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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
DrOnes Meeting Il Virgin Qupn

The Rev. w. +. Taylor, of La Porte,
Ia, says in u recent number of the A.
s. J.
i YVES my pleasure yesterday to git-
ness q sight l have Ionged to see for
years thank Providence for the
privilege. About one z. M. a virgin
queen, urged strongly by the bees to 60
out of the hive of a nucleus COLONY,
tried several times to fly but failed.
Then | caught her and tossed her I'D
IN the air, and discovered that she could
not fly. Next l picked her up, and see
ing her run about on my left hand
carried her to within about 10 feet of
queenleSS colony that l had Just fed
some honey a few minutes before, and.
to my establishment, the .drOneS came
rushing about this queen en- my hand
like mad hornets. One dOne threw
her over on her side, but she was on
her feet in an instant. Several dronea
gave her each a tap, and then left.
In a short time the buzzing stopped,
and the drones all went back to their
hive. But not one Of these drones left
any of the SeX-organs adherng to the
queen. I do not know that this queen
is pregnant, but | shall watch her
closely for the next two days to see
when she begins laying, and whether
she attempts to leave the hive again.
l have believed during the past that
the reason the bees from ore queen
vary so much in color, is because tbe
queen en- her Nadding-toEn meets and
copulates with different drones of var
iouS stripes. Then nay observation has
been that only about one-fourth of the
queens that become fortified carry
enough Of the vital fluid with them.
ceceiyed from the drGnes, to be visible
80 the naked eye at all.
[ have watched some virgin queens
very closely, have seen them come
cut of the hive as many as half-dozen
times, then / have opened the hive and
scyutinized the queen very closely, but
could see no trace Of fertilization until
the next two days, then | would see the
abdomen begin to enlarge, and know in
this way that she had met some drones;
1oI sIEC DeS1A " DIT ld5S dlt-
pointed time.
One fact is now settled, namely. that
the queen attracts the drones. and not
the droRes the queen. The many are
attracted toward the one, and not the
one toward the many.
Another truth is. that the queen must
be ION the spree" or have the desired
seXual-impulse to attract the drones
L few weeks ago when there were
some 80 virgin queens on the wing one
day, I observed that the drones We're SC
excited as to fly in and out of their
hives like robber bees.
Yes. reader, the drOne fills his mission
well in life, and if we find we can do
as well as he, we shall fell well at the
close of life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
EnthuSia SIN.

In this world of ours there is moth
ing so likely to succeed is wise and
well-directed enthusiasm. It is the en-
thusiastic man or woman that wins
our interest and accomplishes results
Lazy and lack-a-daisical people fall be-
hind III life's race, but the enthusiastic
keep to the front and get the prize
1t is the cause which rouses popular
enthusiasm that sweeps on to victory
Lack Of enthusiasm has lost many a
battle and made many a failure. of
all people in the world, young people
ought to be enthusiastic. Of course
there may be an enthusiasm which has
no solid basis on which to rest and no
principles behind it to give it proper
support. Everybody wants first to get
a correct foundation on which to build
and to have right views of life for
his guidance But with these things
understood there is nothing young peo-
pie so much need as an enthusiastic
spirit. If they will take hold of their
work With enthusiasm, if they will
put an earnest spirit in Ill they under
take, they will accomplish wonders.
Don't be lack-a-daisical. Go into things
with Ill your might. Throw your
whole soul into your meetings, your
addresses, your prayers and your songs
Garry into your religion the same life
YOU show i'll your athletics or your
play. Then you will be power in
the world, and success will be sure to
come.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
What to Forget.

Lutheran Observer: If you would
increase your happiness and promote
your life, forget your neighbours faults.
Forget the slaRder you have ever
heard. Forget the temptations. For
get the fault-finding, and give little
thought to the cause that provoked it.
Forget the peculiaritias of your friends,
and only remember the good points
that make you fond of them. Forget
all peIsC1al Quarrels of histories that
you may have heard by accident, aud
Which, if repeated, would seem IL
thousand times worse than they are.
Oblitcrclte everything sagreeabIe from
Yesterday; start out with Il clean sheet
for to-day. and write upon it, for sweet
memory's sake, only those things that
are lovely aud loyaDle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
DEMOCRATIC TESTIMONY.

InCiana Joins New York on the Wage
Question.
The Chicago Herald, and every other
free trade paper that seeks to lessen the
height of Commissioner PeclI's evidence
in favor of the tariff, is informed that
another democratic official statesman.
in the state, has spoken, and that his
evidence is in accord with that of Mr..
Peck.
Mr.. Peelle is chief of the Indiana
bureau of statistics, and has been
chief ut any time during the last fifteen
years, when the office was in the gift
of the democratic party. He is a
democrat of the democrats. A sum
mary of his last report is thus made ~
the indianapolis News, which is Il fire :
trade newspaper:
Two facts are prominent in Mr..
peclle's reportN The average earnings
of Wage-WOrkers, if these conclusions
are trustworthy, are larger than has
generally been believed. In Indian
apolis the average yearly earnings are
estimated by Mr.. Pelle to be $3.50; in
Evansville. $541, and ia Terre Haute,
$623. The weight of published evidence
has heretofore indicated an average of
annual earnings smaller than here
| given
SO that in Indiana, as well as in New
York, the testimony of a democratic
official is in proof of an increase IF
wages since the passage of the Nc
Kinley bill.
1t will not pay the Herald to call Mr..
Pelle "a traitor" or anything of that
sort. The people of Indiana won't have
it that way. They know Mr. Pelle to
be an honest man and an honest demo-
crat.
Neither Will it pay to seek to break
his evidence by saying that it is beased
upon the replies of manufactures to
his inquiries, for it is based upon the
testimony Of Wage-earnerS. We prefer
that our fIee-trade friends, the Indian
apOiiS News, should state the case. 1t
says:
Mr.. Pelle made detailed inquiry con-
corning the cost of living in thirty-siX
homes in Indianapolis, twenty in Evans
vile and fifteen in Terre Haute The
only principle followed in making selec-
ton was to choose the families whose
support depended on as many different
occupations as possible. Many of the
common wage-earning employments are
included
! Thus we find that stanch democrat
| Commissioner PeeIie, of Indiana-cOr-
roborating the evidence of that other
stanch democrat Commissioner Peck
! of New York. And we note that while
! Peck reached his conclusions through
I correspondence with capitalists, Mr.
Peelle arrived at his conclusions through
interviews with wage-earners. SO that
we have the concurrent testimony Of
labor i'll Indiana and of capital in New
/ York presented to us by democratic
officials, and in each case the testimony
attirlns an improved condition of labor
since the passage of the Mckinley bill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
GLEANINGS.

The soul of man is the greatest
thing God ever created.
The truly brave people are those
who are not afraid of the truth.
When men first begin going away
from God they don't do it on the run.
"There shall no evil happen to the
just; but the wicked shall be filled
with mischief"
1t seems to take n great deal of
trouble to get some people where they
can be happy.
Ii there is wickedness iD the heart.
it is sure. sooner or later, 70 break out
at the mouth.
Sunshine is helpful to the plants and
flowers, and it is good for the young
in Christ to enjoy the Saviors light.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
Apples for Cows.

Cows loves apples, and a few are not
injurious to them nor prejudicial to a
large flow of milk. But we never knew
conditions where cows could run in
apple orchards and help themselves to
fruit without getting far too much. The
apple tree should be trained so low that
a COW can reach the lower limbs even
when not loaded with fruit. They have
great fondness for apple leaves when
they cannot get apples, and will strip
the limbs of leaves if allowed access
to them. This helps to dry up their
flow of milk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
Good leeds.

Are you performing any labor OF
sacrifice for your fCllowmau: Many
lives are hardened, many hearts en-
crusted, merely because they do not
expand towards others on the great
highway of life. Every self-denial for
the sake of your brother; every seIiti-
ment of sympathy expressed for tie
fallen, every endeavOr which kintllrs
Il noble response in our friends. plants
a new spring of nobility in our natures.
The reflex benefit Of Il good deed is
always more benefcient in results to-
ward him who gave than the act itself
toward him who received.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
The HGrrOw.

The harrow is a neglected implement
with many farmers. We know men
who seem to think the spring is its only
season of utility, and its only use is TO
follow the plcw when breaking up the
ground; but our more progressive farm
erS are learning to put it to other uses,
such rs narrowing the corn and pota-
toes lightly just as they begin 10 show
above ground. narrowing the wheat in
both spring and fall. narrowing down
clover and weeds preparatory to plow-
Ing them tmder-of course. running the
harrow in the same direction the pillow
Is 10 Eo-and other uses too numerous
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13

1t will cost but little time to keep a
record of all the happenings on the
farm. Jot down this trouble and that
enc. Note the laying qualities, that
new sickness, the experience you have
with certain cures, the benefits derived
from certain feeds, how you can
most probably make eggs and grow
chickens. Keep a record of all the de
tails, and you will be writing book
of untold value That is the way ex-
perimentalists do. Besides you leave a
book of practical experience and you
will thus do double duty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
Irish Potatoes for Winter.

In a bulletin issued from the North
Carolina station a summary of the .e-
plies given by a humber of southern
growers about their methods of winter
storing of Irish potatoes makes it APP
pear that all agree that the late crop
is easy to keep. Many prefer to store
in barrels or crates in an outbuilding,
some spreading on barn-foors and
cover with straw, but the majority
prefer storing in hills outdoors with
earth. Nearly all agree on the neces-
sity for keeping the potatoes cool and
dark
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
Fine Mutton.

There is a vast region in the south, a
coast belt sixty miles wide, on the gulf
and the south Atlantic, and including
the whole of Florida, where the salt in
the air makes sheep perennially
healthy, and the millions of acres of
wire grass make them cost nothing
from years end to years end. Wire
grass mutton Geally made on sweet
herbs) is the finest on the continent,
according to the sheep Breeders and
Wool Brewers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
THE FORCE" BILL.
The Law Which Gives Democrats Bad
Dreams.

The Law Which Gives Democrats Bad
Dreams.
\. I. Advertiser: Let US see what
the republican party in its late national
convention pledged itself with refer
ence to this matter of the force bill.
Here is the terrible plank in full:
I'VE demand that every citizen of
the United States shall be allowed to
cast one free and unrestricted ballot in
all public elections, and that such ballor
shall be counted and returned as cast;
that such laws shall be enacted and en-
forced as will secure to every citizen.
be he rich or poor, native or foreign
born, white or black this sovereign
right guaranteed by the constitution.
The free and honest popular ballot, the
just and equal representation of I'LL
the people, as well as their just and
equal protection under the laws, are the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13

emphasize just now, however, is its EN-
ployment in the preparation of the
wheat ground for fall seeding. You can
not use the harrow too much here. Go
over and over the field as often as yol
can, and there will yet be places where
another turn OF the harrow Will be
of benefit. No other implement will -
fine and firm the soil at the same
time, and it is such Il seed bed, fine on
top and firm beneath, that the wheat
must be placed if you are looking 70,
Il good crop. No other aid-fertilizer o.
any thing else-wiu make amends for
the absence of this.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
What q Rich Wan Said.

St. Louis Advocate: l can ride no
easier in a fine carriage than you can
in an omnibus for five cents. without
the trouble Of attending to drivers.
footmen and hostlers; and rs to any
thing, 1 desire, 1 can tell you, young
man, that the less VIC desire in this
world the happier we shall be. All
my wealth can not buy me a single
day more of life-can not bring back
my youth-can not purchase exemption
from sickness and pain-can not pro-
cure me power to keep afar off the
hour of death-and then, what will it
avail when, in 4 few short years at
most, I lie down in the grave and
leave it forever? Yourg man, you have
no cause to envy me.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
How to Ship Poultry.

To lessen the suffering of poultry
while being shipped, follow these rules:
Do not crowd them. Place cups for
water at the four corners of the coop
and also midway between. Place
boxes of feed by the side of the cups.
Put sand and gravel on the floor Have
the cOops at least twenty inches high
with a cloth top and the sides open,
so as to protect from the sun as well as
provide air and keep the coop cool.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
Improved Stock.

One benefit of improved stock is that
it is an educating force in farm life.
The owner of improved stock will not
feel satisfied to see it depreciate, and
he studies into stock-breeding and feed
ing so as to avoid the reproach. 1t
teaches him to think more than in the
past, and thinking farmers are usually
successful farmers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
\ Nice Egg supper Dish.

Boil six or eight eggs hard. When
cold remove the shells, divide in halves,
place in a vegetable dish and cover
them with a gravy made of a pint or
less of milk, tablespOonfuls butter,
little SALT and thicken with half
tablespoonful corn starch Let this
scald well before pouring it over the
eggs. Eat hot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13
THE KITCHEN.
String Reans Picked.

Pick them while young or before
the beans have come to any size,
string md cook tender in slightly salt
ed water. Drain and pour over them
hot vinegar in which cloves and Gin
namon have been scalded Cover, TO
keep them under the vinegar, and
they Will soon be ready for use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-13

Wilb arforce: Faith trembling, but
holding fast! The firmest thing in this
inferior world is a believing soul.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-11-05

PAR RAOUL DE NAyERY.
XXI
TROIS MESSENGERS


Tn moline, debout dams iembrasure
de la fenetre, dosait DIES remedies, I'm
jeune novice preparait DIES bandages,
tandis qu'un vieillard pratt a mon
chevet. J'essayai de me souleyer,
lie voulais m'informer Silence, me
dit lie plus vieux dies moines, pas IN
geste, pas une parole, on je ne responds
plus de votre vie...Je retombai dams
un engourdissement que he tarda pas
q suivre une fievre yiolente. Les
hommes ct les chooses Sc mouvaient
ct Sc passaient dams une sorte de
demijour. La perception absolute
dies sensations ne me %revenait pas
encore. Je ne pouvais m'expliquer
ma presence dams une c%ellulc, au
milieu de ces religieux... Miser!corde
du ciel quand je lie compris, Ia grace
m'avait touche ct deja mon seul desir
Gtait de reparer lie passe ct de vouer
mes jours a la penitence... Je confes-
sal mes fautes, mes haines, mes
crimes; I'm pretre me pardonna al
nom du Sauyeur, ct pour Ia premiere
fois de ma vie ie sus ce que c'est que
l'allegresse de Tame. On me raconta
comment un frese conyers, trayersant
la campagne ct ramenant au convent
n charrette de fourrages, m'ayait
trouve sur la route baignant dams
NOR sang. II m'avait relieve, couchG
sur la paille ct amene dams lie monas-
tere. .Avec une delicatesse qui ne Sc
trouve que dams les ames chretiennes:
lie superieur qui m'accordait cette
hospitalite ne m'avait rien demande
Reinforcement a mon nom ct 4 ma
situation. J'Gtais I'm frere, IN pc
cheur, il me tendait les bras. Jamais
la curiosite ne fut seur de la charlie.
Deux mois apres notre rencontre SUI
la ~passerelle du torrent, j'avais retrou
We mes forces. II meut etc possible
de retourner q Nienne, de %reprerdrt
ma place a larmee. mon rang dams
lie monde, mails je men eprouyais plus
lie dGsir. Toute ambition mourut en-
moi du jour OH le compris lie neaIt
DIES chooses de ce monde. La paiS
du clo1tre me gardait ct m'~envanissait
irrGsistiblement. Je m'enNe oppais
de cette sentation de paix profonde
de paix de Dleu, qui est Ia realisation
de la fGlicite terrestre en- attendan-
l'extase du ciel. Les moines NJ
s'informerent jamais de l'Gpoque q;
mon depart. De meme que Je me
tails attachG a eux, lis s'Gtaient alta
che a moi. lie SUPERIOR deyinait m;
secrete pensee, mails il Sc garda de nj
lie laisser voir. Dieu qui NAVAL
relieve de l'abjection de mes faute:
devait achever son euvre sans inter
vention humane. Enin, I'm soir
i'etais depuis six mois dams lie cou
vent, lorsque je peignis au superior
mon vii ddsir dy prononcer DIES ynu,
perpetuels.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-11-05
ATELIER ~TYPoGRAPHIGUE.

Ayant tout lie materiel necessaire, nous
som:nes A meme d'ex4cnter tons les ouvrages
typographiaues qui nous seront comics. Les
briefs d'avocat. cartes d'atfaires, entetes de
features, tickets d'labitation, hlancs. circu-
laires, etc, seront imprimcs dams lie plus bre
deIai ct a ces prix uul detent toute concur
renee.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-11-05
DIES prodiges, repondit Agnes en-
serrant les mains de la bohemienne.

" =" 'A~t |
Zinga, ct j'espere que cette fois tn
me suivras pour ne jamais me q%uitter.
Madame, r6pondit Ii Gitane, en-
jetant I'll long regard sur Albert, je
vous remercie, je yous remercie ct je
refuse ..Nous m'ayez appris que le
devouement porte dies fruits de ioie,
je ne quitterai pas Gaspard Orsol
monsieur Fable nous mariera le mois
proclaim ct ie resterai 4 Idria on
tant Gle malneureux ont besoln de
secours ct de consultations.
Agnes ne vouIut point en- &c
moment essayer de combattre la
Zingarelle, ellie rentra dams Ia maison
de Table Fulda ct gagna sa chambre
OH la Gitane vint Ia rejoindre.
-Cette fois, dit Ia file bohGme. la
toilette qu'ayait choisie le docteur va
vous %seryir, madame. II ny a plus
lei de femme de mineur, mails une
grande dame de Vienne don't ie serai
la cameriste.
Agnes laissa Ia Gitane accommoder
So couture, ct lui passer l'habit choisi
par lie savant.
Une feur place. a son corsage
termina sa parure, ct ellie descendit
lie visage eclatant, rnil radieux de
jeunesse ct de joie.
-Toute trace de chagrin await
disparu il lui semblait qu'elle sortait
dun mauvais reve. lie repas fut
anime dependant la plupart de ceux
qui J assistaient await trop souffert
pour ne pas conserver au fond du
c9ur Ia grayite qui suit les dures
epreuves.
Ners la fin de la soirGe, Table
Fulda Sc leva
-Eous allez me gutter, leur dit il,
yous a qui je dus DIES consultations
dams nor ministere ct une affection
don't je ne pourrais 0 u exprimer Ia
puissance ..Soyez heureux mails ne
m'oubliez pas. .Souvenez-vous tous,
a Vienne, dies mineurs don't vous
conDlissez les tortures. .Continuez
la-bas, docteur, dies experiences qui
auront TN jour resultat de sauver la
vie a dies milliers de malheureux.
Et puts, de temps en- temps, ecrivez
au pauvre pretre qui cut le temps de
vous juger, de vous apprecier, de
vous cherir.
La voix de rap6tre dIdrla faiblit
il baissa Ia tete, ct dies harness coule-
rent sur sa joue.
-Allez maintenant reposer dams la
paix du Seigneur, dit-il, demain nous
nous dirons adieu.
LIE lendemain la Gitane baisait
pour la derniere fois Ia main d'A .nes
ct celle de Carlo, tandis que Halls Sc
jetait dams les bras de Table Fulda.
-Je reviendrai dit lie sayant, lie
vous promets de ~reyenir
Une heure plus ta1d Ryswick repre-
matt Ia route de son convent, tandis
que Melbourg, qui venait de METRE
son carrosse aux ordres de Ia com
Jesse Albert, Sc tenait debout 4 la
portiere.
Iillia envoyait DIES Eaisers 4 Ii
comtesse, Stelitz prit place dams h
voiture l'ofIicier de Trabans i monta
le dernier ct lie cochef enveioppa les
chevaux dun coup DC fouet rcten-
t%issant. Les jeunes gems T. ienaient
aux portes adrcssant dc ~touchants
adieux i cclle qui leur await dome
rexemple dun h6rolque dtyouement.
Des tleurs fureLt lancGes par les por-
there's, mile voix lui criaient
-Vivez h~eureuse n'oubIiez pas
les Travailleurs de Ia Mort.