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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
Maintaining Fertility.

Farms adjacent to large cities are sooner
run down, and the soil becomes poor and
unproductive much sooner than remote
farms. One great reason Of this is the
ready market a large city affords for every
thing farm can produce, and the tempta-
ton to a farmer to dispose of hay, grain,
straw and husks is so great that the
farmers do not keep as many cattle, horses
or sheep as they would were they not so
convenient to ready market. The conse-
quence of this is there is less BARNARD
manure made to go back to replenish the
soil and year after year the land is thus
robbed and impoverished until the farm is
put In the list of worn out lands ~ 1t is
great mistake to thus rob farm of its
best manurial elements, for if fed on the
farm the products would yield returns
more than twice that amount realized In
the cities, besides being beneficial longer
than one season.
sell farm In a way that destroys the fer
tility of the land. Some farmers defend
their methods by saying, "Oh, | always
buy some kind of commercial fertilizer to
take the place of the barnyard manure that
| would have if did not dispose of my
straw, husks, etc" Well, what do you
know about the component parts of the
fertilizer you purchase? Do you know
your land needs just what these fertilizers
the kind you get-are said to contain?
Do you think their use is as sure to bene-
fit both the crops and the land as the gen.
uine barnyard manure? Do you expect to
keep up the fertility of the soil by the con-
slant use of commercial fertilizers? Ifyou
do Danish such an idea, and remember if
there is anything In connection with farm
ing that is worth initiating your ancestors
in, it is the application of barnyard ma
nure, the great and only truly reliable soil
fertilizer
If you have an abundance of hay and
straw, it will pay you to buy up sheep at
the stockyards in the fall, and also cattle.
and feed them through the winter. Their
manure will more than pay for their keep
ing, and they can beside be disposed of in
the spring at a good profit. 1t is indeed
poor farm and an Indifferent farmer who
does not have every other year pasture or
meadow land that is so rich that he can
break up In his order of rotation of crops
to follow with grain. Many practical au-
thorities have concluded it is best to keep
the barn-yard manure hauled out and
spread on the land about as fast as it is
made, as the land will thus get the bene-
fit of many elements that are lost while it
is undergoing fermentation. Of course, in
advising this, reference is had to pastures
and grass lands; if thus spread on plowed
lands before a crop has got started, much
of the liquid element is lost.
Does the farmer, who to his sorrow
notices that his land is getting poor and
his crops each year getting less, and his
work becoming harder even to get these
light crops, pause and consider why, per-
haps, the adjoining farm has been at the
same time improving, and is yielding
larger and better crops than it did a few
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

office were In the habit of discovering. if
possible, In advance the temperature of the
generals private Office before doing bust
ness with him unless the exigencies of the
case demanded it. One day a certain we'll
known correspondent CHANGED to be In the
Office when Sheridan was delivering In his
breezy way a criticism on a chrome which
some proud publisher had sent him. repre-
sentlng the general riding down the line
after the disaster at Cedar Creek with a
reglmental flag In his right hand and fol-
lowed by an enormous staff.
Now, just look, said Sheridan. land
see how blank ridiculous that man has
made me appear. Here | am represented
as riding down the line with a fac in nv
hand and whole regiment of cavalry as
my escort. Why, blank, blank, blank. l
am made to appear like blank fool. Now
the truth Is | rode down the line with
Tony Forsyth; that was all there was to
1t. No flag, no escort except Forsyth. >
The next day a verbatim account of
Sheridan's conversation. adjectives and
all, appeared in print He was furious.
Il wouldn t have cared so much about it
except -- makes me swear so. People
will think I am in the habit of swearing.
Why, blank, blank, you know that ism t
sos
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

The Milwaukee, Lake Shore h Western
Railway has been well named the Fishing
and Hunting Line of Wisconsin, passing,
as it does, through thousands of acres OF
but partially explore. woods and within
easy reaching distance of lakes and
streams that have never been fshed by
white men, all well stocked with the game
fish for which Northern Wisconsin waters
are noted. The woods ABOUND with ganaeS
deer, bear, wolf, mink, beaver, pheasant
and other game are quite plentiful.
THE ONLY LINE
From Milwaukee to the new Iron Minin&
District in Wisconsin and Michigan thss
reaches ALL of the developed MinEag
towns; GOGEBIC, WAKEFIELD, BE8{
SEMER, IRONWOOD AND HURLEY.
Direct line to ASHLAND and DULUTH
Sleeping cars between bHLAND ant
CHICAGO.
The GUIDE Book, and other descripss.a
matter, containing full information, msYa
and engravings of the country traverse&
by the line, will be sent to any address Gz
application to the General Passeng<x
Agent.
ehAs. l. RYDER. Gen1 Agt. ia Clark St..
g. VLIEr. City P. & T. Agt. ( CHICAGO
NI,cGllkee Office. 95 Wisconsin ST.
d. F. wHITCOMB GEO. s. MARSH,
GeB1 Manager. Gen1 Pass. & Tiki, AsE
MILWAUKEE,, WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
ALL NATIONS GAMBLE.
1t Is Vice Old as the Universe and
Thriyes in Spite of the Law.

1hTIFes III SplCe OF Une Law.
1t has often been maintained that gamb-
ling is an acquired or cultivated taste or
habit and not the result of natural
vicious inclination inherent In human ne-
ture. The facts do not bear out this
theory, however, as history clearly proves
That gambling has been prevalent passion
with all nations and classes in all ages, and
that in spite of the most rigorous repres-
sive laws, it has survived with undimin-
ished vigor.
In old Greece gambling was recognized
evil and laws were enacted for its repres-
sion. Among the Goths and Vandals dice
play was carried Oh TO such an extent that
these barbarous people would not only
risk their own fortune, but their personal
liberty as well, on single throw The
gambling of the Saxons, Danes and Nor
mans are matters of English history, and
when cards came into fashion, which was
In the reign of Henry VII, it soon became
necessary in the eyes of the authorities of
the time to prohibit their use. There was
a curious exception made In favor of the
Christmas holidays, during which even APP
orentices were allowed to play with cards
provided they did so in their masters
houses.
The laws promulgated against gambling
during the reign of Henry VIII, were
framed not so much against gambling it.
self as to prevent such pastimes from
tempting the English youth to neglect
manly sports. But still, be the ground
what it may, gaming houses, too, were
forbidden by this monarch James |. was
not against them and left on record undeS
his own hand: when it is foule and
storme weather there may be lawful play
at the cards or tables but in Charles
II. s reign the vice spread to such an ex-
tent that more repressive measures than
ever were taken against it and gaming was
forbidden in all forms. Queen Anne, too,
carried on the crusade, creating quite a
revolution in the fashions of the time by
her enactments declaring gambling debts
void and making playing for money I'M
lawful in itself. The record is much the
same In subsequent reigns. George H.,
George III. and George ", all in various
degrees, extended the penal statutes.-New
Orleans Picayune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
A FAMILY OF TwENTY-EIGHT.
All Living in North Carolina Log Cabin
With But One Room

In the western part of North Carolina,
and about seven miles west of Hot Springs,
there lives a family by the name of Brooks,
says letter to the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
GRAFT. 1t Is very interesting one, and many
visitor to the quiet little town has had
his curiosity so aroused by stories of this
family that they have hired teams and
driven seven miles to the Brooks residence.
This consists of little, low log cabin In
an unsettled district, and is occupied by
handsome children. Every one is a blonde.
with golden yellow hair and peachy COM
pleXlon, and all as ignorant. wild and ur-
tutOred as they are beautiful. In addition
to the above family proper the two oldest
girls are married; one is a widow with
two children and the other has three child
rem and a husband. Both these little fami-
lies are living with the old folks at home.
making it all a family of twentv-eight
when none is missing The home or log
cabin consists of but one room, and that a
very small one. On two sides of this are
built seven berths, one above another,
against the wall, and they were evidently
built with the cabin. In these ''boyes"
the parents, children and grandchildren
lay themselves away when night comes on.
Three times day this interesting family
may be seen at meals. The oldest mem
bers seat themselves about on the ground
In front of the house. Indian fashion,
and are favored with tin plates and iron
spoons, while the younger ones stand
around a rough homemade table inside
the cabin, eating beans with a relish that
Is good to look upon. This is the princi-
pal diet; now and then they have a change
but it is of the same plain, cheap order,
They are all healthy and robust, knowing
nothing of sickness. The father of this
family, who has to hustle for the
beans " to fill the twenty-eight hungry
mouths, makes as high as S18 some months,
but oftener his income will not exceed SIS
per month, which trihing sum he earns
by walking seven miles daily to Hot
Springs to work In the mill of Mr.. Frank
Gahagan. The mother, who has a baby
in arms. seems contented and happy as
she sits with one foot ON the side of home
made cradle, made of an ordinary pin-box,
with rockers sawed out of a rough board,
which she every now and then gives "a
kick to keep the cradle moving, while
she sings over and over again few
lines of some old hymn she has learned.
Everyone is struck with the remarkable
beauty of the children, from the youngest
to the oldest. 1t is something wonderful
The parents have found name for all
but one, the last born, which is without a
name vet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

For moths, says a contemporary, salt is
the best exterminator The nuns In one
of the hospital converts, having tried
everything else without success, and their
experience is valuable, as they have so
much clothing of the sick who 60 there.
and strangers, when dying there, often
leave quantities of clothing, etc. They
had room full of feathers, which were
sent there for pillow making, and they
were in despair, as they could not EXTERN
mate the moths, until they were advised to
try common salt. They sprinkled it
around, and In a week or ten DAYS were
altogether rid of the moths. They are
never troubled now. In heavy velvet car
pets, sweeping them with salt, cleans and
keeps them from moths, as particles of the
salt remain In the carpets and corners.
Salt is not hurtful to anyone. and has no
bad smell. Here is a little hint which
perhaps, anyone does not know: For
cleaning wash-basins, baths, etc, use the
same thing, common dry salt. Rub a lit
tie of the salt with your fingers on the
bas n. Often soft scum is noticed in the
basin of a marble washstand in the bath
room, the salt takes it. off easily, and
leaves the basin shining and clean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
Edison's New Idea,

An electrician who was on the other
side with Edison tells a writer in the
Brooklyn Eagle that the wizard of Menlo
is extremely anxious to get back to his
workshop to experiment with an idea be-
side which the telephone and monograph
are trifes- 1t holds the same relation to
the photograph that the photograph does
to the telephone, in that it transmits sight
for long distances by means of electricity.
Edison met a number of the Frenchmen of
science, particularly the@electricians. and a
certain chemist who has also dabbled ex-
tensively in electricity, NJ Courton by
name, talked over with him some ideas he
had on the subject and suggested that
Edison should endeavor to give them prac-
teal shape. The wizard was deeply i'm
pressed by his suggestions and said that
though he had not yet perfected definite
plan for the experiments, he saw no reason
why the end might not be achieved accord
ing to the lines laid down by the French
man. The theory is to transmit light
vibrations by wire as sound vibrations are
transmitted on the telephone, and NJ
Courton's plan for arriving at this effect is
said to be very ingenious and astonishing.
After all, since we photograph sound and
transmit it and photograph sight, why
may not light also be transmitted? This
electric age produces such marvels that we
are absolutely losing the power to be as
tonished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
THE FARM And HOUSEHOLD.
A wOMAN,s KNOWLEDGE.

You ask me what is constancy, my childs
It Is to know
One love must live within thee indebted
For veal or woe
1t is to feel that grief and bitter pain
Are thine for aye;
To long with aching, hopeless heart In vain
For yesterday.
To wake within the midnight cold and drear
From visions fair,
And CRY to God when there are none TO hear
Thy lone despair.
To hold loves faith against the surest proof
That knowledge brings,
And, closing thy heart, to stand aloof
From whisperings
Of doubt To let thy dreary life to one
Enthralling song
Loved lips have sung, and when each day is done
Forgetting wrong.
To fall upon thy knees and pray to God
That he may keep
Thy love from care, though thou dost kiss the rod
And live to weep.
Ny little girl, thine eyes are filed with tears!
May mercy free
Thee from the anguish that life's cruel years
Hath brought to me.
Should young love stoop to kiss thee, may he
bring
Deaths balm to still
Thy heart, ere cometh faiths wild suffering
Thy life to fill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
Painted Houses the Healthiest.

Statistics show that people live longer
In brick house than in stone. and that
wooden houses are the healthiest. This
suggests the idea of using paint on
masonry. An authority states that 100
years ago it was fashionable to paint
brick buildings white, and many charming
structures remain to attest the value of a
coat of paint in preserving the masonry
and its pleasant, homelike effect is foil
to the vines and shrubs which city houses
are commonly adorned with. If it should
prove, as might be easily ascertained, that
the painted brick houses preserve their in
habitants more effectually from sickness
and premature death than the implanted
ones, it would be worth while to revive
the ancient fashion, and, with our greater
resources in the way of materials and
ideas, exterior colorings might become as
important an accessory to the architecture
of the twentieth century as it was to that
of the twelfth or thirteenth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
,N0nEO from the diary Of touris44
WEN commercial travellers buGI-
~ neoa man And nfhars -

,N0MHO from the diary Of tourisAa,
WEN commercial travellers buGI
mess men and others -
revealed:
That the Wisconsin Centr,s ha1 tbs
unqualified endorsement ot ell;
That the Wisconsin Central has today
the most popular line between ChicaQ1
and Milwaukee, and st. Paul, Mime
apohs and the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding to its admirers as the reco0-
nized Pullman line between ChicaSp
and Milwaukee and Ashland, Duluth
and Lake Superior;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points in Wiscon-
sin, and that it his more Important
business centers on its through line
than any other railway to and from
the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an envlable reputation with its Deee-
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin Central runs faA
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout thu
country, who will cheerfully give sny
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are specially
instructed to look after the comfort Of
passengers who may be routed via il
line.
For detailed information apply to yoxs
nearest Ticket Agent; or to represents.
tives of the Wisconsin Central.
VIM. g. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER.
General Manager. GenH Passr. & Tkt Al
LOUIS ECKSTEIN,
Asst Genh Passr. & Tiki. Agt
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
A WISE DECISION.
An Attempt to Cheat a Poor Woman Frus-
trated.

WASHINGTON, D. C. = Commissioner
Croft, of the general land office, has rem
dered decision in the case of John L. An
derson VS.. Mary Myers, ON an appeal from
the local land Office at Niobrara, Neb. The
commissioner reviews the evidence sub
mitted and concludes as follows: 1t is
clear that in consequence of sickness
and poverty she has been obliged to
be away a great deal of the time and
am satisfied that she has lived on the
claim as continuously as she was able and
as much as was consistent with prudence
and safety. The law does not require that
life and health should be sacrificed to
maintain residence There is not parti-
Gle of evidence that the claimant at any
time intended to abandon her claim. Mary
Myers entry is sustained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
Beautiful Women.

A gentleman who has travelled consider
ably, in speaking of the beauty of foreign
women, says he believes the Swedish peas
ant women to be the most beautiful In all
the world. The young matrons are like
and the girls are ideals of pure
and exquisite maidenhood. Their quaint
peasant dress and head covering add to
their charm, and he has brought home
photographs of these women that would
each one make an ideal head for painter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
ELECTRIC WIRES BURNED.
Remarkable Exhibition of the Power OF
the Electric Current at Cincinnati.


CINCINNATI, GA frightful exhibition
of the power of the electric street-railway
circuit has been given along the line of the
Mount Auburn Street railroad Their
guard wire, which hangs above the con-
Quoting wire to protect other wires from
coming in contact with the electric cur
rent broke, and as it formed circuit when
resting on the charged wire with one end
on the street the current passed through it,
The result was terrifying. The wire be-
came white with heat and sparkled and
famed with the blue and white flashes of
an over-charged conductor. Confusion
reigned on the streets. The burning wire
consumed and fell in pieces. Men ran
and women shrieked. Horses were fright
ened and rushed away from the dreadful
light. Wagons and street cars collided,
but fortunately the falling wire nowhere
touched any human being and no casual
ties followed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

INDENTED writing upon iron has just
been successfully done by John Farrar, an
Eastern iron foundryman, by the following
process: The impression on the iron is
made by writing backwards on thin paper,
pinning the paper in mold, and then
pouring in the iron. The writing thus
transferred to the plates, when the iron is
cooled, is wonderfully clear and distinct,
and is so deeply imprinted as to defy any
attempt at erasure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
Three Centuries of Beer.

A Munich letter in the New York Trib-
une says: Yesterday the entire city was
in state of turmoil and uproar in honor
of the tri-centennial anniversary of the
foundation of the Hofbrauhaus or Royal
brewery. 1t was established the 9th of
September, 1889, by Duke William of
Bavaria, and has become one of the in
dustries of the country. No one who has not
visited Munich can form any idea of the
grimy, dingy tavern In which the Royal
court, beer has been retailed for the last 800
years and which forms part of the Alte
Hof. as the ancient palace OF the dukes of
Bavaria is called. There are no walters or
mattresses, every body being expected to
attend to his own wants. II is a common
sight to see colonies, and even generals, in
full uniform take their places In line, often
behind chimney-sweep or a scavenger,
and wait their turn for stone mug. and
then proceed to rinse it themselves at the
tank before again forming In line for the
purpose of having It filed. Then they take
their places at the rough deal tables, which
have done service from time immemorial.
and purchase from the vendors present
slices of wurst and of schwarzbrod 1t will
naturally surprise most people that greet
personages should De ready to put up with
much trouble and discomfort for the sake
of NEAR mug of beer. A draught of the
latter, however, is all that is required by
way explanation. The brew is truly royal
and in every way worthy of the ancient dy-
nasty of Wittiesbach, which produces it.
No where else in the world is it possible to
obtain such beer, the recipe for which was
obtained by the ducal founder from the
famous brewer Degernberg and has been
kept a state secret ever since The net
profit of the Hofbrauhaus- beer being
sold only at retail and to be drank on
the premises amounts to about $500, 900 or
81 900, 900 per annum, and constitutes an
important source of private revenue to the
reigning sovereign of Bavaria.
A genuine man is the .snnhlest work of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
aIitfIe PhilB

Gen. Sheridan, in his latter days. SAYS
the Washington correspondent to the New
York Tribune, was rather peppery, and
macy to deal with him. When in his
moods his language was frequently of a
sulphuric nature. The ''boys" around the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
CABBAGE SALAD.

One cabbage weighing about three
pounds, boil it until it is tender, then al
low it to become cold, beat up two eggs
with one-half pint of vinegar, two tea
spoonfuls of sugar, two-thirds of a tea
spoonful of mustard, one-fourth of a tea
spoonful of red pepper, place on the stove
and stir constantly, adding teaspoonful
of butter as soon as the mixture becomes
hot, stir until smooth, chop the cabbage
and add the dressing, mixing it well, place
on fiat dish or in a salad bowl, garnished
with pieces of boiled beet and serve with
roast beef
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
CREAM PUFFS.

Take eight eggs, their weight in sugar,
and half their weight in -four, break and
separate the eggs carefully, beat the yoIks
and sugar until very light, then add the
whites of the eggs beaten stiff, put half a
teaspoonful of soda and a teaspoonful of
cream of tartar in little milk, mix in the
cake, bake Is minutes; for filling put two
cupfuls of milk on to boil, mix two table
spoonfuls of cornstarch, three tablespoon
fuls of sugar and beat two eggs together
until light, then add the boiling milk taken
from the fire and add the grated rind and
juice of one lemon, stand away to cool;
when the cake is done turn carefully from
the pan, which should be shallow, and
spread while warm with the mixture, cut
the cake in halves and fold the bottom
parts together, with the filing between;
ice the top.