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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-24

A High Tariff-The French legis-
lature has agreed to raise the tariff
on wheat from % ID cents to IS II
cents per bushel which is probably
the highest tariff now recorded any
where on grain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-24

Questions and AnSWerS-A farmer
writes: ''One of my horses has d soft
enlargement on the front part of the
fetlock joint, caused, l think, by
knuckliD over. Can it be removed?
If so, please give instructions in your
veterinary column
The enlargement which is described
is probably Windgall in front Of the
fetlock joint. In the primary stage,
when the drOpsical condition is not
excessive, pressure by the use Of a
compress and bandage properly ad-
justed, handwriting frictions with a
camphorated liniment, or the appl1ca-
ton of a blister will sometimes &C
complish all that is desired.
Another says: Il have a yearling
colt that has something like a Wart
near the root of the ear. 1t discharges
a white substance. [ first noticed
it when the colt was 2 months old.
What is it and how can [ cure it!''
The discharge at the base Of the
ear is probably due to cyst from the
presence of an imperfectly formed
tooth-like structure lodged somewhere
near the root Of the ear. 1t must be
removed by a surgical operation.
Query-''I have a COW that has q
lump on her lower jaw, three inches
from the mouth. 1t is on the bone
and is very hard. 1t has broke anC
run two or three times"
The patient is no doubt affected
with actinomycosis, commonly known
as lumpy-jaw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-24

The Empress Frederick is to be the
patrOness Of an international exhibition
by amateur photographers, which will
be held in Berlin in 1895. The 'Deut-
sche GesellSchaft Won Freunden der
Photographic" and the Erie Photo
graphische Vereinigang," the two prin-
cipal amateur Photographic societies Of
Berlin, are making extensive prepara-
tons for the exhibition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-24

A writer III the Evangelist says that
Joseph H Choate is very much inter
ested in the Briggs case in the Pres
byterian church, though he frankly
confesseS he can make neither head
nor tail out of it. He cannot under
stand how rational beings should get
into such a tempest over a matter OF
purely speculative opinions, with but
the slightest bearing upon life and
character.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-24

BeeS-SeparatOl are used to prevent
the bees from building one section into
another, SO that when they are packed
in cases for market honey will not pro-
uude from one side of the section to
be bruised or smashed. Wood Separa-
tors are preferred to tin where they
can be used loose, because cheaper.
Also the bees can use them as ladders
to climb on. They can grip them, as
they cannot do with tin, which is
colder and chills their feet
Where SeparatorS have to be
fastened to section holders and wide
frames, tin is preferred, because more
durable. Where wood separa tors are
used loose, they can be used new every
year cheaper than to clean up old ones
old tin separatOrS can be easily
cleaned by boiling in weak I've. Sawed
SeparatOrS are nice and do not curl
and will answer in place of tin, where
they have to be nailed. Section honey
that is built between SeparatOrS is a
joy to all who get it, as the sections
are all so perfect and of the same size,
says The Prairie Farmer, authority
also for the following:
We only use a starter Of foundati ton
in the sections of about one inch in
width. When hOneycomb is built very
rapidly, the comb is so thin and ten
der as to be impercepuble. Where
comb foundation is used that is very
Eeavy, it destroys the delicate flavor
Of white clover, imparting a beeSWaX
taste. There are several foundation
fasteners sold by supply dealers, but
we fasten in starters in sections in
this way. We keep tin basin of wax
and a coal oil stove, or rather lamp,
regulating the heat to keep it melted
at the proper temperature, and dip the
starter into it, quickly placing it in the
middle of the section. With Il little
practice Il person becomes an adept
at it. When a case is filled with sec
lions, with starters in them, they are
put upon the hives. We use a break
joint honey board between the brood
chamber and sections, and we are not
troubled with the queens laying in
the sections. There are queen eXclud-
ing honey boards of zinc and of wood
and zinc, which are used for the
same purpose. These honey boards
are also very useful in keeping the
queen from laying in combs which are
to be extracted. No fault can be found
with a producer using foundation in
the brood chamber, and if the worker
size only is used all the bees reared
will be workers. When no drones are
reared, swarming is discouraged, and
much more surplus honey will be Sc
cured. The brood frames are strength
ened with fine wire and the founda-
ton imhnddnd in it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-24

Jackson's Wonder originated in Geor-
gia and is highly esteemed in the
south. In The Farm Annual already
quoted from it is told that this variety,
as tested in the east, is a prolific
strain Of the Speckled Sieya, or small
Lima, of established bush character
and real merit, resembling Henderson's
Bush Lima, but larger in size of beans,
with better filled pods. 1t is also
more easily shelled than the Hender-
son Lima.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-24

The Harrow in Wheat-An Ohio cor
respondent of The Rural New Yorker
answers an ever recurring query as fol
lows:
L never narrowed wheat and it is
ACT practiced here. Our soil is black
Oam, with some sand. If l We're to do
anything Of that kind, would say do
= the first time the ground is dry
enough after the middle of April and
run spike toothed harrow straight
with the drill rows. l would prefer to
SOW my clover after the harrow. l
cannot see why the man wants to har-
row his wheat if the soil is sandy. l
think harrow would nearly ruin my
wheat, as it covers the ground like d
carpet. | think farmers ought to do
their narrowing and follow the har-
row with a good roller in the fall
before seeding. If they do this and
put the land in proper filth, with
plenty Of manure or fertilizer, their
wheat will look we'll enough in the
spring without any narrowing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-24

The Difference-'What difference in
effect do you find between the fertilizer
and manure?"
Certain plants, like radishes, grow
straight and better with fertilizers.
The fertilizers are warmer than ma
nure-that is, in wet or backward
springs. The manure keeps the ground
cold, so the seeds will not start SO
we'll Fertilizers also hasten maturity,
pushing along all crops by several
days ahead Of those on stable manure.
We always broadcast all our fertilizer
and harrow it in. Only one application
is made in the spring" says The
Rural New Yorker.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-15
PERSONAL.

Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri
is about to write a biography of Stephen
A. Douglas, which he modestly thinks
will bea model for all future biographcrs
ExLieutenant Governor Brockmyer OF
st. Louis wants to send 1000 mocking birds
to Europe to learn the nightingalc's song
and teach it to their mates here. Well if
he pays the freight 10 one will probably
object.
Michael j. Dwyer, who for the past
four years has been a reporter and special
writer for the Boston Herald, has accepted
the offer of the editorship of Donahoc's
Magazine, rendered him after the resigna
ton of Thomas C. Quinn
The year in which Oliver Wendell
of Gladstone, Robert G. Winthrop, Abra
ham Lincoln, Darwin and Tennyson OF
these notable men only two are now Iiv
ing, Gladstone and Winthrop.
Hon. Henry L. Pierce has resigned the
presidency of the New England Tariff Re
form League. At fully attended meet
ing of the executive committee of the
league, held at the rooms Wednesday
afternoon, the letter of resignation was
read and accepted with regret.
Boston has new colonel in the person
of John j. Warden, well known to mill
tary, mercantile and hotel men, who has
just been appointed special aide-de-camp
on the staff of Governor Woodbury. of
Vermont, with the rank of colonel
Colonel Warden is comradc of Gcttys
burg post 19l of Boston, and has served on
the council of administration of the de.
partment of Massachusetts,, Grand Army.
Colonel Warden is the handsome chief
clerk of the Adams House, Boston, and is
a well-known citizen.
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Was This Sister Lease?
(Atchison Globe. J

An Atchison wife has had cruel truth
told her by heartless doctor. He said
he husb7n! would not live long unless he
b ID some rest. Last Eight as she sat in
Aer easy Chair AID watched him take eff
his co ut on coming from the office. put on
gingham apron and go to work cheerfully
washing potatoes for supper and pounding
stake, occasionally stopping to care for the
baby, her heart smote her.
She noticed that he looked thin and care
worn and that he brought the bucket only
half full of water from the we'll.
She spoke to him kindly and her heart
smote her second lash when he looked
up surprised. Was it true that in the rush
and worry of stirring the country up to
political truths she had forgotten to be
kind to him:
She kissed him tenderly when he handed
her a cup Of tea at the table and his eyes
filled with tears; it was so long since he
had heard tender word. She praised his
biscuits; then he broke down and cried.
The result of this tender little scene was
that this morning the woman cancelled all
lecture engagements and resigned from all
committees.
She realized that since it would not do to
hire strong girl to assist him with the
heavy Homework, it will be better for her
to stay at home and aid him by tender SYM
pathy and loving words.
Oh, wives, take warning from this little
tale. Speak gently to your husbands ere
the cold sod closes over them and it is too
late. Praise their coffee and biscuit.
A kind word costs so little and never gets
through travelling.
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PRESS COMA ENTS.
Contrast.
New York Tribune. J


Mr. Morton was vice-presideDt two years
ago, and Mr.. Stevenson is now vice-presi-
dent, and it happened that the letter of Mr..
Morton, accepting the nomination for gov
ernor, appeared the same day with the
speech of MIR. Stevenson opening the cam
psign in Illinois. These two statements
ought fairly to represent the position and
purposes of the two great parties, and the
Republicans at least have no occasion 10
avoid the contrast. While Mr.. Morton's
letter is in part devoted to state issues,
which h. discusses with vigor and csndor,
his remarks on national questions condo nsed
into few hundred words conclusive re-
ply to the several thousand words delivered
by the Democratic vice-president.
Mr.. Stevenson appears as an apologist
for his party because, having promised COM
plete reversal of the Republican policy and
great resulting prosperity for the people, it
has neither brought prosperity nor satisfied
Democratic d. mands The extra session
of Congress, he observes. WAS entirely con-
sumed in repeating the silver law enacted
by a Il publican Congress; but he omits to
state that the delay was solely because of
Democratic opposition, and that the repeal
was effected by Republican votes. These
essential facts Mr.. Morton supplies, stating
also the mels ncholy result-that the grand
revival of business which President Cleve-
land and other Democrats bad expected
from the repeal of this enactment did not
arrive.
The tariff bill enscted, Mr.. Stevenson
admits, is not all that he wanted, hut he
insists that it is better than the Mckinley
bill. He earnestly desired the entire
abolition" of duties on coal and iron ore,
bus re joices that these duties have been re-
duced almost half. to the injury of miners
in Eastern and Southern states. He is
happy also about free wool, as the wool
growers of Illinois are not, for they have
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-15

have ever heard or read every musical
note, ever sound and every sensation?
Does it contain microscopic Golfers which
hold the secrets of our friendships and our
hatrcds? Strange as it may be, the applied
microscope leaves us unsatisded, only it
reveals to us q structure whose functions
must be to some extent speculative. Even
our most powerful magnifiers reveal only
cells and fibCrs and in no way have wrench
ed the secret OF the power that these cells
possess.
The brain, grossly studied, shows itself
to be made up of white and gray matter.
The exterior is gray in color, consisting
chiefly of nerve cells, arranged SO as to
form a layer one-fifth of an inch in thick
ness. The interior of the brain, however,
is composed almost entirely of white SUBJ
stance or nerve fibers. The office of the
gray substance is intimately connected
with the mental operations. 1t produces
impulses and thought. The microscope
shows it to be madeup largely of cells i'm
bedded in the neuroglia or connective It's
sue. To the cells found in the cortical lay
er of the anterior part of the cerebrum We
must ascribe the power Of memory.
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FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN LOCALIZED.


mcnt. There was seemingly no explana-
ion how it could produce thought. But
workers carefully noted its form and soon
named the larger portion cerebrum and
the smaller cerebellum. Psychologists
gradually learned by experiments and by
deductions in certain diseases that the GER
ebrum governs muscular movement and
intelligence while the cerebellum is vi
tally connected with breathing and circu-
lation.
Not satisfied with this eXperimenters
have gone further, SO that cerebral locali-
cation has become definite part of the
study of the brain and its functions This
tan be best studied perhaps when we con-
slider that for every muscular act there
must come from the brain Il nervous i'm
pulse which stimulates that muscle. 1t
required years of study to prove that the
same area on the brain always controlled
the same muscles, but when it was once es-
tablished then cerebral localization was
fixed on a firm basis At this day not
only are the areas for muscular movement
definitely located, but also those areas of
gray matter which control thought smell
and hearing"
Considering tho question in hand in an
illustrated article in Popular Science
News, Dr. j. +. Butcher says it was no.
ticcd in certain cases of paralysis of the
tongue and lips (aphasia) a certain part of
the brain at the left and lower side nearly
always was injured or pressed upon by a
rlot of blood. Experiments with mon
keys from which this portion of the brain
was removed resulted in paralysis of the
vocal organs. Psychologists by careful eX-
perimcnts and deductions in time ascer-
tanned the exact parts that control the
face arm, hand and other portions of tho
body.
The anterior part of the cerebellum was
found to have little to do with muscular
movement, but was largely concerned in
the mental processes and was not of such
a vital nature as some of the other areas.
1t is concluded from observation and OK
pertinent that memory, like the other fac
ultics of mind, finds its place. in the an
terror part of the cerebrum. The question
then arises. If found there, does any part
Of it compare with n granary or store
housefi Arc there miniature galleries in
which we unconSciously hang pictures of
faces, places and things about us? Does it
contain secret records of every word we
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-15

al have been afraid" remarkeda promi-
nent and far seeing resident of this city re-
Gently, that unless we look out we shall
find ourselves at the hub center of encirc-
ling railroads without any spokes to connect
lis with the circumference. If that should
ever come about our prosperity would be a
thing of the past" There appears to be no
difference of opinion among our citizens as
to the great Importance of the road to Coop
er's Mills. All that remains now is for
some definite action to be taken in that d.
rection.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-15

The NV York san is about the best
Tammapy hall organ in New York city,
and a thick and thin supporter of David
b. Hill, yet it does not hesitate to express
its entire disapproval of Mr.. Nathan Stratus,
the Tammsny candidate for may or of New
York. In doing so it doubtless states some
important truths. 1t says:
Against Mr.. Straus as an aspirant for
general favor there li,s the unusual obJec-
ton that he has sl;eady, as 4 city utli Ger,
proved himself unfit for public office; and
we cannot advise that the highest place in
the gift of the city should be conferred upon
any msn when the city's affsir would man
ifestly be benefited by lis retirement from
a lesser public trust which he exercises now.
And this presents precisely and accurately
the status and qualific atoms of Mr.. Straus.
We must protest, also, against the pres
entaticn TO this community of a candidate
for an office of the first impo' lance and dig
nifty, on the strength Of his ostentatious
charities. Iu itself, charity coupled with
wisdom is worthy of all praise; but when
it is pushed into poll les as draft to be
honored by the reward of pubic office, it
becomes offensive. f cry official must
nrst pay honorablv f. r h place by his ser
vice to the public life of his party, or of
the community; but no one can pay in
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learned by painful experience how false
was the pretence that free wool would give
them larger and better market for their
product. He welcomes free salt and free
lumber, but is careful not to mention the
fact that neither has affected prices for
American consumers. Relying upon the
ignorance of his Democratic auditors,
Mr.. Stevenson remarks that the secretary
of the treasury recommended the reten-
ton the rev bill of the tax on raw sugar,
and that "as a matter of government neces-
sity it was retained" But probably bis
hearers knew by their own experience that
they paid TO tax on sugar under the Nc
Kinley bill, and that he tax they now pay
was not RETAINED but imposed by Demo-
cratic senators who had been purchased by
the sugar monopoly.
Mr.. Morton deals with the sui Ject like an
honest man and statesman. He shows
that the highest prosperity ever attained IN
this country was under the Republican tariff
of 1890, that peril to American industries
was announced in the change of administra-
ton, and that 'the menace alone was SUI
fcient to still the looms, to darken the
furnaces, to clog the wheels of business,
and to precjpitate financial depression
unpar alleled in our annals for severity
and duration" He shows that the measure
enacted after year of prostratipg uncer-
tsinty was "false alike to the pcumptings
Of a true Americanism and to the pro-
fessit ms of the Democratic party" and
that it was "a thing Of inccngruities,
patch work of protection and free trade, OF
protection to favored localities and of nur-
ture to trusts, but of hostility to the masses
of the workingmeu. Repudiated by its
principal Trainer, characterized by Demo-
cratic President as a bill of per6dy and
dishonor, denounced by the senior senator
from this state, and manifested by the sigma
ture of the President, proclamation is al
ready made that it is only the beginning
of the attack which will be persisted IN
upon American wage earners."
1t i, not difficult for voters, in the light
of these two statements by leaders of ma
tional reputation, 10 perceive one great and
striking contrast. The Republican is
proud of the latest enactment by his party,
and can point without blushing or equivo-
cation to its magnificent results. The
Democrat is ashamed of the tariff passed
by d 'mocratic votes, begins and ends by
apologizing for it, promises that it will be
only a step toward something better, at
tempts to hide or attributes to a different
cause the terrible disasters it produced,
and conceals the unspeakable corruption
and ilfamy attending its passage. In this
contrast alone there is ample ground for
verdict against the party which has rea-
son to be ashamed of its own work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-15

A recent telegram from Gas City, 1ndi-
ana, conveys the information that the
Moorwood Tin-Plate mills at that place
have closed down. The 800 wotkingmen
employed there were asked to take a cut
of % per cent in their wages. They de-
clined. The owners said there must be
25 per cent taken off the wage rolls or else
the mills must close, because the German
tariff bill had made that the only way
in which American tin-plate works
could b. run against the Wells h
mills. 81 til, shop, are closed and
800 more men are without wages. The
Mckinley tariff act promised American
capital five years of prote duties to en-
able it to go into the tin-plate business with
a fair chance of success. Under that law
10 900 American workingmen got steady
work and good wages. They would have
them still but for the Democratic tariff bill.
That cut eff tie duti>s. The result is the
Welshmen have got the freedom of our
market an, the 10 900 American working
men have got the freedom of our streets.
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China has had quite enough fighting ex-
perience with Japan. Finding her troops
driven out of Corea, her fleet disabled, and
the enemy preparing to move upon Pekin,
she sues Justify for peace. Not only is she
willing to concede the independence of Co.
rea but handsome money indemnity be-
sides. This was the natural outcome Of
the contest. Medievalism is no match for
modernism
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A lively war is on the tapis at Biddeford
among the French bakers. For some time
they have been unable to agree on a uni
form price for bread, many being DESTROYS
to continue at the Old rate Of sixteen cents,
while others declared their intention of sell
ling at fourteen cents, or even lower. As
a French loaf contains three or four times
as much az an ordinary loaf, it would seem
as though that even at sixteen cents there
could not be much profit on it.
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The New York Sun refers to the Hon.
John f. Russell of Massachusetts, as THE
Connoisseur of Calamity" 1t declares that
he is a man to whom the Democrats of he
Old Bay state naturally turn when they
see big Republican majority comiog. lie
has a peculiar passion for defeat, and he
was unable to crafty it sufficiently last
wear"
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Secretary Carlisle, according to Wash
ington reports, is already at work among
his Kentucky friends to procure his re-
turn to the United States senate. Mr..
Carlisle foresees the inevitable approach
of events which are sure to throw the
statesmen of the present administration
out of employment.-[New York Tribune.
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Today the new cruiser Maine is to be
given her trial trip for speed record. The
people of the old Pine Tree State Will JOIN
heartily in the hope that her builders may
earn large bonus.