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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
TRUTH SHAMFs FICTION.
q orge aud Lena Hiliman Discover Ia
Other in the Astluin.

q orge aud Lena HiIiman Discover Each
Other in the Asy luin.
There was pathetic little drama pr
formed at the Cunning Asylum recently
which was tie equal Of anything ever con-
ceived b. dr. matisi. George Hilmau
and his wife Lena, whose misfortunes
were the result of their love for each other,
and who each believed the other dead,
cottages. For the 6rst time III months 4
mind of Mrs. HilIman and her husband s
troubles were ended in h~v wing found his
wife whose loss had effected his brain.
Hillman aud his wife lived a. O TX Park
George vas employed as a switchman and
Nutch indus Try All went well until
by union switchmap, because he was con
bleeding and Lena was badly frightened.
Some time aiterward he was delayed in
doing an GRAND and Lena, surprising that
more harm had befallep, set out TO search
fer him. He returned and waited in vain
for her to come home. Lena wandered to
the city, and hewildered at being lost and
in terror from fear that her husband had
been killed, she went suddenly mad She
was sent, unrecogniz9d 10 Dunning, and
George sought for her IL vain. Finally,
he. too, was picked up while aim e sly
wandering about the streets, half crazy
with grief, and was ordered sent to the
poor house.
By one Of those errors 81 common now
he was sent to the asy 'un instead, wher9
he was recogr zed by DR. L)ewy, head Of
the men department. Subsequently the
doctor, who was h resident Of Oak Park
and kneE OF hillrnan's loss, discovered
the missing woman IN one of the cottages.
and in the presence of Commissioners
>p ford, Ballard and Stauber, man and
wife were brought together. The scene
that followed brought tears to the eyes of
all who witnessed ii, as well as to those
is the priuclpal actors In the drama.
Lena at first would not believe that it
could lie George, because, she said:
George is dead-dead" The man, too,
could scarcely believe that this wasted
little woman was Lena, but finally both
we're convinced and the woman tenderly
stole her wasted arm around her husband s
neck, and laying her bead upon his breast,
sobbed II know you nov, George, | lost
you once. have found you again do
not go away
The commissioners arrane, to leave
them in each othrr's company and it is
pretty certain that in few weeks happi-
ness will nave accomplished for Lena what
the dJctors could not, and then, hand in
hand, George and Lena will leave the
gloomy poor. house and each comforting
and sustaining the other, will once more
face the world in an attempt to replace
the little home which once was theirs but
has now gone piece-meaI into the posses
sion Of trangers.-Chicago Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
Testing the Cow.

The good COW is seldom bought The
buying of COW to take the place of one
that is dry is simply chance in a lottery,
for she must be tested by m,lking before
her worth can be discovered. There is
but one sure way for securing good cows,
and that is to breed for them, method
which will not only lead to larger profits,
but also greatly tend to lessen contagious
diseases. When one buys cow he may
bring disease in his herd. The great
scourge of dairymen-abortion- due
more to the selling off of dry cows and
buying fresh ones from all sources than to
any other cause, as the new cows spread
the disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
Cannon Farrar on Women.

If it be true that the "corn erstone of
the Commonwealth is the hearthstone, :"
how important is the work of every wo
man, even in that spnere of family life
which many are temped to despise as too
.1arrow for their energies. Every woman
should, indeed, aim at doing good in
wider regions of life, and should endeavor
by the irresistible fore OF sweet and silent
Influence, if in no other way, to raise the
whole tone Of national thought and con,
duct. But even if a woman, whether
married Or unmarried, be never heard OF
halt mile from home" the purity and
loftiness of her ideal, the devoted unset
ishness OF her life, may tell with immense
and continuous power upon every member
of her family. The bright invisible air
produces effects more sfupendous when no
whisper of a breaze is heard than all the
fury Of the passing hurricane; and the in
fuence, con cious and unconscious, of
thousands Of women, entirely unknown to
fame, may go to the ennoblement of the
moral beings Of generations yet unborn.
Men are, and ever will be what their
wives and sisters. and above all their
mothers, teld to make them, by influence
which begins with the cradle and ends
only with the grave. - L,uit.' Home
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
ONE MAN WHO ESCAPED.
How the Bunco Men Entertained An Ange
URawares


There was pretty old and pretty YER
dant looking man at the Third street de-
pot the other day, with three hours TO
proacked Officer Button and said he
guessed he'd wander around for spell,
says the Detroit Free Press.
We'll, look out for yourself, y replied
the officer.
ANY danger?''
There's always slick fellows about"
''Yas, pose thar is, but I shan't let
nobody fool me-
He was gone about an hour ana when
he returned he showed the ffcer bank
check for 5000 and asked;
Does that seem all right to you?"
Right? OF course not. It's a check
on a Buffalo bank signed John Smith.
It's dead fake, of course"
Fake Fake! What's fake2"
You've been faxed. | expected You d
get into trouble when you went out Of
here. Seems singular that you can't talk
common sen sc into some people"
Then the check is no good?" asked the
old man.
why, of course not. How much did
you lend on it?'
- gave him s25."
We'll, you've been confdenced, and
now you'd better go and sit down and
keep mum"
lis that what they call confidence
game?"
"Of course.
We'll, l thought so all the time
Then what did you let MIN walk off
with your money for?"
81 didn't, you know. He star ted to GO,
but grabbed him by the nec6, like this,
and backed him up agin' wall, like this,
and / pulled out this old pistil and laid
the bari on his nose and he gave up that
money quicker n scat.
The old man illustrated the case in the
most vigorous manner, even to laying on
the bari which was portion of weapon
seemingly fifty years old.
$50 you got your money!" asked the
cficer, as he got his neck loose from the
old mans grip.
Got her right down in my breeches
pocket, safe as bank. How muoh more
time have got?"
IAN hour and half.
Wall, l guess I'll take another little
walk around. Mebbe I'll meet some,
body else who don't know that |
run a side show with old Dan Rice S
circus fur better than twenty years and
who thinks I'm q kitchen door toG flies to
roOst on.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
How to Pronounce Them

Naiad-nay-ad.
Naf (masculine) nah eef.
Naive (feminine) -nah-eve.
Naivete--nah-e ve-tay.
Naively-nah- eve-Iy.
Cape. The is long.
Mas cent, not nay sent.
Nasty. Broaden the a.
Ma ta-tory.
National-nash-un-a not nay-shun-al
The first marking is that Of all the or
thoepists kept Webster, and his mode
Of pronouncing be word is not even per
mltted in the ate editions of his diction-
aTy.
acknowledgements n-m i-ty.
NatuI e-nate yer.
Nausea-naw-she-ab, hot Sc alb.
Nauseous--raW shus.
Ma vic-u-!ar.
\ rest, not ist.
Necrologic-nek-r lnj TX.
Neurology ekrol-o iy.
Nectarine-nek-tar- Il.
You should ke on'y Fwa syilables of
nlicrobe; accent the hrst Al sound both
tee and the long. -Bost' Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12

among Americans which Sc reduces the
cost of every necessity of life
X. Greater national prosperity will
result from a lower tariff.
Then why were they not more pros
porous under a low tariff: Why have
l, 730,026 persons emigrated from the low
tariff of Great Britain to the high tariff
III the United States since 1865? Why
has our natioLal wealth increased FIVE
fold faster than Great Britain's since
that d te. and how have American work
ing people deposited Slips, 1886 in
savings banks in the same period!
X! If the tEorer in the WOODEN mills
goes to purchase supplies for himself or
his f. miIy he pays the artificial prices
which the high tariff system enables
them TO charge.
Prices were never so low as they are
today, even under democratic free trade,
and the working man now, thanks to
protection, has more TO spend. Like Mr.
McMillin's. Mr. Stevens speech shows 4
most remarkable perversion of facts.
Can he, too, be ignorant? Has the demo
cratic majority, 80 strong, in congress
no first class free trade orator to speak
for it? The Press would like to hear
fr "a bim.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12

\ Thoroughbred Democrats Pen Picture
of the President.

TMacFarland's Letter to the Philadelphia Record,
Free Trade DEM
| wonder what President Harrison's
thoughts were as he walked over from
the white house to the red house when
he heard the news of Blaine's sudden i'll
ness on Wednesday afternoon? Remem-
Der how much Blaine's illness would
mean to Harrison. Remembe that
Blaine, or Blaine's shadow, is all that
stands between him ard the presidency;
and then think what he may have
thought: yes, must have thought, hen,
having gotten the news which had been
CONSIDERABLY kept from linn by the state
department people until hours after eve
rybody else knew it, he put on his coat
and hat and walked the block and a half
from his door TO Blaine's
suppose that all President Harrison's
thoughts as he walked over to the red
house we're full of regret and sympathy.
President Harrison is a manly man, of
quick sympathies as we'll as tender SEN
sibiltles, and, in time of distress or
trouble, is the best of friends, the most
considerate of comforters.
In spite of all that has been said pub
licly or privately about President Harri
son. no one has ever been able to success
fully impeach his sincerity as a Chris
tan, and the qualities which he mani
tests whom the tOuchstope of an emer-
gency is presented, give the lie to the
tspersions sometimes made upon his
character. | know that it is fashionable
for a certain class of critics of the ad-
ministration to make personal attacks on
its head is narrow man; but it is no
longer possible to make people here in
Washington who know al out him believe
that he is narrow, any more than it is
possible to make the people in the coun-
try generally believe nov the statement
that he IS little intelIectualIv as we'll as
physically.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
small Fruits.

Intensive agriculture is something
more than a phrase; it is the definition Of
the system Of farming that is bound to OBJ.
tain in the near future in all the more
closely populated districts of our country
The wife farmers are letting in line wi b
the movement row. It does not mean
large tracts of land belonging to a single
owner and poorly cultivated, but the direct
opposite. 1t means small farms brought
to the highest state of fertility and cultlva-
ton, yielding vastly larger product an
acre than our average farms do now. 1t
means progress in the science of agricul-
ture, and wider and better average of
prosperity among those engaged in the
calling. It means less manual and more
mental labor, and consequently the oppor.
tunity for the farmer to advance to
IA higher plane of intelligence and living.
The surest way to reach this is to become
an earnest student, now, of every develop.
ment that is making in the science and to
try and keep abreast with its progress.
There is no longer any need of clinging to
old ways because they are safe, as many of
the new ones have been shown to be safer
and more ustworthY.-ExchanRe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
FARM NOTES.

Keep the cattle IF the plowed land.
The heE5 with young chickens must be
kept out OF the mud
Grow few SUI flowers; they are good for
poultry and for horses.
When honey is coming in plentifully is
the best time to rear queens.
Ground oats can be made a good part of
the ration for the ewes at this time.
Growing for lambs and mutton, as we'll
as wool is necessary for the best profit.
The average price Of sheep in the Unit
ID States is higher than any time since
1875.
Thorough tilIage is an important item
in securing a vigorous, thrifty growth
with all cultivated crops.
No man has such good stock or raises
such fine products but that, with a proper
effort, they cannot be improved.
If you found that it paid we'll to manure
a certain piece OF land heavily last year,
suppose you try the same thing again
only doubling the application.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
LEADING MODERN GUNS.
How it is Done With Dispatch ship OF

When we are ready to load a modern
gun the second gun captain turns a little
| crank on top of the breech, which revolves
the breech plug hereby christening it. He
then takes hold of handle and pulls and
the breech Of the gun opens On hinge
like door.
The sponge is run in from the breech
and plenty of water is thrown in, thus
quickly and thoroughly cleansing the.
chamber of the gun.
Two men come up with shell in pair
OF tonges like an iceman's. They insert
| the nose of the smell in the gun, and an
other man steps up with hammer and
pushes it in.
Two men come up with the powder
| charge and it is pushed into the chamber
IN the same way. The man at the breech
plug closes it, turns the crank, and it lie.
locked.
The gun captain opens little flap in
the gunlock, which IS in the center of the
beach, and inserts a primer. He cocks
the lock, which works with a spring, and
steps back with the lockstring. The
second captain sets the breech sight to the
proper range.
On top Of the sight is little sliding
leaf which can be set SO as to allow for
the speed at which the ship is passing
the object TO be fred at.
Now the trainers take their places, one
GA each side of the carriage, at the train
ing cranks by means of which the breach
Of the gun is raised or lowered. The gun
captain steps back, and glancing over the
sight, directs the trainers to move the
breach to right or left as he desires, and
the elevators to raise and lower The in
slant the sights are On the object he fires
No one need to move away from the gun,
and it can be fred even while the training
and elevating gear is in motion. The
moment the gun is discharged the order is
given to spunge and the operations above,
described are repeated!-Harper's Young:
People.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12

The good name of the democratic
state administration suffers severely be
cause the wrong man is % intained IN
charge Of important interests 1t does
not always follow that stock horse fan
ciers and trottirg f.vorites make the
best executive officers and Sunday school
teachers. 1t might be for the better to
close the industrial school and let the
boys take to the woods until there can
be some change in the management
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
Young Animals.

The young animals are the most profta-
bic. To concentrate former years Of feed
ing aud care in one half the space means
three or four times the profit. This 8p-
plies to every animal reared On farm, and
as much to the poultry as to any others. 1t
has been shown that steer that may make
toree pounds of live weight per day in its
first gear at cost of 10 cents will make
only one pound a day at cost of 20 cents
in Its third year: And at the same time
the steer, by the best feeding from birth,
will make as much weight IN twenty-fuor
months as it can otherwise make in fifty
months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
A SY SYMPATHETIC 10Y.
Why He Felt Sorry for His Mother, and
Wanted to Help Her.

Young HopefpI-"Papa, it worries lne
awful to think how much trouble I give
mamma"
Papa-'She hasn't complained"
No, she's real patient. But she often
sends me to the stores for things, and the
stores is a good ways off sometimes, and
! know she gets most sick wait'n' when
she's in hurry"
Not often, | guess
'Oh, she's most always in hurry. She
gets everything all ready for bread, an
finds at the last minute she hasn't any
yeast; Or she gets pudding all fixed, and
finds she hasn't any rutmegs or some
thing; an then she's in an awful stew
'caus the oven is all ready, and may be
company comm; and | can't run a very
long distance, you know. and l feel awful
sorry for poor mamma"
'.Humph! We'll. what can we do about
it?"
Il was thinkin' you might get me a
bicycle. Street & Smiths Good News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
THE FARM And HOME
THE FARMER
LILLE e BARB

The King may rule Ger land and sea,
The lord may live right royalty,
The soldier ride in pomp and pride.
The sailor roam Ger ocean wide:
But his or that, whate'e r befall,
The farm er he must feed them all
The writer thinks, the poet sings.
The craftsmen fashion wonderous things.
The d. ctor heals, the lawyer pleads,
The miner follows The precious leads:
But this or that. wha'eer befall,
The farmer he must feed them all
The merchant he may buy and sell.
The teacher do his du Y well;
But men may toll through busy days
Or men stroll through pleasant ways:
From kingto beggar, whate'er befalI,
The farmer he must feed them ali
The farmers trade il one of worth:
He's partner with the sky and earth.
He's partner with The sun and rain.
And no man loses for his gain:
And men may rise. or men may fall,
But the farmer must feed them all.
God bless the man who sows the wheat,
Who finds Us milk and fruit and meat;
May his purse be heavy, his heart be light,
His cattle and corn and all go right;
God bless the seed his hands let fall,
For the farmer he must feed us all
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
Night Soil.

Managed as it should be, night soil may
be made an important means of restoring
waste land to renewed and increased pro,
ductiveness But in any case such fertil-
izers should not be used for growing
plants whose leaf is used for human food,
as cabbage, lettuce and celery. 1t is
through the leaf that offensive matter in
the soil is changed and purified. The seed
is not affected Hence where raw manures
are applied, it should only be on fruit or
grain crops, where the plant or the leaves
are not used as food. When night soil is
thoroughly decomposed, it is no more Of
fensive than the same amount of fertilizing
material in any other form 1t is rarely,
however, that entire decomposition is
possible before using it. Hence its appli-
cation requires thought and care.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
1T ISN'T THE THING YOU DO, DEAR.
SELECTED.

II isn't the thing you do dear,
It's the thing you've left undone.
" hIch gives you q bit of heartache
AT the setting of the SUI;
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower You might have sent, dear.
are your haunting ghosts tonight.
The stone you might have lifted
Out of brothers way,
The bit of hearlsome council
You were hurried TOO much TO say:
The loving touch of the hand, dear,
The gentle and wInsome tone
That you had no time or thought for.
With troubles enough of your own.
The little acts of kindness,
SO easily ont of mind;
These chances 10 be angels
Which every mortal finds:
Ihey come IN night and silence
Each chill, reproachful wrath,
When hope is faint and tagging
And blight has dropped on faith.
For life is all too short, dear,
And sorrow is all too great,
To suffer oar slow compassion,
That tarrles until too late;
and II is not the thing you do dear,
lis the thing you leave undone,
Which gives YOU the bit of heartache
AT the setting of the sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
Expected Too M uCh .

a Washington woman rec, MY re
marked:
I've had trouble with every one OF my
servants, AID suppose must always ex-
pert iroub c"
Il reckon ye kim" replied the colored
domestic; Il ain yeard nothin' .it b. ut
no angels dat was lookin' fur service
Places"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
Electricity In the Garden

The arc electric light is now being made
use Of by many gardeners in forwarding
the growth OF Their plants, with marked
advantage. The application, however,
requires skill to obtain desirable results.
The light is found to be injurious if
placed toe near, and It's influence
is much bettered by the use Of the opal
globe,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12

If you set some strawberries last fall
and they show an indication of fruit this
season do not encourage them. lfyou are
wise you will pinch IF every blossom as
soon as it appears and let the strength of
the plant go toward making it more Wig
orous for next years fruiting. The
runners also should be cut off, except
where they are needed to make new plants
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
Treatment of Bees.

To be successful, a bee keeper must
possess gentleness, patience, absence of
fear, and perfect command IF self. Fear
must be overcome or concealed. Il may
De present al first, bat usually gives place
to confidence after a little experience.
The theory that bees lnstinctiveIy select
some persons as natural enemies, has no
foundation in fact.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Turmoil and Trouble Under the ..R. form
Regime

Waukesha wis Democrat: Affairs
az the industrial school for boys continue
to be street talk for the boys and gossip
for the newspapers. All along the line
there appears a great deal of smoke.
The superintendent spends valuable
hours on the corners about town ex-
planning the situation. According to his
showing he has been the victim OF mis-
placed confidence. After dscharging
the Macumber brothers, vigorously as
saulting some of the inmates of the
school and appointing Hank Buckner
over one of the departments the super
intendent assumes that everything is
lovely and the goose elevated.
Since the advent of the new manage
mont affairs at the Industrial school
have been in a continual turmoil 1t
has turned out as the Democrat feared,
but the state board Of control, at the
proper time would not listen to reason.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
Potatoes for Horses.

few potatoes every day are very bene-
fetal TO all kinds of horses. Some of the
most successful stallion keepers in this
country feed hundreds of bushels Of
potatoes every year to their stations
They are fed raw along With the grain
food
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12

Though ! cannot do what | would.
will labor 10 do what | can.
The severest test possible for a man
character is to 10 good and Rave some one
else get the credit for it.
He who has do inclination to learn more
will be very apt to think that he knows
ercugh.-Powell,
sound discretion is not so much indi-
dated by never making mistake as by
never repeating it.-Boyee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12

In 1890 the amount thus paid was
SIC. TAI 266
assszxzszzszaaasazzass

Yet in the face of this magnificent
increase in wages, and in face of the fact
that domestic woolens are constantly
growing cheaper to consumers, the
democratic party wants to wreck the
WOODEN industry and give the home mar
ket to foreigners.