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Homeopathy Applied to Finance.

''In the far West" said the tall man
from Utah, 1--WE don't have no bank fail
ures. We cured them fancy financicrs of
that folly by the homeopathic method"
"You did?" asked Guiles, as he put
down his glass. "lIow did you manage
it?"
"Why, easy enough. Whenever a
bank suspended we suspended the
banker. Worked like charm, that
did. Chicago Times.
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a NIakc-Weight.

At Vichy, our friend Gontrau got into
conversation with pater familias, who
said among other things:
81 have couple of manageable
daughters, am giving the eldest $4,000
francs for her dowry and tho second
one 100, 900 francs"
"Shc is Your pet child, ! supposc?"
'No; she squints. lie Patriotic.
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Hints to n Rcformer.

He presented himself at tho editors
door, saying: ''Sir, am the great Amer
lean rcformer. DO You want an inter
view with mc?"
"Ycs; wipe your feet, take off your
hat, stop chewing that tobacco and sit
Nudge.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-03
Idcntifyiny Him

Maddox-Who is that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing individual?
Gaz2am-That's man named Hawk
ms. Graduated at the head of his class
in college and delivered ri. eloquent
valcdictory on ''rhc Secret of Success"
N. Y. Sun.
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For the Public Veal.

"My good girl" said an experienced
amusement purvcyor, take my advice
and don't go on the stage"
81 suppose" she said, sharply, you
are going to undertake to save me from
a terrible fate, or something of that
sort"
no" he replied, solcmnly, "I was
thinking of the public. "-Washington
Post.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-03

THIS whole Italian muss begins to
look like very small-sized tempest in
a large-sized teapot. 1t will soon blow
over. But Baron Faya need expect no
more favors from Secretary Blaine.
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THE TIME Is the leading paper of the
mineral belt Of the two Virginias Ifyou
want to keep posted on the development
OF this section you cannot afford to be
without 1t.
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THE WEEKLY TIMES.
THE WEEKLY TIMES, containing tho news Of
the week in a more condensed form, one year,
IL 90 in advance.
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TERMs. BY MAIL, postage Prcraid.)

All papers sent out OF tho city must be paid
for invariably in advance.
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THESE HOUSES ARE ENTIRELY NEW

And models in arrangement and design You will be
prlsed when you learn terms upon which we sell
these houses Call at and take first choice.
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Are pleased to be able to state that they have Eight very
slrable houses in Eastern portion of the city which
they sell very low figures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
The Evils of Scowling,

| have special message for women
one don 't-small as worl, but mighty in
influence. 1t is this: Don't scOwl.
Scowling spolls faces. Before you know it
my sister, your forehead will resemble a
small railroad map. There is a grand
trunk line from your cowlick to the bridge
of your nose, intersected by parallel lines
running east and west, with curves arch
ing your eyebrows and, oh, how much
older you look for it! Scowling is habit
that steals upon us unawares. We frown
when the light is too strong and
when it is too weak. We tie our br0ws
into knot when we are thinking, and
knit them even more tightly when we can
not think.
There is no denying there are plenty of
things to scowl about. The baby III the
cradle trowns when something fails to suit.
Constitutional scowl, - we say. The little
fodder who likes sugar on his bread and
butler tells his trouble in the same way
when you leave the sugar off. Gross"
we say about the children, and worried
to DEATH about the grown folks, and as
for ourselves, we can't help 1t. But we
must. It's reflex influence makes others
unhappy, for face answereth unto face in
life as we'll as in water. 1t bellies our
religion. We should possess our souls in
such peace that it will reflect itself in
placid countenances. If your forehead is
rigid with wrinkles before forty, what
will it be at seventy?
There is one consoling thought about
these marks of time and trouble-the
death angel almost always creases them.
Even the extremely aged in death often
wear a smooth and peaceful brow, thus
leaving our last memories of them calm and
tranquil But our business is with life.
Scowling is a kind of silent Scolding. 1t
shows that our souls need sweetening.
For PHYS sake, let US take sad-iron or
glad-iron, Or smoothing tool OF some sCrt,
and straighten these creases out Of our
faces before they become indelibly en-
gravel upon our visage.-Ladie8' Home
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
RrainS and MugcJa

To infer that athletics are related to
scholarship as course to effect would be
unwarranted. But observation does not
show uonclusively the excellent physical
developments, which is an Indispensable
condition of success in athletics, is also a
favorable condition of success in scholar
ship. 1t explodes the popular faIlacy that
the mind and body of the scholar are in
inverse proportion, and shows that they
stand in choicest correlation The awards
of the Smyth mathematical prize in Bow
dom college for the past six classes pre-.
sent a remarkable, if net representative,
phenomenon. This prize of $780, is based
on a course in mathematics extending
over two years, and the most important
college prize. Of six consecutive recioi-
ents of this prize. the first was the win
ner of the quarter mile run; the second
was the pitcher of the college baseball
nine; the third was the most brilliant per-
former on the trapeze; the fourth was a
man o; good development without special
athletic attainments; the fifth was the
catcher of the baseball nine, and the best
general athlete in college; the sixth is a
candidate for position on the college boat
crew and will next year be member of
the football eleven.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
BUILDING A SlLO.

Practical Hints for Farmers DESTROYS of
Making Such Structure This Season.
Silos may be made from any building
material, and above ground or under
ground, but it is generally conceded that
cheap building of wood above ground
is better and cheaper than the under
ground pits. Silos should be watertight,
and preferably alright and frostproof,
although these two points are not es-
sential. The situation and construction
of the silo, and the arrangements for fill
ing, covering and emptying, should be
largely governed by local conditions.
Several small silos, Independent or con-
Meeting, are better than one large one,
and the depth should be considerably
greater than the length, width or dame
ter Thus a small silo, ten feet square
on the ground, ought to be fifteen feet
high to the caves. This is about as small
a one as will be found profitable to use,
and it will hold about thirty tons, or
enough to feed nine or ten animals for
six months.
In Powell's A, B, G of Agriculture
are given the following directions for
making silo: Having determined how
large the building is to be, set stout hard
wood posts in the ground four feet apart
the full height Of the walls, around the
space to be inclosed. These posts should
be brought to an exact line with each
other on the inside. Now sheath with
plank one and quarter inches thick on
the inside horizontally. On the inside of
this cover with building paper and sheath
again with narrow dressed plank verti-
cally, so as to make a smooth inside sur
face. This inside sheathing should be
painted over with boiled tar to prevent
decay. The walls should be braced hori-
zontally across each corner, and an oc-
casional girder across the top. The roof
should be made of sharp pitch to give
head room in filling, and the caves should
project well all around to throw the
water away from the sides. No floor is
needed inside, and if the ends of the roof
project we'll the gables need not be
closed
1t is best to build next hillside, so
that a platform can be run across to the
gable end on which to place the cutting
machine IN filling. But this Is not es-
sential, since all the ensilage cutters are
now supplied with carriers for elevating
the cut corn and dropping it in at the
top. On one side of the silo doorway
should be made between two of the posts
the entire height of the walls and well
braced across at intervals. A series of
doors without hinges should be made to
drop in one above the other, each about
four feet high, to be held in place by
the pressure from within, so as to make
the emptying of the silo convenient as
the pile inside decreases. No outside
sheathing or weather boarding is needed,
and silo of this description can be
built by any farmer with his own farm
hands in a little while, and will be just
as effective as more expensive building.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
Trick of a Sturgeon.

A strange accident occurred on the
steamer Columbia near Reeder's landing
a few days ago. John Bernard, a stur-
geon fisherman, was hauling in huge
fish, when it suddenly took run, and be-
fore he could get clear of the line he was
dragged overheard and came near drown
ing before assistance could reach him.
Bernard is brother to the man who was
run down and drowned from fishing
boat by the steamer S. G. Reed about
two years ago, and was in the boat at
the time his brother was drowned. By
a strange coincidence the accident occur
red at exactly the same place where the
fatality occurred two years ago.-Asto-
ria (Ore.) Columbian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
Frightened to Death.

G. W. Durham, a prominent Kensing-
ton man, died from the effects of an ac-
cident which happened to him Saturday
morning while working at his occupa-
ton as butcher. Mr.. Durham was
dressing hog, and as he drew the body
toward him a knife, which lay unnoticed
upon the bench, was thrust into his
groin, cutting an artery. DR.. Gillin, of
Berlin, was sent for, and when he ar
rived it was found that surgical aid was
necessary, and Drs. Lyon and Comings,
of New Britain, were summoned. The
flow of blood was checked, the wound
was dressed and the patient left in a
comfortable condition.
During the night Mr.. Durham awoke,
and, thinking he was bleeding again,
sent for DR.. Gillin, but when the doctor
arrived Mr.. Durham had passed away.
This led the doctor to believe that an
other artery must have been cut, so an
examination was held this afternoon,
and as no trace of arterial blood was
found upon the bandage it was certain
that the man had not bled to death, and
the only theory given is that, as the
patient was very weak from loss of
blood, the sudden thought that he was
bleeding to death caused shock which
stopped the pulsations of the heart, or,
in other words, the man was frightened
to death.-Hartford Courant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
CHAPTER VIII.

1t is the evening of the next day, and din
ner at Coole has just come to an end. Mr..
Kelly, who has been Brian's guest for the
ast fortnight. and who is to remain as long
as suits him, or as long after the grouse
shooting iii August as he wills, has taken
himself into the garden to smoke cigar.
This he does at hint from Brian.
Now, finding himself alone with his uncle,
Brian says, in the casual tone of nemaking
an Indifferent remark
BY the bye, | can see you are not on
good terms with those old ladies at Moyne."
No" says The Desmond, shortly.
Some old quarrel | have been gwen to
understand
Il should prefer not speaking about it,"
says the Squire.
well, of course, dare say l should not
have mentioned the subject he says, apollo
getically; 'but had no idea it was sore
point. 1t was not so much bad taste on my
part as ignorance. l beg your pardonr'
1T was very unhappy affair altogether"
says the old Don Juan.
VERY unfortunate indeed, from what
have heard
More than unfortunate right down dis
gracefulr' says the Squire with such un-
OOked-for energy as raises establishment in
the breast of his nephew. C'By Jove, one
would think the Old chap had only now
awakened to a sense of his misconduct" he
thinks, irreverent!y.)
"Oh, we'll" he says, leniently, hardly
that. you know"
Quite tnu.." e::phatically.
TO be continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
The Yosemite Bill.

The proposed Yosemite national park
has become a reality by the enactment
of Gen. Vandever's bill. By this result
not only an important addition is made
to the area of wonderful scenery reserv-
ed for public use, but an end is put,
within considerable limits, to the depre-
dations of lumbermen and sheep herders.
Another important gain, and one of
great practical value, is the protection
which this new reservation insures to the
headwaters of the San Joaquin, MERGED
and Tuolumne rivers, thus not only in
surfing a larger and steadier flow of the
cataracts and falls of these streams, but
conserving the water supply of the foot
hills and valleys below. Not less i'm
portant was the passage by the senate of
the resolution directing the secretary of
the interior to make prompt and care
full report in regard to the spoliation of
the YOsemite.-Century
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
A French Girls Predicament.

A comical contretemps has just taken
place in one of the provincial towns of
France. Over twenty years ago the wife
of prominent citizen gave birth to a
little girl who was christened Camille,
and whose birth, according to French
law, was duly registered at the mayors
Office. But as Camille is name that is
given to boys as we'll as to girls in
France, the mayor made mistake in
entering the registration, and set down
the infant as being boy. Time passed
on and the other day Nile. Camille
who was on the point of being married
received a notice to report himself
for military service. Owing to the over
whelming red tapeism of French official
matters, the poor girl has had all the
trouble in the world to prove that she is
really young woman and not man at
all Moral; Mothers in France should
never bestow upon their daughters
names that are masculine as well DIS
feminine. Cor. Pittsburg Bulle-
fin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
Convenient to Have About.

The American Machinist says that vase
line is one of the best things for prevent
ing brixht iron from rustlng.
If mating, coupterpanes, or bedspreads
have oil spots on them, wet with alcohol,
rub with hard soap; and then rinse with
clear cold water.
Boiling in strong soap suds will remove
char from lamp burners.
sum arabic will give good gloss to
black ink without making it sticky.
When boots and shoes have become
hardened by water and it is desirable to
render them pliable wash them with kero.
sene.
''Burn1shine' in the name of a new
metal polish favorably spoken of by Hard
ware 1t can be used upon brass, copper,
zinc, steel, bronze and other metal. The
polish is applied with wooden cloth after
which a few lively rubs are given, and a
final rubbing off is given with a dry cloth.
''Burnishine, it is represented, will not
injure gold or silver, and will not become
hard or gummy like paste polish.
To make ink for rubber stamps use a
mixture Of glycerine and alcohol, and color
with aniline, dilute with water to make it
work satisfactorily.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
ENHUMED AFTER II3 YEARS.
The Remains of a British Officer Dug Tn
TO Verify History.


The body of Capt Geary, British Off
Ger In the revolutionary war, was exhum-
ed by members of the Hunterdon County
Historical society at Pennington, N. Y,
the other day to verify the historical facts
concerning his death. At the time the
British occupied Trenton 113 years ago, a
squad of cavalrymen under the command
OF Geary was sent to Pennington to seize
a quantity of arms in the old stone house
then standing near the present site of the
Presbyterian church The arms were
seized, but when the squad reached point
just south of the town they became alarm
ed and destroyed the guns by striking them
on the fence posts.
Meantime Captain Schenck, afterwards
colonel, collected band of men and Sc
cretnd trem in piece of woods between
Cooper hill and Larison's Corners. When
the British came along they were fired
upon. Capt. Geary ordered his men to
halt and face the woods whence the shots
came. when he was almost instantly shot
through the head. His men wheeled and
fled In confusion. Capt. Gearys body was
Immediately buried in the woods a short
distance from the road. The Americans
marked the spot with two rough stones.
Local tradltlon has always claimed that
the British returned and carried the body
of their captain away, but the labors of
the historical society entirely disproves
this. Capt. Geary's remains were found
beneath the spot marked by the two stones.
Only few bones were left however, among
which was the lower jawbone, which still
possessed the wisdom teeth, and which
plainly indicated that the captain was
a young man when he met his tragic death.
A few silver buttons, and some gold lace,
were also found. The buttons were mark
ed ''16 Q. .. D., which indicated that he
was member of the Sixteenth regiment,
queen S Own Dragons, proud and gayly
uniformed division of tie British army
during the reign Of George III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
TWO WOMEN WHIP THREE BEARS
Ihey Were Not Robust Brutes, but Thew
Were Bears All the Same.


The Parkinsons and Ackleys nastnra
their COWS In The SINE lot, saws PRESCOTT
Me- correspondent of the Bangor News,
Saturday night these cows did not come
up to the bars as usual. and after waiting
a reas enable time Mrs. Thomas Parkinson
and Mrs. Eibridge Ackley started out to
find them. 1t was almost shutdown when
the women began their quest. Tb.v
pushed on, however, and. having climbed
the hill, had entered belt of old-growth
woods on the edge of the swamp, when
! Mrs. Parkerson caught Mrs. AekIev by the
| arm, crying:
'Oh, my! look" pointing to the right.
Mrs. Ackley followed her advice and did
look
What she saw wonld make an ordinary
woman faint away but down east women
are made of sterner stuff, so when she saw
three bears, an old female and two cubs,
she SAID, On, my, too, and both women
went to pile Of cordwood close by and
| procured two stout round birch sticks about
four feet long.
The subsequent battle was snort but very
exciting. The old bear was lean and
weak. She made deal of noise. but when
1t came to hghtiug ''she wasn't in it."
| Two times she moved up and showed
fight, but failing to break through the
waving wall of clubs, got down on all
tours and beat hasty retreat, followed bv
her two young cubs.
One of these little bearlets was very
weak and could not run nearly so fast as
the other, so In the course of ten or fifteen
minutes the old mother bear and the
stronger cub were out of sight, leaving the
Door weak one tO the taOder n,oroioC az
two wide-awake women.
The little fellow was soon dispatched,
the cows were found and the tired victors
went home to get supper, proud of their
work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
A Statue for Washington irving.

1t is more than probable that Mr..
George William Curtis suggestion that
statue of Washington Irving be erected
in Central park will soon be acted on in
a very practical way. Two or three
members of the chamber of commerce
have interested themselves in the mat
ter, and they have the means and the in
fuence to make any enterprise that they
may take hold of successful. 1t is prob
able that committee will soon be organ
lied to give the project definite form,
and there is scarcely doubt that fund
of $4,000 or $4,000 will be raised in
short order among the members of the
chamber Of commerce. The great statue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18

so far as the Misses Blake are concerned !; In
solemn silence, too, the two cid ladies
mount the oaken staircase that leads to thsiy
rooms. Outside on the corridor, they pause
and contemplate each other for moment
earnestly.
"He-he is very good-looking," says Miss
Penelope at last, as though compelled to
make the admission even against her will.
He is abominably handsome" says Miss
Priscilla, fiercely; after which she darts in
TO her room and closes the door with a sub
1ued bang behind her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18

of Washington in front of the sub
treasury was paid for and erected by
members of the chamber Of commerce,
who raised $50, 900 without an effort. In
fact, one man-and he is now interested
in the proposed Irving statue wanted to
pay the whole bill, but his fellow mem
bers would not allow him to do so.-
New York Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18

First seaside Guest: "My gracious!
Have you been sitting here all the morn
ing? The whole town has been down
the beach to see the wreck. Big steamer
ashore Awful time, never such
sight" Second guest "a ne wspaper re-
porter: I'm on vacation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
Glover. Cowpeas and Other Legumes.

Glover, cowpeas and other legumes
have peculiar power of gathering plant
food, and especially nitrogen from nat
ural sources Although they contain
much more nitrogen than wheat, oats
and similar grains, they thrive and
bring large yields where wheat will not
While their faculty for gathering nitro
gen from the stores in the soil, and espe-
cially from the air, is not yet explained,
the important fact is that they do gather
it, and leave a great deal of it in the
roots and stubble. Nitrogen is the cost
Hest ingredient Of fertilizers. These
facts help to explain the economy of
clover for manure, and why clover is so
valuable as a preparatory crop for wheat
and other grains.
The above cited facts, with others, as
certained at the Connecticut Storrs Agri-
cultural Experiment station, seem to
demonstrate that the legumes, such as
clover, cowpeas and lupines, are especial
ly valuable for this kind of manuring,
that timothy stands next, and that the
grain crops leave the least amounts of
plant food in roots and stubble.