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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
THE FARMERS WIFE.
EDINBURGH SCOTSMAN.

Up with the birds in the morning
d me eewdrops glow like precious gem:
Beauilful t.nts in the skies are t.awning,
but she - never moment 10 look at them;
Inc men are wanting their breakfast early;
she must not linger, she must not wait:
FOR words that are sharp and looks that are
Are what men give when their meals are late.
To glorious colours the clouds are turning,
Ii she would but look over woods and
But there are the dishes and here is the churn
ing
Those things must alway- yield to these.
The world is filled with the wine of beauty,
Ii she could but pause and drink it in;
But pleasur she says, must wait for duty
Neglected work Is committed sin.
The day grows hot, and her hands grow
Oh! for an hour to cool her head,
Out with the birds and the wind SO CHEEKY:
But she must get dinner and bake the
The bu>y men in the hayfe' d working,
- II they saw ner sitting with idle hand
would think ii lazy. and call her shirking,
ana she could never make them under
They do not know that the heart within her
Hungers for beauty and things sublime;
They only know that they want their din
Plenty of it--and "just in time:'.
And after the sweeping and churning and
baking,
one stts ana sews, though her head Is aching,
TIL time for supper and 'chores" draws
nigh.
Her boys at school must look like others,
She. says. as she patches their frocks and
hose;
For the world is quick to censure mothers
For the least neglect of children's clothes,
Her husband comes from the field of labour,
He gives no praise TO the weary wife;
She IS done no more than has her neighbour,
It's the lot of all in country life.
But after the strife and weary tussle
With life is done, and she lies at rest,
The nations brain and heart and muscle
Her sons and daughters shall call be
blest,
And think the sweetest Joy of heaven,
The rarest bliss of eternal life,
And the fairest crown of all will be given
Unto the wayworn farmers wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
FARM NOTES.

There is nothing so brave as love-
Doing wrong always kills something
good in your own soul.
The school IF experience is not a free
school. We nave to pay our own tuition.
"a good tree cannot bring forth evil
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit"
Century Magazine: Don't worry your
brain about the man in the moon, but
study the man In your own oVercoat.
There never did, and there never will,
exist anything permanently noble an ex-
ceIlent in a char icter which was ST. rang
er to the exercise of resoiute self denial -
Scott.
O! many shaft, at random sent,
Finds mark the archer little meant!
And many word, at random spoken,
May soothe or wound a heart that s
broken. Scott
: good name is a great treasure. 1t
will be Yours if you keep straight forward
in the path Of duty and usefulness. But
remember that a good name is easily for
feited and hard to win back when once
lost
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
Hitching the Horse.

One of the best methods of hitching a
horse that is uneasy, or has the habit of
paving in the stall, is to pass rope over
a small pulley. and attach about pound
weight to it, and fasten the halter into
ring or loop on that rope upon the inside
OF the stall, so that when the horse stands
up to the manger the halter will be drawn
up short, and the weight rest upon the
come up enough to give him all the rope
necessary. Some do this and have the
halter fastened to ring, upon the top Of
when they desire to lead him out by the
halter, pass the loose end down through
the other ring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
NOTES ABOUT NOTABLES.

Carmencita refused to appear at re-
cent Chicago benefit performance unless a
local organization Of mandolin, guitar and
banjo players were forced from the pro-
gram to prevent invidious comparison with
her own Spanish accompanies.
J. }. Little, who is to succeed Governor
elect Flower in congress, began life as an
GRAND boy, a sort of assistant to the
''devil" in a printing Office. He spent
his mornings and other odd moments In
learning TO set type and other details OF
the business. He became so proficient
that when one of +, ur compositors who
had charge of the ornamental typesetting
in the ,ftce died young Little was chosen
by the o,heI three to take his place. He
so)n became assistant foreman, then fore
man, and finally became member of the
firm, and now stands at the top of the
Typographical industry of the United
States Mr.. Little is broad min ed and
liberal in his views. While not an orator
in the ordinary acceptation of the term,
he is a man of excellent presence and has
the art of saying the right thing at the
ri .ht time. While he looks thirty five he
is in reality fifty years old, and WIS a SOL
der in the war.
Sir Edward Arnold always smokes a
pipe when DIT work and glories in the fac
that he has written at least eight thousand
editorial leaders, each of which has been
over half column in length.
Mrs. Parnell will receive $500. QUO under
the will of her aunt, the Ia Lady Wood,
and will have an ample fortune with
which to alleviate the sorrows of her wld-
owho,d.
The daughter of Congressman Baker, OF
Kansas. ooes man. wotk on farm
owned 10y herself. She plowS and sows
and attends 10 the various UtLer duties OF
farm life.
esquire" Charles Walter, a Washing
ton justice of he peace, ve,y proud of =
warrant In his possession dated April 10
1866, charging Gen. Grant VITA fast driv-
ing. IL is lndorstd. Fined SIS; paid. V
Below in the generals handwriting are
the worls, Il will appeal at y. m., o. S.
Grant" No appeal. however, was taken
Some Of the southern papers are again
agitatinp the question Of pensioning Mrs.
Jefferson DAVIS TO put her same footing as
@be United States CIV rnment places the
widows of it's preside IL.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
The Secret of Health.

Don't worry.
Don't hurry. TOO swift arrives as tardy
as too SLOW
Simplify! simplify! simplify!'
Don't overeat. Don't starve. LET
your moderation be known to all men,
Court the fresh air day and night
"Oh, if you knew what was in the air :"
Sleep and rest abunaa ntly. Sleep is
nature benedictlon.
Spend less nervous energy each day than
you make.
Be cheerful "a light heart lives
long"
Think only Eealthfui thoughts. ''As a
man thinketh in his heart so he is.
Seek peace and pursue it."
"Work like man, but don't be worked
to DEATH
Avoid passion and excitement. 4
moments anger may be fatal.
Associate with healthy people. Health
is contagious, as we'll as disease.
Don't carry the whole world on your
Shoulders, far less the universe. Trust the
eternal
Never despair. "Lost hope is a fatal
disease"
eff We know the things. happy are ye if
ye do them. The laws of Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26

and dressing. and mending and patching
Itieiny up fingers and toes, and sympa
tnlzlng with EN- in all their great and
little troubles. all fal! to her while the
father Is tending to his farm, or his store,
or his office. or his friends, or maybe his
elllard.table. Whes a woman says, This
Is my child, it carries more weight and
more meaning than when man says it,
ana ze not got much respect Tor law
that viii give man the preference Of
ownership just because heis a man.
Exchanges.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
FARM AND HOME.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Causes for ThankfuIness.
ELLEN ISABELLE TUPPER.

For all that God in mercy sends;
For health and children, home and friends,
For comfort in the time of need,
For every kindly word and deed,
For happy thoughts and holy talk.
For guidance in our daily walk,
For eve ything i've thanks!
For beauty in this world of ours,
For verdant grass and lovely flowers,
For song of birds, for hum of bees,
For the refreshing summer breeze,
For hill aud plain, for streams and wood
For the grest oceans mighty flood,
For everything give thanks!
For the sweet sleep that comes at night,
For the returning mornings light,
For the bri ght sun that shines on high,
For the stars glitterlng in the sky,
For these and everything we zee,
o Lord! our hearts we lift to Thee,
For everything give thanks!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
Grand papa and Children.

When Il man begins to get along In
years he gradually changes from being a
king in bis family to a patriarch. He IS
more tender and kind to his ffsprihg and
instead of ruling them, the first thing he
knows they are ruling him. A child with
out a grandpa and grandma Can never have
It's sh re of happiness, I'm sorry for EN-.
Blessings IN the good OLD people, the ven
cradle grand parents OF the land, the peo-
pie with good old honest ways and simple
habits aud limited desires. who indulge In
no folly, who banker after no big thing,
but live along serene and covet nothing but
the happiness OF their children and chill
dren S children. | said to {. good old
mother not long age: "WeI', hear tina
Anna is to be married. Yes, sir, she
SAID, smiling sorrowtu'ly, Il don't know
what | will do. The last daughter I've
cot is going TO leave me. We nursad her
and pea1ed her all my life, and | kinder
thought she Was mine. bat she's run Oft
after a fellow she s no kin to In the
world, one who never did thing for
her but give her ring or Dock or Two,
and little French candy now and then,
and 1t does loeb so strange and unreason-
able. | couldn { understand It at all If
hadn't me rhe same thing myself a
long time ago." she kept knitting away
with "A smile and tear '.pon her motherIS
face. But I'm not going to SANDER these
little chaps hat keep Us 80 busy looking
after them tor there is no meaness In their
mischief, and If they take liberties il Is
b cause We jet'em. Ms. Arp says they
al z just too sweet to live, aud is Away
rarratlng some of their smart sayings
Well, they are mighty smart, for the,
know exactly how 70 get everything ane
do everything they Want, tor they know
to manage her, and they know that she
manages me, and that settles it. 4 man
is the head IT the hou,e. but about some
other things he is only next I'D the bead.
If be amt fool A N IN can punish his
chll. r n, but it 5 aiwa, advi ale to MAXI
an explanaiio in Que time and let ms
wife know what he did it for, because. yon
see they are Der children, sure ,nou9b.
and she Know it and feels it. The pain
and trouble, the nureing and night watch
ing. HAY, all been hers, The washing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
Peace on Earth

Is not the boon vouchsafed to the chronic nervous
invalid. Slight noises startle him, odd and nm
expected sensations preplex him. He nethe,
sleeps soundly nor eats heartily, he is almost in
variabiy troubled with dyspepsia. What should
he do! Begin sni pursue systematically a course
bt Hostetter's Stomach Bitters With digestion
fortified and food assimllated, strength returns
the nerves grow tranquil and the re of life re.
turns. blessed contamination indeed, and not
,nly efectnally, hut pleasantly wrought by the
Bitters. Biionsness, malaria, rheumatism, kid
p-y Complain. are also prevented and ed by
this sovereign regulating medicine. Try it n
once IL your nerves are out of order. and il their
weakness is perpetuated by the exi.tenc- of dis
es-e. A superb appetizer and promoter Of sound
repOse.
A meteorite. found few weeks ago In
the roots of a willow Tree at Lvsaei'7
Denmark, was seen ty the inu-r to
into the tree in August, 1913.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
Adaptao ility in House eeping.

The keeper Of house In such manner
as to result In d genuine home is largely in
considering housekeeping in its true rea
ton as subfervient to the household hfe;
to consider that the household is made for
the family, and not the family for the
household. The housekeeping that is 30
immaculate that comfort is sacrificed to
order, that convenience is sacrificed to
appearance, is by no means ideal. however
fair may be its outward aspect. Order,
runctuality, clea' llness, economy are
virtues in the relative sense, and only as
they are held adjustable are they strictly
virtues. The lite is more than meat. and
there may be oonsidera ions of enjoyment
or Of social duties that quite supercede a
regulation that rivals that Of the Modes
and Perslans III its uIvarylng character.
In many households the family would gain
largely by considering breakfast as NOV
able feast, to be partaken Of at the indi
vidual convenience Of each member of the
family, rather than to be appointt d It d
fixed hour. when all must, perforce, APP
pear. Coffee and rolls served in ones
room often enable one to write letters or
perform some needed task, impossible If a
regular breakfast hour down stairs must
be observed The French custom is gain
ing more and more in American house
holds, and it is one to welcomed. Adapta-
bility and adjustabillty are the most de-
sirabe of factors in housekeeping econo-
my. The morning is usually the best time
for any individual work. Then the hours
are, as rule, free from social demands,
and the individual Is Ia his best CO dition
for ting. or for whatever employ ment
he may be engaged in, if of a nature re-
curing solitude ami thought. A margin
OF asy-going latitude IN housekeeping
life need interfere with no essential ar
rang-ment, and may add world Of COM
fort to Individual living.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
Setting MILK.

Milk set in milk pans in pantry at
temperature of sixty to sixty. FIVE deprees
will raise more cream and butter than
milk set in cooler pals at a temperature
of 6fsy,six degrees. Milk to which 50
per cent. water has Deen added will raise
more cream when set at fifty five degrees
than the same to which no water has been
added.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
FARM NOTES.
Wheat for Fowls

Wheat fed whole to laying fowls, and
wheat screenings or cracked wheat fed to
young chicks have always produced the
most desirable results, though it must be
remembered that they must not be fed in
the same quantities as corn. The tend
ency of wheat is to produce healthy
growth, feed the muscular tissues and aid
materially in causing the hens to lay
often. and rich eggs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
Keeping Animals.

Keep as many animals as possible, but
do not keep more than can be comfortably
sheltered. A sheep should have twenty
square feet of room, as crowding is in-
furious. Too many animals will occasion
d loss, but the capacity of the farm and
buildings for the support of stock should
be fully utilized.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
Wood Co. Reporter.
RAPIDS, WISCONSIN.

NV YCKK republicans are low taking
| cut of the hide Of the new ballot law,
which prevents the manufacturers from
driving their workmen to the polls in
herds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26

LORD SALISBURY has intimated to the
Turkish ambassador in London that Eng f.
land is willing to reopen negotiations for |
2 regulation of Egyptian affairs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26

oUpERIoR people are discussing the
problayn of the proper disposal OF the
dead ais is important as indicating
that people up that way cease hustling
long enough to die occasionally.
BISMARCK has decided that no part of
mis- memoirs shall be published during his
lifetime. By law which Bismarck him
self passed when he was prosecuting the
late Count Won Arnim, Prussian minis
ter or ambassador is prohibited from pub
fishing any documents which relate to
public or official transactions without the
express permission Of the sovereign; the
res ut being that Bismarck would be
obliged to submit the proof sheets to En-
peror William for his approval, humilla-
ton which the ex chancellor certainly
would not endure. Posterity will be the
gamer by the law Contemporary history
is farce. It is written to please, not to
portraE tie truth.
AN officer In the employ of the United
States government, according to the New
York Times, has received a letter from an
officer on the general staff of the German
emperor, which indicates that a general
European war is expected by next spring
Emperor William is making arrangement
for it by securing an option on guns and
provisions in this country. One hundred
thousand stands of arms, quantities OF
war munitions and provisions are now
stored in anticipation of such war. The
fact that Russia has $50, 900 soldiers mass
ed on her western frontier, and the
further fact that Alexander recently re-
fused the Inequalities of William, are
regarded as straws showing that the wind
is blowing toward war. On the other
hand Lord Salisbury says no signs OF
foreign outbreak are visible.
MEDDLESOME AUSTRIA.
Austria is not a passive nation. 1t is
alel t, aggressive, and not infrcquently OBJ
trusive. In no forei On country does the
royal family lay stronger JUNCTION on the
divine right of kings and in no country o.
Europe is the republican spirit kept il
more thorough subsection.
During the French revolution the Aus
trian emperor exerted all his infu
ence 10 maintain the unfortunate
Louis XVI. on bis throne, and in Austria
the Corsican parvenu, whose pastime was
he overturning of kingdoms and tn.
humiliation of royal rulers, found an I'M
plncable foe whose determined opposition
contributed in no small measure to his
final overthrow.
And so, too, at later period easily
within recollection, another Austrian
monarch sought to take advantage of the
internal troubles in the United
States to establish a branch of hi
InaG IdIa
experiment. cost the unfortunate Arcadukt
Macmillan his life and its dismal failure
twould seem, ought to have cured thu
Austrian government Of its propensity tt
meddle in affairs not properly pertaining
10 its own nation.
But it appears that such has not beer
ne effect, for now the Hapsburg dynastr1
is said to be busily fostering the Brazilian
uprising In an endeavor to secure the re-
instatement of Dom Pedro upon the
throne at whose possession the dictator
ship of Fonseca is DIV DUSTY aiming.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-07
The Weather and the Crops.

The following weekly weather crop
bulletin Of the South Carolina weather
service, in cooperation with the United
States signal service, was issued Satur-
day:
The temperature and sunshine have
been above the normal and very bene-
licial to all crops. The amount of rain
fall has been below the normal and
badly distributed, but local rains have
fallen in many sections within the last
Two days and will prove of great bene-
llt TO crops where the prospects were
beginning to look gloomy. The plant
ing of cotton and, in fact, all farm
work has been very much retarded by
dry weather. In many instances there
has been SO little moisture in the soil
that the seed planted several days have
not germinatcd. But where the cotton
was planted early it is looking remark
ably well, but this condition is confined
TO small area compared to the entire
crop. On stiff, clay lands it has been
very difficult to plow and to prepare the
SOIL for reception Of the seed. Corn is
generally vigorous and growing, but
complaints are being made of imperfect
stands, causing an unusual amount of
replanting. The entire corn crop is
not yet planted. Rice in low lands is
being planted and replanted where it
WIS injured by Hoods IA few weeks ago.
The acreage in wheat and oats has been
reduced considerably below an average.
But from every part of the State the
reports show that both crops are in
line condition. The early sowing, as
usual. is in a much better condition
than that SOWn late. The truck farm
erS are cheel ful and their prospects for
full crops are very encour ,ging. Large
shipments 0! Stra wberrieS and vegeta-
b!eS are daily being sent to the North
ern markets.
The condition of the farms just at
this time, while IL little unfavorable,
are not at all discouraging. The farm
trS are hard at work and buoyant
feeling permeates nearly every indus
try, Justifying the hope of successful
year ant Il general Industrial develop
ment throughout the State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-07
Florida Phosphate Industry.

BALTIMORE, April 25.-Thc Manu-
facturers' Record Of this week publishes
the full history Of the development of the
phosphate mining interest Of Florida
and South Carolina.
Since 1889, when one company COM
mcnccd to mine phosphate rock in Flor
ida on small scale, this industry has
developed with wonderful rapidty, and
investments in phosphate lands have
been on an enormous scale.
The Manufacturers Records list of
companies now operating there shows
that over $4,000 has been invested with
in two years, and that these companies
now hayc daily capacity of 1000 tons
OF phosphate rock, which will be in
creased shortly - 5000 tons by the COM
plction OF mining plants now under con-
structlon. In addition to these compa-
MES, iilty-one others, with an aggregate
capital stock of over $2l, 100000, have
been lncorpol atcd to devel, p phosphate
lands, but are not yet at work.
In South Carolina there are twenty
eight phosphate mining companies. with
an aggregate capital Of $G,5lO, 900, and
The production last year was 537, 149
tons. There are also eighteen fertiI izer
manufacturing companies in that state,
having capital of nearly s. 900, 900
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-07
any reason, should preserve the fore
going tables for the purposes OF COM
pariscn and for future reference"
Tho Alliance OF the South.

New Y DIRK, April 26.-Geo. w. Shell,
Congressman from South Carolina,
WAS at the New York Hotel Thursday,
accompanied by Captain Dial, promi-
ncnt banker OF his State. Mr.. Shell
succeeds Congressman Perry of the
Fourth District. He was chairman of
the committee which conducted Till
mans campaign last Fall and is mem
Der Of the Farmers Alliance. He has
been prominent in State politics for
many years, and for several terms has
been Clerk of the Court in Laurens
County. He told a New York Times
reporter that he was Il Democrat, not
wlthStandlng he was Il member Of the
Farmers Alliance.
"The Alliance is strong and is grow
ing steadily" he said, but when it
comes to politics there are but two
parties in South Carolina, Democrats
and Republicans. The whites are
Democrats, the colored men Republi-
cans. am farmer, and | was elected
us such over another Democrat who
was lawyer and SO not eligible to
membership. But | shall vote as a
Democrat l do not endorse all the
principles Of the Ocala platform.
Senator lrby OF South Carolina is Il
member OF the Alliance, but he will
vote with the Democrats. He wouldn't
vote for his brother for anything if he
were not Democrat. This rule will
hold all through South Carolina, and, |
believe, in Georgia and elsewhere in
the South. The Alliance will not break
from the Jho great parties. 1t will
grow and be of great advantage to its
members. AS between two candidates
III the same party, one al Alliance man
and the other not, it would support its
own man probably. but that is the ex-
tent to which it will go into politics.
Its members are Democrats and they
will remain 50. The South is Demo
cratic from necessity. The Kansas AL
lance IS different thing from the
Southern Alliance, | think"