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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
CLEVELAND AND LAMONT.
wonderment as to How they Obtained
their Fortunes.

Before Daniel Lamont becomes candi-
date for public office, there is one thing we
would like to have explained. He went to
Washington In 1885 poor man, and he
remained there until 1889 on salary that
would not allow of any great saving He
is now said to be millionaire, and was
said to be a millionaire almost Immediately
after the close of the Cleveland adminlstra-
ton. How did he get his money?
The case of Mr.. Cleveland has been
something of puzzle to plain people.
He had a very moderate fortune when
nominated for governor, and according to
report, spent about a quarter of it in the
canvass. In the course of FIVE years he
went through two presidential canvasSes
which must have been costly also. His
earnings as governor and president in six
years were 1920, 900, a handsome sum; but
his expenditures must have been pretty
heavy. Immediately on retiring from
Office he bought house in New York ard
a cottage by the seashore, and took up a
style of life that only a very wealthy man
could adopt. To be sure, he cleard
100000 out of the Red Top job; but even
that would hardly account for his apparent
financial position. His business success
while in politics is certainly remarkable,
but Mr.. Lamont is more so.
There are other members of the Cieve-
land administration who seem to have en-
joyed unusual financial prosperity in the
service of their country. Apparently these
gentlemen found public office not only
public trust, but private Eldorado.
1t may be only coincidence, but old
readers will remember the case of George
M. Dallas. He was elected by the vote of
his state, Pennsylvania, which was carried
by the cry, POLK, Dallas, Old Pap Skunk
and the Tariff of AZ When the vote of
the senate was tie on the Walker tariff,
he passed it, casting his vote as vice-presi-
dent, and the iron workers of Pennsyl-
vania, covering their pudding furnace
chimneys with Dallas night caps" the
empty -four barrels their wages would no
longer fill, moved west.
Before his election, Mr.. Dallas was sup
posed to be in impecunious circumstances,
but he returned to Philadelphia in aff1uent
circumstances after his four year 5 service
at Washington. Mr.. Dallas, however, de-
hvered the goods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
TRUE FRIENDSHIP.
Hirsch Wanted his Freud Rather, More
Dead Than Alive.


Hirsch and Hertz. both Israelites, were
partners in business Both were rich:
both bachelors without any relatives.
They were, moreover, the most devoted
friends. So great was their friendship
for each other that they both had made
their wills, each bequeathing to the sur
Eivor all his property.
One day Hirsch appeared at the police
Headquarters In a very much excited frame
Of mind. In a voice quivering with
emotion he said for three days he had not
seen or heard anything of his dear friend
Hertz; that he (Hirsch) had reason to be-
Iieve that Hertz met with foul play. The
Chief of Police calmly:
The proper way 20 do, Mr.. Hirseh, is
to offer liberal reward to anybody who
will bring back your friend"
Il will give Ave hundred dollars to any
body who will bring bach my dear friend
alive and we'll" sobbed Hirsch.
You must try and brace up. You
must accustom yourself to the idea that
your friend is dead
"Tead, Tead!'' shrieked Hirsch, seizing
his hair with both hands.
Yes, you should provide for that emer-
gency by Offering reward for the return
of his remains.
Mister Police" said Hirsch, smiling
through his tears, Il dells you vat. Ven
anybody brings me de corpse of my friend
Hertz | pays him one tousand tollars, FIVE
hundred teIlars more den if he vas found
alive. He has left me everydings In his
will
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
Finish What You Begin

My old great-grandmother Knox had
way of masing her children finish their
work. If they began a thing, they must
complete it. If they undertook to build a
dollhouse, they must not leave il until it
was done, and nothing of work or play to
which they set their hands would she allow
them to abandon incomplete. | some
times wish mad been trained IN this way.
How much of life is wasted in unfinished
work? Many man uses up his time N
splendid beginnings. The labor devoted
to commence ten times and leaves them
useless would finish FIVE of them. and make
them profitable and useful. Finish your
work. Life is brief time is short. Stop
beginning forty things, and go back and
finish four. Put patient, persistent toll
into the matter, and be assured, one COM
pleted undertaking will yield Yourself
more pleasure than dozen plans, OF which
people say, This man began to build and
and was not able to finish"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13

and happy women never write" said
Grace.
Good by to science! | have found a
better bridegroom, said Sophy.
''Au revoir art! We snail meet again
soon; but, all the same, girls, we are for
sworn, said Enid
1t is Grace's fault; if she hadn't frac
tured her tibia all this would never have
happened" said Sorhy.
Grace smiled and Enid stifed laugh,
and Sophy never knew till she was married
that her diagnosis had been incorrect; and
then she was not allowed to forget it
easily.
And the three fo1sworn old maids be-
came three faithful wives, and art, litera-
ture and science sought their brides else
where.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
BETTER PrOfts

Potatoes, with good cultivation, are uni
formly better profit than any other crop
that can be grown at the same expense
and with the same cultivation. Dairy
cows, OF the best class, pay better than
any other stock which demands no more
capital; and fowls pay better than any
other small or minor industry of the farm
Taken In combination they are just the
thing for an industrious man of small
means who has few acres of good
ground. Upon this much land, with this
combination, such man would be sure,
not only of good living, but of saving a
snug sum every year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
FARM AND HOME.
MASTER AND WORKMAN.
EGBERT L. BANGS,

l.. BANGS.
/ heard the sound OF sturdy blows.
They came from the forest where the trees
Year after year had waved in the breeze,
And woodmen there, with axes in hand.
Had chosen the fatrest in the land
The pine that on the hillside grows.
Both oak and pine full quickly fell,
For a stately ship they would help to build;
And many a hand to labor skilled
Should toll thereon till the task was done.
None knew the pattern save only one,i
And he his secret did not tell.
Each day when rose the morning sun,
The sound of the axe and saw were heard;
But no one spoke of the pattern word.
Each workman piled the tool of his art,
With ready hand and willing heart,
Till, 10 the mighty ship was done.
They set the waiting beauty free.
And all the Workmen whose hands had wrong hit
In wood or iron the masters thought,
ReJolced with him, as they looked with pride
On the white-robed ship-the oceans BRIDE
God keep her safe upon the sea
God keep US all, and gracious be,
As we work out the pattern of life,
Where wrong grapples right in endless strife
When our hearts and hands have nobly wrought
In beautiful lives the Masters thought,
Then set our waiting spirits free.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
Why Mules Are Stronger Than Horses.

The chief reason why mule can nearly
always wear out horse, when it comes to
a trial of endurance, is that the former
always lies down to sleep, and the latter,
in large number of cases, sleep standing
up. The habit seems to come to horses
which have been hurt, especially when in
the stable, and they cannot be broken of
it. Besides the absence of proper rest and
the constant danger of heavy fall and
consequent injury, this habit of standing
of the front knees and gives the animal
prematurely aged and crippled condition.
A walk through any large stable at night
will show number of horses standing up.
but fast asleep, and whether these use three
or four legs to stand upon, the knees of
the fore legs are all baggy. With a mule,
of course it is different, for Jack lies
down the moment he finds work is really
over and somnambulistic mule is seldom
if ever met.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
To Tell the Age of Horses.

The agricultural editor of the Times
Democrat says: 1.-The other day we met a
gentleman from Alabama who gave us a
piece of information as to ascertaining the
age of horse after it has passed the ninth
year, which was quite new TO Us, and " Ill
be, we are sure, to most of our readers. 1t
is this: After a horse is nine years OLD a
wrinkle comes on the eyeIid, at the upper
corner of the lower lie, and every year
thereafter he has one well defined wrinkle
for each year of his age over
nine. If, for instance, a horse has three
wrinkles, he is twelve; if four, thirteen.
z id the number of wrinkles 10 nine and
you will always get at it, So Says the
gentleman, and he is confident it will
never fall
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
The Contented Farmer.

And have said and / say it ever,
AS the years go on and the world go over,
'Twere better to be content and clever
In tending of cattle and tossing of clover,
In the grazing of cattle and growing of gain,
Than strong man striving for fame and gain.
Joaquin Miller did not have the scrub
farmer in mind when he wrote the above
words. He was thinking of the improved
farmer, the man who grows clover and
feeds it to high grade or thoroughbred
cattle, who turns the clover sod under ana
raises seventy-fve bushel crops of corn
and feeds it to good hogs, who keeps
grade draft mares and raises big colts
that will sell TO the eastern shippers at
three years old. The poet was thinking
of those whol,-souled, intelligent thor
ough farmers who do not farm for revenue
only, but take pleasure in farm work and
like to raise big crops and good stock,
and who get their pay in the actual en-
joyment OF farm life and the satisfaction
of doing good work and doing it well,
long before a dollar comes in. The world
is better from such men living in it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
A Good Kind of a Man.

A Covington girl has won prize for
this essay on the kind of man to marry :
eff | wished to niarry-which of course
| do mott would desire a man too noble
to commit a mean act, but generous
enough to forgive one. A man as gentle
as a woman, as manly as man; one who
does not talk scandal or tell d1sagreeable
truths. A man whose name | would be
proud to bear, to whom | would carry my
doubts and perplexities, and with whom [
would find sympathy and joy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
Milk For Hens.

Ifyou keep hens you can find no better
use for your surplus milk than to feed it
to them. If you don't keep hens you are
making mistake, that is, if you are d
butter dairyman. Skinned milk and
curd will gofar toward making all the
eggs you use, and eggs are a cheap and
wholesome food when they are laid by
your own hens. But don't let the hens
roost in the COW stable-nor any other
stable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
How to Find Water

Whether witch hazel fork in the
hand of a seer will find water or not is a
question about which opinions will vary,
-~G there was good deal of shrewdness
about the plan taken by Kansas farmer.
He plowed the field where he wanted the
well and sowed it in oats until he finally
made up his mind as to the spot showing
the greatest moisture There he sank a
well, and at twenty-tour feet struck fine
vein and his well is reputed the best in
the county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
For the Dining Table.

A very charming decoration for the dim
ng-table is the new, yet very old, one of
smiling, happy faces, or brave ones. Bet
ter far are they than the most expensive
flowers; and happy is the family wno by
kind nature, or the Saxon pluck" are to
obtain it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
GOOD TEMPLARs' TEMPLE.
MANY People Witness the Laying OF th'
Corner Stone at DuquoiD, Ill.

DUoUoIN, ILL.,, Aug. THE corner
stone of the temple being erected here by
Hope Lodge l. 0. 0. F., was laid this at
ternoon by the illinois grand lodge IN
special session. A grand parade was held,
in which seventy lodges from all over the
state were represented, various other secret
societies being also represented. Various
grand lodge officials of this state and Mis-
souri, delivered addresses. There was a
grand display of fireworks this evening.
1t is estimated that 5000 visitors were
present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
JULIUS RICHARD DEAD.
He Had Been Connected with Berlin anC
st. Petersburg Theaters.

MILWAUKEE. Aug. Julius Richard,
director of the German Stadt theatre, in
this city, formerly connected with thea
tiers in Berlin and St. Petersburg, died
today of apoplexy at Green Bay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13

Every man has something to do with
making public sentiment, and public sem
the timent is. power that gives to govern
life ment its
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Cleaning.

The setting sun has dropt below the sandy
reach;
The laggard rocks came home, belated, from the
beach;
Here in the garden-beds the flowers close their
eyes,
And twilight's soft wan mist across the wood
land lies
Oh, is not this most sweet of any time or hour
After the garish day, and ere the night-clouds
lower?
'Tis as though Natures self should pause upon her
way.
Gray-clad and pilgrim-like, to mediate and
pray.
The way to come out right is to start in
right.
The more we do to help others the
lighter our own burdens will become
If some of US would look up more we
would see more sunshine.
No man can become rich by never Civ
ing away anything.
The only sure way to keep from back
sliding is to keep sliding forward.
failing but in rising every time we fall
Govern your thoughts while alone and
your tongue when in company.-Kempis.
Evil, like rolling stone upon mount
ain top, a child may first set off--a giant
can not stop-French.
When everything else seems to be Civ
ing way, try standing on promise.
The world is full of people who are very
pleasant as long as they can have their own
way.
1t is folly to expect the world to advance
on better lines, if we as individuals do not
try to advance.
There scarce can be named one quality
in a woman which is not becoming IN a
man, not excepting even modesty and gen
tleness of nature.
There is good deal of wisdom in this
brief sentence from an exchange: "a
boy, who is made much of, frequently
amounts to very little" 1t is commended
to the parents of petted children.
Kind words are the music of the world
Hard words are like hailstones in summer,
beating down and destroying what they
would nourish were they melted into drops
of rain,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13

Mrs. E. R. Week has been elected presi
dent of the Stevens Point board of educa-
ton.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-04
The Cobweb Socinl.

The residence of the respected CASH
Ter Of the First National Bank, j. r.
Parks, was bright with an unwonted
light and loud with an unwonted
noise on Friday night, for there was IN
progress me of the Baptist ladies' pop
ular sociables; and if there are any
popular soclables, the Cobweb IS one.
All over the house there ran the little
white cords. seemingly mixed to an
Interchangeable degree. Who shall
get his or her cord free first and best?
It was a lively race. but Mrs. Will
Stanley secured the prize. After all
the cords had been cleared away, the
games, all the new ones to, be thought
Of, and a few old favorites, we're
brought into play, and the hours
were whiled away quite pleasantly
until a slight refreshment Of apples
and nuts vas served, after which
everybody left, feeling that they had
spent at least one evening pro6tably
and pleasantly.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-04
The Bank Fell on Him.

While at work with the gravel train
outfit, loading cars, about two miles
down the river on Wednesday of last
week, the bank suddenly oaved falling
Oh Phillip II. Eiche, burying him be-
meath. He was cxtrlcated as soon as
possible, but so badly was he injured
that he died soon after being taken
out. The remains were brought to this
city where an inquest was held over
the remains with city justice Calhoun
as acting corner, and E. G. Dudley,
John G. Richer, and w. V. Fisher as
jury. The inquest was held in the
way car of the gravel train, the train
being held until such inquisiton could
be completed. The jury brought in a
verdict that deceased came to his death
by the accidental caving of a bank up
on him causing injuries to the artereal
trunk an internal hemorrhage. AS o
as the %inqus,tion was completed, the
train pulled out for Chadron where the
remains were taken for iuterment.
The deceased was:scction foreman on
the ElAhorn at Wayside, where his
family resides. He leaves a wife and
three children.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-04
A National Family Paper.

The Announcements of The Youths
Companion for 1892, which we have
received, seem to touch about all
healthy tastes. lis fiction embraces
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Self Education, Business Success, Col
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Gladstone, De Lesscps, vasilI, vercst-
chagin, Cyrus w. Field, Andrew
Carnegie, Mrs. Henry NJ. Stanley are
among the contributors. The Com
paMiion readers thus come into personal
touch with the people whose greatness
make age famous.
Its 100000 subscribers show how it is
appreciated.
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gets it free from the time the
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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-04
Editor Smiths Impres.,e,s.

T. J. Smith Of the Sear-Jewynal Of
Ainsworth Neb., who was one among
the party Of quill drivers Of Nebraska
that recently visited this state makes
the following observations in the last
issue of his paper:
Hot Springs is composed Of fine struc-
lures that would do credit to some
of the larger cities in the west. Too
much cannot be said in favor Of the
wonderful springs atthat place. There
is a large sanitarium, bath houses and
a mammoth plunge bath. This hath is
enclosed by a neat and pretty building
6Ox2W feet, a circular roof and sky
lights, Easy chairs r placed above
for the comfort OF the spectators while
watching the bathers as they dive and
sport about in the clearest water on
earth. The water is blood warm and is
from 5 to IL feet deep and Is go clear
that a small ring may be easily seen in
the deepest places. Dressing rooms are
conveniently placed on one side and end
of this fine structure, and bathing suits
are always ready for the "plungers"
A visit to the soldiers home was en-
joyed by the party, and South Dakota
is to be congratulated on doing so we'll
as she has done for her old and crippled
veterans. The home at present has but
81 inmates and is under the charge of
Capt. W. V. Lucas.
The writer had the pleasure Of meet
ing Frank Emo and A. W. cattercood,
who are running a cigar mandatory
and are doing a lucrative buciness
The boys have all that themselves and
two men can do and expect to increase
their facilities as fast as possible. The
members Of the press gang are under
lasting obligations for some very fine
Smokes"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-04
Sugar Beets.

From the south DAKOTA Expssims,a stasios.
, This midsessou press hnllstia is issued
to correct q misunderstanding that has
arisen through an unfortunate rivalry
in some sections. Farmers are tryiHR
to see how large they can make their
sugar beets grow. This unworthy
object has been fostered by the press
and it must be that there is a wide
spread misunderstanding concerning
the nature Of the sugar beet. It is alb
we'll enough'i in the case Of mangels to
raise As large individuals as possible,
but this process is fatal to sugar beets.
One fact may as we'll be understood
first as last and that is, a large sugar
beet with a high percentage Of sugar
is simply az impossibility. In asking
for samples, farmers were requested to
send in medium sized beets. By that,
beets weighing from one to two and one
half pounds were meant. The aver
age sugar beet should not weigh
more than one and one-half pounds.
while the richest beets in a crop always
weigh less than that. The richest beet
analysed at this station only weighed
eleven and three.fourths ounces, giving
nearly 20 per cent sugar. The six beets
asked for this year by this station
should not weigh over u pounds, but
some samples have been sent in where
the beets averaged nearly seven pounds
apiece. Now these beets are simply
monstrosities only fit to feed stock.
They rarely gave over 8 or 9 per cent
of sugar; and the sending Of saeh
samples is doing a vast amount Of harm
Even four pound beets are altogether
too large. In some cases senders have
claimea such large beets to be an We
rage, but good judges have already
written to the station stating such
claims to be Misrepresentation caused
by the rivalry already mentioned.
Such beets do sometimes grow at tho
end of rows and in places where the
stand is thin, but they arc IN no sense
an average. Sugar beets should be
planted thickly to prevent the growth
of such monstrosities and also to limit
tho amount Of saline matter within
reach Of individual beets. Analyses Of
these large beets and even of those
weighing 3 to 4 pounds each DO not
show the best results, but on the other
hand they do show the very worst
results possible to obtain. Not only IS
the per cent. Of sugar low, but the
purity coeficient is likewise low.
Such samples vitiate the whole seasons
work, since they do not represent an
AVERAGE at all.
| JAS. H. SnrrnARp, Chemist.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-12-04
Coal Oil, us degrees test, water
white, Is cents per gallon, at
Fargo g. Sons.
Tho Scale. ON r1afr.

eS 0sG 80 y AA0eAA
II you look ut q human hair under the
microscope you will find that it's surface
is formed OF successive overlapping
scales. The bristles of the hog bear
much resembles to the human hair.
though their diameter is greater and the
tileliko scales are much finer. eheeps'
hair has much coarser scales. Il s
owing to tho existence Of these scales
that a schoolboy is able by o peculiar
process to tell which is the tip and which
the other end Of o hair, rolling it b.
tween his finger and thumb. Thus
manipulated, the hair always travels in
the direction of the base, because the
edges Of the scales prevent it from going
the other way.-Interview in Washing
ton Star.