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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
FARM AND HOME.
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

Yon oaks gnarled root-recesses were palace in
my game,
And from that row of hollyhocks its lady inmates
came;
With green moss from the spring brook, with pine
cones from the wood,
With twIgs by ichen covered it fairly furnished
stood.
climbed each tree on those near hills and in that
orchard knew
Where first the apples Redeemed, where most
luscious peaches grew;
In yonder sedge and grasses for elves and mixes
sought,
And often sadly wondered why no glimpse of
them caught.
IL latter days this fairy world my booktrIcked
fancies changed.
And DER the gulley-channeled hills on knightly
,queSIS ranged
Yon lazy brook was 8annockburn, that slope was
Hastings field,
Here Jeanne dare fought for vine-clad France
there Moorish war-cry pealed;
And in that old catalpa, whose branch fantastic
turns,
1 pledge my child allegiance to Shakespeare,
Scott and Burns.
How brightly glanced the sunshine where the dis
NAL cedar waves.
Where hear sease had had time TO grow upon our
household graves;
How merrily the zephyrs DER grass and flowers
danced by.
How strange in such a fair glad world that any
one should die!
l cherish in my heart. you see, my home-no
more my own;
Of all my dear dead fathers wealth my share is
this alone;
A stranger holds my fathers grave, my mothers
bridal home,
And over fields familiar feet unfamiliar roam.
Oh! let to-day be as it must, tomorrow as it
may,
Eternal joys still linger within that Yesterday
So large it held Heaven int, and yet alas, so
small
One tear which trickes to my lash can sphere and
bound it all.
New Orleans Times Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27

even Plutarch had occasion to laugh on
beholding it. was afterward annually per-
formed at Rome. Its chief feature was
that some dogs were taken through the
streets with great pomp, whipped at every
cross-road and in every public place, and
finally hanged on a cross of the wood of
the elder tree near the Temple of Youth.
Even in the sixteenth century two Turks
of the dogs which had devoured the corpse
Ct Mahomet. In Delmatian and Croatian
garrison dogs of war were kept in the
seventeenth century, whose duty it was to
reveal by there barking the presence of the
Turkish soldiers; to run their masters and
make them acquainted not on y with the
fact of the approach of the enemy, but also
to point out in the forest the place where
the aegressors were hidden. But, asks N.
Meunier, is it possible for dogs to dis
tinguish different nationalities? 1t is
impossible to give certain answer to this
question, bat so much is certain, that the
ancients had very we'll noted that the dog
had this peculiar faculty. Minerva s tenn
pie at Daulia was guarded by dogs which
were trained with such care that they
could distinguish Greeks and barbarians,
lavishing caresses on the former and bark
ing continually if any of the latter arrived.
And not only were dogs made use ofln or
binary warfares, but from the time of the
Roman empire downward, almost to our
own day, the slave hunters have had in.
valuable assistance in their bloodhounds
NJ. Meunier describes Horace Vernet's
touching picture of the chem du regiment,
which creeps up with bleeding head and
shattered feet to his two friends, the
drummers; but does not mention the most
famous OF all recent dogs of war, the faith
full reg1mentshund, who went through the
war and has now we'll earned his place on
one of the magnificent bas-reliefs round
the Siedges Saule at Berlin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
THE HOUSEHOLD.
A LETTER

n
What is letter? Let affection tel,
A tongue that speaks for those who absent
dwell;
Which envious distance would i'll vain deny,
nerve of feeling stretched from heart to
heart;
Formed to convey, like electric chain;
TIE mystic fash-the lightning of the brain
And thrill at once through its remotest link,
The throb of passion-by drop of ink.
e. Cheat, in the Ia itic Magazine.
The soul needs food as well as the
body.
BE worker. A loafer is never happy
anywhere
Love never complains that its burden is
too heavy.
Trials do not weaken u.s. They only show
US that we are weak.
When men pray in earnest they pray
without ceasing, and they pray with both
their muscle and their money,
We attract hearts by the qualities we
display; we retain them by the qualities
we possess.-Suard
If man could gain the whole earth it
would begin to shrink as soon as he got
possession.
If you want your boy to love you, don t
make him hoe potatoes in the back yard
while a brass band is passing the house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
KATY, AvOURNEEN.
OLD VERSION.

Twas a cold winetr's night, and the tempest was
The snow like a sheet covered cabin and
When barney flew over the hills to his darl-
And Wrapped at the window where Katy
did lie.
"Arrah, jewell" says he, care you sleepin' or
It's cold bitter night, and my coat it is
thin,
The storm is brewin', the frost is bakin',
Oh, Katy, avourneen, you must let me in
"Ah, then, Barney" says Kate, and she spoke
through the window
GLOW could you be takin' us out of our bed?
To come at this time it's shame and SID,
too;
It's, whisky, not love, has come into your
head.
If your heart. it true, no fame you'd be
tender,
Consider the time and there's nobody in,
What has poor girl but her name to defend
her?
No, Barney, avourneen, won't let you i'm
"Acushla" says he, cts my eye is a foun-
tain,
That weeps at the wrong 1 might lay at your
door:
Your name is more white than the snow on the
mountain
And Barney would die to preserve it as
pure.
I'll 60 to my home, though the winter winds face
me,
I'll whistle them off, for I'm happy within,
And the words of my Katy shall comfort and
bless me
"No, Barney, avoureen, I won't let you
in"
Notes and Queries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27

A tale Of dlsas er TO a young business
mans pride and spring overcoat was told
at the Midland the other night by friend
of the victim. This young man is the
personifcation of modesty, or bashfulness,
out he has by diligent and heroic efforts
managed to lead a young lady of Troost
avenue to the understanding that she is to
be his. Twice a week or more he has
gone to her home to impress upon her the
existence and importance of the contract.
Sunday evening the young man went to the
home of the young woman to have reitera-
ton of the whole matter, and the session
was not completed until 1890 p. m. by
pas watch. As young ladies will some
times do, this one followed the receding
form of the senior partner of the ''steady
company" organization to the front door,
and after a series of dilatory motions an
adjournment was agreed upon. He stood
on the threshold to fasten his gloves, and
she swung the front door shut
AS the spring lock snapped the door
nipped the skirt of his coat and held it
against his greatest strength. He was a
prisoner, and she who was to be his had
hoated up the stairway unmindful that
he who was to be hers was inpaled by
his coat tail on the veranda. This bash
full young man had no inclination to ring
the bell, for pa would answer it and he
and the old gentleman were not on part
icularly sociable terms. He knew the only
recourse, and he slid from the coat and
left it tanning in the wind like a scare
crow in a corn field. Then came the
family favorite young dog and had a few
rounds with the garment
When the maid servant answered the
milkman's bell Monday morning she be-
held wreck that caused her to arouse the
family with the information that a tradge-
dy had been enacted at the front door.
PAS immediate examination and dag
nosis partially xp,ained matters, and
cost the young man, besides the loss of his
coat. a serious backset in that family. All
would have been we'll enough, aside from
the coat. had not the young man forgotten
to unload a pocket half full of useless
baseball pool tickets, which lay spread out
on the floor, and which he should have
torn up in disgust, as baseball enthusiasts
do, instead Of har5oring them to bring
ruin to his cause.-Kansas City Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
HER LOVERS MARKS.
Story of a Breezy Girl Who Needs a Glass
for Her Sight.
FXchanpa

Il never saw such funny wrighting as
Georges is" said the beautiful young
girl, as she held an envelope for the in
spection of her married friend.
at is rather iIlegibIe,' was the reply.
"Oh, [ don't mean that" was the
quick response. He puts such funny
marks in it. You knew he's only written
me three or four letters since we've been
engaged, because he's been in the city all
the time, but when he does write one it
looks so funny. It's all filled with marks
like this and then he makes charac-
ter lands like this-'& and puts ring
around them.
And at the end of all his sentences he
puts a cross like this-'X.' Then when
he makes figure he puts ring around
it, and always draws two lines under his
signature. And sometimes be draws a
line down through capital letters, and
once he crossed word out and then drew
ring around it and marker it 'stet.
It's awfully funny. | can't make any
thing out of it.
My dear" said the married woman, as
quietly as her excitement would allow,
have YOU no suspicions?"
"Suspicions ?" exclaimed the beautiful
young girl in alarm. No. no! Of
what?"
HAS be never confessed p persisted the
married woman, with Spartan frmness.
George confess?' cried the fair maid
en-. Martha, you alarm me. Are they
unterfeiter's marks?"
"Worse," was the solemn answer
ETHEL your husband will be out nights.
He will come in at all hours. Most of his
work will be done under cover OF darkness
He will miss his dinners and be constant
ly changing the hours. He cannot be de
pended on to be at home at any certain
time or to leave at any certain time.
Ethel, the man you are engaged to is a
newspaper man.
"Oh. no; it cannot be!' cried the dark
eyed beauty. 81 will not believe it.
"EtheIr-she was impressive did he
ever draw straight line through all the
pages of letter?'
Eyes, and it was one of the best he ever
wrote"
ALIAS! Ethel, it is too true. He is
newspaper man and has absent-mindedly
put in the marks for the printer. Poor
girl. Try as he might he couldn't conceal
his IDENTIFY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
Thrilling Experience of an Explorer of
One of the Lost Rivers.

ohS u Gle AoSG hlSeFSs
Col. Rufus He therne is a prominent
ranchman of Martin county, Texas, and
was recently hero of an adventure rival
ing the extravaganzas of Jules Verne and
Haggard, but which is vouched for by sew
eral well-known, reliable gentlemen. Col.
Heptherne, in company with three others,
was endeavoring to ford small stream of
the elias known as lost rivers, las it lCses itself
in the earth after a run of a few miles.
This stream, which is known as Pilgrim s
Friend, is very rapid, running downward
with great speed, and at all times consid-
cred dangerous to cross, but, being in
haste, Heptherne and his party resolved to
try it.
The former gentleman led the way, and
had only proceeded a few feet when his
horse was caught in the current and borne
away before the others could lend any
assistance. Heptherne soon lost his hold
on the animal, and gave himself up for
lost on approaching a sink hole, through
which the stream loses itself He made
an attempt to catch at the earth as he went
under, but carried by the powerful suction
vanished with the stream. He became
unconscious at this point, and knew no
more until he found himself in the hands
Of a couple of negroes who were endeavor-
ing to restore him to consciousness.
They stated that they had oeen fishing
in small lake known as Johnsons pond,
when they saw the body of man rise sud-
denly 70 the surface of the water, and put
ting out in their boat, rescued the colonel,
whom it proved to be, though nearly cap
sized by the volume of water that seemed
TO burst at this point from the bottom of
the pond. The spot where the Pilgrim s
Friend loses itself is over three miles from
the lake, with which it has no visible con-
nectiop, and there can scarcely be doubt
of Col. Heptherne's having made this in
credible journey under ground and in the
space of few minutes.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
Natural Bent,

Parents, usually, are quick to notice any
physical weakness In child and make al
lowance for it, while mental defects are
either unsupported or ignored. No one
would think of compelling lame boy to
try for prize in running, or expect one
with heart disease to be the champion base
ball p aver If child has diseased heart
or lungs, they do not carelessly expose him
to draughts or dampness. If lis eyes are
weak they keep a close watch lest he
should strain or overtax them. But al
though they see and provide for bodily in,
capacity, they take it for granted that,
mentally, their children are fully equipped
at every point OF course their children
are capable of standing ct the head Of
the class. and can, if they will, excel in al
most any line of literary work. This is the
natural feeling of parents even when at
tention is called to the evident difficulty
of a chill IN the particular line Of study.
Often the child is blamed for stupidity or
carelessness, and urged on in what is con-
trary to his natural bent when he really
possesses unusual talent In some other dl-
rectIon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
THE DOGS OF WAR.
No Poetic Creatures These, but Big, Saw
age Brutes.

No Poetic Creatures These, but Big, Saw
age Brutes.
The idea lately taken up in earnest in
the German and Russian armies of using
dogs for military purposes has been gen.
orally talked of as an innovation. This,
however, as NJ. Meunier shows In a learn
ed article in the Revue Scientifque, is a
mistake Dogs Of war, it appears, were
well known to the great nations of ancient
times, the Greeks. Romans, Jews and
Gentiles made Use of the fearless. intelli-
gent animal, whose value is now once
again to be put to test The Greeks had
dogs in every one of their fortresses, and
E. Blaze, one of NJ. Meunier's authorities,
tells good story of an outpost that was
occupied by strong waterloo IS only. OPP
posite Corinth, facing the sea, such an
outpost was situated, guarded by fifty
dogs. One night the enemy began to dis
embark. The garrison was drunk and the
dogs had to keep back the aggressors.
They fought like lions, and forty-nine of
them were killed. The only survivor, So
ter, rushed away in hot haste, gave the
alarm In the camp, and the enemy was
driven back. The Romans, as every one
knows, we're less fortunate on similar
occasion, where the geese performed the
task of the dogs in calling the attention of
the soldiers to the Gauls scaling the walls
of the capital while the dogs we're fast
asleep. As punishment for the hnfaith-
full servants religious Gel emory, at which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
FARM NOTES.

The bees garner what would otherwise
go to waste.
In pruning. all large wounds should be
covered with white lead and oil.
Wheat middlings is a good material for
growth, and corn one of the very best to
fatteu.
The Downs and other mutton breeds
rank first in Iowa, where sheep are increas-
ing in numbers and quality.
Be careful now and when the pastures
begin to fail, give the cows some
grain, if indeed you are not doing that all
the time.
When feeding to fatten, all things con.
sidered, it is best to feed dry food. During
growth the pigs will thrive better on ra-
ton of ground oats, shorts and oil meal,
with sweet skim milk.
The first cost of working land to the
proper depth is considerable, but when
once done and the other impediments-
that is, rocks, stones OF stumps-disposed
of, there is an annual saving of time and
tools in the work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
THE M AORIS.
Peculiarities of Some of the New Zealand
Aborigines.
HarDar's MaUazina

Pecui1ar1t1es OF Some OF the New Zealand
Aborigines.
Harpers Magazine.
The Maoris form an integral portion of
the community, with recognized place and
rights. 1t is not considered at all improp-
er for white to marry a Maori girl,
especially If she is heiress to a track of land
They are middle-sized stuggy race, and
though some say that they are dying out.
holding and will continue TO mold their
own. They have representatives in both
houses of parliament, and any Of these, if
terpreter, who stands up beside him AMI
translate his speech sentence by sentence.
This double barrellad membership looks
odd, but it works we'll. | heard 1aippa.
one of the four in the house OF representa-
tives, made a speech after this manner on
a proposed native land bill. As a parlia-
mentary utterance it was miracle of con-
densation, perhaps bee luse he had time to
think over what he Was going 20 say next,
while the Interpreter explained it in Eng
lish. "You have passed twenty acts
about our lands in as many years, and
they have all been bad. This is tie worst
You propose to tax our land. Had you
not better le~ve the matter to ourselves :?
Or, as there are now number of our lead
ing men in Wellington to give evidence
on disputed will case involving land
titles. | advise you to take counsel with
them. They will give you light. if light
is what you want. At any rate, keep
lawyers away from u.s." Thus spoke
Taipua, and. amid the cheers and laughter
of the house, took his seat, leaving the
ministry in no doubt as to the side on
which ne intended to vote.
Some Of the Mauris still Keep up the old
hideous practice of tattooirg, the men
puncturing the whole face to increase their
importance, and the women their lips,
chins, and eyelids to increase their per-
sonal attractions. A friend of mine told a
married woman in Japan that be wonder
ed at her disfguring herself by blacking
her teeth. What do you mean?' was
the indignant answer. Amy dog has
white teeth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27

definition of word, or its pronunciation,
are things that might be argued pleasant
ly about, but surely are not topics worth a
quarrel when peace and good will are of
so much Importance in the home a lit
tie ilI-feeling is like seed that may grow
into large tree, which will shadow the
whole house. Many men and women must
look back with regret on the hasty word
Or the cold reuroach which was the enter
ing wedge that slit the household in two,
and yet how few make point of uttering
the soft word that turneth away wrath!
Quarreling is one of the original sins, l
suppose; for the babies sitting on tAe floor
will fall out over their toys, and one will
push down the block tower that the other
has built with great pains; and there will
be name called" and face made"
and a slap given, and mamma will be
called to settle quarrel, and no truth can
be got at, for each is right in his own
estimation, and each has been wronged by
the other. So it is through life. : rea-
sonable quarrel about great matters may
be settled, and the PARTIES made friends
again; but little tiffs about nothing are
such foolish intangible affairs that they
cannot be overcome by reason.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
| S. SIP. &U.P !.
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 Fai'
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
very low rates to holders
econd-class tickets going to
Washington, Oregon and Califor-
mia.
When you get ready to 60
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. P0nI &
Union Pacific Line" and connec-
tons, or for pamphlets and map
address
T. w. TEASDALE.
Gen'lPaseng erAgent, StPa Ill
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THE

Fast Trains with Pullman Vestfbuled Drawing
Room Sleepers, Dining Cars and Coaches Of Latest
design, between Chicago and Milwaukee and
ST. PanI and Minneapolis
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Room Sleepers Dining Cars and Coaches Of ates3
design, between Chicago and Milwaukee and
Ashland and Duluth.
Through Pullman Vestfbu1ed Drawing
Room and Tourist Sleepers via the Norther0
Pacific Railroad between Chicago and Port.
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Convenient Trains TO and from Eastern,
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ahording unequaled service to and from Waukes
sha, Fond du Lac. Oshkosh. Neenah, Ne.
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Wis, and IrOnwOod and Ressemer, Mich.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations, time
tables and other information, apply to agents OF
the Line or to Ticket Agents anywhere in The
United States or Canada.
8. R. AINsLIE, General Manager, Milwaukee
Wis.
J. NJ. .HANNAFoRD, Gsn1 Trafne Manager, 81
Paul, MINI.
d. C. BARLOW, Traffic Manager, Chicago, r.,
LOUIS ECKsTRIN, Gent Psss'r and Tit .st
Chicago, IT,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
Threshing Too Soon.

If grain is threshed too soon it is liable
to heat in the bin. 1t should heat little
in the NOW, where the chaff will help dry
it without injury. If there is any suspicion
of dampness, place some well-dried brick
or tile among the grain. These will ab-
sorb the moisture and so dry the grain
W tn which they come in contact that heat
ing will be impossible. All grain is more
likely to be threshed damp than formerly,
as the use of self binding reapers does not
allow any time for grain to dry out before
being bound, and it cannot dry perfectly
to the center of the bundle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
Training Orchards

Training of an orchard must depend in
part on the varieties. Some are naturally
spreading, and these will not need so
severe pruning. Cutting out the centre
to admit light is all that such trees re-
quire. Kinds that run up tall need fire.
quent checks while young. After the bear
ing habit is established the weight of
fruit bends the limbs down, and this
maintains their fruitfulness. Limbs
should start squarely from the body. If
they run up at an angle, forming crotch,
winds and the weight of fruit will split
the tree. Many orchards have thus been
ruined by lack of proper management
when the limbs first put forth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-27
Wa ter in Vegetables.

A ton of potatoes contains l 800 pounds
of water. Onions have 100 pounds of
water in ton. Tomatoes 1900 pounds,
and squashes and cucumbers 900 pounds.
We need not wonder that leading agri-
cultural writer styled water the para
mount fertilizer" Perhaps some of those
who protested few years ago that hay and
corn fodder lost none of their nutriment by
drying, being just as Good as the green
fodder, excepting the water, which could
be made from the cistern, will tell the
farmers how to dry these crops and save
carrying in so much water to their city
customers.