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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
WOULDN'T WORK.
Financial Genius no Goo

Financial Genius no Good Without
Capital.
II say madam" exclaimed the tramp as
he was passing a window from which a
woman was waiting to hail the strawber-
~ peddler who was on the next block,
don't you! want your front lawn now
ed?"
81 don't know" she answered, "but
what it needs it, if you will do it for 10
cents"
81 thought as how maybe you'd offer
me pie?"
"P.e you can have and welcome" she
answered promptly enough.
''Some of your own making?"
Certainly"
"Lemme see,'' he reflected 81 don t
believe I've got any appetite for pie at
the present, but your pie would be a
temptation. You give slice for quart
er,,wouldn't vou?'
Eyes"
cat restaurant you'd get pie for less
than 10 cents slice. That's common
bakers pie. Your kind nd be worth 20
cents any how, and the generous home
made style 'ud give it double the value.
That's 40 cents ma am-though if was
only hungry I'd rather have the pie
Forty cents for what?" asked the wo-
man.
For mowin' lawn"
"Not much,' she answered; land you
might as well hurry along to get ready to
run race with large able-bodied bull
dog"
He closed the gate behind him without
sign of chagrin, merely remarking to
himself:
"There's no use taikin', financial gen
ius is no good without capital, and that's
all there is to it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
LIS. ST. P. SUP.
These Letters are the initials OF the
New Line through Wyoming and
Idaho to the Pacific Northwest

This line is composed Of the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha and Union Pacific Rail
ways, and reaches more FaI
Western Cities than any other line
as follows:
Haley, Boise City, Lewiston.
Moscow and principal Idaho
points.
Walla Walla, Colfax, Farming
ton, Rockford, Spokane Falls and
numerous Washington points.
Baker City, Pendleton, Portland
and principal Oregon points
Ogden and Salt Lake City, the
largest points in Utah.
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
all California points from Mt.
Shasta to San Diego.
And this line also reaches Butte,
Anaconda and many other points
in Montana.
Also note that by this line
accommodations are furnished in
Pullman Family Sleeping Cars at
very low rates to holders OF
econd-class tickets going to
Washington, Oregon and Califor-
mia.
When you get ready to go
West, before deciding upon your
route, call on agents of c., St. P.
M. & o. Ry., who will cheerfully
| furnish rates and information
about through car service over
the "Lake Superior, ST. Panl S
Union Pacific Line" and connec-
tons, or for pamphlets and map
address
T. w. TEASDALE.
Gen'lPasengerAgent, St Paul.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
FARMERS ECONOMIC POLICY


A Traveller Tells ofIts Plans of Protection.
The coming season promises to be ex-
ceptionolly prosperous for the silk trade.
For fancy velvets and b ocades especially
brisk demand is anticipated next fall.
These are the predictions of Monsieur
Oh. Glen, working partner and the rep
tive Partisan silk exporting firm.
"The silk trade was dull for the past
eighteen months, said the French i'm
porter to Chicago reporter this week.
Two years ago your merchants over
stocked themselves in anticipation OF
heavy fall trade. They we're disappointed
with the result they had to sell their
surplus stocks at low prices. A collateral
reason for the dullness-which by the way,
was general in French trade. was to be
found in the collapse of the Compton
Descompt, financial establishment that
ranked next to the National bank of
France. The panic ensuing, which hap
PLY lasted for only few days, was not un-
like that which affected the English trade
on the failure of Barring Brothers, The
crisis in both instances was tided over, but
their i'll effects depressed business for a
long time
Your tariff measure" he continued,
''has not sensibly affected the silk import
trade, nor is it influencing it adversely
Just now. If anything, larger orders are
being placed The so-called opposition in
your protective laws across the water was
more sentimental than real. 1t was like
the duels the Partisan editors 6ght-very
fair newspaper reading; but nobody was
harmed all the same. Every country has
right to protect itself. America Is large
enough to afford room to us foreigners.
! France is preparing measure of pro
lection for herself" he said, but it is no
one of retaliation. France eltertains tht
kindhest feelings for America. She Loves
America just as warmly as she does Rus
STA, and you can appreciate this when yor
remember that-Russia excepted-every
European country is openly or covertly ar
rayed against her Frances new meas
ure of protection will be directed agains
her inimical neighbors and not against he
friend, ally and sister, Columbus"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
Churning.

When you are ready to start the churn
the cream should be of temperature of
81 to 81 dogs depending on the season of
the year, and the churn should run about
fifty revolutions per minute, and thirty to
fifty minutes is plenty of time to do the
churning. Now comes the question of
when to stop. Too much is as bad as not
enough Stop when the butter is in small
particles and the buttermilk will leave it
freely. A little cold water poured in is a
great help sometimes. Draw off the but
termilk as long as it will run; then fill the
churn say about half full of water about
So dogs. cold and churn eight or ten revo-
buttons. Draw off the water, ELL up as be-
fore and repeat this two or three times
until the water is perfectly clear and free
from buttermilk -Exchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
THE HOUSEHOLD.
In the Heart of the Woods.
MARGARET E. SANGSTER.

Such beautiful things in the heart of the woods
Flowers. and ferns and the soft green moss;
Such loves of the birds, in the solitudes,
Where the swift wings glance and the tree-top:
toss
Spaces of silence, swept with song
Which nobody hears but the God above;
Spaces where myriad creatures throng,
Summing themselves in his guiding love.
Such safely and peace in the heart of the woods,
Far rom the ciiy's dust and din,
Where passion nor nate of man intrudes,
Nor fashion nor folly has entered I'M
Deeper than hunters trail hath gone,
Glimmers the tarn where the wild deer drink;
And fearless and free comes the gentle fawn
To peep at herself DER the grassy brink.
Such pledge of love in the heart of the woods!
For the maker OF all things keeps the least,
And over the tiny f1oweret broods
Win care that Coz ages has never ceased,
If he cares FOR as will be not for thee,
Thee, whoever thou art, to-day?
Child of an infinite Father, see,
And safe in such gentlest keeping stay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
THE APPLE.
What Chemists Say About Its Component
Parts,

What Chemists say aooot LIS mponen'
Chemically, the apple is composed Of
chIorophyll, malic acid, garlic acid lime,
and much water. furthermore, the Ger
man analysts say that the apple contains A
larger percentage of phosphorus than
any other fruit or vegetable. This phos-
phorus is admirably adapted for renewing
the essential nervous matter, lethion, of
the brain and spinal cord. 1t is, perhaps,
for the same reason, rudely understood,
that old Scandinavian traditions represent
the apple as the food of the gods, who
when they felt themselves to be growing
feeble and infrm, resorted to this fruit
for renewing their powers of mind and
body. Also the acids of the apple are of
signal use for men of sedentary habits,
whose livers are sluggish in actions; these
acids serving to eliminate from body rox-
ious matters which, if retained, would
make the brain heavy and dull, or bring
bout jaundice, vegetable salts and
iaices are converted into alkaline carbon
ties, which tend to counterfeit acldity. A
good ripe raw apple is one of the easiest OF
vegetable substances for the stomach to
deal with, the whole process of its dl-
gestion being completed in eighty five
minutes. Gerard found thatthe ''pulpe OF
roasted apples mixed In wine-quart OF
faire water, and labored together until
it comes to be as apples and ale-which we
call lambs wool-never faileth in certain
di. eases of the braines, which myself hath
often proved, gaining both crowns and
credit"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
Take a sheep.

There is a pertinent temperance lesson
in the following anecdote: A farmer once
employed young man to labor upon his
farm without knowing anything of his
habits. All too soon the farmer found
that his new hand was addicted to drink
ing alcoholics; and this habit interfered
with his usefulness. ''John,'' said the
farmer to his man, ''I'll give ye one O.
my best sheep if yell give up drinkin
while ye work for me-. Its bargain, y
declared the man. A grown son of the
farmer. overhearing this agreement, look
ed up and asked: "Pa, will you give me
a sheep, too, if I will not drink this sea-
son?" Eyes" replied the father, "you
may have sheep" Then the little boy
a sheep, too if I'll not drink p Eyes,
son, you shall have a sheep also" After
a moments pause, the little boy turned to
his father and said: Pa, hadn't you bet
ter take sheep, too?'' 81 dunno, I dun,
no, the farmer replied, doubtfully, and
then suddenly concluded, Il declare, I'll
try it and see" The old gentleman was
heard afterwards to declare that he
made the best investment of sheep that
season he ever made in his ife.-Compan,
ion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09

| can have all the fun | want hunting
and riding round the country. No, |
amt lonesome. I'm a regular Dakota
girl, mister. A land agent down at Bur-
ton s was up here once and said: God
made the country and men made the
town. so | guess it s all right if | like the
country best, ain t it?"
She was hard girl to understand.
Then you never feel lonely?"
''Never. Nav and paw and brother
Ned and generally have enough to do.
Then, sometimes, Joel comes over and he's
all the company we want, or care for.
"Joel?"
"4es-Joel Simpson. He took up a
claim over north Just to the right of that
bluff, there-see it? Can't see the house
cause it's too far out Of sight. If Joel
has good luck with his crops this year
we're going to get married in the fall"
Il hope he'll have good crops
$50 do l. So does NAV and paw. al
though they don't like to have me leave
any more'n I like to go; but with sigh
people have got to strike out for them
selves some time and then, you know cher
blue eyes SparkIing). like JOEL"
and | know he must like you, | said
Says he does, but
Liz! Liz! amt you ever going to bring
that water? Laws-a-mussy! have you lost
the bucket in the well, Or
A tousled head appeared at the door and
a garrulous voice died away when the
cause of LIS hardness was discovered.
Ny companion picked up her bucket of
water and darted away.
Eyes. NAV, | % coming. Good bye.
mister, -" and she fastened to the house.
My horse had finished drinking during
our very brief conversation and | got into
the buggy and drove away, barked out of
sight , by pair Of dogs. But from that
frankness and independence of at least
one Dakota girl.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
Let the Chickens Run.

Chickens do best when happiest. They
do not seem to like or to prosper in a
prison yard They need shade, grass and
insects, and want to gather these delica-
cies for themselves. Even the American
cock seems to glory in freedom, and has a
clearer ring in his Growing when at perfect
liberty, and the gentle biddies have better
domestic habits under like conditions.
They har lily thank you for the Clipped
meat and cut grass you throw into their
narrow yard. Fence in whole orchard
for them. They will reward you doubly;
first, with better growth and more product,
and next, will give you better apples and
plums and pears from the chance they
have at the grubs in the perfect fruit that
falls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
'(,Iipped Glover.

Bush, grass or weed will throw out new
shoot when you cut the top back; no plan
will show this tendency to spread and
stools more than the clover plant. A few
years ago We had eighteen acres sown to
clover; half of the field we expected to pas
ture, the other half to NOW for hay; the
field was sown at the rate of one bnshel
of good, clean seed per acre, but from
some cause the clover seemed to thin on
the ground, and had only about half a
stand After we had our wheat off the
ground we took mowing-machine, set it to
cut about three inches high, and clipped
the field, or about nine acres, leaving the
other half urclipped. At the tine we did
the clipping "a weeds had started thickly;
these, as matter of course, were clipped
off with the clover, and owing to the sea-
son did not start any more that fall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
Graceful Men.
he Pail Mall Gazette

Mr.. Nisbet fell in love with Ceylon, hut
seems to have got mixed as to details:
A pleasant place to idle in is this pearl
drop of India, and altogether novel to
the English eye, with its temples and
palm groves. its cinnamon gardens, and
ever-changing groupings of gentle-faoed
natives. l thought myself an adept at
telling the difference between male and
female until | landed at Colombo; but now
my ideas of the subject are vague and
doubtful, for, like the lady who came here
and took maid, trusting to external APP
pearance, l was forever making mistakes
and vowing that the men were women,
the only difference being that the men are
more graceful and beautiful, having the
least work to do and dressing finer, while
the women work in the fields and look
coarser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
"HOLD ON"
Blaine Calls Halt a One-Sided
Course.

Course.
During the last seventeen years, had
the duty on coffee alone been retained. the
government Of the United States would
have derived revenue of S153,000, 900,
or an average of 50, 000,0 900 year, in our
imports from Brazil. But we kept taking
duties off Brazilian products until, in 1890,
of our imports from Brazil S55, ASS, 600
were admitted free, and only "a, 935, 32S
were taxed: the amount of revenue col
lected being but 1,lS1 COO, Of which
81, 157 900 was collected on sugar.
During all this time Brazil continued to
increase her tariff, and for many years col
lected an export duty upon the coffee, and
rubber was admitted free. Last year she
collected "a, 052 900 in duties on the &c.
100000 imports from the United States.
Finally, our congress proposed to take off
the duty on sugar, the only.,article of import
from Brazil that was taxed in our custom
house. -
Mr. Blaine said, Hold on! If you are
going to make any more concessions to
our American neighbors, let US ask them
to give US something in return Con
gress, finally recognizing the common
sense of the suggestion, granted the au
thority.
The Brazilian government appreciated
the situation, and sent its delegates to The
International American Conference with
instructions to make the most liberal anG
cordial concessions. Then an arrange
was negotiated under which our agricul
tural products are to be admitted free int
Brazil, and many of our manufactures
wares; while others are to enjoy dut,
twenty five per cent. less than IS charged
upon similar articles imported from oul
commercial rivals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
DIDN'T GO OVER THE FALLS.
But the Farmer Wanted to See Him Go so
He Could Tell all About 1t.
New York Su

There was man walking up and down
Prospect Park, at Niagara Falls, with his
hands behind his back and his head down,
and an old farmer from near Syracuse
WASH t to be blamed so much for imagin-
ing that suicide was contemplated. He
had no doubt read of other men who had
acted just that way before leaping into the
terrible current above the falls. He waited
a reasonable time for the performance to
come off, and, as there appeared to be a
hitch somewhere, he approached the stran-
ger and said:
Stranger, don t want to NEEDLE with
your bizness; | never do with anybody's.
but if-if-"
"Well," sharply asked the other.
I've only got about forty minutes afore
l take the train. If you We fully made up
your mind to do it, and nothing on earth
will prevent"
Are you addressing me, sir?" demand
ed the stranger.
eyes, of course; there hain't nobody
else around, is there?'
And what do you want?"
why, if you are yoing over them falls
any time to-day wanted to suggest that
YOU"
Going over the fall! What do you
mean?"
"Why, if you are going over any time
to-day, go now, so can see it and tell the
folks all about it. Don't want to hurry
you, you know, but if man wants to 60
and will go, and praying won't save him,
he might as well go one time as an
other"
you Internal old milkweed, but l IL
knock the top of yeur head off if you don t
clear out, shouted the man as he made as
if to pull off his coat.
''Gosh-alI-fsh-hooks! but don't fare up
that way'' gasped the farmer as. he re-
treated. Whats happened to make You
mad? hadn't said nor dun nothing as
| knows on"
"Go-clear out-sLupr'
Hold on-I'll go-don't foller me up!
Lands alive! but he come within an ace O.
hoppin' right onto me! Got regular mad
in mint, and that without the least bit
O. cause! Woosh! Clus call fur me, tho
I'd st the hardest | could. Suicide be
hanged to him-I'm agoin' humr'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
GAVE HERSELF AWAY.
She Carried Gold Watch While her

Judge Davis was one day in his private
Office when he was president of the senate
of the United State. A woman came
into the room to see him. He turned and
said "Well, madam, what can do for
your" She was neatly dressed in black,
with an air of extreme poverty. She told
a wretched tale Of sorrow and suffering,
winding up with the climax that she and
her family had not tasted food for two
days. The judge seemed deeply moved.
He excused himself for not attending to
the case for The moment, as the senate
was nearly ready to open, He looked at
his watch with an air Of vexation, as if it
were not going, and said, Can any one
tell me what time it lisp" His visitor
pulled out a gold watch and told him the
time. The judge said, "can it be true
that your children have been without food
tor two days when you have a gold watch
in the house?" The woman saw the point
of the judges question and called out,
"You are hateful old thing" and hernc-
ed out of the room. She was professional
dead beat.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
1903, $40 ton
AN AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
It's Throat to be Cut by British Manufac-
tures

And here comes the Liverpool Post,
representing everything British, demand
ing and anticipating the repeal of the
Mckinley tariff. Addressing the Eng
fish tin-plate manufacturers it says: "You
must reduce the price of tin plate at once.
Every reduction made by you increases the
chances of choking down the new Ameri-
can mills for year or two, when the Nc
Kinley law may be repealed" That is
they must reduce wages and cut off profits
to such an extent that they can sell tin
plate in the United States as cheaply
under the new tariff as under the oil d.
The American manufacture of tin must be
prevented until the repeal of the Mckinley
act. ( is the old thing over again. De-
stroy American industry by cut prices, then
charge double to make up for the loss.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
Piepfant Culture.

Rhubarb or pie plant may be propagated
either from seed or by division Of the roots.
II much is wanted the former is the bet
ter method. Sow the seed thinly about
an inch deep, in drills foot apart, in
early spring. Keep the ground clean and
in October transplant to rich ground pre-
viously stirred to depth of Is inches and
richly manured. In transplantipg set
plants at intervals of 3 feet, in rows feet
apart. The first year beans, peas, lettuce,
ETC., may be grown between the rows. In
earl y winter, each year. cover the ground
with few inches of manure which should
be thoroughly spaded in, in the spring.
The stalks are sold by The pound and
usually come to market tied in punches 6
or 7 inches in diameter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
FARM AND GARDEN,
AN OLD MANS WIFE.
REBA.

Tis summer, and lovely July morning,
A little church is decked with flowers rare
Made sweet with CEDAR, trailing vines and roses
1t seems to wait expectant OF the bridal pair
They come. Great heaven the bride young and
lovely;
The groom tall, gaunt, and sixty, if year,
know them not, am sim ply an observer;
But oh, with all my heart pity her.
We see them standing there, and hear the cere-
mony-
We hear his answer, and we hear hers too,
II will, :" she Utters, and her lips close firmly
And IN her heart she vows she will be true
They go forth man and wife, and are congrat-
ulated,
1 never looked upon loYlier BRIDE
She'll never want one said, for he is wealthy.
She'll ever want thought l. and ne'er be salts
fed
Did she, this bride, in rosy dreams e'er picture
A man like that 10 claim her for his wife:
To wapt her hearts best love, her fondest Kisses
An old, rich man to share her bright young
life
All. no, she saw lover, young, congenial,
Who'd win her love while his was yet untold:
A young man, bright and strong and healthfpl-
She never dreamed she'd sell herself for gold.
Yet, while she stood clothed in bridal splendor.
Many friends wished her happy life
Bah, happiness, shell II never know its meaning;
She ii try to be true, contented wife.
But, ali, the germ of love must ever slumber
Within the heart of this fair lovely one:
She ii never know the JOY that love would bring
her,
The thrilling happiness will never come.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09

What was the result? In few weeks the
clipped part of the field looked like a we'll
kept lawn-not weed to be seen. Tie
clover had thickened until it covered the
ground completely; the old wheat stubble,
clover tops and weeds that were clipped
off mulched the growing clover and assist
ed to do its best. The following season
we cut 2 l-2 tons per acre, while from the
appearance of the part of the field left un-
clipped for pasture l estimated it would
have made l-2 tons of hay per acre
Practical Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
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