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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20

their business new methods have also
been adopted of late which are unquestion-
able improvements. which cannot fail to
popularize the trade and profit of this new
industry. Factories are now being located
at central points wherever the local de-
mand for ice is sufficient to insure reason
able success for such enterprises, and these
are made distributing centres for the sur
plus products of the factory through the
nelghborlng towns and villages.
This is a wise proceeding as it enables
the manufacturer to dispose of any surplus
stock not covered by thelocaI demand. and
at the time to dispense with costly storage
houses. In thus extending their trade to
places too small to support factories of
their own. the railroad companies in most
instances have rendered material aid by
furnishing facilities to shippers at rates
much more accommodating than those US
ually charged by the large transportation
companies In this and neighboring states.
Another feature of this trade in the south,
and one which has contributed largely to
the recent development, is the system of
delivery to customers which few years
ago was almost unknown, except among
the dealers IN imported ice. At the pres
ent time nearly all the leading manufacture
ers use wagons for delivery, and as the
modern improvements In machinery have
greatly reduced the cost of production this
essential commodity can be readily obtain
Ell III the remotest sections of the interior
at very reasonable cost This comparatively
new industry has brought about complete
revolution in the social life of the southern
states, and it can safely be said that it is
still in its infancy and capable of unlimit-
ed expansion For this inestimable
advantage the south is mainly indebted to
northern enterprise and capital, which are
rapidly covering this vast section of coun-
try with these life and health-preserving
applicances-ice machines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
DIR. HOLMES AT so.
The Extreme Care That the Old Gentleman
Takes of Himself

The Extreme Care That the Old Gentleman
Takes of Himself.
Oliver Wendell Holmes thinks that he
owes his good health and the retention of
his mental vigor, in his o1st year, to the
extreme care he has so long taken of him.
self: Never robust, he was still why in
his earlier and maturer life: but since he
reached 20, his hygienic vigilance is I'M
eeasing. The rooms that he daily occu-
pies are equipped with barometers, Their
mometers, aerometers, every kind of in
strument In short, to prevent his incur
ring the slightert risk of taking cold. He
knows that pneumonia is the most formid-
able foe of old age, and he is determined
to keep it at distance, if possible He
never gets up until he knows the exact
temperature, during winter, or takes his
bath without having the water accurately
tested. Helives by rule, and his rule is
inhexible. His time is scrupulously divid-
ed-so much allotted to reading, so much
40 writing, so much to exercise, so much
to recreation. He understands the specific
qualities of all ordinary foods, and never
departs from the severest discretion IN
eating One might think that it would
be serious inhiction to keep up existence
by such precise, unvarying methods. But
the little doctor enjoys them, having set
tied firmly in these habits years ago.
Philosophic as he is about death, he has
an eager curiosity to see how longhe can
live by following the laws he has vigor-
ously prescribed for himself He has long
had various theories on the subject of
health and longevity, and he relishes ex-
perimenting upon himself. He thinks
sometimes that he may attain a 100 which
he would dearly like, if he could retain
thus far, the full possession of his facul-
ties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
A New Snow PlOw.

Pendleton East Oregonian: The JUL
snow-plow, which arrived last evening
from the East and was sent up to the
branch, attracted much attention and COM
ment at the depot. 1t suffers in COM
parison with the rotary, according to the
judgment of those who nave seen them
both in operation. The pillow consists of a
huge screw, which inclines to the right
and bores sideways into the snow The
beautiful is carried back in the groves of
the screw and carried to one side. TIE
pillow is protected by frame of iron, and
In this respect it is similar to the rotary
The engine and machinery is encased in
sort of car, and it is said to require two
engines and four fires In operation.
The pillow does not throw snow into the
middle of next week like the rotary, and
does not present so splendid an appearance
while at work. On the whole, it seems to
be rather a tame affair in comparison
with its rival ''snow drift pulverizer, !" and
is spoken of as such by those acquainted
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
Condolences.

Low to the stars she whispered name
Low to the listening stars;
Red as Arcturus her blushes flame
Pale Virgo smiles on her maidenly shame
Guard we'll the secret, starsi
Soft to the flowers she murmurs word
Soft to the moon tranced flowers
The nodding lilies are lightly stirred,
But the rose dreams on of her poet bird
oh, guard well the secret, dear flowers
Faint to the night wind she breathes sigh
Faint to the wandering wind
That mutely kisses her for reply,
Stealing the unshed tear from her eye
All, breathe not the secret, sweet wind.
whispered name-a woodland sigh
Floating away through space,
With a wind gathered tear from pure maids
eye,
Seeking seeking-below and on high,
Shall they ever find resting place?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20

without crust, butter them and dip in
bowl of hot water. Lay ON heated dish
and set to keep warm. Put half a pint of
milk in small saucepan, stand it over
a moderate fire when boiling, add pint
and half of grated or crumbled cheese,
and stir until it melts, season with little
salt and pepper, add the yelks of two eggs,
stir, pour over the toast. The mixture
should not be tough or stringy.
CHEESE RAMAKINS.
Put half pint of milk and two ounces
of bread in small saucepan, and set on
stove to boil Stir until it is a smooth
paste, then add small teacup of grated
cheese and two ounces of butter STIR over
the fire one minute; take off Season with
salt and cayenne pepper, add the yelk of
two eggs. Beat the whites of them stiff,
and add gently. Pour in creased pan or
baking dish, and set in the oven fifteen or
twenty minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
FARM NOTES.

Cooked turnips, thickened with bran and
pigs.
The more even the temperature in the
cellar the better what is stored there will
keep.
Cut the rye and feed it to the stock in
preference to allowing them to tranple
on it.
Ducks should begin to lay this month
Give them a warm dry place at night well
Uttered with leaves or cut straw.
The theory that when trees are grated
On whole roots they will be harder than
when grated on the young stock is claim
ed to be erroneous and delusion.
Kerosene applications to the skin of ami
mails, as remedies for lice and skin all
ments, are too severe. One gill of kero-
sene added to quart of cotton-seed is bet
ter
The depal tment of agriculture statisti-
clan says the total acreage in potatoes last
year was 2,500O and the average yield
seventy-six bushels. Did your field help
to pull down the average.
The money expended on roads, if prop
CIly dpplIcu. Will save WSd1 dI1tl utpIeCld-
ton of wagons Many good horses are
A road can not be made too good for
travel.
When superior carcass of beef is placed
on the market it at once attracts attention
as ''show beef" Every farmer can pro-
duce such beef if he will, and secure heav-
Ter weight and bettsr prices. The breed
and the management are the prime factors
for producing the best.
1t may not be an easy matter to roast
corn for large flocks, but for small num-
Der feed of parched corn or wheat once a
week Or oftener if convenient, will be an
excellent change from the ordinary routine.
1t takes the place of charcoal to a limited
degree, and is very stimulating.
February is the beginning of the Landing
season. The lambs dropped this month
will be the ones that will bring the high
prices, and every day gained growth
makes the lambs more valuable. Lambs
of the large mutton breeds grow twice as
fast as those from natives, thereby reach
ing the market long before the slower
growing lambs come. The best lambs
should reach the market in April or May,
though prices keep up well little later.
At this time too much attention can not
be given to early lambs. They sell as nigh
as S. each if choice, and the most expens-
i've food will not be too costly for them.
as they will reach the market in short
time if we'll fed. Lambs begin to eat when
quite young, and, with the aid of the milk
from the dams, will increase in weight
rapidly. Bear in mind that the dams
mus re well fed also, so as to increase the
flow of milk. There will be no danger of
milk fever after the lamb has begun to
draw heavily on the eve for milk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
FARM, HOME And GARDEN.
THE OLD STORY.
HARPER's FOR AUGUST.

You may call i Irritation, or what not,
But don't see thct I was TO blame,
How could / know that you loved me,
When you never once mentioned the sames
I've walked in the starlight with many,
And have risked my life on the bay,
Yet among them I've never seen any
But had something decided to say.
You thought that your silence had told mes
The silence that's golden we've heard;
But the girl of to-day prefers silver,
Coined into words sweet and absurd;
There are lovers whom there's no mistaking,
Whose language leaves no one in doubt;
There are others who leave ones heart aching
For world there's no living without.
But since the sweet year has grown older,
And you've failed as special pleader,
Shall be left out in the cold, sir:
Because was not mind reader:
You blame me, / think, without reason;
If you really had something to say,
What matters the time or the season:
Why can'twe be happy to-day!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
Ice-Making Will Amass Fortunes for
Energetic Men.
Ice Trade Journal.

Reports from southern states, received by
the publishers of this Journal during the
last year or more, clearly establish the
fact that ice-making as an industry is
steadily progressing. and that it has come
to stay. The machine men are planting
themselves in every desirable field in the
south, and are now furnishing the essen
tial commodity of ice, both along the coast
and In the interior cities and towns. at
rates which place it within reach of all
classes of citizens. In the management of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
EARLY RISING.
Much of the Calk About it Declared to be
Moonshine,

Much of the ralk About it Declared to be
Moonshine.
Most of the talk about early rising is
moonshine. If the habit of turning out of
bed in the middle of the night suits some
people, let them enjoy it. But it is only
folly to lay down a general rule upon the
subject, says a writer In the Domestic
Monthly. Some men are fit for nothing
all day after they have risen early
every morning The energies are dead
ened, their imaginations are heavy, their
spirits are depressed. 1t is said you can
work so well in the morning. Some peo-
pie can, but others can work best at night;
others again, in the afternoon. Long trial
and experiment form the only conclusive
tests on these points We all know the
model man, aged eighty: Il invariably
rise at FIVE; | work three hours, take
light breakfast namely, cracker and
pinch of salt-work five hours more; never
smoke, never drink anything but barley
water, eat no dinner and 60 to bed at six
in the evening If anybody finds that
donkeyfed sort of life will suit him, by all
means let him continue it. But few peo-
pie would care to live to eighty on these
terms. If man cannot get all withered
and crumpled up on easier conditions than
those, it is almost as well that he should
depart before he is a nuisance to himself
and a bore to everybody else. Schoolboys
and young people generally ought to get
up early, for it is found that nine-tenths
of them can stand it, and does them good.
But let no one torture himself with the
thought that he could have been twice as
good man as be is if he had risen every
morning at daylight. The habit would
kill half of US in less than five years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20

with the respective merits of each. In
the one, the ingenious fan-like arrange
ments creates suction which aids the plow
In its work and sends the snow flying to
height of many feet; in the other. the
drift is penetrated on board by dint of
sheer strength and awardness. The diff
ference is obvious.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20

For many years there has been a we'll
founded complaint concerning the COM
paratively small consumption of cheese.
Doubtless this small consumption is to
some extent the result Of not knowing how
many dishes can be made of cheese. We
give the following notes from the Farm
and Fireside:
CHEESE OMELET.
Beat four eggs, add half a teacupfui
of grated crackers and three tablespoon
fuls of grated cheese; pour in hot pan and
fry.
POUNDED CHEESE.
Pound half pound of dry cheese with
two tablespoonful of butter, add a tea
spoonful of mustard. a little cayenne pep
per and pounded mace. Spread on bread
and eat.
CHEESE AND LUNCHEON.
Trim slices of bread free Of crust and
CRATE into a small baking-dish. pour in a
little sweet milk; break over half dozen
eggs, season with salt and pepper, CRATE
over the top a thick layer of cheese. and
set in the oven to beak brown.
CHEESE soUFFLEs.
Cut quarter of a pound of cheese in
very small pieces and put in half a cup of
cream with little salt and pepper, set
over the fire, and stir in yelk of an egg:
put bits of toast in very small cups, pour
the mixture over and set In the oven one
minute.
CHEESE Sandwiches.
Cut some thin slices of brown bread,
spread little butter over them over them
and lay on the top of half the slices squares
of cheese. put them in the baking-dish in
hot oven until the cheese is melted, lay
a slice of warm toast on the top of each
slice of cheese, and served at once.
PAsERY RAMAKINs.
Roll some puff paste thin, spread over
with grated cheese, fold, roll out again
and spread with the cheese; repeat this
several times, then roll out thin and cut
with a small cake-cutter. brush over with
the beaten yolk of an egg and bake in a
quick oven for ten minutes. When done
serve, very hot, on folded napkin.
CHEESE FONDEE.
One tablespoonful each of butter and
-four, three tablespoonful of grated cheese.
half teacupful of milk little salt and
white pepper. Melt the butter, stir in the
floar, add the milk, let cook, season. and
stir In the beaten eggs, then the cheese;
pour in butter mold, cover with but
tered pepper, and bake.
CHEESE FINGERS.
Mix four ounces of -four, FIVE of grated
cheese, little salt and pepper together,
moisten with the yolk of one egg; work
into smooth paste. Roll very thin; cut
some of the paste in little rings and some
in strips Lay ON CREASED paper, and SET
in a hot oven for fifteen minutes. Put the
straws, or little strips through the rings
in lunches.
Put spoonful of butter in a quart Of
boiling water, wet corn meal with cold
wafer; add salt. and mix smooth, put in
boiling water, let boil. make into ball
and let stand half an hour, cut in thin
slices, lay in the bottom of a deep dish
put on it thin slices of cheese, cover with
bits of butter, then put more mush. cheese
and butter, until the dish is full; put the
cheese on top, set In a quick oven an6
bake.
WELSH RABBIT.
Take square slices of stale, light bread
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
One of Emory StOrrs' Speeches.

A Chicagoan tells the New York Eve
ing Sun the following good story about the
late Emory Storrs: "Mr. Storrs,'' said
some one to the brilliant orator not long
before his DEATH what was the most diff
fcult speech you have ever had to make in
your life?' Mr.. Storrs laughed heartily.
Zone made for my nights lodging
and meals he said. Not long ago I
was travelling through the country in
southern Illinois, and stopped for the
night at farm house on the road. Inthe
morning after breakfast | asked for my
bill for entertainment, and the old farmer
said: "Well, sir, you've been very good
company, an won't charge you much;
but would you mind telling us who We
be?"
L" My name is storrs, l said-'Emory
Storrs'
g Mister, are you Emory Storrs? Well,
all my life my wife and | have wanted to
hear Emory Storrs make a speech. And
now if you'll just get up on that kitchen
table there and make a short speech about
anything you like, for us and the children,
it shant cost you a cent for board and
sleeping
And did do it? Most assuredly. I
gave away the best part of all the oratory
| was going to let off in big law suit
two days ahead. But | didn't stand on
the kitchen table while I did it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
AdulteratiOnO of Candy.

National Druggist.
The Board of Trade Journal. at Port
land, Me-, is authority for the statement
that about 5000 tons of terra alba were re-
Gently imported through the port of New
York alone. The only use for terra alba
in any quantity is in the adulteration Of
candies, and when these two facts are put
together they become very significant
The substance is mineral, utterly insoluble
in the saliva or the gastric juice, and the
result of eating candies adulterated can
not be otherwise than excessively injurious.
The devilishness of the use of such stuff in
candies is all the greater for the fact that
most of the candies that are adulterated
with it are used by children of tender
years. The extent to which itexists in GER
tain candies may be surmised by an Incl
dent which occurred within the experience
of the editor of the National Druggist. A
wholesale grocery house of St. Louis made
a claim against the South Shore Line for
damages done a certain lot of lozengers
manufactured by Boston house and
shipped in barrels over that line. The
General Agent of the line procured some
of the ''lozengers" and brought them to the
writer for examination. The result of
our investigation showed them to consist
entirely of terra alba bound together with
a little gelatine or gum 1--WE have forgot
ten which,. Further investigation de-
veloped the act that they were simply
blocks or forms to be used in preparing
cheap lozengers, the method of use being
simply to emmerse them for few mo-
ments in syrups favored with peppermint,
wintergreen, etc. The agent armed with
these facts, refused to pay any damage and
the concern, rather than risk the exposure
incident upon a lawsuit, dropped the
claim
A French millionaire named Ramoud
ing, spending the winter at Nice, few
weeks ago, ordered coffin of a special
pattern, and purchased ground in ceme-
terry upon which he had a vault built under
his personal supervision with room for
three collins. Il want room enough to be
quite at ease," he said to a friend when
who asked him why he made it SO large.
When all was done he shot himself dead
in his room at his hotel, after having made
a will leaving all his money to the widows
and orphans of men killed in the recent
explosions in the mines at st. Etisnne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
DAIRY DOTS.

For many years there has been we'll
founded complaint concerning the COM
paratively small consumption of cheese
Doubtless this small consumption is to
some extent the result Of not knowing how
many dishes can be made of cheese. We
give the following notes from the Farm
and Fireside:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
RUNS

Fast Trains with Pullman Vestbuled Draw
ing Room Sieepers, Dining Cars and Coaches OF
latest design, between Chicago and Milwaukee
and ST. Paul and Minneapolis.
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuied Draw
ing Room SleepeTs, Dining Cars and Coaches OF
latest design, between Chicago and Milwaukee
and Ashland and Duluth.
Through Pullman Vestibuled Drawing
Room and COlOnist Sleepers via the North
erD Pacific Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore.
Convenient Trains and from Eastern,
Western, Northern, and Central Wisconsin points,
affording unequalled service to and from Wau-
kesha, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Neenan,
Menasha, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire,
Hurley, Wis.,, and IrOnwoOd and Bessemer,
Mich.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations, time
tables and other information, apply to Agents OF
the line to Ticket Agents anywhere in the
United States or Canada.
S. R. AINSLIE, Fl. G. BARLOW,
General Manager. Gen'l Traffic Mgr
LOUIS ECKSTEIN,
Asst Gen'l Pass'r and Tiki. Agent.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
POUNDED CHEESE,

Pound half pound of dry cheese with
two tablespoonfuls of butter, add tea
spoonful of mustard, little cayenne pep
per and pounded mace. Spread on bread
and eat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
CHEESE OMELET

Beat four eggs, add half teacupful
of grated crackers and three tablespoon
fuls of grated cheese; pour in hot pan and
fry
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20

Take square slices of stale, light bread,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20

SIT may not be in just that style, but
them about our sentiments" concluded
jim s friend.
And So while Jim in life was of little
consequence, after death he had been hon
ored. The same can not be said of some
of the great ones on earth.-Mew York
Mail and Express.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
CHEESE AND LUNCHEON,

Trim slices of bread free Of crust and
CRATE into a small baking-dish, pour in a
little sweet milk; break over half dozen
eggs, season with salt and pepper, CRATE
over the top a thick layer of cheese, and
set in the oven to beak brown.