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The record-union., 1892-04-23
FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT

Mems 4Oc Dress Suspenders,
with drawers supporters, 15c
Mems Heavy 35c Working
Suspenders. To-day, 15c.
The Faultless soc Com bina-
ton Razor StrOp, 4 sides, 19c.
Gents Gray and White 75c
MepinO UnderShirts and Draw
ers for 45c net each.
Gents soc Stylish Silk Neck
ScarfS, with rings, 1Sc.
The record-union., 1892-04-23
shoe DEPARTMENT.

Best quality Of So French Kid
Button Shoes, hand turned,
SeWed, common sense and
opera last, all sizes. Closing at
$4 30.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
Spring Feeding

1t would be poor policy to feed a horse
through the winter, and then let him
starve to death just as the working season
commences in the spring 1t would De
just as bad policy TO winter colony OF
bees through the winter, and then let
them starve to death in the spring, and
while tine loss Of the bees would not be SO
great the principle is the same Feeding
bees in the spring requires great care. II
fed carelessly. or any gets spilled by acct
dent, robbing will be very apt to result,
and If robbing once gets started, there is
no telling where it will end. The best
way TO feed bees Is to take out comb that
is empty; or winch has no brood in it, and
fill with syrup of sugar. two thirds sugar
and one third water; put the comb In d
pan sufficiently large to hold it and pour
the SYRUP in. When one side is nlled as
full as it is possible to ell it, turn it over
and Eli the other side in similar manner,
then insert the comb in the center
Of the hive, and if it has been well
6lled that hive is provisioned for week
Some make practice Ct feeding a small
quantity each day,to stimulate brood rear
log. This is too much trouble unless there
is some special object in view. such as the
rearing Of dro1eS by some one who wishes
TO rear queens early.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05

age and resulting debasement OF the
currency Even the du.lest demo ratio
leaders begin TO see that the party will
have to stand somewhere, and can only
lose by trying to ev ale these questions
1t is we'll for the country that repub
lican congress has been followed by a
democratic house. The deliberate votes
of each body tell where the party stands
and what it means. Not even the nom
nation Of d free trader by men who
passed the Mckinley bill would suffice
to delude anybody; not even tie nomi-
nation of the soundest possible protec-
zionist by men who have passed the free
wool bill, or the nomination of the
soundest hard money man by the men
who have voted for free coinage OF sill
yer, would suffice in the least degree 10
obscure the attitude of the two parties.
Since nothing can be gained, but much
must be inevitably lost, by the nomina-
ton of candidates who do not represent
the known and declared purposes Of the
two parties, it may be expected that the
choice Of candidates this year will place
the lssu before the people more direct
ly and definitely than usual.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
VICTORIOUS PROTECTION.
A Democratic Newspaper Recruits His.
tory for It's Party.


The New York Sun, in recent issue,
presents some facts to it's readers th at
show the temper of the American people
as touching domestic assaults on the
protected industries of the country.
Here are the facts it presents, with its
own headline:
SEASON TICKET TO DEFEAT.
In 1888 the democratic party went
crazy for tariff reform" and trotted into
the mud behind the elephantine
economist of the mugwumps Licking
No l.
In 1891 the Ohio democrats, sticking to
the same old tariff reform" as PROFOUND.
ed by the same old corpulent Golden,
became unprotected mats for Major
William Mckinley, Jr, and the re-
publican party to wipe their feet on.
Licking No 2
In 1892 the Rhode Island democrats
took up the same howl and fight for
the same old tariff reform" and the
same old sarcotic dervish. Licking
No. 8
Hasn't the democratic party had
enough of this sort of thing? The sar-
cotic deryish is whirling to empty houses
Is it impolite to suggest that tariff IRE
FORM" too, has not been what the
managers of theaters call drawing at
traction?
1t will pay the democratic party tc
throw away its season ticket to de-
| feat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
A wOMAN'S PROPOSAL.
Etfe ctive, Nor is 1t So Different from the
style of Man.

Effs ctive, Nor Is 1t So Different from the
style of Man.
Mary Ann Casey saw no reason why
women should not propose.
George, she began softly, George,
L L"
He crept to the far-down end OF the sofa
in the happy parlor on Sixty-sixth street,
DIS though by instinct to prepare him
self for the worst, says the New York Re-
corder.
II feel" she said in husky tone, II
feel that | am about, that | am about tired
of this sort of life"
Life is a sad burden to many" he
ventured, especially when we get
on the wrong side of the market, Mary
Ann"
She flushed up to her yellow hair.
You were so kind to-to take me to
that OPERA" she said soothingly, land
can never thank -
He began to breathe easier.
IL am under so many obligations to
you, George, dear -
What's that, Mary Ann" he said, his
voice choking with fear and vague fore
boding.
81 said that if this sort of thing must go
en-
Yes"
And on, and on, and on
His eyes began to bulge.
And on, and ON, .
He came nearer.
And on, and"-
She was following him down on the
sofa.
George, er, er, er, er, err
Yes, Mary?"
Dear George, er, er, err
Dear Nary"
"Er, er, er, er, err
''Er, er, er, err
'Er, er, err
GER, err
Fri
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
Insects in stored Grain.

In a bulletin from the Mississippi sta
ton the three insects most injurious TO
grain the south receive consideration.
These are TIE Angumis grain moth, the
black weevil and the red grain beetle
The transformation and habits of these
insects are about the same. The eggs are
laid within the grain, both before and
after it is gathered, and the mature insects
come forth in three to six weeks after the
eggs are laid. Their depredations are not
confined to any one cereal, and by their
work they cause marked decrease in
weight. Sulphur, CT salt, sprinkled in
husked corn, will tend to drive the insects
away.
The best remedy for grain insects is bi-
sulphide of carbon. For this ouaran-
tine" bin should be built aud the grain
treated in it as gathered. The amount Of
bisulphider needed varies with the tight.
ness of the bin, but, as a rule, one ounce
of bl- sulphide to 100 pounds of grain is
sufficient. As the bi-suiphide is explosive,
all lights from matches, cigars and the
like sheuld be kept away until ali odor
from the fumes has passed off Insects In
mills should be treated with bi,sul phide,
beginning in the basement and going up
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05

found that Ravenscroft was not merely
still alive after all, but that be had act u
ally escaped with unbroken bones, and
was altogether (now the first stun had
passed Off really little the worse for bis
terrible adventure, huge heap of soft
dust having effectually broken his fall.
81 should think" said he, with faint
iaugn, that may fairly claim the honor
OF being the f st man who ever played
blind mans buff with horse But, any
how, I'm very glad that managed to
save the poor beasts life as well as my
own; and mean to keep him for myself
after this, for he's out-and-ost the best
goer | ever rode"
Cavalier Charlie was as good as his
word and he rode that very horse (which
he had appropiately..named 'Neck-or-Noth-
ing'O to the church door three months
later. when the repentapt Kate vowed to
''love, honor and obey him, with every
intention of keeping her word.-DAvid
Ker in Cassells.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
EXTRACTS FROM DIR. REED.
The ex-Speaker Illustrates the Contradict
DRY Arguments of Dem cratic Congress.

The ex-Speaker Illustrates the Contradict
DRY Arguments of Dem cratic Congress
men
But they say we will give you free
wool, and then you will have cheaper
cloth. [ do not know how they are 60
ing to give US cheaper cloth under their
theory.
! | was reading to-day the records of
, congress of two days ago, and | read
two democratic speeches on free wool,
were fayoring free wool because it
would increase the price of American
wool
New England, how are you going to
have wool put on the free list? And !
want to give you notice hele to- night
Sleeps back and fairfield when it is put
on our backs
A RAG BAG TARIFF.
Nov, my friends, you knov that the
taaiff is a wickedness, the tariff is a
ROBBERY, it is an Infamous taking of the
money out of one mans pocket and put
ting it into the pocket of another with
out the consent of one of the parties.
Now, you know that is so, becaus every
democratic orator tells you it is SO. Now
then here is the democratic party in
power three to one and what are they
doing?
Giving him a revenue tariff? Giving
you revenue tariff founded upon some
great principle? Why, they are giving
you tariff out of the rag-bag. They
say first: "We will catch the votes of the
Rhode Island manufacturers by having
free WOOL They say: I'VE will do that
because it is free raw material" That
is great principle. And they argued
that the manufacturer could do better
if he has his wool free. And then they
turned around to the farmer and proved
to him that taking off the tariff will
raise the price of wool. But they always
put these two statements in different
parts of the speech. When they argue
the benefit to the manufacturer they
tell him he can have wool ever so much
lower, When they argue it to the
farmer they tell him he can have wool
ever 50 much higher. Well, now, it is a
great peculiarly about the democratic
legislation. 1t always works both ways
and catches the vote coming and going,
ana that is the reason it never becomes
a law, because while machines have
been invented which catch people com
| ing Or going, no machine or earth has
ever been invented which will catch
both coming and going.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
The Currant Worm.

When the currant worm first began its
ragages, the price of this fruit went sud
denly so high that those who learned the
knack of saving it by using bellebore
made enormous profits. Tie price of late
years has not been so high, but high
enough to give a good profit as compared
with ordinary farm crops. The currant is
more easily propagated than any other
fruit. A cutting planted now will be a
living bush year hence, and if cared for
will bear literally thereafter. The work
of saving the currants with hellebore is a
trihe if attended to in time But as the
fruit depends on the leaves, the hellebore
must be applied as soon as the worms ap-
pear. It is best used when the leaves are
wet with dew, but solution Of hellebore
used when tbs leaves are dry is equally
effective.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
Caring Hams and Bacon

An expert in the important branch Of
domestic economy of curing hams and
bacon. advises to pack the meat in ?
sweet, clean cask, and cover with brine
made as follows: Take half as much
water as will cover the meat, and put il
al. the salt it will dissolve; add the other
half of the waller required, with two
quarts of molasses and quarter OF a
pound of saltpeter for each bundled
pounds of meat In six weeks the meat
will be ready for smoking. 1t should be
hung in the smoke-house for a day or
two before the smoking begins. ia order
to dry off. In warm weather dark
smoke.house is necessary, to guard against
flies. As soon as the meat is sufficiently
smoked, which is largely a matter of
taste, each piece should be enveloped in a
strong paper bag, fastened securely,
50 that no insect can get through where it
is tied, and hung in a dry place.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
One as Easy as the other.

In an eastern land was an ancient tomb
that men said had been reared above d
mighty conqueror. Now this tomb cum
ming devised, to the intent that no man
shou!I enter it. But after many years,
it came to pass that one found wherein
the secret of the entrance lay, and he
opened the door that had been closed for
two thousand years.
And men entered into the tomb with
awe and trembling, and they found in the
midst thereof the body of the ancient king
embalmed with spices, and In the shrivel-
ed hand lay the root of lily, as the GUS
tom had been to bury.
Then one took the root, which had laid
In the dead man s palm for sixty genera
tions, and planted it in the ground; and
the earth gave it of her fairness and the
clouds spared for it of their moisture, and
the sun smiled uponIit and gave it warmth
so that it burst into life; and in the
springtime it put forth leaves above the
earth, and in the summer it bore a flower
Of exceeding beauty, which all men came
to look upon. And a wise man saw it,
and as he marveled as It's beauty, he said:
sIf thy maker can recall thee to life, sure.
ly he can recall me also. Selected.
Woman's Greatest Charm.
The New York Press has been collecting
opinions, as 10 what constitutes woman S
greatest charm" Here are few of the
opinions:
Grace Of expression is pre- minently
woman's create st charm.
think woman's greatest charm is neat.
ness.
1t is my unalterable conviction that a
Indy, gracious manner is charm great
CT than any beauty of face or form, spark
ing wit or various accomplishments.
A woman's greatest charm lies in her
sower to love-
Take my words for it, girls, and be nat
ural. Therein lies your greatest charm,
aid in the long run you will come out
aLead.
[ should say that it was womanliness,
q very man loves womanly woman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
FARM AND HOME.
. IN OLD AGE.
Written on my Eishty-seventh Birthday
BY DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.

What is it now to live? II Is 10. brea the
The air of heaven, behold the pleasant earth,
The shining rivers, the 1nconstant sea,
S1bllmity of mountains, wealth of clouds,
And radiance DER all of countless stars.
1t Is to sit before the cheerful hearth
With groups of friends and kindred, store 0
books
Rich heritage rom ages past,
Hold sweet communion soul with soul,
On things now passed, or present or TO come,
Or muse alone upon my early days,
Unbind the scroll whereon is writ
The story OF my busy life,
Mistakes too often, but successes more,
And consciousness of duty done.
Il is to see with laughing eyes the play
OF children sporting on the lawn,
Or mark the eager strifes of men
And nations, seeking each and all,
Belize advantage TO obtain
Above their fellows; such il man!
1t is to feel the pulses quicken as | hear
OF great events near or afaI.
Wherein my turn peTchance
The fate of generations, ages hence
1t Is 10 rest with folded arms betimes,
And so surrounded, so sustained
Ponder on what may yet befau
In that unknown mysterious realm
Which lies beyond the range Of mortal ken,
Where souls immortal do forever dwell:
Think of the loved ones who await me there,
And without mourning or inward grief,
With mind unbroken and no fear,
Calmly await the coming of the Lord.
The Independent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05

Merit wins at last, but it may take years
of patient waiting.
The measure of our success is in proper
ton as we satisfy God
If you look at the top side of a cloud
you will always see something bright.
Look straight up and you will always
see sunshine. 1t is never dark in Heaven
He who prays for blessing should be
careful TO keep himself where it can fall
on him.
"He that followeth after righteousness
and mercy 6ndeth life, righteousness and
honor"
Be courageous and noble minded; our
own heart, and not other mems opinions
of us form our true homer - chiller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
The JOY of Early Spring.

Happiness in this world, when it
comes" said Hawth orne, ''comes incl
dentaliy. Make it the object of pursuit,
and it leads d wild-go chase, and is
never attained" The simplest joys are
the truest-the most abiding. The Joy Of
early spring days must reside partly, per-
haps mostly, in the heart of the beholder
himself He sees what he brings to the
scene; ard it requires but few CLEANS
or reflections Of his own soul on the great
mirror of the outward world to awaken
and glorify the picture there. Hartford
Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
ghis Near the Nominations Will Stand for
Something.

Something.
n. Y. Tribunte: Parties will be more
definitely represented this year, it is
probable than in any other presidential
election for a quarter of a century. Cir
cumstances compel the nomination of
candidates who are in themselves signi-
fcant. General Grant represented the
war for the Union; Seymour nothing.
President Hayes represented specie re
sumption, but Mr. Tllden was only a
mask with which democrats sought to
conceal their repudiating tendency
General Garfield represented protection,
but his opponent was able to say that the
tariff was local issue without giving
anybody new impression of his mental
status. Mr.. Blaine represented the best
ideas of the republican party, but no
body knew what Mr. Cleveland meant
until after he had been elected, and
when the people knew they defeated
him for second term and elected a
thorough protectiouist, President Har-
rison. This year there will be little
chances for DISCUSSES or false pretences
on either side The republican party is
so far united that it's candidate, whether
called by one name or another, whether
from one partof the country or another,
WILL TSpFeseHt Tue SdEue Cou'lCelohs'
What republican congress has done.
what the present republican administra.
ton has done, will be in the best and
truest sense represented by the candi-
date, whoever he may be.
Circumstances have made it almost
impossible for the democratic party to
play any tricks this year. The battle
betw cen democratic factions regarding
silver coinage and the tariff, the pres
ence OF two threatening armies of pos
siely hostile voters, the alliance men on
one side and the eastern free traders on
the other, the personal attitude of the
prominent candidates and their rela-
lions with others less prominent, M axe
1T plain that the democrats cannot afford
to nominate this year riddle or an IN
terrogatlon mark. They have TO take
sides for or against free wool and result
ing free trade, for or against free coin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
Loss In Feeding Whole Corn.

No kind of farm stock excepting sheep
and poultry will degest whole corn without
greater loss than the miller would take as
toll for grinding. Where cattle are fed
whole corn il is the practice of western
farmers to turn in store hogs, which get a
good living, and will sometimes fatten on
the undigested corn voided In the drop
pings. Even the hogs, if they get much
of this half digested corn, will void pieces
of corn that have gone through them
without affording any nutriment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
The Old Cow

Corn beef does not sell we'll in the mar
kets, but if the fattening has beer rapid,
its quality is often much better than its
name An old COW, so long as her teeth
are good. has generally good digestion,
aud can be fattened with proper feeding
into beef that will be good for home use if
not to SELL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05

THE MOQUI INDIANS.
Strange and Seldom Visitors Corners of
| Country

our Country.
A hundred miles north of the Petrifed
Forest, and we'll into the edge of TIE Ari :
IONA desert, are the seven strange and
seldom visited Pueblo cities CT Mcqui.
They all have widely unpronounceabIe
names, like Haulpi, A hau.tu, and Mis-
hongop-avi; aud all are built on the sum,
mits of almost inaccessible mesas-- islands
of solid rock, whose generally perpendicu-
lar cliff walls rise high from the sur
rounding plain. They are very remark
able towns in appearance, set upon dizzy
sites, with quaint terraced houses of
adobe, and queer little corrals for the
animals, in hooks and angles of the cliff,
and giving far outlook across the browns
and yellows and the spectral peaks OF that
weird plain. But they look not half so
remarkably as they are. The most remote
from civilization of all the Pueblos, the
least affected by the Spanish influence
which so wonderfully ruled over the enor-
nous area of the Southwest, and practi-
cally untouched by the later Saxon info
ence, the Indians of Moqui towns retain
almost entirely their wonderful customs
OF before the conquest. Their languages
are different from these o. any other Of
the Pueblos; and their mode OF life -
| tHoogu TO pasGy glance the sam6-1s In
many ways unlike that of their brethren
in New Mexico. They are the hest
weavers in America, except the once re-
markable but now less skiIlful Navajos;
and their mantas 1.-THE characteristic black
wooden dresses of Pueblo women) and
dancing girdles are so famous that the
! Indians of the Rio Grande valley often
travel three hundred miles or more, on
foot or on deliberate burros, simply to
trade for the long wearing products OF
the rude, homemade looms of Moqui
The Moouis also make valuable aud curl
Gus fur blankets by twisting the skins o.
rabbits into ropes, and then sewing these
together custom which Coronado founo
among them three hundred and fifty years
ago, before there were any sheep to yiele
wool for such fabrics as they now weave
and when their only dress materials were
skins and the cotton they raised.--Charle
F. Lummis, in April St. Nicholas.
Excuse me, dear friend, | am mo
mertarily little embarrassed, and"
B: "You lucky man! l have bee,
greatly embarrassed for long time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
Countrs Roads.

The expense OF the maintenance of
horses and mules in America during the
periods of enforced idleness on account of
impossible roads is estimated at eighty
millions of dollars year, and with hard,
smooth country roads not half the present
power would De required to draw loads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
Rotating Crops.

Rotation of crops assists in preventing
insects, By depriving insects of their
natural food they are lessened in numbers.
the same land, and the rule holds good
with many other crops, some crops being
omitted from the list altogether, and their
places supplied with crops entirely dis
tinct, should occasion require. Rotation
also prevents loss of fertility of the soil to
a certain extent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
Work It's Own Reward.

All noble work is consecrated work.
1t involves sacrifice, self denial, pain; it
requires endurance. 1t may be wrought
in obscurity, and over its victories nc
song of triumph may be raised. But if
the worker love it ard his toiling is hal
lowed by sincerity, by generous impulse
by unselfsh devotion to others welfare
the work will be its own reward. -Ha
per's Bazaar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05
Bones for Trees and Grapes.

If bones are pounded INFO small pieces,
deposited round the trees and grape vines,
and chopped in with a hoe, they will show
good results for years, as they slowly give
up their particles. This is better than
having them dry up and decay upon the
surface of the ground, where they are use
less. Save and utilize all the dried bones.