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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-19
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and Children It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, Oil.
1t Pleasant. Its guarantee thirty years by
Millions Mothers. Castoria destroys aIlays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Curd
cures Darrhea and Wind Collie. Castora relieves
teethin, troubles, constipation and fatulency.
CastOra assmilates the food, regulates the
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is Children's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-19
Notice of Judicial Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, / CO
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DEP ARTMENT OF STATE, %
Notice is hereby given, that at the Judicial
Election to be held in the several towns, wards,
villages and election districts of the State of
Wisconsin, on the first Tuesday of April, A. d.
1891, being the seventh day of said month, the
following officers are to be elected, tO-Wlt
An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for
the full term commencing the first Monday in
January, A. D. 1892 in place of Orsamus Cole,
whose term of office viii expire on the first
Monday in January, A. d. 1892.
A Circuit Judge for the Tenth Judicial Cir
emit, consisting of the counties Of Florence,
Forest, Langlade, Outagamie and ShawanO, in
place of George H. Meyers, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January, a.
D. 1892.
Said election to be held and conducted, votes
canyassed and returns made in accordance with
law.
Given under my hand and official seal, at the
Capitol in Madison, this 28th day of February,
H. D. 1891.
T. J. CUNNINGHAM,
Secretary of State.
To the County Clerk of Wood County Wis
consin.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, S.
Notice is hereby given. that at the Judicial
election to be held in the several towns, wards,
villages and election districts in Wood county,
on the first Tuesday ofApril, A. D. 1891, being
the 18th day of said month, the following officer
IS to be elected, to-Wit:
An Associate Justice ofthe Supreme Court, for
the full term, commencing the first Monday in
January, A. D. 1892, in place of Orsamus Cole,
whose term of office will expire on the first
Monday in January, A. D. 1892.
Said election to be held and conducted, votes
canvassed, and returns made in accordance
with law.
Given under my hand and official seal, this
Sth day of March, A. d. 1891.
L. S. S. T. YOUNG.
County Clerk.
To the Town and City Clerks of Wood County, |
Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-19

$4,000. GO a year Is being made by John R.
Goodwin Troy ny lat work for US. Reader,
you may net make as much, but we can
teach you quickly how to earn from So to
sic a day at the Start, and more as you go
on. Both sexes, all ages. In any part of
rAmeTiea, you can commence at home, Civ
fling all your time, or srsre moments only TO
the work. All is new. Great pay SURE for
every worker. We start you. furnishing
everything. EASILY, SPEEDILY learned.
PARTICULARS FREE. Address at once,
STINS0S . Co., PORTLAND, MAINE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-19
YCu-1g Children

so that the medicine is known among them
as tie consoler cf tie afflicted .5aine
Rufus Vidal san CrStohel. San Dominica.
"a short time ago. 1 was taken with q
severe attack OF bronchitis. The remedies
ordinarily used III such cases faded e give
me relief. Almost in DESPAIR If ever finding
anything to care me. bought & nct{;e OF
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and was helped
frNm the first dose. l Lad net finished one
bottle before the disease LETT NE, and my
throat and lungs were as SoltHd as ever. =
Geo g. Hunter Altoona Pa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-19
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-19

Company, II Murray Street, New York City.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29

under the stage, looking like a square
rat hole, opened, and one by one the
little pigmy members of the orchestra
crawled out from some region lower
than the gods of the gallery could see.
They assumed their places like anto-
E1ata, and the little squealxs of their
dddles, the sepulchral moans and
groans of the cellos, and the 'fraid-like
little tones of the cornet assembled unto
our heaven. These were the premoni-
tory symptoms of music, and soon we
had it; and we had the best of i, too.
Sound ascends rapidly, and the gallery
IS the best place I ever occupied for
enjoying good theatrical orchestra As
the leader strikes an attitude, Just be-
fore striking his stradivarius, we real
ize that an hour has passed while we
have witnessed the play before the
play. But 1t is too soon to heave a sigh
of relief. The overture is prolonged
almost beyond endurance, and yet the
leader gives no sign of stopping. Why?
Because at this late moment, the aisles
are filling with great big hats covering
little bits of heads; striking costumes
are parading to seats which ought to
have already been occupied; ushers are
rushing here and there, when they
ought to have been permitted to attend
to their duties long ago; but the late ar
rivals still come in, and the orchestra
toots. 1t has ceased to be music. 1t is
torture; and all because a lot of ladies
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
FARM AND FIELD.

FLAX is again destined to play an i'm
portant part in our agriculture. as its
cultivation is now on the increase in
many portions of the country. A care
full investigation made by the Kansas
agricultural department shows that
during the past year it has paid better
than any other crop.
By increasing the yield Of wheat per
acre, through the agency of fertilizers,
the land is also left in better condition
than before. as it is often the case that
but a single ingredient of the soil is
necessary to induce a larger yield, and
by supplying it to the plants the fertii-
ity of the soil is balanced by the excess
Of the Ingredient
THERE are many advocates of mulch
ing, and it is generally regarded as a
very necessary and profitable course
One of our contemporaries asserts,
however, that thorough cultivation is
better than mulching. Besides, it says
that in mulching there is danger from
fire in dry time, and also that the roots
run up toward the surface. which is al
ways moist from the mulch.
FEEDING experiments by Fl. Weiske
with two sheep, in which the effect of
nitrogen from vegetable sources (hay
and ground oats) was compared at sep
arate periods with that from an animal
source (dried ground fish, led to the
conclusion that the nitrogenous sub
stances of ground fish were capable of
replacing like quantities of albunoid
materials from vegetable sources
FLAvoRING butter with the ,dor of
fresh flowers is one of the arts of the
French peasantry. The process Is very
simple, and consists of putting the
little prints, which have first been
wrapped in a thin cloth, into a tight
porcelain dish on a bed of roses, or
whatever blossoms are chosen Among
the flowers which give the most de-
sirable results are clover and nastur-
tiums-
7. B. TERRY says he depends on
clover to keep up his farm; that he
used to be too crazy after stable ma
nure, but little by little the wonders
that could be done with clover were
found out His rotation is clover one
year, the first crop cut for hay usually,
and the second left on the ground until
time to pillow for potatoes the next
spring: potatoes the second year, fol-
lowed by wheat in the fall, without
pl owing the ground.
AS SOON as the corn fodder is cut it
should be carefully shocked and al
lowed to cure well, when it should be
carried to the barn or placed under the
covering of a shed Fodder that has
been exposed to the frost and all kinds
of weather loses its bright color and
deteriorates in quality. If in good
condition all classes of stock highly
relish it, but when injured in quality
stock will simply pick it over, leaving
much of it to be wasted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
A WORD ABOUT GRASS.
How 1t Has Been Neglected and Suggea
tons About Its Cultivation.

How 1t Has Been Neglected and Sugges.
tions About Its Cultivation
Notwithstanding the fact that grass
is the most important crop in this sec
ton of the country, too many of our
farmers 60 right on in the old way
which was adopted when clover and the
fine grasses would grow anywhere. and
large part of the labor of farming
was in keeping them down SO that
other crops could grow. The gradual
exhaustion of the soil, says the Man.
chester Union, has affected the grass
crop as much as any other, and even
more, for pastures have been cropped
for generations with little return, and
much that has been taken from them
has gone to other fields. The soil
needs more feeding than formerly for
either crops, and this has led people to
neglect the grass crop still more, when
it should have received more attention.
Our changed system of farming, which
includes dairying as a prominent fes-
ture, calls for forage crops largely, and
whatever is selected for a main crop
should receive proper care and nour-
ishment We can no longer raise pay
ing crops of hay on soil that is lightly
MANFRED for potatoes and corn and then
feeds a grain crop, leaving the grass to
take what is left We must apply
manure for good crop of grass a.
for corn or grain There has been
great loss sustained by farmers from
putting the bulk of their manure on
the cornfield causing a rank growth Of
fodder Which was two-thirds wasted by
improper and careless handling and
feeding out, and then growing grain
on the remaining fertility and letting
it ripen so that the straw was useless
for stock food, and then going through
the ceremony Of haying on land that
only produced half crop In this
way a large portion of the forage-pro-
ducing power Of the soil is lost.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29

wanted to come late, to show their
plumage and disport themselves before
an impatient audience. They are Dor
ing us. They win not a single plaudit.
In the gallery they are provoking COM
ments and criticisms which are well
timed, and ought to be whispered into
the ears of these disturbers of the pub
lie peace.
But, fortunately, all things have an
end, even that vanity of vanities, which
is all vanity, the display of dress goods
upon feminine backs; so the music
stops. and the curtain rises Every
inch of the stage is visible from the
gallery. Every actor appears to good
advantage. Every ineament, every
smile, every gesture, every intonation
seems studied for our especial delecta-
ton. The comments about me are pro-
found. The actors are compared, in a
learned manner, with others who have
appeared in the same parts during the
past twenty-five years. Three seats to
my left is little dried-up Briton, who
heard Macready, Edmund Kean, Cush-
man and the elder Booth. A mulatto
compares the star with E. L. Davenport,
Edwin Forrest and John Mccullough.
1t grows more and more interesting.
see the players and hear the play me-
chanically. The running fire of COM
ment all around me is more interesting.
My tragedian friend is right. The peo-
pie of the gallery have seen more, seen
more critically, understand better than
those pheasants and jays below us.
They applaud at the right time; they
exhibit delight, Impotence; they have
Missed once during the first act, and
they Kissed at the right time and at the
right actress. Those people - the
stage down there are playing to the
gallery. They are looking up, verify at
me and at my neighbors. Every one OF
them is seeking the appreciation of this
old-time NEGRO heaven" 1t is palpa-
BILE as print; plain as noon say sunlight.
Down in the orchestra circle they know
nothing of this. In the boxes they are
talking of society. The actors know it.
Only in the gallery is the play intelli-
gently watched, from curtain rise to
curtain fall The audience is above.
The money-bags are below. The actors
are playing to the audience, the real
audience in the gallery.
SMITH d. FRY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
JUDGMENT m FARMING.
Why 1t Does Not Pay to Cultfv8ss To


Why 1t Does Not Pay to Cultivate Re-
Many AcreA
Very large farming operations have
not, as a rule, been successful The
reason why success has not attended
these gigantic agricultural ventures
applies with force, according to tho
size of the undertaking, to farming ON
lesser scale. That is to say, that tho
man who undertakes to till all he can
possibly manage fairly well, with
weather favorable and team. tools and
man always IN prime condition for eff
fective work, and Is overtaken during
the season by adverse weather, break
ages, sickness and the usual other
hiDdrances common on every farm,
then he finds that his calculations ara
at fault He planned to do what could
have been well enough done If the
weather and other contingencies had
favored him. But he did not discount
as he should have done The merchant
discounts for bad debts, thereby avoid
ing great errors in the outcome of his
ventures. If the farmer will make
close estimates he NAV find that, tax
ing the average of number of years,
he has grown as much grain on twenty
acres of land as he formerly grew on
forty. This is a thing possible to &C.
complish year by year, and the saving
secured through this mode is of course
very great A forty-acre field of corn
may require to be gone through four
times in order that reasonably fair
treatment be given IL, while circum-
stances render going through more than
twice quite out of the question, and by
this omission the crop is greatly cur
tailed. Now, the time consumed in GO
ing through forty acres twice, insures
thorough attention to twenty acres
four times. and on the superstition that
the attention all through has been at
the same ratio it is quite possible for
twenty acres to give us as large a yield
as forty does, half-tilled, and on land
half-plowed and MANFRED Better by
far let half OF your land lie idle, rest
ing, or better still, seed to grass A
man can hardly have too much land il
this is in grass. providing he can stock
it or has good opportunities for renting
his acres as pasture. 1t is not uncom-
mon that the farmer, observing the les
SEEMING yield attributes this to the unfa-
vorableneSs of the seasons He looks in
vain for the old-time yield and, after
watching and waiting for few years
for a good crop, concludes that his land
is losing heart If you have been till
ing or pretending to till too much land
and Will put one-half into grass, ma
nuring well and tilling thoroughly the
other half, you will be quite likely to
conclude that the result is, after all,
mainly within your own control and
not dependent upon other contingent
cieS-Prairie Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29

THE CROWN BoRER ta) grub; Cb) side view Of
beetle, (c) beetle seen from above The
hair lines show the natural size
spots on each side of the back; these
colorS seem to be acquired slowly, and
examples not fully IN atured often occur,
which are of a nearly uniform yellow
iSh brown color.
A single brood develops each year,
larvae occurring in the burrows from
July to late in September. The beetles
desert the crowns shortly before VIM
ter sets in to hibernate in the earth
This species appears to feed exclusive
~ on strawberry plants.
The crown-borer is generally most
common en- old straw berry land, where
It has been known to ruin whole plant
fngS 1t is to be feared mainly because
from its small size and retiring habits,
growers generally have no practical
knowledge of it. Its injury may con-
sequently be accomplished before the
culprit is detected
The beetles are incapable of fight,
having no functional wings, and ARE
thus dependent for 1ocomotion on the
usual three pairs of legs. These they
use with no great facility, and as the
grubs lack legs altogether, the species,
as may be supposed. does not migrate
readily from infested beds There is
little danger of the borer getting
among plants on new land at a dis
tancc from infested beds as long as the
plants for new beds have not been OBJ
tanned from infested ones Grubs and
pupe spend all their lives in the crowns
of plants, being found there from the
Inid6 lie of June until late in September.
Plants removed from infested beds dur
ing this time are therefore liable to con-
vey the borers to localities to which such
plants may be transferred. Those who
have had experience with the borers
have found that care with regard to Sc
lecting plants and ground for new beds
was their best means for avoiding in
jury. No fear need be entertained of
the borers attacking seriously other
crops which may be grown on infested
land, and there is every probability
that one season in corn or potatoes
would rid land of them. No practicable
method of using insecticides against
the crown-borer is known to me-
Prairie Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
THE GALLERY.

borers there. too. dressed in their best
panied by their wives, daughters or
sweethearts- The negro boys were
there in force. and they were the iolli-
est and happiest members of the throng.
When the doors were opened, the tick
cts rapidly sold and the stairs
being crowded, it required mus
Gle and agility to gain point
Of vantage. There was a gulf of
vacancy in the dimly lighted vault be-
low. There was silence in the hall, and
every football behind the curtain could
be heard. Hammers were Gathering,
the voice of the stage manager and the
commands of stage carpenter and scene
shutters resounded through space. They
seemed very near US, and yet far re-
moved There was a steady tramp upon
the stairs, as the late arrivals assembled
to their gallery places. SO that, in half
an hour, there was a goodly audience in
that upper strata of theatrical society.
They were an orderly lot. too. AS usual,
however. we found that several objec-
tionable characters were in our vicin-
ity; but, that happens down in the par
quette very often. Only downstairs
wears diamonds and broadcloth. For
our special guardianship a gentleman
with blue clothes, brass buttons, a sill
yer badge and a locust stick walked up
and down the aisles- At an early peri
cd, two gentlemen were escorted down
stairs by him. out into the open air.
and we saw them no more, we trust,
forever.
What picture it was when the
thump-thump and clatter of the orches-
ira chairs commenced, followed imme-
diately by the advance guard of the
fashionable procession below. Dimly
in the shadows we could see figures of
ladies and gentleman assuming places
beneath us, and the hum and murmur
of their voices came to us almost with
the solemnity of a gathering at church.
At last there was a click and swish
heard, and instantly the electric lights
opened before us q vista more wonder
full than beautiful. The little door
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
LICE-PRooF BOOST.

These cups are kept half full of coal
oil or crude petroleum The rods are
made to pass through the ends of the
roost. and the roosts may be raised or
lowered by moving an iron peg (E e.,
few holes being drilled IN the rod for
that purpose, or the roost may be lifted
off when necessary. The roost should
not touch the walls of the house The
roost is a protection against lice, and
may itself receive an application OF
coal-oil occasionally 1t may be Of any
length desired. and should not be very
high, as the lower the roost the better
for the birds in jumping on and off It
will save our readers much hard work
and annoyance in summer.-Farm and
Preside
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29

Lady Brassey. wife Of the great
railroad contractor, once appeared at
the artists ball in London wearing a
rich crimson brocade gown which had
once adorned the fair form of Marie
Antoinette. In these latter days an
actress will dazzle the eyes of theater.
goers by wearing q robe made for Mr4
Astor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
LIcE-PRooF RooST.

It's Introduction Will save Poultry.
Keeper Much Hard Work
A roost that serves to protect the
fowls from lice is shown in the Illus
tration. in which A is the floor, B the
roost (made of 2x3 scantling) and c G
iron rods or wooden posts, as pre-
ferred Half-inch iron rods are better,
as an old fruit-can may be attached
(see ID ID by being so ldered to- the
rods, the tops of the cans being open
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
Protesting badges and Cuivert..

The great danger to bridges and Gu /
verts occurring at flood or high water
time, when driftwood chokes the wa
terway under them, may be greatly OBJ
waited by setting a stout post from two
to four feet from the entrance to the
bridge, on the upstream side. All drift
wood and dotsam. instead of floating
down against the walls of the bridge,
lodge against the post in midstream.
Even should the space between the
post and abutmerts on both sides be
filled with rubbish. the mouth of the
bridge will remain uno bstructed. and
the water will flow through freely,
both over and under the obstruction
Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
M Possibility of 1t.

jennie don't think there's any love
lost between Milly Pond and Hudson
Parke.
PEARL don't see how any could get
lost in that way; they sit so close to
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Eagle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
DON. Re Deceived bv Look..

Fatted up ewes are almost sure to
strike the eye of the beginner and
unwary, being large. Of fine symmetry.
and looking in every sense as the best
of the breed If you look In the mouth
perhaps you may find some teeth alb
sent, or very long, which indicate old
age. Choose an active ram, OF the
purest blood He should be masculine.
but not coarse; strong neck, level and
straight back, well rounded ribs. bris-
ket prominent. full fore tanks, with =
good leg of mptton when fat, and
plenty of wool, and belly well covered
with wool-Western Rural
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
A Strain on Friendship.

''Carry, I want you to be one of my
bridesmaids
''You are my dearest friend. Sally.
but you are asking too much"
''Too muchl Why?"
1--we just become engaged to your
fiance Life
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
Tho Best Evidence.

Justice-You called this man dunk
en- bum What reason have you to in
suit him by such language?
Prisoner guess I know what am
talking about Don't we take each
other home every night?-Texas Sift-
inpS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
No More Credit.

Mrs Spendall-You look worried. Il
it because you are SO deeply in debt?
Mr.. Spendall (gloomily)-No. It's
because l can't get any deeper.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
Heroic Measures.

"My son is in love with my wife's
maid, doctor. Is there any possible
cure?''
'.Yes. Let him marry her. He'll get
over it."-Puck
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-29
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

strawberry PisntingA
This in its adult state is . small
brown snout-beetle belonging to the
same family as the plum curculio.
From the eggs which it places on
plants, hatch small, stout. legless
grubs, which mine the crown of plants
When ready to become pupe they are
about one-fifth of an inch long, pure
white in color. with pale yellow heads
The change to the pupa stage is effect
ed in the burrows made in the crowns,
and after becoming adult beetles they
appear to remain there for some time
In color the beetles are chestnut brown,
with several imperfectly black