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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
PiTH OF THE NEWS.

Catholic authorities have refused 70
declare invalid d Methodist marriage
Three men were killed by boiler
explosion at Montville, Ohio, tho
other day.
Mrs Robert Kennedy, her son and
daughter, Mrs K. w. Armstrong, of
Duluth, Mimi, are said to have fallen
heirs to fortune valued at 80, 900, 600,
which has been in the chancery for
years
NJ. Ribot, French minister of foreign
affairs, has handed to the Chinese
charge d 'affaires a note insisting upon
the urgency of the unfolding of the
security of the life and property of
foreigners in China.
Large purchases of wheat and otbe.
grains nave been lately made by
numerous French agents directly Of
farmers in the provinces of Rome and
the Puglie at whatever prices the
farmers have demanded, with the re-
suit of rapidly increasing prices.
French editors unanimously condemn
the German Enperor's recent illusions
to Napoleon L. This time it is not
we who can be accosed of talking Of
revenge" says La France; lit is the
German Emperor who reminds us that
armies sre things OF a day. His re-
marks are an impudent outrage on thu
patriotism OF great people"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Feed for Different Breeds.

Experiments conducted in the poultry
department of the Dominion experiment
farms, Ottowa, according to Manager
Gilbert report, make it appear that the
different breeds require different winter
treatment, especially as regards the feed
Manager Gilbert says: During the win
ter
/. Brahmas, Cochins, Langshans. Ply
mouth Rocks, ETC., require more oats, less
wheat, little or no Indian corn, soft or
stimulating food to moderation and a
generous supply of vegetables. Lean
meat twice or three times week and
plenty Of exercise.
2. Leghorns, Minorcas, Andaiusians,
Hamburgs, etc. will take more soft or
stimulating food, more wheat, Indian
corn, with meal and vegetables in liberal
supply.
3. II is essential to success that lime,
grit, gravel, ETC.. should be before the lay
ers at all times, and that the hens be kept
in activity by throwing the grain fed tc
them in chatf, straw or dry leaves scatter
ed on the floor.
Soft or stimulating food is generally fed
in the morning and is composed as fol
lows:
"A u1CSS lOl UlIc ucdSS
breeds may be made of shorts, ground
oats, bran and lean meats scraps mixed
with boiling water. This can be varied
by giving cooked vegetables instead of the
ground oats or bran. Glover hay Gu! In
small pieces, steamed and mixed with ths
morning feed, is one of the best green
foods and cannot be given too often.
For the Spanish family more stimulat.
ing morning mess may be made of shorts,
cornmeal, ground oats or barley with
ground meat or meat scraps in judicious
quantity every morning, with modieum
of black or red pepper. Vary by mixing
boiled potatoes or other vegetables in lieu
of tue ground olts or barley. Steamed
clover hay at any time.
In cold weather Indian corn may be fed
to the fowls for the last meal
: 1t is taken for granted that the fowls
have comparatively comfortable quarters,
with pure water to drink in regular sup
ply; the chill taken off the water; the grain
warmed in cod periods and other direc
tlons, as given in detail in report of
year, carried out.
Should the foregoing treatment be found
too forcing, the soft feed may b. curtailed
and more green stuff and oats fed 1t is
quite lik Fly thin she'll eggs may be laid
and 1t is sign that the hens are getting
too fat. AS preventive mix fine ground
oyster shells or sand, or both, in the morn
ing soft feed,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
The Garden in the Fall

When the crops in the garden have al
matured and are harvested thorough
cleaning up should be given. The weeds,
stalks and grass should all he raked to-
gether and burned, while in the fields. es-
peclally in the fall, it is nearly always best
ID pillow under everything that will add TO
the fertility of the soil, but In the garden,
as rule, the better plan is to clean up and
burn. In this way not only will consid
cradle amount of weed seeds be DESTROYED
but also more or less of the insect pests.
Many of these pests that injure both the
plants and their products in the garden
find harboring place during the winter
under trash of various kinds, and by gath
ering it up and burning it and afterwards
blowing thoroughly these will be destroy
ed. 1t always pays to plow deeply and
thoroughly in the garden. whether tn
work IS done in the spring or fall, and one
advantage with fall blowing is that the
soil will dry out and warm up earlier IN the
spring and thus afford better Opportunity
for getting the early crops to growing in
good season. After blowing, whatever
manure is wanted can be hauled out and
applied. The manure used in the garden
should always be well rotted and fined, and
then be worked as thoroughly as possibl.
into the soil. This can be done with the
harrow or cultivator, and by doing it in
the fall the work IN the spring will be
materially lessened.-N. J. Shepherd, Ell
don, Mo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
FARM AND, HOME.
THE GARDEN OF YEARS.
ERNEST sHURTLEFF,

entered the beautiful Garden of Years
In 3 sprIngtime of long ago,
Through heaven the breezes. like charioteers,
Drove IN pageants of cloud white a. snow,
The sunlight fell soft as the moonlight at eve
And the night was as fair as the day,
AID thought there was nothing on earth that
could grieve.
But that all the sweet world must be gay
L was only child in the Garden of Years,
And my hopes were in bloom with the rose.
And the music of life rang in chimes in nv ears
From the dawn of each day 10 its close:
SO played with the butterflies, caroled with the
birds.
And dreamed of the stars while slept.
The language of life vas my mothers kind
words,
And into Gods bosom crept.
But learned, as grew in The Garden of Years,
A lesson of mournful surprise
learned with the hope of the world there were
And found there were sorrowful eyes;
FOUND the heart weary in many a breast,
And saw that to many home
Where love had invited some radiant guest
The Angel of Sorrow had come.
l found, in the beautiful Garden of Years,
L, too, had cross / must bear:
But whenever looked for Gods smile through
my tears
found my life's rainbow there,
And one day | CHANGED the Wise Gardener to
Who taught me, what love should have
known,
That he who from sorrow leads others worn
feet
Shall find paths of peace for his own.
And now grander still is the Garden of Years
Than in that old springtime sublime,
Whose memories fail like a Curfew that cheers
From the far away towers of Time:
For blessed is he who lifes sorrow abates.
Forgiving as he is forgiven;
For him shall lIfe's angel, through DEATH ope' the
gates
Of that Golden Eternal called Heaven.
The COngregationalist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

ry, nad a secret meeting with Prince
bismarck. A gentleman who hap
pened to he waiting for train at the
liamnermuehl station. near Narzin,
saw the regent and FRINGE bismarck
meet on the platform
After talking together for about five
minutes they entered saloon car,
where they remained in earnest con-
versation forty minutes, the station
master at the same time keeping off all
intruders- The informant said he saw
the regent hand Bismarck a letter
which the eX-chancellor read several
times aud treated with so much respect
as to give the impression that it could
come only from imperial hands When
they issued from the car Bismarck was
in the highest spirits. Luitpold
offered to accompany him to his car
riage. which was waiting to carry him
back to Narzin, but bismarck dcferen-
TALLY persisted, and escorted tho
regent TO the saloon car After a
nearby shaking of hands and xchange
OF farewells the distinguished persons
parted The train moved ont of the
station and the eN-chancellor drove
off. apparently enveloped in the deep
est thou 1t.
III Int meantime FEARS OF famine
are becoming facts which press closer
upon and become nearer to the govern
ment The distress already existing
in the suburb of Berlin, right under
their eyes, is fearful. Numberlcss
heads Of families have been unable to
obtain work for months. and with
those dependent upon them live
ona diet Of potatoes only. Volun-
tary charity is invoked and commit
tees are being formed for the system
attic administration Of relief. The
poor look upon the approach of win
ter with terror; never have they been
SO unprovided for. The increase of
distress and restitution appeals TO
Germans at home and abroad. and no.
where will their sympathies be more
powerfully aroused than in America,
when all the facts are known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
RUSH BEGINS TODAY.
Struggle for Places il the Indian
Lands Will be On this
Afternoon.
Railroads are Garry Thousands of
People to Take Chances in
The Contest.
1t is Decided that Settlers Cannot
Enter the KickapOO.
Reservation.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Sept, 2l.-The date
set for the opening OF the new lands is
only one day IN the future. The San
ia fe's four regular passenger trains
two from the north and two from
the south-all came in To dav in four
or i've sections of ten and twelve cars
each, each section carrying hundreds
Of home-seekers The latter were
hustling around buying outfits and
bargaining for con veyance to the Dor
der of the new lands Others were
preparing to start and still others
were just going away.
There was bedlam in the streets and
CONFUSION everywhere. Those who
waited until to-day before taking their
positions for Tuesdays race have
decided advantage over those who
rushed pell nell for the border when
the Presidents proclamation was first
promulgated. They have gained some
official publications which were first
published here to-day and which
give much important information.
The list of those .ctions of lands
reserved for school purposes and those
allotted TO the Indians, all of which are
exempt from presumption was publish
cd to day. This Will be an important
guide to all home ellers, and assure
them against failure to find a home,
which might easily result if they
should choose exempted lands.
The publication ofanother important
piece of official information was also
made to-day It was contained in the
following telegram from Land Com
missioner Carter:
In answer to your dispatch have to
say that settlers can enter the lands
from the klckapoo reservation.
The Kiekapoo re~c:vation is not in
cluded in the La is to be opened to
settlement Tuesday, and lies in the
very heart of those that are to be
opened. North of it is the Iowa reser-
walton. Sout tn of il is the fottawot-
tonic and east of it the Sac and Fox
This permission will be of immense
advantage to the homeSeekers. for il
gives them many m ore miles of availa-
BILE border where they may mass for
the race
When the contents of the telegram
became known. hundreds of boomers
hurried into the hIckapoo reservation
and have taken up positions to wait
for Tuesday noon.
Much satisfaction is expressed over
Secretary Mobiles order to the re gisters
and rec ivers of the land offices 10 pre-
vent, so far as may be in their power,
fraud in connection with the fling of
the Geclaratory statements Of old
soldiers The traffic in these declara-
tory statements has been suspended,
the home seekers regarding them as an
extra hazardous Investment Never
thelesS the line of old soldiers ana old
soldiers attorneys winch formed Fri
day at the door of the land Office here
has heightened itself out fifty yards
since yesterday and every hour adds to
it's length.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
FARM NOTES.

Look well to yonr poultry now and com
mence to get it ready for the Thanksgiv
ing market.
A little more attention to raising small
fruits would help wonderfully on the right
side of the farmers account.
A man who saves the dry manure, but
let's the liquid manure run to waste.
saves at the spigot and wastes at the bung-
hole
A 6ttle salt in the food will ALWAYS be
useful and healthful for pigs. A small
handful of salt thrown into the food of six
or eight pigs every day will improve it.
1t is very important if fall seeding Of
grass Is to be done to arrange to do the
work early, so that the plants can get well
started to growing.
While seeking to improve your other
stock do not forget that the swine are
worthy OF an effort al improvement too
Endeavor 70 make steady progress toward
higher perfection.
Plan the work ahead so that as fast as
the crops are ready to harvest they can be
taken care of. Harvesting in good season
is All important item in securing the best
quality of product.
Kicking cows and horses will always be
scarce on farm where the owner and his
men are always kind to dumb animals.
Animals never kicked, whipped or fright
ened by the men or boys about them don t
know much about kicking.
Comfort must be the rule for live stock
and poultry if they are expected to do
well. Good feed and plenty of it, good
treatment and a mild temperature, would
work revolution in the product books of
many complaining farmers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Biggest not Always Best.

1t is well for farmer to test the capac;.
ty of an acre and find ont how much of
this or that car BE made to produce, but
it is not al ways the best system of agrl-
culture. The size Of crop is one thing,
and the profit of it another. The soil can
be overstocked with fertilizers, and the
ylants thereby overfed. The crop may
nave cost many times more than the aver
age. The man who is striving 70 get the
greatest income for the least outlay, OF, in
other words, the greatest profit from his
acres, must count his investments III
money and time. and apply only enough of
manure, seed. labor and attention to give
the best returns for energy expended.
Each must, by successive trials, decide
what this amount must be. 1t will
pay one man in one locality to eoricn bis
soil and tend his crop of corn tina it will
yield 100 bushels, but another farmer on
another soil in a different locality from
market may lose money if he tries to grow
more than so. Farming is business.
and not game of ''get the biggest CROP"
no matter by what means.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
ROASTED BY Mr.. POLK.
Authors of the Lies About the All.
anee Leader Roundiy Scored.

anee Leader Roundiy Scored.
Dies MONIES, Iowa, Sept. I9-At the
Farmers Alliance picnic held here to-
day President Polk of the national or
ganlzal ion made the principal address.
lie opened with the remarks on organ
!AatiOn and said that the troub BILE Il bout
the issues and all this political schem
Ing is brought about by men who
know that If the boys of the blue and
the gray get together it will be the
death of political tricksters who are
upholding the distinctions of the
North and South, making dissens. on
over issues that are passed.
Speaking of the Kansas ocalled
tar and feather scrape, he said that
when he denied the charge of inhuman
treatment as stated in the papers he
did not know that his life was In
danger. Mr.. Polk said that what he
did say was that the statement was a
malicious, premeditated, and baseless
lie, and he dared any man in his audi
ence to stand up and father it; and to-
day he had this to say-that the man
who WIS so brutal and cowardly as to
do these things would not dare to come
up north of Mason and Dixon line
The speaker said this thing was of a
nature that could not be concealed and
he would give 81, 900 for any truthful
evidence that he ever treated q union
or confederate soldier cruelty or was
ever connected with reEel prison.
The remainder of his speech was de-
votei to financial topics. Gen. Weaver
also spoke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
The Eternal Word

St John, the evangelist, speaks males
tically, with very simple words, as when
he says: ''In the Beginning was the
Word" See with what simple words he
describes God the Creator and al the
creatures, as with flash of lightning.
If philosopher and man of learning
had attempted to write of such things
how would he have gone around about
with wondrous, swelling, high sounding
words, magnificent but obscure, de ent ct
essentia, of self-existence and divine
heavenly powers, so that one could have
understood nothing. Never were simpler
words, yet under such simplicity be says
all.-Martin Luther.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Feeding Hogs.

1t is common practice to keep hogs
barely through spring and summer and
then begin to feed high, often on concen-
trated food. Such abrupt change is apt
to produce bad result. A sudden change
from all grass to all grain overtaxes the
digestive organs, and leads to more
serious results than the loss of food, for the
animal sustains loss of vital force, which
it is slow to regain. Let the hog have
the run of a wide pasture, if possible,
where ne can supply himself to great
extent with his natural foods, as grass,
heritage, roots, ETC., but daily feed him 8
liberal allowance of the best food of the
kind adopted TO his wants, and then he
will be kept in thrifty, growing con-
dition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Tools for BOYS.

There is nothing on the farm that helps
or hinders so much as the tools used. To
load light slip of boy with a heavy,
clumsy, unhandy tool, is to make shirk
of MN az the start. Give him a tool that
is just right, and he will take pride in
its use; use it with vim; do better work,
quicker, and feel that he is doinga good
job. All bad influence are done away
with, and the boy grows up with good
habits because he feels good while at
work. In these respects men are but boys
of an older growth. Choose every tool on
your farm not only to suit the work, but
the one who is to handle it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
NEEDS BISMARCK.
Rumored Reconciliation Between William
and the Ex- Chan cellor.

nERTJN, sept. 2l.-As fears of war
and famine increase and tr ubles
thickcn around the Emperor, rumors
OF rccoDciliat on with Prince Bis
marck are revived. 1t is said that the
Emperor. finding the situation more
difficult than at any time since he
assembled the throne, feels the need of
the advice OF his old counselor and
overtures have been made 10 him
through other eminent personages.
1t Is certain that last week Prince
Luitp Id. Prince of Bavaria who DUR
ing the recent visit Of the Emperor to
Munich was placed in harmonious and
confidential reia tons with Us Aaiee-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
w OrldIiness.

so live for this world under Satan ana
for sensuous things must result in despair.
We shrink in year alter year until our hold
on earthly joys and pleasures is as feeble
as it was wnen we entered into this life.
We know nothing, see nothing, to console
us. Around us men are fading and falling
just as We are. To perish is to lose all,
and suffer many a death in anticipation.
No philosophy can reconcile US to this. Jf
all men were as worldly as ourselves no
one would care to smooth the way for US;
we are but in their road, keeping what
they are eager to possess. From the
Luth ran.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
sui Believe In Prohibition.

DIES MONIES, Iowa Sept. I9.-Among
the resolutions adopted byt he Central
baptist associations, which has just
closed a three days session here is tho
following:
THAT we put ourselves on record "a
most emphatically opposed TO all
measures looking to the repeal OF the
present prohibitory laws of Iowa, and
urge their more vigorous enforce
ment"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

PTrrsBuRG. Pa. Sept 2l-Asper Ca
rano. an Ara bian fatally stabbed a
fe llow-countryman named Gabriella
Coria this morning about o'clock in
the Arabic colony in Basin alley Roth
men are peddlers and were returning
TO their homes. when they got into a
drunken hrawl and Carano plunged
large knife into the abdomen of his
companion. Seeing the result of his
deed he dropped the weapon and fed
but after a hard chase was captured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
ARRESTED ALL THE ACTORS.
Grand Kapids Police stop a sunday
Performance i'm Theaxer

Grand Rapids Police stop a Sunday
Performance i'm Theater.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. 2I-
The police Saturday warned the
Rocky Mountain Wait Dramatic com
pany not to give a Sunday evening
performance, as advertis ed at Red
mond's opera house The perform
ance, a wild West border drama, went
On just the same, with an audience of
about eight hundred people.
At the close of the first act Manager
Burroughs of the opera house tol, the
audience that the play was prohibited
by the police, but the Sunday evening
entertainments would be given dur
ing the winter; tina; the police might
arrest him every week, but could not
interfere with the players or the Deo-
pies pleasure.
Hardly had the applause subsidized
when posse of police under Lieut.
Hurley marched upon The stage and
put the entire company under arrest
and put Burroughs in iron At the
station all but Burroughs Ike Bull,
manager of the company, Louis Vest
hoff and three or four of the leading
actors were released, and those who
were held gave bonds for their appear
ance in the police court The raid
crea C great excitement in the
audience.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

Two Wen Fatally injured Twenty
Carloads OF Cattle Killed

PITTsEURe, Pa, Sept. 2i.-A freight
wreck on the Pennsylvania raj road at
two miles east of Greensburg at one
o'clock this morning demolished forty
freight d. twenty cattle cars. En-
gineer l.ogers and Brakeman Wads-
worth were fatally injured and Fire
man r. e. Stanley seriously hurt
The wreck was caused by the freight
train pa ling on he down grade and
coming together again. Before the
tracks were cleared an east bound cat
tie train crushed into the wreck and
twenty carloads of cattle were killed
The cars were piled on top of each
other one hundred feet high. The loss
will reach away rp in the thousands
An unknown tramp was found burned
TO death
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Five Men Killed I'm u Collision.

BOISE CITY. Idaho, Sept 10 - A
Statesman special from Pocatello,
Idaho, says: A disastrous wreck oc-
Cured yesterday morning on tho
Union Pacific, at Port Neuf, .
station six miles from Pocatello. Two
passenger trains collided, killing fve
men and ser ously injuring several
others The killed are: L. WHdemyer,
mail clerk, and four Indians from Fort
Hall Reservation. The injured are:
Engineer Charles Hoyt, Chris Mac
kerfIie, p P. Gunderson, Mail Clerk
Lyons, two tramps and squaw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Boys on the Farm

To keep the boys on the farm is prob
lem under discussion. One method is to
make the farm interesting to them. Start
the little ones by giving them few bantam
chicks to raise, and as they become ad
vanced allow pig or lamb, or even a colt.
But always allow them the proceeds of
their labor. Children appreciate owner
ship of stock, and the early lessons lead to
a deeper interest later on.