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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
The WOOdcock.

All waderS can swim If they are
pushed to it; the wooticock paddles oc-
casionally. One thing it is now GER
tain he dOes-he carries the Young to
and fro from the nest to the feeding
grounds. The female alone has been
credited with this feat, but | believe
woodcock chick is so small the weight
would be nothing. Still it is wonder
ful that it should be done at all.
In quiet places the mother and her
chicks feed by day. says a writer in
BLacbO0od'8 Magazine. This is gener-
ally the ease when the nest has been
formed liz or on some dry tuft or
tussock, just off the green soft belt of
the moorIand boys. am inclined to
believe that in southern counties the
woodcock breeds early, for | was once
near a female bird and her brood that
Wer' running about ia and out of some
half-melted patches of snow near the
edge OF forest lands that bordered on
the moor. 1t was a favorite haunt of
mine, that breeding place of the wood
cocks. Many ii time nave I been
there when the sun had got behind the
great red hr-coeered hill, making the
whole look like huge purple mass.
with the mists rising gently above and
around it, giving the landscape a
bloom like that on a bunch of grapes.
Fresh and cool il looked. the moorIand
farm, with blue smoke curling up from
its quaint old chimneys, and the last
CLINT of light falling on the farm
meadows and the moor beyond them.
From the farmyard wooded lane. or
rather moorland road, ran around
the foot of the hill. Down this covered
Way the cocks would come tapping
and shooting into the moor beyond.
At the foot of the hill, where only little
streams separated it from the reclaimed
meadow land the ground was so
snongy and the boys were so treacher-
Gus that the farmers lads had to get
long pIarks to put down when they
wanted to gather the watercress that
grew there in rank luxuriance. Giant
cr,ss it was, yet tender as a babby. y
the boys SAID. 4 wealth IF wild life
once existed there but it has vanished,
for the h0g&y ground has been drained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
SCALING HERRiNCS,
The Work Is Performed In q Somewhat
Peculiar Manner.

A peculiar feature of the smoked
herring industry in this country is the
method BY which the fish are scaled
Enormous quantities of them are capt
ured in weirs and gill nets. and the
catch thrown into boats. When load
has been secured the fisherman threads
them out" by walking briskly back
and forth through the mass of squirm-
ing objects at the bottom of the boat.
The motion of the fish upon each other.
and also the contact with the feet and
legs of the "treader." quickly removes
the scales. In the course of half an
hour skillful operator will thus scale
four or five hogsheads of the fish.
Another method consists in using q
piece of board about foot long and
four or five inches in width, which is
securely fastened to a long handle.
This is thrust into the center of the
mass and moved brisklv about until
by continued stirring the scales are
moved in an incredibly short time.
The work must be done while the fish
are fresh, as otherwise the scales be-
come set and can only be takeu of
with great difficulty.
Care is exercised in both processes,
as if not Systematically done, many of
the catch will be only partially scaled,
and if stirred about or 'trod out" for
too long time the flesh will be soft or
bruised, in which case the catch will
be less salable. and, if the skin is
broken, absolutely worthless.
After scaling, they are washed and
sailed in tubs. barrels or hogsheads;
then strung on sticks, from twenty
five to thirty-tive being placed on each.
according to their size. The next step
consists in rewashing. to remove all
the blood and dirt that has accumu-
lated, and the strings are then laid on
frames in the open air to drain and
also to harden and dry the gill-covers.
This being accomplished they are
taken to the smoke-house properly ar
ranged, the fires started and the smok-
ing begins.
Several kinds of wood are used for
this purpose in different countries,
white birch being preferred in France.
while in England, Scotland and Hol-
land oak clips and sawdust are con-
sidcred the best. In this country pine
logs that have been soaked in salt wa
ter are selected. as the salt renders
the wood less inllnmmable and it also
gives greater volume of smoke.
Some of the curerS, when the smok-
ing process is nearly completed. build
Il fire With oak logs for the purpose OF,
giving a higher or brighter color to the
fish. As matter of fact however, the
woods make little or no difference. the
chief idea being to get ii kind that will
burn slowly and at the same time yield
q sufficient amount of smoke to cure
the fish. and ut the same time burn so
slowly that there is no possibility Of
screening them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
Decoration Day.

Read by James Whitcomb Riley at Army of
Tennessee banquet. Chicago.
It's lonesome, sort o lonesome-it's Sunday
to me,
II 'TearS like. mOre'D any Gay / nearly ever
see!
Yit with The stars and stripes above a-fut-
term in the air.
On every soldiers grave I'd love to lay lily
there.
They say. though, Decoration days is ginerilly
observed
Most everywheres. especially by soldier boys
But me and mothers never went-we seldom
In pint o fact, we're allus to home on Deco.
ration day.
They say the old boys marches through the
streets in columns grand
on the bard,
And folks all J'inin' Inland little children,
too.
All marchin' under shelter of the red. white
and blue.
With roses, roses. roses; everybody in the
And crowds of little girls In white. Jest fairly
loaded down
Oh, don't the boys know il, from their camp
across the hill?
Don { they see their comrades comm and the
old flag wavin' still?
Oh can't they hear the bugle and the rattle
of the drum?
Ant there no way under heaven they can rio
Olect US some?
Ant there no way we can coax EN-, through
roses, just to say
They know that every Gay on earth Is their
decoration day.
We've tried that, me and mother, where Elias
takes his rest
In tie orchard, in his uniform and hands
acrOSt his breast.
And the flag he died for. smilin' and ripplin'
in tie breeze
Above bis grave. and over that, the robin in
the treeSl
And yet it's lonesome, lonesome-it's Sum-
day day to me,
Yt, with the stars and stripes above a-fiut-
term in the air
On every soldiers grave love to lay lily
there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, Jan. 18-The following quotation.
are for large lots only. Smaller quantities are
usually sold at advanced rates:
GAME-Mallard ducks, "a % u doz; red head
S4C004 50: prairie chickens, $3.50 to $500;
cartridges, S5Gl55O; canvas-bac1s, S6.OO9 IL. 90;
iaclsnpe 81. 80; teas, 1925 to $50; green wings
Sl.0O; mixed duck, S125 to $50; plover,
$l.50 quail, $500; venison saddles, 9 to lilo;
carcasses, &c: bear saddles, 10c; carcasses, 8 to
10c; wild turkey 10 to l2c squirrels, SOC per
box rabbits so to 75c; jack rab bits, 500 to
300.
FRUTTs-Apples, choice, S1.5O0250 per brl;
ordinary, S1.00@150.
BUTTER-Fancy Elgin stock, 29Q30c per Id;
fancy creameries 26G028c; fancy limitations, "a
TO 2Gc western goods, pc fancy dairies No /,
Is to 20c No. 2, Is to 16c; Selects % to 25c:
fine ladies' II to 19c; fresh packing stock
lac; grease, 6 to Sc.
DRESSED POULTRY-Hens, 8@9c; roosters
SC; springs, S091ac; ducks, logic; turkeys, 10
to 11c geese 6010c; live hens, 1900; ROSTERS,
&c; ducks, to &c; geese $500 to $500 per doz;
turkeys, to &C.
EGGS-FreSh northern stock, pc; southern
stock, 17@1sc; ice-house eggs 16c. Full loss must
be allowed.
Observation-Disclosures. 3Oa33c per bu; Heb
rOns, % to SIC; rose, .9Q32c; mammoth Pearls,
% to 3Oc; Peerless, 20 to &c; mixed 25 TO 28c.
CHEESE-Full cream Young Americas, IL
to l3c; do twins, II to 1910; cheddars, ii
Swiss, 7@11c.
NEAL-Fancy calves, 7(G1Sc per Id; grasSers,
506c small and thin, 3Gl5c.
HIDES-No. light and heavy, Axe; No. 2 do,
SIC; No. 1 calf, &c; No 2 do, 5lc; No. tallow,
&c; No 2 do 3Isc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
COFFEE DRUNKAROS.
Their Fate Bad That of Liquor Or
Morphine Fiends.

In the course of his studies DR.. Men
del found very few instances in which
the confirmed coffee drunkard was
grow worse. and are only to be relieved
by large quantities of the beverage
the abuse of which has caused them.
In this way the victims go from bad
to worse. for, though well aware of
the mischief being wrought they SUI
fer so severely that they are afraid Ia
abandon the habit. lest death should
end the agony they experience.
After beginning with the agreeable
infusion of the roasted berries they are
driven. in their search for something
more powerful. to swallow the tinct-
ure. which. though it operates for Il
jime in the direction desired. soon
loses its efiicacv and has to be swaI.
lowed in greater and greater qHanti-
lies the evil influence OF tie coffee be-
ing. Of course, heightened by the aIco-
hOl used 10 extract its essential iugre-
dients.
When brandy is taken only tempo
rary relief follows. though not infre-
quently the intoxication produced by
The latter is eagerly welcomed in order
TO deaden the anguish caused by the
inor'!inate indulgence in the former.
The last stage of this peculiar dis
ease shows itself in the salIow face and
chilly hands and feet of the victims,
coHpied with an expression of dread
and agony which settles over the coun-
leuance-a form of melaucholia. alter
mated by hvsteria. oulY to be tempo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
A BEAU NASH STORY.
He Makes "a Stingy Duchess Re Char.t-
able in spit" of Herself

TIE story of Beau Nash is SO in,
woven in the life of BATH, one of En-
glands most celebrated watering
places that one can scarcely See its
name without a thought of him, says
the YOUTHS Companions. There for Il
triumphant period he was the autocra,
OF fashion and tyraut over aristocraey
itself.
When certain hospital was about to
be built there Nash stood at the door
of he assembly rooms one day to re-
ceiye subscriptions. Presently there
entered certain duchess, whose custom
it was TO spend much on her pleasures
and little on charities. She gave Mash
a familiar tap with her fan aGd said,
graci0uSly:
You must uut down a trif1e for
me. Nash, for have no money in my
pocket
with pleasure. madam" was the
reply. If your grace will tell me when
to stop"
He drew from his pocket Il handful
of gujneas. and began counting them
ont.
One, two, three, four. five
Enough, enuugh! cried the duch.
ess in alarm; "whai are you about?'
Consider your rank and fortune,
madam" said Nash, still counting,
six. seven, eight, nine, ten-."
Here the ladv's alarm gave place tc
anger, but Nash continued unmoved
With maddening assurance he begged
her not to interrupt the work OF
charity, while he went on counting.
Eleven, twelve, thirteen. fourteen,
tiftpon-"
Al This point the exasperated duch'
ess cried aloud. Catching his hand,
she strove to stop his reckless number.
ing.
Peace, madam" said Nash. You
shall have your name on the front OF
the building. written in letters Of gold.
Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen.
twenty"
Il won't pay farthing moreT cried
she, now ut white heat.
Charity covers multitude of sins.
replied her tormentor, coolly, and still
went on counting.
Mash" cried the duchess now
thoroughly enraged, you brighten me
out of my wits! | shall die"
Madam. you will never die of do
ing good" and he was about to count
on, but seeing that he had reached the
end of feminine endurance he agreed
to stop if she would give him &c
guineas. Thus was the matter settled,
but Nash had lost friend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
STATE AND CHURCH,
Bill to Prevent Union Introduced To
Day In the Senate.

Bill to Prevent a Union introduced To.
Day in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.--There were
six Senators on the Democratic side of
the Senate chamber and about twice
that number on the Republican side,
with about three score of spectators in
the galleries when the captain opened
with prayer the seventh week of the
session.
MNlr. Sherman, for the first time since
his reelection, occupied his seat.
Mr.. Platt presented memorial and
petition, signed by John Jay, presl-
dent, and other officers of the Ma
tioGai League for the Protection
of American Institutions, for an amend
ment to the constitution to prevent the
union of State and church and the is
suance of public money to any societies
under sectarian control.
The House bill fixing the time for
holding Circuits courts of the United
States III the Northern districts OF
Iowa was aeported by Mr.. Wilson OF
the Judiciary committee and was
passed
After number of bills of minor i'm
portance had been reported from the
committee and placed on the calendar,
the introduction of bills was once more
resumed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
Tree Growth Makes a Lawsuit.

A few wears 400 tree eXcrtpd in q
wonderful manner IN bring on lawsuit
and make mucn trouble all around. 4
dam had been built and the water for
power so backed up as to make it level
with The back line of the owners
property.
As it is considered a scientific fact
that the trunks of trees once formed
cannot elongate. a mark was made on
ii trunk near the breaStwork at exactly
so many feet above the height of the
dam. so that on a repair it would be
known just how high to rebuild. At
the time referred to the brcastwork
was renewed and with confidence re-
constructed according to the infallibie
figures as recorded bv the tree. Strange
to say the water was backed up six
inches higher than before, the back
water Overlooking on neighbOrS'
property and hence the suit.
Numbers of expert opinions were
sought, the writer and the late Prof.
Asa GRAY being among those who had
to give their views. Clearly the trunk
could not stretch six inches and only
for the naked fact that the surveyors
ruborateo. the water was six inches
higher than when the dam VAS first
constructed. At last some ones horse
sense pointed out what experts in
science could not see. The tree was
growing in a solid rock its roots most
" passing over the surface and down
the eume.
The annual growth Of these roots,
lhickening them, could not force that
rock deeper into the earth, but 10 did
lifA tie whole Tree. Year by year
these roots added to their thickness on
the rocky face probably the siXt""oth
OF an inch, this soft. cellular material
actually lifting the huge tree hy tnat
much. so that in ninety years the mark
on the trunk would be six inches high
er than at hrst-had, apparently,
sIcci2 ed itself that much. This being
settled the breastw DIRK had to 20 down
mat much in order that justice might
be done between neighbors. - Thorn rs
.NrchtS IN Phii1deiphjn LrdgaE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
BOnes's Duck.

Bones was a shaggy, fat Skye terrier
with a short tail. Just why these
scrubbylooking Skye terriers always
find luxurious homes and fond adj
mirers | don't know, but they seem to
do it. Bones was no exception. he
was the household pet. Every member
of the family Guided and kissed him.
and he returned their affection with
equal ardor.
When any one came home after a
short absence. Bones showed extrav-
agant delight and his demonstrations
were usually rewarded with candy or
cake.
He had a trick of catching up any
small object which came handy, and
bringing it to lay at the returned one
feet, as if to display the generosity of
his heart.
Sometimes he overshot the mark.
like the rest of u.s.
One day the lady of the house re-
turned. and Bones, dashing out to find
some taken of affection to present her.
fell over three unfortunate little ducks
walking primlv behind their mamma.
He caught one up in his mouth. and
with joyful haste rushed back to the
parlor
Poor duck! Poor Bones! The duck
struggled. Bones took tirmer grip.
The duck struggled harder Bones
gave Il hurried. gulp. and. to his own
dismay as we'll as 10 the ducks. the
duck went down Bones's throat, and
never came mp again.
The shout of laughter which greeted
lis exploit was too much for Bones.
He ran out faster than he came in.
His stomach and his conscience both
troubled him for long after. 1t was
only necessary to say. ''Dick. B0nesr
to see bin stink away with the fun
niest expression of doggish shame.
caused by the remembrance Of his un-
Intentional dinner. = Haypers Young
People.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
CClUMBlA'S MOVING MOUNTAIN.
\ Railway Pushed Eight Feet Out by II
in u E,.v Years.

A travelling mountain is found at the
Cascades of the Columbia. 1t is
triple-peaked mass of dark brown
ha>aIt six or eight miles in, length
where ID fronts The river. and rises to
IA height of almost 2 900 feet above the
water. That it is in motion is the last
thought which would be likely to sug
gest itself to the mind of any one pass
ing it. yet it is well-established fact
that the entire mountain is moving
slowly but steadily down to the river.
as ii it had deliberate purpose some
time in the future to dam the Columbia
and form Il great lake from the Cas-
eadeS to the Dalles. The Indian tradi-
lions Indicate immense movements OF
The mountains in that region long be-
Sore white men came to Oregon, and
the early settlers-immigrants many
,, of them from New England-gave the
above described mountainous ridge the
name of ''traveling' or sliding mount
aims.
In its forward and downward move
ment the forests along the base of the
ridge have become submerged in the
river. Large tree stumps can be seen
standing deep in the water on this
shore. The railway engineers and the
brakemeu find that the line of the rail-
way which skirts the foot Of the mount
| ain is being continually forced out of
place At certain points the perma-
nent way and rails have been pushed
eight Or ten feet out of line in few
| wears. Biologists attribute this
strange phenomenon to the fact that
the hasaIt which constitutes the bulk
of the mountain, rests on a substratum
| of conglomerate or of soft sandstone
which the deep. swift current of the
mighty river is constantly wearing
away, or that this softer subrock is of
itself yielding at great depths to the
enormous weight of the harder mineral
above. = Goldthwaite's Geographical!
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
Japanese Copper Mines.

A copper mine in Japan, which was
first worked 1888 years ago. is soon
to be reopened. The HochI of Japan
is responsible for the statement of the
fact. The mine is in the Musashi
province. and it is recorded in old
japanese works that this was the first
copper mine ever worked in Japan. 1t
was opened in the fifth year of Keiun,
1888 years ago, and the event was
marked by changing the name of the
era to Waldo Japanese copper.) Tat
there should be detailed record of these
remote happenings is not remarkable
in country which boasts the possess
sion of II written history extending
back twenty-five centuries. Seven or
eight of tie ancient workings are said
still 10 exist just as they were eleven
centuries ago. and trial diggings are
now being made with v:5.w IL -
opening tue EaIns
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21

Stockers and feeders were inactive and values
were nominal at N.S593.50. Veal calves were
quoted at SO. 250825.
HoGs-Ihere was brisk trading in this branch
Of the live stock market and the range Of values
was considerably higher. The best grades
went to 81. 35014.40 and S415 was freely paid for
choice assorted light weights. The market
was not a little excited at times, but the close
was very weak at s. 9564. Is for poor to choice
light and at 81 1904. 10 for heavy weights. Sales
OF medium weights were principally at 81 10
GAO.
SHEEP.-The small receipts-onIy about 5000
head-induced d firm feeling in spite of the
fact that reports from the East were discour-
aging. There was not enor gh vitality in the de-
mand, however, to carry up prices, which ruled
about steady as last quoted Sales Of sheep
were on basis of S405.50 for common to
choice and SI.750660 was the range Of quota.
tons for lambs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
The Bellies Of Buda-Pesth.

In two days in Buda-Pesth l have
encountered more pretty women, in
face and figure, than in a whole month
in other places. Their vivacity is also
remarkable. and it is only natural that
gallants are so numerous. Romeos
and Juliets after sunset pass YOU 1T
every turn. To prim and precise in
dividuals like myself it is positively
startling to come unexpectedly upon
two persons of opposite sexes with
their arms around each other or hands
tightly clasped. Somehow, when you
recover your equanimity, the spectacle
does not appear so shocking. How
ever it might be with other nationali-
ties it has not the semblance of coarse
ness with these people. Their demon
STATIONS are exhibited in such a spirit
of uuco nsciousness and of Arcadian
simplicity as to be exquisitely refresh
ing.-Baitin1Ore Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21

rarily relieved by repeated application
TO the coffee-pot or to a strong tincture
formed by sleeping the crushed berries
in spirits of wine.
Meantime the diseased state of the
body is demonstrated by the acute in
ffammation which is apt to supervene
at any moment. A bruise. cut, a
prick or sting, which in healthy
person would be scarcely noticed, is
the starting point for Inflammation of
an erysipelatous character. so that it
seldom happens that the coffee inebr,ate
is long lived.
Coffee drunkards are more common
among people of nervous tempera-
ment than IN the ranks of the stolid,
phlegmatic folks, not easily moved by
any stimulus. or who. like many Ger
mans, prefer eating to drinking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
DiYekeaner in CuStOdY.

IsHPEsuNG, Mich, Jan. ls.-John
Henry, the keeper of dancehouse dives
at Trout Lake and Champion, was ar
rested yesterday on acl.argc of robbery.
Two officers who appeared at the front
door of Henry's ranch were met by a
woman armed with shotgun and
made to stand back. One of them, how
ever, went to the rear Of the building
and caught Henry as he was about to
escape through a window. A local
paper accuses Henry as being i'm
plicated in the murder of John Gleason,
the mining paymaster who was myster-
iously slain the night of Jan. s.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
Mail Wagon Held UD.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Jan. 18.-A loaded
mail wagon was held up near the post
Office by four men. The horses were
stopped and the driver told to hold up
his hands Instead he grabbed the re-
volver of one of the highwaymen which
was discharged and sent bullet
TIN ough his hand. Another passed
near his head. Two Of the robbers be-
gan unloading the mail, but became
frightened and left. They have not
been apprehended
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21

NEW YORK. Jan I8.-The stock market
opened strong and active on London buying but
sold Of rapidly under free offerings by bears
and catching Of stop orders. The Chilean war
scare was used with some effect to depress
prices, Declines extended to z per cent under
che lead Of Changers, Chicago Gas and special
sies. There was u good demand in the loan
crowd. Exchange 4S31s@485la.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-21
Saxony's New Cavalry sword.

SaXOny's cavalry has a new sword,
three inches shorter and cnnsidera b Y
lighter than the Old one. The blade is
straight, and the handle is of hard rub
Der. The new weapon is more ca silly
handled. but less dangerous than the
one hitherto used.