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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

waukee, Wis, closed. The convention
of 1898 will be held at Chattanooga,
Tenn, and that of 1899 at Denver.
Lewis Cornell, an old resident and
retired farmer Of Aurora, H., commit
ted suicide at Pawpaw, ILL.,, in a fit of
dependency. caused by the death of
his wife. He drank carbolic acid.
An enthusiastic meeting was held in
Indianapolis to ratify the nominations
of Bryan and Sewall. The attendance
surpassed expectations. Governor
Matthews and Senator Turpie spoke.
The car barns of the Chicago City
Railway company were burned with
554 cars and IA horses. The loss is
$500 900; insurance 1911, 900. Several
firemen were injured, but none fatally.
George Grant and David Cook, farm
ers of Columbia, Mo, quarreled over
religion, and the latter was shot in the
abdomen. Missouri university profess
sors will search for the bullet with X
rays.
/ The body of John Linderman, at one
time a prosperous farmer Of Decatur,
Mich, was found by the roadside in a
badly decomposed condition. His
death is supposed to have resulted from
exposure.
Among the letters awaiting William
J. Bryan, democratic nominee for the
presidency, at his home in Lincoln,
Teller offering to speak in Mr. Bryan
behalf during the campaign.
Henry D. Welsh, John C. Bullitt,
George F. Baer, William NJ Singerly
James F. Sullivan, Joseph Morwitz and
Emanuel Furth have been appointed a
committee to confer with leading Penn.
sylvania democrats in The interest of a
gold standard policy.
Justice Field of the supreme court OF
the United States, returned to San
Francisco from Paso Robes, Cal
where he has been under treatment
He says he has been much improved
and expects to leave for Washington
early in September.
The Venezuelan boundary commits
sion is hard at work. Professor Burr
and DR.. de Ham are examining the
archives at The Hague. James J. Stor
row of Boston, counsel for the Ven
ezuelan government, has submitted g
brief attacking the British claims
Oscar Anderson of Appleton, Wis
and Ed Kuehnstedt of Oshkosh, Wis
two young men camping on the river
bank two miles above Appleton, were
capsized from small boat. Anderson
was drowned. Kuehnstedt was res
cued, but was unconscious, and may
die
The business portion of the town oil
Malvern, Ark, at the junction of the
Hot Springs railway, was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at 5000, 900
The fire was incendiary, being started
at three different places simultaneous
ly. Two tramps who pretended tC
know the incendiaries, were locked up
S. T. Ragsdale and Vina Pearl were
imprisoned at Metropolis on complaint
of Mrs Ragsdale No. l, who claims
Carbonate as her home. She says
that Ragsdale deserted her seven years
ago for Vina Pearl, and that she has
followed them to Evansville and Vim
cennes, Ind, Mount Vernon and numer
Gus Illinois towns before locating then
at this place.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

TALK OF SEWALL OR WATSON
QUITTING.
WHAT WILL BRYAN DO ?
Liberal Free Silver Men Believe Per
haps the Georgia Candidate Mag
Be Persuaded to Not Accept the
Nomination-Plen Power Coz
ferred on National Committee.

St. Louis, July 26.-WilIiam Jen-
nIngs Bryan OF Nebraska, who was
nominated by the democratic conven-
ton at Chicago, was Saturday made
the standard bearer OF the populis,
party Bryan was nominated in the
face of his own protest in the shape OF
a telegram directing the withdrawal OF
his name sent to Senator Jones after
SewalI had been ditched for the vice
president nomination Friday night. Il
was also made in the teeth of oppOsi-
ton so bitter that after the conyen-
ton adjourned some radicals held a
trump convention" The last session
of the convention was marked by
scenes of turbulence and noisy excite
ment which several times bordered on
an actual riot and which almost pre-
cipitated personal collisions. One first
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

fight did occur. A Rhode Island del
egate was elected and a West Virginia
delegate inf1ammed by the action of
the convention walked sullenly out of
the hall. The storm center, as on the
three previous days, was in the Texas
delegation. But the really dramatic
features of this wild session were en-
acted behind the scenes. Rumors of
what was going on in the wings
reached the delegates, but they knew
nothing definitely and to the very end
the message from Bryan which might
have changed the result was kept from
their ears. To add to the other feat
ures of the day the convention was
without music and the hall was lit
tered and bestrewn with the CRIME
and dirt of Fridays twelve hours sit
ting. 1t was not expected that the
convention would last more than three
days and the contract made with the
local board expired Friday night.
The populist Bryan managers decid-
ed at the outset yesterday to disregard
Bryan's telegram of Friday night, to
nominate him and to straighten out
the tangle afterwards. They started
out to rush his nomination
through before any other candidate
could be put in the field But the in
reference was too much for them and
their line was broken. General .Weav-
er of Iowa, populist candidate in 1892,
placed Bryan in nomination and Gen
eral Field of Virginia, who was his
running mate, after a brief speech
moved to make the nomination unani-
nous. Chairman Allen held the mo-
ton in order and that until that mo-
ton was decided the call of states for
nominations which was the order of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

The White Mans Grave is a CHASTITY
name, we'll deserved by the Sierra
Leone coast, but, according to Lieuten-
ant Colonel Trotter, who has been set
Ting the Anglo-French boundary in
that region, the Hinterland of Sierra
Leone is more like the white man S
paradise. The Hinterland is a fertile
district, with plenty of water, capable
of producing almost anything, suitable
for cattle raising and healthy for
Europeans-quite unlike the coast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

The London Spectator is becoming
alarmed at the growing sentiment
against immigration in this country,
and wonders what is to become of the
surplus population of Europe if we
erect an effective dam against it ct
is more than probable" the Spectator
says, that within twenty years immi-
grafton as we know it will be prohib-
tied all over the world, and that Great
Britain, Germany and Italy will be
compelled to meet the problem of grow
ing populations without any relief from
departures to other climates, a change
which will compel some grand altera-
ton in the social systems of Europe"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

trimming on gown of Persian lain
age. Bathrobes Of Turkish toweling
trimmed with braid are very useful ad-
ditions to the bathing outfit.
Sandals strapped across the instep
with braid or ribbon are pretty pro-
lection for the feet, and brigh, silk
handkerchiefs tied around the head,
with two ends spreading out in front,
are much more becoming than the con-
ventional bathing cap.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30
SHE EXCUSED HIM.

A city teacher, just before school
closed, received the following apology
from an absentee's mother:
"Dere nam :-Please excuse Willy.
He didn't have but one pair of pants
an KEEP him home to wash them and
Mrs. O'tooles goat come an ct them up
off the line and that awt to be excuse
enuff goodness nose.-Yours with re-
5peck, Mrs. B,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

was put and they made a protest, but
it-is-certain that the rank and file did
did not dealize its full Importance. AS
the roll call was proceeding Gov. Stone
of Missouri appeared on the platform
with Bryan message but Chairman
Allen would not permit him to read it.
fumors that such a message was in the
convention aroused the Texas delegates
TO frenzy and Stump Ashby demanded
to know if there was a message from
Bryan on the secretary's table. Chair
man Allen promptly responded that
there was not, but that there was some
talkof a fictitious" message some
where; he had not seen it. Literally,
of course, Mr.. Allen was correct. He
said afterwards in explanation of his
action mat Bryan was the overwhelm-
ing choice Of the convention; that the
telegram was not addressed to the con-
vention or to populist delegate; that
it was purely democratic negotiation
and something with which the populist
convention had nothing to do. The
convention was hastily adjourned after
{ Bryan had been declared the nominee
and the radicals among the Texas, Ar
! kansas, California, Illinois and Maine
! delegates proceeded to organize their
rump convention.
After adjournment Senator Jones re-
fused to give out Bryan's message and
he Immediately posted off to Lincoln
! to confer with the silver knight of the
west" regarding the situation AS to
the future all is problematical. None
is wise enough to predict with any
certainty what the result will be.
Whether the fusion will be arranged
or upon what basis is of course being
speculated upon. Whether Bryan will
decline the nomination is canvassed.
! The shrewdest political members and
! those who are most anxious for a
union of the silver forces can see this
result only in the withdrawal of one
of the vice presidential candidates.
! There is as there has been for some
! days talk of Sewalls voluntary with
drawal, but after the stand Bryan and
Jones have taken it is not considered
/ probable. 1t is strongly intimated that
| Watson may be induced to withdraw
! in the intereS. of such union. 1t
should be said, however, that it is in
timated by those who wish it most.
By comforting upon the national pop
ulist committee plenary powers those
who so earnestly are striving for an
actual consolidation of the strength
silver forces created a machinery by
which most any SORT Of terms can be ar
ranged. But what will happen the fu-
ture alone can disclose
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Lincoln, Neb., July 26-Regard-
ing the action of the populist
convention Mr. Bryan said last night:
The convention understood my posi-
ton and l sent a telegram to Senator
Jones telling him to withdraw my
name if Sewall was not nominated.
In spite of this they have seen fit to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06

Almost anything spread thinly over
grass lands will help them. Even ma
terial not very rich and which itself will
not grow a good crop will make the
grass grow better, because it acts as
mulch for the grass roots beneath.
The washings of poor uplands will fer
tilize the richer soil of the valleys be-
low. But except where top dressings
can be thus done naturally by irrigation
1t will not pay to top dress with poor
material. The labor will be too great,
and it will trample and cut up the
grass too much unless the fertilizing
material is put on during the winter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Do not overcrowd the poultryhouse.
A close, il-ventilated house is foul
house.
Nothing tends to engender disease in
chickens more than filth in the coops.
A duck fattens easily. This should be
guarded against when they are laying.
Sit the hens in cool place and on the
ground, as the weather begins to get
hot.
Too much linseed meal will make
the hens too fat, but u small quantity is
healthful.
Bran should always be scalded before
being fed, as the fowls will relish it
much better.
AS rule the turkey hens prefer to
steal their nests out, and if The eggs are
secured it is necessary to watch them.
More meat and better meat in a
shorter space of time can be produced
from poultry than in any other way
St. Louis Republic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
Fighting the Cutworm.

In bulletin from the New Jersey
station it is stated that clover or sod
land is most frequently infested by cut
worms, which are less frequently found
on late cultivated land. The worms arc
especially abundant in crimson clover.
Among the remedies suggested clean
culture is placed first, prominently as
sociated with early fall plowing. APP
plying a top dressing of kainit and
nitrate of soda in the early spring if
corn is to be planted is advised, the
seeding to be delayed until the rain has
carried the fertilizers into the soil.
Distributing clover or bran that has
been moistened with paris green about
the fields is also recommended.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06

carolina was in front. Its commander
rode so yards in advance of his men.
| Two hundred yards from the enemy's
Zine the men began TO waver.
| The colonel was desperate. Some
thing had to be done. 1t required
an extraordinary effort, but he was
equal to the occasion.
Rising in his stirrups he turned his
face toward his faltering troops and
pointed his saber toward the enemy.
"Come on!" he shouted. "Come on!
Blast your cowardly souls, do you want
to live always?"
His voice sounded high above the din
and confusion of battle. The noble
Twenty-sixth heard and needed. With
% wild yell they swept forward and
the other regiments and brigades of the
Iassaulting lines followed. The enemy
was driven from his position. But it
cost the Twenty-siXth its regimental
existence. OF the 500 officers and men
who entered the battle 7os were killed
innd woundod.-N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
ABOUT CHICKEN LICE.
Half n Days Hard Work In the Poultry
House VIII Kill Them.

House Will Kill Them.
The season is now approaching when
chicks will be troubled with these pests.
The first signs of lice are with the early
sitting hens. From their nests whole
house will soon be overrun with them.
Chicks show the presence of lice very
quickly, and lice are certain death to
them, ii not protected. The hen should
be set in a movable box, which should
be thoroughly cleaned and white
washed before she Is placed in 1t. Put
two or three conts of whitewash on
every interior spot in the building; lice
harbor in the creviccs of the rough sid
ings, and on the under side of the
perches.
Let the fowls have a dust box, for
whitewash and the dust box are the
surest preventives of lice. Hot ashes
should be mixed with the dust occa-
sionally to dry 1t. If this has been done
before spring laying and sitting begins
you will have no trouble with lice. So
many farmers neglect their poultry
house in the spring, and long before
tLey have thought Of lice the pests are
busy on their chicks sapping their
young lives away. Kerosene and lard
when applied is very effective, but they
are very dangerous in their effects. A
little castor oil on the head and under
the wings of sitting hens is also very
effective. When the chicks are removed
from the nest, each one should be
CREASED on the head and under it's wings,
even il you do not think it has lice.
If possible, have some dust in the coop
with the brood hen. If you want your
fowls to be free from lice you must keep
their habitation clean, and the best way
to do this is by changing the contents
of the nest and whitewashing the apart
ments. One-half day spent in clean
ing the chicken house will do wonders
for the chickens. am speaking of the
average farmers poultry house, as it is
the one neglected. Remove the perches
and give the walls thorough white
washing. Place clean gravel or dry
earth on the floor and replace the old
perches with new ones and your fowl:
will not seek some tree or fence for theiI
summer perch, for they will not bt
troubled with lice in their house.-Ohic
Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
pAYsREAK AT APPoMATTox.

virginia's hills at break of day
On arms in fitful slumbors lay
The armies of the blue and gray
Daybreak at Appomattox.
Tho bugles welcome to the morn
Awakes the legions battleworn
And stirs the colors soiled and torn
Daybreak at Appomattox.
The troopers to their saddles leap;
The Eunners from the caissons creep;
The bristling rifles forward sweep
Daybreak at Appomattox.
The blue are mustered on the hills,
The gray beside the valleys rills,
And soon the sound of battle thrills
Daybreak at Appomattox.
The cannons loud defiance roar;
A storm of hail the rifles pour;
The dewy grass Is red with gore
Daybreak at Appomattox.
But. seel The sunshine cleaves the sky;
A glad Stop fring!' is the cry;
A welcome sign Is drawing nigh
Daybreak at Appomattox.
Then out beyond the fields of green
The waving flag of white is seen
Above the lins of battles sheen
Daybreak at Appomattox.
Shout, shout, ye braves! The war is past
The dawn of peace has come at last,
With love to bind the nation fast
Daybreak at Appomattox.
Thomas Calver, in Washington Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
SOUTHERN GENERALS.
The Number Furnished by the Different
Confederate States.

AS stated in q former article, there
were 474 general officers of all grades
in the regular military service of the
confederacy. 1t may be interesting to
know just how many of these were
iseverally contributed by the states COM
pretended in the southern confedera-
'tion:
virginia-Three full generals; 5 lieu
stenant generals; II major generals, and
b4 brigadier generals-va in all.
North Carolina-Two lieutenant gen.
erals; major generals, and 20 brigadier
Igenerals-3s in all.
South Carolina-Three lieutenant
generals; 4 major generals, and 27
lbrigadier generals-34 in all.
Georgia-Tbree lieutenant generals:
n major generals, and AZ brigadier gen.
erols-52 in all.
Florida-One general in provisional
army of confederate states; major
generals, and 10 brigadier generals-1i
in all.
Alabama-One lieutenant general;
major generals and 20 brigadier gencr-
Also in all.
Mississippi-Five major generals and
30 brigadier generals-35 in all.
Louisiana-Two full generals, lieu
tenant generals, major generals and
22 brigadier generals-30 in all.
TeXas-One full general, 1 general
with temporary rank; 3 major generals
and SO brigadier generals-41 in all.
Indian Territory-One brigadier gen
eral (Stand Waite).
France-One major general Camille
j. Polignac).
Arkansas-Four major generals and
is brigadier generals-22 in all.
NIissouri-Four major generals ant
~ brigadier generals-1G in all.
Tennessee-Two lieutenant generals
g major generals and "a brigadier gen
erals--44 in all.
Kentucky--One lieutenant general
major generals and 10 brigadier gen
ernls-22 in all.
Marylani-Three major generals and
obrigadier generals-o in ALL Augusti
Chronicle
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
PHARAOH USED LOCKS.
Ancient Egyptians Could Have Taught
Tricks to Modern Locissmiths.


Tricks to Modern Loclsmiths.
When were locks first usedP The
earliest obtainable information points
to the time of the Pharaohs; for in
stance, at Karnak the visitor is shown
the scNlptored representation of lock
which is almost exactly like one kind
of lock used in Egypt at the present
day. But that is a very vague answer
to the question. Homer tells us that
Penelope used a brass key to open her
wardrobe. He adds that it was very
crooked and had an ivory handle. A
Greek writer, who lived in the last half
of the twelfth century, explains that
such keys were undoubtedly very
ancient, although still to be seen in
Constantinople and elsewhere.
These keys were simply for drawing
back the bolt or bar which ran into
staple across the door, and for pulling
out the pin which "loclxed" the bolt.
If we examine the mechanism of all the
earlier locks we find that it is in itself
sufficient to secure the bolt without the
aid of a key to move something; in
other words, the locking was done au-
tomatically, the key being required
only for the purpose of unlocking. Ro-
man locks, like the Egyptian, required
a partial sliding of the key; they were,
however, more intricate. The pins
which held the bolts were close together
and of various shapes-some round.
others square. The key had to be
turned quarter of circle before it
reached the pins. Padlocks also came
into use for securing merchandise to
be carried from one place to another,
and it is worth mentioning that we can
see at the present time, in some of the
countries of the far east, padloclss
made on the exact principle of those
employed in ancient Rome. 1t was
some time afterward ere the proiec'
tions called wards" were invented.
This was a distinct improvement, as il
prevented unlocking oy any but the
right key.
Various ornamental designs are OBJ
servable on medieval German loci
cases, while in the seventeenth century
we have the 'letter lock" $50 called be
cause, in order to open it, certain let
ters on series of exterior rings hat
to be arranged into a word or com
bination to which corresponding ring'
inside the lock had been set), and some
elaborate designs in keys which are
quite in keeping with the revival o
art. Regnier, French engineer, wh'
acquired considerable reputation to
ward the close of the last century, pro
duced some very ingenious key locks
to open which outside knobs, etc, hat
to be turned to certain marks. Th
principle of the lever lock was the in
vention of Barren in 1774-Pittsburi
: Dispatch
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
Ono Reason for War.

An ex-governor of Wisconsin tells
a little joke upon himself. He was
in the union army during the civil war,
it appears, and leaves us to understand
that he is plain" in his personal ap-
pearance.
"One summer met an ex-confederate
down east, one of those lank southern
ers with face so long that he could eat
oats out of u churn. He looked me
over, up and down, TIVE or three times
each way, and then said:
"'Is that the gov'nor of Wisconsin? :?
eyes
"'Fit in the war. eh?'
"Yes.'
"'We-el, if all the Yanls had been as
homely as he is, we'd be arfghting 'em
yit!"-Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
WHY THE COLONEL swoRE.
His Troops Were Faltering in the Face
of tho Enemy.

His Troops Were Faltering in the Face
OF the Enemy.
Gen. Rhodes division had just been
repulsed by the federals, occupying
"a strong position on Seminary ridge,
with frightful slaughter. 1t looked as
Though the first day of Gettysburg
would terminate in defeat to the
southern arms, when Gen. Heth ar
rived with his Tennesseeans and North
Carolinians. Gen. Heth took in the
situation at glance. His column
quickly debouched from the road in
which it had been marching and de-
ployed into line thousand yards from
the crest of Seminary ridge. Grape
md canister, solid shot and shrapnel
tore through their ranks, but the men
kept steadily on. When they arrived
within musl<et range the carnage was
awful. Tie Twenty-siXth North
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-06

From the United States hatchery at
Green Lake, Me-, trout eggs have been
shipped this spring as follows: To New
Hampshire, $4,000; to the Maine fish
commissioners, 10000; to Washington,
D. c., 10000; to Ohio, $4,000; to Rhode
Island, 10000; to Vermont, 10000, and
to New York and New Jersey each one