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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
The Eiiy's New York House.

Mrs. Langtry has been making i'm.
provements in the quaint little house
in Twenty-frst street, New York, thai
she rents and has tried in vain to buy.
\ noticeable change in the arrange
ment of the little front yard attracts
attention. The entrance was formerly
a footpath in the middle, with lot o.
shrubbery on either hand. Now 8
driveway sweeps in a seml-circle
through the space of about S0N40 feet
Wide entrances on each side. between
heavy brick-work posts. with a gutter
bridge for each, enable carriages to bt
driven to the very door. There are
no gates yet, and apparently none IN
tended. The effect is limitedtv bar
onial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
A Story About Governor Oglesby.

new story in which Governor Richard
j, Oglesby figures as prominent char
acter is going the rounds, says The Logan
(Ill.) County Tribune, as follows:
1t seems that way back in the past,
when Uncle Dick was great deal younger
than he is now, he and the lamented
Judge Robinson undertook ID stump
southern Illinois in behalf of a gift at the
hands of the people which both wanted.
Uncle Richard was a whig, but it was
rumOred that he had been badly tinctured
with the republican heresy which was
then gaining ground. The judge decided
that it would be fine piece Of political
firewOrk 10 denouce the young man for
his yearning toward the new honor, and
Re carefully put the plan IL pickle for
convenient opportunity. IL came. The
two candidates were billed to address the
voters in a small town, aud the gathering
was at a hotel Uncle Dick won the toss,
and went to bat first, and to Robinson's
horror proceeded TO anticipate that
gentleman's bomb shell by admitting
all the charges be had proposed to make.
When Robinson arose to speak he found
himself In the position of the traditional
schoolboy, with nothing to say. Ia the
meantime Oglesby wandered about the
crowd, and happened to spy a native with
an antiquated fiddle under his arm pro
ceeded to borrow the instrument Of TOR
ture and then yelled:
"Come on fellows let's have a dance.
I'll fiddle for you. You don't want to
hear that fellow spout, anyhow"
He then struck up, and soon had cir
Gle of dancers around him. The crowd
rapidly fell away from Robinson and left
him speaking to empty benches. Catch
ing on to the spirit of the fun, the Judge
descended to she floor, seized a partner,
and was soon whirling IL the may, etc.
The stratagem ought to have secured the
plum, but il did not.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
Profits of the Farm.
Baltimore Sun.

Whether farmers get their rightfuI
share of the farm products depends not
only upon their ability to work and plan
but also upon their ability 10 market
what they have to sell, as well as upon
the carefUlness of the wife also. For
instance, the farmer may be very care
full about feeding his COWS, keeping them
clean, ETC., but unless the housewife sup
plements his close attention with the
same care of the milk, cream and dairy
utensils, his extra work amounts to but
little. We have now in our minds eye a
farmer who receives five ceuts above the
market price for his butter, from the
fact that his customers found that the
quality was the same throughout the year,
and as good as any to be found in the
market. Now this extra five cents is all
profit, and he is entitled to it. Nor is
thet all the profit, for when once a Gus
toner is obtained it is usually for the
whole season, and market thus opened
for other produce. In this way much
time is saved in marketing, and middle
men entirely dispensed with. It brings
him in the cash, and thus enables him TO
buy where he can get the most for his
money, which is another profit ne reaps.
It is always best for q farmer TO establish
a reputation for selling good article in
order to get his full share of the profit
on anything he has to sell. Another thing,
a farmer, in order to make ready sale of
any kind Of produce direct to the Gus
toner, should establish a reputation for
honest dealing, j. e., never representing
an article to be a little better than It
really is, for confidence once lost is never
regained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
How the Late King of Oudh Lievd.


The death of the last King Of Oudh de-
prives Calcutta of picturesque and al
most legendary parsonage. To the Wis
itor the red and blue roof of his palace,
the gardens, stocked with wild beasts and
brilliant birds, his innumerable guards and
attendants, and the tens of thousands of
pigeons that were always wheeling above
the grounds, seemed to embody the fan
tastic idea of native India. The men
guarding his doors were all his own Sc
poys from Cawnpore, and once you had
an order TO penetrate the charmed circle
you PASSED through a beautiful succession
of groves and parterres and miniature
grass plots and pleasant terraces. His
menagerie fell away of late, but some
years back it almost riyaled the famous
collection in the London Zoo. In one
large space there were bufaloes, goats
and deer and ostriches and other great
birds. A tank something like hundred
and fifty yards square was covered with
storks and pelicans and swans, and had
ample well-wooded rambling grounds
around it. The smaller birds were shell
tered in lofty aviaries. The lions and
tigers and wolves and other ferocious
animals were, of course, Gagged. bat Gagged
In another garden a building that
looked like a magnificent sntglin was
fixed in the center of large, square well,
and was carefully surrounded wEh water.
Here the snakes were segregated and
| 500 of them lived in the marrow holes
with which the building. was. ar5ifcially
honey comhed. 1t used to become Of the
great sights of the day to see them fed
with frogs. But his pigeons formed the
great feature of the kings collection.
Zone who knew him" writes,that he led
kingly life to the end, though he had
not more than 1000 subjects. to govern.
''He held court and received legal honors,
created titled mobiles according to his ca.
price and travelled over his grounds in A
campan, occupying at different country
seats, like other kings" At one time he
would watch his. animals and fishes being
fed, at another his rams and cocks and
quails would be brought up to fight be-
fore him. He had, We are told, prevail
ing passion for order and cleanliness.
He prayed five times day, though he ate
only one meal, but from morning till
night he chewed Pan sapori and smoked
| the hOOkah,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
THE HOME AND FlRESIDE
NATURES WAY.

It looked ike rain, the air was damp,
The sky was drsar and black
A young man gaZed from mis- window height,
Aud thought. Must | hire S mack?
Oh, hope the rain will not come oni''
Re ctied. in accent meek.
For can't afford an opera rig
On four small dollars per week"
One hundred miles from this scene or less
4 farmer stood ct his door,
And as he looked on he withered fields
He was hoping that the rain would pour.
Fer the heat had biighted the summer crop,
And the ground was parched and dry;
And the flowers that bloomed in the spring,
ira Ia"
Had died with the rock and rye
And Nature looked down on ths dude and
swain,
And, reasoning thus, she said:
evil I take from he dude his -four per week
Or the poor swain d lily bread?'
And muSinz upon this curious case,
To Soive which she was 10th,
She quietly few TO the water tank.
And turned the hose on both.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
A Loaf of Bread.
To make good bread, three things are
absolutely essential:
ba

absolutely essential:
The best yeast,
The best -four,
The proper degree of heat.
Skill in the different processes is an
aid in the attainment of excellence, but
it will not counterfeit the effect of infer
Tor materials. I wish that this note could
be sounded through all the kitchens in
the land, and that some of the Illusions
which exist on this subject of bIead-mak
ing might be Destroyed. 81 did not have
any luck to-day with my bread. one will
say, and such person in some forcible
way ought TO be made to understand that
IN cookery in-luck and ignorance are
synonymous.
What special receipt should be used is
also, of secondary consideration, progid.
ed it has some reliable god-mother to
stand sponsor for it. Far be it from me
to impale On the point of my pen my
particular receipts, and, holding them up
to the multitude, excIaim, ''Lo, here!
ard "Lo, there" Such as I contribute
in this article are given because they have
answered my purpose perfectly, and not
intended in any way as criticisms or
those of my neighbOrs.
If the proper conditions for success
in bread-making are maintained, success
will result as certain as it is that the day
followeth the night. Three of the most
important conditions I have named, Civ.
ing yeast the predominance of import
ance because it forms the spirit, as il
were, OF the loaf, without which in it,
best estate, the other constituent, however
good in themselves, would remain but 6
shapeless, inanimate mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
The Happiest Bow.

Once there was king who had little
boy whom he loved. He gave him beauti-
full rooms to live il, and pictures and
toys and books. He gave him pony to
ride, and row-boat on a lake, and ser.
wants. He provided teachers who were
to give him knowledge that would make
him good and great. But, with all this, the
young prince was not happy. He al
ways wore frown, and was even wish
ing for something he did not have.
Atlength, one day magician came to
court. He saw the boy, and said to the
king: 81 can make your son happy
But you must pay me great price for
telling the secret" SWELL" said the
king, 'what you ask I viii give" So the
price was paid. Then the magician took
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16

G. Baxter Hanscon is editor and pro-
prietor OF bright little weekly news
paper in the rural districts of the west,
says the Troy Standard. He was lately
married to pretty little woman, who is
filed with the laUdable desire to help
Baxter along all she can.
"Type-setting looks so easy" she cooed
the other day. Il know I could do it just
as well as anything. Let me help"
Although Hanscom is his ewn compost
tor, he didn't accept this offer at once.
His wife had Learned the cases." as she
called it, and that, she thought, was the
graduation degree in the type-setting
profession. She was in the Office alone
the other day when wedding notice was
brought in.
son, she said, gleefully, "I'u just set
this up and slip it in the form, and won't
Baxter be surprised when he sees it in
print?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
Marriage Customs in saxony

St James Gazette.
In the Kingdom of Saxony, says the
Berlin Das Echo, there ere several parish
es in which the public celebration of
marriage is still accompanied with some
remarkable accessories. Ia the parish of
Merkwitz, near 0schatz, printed '1okaI
statut' is presented to the intending
bride and bridegroom when they ask for
the publication of their bans. The ''stat-
ute' regulates the examination of the es-
poused pair by the pfarrer. The candi-
dates for holy matrimony are solemnly
asked for by the pastor "whether they
can, in pure conscience claim for them
selves the honorable preditatss of maiden
and bachelor" Those who have been &C
cused OF breach of the seventh COM
mandment, and have confessed it, or
against whom it has been proved, are
prohibited from wearing the myrtle
The church is left undecorGSed, and
flowers are not strewn in the caU rch-yard.
Bridal couples who "unjustifdbly make
use of the symbols of virginia. pG rity" are
TO be "so!emnly reprimanded by the pas
tor in his wedding grafton, although in
such maDr er as not to be injurious to
them or to the wedding party" The
pastors of Merkwitz must cs men OF
amazing genius in casuity il they always
succeed in carrying out this delicate OBJ
legation with success. If any married
couple has been discovered to have Gun
iustifiably used these ohrenp radikate the
case is TO be mentioned In the New Years
report 30 the congregation, but without
publishing the "a mes of the parties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16

the boy into private room. He wrote
something with white substance on a
piece of paper. Next he gave the boy
a candle, and told him to light it and
hold it under the paper, and then see
what ne could read. Then be went away.
The hoy did as had been told, and white
letters on the paper turned into beauti-
full blue. They formed these words:
''Do a kindness to some one every day"
The prince made use of the secret, and
became the happiest BOY in the kingdom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16

count for the myterious summohings?7
u attempt no explanation-am con
tent to simply state the facts. with my
wife"
s.Whom you worship as the world
will the picture when t1ey learn It's
story"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
It therefore appeared as follows in the

It therefore appeared as follows in the
next issue of the paper:
maRIED: at Tue ReSpeucE OF The
brides PaSentsts on wenday evong Sep!
$50 1881 Mr.! Jnho jacknos to mis- ka!y
naRt.u? the Cersm, GE-Eas Sefform by
Revv; mr. Deeen Inn the resencs oG g
large number OF FReidsn of the gnuoy
couple d was a be Ryy joyful Oceasino.
Mr.. and mrss will Be at Hoem to the
frs at S74 bath. St afr octo, 100:
OF course Baxter was surprised. So
were Mr. John Jackson and his wife, who,
didn't think they had received a full
equivalent for the they had paid for
- good send off -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
The Weather in Florida.

4 Florida correspondent in the central
part of the State says: Oranges are not
harvested and vegetables are just begin
ming to be marketed. Strawberries just
beginning to ripen, and the warm wealth
er of month past, has, in some places,
developed the bloom upon the orange
nearly or quite a month in advance of
usual blooming. The blizzard reached
us, and has passed, and we are unhurt.
1t is surprising to Us how nearly we come
to the freezing point and escape, and it
is more wonderful that such terrible
cold wave has been warmed up to so de-
grees before it reaches Us. In East Flori-
da on the 18th the temperature ranged
from IS TO IS degrees. At our place it
was 80 degrees for an hour or two, the
morning of the 18th, but there is no touch
of frost seen on anything. The Goth it
was Al degrees and this morning it was
IS degrees (temperate), and will be 20 de-
drees the 22nd. The air is balmy aud so
pleasant, and were 1t not that we fear a
degree OF two of too much cold, these
changes would be most welcome, as they
seem to have good effect upon animal
life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
Some important CHANCES are now tak.

Some important changes are now TAX
ing place in the drinking habits of severa
great countries. China, for example, has
inst ordered a lot of bottled beer for the
use of the sailors who man her lately &C
quired ironclads. Japan not to be behind
her ancieut rival, has sent a professor of
Toxic university to Europe for the pur-
pose of sampling the various kinds of
beer that Germany produces. Thence he
will go to England and on his return to
japan mis- imperial majesty, the emperor,
will Issue decree TO establish beer as the
national drink. This action is taken on
account of the vicious habit of gin tip
ping which has recently obtained foot
hold in Japan. In England too, the con-
sumption of beer is on the increase,
whereas the British bill for liquor is
smaller this year than it has been for g
decade. In France, on the other hand the
use of brandy and gin is much more
common and frequent than it was before
the Franco-Prussiau war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
A Story With q Moral,

Near q railroad crossing where trains
frequently waited for connection berries
were very plentiful. 1--WE women con-
cieyed the idea of making little money
by selling fresh berries to the hot and
dusty travellers. They forewith put their
idea into execution, and were seen pass
ing through the waiting trains Offering
the fruit for sale. One made invariably
ready sales, selling out before she had
gone othroGgh train; the other always
had berries left unso]d, and sometin es
she failed to sell any. One made hand
some little ''pile" by the end of the sea-
son; the other questioned whether she
had been paiG for her time.
The reason for the success of the one
and the failure of the other was not hard
to find. 1t ali lay in the manner Of ser
vice. One of these women was careless
and untidy in her appearance; the other
was scrupulously clean and neat; one
measured her berries from her basket in
a cup filling it with her han0s as she
passed through the train; the other made
up little paper holders lined with fresh
green leaves, and these she filled with
berries before the train arrived. No one
wonders which would sell the best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16
Facts About Easter.

This year Easter will on on the list Of
April-nine days earlier than last year.
The earliest possible day for Easter is the
22nd of March, and it fell on that day in
1818--for the last time ii about 200 years
One object in arranging the calendar
moon was that Easter might never fall on
the same day as the Jewish Passover.
They did occur, however, in 1906, on the
14th Gay of April, in 1925 on the 3rd day
of April, and will do so again in 1928 on
the lst of April, in 1927 on the 18th OF
April and in 1881, on the 18th OF April.
Last year Easter and the Passover were
separated by single night. The Jewish
festival usually occurs in Passion week,
in Lent, and never before the 29th of
March or after the 25th Of April. On the
other hand, the Christian festival is never
before the 22nd of March, or after the
25th of April. In 1913 Easter will fall on
the 22nd OF March, as it did in 1916 and
1856. The latest Easter occurred in 1886
the 25th of April and it viii not fall on
that date again until 1913.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16

A number of Bostonians have started a
fund for the relief of James Redpath, thu
New York journalist, who is seriously Ia,
and is said to be in need.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16

Yes, and is alive to-day"
Thanks to the loving care of the
trueSt. warmest, and best heart on
earth" came in soft whispers to their
ears came as if floating out of space.
Wharton sprang to his feet in aston
ishment, in terror, saw reality, not
a spiritual shadow, that had stolen
into the room unseen, unheard, and
exclaimed:
Great Heaven! The lady of the
picture"
And my dear wife," answered his
friend as he drew her tenderly to his
side.
Then the story you have told me is
''Of ourselves, and every incident is
true. As l learned upon the recovery
ofmy darling, she had called me at that
time l fancied l heard the telephone,
and her last recollection when in the
water was for help and from me.
And you painted the pictures"
Yes. 1t was indeed labor of and
inspired by love"
''One thing more. How do you ac-
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-02
THE DAMON MEMORIAL,

The Worcester Spy has an ac-
count Of the presentation, August
29th, to the town of Holden, Mass.
of a High School and Library, to be
known as "The Damon Memorial"
1t is a granite building, 62 by 60 fl.
on the ground, two stories high,
with q tower at one corner for the
clock and bell, and private room for
the principal of the school. The
main schoolroom is 10 by 46 #.
with two recitation rooms, 16 by
% #. The main book room is 81
by 40 it,, and the reading room is
20 by 80 fl. The building is erect
ed in the middle of the village near
ly opposite the old Damon Mansion.
1t was presented to the town COM
pletely furnished with insurance
paid for five years, and fund of
$4,000 for the annual increase of
the library. 1t is the gift of Mr..
S. G. Gale, at the suggestion of
Rev. DR.. Damon, of Honolulu,
whose sister is the wife of Mr.. Gale.
Mr.. Gale with his wife visited the
islands a few years ago. He is a
lawyer residing in Minneapolis,
where fortunate investment in city
lots have given him an estate valued
at 81, 900 900.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-02
THE HONOLULU BUSINESS DlREC-
TORY,

This local pioneer work is now
ready for distribution, and we ac-
knowledge the receipt of a copy.
The book contains 147 pages of the
usual directory size (octayo) neatly
bound in boards.
The contents comprise an alpha
betical list OF names and addresses
of Honolulu residents; street.
directory, containing the names of
occupants of stores, offices and tene-
ments arranged conseculively; and a
classified business directory of adj
vertisers only. There is, besides
the directory portion, n good deal of
useful information of local nature
that will give much value to the
work as a ready reference, in post
age rates, hack fares and other mat
tiers of like import. The reading
sketches comprise n well-written
article upon Honolulu, "Advice to
tourists" ETC., etc.
Taken as whole, the Honolulu
Business Directory, judging from
this its first issue, is destined TO
come more into favor each success
sive year; and it solves the prob
lem that the directory work OF the
Hawaiian Islands can be done in
Honolulu. From the paucity of adj
vertisements it may be inferred that
this opinion had not prevailed to Il
very large extent among our bust
ness men when the canvass for adj
vertisements was made; but the
first issue of the work, compiled and
completed under more than usual
pioneer difficulties, is credit to its
promoters and to Honolulu. 1t is
another step in advance; and, al
though the first issue may not pay
expenses, it is to be hoped that suf'
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-02
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

During the vacation of the Gov
eminent schools in April an examin-
alton for grammar grade certificates
will be held. Below are given the
subjects with the books that the
candidates will require for reference.
Other works should be consulted.
Acknowledgment. Barnes.
Grammar-Complete. Swinton's.
Acknowledgement elementary.
Composition-Questions on Swim
toms composition and written
theme.
Physiology - Steele's fourteen
weeks.
Theory and practice-Hewett' $
pedagogy. Klenim's chips from a
teachers workshop.
Writing-Theory. The new cleo
trio hand book. Van Antwerp &
Co.
Physical ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Interpretations outlines.
Certificates will be awarded as
follows: 80 per cent for 4 years; 80
per cent for 3 years; 20 per cent for
2 years; 20 per cent for year.