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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01

No man san master others so long as he
Is his own slave.
Morality influences mems lives anc
gives bliss to all their action.-Locke.
Nothing is ever done beautifully, which
is done in rivaship; nor molly, which il
done in pride.-Ruskin.
Live by the day; you will have dali,
trials and strength according. Leave to
morrow to the Lord.
Are angels my attendants? Then
should walk worthy of my companionship
A. Barnes.
The virtue of man ought to be-
measured not by extraordinary exertions
but by his every day conduct. Pascal.
In world where there is so much tc
be done, how happy. that there is so large
a portion of daylight; III world where
there is SO much to be suffered, how merci
flu that there is also much night. -B unit
Our mental nature is complex in It's
faculties. We can think-that is enc
form of action. We can fee-that i,
another form of action. We can will o.
rhoose-that is stall another form of action
Put all these three forms together, and VT
have all the facts of mind stated In theil
great classes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
FARM NOTES.

If you have low, wet land reserve this
for ducks and geese.
If you are going to plant grape vines get
southern or southwestern slope if pos
sibie
Some people are so careless that they
fold and the wool when it is damp with
the almost certain refust of the becoming
heated.
Skinned milk can be kept sweet for
from twenty four to fourty- eight hours by
heating it. 1t must be heated to $50 de-
grees.
Turkeys are great insect destroyers, and
if allowed the run of the field will come
home at night with their craws filed
with grass hoppers, bugs and insects that
they have picked up.
If the early potatoes are dug care must
be taken to keep IL EN- out of the sun, to
dry them thoroughly and to store them
where they can be kept dry and where
there is good circulation of air.
Keep the dairr-room at about SO de-
grees mot over 60) If possible, using a
thermometer to indicate the temperature
The temperature of the cream when it
goes in the churn should be 60 degrees in
summer and 81 In winter
Farmers wno do not have silo know
that the root crops are useful agents In
promoting the thrift of the stock in winter,
and they make a great mistake if they
have neither roots nor ensilage for winter.
Too much dry food entails loss.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01

Well, perhopsi A Uery little less wouIa
be sufficient" he says, with hesitation,
standing back to examine her countenancs
more safely.
There! see how careless You can teF~
says Olga, reproachfully. Nov, take Il OF
with this, but lightly, uefy lightly"
As she speaks, she hands him her hand
kerchief, and, to the CONSERVATION of the
three watchers outside he takes it, and with
the gentlest touch rubS her cheeks with il
first the one. and the other
To be continued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
Litter for Horses aud Cows.

An abundance of clean, loose litter is
great help to the horses and cows TO protect
them from the stable flies. Another great
help is to keep the stables clean and free
from the usual pungent odor which at
tracts these pests. Fresh sawdust is the
best litter. Oak and chestnut are better
than pine, which not only makes poor dry
manure, but gives an odor to milk. This
sawdust Is cool, clean, and an excellent alb
sorbent, and slight brushing of the cows
or the horses soon frees the skin from any
adhering fragments. Then. if the stables
are busted over with Persian insect pow
der, pulled all over the stanchions and
stalls and the backs and legs of the cattle
in the evenings, all of which may cost 50
cents an evening for six or eight weeks.
the animals will rest in peace. Each cow
In the whole herd will pay back the whole
cost IN increased product, made possible
by the freedom from suffering.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
Feeding Cattle Profitab1y.

To feed cattle proftably is to give them
food best suited to their condition and the
season and enough at the proper time. To
put cattle on the early market the fall
pasture should be full and good so that the
cattle come into winter quarters In fairly
good condition. Begin TO feed moderately
and gradually at first. About two quarts
of chopped feed per head and as much
good hay DIS they will eat is about the I'll ht
thing, Another important feature is to
have the cattle so separated that each may
enjoy quietude and their food without mo-
lestatiOn. Increase the grain and other
rations, so as to keep the cattle steadily
growing and improving until pastures are
well started in the spring. Let the grass
have a tair start and mature some, as it
makes better food. Bring the cattle In
every night for short time and feed their
grain rations slightly lessened, at least till
they become accustomed to the green
forage. After this they sh0lld be fed lib
orally and pushed along until they are
ready for market.
When cattle are intended for the fall
market, a little different management is
necessary. They should be wintered pretty
much as yearlings are, giving them little
more gram, however, until spring, when
they may be put on the pasture, with only
plenty of water and regular sailing They
will thrive, grow and look we'll by early
fall, but will not weigh as much as when
fed on grain When The grain feed is
continued through the summer they de-
pend too much ON it and forsake grazing
for ready found rations. If the pastures
become scant and dry, soiling crops should
furnished. In the fall, say October l, be-
gin feeding literally of the best grain ra-
tons. moderately, at first, but rapidly as
possible. and push right along until they
are ready for market. Cattle will thus
have both plumpness and weight and will
net more than if fed grain rations through
the summer.-James |. Baird in N. E.
Homestead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
DAVITT IN CHICAGO.
He Will Not Attend the League CoDven-
ton Next Month

CHICAGO. Sept. 26.-Michael Davitt,
the well known Irish agitator, arrived
here this morning and is stopping at the
residence of Alexander Sullivan. TO IN
Associated Press reporter Davitt declared
that his trip was purely private ore and
had no connection with politics. He had
spent FIVE months in California for bis
health in obedience to his physician's Or
ders. He saw that be had
no disposition to introduce the un-'
fortunate domestic trouble Ill Irish
politics among his countrymen in Amer
lea. 1--WE will settle that in Irelani at
the next general election" said ne; and
when it is settled the settlement wilt
leave Parnell out of Irish politics | have
been invited to speak several times since
| came to America, but deemed it my duty
not to accept, for the reasons given
Davitt said he would not attend the
league convention to be held here next
week. He is on the road home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
What One Boy Did.

Although we have spoken several times
recently on the subject of poultry raising
by The young folks, we cannot refrain
from telling the boys and girls what a
gentleman in this city told US not long
since about his boy. This account was
such an apt illustration of what we have
recently endeavored to impress on our
readers that we will give it to them.
At the age Of ten years this boy began
keeping poultry. His father built him a
fowl house for which nothing was ever
paid by the son, but this was the only ex-
pense not borne by the young fancier him
self. He kept White Leghorns, and his
spare time out of school was devoted to
caring for and enjoying his flock. He
worked at the business and it was good
for him. 1t taught regularity and involv-
ed responsibilities in seeing that his pets
did not suffer.
When he reached the age of twenty he
went into his fathers Office His bank
book at that tine showed a balance in
favor Of 81 900, cleared from his poultry
while he attended school. Those who
think it mot worth the trouble may
ponder this result with edifcation to
themselves.
That one thousand dollars was worth
more than one hundred thousand cents to
the lad. 1t represented more than money
1t was material evidence of much that
could not be expressed ia dimes and
dollars. To begin with, it associated
health and vigor with the owner Bust
ness habits also were necessarily formed
in the course of that decade which would
be useful In the future. Independence
was indicated, sense of being OF some
Importance and the means of doing for
himself were accompanying features. All
these are worth much, and many a worried
father and distracted mother who wish
that the boys had something to do ''that
they like to do and amount to something"
would do we'll 10 follow the course adopted
by this father.-Poultry World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
THE DOG AND THE CuURN.
The Attempts of a Dog to shirk His Dut
and How He Succeeded.


"Churn- dog" stories are always in Or
der, says Forest and Stream. A city man
who used to live on farm, as so MANY
city men did when they were boys, sends
us this: lat home on the farm we had a
number of cows, so many that churning
was too heavy a task for even the men
folks, so Mr.. L. rugged up a dog churn,
an inclined wheel, a sort of a canine
treadmil. 1t became the duty of Ponto,
a large white mastiff, to tread that monot-
Onous cycle, and Notwithstanding the
toothsome bit Of meat that was fastened
on lath within four inches of his nose,
he was not at all proud of his position
and re- possibility. He made several at
tempts to shlrk his task, and twice sue
| ceeded. He got to know wnen churninp
day came around as we'll as any one in the
house.
son the morning of that day he would
loiter about the kitchen door until he was
fed, and as soon as he heard the note of
| preparation-ths bringing of the cream
jugs, preparing the churn, etc-he would
put for the woods and would not be seen
again until night. The day of churning
was changed, and next morning a more
crestfallen and astonished dog was never
seen when he was colIared and harnessed
to the beam which set the dash in motion
be looked positively foolish. He did his
work, but " it'll lowered head, and in cogt
tation evidently. On another occasion he
tried another dodge. When they were
about TO put him in the wheel he ran up to
his mistress, holding up one paw, affecting
to BE- lame. She thought much of the dog.
md was inclined to let nim off that day.
The pext instant he was seen charging
over higa fence afer a neighbours cat.
Well, said the old lady, If he can go
after a CAT like that he is able to churn.
And he dill, and never tried to shirk his
work again"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01

beautifully, and formed number Of mag.
ni6cent blossoms, and made her plans for
large household and numerous progeny
but disaster came; the path was widened
the soil was packed; the food supply cut
of; many of the branches Were bruised,
and the poor plant reduced to extremity.
What was she to do? 1t was clear case
of devotion to tbs children First, she
called in all the food from the beautiful,
but immature flowers, sacrificed her
beauty and concentrated her strength On
two burs, which contained half-grown seed
with baby daturas in them But this was
not enough. First one leaf, and then an
other went to feed the same babies, then
the limbs and the trunk of her own body
we're given and she deliberately yielded
her life that her offs pring might have
abundant food to support them in their
initial STRUGGLE for existence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
FIRST RAILS LAID,

Farmers I'm the Kickapoo Valley to Have
Their Hopes Realized.
WAUzEKA, Wis, Sept. 28.-The first
rails on the Kickapoo Wiley & Northern
railroad were put in place on the Oath.
The ties are laid for many miles, the
bridge across the Kickapoo river is COM
peted, and if the weather is pro-
pitious, by November 18th the wait
ing farmers through the rich valley be-
tween Wauzeka and Soldiers Grove will
see their long deferred, hoped-for facilities
to transport their crops realized. They,
as well as the promoters Of the enterprise
are to be congratulated upon the success
full issue of their undertaking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
SAME OLD STORY.
Crops Every where Unfavorably Affected
by the Drouth.

Crops Every where Unfavorably Affected
by the Drouth.
WASHINGTON, Sept 26.-The weather
crop bulletin says in part.
Illinois-Continued hot, dry weather
has placed corn out of danger Of frost.
but has affected early sown wheat unfav-
oraby. Rain is badly needed. Pastures
are drying up.
Iowa-Corn is practically safe. The
yield is much larger than anticipated.
The lack of moisture has affected pastur-
age and retarded blowing and seeding.
Misunderstanding has been retarded
In the southern counties. The yield Of
corn has advanced somewhat, duo to the
rapid maturing. There is much damage
by forest fires.
Nebraska-The dry, hot weather has
dried and ripened late corn so rapidly as
to lessen its weight, but the whole crop liz
decidedly above the average. The pastures
need rain, and the ground is too dry for
blowing and sowing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
FARM AND HOME.
THE POETRY OF THE RANCH
EXCHANGE.

A Scotchman is a Scotchman the world
over. The Gland of brown heath ard
haggy wold'' has always nurtured poets
who stick closely to the text that nature
furnishes and henca write poetry that
natures children can all appreciate. Re.
ferring to fact familiar to the ranch
men that cows with young calves at some
distance from water often leave the young
sters in charge of one COW while they sc
for a drink, and that the calves seem to
understand the situation and are content.
Mr.. John Fl. Gordon, of South Bend,
Wyoming, wrote as follows:
Bout nature in her every prank,
Maist folks are really no acqualnt;
Tae even spear that beasts can reason,
The'd turn their bike ny wi derision.
For fifty year, and maybe mair,
I've seen strange SIGHTS that gar me stare,
And munle things thro the creation
Haze come across my observation.
But the cutest thing ever seen,
Amang my kye yin afternoon
An aud o stood mang nearly twenty
The bonniest calves In G. the country.
In wonderment gazed awhile.
And then her blood began tae boil;
She hooked at one and then the ithers,
And soon the beloved for their mIthers.
Now here they come like ligntnin's crash,
Wi tail erect and Eyes that fash
And onward on DER hill and hollow
Tae see what gaed the yins below.
At their approach nae SCUM is heard,
But gentle grooming thro' the heard,
The anld COO, pleased like any creature,
Noe ambles of ae get the wafer.
You'd ca this instinct, suppose,
But the Ould coos action clearly shows
She Laid her plan wi reason glorious
And triumphed In the scheme victorious.
The critic may fad fault with some of
the measures. but our readers will appre-
ciate the above, nevertheless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
WARNER MILLER DINED.
Honors Paid Him in Berlin by Ministe
Phelps

dOnOrS PalQ him In Berlin Dy M1n1S1eE
Phelps.
BERLIN, Sept. 2S.- A dinner was given
tonight by Minister Phelps at the Ameri-
can legation to ex-United States Senator
Warner Miller, Mrs. Miller and Miss
Miller. There were present Chancellor
Won Caprivi, Herr Won Berlepsch,
Prussian minister Of commerce,
Secretary Rittenberg, Mr.. Menocal,
chief engineer of the Nicaragua.
Canal Company, Baroness Beriepsch,
Mesdames Bingham and Ruecker, MisseN
Halstead and Phelps, and the British ard
French charge d affaires. During the
progress of the dinner d dispatch was re-
ceived from Mr.. johnson, American con
sui at Hamburg, which was read aloud ~
Mr.. Phelps. The message read: The first
American pork certificate was presented
at Hamburg today for 81 cases from Chi
cago. Other shipments are at port and
many on the way" MIR. Phelps told the
guests that if they held their appetItes
for few hours they could have course of
American pork"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
Sow Only Clean Seed

1t is important to SOW clean seed. IF
one has smulty wheat his seed should be
treated to solution of blue vitrol, or
strong brine, or copperas water. If the
seed wheat Is poured into tub of the So
luton the smuttS wheat will raise. The
heavy wheat should be spread out to dry
or can oe dried with plaster before sowing.
1t is so easily held in check that one need
never have il two years in succession if
care is taken to sow only clean seed Ro-
tation is advantageous, too; that is, it is
safest not to SOW field twice in succession
with wheat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
THE HOUSEHOLD.
The words Unsa,d.
HENRY CLEVELAND WOOD.

How full of yearning love and tenderness,
That spoken might have served to cheer and
bless,
Now haunted with the grief of vague regrets,
Like faint sad tones when low winds sweep the
frets
OF some old instrument these words unsaldI
They come to within the late wan night,
Like troubled spirits seeking out sweet rest,
And though we would admit them to our breast,
They fail 10 give Us peace, as once they might
The hearts they could have joyed h We ceased to
beat;
The ears are deaf though wildly we etnreat.
Oh, could they hear them now, the words unsaidi
One word were worth thousand to the dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
Clean BulteT

IN butter making cleanliness must be
the watchword always, but especially in
the home dairy. The entire process is
composed of one little detail after another,
and the person who has not the inclina-
ton nor faculty to observe perfect care in
each of these minute operations can hard
ly expect to turn out product that will
command an outside price
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
Raising Calves.

Calves intended for the dairy should be
kept growing through the winter, kept
warm in pens and fed properly. Fine
hay, part clover, with little bran and
crushed oats and an occasional feed of
puped roots, are desil able ration4. Skim
milk is good if it can be spared. Keep
the young things growing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
AN INDEPENDENT SECRETARY.
He Will Not Attest Davidson's Commits
sion as Senator

PENSACOLA, Fla, Sept. 2S-The PEN
sacola Daily News will publish tomorrow
morning special from Tallahassee giving
the complication in the senatorial situa
ton. Sec'y of State Crawford refuses to
attest the commission of ex Congressman
Davidson, appointed by Governor Fleming
to succeed Senator Call. Crawford is an
old whig and says the
great seal of the state shall
never adorn any certificate for Calls
successor without it is Call himself
The Florida supreme court will convene
October Is and the governor will apply
for writ OF mandamus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
A Danger.

The most prosperous people are moi
always the most thankf i. There is
danger that, like bough broken from the
pMent stem by the weight of It's own
abundant fruitage, the prosperous person
will allow the very blessing so richly be-
slowed upon him to divorce rs heart Nom
him who gave them-Rev. E. c.. Sweeter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
BIDING His lime.
There was no Great Hurry, and he was a
Great one to Wait

treat one TO w ait
A good two months ago a clothing
dealer On Fulton street, Brooklyn, put a
lot Of summer vests In the front window
and marked each one Is cents. They
hadn't been ON display but day or two
before a young farmer entered and looked
them over and satd:
81 want one of them but Is is too much,
I'll give you go.
His offer was refused and he walked out
In about week he returned, but the
market was still firm. Regularly every
week since then he has dropped in TO re-
new his offer. On his last appearance he
observed:
It's only few days to September
now"
Yes"
They all say we are going to have an
early winter
yes"
Shouldn't wonder if we would have
snow by the middle of September.
81 see."
There won't be any sale for summer
vests after the LIST.
"No."
Give you 80 cents for that striped one
"Itit SulOhtu JULIUS
"Couldn' do it.
Give you the cash right down on the
nall
mo, sir"
"All right for you--all right! There's
no great hurry about it, and I'm a great
hand to wait Teller wanted to ask me
So so for a pair of yaller shoes about two
years ago, but waited and got 'em the
other day for ten shillings. There's ga
up our way who has bin expecting me tc
ask her to marry me for the last
four years. [ may some day, but there's
no great rush. Won't take so cents to-
day, eh?'
mo"
''All right. That's my limit. I'll call
about once week from now on, and along
next winter mebbe you'll come to time
No hurry at all, you know. I've got the
yaler shoes and red necktie, and | ain t
suffering the least mite. | shall be draw
ing sand by here all winter, and it won
be no trouble for me to step in occasion
ally. If you happen to be looking out OF
the window as | drive up Ill hold up six
fingers for so cents. If it's go nod your
head; if not, shake. Good-day."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
Temptation Not Sin.

No temptation or evil suggestion to the
mind becomes sin till it is tolerated. Sis
consists in yielding to temptation. S
long as the soul maintains its int gritty, S
that temptation finds no sympathy within
no SIN is committed, and the soul remain,
unhar,ned, no matter how protracted OF
severe the fiery trial may prove.-J. A.
Wood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01

The outlook for export beef, whether I'M
der the refrigerator system or as live cat
tie, is certainly brighter at present than at
any other time in the history of the Amer
lean cattle trade. Now is the time for the
producers in Uncle Sans domains to show
that they can raise cattle of such quality
as will be relished by their English
cousins.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
HWhakis IL IittIa pirl Q"

"What is it, little grip" said a Dear
born street grocer TO a ive-year old miss.
d. h. leaned over the Counter.
Little girl-"M lnma sent me for a
lamp chimney, and she hopes it will be as
strong as that Ia hnttn- v,r cent u.s.
The prob em Ut npw 2uUJJ claimants
can be satisfied with 5 900 claims in Okla.
homa will probably b. solved to the sor.
row of Is 900 disappointed men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
CRIMINALS DISPOSED OF.
Black River Falls Circuit Court Finish o.
Its Grind.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Special Telegram,
Sept. 28.-A. Postweller was sentenced In
the circuit court to Fay fine of fifty dol
lars and costs or spend six months in the
county Jail. John Douglas, charged with
assault with attempt to kill, was adjudged
insane and will be taken to the asylum at
Mendoza. Court adjourned today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01
Sentiment In Nature.

| once saw a vigorous datura, plant of
the stramonium family, spring up by the
side of beaten path. She blooned OUT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-01

Platinum and silver CAN De drawn into
wire many times finer than hum III hair.
The former has been into wires SO ine that
q of them could be twisted tog sther int
a hollow of hair.