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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04
THE HOME CIRCLE.

To clean a sewing machine of Oil and
dirt go over it with rag wet with
coal oil.
Soaking canned goods in iced water
for an hour before heating them will
remove any tinny taste that may be
noticed in them.
When there is not time to ice a cake,
remember that its appearance may be
greatly improved by dredging the top
with a little powdered sugar.
A child should never be laid down
with it's ears bent away from it's head,
as the result will be a deformity.
When lamps are not in use for a
week or more, the oil should be poured
out, or the stale oil will cause an I'M
pleasant smell when next it is lighted.
Stewed Cabbage.-Chop fine one
quart of white cabbage, add salt and
water to cover, boil one hour, drain off
the water add butter, vinegar and
pepper.
Green Mint Drops.-Cover one cup Of
sugar we'll with water; do not stir and
let boil; add a small pinch of cream of
tartar and tablespoonful of bruised
mint juice.
Bits of toilet soap which are very
small may be utilised. Make a bag of
Turkish toweling about nine inches
square and put in it all the small pieces
of soap. When three-quarters filled,
sew up the end and use the same as
if it we're a cake of soap.
Whitewash may be abundantly and
cheaply supplied, and there is no reason
why it should not be literally applied.
There is an odour of cleanliness about
whitewash, but better still it is clean
illness itself, and likewise a deodorizer
and disinfectant
A simple dish CT dessert, made of
bananas, is prepared by slicing them
and serving with cream and fine sugar
Whipper cream would be still better
For banana fritters stir sliced bananas
| into a good light batter and drop in by
the spoonful into boiling lard.
To make furniture look fresh and
new many use some good furniture
polish, and there are receipts given
often that are just as good as that sold
by the bottle, but if one has had any
! experience in vanishing wood, I pre-
fer thin coat of varnish, which is
easily applied, and will look much bet
! ter and will last much longer than the
very best polish to be found
! Oysters may be brOiled instead of
! fried, by rolling them in cracker crIlmb
and dipping them in melted butter, and
then in cOrnmeal, or fine bread crumbs.
Lay them in a wire brOiler and cook
them quickly over a hot fire. ley
should be seasoned and served at once.
Cows Milk for Infants.-The query is
sometimes raised whether clear cream
or part cream and part water is best
! for young children. A mixture of good
milk and lime water is found to be
very good, one part Of lime water to
! two parts of milk The lime water
prevents the milk from forming large
curds in the stomach But be. sure that
the milk is pure and healthy.
Marble e.-Lght-Whites of four
eggs, one and one-half cups white su-
gar, two teaspOonfuls baking powder,
one cup sweet milk, three cups -four,
one half cup butter. Dark-Yolks of
four eggs, one cup brown sugar, one
one tablespoonful cinnaman, four and
one-half cups of flour; one tablespoon
full spice, one cup sour milk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04
FEDERAL LAW MAKERS.

Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Tur-
pie (dem.) Ind occupied most of the
days session of the upper house of
congress in his speech in favor of the
Cameron Cuban resolutions At
O'Clock he yielded for the special Or
der, eulCgies on the late ex-Speaker
Crisp. The tributes were heartfelt and
impressive. Memorials were present
ed from the presidential electors of
Delaware asking for a congressional
investigation Of the alleged fraud and
political irregularities in that state.
Mr.. Chandler rep, n. h presented
a bill providing that no person shall
be tried il the courts of the United
States for acts in aid of the republic of
Cuba. Mr.. Allen pop, Neb) intro
duced bill making pooling by rail
road companies a misdemeanor under
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04
HER WISH.

If l could cease to be myself
And be some other me,
If I could change my form and face,
What would / like to be?
l do not want to be man,
And on a hobby ride;
Or naughty stories have to tell
Some foolishness to hide.
And every woman have known,
I must in truth confess,
She does for every virtue owned
A folly, too, possess.
A real new woman l would be,
And fair beyond a doubt;
With all mans good, and womans too,
And all the bad left out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

The most important bills in the as
sembly We're: by Mr.. Borchsenius, to
and to bring those lands into market;
by MIR. Woller, making contract to
insure property void in the absence
of written memorandum by the in
surance company or its agent; by Mr..
Dresser, permitting a court to appoint
district attorney temporarily when
it can be shown that the regular dis
trict attorney is disqualified because
of personal prejudice or relationship
from properly prosecuting a case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04
MEMS HEADGEAR.
Hats in Favor in This Country at Vari-
GUS Seasons.

For general everyday use, with
lounge and business suit, the Derby or
stiff hat has the preference. 1t is now
the fayorite; and the Alpine, or soft
felt, has only a second place until the
spring and warm weather. The black
Derby is the most fashionable. The
reason is obvious. You can wear a
black Derby with almost any shade Of
suit, and its only restriction applies to
all hats of it's shape, and that is that
it can never be worn with frock coat.
This does not apply, Of course to the
trock overcoat, single-breasted, known
as the Chesterfield. The Derby this
autumn and winter is, indeed, a verv
pretty hat. Ia crown is belled most
gracefully, end not as high as that of
last year. The brim is wide. with
much curl, and there is a slight ten
dency to come to point in the front
and the back. The band is of narrow
ribbed silk.
The brown Derby comes next in
popularity to the black. There are
several shades Of tan and fawn. The
only drawback to g brown Derby lies
in the fact that it cannot be easily
worn except with a brown or a gray
suit, and with even the latter it is apt
to prove too striking a contrast in
color.
This winter there has been intro
duced a square Derby with high crown,
the fac-simile of that Of a groom or
hat, but a little fatter than
the headgear of the bishops. The pre-
vailing color is black, the brown or
lawn being too much like livery TO
ever become fashionable. For stout
elderly men this hat would be becom- |
ng; but it lacks smartness and chic,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

Pitt Lyon of Madison, member OF the
state board of control; Henry d. Smith
of Appleton, member of the board of
Bills were introduced: By Senator
Austin providing for a commission to
revise the laws relating to taxation and
by Senator Timme, requiring non-resi-
dents to take out a license for hunt
ing game birds; also, to provide for the
enforcement Of laws relative to fish and
game.
Among the assembly bills were the
following: By Mr.. Hall, establishing
board of railroad commissioners; also
forbidding special rebates, long haul
privileges, etc, by railways; by Mr..
True, authorizing county aid in the i'm
provement of highways; by Mr.. Miss,
prohibiting the leaving open of els
terms, wells and vaults; by Mr.. Ligried,
making the Offices of register of deeds
and clerk of the court salaried; by Mr..
Rosenkrans, providing a bounty Of 1
cent a pound for beet sugar produced
in Wisconsin in 1897; y cent in 1898,
applicable to first five factories; by Mr..
Borchsenius, allowing persons to cross
private lands to fish in public streams;
by Mr.. Reynolds, preventing the sale
of liquor within one mile Of grounds
owned Or leased by old settlers asso-
Citations; by Mr.. LANCE, making it I'M
lawful to use traction engines in the
limits Of any incorporated city or viii
lage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04
WELL GROUNDED PROOF.

Mis-. Elmore-And you think your
daughter Ethel has literary inclina-
lions, you say?
Mrs. Westside-Oh, I'm sure Of it.
You ought to see how interested she is
in making d collection of poster-girI
posters.-Buffalo Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

and | doubt whether it will be popular
In the late spring and the early
autumn the soft Alpine hat is much in
vogue; but during the winter it is dis
carded in the large cities, as it is a
bit negligent in style. In the country
it is the hat of all others, and in trav-
cling it has not a rival-Harper'
Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04
LIONS ARE LEFT HANDED.

1t was the belief of LiviDgsto that
nearly all lions were left-handed. He
watched them closely, and when they
desired to strike fierce blow they al
ways used the left paw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04
Arctic weather prevails in ENGLAND

Arctic weather prevails in England.
The Spanish government announces
through its minister at Washington
the almost complete pacifcation Of
the provinces Of Havana and Matan-
zas, and it is expected the reforms for
Cuba voted by the cortes in 1895 will
soon be promulgated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

the act Of 1890 relative to unlawful re-
straints and monopolies
After consuming most of the time
in disposing of District of Co
lumbia business the house took up the
Indian appropriation bill and made
fair progress with it before the hour
for adjournment was reached.
Washington, Jan. 26.-Today Mr..
Turpie dem, Ind) closed his speech
on the Cuban Cameron resolu-
ton, urging that Spain had Utterly
failed to quell the outbreak and the
United States should intervene.
The WolCott bill for an International
monetary conference vas considered
for the first time. Messrs. WIFI
(dem., CALI, Cannon( rep, Utah and
Daniels dem, Va.) urged that d con-
ference would be futile and was not in
tended as a serious movement toward
bimetallism. M. Stewart pop, New
offered an amendment providing that
in case the conference failed, The SCI
rotary of the treasury shall within
thirty days begin free and unlimited
coinage Of both gold and silver. No
final action on the bill was taken.
The Nicaragua canal debate was re-
sumed Mr.. Daniels speaking against
the measure. Mr.. Morgan (dem., Ala)
submitted a letter from President
Hitchcock of the canal company reply
ing to the recent letter of Minister
Rodriguez. Mr.. Morgan also offered
an amendment designed to meet the
objections presented by Rodriguez.
In presenting remembrance
against bill, said to restore the
practice of tloggng on vessels, Mr..
Frye rep, Me- said that there was
no measure pending which in any way
restored logging, but on the contrary
the bill referred to gave greater secur-
ity than ever before to sailors against
brutality on shipbcard.
Washington, Jan. 26.-The lower
house OVERRIDE another of the pres
ident's pension yetoes by vote Of 1877
to 50. The bill pensions Jonathan
Scott Of the sixth Iowa cavalry who is
now living al Oswego, Kas., at the
rate of $72 per month. Cleveland
vetoed it on the ground that the dis
ability for which the beneficiary was
! pensiOned was not contracted in SER
vice.
The rest Of the day was devoted to
a continuation Of the debate on the In
dian bill. Mr.. Hartman (rep., MONTY
offered an amendment which produced
a howl Of laughter, recalling as it d.
| the recent exposures in connection with
! the Seeley dinner in New York. 1t
| provided for an appropriation of ST.
000,000,000 for the education and civil
ization of the "Seeley savages of Man
/ haitian reservation" The amend
ment was ruled out on the point of or
der that it was new legislation"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

Madison, Jan 28.-In the senate Mr.
Withee presented a resolution request
ing a report from the board of univer-
sity regents giving information regard
ing the number of professors, their
salaries, etc, and also the number Of
students for each instructor. Bills
were introduced: By Mr.. Whitehead,
to give passengers on trains the right
to carry $50 pounds of baggage without
charge, and making bicycles baggage,
passengers being required to cover the
wheel with some protecting material;
also to prohibit the sale of cigarettes
and cigarette paper to minors by Mr..
Green, to repeal the statute authorizing
county courts to commit dependent
children to private institutions.
In the assembly bills were intro
duced: By Mr.. Thomas, providing for
the public sale at auction, after full
survey, Of all the timber in the state
park and on other public lands; By Mr..
D. K. Smith, giving a 1 cent bounty on
all sugar made from beets in Wiscon-
sin in 1897 and IL cent per pound for
the '9S product; by Mr. Tucker, Civ
ing superintendent Of warehouses po-
lice powers; by Mr.. Davidson, requiring
express companies to pay a 4 per cent.
licence to the state on it's gross re-
ceipts; by Mr.. Agen, establishing a
branch state lair at Chippewa Falls
for and after 1898, the state to give
81 900 a year and 10 per cent, on all
premiums paid; by Mr.. Billiard for a
new libel law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04
NOW DISQUALIFIED.

Brassy, I thought you was to be
captain Of the Cyclone football team"
II WIZ, but me mother cut me hair
when 1 WIZ asleep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

game fish between June 1 and March
l, brook trout between April 1 and
June /. ducks and geese between Sept.
and April l, prairie chickens, quail
and pheasants between August 1 and
April 1.
In the assembly the joint res
olution providing for joint
special subcommittee from the
judiciary committees of the two
houses to pass upon Sanborn e Berry
mans new version of the statutes was
concurred in. Mr.. Hall thought the
resolution should have been referred
to a committee before being acted upon
because, as he understood it, it pro-
vided for work in revising the laws OF
this session by a legislative committee
after the legislature had adjourned.
Mr.. w. A. Jones believed that more
consideration should be given the mat
ter and advised against hasty action.
Mr.. Flett explained that it was the
intention to have this special commit
tee do most of it's work at the end of
each week after the legislature adj
journed for Sunday and then just be-
fore final adjournment at the end of
the session a recess of several days is
to be taken to enable the committee to
complete it's labors and prepare it's re-
port to be submitted and considered
among the very last business of both
houses.
Senator Timmes joint resolution
inf n
classify and regulate the compensation
Of the employees in the capitol was also
concurred in. Bills were introduced:
By Mr.. Yorkey, to compel the deliv
cry Of prepaid kilograms and express
packages without additional charges;
by Mr. UT, to take sweet clover from
the list of prescribed noxious weeds.
Madison, Jan 26.-Each house, in
separate sessions, voted for United
States Senator. All republicans in
both branches voted for Col. John G.
Spooner as did also Jesse CLARION, gold
democrat of Neosho, Dodge county
All other democrats present voted FOR
W. c. Silverthorn except Senator Sol
liday who favored Gen. E. S. Bragg.
The vote resulted:
OPOOIAO1 Xxi
1lAF q CAoI Ii '......
OAS"SS L
In the assembly Messrs LANCE, VOL
finger, Baertz, democrats, were absent,
and in the senate McMullen and
senate G. B. Welton spoke for Spooner
Mayer, democrats. were absent. In the
and in the house, Messrs. Wheeler and
Harvey.
In the senate Mr.. Mills presented a
bill for pure primaries. Other bills I
by Mr.. Davis, making it discretionary
with the court to substitute more fines
and confinement in warehouses instead .
of the jails; by Mr. Fisher, making it .
obligatory on parties to repair side I
walks in three days after notice; by /
Mr.. Whitehead, to confer civil juris-
diction on Jefferson county court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

Washington, JAN 27.-A crisis in
the debate on the Nicaraguan canal bill
was reached in the senate It
brought an energetic statement
from Senator Sherman in which
is foreshadowed a new treaty by which
the United States could build the canal
without the intermediation of private
concession. The senator declared that
the government execution of the
project was the only feasible one and
that all private efforts in that direction
had proved fixtures. Senator Villas
dem, Wis., followed with a motion
to recommiU the canal bill to
the committee on foreign relations
step which Mr.. Morgan
dem, Ala.) characterized as an in
suit. The motion was changed to
male the recommittal to special COM
mittee Of which Senator Morgan is to
be chairman. The senate adjourned
before a vote was taken and Senator
Villas motion to recommit was pend
ing. The military academy appropri-
alton bill, carrying approximately
$4,000, was passed after the defeat Of
ar amendment for the participation Of
the West Point cadets in the inaugur-
alton ceremonies.
Washington, Jan, 27.-The house
adopted the conference report of the
immigration bill by vote of 131 to
11S.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

Madison, Jan. 29.-The senate did
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

washington, Jan. lS.-ln the SeudIe
the bill for an international
monetary conference was debated by
Mr.. Chandler (rep., n. H. speaking in
favor of it and by Mr.. Stewart pop,
New against it.
Washington, Jan. 2S.-The house
passed the Indian appropriation bill
and entered on consideration OF
the agricultural appropriation bill.
All interest on these two measures
were overshadowed, however, by two
very remarkable speeches, one Of them
made by Mr.. Grosvenor rep, o. at
lacking Ex-Governor Altgeld of Illinois
and the other by Mr.. De Almond dem,
Mo- heaping ridicule on Secretary
Morton for the recent issue of a
pamphlet entitled the Farmers Interest
in Finance. Mr.. Grosvernor's Obser-
vations were called forth by Altgeld's
speech last week in which he charged
that Bryan had been defeated by fraud
and based the charge particularly on
the enormous increase Of the vote in
Ohio, where, ne alleged, 10000 votes
were illegally east. Mr.. Grosvenor de-
cared that IN appeal on the stump
against Altgeldism never failed to
arouse the populace when all else
failed.
Mr.. De Almond replied very briefly
to Mr.. Grosyenor but it was his sub
sequent attack on Secretary Morton
which created the sensation. Mr.
De Almond is a democrat and an ardent
advocate of silver and therefore his
attack on the democratic cabinet
official who had been most active on
the gold side Of the controversy ex-
cited less surprise than it otherwise
would have have done. With biting
sarcasm and rasping irony he scored
the secretary Of agriculture, taking as
his text the recent publication issued
by the secretary and sent out over the
country under a frank entitled Far
mers' Interest in Finance The pamph-
le- reviewed the silver agitation to
show that poverty and illiteH cy char
acterized the states which had been
foremost in the demand for a res
toratiOn of silver. Mr. De Almond
asserted that the demand for
silver came chiefly from the farmers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
INDICTED FOR TREASON
Once, But Now He is President Of the
State Historical Society.

When John Speer of Lawrence re-
ceived the information that he had
been appointed president of the state
historical society, he took secretary
Adams letter and replied as follows
well, well. this appointment new
er expected such a thing, but certain
ly appreciate the honor. I have been
in Kansas a long time, 43 years It is
not often that a man has such heavy
crime set down against him. but was
once indicted for treason In 1884 Gov
Reeder appointed me a justice OF the
peace for the district in which Law
renee was located; there were no coun-
ties at that time. According to the
terms of the commission, ! was TO
serve until the expiration of the first
legislature. The first election was car
ried by an invasion of pro-slaVery
squads from Missouri. About 300 OF
them rode across the line and went
from one place to another to vote That
was the way the first legislature was
elected. 1t met in 1885, in July, at
Shawnee, and named LecOmptOn as the
state capital
I had started a paper in Lawrence
and was doing a good business, when
one day early in Sc, there was q dis
turbance reported on the street had
a jOurneyman printer with me, anu
of course, he wanted to go to the scene
of trouble. I suggested that We had
better stay out of it as it would hurt
our business. We learned that the
cause of the trouble was Sheriff sam
Jones trying to arrest sam Wood II
they g-g-get him to LecOmptOn. the
d-d-damn fools viii kill him. my jour
neyman suggested He stammered
great deal
I'VE went down to the place. Wood
had wrenched away the sheriff ana
was making for the door. grabbed
the sheriff by the throat and told Wood
to skip. When they took me to task
for interfering with an officer, I said
that I was a peace officer and was
separating the men and settling the
trouble They questioned my title OF
officer. and I said that Gov Reeder ap-
pointed me a justice of the peace to
hold office until the expiration of the
first legislature, and said we nave
had no Iegfsla tIIra yet 1t was more Of
a Joke than anything else, but they in
dicted me for treason. Troops sur
rounded my place three different times
after that and I saw that 1 had TO be
caught. or run, so left and was gone
all summer. When I came back the
trouble had blown over"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
WON'T GIVE UP PARADES.
In Spite of the "Tiredness " of Kansas
Citv. Priests of Pallas Persist.

Kansas City, Nov. 30.-'"The Priests
of Pallas will be in evidence next
year" said ]. P. Loomas, president OF
the organization, to a reporter yester-
day.
I'VE shall give our parades as usual
until such time as Kansas Clty sh3I
have outgrOwn parades, and our only
superiors, the subscribers to the
Priests Of Pallas fund, indicate the
fact"
Mr.. Loomas said that the Priests of
PaIlas will heartily cooperate without
the least friction with any Organization
having in view the enlarged success OF
the fail festivities. but would be gov
erned or coerced to act against their
Judgment by no men or set OF men eX-
cent their own subscribers. The sub
scribers, he says, are heartily in fay r
of continuing this part of the fall tes-
tivaI, if their subscriptions indicate
their thoughts. subscriptions already
amount to two-thirds of last years
fund
elect officers.