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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
TIE SPRING POETS LAMENT.

A poem On Spring l decided TO write
The almanac said that might;
The mercury stood eighty-three in the shade,
And green was the grass, every blade.
stopped just moment to hunt up rhyme
That would nicely fit in with sarbutus, -
And resolved to have something turn up in due
time
That would somehow or other ''transmute u.s.
(For, to tell you the truth, the method use,
When WOO the sweet fanciful muse,
Is TO chose the rhymes first, then make sense if
Doctor Holmes first suggested the plan)
When this difficult point had been settled at last,
| looked up with sigh of relief,
But the horrible weather had altered so fast
My rejoicing was soon turned to grief.
For snow bank now hid, to my deepest chagrin,
The anemones delicate blow,
And there's nothing to do now but claim to have
been
The author of Beautiful Snow
Brooklyn Eagle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
Water Metaphors.

According to the New York Ledger
there is nothing under the sun which
is the basis of so large number of
figures of speech as water. Its flow
oceanward is likened TO the lapse of
time, and the ocean serves the poets
though not very happily-as a symbol
Of eternity.
But it is in the familiar figures of ordi-
nary conversation that one hears most
of water. A poor argument won't
hold water" babbler is ''leaky YES
sell" half drunken man is half seas
over" Fishing IN troubled waters is
another name for getting into diff
Guilty; still waters run deep" is hint
that your quiet and demure person has
more in him than the world SupposeS;
strong dislikes are compared to his
satanic maiestys antipathy to ''holy
water;' if a man is in bad predica-
ment he is in 'hot water;' disaDpoint-
ter, Of course; when a lover gets 1.-The
mitten,' ''cold water is thrown on his
hopes;' the hungry mans mouth wa
ters;n fortune has its tides as we'll as
the sea; the muse informs us that there
are tongues in the running brooks;'
sometimes it rains" blessings; and
when an orator has exhausted his SUBJ
ject and begins to be tedious, we say
he has run dry news is always
"atloat;" specu ators are often swamp
ed;'' many people find it impossible to
keep their heads above water" and
very often in the absence of data for
conjecture we are ''all at sea-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

ness is sad by hunters to exceed that
of any animal on the continent, and
they are seldom hunted for the sport
of the thing, the danger being too
great. 1t is only when a wolverine
has made his presence so destructive
to the pastures and sheep-folds of the
backwoods farmers that the entire loss
of their live stock is feared that the
farmers organize for a raid on the
wolverines, usually employing num-
Der of expert and daring woodsmen to
direct the hunt. / can't see for myself
what the pioneers of Michigan saw in
this animal to perpetuate its memory
by nicknaming their state after it, but
the name is there, and Michigan will
remain the Wolverine state long after
the wolverine is extinct"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
Fodder Crops.

While there are quite number of
crops that can be grown especially for
fodder, there are few, if any, that will
furnish as large an amount of feed at as
low cost as oowed corn.
With all such crops it is quite an item
to have the soil rich and in good filth in
order to secure a good thrifty growth.
While the corn may be sowed broadcast
or drilled better quality of feed can be
secured by sewing it in rows so that two
or three civilizations can be given. The
stalks will grow larger and have more
leaves on them than if sown so close to-
gether that cultivation can not be given.
Next to corn, sorghum will probably be
the best. Early amber cane, if sown in
good season and in good SOIL will furnish
a large amount of feed. There are a
number of plants that belong to the sor-
ghum family, such as rice corn, Katfr corn,
Milo maize. but they are no more valu-
able as fodder plants than the common
amber cane. The cane contains larger
amount of saccharine matter. and the
yield of seed is nearly if not quite as good
as any of the others. Both corn and cane
sown in this way can be cut and fed green
or can be cut and cured for fodder to be
used during the winter.
hCtO"Cil cfCl -SIccil S"ccG COlH 10 SOOu
early forage crop and can be grown for
feeding in midsummer to good advant-
age. 1t yields we'll and when full num-
Der of stock are kept in proportion to the
acreage in pasture, patch of this will be
found of considerable aid during the Sum-
mer. Millet or Hungarian can be raised
in the same way. But the cane or corn
will stand the longest, and furnish the
IaryaSt amOupt of food in propOrtinn + g.,
the acreage. A very good plan is to select
place convenient to the feeding lot, or
pasture and seed to rye in the Fall. From
this considerable Winter and early Spring
pasture can be secured; the latter part of
May of the first of June it can be plowed
and the corn or cane planted. A small
patch of ground can in this way be made
to furnish large amount of feed at a low
cost. What is not fed out green can be
cut and cured for Winter feeding .-Farm,
Field and StOckman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
ThE WOLVERINES.
"A Ferooious Animal That Lives Onty in the
North W o0ds of Michigan.

Michigan is called the Wolverine
state, but don't believe there are two
dozen persons outside of that state that
know what Il wolverine is, y said ma.
tive of the Green bay region, now
New Yorker to New York S7t21 man.
For that matter, the people in Michi-
gan itself who can tell you what a VOL
VERNE IS are mighty scarce. Why this
animal should be particularly a resi-
dent of the Michigan wilderness | do
not know, but | never heard of it being
seen or heard of elsewhere. The wolf
is a common animal all over the west,
yor ut least it was before civilization
limited its habitat, and the black bear
is also found everywhere in greater or
less numbers. Then why should the
wolverine only have made its appear
ance in Michigan, where it was i'll the
pioneer days as plenty almost as the
wolf, and even now is dreaded fire.
Quenter of the woods of the northern
part of the state? The wolverine is an
animal that has some of the character
istcs of the wolf, and partakes in other
ways of the nature of the bear. The
old settlers of Michigan always insisted
that the animal was a cross between
those two beasts, and that is the belief
of north Michigan woOdSmen to-day.
When Michigan was admitted into the
union the wolverine was still common,
in fact infested all the forests of the
state, and the state was named after
him, owing to some of the characters.
tics of the animal admired by the hardy
pioneers who hewed a commonwealth
ont of the great wilderness they found
about their inland sea.
1T is a singular fact that no museum
or geological gardens has ever yet had
specimen of this unique member OF
the animal kingdom. | say it is singu-
lar, and do not know that it is either,
for the reason that they have never
exhibited the wolverine is the great
difficulty, not to say impossibility, OF
capturing it alive, or of keeping it alive
after it is captured. They are the most
savage of beasts They have the ugly
temper of the wolf, which they resem.
BILE in appearance. but in size and say
ageness they resemble the bear of the
western businesses. But while having
the size and savageness Of the bear
they excel him in aggressivenesS anc
ferocity. They do not have his clum
siness. Their wotish appearance make:
the fact that they are expert and agile
'tree-climbers seem odd. In lying il
wait for their prey they also resemble
the panther. for they will crouch close
ly in the branches or forks of tree
and drop down upon their victim like
one of those great members of the ca
family. They will attack a man in thi:
way as readily as they would a fawn
and many an unwary hunter in tn
Michigan woods has fallen a victim tt
some hungry aud indiscriminating vol
VERNE. The claws of this strange ami
NAL are much longer and sharper thai
the bears and their teeth bigger AM
more pointed and curved. Their war;
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

cultivating, should run with the pieca as
nearly as possible. By piowing carefully
and then narrowing WELL and keeping the
soil as near level as possible in giving the
necessary cultivation, washing can be very
largely prevented
But a system of hill cultivation and
blowing ON lands running up and down
the hill is certain to wash to an extent
that will be more or less damaging. There
is not only loss of time in preparing and
cultivating the crops, but loss OF fertility
that the washing entairs. Often it will
be a help to have portion of the land in
grass, alternating the upper part of the
hill, and then the lower. This will aid to
keep from washing away too much of the
surface soil.
Stalks and grass and litter of almost
any kind will help hold the soil together,
the worst danger always being the fur
rows, and good Judgment must be used in
making them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
ORANGE CHARLOTTE.
To Prevent Rolling Land Washing.
Prairie Farmer.

Land that is broken Or rolling demands
considerably different management from
that which is nearer level. Hard rains
In the spring and summer will wash
broken land badly, unless considerable care
is taken In blowing and cultivating, and
after a wash gets started it requires con-
siderable work to stop it, while the soil
that is taken off is rarely returned. The
better plan is at the start to manage so
that serious washes can be avoided, as like
many other things connected with farm
ing, a preventive is far better than a
remedy.
No set rules of manage nent can be
given that can by any means be consider
ed infallible. But. as rule, no straight
burrows up or down the hills should be
made. If necessary to plow or cultivate,
care should be taken to keep reasonably
level. let water spread out over the surface
rather than to run In any one or more
particular places.
A loose loamy soil will usually wash
out much worse than clay or hard-pan,
and it is not generally best to pillow land
of this kind In the fall In many cases
where portion of land is rolling, and the
other reasonably level, good plan of
management is to keep the broken land
in grass, either for pasture or meadow,
and using the more level land for the cul-
tivated crops.
Of course some rotation must be adopted
and carried out, bet this can be done with
out drainage, if proper care Is taken. The
burrows made in blowing, as well as in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
The Great Loss to the Farmer From Mis-
applied Labor.
Philadelphia Record.

The waste of labor in improper manage
ment is enormous. When it is considered
that thousands of farmers are annually
busy at work in the production of crops,
the saving of only per cent. III the cost of
production amounts to a large sum. 1t is
safe to claim, however, that the annual
loss to the farmers from misapplied labor
is much greater than can be estimated.
Not only is too much labor applied in
some directions, and an insignificant pro-
portion given In another, but the times of
so dong are not appropriate, to say moth
ing of the ultimate results upon the crops.
Success and failures have occurred not al
together from the abundance of INSULT
cheney or labor applied, but according to
the skill and Judgment exercised in per-
forming the work at the proper period and
in the right manner.
The waste of labor may occur in many
ways. The cultivation of large fields that
can not be MANFRED or fertilized except at
great expense entails on the farmer the
wear and depreciation of implements,
which are put to more use than should be
necessary, as well as the loss of travel to
and fro in reaching distant points of
field, and also at the expense of additional
energy of working stock and loss of time
only to secure but a partial crop, and
which may cause neglect of some other
crop that demands the attention which
could be given it but for the waste of time
and Labor fruitlessly. To economic the
work it becomes necessary to hurry and
finish the field in time for planting, the re-
suit being that such work may be improp-
erly performed. 1t is the additional cost
of labor that lessons the profit. and success
can only be obtained by applying the labor
IN an economical manner.
A waste of labor causes a waste of crop,
but this waste sometimes occurs in the be-
ginning, and not when the crop is har-
vested. If the labor that is expended over
a large area be applied 50 as to concentrate
the efforts of a smaller tract, upon which
the manure can be advantageously applied
and thorough cultivation be given, the ex-
penses will be less and the yield greater.
Staple crops, such as corn and wheat, do
not always receive that preparation of the
soil In the first place as should be given.
The soil can be more thoroughly prepared
for the reception of seed and the cultivator
and harrow be used to better advantage
when the area is limited to the proper
amount of labor to be performed 1t is
costly to expend the energies in a manner
that entails needless expense; and as
the profit depends as much on the judi
cious application of labor as upon the
prices obtained, labor becomes an import
ant factor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
A Conspiracy to Liberate the Cronin Con-
yicts ExuoSed


JOLIET, Ill.-A huge sensation was I'M
earthed in the penitentiary Wednesday
afternoon. The officers became aware
that conspiracy was being Matched and
brought into the office conviets Burke,
Schell who is an ex-policeman of Chicago,
Kavanaugh and Meyers, alias Muldoon.
the four were stripped and On each was
found a big roll of money and ON Burke
a bottle of whisky. Mayors also had
letter to his friends asking for money to
be sent in care of Mr.. Barrett, who has
been there fourteen years. Barrett is
foreman for Winterbotham & Son, owners
Of the cooper shop in the prison.
Mayors said that Barrett had been
supplying the convicts in the cooper shop
with letters and carrying letters from
them to outsiders and also furnishing
them with delicacies for which they paid.
Barrett's horse and buggy was in a shed
locked up. he only having a key. In this
buggy were found several packages of
sugar, sardines, whiskey, cake and other
stuff for the convicts Warden Berggren
ordered Barrett from the prison Barrett's
friends say it is put up job by the con-
victs because he is severe with them, but
this is laughed at by the officers. It is
well known that the entire affair has not
yet got out of the prison, and it is said
that conspiracy for wholesale escape,
including the three Cronin murderers was
about to be made, and that the solitary is
full of prisoners
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

1t app' ars that of the immigrants COM
ing to this country NOR Italians 90 back
to their native land than of any other
nationality They come here in the early
spring, work through the summer and fall
and then take passage for home with near
ly all the money they have earned her..
They invariably purchase return tickets
and return to tie United States the follow
ing spring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
The ZalinSki Gun.

The London papers say that the con-
tract of the English government with
Lieut.. Zalinski is not for the purchase
of pneumatic guns. bur for the right of
the government to make the guns it
self, and use them in the army and
navy. Work on the guns has already
been begun at the v oolwich arsenal.
Fifty Or sixty are to be made at once.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
EGG SAUCE.

Beat the white of one egg till stiff;
then add the yelk and beat well; one cup
full of sugar, with teaspoonful of lemon
or vanilla; then add one cupful of cream
or rich milk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15
TIE HOUSEHOLD.

70 clean ornaments of alabaster, dis
solve borax in Loiling water and apply
with a cloth or soft brush; rinse carefully
and dry in the SIM
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15

The first rows of summer-in the be-
ginning of the boating season.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-30
woRsTIFLonD I'm YEARS.

Heavy Rains Swell tho Trinity River Un-
til IT Inupdatesth the City of Dallas, Tex. :.
& DALLAS, Tex, April Themes de-
structive food ever known in the his
tory OF Northern Texas is now passing
through the Trinity. The great rain on
Friday raised every tributary Of 1t far
out OF its banks. Saturday IL rose rap
Idly, and Sunday morning passed the
highest water mark in fifty years. In
front Of this city 1t is two miles wide,
extending to the foot of Flanders
Heights west and to Oak Cliff south of
bhe city, On the north all residences
from hundred yards beyond Cochrane
street are submerged, some to the Sec
ond floor and others to the attic. No one
has been reported drowned. All of Sat-
urday night and all day Sunday they
we're moving to higher ground.
Back water extends far up to the
aorth side of the city, whilst on the
south many houses are submerged. On
the south and in front OF the city there
Is one vast ocean thirty and forty feet
ieep, and it is still rising and will so
continue until at least Tuesday. Its
ike has never been seen.
Trains on all the railroads, the Texas
Pacific, the Missouri Pacific, the Santa
Fe and the Greenville, we're not running
west, north or south of the city Sunday.
Washouts are reported all along their
lines, but the worst are Immediately
around the city. Gangs Of men are
watching the bridges over the Trinity
liver and keeping of the drift. The
crest OF the waves lacks six feet Of the
iooring of the bridges in the city. News
rom tho surrounding country is bad.
Small bridges have been destroyed by
The deluge; indeed, few are left.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-30
FOREIGN.

AFARMER named Morrison, living near
Shelburne, Ont, recently drowned three
OF his children in barrel OF rain water
and then attempted to drown himself in
creek. He was found on the bank of
the creek in critical condition.
BY the burning Of their dwelling at
Belleyille, Ont, on the Gath, Jane
Arthurs was burned to death and her
husband, William Arthurs, sustained
fatal injuries. Both were over sixty
years old. tH..
IS the Ontario House of Commons on
the Gath the bill extending the modus
vivendi with the United States for an
other year passed the third and final
reading with little opposition. The bill
Is copy of last years act with a few
Ihanges.
A FIRE on the Gath in the oil refinery
Of W. A. Rose e. Co., at Bankside, Lon
don, caused a damage Of el2o,0o0.
FIVE sisters named Domovierof COM
mitted suicide at Moscow on the 24th.
It is believed that fear Of arrest as Nj
hilists led TO the commission Of the
Iced.
AT Sydney, N. S. W., few days ago,
Peter Kemp defeated Neil Matterson in
the soulling race for the championship
Of the world. The race was contested
on the Paramatta river.
Mr.. FULLY, editor Of the Roscommon
Herald. has been sentenced to nine
months imprisonment at hard labor for
offenses committed in violation Of the
Coercion aot
A GERMAN hnancier named Beranger,
who recently founded deposit bank in
Paris and did large business, disap-
peared few days ago and his absence
led TO an examination OF his accounts.
The investigation disclosed the fact that
be- was defaulter for s250,000.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-30
FIRE, GAS AND DEATH.
Three Men Perish In the Noxious Flames
OF Burning Mine.

Three Men Perish In the Noxious Flames
OF u Burning Mine.
HANCOCK, Mich, April 2s.-At three
o'clock Sunday morning flames were dis
covered bursting from shaft No. 8 OF tho
Hancock mine. They were partially
extinguished and Joseph Norbert John
Thomas, John Rowe and Thomas Bell
volunteered to go through the smoke
that filled the cutting in search OF John
Williams, pump boy. Bell was the
last man to go down. As he reached the
ladder he yelled to the others: "Come
back, the gas down there is too thick" p"
There was no answer and 1t was evident
that the three miners had been suffo-
ated. Tying scarf about his head,
John Pentecost went down alone
through the gas that extinguished his
lamp. He found Thomas with his cloth
ing burned of and his legs frightfully
roasted. Rowe was dead and Herbert
nearly SO, but will probably recover.
Thomas will die.
The fire in the lower levels OF the
mine did not entirely die out until In
The afternoon, when Williams body was
found 800 feet from the surface, ap-
parently drowned by the floods Of water
that we're poured in. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by the boys
entering gas pocket with lighted
candle, although there are suspicious OF
incendiarism.r
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-30

alabor leader, was drowned while boap
ing in the canal near that city on the
| Esd.
Hon. DAVID TAeGART, president oi
the New Hampshire State Senate, was
on the 2sd inaugurated, as acting Gov.
ernor, and will perform the Guberna.
torial duties during the absence OF Gov.
ernor Goodell, who is incapacit by
sickness. This is the first time In the
history of tho State since 1854 that the
president Of the Senate has been called
upon to discharge the duties Of the Gov,
ernor. 6if
The North Dakota Senate COMMITTEES
investigating the charges Of corruption
in connection with the recent election
OF United States Senators and the pas.
sage Of the Louisiana Lottery bill, has
made report involving several public
men and the Manitoba Railway Com.
pany. Candidate Johnson testified that
fe was offered over s25, 900 to withdraw.
Testimony was given to the effect that
several members of the Legislature re.
ceived from $500 to $1,000 each to vote
for the lottery bill. ..,%l
The first case in which the Illinois
compulsory education law has been
tested was decided in the Circuit Court
at Tuscola on the 23d, and the truant
officer was fined for arresting boy
who was absent from school without
leave.
The Oregon Democratic State Conven.
ton met at Portland on the Gath and
nominated Sylvester Pennoyer for Gov
ernor, George w. Webb for Treasurer
and r. A. Miller for Congress. The
platform adopted fayors tariff for reve-
nue. necessary to economical govern
ment, demands free coinage of silver
and the election Of Senators by the peo-
pie, and urges the adoption of the
Australian ballot system and the eight
hour day.
THE California Republican State con-
vention will meet at Sacramento August
10 to nominate candidates for the vari-
Gus State offices,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-30
SAFE IN PORT.

Survivors Of Wrock Landed In New
York After n Thrilling Experience.
NEW YORK, April 2s.-The steamship
Cores, plying between New York and
Haytien ports, has arrived here with
seven Of the passengers and crew OF the
wrecked steamship Italia, who were
picked up In the last stages OF exhaus-
ton on the morning Of April II between
Fortune Island and Bird Rock. They
we're without food and water and had
had nothing 10 eat for twenty-four hours
when picked up. The passengers were
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphreys, Of Columbus,
o. Tho other members Of the Grew and
passengers we're landed at this port on
April IS from Waiting Island, upon
which the Italia was wrecked. The
party rescued at sea had resolved 10
take the chance Of being picked up at
sea rather than walt on the island.