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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-27
Foreign.


Hate for Mckinley is a leading feature in
the British campaign. -. A trusted French
Government clerk sold fortif1cation secrets
to hostile powers. Letters are tor sale in
England which reveal royal secrets -. .Dud-
ley pictures sold for prtncely prices
Queen Victoria attended a Wild West show
"A woman struck Gladstone with a crust
of gingerbread. "A Canadian militia man is
in danger of tar and feathers for favoring
annexation -. Evidence against the London
prisoner was found in Canada. :. An unpub-
lished manuscript by Victor Hugo was dis
covered. Two condemned murderers in
Mexico fought a duel and both were killed
-. Bismarck found he is popular in Bavaria
:. Germany will bolster up the credit of
Italy. The proposed commercial entente
between Russia and Germany failed.
Matto Crosse rebels adopted policy Of mas
sacre.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24

good deal of noise and the bows had be-
gun to think the roof could not be forced.
when Jean cried out that d plir of eyes
soldiers looked and both saw the head Of a
wolf. Il
IL is big follow" said A. t,ire.
bring. ng his musket TO bear on tue appal
l;ion. ut is the head Of the wolf
We d s'urbed when we came to hi but.
The next momant the cabin wa, file
with smoke and the boys s:w the head
vanish, and the stars only were s.tn
trough the hole 10 the roof,
''Listen!" said Jean, suddenly, and he
bent toward the door. making an ear-trum
pet with his hands.
The little ffer looked through a crack
He turned to his friend, crying out with
Joy:
snow. They seem to be borsemen. What
ever they ere, they are coming this way
They are too tall to be more wolves
Jean picked up the drum and beat a
wild tune, which went out over the snow.
II was answered by shouts, and both
could see horsemen gaIloping forwad
They are Cossacksr' whispered An-
tome his shoulder to the door. Antoine
mechanically met them, firing away his
last charge and dropping his weapon.
In another moment a party of wild
looking Cossack8 swooped down upon the
hut and surrounded it while the wolves
drew eff
Come OUT" cried the Cossacks, Come
out. you are within Surrender to the
soldiers of the great czar!"
Jean and Antoine opened the door and
walked forth. When the Cossacks saw the
two boys they set up loud laugh, and
their hetman, a fne-looking fellow,
satirioally touched his cap in the way of a
salute. They had expected TO capture a
number of men soldiers
Yes, there is the big Welt on the roof, ~
said Jean to Antoine; and sure enough up
there lay the gray monster, the cause of all
their trouble. One Of the Cossacks pulled
the carcass from the roof and threw it On
the snow
PLAY for u.s." comm anded the leader of
the wild band.
Jean and Antoine drew up together in
the snow, and In moment the lively airs
OF France were waited over the dreary
waste. For while the faces of the Cos
sacks clouded.
But at last they swung their great cans
over their heads and cheered the boys of
the Yonne
you shall go back to your army" said
the hetman. ''You shall not be taken to
prison. You have been brave. We like
brave boys like cur own"
The next day the rear guard of the
grand army saw approaching them with a
white flag troop of wild horsemen of the
steppes, and the regiment to which Jean
and Atoine belonged was overjoyed to re-
ceive once more into the ranks the little
musicians.
The boys endured the horrors Of that
retreat, and in after years, when they sat
with old playmates under the spreading
trees of the village and related stories of
Napoleon Inflated campaign, they never
failed to tell how they fought the big
wolf and bis pack, and their rescue 10y the
Cossack Of theDop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
WHAT THE TARIFF HAS sDONE,
Governor Mckinley Tells Two Very Coco
Storiaa

Speaking of the amusing incidents
eau ed b. The new tariff, SAID Governor
Mckinley 1e- ently:
1T is funny about macaronl. Now
dldn t know much about il. and when the
question came up in committee a. to what
we should do with it, | suggested that we
do the regular thing, the same as we
did with pearl buttons. chiokory, silk and
tin.
What was that?"
why, let the raw material come in free.
but put protective tariff on the manufac-
tured article and bring the manufacturer
to this country. But some one said.
why, the raw material of m .caroni is
wheat, and think" said the governor.
smiling, what a silly thing to send Amer
lean wheat to Italy, sell it for two cents
per pound and then buy it back made into
macaroni and sell it for six! So we put
protective tariff on manufactured maca.
ROM, and, 10 and behold, have d list of
seventeen macaroni factories in America,
and they are now making better and
cheaper macaroni than we used to get
from Italy,"
And the pearl button bugaboo that
used to keep the New York Times mug
wump up nights. What of that"
asked
why, we've got fifteen pearl button
factories in this country now, one of them
away out In Omahe; and they are paying
American wages, using better machinery,
and selling American pearl buttons to the
people as cheap as ever. In fact, as with
plate glass, we've overproduced pearl but.
tons, and now the manufacturer ARE talk
Ing OF pearl button trust. Think of
pearl button trust In America when year
ago the mugwump said we could never
make them!'
Governor Mckinley is the happiest man
IN America to-day. He is proud of his
work and believes the tariff is working
successfully in making the country pros
porous and the people rich.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24

rusty iron in the drinking water during
damp weather or changing Of seasons.
We likewise believe In a piece of asafoa-
ti3a, about the size of hazleDu', wrap
ped up In muslin "a regular sugar teatl,
and placed in the drinking water when
there signs OF colds III the fowls. We be
lleve In an occasional feed of chopped raw
onions at night to maintain health. We
believe in varied diet Of good, sound grain
and green TODD for egg production. But
we do rot have much faith in the condl-
ton powders and eggs foods. A little
goes great WAYS with US.
Egg powders may force a lager record.
bu: " III enteeble the constitution. Many
Of TIE egg foods destroy the fertility Con-
dlticn powders may cure certain cases of
sickness, but as a rule they destroy the fa-
tUru usefulness of the birds. Grit-good
sharp grit-is the article that gives good
health. Look at the number of cases of
indlgastio all owing to the fact that the
joRis have not the proper material to mas
t1c2te the food. Indigestion is often taken
for cholera. Lime makes egg shells.
Along with the material to manufacture
the egg, lime must lie given to make the
shells. A certain per cent. Of lime is found
III The grains, but we literally feed oyster
shells 70 supply the balance.
Keep the birds in a good condition
neither too fat nor too Ie3n-and there
will be less sickness and more eggs. Half
starved hens can neither remain healthy
nor lay eggs. Is is false economy to cut
down the rations. Less corn and more
wheat is the better policy. The science Of
feeding is not III stInting the fowls, but in
giving Them as much as they can eat OF the
proper feed. In other words, for eggs,
stimulate the hens with such grains as
wheat and oats--as much as they will eat
up c:etn. For growing flesh, give them
al! The corn they wish. Stimulation in the
right way is the proper thing to do.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24

that violent Indignation made her draw
her lips close together, made them lose
their Cupid's arrow shape and become
thin and pursed up.
She learned that I'LL temper affected her
complexion. Now, you laugh at that !!
But it is true, neverthe esS. Every part
Of tire human being Is affected by the
mental action, and anger is quite as likely
To give you indigestion and dyspepsia as
it Is to give you headache AMI make on
fsel nervous. Indigestion and dyspepsia
mean d1'l eyes and sallow skin; so, quite
irrespective OF its being virtue to restrain
your angry passion, you see it is d good
beauty preservec. The woman who, as a
girl, nevsr learns exactly how undesirable
1t Is to show visible outward signs of
peevishness or irritability will certainly
have outward signs on her face when she
is the age Of this woman-this woman
who is described as having a beautiful
face-wili be wrinkled aud ugly
Ugly is a very disagreeable word. You
know it doesn't mean lacking in fine fea,
lures; it doesn't mean not having a skin
like straw berries and cream, but it means
being repulsive and disagreeable. And
SO, my dear girl, that's what you must not
do. 70 must, when you are fifty, have a
beautiful face-the result of a careful con-
sideration of your temper and the out
spoken words that proclaim it; consid-
Grafton of such weight that it never let's
the ugly, angry words even formulate. let
alone express Observation-Disclosures Home
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
Rust Oh RsalI Pods.

The dark spots upon the bean pods last
summer were what Is commonly known
as rust" bat scientifically called anthrae-
nose. 1t also affects the leaves and the
stalks of the plant ard usually appears
there before it does upon the pods. Often
the spots do not penetrate deep enough TO
affect the bean, but In other cases they do,
and as they injure the pods for use as
string beans, it greatly hurts the sale of
them. It's cause Is unknowa, but il is
doubtless of a fungus character, and diff
fers somewhat from the rust which may
DE caused by working among the vines
while they are wet. but often both may be
seen. DR.. Halsted has recommended as
one means OF preventing it that the seed
beans should be soaked for one hour be-
fore planting, N a solution made by dis
solving three Ounces of carbonate of cop.
per IN one quart OF ammonia, and then
adding four and one half gallons of water.
This does not harm the seed, and NAV en-
tirely prevent the disease If it does not,
and the spots appear upon the pods or
leaves, spray them with solution made
OF the same Ingredients. but with twenty
two gallons of water instead of tour and
one half. These remedies are easily TIRE d,
ana may entirely remove the trouble from
fhis disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
THOUGHTS on THINGS.
Interesting Essays Oh the Ostrich and the
PLATA Parrot.

Interesting Essays Oh the Ostrich and the
PLATA Parret.
This is not fable, but the reeor d of a
few reflections prompted By the exercises
Iii English composition of two deserving
school-chiidren. Here is one of them:
The ostrich is large and beautiful
bird. People ride on them W N they are
going long way, and once saw pict-
ure of boy on a ostricheS back they have
very large wings. The Prince of Wales
has got osriches feather in his hat
The ostrich is large bird and the hum
mig bird is as we'll but the ostrich is the
largest of them. The ostrich is found in
Manchester and they live on sand and
make their nests on it and lay their eggs
On it."
1t is clear that the author of this essay
is a person not only of much information,
but also CT philosophical mind.
Essay on Parrot: "a parrot is bird
that reads thing through and never
thinks about it, and it is very nice bird,
and some of Us do as we'll as parrots. /
think we all ought to learn, because that
is What we are sent to school for. And
when we read thing we should not half
read 1t over, like a parrot, when parrot
reads it over they don't think of what
they are reading. But we should think
about word before we read another, and
not do like parrot does at all. There is
a great many who act like a parrot In
some schools round this country. "-Satur.
day Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
FARM AND HOME.
NO PLACE FOR BOY 5.
SELECTED.

What can boy do, and where can boy stay,
If he always is told to get out of the way?
He cannot sit here and he must not stand there.
The cushions that cover that fine rocking chair
Were put there, OF course, to be seen and ad-
mired;
And boy has no business to ever get tired
The beautiful roses and flowers that bloom
On the floor of that darkened and delicate room
Are not made TO walk on, at least not by boys;
The house IS no place, anyway, for their noise.
Yet boys must walk somewhere; and what if
their feet,
Sent out of our houses, sent into the street,
Should step round the corner and pause at the
Where other boys feet have paused often be-
fore;
Should pass through the gateway of glittering
light,
Where Jokes that are merry and songs that are
bright
Ring out a warm welcome with fattering
And tempitingy say "Here's place for the
boysf'
An! what if they shouldf What if your boy or
Should cross DER the threshold that marks out the
'Twixt virtue and vice, 'twixt pureness and
And leave ali his innocent boyhood within.
o what If they should, because you and |,
While the days and the months and the years hur-
Are too busy with cares and with life's ieeting
JOYS,
To make round our hearthstones a place for the
BOYS?
There's place for the boys. They will find it
somewhere;
And if our own homes are too daintily far
For the touch Of their fingers, the tread of their
feet,
They'll find it, and find It, alas in the street,
Mid the gildings of sin and the glitter of vice,
And with heartaches and longings we pay dear
price,
For the getting of gain that our lifetime en-
ploys,
If we fail in providing place for the boys
place for the boys-Gear mother pray,
As cares settle down round our short earthly
way,
Don't let us forget by our kind, loving deeds
TO show we remember their pleasures and
needs.
Though our souls may be vexed with the prob
lens of life,
And worn with besetments ard toiling and
strife
Our hearts will keep younger-your tired heart
and mine
If W give them q place in their innermost
shrina;
And to hfe's last hour twill be one Of our
joys
That we kept small corner, place for the
boys.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
AWAY ) VICTORIOUS,
in Square Fight Prote elton Has Always
Been on the winaing side.

AS a historian Mckinley is not accurate.
dis statement that "there has never been
a square contest between Protection and
Free Trade where protection has not
won Is untrue. There was a square con.
test in 1874 and Protection was beaten.
and stayed:beattn for sixteen years.-Chic-
9go Herald.
The Herald here displays Its usual ig-
noranee of American Tariff history There
was no square contest" between Protec-
ton and Free Trade in the campaign of
1884. While it is true that the Tariff
question played conspicuous part in that
campaign, both candidates were protested
advocates of sound aud consistent Protec-
ton. CIay'S position is too well known
to need restatement, and Polk would
never have been elected president had he
not IN his speeches and arguments de-
Tended the Protective Tariff bill passed in
1872. Dallas, the Vice President on the
Polk ticket, was TO all appearances a
stanch believer in our reflective policy:
and, In fact, the rallying cry of the Demo
cratic party during the whole campaign
was, Polk, Dallas and t he tariff of '42i'
That this was Only campaign measure
subsequent events proved, and Folks
course was soundly censured on every side.
In the United States senate, Mr.. johnson.
OF Maryland, says:
"Now, | do not say that an honest man
was engaged In such deception, and have
only mentioned these facts to show that
the people were deceived-grossly. shame
lessly, deQradingly deceived and hazard
the assertion that no delegate from Penn
syl vania will deny that if, with the candor
and manliness which became him, AIR.
Polk bad written to Pennsylvania, avow-
lag that should he become president of the
United States, the tariff CT AZ should not
be suffered to stand single session of
congress, he would to this hour, have
remained James K Polk
The people rebuked this treachery, when
IN l848 the candidates of the democratic
party were overwhelming defeated.
The tariff editor of the Chicago Herald.
instead of wasting his time in inventing
fallacious arguments with which to lead
the people astray, might employ it to good
advantage in studying up American his
tory. of which he probably knows m UGH
less than he does of the history of E ng-
land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
Treat the Colts Kindly,

& gentle horse is worth more than it
would be if not gentle, advises an equine
trainer. What is termed viciouSness in
horses Subsequently nothing but sheer tim
idity, and almost invariably is the result
of rough treatment. Horses would not
give way 20 fear when man approaches
them if they had been accustomed to re.
ceive always kind and humane treatment
Now that the season for placing young
colts in the hands of trainers is at hand, it
Is a good time to, commence teaching them
not to fear the approach of a human be-
ing. They are fond Of being petted, and
with constant kindness will become quite
doci'e. 4 nobbin of corn, handful of
grain or little sugar offered them occas-
ionallY will gain their confidence, and they
will gradually lose all fear of mankind.
The spirit of trustfuiness thus inspired,
and the resulting genteness of disposi-
ton will last through life, unless ad-
verse influences aye allowed to interfere.
Elk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
LANGUAGE.
NuigarisEns Creep into our Language Even
by the Cultared.

by the Cultared.
1t Is curious to note what yllgarisms
creep into the American language, even In
the language spoken by well educated, aot
to say cultured people. Just at present
the ear Is narrowed by q phrase, or rather
d word, much used by our bellies who as
sist afternoon hostesses at that function
called tea MY DEAR" says one cir!
to another, I'm invited to pour for Mrs.
Comm on wealth next Wednesday," ''Oh,
are you? Well, she asked nae to turn, but
had another engagement. Heaven and
earth, | thought, what is the meaning of
pour" and ''tura4' 1t was sometlme
before the verbs and their implied noun
made connection in nay brain, and thea
the desire to stand these young woman Ia
corner was SO intense that L retired to
avoid demonstration. The century has
indeed grown Old and 4azy when tie
tongue finds so small a word as ''tea" diff
ieult of utteranee. To pour tea is about
as simple phrase as can be spoken, and
to drop the final word tea is to render it
intolera5ly vulgar. The custom at large
afternoon receptions here of having two
good looking girls perform this service,
generally imposed on servants in well APP
pointed houses In london, is thoroughly
American, and SO too is the abominable
fault which has grown oat of it.-Boston
Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
American Battle Ships.

If our navy is to be first class it need not
be large as compared with that of Great
Britain, though 1T must be composed of
vessels qualified for sea fighting. The
feet should comprise sufficient number
Of ships of this type to meet any combina-
ton that could be brought against it, either
upon the Atlantic coast, III the Caribbean
Sea or In the Gulf of Mexico. 1t is not
difficult to calculate the number of ships
we require when we remember that a
European attacking feet would have to
come in sufficient force to overwhelm our
vessels and leave itself strong enough to
continue operations. IF, therefore, the
number of battle ships that could be
spared FROM the Channel and Mediterra-
mean fleets for a hostile demonstration
upon this coast be considered, and this
number be divided by two, we will get
the minimum list of battle ships needed
for the protection of our Atlantic sea
board. Congress has so far provided for
one section class and three first class battle
ships. Mr.. Tracy has asked for two more.
Perhaps another, or three in all, might be
given this year, and surely three addition
al each year for the next FIVE years would
be IN the Interests Of peace and economy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
IMPORTS.
Carpets and carpeting

Here is gain to the domestic WOODEN
manufacturer of nearly 10000, COO. There
was an increased use Of domestic wool and
imports of all classes of wool were mere
than So, 10000 greater than the year be-
FIRE. This shows that the tariff on raw ma
terial is by no means prohibitive to the
manufacturer, though it is largely protec
tive to the farmer.
In other lines of protected manu- 'actures
the decline of importations in 1891, as
compared with 1890, was about as follows:
In chemicals. 100000; in cotton goods,
more than $4,000 900; in fax, hemp, jute,
etc, nearly $1,000 600; in iron and steel,
more than So 00O. 0OO in leather goods.
nearly 81 900, 600; in manufactures of silk,
more than 50 900, 600; in manufactured to
bacco nearly 81 900, 900.
In cotton manufactures the most marked
decline occurred in kni. goods, which fell
off more than 100000. and laees. etc.
which fel. off more than 81 900, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-24
ABATTOIRS.
Aow Jewish Meat is Killed and Prepared
for Market

8ow Jewish Meat is Killed and pwepared
for Market.
One of the largest abattoirs in the CITY
covering an ample block, owne6 and oper-
ated by amen ofs.Jewish race and faith, is
remarkable for its smooth and effective
working and admirable distribution Of
parts An average OF eight hundred
cattle, between three FIVE and yearsoid. pass
through it in each of the business days of
the year. Arriving from the west at the
river front, they ascend one by one to the
fateful Enclosure, where an adept employee
fasteEs d chain around the hind leg of
each. Hoisted by machinery, the bovine
falls gently upon one shoulder and in
most Instances without a cry. Occasion
ally, however, some brute, maddene6 by
sight and smell of blood, breaks out into
the lighter house, AMI creates disturb
ance that is speedily quelled by its own
despatch. Submissive co@panions, with
neck twisted 20 expose the throat, quickly
feel the shochet's long and shining knife
The -shochet him self IS stslwart fellow,
cool and wary withal. who rarely makes a
useless motion. He is 8, religious man
ana of good moral character, as his license
from Rabbi y acob Joseph, chief of certain
orthodox congregations In the metropolis,
avoucbes. The iifestrean2 la torrents fol
lows the movement of the blade. This is
'shechita,' the killing. {t insures COM.
plete 5fusion of blood, in which may be
germs Of disease that Otherwise naight
find entrance into human bodies. Next
follows bediqab,' the examination Of
instrument and victim Ii nick appear
on the keen edge Of the knife, that by
extremists is held to imply unnecessary
suffering, injurious chemical change, and
consequent unftness at tie carcass for
market. If there be none, 3ungs, diver,
and heart, tbs entire body indeed, are
infinitely inspeeted.-The Century