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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
ENGLISH CHURLIsHNEss.
1t is Evinced Over the American Copyright
Law,

Sundays London cable to the New
York Tribune: President Harrisons copy
right proclamation is received in England
with only too characteristic ungracious-
ness. mot of much use to us after all, :"
is the general tone. The conditions are
Onerous. groans one critic The act is in
tended for the protection of the American
printer, growls another, ignoring the fact
that the American printer was tolerably
we'll protected before. Its primary OBJ
ject," says this wise and well-mannered
writer, appears to be to protect the
American author, the American printer,
and the American paper-maker. Sup
pose it were, are British acts of Par1a-
11ent designed, as rule, to protect Brit
ish interests or foreign interests? Seldom,
indeed, is the Briton capable of seeing
things from any point of view but his
own. Then there is plenty of the old
scolding about piracy. Truly an am1abIe
way of welcoming a law which extin-
guishes piracy. Even the Times, which
ought to be above these petty views, is
now saying, ''If ten votes out of hun
dred were carried by consideration of JUS
tice and conscience, thirty were carried
by regard for the interests of American
authors, and sixty by the hope of promot-
ing the trade interests of American print
ers, paper makers and book-binders. :"
Johu Bull, IN fact, is of the opinion that
he ought to be allowed to do printing, as
we'll as thinking, for 100000 Ameri-
cans. He consoles himself by believing
that books for the English market must
still be printed in England. He asks if
English buyers are going to put up with
an edition of Tennysor or Froude where
they will have to read theatre" and other
solecisms. Truly, l do not think they
will, nor need they, even were the book
printed in America. Not all American
printers print in sWebster's. We have
to endure, it Is true, seeing Webster S
caprices and vulgarities set down to our
account, as if they were American, which
they are not. We have to endure also
such reproaches as | have quoted, but we
have performed an act of justice in an
honorable manner, and the churlish-
ness of the English concerns the English
not us
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23

that would nominate Mckinley and they
argued that Sherman was out of the race
and it was their duty to drop his name
and secure the nomination of man from
their state, if possible. While they were
in the midst of their deliberations Nc
Kinley dressed only in his night gown,
walked into the room and demanded that
this talk should stop at once. These were
his admirers and friends, but he twas as
peremptory in his demands there. .emong
them as he had been in the conven-
ton the day before. Napoleon was
never more autocratie than was this
modest man at this time He was
hurt and indignant that his own
friends should for a moment consider a
proposition that if carried out would place
him in false position and make it appear
that he had not been loyal to Sherman.
For moment the delegates sat stupe6ed,
and considered that the man was not him
self; that his exhaustion and illness had
robbed him of his reason. Then they tried
to argue with him, and pointed to the
nomination of Garfield as a precedent.
Yes, it may be a precedent, but one no
man can follow in Ohio without being mis-
understood. Garfield could not prevent
the convention nominating him when it
came in the whirl of excitament. But the
man from Ohio who profits by a like cir
cumstance will be regarded as traitor
who has tried to initiate Garfield. | can
not afford to be SO misunderstood, and the
republicans of Ohio cannot afford it.
Then raising his right arm he said:
Gentlemen | would rather lose that than |
have my name go before the convention !
and have my loyalty to my candidate and
my party questioned; | would rather have
you sever it here and now than allow you
to further consider the proposition. 1t is !
the second time we have come to Chicago !
with Sherman as our candidate, and we
cannot afford to go home and have it said
that we are not in earnest, but used his |
great name to secure the confidence of our
people, and came here to trade and plot |
for our own personal ambition That
settled the Mckinley boom in the conven-
tio0 of 1888. Worn out with work and |
i'll, Mckinley sat down upon it so hard |
that it never went out of the Ohio head |
quarters. But the incident stamped him
as a true and noble character, and Ohio is !
now to do him the honor he is due.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
NARY AN ARMY WORM.
The Old Farmer Was No Raw Recruit if He
Was HOMEGROWN

He was gay young officer and Uncle
Sam was IN great luck to have such nice
hired man, says the New York Evening
World. The car was crowded, and he had
to set his bright new uniform right down
beside dingy, old farmer looking chap.
swell, my avuncular relative, . said he,
speaking up so that the passengers might
have chance to join in the laugh, "what
promise does he of whom one touch makes
us all akin hold forth touching the particu-
lar OF farinaceous cereals?" 80
The passengers-those who understood
him and those who didn 't-snickered.
How the wheat crop, eh? p replied the
dingy parsonage. ''Fust rate, fust rate "
SIS that which fell alike by tie wayside,
into barren places and upon good ground
completely subterranean?"
The passengers all laughed.
SIS the seed all under ground, eh?" said
the countrymam. ''Sure, all the seedin s
done and things are sproutin'.'
HAS your retina been impressed by any
members of the advance guard of the can
tharis vittata?''
The passengers giggled.
''Seen any potato bugs, eh?' said the
rustic. "Yoa bet; seen lots of potato
bugs, but nary an army worm. -
NO., said the gay young officer hasti.
ly heading off an incipient laugh, and
why is the army worm no longer with
you?'
''Well, said the old professor from the
Podunk Agricultural College, 81 heard
that most of them had been jagged for
duplicating their pay accounts
The passengers roared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
The Value of Rest.

Fatigue should not be treated as a light
matter. Women often say, II am
perfectly well, only | get tired easy
Then you are not perfectly well, you need
rest, care, and possibly medical treatment.
Try the rest first, and set your mind free
from worries and restraints. With the
rest take nou-ishing food, not tonics of
necessity, but instead of waiting until
luncheon take cup of beef tea during the
forenoon; between luncheon and dinner an
egg lemonade, or a glass of milk and
a cracker. Do not exact from yourself
work which you do not feel equal to; make
it rule to lie down two hours each after
noon and go to bed early. Keep this treat
ment up for three months, with all of the
out-of door life that you feel equal to, and
you will realize what rest can do. The
tired feeling means that you need rest; it is
as sure an Indication as that clock needs
winding when it runs down.-Boston
Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
Judicious Neglect.

The thoughtful mother, as her cares in
crease with an increasing family, finds
that she must neglect many things she
had thought indispensable. The atten-
ton she has bestowed on side issues. She
must contract her enterprises, and many
of them, perhaps, must be given up for
the time altogether. With three or four
little children to look after, she cannot de-
vote hours every day to practicing music
or painting pictures or embroidering
fancy patterns. She may have to relin-
quish courses of reading, give up society
to great extent, and conhne her
activities to what may seem very narrow
sphere.
Especially is all this true if, in addition
to the care of her children, she does all or
the greater part of her own work.
In counting over the items that must be
done, those that may be left undone, and
those that must be left undone, judicious
and discriminating choice is necessary
The family must have good food, wisely
selected, well cooked, abundant, and at
regular intervals, but all fancy dishes and
all that consume great deal Of time in
the preparation may be ommitted. Chill
dren and grown people thrive best on sim
pie and plainly prepared food. Het this
must be selected and cooked with skill and
judgment to be good.
Sufficient ard suitable clothing must be
provided. 1t should be neat fitting and
becoming, but it need not have a super
fluffy of stitches and trimming. A plain
garment is quickly made, and with the
abundance and variety of patterns of every
description for sale in the stores, woman
of modern mechanical ability can cut and
make all ordinary garments worn by her
children.
The house must be kept in order. Fol-
lowing the two rules, ga time for every
thing and everything in its time" ga
place for everything and everything in its
place." tho house-mother will be able to
get round the circle of her work more or
less thoroughly. twill help if all super
huous ornamentation of her rooms is put
away; if the number of pieces is to be
handled and busted and cleaned is reduced
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
l. S. ST. P. & u.
These Letters are the initials Of the
New Line through Wyoming and
Idaho to the Pacific Northwest

This line is composed of the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha and Union Pacific Rail,
ways, and reaches more Fan
Western Cities than any other line
as follows:
Haley, Boise City, Lewiston,
Moscow and principal Idaho
points.
Walla Walla, Colfax, Farming
ton, Rockford, Spokane Falls and
numerous Washington points.
Baker City, Pendleton, Portland
and principal Oregon points.
Ogden and Salt Lake City, the
largest points in Utah.
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
all California points from Mt.
Shasta to San Diego.
And this line also reaches Butte,
Anaconda and many other points
in Montana.
Also note that by this line
accommodations are furnished in
Pullman Family Sleeping Cars at
very low rates to holders of,
econd-class tickets going to
Washington, Oregon and Califor-
MIA.
When you get ready to go
West, before deciding upon your
route, call on agents of c., St. P.
M. & o. Ry., who will cheerfully
furnish rates and information
about through car service over
the "Lake Superior, St. PAIL e.
Union Pacific Line' and connec-
tons, or for pamphlets and map
address
T. w. TEASDALE.
Gen'lPasengerAgent, St Paul
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23

BELLS" Tweezers and strainers after the
modern fashion are included in the same
assemblage of curiosities Others OF the
same epoch are woven goods from the
Swiss lake dwellings that were built on
piles, bronzed heads from Rome actually
plated with gold, bronzs buttons made
just like those of today, bronze chains with
the same mesh precisely as is employed
now by jewelers. for watch guards, bronze
mirrors, bronze bodkins, bronze needles,
and bronze sickies for cutting grass or
grain, with wooden handles-the originals
of the Mccormick reaper.
One of the funniest things in the collec-
ton is small vase with hinge at the top
for cover-iust like the modern beer
mug. It dates from before Christ. There
are also stone molds of the same epoch for
casting bronze knives, spearheads,
hatchets, sickles, and other implements
precisely In the manner followed now. An
ancient ETuscan vase shows mending with
rlvets after the same methods as is employ
ed in this day. Even more extraordinary
are poniards covered in ivory perhaps hun
dreds of thousands of years ago by men Of
the clipped stone or paleolithicss age, with
reindeer and mammoths horns for handles.
The Romans before the birth of Christ
did everything with respect to printing
except to print. They made stamps and
stamped words and letters on their pot
terry before baking it. These types were
unmovable ard sometimes single, though
not usually so. On their lead pipe they
cast inscriptions in raised letters. Prac-
tically, these would have served for print
ing if their surface been linked aup press
ed unOn cloth or rapVruS ISe0 for their
books and letters. 1t has been said that
necessity is the mother of invention, yet
the necessity for printing existed in as
great degree as among any people. They
had a senate, which kept its journal; they
made speeches and orations; of the MAX
ing of books there was no end. Laws and
DEGREES were published to the people; in
fact, at the same time a newspaper was
circulated. All this was done by hand
writing yet they had all the material and
much of the art of printing in everyday
use now. But they never caught the final
idea.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
UTILIZING STALE BREAD.
NEW MOTIVEPOwER.
a Tug Propelled on the Hudson by Am
monia and Water

One of the first practical experiments in
New York waters to show how ammonia
and water can be employed to run boats
was made Saturday, July 18th, on the tug
Edwin D. Hartley, which carried small
party of engineers and others inter-
ested in the process on a short run down
the bay.
The boat was fitted with the appliances
of the ammonia patents owned py the
Campbell Engine company at the shipyard
of J. FL. Dialogue, Philadelphia, unoer
the direction of William B. Readey, a
marine engineer of that city. The tug
has been run by ammonia since April l..
The ordinary a4ua-ammonia is used in
combination with water In the ratio of
about fifteen parts ammonia to eighty-fve
parts water.
The use of ammonia saves from IS to so
per cent. of fuel, and also counteracts the
corrosion in the boilers. For the same
amount of coal, the inventor says, about
twice as much work can be performed with
ammonia vapor as with steam, or, in other
words, the ammonia effects the saving of
half the fuel
The Inland Marine company, which
has recently been organized will soon
begin the construction of line of
boats using aqua-ammonia as motive
power.
Mr. Reaney's experiments with the Ed
win D. Hartley showed saving of 81 per
cent. of fdel during the trip. Among
those present were I. H. Campbell, the in
ventor of the process; James McLain
president of the Campbell Engine COM
pany; Colonel J. B. Finley of O-1aha; E..
E. McGovern of the Edison Phonograph
company; James H. Weaver, F. W.
Clarke and William B. Reaney. Some
of the engineers of the Inman and North
German Lloyd Steamship companies pro-
posed going down the bay On the
tug to inspect its engines New York
Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
Economical Feeding.

1t requires considerable thought to give
food to stock at any time without waste,
neither too little nor too much. This is
especially true of green food, which, I'M
less carefully fed, becomes mussed and
soiled so that it will not be eaten, even
while the animal is still hungry. 1t is a
good plan usually to add grain or meal
ration to that of grain food, and in such
case the grain should follow, allowing the
animal to eat little less than it will, and
then topping off with the more nutri-
tious food Cows thus fed will in few
minutes after eating lie down and begin
to chew their cud, the sign with all ru-
mimants that digestion is perfect.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
A FASHIONABLE PRAYER.

Give me an eye to others failings blind
Miss Smiths new bonnet's quite fright be
hind!
Wake in me charity for the suffering poor
There comes that contribution plate once more!
Take from my soul all feeling covetous-
I'll have shawl like that or makea fuss!
Let love for all my kind my spirit stir
Save Mrs. Jones-I'l never speak to herr
Let me in truths fair pages take delight
III read that other novel through tonight.
Make me contented with my earthly state
l wish I'd married rich. But it's too late!
Give me heart of faith in all my kind
Miss Browns as big hypocrite as you'll find!
Help me to see myself as others see
This dress Is quite becoming unto me!
Let me act out no falsehood, l appeal
I wonder if they think these curls are real!
Make my heart of humility the fount-
How glad l am our pew's so near the front!
Fill me with patience and strength to wait
/ know he'll preach until orr dinners latei
Take from my heart each grain of selfconceit-
I'm sure the gentlemen must think me sweet
Let sanity wisdom be my daily food
l wonder what we'll have for dinner good?
Let not my feet ache in the road to light
Nobody knows how these shoes pinch and bite.
In this world teach me to deserve the next
Church out! Charles, do you recollect the text?
-Selected
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
A Lesson in Sincerity.

Do not mistake rudeness for sincerity,
and try to administer lessons, like the
minister in the following story, unless
you are ID minister, or at any rate, have
some right to correct others. The lesson,
however, Is capital one, and might be
applied to many foolish and insincere
little forms of speech nowadays.
A Rhode Island clergyman, noted for
his frankness and eccentricity, once cured
a female parishioner Of this obnoxious
habit; Sister b had invited him to
tea. Her table was bountifuIIy spread,
but the foolish women, as she ushered her
pastor into the tea room, remarked that
she had REALLY nothing fit to eat"
Without word the minister took his
hat and walked to the house of neigh
boring parishioner. There he asked to
be permitted to sup with the family, say
ing:
II had intended to take teal with Sister
B, but there was nothing fit to
eat, so I've come over here"
Of course this strange speech took
wings and stirred up the parish. AS Sis
ter B, mortified and offended, re-
preached the pastor for his extraordinary
conduct, he calmly replied
why, Sister B, you said you
had nothing fit to eat: and since | al
ways took you for woman of truth, and
since moreover, | had marvellous good
appetite, was | not constrained to seek a
supper elsewhere?"
Sister B was never known after
ward to speak depreciatingly of her own
table.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
LATE CROPS.

Some of the most important crops are
those that are known as late crops, but the
hurry in the spring. and the large proper
ton Of labor required to mature and
harvest the early crops, sometimes leads
to an abandonment of the later crops, the
land being allowed to grow up in weeds
or the stubble of grain left until the follow
ing spring. Some of the late crops are the
most valuable, and many of them are late
enough to escape drought. By growing
both early and late crops plot may be
made to yield two crops year, which is no
detriment to land which has been well
MANFRED. The late crops also impress up
on the farmers the advantage of using less
land and more manure, and in no other
way can weeds be so well eradicated as that
of growing an early and late crop on the
same land, a system which demands con-
slant cultivation, and of keeping the soil
we'll MANFRED and in high state of fer
tiiity.
Late potatoes, cabbage, beans, turnips,
buckwheat and millet are crops that should
pay well, and they will follow peas, straw
berries, wheat, oats or rye. The advant-
ages of such crops consist in requiring the
use of the cultivatnr and the spreading Of
manure in summer They do not permit
of any kind of weeds being grown, and
lessen the work of the farmer In the
spring, as we'll as compelling him to keep
the soil loose and fine. These crops can be
followed by rye late in the season, crop
that will also assist in keeping down weeds,
and which can be turned under the next
spring for green manurial crop as feed
er for corn. A cpop of millit will not only
provide hay, but it is one of the best crops
ever grown for crowding the weeds and de-
stroying them, while Hungarian grass is
equally as good for that purpose, as it can
be moved several times during the season.
No farmer should make speciality of a
single crop. Diversified farming entails
fewer risks of loss. True farming lis not
to cultivate large acres, but to concentrate
the manure and fertilizer on limited area
and make the land produce crops from
early in the season until late. There is
nothing to prevent the farmer from grow
ing onions as well as wheat. The one crop
requires more labor than the others, but it
is from the proper application of the labor
that the profit is derived. The demand of
the market should be studied, and the de-
mand supplied, no matter what kind of
crop may be requir
Woman used to sweep ever thing before
her, but this spring she sweeps everything
behind her,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
FARM NOTES.
PETTING ANIMALS,

MAKE pets Of your domestic animals. "
Yes, for it will pay every time. My hens
are the wonder and admiration of the
neighbors, for I can pick them up any
where. One hen brought out brood of
chickens and I at once put more eggs I'M
der her. She sat on those week, when
another became broody. To relieve the
other of her tiresome duties, put number
two near the nest; she went right on COW
ering the eggs and seeming perfectly con-
tented. Had she been wild and frighten-
ed | could not have done this'-Bessie
Brown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
When to Kill.

No fowl should be killed until it has
tasted fourteen to sixteen hours. Those
birds that it is intended to kill early in
the morning should have both food and
five o'clock the afternoon before. If this
is not done, and they are killed full
of food, it soon decomposes, turns
the birds green, and renders them COM
paratively worthless. Even if the food
has passed out of the crop into the bowels
the fowls will not keep long, as the half
food in the interior causes them
to spoil, and gives them an exceedingly
unpleasant favor-Am. Poultry journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
Feeding Skim-Milk.

We heard so much of the failure in rails
ing calves on centrifugal skim-milk, that
we took occasion to inquire into the
reason. In nearly all cases the unsuc-
cessful feeder fed only twice day; fed
it cold, and fed too much of it. The
secret Of the feeding value of sweet full
milk is not the per cent. of butter oil
alone, but it is the digesti5ility, owing to
the minute division OF it all through the
milk. We should, therefore, restore some
other and cheaper oil-say linseed jelly
and stir it we'll into the skim milk, which
should be heated to 80 deg. and fed at
least three times day. This is best done
through calf feeder, though we have
seen che simple device of putting some
straw in the milk to compel the calf to
drink slowly, and that Is all that's wanted
to make them thrive Dairy Messenger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-23
Second Crops.

There is time after a crop Of barley is
harvested in July for the growth Of any of
the early kinds of sweet corn, as Narragan-
GENTLY for ensi!age in sixty days if kept
plenty Of food in the form of fertilizers. A
good application would be 800 pounds per
acre of the special corn fertilizer with SO
pounds of Underground nitrate of soda
added. This will insure maturity and a
luxuriant growth in the time mentioned.
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to the minimum; If comfort is consulted to
the exclusion of style and luxury. These
last two items are very expensive of time
and enthusiasm. High thinking is easier
if the living be plain.
1t is unnecessary to pursue this line of
remark further The house-mother who
has courage to draw the line of her activ-
tiles at those things that must be done
will find time to care for all the essential
interests of her family, aud will not waste
herself on unnecessary enterprises and
superhuities.