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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
COLLECTS OLD BOOTS.

There is no accounting for tastes, or
for hobbies. The collecting habit has
appealed to almost everybody, who has
the means to crafty their whims, and
we hear Of such queer fancies as col
lections of meerschaum pipes, old tea
pots, paper collars, masks, says the
Philadelphia Press. A man in this
city is practically alone in his liking for
hammocks, Of which he has thirty
seven varities of all ages and makes.
A New Yorker, who is a great traveller,
collects towels from hotels.
One of the oldest hobbies is that at
fected by the Queen OF italy, who has
a weakness for collecting Old boots
not, be it understood, the discarded
''trotter cases" Of the vulgar, but the
pedal relics of historical personages.
She has one shoe which belonged to
Mary, Queen of Scots, and another
which inoased the foot Of Maria An
toinette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
Farm and Stock notes.

In order to produce superior beef, the
best beef herds of cattle must be kept.
If health is to be maintained with
sheep they must be kept dry under
feet.
Sheep manure contains a large per
cent. of the plant food contained in the
rations they consume.
Wheat bran can nearly always be fed
to young and growing stock during the
winter to an advantage.
Keep all young stock growing stead
lily; feed Of all kinds goes further with
young stock than with Old.
It is not by any means the man who
feeds the most that has the latest and
the best conditional horses.
One of the surest and best ways Of Sc
curing vigorous, thrifty stock is to Sc
lect and mate good parents.
When it can be done in arranging the
pasturage for the hogs give the brood
sows the run of the woodland.
Rather more care is needed to not
over-feed when ground feed is given
than when whole grain is used.
For growing pigs milk and mill feed
made into a slop with little corn
makes one of the very best winter ra-
tions.
GentIeness and firmness are two
necessary qualities to be emplOyd in
the training of both horses and cows
on the farm.-Farmers' Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
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SILENT VOICES.

An oak tree leaf Of russell brown
Through the air came quivering down,
A still small voice Hush,
beware!
Death is coming; prepare! prepares!
A silver hair of shimmering white
Shines through those locks once dark
as night,
A louder voice Hank, beware!
Death is coming; prepare! prepare|'
A sudden sting with pain acute
Through some strong limb doth quick
ly shoot,
A trumpet voice sounds-"Halt,
beWarei
Death is coming: prepare! prepare!''
A funeral cortage you meet
Mournfully moving along the street,
A voice of thunder clangs- Thou
beware!
Death is coming; prepare! PREPARE
o, cease your schtming a moment,
pray!
And list to the many voices that say
Man, thou art mortal; consideri be-
ware!
Death is the law: prepare! prepare!
Death of part, but not the whole;
Thy body will die, but live thy soul.
o, soul of man of clay, beware!
Fall not with your temple; prepare!
prepared!
i. Henderson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
49, nSs..ESse.ShtM
AIk
My Love.

l kiss hinl-my life's life is there,
On his forehead, his lips and his
cheek;
To others he may not seem fair
But to me-Oh, I never can speak
The half of the heaven I know
When I hold him and kiss him-so!
Let the day be curtained by cloud,
It's the same as though cheered by
the sun,
If only at noon-time allowed
III play with my darling to run
To run, and at end Of the race,
To hold him and kiss his dear face.
Do you think when a man he is grown
1 shall love him an atom the less?
No, off in a world Of his own
My own he will still be to bless;
The world is too narrow to part
My boy from his true mothers heart.
Dorothy Alden, in Home and Country
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
THE RAISING OF HYACINTHS.
Some Points to Observe in Their In
door Culture.

This is the time of year when the
window gardener begins to think Of
buying hyacinth bulbs. According to a
writer of experience in The Ladies'
Home Companion, the early blooming
varieties Of the hyacintn are the best
for indoor culture. For potting soil use
turfy loan, sand and leaf mold, securing
good drainage by layer of potsherd at
the bottom. Fill four-inch or fve-inch
pots until within a half inch of the
top With this compost, jar the pot to
settle the earth, then scoop out a place
in the center, so that the bulb may be
more than half covered, and press the
earth about it firmly. Do not neglect
to make the excavation for the bulb. If
you place the bulb upon the SUI face and
press it down, the earth will be so
firm beneath that the roots will not
penetrate it, and in consequence the bulb
will rise out of its place. After potting,
water thoroughly and set the pots in
a dark, rather warm closet until roots
form, which will be in from three to
six weeks. When rooted, the plants
can be brought gradually to the light.
By transferring to the windows at sue
cessive intervals, the display of bloom
can be kept up in the house until early
outdoor clusters begin TO appear The
room in which the plants are to bloom
should have rather cool temperature,
and if the atmosphere is kept moist by
the evaporation Of water in an open
vessel, where dry heat is used, it will be
better for the plants, as we'll as the
| persons who occupy the room. Avoid
much direct sunlight until you wish
the flowers to open, then give them
the sunniest place you have until the
spikes develop. Once developed, how
| ever. keep out Of the sun and in the
coolest window Of the room. The i'm
portant points in successfully manag-
ing hyacinths in the house are to have
the bulbs well rooted before bringing
to the light, water but little until the
buds begin to develop, al keep in
rather cool, moist tempe IRE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
NOTES OF INTEREST .

The artist Whistler is a conspicuous
object as he threads his way along the
crowded Strand in London in fiat
brammed French hat and oyercoat,
with frequently a brown paper parceI
under his arm. People turn 10 look
twice at his remarkable hat, but US
ually they fail to recognize the Wearer,
for he is photographed less often than
almost any other celebrity, and the
public is not familiar with his features.
Bran Stoker, who stands in Henry
Irving's place to the outside world, has
accompanied him Oh all MS trips to
this country. He is an athletic man,
with pointed blonde beard and the
shoulders of a college oarsman. He
is an Oxford graduate, the author OF
at least one novel, and q man particu-
larly adapted to the various duties
which he is called upon to perform as
Irving's personal representative. He
is said, moreover, to have accomplished
his work so much to the satisfaction
of the actor that he draws salary OF
exceptionally liberal proportions.
There died recently at Southbank,
near Edinburg, Scotland, lady whose
husband was one of the chief compan-
ions of the duke of Wellington IN the
peninsula. She was Lady Oswald Of
Dunniker, Fifeshire, and she had
reached the great age Of 81. Daughter
of the late Lord Henry hurry, ana
granddaughter of John, third duke OF
AthOll. she became in 1929 the second
wife of Gen. Sir John Oswald, VINO,
after his military career, was for some
time governor of the Ionian Islands.
She was left a widow over half a cen
fury ago.
A German paper gives a test of
watered milk which is simplicity it.
self. A well-p0lished knitting-needie
is dipped into a deep vessel of milk,
and Immediately withdrawn in upright
position. If the milk is pure some Of
the fluid will hang to the needlet, but
if water has been added to the milk,
even in a small proportion, the fluid
will not adhere.
In some Of the Eastern countries,
notably Arabia and Persia, a mamma
answering closely to that mentioned in
the Scriptures is still naturally pro-
duced in considerable quantity. 1t
comes from the tender branches of the
tamerish, and is known to the Per
slams by the name OF ''tamarisk honey
1t consists Of tear-like drops which eX-
ude in consequence of the puncture Of
an insect during the month of June and
July.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11

1t will be a fur season, and those that
promise to be fashionable are sable,
mink, Sitka fox, chiEchilla and grebe.
Fur boas are much shorter this sea-
soln, especially those Of astrakhan and
sable, being thus adopted to the high
collars which appear on most OF the
winter models.
Handbags come in a variety OF
feathers and shapes. Those with square
tops are the newest. 4 dark green bag
with heavy twilled silk lining repre-
sents a swagger affair.
When the Queen and Empress Eu-
genie are together they spend all their
spare time in doing needle work for the
poor. Both the Queen and the ex-Em-
press are fond Of the old fashioned
style OF embroidery. The Queen be-
slows all her needle work upon her
poor tenants at Balmoral and at Wind
sor. The Empires Eugene sends hers
to poor converts whence it is distribut-
ed to the needy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
Memory.

What we miscall our life is Memory:
We walk upon a narrow patch between
Two gulfs-what is to be, and what
has been,
Led by a guide whose name is Destiny;
Beyond is sightless gloom and mystery,
From whose unfathomable depths we
CLEAN
Chaotic hopes and terrors, dimly seen
Reflections of a past reality.
Behind, pursuing through the twilight
haze,
The phantom people of the past ap-
pear;
Hope, happiness and sorrow, fruitless
strife
And all the loved and lost of other days;
They crowd upon us closer year by
year,
Till we as phantoms haunt some other
life.
Charles Lotin FIildreth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
You know" he said, 81 dislike music;

You know" he said, 81 dislike music;
don't know what people mean by ad-
miring it. l am very stupid, tone-deaf,
as others are color-blind. But he said,
with some warmth, tonight, when from
a distance heard you singing that song,
had an inkling of what people mean
by music. Something came over me
which l never felt before; or, yes, l
had felt it once before in my life"
Jenny Lind was all attention. Some
years ago." he continued, 81 was at
Vienna, and one evening there was
tattoo before the palace performed by
400 drummers. I felt shaken, and to-
night, while listening to your singing.
the same feeling came over me; I felt
deeply moved"
Dear man." she added, Il know he
meant it, and a more honest compliment
I never received in all my life"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
Art in Agriculture.

Art in agriculture is coming to be
more and more noticeable every day.
With the advent of new methods, i'm
proved implements and a wider knOWl
edge of the field, the agriculture is
rising higher in the field Of useful or
ornamental art as the years go by. We
may say that sharp competition is no
small factor in this progressive move
ment, says the agricultural student.
Take, for example, the manner in which
certain products are prepared for the
open market. The improvement in the
condition of certain dairy products and
fruit on market in the last few years
is truly wonderful The reason, OF
course, is that people always buy that
article which is put UP in the most
tasteful and attractive style, and are
willing to pay a little more for it. With
this change comes more wholesome
effect upon the article itself, and dis
ease is much less disseminated through
food at present time than formerly.
Greater precautions are taken now
than ever before in preventing the
spread of contagious diseases in this
manner, and with the increase in t''r
size of the cities and the greater liabil-
ity to ill-health, these precautions can
not be observed too carefully. Thus
the agriculturist, to be successful, must
keep right up to date in his readings
and methods. Mirror and Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
ECONOMY IN SILK PETTICOATS.

Old silk gowns should never be cut
down and made over into petticoats.
The silk has lost it's freshness and stiff
ness and is only possible to use as a
sort of foundation, which can be built
upon by ruff1es and flounces of new silk,
and even then will prove the truth of
the bible adage that has to do with
putting new cloth into old garments,
which is no less unsatisfactory these
days than it was when petticoats had
never even been heard of. Eight or
nine yards of new material is sufficient
to make one of the new styles of petit
coats, even with the flounces and ruffies
required, so it can easily be seen what
poor economy it is to attempt to save
by using some old ball gown, even if
that ball gown were originally of much
handsomer silk than the new.-New
York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
WAITING.

Here [ sit, alone, alone.
Ever Iist'ning for mine own,
For his step, his laugh, his tone
Like a flute note softly blown.
Will he never nevermore
Come in smiling at the door,
With the rapt look that he wore
When his task Of love was DER?
VIII he never stoop and say:
Mother, | am tired today,
Like a child from too much play;
Kiss me in the dear cid way?"
Nay! I cannot think it SO.
He will come to me, l know,
Smiling sweet, and speaking low
He will come, or I will go.
Father! only let us greet,
Here, or wheresOe'er his feet
Go upon loves errands sweet.
Send him-take meas seems NEE
james Buckham in Harper's Bazal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
Failures of Cooking Feed.

The failures consequently upon feed
ing cooked feed to hogs have resulted
from bad management. Through care
1essness the hogs may have been al
lowed to gluttonize themselves and lose
their appetite. The ration may have
been deficient, and feed may have been
ground too course and then not thor
oughly cooked, the feed may have been
made too sloppy, it may have been too
dry, it may have been fed TOO hot or
too cold, it may have been fed in filth
and dirt and if fed to young pigs it
regular, and if fed to young pigs it
may have been allowed to sour, and
then failure would of course follow,
and the short-sighted feeder would at
tribute it to cooking the feed rather
than to his own carelessness-Far
ers' Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
Nynnphs.

The moonlight on the CLASSY lake
In silver floods was streaming;
No shadow dimmed the surface bright
Wherein the stars lay. dreaming.
A group Of nymphs disported there,
Within the quiet waters
A group of nymphs, and each as fair
AS Ewes most lovely daughters.
I he moonlight shed its glory down
On waves and waving rushes;
And this was why they scampered so
When I came through the bushes.
Detroit News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
SONG.

Had I the gold to please thee,
And stocks and bonds and fame,
1 then might dare to WOO thee,
And offer thee my name;
But since I am a poor lad,
And you lady great,
l still must go my own way,
And learn to honor fate.
Thy lot is far above me,
In beauty's ranks to shine;
To dazzle in the simmer
Of jewels, light and wine;
To reap the songs of poets,
To win a princes heart,
70 raise the welcome plaudits
In no ignoble part.
tbs mine to follow labor,
From rise to set of sun:
To see the goal forever
Of no ambition won;
To look upon thee passing,
AS those who dream bright dreams,
And find when they awaken
But icy fields and streams.
Farewell to idle visions,
And welcome little cot;
And let the rose of glory
Forever be forgot.
A health to those around me,
Whose hearts are plain and true,
And in the cup Of plenty,
al adipJ1
-Joris Won Linden.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
ROSE AND HUE.

When I was a maiden fair and fond,
And smiled and sang all day,
A strange young squire
With looks Of fire,
He lured my heart away.
The gardeners son as he stood by
Four gifts thus gave to me:
The violet blue,
The pink, the rue,
And the red, red rosy tree.
For your balmy lips the sweet Glove
pink,
For your eyes the Violets blue,
The rose to speak
Your radiant cheek,
And for memory the rue
And first my love was fond and leal,
And then he turned untrue,
My rose and pink
And violets shrink,
But my tears keep fresh the rue.
The Athenaeum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
VOICE PHOTOGRAPHY
Brief Description of the Apparatus and
Principles Upon Which it is Based.

The voice-photographing apparatus
was devised by DR.. Hallock to assist
them in the acquisition of certain data
Of much Importance in their studies.
His object was to ascertain accurately
what was the acoustic composition Of
tone generally acknowledged TO be
good, and likewise that Of inferior tone,
that by comparing them the dominant
characteristics of each might be deter
mined The scope OF this article per-
mits but brief description Of the ap-
paratus and the principles upon which
it is based.
A string vibrating to produce tone
vibrates as a whole, producing the fun
damental or pitch tone, and may also
yibrate at the same time in segments,
dividing into halves, thirds, fourths,
fifths, siXths, etc, producing partial
tones or overtones, which are heard at
the same time with the fundamental,
though except to a very highly-trained
ear they are not distinguishable as sep
arate tones. These oyertCnes give to
the tone it's richness and fullness, and
it is by variations in their use that We
articulate vowels. The tone Of astring,
then, instead Of beings simple, is a
composite tone Of klang. The voice
follows the same laws, being practical
Iy a stringed instrument, and having
the same series of oyertones, while in
a reed. to which it has enormously been
likened, the first oveTtone is more than
two and half Cctaves above the fun
damentaI and higher than the fifth
articulate vOwels. The tone Of a string,
By the use of the hollow brass spheres
known as Koenig rpsorators, each Of
which is turned to the pitch Of one Of
the overtones in given klang, it is
possible to pick ou- all of these single
notes. The air vibrating within the
resonator re-enforces the particular
tone that has the same pitch, and if
held close to the ear will make that
tone more prominent to the listener
than any other in the klang. The ap-
paratus is a modification of that used
by Helmholtus and Koenig for tone
analysis, but the plan Of photographing
the flames is original with DR.. Hal
lock.-January Review Of Reviews.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
Ouiclz Work a Sure Winner.

A good many farmers have late sum-
mer pigs that they are not giving much
attention, but are letting them rough it
till winter sets in, when they will begin
to feed for spring market. Why not
rush them when feed is most plentiful
and the weather pleasant? 1t is great
deal cheaper to feed a pig when he en-
joys sleeping out Of doors than it is to
feed him when he must be sheltered.
Don't map out to feed for a certain
market, but rather to get the pig fat as
quickly as possible. The market is
ready. Quick work is a surer winner
than planning for imaginary high
prices
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
BURIED IN A BOOK.
Women Deeply Engrcssed in Literature
Pointed out as a Gable Car "Spotter."

Say whispered the Broadway
yesterday, do you see that young
woman reading a book in the corner?"
l glanced in the direction indicated
and saw a comeiy young woman, neat
ly dressed, deeply engrossed in one of
the latest novels and totally oblivious
of everything going en- about her.
YES said 1, q see her"
well she's a spotter-see?"
I was taken by surprise, as the
young woman in question looked no
more like "spotter" than the conduc-
tor resembled Ii Hung Chang.
How do you know?" said l.
Easy enough. One of the gripmen
got on to her last week and the word
was given to all the men along the
road to be on the look out for her"
But she does not seem to care a bit
whether you ring UP fares or not.
Doesn't she though! You don't
know her game. She's no more read
ing that book than [ am. She works
in this manner. AS soon as she gets On
the car, she opens her book and makes
UGlGNG SuS > iGduluS, Jul dill lie IIl1S
she's watching to hear me ring up the
fares. When a fare is rung up she
turns a page and keeps it up till she is
ready to get off the car. Then she
looks at the register to see if the num-
Der OF pages she has turned agrees with
the number Of fares rung up, as indi-
Gated by the dial.
''Now watch. [ have just collected
three fares and will ring them up"
The conductor did SO, and immedia-
tely the young woman turned over
three pages of her book and APPARENTLY
continued reading. She continued turn
ing page for every fare collected until
Thirty-third street was reached, when
she gave a quick glance at the fare
registered, closed her book and alighted
from the car.
Now, that's a cute game, isn't it?'
said the conductor. She thinks she's
fooling us, but she amt. Every man
on the road knows her by this time
New York Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
COUNTING APPLE SEEDS

Beside the hearth enc winter night
Made rosy by the great logs light
That, flaming up the chimney dark,
Hit every Granny, every nook,
Upon the rug a little maid
Sat curled, in pose demure and staid.
In pensive mood, with dreamy eyes
She sits, while up the chimney flies
thought with every fiery spark
Glinting and flashing through the dark.
Till with a sigh profound and deep,
She moves as one moves in her sleep.
A rosy apple in her hand
A weight of thought seems to demand;
She taps it with a finger light,
Then carefully she takes bite,
Another bite, now one, now two
The core is thus exposed to view.
Anther sigh! what can it be,
Ny little maid, that aileth thee?
All! what is this? Some incarnation,
Muttered with such reiteration!
Hank! as each seed her bright eyes see,
These are the words that come to me:
Zone love, two I love,
Three love, say!
Four love with all my heart,
Five-I cast away"
Here a tear rolls brightly down,
What the secret she has Won?
Who can say? But just behind
Sounds a voiee so soft and kind:
Look again! Thou must indeed
Find for me another seedr'
Roster her bright cheeks glow,
In the firelights rudy glow.
Sure enough! a culpTit seed
Finds she in the core indeed
From thy lips l fain would hear
What the sixth one means, my dear"
six he loves" she murmured low,
And the firelight's Pickering glow
Two happy faces now disclose.
With cheeks ALLOWING like the rose.
But here We'll let hte curtain fall,
For the end is best Of all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11

Nine. Nordica has been engaged by
Walter Damrosch for his season COM
mencing at the Metropolitan, New
York, last evening, at salary
of $1,000 for each performance.
She has already profted by her row with
Jean de Reszke. Her salary last year
with Grau was about $500 night. She
was to have been re-engaged this season
at less than $1,000 night, though her
contract called for exactly that sum,
but she was to give Mr.. Grau stated
number of concerts, which would make
her actual compensation something less.
Though her unquestioned success as
Isolde could secure no more than this
for her, her quarrel with Jean de Reszke
makes her worth to Mr.. Damrosch the
sum stated.