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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-18
Nellie Dale.

% you never hee'rd of Nellie Dale? B'gosA
that's mighty strange
ME used to teach si,,I the districk school down
She just can't walk around at all-born tnat
way? Notmuchl
Twas along some time in March, think,
when everything was froze,
When bitin' blizzard come along an orlIteo
the snow about,
afore the school was out.
Wen. the school house wasn't blizzard-proof
eff it was put up to stay,
An the nearest place was farm house,
half mile away,
But Nellie was grit-yer bet she waS-an' sne
didn't set down an cry,
Tor she knew they he'd to reach that house, or
she an the kids nd die.
20 she bundled 'em up all good an warm, in
the quickest kind o. style,
An made 'em all take hold o. hands, an line
up single file:
Then they started down the prairie road, an
she had 'em all in tow,
Hracin' 'em up with words o. cheer, an steer
in 'em through the snow.
But 1t wasn't the easiest sort o. work! the kids
'ud stick in drift,
An Nellie 'ud have to hustle back an kinder
give 'em lift;
An the wind was awful bitin' cold. and at
times it seemed almost
As tho poor Nellie and all the rest 'ud have
10 give up the ghost
But she was just the grittiest girl ever run
acrosst.
An she plowed along till she reached the
house, an nary kid was lost.
Not single one even nipped, tho now
they escaped God knows,
But Nellie, poor girl, she caught IT hard; Doth
of her legs were froZe.
well, It run along couple of days afore q
doctor come,
An he saw in a minute there wasn't much
hope, an things looked mighty gum;
But he took the only chance there was, and
that wasn't very bright
He amputated both her feet-an' Nellie come
out all right.
We done the best we could for her, an we
done it quick, you bet
We got her pair of wooden feet, but she
hasn't tried 'em yet.
But If ever for such an act Of grit q just re-
ward is given,
Yer bet yer life there's better pair awaitin'
her in heaven.
Harry s. Chester, Ekhart, Ind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-18
Women Who Use Tobacco.

A popular vice among the ladies Of
| this part of the state is the use of to-
| bacco. Some will chew it like veter-
| ans, while others are content to smoke.
But by far the most common way of
deriving enjoyment from it's use is to
take it in the form of snuff. When a
number of women get together the
snuff-box is nearly always produced,
with the instruction to ''take Dip as
it goes around the circle. Then they
| will sit and gossip, interrupting the
flow of conversation with frequent ex-
pectorations into big spittoon or the
| fireplace. A snuff-dipper's outfit con-
sists of a small tin canister. about an
inch thick by two inches long, and a
wooden brush. The latter is about
three inches in length, and in size re-
sembles slate pencil. 1t is usually
cut from black gum or some other
| tough wood. One end is chewed and
splintered by the teeth till it looks like
small paint-brush. The splintered
end is dipped into the snuff and work
ed around till a little ball has been
collected. The snuff thus secured is
rubbed over the teeth and gums. Usu-
! ally the stick is held between the teeth
| till the snuff has all been absorbed,
whan another dip is taken. For ladies
who object to using a canister and
! brush a small snuff wafer has been in
vented which can be concealed between
the lips and teeth. A grocer's clerk
asserted emphatically that fully 80 per
cent of the women used either tobacco
or snuff, or both. By thinking men
the tobacco habit among women is
considered one of the worst evils with
which Arkansas is obliged to contend.
An Expert on Scientific Watch
| Stealing.
| A prison official relates the following
story: ''When speaking one day to a
| convict, a professional pickpocket, to
whom was giving word or two of
| friendly counsel, | asked him why he
could not turn over a new leaf and be-
come an honest man. 4 could not,
SIR he replied, 4 must pick pockets.
/ would take your watch tomorrow if
met YOUR the Strand; not he added,
but what I'd give it back to you, for
you've been very kind to me. Would
you like to know how to prevent your
watch from being stolenP'he continued;
/ just let me have it for minute.
| Curious to learn useful hint, | was
about to draw my watch from my
| pocket, when l found it was already
in the experts hand, without my ex-
! periencing the slightest touch. He
then explained to me that the
most improved method for detachine a
watch from its owner was to hold the
| ring TO which the chain was attached
firmly between the finger and thumb,
and then, with sharp twist, snap the
steel pivot connecting watch and ring,
| leaving the watch free in the thief's
hand and the ring on the chain. "A
dead loss to US, he added, with cool
effrontery. of six shillings.' He then
showed me that if the ring and watch
were connected by swivel joint, the
difficulty of watch stealing would be
increased so much as to make it scarce
| ly worth the risk"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-18
In Great Luck.

Countryman (to book-dealer): "Have
you got copy of Shakspeare's works,
mister" Dealer: Eyes, sir. there is
nice little pocket edition." Country
man: Dye mean to say that all what
Shakespeare writ is in that small book?''
Dealer: Yes, everything" Country
man: ''Well. by gosh. he must have
had picnic. "-Epoch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-18
RaZZle-DaZzle.

Wife: Henry. what is this 'razzle-
dazzle they are talking about?" Hus-
band: "Why, Mary, that is what you
gave me to open the door with when
came home last lodge night. Wash
ington Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-18

1t is short reach back to Cyrus
Fields first cable, but nine of them
now connect America and Europe, and
measure 113. 900 miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-18

y
nature hers was.
1t was Ralph who spoke, and Thyra
who answered, her voice choked with
tears.
"Yes, always knew how highly
you esteemed her; butuntil that dread
full day | never suspected that the tie
between you was other than brother
~ and sisterly one. Ralph, / fear that
it is due to my blindness that this trou-
BILE has come upon you. / am con-
WINGED that Hester thought that cared
for you, and that you were becoming
estranged from her through my means.
Tell Ralph that do this for his sake
she said, as she sprang,a as she thought,
to certain death. Oh, Hetty, my dar-
| ling cousin, if you could only open
these heavy eyes, and know your mis-
take!"
ITO die for my sake-oh, Hetty!
This life will not be worth the living
| if you cannot share it"
Then the voices faded away. Iheard
no more, for Inconsistencies again
| lowered its pail over my senses. But
that night. as the doctors had said, the
crisis came. and morning found me
out of danger that had menaced my
| life for week past.
Knowing of our plans to row out
| for the lilies, Ralph had determined to
surprise US by coming down to the
boat-house at the time of our intended
departure and accompanying US. But
he had arrived too late for that, and
f! inst in time to hear our cries of dis
/ tress.
There was another boat in the boat
house belonging to our neighbor, and
| in a few minutes time he had launched
/ it and fastened to our aid.
He had seen me spring into the wa
ter. and heard Thyra's shrek; but
| though his exertions were superhu-
man. had it not been for Thyra's cour-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-18

Miss Buell., the Cincinnati artist, has
pluck as well as talent. While spending
the summer at Egmont, on the North
sea, she found a potato patch well
situated for obtaining sunset effect.
and pitched her easel there. The owner
objected, but she paid no attention to
him. He then complained to the
burgomaster, who refused to interfere.
The farmer, as last resort, petitioned
the king, and the result was a letter
of reproof to the farmer, in which he
declared that Miss Buell. might tres
pass on all The potato patches in Hol-
land.
1t is said there are $500 women in the
United States who hold the necessary
diplomas from medical colleges, either
American or foreign, and are fully
qualified to practice, if they so desire.
DR.. Elizabeth Blackwell, who gradu-
ated in 1913, is said to be the first
woman doctor. The first one in
Sweden is Karoline Wilderstrom, who
has recently been engaged by the
Thule Life insurance company to
examine women who wish to insure
their lives. The physician of the Mil
waukee county hospital is DR.. Anna
Mcconnell.
The we'll of ". r. Tuten, near JAS
per. Fla, was dry all summer. but
recently he heard peculiar rumbling
noises at the bottom of the we'll.
which is over forty Ieet deep IN solid
clay, and then stream of water about
the size of mans arm shot across the
bottom and disappeared. Soon after
this streams of air began to pour out
Of at least dozen different holes
near the bottom, each column of air
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05
A Criticism of YnIannIr-

Volapuk is now going through its sec
oud and more deliberate criticism. Sci
enCe contains n careful article by Alexan-
der NJ. Bell, in which he concludes that
Nolapuk does not solve the problem of n
universal language. The system will
meet most favor with nations whose Ian
guages are highly infected. This is not
the trouble with the English language.
He suggests an international committee
Of English speakers to suggest such i'm
provements rs would make of ours q sim
pier language, adapted TO universal use.
\ committee Of the American Philosophi-
cal society, OF which the eminent anthrop-
ologist, DIR. d. G.. BrintOn, was chairman,
has also reported that "Volapuk is
synthetic and complex, whereas all mod
ern dialects are becoming moro analytic
and simple; the formal elements Of VIOLA
puk are those long since discarded by
Aryan speech" But this committee of
eminent scholars urge that as the ances-
tors Of all Aryans once used the Same
language, so the time is near when once
again unity of speech can he established
for all Of our stock, and for all the rest OF
civilization as -Globe-Democrat.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05
The Florida Ratt1esnake.

The diamond bacL' is scientifically
known as crotalCs horridus. You will
know what 1 mean; perhaps you will not.
Possibly my statement of that geological
fact will only make cold chllls creep down
your back TO no purpose. For the name
Itself is appalling, and this perhaps is the
reason that the people of Florida who
wish to encourage immigration merely III.
lude to diamond backs lightly and cheer
fully as 'rattlers." But there are ''rat-
tiers" and rattlers. The RATHER of the
north is more or less common; few have
gone ''huckleberrying'' often without en-
couraging one. The better the ground
and day for finding berries the better
the chance for rattlesnakes, too. But
long stick always made a short end of
crOtalus adamanteus of northern New
York.
Were the engagement with crotalus
horridus of Florida, l should want an
uncommOnly long stick, and you might
look with considerable certainty to find
me at the extreme end of it. The COM
mon name by which this snake is known
comes from the diamond pattern which
nature, ever liberal with her dyes and
designs, has printed upon its back. Moth
ing could be neater or more becoming.
And, so far as looks go, this crotalus Is
the handsOmest and best dressed of his
kind. But, since handsome is that hand
some dOes'' only, the diamond back is not
generally admired in the circles wherein
he moves, breathes and principally has
his being st. Nicholas.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05
nenner,s rrophseies for 1sss.

Samuel Benner, an Ohio farmer, who
has gained considerable notoriety through
the newspapers for his predictions OF
future events, and who few years ago
published a small volume on the ups and
downs of prices, which had great sale,
has now communicated his prophecies for
the year 1888, in which he says:
''This year, 1888, being the closing wear
in this cycle of low priceS-seyen years
from 1SS1-is the golden opportunity to
commence the foundation of n business.
II there is any benefit TO be derived from
a knowledge of these cycles in trade, it
will be in taking advantage of them.
Young men who are about to COM
mence their business career should em-
brace their present opportunity. There
are but few of these chances in an or
binary life. 1t requires about ten years
to complete an up and down in general
trade.
when the depressions which follow
commercial crises reach their lowest limit,
as determined by these price cycles, they
afford the best opportunities for invest
ment, and the height of speculative eras
are the most dangerous periods to make
commencement in any enterprise.
''This is the opportunity for investors to
open a mine, to build furnace, to erect a
mill, to build a ship, TO equip a railroad
and to make investments in agricultural,
commercial and industrial operations.
George Peabody laid the foundation
for his fortune by buying American Sc
curities in one of our commercial do
pressiOns. " - New York Real Estate
Journal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05

The first intermediate steamer. new
arrangement, is the Umatilla, due here
from san Francisco on April 9TH, and sail
ing hence on or about the 18th
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05
A nInnnscrint Exhibition

Letters sent to the Birmingham and
Midland Institute, which is about to have
manuscript exhibition at its annual con-
vcrsaziOne, show that Andrew Lang does
not keep his manuscript Justin Nc
Carthy works with n typewriter. Mr..
ShOrthousc, author Of 'John Inglcsant, 3"
makes sCrappy manuscripts. Marion
Crawford writes his improvements into
his draft Mr.. Besaut has not kept any
Of the manuscripts Of the Rice partner
ship. Bret Hartc is not in possession OF
tho sheets Of his earliest stories The
"copy" Of many famous books has already
been secured. New York sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05
GnId snns.t and Cloud.

Near Sighted Artist-B'JOve there's n
S;Irious subject, just wait till I sketch 10
a beautiful amber and gold sunset with
a white cloud slowly moving TO the right.
If ! could get that on canvas as it should
be, it, would be worth fortune.
Farmers Boy-What yer talllin' about?
That's my red headed sister scttin' over
there on a rock and the cloud is the old
white horse a-eetin' grass Springfield
Union.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05
, uhb p rfa.

The fifteen rubber boot concerns In
tho United states trn out 40, 900. 600
pairs annually, and foreign markets are
now being industrlously sampled 10 ex-
tend the sale abroad but clumsy sty.e
n wanted,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05
NATURE.
Nature Is Ike q sister to NV eyes

Nature is like sister to my eyes,
A maiden playful, petulant and shy;
Deep in her face sweet meanings Iespy,
Which now she fain would hide, as the far skies
Hide their blue souls by some thin cloud that flies
Rendering conCealnent lovelier sigh
When gazing on her charms, so quietly
Expressed, and learn her soul in its fair plIise.
Sometimes, with folded hands upon her breast.
Alone, apart, like some sweet nun, 1 hear
Her pray. Sometimes she sings to me, and fear
And JOY alternate rob my mind of rest.
Will Foster
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-05
Advertisements.
THOS. c. THRUlI, 's5:::s:::
STATTONFR.
BOOKSELLER, NEWSDEALER
Etc, Etc.
Respectfully Of


edconn
attention
Ike rates lille the folio
he severa IdIarn
have careful
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-03-28
A Chat with Farmers.


If at any time you should wish to
buy farm or plantation, be sure thai
there are plenty of springs on the
place, as they are not only a con-
Venience, but a joy forever, and the
farmer who willfully destroys one must
be miserly wretch and as devoid of
sentiment as Comanche Indian.
Farmers, save your springs.
The cry OF hard times is still abroad
in the land. If, however, one will
walk into modern confectionery store
he will see where much of the money
goes. Canned fruit, vegetables, pre-
serves, etc. (and much of it doctored)
all tell the tale. And there is parched
coffee, which your grocer may tell you
is as cheap as the unparched, as
though a man would furnish the time,
labor and fuel as a matter of accom-
mediation. If these features in house
keeping are to be ignored by the
mothers, what is to become of the
daughters?
1t is to be regretted that the stock
law defeats the ends for which it was
intended. Some twelve or fifteen
years ago, an all-cotton man expressed
a wish that such a law might be passed
for our county. II have" he went on
to say, two hundred acres of fine
woodland that I would cut down, and
that very quickly, aud put in cotton. y
Now our cotton crank had an abund.
ance of open land q that by terrac-
ing and sowing down in rye or
peas might have been reclaim
ed. Well, the stock law came
in due time, and we can scarcely
recall plantation on which most or
all of the woodland has not been de-
stroyed. They claim that their wood
land is subject to taxation and pays no
dividends. as though their open waste
lands were not subject to the same con-
ditions
It is gratifying to uotice that our
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-03-28
THE SUPREME COURT.
Who 1t Admits to Practice Before II
and How it is Done.

Who 1t Admits to Practice Before It,
and How it is Done.
The Supreme Court of the United
States is daily the scene of an event,
which, while not of especial interest to
the spectators, is of marked interest to
the actors. 1t is the introduction of
lawyers from the various States and
Territories to practice before the
highest judicial tribunal in the land.
A lawyer to be eligible to admittance
must be a member of the Supreme
Court of his own State or Territory
and must be introduced by amember of
the United Stated Supreme Court bar
in good standing. AS soon as the few
formal words of introduction are ut
tered by the sponsor the applicant is
directed to the clerks desk, and there,
in company with any others who may
have been introduced, he is sworn to
observe the rules and observances of
the court and to maintain the Constitu-
ton of the United States. The appli-
cant is then conducted to the clerks
room, where he signs his name and adj
dress in book kept for the purpose,
and also pays the $40 fee, usually with
a crisp $40 bill
Scarcely a day passes that one or
more attorneys are not introduced to
the Supreme Court. Monday, however,
is the day generally selected. Monday
is the day on which the court renders
its decisions. The installations take
place as soon as the last decision is
read, and, as rule, the last decision
of the day is read by the Chief Justice.
who waits until the other judges have
concluded. The Chief Justice then
bows to the Attorney General, who in
turn bows to the lawyers who have an
nounced their intention of introducing
professional brothers. The sponsors
and the applicants rise and the intro
duction follows.
The Supreme Court Bible is a small
black velvet-covered octave. It has
been used in the administration OF
every oath since 1903. Every Chief
Justice and every Associate Justice of
the United States has held this little
sacred tome in taking the oath OF
Office. Many thousands of lawyers
have held it, and to write the names of
the men who have touched its covers
would be to name the men who have
made the bench and bar of the United
States illustrious. 1t was printed in
London in 1899, and is to-day but little
the worse of wear.-Cors Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-03-28
Crop Rotation.

The same crops can not be grown
year after upon the same soil, without
reducing its productiveness. Hence.
as different plants require different
substances to perfect their growth to
maturity, the rotation of crops is an
important matter to the gardener. as
IN Judicious rotation every element
IN the soil is taken up by the different
crops. However fertile the soil NAV
be, a succession of exhausting crops
should not be grown upon the same
land, especially as it renders them more
liable to the attacks of their particular
enemies. Many insects injurious 70
vegetation deposit their eggs in the
soil beneath the plants which they
have infested, that the young may
come forth to commit their rayages
upon the succeeding crops, but if this
is changed to distant locality, they
may perish for want of proper food,
and so also of the seeds or spores OF
diseases in the soil
Perpendicular or tap-rooted plants,
with but few side roots, receive most
of their sustenanee from considerable
depth; horizontal-rooted plants find
their food near the surface. Various
plants, by means of their roots, act
differently; thus fibrous surface roots
break up and tighten the surface SOIL
while the roots of the clover and the
ike-roOted plants have a similar
effect on deeper portion. The
most exhaustiEg crops are those in
general which perfect their seed, as
they draw from the soil more largely
OF its ammonia, phosphates, ETC., than
required in the growth of all other
portions OF the plant.
To obtain the highest results, there
must not only be a general rotation,
but sub-successions each year as
main crops are removed. It is not
always necessary to wait until the
first crop occupying the ground is
removed before another is put in. A
garden well warmed and cultivated
with these second crops, will produce
a surprising amount of vegetables.
The same surface only needs to be
hoed, MANFRED and kept free from
weeds, as if it produced but one crop,
though somewhat more is required,
but nothing like the amount needed
to produce the same amount of crops
separately Popular Gardening.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-03-28

farmers are taking more intaras. !.
stock raising. This is as it shonld =
but they ought to give no eneor,.oos
ment to the overgrown stations heiDn
introduced here from the North A..
Intelligent liveryman will tell va, M.
they are not adapted to our long sum.
mers; that they are too large and beot,
for their feet, and that as roadsters 49,
are wanting in speed and endurance I.
Is said that the first thing the TTo;on
soldiers did when invading our teccitorr
was to exchange their horses for 49,,
lighter and feeter ones. But whatdos
farmer want with better draft an,-
NAL than full medium mule or - wall
bred, medium-sizod horsep If these
don't suit, then let him buy an ele.
plant.
If sorghum by the diffusion process.
will yield large quantities of suoar ~
has been demonstrated at experiment.
stations), why will not sugar-cane givo
a largely-increased yield by the same
processP Has it been triea? Is it prac.
teal? What a boon it would b. 10
Southern Georgia if her fields of luxu-
rious cane could be converted into
hogsheads OF delicious sugar. BY the
way. the term ribbon, applied among
the red hills to sugar-cane, is equallv
applicable to sorghum, if the latter
should happen to be striped. Sugar
cane. so-called in Florida aud Louis
lana, means something; it means rich
sugar and delicious sirup.-Cor. Dixie
Farmer.