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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22

slaughter Of a deer. But the triumph
Of mastering the wariest and brayest
animal in the woods by fair still-hunt-
ing. and by grimly sticking TO the
track for many a weary mile, amply
atOneS for any regrets.
One a form only a very
idea of the true appearance of a moose.
Few, if any, taxidermiStS have ever.
from the stuffed heads usually seen,
seer a live 400 and with only the
loose hide to work on. they, make a
m~onstroSity of 1t, giving him a decid-
edly miSshapen nose. and filing out to
the utmost the immense noStrilS. which
in repOse are in a collapsed state. The
ears come above the horns. not behind
them, as is usually the case in mount
ed specimens.
In the living animal the nose is a
marvel of ~uglinesS and the surface GOV.
cred by the ~olfactory nerves so great
that it is doubtful whether there is
any other animal whose sense of smell
is so highly developed. Like most
other deniZenS of the forest it relies far
more on its scent than on its sight
The eyes are small and wicked. snap.
ping and cleaning on the smallest pro
vocation. and betray at once the ugly
character Of their owner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22
CHAPTER V.

Had 2 ~thupderbolt fallen at the feet
of Nanon, it could scarcely have
caused her more surprise than the en-
trance of this person. "Cauvagnac!'
she murmured.
Here [ ann little sister," cried he.
But. pardon, %!ou are not alone" he
continued, perceNing the duke; per
haps I am de trop;' " and he bowed
low to the duke.
"'You are welcome, M. de Candles
said the duke, graciousay. Your sister
and I have spoken much of you since
last evening. and wished for your com
pany."
"Ah, you really wished for me?'
said Cauvagnac. turning to Nanon with
a look of mingled irony and doubt.
Yes" said Nanon, m. lie Due was
good enough to wish you to be present
ed to him. \
"Ah, m~onseigneur. 1 should have beg
ged for that honor sooner, had I not
feared to intrude."
"Sir, 1 admire your delicacy, but
you carry it too far. Had not your
sister cared for your fortunes"
"Ahts interrupted C~auvagnac, throw
ing another strange glance on her,
you cared for the fortunes Of"
"Of my brother" interrupted she, sit
is only natural"
But continued the duke, Il am
glad of whatever has CHANGED to bring
you back"
"Oh," thought Cauvagnac, sit seems
I was gone somewhere"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22
THE
Extreme Care Necessary to AY0ld
Alarming the Magnificent Animals.

A deer when started by a hunter or
driven by hounds usually returns III
a few days 70 the same hill Oh noun
/ tain+side where he was first found, says
| Madison Grant in Century; but a
/ moose, when once thoroughly alarmed.
! will start ON a long swinging walk,
and, taking with him mis- entire family,
leave for good. 1t is n of the great
I! est dificultieS-and they are many-ln
! still hunting this animal, to avoid get
! ting him under way, for then the hun
| ter NAV as, well break camp n try
! other fields. since not a moose Will be
found within miles. They scent a moe
| casin track OF. the smoke of a fire at an
incredible distance. A fresh tra1f may
be found one day. and arrangements
| made to follow it at day-break on the
morrow. During the night the moose,
returning to his OLD haunts, detects the
dangersigns, and all the hunters n
in the morning is a trail six or eight
hours old leading for parts unknown
in an almost perfectly straight line.
The moose it at that moment, perhaps,
twenty miles off, and still going.
Although moose can not be driven
20 water by hounds like deer, but will
turn savagely at bay, still they will
not remain in a locality where dogs
are running; so that when the White
hunters became numerous in the North
woods, and especially when they in
troduced bounding, the moose simply
left the country, and passed either east
ward to Maine or northward to Can
ada.
It is a well-authenticated but little
known fact that they practically lett
in one season. They were numerous In
the Adir0ndacks. especially in Browns
Tract-a large district in what is now
the southwestern part of the wilder
ness-until the period between 1850
and 1856 probably near the latter
year,, when they suddenly disappeared.
Before this several had been killed
yearly. Scattered ones were shot later,
but 1850 marked their exit from the an
nails of New York game. Years later.
four IT five were brought back TO Sar
anac, but would not stay.
When a bull moose lies dead in the.
forest. he looks like some strange ante
dNuvian animal, with his square pre-
heNSile mufle and horns spreading lat
eraIiy-a popularity which he shares
with tue prehistoric Irish elk and near
" extinct European elk of later times.
The huge form tells Of strength and
swiftness, and. withal, the still danger
Gus CLEAN Of the eye, glazed In its last
stare, bids the hunter pause and feel
almost guilty Nof a crime in the de-
struction of so much that is grand and
weird. a feeling very different from the
sentiment supposed to attend the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22

for each acre of pasture, and only al
Small Farms. >
low the cows to run out a few hours
each day, n feed them bran and
other grain food winter and summer
but this would depend on whether
manure could be bought near enough
and at such a price that you could get
what was needed cheaper than to
keep the cows and produce it, and also
to some extent on the price you could
get for butter. The intelligent. prog
greSAye farmer will study all these cues
lions carefully. About two tons Of
bran will feed a coy a year. and this
can be bought usually, by taking ad-
vantage of the time when the millers
are oyerStocked. for twelve dollars a
ton or less. The manure from bran is
especially valuable. and If you can
grow crops which will return from
sixty dollars to 5000 per acre-which
will be true, l thiLk, in many localities,
of strawberries, sweet potatoes, tOma-
toes and some other crops-one can
afford to feed cows literally the year
round If he keeps them most of the
time where the manure can all be
saved, for it is quite probable that the
Extra milk and butter would pay for
heavy feeding, and leave the manure
rs clear profit.
| am not laying down any fixed rules
which 1 would follow or advise any
one else to, but only suggesting what
might be done. I know one man on a
twenty-four-acTe farm who makes
strawberries, sweet cOrn early onions
for punching. radiShes. lettuce and
sweet potatoes, his money crops, and
who is supporting a large family. Any
one on a farm of this size who should
attempt to make a living by growing
corn and wheat, would certainly come
to grief, for he would come in compe-
tition with millions of farmers, most
of whom have better chances to grow
profitable crops than he; but by grow
ing special crops for a local market,
and such crops as have possibilities OF
a large sum per acre, he reduces the
number of competitors to perhaps a
few neighbors.
Another point must not be lost sight
of-this little farm comes very ear
supplying the table the year round,
thus greatly reducing the expenses of
living. and while it does not promise
wealth. it does remove the fear of
want, and gives the farmer much lefS-
ure during the year, which he can de
vote to reading. / say then, In this
time of financial distress. blessed is
the contented farmer! And if he has
learned to manage a little farm so as
to have assured income sufficient to
meet his wants. then he is thrice
blessed. While / never cease to be
thankful that / am n farmer, I am es-
pecially so in time of financial distress,
when the unemployed of our cities
are counted by the millions. I am will
ing to endure all the ills incident to
the farmers lot, for the sake of the
safety, the opportunity for develop
ment and the many blessings within
easy reach of the man who intelligent
IL manages his farm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22
SCHUMANN'S FAME GROWS.
Memberships influence. on the Con
trary, Is Growing Less.

The influence which Schumann's art
has exercised and is exercising in
modern nus cannot be overeStimated.
writes Edward Grieg in the Century.
In conjunction with Chopin and List.
he dominates at this time the whole
literature of the piano. while the piano
compositions of his great contpm-
porary, Mendelssohn. which were once
exalted at Schumann'S expense. would
seem to be vanishing from the concert
programme. In conjunction with his
predecessor. Franz Schubert. and in
Il higher degree than any cOntem-
pOrary-nOt " Robert Franz ex-
c~epted-he prevades the literature of
the musical romance" while ever here
1Iendelssohn is relocated ad acta.
What a strange r~etribution of fate! 1t
is the old story of Nemesis. Men
delssohn received. as it were. more than
his due of admiration in advance:
Schumann. less than his due. Posteritv
had to balance their accounts. But il
has. according to my opinion. in its
demand for Justice. identified itself
so completely with Schumann and his
cause that Mendelssohn has been I'M
fairly treated or directly wronged.
This is true. however. only as regards
the aforementioned genres, the piano
and the musical romance. In Orches-
trail compositions Mendelss0hn still
maintains his position, while Schumann
has taken a place at his side as his
equal. I say his equal, for surely no
significance can be attached to the cir
cumstance that a certain part of the
younger generation (Wagnerians chief
Ivy have fallen into the habit Of treat
ing Schumann, as an orchestral cOmpes-
er. de haut en- baS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22

Il must really scold You. brother
said Nanon, for going away SO sud
denly, and only leaving me a few
lines, whicl could but redouble my
anxiety"
"Oh, my dear Nanon, you must par
don a great deal of lovers said the
duke, smiling.
1T seems l am in love too" thought
Cauvagnac, this becomes comlplicat-
ed"
Come, confess it" said Nanon.
L do 10 deny it," said Cauvagnac.
with a smile, and vainly trying to ex-
tract the truth from all this.
We'll, WELL" said the duke. but let
Us go to breakfast. Francinette. a
plate for NJ. de Candles. I hope, cap
tain. you have not b~reakfasted?"
NO, monseigneur; and I confess the
morning air has given me an appetite"
Say rather the night air." said the
duke, "for we know that you set off
at midnight. But here is plenty to
satisfy your appetite, however great
it may be-"
NJ. Biscarros had surpassed himself:
the dishes We're numerous and good.
and wine flowed in abundance.
Cauvagnac ate eagerly. This brother
of yours eats with good grace, Nanon,
but you do not keep him in counter
ance."
"MonSeigneur, I am not hungry"
"Ah. my dear sister," cried Cauvag-
nae, Il fear it is the pleasure of seeing
me that has destroyed your appetite"
well, now said the duke" I want
to hear about the little young man
The one whom you met yesterday"
said Nanon.
"Ah, yes" said Cauyagnac, Il met
him. and afterWard saw him at the
inn"
Really" cried Nanon.
Yes"
what was he like?"
MA fol! he was charming; fair and
elegant. and he was travelling with
an old squire"
1T must be the same thought Nj
non. "And are you in love with him?'
she asked.
with whom?'
with the little young man." said
the duke.
"Oh, mOnseigneur, what do you
mean?'
"Have you still the little gray glover
asked the duke, laughing.
THE little glover
yes, the one you looked at so o V
ingly last night. The one, in fact,
which made you suspect the deception
the metamorphose."
Cauvagnac quick as lightning, under
stood all in a moment. "Ah," cried he.
"he was a woman, then; ma fol. did
suspect it, and he drank off another
glass of wine.
well" said the duke, 'since his
glove does not prevent him from eat
ing and drinking. I do not think the
business of the king win suffer"
THE affairs Of the King suffer!
never!" cried Cauvagnac. 1.-THE affairs
of the king are sacred"
II may, then. count on your devotion,
baron"
"On my devotion to the king"
yes
81 should think so. i"
"Of course said Nanon. who fear
ed he might forget the part he had
to play lis he not a captain in his
Maiesty's service? thanks to your good
ness, NJ. lie Due"
II shaft never forget it, said
Cauvagnac. with his hand on his
heart.
1--WE will do better for you in the
future, baron"
Thanks. monse&gneur. thanks"
and we have already commenced"
Really"
Eyes. but henceforth as you have
nothing more to hide. as [ now that
YOU are Na1On's brother, wheTf you
want anything apply direct to me"
s:Monseigneur, I will not fail"
To he Continually
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22
AS TO SMALL FARMS.
VIEWS OF AN OHIAN ON THIS
POINT.
SOME REASONS Why THEY ARE
PROFITABLE.

Governmental Estimates of the ARA
and Product of the Cereal Crops.
Tobacco. Potatoes, Etc, for the
Fast Fiscal observation-disclosures
Notes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22

There is a limit to milk production
which varies with each Individual cow.
Some breeds, of course, have the
tendency to turn what is feed to each
cow into milk and butter fats, while
in other breeds the same feeding will
fatten the animal itself and diminish
the milk flow. 1t does not pay the
dairyman to get cows that naturally
run to beef. He can check the ten
dency for a time by feeding succulent
and non-fatting r~ations, but before
many weeks nature will assert itself,
and the cow as a mixer will be
worthless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22

While bran is all right to make
quantity of milk, it does not make q
rich milk full of butter fats. For this
purpose there is no winter feed so good
as corn meal, fed either with corn en-
silage or with cut corn STALKS
moistened with hot water. 1t is better
for a winter feed than linseed or cotton
seed meal, as these have the effect Of
making the butter fats too hard for
cold weather use. The use of cotton
seed meal comes just right in summer.
The butter then is sure to ONE soft,
and if often unmanageable from this
cause.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22

Corn meal is considered an excellent
food for chicks, but it may be improved
by mixing a raw egg with one pint of
the corn meal. Beat the egg well first,
adding a pinch of salt, and then gradu-
ally add the corn meal until the whole
is well mixed. No water should be
used, as the corn meal should be dry
and crumbly. If preferred, sifted
ground oats may be mixed with the
corn meal. We suggest rolled oats
given every other day, as a variety
and once a week a tablespoonful of lin
seed meal may be added to a pint Of
corn meal. 1t is better to feed the
chicks every two hours in cold weather
and under no conditions must they miss
a meal or become chilled from cold.
The estimates of area and product Of
the principal cereal crops, potatoes. to
bacco, and hay for the ear 1893, az
completed by the statiStician Of the de-
partment Of agriculture, make the ag-
gregate of corn area 7S,936,465 acres,
product 1~,619,491,131 bushels; wheat
area 34,269,41S acres. product 296. 131.-
725 bushels; oats 27,273,033 acres, pro
duct 638,S54. $50 bushels; rye 2.03S.-
49, acres, product ~26,555,446 bushels;
barley 3,220,371 acres, product 69,S69,-
495 bushels; buckwheat S15,614 acres,
product L ,132,311 bushels; potatoes
2,6O5,1 S6 acres, product 1~o3,O34,2o3
bushels; tobacco 702,952 acres, product
4S3. " ,963 pounds; hay 49,613,46S
acres. product 65,766,15S tons. The
average yield of corn per acre was 22.5
bushels: wheat, ia bushels; oats, pa
bushels; rye, 10 bushels; barley, 21.T
bushels; buckwheat, 14.9 bushels; pota-
toes, 72.2 bushels; tobacco, 6S7 pounds,
hay, 1.33 tons. The returns Of the cor
respondents of the department make
the average of winter wheat sown last
fall 93.2 per cent. of the area harvested
in 1893.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22
NOTES.

Sailing the cows is more apt to be
neglected in winter than at any other
time of the year. Salt should either
be given regularly twice a week, or
better still. be placed under cover
where stock can get it as they choose.
Do not throw it upon the frost or snow,
as the mixture makes an intense cold,
and there is danger that the eagerness
Of cattle for salt may lead to frosting
their tongues. The fact that the cows
breath is warm, wilt not save her
tongue from freezing. The faster the
salt melts the ice the more intense is
the cold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-02-19
STATE GovERNmENr.
ssUPREsaE COURT.

Associate Justices. ~. q, T. 4. R sissI"
.kiChArd kisd
Diatrict Judge. ............... a. ~. Chend
.......-. ga. l.. kiIzge Al
........... Geo. r. islbj
......... K. K. Coleo5
.....james d. rUrre, y
university Regents ....... -. uenry Il I'D
flames " Hand
............ %. L. Ma
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FRoM eorHAM.s STREETS.

RESTAURANTS IN Third avenue and
the Bowery have q conventional style
Of their own that few depart from.
The red cherry table without cloth is
feature of most such places.
FREE lanch saloons find the demand
for lunch greatly increased by the
hard times. The increase in the case
OF the smaller saloons does not come
from a sudden swelling Of the classes
that regularly live by following up
lunch routes, but from decent poor me-
chanics temporarily idle.
SIN speaking of Fat that was
looking at the other day." said fiat
hunter. ''the janitor said: There's
never been a death in tho house since
it was built This was something that
had never heard before, but there are
doubtless many persons to whom that
would be accommodation. either on
sentimental grounds or as Indicating
the healthfulness of the location and
of the building"
EeG dealers must soon push the
English language one step further.
The distinctions of eggs, fresh eggs
and strictly fresh eggs, sometimes
called ''stric'lies," have become his
toric, but housewives have discovered
this winter, perhaps as the result of
hard times, that stric'lies are no longer
to be trusted. Some of them, indeed,
are little better than t'fresh eggs"
and others are neither more nor less
than just "eggs.''
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-02-19
BITS OF RELIGIOUS HuMoR.

DEACON" said a minister out west,
after heavy sermon, "I'm tired"
Indeed" replied the deacon, "then
you know how to pity the congrega-
ton" ~
"AH, parson, wish could take nv
gold with me-" said dying deacon,
who was very wealthy but very selfish.
ut might melt" was the minister's
consoling reply.
WHAT do You think of your new
minister?" And Sandy, scratching his
pow answered.: II dinna think muckle
o him. Six days he's eenvisible, and
tho seventh day eencomprehensible."
A LADY was once narrating to
Bishop Temple how her aunt had es-
capped from n railway accident. give
people in the same compartment were
killed and my aunt alone escaped;
wasn't 1T providential!" sHumphl'
said the bishop, "don't know your aunt;
can't sayl'
A COLONEL commanding British
regiment in India requested n drill SER
geant to ascertain the religious views
OF some new recruits. The latter were
parndcd and the sergeant cried out:
Fall in. Church. of England men to
the right; Roman Catholic men to the
left; all fancy religions to the rear"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-02-19
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

THE Society of Friends recently sent
a check for $500 to the Salvation
Army for use in its social scheme.
DURING the last four years the Chris
tians of Berlin have given $500, 900
toward the erection of new churches in
the German capital.
The most numerous body of religion
lists is that devoted to Buddhism, 42o,-
100000 The number of Christians is
estimated at 40S, 100000.
In the islands of the sea there are Eli
stations occupied by 100 missionaries.
Twelve societies arc represented. The
converts number 100000.
DURING the last year the Basle So
ciety of Germany distributed more
than $4,000 copies of the Holy Scrip
lures at an eXpe nse of $4,000.
THE Church Missionary society of
England last year had an income of
e27,ooo in excess of its expenditures,
which amounted to S1,25O,G0O.
INDIA has eight Christian colleges
and 10000 schools and 5000, 900 pupils.
There are 1s,O0o,OCo girls of school age
and only one in sixty attends school.
CONTRIBUTIONS to all benevolent pur-
poses by Protestant Christians of the
United States amount to about SIS 900, :
600 annually. Only one-seventh of this
Is given to foreign missions.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-02-19
DIVORCE LAWS.

ROMAN law allowed divorce for three
causes: the Scriptural reason, designs
on o husbands life and the possession
of false keys.
n DEcREE was granted in Massachu-
sets because 1.-The defendant keeps
this plaintiff awake most Of the night
quarreling."
ONE Creek state had law that II q
man divorced his wife, he could not
marry woman younger than the dis
carded partner. a.
a NEW JERSEY wife got divorce be-
cause the defendant, the husband,
sleeps with a razor under his pillow TO
brighten this plaintiff"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-02-19
oABINET.

secty. Of State. .......... Walter o. Gresham
sec'ty. of tie Treasury ..John q. Carlisle,
seo'ty. Of War. ...... Daniel 8. Lamont, N. F,
sec'ty. OF the Navy.... Hilary A. Herbert, Al,
Fostinaster- General.... Wilson s. Biss.l. !
sec'ty. OF the INTERIOR. .Hoke Smith. .,
Attorney -General....... Richara Olney, Na,,
Sec'ty. Of Agricultural. Sterling Morton N,l
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Associate justices

q. g. Senators ...... .......Wm. NJ. stewtd
Rep. in Congress-. Francis q. Eswlsla
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SUPREME. coulsr.
chieEJustice.. .hellvile ". Eull.r b

Melville W. Fuller, n
stephen J. Field, G.
..JoLII n. harlan, h
49,. horbce Gray, Ma
!, :.snln blatclifoiu, n
Lsvtd ) brtwer, Lr
Henry Is. Brown, Mid
...6eolYe SfiIras, Pen
Howell 4 jackson, TeI
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OFFICIAL DIRECTOR
50. 2. GOVERNMENT:

President..... GROVER CLEVELAND. a,
vice-Psesident...ADLA1E Z. STEVENSON
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-08

charged with cruelty to animals, were
arraigned for hearing, but after the
prosecution had rested and the defense
put in the testimony of Stayner and
Madison, continuance was taken I'M
til this afternoon to allow the defense
an opportunity of procuring another
witness. The evidence showed that
three horses owned by the defendants
have already died from exposure and
starvation and several others were
threatened with death. Stayner and
Madison claimed that they boarded the
animals out until April and were not
aware of the treatment they were re-
ceiving. The missing witness is the
man who took the horses to pasture
and feed.
Frank Jennings and Charles Extrom,
boys, charged with stealing bottles,
were discharged.
Fred Larsen was given five days for
drunkenness.
Pat Egan and Tom Collins, the for
mer charged with vagrancy and the
latter with drunkenness, were dis
charged.
Bertha Curtis. one OF the three little
girls arrested last week for shoplifting,
was arrested again yesterday on the
charge of petit larceny, but on account
of the non-desire to prosecute on the
part of the complaining witness, she
was discharged. 1t seems that Mrs.
Sena Carney employed the girl to care
FIR her house during her absence sew
eral days ago and Bertha helped her
self to a purse containing two gold
rings and $1,50. The property was re-
covered with the aid of a search war
rant The girl claims to have taken
the purse by mistake.