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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
A Mothers Proud Fancy.

"What pretty child; whose is it?'
said one lady to another as they
crossed Madison square. 81 notice
you nodded to the nurse"
Thereby hangs TAIL" responded
her companion.
s'The nurse used to be in my en-
ploy and left it to become the wife of
the coachman. They live over his
stable not far away and the child is
theirs. She dresses it like a million
aires baby, in the finest and most
dainty of clothes. which she faithfully
copies from Fifth avenue children.
She can not dress herself to cores
pond, so she wears the nurses livery
for her own child, and is proud to have
passers-by stop and admire him as
some favored darling OF wealthy
home. Curious fancy for one of her
sort, isn't it, who as rule are so eager
to drop the regalia of service?"-New
York Sum-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
Bob Lincoln's First Fee.

Robert L. Lincoln likes to tell the
story of his first fee as an ATTORNEY.
Old Judge Logan, under whom he
read law. had always told him not to be
afraid to charge big fees for his SER
vices. People don't respect cheap
lawyer" said the Judge.
One day soon after Mr.. Lincoln had
been admitted to practice he sat alone
In his office when messenger brought
note from the Chicago agent of one
of the wealthiest insurance companies
In America, asking to have the title to
a certain piece of property looked up.
The young lawyer spent about half
an hour looking into the title and then
sent his report to the insurance office.
Pretty soon the messenger came with
another note. This one requested Mr..
Lincoln to send his bill by the bearer.
The young lawyer had no idea what
to charge. At first he thought it
would be good policy not to charge
anything, ''for." said he to himself,
Il should like to get that company's
work regularly" But he knew Judge
Logan would not approve of that sort
of thing, and he didn't want the Judge
So he figured that, since he had worked
only half an hour, $40 would be a
good, stiff price, for it would be at
the rate of 5000 a day of ten hours.
The words of Judge Logan rang in his
ears, and with stroke of audacitv
that almost frightened him Mr.. Lin
coin finally made the bill for $25. He
felt that this was an outrageously high
fee, and was hesitating as to whether
he would give it to the boy or make
out another for $40, when Judge Lo-
gan CHANGED to come in.
"YOu are just the man | want to
see, )" said Mr.. Lincoln, and he told
him of his dilemma
81 knew it was outrageously high"
said Mr.. Lincoln, "but, Judge, you al
ways told me to make big bills, and l
did this more to please you than my
self"
"Nonsense," said the Judge; "give
other bill, and gave it to the boy.
In few minutes the boy returned
with the insurance agents check for
$3.50, and little note to Mr.. Lincoln
thanking him for his promptness, and
saying the company's other work of
this character would be sent to him.
Great Scott!' said the young law
yer to the old one, ''did you make out
a bill for $250?"
''Of course | did," answered the old
judge. you don't want to be a
damned eleemosynaryinstitution FORM
surance companies, do you?"- Wash
tngton Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
ocvcn OOunseIors.

One said. TO one great end
Let all thy powers tend;
Be thou not drawn aside: in that excel;
Wouldst thou accomplish much, do one thing
we'll"
One said: "Scorn thou to move
Within narrow groove:
Wouldst thou accomplish much, be broad or
soul;
TO know all good should be thy longed-for
goal
A Third: 'Oh, doubling hearth
Scorn thou the towards part;
Dash swiftly forth to meet the coming strife.
All! Drawing storm and whirlpool, live thy
Iife!"
Then spake a Fourth; Eyes wait
Before that sad Too late;'
Let caution guide thy steps; pause thou and
Bid forethought, wisdom meet me at the
brink"
A Fifth: "Upi Yield thou not
With meekness in thy lot;
Content is sIoth; high souls should still as-
pire.
Fan every spot of old Promethean fire."
The Sixth: Serene content,
Accept what Fate has sent"
"speak, Seventh Yoicel and tell me-'wfder-
ed wight
Which of my six sage counselors is right"
Peace-loving Fontenelle,
AS Olden records tell
TO seal the lips of Ghibelline or Guelph,
Cried: "Al the world is rightP'-and surely
was himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22

called the Boyce process, and samples
of the product are already in the Paris
Exposition. A preparation of linseed
oil frees the material from gum and
woody matter, leaving it firm, soft
and white. flexible as raw silk, and it
may be spun on silk machinery.
Mr.. I. T. Lyon, president of the
Mlchlgan horticultural society, thinks
that most eastern varieties of fruits
nave proved failures in the northwest,
ana that we must set about earnestly
to create pomology suited to our cir
cumstances. Mr.. c. NJ. Gideon of
Minnesota has been for MANY wears
laboring to evolve from the hardy
crab-apple some good sorts which NAV
prove hardy enough to stand drought.
heat, and cold incident to the vast re.
gion northwest of Chicago, but so far
without much success. Several yaria-
ties of hardy apples have been import
ed from the steppes of Russia, MANY
OF which may prove valuable, but Mr..
Lyon thinks that by crossing these
with native sorts the good qualities of
those imported may be fixed and con-
tlnued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
America in Asia.

''After long and diligent search in a
queer, dark, secondhand booth kept
by swarthy Mongol, / was rewarded
by the discovery of product of Amer
lean genius that partly satisfied my
patriotism and served as tangible
proof that New England marks the
time to which all humanity keeps step.
1t was an old secondhand clock, made
in Providence. Rhode Island, the bat
tered and somewhat grimy face of
which still bore in capital letters the
characteristic American legend, 'Thir-
ty Hour Joker Mongolia might
know nothing of American literature
or of American magazines, but it had
made the acquaintance of the Ameri-
can clock; and although this particular
piece of mechanism had lost its hands,
it's Thirty Hour Joker was sufficient
" pointed allusion to the national
characteristic to satisfy the most ar
dent patriotism. An American joker
does not need hands to point out the
merits of his jokes, and this mutilated
New England clock. with its empty
key-hole eyes and its battered but still
humorous visage, seemed to leer at me
out of the darkness of that queer old
secondhand shop as if to say, You
may come to Siberia, you may explore
Mongolia, but you can't get away from
the American joker l was little
disappointed not to find in this bazaar
some representative masterpiece of
American literature, but | was more
than satisfied short time afterward
when | discovered in a still wilder and
more remote part of the Trans-Baikal
a copy of Mark Twain's Life on the
Mississippi and Russian translation
of Bret Harte's Luck of Rearing
Camp. '"-Ge0. KEENAN,, in the Century
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
The Death Ticker.

As most people know, the death
watch is small beetle which frequents
decayed or rotten wood, and is of
lonely and retiring habits. 1t is one
of the smallest of the vagipennia, of a
dark brown, with irregular bright
brown spots, the helmet turning up
and the upper lip hard and shining.
1t produces the ticking sound by peck
ing at the wood with small hard
proboscis, when in the act of procuring
food. The writer once chased down a
death watch through pile of old
papers in a cigar box, and was FORUM
ate enough at last to see it at work.
The ticking was quite as loud as that
of an old-fashioned watch, while the
insect was not much larger than the
head of a black pin.-San francisco
Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
A Questionable Success.

Angelina. "And now that you have
visited her school, Edwin, what is your
decision regarding Madame Francois
for our children? As to discipline. does
she give that proper attentions"
Edwin. Indeed she does, my dear.
/ was there the whole morning, and
madame seemed to devote the entire
time to preserving order. - Harpers
Md0azine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
An Inherent Preacher.

Madame" reproachfully remarked
the tramp to whom the young honse-
wife had given a couple of cold bis
cults of her own make, II have asked
We for bread and ye have given me d
stone.h And the next instant she gave
him a brick Terre Huute Express.
A Kansas bride received barrel of
salt as one of her wedding presents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22

any other article. The amount OF
money invested in a watch offers much
inducement to experiment. The case
manufacturer is not necessarily obliged
to know much abut the movement of
watch. He makes his eases to fit
the standard American sizes of move
ment and most makers produce uni
form size"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
La Diva.

81 go to bed early at half-past 10.
/ rise early-at half-past s. A glass
of hot water and lemon-correctiye for
INDIGESTION take every morning be-
fore my bath. and that is my secret of
health at present. remarked Nine.
Adelina Patti in a recent interview.
Cleveland carried st. Joseph, Mo-,
by Is majority in 1888 and by IA in 1884.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22
Long Range Guns.

Ten and three-quarters miles is the
range that the French have obtained
for the forty-three-ton gun, thirty-five
feet long, with an 800 weight projec-
tile and 425 pounds of powder
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-22

A spelling bee is an absolute neces-
sity IN Buffalo. A judge of the munich
pal court in describing gun called it
q ssingel barrell.''
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
BrickIaying in Winter.

The singular tact is mentioned
that while IN Great Britain build
ing operations are suspended on
the slightest approach of FROST
brlcklaying is carried on IN Norway
during almost the coolest weather
that prevails. Thus, IN Christisna
building during the winter months,
1t is stated, has now been prac-
ticed for at least twelve years, but
more frequently during the last
five. all the buildings thus erected
having stood remarkably we'll. Ex-
perience has not shown that walls
built in winter exhibit subsequent.
~ more dampness than those
erected IN summer. The reverse
may be the case, since the differ
ence between the temperature OF
the air and the mortar cools the
latter by evaporation and takes
away a great part Of the moisture.
According to the opinion Of the
principal builders in Christians,
bricklayers' work executed with
due care in winter is really superior
to similar work done IN summer
the whole art of such work in
frosty weather consisting simply
in the use OF unslaked lime, the
mortar prepared with which 10 to
ne made in small quantities imme-
diately before use, the proportion
of lime being increased as the Their
mometer falls the only care re-
quired Is to utilize the unslaked
lime so handily and quickly as to
bind with the briggs before il Gools.
Another very important condition
IS that the bricks be always kept
covered on the building site.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
SOftening Water.

An authority on soitening water,
making soap and kindred matters
saws. FOR all washing and cleans
ing operations it's indispensable,
if good and economical results are
10 be obtained, first to soften the
water before using soap of any
kind. SOftening water simply
consists IN removing the soluble
lime salts with which all water ex-
cept pure rain wateris more or less
impregnated. If this Is not done
the soluble lime forms an insolu0le
lime soap from the decomposition
of the soap used for washing. This
substance is a great, sticky, oily
compound, perfectly insoluble and
more difficult to wash away after.
ward by any treatment. 1t is this
that causes the yellow grayish
deposit on the edges Of collars and
cuffs washed simply with hard
water and soap, and the sticky,
greasy deposit on wood when
treated in a similar manner and
also on the sides and edges of all
washing. machines.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
MeaIy Potatoes.

A lady who claims TO always
have the mealiest of potatoes gives
her way of cooking them as fol-
lows Peel the potatoes with a
thin pairing, for the best OF the
potato Is nearest the skin, and
soak them ten minutes in salt
water. Then put them on to boil
10 fresh cold water, cover the
saucepan and set it where it will
boil very fast. When the potatoes
are tender, but not overdOne, pour
of all the water and sprinkle some
salt over the potatoes. Put on the
cover again, but with a folded
towel beneath it to keep 10 all the
steam. In five minutes shake the
saucepan fOrclbly, take of the
cover and leave the potatoes I'M
covered in a hot place for a few
minutes, shaking it two or three
times IN the meantime.-LeoistOn
Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
Effective Eradication Of Grease,

There are several effective means
Of taking out grease spots
Chloroiorm will DO 1t. So will
salt dissolved into alcohol, gin and
ammonia. Or you can wet the
place with ammonia water; then
lay white, soft paper over it and
iron with hot iron. Or rub
French chalk on the wrong side
lee it remain a day split visiting
card, lay the rough side on the
spot and pass warm iron lightly
over. Or try the Old.tashioned
s.grease balls" a stiff paste made
of fuller's earth, saleratus and
vinegar, nodded into balls and
dried. Wet the spot, scrape the
ball over it, let It dry, and wash 1t
of with tepid water.-N. \. D's-
match.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
1t Depends.

"Going far, Snagi' asked Wag,
as the former shot by him on
Market street yesterday morning,
walking like a six.day p"de strian
the first night.
"Don't know, Wag," came the
cheerful response; depends on
that fellow you see chasing me one
block back. He's my tailor."-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
Afflicted With BoiIs.

PRINGLE, GA. April %, 1888.
Swiit's Specific Co., Atlanta Ca
Gentlemen Allow me to say that
S. S. S. has proved to be az good as
il is recommended to be. About
six years ago was afflicted with
bolls. They began in February
and continued until fall. My body
WAS covered with the corrupted
matter. used 8. S. s. and can
safely say that | have not had
a single boil since. s. s. s. will
always 10 the work. You can use
this certificate for the good it may
cd others K. w. BROOKS,
Pringle, Washington, Co., GA.
WACO, TEXAS, May 8, 1888.
Gentlemen The wife OF one Of
nv customers was terribly afflicted
with a losthsome skin disease, that
covered her whole body. She Was
confined to her bed for several
years by this atlllction, and could
not help herself at all. She could
not sleep from a violent itching
and stinglng OF the skin. The dis.
ease bafiied the skill of the ply
sicians who treated 1t. Her hus.
band began finally giving his wife
Swifrs Specific, and she commenc'
ed to improve almost imedlatelF,
and 10 a few weeks che was ah-
parently we'll. She IL now a hearty,
fine. looking lady, with no trace of
the affection lett. Yours very
truly, D. Il. SEARS,
Wholesale Druggist, Austin Ave.
Treatise on Blood aud Skln Dis
eases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co..
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
ScribneT' SMagazinG
For 1889.

The publishers Of SCRIBNER'S NAGA-
ZINE aim . make it the most popular
and enterprising OF periodicals, while at
all times preserving It's high literary
character. 5000 new readers have been
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NOTABLY the Railway articles, and II
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THE RAILROAD Articles vii be con.
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one especially interesting By ex-POstmas-
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Among the most interesting in the list
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
The Verdict Unanimous.

w. d. Built. druggist, Bippus,
Ind, testifes: 81 can recommend
Electric Bitters as the very best
remedy. Every bottle sold has
given relief in every case. One
man took six bottles, and was cured
of rheumatism of 10 years' stand
ing.n Abraham Hare, druggist,
Bellville, Ohio, affir0is: HThe best
selling medicine l have ever han.
died in my 20 years experience, is
Electric Bitters.7 Thousands of
Others have added their testimony,
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diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or
Blood. Only a half dollar a bottle
at B. EchmItts drug store, Wood
stock, or II. i. Jordan, Mt. Jack.
sou.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
The Beauties of knowledge.

ANY son, you should emulate
young BloodgoOd. Instead OF
wasting his tine he worked hard,
saved money, educated himself aud
graduated as a physician"
"Have you seen him lately y
yesterday"
"What was he dong !"
"Well-er-ah-he was driving
a street car.r-Nebrdskd State Jour.
nal.
New York is fast gaining on
Boston for first hOnOrs in the Ma
tiooal Baseball League.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
A Virginia Lady in the Far West.

The BlackfoOt idaho Neics has
this reference to Mrs. Judge Logan,
who is a daughter OF Hon. J. Ran.
dolph Tucker: "One of the bravest
and most selt.sacrifcing little
women in all the West is Mrs. John
L. Logan, wife of Judge Lagan, of
the first Judicial district OF Idaho.
Withdrawing from the society OF
friends and city life and leaving a
home of luxury in New York, she
followed her husband 10 the far
West, and is his constant compan.
ION at his side save when he is IN
the court room. Like the beauti-
ful Ruth ofbiblical fame, she seems
to have said to her husband, EN-
treat me not TO leave thee or TO re-
turn from following after thee for
whittier thou goest | will go, and
whence thou lOdgest l will lodge;
thy people shall be my people and
thy God my God; where diest |
will die, and there will be buried ;
the Lord do so to me, and more
also, II aught but death part thee
and me- Judge Logan is iu feeble
health, and whether on the train,
in the stage coach, in the hotel or
IN camp, his wife is cOnstan tly at
his side, and seems to anticipate
and tenderly care for his every
want. Noble woman! 1t is no
wonder that all even the untntored
miners in the Camps OF the CGur
d'Alenes, shOnld raise their hats
IN honor when they meet her."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
Cure for Foot Rot.

A Ve, mont fiOckmaster declares
that the best method Of doctorlng
sheep tor foot. rot is to wet the foot
of every animal in the flock, sound
or lame, Thoroughly with kerosene
or coal-oll, and put what sulphur
YOU can take in the thumb and
finger between the hOOfs o. each
foot. Keep the sheep 10 a dry
place for twelve hours. Repeat
this operation in about two weeks
and you will have no more trouble
Another authority says that a
good, easy, and cheap remedy is
to rub the bihex canal duct be-
rween me hoof in front with spirits
of tarpsptine, using the finger ID
applying.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
HOW TO PACK BUTTER.


For the benefit of readers who
desire to pack away butter now for
use later on, is here given, in brief,
the method employed by ID. IL.
Burrell & Co., Little Falls, n. Y.
"With reference to the holding
of butter, our method here IS, dur
ing the hot months, to churn the
cream until the butter comes IN
small grannIets about the size OF
kernels of wheat, when we draw
off the buttermilk and wash the
granular butter In cold water while
it Is In the churn, turning the chnrn
a few times, then drawing the
water of, and finally washing 1t
with brine. Then we take oak
casks which have been previously
scalded out with brine and
thoroughly cleansed; place in the
bottom of the cask a layer OF salt,
with little saltpeter in it; then
put in the butter, filling the cask
to the top, then putting on a cloth,
and over the cloth a pailful OF salt,
then puttlng the head in the cask
securely, bring the hoops down
tight, finally pouring in brine
through a small hole bored in the
head until the cask is filed.
The cask is then stored away
in a cool place and watched for a
couple of weeks, pouring in brine
so as to keep it full, but when
finally it has taken up all the brine
it will, We drive a plug in the hole
and let the cask remain until such
time as we desire 10 sell the but
ter, when we open the cask and
take out sufficient butter TO churn
in the buttermilk that results IN
churning OF the cream on that day,
and by churning this granular
butter IN the buttermilk for few
moments its flavor is treshened.
Then we take the butter from the
churn, work, salt, pack It in tubs
as usual, and it is very seldom that
the skarpest buyer can tell that
this butter has not been freshly
made. The tubs in which 1t ls
packed are fresh and bright, and
there is netting to indicate that it
is old, and in fact 1t is fresh,
because each of the butter granules
has been surrounded by strong
brine, thus excluding the air and
retaining the aroma