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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22

oath before gods and men that SO de,iber-
ate assembly should be formed; ell meas
ures should be decided by public opinion,
and that intellect and learning should be
soaght for throughout tie world, in or
der to establish the foundations of the
EN- pre-"
This oath was reafirmed October II,
1851, and the year 1890 is fixed as the
time for limiting the imperial preroga-
tive. forming two houses of parliament,
and transforming the government iuto g
constitutional monarchy.
The Emperor's capital was changed
and called Toxic.
Geudalism, or the holding CT fiefs by
the daimio, came 70 an end in 1871, by
imperial edict, and the whole of great
Japan was again directly under the Mika
dos rule.
The titles Of kHzs and daimio were also
abolished, both being renamed simply
Kuasoku (Koo, as-a-koo1, are noble fami-
lies. The distinctions between the lower
orders Of people were scattered TO the
winds, and even the despised outcasss
were made citizens, protected by Law.
The degrees in rank among the Japan
csc are now as follows:
First. The Emperor AID the royal
families.
Second. The Kuasokr, the noble fami-
lies.
Third. The Shizoku, the gentry.
Fourth. The Heimin, the citizens ia
general.-St. Nicholas for November.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
Fathers and Daughters.

There are few lovelier relations in life
than that existing between a father and
his daughter, when that relation has been
developed TO its best extent by tenderness
and honor and affection on one side,
aud by veneration that amounts almost to
alteration on the other, the veneration
called forth by perfect faith in the virtue
and nobility of its object. The trast in
her father which young girl feels and
all unconsciously exhibits is something as
flattering TO his pride as it is delight al
to his emotions. But the father who ac-
cepts it perforoe, yet knows that he does
lot deserve it, if he is any sort of man,
is more to be pitied than envied. And
the young girl who receives her fathers
intense affection as something purer
and holier than other mortal flesh, and
who is unworthy of that emotion, is one
almost beneath pity. A man conscious
of the love that he has called forth from
Il pure and gentle being feels obliged to
live up to the opinion which that gentle
being holds of him, so far as it may be
in his power; the child is, in way, his
guardian angel, and often. when he is
tempted, he hears the rustling of the
Angels wings. How much, then, it be
| hooves the young angel TO attend TO her
angelhood and to be all that Ter father
deems her; 70 break no faith, to keep the
| law, even the unwritten Law; to be as
much to herself as to him, a congregation
of loveliness only just short of the virtue;
of st Agnes herself. For the daughter
has her fathers faith in her trust, and to
betray that trust would be to commit g
sort of sRcrilepe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
Fall VINEYARD Work.

The pruning of the vine should pro-
gress as rapidly as possible before the
ground freezes solid; this should have
been done as soon as the leaves had fallen.
Don't be afraid to use the knife; cut back
ali but from three to fifteen buds of this
years growth, depending upon the age,
size, vigor and previous treatment of the
plant. A young plant will stand cutting
back more than an older one. as it is to
gather strength the first few ) ears for the
work later in life. After pruning. the
loose canes should be removed from the
vineyard, the largest and strongest to be
used for propagation if it is desired to
grow more plants. These are to be stored
where they will not freeze, if they cannot
be worked up at once; the cuttings may
be made almost any time during the Win
ter months, into lengths of about three
buds and placed in moist, but not wet.
place until Spring. The ground for trans
planting should be prepared this Fall,
pulTerized very deeply ana enriched with
well rotted manure or leaves. Should the
cuttings be prepared before the ground
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
PIcAlinG Eggs fer Winter.

Each Of the numerous methods of pack
ing eggs for winter use seem to have ad
vocates, although some strongly condemn
the lining process.
Z. e. P, Lilly, ILL.,, writes: Ia reply to
query asking how TO pack eggs for fam
lily use, I will send our method, which we
have tested and found perfect, the eggs
being as laid fresh. 1 pint of fresh
slaked lime, = pint of salt and 8 gallons
of water, stir well and let settle over
night. Then pour Of the clear liquid
into stone jar. Gather the eggs every
day and be sure and put no eggs except
what you know are fresh INFO the jars
putting them in carefully so as not to
crack the, shells. When the jar is full
have the eggs covered with the brine
Follow directions and pack them any
time of the year and your eggs will come
out fresh.
Another "Reader" sends the following
which he says has proved perfectly sue
cessful for years: 1. Be sure your eggs
are fresh TO begin with, and wash them
clean. 2. Use eggs only from hens not
in company with cocks, as such eggs will
keep three times as long rs those contain
ing germs of chicks. 3. Keep them in q
cool place-tbe cooler the better = only
be careful than the eggs do not freezs.
4. Turn them half over three times a
week, to prevent them from adhering to
the shells The turning Of the eggs is
very in Important, and is one of the secrets
o. success. 5. No packing material is
necessary. Simply lay them on racks OF
shelves; though if preferred they may
be packed IN boxes, in dry oats, and the
| boxes turned.
Mrs.. II. asks how egg yolks are dried,
and tor what used. Also, where a market
could be found. The yolks are separated
frOua the white part and then dried in
any convenient receptacle at gentle
heat. The article is made quite largely
in Chicago, bat Is more expensive than
the foreign article. Il is used ia the fine
leather manufacture and other industries,
and by bakers, who employ it to advan-
tage when the price of eggs is high CT
they are scarce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
Importance OF the Household.

To appreciate this We must take into
account that one half Of the entire popu-
lation spend nearly their whole lives
within doors; that another fourth, the
boys, are mainly there during consider
able portion of the formative period Of
their lives, that is, from infancy to mid
youth; spd that the other fourth, the
"men-tolks," are within the house at
least one-third of their lives Tor should
beg. Again as ell mental and physical
strength, for outdoor as well as indoor
work, is derived from the food we eat
and digest, the power and efficiency of ell
classes depend very largely upon the
proper selection, combination and prep
aratiou of food. So the intelligence and
educated Judgment OF the housewife is q
matter of great moment, not only TO the
individual family, but TO the uation. An
appreciation of these important consid-
erations leads US TO devote special care to
our housekeeping department. We hope
and believe these columns will prove use
full in the direction indicated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
Plants for the Window.

One noble grown plant to q window On
cheap round stand, just about large
enough to take the saucer the plant is on,
is prettier object than a stand of lower,
to show individuality of growth. Again,
single plant grown that way or at any
rate SO grown as to be free from any
plant near 1t, appears to stand the IN
favorable conditions Of room culture
better than plants crowded together.
While this class of plants may not yield
flowers in abundance, they have, many OF
them, fine tropical looking folisge that
compensates for the lack. Some sriiias
fill the bill, young well-growa palms and
handsome farfUgium, with its mottied
foliage looks we'll. Several OF the lsrge
foliagsd begonias are grand as single
specimen plants. Coccinia manioata and
recinifolia are excellent. Indeed, almost
any of the snowy leafed kinds can be
grown this way. Even the Rex class is
often grown admirably in windows.
II the plants are to be a collection
growing on something in the way OF a
plant stand, then, of course, the selection
may embrace larger number of kinds.
Almost any Of the greenhouse plants,
with care may be grown. Of this class
there should always be some plants in
flower. Geraniums, fuohsias, oxalis,
heliotrope, and monthly roses and callas
msy be depended on. The various kinds
of Dutch bulbs will help out. Migno
nette, stock gillies, for g season a pct of
pansies Or violets-anythipgt will give
good, snowy, towering plant in q or 5
inch pot will answer. Such as have been
in pots all the summer will, as rule, give
more satisfaction than such IS have been
growing in the free ground, and then
taken up and potted. 1t always takes
time for such plants TO recuperate again,
whereas for window culture. they should
always be at their best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
APAINTER'S COURAGE.
How Milet. the Great Painter Kept Time to
RsHis ART and His Courage.
Ninatepufh Century


Nineteenth Century.
In 1859 he fnishe6 the "Angelus,
which was record of one of his earliest
Impressions, and was especially dear TO
him. He asked Sausier, who came to see
the picture, what he thought of it. "Why,
it is the 'Augelus,' exclaimed bis friend,
lyon can hear the bells" Miiiet was
salts fed. 1t mad been his endeavOr to
give the music of the distant church bells
in these Bonded figures of peasants who
leave off work to pray at the sound of
Ave Maria. But it was months before
the "AngeIus" found purchaser. Since
Millet's death it has changed hands again
and been resold for e8 900. The same
year he completed ola Mort ct lie Bu-
cheron," subject taken from La Fon-
taine's fable of the won out woodcutter
calling fo- death to ease him of his bur-
den, and shrinking back in horror when
his prayer is heard and the grim skeleton
appears. This picture, on which Miilet
had spent infinite pains, was rejected by
the Salon. He felt the blow keenly, and
saw in the decision Of the jury at
tenn .t to crush his art. They wish to
drive me into their drawing room art"
he said. 'No, no; a peasant l was born,
and peasant | will die. [ will say what
1 feel, and paint things as | see them"
He found able defenders in Alexandra
Dumas and M. Paul 'MaEtz, but his art
was too new, too original for the Partisan
world.
Even his friends deplored his excess of
austerity and complained that he deliber-
ateIy chose ugly and repulsive types.
Corot, who knew him personally, frankly
owned that he saw great knowledge and
style in Millet'5 pictures, but that they
frightened him. He was reproached Oh
all sioes as a demagogue, Saint Simonis.
The insolence of his foes waved fercest
round his ':Romne la Houe," when that
pictuIe was exhibited in the Salon of
1863. It was then that he wrote the IA
nous letter which Sensier calls his con-
fession of fate:
"The gossip about my Home la Houe'
seems to me all very strange. :.
II is impossible to admit that one can
have some sort of an idea in seeing a
man devoted to gaining his bread by the
sweat of his brow? They tell me 1 see
no charms in the country. I see more
than charms see infinite glories. l see
as well as they do the little flowers of
which Christ said that Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these.
l see the sureOles of dandelions and the
sun spreads out beyond the world its
glory in the clouds. Rut see as well, in
the plain. the stealning horses at work,
and. in rock place, man, all worn out,
whose hand has been heard since morning
and who tries to straighten himself
moment and breathe. The drama is sur
rounded by beauty. It is not my inven-
ton. The cry of the ground has been
heard long ago. Ny critics are men of
taste and education, bat cannot put my.
self in their shape, and, as have never
seen anything but fields since l was born,
try TO say as best I can what saw and
felt when I was at work,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
HUMAN HANDS THAT SEE.
Wonderful Degree of EAecuracy TO Which
Fingers Can Be Trained.

Wonderful Degree of EAecuracy TO which
Fingers Can Be Trained.
We hear q great deal about the wonder
full precision and accuracy of machinery
in these days, and of course it is wonder
full, says the American Analyst, but the
degree of accuracy to which the human
hand can be trained is equally wonderful.
Playing cards are required TO he cat
with the sides parallel to each other, be-
cause if pack be trimmed by the ma
chine slightly wider at one end than az
the other, and they become turned lend
for end" in dealing, the excess in width
of some cards over others at the end or
the pack will double the variation in any
one card, which would facilitate cheating,
very minute variation being perceptible.
The men who test these cards for this,
make calipers OF their finger and thumb,
and by passing them along from one end
to the other detect a difference in width
between the two ends Which it is difficult
to measure by any other means.
There are men employed in factories
where dried yeast is made whose bust
ness it is to put the yeast into packages
weighing a certain amount each. It is
on 4 table IL trent of them in large
plastic mass and there are the scales for
weighing.
But the men do not use the scales.
They simply separate from the mass
with their hands lump of it and put is
up, and you may choose at random and
put it on the scales and it will weigh ex-
actly the right amount, the scales beam
just balancing.
Where large numbers of eggs are handl
ed and shipped to market there is pro-
cess known as 'candling" eggs, which
consists in taking them up IL their hands
usually two eggs in each hand at timeS
and holding them up before lighted
candle.
The light shining through them reveals
to the practised eye the exacs condition
of the contents. But some of the men
get SO they do not need to use the candle,
the magic contact of their hands with
the shells denoting the condition of the
egg just as infallibly and more quickly.
And they distinguish not merely eggs
which are decidedly bad, but those which
| are just barely beginning to Lose their
freshness.
| Here are three different ways in which
extreme skill of the hands is shown by
persistent training. First, in detecting
slight differences in magnitude; second,
in weight, and, lastly, in texture of char
acter of surface handled.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
THE FARM AND FlRESIDE
TIGHTENING THE BURDEN.

Let me carry your pail, my dear,
Brimming over with water;''
moi I'll take hold, and you take hold
Answered the farmers daughter.
And she would have her own sweet Way.
As her merry eyes grew brighter:
So she took hold and he took hold,
And it made the burden lighter
And every day the oaken pail,
Over the wei curb SliDpin~.
Was upward drawn BY hands of Drawn,
Cool and so softly dripping.
And every day the burden seemed
Lighter by being divided;
Ior he took hold and she took hold,
By the sef-same spirit guided.
Till By and by they learned to love.
And each trust in the other,
Till she for him, one twilight din.
Left father and left mother.
The wedding bells were rung at morn.
The bridal blessing given,
And now the pair, without q care,
Entered an earthly heaven.
When storm and sunshine MINI led they
Would seldom trouble borrow;
And when it came they met the same
With a bright hope Of tomorrow.
aud now they're at the eve of life,
While the western skies grow brighter.
For she took hold and he took hold,
And 1t made the burden lighter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
Remarks by the Innocent at Home.

Mark Twain, in his dry ~ay, upon oc-
casion said: "The temptation TO drink
among literary men is not the liquor
When a man is dissi pated, his friends al
ways say: Such brilliant fellow if he
would only let liquor alone. In time the
drinker gets credit for talents he never
dreamed of possessing, and there are
many who try to pluck this brand from
the burning. The number Of chances
offered to dissipated man toreform and
earn a good living are many more than
those open to the acceptance of sober
and industrious young fellow. In fact,
the sober and industrious are expected to
get on any way. And this is not only
humorously but fearfully true. Tho
record of literary labor does not show
such splendid premium on industry and
sObrietv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
GIVING.

There is no life, however low
Or humble in its birth.
That may not from its store. bestow
Some brightness DER the earth.
Each little blooming wayside flower,
Tho lacking beauty rare,
Freely offers all its dover
To make the summer fair.
The finest star, tho far away,
Doth send an offering down;
And helps by its tremulous golden ray
The brow of night to crown.
The river Fastening to the sea.
With all its gathered treasures,
Yields up its offerings, full and free;
Their worth it never measures.
Thus Nature proves in many a way
The noblest rule of living.
Would ye receiver Then day by day.
Increase thy store of giving.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
The Hessians in the Revolution.

The hiring of these troops was bitterly
condemned by Lord John Cavendish III
the House of Commons, and by Lords
Camden and Shelburne and the Duke of
Richmond in the House of Lords; and
Chatham's indignant invectives at some
what later date are familiar to everyone.
1t is proper, however, that in such an af
fair as this we should take care to affix
our blame in the right place. The king
might well argue that in carrying on a
war for what the majority of Parliament
regarded as righteous object, it Was no
WORSE for him to hire men than to buy
cam on and ships. The German troops,
Ola their part, might justly complain of
Lord Camden for stigmatizIng them as
'mercenaries," inasmuch as tbey did not
come to America for pay, but because
there was no help for it. It was indeed
with heavy heart that these honest men
took up their arms to go beyond the sea
and fight for cause in which they felt
no sort of interest, and great was the
mourning over their depal ture. The per-
sons who really deserved to bear the
odium of this transaction we're the mer-
cenary princes who thus shamelessly sold
their subjects into slavery. 1t was
striking instance of the Generalization
which had been wrought among the petty
courts of Germany in the last days of the
old empire, and among the German people
it excited profound indignation. The
popular feeling vas well expressed by
Schiller, in his Cabale und Liebe. Fred
erick the Great, in a letter to Voltaire,
declared himself beyond measure dis
gusted, and by way of publicly express
ing his Contempt for the transaction he
gave orders TO his custom house officers
that upon all such of these soldiers as
should pass through Prussian territory
toll should be levied, as upon Seattle ex
ported from foreign shambles." John
Fisk in November Atlantic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
INGENIOUS APPARATUS
4 Steam Heater TO Cary About on e. els Per
SON
antlers.

Steam Heater 10 Iaf1y bout On @ e's Fer
SON
A B1idgepo man has invented neat
thing in the way of steam heater to
carry about on the person. 1t is small
affair, consisting of copper boiler
under which is a dimintive iaulp, all in
caspd in a nickIe box and balanrr some
thing like com pass, so that 10 matter
what position the outside box is in, the
boiler and lamp will always remain in the
required vertical position. The entire
apparatus is so small that il can be
carried in the pocket. After the lamp ia
lit the water in the boiler is heated and
circulated through rubber tubes which
run down the legs, around the ankles, ap
around the back and back to the boiler.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
Reindeer Hunting. q

spJrt of the Esquimaux boys in which
coastlng and hunting are combined, is
described by Lieut.. Sch~4fka in st.
Nicholas
Oae sport which amuses the Esqui-
moux boys very musn would probably be
called IN our Language rein leer hunting"
Having found d long and gentle slope on
a side-hill, they place along the bottom
of the hill a numbeS of reindeer antlers,
or as we sometimes Incorrectly cali them,
deer-horEs (for your boys must not for
get that the antlers of deer are not horn
at all, but bone.) These antlers of the
reindeer are stuck upright in the snows
single OF in groups, in such a manner
that sled, when well guided, can run be-
tween them without knocking any o.
them down, the number of open spaces
between the groups being equal to at
least the number Of sieds. The quantity
of reindeer antlers they can thus
arrange, will, OF course depend on their
fathers success the autumn before the
reindeer hunting; but there are nearly
always enough antiers to give two OF
three. and sometimes five or six, to each
young coaster.
The boys with their sleds, numbering
from four 10 six Ia fair sized village,
gather on the top OF the hill, each boy
having with him two or thee spears or a
bow with as many arrows. They start to-
gether, each boys object being to knock
down as many antlers as possible and not
be the first to reach the bottom of the
Hill. You can see that in such a case, the
slower they go whep passing the antlers
the better. They must knock down their
antlers with spears and arrows only, as
those thrown down with the sledge or tho
bow or spear IN the hand do not count.
They begin 60 shoot their arrows and
throw their spears as SOON as they can
get within effective shooting distance
and even after they have passed between
will turn aroundaon the flying sIeds and
huri back spear or arrow with sufficient
force to bring down an antler.
When all have reached tbs bottom of
the hill they returned TO the row of an
tiers, where each boy picks out those he
has rightfuliy captured, and places them
il pile by themselves. Then those &C
cidently knocked down by the sledges are
again set up and the boys return for
another dash down the hill, until all the
antlers have been speared, Sometimes
there is but one antler left, and when
there are five or six contesting sleds the
race becomes very exciting, for the speed
counts il reaching the antler first. When
ali are down the boys count their win
nings and the victor is, of course, the one
who has obtained the greatest number of
antlers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22

The circulation of the water keeps the
bady warm on the coolest day. The
safety valve and escape for high pres
sure of steam than the affair is allowed
TO garry, blows off at the back of the
wearer's neck. Elaborate heaters are be-
ing constructed for ladies' wear They
can be worn inside the hustle and entire
ly obscured. Before going cat OF the
house. her maid can light the lamp, which
by the way, Is gagged to run six. eight or
ten hours
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
In the Same Predicament.

Kirby-'Lend ms flyer, will you, old
boy? I'm clean broke"
Moxy-"Thas's pretty good ring you
wear. Why don't you hook it?"
Kirby =" Couldn't you know. It's q
souvenir of a deceased brother"
Moxy-"WeIl, my money is souvenir
of deceased father. Day day, old feL."
land he walks off,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-22
New Japan.

The young Mikado, Mutsuhito, the
1884 Emperor of the nameless dynasty,
was the first of his li1e to take oath as
ruler.
On the 18th of April, 1868, he made