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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
Packing Butter for TRANSFORMATION.

noticed an article in Canadian pa
per stating that a Canadian merchant
had shipped q consignment of butter to
China, via the Canada Pacific railroad.
The article went on to say that this was
the first lot of butter that had been shi-
ped to China, and that the venture had
proved financial success, bat that the
model or manner of packing the butter
was secret Now, what is to hinder
some of our American butter dealers
from trying the same thingf There is
market In this country, apparently, that
would take all our surplus butter. The
United Snates sends hundreds of thou
sands of hard dollars yearly to China to
pay for the tea we buy from them. Why
not exchange butter for their tea! The
United States sends large quantities of
butter TO England, where we come in di-
rect competition with the older countries
of France, Belgium, Germany, Holland,
Norway and Sweden, and we generally
come off second best in that market. But
in China, once get the market establish
ed, we would have little competition. As
TO the secret manner of packing the but
ter to ship TO China or any other for
eign market, here 1t is: Take new
pork barrels. fill them with clean wat
change the water once during the time.
This serves two purposes. The water
takes away the wood smell, also soeks
into the barrel and prevents the danger
of the brine soaking into the wood and
leaving some portion of the butter bare,
which would cause it TO become strong
and rancid. Make brine by boiling
that will float an egg; let it stand to cool
and settle before using. Make the but
ter into rolls that will fit into the barrel
So as not to leave too much vacant space.
Wrap the rolls with cheese cloth TO keep
them from massing together. Put IL a
o ortion of the brine before commencing
to pack in the barrel. Leave two inches
of space at the top of the barrel for
brine. Be sure the butter is kept cover
ed all the time With the brine, for here Is
where the secret lies, in not allowing the
air TO come in contact with the butter
after packing. Butter requires TO bs
sailed II the usual way, one ounce TO the
pound, before packing for the reason
that brine will not penetrate butter
when pressed in a solid mass. Butter
packed in this way will keep fresh AND
sweet for months. Last season / put
down several barrels in this method. The
butter was in the brine from the middle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
Hearts, Not Homes.
Washington Post.

"There is no place like home" That's
true, put home is something more than
a house. A house you own, pay rent for,
or occupy on a mortgage. The standard
writer OF the day abuses boarding houses
and attributes half of the divorces and
most unhappiness to that mode of life.
Every phase of civilized life has it's com
pensations. The homes of a separate
house adds cares manifold, but also pri-
vacy. The boarding house gives ease and
obtrudes others into your home life.
separate house permits hospitality to
ones friends; boarding houses avoid that
expense. In his own house q man some
times grows dull; in a clearinghouse his
wife may find too much society. In ones
own house there ere the disallusion of
kitchen roUtiue, servant vexatious, frozen
warer pipes, and exor5itan5 gas bills.
In me boarding house are Importunate
lardiadiss, other peoples children, pos
Shy water bugs, and sticky fg-paper.
rpArate house IS not home unless it
contains loving, courteous well bred peo-
pie. The shabbiest boarding house on
earth il a home, where hearts are fond
and heads are clear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
A Young Napoleon of Finance.

He was just a common little street
gamin and was playing pennies, or would
have been if he had possessed any pen
MES. was passing and he yelled, Say,
boss, give me penny, will your" After
some consideration as to the ultimate end
of the penny [ conclud ed | would satisfy
his desire for wealth to the extent of one
cent. Throwing himsa penny I walked
on. In about ten minutes | returned, and
my financial protege was hard at work
pitching pennies. The rest of the boys
were busy watching contest between my
boy and one of the other fellows, a
grimly determined looking little lad with
a decidedly freckied face. | asked how
things were going, when the little fellow
to whom | had given the penny replied
by opening his fist and showing me half
dozen pennies in the dirty hand which
had been empty when had first passed
by. At that moment he had won the last
cent of which his companions were pos
sessed, and was the capitalist of the
crowd. l told him that 1 thought he
should ret~rn the penny he had borrowed
Without a moments hesitation he extend
ed dirty hand in which were three PEN
MES. | told him that had only lent him
one cent, and asked why he returned
three. "Wky," said he, "that is the regu-
lar way we do. If IA fellow lends you g
penny you must give him back half you
win with it." Subsequent inquiry revealed
the fact that such is the rate of interes;
charged among the city hall gamins or
all gambling loans, whether previously ar
ranged or not. I gave him back the cent
convinced that l had launched young
Napoleon of finance upon the world
/ New York Graphic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
Wheat and Whence 1t Came

Wheat, which Is now the bread corn of
twelve European nations, and is fast sup
planting maize in America and several
inferior grains In India, was no doubt
widely grown in the prehistoric world
The Chinese cultivated it POO B. c., as q
gift direct from heaven; the Egg ptian-
attributed it's origin TO Iris and the
Greeks to Ceres. classic account of
the distribution of wheat over the pri-
meVal world shows that Ceres, having
taught her favorite Triptolemus agricul
ture and the art of breadmakIng, gave him
her chariot, celestial vehicle, which be
used in useful travels for the purpose of
distributing corn to all nations. Ancient
monuments show that the cultivation Of
whe at had been established in Egg pit be-
fore the invasion of the shepherds, and
there is evidence that more productive
varieties of wheat have taken the place
of one, at least, of the ancient sorts. In
Vulnerable varieties exist of common
wheat. Col. lie Couteur of Jersey Guilt
waited $50 varieties. Mr.. Darwin men
tions French gentleman who had COL
Ieeted 322 varieties, AMI the great firm of
French seed merchants, Qilmor1n Andri-
eux ct Cie, cultivate about twice as many
in their trial grounds near Paris. In their
M. Henry l.. de Vilmorln has described 66
varieties of best wheat, which he has
classed into seven groups, though these
groups can hardly be called dis
tinct species, since M. Henry 7. de
Vilmorin has crossbred three of them,
Triticum vulgare, Triticum targidum, and
Triticum durum, and has found the off
spring fertile. Three smallgrPined verie-
ties of common wheat were cultivated bV
the first lake dwellers of Switzerland (time
of Torjan war and as well as by Switzer-
Ian i and of Italy, by the people of Hun
gary in the stone age, and by the Egyp-
tians on the evidence of brick of pyra-
mid in which a grain was mbedded and
to which the date of 3 ,359 B. G. has been
ass. gned. The existence of names for
wheat in the most ancient languages con-
firms this evidence of the antiquity of its
culture in all the more temperate parts of
Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it seems i'm
probable that wheat has ever been found
growing persistently IN wild state, al
though the fact has often been asserted
by poets, travellers, and historians. In
the Odyssey, for example, we are told
shat wheat grew in Sicily without the aid
of men, but blind poet could not have
seen this himself, and a botanical face
can hardly be accepted from writer
whose own existence has been contested.
Diodorus repeats the tradition that Osiris
found wheat and barley growing promis-
cuously in Palestine, but neither this nor
other discoveries of persistent wild wheat
seem TO us to be credible, seeing that
wheat does not appear to be endowed
with power of persistency except I'M
der culture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
Agricultural Success.

Probably the first thing that will occur
20 almnot ever farmer who considers the
/ failure he has made, and the obstacles he
must encounter in the future, is that he
must wOr.z harder than be has been In the
| habit of dong. That labor Is essential to
| successful farming Is clear TO every one.
| But it does not follow that merely in
creasing the quantity of labor will insure
q higher degree of success. | believe that
the great majority farmers work too hard
already, and that instead of trying to do
more than they have done in any previous
| year they should resolve I'D diminish the
time spent in the fields. If they WORK
less they will have time TO think more,
and will be able TO plan their work to
much better advantage than they can if
they toll in the fields "from daylight to
dark"
Il is easy to see that the more wisely
/ the plans are laid the greater will be the
| degree of success attending their execu-
| tioU. It is also plain that if but little
time is gwen to careful thought and CON
| sideration OF the business the plans will
not be perfect. Many things will be
| overlooked until it is too late to attend TO
| them, and many pieces of work will be
done at a disadvantage for want of lit
tie time spent IN thinking how to perform
| them in the best manner.
Too many farmers work in the field I'M
til it is too late. or they are too tired TO
work any longer, and then, when they
need rest, give that strength they have
left to planning their business. There
are others who do their work of this kind
while toiling in the field. But no one can
think to the bes6 advantage when tired,
or been working hard with the hands.
The method should be changed. Before
the body is wearied with labor time
should be taken to think how the work
can be most profitable directed.
If any one is disposed to consider this
| a plea for ease Or Incidence, let him re-
member that brain work is far more ex-
hausting than physical toll. The change
| Is not advocated merely to save labor,
but TO make labor more profitable. The
mind is far superior to the hand, and the
extent TO which it is used, in farming or
any other line of business, will very &C.
curately indicate the degree of success
which will be secured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
The Farm and Home.
ALL POWERFUL WOMAN.
BY FRANCIS s. SMITH.

What cannot woman DO for good or evil?
She is the worst and best OF human kind
Either an angel or very devil,
Sour and belligerent, or calmly sweet incliued
As wife and mother she can make home Heaven
Or bring it suffering or blight
By disposition kind and temper even.
Or bosom full of bitterness and spite.
The sweetest. grandest object in creation
Is a good woman IN her proper sphere,
Winning the ardent love and appreciation
OF loyal husband and of children dear.
Earnest in her work, devout, untiring-
Ever striving some new bliss TO plan
To no great name but that f wife aspiring
The browning glory God vouchsafed to man.
And then per contra. there is no one living
More to be censured. dreaded, and despised,
Than bad woman constant trouble giving
To those who should by her be idoliZed.
Splenetc. sour, cruel and sedtious,
Careless Of home. and fond of rout and ball
Willful, improvident, constituencies and vicious
The friend of no one, and the curse of all
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
APHORISBIS.

Life is not SO short but that there ia
always time enough for courtesy.-Emer-
son.
That action is best which procures the
greatest happiness for the greatest num-
bers.-Hutchinson.
Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour
in the world insinceri5y is the most dan
gerou5.-Froude.
Both men and women belle their nature
When they are mol kind.
Bailey.
Our grand business is not to see what
lies dimIy at distance, but to do what
lies clearly at hend.-Carlyle.
He who comes up to his own idea of
greatness must always have a very low
standard of it in his own mind.-Hazlitt.
Only the refined and delicate pleasures
that spring from research and education
can build up barriers between different
ranks.-Mme. de Stael.
Of all the actions of mans life his
marriage does least concern other people,
yet of all actions of our life tits most
meddled with by other people.--Selden.
think it must somewhere be written
that the virtues of mothers shall occa-
sioDally be visited on their children, as
well as the sins of fathers.-Dickerson
To the man whom heaven points
To govern others should himself first
learn
To bend his passion to the sway of rea-
SOD.
Thompson.
Incivility is not vice of the soul, but
the effect of several vioes-of vanity, ig-
norance of duty, laziness, stupidity, dis
traction, contempt of others, and ieal-
ousy.-De Ia Bruyere.
A street fak1r with CANDY jewelry
took away several hundred dollars from
Green Bay greenhorns few days ago.
He is operating in other towns i'll Wis
eonsin, where the citizens have liking
to De swindled.
Over 200 deposit books of the Johns
town savings bank were lost in the food
by depositors or their heirs. There was
STA 900 in deposit, and much of this is
the property of people having no heirs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
Lem HIS Funeral.

Another of the queer characters in
White Horse Camp was man known as
Lem Hill. He was as mild as buttermilk
and as dull as a hoe, and no one ever
thought OF asking his advice or interest
ing themselves ia his affairs. One day
he took sick, and after period lasting
about three weeks it was seen that he
must die. It was deemed best that some
one should break the news to him, and
SO Judge" K7lso dropped in and said:
'Lem, you are gOin' 70 turn up you1 toes
before another sunrise"
The Judge didn't mean to be sudden or
unfeeling, but this was his Way
guess | am" quietly replied Lem. "Well,
that pint being settled and no exceptions
taken, what last requests hev ye got to
make? We want TO do the fair thing, you
know, although it's busy time" -"Kir
hev funeralS" querrjed Len. "You
kin" -"Reg'Iar procession ?"- "Yes."-
II don't expect any coffin, of course, but
I'd like to hev the affair pulled off reas
onably decent. You kin plant me on the
hill beside the Frenchman. | guess We
wont quarrel" Eyes, we'll do that,
though it's purity hard digging up thar
Needn't mind going over a couple OF
feet" said Lem, "and the fellers with the
body had better sake the left-hand path
as they go up; it's easier 20 climb"
"Got any ealth?" asked the Judge af-
ter a moments silerce. "a couple of
ounces, ebbe."-"Mighty slim show for
big spread on that, but we can help it,
Well, Lem, lis my busy day, you know
and must cut this short. Hope you won'i
take ofgense."-"Oh, certainly not; don't
neglect work on my account. Sunthin
said at the gravef"-"Just few words
Lem, and I'll say 'em myself. IN practice
up this afternoon, and get some whiskey
to clear my throat. 1 want to make de-
cent job of it."-"WhatI you say ?"-
"Why, that you died happy-have left an
aching void-We shall all miss you-cu;
down in yout prime. I'll lay it on purity
thick"
"Well I'm sure l couldn't ask for more
and perhaps it's better than 1 could ex
poet. So long, Judge. Go back to your
work, and I'll 60 on with my dying" And
the Judge left the shanty whistling as wa:
his won't, and Lem had been dead over al
hour before word came to Us down in the
guloh. The funeral came off the mex
morning, and it has always been pleas
ant remembrance with me that the judge
did considerable better than he agreed to
He gave two eulogies in place of one, ant
after the burial he licked one of the mer
wEo wouldn't knock off work to attend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
RUSSIAN PRISONERS.
Disagreeableness of Life in the Convict
Mines at Kara

The following Is from George Ken
mans article in the June Century on "Ths
Convict Mines of Kara" Hard-labol
convicts 81 Kara receive daily ration
consisting of three pounds of black rye
! bread; about four ounces OF meat, In
| GLIDING the bone; a small quantity OF
barley, which is generally PUT into the
water in which the meat is boiled for the
purpose of making soup; and little
brick tea Occasionally they have pota
toes or few leaves of cabbage; but such
luxuries are bough5 with money MAIDS by
extra work, or saved by petty economies
in other ways. This ration seemed to
me ample in qusntity, but lacking in var
iety and very deficient in vegetables. The
bread which 1 tasted was perhaps as
good as that eaten by Russian peasants
generally; but it was very moist and
sticky, and pieces taken from the center
of the loaf could be rolled back into
doagh in ones hands. The meat, which
saw weighed out TO convicts after it
had been boiled and cut up into pieces
about as large as dice, did not have an
inviting appearance, and suggested to my
mind small refuse scrap intended for
soap grease.
"rhe daily meals of the convicts were
arranged as follows: In the morning
after the roll call, or 'verifcation,' break
fast, consisting of brick tea and brick
rye-bread, was served to the prisoners in
their cells. The working parties then
set out on foot for the gold pIacers, car
rying with them bread and tea for lunch.
This midday meal was eaten in the open
air beside a campfire, regardless of
weather, and sometimes in fierce winter
storms. Late in the afternoon the con-
victs returned on foot 30 their cells and
ate on their sleeping platforms the first
hearty and nourishing meal of the day,
consisting of hot soup, meat, bread, and
perhaps little more brick tea. After
the evening verifcation they were locked
up for the night and lay down to sleep in
closely packed rows on the 'nares,' or
sleeping-benches, without removing their
clothing and without making any prepa-
ration for the night beyond bringing in
the 'parashas,' or excrement buckets.
spreading down their thin patchwork
crazy quilts, and rolling up some of their
spare clothing to put under their heads.
"The clothing furnished to hard-la-
Dor convict at Kara consists-or should,
by law, oonsist-of one coerse linen shirt
and one pair of linen trousers every six
months; one cap, one pair of thick
trousers, and one gray overooat every
year; 'polushuba (pol-oo-shoo- ba), or
outer coat of sheepskin, every two years;
one pair of 'brodnias' (brode-nee-yas),
or loose leather boots, every three and a
half months in winter; and pair of
'kati' (kot-tee), or low, shoes, every
twenty two days in summer. The quail
ity of the food and clothing furnished by
the government may be inferred from
the fact that the cost of maintaining a
hard labor convict at the mines is about
$50 for year or little less than IA
cents day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04

of June until December. When aupaok
ed for sale it was just as fresh and well
tasted as when it went into the brine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04

The United States steamer Adams, at
Honolulu, has been ordered to take the
place of the Alert and Nipsic now On their
way to San Francisco.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
A Hard Heart Softened.

Young lady-Father, this is scandalons!
The idea of man of your standing COM
ing home in this condition!
Old gentleman-Couldn't (hic) help If,
m der. Met zee young Teller l wouldn't
let you marry, an (hic) had some drinks
wiz him, and he's such good Teller / said
he (hic) could mary you right off, M
dear.
''Mercy! Where is her"
"Dunno, m dear. Policeman took i'm
off (hic) in a wheelbarrow."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
The experts who have been

The experts who have been examining
the books of Theodore P@pke, the alb
scouding treasurer of Neenah, made their
report to the council last night. They
place Papke's shortage at a little over
$500. He is in Vancouver, B. G.
Sarah j. Mackin, widow of YOUNGSTOWN,
Pa, who lost all her earthly possessions
by the food, has just been awarded a
pension and back pay amounting to
So, 966.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-04-29
Honolulu Library
Reading Room Association.
Cor. Hotel x AIakea Streets.
Open every Day and Evening.

The Library consists at the present
time of over Five Thousand Volumes.
The Reading Room is supplied with
about fifty of the leading newspapers
and periodicals.
A Parlor is provided for conversation
and games.
Terms of membership, fifty cents
month, payable quarterly in advance.
NO f!ormality required in joining except
signing the roll.
Strangers from foreign countries and
visitors from the other islands are well
come to the rooms at all times as guests.
This Association having no regular
means of support except the dues of
members, it is expected that residents
of Honolulu who desire to avail them
selves of its privileges, and all who feel
an interest in maintaining an institution
of this kind, will put down their names
and become regular contributors.
A. j. CARTWRIGHT Pres,
M. M. SCOTT, Vice-President
II. A. PARMELEE, Secretary,
A. l.. SMITH, Treasurer,
O. Il. RODGERS, Md,
Chairman Hall and Library Committee.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-04-29
Anderson & Lundy,
Dentists.

Artificial Teeth from one to an entire
set inserted on gold, silver, aluminium
and rubber bases. Crown and Bridge
Work speoial'y, To persons wearing
rubber plates which are constant
source OF irritation TO the mouth and
throat we would recommend our Pro
phylactic Metal Plate, All operations
performed in accordance with the latest
Improvements in dental science. Teeth
Extracted without pain by the use of
Nitrous Oxide Gas,
C&'> Office at Old Tregloan Residence,
Hotel street Feb.20-S9
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-04-29

BDnAl business entrusted to our care
will receive prompt and faithful atten-
ton at moderate charges Feb-4-89
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-04-29
Whale Boats.

IN answer to several enquiries con-
Il corning Whale Boat Frames, we
have now in course of construction,
3 Whale Boat Frames "a feet by 32 feet
long. These frames are bent in one
piece of oak, and held to shape, thus
requiring little tact to set them up and
build. The full frame for such boats,
including cants, DO sections in number,
is sold at $2s; with large stems on keel,
and ready to plank $40. They are not
intended to be clinker built, nor rs the
frail imported whale boats proper, but
are intended for rough use and durabi-
lily, yet light withal, for fishing and
trading purposes. We have exported
these frames and intend dong so, and
make this offer to amateurs and others
DESTROYS of trying their hand, with
plenty of leisure and small cash to make
business. viii bend frames to any
given model from o to % tons. Also on
hand for sale Surf and Pleasure Boats,
Stems, Knees and Timbers. Mutual
Telephone No 1926.
DOVER 81 SON.
&c If Boat Builders.