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with his agreeable wife, and hope their lives may be long in this land to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
 A few 6abbaths since Rev. MT. Smith, at Spring Hill, in his sermon chastised his hearers for being late at meeting, some of whom took offence, and make themselves conspicuously absent. Last Sunday he berated people for not attending his meet ings, and said that there were those within 8 stone's throw that would not attend meet ing, nor let their children attend Sabbath school. It is an old saying that it is easier to catch flies with molaf ses than vinegar, and it may prove true as to church attend ance.
 Mrs. Abbey, Storrs left last Thursday for Florida, and will spend the winter among the orange groves with her sons. Mrs. Storrs is an elderly lady, unused to travelling, and we wish her a safe journey and pleasant visit in the sunny south.
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F Ladies who use pure Cream Tartar and Baking
 Soda should buy 1t at Lathrop's Store.
The Press., 1890-01-09
SOM E RS.

The Somersville Manufacturing Con- pany have completed their new mill and the machinery will all be placed in few weeks. This mill will largely increase the production of the company, and will add considerably to the population of the will lage,
The Press., 1890-01-09

Diaries for 1890, large variety atvery low prices, at Lathrops Drug Store. v
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Absolutely the Best

FNHE best assortment of Violin, Banjo anG 1 Guitar Strings in town, silk, wire or gut.
 TN
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"ANTED.-A few respectable girls, at
 w good wages, can find steady employment in winding and spooiing at the mill of THE NATIONAL THREAD CO.,, Mansheld Center, Conn.
The Press., 1890-01-09

For coughs and colds use Lath.op's syrsp Tar and
 Wild Cherry.
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up for number of days by painful &C., cident. While unloading some goods from a car he made misstep and fell between the car and the depot platform, badly bruis- ing himself.
 Annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank next Tuesday.
 The week of prayer is being observed this week by nightly meetings, which are we'll attended.
 Mir. and Mrs. David Shepardson have returned from Boston, where he had been under medical treatment at the Mass. General Hospital MT. Shepardson was severely injured when eight years old by falling from 8 loaded team, and has since suffered more or less from pain and disa- bility, which had of late increased. The case is now under the care of Dr. Watts, who thinks permanent cure will be ef- footed in few weeks. ~ The Festival of Days, to be given by the ladies of Grace church, will open Jan. 21st.
 -E. H. Hughes, a divinity student from Boston, supplied, the ME. pulpit last Sunday, Rev. MT. Clark being detain. ed in Boston. Mir. Hughes has preached here before, and those who have heard hlm have large expectations of his future prominence as a preacher. The school children are finding bloom ing pussy willows.
 James Watson, book-keeper for Raw itser < Bro, received Q cablegram on Mon day from England, announcing the fata illness of his father from cancer. 1 -Stahord will send g large delegation l to the state grange meeting at Willimanti. next week. Should MT. Phillips be un fable to represent the Stafford grange a Imaster, J.. M. Larned will be his snbsti flute.
 ! Mrs. Henry Burr of Hartford is visit ling at her nephew's, E. l.. Burr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
THE WAYS OF WOMEN,
They Certainly Are Contrary Beings il
These Things Be Trne.

The average woman stays in the
house on pleasant days. says the Buff
falo Express, and visits twenty-three
stores in an afternoon when the winds
speed has to be taken with lightning
rod.
She will rail for twenty-five years
against the barbarous fashion of bOr-
ing the ears; and then she will punch
holes in her ear-lobes with a darning-
needle if there is ghost of a chance
of getting a pair OF diamond earrings.
She will take two hours to dress, and
run back into the house three times. if
she is going over to Minnie's to spend
the afternoon; and the next day, when
she has sudden chance to 90 to San
Francisco, she will pack a toothbrush
and her purse in her pocket, button
her cloak and gloves on the street-car,
and be at the station three-quarters of
an hour ahead of the train.
She spills coffee on the clean table
cloth and smiles sweetly-when there
is company-and then she glares like a
healthy demon if William Henry lays
the carving-knife on the table when
they are alone.
She carefully mends a rent quarter
of an inch long in her gloves and goes
for days with tear two feet long in
her petticoat.
She will put seal-skin buttons on a
plush coat and expects the whole world
to believe that it is real fur.
She can hold forty-seven pins in her
mouth and give an order to the grocery
boy that will fill the market basket and
the milk pail.
She laughs because the Smith girls
wear old-fashioned bonnets, and cries
because she knows some poor boy who
can not afford winter overceat.
She will arrange silk scarf over d
picture frame until a mans eye will
bulge out with admiration, but she
can't tie a plain ordinary necktie to
save her life.
She will walk up street in the rain
to save a street-car fare, and then she
will give a quarter OF a dollar to the
first beggar she meets.
She will go over every carpet in the
house with a damp cloth and brush,
and then 60 downtown with a black
spot on her nose.
She will give a good course of lee
lures upon the history, general appear
ance, and people of the Roman empire.
and then she would get lost if she
tried to 60 from Buffalo to Attica with
out an escort.
She will read an essay on our in.
human treatment of the red man, and
then she locks the door if she sees a
sassafras vender coming in at the side
gate.
She will fry beefsteak, and expect
the man of her choice to eat it.
She is altogether lovable creature,
and she knows it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Stanley's Bride.

Stanley's bride is mo chicken" if
she will forgive the remark, being
nearly 81 years old. She is described
as "a tall robust, handsome woman,
rather inclined to embonpoint with
fair hair, deep blue eyes, a straight,
well developed nose lovely complex
ion. white teeth, full mouth, small
dimply hands and pretty feet" 1t is
also asserted that more than one cor
onet has been refused by her and by
her sister. The princess of Wales, in
congratulating Mr. Stanley, called her
"a woman brim-full of genius" refer
ring to her fame both as an illustrator
of books and as painter, some of her
canvases having received places at the
ROYAL academy and other exhibitions
for the last five years. She is promi-
nent in fashionable society, and her
fine gowns, and especially her stun
ming parasols have become celebrated.
She was not the original of the Yes or
No. of Millais, which was painted in
1871. when she was young girl, but
she and her sister were painted in two
less famous works by the same artist
which were originally known as THE
Blue Grip and The Red Girl" but
are now called Yes and NO" AS
Mrs. Stanley's mother is the possessor
of large fortune left by her husband,
a parliamentary lawyer. and as she
enjoys expectations from the warm
friendship of the Baroness Burdett-
Coutts, and as Mr.. Stanley is said to
have received 800, 900 from the Eng
lish publishers of his books, the wolf
may be expected not to disturb the
door of the Stanley mansion. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley. accompanied by the lat
ter's only brother, Coombe Tenant,
are to visit America in November.
The explorer is now so years old and
doubtless finds life very different from
what it was in a Welsh poorhouse dur
ing his boyhood, or even in the days
when he was reporting for the n. 7.
Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

prepares and mixes the morter he uses
in laying the wall.
The color used to denote mourning
has often been changed and even to.
day countries differ widely. In Rome
males wore black for mourning, while
the woman indicated their grief by
wearing white garments. In Turkey
at the present day the mourning hue is
violet; in China, white; in Egypt,
yellow; in Ethiopia, brown; in London
and America, black. The mourning
color in Spain was white until changed
by the laws of 1893.
Louisiana planters are finding out
that the slaughter of alligators has al
lowed muskrats, the great enemies of
the leveeS. to increase at an alarming
rate. South Florida people have dis
covered that the rapid decrease of the
alligator in the peninsula has been ac-
companied by a corresponding increase
In the moccasin, the most venomous of
American snakes and the alligator's
choicest food. The saurian isn't pretty.
but he's a friend of humanity, never
theleSS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

purest water, taking its rise in the
snow fields ten or twelve miles away.
The caves are within a few miles of
Trout lake, for SO this mountain gem,
like hundreds of others in this wonder
full country of lakes. is called, for the
reason that trout-tilled basins are 50
common that the discoverer, averse to
taxing his brain for an original name,
has seen fit to dub his find with his
first thought. As yet only six large
caves have been discovered, but as the
whole country gives forth hollow,
reverberating sound to the heel tap of
the hybnailed mountain shoe of the
visitor, it is highly probable there are
many more. One of these ice caves,
the largest one, is used by the farmers
as a cold storage warehouse for butter
and milk, and certainly answers the
purpose admirably. The entrance is
like into cistern. and the adventurer
lowers himself into the chilly atmos-
phere by means of a rope. The inte-
rior Of the cave is composed of one
large apartment about eighty feet
square. The cave is walled with ice
around, above and below; with huge
icicles of stalactite and stalagmite for
nation, obstructing complete view,
as well as forming obstacles to explo-
ration, but affording the most gorgeous
pictures in the light of flaming pitch
torch,
The effect is simply indescribable,
but at the same time most fascinating,
especially when seen on hot August
day. The huge pendants of pure,
translucent ice reflect and scintillate
the ruddy glow of the torch in a be-
wildering maze of color and thou
sand rays of light. The air is clear,
dry cold, even on the hottest day.
There is no dampness or moisture; the
ice is not melting but is hard and cold
and dry, as in midwinter. A few
moments in the cave and ones very
blood is chilled, fact which is as vet,
no doubt the cause of a thorough ex-
ploratIon of the cave never having
been made. There are, perhaps, other
and adjoining caverns, which very
probably open out from the main
apartment and form an lcelandic
labyrinth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Fight Between ChameIeons.

AS soon as they catch sight of each
other they remain perfectly still for
a moment, says the Philadelphia Times.
Then they nod their heads up and
down three OF four times, as if to work
themselves up to the right pitch for
fight. Then they swell out their dew
lap, or throat pouch. until it becomes
a beautiful light scarlet. All this
while their color is constantly chang
ing in manner marvellous to behold.
Before they saw each other each
wore gay golden-green coat and a
white shirt bosom, tinted with green,
but in an instant this holiday attire
vanishes and they don their fighting
suits one after another, dark brown,
light brown, olive green, slate color
some plain, some spotted, but the puff
ing out of the dewlap is the last of
these preliminaries. and now, like a
flash, the tussel begins. And such a
tussle it is, to be sure! No fun or
play about it, only deadly earnest. I
have watched these Lilliputian COM
bats more than once; one especially I
recall between two unusually fine spec
linens, regular anolis dudes, and fair
u fJoCG Sue WAS DIT the
of the trouble, too), sat on a leaf close
by and looked calmly on, ready to
greet the victor with sweet smiles.
The antagonists seized each other bv
the Jaws-their teeth are very tiny,
just big enough to feel rough to ones
tinger-but they managed to hold on
to each other, and then their heads
moved to and fro, their long tails
dashed, they advanced and retreated
up and down the stem of the evening
jassamine, which they had selected as
their battle ground. and for ten min
utes they kept at it. their dewlaps
swelled like beautiful scarlet balls,
their hues constantly changing, their
whole aspect instinct with rage and de-
termination.
At the end of that time one of them
had lost half of his tail, but he fought
bravely on until another sharp jerk de-
prived him of the remaining half. That
was the drop too much;" he did not
turn tail and run," simply because he
had none TO turn, but he did run as
fast as he could 60, leaving the victor
to swallow the writhing stump of his
tail, which he did with evident enjoy
ment. The conquered hero escaped
the same fate only by flight for it is
always considered the proper thing
among the anolis tribes to devour their
conquered enemy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
They Care for Scarabs.

Mankind = civilized mankind, of
course may be roughly divided into
those who care for scarabs and those
who do not. The former are a select
minority; the latter are jewellers in
outer darkness, and so ignorant that
they are even ignorant Of their ignor-
ance.
Scarab art, like all the arts of an
cient Egypt, had it's decadences and
"reminiscences. 1t was at its best under
the Pharaohs of the eighteenth dynasty;
but it betrays no sign of archaism
when we first make its acquaintance
in the time of the very ancient kings
of the third and fourth dynasties. The
scarabs of that remote period are
actually better cut, made of finer pot
terry, and coated with more imperish-
able glaze than those of many a more
recent epoch. Scarabs older than the
time of Nebka, Nebkara, and Meier
kara. the predecessors of Khufu and
his dynasty, may yet await the ex-
plorer; but we look meanwhile in vain
for examples of the infancy of scarab
art. At the same time, no art was
more fuctuating. The scarabs of
Khufu, of which Mr.. Petrie gives eight
examples, show a greater firmness and
amplitude of style than those of the
third dynasty kings, while the scarabs
of Khafra, his immediate successor are
inferior as regards both glaze and ex-
ecution.
With the sixth dynasty there comes
an extraordinary change of style, be-
ginning with Pepi Neferkara, sixth
king of that line. This change is ap-
parently an archaistic revival of some
very early school of which 're at pres
ent know nothing. The cutting is
coarse, the hieroglyphs are rude, yet
feeble; the style is Intentionally bar
barrie. Sc Ra" (son of Ra, as aroyal
title, now makes its first appearance in
scarab art; and the scroll,of which only
two previous examples are noted, be-
gins to assume Importance as a border
pattern. 1t is confined, however, to
the sides, dividing the field of the
scarab into three parts, the center
division containing the name and titles
of the king. 1t is not till the time of
the twelfth dynasty that we find the
scroll carried round as a continuous
ornament. THE Acddemy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
The Coming Farmer.

Only Il few years ago the farmer dis
cusSed how to keep the boy on the
farm. Now he seeks the best means of
preparing the boy for the most useful
and most honorable pursuits of life,
whether on or off the farm. Business
life whether in store or factory, or on
the farm, must be active, energetic,
and directed by an intelligent will
power, or it will be a sorrowful failure
1t is evident, then, that it is mental
training that is needed, and nowhere
more than among the agriculturists.
The farmer who is well advanced in
years and already settled down may
seemingly succeed even if not sufficient
ly educated to transact his own bust
ness, but the young farmer who
embarks in business now and at
tempts to get through life with
the same amount Of education and
mental attainments as was possessed
by the past and part of the present
generation will find himself, twenty
years from now, far in the rear and his
life a failure. The young farmer OF
to-day should carefully fit himself to
meet the demands that will be made
upon him ten, twenty, or thirty years
hence
The farmer of the future will be a
student. He will be a business man.
He will have scientific knowledge. He
will know why he must use certain
kinds of fertilizers for certain grains.
He will know why he uses certain food
to produce fat and other to produce
milk. Hence he must have education,
at least sufficient mental training tC
comprehend these truths.
More than this the coming farmer
will be a politician, not in the lowest
acceptation of the term, but in the
higher sense which treats of State
affairs from cause and effect He will
understand the laws of supply and de-
maud; of trade and finance, and will
vote and act patriotically and for the
good of his country. He will lay
aside party prejudice and act upon
principle and sound, practical, com.
mon sense.
The young farmer must get on
board and keep up with the procession.
How. First, by acquiring the best
education that is possible. Money is
the capital, but an education must be
had that will teach him how to use that
money to the best advantage. We do
not advise an elaborate, polished,
college training. it costs too much
and takes too much time. But every
young farmer can spare year at some
good academy and then wind up his
study by taking a complete, or partia,
at least, course in some good com.
mercial college. The future farmer
must have at least that much educa
ton beyond what he gets at the com
mon district school. Cedar Rapid.
lIoaoa) Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
An Electric Frankenstein

George R. Moore, a retired mill.
owner of this city, says letter from
Lowell, Mass, has constructed an cleo
trio man that walks about with every
appearance of life, and is made to be
useful as we'll as ornamental by push
ing perambulator. The chair over
which he presides is a light wicker
work affair. There is footboard which
is used for carrying the batteries which
put the propelling power into the cleo.
trio mans muscles of wood and steel.
The man stands directly behind the
chair. If he were flesh and blood he
would just come inside the limits a
lightweight sparrer, and as far as all
appearances 90 would be about %
yeags old. He is connected with the
chair at about the point at which the
human diaphragm is popularity sup
posed to be located.
There is pushing bar above this, on
which his neatly-gloved hands rest, but
this is more for vanity than utility.
He is dressed in the height of fashion,
being attired in a new suit of gray
mixed goods, white shirt with collars
and cuffs to match, and a soft felt hat.
He has a number of changes of cloth
ing and can be dressed for Fourth of
July or Christmas weather just like
any man. He wears a No. 6 shoe, four
wide, and sports Louis Napoleonic
mustache. Met upon any thoroughfare
he would be marked for his general
style and dignifed bearing. just at
present his complexion is little off
color, but he is to have this treated
with the most approved toilet prepara-
tions that the paint-pot can produce.
The action of the feet and legs,
which the inventor has reached with
this machine, is remarkable imita-
ton of human being There is none
of the jerky motion that is so common
ly seen in mechanical figure. Each
foot as it leaves the ground rises natur-
ally on the toe with the same springy
motion that is characteristic of the
graceful walk among men and women.
AS in the taking of the foot from the
ground so in replacing it at the end of
the step, the motion is free from jog or
jar and is entirely natural.
The electric man is provided with a
six-horse power battery, which is simply
sufficient to enable him to push the
fattest dowager up Corey hill.
1t is Mr.. Moore's intention to make
his electric man polite, as well as use
ful,and 20 that end his right arm, which
is said to have more joints and bones
than the corresponding member of the
human body will be so arranged that
he can raise his hat gracefully as he re-
ceiyoS fare
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Feeding Horses.

The sole purpose for which horses
are kept" says Professor Sanborn. lis
for the production of force and work.
This sets the horse apart from other
domestic animals in special features OF
feeding and care. His ratio of stomach
to body and intestines is also unique,
and calls again for special considera-
ton. His stomach holds only some
three and half gallons, while his in
testines are very large. The horse,
however, seems to be specialized for the
peculiar purpose of speed.
The horse sells for some Is cents q
pound, while the steer sells for but
or cent. Is the difference one OF
food cost, that is, does the horse re-
quire in food for 1000 pounds in
growth an amount in ratio to the
difference in cost more than does the
steer? He certainly does not, al
though it costs some more. and unless
there is a great difference in other di
rectioEs is a much more valuable
market for food than the steer.
German experiments have showr
that of very coarse foods the horse di
gests somewhat less than the steer, but
this difference seems to be confined tc
coarse foods.
''Boussingault of France fed severa
colts on weighed rations. Three
weighing 1,1O6 pounds, at 1913 pound:
of hay and seven pounds of oats. Thi.
was in the equivalent of hay 90 pei
cent of live weight daily, and gave
growth of 1,2 pounds daily, as good a:
an equal amount of hay would max,
on steers. | made some trials witt
four horses and mules last winter
which led me to believe that main
tenance for a horse is slightly more
than that for steer of equal weight
The horse will not make as effective
use of coarse foods as will the steer b,
probably from 4 to II per cent. l
will make, probably, as good use o.
grain and very digestible foods as the
steer. These foods cost something
more per pound of digestible matte
than does hay, so that it is probable
that horsefesh costs slightly more thar
steer flesh, yet not enough more to cut
any figure when the relative values o
their growths are considered"
| Ensilage for Fowls.
}. w. Pierce, of Peru, Ind, writint
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Munnies.

Scientists are beginning to object to
the exposure of mummies to the public
gaze and to feel that after all these old
kings were human beings, and that ex-
posing their bodies, not for scientific
reasons, but to satisfy mere curiosity,is,
even after so many thousand years, a
dissertation of the dead. 1t is proposed
that after mummies have been photo
graphed, studied, and measured scien-
tifically they shall be wrapped up again,
Theoretically sealed in leaden collins,
and walled up in one of the chambers
Of the great pyramids. For public use
casts would do just as well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Large Saw Mill.

The largest saw mill in the world is
at Christiana, in Norway, and is owned
by one man. 1t runs thirty-six gan 2
saws. From forty to fifty ships load at
one time at its docks. The same man
owns two large flour mills. The lum-
Der yard of this mill extends more than
q mile
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Longevity in San Antonio. Tex.

A southwestern contemporary OBJ
serves that most striking feature of
the census enumeration in San Antonio,
Tex, is the remarkable exhibit of
longevity. The list of people between
the ages of So and 90 is a long one
while there are three individuals who
have lived over 100 years. These are
Mme. Candelaria, who is 1O2 years
old; Mrs. Lena Dickinfon, aged 100,
and Rube Carroll (colored), aged
los years.