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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-17
1nErIOIE TOnIcCO.
Animals Which Enjoy "the weed" in NIL Its
Various Forms.


Professor Paul Mvcrhcim. the celebrated
animal painter. contributes To % symposium
in German publication devoted 10 the
tobacco trade the following interesting obser-
vations on lovers Of the weed, says a 'Alca-"
What have Observed about smoking d.
not very interesting. SOD far 9S my own Use a.
the weed D. concerned. ! smoke hight cigars,
and have little or DO appreciation OBJ nlGh-
grade cigars But 10 may interest You 2" learn
what my models I'm the geological gardens
think about smoking.
"Thcrc are, 10 begin with. the common
brown bears. They are Ncrtable tobacco
enthusiasts. Just blow tobacco sm0ic toward
their cage and YOU Will sce how they rush
toward you and with every sign o. deheht
rub Their back, and head, against the portion
Of the grating through which the Smoke
passes. II Is very amusing spectacle.
At one time treated % sleeping non 10 q
large pinch of snuff. which / introduced INTO
IN. uo-tril with the aid of "a wooden modelling
knife. His majesty arose. eucczed with great
vohemeuce and then Jay down again - con
time his nap, apparently rather pleased hy the
interruption. All kinds Of goats. deer lamaS
and similar other animals are paSsionately
fond of snuff and cigars. ] once gained the
friendship Of % very ugly guanac0 by feeding
him frequently with snuff Some soldiers
who later on leased the animal and We're ro-
Wardod. as usual. 10y his epeWing over them,
remarked in my hearing. why, the deuce
How the beast smells Of snuff"
"IArge parians are also extremely fond OF
tobacco smoke You see ! do not smoke Tor
my pleasure alone
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-17
WASHINGTON my1NG.

might add score of other "reminiscences.
but will conclude this article, having mercy
upon the space IN your paper by giving de
tail of what every American ought 10 know.
as II concerns the most graceful writer the
United States has produced. and his
friendship with Sir Walter Scott and has re-
suited III permanent literature. which Will 90
down the ages. Mr. Edison and intended TO
90 up the Hudson 70 see the old home Of
Washington Irving. but learned with in
dgnatlon that II was now the home Of the
stock gambler, the railroad trimmer. the
pimp and the parvenu, and of course did not
90. In early life Washington Irving was en-
gagged g. an estimable aud beautiful vounp
lady Of New York. But alas, consunption
set In, and she was laid IN an
early grave. Irvngs affection was more
than common; II was PlatOpic. His poetic
soul had estimated her beauty. her grace. and
her virtues until they became 10 him not Of
earth, and that his beloved Rebecca would be
70 him'a guardian angel. guarding him hence
forth through life and Keeping him from evil.
And 10 he went on his way alone. and vet not
alone, for while mourning. had he not the as.
surance that these pure and sanity virtues
too pure for the alloy Of earth. were. removed
with her 20 bloom IN fairer cline and he
would sometime meet his Rebecca in the Para
disc Of God. And so cheered by this hope he
went on his way. He saw the beauty and
kTsos OF Scotland England. France. Spaip -ad
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-17
a COLD IS INFLAMMATION.
PONDS EXTRACT
REDUCES INFLAMMATION.

Specific Directions.
IPACOLD THE HEAD, apply
Ponds Extract diluted oDe-haiD
by n nasal douche, or snuff IL, or
yaporIze 10 over n lamp and inhnle
the fumes through the nose.
III HOARSE, garGle with Ponds
Extract several times daily
III THE THROAT Is SORE
and NECK STIFF, rub the neck
thoroughly with Ponds Extract,
ard, on retiring, wrap the neck
I'm n wooden bandagc saturated
with Ponds Extract, and pro-
tcctod by an outer wrapping.
III THE LUNGS ARE SORE,
take n teaspoonfui OF Ponds ES-
tract four or five times daily. ~
III THE LIMBS ACHE and are
sore, rub them vigorously with
Ponds Extract. ~
FOR CHIL8LAInS, battle with
Ponds Extract and bandage with
cloth saturated with Ponds EI-
tract. Itching quickly stopped.
BUT do not purchase some cheap
substitute and expect IL To- do what
Ponds Extract Will. BE suro you
havo genuine article. Made only
by Ponds Extract CO., New York
and London.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-17

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-17

UICKOK'S No. I. II. ID. &. ZIG, ND
.CAEOIINESIS-CT ARE ~ RI. CLEAN
AND CHOICE sUN-CURED TOBACCOs. TRY
IIIIM.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-17

CITY AND County oF NEW YORK; ~
b. 10 remembered thar on the ,
\. Hlliery. q Commissioner rtSldcn
uyc authority. and under the laws
% bee used or recorded therein. per
Union Assurance Company lluuted
self says. that they are the allowed
d true and correct statement of the
fiscal year -tO-wit, the 3lst day OF /
knowledge AMI belief respectively.
49,, Ia testimony whereof | I
SEAL the I'D day OF January, IS.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-17
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
Personal REMTNIsCENCES or THE
GREAT POET.

His Appearance and Individual Character
istics-The: Respect Felt for Him by HIS
Neichbors-His Attachment to Washington
Irving.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-17

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
Good Grapes for Market.

One of the best informed commission
men in New York city says that the
Concord seems to be the popular fancy
Most persons like black grape. The
sale of white grapes is limited. He says
that Moores Early is good early grape,
and that more should be planted. 1t
comes early, when there is good sale
for grapes, is of good quality and fine
appearance, and sells readily at good
prices.
The Worden is a good grape for i'm
mediate shipment and sale, but will not
bear holding. The Rural New Yorker
supplements this information by a eau
ton not TO plant the Niagara for market.
It is a poor shipper and keeper, although
the fruit is of fine appearance and quality,
and it seems hardy grape.
The authority quoted places the Ca
tawba, of course, at the head of the list
of red grapes. While it cannot be
grown except in favored locations, it is
the best keeper on the market and it
carries well. The Delaware has quite a
sale, but the prices for which it usually
sells would seem to be too little above
other varieties to make it profitable to
grow to any extent. AS yet there is no
grape to take the place of the Catawb
for long keeping. The Isabella is sold
to limited extent, but this requires con-
Gtions sim lar to the Catawba to bring
it to perfection.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
How Shells Are Classified.

Shells, as we popularity call them, are
grouped by naturalists under the head
of mollusks, and in the scale of life they
represent the sixth great branch of the
animal kingdom, following the worms,
though some naturalists classify them
differently. The branch is divided into
classes. First we have the shells with
two valves, as the oyster, which is a
Lanellibranch, a long word referring to
the folds in the animal.
Some of these have siphons and soma
have not. Then we come to the single
Bhelled mollusks, Or gasteropods, so
called because they are belly footed.
Then there are the shell-less forms, the
air breathing mollusks, as snails, and
finally the squids, or cephalopods, or
head footed, all of which have their Pc
culiarities, and are well worth special
study if the reader is interested in shells.
The oysters are the lowest forms of the
group, the humblest yet the most valU-
able. A ''blue point" in deep shell
represents a vast industry and deli
cious norsel.-Cor. San Francisco Chron-
icle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
Troubles Brought by an OpaI.

"People laugh at me-" said Mr.. Hen
derson, a drummer, because returned
an opal ring and took diamond instead
l am not superstitious, but l will tell
you why Twill never wear an opal again.
81 started on tour through the south.
Business was good and put on the ring,
for it was beauty. A few days after
ward | lost valuable charm from my
watch chain. Though | offered a re-
ward and advertised diligently | never
recovered it. About three days later I
was robbed of my pocketbook contain
ing fine diamond, considerable money
and important papers. | began to sus-
pect the ring was the cause of my i'll
luck, but couldn't make up my mind
to dispose of it.
GA week after l boarded train going
to Columbus, but changed my inten-
tions and got off, taking another one.
We were hardly out Of town before the
train rolled over an embankment, and
was pretty badly hurt. Then was con
WINGED that the opal was responsible for
my bad streak, and put it in my trunk.
l have had no accidents since, and this
is the reason why | won't wear an opal
again. The jeweler who sold me the
stone wouldn't put on the ring for $500,
and he now has it up for sale in his show
window. Dispatch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
You Don't Tire of Them.

There are people of whom one never
tires, no matter how often one sees them
nor how intimate the associations may
be. There is about them that air of per-
petuM charm and variety that makes
them delightful companions. They are
sure to be good tempered. There is never
any fear of finding them in a pet, nor
prey to some i'll humor wholly unreason-
able and unexplainable.
They are pleased when you are pleased
and interested in what you have to say.
They are so sympathetic that your ills
and troubles become their own, and your
friends become so dear to them that not
for the world would they do anything to
rob you of them. Sometimes with these
bright, sweet natures you find the added
charm of originality, and when you come
across such one treasure it and preserve
it as one of the pearls of your life, for
seldom indeed are talent, originality and
good nature found combined in one NOR
tai frame. A nature that is so richly
endowed is threefold talented. 1t has
the talent of magnetism, the talent of
keeping good natured and the priceless
talent of originality, which, as Rudyard
Kipling says, is not the discovery of any
thing new, but is rather new way of
looking at old things. And that makes
it all the more delightful.-NewY York
World
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
4 Child's Sense of Justice.

Nothing seems to burn into the mem
DRY and heart of a child as an undeserved
punishment, however trifing the mat
ter may seem to the adult inficter. In
some children of the sunny, hopeful
type the wave of indignation and help
less, unspoken protest against unjust
correction passes away, and leaves ap-
parently no trace. To other children,
with more sensitive natures or more re-
bellious dispositions, unjust words of re-
proof kindle fires of rage, which slnoul-
der with sullen persistence under the
ashes of seeming forgetfulness, ready to
burst out violently and unexpectedly. If
this seems an Overdrawn picture one has
only to think backward at ones own
chilish days, and TO recall the time when
careless treatment by an elder first
taught us to be bitter, unforgiving, re-
sentful.
A child's sense of justice is as keen as
his heart is tender, and this is one of the
qualities most necessary to noble char
acter; quality that must be blended
with truth and honor and self-sacrifice
to give the right balance to dispositions
which would otherwise work harm. A
child's justice is always tempered with
mercy to those he loves, and when in the
home he is justly and tenderly dealt
with he learns little by little that higher
sense of justice toward all with whom
he comes III contact. When his own
small rights are carelessly and ntinu-
ally thrust aside, he, too, learns to play
the brigand, TO invent devices to achieve
the might which he has learned makes
right. Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
Men Are to Blame for Female FrivoIity

Men Are to Blame for Female FriyoIity.
By the way, I think occasionally hear
a feeble pipe from a man to the effect
that the girls are responsible for all the
tomfooiery in the world. Don't you know
that you are the very ones who tend to
make them so--you men? You follow
after and WOO and wed just that sort OF
girls. You won't look at a sensible little
woman who can make "lovely" bread,
abjures bangs, can't dance and has nc
"style." You laugh at and make sly
jokes at the expense Of our big hats and
our pronounced fashions, but when you
choose your company, and often your
wives, [ notice you pass right by the
housekeeping birds and take the pea
cocks. If you won't have her modest
and simply gowned she is willing to
make a feather headed doll and a trav.
esty of herself to get you and win
heaven! You know perfectly well, you
men, that you don't care half so much
for brains as you do for t'get-up," and
the woman you honor with your choice
is selected for pretty face and form
and becoming costume rather than for
a clever head and an honest heart.
/ am not talking to old fogies who
cling to old fashioned notions, but to
young men who ridicule the customs of
their grandmothers, who shake their
heads at the salaries of two and three
thousand a year as inadequate to support
wives; who rail against woman's extrav-
agance, yet do their best to maintain her
in it. When you, my fine and dapper
gentleman, begin to seek out the mod
estly appareled and the sedate girls, then
shall folly and vain show fly over seas
for want of encouragement and the
grand transformation of sawdust dolls
into women and pleasure seekers into
homekeepers take place.-Cor Chicago
Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
The First Woman.

By the way, speaking of Eve, why is
not her name, in its English and Bible
form, bestowed upon more little girls?
Eva is common enough; it is simply the
Latin form of the name. No doubt
parents often bestow it in this form
without thinking that they are naming
a daughter for the naughty mother Of
all mankind, whose ''mortal taste" for
green fruit brought death into the world
and all our VICE. But this is an age of
rehabilitation, and Eve has been pretty
thoroughly rehabilitated in character
herself. A great many really good wo-
men are not SO sure but they would have
done just the same as she did under the
same circumstances. But whether or
not Eve has been indicated or needs
vindication she had a very pretty name.
Bestowed upon girl or woman, and
without any final AUST plain Eve-no
name could be more charming.-Boston
Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
Freedom.

A touching story was told of Tamber-
ik, the tenor singer. Passing through
Madrid one bright spring morning, he
visited the bird market and bought every
bird IN it. He ordered the cages to be
carried into the Plaza and opened. The
sunny air was filed with a luttering
host, and from hundreds of tiny Threats
burst songs Of delight. Tamberlik looked
after them with tears of pleasure in his
eyes, crying, Go, and be free, my
brothers!''
A similar story is told of kindly old
Virginian, who used to celebrate the
Fourth of July by buying up all the
Gagged squirrels. rabbits and birds in the
neighborhood, and then setting them
free, that they, too, might rejoice in the
day of independence. The creatures to
whom he gave happiness are long since
dead, but the children who saw his
kindly act have carried its influence
through their lives-Youth's Compan-
ion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
Big Broilers for Market.

A poultryman of Hammonton, n. j.,
tells in the Germantown Telegraph how
he feeds chicks to get big broilers for the
early market. He says:
[ have found the following method of
feeding Chi ks for broilers the best: The
first week [ give cracked wheat, then
after that | give mixture Of ground
cats and corn, equal parts, about fourth
part Of middlings, and a handful of
ground meat. The whole mixture is
scalded several hours before feeding, and
then fed only moist. Also chopped up
cabbage, boiled or raw potatoes and other
vegetables, feeding either separately or in
with the mess. Whole wheat or cracked
corn is also fed between meals The
mess is fed morning. noon and night,
and the same continued until ready for
market, the supply of meat, however,
being gradually increased the older they
become. Coal ashes, charcoal and ground
oyster shells are constantly within reach.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
Drill versus Broadcast Seeding

A comparison of press drills versus
broadcast seeding of wheat conducted at
the Dakota agricultull II experiment sta
ton leads to the following conclusions:
/. With the press drill termination is Sc
cured however dry the season. With
broadcast seeding surface moisture is
necessary to insure growth. 2. Economy
of seed by the drill method. Strong
winds deepen the covering of the press
drilled while they uncover the broad
casted. 3. In per cent. of tillering the
broadcasted exceeds the press drilled. f.
Evenness of distribution, termination,
growth and ripening are all points in
favor of the press drill. 5. Economy in
cost of implements, labor and horse power
favors the broadcast method. 6. In the
past seasons work the press drilled grain
matured earlier and consequently re-
ceived less injury from rust and hot
winds. Z. The experiment shows that
for our dry seeding time the press drill
is the better Implement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
SANS PHILOSOPHY.
He and Kate Married Because They Found

lac anu kA1eV IA NATiCu because InGy ROUND
Themselves SO Old and Poor.
Half dozen men ware discussing the
problem of marriage in the cafe of the
Southern society one evening.
''These young New Workers make me
very weary" said Kentucky colonel.
''Imean these young fellows who. though
in receipt of good incomes, spend all
their money in tomfoolery, and then say
they can't afford to marry"
Il agree with you. colonel" said a
Maryland gentleman from Princess Anne
county. IF man wants to marry he
never reckons the cost. am reminded
of a story of our two old house servants.
They had both been in our family for
years. When the emancipation procla-
nation was signed we told them that
they were free. We sympathized with
the north during the war. you know.
eve could scarcely drive them away
with club, however. They had been
born and reared on the place Sam had
lost his wife. He was eighty years of
age. Old Kate was our NANNY She
was sixty or seventy. Her husband was
h444Nu NdSh SLOoIitiS tOLS4 years DE-
fore the war. 1t was a great blow to the
old people when we told them the, would
have to go. They did not want TO leave
US and hustle for themselves, but we
could i'll afford to keep them at that
time. 1t was particularly hard for the
old NANNY. She thought we children
all belonged to her.
ssESna1lx- xr-o
and let old Kate have the use of one of
the cabins and work on the place. Sam
went to live in little shanty in the town
a mile or two away. Kate did washing
and Sam did washing too, whenever he
could get notwithstanding l mean.
eve were astonished one day at hear
ing that these old creatures, each with
one foot in the grave, had married. My
father sent me to Sam to learn if the re-
port was true. [ found him whitewash-
ing the wooden fence around his shanty.
SAM" said, "what in the world
have you and old Kate been up to, mar
rying at your age? What did you do it
for?"
why, Massa WILL he replied 'yo'
see 1t war this way. Ole Kate an were
talkin' an say to ole Kate, ''Kate, we
POI fool niggers. fs done live bouts
longs ker to-
AN hate,' she say, Il dunno bout
dat, Sam, but guess yo' is tellin' de
truff.
" So Kate, she say as how she's ole
too, an can't grow much oler, an how
she po' an can't be no pooer. An so
we 'clude to get married. lzase we can't
be no orer, no poo'er when we's mar
ried, den when Kate is juss Kate an
Sans juss Sam
''And SO those two old darkies were
married." said the Princess Anne man,
''because they were old and could not
live much longer, and because they We're
poor and could not be any poorer, whcth-
er they were single or married. New
York Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07
DiShOrniny Cows.

In reply to the question ''Should cows
be dishorned? asked at a New York
Farmers institute, the following answers
We're given:
Mr.. HOWELL had bull and he was
not ugly. We dishorned him for fear he
might get ugly. Afterward he nearly
killed two men.
Mr.. Van Alstyne-1 have dishorned
my COWS and we can drive them like a
flock Of sheep. [ would not have the
horns on my COWS again on any account.
John Gould-Put them at work-that
is, the bulls-and work off the wicked
impulses.
J. E. Rogers--I am about convinced
that it will pay in the long run to dis
horn cows. 1t will hurt the cows, but it
is temporary. With horns they will hurt
each other more or less all the time.
Mr.. Sanford-The best time is when
they are calves. We are doing this.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07

After all that can be said for creamery
butter it is not always perfect. Increas-
ing numbers note its poor keeping quail
ity, because imperfectly freed from case
Gus matter; also the fact that it does not
go so far, pound for pound, as dairy but
ter, more solid from careful making.
Families are discarding it, while they
desire the best, because needing to prac-
tice economy. But all creameries do
not turn out ''spongy'' butter. Here and
there one equals dairy butter in solidity.
Cream gathering creameries are prone
to let cream sour too much. OF course
oversouring, even in the dairy, will pro-
duce the same sorry result. The CREAM
cry or dairy coming nearest to the man
ufacture of sweet cream butter, pro-
vided it is properly washed and packed,
will make tie most solid and best keep
ing article-New York Tribune