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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
OLD DIVORCE LAW RESTORED.
Decree of Separation Easily Obtained
in South Dakota Now.

Yankton, S. D., Feb. 12.-The legis-
lature has repealed the divorce law,
requiring six months residence in the
state before an action car be COM
menced, and restored the old law.
which requires only three months
residence. This was brought about by
petitions firm all classes of people,
many Of the churches joining in the
appeal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

Washington, Feb. 12.-In the senate
an animated debate took place ON an
amendment giving the postmaster gen
eral discretion in expanding three
millions appropriated for the railway
postal service, Senators Allison, Gull
lom and Lodge protesting against this
change in the existing law, crippling
the postal system which is nearer the
people than any other branch of the
public service.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
TAKES FOREPAUGH'S STAND.
Ringing Brothers to Winter at Phila
delplria in the Future.

Baraboo, Wis, Feb. 1O.-The Ring
ling Bros. circus, which has win
tered at Baraboo ever since it started,
win occupy Adam Forepaugh's former
quarters in the suburbs of Philadel-
phia in the future.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
BUSSEY BADLY BRUISED.
E~x-Secretary of War Injured by a
Sleigh.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Gen. Cyrus
Bussey, ex-assistant secretary of the
interior, was knocked down and in
jured by a sleigh late yesterday after
o. He sustained a severe scalp
wound and was possibly injured in
ternally. He was taken to the emer-
gency hospital.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

Man Shoots Himself and Is Run Over
by a Train.

Marshfeld, Feb. John Riess, OF
this city, was run over and horribly
mangled by a Wisconsin Central traiH.
His head was blown off below The
chest and the superstition is he shot
himself before he was struck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
HAS NO

Chicago, Feb. SIN the contest OF
George B. Swift, republican, for the
seat Of Mayor Hopkins, democrat,
County Judge Carter decides the coun-
ty court has no Jurisdiction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
c. THE SUBJECT.
Prominent Men Discuss the Emanci-
pator at Albany.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. Ex-Governor
Mckinley, Senator Cullom and Gen
eral Horace Porter spoke at the ban
quet in honor of Lincoln's birthday by
the local republican club.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
GO To THE WALL.
A Stevens Point Merchant Gives up
the Contest.

Stevens Point, Wis, Feb. en-
Clifford. who has been in the general
merchandise business here for the past
twenty six years, has made an assign
600. with $4,000 assets.
Port Washin gton, Wis, Feb. g.
Mallinger q Prone, of this place. man
ufacturers Of church furniture, saloon
fixtures, etc, made a voluntary as
Sgnment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
SCHOOL TEACHER FROZEN.

Lyons, n. Y, Feb. 12.-Mrs. Davis,
a teacher in the district school near
here, was found frozen to death in a
snow bank, where she had lain since
Friday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
HI GREASER VAR.
AS Yet It Has Not Been Formally
Declared.

City of Mexico, Feb. 6.-There is no
change in the situation. While the
city is full Of rumors of war nothing
authentic is learned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
FIRST SIGN OF SPRING.
Municipal Campaign Already kgitat'
ing Sheboygan.

S~heboygan, Feb. 12.-The campaign
for the spring election is already open
Charles A. Born is very fayorably
mentioned by the republicans, ]. O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
KILLED In A MINE.
Falling Timbers Cause the Death of
Two Persons.

Minneapolis, Feb. 12.-Lous Rails
and Chiciline Marsinge were killed
/ here by falling timbeB in the Biawa-
| bic mine. Il
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
THE BROTHERS MEET
HARRY AND ADRY HAYWARD IN
COURT.
THEY CLASP HANDS BUT ARE
UNMOVED.

Ihe COMPRESSOR Appears Somewhat
Reluctant al First-Harry Cool and
Smiling-BliXt's Testimony Not to
Be Shaken-ErWfn Finds it a Hard
JOb-Other Witnesses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

Milwaukee, and eleven hours from
Chicago to st. Paul, is a great sue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

Emil Stang, the premier of Norway
and his cabinet, resigned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
Patent Medicines.

Enormous fortunes have been made in
the manufacture of patent medicines.
There is a proud family in Brooklyn
whose wealth is away up in the millions.
The father, who made all of it, was,
not many years ago il porter in Il drug
house. He invented a patent medicine.
His employers were in the habit Of say
ing to their customers, after selling them
a bill of goods: why don't you take Il
few dozen bottles of our porters medi-
cine? Help the old fellow along. 1t is
nothing to us The porter was popular
and many an order was given. In that
modest way he started. He advertised
and finally made millions. | know Il
patent medicine man who says that he
can bottle sea water and make Il fortune
out of it by advertising. He says if any
man will put up 100000 for advertising
purposes he will at the end of two years
return not only the 100000. but clear
a profit Of as much more. One man is
supposed to have an income of over
100000 from his pills, and there is Il
tooth wash in the market that has real
lied Il vast fortune for it's owners Such
profits are realized only through judi
cious advertising. am Informed by one
of the richest manufacturers that he
notices within few weeks Il falling off
in profits when he undertakes to econo-
mize in advertising. His advertising
costs him over $1,OOO.OOO a year. Next
year it will cost him 100000 more
New York Press ]
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
ClOvCr-SiCk Land.

It has been noticed that it is almost
impossible to grow red clover year after
year upon ordinary farm soil. Old fields
of clover become thin and yield little and
are then said to be clover-sick. The expert
ments at the Rothamsted farm have shown
that when land is in this condition none
of the usual manureS or fertilizers can be
relied upon to secure a crop Of clover
and the only means of insurng Il good
stand and yield is to allow some years
to elapse before repeating the crop upon
the same land. The general result of the
trials OH field soil was that neither Or
ganic matter rich in carbon as well as
other elements. nor ammonium salts, nor
nitrate of soda, nor mixed complete fer
tiliZers, awaited to restore the full clover
yielding capabilities of the soil. However
where some of these We're applied in large
quantity, and ut considerable depths, the
results were better than where they were
used in only moderate quantities and APP
piled only to the surface. On il rich gar
den soil, however, red clover has grown
luXuriantly every year for forty years,
so that the primary cause of failure is
neither fungus nor insect diseases, nor
noXious excretions, nor shade of grain
crops, but is probably due to the exh;us
ton of mineral fertilizers, or available
combined nitrogen, or ntrifying microbes
within range of the roots. Rotation
however, cures clover sickness. Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
CLEvELAND'S GRIEF FOR GRESHAM
Pathetic Incident of the Mournful

Pathetic Incident of the Mournful
Journey to Chicago.
Walter Wellman, the Chicago Times
Herald S Washington correspondent, re-
lates the following:
There is Il story that should be told
of the depth of President. Clevelands
grief over the death of his friend Gresh-
am. 10 tell it may seem like the in
Vaslon OF the privacy of a mOurner, but
the facts speak so eloquently of the
tenderness and feeling of man who has
never been much credited with either
that publication seems more than justi-
fable. The story comes from a member
of the cabinet and may be relied upon
as accurate. During the journey of the
President and his cabinet to Chicago
with the remains of the late Secretary
Gresham, Mr.. Cleveland held very little
preferred to sit alone, busy with his
thoughts. At length he asked one of his
cabinet ministers to escort him forward
to the baggage car where the coffin was
carried and. arriving there, indicated a
wish to be left alone. OF course his in
timation was Immediately respected and
the President was left alone with the
dead. An hour or so later, the Presi-
dent not returning to the stateroom set
apart for his USE two members of the
cabinet went forward to the funeral car.
They feared the President might have
been overcome by the heat or that some
accident had happened him. They found
President Cleveland on his knees by the
bier of the dead secretary, his arms rest
ing affectionatey upon the coffin, his
eyes full of tears. Apparently he had no
notion of the flight of time. He was as
sisted to rise to his feet, and was then
escorted back to the stateroom. In this
apartment he remained during nearly all
the remainder of the journey, and a
servant who went to take the Presidents
orders found him lying in his berth, his
fare buried in the pillows"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12

against him alive She fastened ON to
what he had said about the schoolmastef
as particularly outrageous:
The schoolmaSter had been very civil
to her: he had come home from prayer
meeting with her that week: "he was Il
perfect gentleman and he had wonderful
manners: he was half a head taller than
Nick. too" She kept her thoughts upon
the schoolmaster as the most soothing sub
ject she could find.
He was a newcomer to Cartcrsvllc.
was Ellis Howe, the schoolmaster, and
there was a good deal of 4 tfutter among
the dovecotes whenever he turned the
light of his courteousnrss upon any par
tir,lar maiden. BetwiXt the impetus of
this general rivalry for his attentions and
the painfully dsengaged state of her Of
fectlOnS Emmy was driven to smiling
upon Mr. Howe. and she smiled to such
good purpose that it was soon reported
that they were engaged to be married.
The report was ahead Of the fact, but
Mr. Howe was so confident of his case
that he did not mind that.
He hired a buggy and a pair of horses
to take Emmy driving on the day he
had selected for ma king his proposal
The whole occasion was heavy with
significance from the first. Mr.. Sim
mons. Ennny's father. sat smoking OH
the front porch as she came down to start.
Mr.. Howe was at the gate unable to leave
his horses.
"Hmnph!' grunted her parent, rapping
the ashes out of his pipe against the
seat of his chair 'Looks like you were
going to fix your swap for good, Elm, and
l can tell you l don't admire the change
much myself. Nick Dalton needed some
bringing under to get him into shape,
but he has the making of Il man in him.
Mr.. Howe is gentleman" said En-
my with superior and significant empha-
sis.
The father tried to sustain himself
against the secret of the awe he felt of
his offspring Try remarking that girls
was geese but he ventured no further
protest. There was nothing to be said
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
An Old Trick.

From the steam launch FrnIi.' az an
Choir on Sebec lax" last August. said /
New York man. telling II snma events
IF his summer va"ati"n. W. We're sinking
for landl0"ked salmon in 1Fsn feet Il "a
ter. Some If our party. beng thirsty
complained that the lake water was vr2
warm for pleasant drinking
Il can easily get you water cool -
you ike, said the captain, Just go
how do it
Fl" took from the locker haa-y qua -
bottle that had contained ginger hear.
tied strut fishing line tn its neck and
lowered it. uncorkeI, 20 the bottom -
the lake. There he allowed II 10 70
main for Il few minutes. then drs7v i rap
IDLY I" tn" surface and took il hoard riEn
launch. From III" t,"rrIe h. fil}ss} i glass
and PASSED it To- I passenger, who found
til" water as clear and ,r,ld - <Pr!Gs :
water. Icing could nnt have impr',ve-i =
I" the taste If any memh"r Of -he par-y
rs Il trick which very fresh va-~r
sailor Ought I" know said rh. captain
and yet people who hav-. sailed Va m
land waters al their lif" haven, fnrTnd
II out. tn" water at fh., f",f-"n2 IN feen
lakes is always cold. and on Trrk = c'1r
or sandy h"tt"sn~ is clearer AMI gu-e-
than a thu ~rIrtacn
As the bottle 5 lowered H., ar n
side keeps tn" surface water ont AMI
escapes slowly II me Lakes bor5nm As
the bot1I" is hauled mp the warTTl~r water
near tn" Surfarp cannot diSpLarn The
colder amt denSer water which y c01-
tainS. With depth Of water. over 1
hard hntfnrn aud u heavy hnrfIs na fish
erman need lack pure, cold drinking VI
ter in any inland AXE Youths Com
paniOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
THE OTHER ONE;
Sweet little maid with wipsome eyes
That laugh I'LL day through the tangled

Sweet little maid with wipsome eyes l..
That laugh I'LL day through the tangled
Gazing with baby looks 50 wise,
Over the arm Of the 0aken cliit
Dearer than sou is none TO he.
Bearer than you there can be none;
Eyes that tell Of another One. q
Here where the firelight softly glows.
Sheltered and safe and snug and warm,
What to you Is the wind that blows
Driving the sleet of the winter storm:
Round your head the ruddy light
Gltnts on the gold from your tresses
spun,
But deep is the drifting snow fought
Over the head of the other one.
Hold me close as you sagely stand.
Watching the dying embers shine;
Then shall | feel another hand
That nestled once in this hand of mine;
Poor little hand so cold and chill.
Shut from the light of stars and sun,
Clasping the withered roses still
That hide the face of the sleeping one
Laugh, little maid, while laugh you may,
Sorrow comes to us all, | know;
Better perhaps for her to stay
Under the drifting robe OF snow.
Sing while you may your baby songs,
Sing till your baby days are done:
But oh, the ache Of the heart that longs
Night and day for the other one!
Harry Thurston Peek III The KoOkman,
New York
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12

against the schoolmaster of any such
heilous nature as would be needed to
justify Il father in interfering with his
daughters freedom of matrimonial
choice.
On wood-shadcd road, something like
an hour later, Mr.. Howe was saying:
Miss Emma, I never saw young lady
-any other young lady, l should say
that | felt so fitted to lift my life to the
highest planes of being'-then with lit
tie break down into nature Miss En-
ma, | love you. / hope-wOn't you-'
But just there something happened that
put an end to converse ton for the time.
Mr. Howe had been surrepttiously try
ing to get his rens into one hand so as
to- have the other free to steal around
Elnmy's waist at the earliest admissible
moment; he had just half succeeded in
the transfer when through the woods a
haIf-grown calf came bounding and snort
ing, and Howe's horses began to plunge;
it appeared now that one Of these ami
mails had Il rooted objection to calves,
though otherwise a reasonable brute.
Mr.. Howe knew he was not much Of
Il driver and he had aimed to have safe
horses on the occasion, but-but here he
was with his horses running away on Il
winding road through the woods, and be
was unable to do anything with them,
and death seemed imminent. i.
Emmy behaved CALAMITY, but her prac-
tised eyes soop saw that the accomplished
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
Putting Hay in the Now.

When putting away hay in the NOW or
stack it is the habit of many farmers to
place the wet forkfuls on top, where, as
is supposed, they will have the benefit of
exposure to the air. But if. as is usually
the case. the NOW or stack is damp
enough to heat, there is warm air con
stantly rising from it, and the moisture
in this condenses when it reaches the
cooler air above. This keeps the wet
forkful always wet, and it will rot before
the heating below is stopped. The better
way is to put the wet hay ON the middle of
the NOW or stack, and put with it a little
straw on the NOW or stack This will
absorb the moisture which arises, and
will flavor the straw so that it will be
eaten much more readily than straw
which has not had this exposure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
REFINEMENT
By VIOLA R6sERRo.

Nick Dalton had been hi another fight.
He forced it on me, Elm; he did, In
decd. just had to teach him !, lesson,
reckon this one will do hiiii. I don't
imagine he'll take diiothef, and don't
reckon anyone else viii actually demand
that kind of learning off mt.-l Shan't fight
any more, Emmy; l won't, anyhow
I've heard that before, Nick Dalton,
and you've broke your word to ME: Pm
not going to have Il husband that's the
bad man of the county. i'm going to
have some sort of refinement. or WONT
have nothing. You can just consider
Yourself frr,: OF me, and you cun so off
and fight and drink and carry on rs much
as you like
The two were standing at the front gate
in the twilight Nick leaning on the rickety
structure and Emmy standing foot or
two away, her handsome, dark head held
high. and her hands behind her buck.
n 11tn tina" Of 3fI sh Sa t Xc thas at
her loweringly. "Retinement in that
quarters mighty good looking, refinement
wears mighty good clothes, and refinement
can talk like Il mill with a cyclopedy for
griSt.
I'm glad you've got such Il good opin.
ion of MIR. Blake. | never noticed all of
tllitt lily SILL, btt L ii SET ulE lllIlt u ullll>
ing out now if he is SO high-toned as YOU
say. He could give you lessons in be-
having. I'm sure of that and with this
Emmy turned up the walk, maintaining IL
very stiff carriage till she got into the
house. Then she ran rapidly upstairs
and peepcd through Il blind till she had
seen the last of Nick us he disappeared
at IL slow. heavy pace around the corner.
Emmy then flung open the blind and sat
long in the growing darkness looking 81
lently into the silent night: Nick was Il
temrestuous spr.t, and she had vowed some
time ago that another fight on his hands
and they should be strangers henceforth.
She was full of social ambition and want
cd Nick to keep Il store. and how was he
ever going to get OH in that diplomatic
calling if he was going to knock down
everybody who diSpleased him? But now
she felt miserable enough ut the thought
that all was over between them. and so
she tried the harder to keep her anger
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
Sailing Hogs.

Hogs need salt as regularly and as fully
as any other stock on the farm, and as
better plan is to keep Il supply where
they can help themselves rather than to
depend upon giving them Il small supply
at stated intervals, says writer in the
Prairie Farmer. If they are obliged to go
without for some time and then have ac-
cess to all they can eat at ONCE. there
much. A better plan than that of giving
salt alone, even when a supply is kept
where they can help themselves, is to
take ashes and salt and mix well to-
gether, put in box in Il corner of the
feeding place and replenish before the
box is entirely empty. The hogs will
help themselves and will keep healthier
done at intervals.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
Wisconsin Patents

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventions are reported this week by Err
win. Wheeler & Wheeler. IS and 80
Loan and Trust building. NiIwaukee.
Wis. These attorneys viii furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request
Eliza Eastin, RhinransieT IOad r~Eeaspr fT-
logging ears: i'har'eS II. Buxton. $eeuah
game apparatus: Alfred II Either and E g.:
Bauch. Milwaukee. exbibition device: FraCt-
erick y Gardner. ReIoit grinding Iud poi
i~hiug ma, hine: christopher Heinrrh Nil
wauk"o. Iuhri"ator: John " Naiia guF \
{. Munger Maiden Rock. <iuinE machine
Ado'ph ] Smith. Milwaukee. underground
closed conduit system fer electric railways.
Jacob !. Thenrer. Milwaukee. caramelfzesl
extract for mat AMI making same Trade
Mark. George 2 Mason Milwaukee, rene
dies for hcI,ia"be and neuralgia
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
SMALLEST EVER BUILT.
This Steam Launch Is Nine Feet Long and
Weighs but 175 Pounds.


Weighs but 175 Pounds.
H. B. Weaver, the artist, who resides
on East Baltimore street, has built Il
steam launch which he claims to be the
smallest in the world. The length of the
launch is nine feet, and it will carry
three persons. The beam is 81 inches,
and there is 9-inch propeller. The en-
gine, which Mr.. Weaver says has been de-
,:lared the smallest marine engine in the
world, is an exact pattern of those used
ON large steamers, and weighs only G1
pounds The water and air pumps are
concealed from view. The complete
weight of the launch with all equipments
is 175 pounds. Oak and cedar were used
in the construction. It has secret draw
ers for storing brushes and materials
used by an artist.
The launch and all equipments, includ-
ing the engine, are the workmanship of
Mr. Weaver, who is an expert mechanic,
as we'll as an artist. Mr.. Weaver has
been twenty years in building the launch,
dcvoting his spare time to the work. He
has named the boat Lizzie Weaver, in
honor of his wife. He hopes to be able
to launch it on July 4. Mr.. Weaver is
nearly 70 years of age, but is still active.
He says he considers his launch perfectly
seaworthy. and would not he afraid to
sail on the ocean with it. He contem-
plates trip this summer as far as Cape
Henry-Baltmore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
SaXdukE tn He'd PirR.

The common objection to using saw(llst
for bedding, that it is not a good thing
to have it mixed with the manure pile,
does not apply to it's use for bedding for
pigs. The pig is the most cleanly of
all animals in not soiling his bedding with
his own eXcrement Sows with pigs will
bunch up their straw bedding and then
lie on it so as to destroy them. This
they cannot do when sawdust bedding is
used. The pigs are always clearly, and
the sawdust helps to keep them free from
vermin, which often attacks them where
straw bedding is used.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
Bees in a Railway Gar.

A singular and exciting incident took
place ut Stone Railway station yesterday.
1t appears that two hives of bees had
been consigned to station beyond Stat
ford. The porter, in placing the two hives
in the guards van, accidentally knocked
filled the guards van, making the guard
beat hasty retreat while the porters
and others who were in the immediate vi
cinity, also took to their heels and ran,
Several people were stung, particularly
one gentleman who had journeycd across
from the opposite side of the Platform
to, get better view. The train was
OH it's journey without the guards van
StaffOrdshire nIng.l Sentinel.