever il exists, cannot fail to be pro-
doctive of good. We often call to mind
a little incident which some time ago
came upder cur own observation in con-
frmation of this. We were calling on
a friend-a mar of high standing in the
medical profession, whose opinion was
always we'll worth mis- fee. We found him
just home from hospital meeting, agi-
tated and vexed at something that had
gone wrong. He began to speak-full of
his grievance-stopped abort after few
minutes, rang the bell and ordered his
servant 20 bring him jug of cold water
and his scissors. Then, spreading a
newspaper on his table, he collected all
the flowers that were in the many differ
emit vases in his room, cut their stalks,
gave them fresh water and re arranged
them. This done, "There now" he said,
~ Am all right now. In the whole pharma-
copoa there's no better N edicine for aug r
than that-nothing that sooner gets lid
of anger, malice and all uncharitableness,
with the physical ills that are sure to at
tend them, than re-arranging cut flow
ers." And who that has trieo it will de-
ny that he was right? 1t would be inter
estirg to test the moral influence of
association with flowers by reference to
the statistics OF crime. Such refer
edce would naturally support the same
conclusions; and, If so, this prevailing
taste for flowers would, it seems, without
a doubt, merit every encouragement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
THE FARM AND HOME
JESSlE'S GROWING.
j. R. EASTWOOD, N THE CULVER.

''JeSsie'S growing" Uncle said,
Stroking JeSSie'S curly head:
~ on are taller now. my dear,
Than you were this time last year."
Yes! the pretty maid had grown,
Loving friends were proud to own.
Then, with Jessie on my knee.
Serious thoughts came over me.
Jessie's growing every day,
Surely in a lovlIer way.
And in this silent growth we find
In her soul and heart and mind.
She is growing in her soul,
Brightly, like gloriole,
Faith beams on her, and brings
GhmpSeS of eternal things.
She can kneel to God in prayer,
Feel his presence everywhere.
Conscious of his piercing sight,
In the darkness and in the light.
Jessie's growing in her heart,
Choosing still the better part.
Kind and gentle in her play,
Helping mother every day.
She is growing in her mind;
Further growth and grace we find;
Questions come with wondroIlS eyes
Waiting for our slow replies
Questions running through the earth;
Questions touching death and birth;
Questions of the home above;
Questions of the God of love
What shall earthly parents say
OF this growth from day TO day.
Teach US, Lord, to recognize
Jessie's growing for the skies!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
MASKING the Worm.

Removing his arm from the waist of
John Bull. whom he mad been so long
and SO fondly caressing. President Cleve-
land at once hauled off and said in q
loud and mighty voice: Look out, now,
old fellow, I'm going to hit yeI' Put
ting on frightful mask he turned to
Canada and in deep sepulchral tones he
said: wv orm, I'll mash thee with my
heelp'
Then the president withdrew to his
innermost sanctum to hear and feel the
earth tremble. The suspense must have
been terrible.
But the sensation was soon over. The
heavens didn't fall. The earth continu-
ed to revolve, and in less than forty
eight hours John Bull sent over word:
That's all right, Grover-good card
play it--anything to fool the Irish and
beat the PrOtectionists.
1t is simply move on the political
chess-board to capture a few pawns, =
says the English press. Mr.. Cleveland
is with Us on the main issue, and is try
ing hard to win. Let him choose his
own tactics"
we understand it," says Canada,
''but we fear he has overdone it. Do
troit Tribune.
A window glass works is the latest
Il
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
Blown Into Eternity.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-At half past six
Monday morning the boiler of the
Peray Stove Works, st South Pittsburg,
exploded, Instantly killing Charles
Taylor, superintendent of the works, Mr..
Donovan, foreman; g. N. Garter, the lead
ing iewe'er of the town; Vim. PIumDlee,
of Winchester, Tenn, and VIM. Watson,
moulder. VIM. Gross and Rock Seruggs
were both fatally wounded aud will die.
Had the explosion taken piece few
minutes later the loss of life would have
been appalling. The cause of the accl-
dent is not known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
N GENERAL.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Beauties of Coersion.

Workmen are engaged on the Cianri-
carde essates in leveling the houses from
which the tenants have been evic5ed. The
tenants had hoped to make some arrange
nents enabling them 20 return to the
dwellings, and the destruction OF the
structures IS causing very bitter feel
ing. One of the houses which have been
leveled was that occupied by farmer
named TGlly. Tully built the house him.
SELF, and spent $1,000 in its construction.
Archbishop Walsh has forwarded 20 the
headquarters of the National League the
sum of 81, $50, which he had received
from America, Australia and New Zsaland
IN aid of evicted tenants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
To BLEED THE FARMERS.
Money Kings Scheming to Corner the Wheat
Markets.

FARGO, Oak.-A gigantic wheat trust,
backed by unlimited millions is being
formed in the northwest, the field
of its operations being Minnesota and
Dakota, and only the higher grades of
this cereal are taken. The plan of this
combination is to purchase as near as
possible all wheat delivered for storage
at any elevator On q railroad. The Or
ganization com prises some of the leading
moneyed men of St. PauI, MINNEAPOLIS,
BCainerd, Duluth, Fargo and Grand
Forks. All together thirty capitalists are
IN the pool, individual amounts ranging
from 5000 TO 100000. Prices are
paid at slight advance on the market
quotations for present or future de-
livery
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST.

A ship canal between Liverpool and
Birmingham is proposed
Herr Krupp has subscribed ST., 900 to
the Enin By relief exposition.
The cotton bagging trust Thursday ad-
vsnced the prices OF iute bagglng another
a of cent making the range from 1115
cents to 1874 cents a pound.
The LATEST news from China says the
Chinese government has postponed con-
sideration of the treaty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13

1870 to 1870 average 2, tca per bu) SIG 1.3i
1870 10 1850 ave age price per bu) 59,S LA
Now, mark how plain a tale shall put
this down. First, the whole exports of
American wheat for the ten years 1850
to 1860 were less than that of the one
year 1SS7-far less; indeed, the total ex-
ports of American wheat for the seventy
one years, between 1889 and 1860, ac-
cording to the Herald, was only 81,711,-
$50 bushels, against 101, 81. $40 bushels
in 1887. The effect Of increased output
would naturally tend to lower price.
Again, between 1850 and 1850, nearly
i've years of European war made Ameri-
ca the all but sole food provider for the
armies of France, Italy, and England;
this would tend to increase price. In
the years 1860 to 1870 we had our own
armies to supply, which would stiffen
price; we had also a paper currency
which was deprecated in value. Taking
the HerGids average of price for these
ten years as 81. 81, it can not be argued
that it was equal to the SO cents paid in
1887. The average value Of S1.34 in
paper during the ten years was hardly
more than equal TO SO cents of coin or
paper convertible into coin on demand.
And think how little 81. "a could buy in
those days.
In the decade 1870-8O prices fell 10
cents per bushel; but the exports Of 1887
were nearly one-sixth of all the exports
of the ten years quoted. They were in
fact 101, eli 949 bushels, against 667 ,435,
S01 for the ten years. And they were
brought into competition with an ex-
uberant wheat crop of Eastern India.
The way to put the question of the low
price of wheat in 1886 is this: what
would the price have been if we had had
no home market for the larger part of
our crop? For it is plain that the foreign
market is failing US. And the Herald
neglects to remind it's readers that when
wheat was worth $1.34 in New York it
was not worth more than 81 in Buffalo,
and often not worth SO cents in Illinois,
Iowa, Indiana, or Western Ohio. In
those days it cost more than 80 cents to
convey bushel of grain from Buffalo
to New York, and a very much larger
sum to get it from the wheat fields to
Buffalo. The high price was small bene-
fit to the farmer. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
Burdette's Advice to Young Voters.

NV son. you will cast your first vote
for President next November. l don't
want to influence your vote; I don't
want you to vote for certain man just
because certain other men do. / want
you to sit down and think about it be-
fore you vote. want you to be able to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
Endeavoring to HfisIead.

Can anything be more dishonest than
this attempt made by the New York
Herald to nlfaIne the farmers Of the
West against the operation Of q protect
i've tariff by false plea that the prices
of grain have been lowered by it? The
Herald gives these figures Of value, for
getting to say that they are values in
New York:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13

Judge Ito ufficer-a Clet)-Are you sure,
sir. that the prisoner was drunk?
Officer-Is it dhrrnk, yer honor? Shure
af he'd sch poke through the tiliiphone
the BIRTH Nv i'm I'D sy made the pholes
sthaQQer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM.

Take the desired quantity of best and
richest cream, and TO each pint of this
allow one pound of the finest ripe straw
berries and one pound Of pulveri2ed
sugar. After hulling the strawberries,
cover them completely with portion of
the sugar about quarter), bruise them
well with the back of wooden spoon
and rub through sieve. Now place the
remainder OF the sugar in porcelain
lined vessel, adding and stirring in one
we'll beaten egg for each quart of cream.
Then stir i'll the cream and place on the
fire, stirring constantly until about to
boil, when remove, place IN porcelain
lined pan and allow to cool. Now take
the strained juice of the Strawberries,
add to it little lemon juice, and stir
this into the cream when it is entirely
cool, being careful to mix them thorough
ly. and freeze at once.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13
PROTECTION FOR LABOR
A Ringing Letter from Secretary
Litchman, of the knights of
Labor on Campaign Issues.
Toilers of all ClasSev Should Support Har
rison and Morton, and a Pro-
lection Tariff.
sHELLTNG THE BOURBONs.

Democratic Free Trade Must be Throt-
tied, as Vicious, Highly Dangerous
and Destructive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-09-13

Mrs. Logan and her daughter, Mrs
Tucker, have returned to their Washing
ton home after visit to Youngstown, to
greet the youngest heir of the house of
Logan.